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We're back on the plot for another bumper crop of Digging interviews. Today Flo is joined on the allotment by Laraaji: meaning "beautiful divine sun being," Laraaji is a fitting guest for this episode, which is infused with both the warmth of London sunshine and Laraaji's divine positivity.Born Edward Larry Gordon in Philadelphia in 1943, Laraaji is a pioneering American musician, composer, and mystic, widely recognized for his contributions to ambient and new age music.In this episode, Laraaji reflects on his early years spent growing vegetables with his sharecropper grandparents in Southern Virginia, shares memories of his brief stint as a stand-up comedian in 1970s New York City and the spiritual journey that led him to become one of the most enduring pioneers of new age music. He also discusses his role as a laughter therapy practitioner. This episode of Digging is sponsored by Niwaki: the go to destination for functional, durable Japanese gardening gear. For 10% off your Niwaki purchase, head to Niwaki.com and enter the code DIGGINGWITHFLO at the checkout. Presenter - Flo Dill, Producer - Lizzy King, Editing - Omar Serge, Sound Recording and Mastering - Sophie EllisonA video version of this episode is also available on YouTubeMusic - Cleaners from Venus - The Artichoke That Loved Me, courtesy of Martin Newell & Captured Tracks. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
In this episode of Case Studies, Casey sits down with Bonnie Cordon - former General Young Women President, current president of Southern Virginia University, and a lifelong champion of potential - for a deeply moving conversation about faith, leadership, and the life-changing impact of simple belief.Bonnie shares the formative experiences of her childhood in Idaho Falls, where lessons in responsibility and resilience were woven into farm chores and family life. She reflects on pivotal moments - from a life-altering interaction with Elder L. Tom Perry to navigating unexpected career opportunities at Oracle - that taught her the transformative power of showing up for others. Together, Casey and Bonnie explore how small acts of kindness, persistence, and seeing the best in people can ripple through generations.This inspiring conversation is packed with wisdom for entrepreneurs, leaders, and high performers seeking to build a legacy of influence rooted not in titles, but in genuine connection, service, and faith.Chapters:00:00 – 02:30 | Idaho Roots and Family Lessons02:30 – 05:15 | Apostolic Impact: Elder Perry and the Chickens05:15 – 08:24 | Cornfields and Confidence: Earning Her Way to Hawaii08:24 – 12:14 | Speaking Potential Into Others12:14 – 16:00 | The Mission Call That Changed Everything16:00 – 19:28 | Mission Miracles and Sisterly Bonds19:28 – 23:35 | Persistence Pays Off at Oracle23:35 – 27:45 | Leadership Lessons From Sales and Family27:45 – 30:22 | The Power of Kindness in a Cynical World30:22 – 36:23 | Southern Virginia and a New Generation of Leaders36:23 – 41:58 | From Silicon Valley to Stay-at-Home Mom41:58 – 47:26 | Building a Legacy Through Community Influence47:26 – 53:34 | Saying Yes to the Unexpected53:34 – 58:22 | The Call to General Leadership58:22 – 01:07:26 | What It's Really About: People Over Positions Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
In this powerful episode of The Ten Minutes of Truth podcast, Shawn A. Barksdale opens up about his journey, sharing his lived experiences with drugs, crime, and prison. Drawing from his past, Shawn explores how these struggles connect to the ongoing opioid crisis in Southern Virginia. He highlights the critical issue of information not reaching the communities that need it most and emphasizes the importance of raising awareness. Through this episode, Shawn outlines how the Ten Minutes of Truth podcast can be a tool for spreading vital information, inspiring change, and helping those affected by the crisis. It's a raw, candid discussion on the realities of addiction, the justice system, and the need for immediate action in the fight against the opioid epidemic.
The final push is here. In just days, the Division III regular season will be over and just 128 teams will be left to play for two national championships. It promises to be a furious finish. On a matinee edition of Thursday's Hoopsville, hear from some of the programs hoping to either secure a place in the NCAA tournaments or secure a higher seed to enjoy some home court and cooking. Plus, we chat with one program not afraid of a close game or a last second shot. And we take a look at the latest top seeds per NPI, updates to the coaching carousel, and more on Thursday's edition of Hoopsville presented by D3hoops.com. Guests appearing on the Hudl Hoopsville Hotline: - Steve Djurickovic, No. 23 Carthage men's coach - Lynette Schroeder, Southern Virginia women's coach - 'Dos Reverse' - Gettysburg - Nate Davis, No. 12 women's coach - BJ Dunne, men's coach - Corinne Jones, Brockport women's coach - Chris Murphy and Matthew Garside, Union men's coach and sophomore guard
Today on America in the Morning Kash Patel Confirmed One of President Donald Trump's most loyal followers – and one of the most controversial nominees – is now on the job. The Senate confirmed Kash Patel to be the Director of the FBI. Correspondent Rich Johnson has details of what turned into a very close vote. McConnell To Retire He is considered one of the most consequential Republican senators of his generation and spent 18 years as the Senate's GOP leader. Washington correspondent Sagar Meghani reports Mitch McConnell will end his storied Senate career after this term. Hundreds Of Snow-Related Crashes The wintry weather that dumped a foot of snow in parts of Southern Virginia and North Carolina left police dealing with over one thousand fender-benders, shutting down roads and highways, and leading to dozens of injuries. Correspondent Haya Panjwani reports the heavy snow also led to power outages. Texas Teens Threaten School Two Texas teenagers are in serious trouble with the law, after police were alerted that the girls were preparing to attack their high school with guns and pipe bombs. IRS Downsizing The Internal Revenue Service on Thursday began firing employees in a massive layoff ordered by the Trump administration. Pushback On DOGE Dividends There has been some pushback from conservative Republicans over Donald Trump's plan to create dividend checks for the American taxpayers, using money gained from DOGE government cutbacks. Correspondent Ed Donahue reports. DC Takeover He has already threatened to take over the Panama Canal, buy Greenland, and make Canada America's 51st state. Correspondent Ben Thomas reports President Trump says he wants the federal government to "take over" the city of Washington, DC. CPAC Day 1 The annual Conservative Political Action Conference, better known as CPAC, kicked off yesterday with Trump supporters in attendance to hear conversations with Vice President JD Vance, Elon Musk and others about the next four years of the Trump administration. John Stolnis has a recap from Washington. New Proposed Texas School Plan The Texas House has unveiled its long-anticipated plan for education savings accounts, commonly referred to as vouchers, which would allow families to use public funding for private schooling. NY Corrections Officers Strike Unusual scenes played out in a number of prisons across New York State, as National Guard helicopters swooped in bringing in troops to help shore up security. This comes as corrections officers at New York prisons continue to strike over safety and working conditions. Correspondent Bob Brown has the latest. Latest In The Middle East There was outrage by the Israeli government when it was determined that Shiri Bibas, the mother of two children also taken hostage by Hamas, was not returned with her young children as promised. Mexico's Tariff Concerns Concerns over tariffs threatened to be enacted by President Trump are having an effect South-of-the-border, as Mexico's Tequila makers are wary of the costs. Correspondent Haya Panjwani reports. Kohberger Denied Evidence Suppression A judge has denied Idaho college murders suspect Broan Kohberger's motions to suppress key evidence collected during search warrants. Finally As Spring Training gets underway in Florida and Arizona, baseball fans are set to get a glimpse at the future of umpiring in the major leagues during the exhibition games in March. Correspondent Gethin Coolbaugh reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
According to the New York Times, Black agents represent only about 6% of real estate agents in America, even though 14% of the overall population is Black. Furthermore, white real estate agents reportedly earn nearly three times as much as their Black counterparts for performing the same job. Justin Ferguson is a Multifamily Specialist at Marcus & Millichap's Southern Virginia office. As an Investment Sales Associate, he exclusively represents buyers and sellers of investment properties throughout Virginia. Each week, Justin meets with corporate professionals, private investors, REITs, developers, and syndicators to strategize on maximizing their returns and growing their portfolios more efficiently. Depending on each owner's stage in their investment cycle, he crafts a tailored approach to address their specific needs, ensuring they have greater control over their investments. He meets individually with each owner to understand their current portfolio, operations, and goals. This analysis provides a clear strategy with specific metrics tailored to each owner's desired outcomes. Justin has helped clients achieve their real estate goals and realize their full investment potential. His strategies have enabled dozens of investors to double their unit count and cash flow through proven methods that yield measurable returns. He consistently shares trends that significantly impact commercial investors, allowing them to make informed decisions for their families. For more information: https://www.justin-ferguson.com/ LinkedIn: @JustinFerguson
Biographical Bytes from Bala #037 John Trout Greble was a Philadelphian descended from colonial pioneers on both sides of his family. He graduated with honors from Central High School and to the shock of many, this delicate young man chose a career in the military. After he graduated from the United States Military Academy in 1854, he spent time in Florida during the Seminole displacement of Trail of Tears, before he taught ethics at West Point and married the chaplain's daughter. His first taste of war was as leader of artillery at the Battle of Big Bethel in Southern Virginia in June 1861 where he was killed in action – the first West Point graduate to fall in the American Civil War. Lt Greble is interred in the Merion Section of Laurel Hill West.
Mike and Franklin talk about their trip through the wilds of Southern Virginia, celebrating all things America.
Imagine waking up one day to find nearly everything you've worked for is gone. Today's guest, Domenic, lived through that nightmare. His story begins at Facebook, where he was one of the early employees during the dawn of the social media era. He wisely took as much equity as possible, which paid off handsomely when the company went public. Despite his newfound wealth, a series of unfortunate decisions—risky investments, a poorly negotiated acquisition, and unforeseen personal losses—led him to lose nearly everything he had earned. Domenic's tale is not just about loss but about resilience. From growing up in a modest household in Southern Virginia to navigating the high-stakes world of Silicon Valley, he shares his experiences of building wealth, facing devastating setbacks, and the philosophy that keeps him moving forward. This is Moneywise, a podcast where host Sam Parr is joined by high-net-worth guests to explore exclusive insights into personal finance and lifestyle tailored for other high-net-worth people, or those on their way. They'll get radically transparent about the numbers, revealing things like their burn rates, portfolios, and spending habits. Who is Sam Parr? Sam is a serial entrepreneur and the co-founder of The Hustle, which he sold to HubSpot in 2021. He's also the co-host of one of the world's top podcasts for entrepreneurs, My First Million. Known for his insightful business acumen and candid communication style, Sam Parr continues to be a prominent figure in the world of media and entrepreneurship. Sam's newest and biggest venture yet is Hampton, which he co-founded in 2022. This podcast was made for the Hampton community, a private, highly-vetted, peer membership community for founders and CEOs of fast-growing, tech-enabled startups. Chapters: Early Facebook Employee (0:29) The Facebook IPO and Domenic's Net Worth Impact (12:53) Life After Facebook: Investments and Mistakes (17:29) Losing It All in a Bad Acquisition Deal (24:46) Rebuilding from Scratch (31:55) Final Thoughts and Takeaways (38:50) This podcast was produced in partnership with Lower Street and distributed by Morning Brew. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jeremy Ligon was brought on just in time for the 2021 harvest. Barrel Oak was purchased from its' previous owners and the new ownership wanted to up the quality of the wines from their Vineyard. In my opinion, Jeremy was a significant step up and his wines reflect that. In 2014 Jeremy was recognized as one of the new upcoming winemakers in Virginia as someone to keep an eye on. He has lived up to that from what I have tasted of his new wines from Barrel Oak.There is an intriguing story he relays as to why the previous ownership had planted their Norton vines in the vineyard and why. It turns out it has a connection to Dr. Daniel Norton, who propagated the Norton seedling in the early 1820's.Jeremy got his introduction to winegrowing in his early teens when his family planted a small vineyard in Southern Virginia. The rest is history.Thanks for being a listener to the Fine Wine Confidential Podcast. For more information go to www.finewineconfidential.com
In a special edition guest presenter SCOTT BLACKBURN chats to HENRY WISE about his debut novel HOLY CITY*, MFA programmes, writing-working-family, begin with a million words. Available 6/4 in USA.HOLY CITY After a decade of exile precipitated by the tragic death of his mother, Will Seems returns home from Richmond to rural Southern Virginia, taking a job as deputy sheriff in a landscape given way to crime and defeat. Impoverished and abandoned, this remote land of tobacco plantations, razed forests, and boarded-up homes seems stuck in the past in a state that is trying to forget its complex history and move on.Will's efforts to go about his life are wrecked when a mysterious, brutal homicide claims the life of an old friend, Tom Janders, forcing Will to face the true impetus for his return: not to honor his mother's memory, but to pay a debt to a Black friend who, in an act of selfless courage years ago, protected Will and suffered permanent disfigurement for it.Meanwhile, a man Will knows to be innocent is arrested for Tom's murder, and despite Will's pleas, his boss seems all too content to wrap up the case and move on. Will must weigh his personal guilt against his public duty when the local Black community hires Bennico Watts, an unpredictable private detective from Richmond, to help him find the real killer. It would seem an ideal pairing--she has experience, along with plenty of sand, and Will is privy to the details of the case--but it doesn't take long for either to realize they much prefer to operate alone.Bennico and Will clash as they each defend their untraditional ways on a wild ride that wends deep into the Snakefoot, an underworld wilderness that for hundreds of years has functioned as a hideout for outcasts--the forgotten and neglected and abused--leaving us enmeshed in the tangled history of a region and its people that leaves no one innocent, no one free, nothing sacred.Henry Wise is a graduate of the Virginia Military Institute and the University of Mississippi MFA program. A writer across multiple genres, his poetry has been published in Shenandoah, Radar Poetry, Clackamas, Nixes Mate Review, and elsewhere. His nonfiction and photography have appeared in Southern Cultures. Holy City is his first novel.Scott Blackburn is an English instructor and a 2017 graduate of the Mountainview MFA program. He lives in High Point, North Carolina with his wife and two children. When he is not writing and teaching, Scott enjoys training in combat sports such as boxing, Muay Thai, and Ju-jitsu, in which he holds a black belt.Recommendations Ted Flanagan, Polly Stewart, Eryk Pruitt, James A McLaughlin, Chris Offutt, Eli Cranor, Megan Abbott, SA Cosby.Wesley Browne They All Fall the SameRichard Price Lush Life William Faulkner SanctuaryJoseph Conrad Lord Jim*Amazon linkPaul Burke writes for Monocle Magazine, Crime Time, Crime Fiction Lover anProduced by Junkyard DogCrime TimeCrime Time FM is the official podcast ofGwyl Crime Cymru Festival 2023CrimeFest 2023CWA Daggers 2023& Newcastle Noir 20232024 Slaughterfest, National Crime Reading Month, CWA Daggers
Hey, Pathfinders! Surprise Friday episode, anyone? We thought we'd shake things up a bit and bring you some bonus travel content to fuel your wanderlust. Not sure what to call it yet or how often we'll do these, but we're excited to add a little extra travel talk to your lives, straight from our adventures. But first, let's kick things off with a quote that really resonated with us from our recent chat with Jeremy from the RV Atlas. Quote of the Week "It's about getting outside for me... making memories with my family. It is not about the features of the RV." This quote got us thinking about prioritizing experiences over material possessions, whether it's choosing an RV or making any big purchase in life. Every dollar saved means more opportunities to explore new places and create lasting memories. So before splurging on fancy features, ask yourself if they align with your travel goals or if you're just buying into the hype. Learning from Personal Experiences Take it from our own experiences, like the time I bought a flashy truck fresh out of college, only to realize later it wasn't the smartest financial move. It's easy to get caught up in the allure of new gadgets or bigger, better things, but often, simplicity reigns supreme. Whether it's a vehicle, a home, or even just everyday purchases, consider the long-term impact on your finances and travel aspirations. Our Southern Adventure: North Bend Park Upgrade Speaking of travel, let's dive into our latest adventure down south to the Florida Keys. Currently, we're situated in Raleigh, North Carolina, catching up with family while we get some work done. But before that, we scored a sweet campsite upgrade at North Bend Park in Southern Virginia. How we did it? Hope asked the park staff at check in if there were any better sites available. We lucked out with a waterfront spot overlooking a serene cove, perfect for fishing and soaking in those sunrise views. Best of all, it cost us nothing more! Planning Your Own Epic Road Trip And hey, if you're itching to hit the road like we did, we've got you covered with a step-by-step guide for your own epic road trip. Shoot us an email or sign up for our newsletter for your free copy. Fueling Your Adventures with Delicioats Now, let's talk sustenance. Have you tried Delicioats yet? These overnight oats are our go-to travel fuel, packed with great ingredients and NO ADDED SUGAR. Use the link below and the discount code “PATH” to claim your discount! · https://delicioats.com/discount/PATH Use Code “PATH” Transcript Hey, Pathfinders, surprised to hear me on a Friday? So we decided to add another segment to our show, not sure entirely what it's gonna be called or how often these little Friday extras are gonna be, but we figured it's a great way to add a little extra travel content to your lives with some helpful details from our lives to help you reach your travel goals. And who knows, maybe at the end of this segment, we will reveal our guest for next Monday and we can keep that our little Friday secret. I wanted to start by sharing one of our favorite quotes from the show earlier in the week with Jeremy from the RV Atlas, where he talked about choosing experiences over features when considering buying an RV. And I'll play that quote right now. - It's about getting outside for me. For me, it's getting outside, making memories with my family. It is not about the features of the RV. And I say that as somebody, I love RVs. And a lot of times when you get a more expensive RV that has tons of features in it, you end up messing with them a lot or this doesn't work or that doesn't work. I have just really come to appreciate simple, basic, straightforward RVs that work well and are priced well. – Now, one thing that resonated with me about that quote, and I think you can look at it both like it's implied with RVs, but also with everything you're buying in life in general. And listen, every time you can save a buck or save a dollar or more, travel's expensive, right? So if you can find ways to save here and there, that's more opportunity for you to travel and explore and get to the places you wanna get to. And every little bell and whistle and feature of these newer RVs, they add up, right? I think it was a great segment of that podcast where we just talked about, it's about getting outside. Once it's raining outside, we're really not spending time in RVs at all. We wanna be outside exploring, whether it's hiking trails, hanging out at the campground, exploring the towns we're visiting. And I related to that a lot about when you're at an RV dealership and all these new things have all these new, bigger, smarter things that you can do and features to your RVs. First of all, you're really not going to use them that much, right? I remember we had this swivel chair, and now currently I'm using it because we're traveling full-time and working on it, but originally bought our van to travel and vacation and to not work. And we wanted to just make this recreation vacation type thing. And we thought it was so cool how the seat swiveled backwards and we didn't use it once. So it's important to really think about, are you going to use these things? And Jeremy did a great job explaining that point, geared towards RVing, and when you're buying an RV, you can relate a lot of that to things in real life. For instance, if you're buying a car, right? A lot of times, you work with your car, do you have a certain car or truck you wanna buy? And it reminded me of a time when I was graduating college, I wanted to buy this F-150. At 2013, at the time, it was three years old, it was my motivation to graduate college, right? And looking back on that, it was a terrible financial decision because I had graduated school, had nothing in my bank account, had to have my father co-sign my truck for me, and I had a $500 payment for a pickup truck. And when I didn't even need a pickup truck to begin with, I didn't have a job or wasn't doing anything that I needed a truck for, but I had this massive $500 payment I was paying each month because it was new, I liked it, I was a truck guy. And after about a month or so, that novelty wears off fast. Before long, I just viewed it as a truck, as a normal car, I didn't think anything much of it. Obviously the first few weeks, I'd raise the current, raise the blinds and look out at it, and I'd be so proud and happy the fact that I have it, but after a while, I was stuck with a payment, and I could have been just as happy driving a much older truck, a car that was much less expensive. And that reminded me, when Jeremy had mentioned that during our show, it kinda reminded me of that where you really need to consider long-term, especially if you're financing or buying really expensive things, how much of an impact is buying this extra piece or buying this extra fancy car going to have on you other than you paying more for it? And I saw the same thing a lot with real estate. When you're buying a house, I would always tell my clients now selling houses, you wanna offer what you can, but just because you can afford something bigger and better, it doesn't mean you need one, right? If you're listening to this podcast, you're trying to reach your travel goals. That's what we were trying to do for a while, and if you're listening to this podcast, you're trying to do the same thing, right? So in a lot of instances, I see people, they buy houses that all they're going to do after a while is fill rooms they're not using with stuff they don't need. They're paying extra heating costs, extra moving costs, extra costs for things that they don't need. All this money could be used for something else. Really ask yourself how much of that is it a need versus how much of it is you want to impress others or is it just a keeping up with the Jones type thing? Because like I said, I mean, travel is not cheap. Travel is expensive no matter what form of travel you're doing. The more money you can save, the more opportunity you have with travel. So just really think about those things before you buy anything really expensive because especially if you're financing those monthly payments, they do not go away for a long time. And picture yourself five, 10 years from now having that extra payment and really think about am I going to be using these extra features, these extra space, is this extra payment versus something I could get and have the same use for half the price, is it worth that extra? Again, not saying don't go after it but it's just something to really, really consider before you pull the trigger and make a purchase. So I wanted to share that a little bit because that kind of stuck to me. So maybe we'll keep this a segment of the podcast kind of sharing our favorite quotes, things that resonated with us and putting our little twist and spin on it. I will fill you in currently. So right now, Hope and I were traveling south towards the Florida Keys. We're hunkered down in Raleigh, North Carolina right now, visiting family, getting some work done. A couple of things we've learned, some tips for your travels in the future. Always check in with the camp staff to figure out or to find out if there's any better sites available. So we had booked a site at the North Bend Park in Southern Virginia, had a site that was, it was pretty secluded in the woods, a smaller site. Hope had the really, really an idea of asking the park staff when we went to check in if there were any other better sites available. He gave us a few sites, said they were a little bit better than what we currently had. Nothing was really direct waterfront or anything like that, but they were basically a step up from what we had. So we decided to go check out those two other sites he gave us. The first site we saw, site number 196, huge, it was a big site and it had waterfront not overlooking the lake, but overlooking a cove in the lake, which was just perfectly fine for us. And the second we saw that we double checked, it was the right number that he had given us, we fired back to the main office. Thankfully, no one else had taken it yet. And we were moved to that site and we spent the next seven days, the next five days hunkered down there. It was a two-tiered site, so we backed the van in, had to walk a couple of steps down to this big landing where there was a picnic table, a grilling area, and then the entire back of the site just faced the water, was able to go fishing. And it was just really beautiful watching the sun rise right in front of us. We did drive back through the other part and looked at the site we had originally booked and that was really tucked away, no water views at all, heavily wooded, not entirely sure how our Starlink would have worked. That was our first time firing up Starlink as well and it worked great for us because we had it by the water, so there was an opening and it worked really fast. So have you been tuning into our podcast and everybody's been talking about how Starlink is great? We can have out for that. That was our week in North Bend National, or North Bend Park in Southern Virginia. And yeah, definitely when you're booking a site, always ask with the staff and figure out if there's any other better sites available. And I do wanna remind you, but we do have a newsletter going around and what we just created was a step-by-step guide on the steps that Hope and I took to take a two-month long road trip. Now, if you want a copy of that, it's one PDF, we kept it nice and simple. It's just a step-by-step over the course of four years, things we did in our lives to be able to take a two-month long road trip vacation while having some passive income so we can make money while we were vacationing. Shoot us an email, go to our homepage at our website, you'll find our newsletter. Just fill out that, give us your email, and we'll send you a copy of that step-by-step guide. It's free. It's a great blueprint for someone looking to get into that right now. Now, I know four years can seem like a ways away. I mean, you could look at that and say four years, it was fast or four years, it took quite a long time. I mean, I know plenty of people that could have done that a lot quicker than us, and plenty of people that have not done that in the course of four years, right? It's a step-by-step guide, things we did. Yeah, check it out. It's the process we took to get where we are today, and we're happy to share it with you. And if you have not already picked up a packet of Deliciaots, definitely, definitely check those things out. We've been consuming Delicioats for quite a while since our road trip in 2022, actually. They're super easy to make, and one of my favorite parts is there's no added sugar. They're tasty. It's basically just oatmeal in a pouch that you can pour water into, and you let it sit overnight. It's overnight oats, or if you wanna have it instantly, you can just pour some boiling water, cook it in the morning, or boil some water in the morning, pour it in the pouch, stir it up for a couple minutes, and then you're good to go. Fresh hot oatmeal. I'll put some in our smoothies, or sometimes in my yogurt, to give it some extra substance and flavor. But yeah, they are delicious, just like the name implies. Head on over to delishoats.com forward slash path, and use the code PATH at checkout to earn a discount. But yeah, that about wraps it up today, guys. Let us know in the comments, or let us give us some feedback if you want to have these segments continued. We're happy to talk about our lives and kinda share things we learned along the way that have helped us travel, and ultimately our goal with this podcast and our website is to help you guys reach a travel goal. So if there's anything else you wanna talk about, drop us a message, give us an email. We're happy to chat about it. And as promised, our next week guest coming up next Monday is gonna be Chris and Sarah. So they're from Chris and Sarah on YouTube, Chris and Sarah on Facebook, Chris and Sarah on Instagram, and chrisandsera.com, I believe. Really dynamic couple. They've been traveling for many, many years. All forms of travel. They've traveled Airbnb, van life, truck camper conversion. Think right now they're heading down the Pan American Highway in South America. So really fun episode, lots of information to talk about, and I'm excited to share that with you next Monday. As always, guys, if you wanna leave us a rating, interview, over on whatever podcast platform we're listening to, that would be very much appreciated. And until next time, you guys have a great weekend and we'll talk to you on Monday.
In this episode, we chat with Allie Redshaw, a culinary artist, adventurer, and advocate for inclusivity. Allie grew up in Southern Virginia, but it was a trip to Paris that sparked her love for culinary. She found herself studying at the Culinary Institute of America before moving to Charlottesville Virginia with her husband. However, life took an unexpected turn on March 1, 2017, when a tragic accident resulted in the amputation of Allie's hand. Despite the devastating loss, her adventurous spirit remained undaunted through the overwhelming support of her community. In fact, it may have grown brighter when she picked up paraclimbing, immersing herself into the lifestyle. Allie didn't stop there though. She's the ultimate ambassador for varying nonprofits that are all about empowering others to experience the outdoors, no matter their ability. If you've ever wondered how you can find the strength to ascend, even through the deepest adversities, or why it's never too late to find your community, then this one's for you!Life in Motion is brought to you by Actual Outdoors. They help build beautiful brands that highlight the approachable and authentic parts of outdoor recreation. Said simply - they “keep it real”. Find them online at actualoutdoors.com or on Instagram at @actualoutdoors.Tweet us and let us know what you think of this episode! @illuminecollect Find more episodes at www.illuminecollect.com/blogs/life-in-motion-podcastSince 2017 Illumine has donated over $36,243 to outdoor nonprofits and shared over 199 stories on the Life in Motion Podcast.
On tomorrow's Ag Business Episode, I am profiling a gentleman that I connected with through the hobby of pipe smoking. That got me thinking about if I had ever profiled anyone on the show who grew tobacco, and I was so pleased to be reminded of this great interview with Lorrie Barron that I did two years ago. In addition to so much more, they grow speciality tobacco on their farm in Southern Virginia, and I am thrilled to play their episode again.
It's Short Time Shots, a quick look at the day's wrestling scores and more. I am on the struggle bus realizing that my dad jokes and bad jokes might only be funny to … one of you. Anyway, I'm Jason Bryant and here's what you are catching up on for November 16. A wild crowd saw Division II Montevallo pick up the first home win in program history, a 27-16 triumph over NAIA Midway. Do yourself a favor, go to MontevalloW on Twitter and check out how boisterous the home crowd is. And remember folks, this is a first-year Division II program in ALABAMA. Montevallo is the first Division II program in Alabama since Jacksonville State, yes, it's in Alabama, dropped the sport as a Division II school in 1981. The only other option would be Troy, then known as Troy State, which fielded a program in the late 1960s and early 1970s. Mount Olive upended King 23-17 but we saw something we typically don't see in college wrestling and that's someone bump UP to get the ranked matchup rather than bump away. With Mount Olive holding a 14-9 lead after 165, King bumped up seventh-ranked Trent Mahoney to take on Mount Olive's seventh-ranked 174-pounder Calan Straub. Tied 5-5 after 1, Mahoney went up 8-5 in the second, but in the third, Straub earned the fall 43 seconds into the period in what turned out to be a crucial win for the Trojans. Heavyweight Jayln McClammy iced the dual with an 8-3 win at heavyweight for Mount Olive. Props for the move, it made for an exciting dual. 14th-ranked Pitt-Johnstown shutout East Stroudsburg 47-0 in PSAC competition. Ranked wins registered for the Mountain Cats by seventh-ranked Trevon Gray at 125 pounds, Jacob Ealy at 149 pounds, Dakoda Rogers at 197 and Isaiah Vance at 285 pounds. This also makes me feel quite old, because I covered Trevon Gray's father Teante in high school. He actually wrestled the best man in my wedding multiple times. Coach Pat Pecora picked up career coaching win nine billion. Belmont Abbey shutout undermanned Bluefield State 56-0. Too many forfeits here. The Green Mountain Championship went the way of Vermont State University-Castleton, which beat Norwich 50-6. No, this is NOT a new school. The school formerly known as Castleon University merged with Vermont Technical College and Northern Vermont University to create Vermont State University. So with the unification, the name we are supposed to refer to the old Castleton Spartans is now Vermont State University-Castleton. Not Vermont State-Castleton. Vermont State University-Castleton. Also, in case you were wondering, Vermont is the Green Mountain State. Wayne Campbell celebrates as Aurora, which you should know is in Illinios, beat Milwaukee School of Engineering, also known as MSOE, 32-20. Angel Jaimes' fall at 197 pounds sealed it for the host Spartans. No word if they have that Spartan Spirit as I cram TWO SNL references into one scoreline. Another traveling trophy was on the line as UW-Eau Claire spanked UW-Oshkosh … b'gosh … 49-6 to retain the Chancellor's Cup. Southern Virginia over Patrick & Henry 48-7. Those three old grouches in Buena Vista left happy. In the Keystone State, Delaware Valley beat York, the one in Pennsylvania 32-7. Top win for the Aggies was at 157 pounds where Nick DeLorezno knocked off 14th-ranked Jared Blair of York 6-3. The women's teams also squared off, with Delaware Valley winning there as well 36-8. In an all-Arkansas battle, Vinny Barber's University of the Ozarks Eagles topped Division II Ouachita Baptist 25-17 on the road in Arkadelphia on Wednesday. Props here goes to the squads for wrestling five extra bouts as well. In the NAIA, Grand View extended its win streak against NAIA competition to 157 in a row with a pair of shutout wins against Avila and Central Methodist in a tri-meet hosted at CMU. The Vikings beat Avila 56-0 and Central Methodist 50-0. The last time Grand View lost to an NAIA opponent came on January 16, 2011 against Lindenwood, which was then an NAIA squad. St. Ambrose handing out yet another heartbreaker as the Bees won for the second night in a row, this time topping William Penn 20-18. The night prior, they edged Graceland by a point. This time, it was three straight wins from 184-197 that lifted the Bees to the victory, with a key fall coming by Jayden Terronez at 174. Oklahoma Wesleyan picked up its first win of the season, topping Bethany, the one in Kansas, 41-12 in KCAC action. Rochester, (Mich.) beat Lourdes 24-18. Missouri Valley beat Benedictine (Kan.) 45-6. NJCAA Cowley beat Division II Newman 33-17 in Kansas. Also in Junior College action, Carl Albert State and Labette both beat Barton. Always more news than you can choke down with that morning coffee, it's the Daily Wrestling News. Get that for free at mattalkonline.com/news, sign up free today. That's as always, delivered by our longtime friends at Resilite.
It's time for Short Time Shots, a quick look at the day in college wrestling. The only Division I dual of the night saw the Roger Kish era begin in his home state as the Oklahoma Sooners topped Central Michigan 29-11 in Mount Pleasant. Kish, a four-time state champion from Lapeer West saw a wave of transfers impact the victory, including All-American Stephen Buchanan at 197 pounds. Other new faces to earn wins were Jace Koelzer at 133 pounds, Cael Carlson at 165 pounds and Giuseppe Hoose at 184. The Chippewas did get solid victories from Corbyn Munson at 149, Johnny Lovett at 157 and one of the last of the Monarch Gang, Alex Cramer at 174. In Division II, top-ranked Lander shutout Limestone 48-0 in Greenwood, South Carolina on Thursday. In case you hadn't been paying attention, R.C. LaHaye has assembled a pretty formidable squad with the Lander Bearcats. All-Americans James Joplin, David Hunsberger and Juan Edmond-Holmes. Second-ranked West Liberty was also in action. The Hilltoppers got a scare from Mercyhurst as falls by top-ranked Ty McGeary at 184 and fourth-ranked Francesco Borsellino at 285 pushed West Liberty past the Lakers 24-20 in Erie. The top individual matchup went Mercyhurst's way as sixth-ranked Dillon Walker majored third-ranked and returning All-American Alec Cook 15-3 at 165. Out on the western slope, No. 22 Western Colorado used the third criteria, most match points, to edge No. 18 Nebraska-Kearney 21-20. The Mountaineers were led by returning All-Americans Patrick Allis at 133 pounds and Cole Hernandez at 174. Allis teched Hector Serratos, while Hernandez topped Jacobi Deal 12-6. The Lopers wrestled without all five of their preseason ranked wrestlers and reported the dual on their own website as their B team competing. Welp, it was still on the schedule … Northern State, which is in SOUTH Dakota topped Fort Hays State 35-6. Colorado School of Mines meat-wadded Otero Junior College 56-0. No, that's not a dig on Otero, just a nod to Mines' coach Austin DeVoe. In Division III, Fifth-ranked UW-La Crosse blanked UW-Oshkosh 59-0. The math says six falls, three forfeits and a technical fall. That's former Fargo champ Ben Kawczynski with the tech at 197, by the way. Cornell College dominated NAIA St. Ambrose 45-5. Elmhurst and Coach Steve Marianetti beat Augustana, the one in Illinois, 26-22. The Blue Jays got a win at heavyweight to pull that one out. Tenth-ranked Wabash topped Albion 25-10. All-American Charles Baczek earned a 3-0 victory over Owen McDaniel at 184 pounds. It's the Little Giants first dual win under new head coach Jake Fredericksen, who assumed the role after longtime coach Brian Anderson left for a gig at Indiana University. No. 12 Stevens Institute made the trip to Wisconsin and took down 8th-ranked UW-Eau Claire 19-16 down in La Crosse. This one hand a handful of ranked matchups, highlighted by a pair of All-Americans meeting at 174 pounds. Second-ranked Jared Stricker topped fourth-ranked Stefan Major 10-7 at 174 pounds. At 133, Eau Claire's top-ranked Tyler Fleetwood shutout 12th-ranked Luke Hoerle 5-0 and at 165, 15th-ranked Harrison Hinojosa of Stevens knocked off seventh-ranked Travis Massie 4-1 in sudden victory. In the CCIW, Carthage topped Concordia, the one in Wisconsin, 25-20. In case you're wondering, Carthage is also in Wisconsin. Kenosha to be exact. Seventh-ranked North Central beat Wheaton 47-6 for the program's 40th conference win in a row. In the NAIA, Southeastern, in Florida, picked up a 32-10 victory over the Bobcats of St. Thomas, which is also in Florida. You might remember the logo from that dude's shirt who won Big Brother. You know, the guy who paraded around the house banging pans. Yeah, that guy sucked. As far as people who don't suck, All-Americans Andreus Bond Gabe Jacobs were among the notable winners for the FIRE! FIRE! Speaking of things that are red, the Red Raiders of Northwestern College, the one in Iowa, beat the Beavers of Buena Vista 32-12. Rik Dahl, we say it almost every mention, they're the RED Raiders from Orange City, Iowa. This dual featured FIVE technical falls. I think the kids are liking the new takedown and nearfall rules. Lourdes beat Siena Heights 45-6. Graceland beat St. Mary 25-23. Southeast Community College, which is in Nebraska, beat Northeastern Junior College, which is in Colorado, 39-9 in junior college action. Not too much happening on the women's mats, but Alma College in Michigan hosted its first event as a new women's wrestling program. It didn't go the Scots way as they dropped matches to Northern Michigan 38-5 and Trine 29-20. Northern Michigan beat Trine 34-10. McKendree, ranked third among NCAA women's teams, topped Missouri Baptist, the 10th-ranked NAIA squad, 34-14. McKendree's Shelby Moore topped NAIA All-American Juliana Diaz 8-3 at 123 pounds. Emory & Henry beat Southern Virginia 31-19 and Bluefield State 38-11.
During this episode, Pittsylvania County Director of Economic Development Matt Rowe talks about how the County and Danville fought back against economic “rock bottom” and worked to reinvent themselves, with one big component being the creation of a “landing site” for economic growth – the Southern Virginia mega site at Berry Hill. Listen to learn how the mega site fits into the County's future, as well as a possible site for emerging industries.
If you support your community, it's going to come back around to your business. It's a simple mantra, but sticking to it has worked wonders for Black's Tire & Auto Service.Today, the business stands 55 Black's Tire & Auto Service tire and vehicle repair centers in operation across North and South Carolina, and Black's continues to grow. There are also 10 distribution warehouses – seven full-service wholesale distribution centers and three satellite wholesale distribution operations – and a tire retread manufacturing center located in Clarkton NC.“We try to participate in every community we serve across North Carolina, South Carolina and Southern Virginia,” says Rick Benton Jr., Black's Tire vice president of sales/marketing, managing director ownership group. “Black's Tire & Auto Service as a company has long held an appreciation for the importance one can have in the development, success and quality of life of others, particularly those in need.”We thought the Black's team deserved a bit of admiration for its focus on people. Watch the video above to see us surprise the Black's Tire & Auto Service team with news that they have been named Tire Review's 2023 Top Shop Winner.Tire Review: www.tirereview.comAAPEX: www.aapexshow.comCoats: www.coatscompany.com
Carmen and John embark on a journey from a dock in Southern Virginia, immersing themselves in the heart of 'Trump Country.' The locals exude hospitality, yet they uncover subtle 'tells' that unveil their allegiance to almighty Dayglow Donny. Next, the duo delve into a gripping movie review of 'Alice in Borderland' on Netflix. Transitioning gears (not genders. Gears. Calm down.), C & J introduce their very own sleuth, Johnlock Homies, who takes on the challenge of decoding the enigma that is his archnemesis: Carmenoriarity. In English: After spending a week with her family, John attempts to decipher the array of quirks and complexities that define Carmen's world.
Ever wondered how an MBA dropout could end up as a business development executive in the concrete industry? Or how a podcast could change the way we think about concrete? In this episode of ‘Concrete Logic Origin', we dive into Seth's fascinating journey from academia to the concrete industry, and how he's using his podcast to challenge misconceptions about concrete. Seth recounts his transition from managing a logistics company to playing a significant role at Baker Concrete in Southern Virginia. He also reveals why he started the Concrete Logic podcast and how it's helping to shed light on the sustainability of concrete. This isn't just a story about career transitions, it's about challenging norms and changing perceptions. Tune in to hear Seth's unique insights and learn why concrete is more than just a building material.” Episode References Guest: Tats Nakagawa | Specified Growth Podcast Guest Website: https://tatstalks.com/specified-podcast Producers: Jodi Tandett, Olivia StockerBecome a Producer: https://www.concretelogicpodcast.com/support/Music: Mike Dunton | https://www.mikeduntonmusic.com | mikeduntonmusic@gmail.com | Instagram @Mike_DuntonHost: Seth Tandett, seth@concretelogicpodcast.comHost website: https://www.concretelogicpodcast.com/
Hello friends and followers... ToNight on the Rusty Hook Kayak Fishing Podcast we will sit in and chat with @jamie childress of Maury River Smallmouth, LLC and he will tell us about what made him decide to start his own guide business in Southern Virginia, how it is set up and what he offers his clients. #rustyhookpodcast #mauryriversmallmouth Sign Up For Dale Hollow Event- https://tourneyx.com/leaderboard/standings/paddlenfin-open-at-dale-hollow-2023 Dale Hollow Lodging- www.eastport.info Waypoint TV- https://waypointtv.com Podcast & Website- www.paddlenfin.com YouTube- https://www.youtube.com/paddlenfin Email- paddlenfin@gmail.com Social Media- @paddlenfin Yak Gadget- www.yakgadget.com Pelican Professional- www.pelican.com Rocktown paddlesports - rocktownadventures.com JigMasters Jigs- https://jigmasters.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Hello friends and followers... Tonight on the Rusty Hook Kayak Fishing Podcast we will sit in and chat with @jamie childress of Maury River Smallmouth, LLC and he will tell us about what made him decide to start his own guide business in Southern Virginia, how it is set up and what he offers his clients. #rustyhookpodcast #mauryriversmallmouth Facebook page: Paddle N' Fin Podcast, John Rapp's YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@Wvrapp John Rapp's Twitch channel:https://www.Twitch.TV/WVRapp. John Rapp's Twitter Page:https://www.Twitter.com/jkrappjr All are available on the above named platforms for reply and replay as well! Make sure to click subscribe, and follow us on all our social media! If you miss the stream., or are traveling, use your favorite podcast platform for our audio playback (follow up podcast on Anchor, Spotify, Apple Podcasts and more!) Https://www.anchor.fm/john-rapp Season 3 Episode #15 we will sit in and chat with @jamie childress of Maury River Smallmouth, LLC and he will tell us about what made him decide to start his own guide business in Southern Virginia, how it is set up and what he offers his clients. As always, raw and unfiltered, straight Talk. Rusty Hook Kayak Fishing Podcast is affiliated with these fine Businesses. If your Looking for reviews, Kayak Fishing gear, accessories or equipment or that adventure resort vacation... go check out: Payne OutdoorsFeelfree Kayaks Westbrook Supply Co. West Virginia Kayak Anglers ACE Adventure Resort YakGadget ZPRO Lithium DuBro Fishing We are a proud affiliate of the Paddle N' Fin Podcast Paddle Media Group. EastPort Marina Pelican Products
Colton James has always held a deep love for our country and abiding respect for those who serve in the military and first responder communities. Many of this country western artist's songs reflect those themes. “Our family was red, white and blue all the way.” Both of his grandfathers, five of his uncles and his brother served in the military. Colton himself almost signed up to be a fighter pilot but music took him down a different path. He began performing Christian and Gospel music when he was four years old. He always remembers his grandmother's words; “A painter paints with a brush. A musician paints with his pen.” His most memorable performance was opening for Jason Aldean at the Norfolk Little Creek Amphibious Base. He performed “Brave Men”, his tribute to troops, before 16,000 fans and received a standing ovation. Colton is now leading an initiative to give back to those who serve by constructing a 15,000 square foot lodge in Southern Virginia. The Land 4 Heroes Lodge will provide space for military and first responder families to reconnect and relax in the great outdoors. Land 4 Heroes was inspired as Colton had the opportunity to perform before more military audiences. This led to his participation in a program that took patients at Walter Reed hospital out to camp, hunt and fish. The Land 4 Heroes Lodge will be the first of four lodges built around the country. Their builder is a 20 year Navy Veteran and disabled Veterans were consulted during the architectural design of the lodge, assuring that every element of the building can best accommodate everyone. Colton shares the different types of overwhelming support he has received for the project including contractors providing in-kind materials and services. His plans include continued collaboration with other organizations that provide support for military families. TAKEAWAY: When asked what drives him to complete this project he said “I don't think Noah argued with God when he told him to build an ark.”
As some rural hospitals across America are closing, VCU Health Community Memorial Hospital (CMH) is dedicated to offering quality health care services to the people who live and work in their rural community of Southern Virginia. March is Women's History Month. Today, we are talking with a woman who is making history - Sheldon Barr is the first woman president to lead CMH. Listen as she shares how CMH is uniquely positioned to respond to today's healthcare challenges and opportunities, and what it is like to be a woman in health care leadership.
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When Alan Page was a justice on the Minnesota Supreme Court he didn't decorate his chamber with Vikings memorabilia. Instead, there was an old railroad sign on the wall that said “Colored Waiting Room.” It was a constant and jarring reminder of Jim Crow era segregation. That sign is in the private collection of the Page family, along with thousands of other pieces of art and artifacts of slavery and segregation. Together, the objects tell the story of Black history — the ugly and the beautiful. Justice Page and his late wife Diane Sims Page collected pieces for decades. Many pieces are hateful, including an iron collar that locked slaves in bondage and a branding iron that marked human beings as someone's property. Other items are inspiring, like the painting of a jazz trio and a poster of Black runners competing in the 1972 Olympics. In 2018, part of the collection was shared with the public in the exhibition “Testify: Americana from Slavery to Today.” Now the exhibit is returning to the Cargill Gallery at the Minneapolis Central Library, opening on February 1, along with a series of programs and events. Bianca Wilcox Former Minnesota Supreme Court Justice and NFL Hall of Famer Alan Page (left), his daughter Georgi Page-Smith and his late wife Diane Sims Page at the exhibit "TESTIFY: Americana from Slavery to Today". MPR News Host Angela Davis talks with former Justice Alan Page and his daughter Georgi Page-Smith about how they hope the exhibit will spark conversations about America's painful racist history and how we can address it. Guests: Alan Page was a star defensive lineman for the Minnesota Vikings in the 1970s who went on to serve 22 years as a justice of the Minnesota Supreme Court. Georgi Page-Smith is Alan Page's daughter and a marketing and communications professional based in Brooklyn. She's also director of the Diane and Alan Page Collection and has been deeply involved in bringing the “Testify” exhibit back to the public. Kerem Yücel | MPR News MPR News Host Angela Davis talks with Alan Page talks about how they hope the exhibit "TESTIFY: Americana from Slavery to Today" will spark conversations about America's painful racist history. Here are six key moments from the conversation. The following transcript has been edited for length and clarity. Click the audio player above to listen to the full conversation. What do you remember about the beginning of the art collection? Alan Page: My late wife Diane is the heart and soul of it. She's the one that began it. She's the one that collected most of it. I got to go along for the ride. She had an incredible eye for the art and artifacts from our history. She started with an item here and an item there and started going to antique shops. We ended up finding things all over the country. In the beginning, there was no design or reason or rhyme to it all, but my wife would collect artifacts that struck her, that spoke to her sense of justice, fairness or unfairness. I opened the collection to the public because we live in a time when social justice and racial justice are at the forefront. We thought it was important for people to understand and see where we've come from. Georgi Page-Smith: In the beginning, I was not pleased, I was uncomfortable. I think the pieces are uncomfortable for a lot of people, but then it's important to go beyond that. It took me a while to see that important part of my context and our story. We had a very open floor plan for a modern home. I loved it, it was very contemporary. Then at some point, little things started appearing like figurines and tchotchkes. That's how I viewed it then. There's always another layer to the story and I wasn't seeing it because I didn't want to be part of that conversation. Tell us about the return of the exhibit in Minnesota Georgi Page-Smith: It's identical to the exhibit that we did in 2018, there have been some discoveries since then. It is free and there is a pop-up version that will be displayed in the Main St. Cloud Library in St. Cloud, Minn. and then within that regional library system, they're going to travel it around. However, the main exhibit will be located at the Cargill Gallery at the Minneapolis Central Library. It is the perfect location, it's very accessible and open to the public. You enter the gallery, and you'll see a greeting from our family. Then you'll see the White House brick that was made by enslaved people as part of the construction of the White House. Then you'll come in and you'll see the Lincoln banner, and then at some point, you'll come to a wall with a Jim Crow era sign on it. We decided to give people the opportunity to experience that moment of segregation and separation. As it continues, there's a section devoted to labor, and a section devoted to home. There are objects of oppression and objects of expression. These are fundamental pieces of our country and its history. Alan Page: The Abraham Lincoln banner is made of fabric, it is maybe two and a half feet wide by roughly three feet tall on a pole, with what he calls a pig oil lamp on top. We were told that it was from the funeral in 1865, but it may have been from 1864 as part of his campaign for reelection. On one side, it says “Uncle Abe, we will not forget you” and on the other side, it says, “our country shall be one country”. That saying for me sets out the hope that there was at the time of the Civil War. It's the hope that we haven't fulfilled today. This object is from that time period and when you are in its presence it is palpable. Steve Karnowski | AP 2018 Alan Page, NFL Hall of Famer and retired Minnesota Supreme Court justice, looks at a display which is among the artifacts of slavery and segregation collected by Page and his wife, Diane Sims Page. Your collection has a lot of signs from the Jim Crow era of segregation. What does it represent to you? Alan Page: I had a number of them there. We also had a fantastic picture of a scene from the entrance of a bus. Looking at the back of the bus, you could see that the white people were allowed to sit and the African Americans were required to sit. It made it clear to me that the law has not always been fair, and those artifacts were a constant reminder that my obligation to serve on the court was to ensure fairness for everyone. No matter who they were, their circumstances, the color of their skin, their gender, their preferences, or what part of the state they came from, everyone was entitled to a just result. What was the response to the exhibition from people in 2018? Georgi Page-Smith: It was overwhelming. We had no idea how great the response would be, or how many people would turn out. It was a record-breaking success for the Cargill gallery. But more than that, people were moved. We had a book made by a Hasidic bookbinder in New York that was open for people to write their reflections. We got so many great stories, some of which ended up online. But also, as we watched people go through the exhibit, we saw a lot of people shaking their heads in disbelief. We've heard about these things in our history books and in school, but it's a much different thing to actually be in the realm and be in the presence of a shackle that was actually placed around a child's neck. Alan Page: Part of our hope in doing the exhibit back in 2018 was to generate conversation, and to move people to action. From almost the very beginning, on the days that Diane was down in the gallery, people would come up and talk about their memories. A lot of people who grew up in Minnesota had heard about many of these things but never experienced them. Having found themselves in the room with objects from that era, gave them a new understanding, and the sense that they had a role to play in. The name of the exhibit is Testify, and this was a place where people could testify in real-time, as they were viewing the exhibit. Why was ‘testify' chosen as the appropriate name for the exhibit? Georgi Page-Smith: Originally, the exhibit had a different location, and they were still looking for a name. I suggested different things, but then at one point, I had been listening to the song “Testify” by Common, and that word really stuck in my head. As we developed the thoughts about the exhibit, I suggested we call it “testify” because of both of my dad's time on the court and also thinking about the black church. I've been lucky enough to attend the church over the course of years, and you see and feel the power of someone testifying and telling their story and how they came through. I also thought it was a way to invite everyone into the conversation. Tell us about the upcoming series of community events with the exhibition Georgi Page-Smith: We're calling it “Testify Tuesdays” and it's a series of workshops in partnership with a local group called Change narrative. Josefina Harris is an amazing facilitator, who has worked on a national level and we've brought her on board along with the ACLU of Minnesota and a loft literary center. They are all going to be facilitating these workshops every week. Seven out of the eight weeks will be at the library and one of the weeks will be virtual because there was a scheduling conflict. These will be workshops to coach and support people in developing their stories in the service of advocacy. For whatever purpose or initiative or cause that they feel is relevant to them. We want to help them develop their voice and tell their story to elected officials. There will be a group facilitating the workshop, then every individual who participates in the workshop will be given some prompts, and then the workshop facilitators will help them come up with some prompts that might tell their story. Alan Page: At the end of the day, it's giving people a voice to testify and to express themselves. In the courtroom, for instance, you come in, you're sworn in, and you tell your story. This is the same thing only it helps people learn how to tell their story in whatever context they want to tell it. One thing we should be very clear about, there is no particular agenda to this, the subject matter is individual. Your stories related to race Listeners called into the show and shared their stories. Here are a couple of them. Grandmother and grandsons aim to discover family history I was at the 2018 showing and I couldn't believe some of the pieces that were there. It really showed the brutality and the inhumanity. I look forward to going through the exhibit again so I can see other parts that may be that hope. It was horrific and shocking but I'm so grateful that there is a collection for us to see. I've been raising three grandsons who are reaching young adulthood, who are Black, and I would love this next time to be able to take them to see it. I believe there's a very good chance that there was slavery in their history, we haven't found a way to find that out yet. Our family came from the south and I'm just wondering how they got there. — Brenda from Woodbury Man remembers a racist experience in South VA. My whole family was raised in Milwaukee, Wis. During that period, we weren't aware of what was happening. Then my dad got transferred down to Southern Virginia. I was three years old. When my grandma came down to visit, she wanted to take me back home on the train, while sitting in the train station I still vividly remember a lit-up sign above a doorway of a separate room. I kept asking my grandma: What's that word say? because at age three you don't know how to read, and she kept trying to avoid it. She finally just yelled out: “it just says colored”, and I said: “well, what's colored?” Because I thought colored meant to take your crayons and color something. But then she said: “hush-hush, just hush”. I don't think she wanted to tell me the real reason at that young age, and I'm glad she didn't. — Terry from St. Louis Park Subscribe to the MPR News with Angela Davis podcast on: Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Spotify or RSS.
When Alan Page was a justice on the Minnesota Supreme Court he didn't decorate his chamber with Vikings memorabilia. Instead, there was an old railroad sign on the wall that said “Colored Waiting Room.” It was a constant and jarring reminder of Jim Crow era segregation. That sign is in the private collection of the Page family, along with thousands of other pieces of art and artifacts of slavery and segregation. Together, the objects tell the story of Black history — the ugly and the beautiful. Justice Page and his late wife Diane Sims Page collected pieces for decades. Many pieces are hateful, including an iron collar that locked slaves in bondage and a branding iron that marked human beings as someone's property. Other items are inspiring, like the painting of a jazz trio and a poster of Black runners competing in the 1972 Olympics. In 2018, part of the collection was shared with the public in the exhibition “Testify: Americana from Slavery to Today.” Now the exhibit is returning to the Cargill Gallery at the Minneapolis Central Library, opening on February 1, along with a series of programs and events. MPR News Host Angela Davis talks with former Justice Alan Page and his daughter Georgi Page-Smith about how they hope the exhibit will spark conversations about America's painful racist history and how we can address it. Guests: Alan Page was a star defensive lineman for the Minnesota Vikings in the 1970s who went on to serve 22 years as a justice of the Minnesota Supreme Court. Georgi Page-Smith is Alan Page's daughter and a marketing and communications professional based in Brooklyn. She's also director of the Diane and Alan Page Collection and has been deeply involved in bringing the “Testify” exhibit back to the public.Here are six key moments from the conversation.The following transcript has been edited for length and clarity. Click the audio player above to listen to the full conversation.What do you remember about the beginning of the art collection?Alan Page: My late wife Diane is the heart and soul of it. She's the one that began it. She's the one that collected most of it. I got to go along for the ride. She had an incredible eye for the art and artifacts from our history. She started with an item here and an item there and started going to antique shops. We ended up finding things all over the country. In the beginning, there was no design or reason or rhyme to it all, but my wife would collect artifacts that struck her, that spoke to her sense of justice, fairness or unfairness.I opened the collection to the public because we live in a time when social justice and racial justice are at the forefront. We thought it was important for people to understand and see where we've come from.Georgi Page-Smith: In the beginning, I was not pleased, I was uncomfortable. I think the pieces are uncomfortable for a lot of people, but then it's important to go beyond that. It took me a while to see that important part of my context and our story. We had a very open floor plan for a modern home. I loved it, it was very contemporary. Then at some point, little things started appearing like figurines and tchotchkes. That's how I viewed it then. There's always another layer to the story and I wasn't seeing it because I didn't want to be part of that conversation.Tell us about the return of the exhibit in MinnesotaGeorgi Page-Smith: It's identical to the exhibit that we did in 2018, there have been some discoveries since then. It is free and there is a pop-up version that will be displayed in the Main St. Cloud Library in St. Cloud, Minn. and then within that regional library system, they're going to travel it around. However, the main exhibit will be located at the Cargill Gallery at the Minneapolis Central Library. It is the perfect location, it's very accessible and open to the public. You enter the gallery, and you'll see a greeting from our family. Then you'll see the White House brick that was made by enslaved people as part of the construction of the White House. Then you'll come in and you'll see the Lincoln banner, and then at some point, you'll come to a wall with a Jim Crow era sign on it. We decided to give people the opportunity to experience that moment of segregation and separation. As it continues, there's a section devoted to labor, and a section devoted to home. There are objects of oppression and objects of expression. These are fundamental pieces of our country and its history.Alan Page: The Abraham Lincoln banner is made of fabric, it is maybe two and a half feet wide by roughly three feet tall on a pole, with what he calls a pig oil lamp on top. We were told that it was from the funeral in 1865, but it may have been from 1864 as part of his campaign for reelection. On one side, it says “Uncle Abe, we will not forget you” and on the other side, it says, “our country shall be one country”. That saying for me sets out the hope that there was at the time of the Civil War. It's the hope that we haven't fulfilled today. This object is from that time period and when you are in its presence it is palpable.Your collection has a lot of signs from the Jim Crow era of segregation. What does it represent to you?Alan Page: I had a number of them there. We also had a fantastic picture of a scene from the entrance of a bus. Looking at the back of the bus, you could see that the white people were allowed to sit and the African Americans were required to sit. It made it clear to me that the law has not always been fair, and those artifacts were a constant reminder that my obligation to serve on the court was to ensure fairness for everyone. No matter who they were, their circumstances, the color of their skin, their gender, their preferences, or what part of the state they came from, everyone was entitled to a just result.What was the response to the exhibition from people in 2018? Georgi Page-Smith: It was overwhelming. We had no idea how great the response would be, or how many people would turn out. It was a record-breaking success for the Cargill gallery. But more than that, people were moved. We had a book made by a Hasidic bookbinder in New York that was open for people to write their reflections. We got so many great stories, some of which ended up online. But also, as we watched people go through the exhibit, we saw a lot of people shaking their heads in disbelief. We've heard about these things in our history books and in school, but it's a much different thing to actually be in the realm and be in the presence of a shackle that was actually placed around a child's neck.Alan Page: Part of our hope in doing the exhibit back in 2018 was to generate conversation, and to move people to action. From almost the very beginning, on the days that Diane was down in the gallery, people would come up and talk about their memories. A lot of people who grew up in Minnesota had heard about many of these things but never experienced them. Having found themselves in the room with objects from that era, gave them a new understanding, and the sense that they had a role to play in. The name of the exhibit is Testify, and this was a place where people could testify in real-time, as they were viewing the exhibit.Why was ‘testify' chosen as the appropriate name for the exhibit? Georgi Page-Smith: Originally, the exhibit had a different location, and they were still looking for a name. I suggested different things, but then at one point, I had been listening to the song “Testify” by Common, and that word really stuck in my head. As we developed the thoughts about the exhibit, I suggested we call it “testify” because of both of my dad's time on the court and also thinking about the black church. I've been lucky enough to attend the church over the course of years, and you see and feel the power of someone testifying and telling their story and how they came through. I also thought it was a way to invite everyone into the conversation.Tell us about the upcoming series of community events with the exhibitionGeorgi Page-Smith: We're calling it “Testify Tuesdays” and it's a series of workshops in partnership with a local group called Change Narrative. Josthna Harris is an amazing facilitator, who has worked on a national level and we've brought her on board along with the ACLU of Minnesota and the Loft Literary Center. They are all going to be facilitating these workshops every week. Seven out of the eight weeks will be at the library and one of the weeks will be virtual because there was a scheduling conflict.These will be workshops to coach and support people in developing their stories in the service of advocacy. For whatever purpose or initiative or cause that they feel is relevant to them. We want to help them develop their voice and tell their story to elected officials. There will be a group facilitating the workshop, then every individual who participates in the workshop will be given some prompts, and then the workshop facilitators will help them come up with some prompts that might tell their story.Alan Page: At the end of the day, it's giving people a voice to testify and to express themselves. In the courtroom, for instance, you come in, you're sworn in, and you tell your story. This is the same thing only it helps people learn how to tell their story in whatever context they want to tell it. One thing we should be very clear about, there is no particular agenda to this, the subject matter is individual.Your stories related to raceListeners called into the show and shared their stories. Here are a couple of them.Grandmother and grandsons aim to discover family historyI was at the 2018 showing and I couldn't believe some of the pieces that were there. It really showed the brutality and the inhumanity. I look forward to going through the exhibit again so I can see other parts that may be that hope. It was horrific and shocking but I'm so grateful that there is a collection for us to see. I've been raising three grandsons who are reaching young adulthood, who are Black, and I would love this next time to be able to take them to see it. I believe there's a very good chance that there was slavery in their history, we haven't found a way to find that out yet. Our family came from the south and I'm just wondering how they got there.— Brenda from WoodburyMan remembers a racist experience in South VA.My whole family was raised in Milwaukee, Wis. During that period, we weren't aware of what was happening. Then my dad got transferred down to Southern Virginia. I was three years old. When my grandma came down to visit, she wanted to take me back home on the train, while sitting in the train station I still vividly remember a lit-up sign above a doorway of a separate room. I kept asking my grandma: What's that word say? because at age three you don't know how to read, and she kept trying to avoid it. She finally just yelled out: “it just says colored”, and I said: “well, what's colored?” Because I thought colored meant to take your crayons and color something. But then she said: “hush-hush, just hush”. I don't think she wanted to tell me the real reason at that young age, and I'm glad she didn't.— Terry from St. Louis ParkSubscribe to the MPR News with Angela Davis podcast on: Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Spotify or RSS.
John tells a story of rejection of who he is at his core, yet God reached out and showed him that he is a child of God. Period. After John's story, hosts Marie and Jordan are joined by Willis Foster, Canon for Diversity and Transformation in the Episcopal Diocese of Southern Virginia.
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"So my craft is something that I call the contemplative process of candle making. The process of getting here or the route to getting to this place is a bit long and winded so I'll try to make it as brief as possible. I was an artsy kid, I was born in the bustling metropolis of Danville, Virginia. That's a huge laugh line for your listeners. It's not a bustling metropolis, but it's Southern Virginia right on the North Carolina border, and had a wonderful childhood. However, there wasn't an affirming environment for an artsy kind of kid growing up in rural Virginia in the south. So I kind of left those longings except for music and those desires kind of along the way as I grew older and couldn't imagine a life for myself as an artist or as a maker. But still had this longing. I would literally be driving in my car as an adult and I would look at my hands and say, I'm supposed to be doing something with my hands. I would have just kind of this inner knowing and you know, I used to play piano for churches, I used to draw and make paintings and do all kinds of artsy stuff, but just got older and just got farther and farther away from that. Long story short, about six years ago, I was in a department store and the candle section is always the first section that I go to because candles have been a part of my content. My writing process, my meditation process, my unwinding process for as long as I can remember. So went to the candle section picked up a candle and I don't tell everyone this because some folks may turn their heads a little bit. But I literally heard a voice that said, you can make this, and making a candle was nowhere on my radar. But as clear as I can hear my voice, I heard that voice and I went home like a madman and got on Google and "googled" -- how to make a candle. And, you know, watch tons of videos, I went to Barnes and Noble and scrounged around for books and got a few candle making supplies and ordered some things online and made some things for myself and friends and family and said, hey, you know, what do you think about this, and didn't know what I was going to do with it, but knew that I wanted to be a maker and knew that I wanted to do something with my hands. So just it was just itching to come out of me.," said Kendal Brown, owner and founder of 228 Grant Street Candle Co.Kendal was continually searching for something to do with his hands and stumbled upon the craft of candlemaking. His studio and storefront are in the heart of Baltimore off of 228 Grant Street. The scents within his collection remind him of memories with his grandmother, she was quite the baker and canner. There was always something on the stove or in the freezer that could be magically put together for sustaining nourishment at his grandmother's. Her front porch served as a neighborhood therapy office. Candlemaking was quite the fit for Kendal with his upbringing in mind.Tune in to learn more about Kendal's journey building 228 Grant Street Candle Co. You can learn more about his business by heading over to their website and visiting their Facebook and Instagram.Also, tune in to the end to listen to Deanna Bogart, the featured musician of the episode. Her single Still A Girl In The Band is one you don't want to miss.
When I think of Virginia, so many things spring to mind - history, green pastures, beef, mountains, rivers, etc., etc. I also think of thunderstorms, humidity and lazy evenings beating the heat on a front porch. I realize that so many of the images that come to mind for me are concoctions of things I have read in books, seen on television or looked at in paintings, but for today's guest I think it is all true. Lorrie Barron and her husband, David, have been farming in Southern Virginia since they got married in 1982. They love the agricultural lifestyle, and they will do what is necessary to continue it. This includes offering a wide variety of entrepreneurial services to people in their community ranging from cake baking to sheet rocking to barn building t0 painting. They also are very innovative in looking for ways to improve their farm through grants and new methods. And, they are not afraid to be involved in multiple different aspects of agriculture to find niche markets and keep revenue flowing to the farm.
It is nearly tourneys time! After a challenging two-year wait, we are finally ready to see tournament play. Monday on Hoopsville we talk to a number of programs getting ready to play in the NCAA Division III Men's and Women's Basketball Tournaments. Some are making their first ever trip, others are hosting, and some are looking to surprise the prognosticators. Plus, some of our season-long guests give us their predictions who they think will get to the men's and women's Championship Weekends. Guests include: - Mark Seidenburg, Wilson men's coach - Buzz Anthony, No. 1 Randolph-Macon senior guard - Levi Borchert, No. 3 UW-Oshkosh junior forward - Diarra Oden, Johns Hopkins senior guard - Mike Fuline, No. 11 Mount Union men's coach - Laurie Kelly, Gustavus Adolphus women's coach - Katie Garrish, Southern Virginia senior forward Hoopsville is presented by D3hoops.com and airs from the NABC Studio. All guests appear on the BlueFrame Technology Hoopsville Hotline. Thank you to our partners at the WBCA, Sensible Sports Marketing, and Jersey Genius.
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This episode is a conversation between Sy and Jonathan about how we create hierarchies of sin – implying in a million big and small ways that some sins are worse than others. They also talk about how that distortion of Christianity supports systems of control and oppression, how the hierarchy is applied more harshly to marginalized people, how we can find our way out of this flawed thinking, and a lot more! Shake the Dust is a podcast of KTF Press. Follow us on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter. Find transcripts of this show and subscribe to get our newsletter and other paid content at KTFPress.com. Hosts Jonathan Walton – follow him on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter. Sy Hoekstra – follow him on Twitter. Our theme song is “Citizens” by Jon Guerra – listen to the whole song on Spotify. Our podcast art is by Jacqueline Tam – follow her and see her other work on Instagram. Production and editing by Sy Hoekstra. Transcript by Joyce Ambale and Sy Hoekstra. Questions about anything you heard on the show? Write to shakethedust@ktfpress.com and we may answer your question on a future episode. TranscriptJonathan: If you have a hierarchy of sins, then you also create a hierarchy of what's righteous. The idea that the end justifies the means is not in scripture at all. But we will say that, like, black Americans should be grateful that we were brought over as slaves because at least then we got the gospel. When in reality, the gospel was already in Africa. Well, once you have the hierarchy in place and you have systems and structures to enforce that hierarchy, then this entire ecosystem gets built around it. [The song “Citizens” by Jon Guerra fades in. Lyrics: “I need to know there is justice/That it will roll in abundance/ And that you're building a city/ Where we arrive as immigrants/ And you call us citizens/ And you welcome us as children home.” The song fades out.] Sy: Welcome to Shake the Dust: Leaving colonized faith for the Kingdom of God, a podcast of KTF Press. My name is Sy Hoekstra. I'm here as always with Jonathan Walton, and we are going to have a conversation about the idea of creating a hierarchy out of sins today, and we're going to talk to you a little bit about how that interacts, that idea interacts with the things that we talk about on this podcast. It might sound a little bit abstract right now, but we promise we'll bring it down to earth real quick. But before we get started, I just wanted to remind everyone, thank you so much. This is a subscriber only bonus episode. We appreciate you very much being subscribers. We could not do what we do without you all. If you have a minute, we would really appreciate it if you would hit follow or subscribe on your podcast app. We would appreciate it if you rated and reviewed us on that app. Hey, guess what? Spotify just introduced podcast ratings. So if you want to go on there and rate and review us on Spotify, that would be a big help to us. That helps other people find the show. Also, please follow us on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter at KTF Press. Okay, I think that's everything. Let's get started now. Jonathan let's first of all define our terms a little bit. When we talk about a hierarchy of sins, what are we talking about? Jonathan: Yeah. So hierarchy of sins. I think the easiest way to say it, is that there is a level one sin and level two sin, a misdemeanor sin, a felony sin. Like these things that some things, and i.e. some people are worse than others, before God and therefore before us. And how we approach and engage and forgive or not forgive or withhold communion or ex communicate or, there's just levels to this. Sy: Right, and so let's put a little bit more meat on that idea which is, like for instance, I think we're probably a lot of us are familiar with the idea of a church that would say make a really, really, really big deal out of sexual sins and then say almost nothing about things like greed or anger or narcissism or things like that. Let's contrast this with the way Jesus talks about sin, what's the difference? Jonathan: Yeah. So something that I really like that Jesus does, is bringing sin, not just into the action, but into the posture of the heart and intentions. So we see him do this with adultery, we see him do this with anger. The reality that God is calling us, inviting us into something much more transformative than just change, a behavior change, but our posture towards one another is one that moves towards honoring and sacredness and dignity and respect, as opposed to, I'm just going to do this because I'm supposed to. I think that's just a beautiful, beautiful, thing. Sy: Yeah, thinking about sin in terms of do's and don'ts is kind of implicit in hierarchical thinking when it comes to sin, right? Like you're thinking here are things that you can do that are like, yeah, maybe bad, but sort of acceptable, versus the things that are really, really real bad [laughs]. Jonathan: Right, right, right. Sy: So, and then I think like what it really never takes into account, is the idea of sin as being kind of the corruption and fallen-ness of the world in general, because it's not just about individuals. You can actually talk about, you can talk about sin like as a trap, not just like as an indictment of you personally, because it's something you did, but actually something you're ensnared in, something you're born into. Something that has corrupted the world, that has made it, that has introduced darkness and evil into the world in general, not just into kind of individual things that we do. And then I think the big point for me, is that like in the gospel when Jesus is teaching, sins are actually things that you can commit without fear or shame. Which is like, if that makes you uncomfortable, this is kind of what I'm trying to highlight. So the thing that I thought about when we first started talking about this, Jonathan, I talked to you about this was, a small group meeting that I had when I was in college, where a group of us were talking about the place in Romans where Paul kind of tells the church not to use the grace of God as an excuse to sin. And one of the people in the small group asked, “Why would anyone do that? Why would somebody use the grace of God as an excuse? Why would Paul have to say this to anybody?” And we were all just kind of sitting there shaking our heads or scratching our heads. None of us really had an answer and it kind of took me a long time, it's funny to think about it now, but it took me like several years to go, “Oh, it's because Paul was free [laughs].” It's because the people who Paul was talking to actually believed themselves to be free of sin, and if you really honestly live into that freedom, you're not going to be thinking all the time about the things that you need to do and don't need to do, because you're free [laughs]. So he actually had to, he had to like reel them in. He had to be like, “Hey, come back, hang on. Just because we can do anything, doesn't mean we don't actually have to pay any attention to what we're doing,” right? And I just thought it was funny that a group, there were five or six of us. All except one had grown up in the church. All over the country, one person from not even the United States, and none of us could come up with that answer to, none of us could come up with the answer: because the gospel made Paul and these people he was talking to free [laughs]. Jonathan: Right. Absolutely. And I mean, that passage in Romans six is like, it's scandalous. Like you're talking, you live in a, these people would have lived, I believe like the highest values would have been like Epicureanism or hedonism where desires and wanting things and experiencing stuff is not bad. Whereas I would definitely say I grew up thinking that if I got what I wanted or my desire, I had to subdue them. The, what Paul is inviting them into, or the freedom that he's inviting them into in Christ, is different than the shackles that I am taking off. The contextualization and the culture that Paul is speaking with in contrast to ours is fascinating. Sy: Yeah. Okay. So let's get into this a little bit. How does having a hierarchy of sins, thinking of sins as do's and don'ts, thinking of some sins as worse than others benefit or support systems of control and oppression? Jonathan: All right, let's go to the deep end real quick. We're leaving colonized faith for the Kingdom of God, right? Like you saying, Oh, we were sitting at Columbia where you and I went to college, in this Bible study, and it's all over the world, like these people thinking this thing. And I'm like, colonization happened everywhere, right? Even the penguins I think know that something is not okay [laughs]. So when we create hierarchies of sin, we make it easier to maintain control and enforce norms. Sy: How? Jonathan: Yeah. So for example, and something has stood out to me. I'm from Southern Virginia and when I visited Jamestown as a kid, I saw a verse that was lifted out of context. “If you do not work, you cannot eat.” So they said like… Sy: At Jamestown [laughs]? Jonathan: Yes, at Jamestown in Virginia. Sy: Oh no, that's awful and also makes perfect sense. Jonathan: Right, but if we think about it, it's like, oh, someone who doesn't work is not worthy of eating. And that's lifted from scripture and then applied to this place. So laziness becomes a sin that needs to be enforced more aggressively than let's say, rape or abuse or violence or sexual assault. So a man could “provide,” quote unquote, through his labor, and be abusive and be fed. But someone who was not able to work may not be given food. So there's this level that's created that is, it's like, oh, this community must value this more than that or these people more than that. And that's what I understood as a kid. I was like, oh, if I don't produce something, I'm not worthy of receiving basic stuff. Like seeing how things are set up, reinforced my already understood mentality — because I was already working in a field by the fourth grade — that if I did not work, then I may not have food. So laziness for me became one of the, like the worst possible things that you could be. And that's personal. That's not even, I wasn't even aware of the systemic, the vagrancy laws and laziness as a crime for black people and the, like I wasn't aware of that at the time. But it creates, the hierarchy of sin creates and enforces a norm for me to belong to a group of productive people. Sy: Yeah. I also think, so one of the ways that I was thinking about that the hierarchy reinforces oppression, is by making the people who are, the people who most openly commit the sins that are at the top of the list, that are the worst ones, you can make them others and dehumanize them. So feminists, gay people, single mothers, people who had children out of wedlock, anyone who's had an abortion, or anyone who advocates for abortion. Like those, you can politically demonize those people because they have committed the worst sins. Whereas if you are say a pastor or a political leader, or whoever who is very authoritarian, who is angry, who wants to dehumanize — the dehumanizing itself is a sin, but it's not one of the sins at the top — if you have anger and greed and you lust after power, those kinds of things, those are excusable because they're at the bottom of the list, so you can use them to obtain power. And that does not, that's not a ding against you as a leader. Jonathan: Yeah. And like, I mean, even to double down on that, the flip side is that it's not just that the people that are doing the quote unquote “worst sins” are marginalized. It's the people that are doing the least sin, the quote unquote “lowest level sins,” are empowered and in power. The person who owns slaves and is abusive and oppressive to women and creates systems that oppress and marginalize people who don't believe like them, i.e., Jonathan Edwards, always, they're centered and valuable and fine. Great. And the people that they deem unworthy are, stay unnamed and punished. So the other side of that coin is really harmful. Sy: Yeah. I also think that once you kind of start grading sins on a curve [laughter], that's kind of what it is. You can excuse the ones that are not as serious, in pursuit of goals that you think are important. So take for instance, I said before, you can do things like be greedy or angry or narcissistic in the pursuit of power. So if you idolize power, whatever your idol is, but let's just say you idolize power, because we're used to that one. You can then commit a bunch of the sins for the good of obtaining the power, because power can be used in good ways, power can be used to further the kingdom, power can be used to evangelize people, to whatever. The best example of this with which at least most Americans are familiar I think, would be church leaders who went from condemning Clinton in 1999 for sexual misconduct, to avidly supporting Trump despite sexual misconduct. Because Trump's going to get you what you want in terms of having power and putting the people on the Supreme Court and et cetera. So basically you can always, like the reason, whatever reason it is that you, that sneaks in there that allows you to commit one of the lesser sins, you can always ratchet the importance of that up more and more until it's just basically acceptable to commit the sins that are at the bottom of the scale. So that's… then you add that to our political climate in which we are constantly talking about how electing this next leader or this next election is the most important thing that we will ever do in our entire lives, because society is on the brink, and if the other side wins, we're all going to die [laughs]. When that's your attitude, it becomes extremely easy to do the things that you have deemed less bad than the things that are at the top of the list. Jonathan: What's compelling to me about what you're saying, is that if you have a hierarchy of sins, then you also create a hierarchy of what's righteous. So the idea that the end justifies the means, is not in scripture at all. But we will say that, like the literal argument that Black Americans should be grateful that we were brought over as slaves, because at least then we got the gospel, when in reality, the gospel was already in Africa, pre-colonization. As we're talking about it, it's like, well, once you have the hierarchy in place and you have systems and structures to enforce that hierarchy, then this entire ecosystem gets built around it. Around how to construct, and how to perform righteousness and how to be religious in a society, and what does faithfulness look like? And what is faithfulness embodied look like? And then what testimonies get shared and what, who gets celebrated, who gets to become a saint. It's very, it's elaborate and intentional. Sy: Yeah. Also just think of how many testimonies have you ever heard of someone talking about how they were delivered from greed? Jonathan: Jesus. [laughter] Sy: You've heard drugs, you've heard sex, you've heard, you know what I mean, [laughs], but you've never heard greed. I think one more, I don't know, devious way that the hierarchy creates power for people in church in particular, is that people who do commit the sins that are at the top, but are still Christians, so not the people who commit them openly, not the people who are out there advocating for the abortion, not the people who are out there trying to, being single mothers and not caring that they had sex when they weren't married. Whatever, whoever the boogeymen are. The people who have committed these sins, or who continue to commit these sins that are the bad ones, but they're still in church. Jonathan: Yes. Sy: Having a hierarchy creates an enormous amount of power over those people, Jonathan: Right, right. Sy: Specifically because they have to keep coming back to you for absolution from the extra bad sins that they are committing. They have to constantly feel ashamed of themselves and they have to constantly seek righteousness and they have to constantly be afraid because they've done the really bad ones. So that fear keeps people coming back to church, keeps the pastor's authority over them solid because they need, they're just constantly looking for whatever little drips of forgiveness they can find as they continue to watch pornography or whatever. Jonathan: Yeah, and it is, and you know, this is where we could talk about the intersectionality of things. Because I remember in high school, one of — two teachers at my high school were sleeping with each other and they were married to other people. And the woman in the relationship was brought in front of the church, forced to confess in front of the church and all these things. This was early 2000s. And I just thought to myself, “Well, where's the guy in this situation?” I also thought to myself like, “which sins do we force people to publicly confess?” Which sins will force you to experience social exclusion and collective shame? And also the idea that literally Jesus came that sin would not separate you from God. But it seems as though we would say, no, it's not that sinfulness separates you from God, but the shame of the sin should separate you from God and community. So we're going to set that up. I don't know if I'm saying that correctly. Sy: No, no, no you are, but I think the other thing that you're getting at, is not, it's not just what you've done. You don't just get graded on a curve of which sin is worse, you also get graded on a curve of who you are. Which is, that's the woman being brought in front of the church and not the man. And that's, I want to talk about this too, because like I said before, anger is one of the lower ones on the scale, but if you're black or if you're a woman and you're deemed angry, that's a lot worse, right? That's something that we have a stereotype about. That's something that we know how to dismiss those people. We don't necessarily care that much when somebody, like when a white guy's on stage in a pulpit, screaming about whatever, the Democrats, about abortions, about homosexuality, whatever. But if you are getting angry about racism, that's a completely different story. Jonathan: Right. And I will say this too. I was once at a church in Brooklyn with, in an event with a nonprofit. And there were politicians that were there and it was very interesting to me because someone turned to me and said, “ You know, if Cuomo was here, people will be falling all over themselves to talk with him.” And they said too, they said at the time, “And they know how he treats women.” But… Sy: Oh, when was this? Jonathan: This was probably 2007? 2007 or 8. Sy: Whoa, and they were saying, they know how he treats women in 2007? Jonathan: Yeah, yeah. This wasn't a new thing, you know what I mean [laughs]? So they said, “If there was a female leader who did the things that Andrew Cuomo did, they would never let her step into this pulpit. They would never let her like come in here and speak to us. But because it's Cuomo, it doesn't matter the reputation that they have of demeaning women.” Because these things are known. They come out later, but these things are known. So it's one of those things where it's like again, like the intersectionality of it, like you were just saying, it depends on who does it. And the reality is, if someone is wealthy and in power, they are absolved for quote unquote “what they can do for the community”, which is the exact case that Donald Trump made when he stood at that church in Iowa and began to say, “If I'm in power, you will have power.” Sy: Right. So, on top of who you are committing the sin, I think it also matters who you're sinning against. If you are… and this is like the most extreme example you can think of, but it was absolutely routine at one point in this country for slave owners who sexually assaulted black women to be members in good standing of churches, when it would not have been the case if they had gone after a white woman, right? Jonathan: Right. Sy: So, the curve on which the sins are graded is just so along identity lines and awful, or it can be in any given scenario that it's, I mean, I think what we're digging into here, is just like some really deep ways in which a thing that is not explicitly about power or oppression, becomes about one. Like when you distort the ways that, I don't know, God wants society to operate, there's a whole lot of awful downstream consequences that are going to break along the lines of existing hierarchies and oppression. Okay. So we've talked about all the problems that the hierarchical thinking about sins causes. How do we get out of this kind of thinking, Jonathan? Jonathan: So I was having this conversation with Priscilla, and I was talking with her about this episode. This hierarchy of sins, what do we say when we're trying to basically defend the dignity and place of people who have quote unquote “messed up” at the table? Like they still belong there. Because if I belong there, then they belong there, because I'm not better than them. If there is no hierarchy of sin, then I can't say that I'm better than the person who is greedy or I'm better than the person who is addicted to pornography. Or better than the person who's caught up in some addiction or abuses their spouse or murdered someone, or is sitting in prison right now. I can't say that if there's no hierarchy of sin. And I think that the actual, one of the answers to the hierarchy of sin, is just confession. Like the reality that I am a sinner, I'm saved by the grace of God. Now, all of us are. I'm not actually, I'm not going to do in Matthew 18 what the Pharisee does to the poor man. When he says, “Hey, at least I'm not like that guy.” That's just not the way, it's not the way of Jesus. Sy: Yeah. And you're not going to do it… I have to qualify this a little bit because I think we are extremely good at saying we're not doing that, but then doing that [laughs]. Jonathan: Yes. Right, right, right, Sy: That's what we're talking about now. The ways that we have talked about the hierarchy of sin, is basically we're inferring through the fruit of people and their ministries, and the things that they do in church, that there is a hierarchy of sin behind, like in their minds, in their hearts. This can include people who talk all day long about grace. Who talk all day long about confession. Who confess openly in… there's so many ways that you can confess, that are designed… designed, and it could be intentionally designed or not, but that make you look good. That make you, you can confess in a way where, like the thing you did isn't really all that bad and you're up there confessing it, so look, you're humble. So we just need to be careful. Jonathan: Yes. Like a college student or a person confessing that they are addicted to pornography. I think that used to be something that was very taboo, and very shameful to admit. But now, I hear there are books, there are conversations, there are groups. That there are things, there's an infrastructure around it to basically say, like we, that happens and we can help you with that. The same thing still does not exist for men who are abusive, or emotionally detached and don't know how to connect, and say and do things that are radically unhelpful in their relationships. I wonder what a community would look like where we weren't just confessing the things that we're… and Nathan talks about this, my brother, he's like, we weren't confessing the things that were transparent, because we can be transparent about some things. But it's like, what if we were actually able to be vulnerable, the transparency plus risk? And it would be, I think, well, I think sometimes the things that me and Priscilla talk about make people uncomfortable because they're not used to saying the quiet part out loud, you know? Like we try to talk openly about like how hard it is to figure out how to be faithful with money, owning a house. It is, it's really hard not to think, “I need to keep up with everybody around me financially, and just accumulate more things and get that next thing.” And it's almost like this tidal wave for us of how do we step out of the road to just more accumulation? Because in scripture, no one who follows Jesus is hell-bent on accumulating as much as they possibly can for themselves and for those they love and care about. Sy: Yeah. That's the Luke 12 parable of the farmer who just stores up the grain until he dies. Jonathan: Exactly. So what it leads, what it actually leads me to, if I am no better than anyone who's committed all the sins at the top, the bottom or the middle of the list, and then I go to Jesus and it's like, God, I don't want to be faithful in the way that the hierarchy has set up. I want to be faithful in the way that you set things up. Then it's really hard for me to believe that I'm even doing the right thing. When I look at Luke chapter nine or Matthew chapter seven, where it's like, they casted out demons in his name. They led the small group, they went to the church and he still didn't know them. So it's one of those things where I'm like, there is this holy moment of like, God, forgive me. Then we flip over to Romans eight or Roman six, like your group is studying, and it's like, there is no shame or condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus. Sy: [whispering] That's Romans eight. Jonathan: I know, that's Romans eight [laughs]. That's what… I was going to quote from Roman six after that. Then it's like, because grace abounds, which is what is in Roman six. So like, I think there is this radical interplay between humility before God and awareness of just like our brokenness and then just the abject amazing grace of God that swoops in and says, “But you're mine anyway.” Sy: And this is… okay, this is the point that I want to emphasize, because I think there are so many people who are so trained subconscious, sometimes consciously, but subconsciously a lot of times too, to be so afraid of their own brokenness. To be so afraid of their own sin, that the reason that the hierarchy is, like the hierarchy of sin is attractive, is because it makes salvation feel attainable for you. Like you can do it. You just got to avoid the bad, the real bad ones. And I think there are a lot of people who talk about, talk so much about like the depravity of sin, that they really do convince themselves that they're like just barely hanging on to salvation. Or they're constantly talking about how, like they're constantly talking about everything before Jesus. Or they're talking about a world without Jesus. If Jesus hadn't saved me, I would be so damned. I would be so completely screwed, that I just, I need to be in like, I need to constantly remember that. As opposed to constantly remembering the reality in which we are supposed to live, which is that Jesus from the beginning of time had ordained that we would all be saved and live under his grace and in his righteousness. Like there was literally no point in human history where you were actually at risk of not being saved. Where we were at risk of Jesus not showing up. That was — in the beginning, the word was with God. Right? It's like, and taking that, I don't know, like I said, I think there is a lot of control. There's a lot of temptation on the part of a lot of pastors and denomination heads and whoever else, to emphasize how terrible you are, and so you need to keep coming back here to me and give money to my collection plate, to assure yourself of your salvation, as opposed to trusting Jesus. And Jonathan: Yeah Sy: Go ahead… Jonathan: Yeah. I had a conversation with a woman. Now, she's from Columbia and she, I asked her, we got to talking one day about faith in the elevator. And I am that person who held the elevator for two minutes on the third floor, talking to this woman about Jesus, because she asked me a question in the elevator [laughter]. Sy: Everybody in the lobby was really mad at you. Jonathan: Yes. Yes. What she said was, the priest refused to give her communion because she divorced her husband. She said, “I just, I cannot serve a God like that. I just cannot.” And she has since married someone else, and she's converted to Islam and her life has gone in a different direction. And throughout my, as I'm talking with her, I just sat there thinking to myself like, I just could not imagine being the pastor or priest, like spiritual leader of a community, looking at someone and saying, “You can't come to this table,” and putting myself in that space. Sy: We should clarify. You're saying, not come to this table under any circumstances, right? Jonathan: Yeah. Sy: Because there are, I don't know how much… when you say you can't take communion because of X, Y, and Z, like you're starting to dig a little bit at a lot of like Catholic and Orthodox doctrine. Jonathan: It's true, you're right. Sy: Which is like, which is, we're Protestants, maybe that's what we're doing [laughter]. But also, the implication seems to be like, I don't even care if you have repented of anything or whatever. Or I have eliminated the possibility that your divorce was not a sin [laughs]. Jonathan: That's true. Well, what… Okay. So question, is sinfulness a disqualification… Sy: To communion with God. Jonathan: To communion with God. Sy: Right, exactly. Jonathan: I don't think the answer is yes, but I guess the way that I'm trying to tie it back in to what we're talking about is like, I wouldn't want to have a conversation with Maya where she's looking to me to know whether or not God loves and approves of her. Or like I become the arbiter of whether or not she's in the family of Jesus, because there's a hierarchy of sin in my house where if she, you know what I mean? Sy: Yeah. Jonathan: Like that just, that feels, it feels oppressive. Like it feels like I'm not supposed to have that power over someone. I can share my thoughts, I can communicate what I believe. I can communicate my convictions, but I think I have to say them in humility, that I am before an under God, just like you. I'm not between you and him. Sy: Can I just add one? Well, this is not going exactly off of what you just said, but just one last thought that I had is, a lot of what tempts people into doing things like being angry or narcissistic or whatever else, the sins that are not that big a deal on the chart, is trauma. Is like things that have happened to you that have made your life hard, and anger or narcissism or whatever, that's the way that you're reacting to difficult things that have happened to you in your life, and so there's a temptation then, like we said, to make those sins less of a big deal instead of doing the harder but better thing, which is deal with your trauma. And that's not easy. I'm not, I don't mean to make light of dealing with your trauma. But we've talked about the importance of emotional health before, and this is another one of the million different ways that being an emotionally healthy person will stop you from being someone who participates in oppressive systems. So I just wanted to get that note in there before we finished. Jonathan: So I wonder, because one of the, if we're going to talk about like the sins we don't care about, nobody cares about the Sabbath and rest [laughs]. So like, oh, I wonder what fear, what trauma, what boogeyman sits at the other side, sits on the other side of the table when we sit down to confess. If I sat down and confessed that I'm a greedy, what is the fear, anxiety or trauma on the other side that prevents me from doing that? That prevents me from saying I'm an angry, wrathful person. Sy: I think that would be a very helpful exercise for a lot of people to go through. Jonathan: I need to do that myself [laughter]. So I think that naming that, and then it's a high possibility that those who inhabit the same, this dominant or subordinated identity as you may be carrying that same fear or trauma or anxiety. Sy: Yes, right. This is one, a couple episodes ago when I was talking about blindness, and like my need to be productive and amazing because I don't want to confirm people's low expectations of blind people. That's what that is, right? that's why I don't want to rest. I can tell you specifically why I don't want a Sabbath. It's because I try to justify myself in that way because people have made their expectations of me clear and it makes me feel sad. And dealing with the sadness would be a whole lot better than the, all the effort that I put in towards being more efficient and being more self-justifying. It would be a whole lot better than all that. Jonathan: Yeah, and I think I inadvertently made a connection in myself that if I don't work, I don't think I deserve to eat. So we'll just let that sit there. [laughter] Sy: Hey look, we came full circle to Jamestown. Jonathan: Right [laughs] 1619. Sy: We probably should have said that at some point. For people who don't know what Jamestown is, it was one of the original colonies of Britain in America. Thank you all so much for listening. If my calculations are correct, when we come back to you for our February episode, we should have our third co-host back. Jonathan: Suzie! Sy: I'm so excited [laughs], I told Jonathan I've been going back and listening to the shows that, like some of the stuff from season one, and I'm like, “Man, this show is better when Susie's on it.” Jonathan: It's a much better show when Suzie is on it. Sy: Listen, it's still good. Still listen to us please, we want you to listen. Jonathan: Five stars, five stars. Sy: Five Stars [laughs]. So yeah, please rate and review us, speaking of five stars [laughter], wherever you can. And follow or subscribe on your podcast player, or follow us on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter at KTF Press. 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Write to shakethedust@ktfpress.com and we may answer your question on a future episode. TranscriptSy Hoekstra: Hi everybody, it's Sy with a couple of quick programming notes before we get started with this bonus episode. You're about to hear a conversation that Jonathan and I recorded on Twitter Spaces. So this is a live conversation that we recorded. If you want to be notified when we're going to be recording anything else live and listen into that process, maybe answer a couple of questions or comment or whatever, you can follow us on Twitter. You can follow KTF Press or Jonathan @ForeverFocused, or me @SyHoekstra. Also just later in the episode, I am going to interrupt because while we were making this live recording, I told a story that had a factual error in it. I'm going to jump in and correct myself because even though I got a couple of the facts wrong, the point that I was making was one that we wanted to leave in the podcast. So I'm just going to explain the story with accurate facts when we get there. It's when I start talking about Charlie Kirk, and you will hear those little piano sounds that you're used to when we're transitioning in between things on this show, and I will come in and explain what I got wrong just so we're giving you accurate facts because we want to do that. Finally we recorded this conversation before the acquittal in the Kyle Rittenhouse case, so we do mention the case without mentioning the outcome. If you want our thoughts on that case, we will link to the post that we put up the afternoon that that verdict came down, and you can read what we had to say about that. Also, Jonathan mentioned another article of his during the episode that I have also put in the show notes. So you can read about his thoughts on Hurricane Ida and suffering and the nature of suffering and kind of his different reactions to suffering and theology and theodicy, based on kind of where he grew up in the church tradition that he comes from. And now I will leave you with Jonathan doing the usual cold open to our episode. This is Jonathan talking about Jesus's invitation to us to love and suffer for our enemies. So the episode officially starts now. Jonathan Walton: It's important who the invitation comes from. And for Jesus being someone who has scars in his hands and in his feet and in his side from the state, it changes the invitation. I think when someone makes an invitation and has been willing to incarnate themselves into that type of suffering, it's a transformative invitation. [The song “Citizens” by Jon Guerra fades in. Lyrics: “I need to know there is justice/That it will roll in abundance/ And that you're building a city/ Where we arrive as immigrants/ And you call us citizens/ And you welcome us as children home.” The song fades out.] Sy Hoekstra: Welcome to this special subscriber only bonus episode of Shake the Dust, Leaving Colonized Faith for the Kingdom of God. It's been a little bit since we've talked to you. Hello, this is Sy Hoekstra as always, here with Jonathan Walton. We are here to talk to you a little bit today about an intentionally provocative question, do we have to care what white people think? So, but before we get started, really quickly, since you're all already subscribers, just please do remember to follow us on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter at KTF Press, and to give us a rating and review on whatever podcast app you're listening on. Also please remember to follow or subscribe in your podcast app. All those things are really, actually, honestly, very helpful to us, and we really appreciate when you do them. Okay. Jonathan, let's get started with this question today. What… Let let's just first, like I said, a little bit of an intentionally provocative question. Why are we asking this question? Why is this question important? Jonathan Walton: Yeah. I think we're asking this question because we come back to it regularly in kind of indirect ways. So for example when we watched the news. If Steve Bannon says something, if John Piper, an evangelical pastors says something, if a criminal is doing something, race matters. Like who they are, what they represent is very important in the United States, because of our history and our context and also the impact that it has on people who are part of dominant culture. That means white is the assumed norm, and anything other than that is abnormal, even subjective, or is subject to that. So in the DEI space it would be called dominant culture versus subordinated culture. So I think it is always a question. So one of the things that people say is like, “Oh, is this about race?” That comes up a lot, and I think the answer is always, “yes,” and we just need to change that to the default. Sy Hoekstra: Or at least race is always a background of any question you're talking about in the western context. Jonathan Walton: Yeah, exactly. Right. Sy Hoekstra: Or in most contexts actually. Jonathan Walton: Yeah. I mean, I think it's, if we are crossing cultures, race becomes part of the context because of colonization and capitalism having reached every corner of the planet. Sy Hoekstra: And we're almost always crossing cultures at this point in how our society works. Jonathan Walton: Yes. Exactly. And I also think, for people who are listening on spaces or listening to this podcast for the first time, we want to be a space where we are speaking across difference. So you may not be able to hear, Black folks who listen to me, obviously know that I'm Black. But you may not know that, so I'm Black and I live in New York City and Sy is blind. So I try to understand his background and perspective, but I also understand I'm speaking across a dominant different. I'm an able-bodied person and the authority and reality that he speaks from, I actually need to submit and listen to and do the work to understand, so he doesn't have to do that work to constantly explain. So I think… yeah, go ahead Sy. Sy Hoekstra: I was going to say ditto for me and you when it comes to race. I have the same kind of perspective on the stuff that you say. And we have another cohost, when she isn't taking care of an extremely small baby, who is a woman. So we try and listen to her on those, on like gender issues as well. I think what you just said Jonathan, is actually, that point you just made is important. Because if you're white and you're sort of offended by the question that we're asking, then the reality, I think, that you need to grapple with, is that this is a question that most nonwhite people have to grapple with on a daily basis. You may not be aware of that. You might not believe me saying that, but it is something that is a very broad experience that we just need to realize is a question that other people are asking. And I think as far as whether someone's offended by this question or not, that's probably all we're going to say on this subject [laughs]. I think the other important point, is that racism and white supremacy in our culture exaggerates the importance of what white people say. In particular, not just exaggerates the importance of it, but allows a lot of white people who are not experts in a whole lot of subjects to speak on those subjects in an authoritative manner. And I think we just need to explicitly say and confront the fact that whiteness is kind of considered default objective neutral. Especially when you're talking about issues of race, but when you're talking about a lot of things really, and the people, anybody else is kind of seen as too emotionally invested or biased because of their position, but white people are not biased because of their position. So that's, I think that's kind of my answer to why we're asking this question, is we need to recalibrate how important we think white people's opinions are [laughter]. Because obviously look, I care about at minimum what one white person thinks, which is me [laughs]. I like to think that Jonathan cares a little bit about what I think, so he also cares about at least one white person. You know what I mean? Like we're just trying to drastically decrease the level of authority that just comes with someone who looks and talks like I do. Let's talk about the question of how much do we have to care about what people think from the angle of it's actually dangerous not to care about what white people think. What do we mean by that? Jonathan Walton: Yeah. I think being Black in Southern Virginia growing up in a segregated space, the only time my mother talked about race was to warn me. That was the only context in which she brought up what whiteness was and who white people were. Sy Hoekstra: Can you give an example? Jonathan Walton: Absolutely. So When I, when my first book came out in high school, so I wrote my first book of poetry when I was 17 years old. Sy Hoekstra: Like One Does. Jonathan Walton: Yes, Like One Does. Another podcast. But shout out to all the Black mamas who sacrifice so much for their kids to do things. Sy Hoekstra: For real. Jonathan Walton: So we were in my elementary school, school office, and I had my book out. As I would normally do, I would just have a backpack full of them because people would see me around town and want to get one or buy one, and that, they just knew. This was 2001. So there… or 2003. So the reality was like there wasn't a bookstore within 50 miles in every direction of the house that I grew up in. So people just gave on this… so selling CDs out of the back of your car, I sold books out my backpack. So my mom asked me if a specific secretary had seen my book and I said, yes. And when my mom walked into that lady's office, she put the book on the table and acted like she wasn't looking at it. I said, “Mom, that was really weird.” She goes, “I'll tell you about it later.” And the reality is her husband is in the clan. So she's like, “Hey.” Like she does not want me to know that she, that some way it might get back around to him, that she was interested in what I was writing and reading and being, and engaged in it. Sy Hoekstra: Oh, but she was interested. Jonathan Walton: But she was. Oh, absolutely, because white people always are. They always are. The reality is Black folks don't buy hip hop. The majority of consumers of hip hop, pre streaming and things like that, like CDs were bought by 70 to 80 percent white suburban America. So it's one of those things where like Black culture can be consumed, Black culture can be used and appropriated. Sy Hoekstra: But it's taboo. Jonathan Walton: Yeah. But like actually appreciating using and all that stuff is definitely not, definitely a problem, you know? So another time we'd be like, whenever my mom would ask me about where I was going, I was a soccer player. Soccer is a white sport in the United States. So she would always ask, “What street are you going to?” There's a place in South Hill called Chaptico Road. There are very few, if any Black people, on Chaptico Road in the town that I lived in. So the, just the awareness of where I was, was, particularly around the people I was going to be around, was always about safety. So yeah, that's how it came up. Sy Hoekstra: So big picture for you, this question is not like a theoretical one. It is not something about principles or ideas or how society should work. It is about where Pauline Walton told you to go to play after school. Jonathan Walton: Yes. Sy Hoekstra: You know what I mean? It is a matter of like just the stuff that you have to know as a child to navigate your town. Jonathan Walton: Absolutely. And I'll tell you something else. That's hyper-relevant to me and you. Like before I came to New York City, I didn't know that Black people went to private schools. Sy Hoekstra: At all? Jonathan Walton: At all. Because in the south where I grew up, private schools were dangerous places. Sy Hoekstra: The University of Virginia is where you went. Jonathan Walton: Oh no, no, no, no, no, no, no. Sorry, sorry. No, no private school being like… Sy Hoekstra: Oh, high schools? Jonathan Walton: Yeah. When I went to college, when I came to college and someone said to me, “Hey, I went to a private school,” and they were Black, or “I went to a private school,” and they were white, that told me that they were racist or dangerous. That's what it was. Because I was like, “Wait, how did you get to go there? Because every school that is private that I grew up around, was built for segregation. And Black people did not go to Keniston Forest or go to Brunswick Academy or go to any of the other segregation academies that was built up at the time. So again, the concept of race and the conversation particularly around whiteness, was always about where we were supposed to go or we were not supposed to go. Yeah. Sy Hoekstra: So I think then for me, I know this is true for you too obviously, but for me it is more on the bigger scale, social, political questions. To me, the thing that I think of when I ask why would it be dangerous not to know what white people are thinking is, I don't know. Like a few, a couple of weeks ago, a video went around of a guy named Charlie Kirk, who some of you may or may not know, but he's an evangelical Christian, close ties to Jerry Falwell Jr. and Liberty University. He had a political action center named after him for a while until he went too far, kind of off the tracks for Liberty even, which is a little bit of a wild degree. But my point is he's like one degree of separation from very mainstream conservative evangelicals. And he was at an event for an organization called Turning Point USA, which if you're… some of you may know them, some of you may not. But he got up during the Q&A and asked the speaker, he said, “We are living in a medical fascist state and a real fascist,” like “the government has turned into fascism.” He said, “So I'm going to ask you like a bit of a strange question, so just get ready for this. Here's my question. When do we get to use the guns?” Was his question. And a bunch of people were kind of surprised. Some people were clearly delighted that he was asking the question in the audience, and some people were laughing at him. And he says, “No, no, no, I'm serious. This is not a joke. How many elections are we going to let them steal before we kill them?” [Instrumental music from “Citizens” by Jon Guerra plays briefly and then fades out] Okay, so here's where my mistake is. Charlie Kirk in this video is not the person who asked the question. Charlie Kirk was the speaker on stage. So the person asks all those questions, and then Charlie Kirk tells him that he's going to denounce what he's saying, and then he says, “But here's why,” and he explains. He doesn't say anything about the morality or the facts that the person has relayed. He doesn't dispute anything that he's said, except he does say that what they, and who ‘they' is, is kind of unclear. But what they want you to do, is that they want you to be violent so that they can then violate your rights. So he says, you shouldn't be violent, because if you do, then this fascist state presumably is going to react harshly and take away your rights. To which the person who asked the question responds, “Well, they've already done that.” And then Kirk isn't really able to get through to him at all. Okay, so now I'm going to drop you back into the conversation. This is me again talking about, accurately, about Charlie Kirk. [Instrumental music from “Citizens” by Jon Guerra plays briefly and then fades out] And he is, like I said, very close to a mainstream conservative Christian. He has, I cannot even tell you how many followers. He has a daily radio show. He's got tons of people following him on social media. This is a guy that people take very seriously. And I think not knowing that that is where we are going, puts us… or not acknowledging that that is like where a whole lot of white people in this country are going, just leaves us vulnerable to a lot of danger. I think it left us vulnerable to not expecting or understanding how powerful Trump was going to be, and I think worse things are coming if you're not paying attention to that. So I know that's an incredibly depressing thing to say, but that's why I'm talking about danger here. Jonathan Walton: Yeah. I mean, I think because of the education that I have and because of the resources I now have access to, I can join that conversation because I have distance from it, right? Like my everyday reality is not as it was when I was a child. So now I can have that distance conversation and say, “Absolutely.” Like when Michael Flynn gets up and starts talking about one religion at John Hagee's church in Texas, in San Antonio this past weekend. Sy Hoekstra: Another recent viral video. Jonathan Walton: Yeah. Right? Or even actually when Trump, the great book by Kristin Kobes Du Mez describing and dabbing into that statement that he made of a church in Iowa, like if you follow me you will be safe. Right? Sy Hoekstra: You will have power. Jonathan Walton: I'm sorry, yes, you will have power. And understanding that there is like a vast ecosystem that feeds. Like I would argue that 80 percent of the United States that voted for Donald Trump that considers themselves evangelical Christian, which really is about 30 percent of the United States population. Because the United States only votes in elections at about 54 percent. The vast majority of those people are white Americans. The vast majority of those people that are the most committed, are also the most religious, that religion being evangelical Christian. So it's, those numbers work themselves out to a very large group of people that hold… Sy Hoekstra: Thirty percent I think is high. But it is a big, it's a solid chunk. Jonathan Walton: Yeah. So in the chapter five of my book Twelve Lies that Hold America Captive, we break down, or what I talk about is democracy as a myth. And getting at the actual populations of people who vote and who's engaged with election and who holds the amount of power on campaign finance and things like that. What's interesting about it, is we have to understand what these people, what ends up mostly being, is white conservative people that hold a vast amount of sway over media and elections and things like that. To be able to understand like you were saying, what's coming. And I don't think it's fear-mongering to say that it's dangerous, not because a vast amount of people will act, but because a large amount of people will not resist or be upset about or push back against the violent actions that happen, i.e. Kyle Rittenhouse, right? Like there are people that are okay with what he did. Sy Hoekstra: Yeah, absolutely. A large number of people. Jonathan Walton: They're not going to promote it. They're not going to say it's fine, but they're not going to be against it publicly because they are for it privately. And that I think is a dangerous, a dangerous thing. Sy Hoekstra: All right. So let's talk about Jonathan, to re-center us since this is, for the people on Spaces, a faith based podcast [laughter]. What are we talking about now? Like we have kind of some of the framework of why this is important. But let's get back to focusing a little bit on, where are the opinions that Jesus wants us to care about? What's the actual stuff that we are according to our faith, supposed to be paying attention to. Let's just try and calibrate ourselves that way a little bit. Jonathan Walton: Yeah. So something, why do we care about what people, what white people think, is well, it's like, Jesus was as other from us as we could possibly get. He is divine, right? He is the son of God, prince of peace, king of Kings, ransom for sin, the one who brings Shalom. That's who Christ is, and he came to be with us, put on a body. And it is, it's an amazing thing to think that he would sit in a group of men, especially men like Peter and love them. Sy Hoekstra: Why especially men like Peter? Jonathan Walton: Men like Peter, so if we put the people around him, like Peter, well they're from the same space, like Galilee, right? But Peter is a rash, angry, irritable, impulsive person in scripture. Sy Hoekstra: Violent. Jonathan Walton: Violent. Yes, as well. And Jesus, the prince of peace, sits across from him and then says, I'm going to give you the thing that I'm building, and I'm going to come back for my bride, the church. I'm going to, it's going to be built on you. He sits across from Judas who wants to kill him. He comes into that knowledge of like, “Okay, I'm going to exchange this person for money.” He sits across from Simon the Zealot, who's angry for different reasons. But the reality is Jesus is sitting across from people who are carrying exceptional levels of difference from him and he loves them. So I think there is the fear side of what we're talking about, but the other side, there's a love portion of it. And I think the reality is we, like people who are marginalized, followers of Jesus, have to love those people who are going to abuse and violate an exploit and capitalize, because Jesus did it. That I think is transformative. Jesus at the garden of Gethsemane, wanted these broken, impulsive men to sit up with him and keep him company. That to me, that God would desire deep relationship with us, experience comfort in our presence because we're there, right? Like that is, that to me I think is an invitation that is miraculous. That is transformative. That I would be able to sit across from someone who's racially assigned is white and the United States, express a need for their presence and for them to meet me across the differences that are set up for us to, that we're socialized into. I think that is the flip side of the divine reason why we care about what racially assigned white people think in America. Sy Hoekstra: And loving white people across the table like that does not equal agreeing with or supporting in any way, you know what I mean? Jesus had absolutely no problem with telling Peter when he was wrong. He made that real clear [laughs]. Jonathan Walton: Right. Sy Hoekstra: You know the same thing, obviously with Judas, right? That's not the quite, the question isn't do you support people? Do you let their violent or terrible instincts go? That's not a part of the interaction that you're talking about, right? You're talking about something very different, which I think is very cool. Jonathan Walton: And ML, sorry, MLK actually said this. You could put it anywhere in the podcast, but he said to our, this is from his book or essay, The American Dream. He said, “To our most bitter opponents we say, throw us in jail, and we will still love you. Bomb our houses and threaten our children, and we will still love you. Beat us and leave us half dead, and we will still love you. But be assured that we will wear you down by our capacity to suffer. One day we shall so appeal to your heart and conscience that we shall win you in the process, and our victory will be a double victory. That right there is something, it feels other worldly to me in the culture that we live in. And it is not as bad from, in the seat that I sit in, as it was in 1963 when he wrote these things. Sy Hoekstra: I would also add one more, since we're on the subject of how much we care about what white people think, that idea that you just said from King, I hear not that quote, I've never heard that quote exactly, but ideas of nonviolence of just like, do things the right way like Dr. King did, and take your time with your little protests, and don't do it too quickly and blah, blah, blah. That coming from, that comes from white people, and it is very different for that idea to come from white people than it is for it to come from Martin Luther King. Who also said a whole lot of stuff to the white moderates that were trying to get him to slow down or stop or, you know what I mean? Jonathan Walton: Right. Right. Right. Sy Hoekstra: So I think I want to draw that distinction because I think that's what makes that quote so uncomfortable for so many people, is that King, or Jesus asking you to do something like that is a whole lot different than me for instance asking you to do something like that. Or somebody who is opposed to any sort of protest or change telling you that you need to behave in that way. That you have to do that. So it usually comes up in response to when there is a, like building burned during a protest or something, right? That's when that sort of idea comes up from King, and I just, I don't know, I wanted to make that point. While we're talking about what Jesus wants us to focus on, I also want to come back to a point that I made earlier, which was that a lot of times we see whiteness is the default and it's the objective. Like the people in power are the objective ones and the people who are not in power, the people who are oppressed or harmed, or just lower status in a society, as being the biased ones. And Jesus thinks, like never says anything like that, you know what I mean? There's no point where you're going to hear Jesus say, “Oh, this poor person does not understand how wealth operates. This poor person doesn't understand what economic oppression, how it works, because they're too biased because of their poverty.” He never says anything like that. “This person who's not a Roman citizen, doesn't understand Roman oppression.” Like you'll never hear anything like that. What you'll hear from him all the time, is how wealth and power and status makes you irrational. It makes you biased, corrupts your thinking, leads to more… leads to a higher likelihood that you're going to behave in an immoral way toward other people. So I just wanted to point that out, that a lot of the assumptions of the way that white people, white Christians think in America, is genuinely precisely the opposite of anything you're going to get from Jesus. Jonathan: Right. Like the love of money is a root of all evil, not the lack of money, right? Sy Hoekstra: Right, yes. Jonathan Walton: [laughs] Yeah. Jesus is amazing. Like it's, I feel like obviously that is, there are songs and books and all the things that talk about the Son of God, but there's, yeah. Things like that are other worldly. And they, and similarly to what you were saying before about who it comes from, like it's important who the invitation comes from. And for Jesus to say things like that, being someone who has scars in his hands and in his feet and in his side from the state, it changes the invitation. I think when someone makes an invitation and has been willing to incarnate themselves into that type of suffering, it's a transformative invitation, which makes the suffering worth it. Otherwise it wouldn't, I don't think passages like, oh, we'll be perfected. Our faith will be perfected and suffering and things. Perseverance and all of that stuff, that makes no sense apart from a suffering savior. Sy Hoekstra: Yes. Also the caveat to that is, that doesn't mean that you need to come up with immediate reasons for why you suffer and have an explanation and tie your little story up in a bow. Like people can still grieve and lament and be; like I know you know all these things, but there are so many people that hear that and think, “Oh, that means anytime I suffer, what the Christian thing to do is come up with a reason for it, and say, this is the reason that God told me, and now I understand it, now I don't care about the suffering anymore, because it was all worth it. The end,” you know? Jonathan Walton: Yeah. Yeah. Fortunately I wrote about that with the essay about the hurricane: “I Don't Ask Why Bad Things Happen” [laughs]. And Sy, you, I think how suffering is viewed and how suffering is used in America, and in just like the colonized church kind of context is always something I think we have to ask: like “why this message now?” and “who is bringing it?” And that I wish we were free from doing, but it's just the context that we live in. Sy Hoekstra: Yeah. All right. So our last little subject here, how much do we have to care about what white people think given mental health, given exhaustion and that sort of thing [laughs]? Jonathan Walton: Yeah. I was… can I jump in first? Sy Hoekstra: Of course. Yeah. Jonathan Walton: I was having a conversation about this with a friend, and they said, Jonathan, but like, why do you do it? I said, “I do it because God said I had to.” I think that for me, it was a very specific explicit call. Like Jesus said, I will be on the bridge between the haves and have-nots; The poor and the rich; And physical and spiritual resources for those who want to go back and forth. That's what he said. Then in 2 Corinthians chapter 5, it says we have been given the ministry of reconciliation. That “he who knew no sin became sin for us, that we might become the righteousness of God. Therefore we are Christ ambassadors.” And that passage to me, Jesus just blew open. He's like, “You got to be on that bridge.” So I do think it's a, we have to ask ourselves. And as we listened to Jesus and investigate scripture and live in community, it gets easier to hear him so we're able to respond more quickly. But we can ask God like, “Hey, should I talk with this person? Should I engage with this person?” If he says, “yes,” he will give us the inner and external resources to actually do the work over the long-term and the short-term. That when I get exhausted, it's usually because I'm doing work that I, that God did not tell me to do. God did not tell me to go change every white person I have a conversation with, or fix every man that says something terrible towards women, or correct every person who says something bad about disabled people. Or jump up every time someone says something for mass incarceration or the school to prison pipeline or climate change. He didn't say that. He did say I am to be his witness, and I literally have to grow in intimacy with God so that I don't burn myself out. If I tried to react and respond to every point of injustice that I notice or engage with every day, then I do believe that I would end up with some severe injury. Like I would be, I would end up in therapy, as I am. I would be, I would experience more trauma than I have. And I believe that I would be being disobedient to Jesus. Like there is a call to Sabbath and I think Sabbath is also a part of our resistance, because we're saying Jesus is Messiah, not me. Like there's, I think there's something radical in the yeses to respond to injustice, particularly racism and responding to dominant culture in the United States, in this conversation about white people. And I think there's also a radical trusting when we say, “You know what God, I don't have the energy.” And that's okay. Sy Hoekstra: To add on top of that, when Kyle Howard was on our show, he said, not everybody in fact is called to do that. Like not all Black people are called to the ministry of reconciliation, right? Jonathan Walton: Yes. Sy Hoekstra: And he was, he made what I think is a very good point, which is, he was just like, if you're not called to it, you don't need to do it. What you need to do is go have your freedom and your joy, because those are also things to which God calls people. And if you follow the things to which you weren't called, like Jonathan is just saying, you're going to burn out. Jonathan, I think that's all I had. Do you have anything else? Jonathan Walton: Yeah. I mean, the only thing I would add is like, Jesus is amazing. And I'm just like, if we… to sit and look at the life of Jesus, and there's lots of different ways to look at the life and ministry and death and resurrection of Jesus. One of the ways that feels like the most necessary at this moment for me, is I'm just wondering how he stayed in the room with these people, how he trusted these people, how he loved these people, these men, these women. Like, yeah, it is the, my, the awe and wonder of God that I have, it's just increasing as I think about Jesus inhabiting chaotic moments. Like it's just, yeah, that's all. I don't know if that really said anything, but I think… [laughs]. Sy Hoekstra: I appreciate it. I know that it's a kick that you've been on in particular. 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Our episode this week involves interviewing a Christian pastor. Our guest is an Ally and Help NSFW is 100% supportive and celebrating of all genders, sexual orientations, and gender orientations. This episode is not intended to be a plug for church. If you need to skip this episode due to religious trauma or any complicated feelings about faith, we understand and support you. Take a look at The Trevor Project for great resources on healing https://www.thetrevorproject.orgJonny and Kendall keep running into pastors at the brewery. One of them is Ryan Busby. He's the head pastor of a Baptist church, as well as a member of Collidescope https://www.collidescopeva.org, Danville's local LGBTQIA network. Tune in to hear an affirming perspective living your best life. Call to Action: Be fully alive, which means be fully yourself. Inspired by a quote from the Christian saint Irenaeus, “The glory of God is a human fully alive,” Ryan wants you to be fully, authentically, passionately yourself. Charity to Support: House of Hope in Danville, Virginia, or your local homeless shelter. Danville's House of Hope is currently applying for grants to expand their facilities, as they are the only homeless shelter in Southern Virginia. You may not know this: grant-funders prefer to give money to organizations that have raised their own money. Funders look at how much an organization has raised but also how many different people make donations. So your donation of even a small amount will have double impact for HoH!Tag us with your action steps! Use the hashtag #HelpNSFW and @JonnyFairplay on Twitter and Instagram and @kayratyl on Instagram.
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We check in on the effects of hurricane Ida at Lisa's church before we begin talking about the ministry of bishops. Notes Episcopal Dictionary https://episcopalchurch.org/library/glossary/all BCP Online https://www.bcponline.org Visit us on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/subversiveundercroft Music Be Thou My Vision, Jaimie Jorge Stump the Priest Theme, Kristin Burkholder Come Ye Sinners, Reawaken Music (Nathan Drake) Image Consecration of Susan Haynes at her ordination to be Bishop of the Diocese of Southern Virginia, February 1, 2020. The official consecrators who will sign her certificate are in albs and copes. Others attending (with their backs to the camera) are wearing rochet and chimere. Screen shot from YouTube video.
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In this episode of Elevated Thought$ we have Alethea Felton (https://instagram.com/aletheafelton?utm_medium=copy_link ) who is passionate about helping people tackle their limiting beliefs to achieve their goals. Born and raised in the Hampton Roads/Tidewater area of Southern Virginia, Alethea has lived in Washington, DC for nearly 16 years. Her personal medical and health journey built her into the transformative holistic health and wellness coach she is today. Whether you want to eat healthier, maintain peace and clear focus during a life challenge, transition from one stage to the next, or learn to incorporate more time for self-care, Alethea's integrative approach of mind, body, and soul equip you with the empowering tools needed to identify hindrances and set and maintain intentional goals. Had a blast in this episode. Once again, thank you all for coming to get Elevated
Desireé Gorbea-Finalet is a person with Type 1 Narcolepsy and a student of Peace and Conflict Studies. In this episode, Claire and Desireé discuss how because she was labeled as a “good sleeper” as a young child that it may have contributed to a delayed diagnosis. Growing up in Puerto Rico, her family had a history of migraines so when she sought out help her doctors and neurologists focused on the migraines rather than her excessive daytime sleepiness. Despite struggling with excessive daytime sleepiness, Desireé was always super productive during her wakefulness. She participated in extracurricular activities and completed both high school and her undergrad within three years. In 2017, after the destructive effects of Hurricane Maria, Desireé came to the States. Since coming to the States she has been able to receive better narcolepsy care and get plugged into a local support group. Desireé encourages everyone to listen to their bodies and intuition and to not give up advocating for yourself until you find out what is “wrong” with your body. You can follow Desireé @uniboricua on Instagram. She recommends the following Facebook groups -- Foothills Narcolepsy Support Group (Specifically for individuals living in North-Western North Carolina and Southern Virginia), Narcolepsy Humor, and Narcolepsy Support Group. You can follow Wake Up Narcolepsy at @narcolepsy_360 on Instagram, @wakeupnarcolepsy on Instagram and Facebook and @wakenarcolepsy on Twitter. Let us know your thoughts about this episode by using the hashtag #narcolepsy360 and please rate and review us on Apple Podcasts.
So much going on with spring births on the homestead. And abandoned lamb was the immediate task to take care of today. A quick trip to town to get supplies and now I’m late getting to this podcast. That’s what it’s all about on the homestead. I have so much to share with you today and most of it is so much fun!! I want to take a minute and say welcome to all the new listeners and welcome back to the veteran homestead-loving regulars who stop by the FarmCast for every episode. I appreciate you all so much. I’m so excited to share with you what’s going on at the homestead this week. As I said there is a lot of it and all relates to spring births. Our Virginia Homestead Life Updates Before getting to that abandoned lamb, let’s start with the garden and the birthing of new plants. Spring Garden If you are new to gardening perhaps you are not familiar with the terms spring garden, summer garden, and fall garden. Spring is the time of year to plant crops that thrive in cool weather. Some can thrive in the heat, like maybe potatoes. But most spring garden plants require cool temperatures. Things like lettuce and spinach will simply give up and go to seed if it gets too hot. Other things like root crops will just not grow in the heat. Their growth stalls and there is nothing to do for it but try again in the fall when the weather cools off again. This spring we are planting two kinds of peas, snap peas and shelling peas. Shelling peas are those green peas that you buy frozen or canned. Snap peas are best for salads and such. They are eaten pod and all, though they can be shelled as well. But the pods are sweet and crisp. I’m not going to plant potatoes this spring although Scott did dig up the potatoes that we had left in the ground over the winter. They were just starting to sprout and grow again. Really, we should have had them out of the ground a week or so ago before they sprouted. Fortunately, there are not tons of them. We will be able to eat them before they get soft. In the normal course of planting, I would have planted some of them for a new crop. I have enough potatoes and will forgo them this spring. Perhaps in the fall. I have yellow, red and white onion sets to plant. Onions make bulbs according to the amount of light they need. There are short season, mid-season and long season varieties. Michigan, Minnesota, Wisconsin and other northern states can grow those long season varieties. During the height of summer, the hours of daylight are significantly higher than we get in Southern Virginia. And farther south from us, only the short season varieties will grow. The farther south you get, the more equal the day and night hours become. While far in the northern States like Alaska, they have sunlight nearly 24 hours at the height of summer. Of course, it is dark for nearly 24 hours in the winter also. Strange place, Alaska. I was there twice. Once near the spring equinox and the days and nights were fairly equal. But the second time I was there in July, just past the summer solstice. The sun was still up at midnight. It dipped below the horizon for about 3 hours and then daylight began to show once again. It happened in Germany also. I was there in August and it was daylight past 11:00 pm and the sun was back up long before I got up in the morning. So that’s the story of onions. The rest of the garden will get planted in May. That will be the green beans, herbs and crowder peas. The 500 strawberry roots are all planted and looking great. Leaves are visible on almost all of them. The beds look fantastic. Scott did a great job there. That bank of strawberries will also have four sections of culinary herbs. I already have a good stand of thyme and oregano. Inside I have started more rosemary as it didn’t do so well last year and I just let it go over the winter. It can survive the winter but needs protection. It did so poorly that I just decided to start over this year. And just today I got some garden sage seeds to fill in that fourth section in between the strawberries. The blueberries and blackberries are leafing out. The blueberries will bloom soon and we will have berries around the first or second week of June. The blackberries will be ready in mid-July. On to the cows. Cows and Calves Last time I talked with you, we had one calf. Now we have three. Rosie, our new Jersey heifer gave birth to Princess. Then Cloud gave birth to Winston. And finally, Claire gave to birth to a, yet unnamed, bull calf. No one has had any trouble so far, knock on wood. Butter and Violet have a bit of time to go before giving birth, Late May and early June respectively. Now to the fun part of the cow story. Rosie, though she is her first calf, was giving about 2 ½ gallons of milk per day. We were estimating in the beginning because Princess was getting her share so we guessed about how much she was drinking. We were getting about a gallon and a half in the beginning and guessed Princess was getting about a gallon a day. Well, it didn’t take long and we were getting a gallon a day – and then a few days later, a half-gallon or even less. Princess was getting it all. At this point, we would normally separate momma and baby and control the amount of milk baby is getting. Calves need about a gallon or so of milk to grow strongly. Certainly not two gallons. But they will drink everything they can if you let them. Take a beef cow for instance. Those calves are never going to get more than a gallon or so a day because that is all momma is going to make. But the dairy cows make lots and lots of milk and the calves simply don’t need that much. So what were we to do. We came up with a very good plan. During this time when the milk volume we were getting was diminishing rapidly, Cloud had given birth. We cannot milk Cloud anymore. About mid-season last year, something spooked her and she began kicking the milking inflations off. Then she began kicking more and Scott got quite a few bruises and even a really badly sprained thumb from her kicks. We had to stop milking her. We thought we might try again this year if she perhaps had calmed down a bit. No luck there. We had her walking into the stanchion before she even gave birth, just getting her used to coming in and getting a little treat. They all get this training. It makes it easy to work with them for just about any vet treatment. Anyway, she got startled again by something and started kicking and we weren’t even trying to touch her udders. That answered that question. Cloud would not be milked this year either. This is also a dilemma on a homestead. Every animal needs to have a purpose. Her purpose was to have a calf every year and to be milked. Now half of her purpose was eliminated. That means she has become more of a cost than a benefit. And even though we love all of our milk cows, we simply cannot afford to have any of them as pets. They must cover their own expenses at the very least. And of course, we really need them to provide some income. Otherwise, we are using our precious time to maintain a cow that is not giving much in return. This year, she got a reprieve. We figured out how she could pull her own weight. She could become a nurse cow. Separating a calf from mom is normally a loud experience for three days. However, we separated Princess from Rosie and began grafting her onto Cloud. Princess was happy with the arrangement. Rosie was not. She still moos at Princess all the time. Princess ignores her and has since the second day. A cow will sometimes easily take on another calf. In fact, we have had issues in the past with calves nursing on any cow in the area. Our Normande cows are pretty willing to let anyone nurse. Cloud was not quite so willing as Claire and Buttercup, but we were confident she would eventually accept Princess as her own. We put Princess in with Cloud and Winston. And we had them separate from the rest of the crew for the exact reason I just described. We didn’t want Winston browsing around and finding milk beyond Cloud. Anyway, each day we bring all three up to the milking shed. Cloud goes in the stanchion and her head is locked in. She can still see who is back there nursing and the first day, she kicked Princess off repeatedly. Princess is quite resourceful and persistent. She was hungry after all. It didn’t take long for her to figure out how to position herself so that Cloud could not reach her with her kicking. She would get almost right up underneath Cloud with her butt close up next to Cloud’s front legs and her body nearly underneath Cloud’s belly. Cloud is locked in the stanchion and can’t walk away. The first two days, Princess was voracious in nursing. We were relieved and confident that she would be fine. She was filling her belly at least once a day. The third day or fourth day, Princess did not persistently try to nurse. In fact, she was rather disinterested in nursing at all. That told us that she was getting at least some nursing in earlier in the day. As of yesterday, I did not see Cloud even push her away. At all. Princess was getting some milk with persistence in previous days. Now she is nursing whenever she wants. It’s a done deal. Cloud now has two calves. And we now have that full two and a half gallons of milk. A yesterday and today’s bonus is that Rosie all of a sudden started producing even more milk. We believe it is the warmer weather. She now gives us over three gallons every day. That is fantastic for a first year Jersey cow of her size. Remember, she is still quite small in stature. I can’t wait to see how Butter does this year. We are expecting in excess of five gallons a day from her as she is now a seasoned Jersey cow. Butter is as tall as any of the Normandes. She looked like a mini cow when we first got her, but she is definitely full grown now. That’s it for the cow stories. Now on to the quail. Quail Babies Just a brief tale here. We had 68 eggs in the incubator. There were 40 of those eggs that hatched. We lost three babies in the first day or so and now have 37 quail babies in the brooder. They are about 10 days old now and have nearly all of their feathers. In about 8 days, they will be fully feathered and strong enough to go out on their own. We will do our semi-annual deep cleaning of all of the quail cages just before we turn them out into the grow out cages. The breeder cages also get a deep cleaning during this time. We will sterilize and treat the cages for mites. They will all get fresh new sand in which to take baths and the automatic watering system will be started up again. The automatic waterers don’t work well in winter as the lines and water cups freeze over. Instead, I take fresh water out to the birds every day from late fall to late spring. So, the cycle of birds is in motion. I’ll keep you updated on each new batch of cute quail chicks. Sheep and Lambs The biggest spring birth story is the lambs. It would have been nice to have a 100% success rate like we achieved last year, but alas, we knew it was not likely. Lambs are delicate animals in the beginning. The first ewe’s lamb was born without a hitch. He is strong and healthy. The second ewe, not so much. She had a big beautiful boy and a very, very tiny girl. The girl was born an hour or so later and we suspect that she was in the birth canal too long and was oxygen deprived. She passed within a couple of hours. She was never able to get up. We only have four ewes giving birth this year and I thought perhaps that would be the only issue. Unfortunately, that was not the case. This story has a better ending. I had to rush into town to get colostrum for an abandoned lamb. In all of our 11 years of raising sheep and lambs, this was the first abandoned lamb that we had. Well, Lambert was close to being abandoned. That was two years ago. He was small and one of three. The other two were getting all the milk and we ended up bottle feeding him. Today’s spring birth of lambs was, again, twins. But the ewe never touched the second lamb. Right after milking this morning I went out to check on the ewe because I could tell she had given birth. I had looked out the window and I could see the one up and running around. He was already dry. But she was laying down and straining again, so I thought another was on the way. And perhaps she was having an issue as the other was already standing up quite strongly and dried off. I feared a repeat of the previous situation where the lamb was damaged in the long birthing process. Nope, not this time. When I got out there the lamb was born and was actually standing up. She was significantly smaller than her brother, but still quite strong. She was as wet as she could be and still standing strong. I could tell that mom had not licked her at all. Who knows why it happens? But it does happen. Mom just rejects one of the lambs, usually the second or third one. As I said, we have had lots of issues with lambing but this was first time we had experienced the complete abandoning of a lamb. I tried rubbing the birthing fluid that was still on the new one onto the older one. Perhaps I could fool mom into accepting both as hers. No luck. She simply ignored the other lamb. What to do? What to do? We quickly put all three in a smaller enclosure. We tied up mom and put baby girl underneath her and showed her where to nurse. While this little girl was strong, she seemed to have no clue as to how to nurse. Finding the correct location was no issue, but latching on was not going well. We fiddled with her for about an hour before giving up and deciding that we were just not going to be able to get her to nurse. And even if we did, mom was going to push her away, or walk away and leave her behind. She had already done that. When I first arrived, she took her boy and moved away from me. I brought the girl up to the boy and laid them together. Mom approached as a I walked away. She sniffed and licked the boy and completely ignored the girl. Then she walked away again with her boy in tow, abandoning the girl. So, what happens when a lamb is abandoned? Well, we have to get colostrum into her within 24 hours. If you ladies out there have children you know what I mean when I say colostrum. Or if you have your own homestead you will know what I’m talking about here. For those of you still considering and learning, colostrum, not milk, is created for about three days or so. In sheep it contains lots of protein and a higher amount of fat than other species. The fat is important for lambs. The other really, really important part of colostrum is it contains the antibodies for common ruminant diseases. Lambs, kids, and calves can survive without it, but their chances of getting sick and dying due to lack of the antibodies to fight the infection is very, very high. All newly birthed ruminant animals need that colostrum for survival. On top of that, the ability to absorb the antibodies declines quickly after 24 hours. Therefore, it is imperative that the newborns get that colostrum immediately. Once we made the decision to bottle feed the new lamb, we now needed the supplies. We have never really kept lamb colostrum on hand since we reduced our flock to a half dozen ewes. We picked the best moms and we’ve never had an abandoned lamb, as I said. I was aware that this stuff can be hard to come by for lambs. All kinds of calf colostrum which will do in a pinch. But the lambs really need the extra fat. That means I had to get on the phone and find some ASAP. The closest Tractor Supply that had some was an hour away. No problem, put everything else on hold, get in the car and make the trip. I got back with the goods, fixed up a bottle for her and she drank it down in a couple of minutes. She is a really strong lamb and I think she will do fine. The other thing I needed to find was lamb milk replacer. Again, this formula needs to be made for lambs. The fat content of ewe’s milk is very high compared to cows or even goats. Fortunately, the Tractor Supply store that had the colostrum also had the lamb milk replacer. Phew. I got it all done. I feel pretty good about this little girl’s chances of survival. It was as flurry of activity, but that’s pretty normal for homestead life in the spring. There is one more ewe still to give birth. Praying all goes well for her. Final Thoughts That’s about all I have time for in this podcast. It’s time to go bring up Cloud and make sure once again that Princess is being fed properly and we need to give Cloud some calorie treats daily as she needs to supply milk for two calves. I’ll feed and water the baby quail and get another bottle of colostrum ready for the ewe lamb. She will get fed at least three times a day for a few days. Then it will drop to twice a day for at least two months. It’s all in a days work on the homestead. If you enjoyed this podcast, please hop over to Apple Podcasts or whatever podcasting service you use, SUBSCRIBE and give me a 5-star rating and review. 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Welcome back to Jonah Asks. Meet Jonny. Meet Jonny. A fantasy writer, a cat lover, a Gay Black Jewish man, and a kind soul. In this episode Jonny takes us through his journey, both physically and psychologically, from childhood through the present...for him age 36. Jonny has lived in many cities, had many jobs, and collected oceans of experience as a human. He's a searcher. Topics we discuss: *identity *coming out as a gay man *Southern Virginia *military families *family dynamics *traveling *HIV *writing (fantasy/thriller) *politics *race and democracy *economic equality *minimum wage *cats *baths This was a wonderful talk. I hope you enjoy Jonny's stories and wisdom. If you'd like to buy his book, click here: https://www.amazon.com/Collection-Chronicle-Soul-Seed-Novels/dp/B0892792P9 If you'd like to support the podcast, click here: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/jonahasks Thanks for listening and stay safe, Jonah
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Good morning lacrosse fans. Thank you for taking time out of your day for the Utah Lax Report. Don't forget to forward to a friend, it's the best way for the newsletter to grow. Let's get to it. Interview w/ Waterford Athletic Director Craig Morrisc/o Ben HaslamCraig Morris is one of a handful of people in the lacrosse community who has seen the sport grown from a few teams in the mid 90's to what it is today. He has coached at the high school and college level and was a huge part of the sanctioning effort. Please take a moment to listen to our conversation, there are tons of great nuggets of information in it. You can listen to the latest podcast above or on Apple Podcasts or Spotify. Feeling hungry? We have a lot to get through to stop reading and head to Vessel Kitchen and order my go-to, the Chicken + Grains: shredded chicken, coconut rice, quinoa, spicy house green sauce, fresno aioli, fire roasted peppers. Once you're full, continue reading! 2021 Girls High School Preseason Region RankingsThis wraps up the region rankings. Once again, I didn't come up with these, they are voted on by the coaches in the region. You can see all of the rankings in the story highlights on Instagram. Region 1File photo from the archivesThe Darts received six first place votes and will look to take the Region 1 title with head coach Makenzie Hekking at the helm, leading her alma mater.2021 Region 1 Preseason RankingsDavis (6)Weber (1)Fremont (1)RoyNorthridgeLaytonSyracuseClearfieldRegion 1 Players to WatchSam Wilkes (Davis), Macie Wood (Davis), Ava Bair (Davis), Carlie Murray (Weber), Reanna Maughan (Weber), Emma Greer (Weber), Rylee Webster (Layton), Sieara Christensen (Layton), Allie Gordon (Layton), Brooklyn Suttlemyre (Syracuse), Maggie Manley (Syracuse), Anna Bott (Syracuse).Region 3Herriman: 2019 Girls D-I ChampionsAs the defending champions, Herriman certainly has a target on its back but that was almost 21 months ago. Several key players graduated in 2020 but the foundation should be strong for the Mustangs. Bingham and West Jordan will certainly challenge for the region title. 2021 Region 3 Preseason RankingsHerriman (3)Bingham (3)West Jordan (1)RivertonCopper HillsJordanWestRegion 3 Players to WatchOlivia Rindlisbacher (Herriman), Bailee Butterfield (Herriman), Bailee Fabert (Herriman), Olivia Gilbert (Bingham), Mia Scharman (Bingham), Saige Drecksel (Bingham), Kenzi Winget (West Jordan), Emilee Algier (West Jordan), Sydnee Brinton (West Jordan), Allie Reiser (Copper Hills).Region 5It's not everyday that a new team gets the top spot. Farmington will have a lot to prove in its first season. 2021 Region 5 Preseason RankingsFarmington (4)Box Elder (1)Woods Cross (1)BountifulBonnevilleViewmontRegion 5 Players to WatchPaige Burwell (Farmington), Emily Leavitt (Farmington), Hailey Savage (Farmington), Taylor Byrd (Bonneville), Amanda Davies (Bonneville), Lyssa Hendrickson (Bonneville), Hannah Bird (Viewmont), Bekah Bargeron (Viewmont), Toree Wheatley (Viewmont).Region 6The 2020 Bengals squadThe Bengals return a ton of talent and certainly a favorite to be in at least the semifinals this season. 2021 Region 6 Preseason RankingsBrighton (4)Olympus (1)SkylineHighlandEastRegion 6 Players to WatchHaley Taylor (Brighton), Addi England (Brighton), Grace Rappl (Brighton), Kate Richards (Olympus), Maddy Larkins (Olympus), Hazel Baker (Olympus), Presley Parkinson (Highland), Sofia Patnode (Highland), Amelia Santelli (Highland), Grace Szwedko (East), Britlyn Smith (East), Lindsey Knaphus (East).Region 7File photo from the archivesAlta will look to return to glory as one of the top teams in the state. 2021 Region 7 Preseason RankingsAlta (4)Mountain Ridge (1)Lehi (1)Timpanogos (1)TimpviewMountain ViewOremRegion 7 Players to WatchCalli McDermott (Alta), Marley Webster (Alta), Kate Johnson (Alta), Kiley Mortensen (Mountain Ridge), Tessa Mortensen (Mountain Ridge), Morgan Mackey (Mountain Ridge), Nev Wilson (Mountain View), Holly Huntington (Mountain View), Kaelynn Wilson (Mountain View).Region 112020 Mountain Crest Mustangs2021 Region 11 Preseason Rankings1. Mountain Crest (5)2. Sky View (1)3. Ridgeline T4. Bear RiverT4. Green Canyon6. LoganRegion 11 Players to WatchMarley Kierstead (Bear River), Bailey Bjorn (Bear River), Savanna Pehrson (Bear River), Taryn Durham (Mountain Crest), Alicia Solano (Mountain Crest), Kamrie Wilkinson (Mountain Crest), Belle Quiggle (Ridgeline), Maddie Topham (Ridgeline), Kylee Andersen (Ridgeline).College UpdatesThe Utah Utes fell to Air Force in OT, 10-9. Branden Wilson (2G, 2A), Tyler Bradbury (1G, 3A) and Jack Barron (2G, 1A) led the Utes. Box Score | Recap | Video. When Utah announced going NCAA D-I, it was exciting to think about a Utah/Denver rivalry but let's be honest; the Utah/Air Force rivalry fits the rivalry mold much better for the time being. The Utes face Loyola next Saturday. BYU went to Colorado and faced Adams State on Friday and CSU-Pueblo on Saturday. The Cougars beat the Grizzlies, 15-1, while taking down the Thunderwolves 18-5. Here's the 2021 schedule for BYU:UVU took to the road and beat Concordia, 10-7. The Wolverines will head to Colorado for games against Adams State and CSU-Pueblo this weekend. The MCLA released its plan for something resembling a postseason this year. I think it's easy for most of us in Utah to think things are somewhat back to normal but when dealing with a nationwide organization, it's not so simple. Enter the 2021 MCLA Invitational. This sums it up: I had a thought the other day; does a shortened season last year with no season or no meaningful season this year help or hinder a players desire to play? Let's say you were a Freshman in college in 2019 at an MCLA school. You rode the bench or maybe got a little playing time. Last year, as a Sophomore, your team played 3 games and you saw no time before your season was cancelled. This year, you are a Junior in school but still a Sophomore in eligibility. Your team isn't playing or doesn't want to go to the MCLA Invitational. Does this make you want to play your Senior season more or less? Will teams be younger overall next year? What do you think? Utahns AbroadRyan Baker (Juan Diego) had 3 groundballs on defense for Bryant in a 14-8 loss to Stony Brook.Logann Eldredge (Herriman) had 4 goals and 3 assists against Kent State on Friday. Bubba Fairman (Brighton) had 1 goal and a groundball for Maryland in a 20-9 win over Michigan. Zack Franckowiak (Corner Canyon) had a groundball for Rutgers in a 11-9 upset over Penn State. Several Utahns featured in the Southern Virginia 21-16 loss to Hampden-Sydney. Box Score | Video - Tennison Schmidt (Brighton) had 6 goals and 1 assist. Chandler Wescott (Bountiful/BYU) had 4 goals and 3 assists. Dalon Hampshire (Bountiful/BYU) had 18 saves. On the Women's side at SVU, Alissa Johnson (Olympus) had 6 goals and 1 assist in a 14-13 win over Centre. Box Score | VideoNews & NotesLacrosse PhotographyMy brother and I were talking the other day about lacrosse photography. We're wondering if any of you would be interested in a class talking about the ins and outs of getting great shots at lacrosse games. If you or someone you know (like a team photographer) would have any interest, please reply to this email and let me know. You can see his photos here and mine. We've shot youth, high school, MCLA, WCLA, NCAA, Pro and even International lacrosse. Speaking of photos, if you have any old photos of lacrosse in Utah, I'm collecting them for use on social media and prints for anyone who may want them. Send me an email with what you have! ClinicsThere are a couple of great clinics coming up. On Saturday, February 27, Tornadic is hosting a camp/7s games for girls 4th-8th graders. Learn more here. Also on Saturday, True Lacrosse is offering a FREE Spring Starter Tune Up at Corner Canyon High School. High School ages will be from 9:00 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. with the youth starting at 10:30 a.m. Register here.LaxnumbersFor the older lacrosse fans, Laxnumbers is the reincarnated LaxPower. For the newer lacrosse fans, Laxnumbers is reincarnating LaxPower, which was an old lacrosse website that housed lacrosse schedules, news, forums, etc. LaxPower was a staple in any lacrosse fan/player/coach/ref daily life. They also had an RPI/Power rating before it was cool. I vividly remember checking scores, standings and power rankings in 2000. You can view it here.Utah Lacrosse Fandom SurveyI'll leave the survey open for another few days. If you haven't filled it out yet, please do so! You can find the survey here. I'm excited to share the results with you in the coming weeks. I think that's it for this week. If you've made it this far, thank you! Next week we should have our first coaches poll which I'm very excited about. Please forward this to a friend who also loves lacrosse. — Tim Haslam This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.utahlaxreport.com
Jonathan Walton is the author of Twelve Lies that Hold America Captive and the Truth that Sets Us Free. He is also an Area Director for InterVarsity NY/NJ focusing on Spiritual Formation and Experiential Discipleship. Recognized as one of Christianity Today's 33 Under 33 and one of New York's New Abolitionists, Jonathan was also the recipient of a Young Christian Leaders World Changer award. He has been featured in media outlets like New York Daily News, the Christian Post, and King Kulture for his work combatting human trafficking. Jonathan earned his bachelor's degree in Creative Writing from Columbia University and holds a master's degree in the Study of the Americas from City College. He is from Southern Virginia and lives in New York City where he attends New Life Fellowship Church. You can follow him on Patreon.com/IVED, Instagram @JonathanWalton655, and Twitter @foreverfocused.
Joe & Joe Weather Show Wednesday January 27, 2021 A major winter storm is impacting the Western US with heavy rain and very heavy snows especially in California and Nevada. In the East another storm forms today in the Southern Mid Atlantic and brings lighter snows from the Tennessee Valley to Southern Virginia and North Carolina. The Northeast is bracing for the coldest weather of the winter. The western storm will come to the East Coast early next week. Omni True Value Hardware is ready for any winter storms that head our way. http://omnitruevalue.com You can support this podcast by subscribing to Patreon for full weather coverage. https://patreon.com/meteorologistjoecioffi --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/joe-cioffi/support
The COVID-19 pandemic has caused life sciences organizations to adjust to supply chain and clinical development disruptions and financial challenges that would have previously been unthinkable. There are many questions on the table like - How to deliver products and innovative discoveries to patients ? Are we stopping the clinical trials of all other therapeutics, etc… This is your host – Swamy Sriperumbudur and you are listening to “LEADERSHIP IN CRISIS”, and we have invited a special guest and life science industry veteran – Ms. Jeanne Taylor Hecht Jeanne Taylor Hecht is a global Business Executive and Board Member with deep experience leading successful teams across mature and emerging markets within the product development, pharma services and life sciences space. As CEO of JTH Consulting, LLC., Jeanne commands broad knowledge and deep expertise in the Life Sciences arena. She has dedicated much of her career to guiding international companies through healthy growth – thoughtfully, strategically, and with unyielding integrity. Jeanne has been expanding her Life Sciences consulting practice supporting companies with sales, marketing and market growth strategies, annual plan development as well as advisory and board work. Her experience spans the medical imaging, research site, emerging biotechnology, early stage AI and technology business landscape and life sciences services market. In this capacity Jeanne serves as a strategic advisor to PE companies, small and emerging companies and their business leaders as well as venture capitalists. Jeanne is an active Advisory Board Member for Wake Forest University as well as the University of North Carolina Chapel Hill Kenan-Flagler's Business School Business of Health Council and lecturer at the business school. Jeanne also volunteers with Senior PharmAssist, a nonprofit group that provides medication access and medication therapy management to seniors in North Carolina. She further volunteers with Kids=Play, a nonprofit group building playgrounds for children with disabilities in Southern Virginia, and with Ronald McDonald House. She holds a Bachelor of Science from the University of Michigan and a Master of Business Administration from that university's Ross School of Business. She earned a Certificate of Project Management from the Project Management Institute. Jeanne welcome to Leadership In Crisis: --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/cswamy/message
Kathrin sits down with Dr. Beverley Buston, missionary, psychologist, nurse, helper, and mountain woman. The conversation ranges across the landscape of thought and faith, yet Beverly keeps us grounded with pragmatism, care, and faith. Welcome, friend. It’s great to have you with us for the journey. Some links to share:The full biography and profile of Beverley Buston, PhD., 2013 recipient of the Campbell-Wallace Achievement for Distinguished Service Award, can be viewed on the Ministering to Ministers website here. Beverley speaks of the West Virginia mountains with much love and emotion. Looking at the mountains themselves explains why. You can explore the beautiful mountains throughout the West Virginia landscape here, on the West Virginia Explorer website. During our conversation, the phrase “moving from either/or to both/and: The Theology of Work explores this phrase in this lovely article, Moving from Either/Or to Both/And (last accessed on 1/2/21) Bagavad Gita and The Mabinogion can both be explored on GoodReads. Dr. Beverley mentioned the mission work she’s done through her church. You can see the various ministries and missions of the Episcopal Diocese of Southern Virginia on their website. NPR’s moving obituary of Congressman John Lewis details his remarkable life, achievements, and his continued encouragement for others to get into good trouble. Many thanks to Ministering to Ministers, who produce and support this podcast. Please check out the resources available through this fantastic foundation: Ministering to Ministers Ministering to Ministers Wellness Retreats Ministering to Ministers Resources: Forced Termination Ministering to Ministers: The Problem Ministering to Ministers Resources: BooksMusic for this episode has been legally purchased from AudioJungle. License available upon request
Joe & Joe Weather Show Tuesday January 5, 2020 A strong block will keep things quiet and chilly for the rest of the week in the Northeast and Northern Mid Atlantic. A new storm system will be moving across the deep South and head for the Carolinas and then out to see. Some areas in the south will see some snow from this, Mainly from Northern Georgia to Southern Virginia late this week. A second storm will follow early next week and take a similar course to start but could have a more northerly impact up the coast. A colder weather pattern is emerging in the long range. Our sponsor is Omni True Value Hardware for all your winter equipment needs. http://omnitruevalue.com You can support this podcast by subscribing to Patreon for full weather coverage. https://patreon.com/meteorologistjoecioffi --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/joe-cioffi/support
Today we are setting the table with Candy with several guests. Jessi Baker co-creator and owner of Ole Smoky Moonshine, Yee-Haw Brewing, 6th & Peabody, and cookbook Author shares a short story on how her Grandparents created “The Ole Smoky Candy Kitchen” in 1952 in Gatlinburg TN. Mary “Dee Dee” Constantine presents a short story about Shirley McMurtrie of Union County and Shirley’s way of dry canning Black Walnuts along with Shirley’s black walnut candy recipe. Fred Sauceman presents his “Pot Luck Radio” series with a feature on Helm’s Candy of Bristol Virginia. Tammy Smith of Savannah, GA shares 2 stories about eating a raccoon for dinner and a hog’s head story from her Marcum Grandpa, her Daddy, and her mother Lula Davenport Marcum. Her Mother Lula was cousin to Old-time fiddler and banjo player Clyde Davenport and Lula herself picked the banjo.
Episode 22 in which Patrick and Philip discuss the mascot of South Stokes High School. The Sauras were an indigenous group that lived in part along the Dan River in what is now known as Southern Virginia and Stokes County. The Stokes County Boys discuss the morality of having a native mascot, even if it is a specific local tribe versus a blatant stereotype (a la Washington's NFL team). Does it honor or degrade the Saura to be the mascot of this high school? Listen to our discussion and let us know what insight you have (stokescountyboys@gmail.com). This was originally going to be a short first segment but ended up being its own episode! Links to sources: https://www.ncpedia.org/saura-indians http://www.ncai.org/proudtobe https://www.apa.org/pi/oema/resources/indian-mascots https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/the-2128-native-american-mascots-people-arent-talking-about/ Rate, Review, and Subscribe. Do not miss that next episode, now! Where to find us online! Twitter: @SCBoysPod Instagram: @stokescountyboys Email: stokescountyboys@gmail.com Spotify Playlist: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/2db8mudoCDDZj0vsm6UCDP?si=Qk-U6MPxSEqibf61x1CS_A Support the show! Help us keep the pod going and you can choose the topic of a future episode!: https://anchor.fm/scboys/support Cover Art: Gorgeous George Music in the episode: "Change Clothes" by Danger Mouse, Jay-Z, The Beatles "It's All Too Much" by The Beatles --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/scboys/support
In this episode of Tesla Tales Tuesday (TTT), Vince from Southern Virginia, who has been a navy pilot for 18 years is going to share his life story. We touch on key moments of his career, the story on why he changed from a Jaguar XF to a Tesla Model S and X, and cover the industry as well. Hope you like this new format episode. Send me your feedback to blntgbc@gmail.com Submit your EV / hybrid car ownership story on reinverted.com/join
Tropical Storm Ida made landfall near Mobile, Alabama during the morning hours of November 10, 2009. According to the U.S. Minerals Management Service, about 30 percent of oil production in the Gulf was shut down on the 9 as Ida neared the Gulf Coast. Port Alabama, AL reported a wind gust of 62 mph while West Mobile, Al and Destin, FL had wind gusts of 43 mph as Ida came ashore. Soaking rain from Ida spread from Alabama into Southern Virginia and the Carolina’s. The following are some daily rainfall records were set. But the biggest impact occurred because of those shutdown oil rigs causing the price of oil to spike for the next week or so as gasoline prices soared. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Subscribe to Patreon to support this channel and get in depth weather coverage every day! Join for a full year and get a 15% discount. https://patreon.com/meteorologistjoecioffi Joe & Joe Weather Show this Thursday September 24 2020 as the weather calms down. The remnants of Tropcial Storm Beta are producing areas of rain from Mississippi to Southern Virginia. The Northeast warms up with some high clouds around into Friday and no rain for the weekend. Long range sees changes next week as a colder pattern takes hold over the Central and Eastern US. The tropics are taking a break right now with no pending systems nor are any showing potential in the short range. You can support this channel by doing your Amazon shopping from this link. https://www.amazon.com/shop/meteorologistjoecioffi We are a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for us to earn fees by linking to Amazon.com and affiliated sites. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/joe-cioffi/support
Alesia Visconti and David Craghead with FranServe on Franchise Business Radio Interested in Franchise Ownership? Contact Pamela Currie to receive a COMPLIMENTARY Consultation on Selecting a Franchise. Pamela Currie, Host of the Franchise Business Radio show and Founder of Franchise Intellect, Inc. www.FranchiseIntellect.com Mobile: 847-970-8765 Email: Pam@FranchiseIntellect.com To learn more about guest topics, contacting a guest or becoming a guest on the Franchise Business Radio show simply email Pam@FranchiseIntellect.com Alesia Visconti has over 20 years of experience serving as a C-level executive for both domestic and international companies in service industries. In each of her executive leadership roles, Visconti was responsible for driving organizational development and led each company to operate at its peak levels of performance. After learning about, and, subsequently, becoming passionate about the franchise industry, in 2014 Visconti became a FranServe consultant. She experienced the value of FranServe's training, mentoring and support programs firsthand as a Certified Franchise Consultant, and quickly became one of FranServe's Top Producers. Visconti's achievements led to mentoring other consultants and spearheading “Success Programs” for the company. Her vast experience in driving organizational success, orchestrating innovative programs, and leveraging partner relations, served as the perfect foundation to further expand FranServe as she took on the role of President in 2016 and CEO in 2018. As the driving force behind FranServe, Visconti never loses sight of her mission: to help others achieve their dreams of business ownership through franchising. To that end, she has dedicated FranServe to training and supporting the industry's best franchise consultants. As a highly committed and active leader in the franchise industry, Visconti serves on the International Franchise Association's VetFran and Membership Committees. Visconti also founded Fran-Aid, an initiative of FranServe that donates globally to organization helping others. Says Visconti, “As a Purpose Driven Organization (PDO), we take pride in our social responsibility to share our success with those who need it most.” Visconti is the CEO & Publisher of Franchise Dictionary magazine. She is also an author and professional speaker who lives by the motto, “work hard, play hard, help others, repeat.” Topics: My background About FranServe's directive / mission How has our mission changed in the past 2 - 3 months due to Covid-19? What should Franchisors be doing right now to remain relevant? Veterans as franchisors and our involvement with the IFA and the VetFran's program FranServe as a PDO (Purpose Driven Organization and Fran-Aid) https://www.linkedin.com/in/alesiavisconti David Craghead launched his career in franchising during his senior year at Virginia Tech, (V.P.I.) as the manager of two 7-Eleven Food stores. Over the next 17 years and over 140 stores later, he was promoted to Regional Sales Manager, District Sales Manager and Market Director for the stores in Southern Virginia and North Carolina. David later accepted a position as National Director of Sales Training for the retail division of Electric Mobility Corp., a medical mobility products manufacturer headquartered in Sewell, NJ. In January of 2013 he became an Independent Franchise Consultant for FranServe, Inc. In December of that same year, he accepted the position of Director of Marketing... a position he maintained until being promoted to V.P of Franchise Development in November of 2016 and then in May of 2018, he accepted the position of Chief Franchise Expansion Officer overseeing the Franchise Development and Expansion Division of FranServe. Topics: The beauty of franchising even during the COVID-19 How some brands actually thrive during a pandemic https://www.linkedin.com/in/davidcraghead
Alesia Visconti and David Craghead with FranServe on Franchise Business RadioInterested in Franchise Ownership?Contact Pamela Currie to receive a COMPLIMENTARY Consultation on Selecting a Franchise.Pamela Currie, Host of the Franchise Business Radio show and Founder of Franchise Intellect, Inc. www.FranchiseIntellect.comMobile: 847-970-8765Email: Pam@FranchiseIntellect.comTo learn more about guest topics, contacting a guest or becoming a guest on the Franchise Business Radio show simply email Pam@FranchiseIntellect.comAlesia Visconti has over 20 years of experience serving as a C-level executive for both domestic and international companies in service industries. In each of her executive leadership roles, Visconti was responsible for driving organizational development and led each company to operate at its peak levels of performance.After learning about, and, subsequently, becoming passionate about the franchise industry, in 2014 Visconti became a FranServe consultant. She experienced the value of FranServe's training, mentoring and support programs firsthand as a Certified Franchise Consultant, and quickly became one of FranServe's Top Producers. Visconti's achievements led to mentoring other consultants and spearheading “Success Programs” for the company. Her vast experience in driving organizational success, orchestrating innovative programs, and leveraging partner relations, served as the perfect foundation to further expand FranServe as she took on the role of President in 2016 and CEO in 2018.As the driving force behind FranServe, Visconti never loses sight of her mission: to help others achieve their dreams of business ownership through franchising. To that end, she has dedicated FranServe to training and supporting the industry's best franchise consultants. As a highly committed and active leader in the franchise industry, Visconti serves on the International Franchise Association's VetFran and Membership Committees.Visconti also founded Fran-Aid, an initiative of FranServe that donates globally to organization helping others. Says Visconti, “As a Purpose Driven Organization (PDO), we take pride in our social responsibility to share our success with those who need it most.”Visconti is the CEO & Publisher of Franchise Dictionary magazine. She is also an author and professional speaker who lives by the motto, “work hard, play hard, help others, repeat.”Topics:My backgroundAbout FranServe's directive / missionHow has our mission changed in the past 2 - 3 months due to Covid-19?What should Franchisors be doing right now to remain relevant?Veterans as franchisors and our involvement with the IFA and the VetFran's programFranServe as a PDO (Purpose Driven Organization and Fran-Aid)Website and/or Social Media Links:www.franserve.comwww.franchisedictionarymagazine.comhttps://www.linkedin.com/in/alesiaviscontiDavid Craghead launched his career in franchising during his senior year at Virginia Tech, (V.P.I.) as the manager of two 7-Eleven Food stores. Over the next 17 years and over 140 stores later, he was promoted to Regional Sales Manager, District Sales Manager and Market Director for the stores in Southern Virginia and North Carolina. David later accepted a position as National Director of Sales Training for the retail division of Electric Mobility Corp., a medical mobility products manufacturer headquartered in Sewell, NJ.In January of 2013 he became an Independent Franchise Consultant for FranServe, Inc. In December of that same year, he accepted the position of Director of Marketing... a position he maintained until being promoted to V.P of Franchise Development in November of 2016 and then in May of 2018, he accepted the position of Chief Franchise Expansion Officer overseeing the Franchise Development and Expansion Division of FranServe.Topics:The beauty of franchising even during the COVID-19How some brands actually thrive during a pandemichttps://www.linkedin.com/in/davidcragheadThe Franchise Business Radio show is a platform to bring together franchise professionals to connect, educate and collaborate to serve the franchise community and those considering franchise ownership.Spotlighting Leaders in the Franchise Industry, experts in funding, legal, marketing and consulting.Franchise Business Radio hosted by:Pam Currie, FounderFranchise Intellect, IncMade possible in part by:Host Pamela Currie, Franchise Intellect, visit: http://www.FranchiseIntellect.comAlso made possible in part by:Franchise City, visit http://www.Franchise.cityFranServe, visit https://franserve.com/To nominate or submit a guest request visit: http://www.OnAirGuest.comTo view guest photos from this show, visit: http://www.ProBusinessPictures.com
During this episode, host Dan Lesniak speaks with Taylor and Ivo Pereira about their parallel real estate and site development businesses. Learn how this power couple operates multiple businesses, where they've identified opportunities for growth, and how they create value for their customers. Episode Highlights: Taylor Pereira worked in the home remodeling industry and saw potential in becoming a real estate agent four years ago. Ivo Pereira works in construction. He does site development and has one of the fastest growing trucking companies in Northern Virginia. Many of the clients Ivo works with, when doing teardowns in Arlington, are also clients of Taylor's. They are currently pursuing more off-market deals. In site development you have land and want to put a building there. They prepare the land for construction and remove excess dirt. Ivo fell into site development via the trucking industry. Machines are very expensive. They own over a million dollars of equipment. That's an investment they put towards building their business. Stormwater management and stormwater mandates have become more important, so Ivo decided to dig deep into this topic. Being a one-stop shop helps control the schedule and the business. They've limited the scope of the geographical areas they work in so they can prioritize quality service. A lot of people overcommit and then provide low quality work. When Taylor first started in real estate she didn't understand the process so she worked with a high-volume team. After 2.5 years on a team, she knew she could do it on her own and doubled her volume. Teams help you earn credibility as a new agent. When people wanted dirt at their homes, Ivo would ask them why. He would then send the lead to Taylor. They tried signs and doorknocking, but once they got more involved in the industry they found texting and cold-calling worked well to find off-market leads Do your own research on the correct and legal way to text leads. They don't wholesale or try to find off-market properties as hard in Northern Virginia. They do that work in Southern Virginia. Taylor advises new agents to just keep going. Ivo recommends seeking mentorship to save time and money. If you can't afford a book, go to the library, or check YouTube. Experienced agents should never stop learning and push forward. Ivo emphasizes the importance of networking. Ivo says not firing fast enough was his biggest business mistake. Taylor reminds us that business is never easy. Taylor and Ivo share their exciting five year plan for building their business and inspiring others. 3 Key Points: Site development involves preparing land for new construction. If you're just starting out in real estate, joining a team will help you reach your goals faster. Mentors will accelerate your growth. Read and learn what you can for free, then invest in paid mentoring. Resources Mentioned: Learn more about Hyperfast Academy; HyperFast Coaching Dan Lesniak bio, Facebook, Twitter 100 of Dan's best real estate tips Ivo Pereira Facebook, Instagram Taylor Pereira Facebook, Instagram Taylor and Ivo Made for More podcast
The headquarters will be powered by a solar farm more than 200 miles away in Southern Virginia. Hosts: John Suder (@johnsuder) Producer and Director of Marketing at SUMO Heavy https://twitter.com/johnsuder Bart Mroz (@bartmroz) CEO/Co-founder of SUMO Heavy https://twitter.com/bartmroz Brittany Blackman (@BrittanytB) Writer and Junior Marketing Coordinator at SUMO Heavy https://twitter.com/BrittanytB About the eCommerce Minute: The eCommerce Minute is a production of SUMO Heavy, a digital commerce and strategy firm located in Philadelphia and Brooklyn, NY. Learn more about SUMO Heavy: http://www.sumoheavy.com Follow Us: Newsletter: SUMO Heavy Weekly https://www.getrevue.co/profile/sumoheavy Twitter: @sumoheavy --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/ecommerceminute/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/ecommerceminute/support
Our guest this week can best be described as an all-round Virginia horsewoman. Pam Cibula believes in versatility in training horses to learn from the hunt field and adapt to the show ring or most any other question that’s asked of them. Growing up near Charlottesville in Southern Virginia, Pam rode Welsh ponies and became competitive with her siblings which she carried into her professional career as a working horsewoman. She trains horses to hunt, to develop confidence cross country and use their instincts to be foot perfect, to find their own stride and jump anything. She learned how to ride side-saddle and together with her mare Fine Art they can be found handling tough conditions as one of 10 finalists in the 2019 Virginia Field Hunter Championships or turning on her show craft at the Upperville Colt & Horse Show. Pam explains why she believes horses should be able to do anything, and why she prefers the hunt field to the blue ribbon. For show notes and related links for this episode click HERE. For more conversations from the world of women’s sport including articles, blogs, videos and podcasts visit wispsports.com. WiSP Sports is The First and Only Podcast Network for Women’s Sport with more than 20 hosts, 1200+ episodes across 46 shows and more than 5 million downloads and feeds. WiSP Sports is on all major podcast players. Follow WiSP Sports on social media @WiSPsports. Contact us at info@wispsports.com.
Tad Deriso is president and CEO at Mid-Atlantic Broadband Communities Corporation, a South Boston-based nonprofit organization that has built an advanced open-access fiber optic network in Southern Virginia. VEDP President and CEO Stephen Moret spoke with Deriso in Danville about his work creating world-class fiber infrastructure in a rural region.
Canada takes this one in a landslide folks. I’m Jason Bryant and this is Short Time Shots, your mostly daily recap of the scores and more from around the world of wrestling. What does Canada take? Well, as I checked into the Fallsview Marriott, I looked out the window to see the most glorious sight I’ve ever seen out of a hotel window at a wrestling event. Seriously, Wrestling Canada Lutte (you have to say Lutte) has at least made one person happy so far. By the way, it’s also not everyday you get picked up at the airport by an Olympic medalist. As far as picking up Olympic medalists, I’ve done that way more. Not quite like smoking fake pot with Peter Frampton, but you get the idea. Yes, a Mitch Hedberg reference. Also, Niagara Brewing Company has some first-class stuff. To the scores! Dual Meets: Kentucky Wesleyan won its first dual in school history on Tuesday night. Well guess what, they have their first winning streak as the Panthers beat NAIA Thomas More 28-21to win the school’s second dual ever and second in a row. Kentucky Wesleyan stormed out to a 28-0 lead and put it in cruise control from there. Mount Olive topped Lander 24-23 in a matchup of first year teams. With the dual on the line, Mount Olive’s Drew Weichers’ major decision at 157 pounds in the dual’s final bout was enough to give the Trojans the win, spoiling the dual debut of the Lander Bearcats. In Division III, Westminster beat Fontbonne 31-18, Thiel beat Pitt-Bradford 50-6, while UW-Platteville beat UW-Stevens Point 25-15. Stevens Point’s Matt Berlin remained unbeaten at 13-0 with a fall at 133 pounds. Division III Millikin, ranked No. 18, beat Lincoln, which is in its first year active as an NAIA school, 41-12. Southern Virginia defeated NJCAA Southwest Virginia 33-15. In the NAIA, Grand View won its 81st straight dual, but it wasn’t a blowout. The Vikings won six of 10 to defeat Baker 27-15. Five bouts were decided by two points or less. No. 10 Life trounced Truett McConnell 46-5. In Kansas at Olathe South High School, Ottawa beat Central Christian 45-9. In the desert, Embry-Riddle beat Arizona Christian 35-15. On the women’s side, No. 14 Missouri Valley beat No. 20 Saint Mary (Kansas) 28-15 to pick up their first win of the season. No report from the women’s dual between Fontbonne and Westminster. Notables on the Docket: Just a pair of duals in Division I as Bucknell hosts Bloomsburg, which is right down the road, unless you’re in a snowstorm like I was back in 2011 or ‘12. Wrestling’s version of the Backyard Brawl goes down in Morgantown as West Virginia hosts Pittsburgh. Anyone ever hear the story about the Pitt PA announcer asking the fans if anyone owned a tractor with West Virginia plates E-I-E-I-O, because its lights were on? WVU came back to win that game, by the way. True story. In Division II, Colorado Mesa (formerly known as Mesa State) hosts Western Colorado (formerly known as Western State and Western State Colorado), Emmanuel faces McKendree, MSU-Moorhead faces Northern State in the Northern Sun Conference. Central Oklahoma will face off with NAIA Oklahoma City. Lourdes, which just added a women’s team, will face Adrian, North Central’s at Wheaton, while Simpson (Iowa) hosts a tri-meet with Central College and Augustana (Ill.) In the NAIA, apparently Lindenwood-Belleville is at Lyon. I’d love to know what’s going on at Belleville, since my emails to the sports information office and coaching staff have gone unreturned. As have my phone calls. Does anyone return calls anymore? Missouri Valley is at Graceland and Concordia (Neb.) is at Morningside. On the women’s side, East Stroudsburg and King head to Ferrum for a tri-meet in the only reported action scheduled on Thursday. I’m going to suggest heading to TransitionWrestling.com for the minutiae of women’s wrestling. Yes, Gabby gets more plugs. FROM THE DWN: In the wake of the gigantic outpouring of support for Iowa alum Brandon Sorensen and his fight against leukemia, another Iowa wrestler could also use help from the wrestling community. Justin Portillo has set up a GoFundMe for Grand View women’s wrestler Jas Alexander. She was in a horrific car accident on her way to volunteer at a wrestling event in Waterloo several weeks ago. Sorensen’s GoFundMe raised over $66,000 in 18 hours (and it’s still growing). Jas transferred to Grand View to join the wrestling team there in her senior season. She is showing resiliency and could use a hand there, too. The Oklahoma State student newspaper, the O’Colly, does a solid feature on Anthony Montalvo, explaining his hardships growing up that involved poverty and abuse. NJ.com’s Bill Evans looks into the careers of three former New Jersey standouts who are waiting to enroll at Cornell, but are taking greyshirt years. MLive.com features Pennsylvania high school standout Gaige Garcia, a two-sport athlete who plans on playing football and wrestling at Michigan. St. Cloud State’s 52-match win streak is re-capturing the attention of its local news media as WJON reports. The Huskies set the Division II record a few years ago at 54 in a row. They’re in line to beat their own record. Craig Sesker writes about Sorensen for The Predicament. Trackwrestling released its first set of high school wrestling rankings. I did high school rankings from 1997 to 2005. I also did some high school research when I was with The Open Mat. Yup, not something I ever want to do again. Track, Willie, whoever else, go for it. That’s on you man! Sam Herring of the Home Mat Advantage fires up another podcast, this time with Wyoming Seminary’s Scott Green and Beau Bartlett. WIN Magazine’s Mike Finn profiles Iowa and why they’re going to wrestle free and loose to try to score more bonus points this season. Since I’m up in Canada, I might as well throw some Canadian news out there as CBC features 2016 Olympic champion Erica Wiebe and the battle she must go through just to make the team in order to try to win another Olympic medal. BP Sports Niagara also features another Canadian women’s wrestler, world medalist Diana Weicker. The Times of India profiles world medalist Bajrang Punia, the Indian wrestler who’s a pretty big fan favorite here in the U.S. That’s not what the story’s about, but hey. On The Network Chad Dennis returns with The MatBoss Podcast where he interviews Air Force associate head coach Joe Johnston. . You can get to read those stories and more from Mat Talk Online’s daily wrestling newsletter. 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I’ve got a staff of 10 - fingers. Thanks to Pat Fitzgerald, Trent Kroll, John McCarty and Craig Scharer for their contributions this Tuesday. That’s it for the sales pitch, because THIS is Short Time Shots, a mostly daily recap of the scores and more in and around the world of wrestling, I’m Jason Bryant and in the morning, I’m off to Canuckistan! I mean, Canada. In case you’re wondering, yes, I’m announcing the Canadian Olympic Trials. Yes, they hold them in December. They’re in Niagara Falls, which is actually SOUTH of where I live. Why do they set the team so early? Well, I’ll have an investigative, expose, The World In Crisis. Double gold star if you catch THAT reference. Dual Meets: I’d say Mount Union was pretty pumped up about their win on Tuesday. The Purple Raiders social media accounts quickly tagged me on Twitter (@jasonmbryant) to let me know No. 6 Mount Union beat No. 7 Baldwin Wallace 31-9 in the Yellowjackets own gym. Mount Union head coach Josh Malave with quite the conundrum, having to X out the M in Mount Union’s name all week. The only matchup of ranked foes saw Jordin James, ranked No. 1 at 141 for Mount Union, beat No. 9 Charlie Nash 11-4. Lenny Reich shout out as well! Elsewhere in the Ohio Athletic Conference, No. 21 John Carroll picked up its first shutout in three years, topping the Fighting Muskies of Muskingum 43-0. Fastest fall of the night came at 165, where Canton, Ohio native Luke Reicosky picked up six in 64 seconds. Otterbein improved to 5-2 on the season after beating Ohio Northern 30-15. Top-ranked Drew Kasper picked up another W at 285 for the Cardinals, improving to 14-0 on the season and registering his sixth fall of the year. And while I’d like to give Mount Union the graphic on Twitter and Instagram, that honor goes to Division II Kentucky Wesleyan. The Panthers won its first dual in school history, topping NAIA Midway 26-19 in Midway, Kentucky. Last year, Kentucky Wesleyan went 0-10 in its maiden season. Kairus Washington’s fall at 285 sealed the deal. Sticking with some Division II action, Indianapolis shutout Urbana 48-0. In the NAIA, Williams Baptist beat Hannibal-LaGrange 39-15. Anyone get ZZ Top stuck in their head anytime they hear the name Hannibal-LaGrange? No? The Eagles picked up five falls in the American Midwest Conference win. In an odd scheduling note, there were two women’s duals initially scheduled on Tuesday, but the North Central-UW-Stevens Point dual was moved to February 18, and the Emmanuel-McKendree dual was canceled. Which can be spelled with one L or two. Cancelled. See. I didn’t get a red underline when I typed it, but you … can’t actually see that. Notables on the Docket: Division II Lander will host its first dual in school history as the Bearcats welcome another first-year program, fellow Division II member and conference mate Mount Olive. Mount Olive won its first dual as a program last week - this is the first time Lander is stepping on the mat for a dual, ever. Kentucky Wesleyan will try to win two in a row as they visit NAIA Thomas More. There will be no more Elisabeth Shue references. Well, there might be. In Division III, we have a five duals involving teams from D3 and all five of them are in-state battles. Pitt-Bradford faces Thiel, Southern Virginia faces the new NJCAA program at Southwest Virginia Community College, Fontbonne takes on Westminster, NAIA Lincoln faces Millikin and UW-Stevens Point faces UW-Platteville. The NAIA mostly follows suit, as Truett McConnell faces Life, Central Christian takes on Ottawa and Arizona Christian faces Embry-Riddle. Grand View and Baker gotta screw it all up by being from different states. Fontbonne and Westminster are scheduled to go there on the women’s side as well, while Saint Mary (Kan.) heads to wrestle Missouri Valley. FROM THE DWN: The University of Iowa announced on Tuesday that four-time All-American Brandon Sorensen has begun undergoing treatment for acute lymphoblastic leukemia. There are numerous outlets with information on this, including the Daily Iowan, Trackwrestling, The Cedar Rapids Gazette, the Quad City Times … after this kind of news, there really isn’t much I want to promote here today. Thoughts are with Sorensen, his family and the entire Iowa wrestling family. The only good news really coming from Iowa today was the Hawkeyes did come in as a unanimous No. 1 in the NWCA Division I Coaches Poll. Slight movement, nothing major. No major changes in the NJCAA Team Rankings as Western Wyoming is still No. 1 there. From the Asbury Park Press, Rutgers head wrestling coach Scott Goodale gives a mighty endorsement for the football program bringing back Greg Schiano as head football coach. Apparently, Goodale was a pretty good tosser of the pigskin back in high school. Not quite like Uncle Rico, but good. Cuban Olympic medalist Alexis Vila was sentenced to 15 years in prison for his role in arranging a murder. Yikes. Cronkite News, which we’ve discussed on the show before, drops another solid wrestling piece, this time Sarah Farrell profiles Marlee Smith, the lone woman on the Arizona State wrestling team. There’s even a quote from your sometimes-humble host, that’s me. The Cuban Greco-Roman wrestling team is leaving Iran, according to the Mehr News Agency. The Cubans were training in the run up to the Greco-Roman World Cup, which was postponed by United World Wrestling last week. The Iranian contingent is adamant they will put on the event, passing off alleged safety concerns in the country. This was posted yesterday, but since there was no Shots, I repeat such info here. The Japan News reports that four-time Olympic champion Kaori Icho has not entered the All Japan Championships set for this weekend, effectively ending her chances at winning an unprecedented fifth Olympic wrestling gold medal. She’s the only human being who has ever walked the planet to win four Olympic gold medals in wrestling. On The Network Kyle Klingman and Andy Hamilton go On The Mat with the Director of Wrestling and the head men’s wrestling coach at Presbyterian College, Mark Cody. WarUP on The WPIAL with Jeff Upson and Greg Warnock chat about things related to Waynesburg Central in Western Pennsylvania. Keep an eye out for a new show coming this week on the network called State of Wrestling. It’ll be an organizational podcast coming from the NWCA. I’ll host it and the first guest will be NWCA Executive Director Mike Moyer. Little background on the organization and some insight on what’s happening to grow the sport there. You can get to read those stories and more from Mat Talk Online’s daily wrestling newsletter. Sign up for free at mattalkonline.com/news and get the day’s top wrestling stories from around the world delivered to your inbox for free every single morning. The Mat Talk Online Daily Newsletter is sponsored by Resilite. If you'd like to SUPPORT THE SHOW and all the on-demand audio offerings, free newsletters and historical research. You can support this program and the Network by making a small monthly contribution or one-time donation by going to mattalkonline.com/jointheteam. Venmo, PayPal, Buymeacoffee.com or Patreon, but here’s the perk with a monthly Patreon contribution - you get the cool perks like branded shirts, glasses, hats, digital preview guides, shout outs on the show and even a chance to be on Short Time! The Short Time Wrestling Podcast is proudly outfitted by Compound Sportswear. Remember, you’ve always got time, for Short Time. SUBSCRIBE TO THE SHORT TIME WRESTLING PODCAST Apple Podcasts | Stitcher | Spreaker | iHeartRadio | TuneIn Google Podcasts | Spotify | iOS App | Android App | RSS (Editor's note: This is always a rough draft of the script of the show, there may be minor errors sprinkled throughout and no, it's not in APA style or anything that resembles a journalistic published work. Some shows will also be devoid of show notes, as they're done on the road from a mobile device). Short Time Episode 582 - December 3, 2019
It's Short Time Shots for November 2, 2019! In Duals:•Fueled by victories from B.C. LaPrade at 157 pounds and Hunter Bolen at 184 pounds, No. 16 Virginia Tech picked up its first win in school history over Missouri, beating the No. 9 Tigers 29-10 in Blacksburg. The Hokies won the last four matches of the dual, which included a forfeit at 133 and a 26-second fall by Mitch Moore at 141 pounds to close out the win. •No. 24 Virginia went 2-0, beating Maryland 34-6 and Division III Southern Virginia 50-3. Maryland picked up the first win of the Alex Clemsen era with a win over Southern Virginia 42-6. Of note for people back home, Patrick McCormick from Poquoson, Virginia - that’s my hometown - registered a forfeit W at 125 against Southern Virginia. It’s my show, I’ll mention irrelevant forfeit wins by kids from my hometown if I want. •Rutgers opened up the season with three wins, picking up a win over newly branded Division I LIU 43-3, the top-ranked team in Division II, Pitt-Johnstown, 22-9 and Division III Centenary 38-6. •Edinboro opened up year two of the Matt Hill era with three wins, two over non-Division I foes Mercyhurst North East and Ashland and its first MAC win over new conference mate Kent State. In the 29-6 win over Kent State, the top win there was Jacob Oliver’s pin over Andrew McNally at 174 pounds. As SID Bob Shreve wrote, Edinboro eclipsed last year’s win total in one day. •While listed as an exhibition, it’s a notable that the revived wrestling program at Division II Fairmont State in West Virginia picked up a win over Garrett Community College of Maryland 30-22 on Saturday. It’s the second win in as many days for a new or reinstated program in the state. On Friday, Davis & Elkins opened with a win. •In Division III, Messiah won its Messiah Invitational with four champions - Josiah Gehr at 133, Garrett Cornell at 141, Nick Barnhardt at 149 and Stephen Maloney at 157 pounds. Messiah outdistanced second-place Ursinus 116.5 to 81. Up in Ithaca, Johnson & Wales took home top honors as three Wildcats won titles - Hayden Brown at 133, Gabriel McDaniel at 141 and Da’mani Burns at 149. Baldwin Wallace was second and picked up a pair of champions - Stanley Bleich at 157 and Zeckary Lehman at 197. Host Ithaca was third and also had three champs. Keeping it Division III, Millikin’s Big Blue beat Elmhurst 29-18•Mixing things up, we have LeRoy Gardner’s University of the Ozarks of Division III picking up a 41-10 win over NAIA Lyon College in a battle of Arkansas schools. Out West, North Idaho of the NJCAA beat NAIA’s Eastern Oregon 26-19. Keeping with the NAIA, Oklahoma City, coached by Olympian Sam Hazewinkel, blanked Oklahoma Wesleyan 55-0. In Tournaments: •Michigan State Open: Ohio State’s Sammy Sasso make his official college debut one to remember as he trounced the field in East Lansing. Sasso had three falls and two technical falls - including a tech over Michigan’s Kanen Storr in the finals. Sasso also decked Purdue’s Nate Limmex in the quarters. Purdue’s Kendall Coleman probably had the biggest breakout performance of the tournament, winning the title at 157 pounds. Among Coleman’s wins were Eric Barone of Illinois, Will Lewan of Michigan, Zac Carson of Ohio and Anthony Artalona of Penn - All known commodities in college wrestling. At 197, Ohio State’s Kollin Moore edged Oklahoma’s Jake Woodley 6-4 in sudden victory, while Michigan’s Mason Parris topped Central Michigan’s Matt Stencel 9-2 in the finals at 285. •Cowboy Open: Probably the most notable result came at 133 pounds where true freshman Theorius Robison of Northern Colorado beat Wyoming All-American Montorie Bridges 3-2. Now, the craziest thing to me is what I’m about to tell you. Ben VomBaur wrestled collegiately at Boise State, where he was a two-time All-American. He won the Cowboy Open, according to his Facebook page in 2001 and 2002. He finished tied for third - due to the match limit rule - at 133 pounds doing the old man entering the tournament thing. Only, he wasn’t. Ben entered the tournament with Will VomBaur, who attends the Air Force’s Prep School and Vance VomBaur, a high school junior out of Windsor, Colorado. Will didn’t place in the Amateur Division at 125, but Vance won it at 133 in the same age bracket, which is typically for college freshmen and sophomores. Yeah, those are Ben’s kids! He wrestled in a college open with his kids. Holy crap, that’s cool. I met Ben a long time ago at the U.S. World Team Trials in 2005 in Ames. Late Friday: •The Battle on the Midway did conclude after the first Short Time Shots of the season was released. Army West Point beat Fresno State 29-9 to conclude the kickoff of the season out in San Diego. In Arkansas, Williams Baptist blanked Central Baptist 48-6. What's on the docket:•We’ve got open tournaments at Princeton, Clarion, near Virginia Tech in Roanoke at the Southeast Open and the first Battle at The Citadel, appropriately, at The Citadel. Menlo hosts the Menlo Open, Lycoming’s hosting an invitational, CSU Bakersfield closes out its upper midwest run as Manny Rivera stops at North Dakota State, a spot he used to coach. Down south, Emmanuel faces Reinhardt, which started the year ranked No. 2 in the NAIA. What up Jeff Bedard!Placing Top Six (From The Newsletter):•Tim Hands over at FivePointMove.com has all the Greco-Roman coverage you can handle, but if you’re a fan of Greco, you might not be able to stomach some of the stuff coming from Budapest, as it was yet another disappointing day for Greco as the U.S. got shut out of medal contention. Timmy has all the breakdowns, as well as a story on the U15 trip out to Europe as well. •Clay Cunningham of the Bakersfield Californian pens a pretty solid story on CSU Bakersfield 133-pounder Chance Rich heading into the Runners’ dual on Sunday against North Dakota State. •From my buddy Mike Catullo out in Pennsylvania, who tipped me off to one of his wrestlers needing a heart transplant. The York Daily Record did a story on the launch of the GoFundMe. You can read about it in the newsletter. Mike was a former assistant at Franklin & Marshall, Millersville and Maryland before moving back to PA to coach and teach at Red Lion High School. This is the same school that hosted Lock Haven vs. Arizona State last year. •When you think wrestling news, you think the Morrison County Record in Minnesota. Well, if you’re a Pierz wrestling fan, yes, that’s spelled P-I-E-R-Z, then you know that’s the most trusted name in news. In all seriousness, I love stories from local media promoting longtime coaches, so that’s why we have included the story of Mark Jensen’s upcoming induction into the National Wrestling Hall of Fame’s Minnesota chapter. •From Eric Knopsnyder of the Tribune-Democrat in Johnstown, Pennsylvania - yup, one of the guys from PA Power Wrestling: Bo Bassett, who I recently saw win the Preseason Nationals in Iowa, is a finalist for Sports Illustrated Kids SportsKid of the Year. He’s a seventh grader at Forest Hills Middle School in Sidman, which is just outside Johnstown.•I’m pretty sure that VomBaur story is going to get some traction nationally once people hear about it. You can get to read those stories and more from Mat Talk Online’s daily wrestling newsletter. Sign up for free at mattalkonline.com/news and get the day’s top stories from around the world in wrestling delivered to your inbox for free. The Mat Talk Online Daily Newsletter is sponsored by Resilite. Short Time Shots is sponsorless. Interested? Give me a shout ORIf you'd like to SUPPORT THE SHOW and all the on-demand audio offerings, free newsletters and historical research AND you want to get some of that cool Compound gear, you can support this program by making a small monthly contribution to the network by following this link..The Short Time Time Wrestling Podcast is proudly outfitted by Compound Sportswear.SUBSCRIBE TO THE SHORT TIME WRESTLING PODCAST Apple Podcasts | Stitcher | Spreaker | iHeartRadio | TuneInGoogle Podcasts | Spotify | iOS App | Android App | RSS(Editor's note: This is always a rough draft of the script of the show, there may be minor errors sprinkled throughout and no, it's not in APA style or anything that resembles a journalistic published work. Some shows will also be devoid of show notes, as they're done on the road from a mobile device).
It’s Short Time Shots for November 2, 2019. In Duals: Fueled by victories from B.C. LaPrade at 157 pounds and Hunter Bolen at 184 pounds, No. 16 Virginia Tech picked up its first win in school history over Missouri, beating the No. 9 Tigers 29-10 in Blacksburg. The Hokies won the last four matches of the dual, which included a forfeit at 133 and a 26-second fall by Mitch Moore at 141 pounds to close out the win. 24 Virginia went 2-0, beating Maryland 34-6 and Division III Southern Virginia 50-3. Maryland picked up the first win of the Alex Clemsen era with a win over Southern Virginia 42-6. Of note for people back home, Patrick McCormick from Poquoson, Virginia - that’s my hometown - registered a forfeit W at 125 against Southern Virginia. It’s my show, I’ll mention irrelevant forfeit wins by kids from my hometown if I want. Rutgers opened up the season with three wins, picking up a win over newly branded Division I LIU 43-3, the top-ranked team in Division II, Pitt-Johnstown, 22-9 and Division III Centenary 38-6. Edinboro opened up year two of the Matt Hill era with three wins, two over non-Division I foes Mercyhurst North East and Ashland and its first MAC win over new conference mate Kent State. In the 29-6 win over Kent State, the top win there was Jacob Oliver’s pin over Andrew McNally at 174 pounds. As SID Bob Shreve wrote, Edinboro eclipsed last year’s win total in one day. While listed as an exhibition, it’s a notable that the revived wrestling program at Division II Fairmont State in West Virginia picked up a win over Garrett Community College of Maryland 30-22 on Saturday. It’s the second win in as many days for a new or reinstated program in the state. On Friday, Davis & Elkins opened with a win. In Division III, Messiah won its Messiah Invitational with four champions - Josiah Gehr at 133, Garrett Cornell at 141, Nick Barnhardt at 149 and Stephen Maloney at 157 pounds. Messiah outdistanced second-place Ursinus5 to 81. Up in Ithaca, Johnson & Wales took home top honors as three Wildcats won titles - Hayden Brown at 133, Gabriel McDaniel at 141 and Da’mani Burns at 149. Baldwin Wallace was second and picked up a pair of champions - Stanley Bleich at 157 and Zeckary Lehman at 197. Host Ithaca was third and also had three champs. Keeping it Division III, Millikin’s Big Blue beat Elmhurst 29-18 Mixing things up, we have LeRoy Gardner’s University of the Ozarks of Division III picking up a 41-10 win over NAIA Lyon College in a battle of Arkansas schools. Out West, North Idaho of the NJCAA beat NAIA’s Eastern Oregon 26-19. Keeping with the NAIA, Oklahoma City, coached by Olympian Sam Hazewinkel, blanked Oklahoma Wesleyan 55-0. In Tournaments: Michigan State Open: Ohio State’s Sammy Sasso make his official college debut one to remember as he trounced the field in East Lansing. Sasso had three falls and two technical falls - including a tech over Michigan’s Kanen Storr in the finals. Sasso also decked Purdue’s Nate Limmex in the quarters. Purdue’s Kendall Coleman probably had the biggest breakout performance of the tournament, winning the title at 157 pounds. Among Coleman’s wins were Eric Barone of Illinois, Will Lewan of Michigan, Zac Carson of Ohio and Anthony Artalona of Penn - All known commodities in college wrestling. At 197, Ohio State’s Kollin Moore edged Oklahoma’s Jake Woodley 6-4 in sudden victory, while Michigan’s Mason Parris topped Central Michigan’s Matt Stencel 9-2 in the finals at 285. Cowboy Open: Probably the most notable result came at 133 pounds where true freshman Theorius Robison of Northern Colorado beat Wyoming All-American Montorie Bridges 3-2. Now, the craziest thing to me is what I’m about to tell you. Ben VomBaur wrestled collegiately at Boise State, where he was a two-time All-American. He won the Cowboy Open, according to his Facebook page in 2001 and 2002. He finished tied for third - due to the match limit rule - at 133 pounds doing the old man entering the tournament thing. Only, he wasn’t. Ben entered the tournament with Will VomBaur, who attends the Air Force’s Prep School and Vance VomBaur, a high school junior out of Windsor, Colorado. Will didn’t place in the Amateur Division at 125, but Vance won it at 133 in the same age bracket, which is typically for college freshmen and sophomores. Yeah, those are Ben’s kids! He wrestled in a college open with his kids. Holy crap, that’s cool. I met Ben a long time ago at the U.S. World Team Trials in 2005 in Ames. Late Friday: The Battle on the Midway did conclude after the first Short Time Shots of the season was released. Army West Point beat Fresno State 29-9 to conclude the kickoff of the season out in San Diego. In Arkansas, Williams Baptist blanked Central Baptist 48-6. What's on the docket: We’ve got open tournaments at Princeton, Clarion, near Virginia Tech in Roanoke at the Southeast Open and the first Battle at The Citadel, appropriately, at The Citadel. Menlo hosts the Menlo Open, Lycoming’s hosting an invitational, CSU Bakersfield closes out its upper midwest run as Manny Rivera stops at North Dakota State, a spot he used to coach. Down south, Emmanuel faces Reinhardt, which started the year ranked No. 2 in the NAIA. What up Jeff Bedard! Placing Top Six (From The Newsletter): Tim Hands over at FivePointMove.com has all the Greco-Roman coverage you can handle, but if you’re a fan of Greco, you might not be able to stomach some of the stuff coming from Budapest, as it was yet another disappointing day for Greco as the U.S. got shut out of medal contention. Timmy has all the breakdowns, as well as a story on the U15 trip out to Europe as well. Clay Cunningham of the Bakersfield Californian pens a pretty solid story on CSU Bakersfield 133-pounder Chance Rich heading into the Runners’ dual on Sunday against North Dakota State. From my buddy Mike Catullo out in Pennsylvania, who tipped me off to one of his wrestlers needing a heart transplant. The York Daily Record did a story on the launch of the GoFundMe. You can read about it in the newsletter. Mike was a former assistant at Franklin & Marshall, Millersville and Maryland before moving back to PA to coach and teach at Red Lion High School. This is the same school that hosted Lock Haven vs. Arizona State last year. When you think wrestling news, you think the Morrison County Record in Minnesota. Well, if you’re a Pierz wrestling fan, yes, that’s spelled P-I-E-R-Z, then you know that’s the most trusted name in news. In all seriousness, I love stories from local media promoting longtime coaches, so that’s why we have included the story of Mark Jensen’s upcoming induction into the National Wrestling Hall of Fame’s Minnesota chapter. From Eric Knopsnyder of the Tribune-Democrat in Johnstown, Pennsylvania - yup, one of the guys from PA Power Wrestling: Bo Bassett, who I recently saw win the Preseason Nationals in Iowa, is a finalist for Sports Illustrated Kids SportsKid of the Year. He’s a seventh grader at Forest Hills Middle School in Sidman, which is just outside Johnstown. I’m pretty sure that VomBaur story is going to get some traction nationally once people hear about it. You can get to read those stories and more from Mat Talk Online’s daily wrestling newsletter. Sign up for free at mattalkonline.com/news and get the day’s top stories from around the world in wrestling delivered to your inbox for free. The Mat Talk Online Daily Newsletter is sponsored by Resilite. Short Time Shots is sponsorless. Interested? Give me a shout OR If you'd like to SUPPORT THE SHOW and all the on-demand audio offerings, free newsletters and historical research AND you want to get some of that cool Compound gear, you can support this program by making a small monthly contribution to the network by following this link.. The Short Time Time Wrestling Podcast is proudly outfitted by Compound Sportswear. SUBSCRIBE TO THE SHORT TIME WRESTLING PODCAST Apple Podcasts | Stitcher | Spreaker | iHeartRadio | TuneIn Google Podcasts | Spotify | iOS App | Android App | RSS (Editor's note: This is always a rough draft of the script of the show, there may be minor errors sprinkled throughout and no, it's not in APA style or anything that resembles a journalistic published work. Some shows will also be devoid of show notes, as they're done on the road from a mobile device).
As economic hardships continue to carve their mark deeper into the lives of Americans, university enrollment is declining. Richard Whitehead discusses the benefits that education has for the rising generation of youth and how Southern Virginia University has been able to battle economic hardships by providing scholarships to 90% of their students. Most universities pack students into classrooms to reduce education costs, however Southern Virginia University is taking a different approach referred to as "the genius of small." The average class size is fifteen students and each professor knows his or her students. When a class member stops attending class they are noticed and others reach out to them. Not only is the quality of education superior in comparison to other universities, but acceptance into postgraduate school is 80%. About the Guest: Richard Whitehead is the acting president & vice president of institutional advancement at Southern Virginia University. Dr. Whitehead joined the Southern Virginia staff in Aug. 2003. A strong believer in education, Dr. Whitehead spent much of his time from 1971 to 2000 associated with Dixie State College where he was co-founder and member of the National Advisory Council, president of the Alumni Association, member of the board of trustees and president of the Foundation. In 1997, he was named the executive director of institutional advancement at Dixie State College. On May 5, 2000, at the college's commencement exercises the Utah State Board of Regents awarded him an Honorary Doctor of Humanities degree. He served as president of the England Bristol and England Birmingham Missions from July 2000 to July 2003. A.S., Dixie College, 1965; B.S., Brigham Young University, 1970; D.D.S., Creighton University, 1970
Warren Thompson leads the nation’s largest minority-owned food and facilities management company. Owning and operating brands such as Matchbox, Hen Quarter, Austin Grill, Subway, Chick-fil-A, just to name a few - - Warren sat down with Culturetects Host, Angie Ange to talk about the importance of starting at the bottom when creating a brand, the restaurant & hospitality industry, opportunities for minorities, how your lowest moments can propel you to success, and more... Warren details his journey from growing up in Southern Virginia, to mopping floors in Graduate School, to being the majority owner of a company on track to gross a billion dollars annually in the next few years. He was inspired by the story of a family member (Cleave), and the idea of working for others to gain the knowledge you need, to then build your own successful companies. Warren's success definitely came with it's share of hardships, failures, deaths, lost money, and much more...However, it was through this perseverance that Warren Thompson became the man that he is today. ABOUT CULTURETECTS Washington D.C.'s own radio staple, Angie Ange of 93.9WKYS, speaks with top entrepreneurs, investors, and business professionals who are at the intersection of Culture and Business, in order to understand the fundamental architect and blueprint for their success. Stay connected with Angie Ange at: Angie Ange on Instagram: https://instagram.com/goangie Angie Ange on Twitter: https://twitter.com/AngieAnge Produced By: The Neo Elite Subscribe to Neo Elite: http://bit.ly/2cNV6nz Neo Elite on Twitter: https://twitter.com/theneoelite Neo Elite on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/theneoelite Neo Elite on Facebook: https://facebook.com/theneoelite https://www.theneoelite.com/
Today our guest is the Rt. Rev. Dr. Carol Gallagher, Regional Canon for the Central Region of the Diocese of Massachusetts. Previously, Bishop Gallagher served as the assistant bishop of the Diocese of Montana, where she developed a close relationship with Indigenous leaders and communities, trained clergy and lay leaders on issues of race, gender, and inclusion, and led the Task Force on Native Issues. Before Montana, Bishop Gallagher served as the assistant bishop in the Diocese of North Dakota, Diocese of Newark, and Diocese of Southern Virginia. Developing strong relationships with Native tribes and communities, as well as educating Episcopal communities on the significance of the intersection of race, culture, gender, and class, has been a focus of her ministry for a long time. Bishop Gallagher is an enrolled member of the Cherokee Nation. She has served on numerous committees, task forces, and boards, including the Episcopal Church Council on Indian Ministries, the Anglican Indigenous Network, Anglican Peace with Justice Concerns, the Committee on the Status of Women, the Episcopal Divinity School Board of Trustees and the United Way of America National Board, to name a few. Alli sits with Bishop Gallagher while she was visiting New Haven, CT as a keynote speaker at Yale Divinity School for “Fully Native Fully Christian: Converging Rivers and Indigenous Canons” conference. Bishop Gallagher’s father was a Presbyterian minister, and her mother was a Cherokee woman. Bishop Gallagher tells Alli about her call to ministry from a young age and the significance of her consecration as the first female native bishop. Bishop Gallagher discusses the relationship of The Episcopal Church and Indigenous communities, stating that the relationship ebbs and flows depending on who is in leadership within the church. In her ministry, she has traveled around the country to train lay leaders within Indigenous communities as a way to empower all individuals in the church. Bishop Gallagher shares a story that has really stuck with her in her work with native people. When she was traveling in New Zealand she learned the importance of “making things your own” from the Maori people. She shares ways to get involved and empower local Indigenous communities, from visiting the Mashantucket Pequot Museum to learning about the local communities’ history, and truly listening to stories of native peoples. Within her current work in Massachusetts, Bishop Gallagher shares that she works closely with parishes and clergy in transition. One thing that is exciting in the next year, 2020, will be the 400 anniversary of the landing on Plymouth Rock in Massachusetts. Bishop Gallagher plans to work with the community in Plymouth, the Wampanoags, and Indigenous folks in Virginia to better understand the complexities of the story and how the church participated - both helpful and destructive and everything in-between. This work has been both a spiritual blessing and challenge for Bishop Gallagher. She refers to it as a balancing act, but God has always provided. Bishop Gallagher shares that the conference she is at, which brought her to New Haven at Yale Divinity School, is helping to form a community on the East Coast for Native folks within the church. To close, she asks for prayer for the church to be open and to embrace the multiplicity of expression as a gift.
In another recent podcast we talked about why businesses expand to the United States. But it’s a huge country with 50 states and they’re all different – not just geographically, but in terms of laws, culture and doing business generally. So where do you go? Well, that depends on why you’re setting up in the States, what sort of business you’re in and what markets you’re trying to reach. Recently I met up with Joe Anwyl to talk about one state in which he specialises, Southern Virginia. Joe’s professional background is in engineering project delivery, team management, and business development, and he has first-hand experience of trading in USA, UK, Europe, Middle East, South America, India, China, and Malaysia. In our conversation, Joe’s talking about the advantages of Southern Virginia and the businesses it should appeal to. However, whatever your business, and even if that state is not the right destination for you, I think you’ll find Joe’s commentary really interesting and helpful. Since 2013, Joe has been working to support UK and EU firms expanding to Virginia. He’s worked closely with Rolls-Royce North America and has helped a dozen firms establish companies in the US. Most recently Joe has been helping international companies make the engineering and tech-centric location of Southern Virginia their operational base in the USA.
Suddenly the end of January is upon us! Where has the season gone? We are past the halfway point, conference action is now in it's second go-around (for most), and the matter of regional rankings and conference tournaments is becoming more real. Teams who have had unbelievable starts, but have not faltered, are now in the spotlight. The question is no longer "can they keep this up?" But rather, the question has become, "how did they get this good?" Tonight, we ask versions of that last question. We will hear from St. Thomas who hasn't been the MIAC dominator the last few years, but is back on top in a far more competitive conference. Oswego men have already knocked the SUNYAC boss, Plattsburgh off the pedestal. And Southern Virginia women have startled the entire conference. We find out how a first-year coach with no Division III experience has shocked everyone. Plus, we chat with Oberlin's women's coach who has not only preached diversity, but created an environment for his program and the conference that reiterates open and safe environments. It has also thrust the team high into the NCAC race. Hoopsville is presented by D3hoops.com and airs from the WBCA/NABC Studio. Thursday's edition is available On Demand in the video boxes above or you can listen to the audio-only podcast to the right (available shortly after the show goes off air). If you have questions about Division III basketball, feel free to send them and we will answer them on a the show. Email them to hoopsville@d3hoops.com or use any of the social media options to the right. Guests Schedule (order subject to change): - John Tauer, No. 7 St. Thomas men's coach (Part 1) - Jason Leone, Oswego State men's coach (Part 1) - Kerry Jenkins, Oberlin women's coach (WBCA Center Court) (Part 2) - aDAM Wardenburg, Southern Virginia women's coach (Part 2) - James Wagner, CSAC Assistant Commissioner (NCAA Convention report) (Part 2)
The idea came easy for former Navy Officer Laura Deming. After hearing Hillary Clinton called Trump supporters “a basket of deplorables” she new it was time to act. That was followed by Peter Strzok texting his friend Lisa Page, “I’m in a Walmart in Southern Virginia and I can just smell the Trump support”. Thus was born - 'Deplorable Fragrances' (www.cult45llc.com). "I figured I'd create a scent to go with the Trump movement," says Deming. Now she and her business partner, and former host of 'RedNationRising', Timothy Shea are selling 'Deplorable' & 'Deplorable Dude' perfume and cologne coast to coast (see short client bios below). "We needed to make sure the Trump support we are seeing also had a fragrance that every liberal could smell," says Shea. "With Deplorable & Deplorable Dude' we have such a scent and one that's a perfect Christmas gift for the Trump supporter in your family." Cult45 LLC., is a veteran own business and 'Deplorable' and 'Deplorable Dude' fragrances are made entirely in the USA. Be sure to check it out if you're stuck on a gift this holiday season.
The idea came easy for former Navy Officer Laura Deming. After hearing Hillary Clinton called Trump supporters “a basket of deplorables” she new it was time to act. That was followed by Peter Strzok texting his friend Lisa Page, “I’m in a Walmart in Southern Virginia and I can just smell the Trump support”. Thus was born - 'Deplorable Fragrances' (www.cult45llc.com). "I figured I'd create a scent to go with the Trump movement," says Deming. Now she and her business partner, and former host of 'RedNationRising', Timothy Shea are selling 'Deplorable' & 'Deplorable Dude' perfume and cologne coast to coast (see short client bios below). "We needed to make sure the Trump support we are seeing also had a fragrance that every liberal could smell," says Shea. "With Deplorable & Deplorable Dude' we have such a scent and one that's a perfect Christmas gift for the Trump supporter in your family." Cult45 LLC., is a veteran own business and 'Deplorable' and 'Deplorable Dude' fragrances are made entirely in the USA. Be sure to check it out if you're stuck on a gift this holiday season.
The idea came easy for former Navy Officer Laura Deming. After hearing Hillary Clinton called Trump supporters “a basket of deplorables” she new it was time to act. That was followed by Peter Strzok texting his friend Lisa Page, “I’m in a Walmart in Southern Virginia and I can just smell the Trump support”. Thus was born - 'Deplorable Fragrances' (www.cult45llc.com). "I figured I'd create a scent to go with the Trump movement," says Deming. Now she and her business partner, and former host of 'RedNationRising', Timothy Shea are selling 'Deplorable' & 'Deplorable Dude' perfume and cologne coast to coast (see short client bios below). "We needed to make sure the Trump support we are seeing also had a fragrance that every liberal could smell," says Shea. "With Deplorable & Deplorable Dude' we have such a scent and one that's a perfect Christmas gift for the Trump supporter in your family." Cult45 LLC., is a veteran own business and 'Deplorable' and 'Deplorable Dude' fragrances are made entirely in the USA. SUGGESTED QUESTIONS: How did the two of you get the idea? What's it smell like? Why it's the perfect gift for Trump supporters? Why it's important that it's made in the USA MEET ENTREPRENEURS LAURA & TIMOTHY Laura Deming is a former Navy Officer (LT); the widowed single mother of a teenage daughter and a 12-year-old son, who has autism; a breast cancer survivor; a nurse practitioner helping parents with special needs children, and someone who simply has no quit in her. Timothy Shea has been active in politics deep behind enemy lines in the Northeast for 50 years. Timothy is an award-winning competitive public speaker, a political pundit, and a former host of Radio RedNationRising. As a serial entrepreneur and sales and marketing consultant, he is advising Laura on her business.
Friday night saw some tremendous action around the country, but most of it centered in Big Ten Country. That’s right, to hell with your high school football playoffs - except for Poquoson - Go Islanders - it’s wrestling season and we had some fun stuff on Friday night. This is Short Time Shots, a sometimes relevant look at the day’s scores and more in college wrestling, I’m Jason Bryant and Schell’s Firebrick might be my second favorite beer. My favorite beer sits across the border in Wisconsin. It’s called Spotted Cow. Speaking of Wisconsin, they Badgers and Chris Bono were wild and crazy on Friday night as they went to Lincoln and knocked off No. 12 Nebraska 22-21 on criteria. It was Coach Bono’s first Big Ten win as the Badgers head coach and it was all sorts of crazy. First off, Ryan Christensen rallied from a 6-4 third-period deficit to pin Nebraska’s Mikey Labriola with just a couple of ticks left on the clock at 174 pounds. Every point would count here as an excited Chris Bono was docked a team point for control of mat area. Another key bonus victory came at 125 pounds as Zeke Moisey benefitted from a quick injury default win over Connor Brown. Brown rolled his ankle in Moisey’s first attack of the match, and then tried to restart the bout. That didn’t happen and Nebraska went up 18-12 with just three weights to go. Jens Lantz came through for the Badgers at 133, delivering what could be the most relevant victory of his college career, a 10-3 win over Tucker Sjomeling. Then six more points came as 141 pound Tristan Moran pinned Nebraska reserve Christian Miller in the first period to give the Badgers a 21-18 lead heading 149. This one was wild. Cole Martin nearly ended it for the Badgers with a cradle, but then Collin Purinton turned the tables and nearly pinned Martin, which would have given the Huskers the win. Purinton got the W, but it was the second criteria - most falls that gave Bono and company the W. Oh, we didn’t even talk about the most anticipated match of the night - Evan Wick beat Isaiah White 12-5. Wick did it with only two takedowns and no nearfall points. Next time, me thinks White will NOT be taking down when he has choice as Wick drew three stall points while working on top at 165. No. 2 Ohio State ventured west and pounded Cal Baptist 42-0 in front of over 3,000 fans in Riverside, California. As I’ve mentioned on this show previously, Cal Baptist began its four-year transitional period to Division I this year and the Lancers aren’t hiding with a soft schedule. No. 3 Iowa hosted Princeton in just the second meeting between the two programs and the first in 17 years. The night started off with a highly anticipated matchup between returning national champion Spencer Lee of Iowa and Princeton’s highly regarded true freshman Pat Glory. Lee blew the doors off Glory, getting up 14-0 at one point before finishing off the technical fall in the second period. Back-to-back falls by Austin DeSanto and Max Murin fired up the strong, focused and energized crowd at Carver-Hawkeye. Top-ranked Matt Kolodzik got Princeton on the board with a gritty 7-4 win over Pat Lugo, avenging a defeat from last year. Iowa also picked up a fall from Alex Marinelli at 165 pounds. No. 7 Missouri and No. 10 Virginia Tech didn’t really have much of a thriller, despite some matches being close. The Tigers won their 22nd straight dual, topping the Hokies 21-8. The biggest win of the night sent many fans in Last Man Standing contests to the showers early as Connor Flynn knocked off Mekhi Lewis 8-6 at 165 pounds. The other two matchup of ranked wrestlers both went Mizzou’s way as John Erneste beat Korbin Myers at 133 and Grant Leeth beat Ryan Blees 3-1 at 149. No. 9 Cornell wasn’t tested in a 36-6 win over Binghamton in EIWA action. No. 20 North Dakota State survived an upset attempt in California as the Bison had to get a major decision from 125-pounder Brent Fleetwood to beat Fresno State 21-20. No. 23 Rutgers pounded Hofstra 40-3, giving coach Scott Goodale his 166th career victory as the Scarlet Knights head coach, tying former coach John Sacchi for first on the all-time coaching list in New Brunswick - or is it Piscataway? In Division II, Pitt-Johnstown stopped Millersville 30-6, while Ohio Valley beat NAIA West Virginia Tech 27-24 in a matchup of two West Virginia programs. The Mark Rial era in Storm Lake started out well as Buena Vista went up to Minnesota and beat St. John’s 31-13 to give the new Beavers coach his first head coaching win. Washington & Lee, that’s Dubya-N-Ell for those in that part of Virginia, beat Southern Virginia 36-9 in a crosstown scrap. The two schools are six miles apart - and get this - Southern Virginia is in Buena Vista … Virginia. In the NAIA, the Fire of Southeastern topped Campbellsville 27-12 in Mid-South Conference action. Wins by Jason Davis, Jesse Pryor and Silas Root closed things out for coach Javier Maldonado’s squad. In junior college action, the Clackamas win streak continues. The Cougars knocked off North Idaho 34-3 to extend its win streak to 41 in row! If you'd like to support the Mat Talk Podcast Network and all the on-demand audio offerings, free newsletters and historical research AND you want to get some of that cool Compound gear, you can support this program by making a contribution to the network at patreon.com/mattalkonline. The Short Time Time Wrestling Podcast is proudly supported by Compound Clothing. And if you haven't already, leave a rating and a review on Apple Podcasts. SUBSCRIBE TO SHORT TIME Apple Podcasts | Stitcher | Spreaker | iHeartRadio | TuneIn | Google Play Music | Spotify | iOS App | Android App | RSS GET DAILY WRESTLING NEWS! You like wrestling news, right? 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We love a gutsy call. Sure, our job isn't being put on the line when a coach makes the decision to go for two at the end of a key game, but this is Division III -- the coach's job isn't really on the line on one play call. We love a little gamble, especially when it pays off. Whether you call a Philly Special (or something that looks similar but fools the broadcaster) or something else, rolling the dice and getting it makes for a great highlight. So, for Marietta and Simpson, which chose to go for two, or Wittenberg, which had no choice, it was a big Week 5, and Pat and Keith honor that by going for two with the D3football.com Around the Nation Podcast. Plus, the Little Brass Bell went back home with the team it came with, nobody was trapping Mary Hardin-Baylor or Hardin-Simmons, UW-Whitewater wore UW-La Crosse out and just maybe The Streak is in play this year. Teams mentioned: Denison, Wittenberg, Simpson, Wartburg, Marietta, Ohio Northern, Wheaton, North Central, Hardin-Simmons, Mary Hardin-Baylor, UW-La Crosse, UW-Whitewater, Linfield, Whitworth, Muhlenberg, Franklin & Marshall, St. Thomas, Concordia-Moorhead, Case Western Reserve, Illinois Wesleyan, Susquehanna, Dickinson, Greenville, Westminster (Mo.), Dubuque, Loras, Wisconsin Lutheran, Rockford, Methodist, Huntingdon, Wesley, Southern Virginia, Martin Luther, St. Scholastica, Brockport, St. John Fisher, Worcester State, Fitchburg State, Louisiana College, Sul Ross State, Millsaps, Husson, SUNY-Maritime, FDU-Florham, Misericordia, Dean, Finlandia, Olivet, Moravian, Gettysburg. The post Around the Nation Podcast 208: Going for 2 appeared first on D3football.com » D3football.com Around the Nation Podcast.
The Rowan University Football Coaches Show recaps Rowan's 20-17 win at Southern Virginia. Plus, quarterback Riley Giles stops by the show; former Profs linebacker P.J. Mehgin joins the Alumni Corner, and more!
Rowan Radio Sports Director Joe Stauffenberg reviews the week for Rowan University athletics including a look at Profs soccer and Rowan Football's win in Southern Virginia last weekend.
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What's up #Diamonds, We made it! It's the #freakinweekin baby! Time to celebrate come and to the happy dance with me today is supposed to be 75 degrees here in Southern Virginia so everybody will be out I that includes you go out this weeken and enjoy the weather before it gets cold again. Only 1 more week left to vote for your favorite social media DiamondDelight for the #DiamondMusicAward 2017 in case you did not get the link here you go https://form.jotform.com/80339244943157. I am always looking for music if you know and Independent artist looking for some free promo have them send their music to: music@ljdnshow.com Would you like to be a guest of the show to talk about your music or business email me at: guest@ljdnshow.com https://www.gofundme.com/diamondnetwork-studio See you in the networks. LinaJ
Hey folks, it’s been a while. I’ve had a trip to Virginia, an appearance on a radio station that once fired me after five hours and of course, SNOW! But it’s a Tuesday night, the Bartz Brothers here in New Brighton have unveiled a new snow sculpture and I’m back to give you a rundown of the scores and more from January 16, 2018. This is Short Time Shots and I’m your host, Hall of Fame wrestling writer, broadcaster and announcer, Jason Bryant. Stellar Top 10 dual in Division III as unbeaten and fifth-ranked Loras -- the DUHAWKS! -- beat ninth-ranked Central College 25-12. Loras won six of the 10 bouts, but bonus points were the word of the day as four of the six wins picked up some extra sumpin’ sumpin’ -- even with an injury default at 133 where Michael Triplett was up 10-1 on All-American Cam Timok before Timok was forced to injury default. No, that’s not quite a nod to Lagunitas -- or is it Lagu-nit-as -- asking for a friend, right Richard Immel? North Central topped Wheaton 33-9 in a matchup of Top 25 teams. Wins were few and far between for the Thunder, who came in No. 25 in the most recent Division III rankings. Mount Union improved to 9-1 and picked up a second OAC win with a 39-9 win over Muskingum in Alliance, Ohio on Tuesday. Michael McIntire registered the quickest fall of the night for the Purple Raiders at 1:18 at 157 pounds. Greensboro comes off the Virginia Duals and picks up a 28-24 win over Southern Virginia. Time for your semi-irregular Student Princes update. Yes, the Student Princes of Heidelberg evened its record at 6-6 with a 23-12 win over Otterbein, that action taking place in the OAC. In Division II, Pitt-Johnstown got a technical fall from heavyweight D.J. Sims lifted the Mountain Cats past Seton Hill 21-17. UPJ also picked up a crucial win at 165 pounds as Devin Austin earned a 5-4 win over Zach Voytek. Cody Law’s fall at 157 wasn’t totally unexpected, but the bonus points were needed down the stretch. Mixing up some divisions, which is what we’re about to do, we saw Drury University of Missouri pick up its first dual meet win of the season. The Panthers topped Arkansas’ University of the Ozarks, a Division III school headed up by former Junior world teamer LeRoy Gardner. We had him on The Ice Hour last year -- he’s got a story about Uzbekistan, but doesn’t everybody? Extra credit: coach James Reynolds wrestled at Adams State. Speaking of Panthers! Up in Michigan, bumping away from Kyle Nixon was a bad idea! What happened up in the mitten, well Davenport University won three of the last four matches to move past Division III Alma College 24-21. In case you’re wondering where the heck Davenport is -- it’s in the home of Bloodround -- Grand Rapids, Michigan and they’re reclassifying from the NAIA to Division II. And yes, they are the Panthers, too. By the way, the aforementioned Mr. Nixon DOES have a podcast. Gold star when you find it. In the NAIA, Grand View won again -- and this just in, snow … is cold. The Vikings won for the 62nd time in a row and the 91st time in the last 92 duals. Lyon and Hannibal-LaGrange were canceled due to inclement weather -- the real reason according to Julia Salata is because Southerners are soft. No tickets if you keep that up, pal! Barton Community College swept three duals at the Barton Duals. The Cougars -- GO COUGARS -- beat Colby 55-0, Cowley 42-6 and Northwest Kansas Tech 28-13. No report on the other scores, since most junior colleges don’t really update their athletic websites the night of a road dual in the middle of Kansas. Just how it is. The Short Time Time Wrestling Podcast is proudly supported by Compound Clothing. And if you haven't already, leave a rating and a review on iTunes. SUBSCRIBE TO SHORT TIME Apple Podcasts | Stitcher | Spreaker | iHeartRadio | TuneIn Google Play Music | iOS App | Android App | RSS GET DAILY WRESTLING NEWS! You like wrestling news, right? Of course you do. Did you know you can sign up for FREE to subscribe to the Mat Talk Online DAILY WRESTLING NEWS e-mail newsletter that's published EVERY morning with the previous day's top news stories from outlets all around the globe. It's free and it's a great way to start your wrestling day. Almanac Time! Get the Cadet & Junior Nationals All-American Almanac, a 250-page digital download. It's available now and if you use the promo code "JB" you'll save $5 off the cover price. It's got every All-American EVER in Fargo (and the locations that were before Fargo) and every breakdown by year and state. Oh, you know this guy who says he placed at Juniors? Fact check him or her quickly by buying one now! Looking to start a podcast of your own? Get a free month with Libsyn by using the promo code MTO when you sign up. You'll get the remainder of the month from when you sign up as well as the next month free. It'll be enough time to kick the tires and lights some fires.
When does dissecting pigs become a topic of Thanksgiving dinner? When you live in Minnesota! I’m Hall of Fame announcer, writer and broadcaster Jason Bryant and this is Short Time Shots by the Mat Talk Podcast Network, a daily look at scores and more from the world of college wrestling. More about the pigs just a bit later. Wednesday tried to be pick on Division III day as a couple of Division II schools beat area rivals from the non-scholarship level of Division III. Out near me, at least in the soon-to-be frozen tundra, Mary beat Concordia of Moorhead 33-12, while UW-Parkside, a D2 school, beat UW-Stevens Point 35-6. Mary, ranked 23rd in Division II, set the tone early earning bonus points in the first four bouts of the night over the Cobbers, FEAR THE EAR. Concordia is ranked 21st in Division III. Sidenote: Division II Limestone beat Division I Davidson on Tuesday night. Another Sidenote: I mentioned on one of the recent shows that my niece Ashley is a freshman at Concordia. Well, let me give you this little story. She was talking to our family during Thanksgiving about one of her bio labs and specifically her lab partner. No names here, but anyway, she said she was dissecting a pig -- it is Minnesota folks -- and she cut too much into the stomach and the contents of the pig decided to squirt out -- on to her lab partner. Since Ashely was doing most of the work anyway due perceived queasiness, it should come as no surprise that said lab partner decided to puke right there. No worries dude, it’s the innards of a pig shooting across the room at you. I might have yacked too. It wasn’t all sunshine and Tony Ramos for Division II on Wednesday though as Scranton, a Division III school in, you guessed it, Scranton, Pennsylvania, beat Division II East Stroudsburg 21-16. The Royals won the last three bouts of the dual to rally from a 16-12 deficit. The match-clincher came at heavyweight where freshman William Oxley topped Hunter Marhan 7-4. In a Commonwealth matchup, meaning the Commonwealth of Virginia, Southern Virginia beat Hampden-Sydney 54-0 in a dual between two new-ish programs. Southern Virginia has fielded a program for over 15 years, but they finally became a school-sponsored varsity team a few years ago. This is the first year they are postseason eligible as the school reclassified to Division III. Hampden-Sydney is still struggling with numbers, but first-year head coach Chris Conkwright will eventually get things working in Farmville. Yes, Hampden-Sydney College is just outside Farmville, Virginia NOT the game on your phone. Kansas Wesleyan beat Ottawa 26-24 as coach Matt Oney and his squad won the school’s first dual meet in history on Wednesday. Tanner O’Donnell’s first-period fall at 197 pounds iced it for the Coyotes. Reinhardt picked up four forfeits and two falls, including an 18-second fall from Garrett Klinger at 165 pounds to beat Truett McConnell in an Appalachian Athletic Conference matchup. The NAIA moved from regions or groups to conferences for qualifying this season. The AAC is sponsoring wrestling for the first time, much like many of the other NAIA conferences. In the JUCO ranks, Iowa Lakes beat NIACC 34-15. The Laker s, yes, a very original nickname, picked up falls from Anthony Fisher, Sangobunmi Smith and Brady Brott along the way. In other news makers from Wednesday, Lakeland University in Plymouth, Wisconsin announced it would be starting women’s wrestling as a varsity sport in 2018-19. That will bring the number of new women’s college programs starting up next season to six. Nassau Community College was set to start next year, but they’ve got two women wrestling this season as featured by Newsday, a Long Island paper, last week. Lakeland joins Tiffin and Schreiner as three NCAA schools that have recently announced they’re starting programs next year. The pre-seeds are out for the 36th annual Cliff Keen Las Vegas Invitational. 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Late breaking as I record this -- Kyle Snyder is the USOC’s male Olympic Athlete of the Year and Bill Zadick is the USOC’s Olympic Coach of the Year. U-S-A, U-S-A! Details on themat.com. Now don’t go disectin’ them pigs without safety goggles and a strong stomach. JOIN THE TEAM And if you're a fan of the extensive and broad-based reach of the shows on the Mat Talk Podcast Network, become a TEAM MEMBER today. There are various levels of perks for the different levels of team membership. If you like wrestling content -- scratch that -- if you LOVE great wrestling content, consider becoming a team member. You'll get some cool stuff too. The Short Time Time Wrestling Podcast is proudly supported by Compound Clothing. And if you haven't already, leave a rating and a review on iTunes. SUBSCRIBE TO SHORT TIME Apple Podcasts | Stitcher | Spreaker | iHeartRadio | TuneIn Google Play Music | iOS App | Android App | RSS GET DAILY WRESTLING NEWS! You like wrestling news, right? Of course you do. Did you know you can sign up for FREE to subscribe to the Mat Talk Online DAILY WRESTLING NEWS e-mail newsletter that's published EVERY morning with the previous day's top news stories from outlets all around the globe. It's free and it's a great way to start your wrestling day. Almanac Time! Get the Cadet & Junior Nationals All-American Almanac, a 250-page digital download. It's available now and if you use the promo code "JB" you'll save $5 off the cover price. It's got every All-American EVER in Fargo (and the locations that were before Fargo) and every breakdown by year and state. Oh, you know this guy who says he placed at Juniors? Fact check him or her quickly by buying one now! Looking to start a podcast of your own? Get a free month with Libsyn by using the promo code MTO when you sign up. You'll get the remainder of the month from when you sign up as well as the next month free. It'll be enough time to kick the tires and lights some fires.
Yes, that's right -- an Around the Nation Podcast in April! Pat and Keith will be doing monthly podcasts during the offseason, and they'll check in with newsmakers in and around Division III football. This episode features guests in Wabash coach Don Morel, Southern Virginia coach Joe DuPaix and Trinity (Texas) coach Jerheme Urban. The post ATN Podcast: New coaches, new season appeared first on D3football.com » D3football.com Around the Nation Podcast.
For the last 15 years, the wrestling program at Southern Virginia University in Buena Vista, Virginia has competed in relative obscurity. While a competitive program in the National Collegiate Wrestling Association (NCWA), the Knights athletic program was looking for an identity. The school, which was in the NAIA, kept wrestling on its listing of sports, but it was still a club program. SVU was also affiliated with the U.S. Collegiate Athletic Association, which was formerly known as the U.S. Small College Athletic Association. The team would show up at open tournaments and have sporadic duals, but the role of the program in the varsity landscape was still uncertain.On July 8, Southern Virginia University elevated its club wrestling program to varsity status. Logan Davis, a 2009 graduate of SVU, took over the program two years ago after the previous coach was fired and the then Athletic Director was ready to axe the sport from the school's club offerings. Davis stepped up to keep the program alive.Southern Virginia cleared a few more hurdles and applied for NCAA membership and they were granted provisional membership. That set the stage for a new AD to come in and bring the program to a fully-supported athletic option at the varsity level.On Episode 77 of the Short Time Wrestling Podcast, we talk with Logan Davis, who is now taking a job that was once a role to keep a club sport alive, to coaching at the NCAA Division III ranks.Some of the topics Davis talks about with Southern Virginia University's program in this episode of Short Time are:Saving the wrestling club.The impact Ferrum College's program had on Southern Virginia elevating the program.Thoughts on potential new programs in Virginia at the Division III level.The school's theology, which embraces the LDS (Mormon) values.Recruiting kids at a small, private, niche school.Timeline for postseason competition and scheduling.What he and his program developed by competing with the NCWA and fledgling wrestling support from the USCAA.Short Time is sponsored by FlipsWrestling. Share your attitude and be heard at Flipswrestling.com
Note: For the record, writing a post about a writer can be daunting. Keep your judgey-judgey to yourself! This post is as much about Joshua Young as it is about the importance of travel. When we move around the country, (this one or any other—take your pic), we put distance between ourselves our beginnings in order to build new parts of our lives—even if it's just for a few days. At the same time, we represent where we are from in a very general way. "I'm from Pittsburgh, but originally from Southern Virginia—yeah I'm a Steelers fan. You gotta be!" "Do you know where Virginia Beach is? No? Well, a lot of people don't, but I'm from near there. It's pretty but not very exciting..." My travel to Chicago was related to business. I attended PePcon, (a conference for print and online publishing professionals) and learned more than I thought was possible about the tools to create exciting work and see into the future of publishing. The evening before however, I was able to sit down with Joshua Young after seeing him and four other poets perform at the best reading I have ever attended. The Dollhouse is an apartment where the first floor has been converted into a performance space for local poets to not only share their work but sell it—a LOT of it. The evening was outstanding and inspirational on several levels and we get into everything in the recorded chat. The real take away here is between my brief time with Joshua and the conference, I came back from Chicago with different parts of me replaced with better pieces. I came back feeling like my creative career has never been more bright and realizing more than ever how life takes me in myriad directions but as long as I keep learning and gathering tools to do what I do better, then I can't totally fuck it up. Below are images from the reading with Joshua, including pictures of books that are mandatory for everyone to purchase, and a bunch from my walking about Chicago. I'll be updating this page a little bit throughout today, (June 20th, 2014) with more information as I find it, (there's a lot of googling to do and I do everything at the last minute). It's important though for you dearest reader/listeners to connect with Joshua and the other authors listed below.
Dale shares some experiences from his Cigar Tourism trip to Nicaragua and Honduras. Bob and Dale conduct live interviews with Paul Anctil, owner of the Sans Soucy Winery and Ron Barker from Cigar Volante who reps Panacea cigars. Ron and Paul sponsored a wine pairing and online herf of Panacea cigars. Of course, Bob and Dale participated by making the Panacea Azul Cameroon the Cigar of the Week. Learn about the Sans Soucy Winery Legacy wine. This hand-crafted wine honors Southern Virginia's tobacco “legacy” by using grapes grown in former tobacco fields that are then dried in traditional Virginia tobacco barns. Zedman from Canada gives a review of the Hoyo de Monterrey Epicure Especial from Cuba. Two listeners check in: Adam Parsons lets us know about a great season 7 episode of South Park on smoking bans. Dave from Toledo responds to Bob's earlier comments on sampler packs. The cigar featured in the What's My Band segment of the show, Tatuaje Black Petite Lancero, was suggested by Jeff Curtis. The winner of January's Palio contest is Paul Przybysz. He will receive a black Palio cigar cutter. Enter February's Palio contest by sending a photo of you or your friends enjoying a cigar to theshow@cigarmedia.tv. (Don't forget to include your mailing address and type "Palio" on the subject line.) To see the contest pictures, click on the Contest icon on the www.cigarmedia.tv home page. Remember you must re-enter each month to be eligible to win. The February contest winner will receive a silver Palio cutter. Check out the live show! Go to http://www.cigarmedia.tv/live/ where the show is broadcast live most Friday evenings at 9 PM EST. You won't want to miss the live version of show #365 on February 10th. In honor of having a show for listeners to download on every day of the year, Bob, Dale, Liz and Craig Schneider will be giving out sampler packs of some of their favorite cigars. But you must be in the chatroom during the live show to win, so be sure to tune in on February 10th. Cigar of the Week - Panacea Azul Cameroon A beautiful Cameroon wrapper filled with the finest filler tobacco and bound with a strong Cuban seed binder. The filler is Panacea's signature Piloto and Olor ligero, Seco Cubano and a touch of Pennsylvania Broadleaf. Do you have a suggestion for the unbanded cigar of the week? Every week Bob and Dale include an “unbanded cigar” segment in their show in which they smoke a cigar without any markings and give their honest opinions. Bob then opens a sealed envelope and discovers the cigar’s name and manufacturer. If you have suggestions for the "What's My Band?" segment, please send them to liz@cigarmedia.tv. Do you have a Cigar Review or a comment about the show? If you call and leave a cigar review or comment on the herfline and it is played on the show, you will receive a DogWatch Cigar Radio patch! You can reach the Herfline at 321-594-4373 - or cigar.radio on Skype. You can also send email to theshow@cigarmedia.tv. Music provided by the Figurados and The Surfonics. Please visit our sponsors and let them know you heard about them from DogWatch! Black Dog Coffee: http://www.blackdogcoffee.net/ Cigar Tourism: http://cigartourism.com/ Cigar Journal: http://www.cigarjournal.co/ Cuban Cigar Creation App: http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/cuban-cigar-creation/id441057146?mt=8 DogWatch Cigar Radio iTunes App: http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/dogwatch-cigar-radio-weekly/id338128296?mt=8&ign-mpt=uo%3D6 DogWatch Cigar Radio Android App: http://www.appbrain.com/app/dogwatch-cigar-radio/tv.wizzard.android.dogwatchsocialclub850 Duque Cigars: http://duquecigars.com/ Esencia Cigars: http://www.esenciacigar.com/ La Palina: http://www.lapalinacigars.com/ La Tradicion Cubana: http://www.tradicion.com/ Miami Cigar and Company: http://www.miamicigarandcompany.com/ Mobile Stogie Pro App: http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/mobile-stogie-by-cigar-research/id395661756?mt=8 Mobile Stogie Ref App: http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/mobile-stogie-reference/id431376892?mt=8 Monte Pascoal Cigars: http://www.montepascoalcigars.com/ Palio Cigar Cutters:http://paliocutters.com/ Primer Mundo Cigars: http://www.primermundocigars.com Scotch Pro App: http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/scotch-pro/id457390580?mt=8 Vanderburgh Humidors: www.vanderburghhumidors.com Origin: Dominican Wrapper: Cameroon Filler: Dominican, Nicaragua, Pennsylvania Broadleaf Binder: Dominican Habano