Podcasts about Southwestern United States

It is safe to say, Mr. Clayton Moore is a growing concern within the hemp industry of Southwestern United States. As an undergraduate within the Texas A&M Agricultural Soil and Crop Science Department, he has his fingers, hands, and mind buried deeply in growing a better understanding of hemp and cannabis. He is: a leader within a student lead initiative called CHIL, an advocate for decriminalization of cannabis convictions, the lead researcher within the university Hemp Conversion Program, plus he writes for the local industry focused newspaper. He is a busy young fellow following the passions of generations within his family of agronomists. The future of Hemp is in good hands with this student of hemp.Cannabis Hemp Innovation League Website - CHILClayton Moore LinkedIn - LinkedInMusic by:Aggie War Hymn -J.V. “Pinky” Wilson Texas A&M Class of 1920 - YouTubeAdditional Music:Desiree Dorion desireedorion.comMarc Clement - FacebookTranscripts, papers and so much more at: reefermed.ca

For this show, we have a returning guest, night photographer Ken Lee. I've known Ken for awhile, and the way he ended up as a guest for the show Capturing the Slowing of Time is one of my fave Behind the Shot stories. Ken Lee, along with being an accomplished photographer, is also a regular watcher, or listener, of Behind the Shot. Years ago, when I was giving away Red River Paper Sample Packs, Ken was one of the winners. He also won the How to Build Real Influence e-course from Trey Ratcliff and Lauren Bath. As I did with every winner, I checked out Ken's work at that time and made a mental note I wanted to get him on the show, but I got sidetracked. One of the downsides of only doing a show on your own is that potential guests back up quickly. Then, when I was at The NAMM Show in Anaheim CA back in 2020, I met up with another Behind the Shot watcher (or listener - I really need to find an easier way to get through that variable), Mike Martin of Casio. Mike is great guy, and we had fun chatting in-between him actually working. Next thing I knew, Mike tagged me in a tweet to tell me about a friend of his that he thought would be a good guest on the show. This friend had just released a new book, and the cover image was awesome. When I saw the name on the cover I had to do a double take, it was Ken's book! Well, Ken has another new book out, Abandoned Roadside Attractions: Under a Southwest Moon (Abandoned Union), and once again we need to chat about the cover shot. I introduced Ken above as a "night photographer", which isn't a genre you hear often, so let me let him explain: "I drive long hours in a dusty car listening to weird music, stay out all night creating photos, get dirty, hang out with other creative sleep-deprived weirdos, see the stars drift across the sky, and always find the best taco stands." Let me interrupt Ken for a second. I need to know the names of some those taco stands Ken. You need to write that up somewhere. Sorry for the break... back to Ken... "I have been exploring the Southwestern United States as well as parts of the East Coast for over nine years, brandishing a camera, tripod, and colored flashlight. I especially love creating night photos of abandoned historical places, unique features, and beautiful landscapes. These are experiences that I absolutely cherish." I mentioned Ken is an accomplished photographer, and I meant it. His images have appeared in outlets like NatGeo.com, National Geographic Books, Omni Magazine, The Los Angeles Times, Westways Magazine, and numerous other publications. He's also won numerous awards. Join Light Painting, Long Exposure, Night Sky, and Abandoned Site photographer and author Ken Lee to discuss the cover image from his new book, on this episode of Behind the Shot. Connect with Ken Website: kenleephotography.com BlueSky: @kenleephotography Instagram: @kenleephotography Facebook: @kenleephotography Flickr: @kenleephotography Twitter: @blueberrybuddha Ken's Books Abandoned Roadside Attractions: Under a Southwest Moon (Abandoned Union): amazon.com Route 66 Abandoned: Under a Western Moon (America Through Time): amazon.com Abandoned Planes, Trains and Automobiles: California Revealed (America Through Time): amazon.com Abandoned Southern California: The Slowing of Time (America Through Time): amazon.com Ken's Photographer Pick Lance Keimig: Flickr.com Troy Paiva: lostamerica.com | @troypaiva Charles Peterson: charlespeterson.net | @charles.peterson.photographer Herman Leonard: hermanleonard.com | @hermanleonardphotography Sebastiao Salgado: @sebastiaosalgadooficial

Our meteorologist Michael Groff gives us a long range forecast for this winter of 2024. Michael has a daily weather report and you can find him @ https://www.youtube.com/@michaelgroff6599

FDD Senior Vice President Jon Schanzer delivers timely situational updates and analysis, followed by a conversation with David Siegel, former Israel Consul General to the Southwestern United States and President of ELNET-US.Learn more at: fdd.org/fddmorningbrief/

Recorded 9/20/2024 Aired 9/24/2024 In this month's Southwest Climate Podcast hosts Zack ‘Generational' Guido and Mike “Dewpoint' Crimmins break down what the heck happened to the second half of the monsoon this year.  They unpack the recent Atlantic tropical activity, or lack thereof, as well as any hope for the Pacific to bring some moisture to the Southwest.  They end with some coverage of the rest of September and a look into the early winter outlooks.  This episode is not without controversy - so download / stream today!   Generational Count = 11   Mentions: Southwest U.S. Summer Monsoon Season Precipitation Mapping Southwest U.S. Station Climate Summaries NOAA Multi-Radar/Multi-Sensor System (MRMS) The More Extreme Nature of North American Monsoon Precipitation in the Southwestern United States as Revealed by a Historical Climatology of Simulated Severe Weather Events RainLog CoCoRaHS NOAA - CPC: Outlooks NWS - Tucson: Avg Daily Dewpoint Tracker IRI, Columbia University Climate School: ENSO Forecast North American Multi-Model Ensemble

(Josh) In 1527, Álvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca set off as a part of the Narvàez Expedition to conquer Florida. The expedition ended in disaster for the Spanish after several encounters with Native Americans defending their lands. Using makeshift boats, Cabeza de Vaca and a handful of other survivors drifted across the Gulf of Mexico before landing near modern day Galveston, TX. Cabeza de Vaca and three other men would spend the next 8 years wandering what is now the Southwestern United States. Come learn about their voyages on this episode of Footnoting History.    Visit FootnotingHistory.com for further reading suggestions and additional information.

On this week's episode of the Time To Talk Travel Podcast hosts Ciaran Blumenfeld, Desiree Miller, and Nasreen Stump are joined by Alyssa Watson. Alyssa is a supervisor of Field Experiences for REI. Her team coordinates REI adventures in the Southwestern United States. With extensive experience in popular destinations like Zion, Bryce Canyon, and the Grand Canyon she joined us to chat about:-what to wear -how to prepare for your trip (weather, trails, etc) -gear to pack-proper clothing including picking the right socks and shoes-how to handle emergency situations-heat-related challenges and how to spot heat exhaustion or heat stroke -how much water to carry (including water bladder recommendations and salt replenishment items) -and more Listen on the following platforms:SpotifyApple PodcastsAmazon MusicYoutubeor at TimeToTalkTravel.com where you can also sign up for our newsletter.Visit HashtagTravels.com for more travel stories and destination ideas.Find us on social:LinkedInTikTokFacebookInstagramTwitterWe include transcripts to make our podcasts accessible. Transcripts are lightly edited during the course of episode development to correct spelling for the names of places and clarity. There may be further grammatical or spelling errors that are not addressed. Please know the transcripts are a guide/raw product not a polished piece of journalism. Thank you!

On this week's episode of our show, Captain Ingle and I set a course for a boring trailer park somewhere in the middle of nowhere in Southwestern United States. When young Alex Rogan learns that his favorite arcade game is actually a recruiting tool for an interstellar league of elite starfighter pilots, he must decide if he is committed to defending the galaxy against evil or trying to find his way in an uncertain world. Join us as we set forth to defend the frontier against Xur and the Ko-Dan armada!

In this episode, Diana and Nicole welcome guest Michelle Mickelson, AG, to discuss key records and repositories for researching ancestors in the Southwestern United States. They explore the differences between federal, state, and local records, highlighting the importance of each for uncovering vital information. Michelle guide listeners through navigating the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA), state archives, historical societies, local government records, university archives, and private collections. They emphasize the value of collaboration with historical and genealogical societies and specialized libraries for targeted research. Michelle presents a case study connecting cultures in California, detailing her research journey, strategies, and breakthroughs in overcoming challenges such as language barriers and cross-border record discrepancies. Throughout the episode, the hosts provide practical tips, online resources, and repositories to aid listeners in their Southwestern genealogical research. This summary was generated by Claude.ai. Links Southwestern Research Part 1 – Understanding Federal, State, and Local records - https://familylocket.com/southwestern-united-states-research-key-records-and-repositories-part-1-understanding-federal-state-and-local-records/   Southwestern Research Part 2 – Church and Cemetery Records Unique to the Southwest - https://familylocket.com/southwestern-united-states-research-key-records-and-repositories-part-2-church-and-cemetery-records-unique-to-the-southwest/   Sponsor – Newspapers.com For listeners of this podcast, Newspapers.com is offering new subscribers 20% off a Publisher Extra subscription so you can start exploring today. Just use the code “FamilyLocket” at checkout.    Research Like a Pro Resources Airtable Universe - Nicole's Airtable Templates - https://www.airtable.com/universe/creator/usrsBSDhwHyLNnP4O/nicole-dyer  Airtable Research Logs Quick Reference - by Nicole Dyer - https://familylocket.com/product/airtable-research-logs-for-genealogy-quick-reference/ Research Like a Pro: A Genealogist's Guide book by Diana Elder with Nicole Dyer on Amazon.com - https://amzn.to/2x0ku3d 14-Day Research Like a Pro Challenge Workbook - digital - https://familylocket.com/product/14-day-research-like-a-pro-challenge-workbook-digital-only/ and spiral bound - https://familylocket.com/product/14-day-research-like-a-pro-challenge-workbook-spiral-bound/  Research Like a Pro Webinar Series 2024 - monthly case study webinars including documentary evidence and many with DNA evidence - https://familylocket.com/product/research-like-a-pro-webinar-series-2024/  Research Like a Pro eCourse - independent study course -  https://familylocket.com/product/research-like-a-pro-e-course/ RLP Study Group - upcoming group and email notification list - https://familylocket.com/services/research-like-a-pro-study-group/ Research Like a Pro with DNA Resources Research Like a Pro with DNA: A Genealogist's Guide to Finding and Confirming Ancestors with DNA Evidence book by Diana Elder, Nicole Dyer, and Robin Wirthlin - https://amzn.to/3gn0hKx Research Like a Pro with DNA eCourse - independent study course -  https://familylocket.com/product/research-like-a-pro-with-dna-ecourse/ RLP with DNA Study Group - upcoming group and email notification list - https://familylocket.com/services/research-like-a-pro-with-dna-study-group/ Thank you Thanks for listening! We hope that you will share your thoughts about our podcast and help us out by doing the following: Write a review on iTunes or Apple Podcasts. If you leave a review, we will read it on the podcast and answer any questions that you bring up in your review. Thank you! Leave a comment in the comment or question in the comment section below. Share the episode on Twitter, Facebook, or Pinterest. Subscribe on iTunes, Stitcher, Google Podcasts, or your favorite podcast app. Sign up for our newsletter to receive notifications of new episodes - https://familylocket.com/sign-up/ Check out this list of genealogy podcasts from Feedspot: Top 20 Genealogy Podcasts - https://blog.feedspot.com/genealogy_podcasts/

https://www.patreon.com/UnidentifiedSignalhttps://twitter.com/SIGNALFM999https://www.unidentifiedsignal.com/The chupacabra or chupacabras (Spanish pronunciation: [tʃupaˈkaβɾas], literally 'goat-sucker'; from Spanish: chupa, 'sucks', and cabras, 'goats') is a legendary creature, or cryptid, in the folklore of parts of the Americas. The name comes from the animal's reported vampirism—the chupacabra is said to attack and drink the blood of livestock, including goats.Physical descriptions of the creature vary. In Puerto Rico and in Hispanic America it is generally described as a heavy creature, reptilian and alien-like, roughly the size of a small bear, and with a row of spines reaching from the neck to the base of the tail, while in the Southwestern United States it is depicted as more dog-like.

The lovely Laurie Brander joins us today to talk all about our recent trip to Arizona, her wonderful horses and how the training truly never ends!  Laurie's love and compassion for critters and love of animals is life-long. Laurie started Epona Experience in 2008, several years into her relationship with her "heart horse," Summer. Through her relationship with Summer, Laurie became fascinated with how Summer demanded an authentic relationship before she would cooperate. As a result, Laurie was forced to change her interactions and relationship with Summer. Based on this experience, when she first heard of Equine Assisted Learning, Laurie was hooked.   This skills development program with horses is a natural progression of Laurie's fascination with the dynamic relationship between horses and humans. Laurie has been certified since 2008. However, immediately upon discovery of these groundbreaking programs offered by Equine Connection, Laurie traveled to Strathmore, AB, Canada to attend The Academy of Equine Assisted Learning's Course. Laurie became certified to facilitate the BuildingBlock™ Curriculum in 2016. Laurie is excited to be able to be the first to bring this research proven program with irrefutable results to the Southwestern United States.    Laurie believes that as sensitive prey animals with extraordinary senses, horses can feel what you bring to the table, regardless of any façade you are presenting. At the same time, being with horses is simply a wonderful experience for most people. In a magical way, horses can teach one to be a better human - a better parent, a better leader, a better teammate. Laurie has spent decades working in the legal profession and business world. When she is not working with clients and the teachers, she works freelance as a writer, paralegal, and trial technology specialist.

Dennis Higgs, President and Director of Austin Gold (NYSE American: AUST) points out that something is likely to break in the financial system, forcing the Fed to cut rates and fueling the price of gold. Dennis also discusses the mismatch in valuations between gold bullion and gold mining stocks, the possibility of gold returning to the monetary system, and provides at overview of Austin Gold and their exploration activities in the Southwestern United States.Austin Gold Website: https://www.austin.goldFollow Austin Gold on X: https://twitter.com/austin_corp Disclaimer: Commodity Culture was compensated by Austin Gold for producing this interview. Jesse Day is not a shareholder of Austin Gold. Nothing contained in this video is to be construed as investment advice, do you own due diligence.Follow Jesse Day on X: https://twitter.com/jessebdayCommodity Culture on Youtube: https://youtube.com/c/CommodityCulture

On Thursday, December 28, at 8:30 pm in the Utah town of Riverdale, the city police began investigating what they believed was a kidnapping.17-year-old foreign exchange student Kai Zhuang was missing, and according to Riverdale Police Chief Casey Warren, Zhuang was believed to be “forcefully taken” from his home, and “being held against his will.”The evidence leaned in police's favor. That night, Zhuang's parents in China reportedly received a photo of Zhuang in distress. They'd also received a ransom demand.But as police in Riverdale and across the state of Utah would soon learn, the alleged kidnapping had a few wrinkles.For starters, there was no sign that Zhuang had been forcefully removed from his home in Riverdale, where he'd been living with his host family. In fact, Zhuang's disappearance was so quiet that his host family was entirely unaware that he'd been missing until police came and questioned them. Additionally, investigators learned that Zhuang had experienced a recent run-in with police officers nearly 75 miles away in the city of Provo. Just eight days before his disappearance in Riverdale, Zhuang caught the attention of Provo residents because of what they deemed strange behavior for a teenager: Buying camping gear in the middle of a freezing winter season. Police officers who intervened at the residents' requests asked Zhuang if he was okay, he assured them he was, and a ride was arranged for the teenager back home.But what Zhuang didn't tell Provo police at the time was that, already, he was being targeted in an extortion scam. But when Zhuang started to push back against his scammers, it was his parents who became the next target.Zhuang—and his family—had become victims of what is known as “virtual kidnapping.”For years, virtual kidnapping scams happened most frequently in Mexico and the Southwestern United States, in cities like Los Angeles and Houston. But in 2015, the scams began reaching farther into the US.The scams themselves are simple yet cruel attempts at extortion. Virtual kidnappers will call phone numbers belonging to affluent neighborhoods in the US and make bogus threats about a holding a family member hostage.As explained by the FBI in 2017, virtual kidnappers do not often know the person they are calling, their name, their occupation, or even the name of the family member they have pretended to abduct:“When an unsuspecting person answered the phone, they would hear a female screaming, ‘Help me!' The screamer's voice was likely a recording. Instinctively, the victim might blurt out his or her child's name: ‘Mary, are you okay?' And then a man's voice would say something like, ‘We have Mary. She's in a truck. We are holding her hostage. You need to pay a ransom and you need to do it now or we are going to cut off her fingers.'”Today, on the Lock and Code podcast with host David Ruiz, we are presenting a short, true story from December about virtual kidnapping. Today's episode cites reporting and public statements from the Associated Press, the FBI, ABC4.com, Fox 6 Milwaukee, and the

In this episode of Always An Expat, our guest Neal Best takes us on his journey as a British expat living his American dream. Neal shares his experience of moving from industrial London to the broad, sun-kissed landscapes of California. Having established his successful business, Plan First Wealth, Neil guides us through his adaptation process to the American way of life and his dedication to helping fellow British expats maximise their financial opportunities in the US.The resonant warmth of Southwestern United States pulled Neil and his family into making the significant move, especially after visiting his brother-in-law in beautiful San Francisco. Neal talks about the mingled feelings of living in this influential city, characterised by both striking issues and enviable resilience. He also fondly remembers Chicago's frozen beauty, a city that truly tests one's endurance in the face of unforgiving winters.Always an Expat is affiliated with Plan First Wealth LLC, an SEC registered investment advisor. The views and opinions expressed in this program are those of the speakers and do not necessarily reflect the views or positions of Plan First Wealth. Information presented is for educational purposes only and does not intend to make an offer or solicitation for the sale or purchase of any specific securities, investments, or investment strategies. Investments involve risk and unless otherwise stated, are not guaranteed. Be sure to first consult with a qualified financial adviser and/or tax professional before implementing any strategy discussed herein. Plan First Wealth does not provide any tax and/or legal advice and strongly recommends that listeners seek their own advice in these areas.

The Burr Conspiracy was a plot conceived in 1804 by then already infamous (for killing Alexander Hamilton) Vice President Arron Burr to carve out and lead a new, independent country in the Southwestern United States. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

They've been seen all throughout Puerto Rico, Latin America and the Southwestern United States. It's a well known beast that many of us have heard stories about and even seen pictures of an yet it remains an elusive mystery…and it's called the Chupacabra. 

On October 14th an annular solar eclipse will cross the skies of the Southwestern United States, allowing viewers to see a dazzling “ring of fire” surround the shadowy new moon. The $25 billion international network of foundations started by George Soros is shuttering offices around the world as it prepares to cut more than 40% of its staff.  The Biden administration has selected clean-energy projects from Pennsylvania to California for a $7 billion program to kickstart development and production of hydrogen fuel.  Friday - 10/13/2023 - Hour 2See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Palestinians are evacuating the northern part of the Gaza Strip amid relentless Israeli airstrikes. Norwegian Refugee Council's Shaina Low joins us. As violence escalates in the Middle East, misinformation runs rampant. Even news outlets and President Biden have fallen into the trap. Bellingcat researcher Kolina Koltai joins us to talk about how it's been spreading and how to avoid contributing to it. And, on Saturday parts of the Western and Southwestern United States and parts of Mexico and South and Central America will be able to see an annular eclipse. Sky and Telescope senior editor Kelly Beatty tells us how to see it safely. Then, Chef Jose Andres, founder of World Central Kitchen, talks about the organization's work providing fresh meals to people in crisis. The newly released "World Central Kitchen Cookbook" details some of those recipes.

Eclipse season has begun! Today, we discuss the first eclipse of the season: the solar eclipse in Libra (October 2023). The new moon and sun in Libra are currently opposing Chiron in Aries, setting up a tension between our desire to be in relationship versus our needs as individuals. How can we resolve this tension masterfully rather than messily? This solar eclipse is calling us to begin a new chapter in relationships with others, but first with ourselves. By stepping into our Aries primal sense of worthiness, we can gain the confidence we need to enter relationships as whole, individuated partners. Important Dates The Solar Eclipse in Libra will occur on October 14, 2023 at the following time: 10:59AM PDT/1:59PM EDT/6:59PM BST/October 15 at 3:59AM AEST Astronomy Where the Annular Solar Eclipse (ring of fire) will occur: parts of the Northwestern and Southwestern United States including Oregon, Nevada, Utah, Arizona, New Mexico and Texas parts of Mexico and Central America, including Guatemala, Belize, Honduras, Nicaragua, and Panama parts of South America, including Colombia and Northern Brazil a small portion of West Africa Astrology Moon, Sun…and Mercury in Libra team up to stimulate relationship energy, while... opposing Chiron in Aries helps us heal wounding of our self and our own identity and… answering to Venus in Virgo, invites us to make revisions to our relationship skills to help us evolve into spiritual adults Chiron in Aries (the first developmental energy of the zodiac wheel), is currently inviting us to be someone with individuation and self-possession someone with boundaries someone with self-confidence and primal self-worth Sun, Moon, and Mercury in Libra (the seventh developmental energy of the zodiac wheel) are inviting us to be: someone who is capable of holding onto themselves and their own identity while in relationships someone who notices their impact on others and others' impact on themselves and who then responds maturely someone who is capable of having mutual relationships (this means giving and receiving) Mars in Scorpio is squaring (in a power struggle with) Pluto in Capricorn Pluto in Capricorn – may trigger guilt that you should do things the traditional way/the way the authorities in your life say you “should” Mars in Scorpio – may stimulate you to feel angry and notice your secrets, shame, and shadows Invitation to - turn that anger into transformative action and assertion that helps you honor yourself and be in authentic relationships with others Guidance for navigating this solar eclipse in Libra Know that you have the right to exist and you are beautiful exactly as you are, with strengths and growing edges Look at others – notice their impact on you…and your impact on them Engage in more mature relationships and social interaction with others, coming from a place of self-confidence and ownership for who you are, balanced with kindness and consideration for the other person's needs The end result: you will feel like a more whole person and are closer to enjoying your divine nature (feeling fully who you are, and enjoying more authentic relationships with others) Journal Prompts (or click here for access to a printable PDF) Journal Prompts (or click here for access to a printable PDF) Do you understand that you are worthy and lovable simply for being you? If yes, how so? If no, in what ways do you struggle? Will you commit today to claiming your natural worth and moving through your life with confidence, while refusing to care what other people think? If yes, how? If no, how can you move one step closer? How will your relationships improve when you learn to trust, feel, and embody your inherent self-worth? Connect with Suzanne Buy the Soul Mission Planner here Get a free copy of the Soul Mission Starter Kit here Download our free Circle of Love guided meditation here Join our email community here Follow us on Instagram Email: suzanne@soulfullivingproject.com Other Resources See the path of the eclipse here: https://science.nasa.gov/eclipses/future-eclipses/eclipse-2023/where-when/ https://www.timeanddate.com/eclipse/solar/2023-october-14 Live stream the October 14, 2023 solar eclipse from here: https://science.nasa.gov/eclipses/future-eclipses/eclipse-2023/2023-annular-eclipse-broadcast/ https://www.timeanddate.com/live/ The Four Agreements by Don Miguel Ruiz

It is safe to say, Mr. Clayton Moore is a growing concern within the hemp industry of Southwestern United States. As an undergraduate within the Texas A&M Agricultural Soil and Crop Science Department, he has his fingers, hands, and mind buried deeply in growing a better understanding of hemp and cannabis. He is: a leader within a student lead initiative called CHIL, an advocate for decriminalization of cannabis convictions, the lead researcher within the university Hemp Conversion Program, plus he writes for the local industry focused newspaper. He is a busy young fellow following the passions of generations within his family of agronomists. The future of Hemp is in good hands with this student of hemp.Cannabis Hemp Innovation League Website - CHILClayton Moore LinkedIn - LinkedInMusic by:Aggie War Hymn -J.V. “Pinky” Wilson Texas A&M Class of 1920 - YouTubeAdditional Music:Desiree Dorion desireedorion.comMarc Clement - FacebookTranscripts, papers and so much more at: reefermed.ca

On August 18, the National Hurricane Center issued the first Southern California tropical storm watch in history as Hurricane Hilary barreled up the coast. At its worst, Hilary was a category four Pacific Hurricane, which hit 145 mile per hour winds, brought flooding, mudslides, and torrential rainfall to the Pacific Coast of Mexico, the Baja California Peninsula and the Southwestern United States, and broke state rainfall records as far away as Idaho, Montana, Nevada, and Oregon.,In California, portions of I-8, I-10, I-15, SR 14, and the Pacific Coast Highway closed due to flooding and rockslides; more than 5,000 customers in LA were left without electricity, and rainfall totals reached as high as 11.74 inches around San Jacinto Peak. The worst of the damage, however, was in Mexico, where nearly 1,900 people were evacuated to shelters in the Baja Peninsula and the country has faced two casualties. In Los Angeles, this was many people's first hurricane, and while understandable that people may not have known what to do, it was a bit surprising to see the degree to which individuals failed to heed basic safety recommendations and downplayed the storm on social media. Ethan explores how climate change and El Niño could have impacted this historically unusual storm and why the response from Angelenos was so unsettling in this week's “Tip of the Iceberg.” The Sweaty Penguin is presented by Peril and Promise: a public media initiative from The WNET Group in New York, reporting on the issues and solutions around climate change. You can learn more at pbs.org/perilandpromise. Support the show and unlock exclusive merch, bonus content, and more for as little as $5/month at patreon.com/thesweatypenguin. CREDITS Writer: Ethan Brown, Velina Georgi, Mo Polyak, Emma Quarequio Fact Checker: Ainsley Jane Tambling Editor: Megan Antone, Saige Gipson Producers: Ethan Brown, Hallie Cordingley, Shannon Damiano, Owen Reith Ad Voiceover: Mo Polyak Music: Brett Sawka The opinions expressed in this podcast are those of the host and guests. They do not necessarily reflect the opinions or views of Peril and Promise or The WNET Group.

Tonight, “The Light Gate” welcomes researcher, author, presenter, and experiencer, Ruben Uriarte. About the Guest: Ruben graduated from James Logan High School in Union City, California and Cal State University at Hayward/East Bay with a B.A. degree in Psychology and Latin American Studies. He is a member of MUFON (Mutual UFO Network) as a Field Investigator, State MUFON Director for Northern California and Deputy Director of Investigations/International Affairs. Ruben has been involved with a large network of research organizations. He had served as a California State Coordinator for Crop Circle Phenomena Research International. He was a former research director for Beyond Boundaries, a company specializing in taking tour groups to various UFO "hotspots" around the world. Ruben currently serves as a board member for OPUS (Organization for Paranormal and Support Understanding.) Ruben has been interviewed on many local and national radio shows and television documentaries on the subject of the UFO Phenomenon, such as the Discovery Channel's " UFOs Over Earth," The Learning Channel's "Monster Hunters," the History Channel's "UFO Files," "UFO Hunters," "Ancient Aliens" , the Travel Channel's " How UFOs Crashed My Vacation" and the Discovery Science Channel "Unexplained Files." He has also authored a number of books, co-written with Texas UFO researcher Noe Torres about major UFO crashes and other historical cases that have occurred along the border of the Southwestern United States and Mexico. Some of the books include: Mexico's Roswell (1st & 2nd Edition), The Other Roswell, Aliens in the Forest, The Coyame Incident and Falling Angel. Ruben also worked as a contributor/translator with Noe Torres on their recent book project " UFOs Over Mexico - Encounters With Unidentified Aerial Phenomena" with authors Carlos Guzman and Alfonzo Salazar. LINKS: www.mufon.com www.northerncaliforniamufon.com www.opusnetwork.org www.roswellbooks.com https://www.facebook.com/ruben.uriarte.9

Tonight, “The Light Gate” welcomes researcher, author, presenter, and experiencer, Ruben Uriarte. About the Guest: Ruben graduated from James Logan High School in Union City, California and Cal State University at Hayward/East Bay with a B.A. degree in Psychology and Latin American Studies. He is a member of MUFON (Mutual UFO Network) as a Field Investigator, State MUFON Director for Northern California and Deputy Director of Investigations/International Affairs. Ruben has been involved with a large network of research organizations. He had served as a California State Coordinator for Crop Circle Phenomena Research International. He was a former research director for Beyond Boundaries, a company specializing in taking tour groups to various UFO "hotspots" around the world. Ruben currently serves as a board member for OPUS (Organization for Paranormal and Support Understanding.) Ruben has been interviewed on many local and national radio shows and television documentaries on the subject of the UFO Phenomenon, such as the Discovery Channel's " UFOs Over Earth," The Learning Channel's "Monster Hunters," the History Channel's "UFO Files," "UFO Hunters," "Ancient Aliens" , the Travel Channel's " How UFOs Crashed My Vacation" and the Discovery Science Channel "Unexplained Files." He has also authored a number of books, co-written with Texas UFO researcher Noe Torres about major UFO crashes and other historical cases that have occurred along the border of the Southwestern United States and Mexico. Some of the books include: Mexico's Roswell (1st & 2nd Edition), The Other Roswell, Aliens in the Forest, The Coyame Incident and Falling Angel. Ruben also worked as a contributor/translator with Noe Torres on their recent book project " UFOs Over Mexico - Encounters With Unidentified Aerial Phenomena" with authors Carlos Guzman and Alfonzo Salazar. LINKS: www.mufon.com www.northerncaliforniamufon.com www.opusnetwork.org www.roswellbooks.com https://www.facebook.com/ruben.uriarte.9

State-level officials in Arizona are getting more serious about water scarcity issues, despite the still-booming growth pressures that exist there. Some listeners may remember from a story we covered in July 2022 that rural areas outside of Phoenix, like the Rio Verde foothills, have found it almost impossible to drill wells and are now facing challenges from having their water delivered by truck. Now, the state has determined that there is not enough water for already-approved housing projects and will stop some developers from building if they rely too heavily on groundwater, given that it has become a finite resource. Arizona's allocation of Colorado River water is also being decreased due to drought, making alternatives quite limited. Still, the Arizona water agency has given permission to build 80,000 housing lots, and for the most part, construction is going to move forward on these lots. On today's episode of Upzoned, Chuck and Abby discuss why this development pattern in Arizona—and most of the Southwestern United States—is, as you might have guessed, unsustainable. ADDITIONAL SHOW NOTES “Arizona Limits Construction Around Phoenix as Its Water Supply Dwindles,” by Christopher Flavelle and Jack Healy, The New York Times (June 2023). Abby Kinney (Twitter). Chuck Marohn (Twitter). Theme Music by Kemet the Phantom.

The jaguar (Panthera onca) is a large cat species and the only living member of the genus Panthera native to the Americas. With a body length of up to 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) and a weight of up to 158 kg (348 lb), it is the largest cat species in the Americas and the third largest in the world. Its distinctively marked coat features pale yellow to tan colored fur covered by spots that transition to rosettes on the sides, although a melanistic black coat appears in some individuals. The jaguar's powerful bite allows it to pierce the carapaces of turtles and tortoises, and to employ an unusual killing method: it bites directly through the skull of mammalian prey between the ears to deliver a fatal blow to the brain.The modern jaguar's ancestors probably entered the Americas from Eurasia during the Early Pleistocene via the land bridge that once spanned the Bering Strait. Today, the jaguar's range extends from core Southwestern United States across Mexico and much of Central America, the Amazon rainforest and south to Paraguay and northern Argentina. It inhabits a variety of forested and open terrains, but its preferred habitat is tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forest, wetlands and wooded regions. It is adept at swimming and is largely a solitary, opportunistic, stalk-and-ambush apex predator. As a keystone species, it plays an important role in stabilizing ecosystems and in regulating prey populations.

160,000 Hollywood actors are poised to strike Thursday, joining WGA members on the picket lines in what could be the first double strike in more than 60 years. This all comes as this year's coveted Emmy nominations were announced Wednesday morning, further cementing 2023 as a fraught year for the entertainment industry that is already without 11,000 of its writers.A major heat wave has settled in across the South and Southwestern United States, with temperatures in the triple digits from California to Texas to Florida. Climate scientists have said record temperatures and heat waves will keep happening as this planet continues to get warmer.And in headlines: Reproductive rights groups are suing Iowa after the state passed a six-week abortion ban, the Justice Department said that Trump can be held liable for comments he made about E. Jean Carroll while acting as president, and the United Auto Workers union said its members are prepared to strike if automakers don't meet their demands for a new labor agreement.Show notes:What A Day – YouTube – https://www.youtube.com/@whatadaypodcastCrooked Coffee is officially here. Our first blend, What A Morning, is available in medium and dark roasts. Wake up with your own bag at crooked.com/coffeeFollow us on Instagram –https://www.instagram.com/crookedmedia/For a transcript of this episode, please visit crooked.com/whataday

New Mexico is full of people with unique and inspiring stories! If you like innovation and creativity, you'll love this episode with DJ Hill, (one of) the minds behind "Owlets & Co - "a live action television series for pre-K and early elementary kids  (3-5 years old) and their parents, that is rooted where it is filmed in the vibrant and diverse cultures and ecospheres of the Southwestern United States." Find out more about DJ and her show at the links below! LinksOwlets & Co. WebsiteMore about DJ's Buy DJ's bookDJ's BlogI Love New Mexico blog pageBunny's websiteI Love New Mexico InstagramI Love New Mexico FacebookOriginal Music by: Kene Terry

Eric Naslund, FAIA and principal at Studio E Architects in San Diego, CA.”Studi E Architects is a twenty-six collaborative led by principals, Eric Naslund, John Sheehan, Mathilda Bialk, and Maxine Ward.Based in San Diego, California, the firm works throughout the Southwestern United States and has built a varied body of work ranging from private residences to affordable housing, mixed-use, civic, and urban planning projects. The firm has received numerous design awards, including three National American Institute of Architects Honor Awards.You can find him on the web at: https://www.studioearchitects.com/

Colombian Exchange Hit World Like Culinary Comet Presented by Bill St. John What we call the Colombian Exchange was that vast interchange of foodstuffs (and peoples, non-edible plants, technology, cultures, diseases and various animals) between the New World and the Old World that began in 1492 A.D. when Columbus “reunited” those two hemispheres. Come join us as culinary historian Bill St. John serves us the story of the Exchange's most noteworthy foods: maize, the potato and tomato, cacao, many squashes and beans, the chicken, turkey and the hog. “Note that the exchanges were in both directions” Bill says. “The tomato and turkey, East, for example; in their turns, the chicken and hog, West—and the exchanges or swaps changed each hemisphere's diet massively and forever.” Some samplings from Bill's talk: - The North American colonies didn't even obtain the tomato from its native (what we now call) Mexico; it came to us from British settlers here. And from the likes of Thomas Jefferson, who planted tomatoes at Monticello in 1781. - Unlike the dog, about which you could argue we domesticated it (from the wolf), I like to think that the pig domesticated us. - Of all the foods that Columbus and his peripatetic descendants brought from the New World to the Old——none since has been more widely planted globally than maize (Zea mays), what we call corn. It remains the most important grain consumed by humans in Latin America (and also in Africa), and the second most consumed on earth. But oddly, of the three global grain crops to include rice and wheat, it is the only one not grown primarily for direct human consumption. - Because the turkey, brought back to Spain by Columbus, was from Honduras, where he landed on his fourth voyage, it was of the strain and progeny of the original turkey flocks from Mexico and the (now) Southwestern United States. Because it was so readily accepted, propagated, and cooked with delight by the English and other Europeans, when it was brought (back) to the New World by the English in the late 1580s and into the early 1600s, it was that turkey to make the trip. BIOGRAPHY: During his long career, Bill St. John has worked in the kitchen on the Orient-Express, interviewed the nuns who cook for the Pope, and offered his shoulder as a resting place for a napping Julia Child (twice!) during boring meetings. He has written about food for nearly 50 years, including a five-year stint at Tribune Newspapers where he covered wine and food pairing. He also lectured on history, food, wine and religion for students from the University of Chicago Graham School. Bill has returned to his native Denver, where he was a newspaper and magazine journalist, television reporter and college professor. He'll be “Zooming” to us from his Colorado home. https://www.billstjohn.com/ Recorded via Zoom on May 31, 2023 CONNECT WITH CULINARY HISTORIANS OF CHICAGO ✔ MEMBERSHIP https://culinaryhistorians.org/membership/ ✔ EMAIL LIST http://culinaryhistorians.org/join-our-email-list/ ✔ S U B S C R I B E https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC6Y0-9lTi1-JYu22Bt4_-9w ✔ F A C E B O O K https://www.facebook.com/CulinaryHistoriansOfChicago ✔ PODCAST 2008 to Present https://culinaryhistorians.org/podcasts/ By Presenter https://culinaryhistorians.org/podcasts-by-presenter/ ✔ YOUTUBE https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC6Y0-9lTi1-JYu22Bt4_-9w ✔ W E B S I T E https://www.CulinaryHistorians.org

The radio scene on a garbage island in the Maldives. AM radio news. Amateur radio operators wanted in the Southwestern United States. The second part of our interview with Dale Stagg of Reach Beyond Australia. Ancient DX Report for 1929.

On episode 318 of SOMEWHERE IN THE SKIES, we welcome Jonathan Dover and Stanley Milford, the Navajo Paranormal Rangers. The Navajo Rangers is an organization of the Navajo Nation, spanning over 27,000 square miles of territory in the Southwestern United States. Navajo Rangers are tasked with critical duties like forest fire evacuations, search and rescues, and assisting in investigations across the Navajo Nation. However, in the year 2000, they were tasked with undertaking unique cases under the banner of "Special Investigations" which would include everything from Bigfoot, UFOs, Skinwalkers and other unexplained phenomena. Today, they share some of their most compelling and impactful cases, how they undertook their investigations, and where they stand today on the mysterious phenomena happening across the Navajo Nation and beyond.Catch The Navajo Paranormal Rangers at Contact in the Desert (June 2-4) and learn more at: https://rb.gy/lxl4k Order Ryan's new book: https://a.co/d/4KNQnM4Patreon: www.patreon.com/somewhereskiesWebsite: www.somewhereintheskies.comYouTube Channel: CLICK HEREBook your Cameo video with Ryan at: https://bit.ly/3kwz3DOOfficial Store: CLICK HEREBuy Somewhere in the Skies coffee! Use promo code: SOMEWHERESKIES10 to get 10% off your order: https://bit.ly/3rmXuapOrder Ryan's older book: https://amzn.to/3PmydYCEmail Ryan directly at: Ryan.Sprague51@gmail.comTik Tok: https://www.tiktok.com/@ryansprague51Twitter: @SomewhereSkiesInstagram: @SomewhereSkiesPodRead Ryan's Articles by CLICKING HEREOpening Theme Song, "Ephemeral Reign" by Per KiilstofteCopyright © 2023 Ryan Sprague. All rights reserved.Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/somewhere-in-the-skies. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Who are the Children of the Cloudy River? How did the ancient people who lived between the US-Mexico border arrive and establish their culture? Who was Amaiké? Why is Juan Bautista  De Anza so important in the Southwestern United States? What is a Kuri Kuri? Who are the Seven tribes of the Yumano-Cochimi? What was the Pimeria Alta? How did the Cerro Prieto come into existence?   All these questions and more in the first episode of a new series all about the Border Towns of Northern Mexico in collaboration with Pike Productions on Youtube:https://www.youtube.com/@PikeProductions23   Also check out Dr. Andrew Selee's book talk at the Hoover Institutes channel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EYuCzaOZC6g   Sources:  https://accessgenealogy.com/california/cocopa-tribe.htm http://www.native-languages.org/ http://cronistadelvalle.blogspot.com/2010/11/dicen-que-los-indios-cucapa-vivian-alla.html http://atlas.inpi.gob.mx/cucapa-etnografia/ http://cassandrareynagatovar.blogspot.com/2011/10/el-centinela.html https://www.academia.edu/40151074/BAJA_CALIFORNIA_N_1_ https://web.archive.org/web/20070624060656/http://www.iesa.gob.mx/horizontes/11/mito.htm + The Creation myth By William Kelly, University of Arizona professor Hodge, Frederick Webb, Compiler. The Handbook of American Indians North of Mexico. Bureau of American Ethnology, Government Printing Office. 1906. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QLpEjGbaIjs https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dxw5BpoZ6Tc https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yuha_Desert https://www.britannica.com/place/Colorado-River-United-States-Mexico https://www.quechantribe.com/departments-quechan-language-preservation.html https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fort_Yuma http://www.kumeyaay.info/cocopah.html http://www.kumeyaay.info/shumupkohup/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EYuCzaOZC6g https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pueblo_yuma https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cucapah https://web.archive.org/web/20051214140212/http://www.loyola.tij.uia.mx/ebooks/historia_baja/%5B30%5D%20%20%20Mexicali.%20XXVI.pdf http://atlas.inpi.gob.mx/cucapa-ubicacion/ https://www.jstor.org/stable/40170059?read-now=1&seq=9#page_scan_tab_contents https://www.jstor.org/stable/j.ctt1mmftg6.8?seq=25 https://www.researchgate.net/publication/281243447_Sierra_Cucapa https://rutopia.com/en/blog/cucapa-the-people-of-the-river/ https://www.gob.mx/inpi/es/agenda/kuri-kuri-cantos-ceremoniales-de-pueblos-yumanos-de-baja-california-y-sonora

This week we return to the topic of M&A with Brady Gailey from KBW. Brady joined Keefe, Bruyette & Woods, Inc. in 2007, working in the firm's Atlanta office, and is currently a Managing Director responsible for equity research coverage of roughly 35 regional banks in the Southeastern and Southwestern United States, with a focus specifically on Georgia, Florida, North Carolina, Texas, Oklahoma and Arkansas. The views, information, or opinions expressed during this show are solely those of the participants involved and do not necessarily represent those of SouthState Bank and its employees.  SouthState Bank, N.A. - Member FDIC

Matt, Sarah, and Doug discuss all things climate science with Dr. Alice Turkington, geography professor at the University of Kentucky. We get into climate terminology, climate change indicators, extreme events, climate change education, and much more! Dr. Alice Turkington is an associate professor of physical geography with affiliations in environmental and sustainability studies and historic preservation at the University of Kentucky. A native of Northern Ireland, she has lived in Kentucky since 2001. Dr. Turkington holds both an BA and PhD in Geography from Queens University of Belfast. Her doctoral and postdoctoral research examined the breakdown of rock in deserts and conservation of European cultural stone and monuments. She has worked in diverse global landscapes including the Australian outback, volcanic regions of New Zealand, high Arctic glaciers, and the national parks of the Southwestern United States. Her research focuses on geomorphology, examining the control rock weathering exerts on landform and landscape evolution and the role microclimates play in forcing rock decay. Dr. Turkington has taught courses on climate change at the University of Kentucky for 20 years. This year, she will offer a freshman course, Global Climate Change, and several upper division undergraduate courses, including Science and Policy of Climate Change and Rising Seas: Our Changing Coastline.

Episode 128: Interviewing Dr. Brian Haley on ‘Neo-Indians' Guests: Dr. Brian Haley In this episode we speak about two of Dr. Haley's articles “Immigration & Indigenization in the Mexican Diaspora in the Southwestern United States”, and, “How Spaniards Became Chumash and other Tales of Ethnogenesis”. We also speak about the Neo-Chumash, Jonathan Friedman's “Duel process of Globalization”, Jack D. Forbes' background (he's a pretendian), and “The Neo-Indians” by Jacques Galinier & Antoinette Molinie. (**When we speak about the Neo Chumash, we are not speaking about the federally recognized Chumash Communities) You can find Dr Haley's work on the podcast share drive, in the “Indigenismo/Raceshifting/indigeneity” folder, and at: https://oneonta.academia.edu/BrianHaley and https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Brian-Haley-2 Rick is a citizen of the Comanche Nation, and has a master's in Indigenous People's law, from the University of Oklahoma.

Kevin sits down with Jeff Jensen, GCSAA Field Staff Rep for the Southwestern United States. His involvement with the GCSAA chapters in that region make him an important voice in some of the "front line" issues facing the golf industry today. Our discussion covered the broad topics of water rights, land use, and what the industry needs to do to ensure they have input regarding who gets the dwindling water supply in the southwestern US. We discussed Jeff's path to his current position, which has set him up to be a valuable asset to the industry and its interests. There's lots of great information in this interview that can serve as a template for other regions that will be facing many of the same issues in the near future.Visit EarthWorks at: https://www.earthworksturf.com Podcasts: https://www.earthworksturf.com/earthworks-podcasts/ 2 Minute Turf Talks: https://www.earthworksturf.com/2-minute-turf-talks/

We are exploring American Single Malt again this week and tasting a lineup from Colkegan from Santa Fe Spirits in New Mexico. We're joined by Colin Keegan, one of the pillars in the American Single Malt Whiskey community.  Colin talks about his path to making spirits in the Southwestern United States, the difficulties in growing a craft brand, and his commitment to crafting the best single malt whiskey in America.  Stream this episode on your favorite podcast app and be sure to drop us a review while you're there.  We are thankful for everyone who has supported us. A huge shoutout goes to our growing Patreon Community as well! We'd appreciate it if you can take the time to give us feedback on our podcast. If you enjoy our content, consider giving us a 5 star rating on your favorite podcast app, leave us a review, and tell a fellow bourbon lover about our show. Follow  us @BourbonLens on Instagram, Facebook, & Twitter.  And please check out our Patreon to learn how you can support our endeavors, earn Bourbon Lens swag, be part of future barrel picks, and more. If you have any comments, questions, or suggestions, please email us at Info@BourbonLens.com. Check out our freshly redesigned website BourbonLens.com to check out our blog posts, whiskey news, and details on our upcoming single barrel picks. Cheers,Scott and JakeBourbon Lens About Santa Fe Spirits: Santa Fe Spirits was founded by Colin Keegan in 2010 with the goal of becoming the Southwest's pre-eminent artisan distillery. With products ranging from silver whisky to barrel-aged apple brandy to Colkegan Single Malt Whiskey, Santa Fe Spirits is a relatively small distillery proud to be producing exceptional spirits designed to capture and accentuate the essence of the Southwest.    About Colin Keegan: Colin started Santa Fe Spirits in 2010 with the goal of making the highest quality handcrafted spirits. As he and his wife Suzette live in an apple orchard in Tesuque he had ‘experimented' with making brandy from the fall crop since 2002. On putting together a business plan he realized that apple brandy alone would not be a sustainable business model, so he formulated a plan of a range of spirits, and sold to multiple markets, with a major focus on American whiskies. The business began with whiskey, apple brandy, and one assistant in the distillery. Over the last twelve years the company has been through many changes. It has been through many expansions and is now on the 4th which will double the facility size. SFS continually adds more products to our portfolio. We have grown from just Colin to eight fulltime and four part-time team members. We now distribute to 11 states across the US and export to Germany, Australia and Japan. ​We have received national awards for all our spirits, but are always looking to improve on all we do. Our next few years will be focused on extending our whiskey market. ​Colin really believes in the craft distilling industry and is a strong advocate for craft distilleries. He was a founding member and has been a board member of the American Craft Distillers Association (ACSA) for 5 years. He also served a 2-year position as their treasurer.  Colin was the founder of the New Mexico Distillers Guild (NMDG) in 2015 and served as its president for three years. He grew the organization from three founders to 20 members. As a founding member of the American Single Malt Whiskey Commission (ASMWC), Colin truly believes American Single Malt Whiskies are really coming into being and will see great growth over the next few years.  As a board member of the Santa Fe Chamber of Commerce, Colin is a big contributor to the local community and small business. He served as Board President in 2016.

Lori Hines is a psychic medium and author of four paranormal murder mysteries set throughout the Southwestern United States, including The Ancient Ones, the first in the series set at Vulture City Ghost Town and the Triangle T Ranch near Tombstone, Arizona; Caves of the Watchers – honorable mention in the 2013 Great Southwest Book Festival; and Whispers Among the Ruins—set in the Four Corners, is a 2016 Book Excellence Award Winner in the Multi-Cultural Fiction category.Her fourth book, titled Visions of Time, is published through Written Dreams Publishing. It is an International Book Awards Finalist in the New Age category and received honorable mention in the 2021 New York Book Festival for the Spiritual/Religious category.All her mystery novels involve Native American history and culture, archaeology, the paranormal/supernatural, metaphysical, Arizona history, history of the Southwestern U.S., and the spiritual/metaphysical.Lori has presented at conferences, libraries, and colleges. Her psychic medium abilities blossomed by writing and have developed the past ten years. Lori is involved in psychic archaeology and is a volunteer in the FindMeGroup, which includes a group of psychic mediums who work together to help locate missing people.Her first children's book in the “Earth & Elementals Adventure Series,” which features Vulture City Ghost Town will be released in December 2022. The characters include Skyebreeze, a cloud dragon; Fairy Fae, a beautiful Native American fairy; and Fathom, an adventurous pixie. Learn more about Lori and her fiction works at:http://lhauthor.wordpress.com/• facebook.com/LoriHinesParanormalAuthor

This podcast will interview Tony Ortega, MFA, art professor and artist from Denver, CO. This podcast guest will discuss the respective development of Chicano/Latinx art in Colorado and the status of Chicano art in this state to date. Tony will also share his life experiences and process as an artist today.Tony Ortega holds a Master of Fine Arts in drawing and painting from the University of Colorado and is currently a professor for Regis University in Denver Colorado. Tony has been a professor of art for the past 19 years and a professional artist for 39 years. Tony's lifelong goal is to contribute to a better understanding of cultural diversity by addressing the culture, history, and experiences of Chicano/Latinos through his art.In 1998, he was given the Mayor's Award for Excellence in the Arts. In 1999, he was the recipient of the Governor's Award for Excellence in Arts. In 2018, he was acknowledged as the faculty lecturer of the year at Regis University.  His art can be found in can found at the Denver Art Museum, the Los Angeles County of Museum, and Blanton Museum of Art. He has exhibited extensively in the Southwestern United States, Latin America, and other parts of world. 

After a contentious meeting between water managers from Nevada, Colorado, California and Arizona, we are still no closer to a fix for the severe water issues in this region of the country. With major lakes and reservoirs about to dry up, we still have no answers besides more water restrictions and more burden placed on the residents of these cities and states.Meanwhile, not one of them has even floated the idea of a new water pipeline.(commercial at 13:10)to contact me:bobbycapucci@protonmail.comsource:https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/the-moment-of-reckoning-is-near-feds-warn-huge-cuts-needed-to-shore-up-lake-mead-colorado-river/ar-AAYx5Yr?ocid=msedgntp&cvid=b0c8483bbee44c4bb0ce72c0d1bfe0f3

There is an unspoken pandemic that his ripping through the United States. It is responsible for roughly 1 million deaths since 1999, yet we don't hear anywhere near as much about it as we should. The war on drugs has taken a serious toll in treasure as well as in blood and those numbers continue to mount. In this episode we take a look at the problem facing the southwestern united states as the summer sets in.(commercial at 12:14)to contact me:bobbycapucci@protonmail.comsource:https://www.msn.com/en-us/health/medical/a-deadly-combination-excessive-heat-adds-to-arizona-opioid-epidemic-s-toll/ar-AAYOCuW?ocid=msedgntp&cvid=3c37241d59e6433c9c71bd25b280b172

Leona Morgan (Diné/Navajo, she/her) is an indigenous community organizer and activist who has been fighting nuclear colonialism since 2007. Her work includes stopping: new uranium mining, transport of radioactive materials, and nuclear waste dumping in the Southwestern United States. Uranium mining in New Mexico was a significant industry from the early 1950s until the early 1980s. New Mexico has the second largest identified uranium ore reserves of any state (after Wyoming). Although uranium has not been mined in the state since 1998, it left behind a legacy of contamination. New Mexican uranium miners and people nearby have had abnormally high rates of lung cancer, from radon gas in poorly ventilated underground mines, contaminated water, and other serious health effects. The legacy of uranium in New Mexico, shows the decades of indifference from uranium companies and the federal government to the health and lives of people who've lived near uranium mines and mills. This deserves to be more widely known, especially the disproportionate effects on Indigenous populations and the communities that live in the region. And now New Mexicans are dealing with nuclear waste and storage in their communities. With Leona we talk about her family history that brought her to this work, nuclear issues NM faces, uranium mining, what locals think about nuclear, and what she's looking forward to in the future. Contact and connect with Leona: leona.morgan.nm@gmail.com Legacy of Uranium mining: https://nmindepth.com/2022/the-toxic-legacy-of-uranium-mining-in-new-mexico/ https://www.propublica.org/events/new-mexicos-death-map-uranium-and-nuclear-energy-in-the-us

Capítulo 044: On this episode of Ocu-Pasión we are joined by interdisciplinary artist, activist, and curator, Savanah Pennell.  Listen in as we discuss the intersection of Art & Activism, storytelling as a tool for creating change, and exploring new ways of communicating through Art. Savanah Pennell (b. 1995, Honolulu, HI) is an artist, curator, activist, and scholar. Pennell was raised in Mesa, Arizona, and finds a deep connection to her ancestors who inhabited the same geography in the desert. Currently based in Colorado Springs, CO, her curatorial practice is focused on the intersections found in Latinx, Chicanx, and Indigenous art produced in the Southwestern United States. Working in photography, video, performance, and installation, her artistic practice addresses Chicanx identity and issues of archiving, memory, and ancestry. Savanah Pennell received her BA in Art History and Studio Art from Arizona State University in 2016, and her MA is Arts Politics from New York University in 2019. Her current field of research is focused on developing methods for repatriation of Spanish Colonial art and determining how to decolonize the museum space.Follow Savanah: https://linktr.ee/savanah_pennellhttps://www.instagram.com/savanah_pennellhttps://www.savanahpennell.com/https://www.instagram.com/pricklypearprimashttps://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/prickly-pear-primas/id1551699842https://open.spotify.com/show/7qqxm3NEhiUp4MGrao2hM1?si=4809d0a4bf9a432bOcu-Pasión Podcast is a heartfelt interview series showcasing the experiences of artists and visionaries within the Latin American/ Latinx community hosted by Delsy Sandoval. Join us as we celebrate culture & creativity through thoughtful dialogue where guests from all walks of life are able to authentically express who they are and connect in ways listeners have not heard before.Delsy Sandoval is the Host and Executive Producer of Ocu-Pasión. If you want to support the podcast, please rate and review the show here. You can also get in touch with Delsy at www.ocupasionpodcast.comFollow Ocu-Pasión on Instagram: @ocupasionpodcast www.instagram.com/ocupasionpodcastJoin the Ocu-Pasión Facebook Group: facebook.com/groups/5160180850660613/Visit www.ocupasionpodcast.com for more episodes.https://linktr.ee/Ocupasionpodcast

Cannon Beach Surf Park with Cole Cannon E14 Robert and J.J. sit down with Cole Cannon with Cannon Companies and talk about all things Cannon Beach Surf Park. Listen in for all of the details on what will be the premier surf park in the Southwestern United States. An exciting 40 acre venue for all […]

La Llorona is the subject of Mexican folklore, of a vengeful spirit of a woman, who roams around water bodies, lamenting and mourning the loss of her children. Children that she likely… drowned herself. Legend has it that she still haunts multiple regions in central America today, either lamenting the loss of her children or kidnapping other children in order to replace those she lost. La Llorona is also called the ‘Weeping Woman' or the ‘Wailer'. She is known to wander around large water bodies, in a white dress that had decayed and frayed since her origin, in a body that is still decomposing. There are many, many versions of her origins. Spread across Mexican, Venezuelan, Southwestern United States, and even from Aztec lore. The treatment of La Llorona is just a bit different in each culture, and that depends on how they viewed her – as a woman, mother, spirit, and killer. Another interpretation of La Llorona portrays her as the native land of the people of central and south Americas, with the crude Spanish invaders being the “man” who violates her. The invaders then leave her and her children to their own devices, after stripping her of her resources and wealth. La Llorona does have a cult status today, especially in Western pop culture. She is featured in many pieces of literature, theatre, and music. Including at least 13 movies and 6 TV shows that we know of. Find out more at - https://ivmpodcasts.com/miss-conduct-blogYou can follow our hosts on Instagram.Miss Conduct: https://instagram.com/missconductpodRagavi: https://www.instagram.com/ragi.dosai/Nisha: https://www.instagram.com/just.nishful.thinking/You can listen to this show and other awesome shows on the IVM Podcasts app on Android: https://ivm.today/android or iOS: https://ivm.today/ios, or any other podcast app. You can check out our website at https://shows.ivmpodcasts.com/featuredDo follow IVM Podcasts on social media.We are @IVMPodcasts on Facebook, Twitter, & Instagram.Follow the show across platforms:Spotify, Apple Podcasts, JioSaavan, Gaana, Google Podcasts, Amazon Music

Real estate is continuously evolving, and one area that is prime for innovation is construction.    In this episode, Mike Angelo discusses what they are doing to usher change and challenge the status quo in the development world. Mike is the founder of NK Development Group which focuses on large multifamily (apartments) and ground-up development. He gives the nitty-gritty on industrialized and prefabricated construction and the challenges and opportunities in the sector. He also shares his journey as an investor and how he's able to grow his business.   [00:01 - 09:27] Exiting Corporate America and Entering Multifamily Becoming an investor after being let go of the company he's working for Mike talks about his first deal How they were able to raise capital Breaking down the deal structure Hitting their business and personal financial goals   [09:28 - 19:31] Bringing Innovation to Development What Mike and his team are doing to build better properties What are industrialized and prefabricated construction? Balancing quality and affordability The importance of speed to market  Why vertical integration is key Navigating local codes and regulations Mike discusses the projects they're working on right now Lessons Mike learned in his journey   [19:32 - 20:40] Closing Segment Reach out to Mike!  Links Below Final Words Tweetable Quotes   “We're trying to break the rules here and do things differently. We've had traditional home builders doing stick frame building forever. And it's an antiquated process.”  - Mike Angelo   “We have so much technology around us, but construction really hasn't innovated. And so we're trying to push those boundaries.” - Mike Angelo   -----------------------------------------------------------------------------   Connect with Mike! Email him at mike@nkdevelopmentgroup.com and follow him on LinkedIn.   Fannie Mae Life Bridge Capital Connect with me:   I love helping others place money outside of traditional investments that both diversify a strategy and provide solid predictable returns.     Facebook   LinkedIn   Like, subscribe, and leave us a review on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Google Podcasts, or whatever platform you listen on.  Thank you for tuning in!   Email me → sam@brickeninvestmentgroup.com Want to read the full show notes of the episode? Check it out below:   [00:00:00] Mike Angelo: in order to break the mold, you got to challenge the status quo and the reason we should challenge it is the profitability. Once you build some of these projects, you're in single digit margins, which is highly risky, especially going into the volatile world where we're now shifting into. How do you increase those margins and also build maybe a lower cost product because the affordability factor is also a challenge. [00:00:32] Sam Wilson: Mike Angelo's a full-time real estate investor focused on value add multifamily and ground up development across the Southwestern United States. Mike, welcome to the show.  [00:00:41] Mike Angelo: Hey, thanks for having me, man. Super excited.  [00:00:43] Sam Wilson: Pleasure's mine. There's three questions I ask every guest who comes in the show: in 90 seconds or less: can you tell me, where did you start? Where are you now? And how did you get there?  [00:00:50] Mike Angelo: Awesome, man. Started in corporate America. I was an executive sales leader for the last 20 years. Basically we worked for the construction supply world, so working on selling stuff to contractors, I love the job. I love the people, but it was brutal and I was trying to find a way out. [00:01:03] Mike Angelo: And my, my exit came in 2019. I got the pink slip and, and a severance package and I said, okay, what do I do now? And I knew for sure it wasn't going to be another corporate job. So, I had been researching real estate multifamily specifically jumped right in convinced my wife to support us for the next couple years until I figured it out. [00:01:19] Mike Angelo: And today we are I don't know, about 50, 50 plus million in assets, under management, couple of projects that we've closed. Now, couple more projects in the works as we speak, including a ground up development deal. And it's been fun, definitely wouldn't go back, but it's definitely been challenging at the same time. So, we love the space. We love trying to provide housing, but yeah, it's not easy. It's competitive out there. [00:01:41] Sam Wilson: Jumped right in. I mean, it's one thing to be like, Hey, by the way, you're fired. And then you said, I just jumped right into multifamily as if there were a pool of water there waiting, you know, for you to leap into what can you, what does that mean? And how did you jump right in?  [00:01:55] Mike Angelo: I think the biggest thing was listening to podcasts like yours and there's a, there's a group out there. Life Bridge Capital, Whitney Sewell. If you heard of him, I'd been listening to him. And I had, it was just eye opening to go, you know, my real estate experience was consistent of two flips in 2007. [00:02:09] Mike Angelo: It's all I had. And, and he's talking about buying apartment buildings with, you know, syndication process, pulling, you know, investors together and being able to do this. And it's such a, I always thought the country club guys, or the big corporate America or, or who own apartment building. And so once I realized that, one, it was possible, two, you know, I could do this. [00:02:26] Mike Angelo: It's not rocket science. What, what do I need to do? And it was just go, go for that. The numbers made a ton of sense instead of, you know, buying a duplex or a triplex and just trying to move my way up. I said, I have to find the quickest path to replacing my corporate income and it wasn't going to be through small projects. It had to be, you know, 50, 60, 70 units at a time.  [00:02:43] Sam Wilson: How did you find and acquire your first property?  [00:02:46] Mike Angelo: Lots of digging around. It was actually kind of by accident, to be honest with you. We, we were under contract on a deal in Albuquerque in New Mexico and another city's called Las Cruces, a couple of hours south of there. [00:02:56] Mike Angelo: And I just didn't know anything about the market other than I had been there a little bit. And I just randomly found a broker on LoopNet, which is the worst place to find deals, by the way ,but great place to find brokers. And I saw his name and I just called him cold call and said, Hey, I'm, I'm going to be in town. [00:03:10] Mike Angelo: Do you have anything that's coming up? He's like, yeah, I'm getting ready to list a 60 unit deal. And great. Send me some info, would love to take a look at, underwrote it, said, ah, it looks interesting, but I'm going to focus on my energy on the other one. The other one fell through, unfortunately. And then I circled back to him about a month later. [00:03:23] Mike Angelo: I said, Hey, is this still available? He said, we're getting some traction, but, you know, put an offer in. Put an offer in, got it accepted. And it took us four months to close it, just working through the nuances of our first raise and all that kind of good stuff. But yeah, we got that done in May of '21. So just a, a little over a year ago.  [00:03:38] Sam Wilson: Man, that's awesome. That is absolutely awesome. You know, tell me about this. I mean, going through your first capital raise, I mean, that's the two things and I, and I say this over and over play a broken record on this show, but you probably don't know that. You know, the two things we need this business are money and deals. [00:03:52] Mike Angelo: That's right.  [00:03:53] Sam Wilson: You found the deal. How did you solve the money side of it?  [00:03:56] Mike Angelo: So fortunately, through, I did get some education in multifamily by the way. So I didn't just listened to podcasts. I went and got formerly educated and I found a couple of folks to help us get the deal done. So one, Michael, my partner, he had some ability to access capital and, you know, the rest of it was us hustling. [00:04:10] Mike Angelo: It was him and I calling our friends and family and, fortunately, it wasn't the first time, you know, our folks had heard about us doing real estate, but this was our first deal. So everyone's always like, Hey, when you have a deal, call me. And so sure enough, if that list is a hundred people, they're like, ah, I can't I'm I'm tied up right now. [00:04:26] Mike Angelo: Or, or there was always some excuse. It's always the first one, right? It's a challenge. So, it was a struggle, but we got it done. We raised just enough money to, to get our CapEx deal, our fees and all that kind of good stuff, but a sprint to the end call it. But definitely not easy. And fortunately through that same network, and I think the network is everything in this business. [00:04:43] Mike Angelo: You know, we found our key principal to help us sign on the note, 'cause not only do you need the money, but you got to have liquidity, net worth, experience. You know, we got a, a Fannie Mae loan and Fannie just doesn't loan to anybody that wants, you know, to buy an apartment building.  [00:04:56] Sam Wilson: Right, right. And so it was through, it was through your network that you had joined. It's not like you joined a mentorship group, which there's lots of 'em out there, but where, you know, lots of people putting their heads together and saying, Hey, you know, we can find the key principal here that can help you sign on the loan. We can have the experience, you know, check box, check by this person coming on as a, as a KP in the deal. How much deal equity do you feel like you gave away? Or what did you give away in order to make sure that all of those right people were on the right seats in the bus in order to get the deal done?  [00:05:26] Mike Angelo: So our first deal, we were just like, we got to do whatever we can to get it done. I think, as I've talked to other folks that have gone through my shoes, you know, they've given 50, 60% of the deal away to, to get it done. [00:05:35] Mike Angelo: We were very blessed that we didn't need to do that. It was in the thirties, but we did all the other work. So the person that was on our, you know, our key principle for the note liquidity. 30%, everything else we did. And so it's an awesome deal. Our investors are, are super happy right now. The one thing I will say is, man, we structured that deal for, to be very investor friendly. [00:05:54] Mike Angelo: And now that it's crushing it, we're like, man, we'd love to get a little bit more of that on our side. That's okay. It's good. It's a good story to tell because our investors are, are now repeat investors, right? And that's what you want.  [00:06:03] Sam Wilson: Right. Tell me about the the way you structured that deal. Can you, can you give us the specifics on the structure of it and how you maybe want to do it differently next time?  [00:06:10] Mike Angelo: In the syndication world, you usually hear kind of 70, 30. The limited partner gets 70% of the deal. 30% goes to the house. We did a preferred return of 7% and basically we didn't do any IRR hurdles or any of the stuff. I didn't even know what the hell IRR hurdle was when we were first doing it. So, you know, this thing is cash flowing at like 9% or 10% now. So we're getting a little bit of the scraps, but it's all good. And we've been able to hit our, you know, three year business targets in year one, we just did our first year. [00:06:37] Mike Angelo: And so, you know, the market has definitely helped . So everyone looks to be a hero at this point, but we've been able to find a deal that was under market from a rent standpoint and push it. So, yeah. And we'll do the same, I think, on the rest of the future deals, it's similar. We're just putting in a few more hurdles. So once we hit like a 19 or 20 IRR, then the split changes a little bit. But it's very nuanced buy deal. [00:06:57] Sam Wilson: Right, no. Understood. Understood. I just, you know, I've, I've had people come on the show that, you know, had given away 90%, they're doing 90 10 splits on their first deal, just 'cause they're like, man, I don't care if I don't make a dollar on this or maybe I that's all I make is a dollar. I just need to get the first one done. And then, you know, we'll worry about, you know, making profit later on. We just want to take care of our investors and get a deal done.  [00:07:19] Mike Angelo: I challenge that model by the way. Because here's the thing. If an investor's giving you money, they expect you to work for that. That, that is how you're also getting paid. And so you're, you're now you have to be a fiduciary for these guys, and if you're only getting a dollar, how motivated are you to go work on this deal? You have to, it has to be equitable for everybody. And we're very transparent about that. And, and our investors are good. [00:07:42] Mike Angelo: You know, they're good with it, you know. Do they love our three and half percent AC fee? No, but Hey, here's what you're getting for that. And, and I think that's critical 'cause everyone needs to make a good amount of money to support the 'cause it's a lot of work. This is not like, Hey, we bought a building, the PM now does everything. We do nothing. No, that's absolutely opposite.  [00:07:58] Sam Wilson: Right, absolutely. On the topic of money, one of the things that you set out to do in the multifamily space was to replace obviously the income that you had before. Have you been able to achieve that yet?  [00:08:10] Mike Angelo: This year, we will. I will hit that target. So it took two and a half years, two and a half years. So it wasn't pretty, it wasn't pretty along the way. My wife has a full-time W2. Thank goodness. And, and I think I mentioned, I had a little bit of a severance package and I followed the Dave Ramsey method. So we had some cash in the bank for that rainy day fund and it worked, you know, thank goodness. [00:08:29] Mike Angelo: So you know, we've depleted through a lot of that and you know, this business takes working capital. So there's a lot of that, you know, get it in, get it in, and then you got to wait till, you know, the deal closes and get it back out and then return it. So this year, we'll hit that number. So we're halfway through 2022 and I'm happy to say I was hoping to hit that target last year, but, you know, we didn't close enough deals. [00:08:49] Sam Wilson: Right. No, man. The reason I bring that up is because, you know, a lot of people either have unrealistic expectations, you know, when they jump in and some people do. I mean, certainly we've had the people come on the show that are like, Hey man, a year ago, you know, I got fired from my job and now, you know, I'm making seven figures a year and you're like, wow, good for you. [00:09:06] Sam Wilson: Like, you know, it can happen. But that's the exception that proves the rules, is that the right way to say that? I don't know. Anyway, you get the point where it's like, Hey, this is a, get rich, slow game, and it takes time to build your nest egg, to build your team, to build your properties. [00:09:19] Sam Wilson: It's something that, you know, I like to talk about that because it gives some realistic expectations for people that are looking to get in and grow that this takes a lot of time. So, you know, thank you for being willing to share that. We talked a little bit off air about development and development deals. Tell us what you guys are doing on the development front, how you finding opportunity there and why development.  [00:09:39] Mike Angelo: Great. Awesome. So, when I left the corporate world, the first thing I wanted, I always wanted to be a developer. I just had no business doing it 'cause I didn't know anything about it other than, you know, they need stuff to build it. [00:09:48] Mike Angelo: So, you know, we, we said, Hey, let's do multifamily value add first. Let's build a cashflow, let's build a resume. And let's pivot into development 'cause as we, you know, being in Phoenix and is one of the hottest markets in the country, you buying value add deals, there's a kind of per unit cost and that those are trading for, and those are 1970s, 1960s even properties. [00:10:06] Mike Angelo: Here trading for about two 50 a door, right? Yeah. Yeah. So, you know, when you look at the replacement costs and you look at, you know, ground up construction, Those are similar costs per square foot per unit however you want to look at it. And so then the math, you kind of scratch your head, go, I can build something brand new, rent it for at least a few hundred dollars above value add deal. [00:10:26] Mike Angelo: Yes, it takes me two years, two and a half years to build it, but that makes a lot more sense. And the yield is, you know, very good. And so it's just a different way to look at the same problem, which is we don't have enough good housing. And so that was our kind of mantra. Say, we got to figure that out. [00:10:40] Mike Angelo: And then I'm trying to break the rules here and do things differently. We've had traditional, you know, home builders doing stick frame, building forever. And it's an antiquated process. You know, we have so much technology around us, but construction really hasn't innovated. And so we're trying to push those boundaries and there's lots of guys doing those modular solutions and finding ways to, to build better 'cause we have a labor shortage. We have housing shortage. We can't produce quickly enough. So we're trying to figure that out. And we found a great partner. We found, you know, some developer experience and contractors locally that are willing to help us and, and also break the mold of the traditional, Hey, we're going to do it this way. [00:11:13] Mike Angelo: And so it's early on in the phase. We bought the land last year and we're in the entitlement phase. So that's improving the property on paper essentially. And working to get that green light so we can reach up already in the next 60 days, hopefully.  [00:11:25] Sam Wilson: What will you be doing to break the mold, as you say? [00:11:30] Mike Angelo: It's finding this network that we talked about. It's called industrialized construction. So think of, you know, Tesla building houses and factories. Now you got to, when you think modular, most people go to mobile homes and that's not what we're doing, right? We're building a high quality product, just in a factory environment. Finding the network, right now, I think 5% or less of all construction projects are built in industrial fashion, industrial modular fashion. So that, you know, pre-fabricated method. So in order to break the mold, you got to challenge the status quo and the reason we should challenge it is the profitability. [00:12:02] Mike Angelo: Once you build some of these projects, you're in single digit margins, which is highly risky, especially going into the volatile world where we're now shifting into. How do you increase those margins and also build maybe a lower cost product because the affordability factor is also a challenge. [00:12:17] Mike Angelo: You know, we have a huge middle market America that can't afford $1,900 rent for a one bedroom. So can we charge $1500 or $1400? Well, you can't if it costs you so many dollars per unit to build. So that's the problem we're trying to solve is how do we build it for lower cost? And the only way to do that is to make it more efficient and use smarter products and, and then try to solve the problem the other way. So, that's the why.  [00:12:39] Sam Wilson: Tell me about that a little bit more, you know, industrialized construction. Have you guys settled, assuming you get the property entitled, have you settled on a particular, Hey, this is how we're going to build this product. This is how we're going to put it together. This is going to be the supplier. This is going to be the timeline. I mean, have you solved all of those factors yet?  [00:12:56] Mike Angelo: No. I'd love to say yes. And we had, we thought we had it solved from a complete, again, build the entire unit in a factory. The challenge is an uphill battle with majority of America and even local contractors are like, dude, you're crazy. Don't do that. And so what we're going to do is something in the middle. It's pre-fabricated cold form steel. So instead of building out a wood, we're building out a light steel studs. And you still get that fabricated panel. So you got a floor. You get walls. Assembly is, is almost as quick as building it in the factory. [00:13:24] Mike Angelo: And then you have your finishing crews, your mechanical electrical guys coming in and, and putting the rest in. So there's still labor on site. I would love to get to a point where I have an complete, you know, wall exterior, interior, plumbed. And then it gets assembled. That's where I'd like to get to. We're not there yet. [00:13:38] Mike Angelo: I think it's, again, that, enforcing people to think about, you know, even robotics, if you think of a factory, instead of having labor there, you have robots doing this stuff. It sounds super high tech, but that's where we're going.  [00:13:50] Sam Wilson: Is where a speed to implementation advantage?  [00:13:53] Mike Angelo: Usually you could save between 30 and 40% of time. A multifamily, call it a three story, you know, boring, a hundred unit deal. Wood frame will take you 18 months, 24 months. You might be able to do that in 12 to 15. So speed to market is one of the main reasons, but that comes with a cost. And so folks get hung up on, well, it's going to cost me more on paper. [00:14:13] Mike Angelo: Well, it might cost you a little bit more front, but now you don't have punch list stuff. You're saving holding costs, holding costs are incredibly expensive. We haven't got it all figured out. We're getting there slowly. First project, right?  [00:14:24] Sam Wilson: No. Absolutely. And again, these are things, I know you don't, you don't necessarily have all of your ducks in a row on this yet, but I think it's, it's a great time for us to chat about it 'cause you get to see the inside view of kind of the problems you're trying to figure out and solve as you go through this. So maybe you don't have all the answers, but it's like, Hey, here's a way that this could work. You know, if, if we had it in the ideal world. I guess one of the other things I would think about in this, in this kind of pre-fabricated, you know, development space is that you probably have a much more consistent product would be one of the things I bet you would get out of something like that.  [00:14:55] Mike Angelo: Yeah. Quality, consistency. And so the other, I would say the other piece of challenge is a red tape amongst municipalities and inspections and, you know, Hey, you're building something in factory. [00:15:05] Mike Angelo: I can't inspect it on site like I've been doing for 50 years. Okay. Yeah. We'll come to the factory, let me show you what we're doing and we're building a better product. So it, it will get there. And I'm telling you, there's probably, I think, a dozen or less firms working to solve this problem. We are the tiniest, tiniest little guy on the development front. [00:15:20] Mike Angelo: I think the solution is vertically integrate. So you're the developer. You need to have access to a manufacturer, whether that's your partner or you're doing it yourself. And that way, those products just flow through. And there's a couple big companies doing that right now. So we're looking to align with them and, and understand how they're doing it. [00:15:36] Mike Angelo: And again, not reinvent the wheel. We'll probably just partner with them and say, put us on your list, 'cause we need, you know, 1500 units in the next two years.  [00:15:43] Sam Wilson: My next question is, is about codes on that, like dealing with codes, dealing with your local municipalities. I mean, that's, it's one thing to find a cool product that may be the perfect fit, but getting it through your local zoning and building ordinance departments may be a nightmare. How are you guys navigating that?  [00:16:00] Mike Angelo: So all of these manufacturers are building to international building code, IBC, right? The latest building code. So they're better products than anything that's being built on site. The challenge is a local municipality, like you just said, so it's getting them aligned early. [00:16:12] Mike Angelo: You know, those fire marshals, the, the city inspectors say, Hey, this is why we're doing it this way. And the groups that have been successful thus far, they align very early on and they partner with that developer to, you know, say, Hey, you know, we're going to build six of these. The first one's going to be the hardest, 'cause that'll be the one, the trial project. [00:16:29] Mike Angelo: But once that municipality buys in on it, then now you're building within that county or that city, then you're rubber stamping from a production standpoint and that approval process becomes easier. The other challenge is the subs. If you're an electrician and you've been doing it traditionally forever on site, and you got to hire 50 guys to do this, but you might only need three guys now on site because all the work's being done in factory. So that's a mind shift as well, you know, change on how you staff it.  [00:16:54] Sam Wilson: Right. Yeah. I can only imagine. Getting your subs educated, getting everybody in your team built around this. But I think, you know, the long term play is what, what you're in it for here in that once you get the kind of kinks worked out, it will become a much smoother process. [00:17:09] Sam Wilson: I look forward to tracking with you on that. You do have two developments, I think you said, underway. Are both of those in the kind of prefab construction space or are those, any of those going just traditional build?  [00:17:20] Mike Angelo: So we have one multifamily project that's we started earlier and then this month we're closing on another piece of land that wasn't on our radar. And, and we already had a lot on our plate, but it was such a cool project. So I'm in Phoenix desert, but we have an area called Pinetop. It's up in the mountains. That's like 6,000 feet. And so we're buying some acreage up there for single family development. A couple of modular builders, because again, it's the same problem. [00:17:42] Mike Angelo: How do we build it faster, quicker? And so we'll, we're taking on a single family development. Again, our developer that we partner with or is helping us navigate the complexity of that. But that'll start hopefully in the next couple months as well. And so, yeah, we're taking on a lot of things, but it's, it's fun to try to solve problems, you know? [00:17:59] Mike Angelo: Absolutely. As you review the last two years of your multifamily and commercial real estate experience, is there anything that you would do differently that would either speed up, save time, you know, shave some learning curve off? Is there anything that you would do a little bit differently if you could do it over? [00:18:17] Mike Angelo: I think I spent a lot of time underwriting 'cause, you know, I didn't have a ton of net worth, I didn't have a lot of liquidity, so I passively invested a few deals, but I was like, how do I bring value to a, if you just talk about the multifamily space, you know, again, you need key principals, experience liquidity and you got to find the deal. [00:18:33] Mike Angelo: My goal was I'm going to go find a deal and then I'm going to go find partners to bring in and, and they'll sign on the note for me. And that was kind of the education that they teach you, by the way. And so I just spent a ton of time looking for deals and not enough time finding partners, good partners, vetting them. [00:18:45] Mike Angelo: And that key principal would've made life a little bit easier on, Hey, you know, we need this much cash for hard money, earnest money. We need, you know, this much for, and we need to have an investor base other than, you know, friends and family. And so I would say if I did it again, I would go back and spend a little more energy vetting those partners earlier. [00:19:02] Mike Angelo: It took me like almost a year to kind of figure that out. I had partners come and go. And would I change it? Maybe. What I learned in the process is, man, I can underwrite really well in the conditions that I look at. And now, fortunately, I have a team that can help us do that and they, they do the majority of the underwriting. [00:19:18] Mike Angelo: So delegation and maybe doing more of that for getting out of the weeds. Actually, I told you, I spent, I was up till midnight doing a, a YouTube video for our investment webinar. I need a marketing person, right? I shouldn't be doing that, but it's what you got to do when you're, when you're early in the process. [00:19:32] Sam Wilson: That's absolutely you're right, Mike, I appreciate you taking the time to come on today and share with us your story. You know, how you have grown to where you guys are today. What your thoughts are surrounding development and solving the housing shortage problem and doing that in a, in a very creative way. Thank you for taking the time again to come on and share today. Certainly appreciate it. If our listeners want to get in touch with you or learn more about you, what is the best way to do that?  [00:19:53] Mike Angelo: Yeah. Awesome, man. Thanks for having me on the show. I'm on LinkedIn. It's Mike Ashish Angelo. You can email me if you want. It's mike@nkdevelopmentgroup.com. Love to reach out. I always challenge folks on podcasts. Call me if you, if you're in the same, you know, struggles, let's set up a call. And I'd be happy to talk to anybody and, and try to help 'em through the process.  [00:20:09] Sam Wilson: Awesome. Mike, thank you again for your time. Certainly appreciate it. Have a great rest of your day.  [00:20:13] Mike Angelo: Thanks man. Take care. Cheers. 

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Welcome back passengers! Tonight we dive deep… too deep.. Into our bread and butter… we are diving back into unsolved murders. Hold on to your skivvies and make sure you have a drink and a magnifying glass because we are gonna talk about the Setagaya Murders. Bum bum buuuuuuummmmmmmmmm!!!!!!   Typically, New Year's Eve is a happy occasion. It indicates that things are changing and making room for something new. It's a time to rejoice in a brand-new beginning, typically with your family and close friends.   This day, known in Japan as Omisoka, is regarded as one of the most significant ones of the year. There are traditions and conventions connected, which are often observed. In Japan, New Year's is regarded as the most prestigious celebration, unlike in America where it is frequently associated with revelry and midnight kisses.   The holiday season, however, was permanently tarnished by a tragic occurrence that happened around the turn of the century. For almost 20 years, what happened on this night in the Tokyo neighborhood of Setagaya has baffled detectives to no end.   In contrast to other cultures, Japan celebrates a century's conclusion. Japan rang in the new millennium a full year after we did in America with the opening of 2001, while most of us did so with the notorious Y2K fear.   By most accounts, the Miyazawa family was a normal Japanese household.   The father, Mikio Miyazawa, age 44, was employed by the London-based marketing company Interbrand. It is unknown what type of work Mikio performed for the company, but it was a sizable one with locations in more than twenty nations and experience working on significant marketing campaigns for organizations like Microsoft, Nissan, Xerox, and many more. In fact, Interbrand was the organization in charge of branding the phrase "Wi-fi" the year prior, in 1999.   Interbrand coworkers characterized Mikio as "congenial." They said he was "the kind of man that got along with everyone - definitely not the kind to create enemies."   The family's mother and wife, Yasuko Miyazawa, was forty-one years old and similar to her husband. She was a teacher who spent a lot of time with the couple's two children, Rei, 6, and Niina, 8, and was universally regarded as sensitive and gentle.   The daughter, Niina, was in second grade and appeared to be your average young lady: she was lively, she was fun, and she loved ballet and soccer, two activities in which she was actively involved.   Rei, the family's youngest member, had recently been experiencing a problem: His speech handicap had been causing the family quite a bit of worry. It appears that they had begun to look for expert assistance, but it was still quite concerning to them. I  In 1990, Mikio and Yasuki Miyazawa moved into their house in Setagaya. It was a growing neighborhood with over 200 households at the time, and it seemed like a pleasant enough place to raise a family.   The second biggest of Tokyo's twenty-three districts, Setagaya is situated immediately southwest of the central city. Setagaya is a fairly residential-looking neighborhood that sticks out from its hectic, crowded surroundings and is within a short distance from Tokyo Bay.   Even by itself, the Miyazawa family house was intriguing.   The house was a two-story, communal structure. On the exterior, it appeared to be a single house, but in reality, it was more like a duplex. It made it possible for the Miyazawas to be neighbors with Yasuko's family, mostly her mother but also her sister and brother-in-law who were also living with her at the time.   Seven family members may now reside in this joint home, even though there was no interior link between the two homes. You must exit the building and enter through a different entrance to get from one side to the other.   The park directly back the house, however, was the feature that had the greatest impact. Although the park had been present for some time, the city had planned to enlarge it. This indicated that the majority of the Miyazawa's neighbors had been vacating their properties recently to make room for this growth.   The neighborhood, which had formerly been home to more than 200 people, had now been reduced to just four: the Miyazawas, their cousins who lived next door, two other families who resided on their block. Aside from that, the neighborhood was a ghost town.   The skate park directly behind the Miyazawa family house was where the majority of local activity was taking place. The Miyazawa family had some difficulties because this was the busiest area of the rapidly developing park. See, the only thing separating the skate park and the home was a fence.   Mikio had addressed some rowdy and annoying teens at the skate park the week before New Year's Eve for making too much of a ruckus. A witness claimed to have seen him encounter a group of teenage rebels who belonged to the Bosozoku, a form of Japanese motorcycle gang, at about the same time.   The Miyazawas were among the last households to begin making arrangements to move because of the park's growing foot traffic and the city's intentions to expand it further. In only a few months, they would be relocating to another house in the neighborhood, and it was December 2000. Therefore, all they had to do to stop worrying about it was rough out the skate park hooligans for a few months.   Sadly, they would never have the opportunity.   In addition to Mikio's run-ins with hooligans throughout the week leading up to New Year's Eve, the Miyazawa family will also encounter some other peculiar events.   The locals had reportedly begun to see some of the area's animals being physically abused over the summer. There are claims that neighborhood cats, most of which are stray, had been tortured and that rats had been discovered dead. One witness remembered witnessing a nice stray suddenly emerge one day without a tail.    Yasuko informed her father-in-law that a strange automobile had parked in front of their home on Christmas Day, December 25. Despite the fact that there was alternate parking nearby that wouldn't need the person parked to hop over a fence to enter the park, this has occurred more than once.   An eyewitness saw a guy who was thought to be in his forties going near the Miyazawa family home two days later, on the 27th. A apparently benign item that, in hindsight, appears suspicious. The neighboring park assures that people will be in the neighborhood for a number of reasons.   A guy was sighted in the adjacent Seijogakuenmae Station on December 29, just a few days before the start of the new century, not far from where the Miyazawa family was residing. Due to the weather, one eyewitness remembered this man's "skater"-style clothing as being peculiar and believed the man, who was also sporting a rucksack, appeared to be significantly underdressed.   Police suspect a guy fitting this general description bought a sashimi knife from the same retail center on this day, the 29th. It was quite simple to track down because it was the only one bought at this grocery on this particular day.   A man matching that description was sighted on December 30 about a mile from the Miyazawas' home, in the vicinity of Sengawa Station. This unsub, who was described as being between 35 and 40 years old, was moving steadily toward the Setagaya residence of the Miyazawa family.   Unbeknownst to them, the Miyazawa family's final day would be on Saturday, December 30.   They carried on with their usual activities while getting ready for the next holiday. Due to the approaching New Year and the fresh start of a new century, there was a celebratory mood in the air.   The family reportedly went shopping around about 6:00 PM in the early evening. Although we can't be certain if all four of the family members attended, a bystander remembered seeing them in a local mall around that time. This tale has credibility because a neighbor who was driving by their house that evening remembered seeing the family automobile disappearing at about 6:30 PM.   Yasuko contacted her mother who lived next door at approximately 7:00 that evening. The families spoke to one another over the phone frequently since they considered one another to be neighbors. The topic of the discussion was probably something unimportant, most likely Yasuko asking her mother if she wanted to see her granddaughter.   Niina walking next door to watch a taped TV show till 9:30 PM or so confirms this. Everything for the Miyazawa family had been quite routine up until this point in the night.   An accessible email that was viewed at roughly 10:38 that evening is the final activity we have of the Miyazawa family. It was Mikio reading a business email that was password-protected, indicating that he was most likely the one who opened it.   At least one member of the Miyazawa family was last known to be alive at this time. And their residence, which was often peaceful and calm, was about to turn into a house of horrors.   A witness heard what sounded like an altercation inside the Miyazawa house that evening at approximately ten o'clock while walking along the park trail behind the home. They couldn't recall any especially ear-shattering shouts or loud physical noises, but they claimed it just sounded like a couple arguing.   A neighbor of Yasuko's family would notice a loud pounding sound coming from the Miyazawa side of the building around an hour and a half later. They didn't know the precise time, but they were able to estimate it later using the current television programming schedule.   This happened at the same time that a witness or maybe a neighbor reported seeing a guy rushing along the sidewalk near to the family's home.   These were the only three indications that something wasn't right in Setagaya that evening. It would take hours before anybody realized how terrifying the Miyazawa house had become.   Three passengers were being picked up by a taxi driver not far from the Miyazawa residence. All three of these passengers, who will stay unnamed for this story due to the cab driver's oversight, were middle-aged males who kept to themselves the entire time.   It was far after midnight when the three guys were being dropped off at a neighboring station, something the taxi driver remembered as being quite unusual for the time.   A bloodstain from one of the individuals who appeared to have a wound was seen on the backseat of the taxi.   Yasuko's mother attempted to contact her daughter's family the next morning on New Year's Eve to arrange preparations for later that day. Unexpectedly, her call wouldn't even connect, much less ring.   She was unaware that someone had cut and purposely unplugged the phone lines in the Miyazawa family home hours earlier.   She went outside and made her way to the house where her daughter, son-in-law, and two grandchildren lived. When the doorbell went unanswered, she used her set of keys to allow herself in, according to the police report she would later submit.   There was no sound to be heard within the home itself. The moment Yasuko's mother walked inside the house, she would have realized something was wrong. As she entered the family's home, she quickly realized the reality as she came face to face with Mikio Miyazawa's body at the foot of the stairs.   The family's father, who was 44 years old, was found dead at the bottom of the stairway leading to the second storey after having been stabbed several times.   Yasuko's mother remembers trying to find out what had happened to the rest of her family by walking upstairs to the second storey. The remains of her granddaughter Niina and daughter Yasuko, who had both been viciously stabbed hundreds of times, would be waiting for her at the top of the stairs. Their suffering far surpassed that of Mikio's body.   Yasuko's mother recalls placing her hands on the corpses of her daughter and granddaughter in an effort to check for signs of life, either out of grief or even hope.   Her granddaughter Niina, with whom she had just finished watching a television show, and Yasuko, her daughter, with whom she had reared and been close for more than forty years. They were both now dead and icy, loved ones turned into corpses by an unidentified murderer.   The last catastrophe would be revealed to Yasuko's mother in an adjacent bedroom: six-year-old Rei, who had been struggling with a speech impediment in an effort to satisfy his parents, was still in bed. He had been strangled to death, which led detectives to believe that he was the family's first victim.   It goes without saying that Yasuko's mother—this devastated grandmother—would call the police. However, what she had witnessed was irreversible, and nothing could replace the family she had just lost.   When the event occurred, Tokyo Police were as appalled by the crime scene as Yasuko's mother had been. They were aware that this case would shock everyone in the neighborhood: witnessing a whole family being murdered by an unidentified intruder in the middle of the night is arguably the most terrifying scenario one could conceive.   Police started investigating the incident and piecing it together at the spot. Yasuko's mother, sister, and brother-in-law, who were all there when the crime took place next door, remembered anything peculiar or unusual that may have transpired that evening.   The only thing that sprang to mind for them was the loud thud that had happened at about 11:30 that evening; the timing was supported by a TV schedule that showed the thud happened during the broadcast of a certain program. When Mikio, the father, approached the alleged murderer, the police instantly assumed that the thud may have happened then. They assumed that he had fought with the person who had attacked Yasuko's family based on the injuries on his body, and that the loud thud Yasuko's family had heard could have been him being thrown to the bottom of the steps.   Mikio had been stabbed several times, with the majority of the wounds being to his neck. They would deduce that the sashimi knife that had been abandoned in the family's kitchen was what had caused the stab wounds. But the knife had somehow broken when Mikio was being attacked.   Investigators instantly hypothesized that the broken knife had been merely one of two murder weapons based on the evidence they had at the site. The killer also used a knife he had discovered in Mikio and Yasuko's very own kitchen to murder the two ladies upstairs.   The fact that Mikio's body was still in his day clothes—business-casual dress that he would typically wear out and about—was what was most peculiar about its discovery.    As for the bodies of Yasuko and Niina, however, the home was constructed so that a ladder leading to a third-story loft was located at the top of the stairs going to the second level. Many people have speculated that because the third-story loft contained a bed and a TV, Yasuko and Niina were both there when the killings took place, maybe in bed or watching TV.   Both Yasuko and Niina's bodies, which had been repeatedly stabbed, were discovered at the bottom of the ladder leading to the third-floor loft. Investigators determined that both individuals had been stabbed well past the point of death because of the excessive number of knife wounds. This gave rise to several speculations suggesting that the murderer had some type of hatred for women or at the very least had some anger toward them. Sadly, this is not an attitude that is particularly unusual in these homicides, but it would become important in the investigation that followed.   Rei, the family's son, was discovered murdered in bed. When police started to piece together the facts, they realized that Rei was the first member of the family to be slain, which explained why he had avoided a horrific stabbing death like the rest of his family.    About six hours after the deaths were found that afternoon, a young guy was brought into a hospital in Tobu Nikko Station. The Miyazawa family's neighborhood in Tokyo, Setagaya, is a few hours north of Tobu Nikko Station, and there are several connecting trains that run between the two.   This individual, whose age was given as thirty, was accepted without disclosing his identity or the nature of his injuries. A hand wound that was allegedly serious enough to have revealed bone was the actual damage. Staff members at the scene were astonished by how casually the man was treating the wound and thought him to be fairly suspect, which is why they had a good memory of the specifics.   This man was dressed in a black down jacket and pants and appeared to be well into his forties. The medical personnel had no idea what had transpired just hours earlier, yet the man was treated and then released despite not providing any information about himself.   The crime scene was completely covered with evidence of what had occurred in the early morning hours of December 31st, much to the investigator's amazement.   First and foremost, by locating the murder weapons right away, the authorities had found the key to any inquiry. Both knives were quickly discovered there, still covered in blood.   In contrast to many police investigations that falter in the absence of a murder weapon, the police in this case found two within the first few minutes of their inquiry.   But in addition to the blades, the Miyazawa family house turned out to be a gold mine of information that helped the police put together what had transpired that night.   The family's first aid box had been unlocked, perhaps by Yasuko and Niina, at some point during the actual assault, they would discover. Blood from eight-year-old Niina was discovered on several of the first aid kit's bandages.   Disgustingly, authorities would uncover unflushed excrement in the upper bathroom. This was reportedly left by the murderer, who was either too proud of his ability to get away with it or too ignorant of DNA testing. Investigators would find traces of a meal with string beans and sesame spinach that had presumably been consumed somewhere else.   Since then, internet websleuths have described this dish as relatively "boring," similar to what a mother might serve her kid. This has become a popular hypothesis about a man who continued to live at home with his mother.   The footprints of the presumed intruder were all over the home, strewn around in blood and mud. It will soon be generally recognized that these shoe patterns belonged to a particular kind of Slazenger footwear. At this time, Slazenger shoes were accessible all throughout Japan, but the shoeprint they left behind was for a very particular size that wasn't available there. Many ideas concerning the killer's ethnicity were sparked by the fact that this shoe size was a Korean shoe size and the shoe would have most likely only been found for sale in South Korea.   In addition to the bandages from the first aid kit used by Niina; towels and women's sanitary towels were also discovered with unidentified amounts of blood on them. This was a surprising discovery for the police since it supported the theory that Mikio had engaged the attacker on the steps, presumably injuring him and forcing him to seek immediate medical assistance.   Police would have to send the blood samples for testing, which is a process that will take some time to complete. They would have to continue looking for evidence until then, which the murderer had purposefully left behind.   The most shocking evidence found throughout the inquiry was a range of apparel and belongings that the killer (or killers) brought before leaving them behind. It appeared as though the murderer intentionally left the garments behind or at the very least paid no attention to doing so.   The attire that the murderer had most likely worn to the crime site was described as being suitable for a skater. The goods included a black AirTech jacket, a white and purple long sleeve shirt (which has alternately been referred to as a hoodie and a long sleeve shirt), black Edwin gloves, a multicolored scarf with no tags that is almost unrecognizable, and a black handkerchief.   The blood stains found on the long-sleeved shirt made it the most notable of the pieces. Even if it wasn't the proper size, the clothes weren't in the same style as anything the family members would have worn. Only Marufuru stores, a retail chain that also offered the style of gloves and hat discovered at the crime site, carried the white shirt with purple sleeves.   The handkerchief was also notable in its own right because the police learned that it had been ironed before use. Simply said, very few individuals would go to the trouble of ironing a handkerchief, thus this was strange. Internet theorists have said that the handkerchief being ironed is another more indication that the suspected killer lived at home with a mother figure because the thought of a young skater using a handkerchief is already a peculiar one.   Forensic experts would find traces of the male perfume Drakkar Noir on the handkerchief.    It was discovered that every piece of clothing had been cleaned in hard water, which meant that the water used to clean the clothes was rich in minerals and vitamins that aren't often present in water that naturally occurs. Japan has traditionally employed a soft water system, which simply means that the water is water with some sodium added. Given that Korea has a hard water system and that the clothing were cleaned the manner they were discovered, this would be a point in the killer's favor if they were identified as having Korean ancestry.   However, in addition to the clothing, the murderer also left behind further evidence in the form of personal possessions. A "hip-bag," which resembled a cross between a messenger bag, a tiny backpack, and a fanny pack, was the first and prominent of these accessories.    Although the hip-bag itself had a relatively innocent appearance, it did include certain bits of information that would help detectives approach the case in the future. A piece of grip tape used on skateboards served as the first piece of proof. The second was the Drakkar Noir fragrance traces that were discovered on the handkerchief. The most surprising discovery was sand, which was the final item removed from the hip-bag.   The location of the sand, which pointed to the Southwestern United States, allowed the identification of the material contained in that hip-bag. Specifically, the vicinity of Edwards Air Force Base, a military facility located roughly 100 miles north of Los Angeles.   This shocking piece of information, which may connect the murderer to a military facility hundreds of miles away, has probably thrown the entire investigation into a loop. Many people have interpreted this as evidence that the murderer was maybe an airman stationed in Tokyo or a certain category of contractor who conducted business internationally. Some have even attempted to connect this information to the handkerchief that has been ironed as a symbol of military bearing as the military does encourage ironing as a component of its standard behavior.   Despite the fact that there was a ton of evidence on the scene, the investigation was far from over. There would still be new information to emerge in the investigation, and there was still no strong indication of a suspect.   Days started to transform into weeks, which eventually changed into months. Police made a plea for anyone with information about the apparel while presenting the public with the evidence they had. Several pieces of clothes could be traced back to their owners, but the majority of the goods the murderer left behind at the Miyazawa home were ordinary. It was impossible to find every owner of the apparel because thousands of each had been sold in Japan in the few months before the deaths.   About a hundred days after the killings, at the beginning of April, authorities made an intriguing discovery. They had found a little Buddhist statue that was first brought in as evidence not more than a mile from the Miyazawa residence.   Jizo is a Buddhist god who guards children in the afterlife, and that statue was made in his likeness. Jizo, an embodiment of Buddhism in Eastern Asia, is thought to guard children who pass away before their parents in the afterlife from demons as they ascend to the spirit realm.   When the police first brought this in as evidence, they reasoned that possibly the murderer had left it behind as a token of regret or guilt.   Regardless of who put it there, it serves as a sorrowful reminder of the atrocities against the Miyazawas in the Setagaya province adjacent to the family home.   Police had outlined a sequence of events that led to the family's murder as they continued to piece together the evidence and test the forensics against their expanding database, which at the time of the family's murder in 2000 was still fairly recent in the world of crime-fighting.   The killer most likely entered the house through the second-story bathroom window, which was just above a fence separating the home from the park and was accessible from the rear of the house. This would be a somewhat physically demanding act that would need for the murderer to have at least a modicum of upper body strength.   They believed that after entering the house, the attacker had targeted the unfortunate six-year-old Rei first, going into his bedroom and strangling him while he was still asleep.   From there, the course of events slightly fragments, with investigators having doubts regarding the killer's future moves. They believe that as Mikio was working on his computer in the study below, the disturbance coming from above diverted his attention, and when he walked up the stairs, he came across the murderer. A fight broke out there, and Mikio fell to the ground, where he would be discovered hours later.   According to this sequence of events, Yasuko and Niina were the next to be approached by the assailant, who either assaulted them upstairs in the third-floor loft or at the bottom of the ladder leading to it. Niina used the first aid kit at some point to try to bind some of her own wounds, thus it's likely that the murderer attacked them with his broken sashimi knife, realized it couldn't be used, and fled to the kitchen to grab another. Yasuko and Niina attempted to obtain her medical treatment during this lull since they thought the murderer had abandoned them forever.   If this scenario is correct, the killer then returned with his new weapon to kill the family off, murdering the two at the foot of the ladder leading up to the loft.   Possibly around this point, Mikio heard a scuffle upstairs and hurried up there in an effort to distract the murderer from his family, not realizing that Rei had already been killed. The murderer managed to inflict Mikio's fatal wounds there, but not before breaking his murder weapon and becoming hurt himself. Their fight had brought them to the stairs.   The murderer, who was now not far from the family's kitchen, went inside to get his new murder weapon, then returned upstairs to kill Yasuko and Niina, who were attempting to treat Niina's wound with bandages from the first aid kit. Perhaps they were moving toward the loft in an effort to elude the murderer, expecting that the ladder would be lowered behind them.   However, police would find out during their reenactment of the incident that the murderer had remained after killing the four members of the family. He would eventually spend hours inside the house of the family.   Police concluded based on evidence that the murderer chose to remain in the home as an uninvited house guest rather than leave right after killing the Miyazawa family. He hadn't even bothered to cover the remains of the four family members when he made the decision to settle down for the evening.   One of the more peculiar events in the narrative itself was that the unsub had allegedly taken a nap on the family's sofa in the living room. Typically, suspects leave the scene as quickly as they can since each minute increases the likelihood that they will be found, but this killer seems to have relished the closeness of spending the night at his victim's house.   The murderer of the Miyazawa family treated himself to ice cream from the refrigerator. Police would soon find four ice cream wrappers with the alleged killer's prints on them; they were also known as popsicle wrappers in certain accounts. These fingerprints matched those that were left all around the house by people who weren't members of the family in attendance.   The family's PC was in the downstairs study and this unsub had also utilized it. A few hours or so after the family was probably killed, on December 31st, around 1:18 AM, they noticed that the computer had been accessed. The unsub had gone to the Shiki Theater Company's website, which Mikio had already bookmarked. Because theater was a love of Mikio's, you see, so one has to question if this was some kind of twisted joke on the part of the perpetrator, or if the family was indeed slain hours after many people thought they were. The odds are still very much in favor of the murderer doing it since someone had visited that website at 1:18 in the morning and attempted to purchase performance tickets online.   Hours later, at around 10:05 in the morning, the murderer reportedly allegedly signed on to examine the websites of Mikio's business, Interbrand, and the university Yasuko taught at. Interestingly, the murderer only visited websites that the family had bookmarked, maybe in an effort to enjoy the closeness of their home.   The murderer had only used the computer for 10 minutes total before unplugging it from the wall.   The killer had amassed the family's credit and ID cards throughout the course of the evening; they were all discovered organized in the family's living room, next to the sofa where the unsub had slept. Many people have argued that this was an extremely peculiar attempt by the killer—or killers—to try and guess the PIN numbers required to use the cards. He left them behind since he knew he wouldn't try to keep them guessing and risk being found out.   A strange assortment of the family's possessions and trash were also gathered by the unsub before departing and dumped in the bathtub for some reason. The majority of these items were trash, like ice cream wrappers or torn-up flyers, but they also included some of Mikio's work receipts, Yasuko's school records, and even feminine hygiene products stained with the murderer's blood. Many have speculated as to why the murderer would leave such a strange collection of trash in the bathtub, but have come to the conclusion that he may have intended to use them for anything and simply forgot. Unaware that he had left boats worth of evidence behind, he may have intended to let the goods soak before being discovered.   Police believed the murderer had stolen the family's money, around 125k yen, after he had been sleeping at the Miyazawa house for a few hours. That basically translates to more than a grand in American dollars. However, the fact that the killer had been eating ice cream and using the computer in the family's study where extra money was quickly discovered led the detectives to believe that this wasn't a straightforward heist.   Additionally, if this had been a robbery, the murderer may have taken some expensive items, but it appeared that the family's possessions had all been left behind. The only thing that was thought to be missing was a worn-out jacket that had belonged to Mikio.   The entrance door was locked when Yasuko's mother entered the crime scene, according to her memory. Police speculated that the killer may have returned through the second-story bathroom window he had used to enter because of this. The door was shut when Yasuko's mother arrived, but over time she has grown unsure of this fact, and it has never been made crystal clear how the murderer fled the scene of these horrible acts.   By 2006, forensic science had advanced to the point that sleuths could resurrect this monster. Or, at the very least, extract him from the Setagaya neighborhood's mid-2000s zeitgeist and turn him back into a mortal man with flesh and bone.   DNA genome testing was used to determine the precise characteristics of the murderer using the blood found on towels and feminine items at the site. The results were shocking.   Police found that the Miyazawa family's suspected murderer was of mixed ethnicity and probably not a citizen of Japan. One of the unsub's parents was of Southern European ancestry, while the other belonged to two distinct cultures, one of which was Eastern Asian.   According to a police source who spoke to the publication "Japan Today," the murderer was a guy of Asian descent.  “His DNA carried a marker from his father that occurs in one out of every 13 Japanese; one out of about 10 Chinese, and one in every 5 or so Koreans. Based on mitochondrial DNA, his mother had an ancestor originating from the southern Mediterranean area, probably around the Adriatic.”   But in addition to the probable DNA, we also have some additional information about the murderer. By comparing the clothing he left at the crime site, they were able to determine that he is approximately 175 cm tall, or five feet seven inches. His shoes were a Korean size, measuring little about eleven inches, or 27.5 cm, in length. 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Naomi Tepper and Tre' Grisby are the co-hosts and co-creators of the podcast Hop to It: Our Digital Nomad Journey. They are married empty-nesters who are slow-traveling through the Southwestern United States in search of home. Tre' is a software developer and tech support dude; he is also a Shaman, light energy worker, and yoga hobbyist. Naomi, who also goes by Na (nay), is a creative solopreneur, author, and alchemist.

Here is the story of a Mexican-American pioneer, healer, trailblazer, businesswoman and landowner. Her name is Doña Juana Briones de Miranda and she is the woman remembered as the "Founding Mother of San Francisco”, for she was one of the first three settlers in Yerba Buena before it became San Francisco. Juana left an important legacy in California. She was an active and caring person who impacted the lives of many people — Hispanic, indigenous and Anglo-American.   In 1769, Marcos Briones and his father Vicente arrived in Alta California from San Luis Potosí, New Spain - today's Mexico. Marcos and Vicente were soldiers in the Portola expedition. In Alta California, Marcos met and married Isidora Tapia. Isidora and her family arrived later, her father Felipe, a soldier on the de Anza expedition in 1776. Star crossed lovers, whose families traveled over 1600 miles on a mission to colonize and explore the region and establish the Mission San Francisco de Asi.    Marcos was a founding settler of Villa de Branciforte, in present-day Santa Cruz. Branciforte was the last of only three secular pueblos founded by the Spanish colonial government of Alta California. On the eastern bluff of the San Lorenzo River, facing Mission Santa Cruz, their daughter Juana  Briones was born in March of 1802. Juana spent the first decade of her life in a wattle-and-daub house doing chores alongside her brothers and sisters, having fun and gaining an extensive knowledge of herbal medicines through her interactions with Native Americans. The majority of the population there was indigenous. When she was ten, her mother Ysidora passed away.   Marcos moved the family to an area called Tennessee Hollow. Marcos began to help build what would become the Presidio of San Francisco. Starting as a fortified military village used for farming and livestock grazing. Juana was shaped by the native people of the region and the language, religion, and institutions of colonial New Spain. She'd learned more about herbs and their medicinal values from the new region from her grandmother, who learned them from native Ohlone women.    Herbs like Yerba Buena (which translates to Good Herb), which provided the first name of the city of San Francisco. It was said the community of Yerba Buena was named for her healing mint tea. She was schooled informally by the Catholic priests at the Mission Dolores. With other military children and the Native Americans who had been rounded up and brought to the mission for “conversion” to Catholicism, she attended regular daily mass but she did not learn to read or write.     Juana met a handsome soldier stationed at the Presidio named Apolinario Miranda. His parents were of Yaqui descent. The Yaqui were indigenous to the Mexican state of Sonora and the Southwestern United States. Juana and Apolinario were married in 1820 and established a farm at the Presidio near the site of El Polin Spring. It is one of the few remaining springs in the city  and runs under the site of her long-vanished home. The spring waters of the were believed to bestow fertility. With that in mind, Juana gave birth to 11 children between 1821 and 1841.   In 1828, Juana had a tragic month when three of her children died and a fourth child passed just one year later in the rugged frontier environment.  Juana was a strong woman. Apolinario was abusive and Juana's time with him was not happy. So abusive that his military superiors reprimanded him for it numerous times. He had a serious drinking problem and wasn't much of a rancher or businessman.    In the area now known as North Beach, near what is now Washington Square, the Briones bought land. Juana was a natural entrepreneur and started a dairy ranch at their new home. They were one of the first three non-indigenous settlers in Yerba Buena who lived somewhere other than on the Presidio or at Mission Dolores. After Mexico won its independence from Spain in 1821, commerce increased in the San Francisco Bay. Briones excelled in farming and sold milk and produce to the crews of Russian, American and Spanish ships that docked in the bay for the hide and tallow trade.   Juana also treated many illnesses such as smallpox and scurvy patients, delivered babies and set broken jaws. You could not count how many children had their broken bones set by this kind woman. Her reputation as a healer was widely recognized. She trained her nephew, Pablo Briones—who was later known as the Doctor of Bolinas or California in medicinal arts. Her aid to the people of Bolinas during a smallpox outbreak was well-known, and she was loved among Hispanic settlers, native people and the Anglo-Americans alike.   She taught her own children the value of hard work. As soon as they could walk, they learned to pull weeds and how to load the wagon. Her daughters Presentacion and Manuela were fine seamstresses and they did the sailors' laundry and mended their clothes. Her son Jesus went to the boats to see what the men needed, and delivered goods and messages to Juana. She also harbored four runaway sailors who jumped ship because they wanted to remain in California. Two Americans, a Filipino man and a Native American from Connecticut. The men lived with her and Apolinario until 1832.   In 1833, Briones' husband was granted land bordering the Presidio near today's Green and Lyon Streets. Their new home was on another spring called El Ojo de Agua Figueroa.  In 1834, Juana adopted Cecilia, a young Native girl whose parents had died. In 1835, the Presidio was temporarily abandoned when Commandante Vallejo transferred his military headquarters north to Sonoma. It was then that her husband's abuse became intolerable. Marriage was considered indissoluble by society at the time. She turned to the Catholic bishop. “My husband did not earn our money. I did,” she told the bishop, “My husband does not support the family. I do.”  As her husband, he had access to any property she acquired. The bishop was moved by her plea, knowing full well her husband was a good-for-nothing, and with the mayor's help, the bishop helped her move to the western foot of Loma Alta in the area now known as Telegraph Hill.   Her husband tried to force her to return home and legal officials ordered him to stay away, which he didn't. Briones appealed to courts repeatedly with suit against her husband for physical abuse after repeated episodes of violence and in return a justice of the peace seized some of his property. Juana navigated the male-leaning legal system, hiring people to write on her behalf. This was no small step in the patriarchal, hierarchical world of 19th century colonial California. Juana was free and Apolinario Miranda later died.   She found the booming city too frantic, and bought a 4,000-acre ranch in Santa Clara Valley from her friends José Gorgonio and his son José Ramon in 1844. She named it Rancho La Purisima Concepción and successfully expanded her cattle and farming interests. The Briones family ranch was a home, social hall, and hospital all rolled into one. Briones' status as a female landowner was unusual in an era where women generally could only possess land they inherited from a deceased husband. Yet she was an independent woman who was prospering on her own. Her children also prospered.  In 1848, Mexico ceded this land to the U.S. under the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo and gold was discovered at Sutter's Mill. Almost overnight, the sleepy little mission became a busy city, filled with all manner of men who came to get rich overnight and ‘ladies of the night' who hoped to liberate the men from their gold dust. Juana wasn't bothered by the U.S. coup at all, in fact, when her Anglo friends suggested she become an American citizen, she did.  Across the nation, Boston traders sought out her “California banknotes,” as they called her cowhides. She entertained lavishly, with European and American guests attending her fiestas. “Anglo, Hispanics, and Native Americans came for bear fights, calf roping, and pig roasts. Sick people also came to recuperate under Juana's watchful gaze.”   When the U.S. made California a state in 1850, all Mexican landholders were put through many hurdles with proving they had title to their property. The original landowners were required to certify their land ownership before the U.S. Land Commission. The legal process was too difficult or expensive for many people, especially the women and racial minorities who had owned land under Mexican law. Many were cheated out of their land. In 1852, the U.S. Government informed Juana it intended to seize her land that had originally been granted in her husband's name. Apolinario Miranda was dead by then, and the government said she had no legal right to the property.    She fought for 12 years to retain the title to her lands in both San Francisco and Santa Clara counties and many of the Anglos she'd helped over the years came to assist her in the fight for her rights. The battle went all the way to the U.S. Supreme Court. She won ownership of her ranch and the property in Yerba Buena. Juana left portions of her rancho La Purisima Concepción to her children, who bore their father's name, Miranda and sold the rest to members of the Murphy family, who came to California with the Stephens-Townsend-Murphy Party.    Briones purchased other tracts of land and eventually settled the town of Mayfield. Briones' was one of the founding members of today's Palo Alto. She built a home there in 1884 and remained in Mayfield for the remainder of her lifetime. Juana Briones died in a cow stampede in 1889 at the age of 87.    In 2010, her house at 4155 Old Adobe Road in Palo Alto was listed as one of the 11 most endangered historic places in the country by The National Trust for Historic Preservation. Despite a big fight between the owners and educators, historians, architects, neighbors, and business and community leaders, a demolition crew arrived a year later to dismantle her modest home. The property was sold the following summer for $2.9 million.   Doña Juana Briones de Miranda is remembered as the "Founding Mother of San Francisco” and is buried at Holy Cross Cemetery in Menlo Park, California. She lived here under three flags and helped found the eighth-largest city in the United States. During her lifetime, Juana was known and loved by many people because of her energy, her business sense and her concern for others. Even so, today she is still relatively unknown, but more people deserve to know about her. In San Francisco, she is commemorated at the northeast corner of Washington Square near her once her dairy farm. A historical plaque is on a bench at the bottom of The Lyon Street steps. In Palo Alto, her memory is preserved by the Juana Briones Elementary School, Juana Briones Park, and several street names incorporating either Miranda or first names of her children.    Queens of the Mines is brought to you by Youreka Productions. Andrea Anderson researched, wrote and produced this series.