Podcasts about Sugar City

This Devotional address with Casey Puzey was delivered on June 10th at 11:30 AM MST in the BYU-Idaho I-Center. Casey was raised in Sugar City, Idaho, and served a mission in Busan, South Korea. He received his associate degree in psychology from Ricks College, a bachelor's degree in psychology from Idaho State University, and a master's degree in counseling from Idaho State University. Casey has worked in the Student Honor Office for almost 11 years. He married Diana Gee in 1996. They have four children and four grandsons. Casey loves pickleball, fishing, and making big plans to travel the world someday.

Rink 99 located in Sugar City, Idaho, can keep its ice cool even if its above freezing outside. The business encourages people to ice skate, play hockey and come with a date or group of friends. Cody Miller interviewed owner Matt Pyles about the upgrades for this season.

BYU-Idaho's Taylor Building will host the Rexburg Area Chamber of Commerce State of the Cities and County Addresses on Tuesday at 7:30 a.m. This is where leaders from the cities of Rexburg and Sugar City as well as a Madison County commissioner and a BYU-Idaho leader discuss big developments about the past year and what they're looking forward to in the new year. Cody Miller talked to Amelia Lusk about this event.

Marc Stewart is from Sugar City, Idaho. He served a mission in the Columbia South Carolina Mission. Brother Stewart received a bachelor's degree from BYU-Idaho in business finance and an MBA from Western Governor's University. He worked at the Idaho National Laboratory for six years as a Planning and Financial Controls Specialist, four years at BYU-Idaho in a few financial roles, six years at BYU-Idaho Pathway Worldwide as the Budget Officer, and then at BYU-Idaho as the Budget Officer. Brother Stewart has been married to his wife, Taunia, for 23 years. They have four children, two boys and two girls. He has served as Sunday School president, Young Men's president, elders quorum president, ward clerk, counselor in the bishopric, high councilor, and stake presidency counselor. He currently serves as a priest quorum advisor.

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Listen to our Morning Headlines today to learn more about this weekend's power outage in Idaho Falls, the passing of a young missionary from Sugar City, and our Friday BYU-Idaho Disciples Journey interview.

Today – as part of our High Cost of Colorado series we talk with Sun reporter Olivia Prentzel about how much more expensive it is to enjoy outdoors, including climbing four-teen-ers.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Gemeenten die met een station aansluiting krijgen op het spoor plukken daar economisch de vruchten van. ‘Het is een soort vliegwiel', zegt wethouder Peter Vreeswijk van Dronten in de BNR-serie Hoge Bomen over het in 2012 geopende station. In Dronten steeg het aantal banen sinds de aansluiting op de Hanzelijn sinds 2012 aanzienlijk harder dan het landelijke gemiddelde en die in de provincie Flevoland, zo blijkt uit een berekening van onderzoeks- en adviesbureau Decisio.  Daan van Gent van Decisio keek op verzoek van BNR naar de ontwikkeling van het aantal banen bij twee gemeenten die tien jaar terug een treinstation kregen. Naast Dronten ook de gemeente Teylingen, die in dezelfde periode in Sassenheim een station kreeg. Van Gent noemt de resultaten opvallend; het  aantal banen in die gemeenten groeit sterdar dan in de regio waar die waar die plaatsen zijn gelegen. En ook vergeleken met het landelijk gemiddelde. Volgens van Gent is het een duidelijk signaal dat er iets gebeurt rondom die stations.  Betrokken burger Peter Vreeswijk is geboren en getogen in Zwanenburg en ik woont inmiddels een jaar of 20 in Halfweg Noord. Vreeswijk weet dat het nieuwe station de veel gebracht heeft in Halfweg. De bereikbaarheid van Amsterdam en Haarlem heeft ook veel betekend voor de mega outlet ‘Sugar City'.  Wethouder Peter van Bergen van de gemeente Dronten heeft geen harde cijfers. Maar hij weet wel dat het nieuwe station veel bijgedragen heeft in de gemeente. Het station stond vroeger op enige afstand van het centrum. Maar het gebied is sinds de aanleg van de nieuwe Hanzelijn inmiddels helemaal herontwikkeld.  Ook de concurrenten van de NS zien economische waarde op het spoor, gegeven hun bereidheid om diverse lijnen over te nemen. Sterker nog, Transdev en Arriva zijn graag bereid om grotere delen van het netwerk over nemen. Of dat een goed idee is betwijfelen hoogleraren Bert van Wee (TU Deft) en Erik Verhoef (VU). Zij vrezen dat de netwerkvoordelen verloren gaan als het spoor echt helemaal opgedeeld zou worden. Het blijft een evenwichtsoefening.  Over Hoge Bomen: Hoge Bomen is dé BNR-audit van grote Nederlandse bedrijven. In het eerste seizoen namen we supermarktconcern Jumbo onder de loep, in het tweede seizoen is de NS aan de beurt. Vanaf nu, elke week een nieuwe aflevering in je podcastapp. Over de makers: Ruben Eg werkte als verslaggever voor dagblad Metro en de economieredactie van De Telegraaf. Voor Metro schreef hij veel over het openbaar vervoer, van volle treinen, internet op het station tot de Fyra. Voor De Financiële Telegraaf (DFT) specialiseerde hij zich in het bankwezen en de woningmarkt. Momenteel werkt Ruben op de economieredactie van de NOS.  Martijn de Rijk, econoom, werkt sinds 1999 bij BNR Nieuwsradio en is al 20 jaar razende reporter. Als verslaggever coverde hij het nieuws op het spoor met grote regelmaat, van de introductie van nieuwe treinen, tot en met de renovatie van de hele oude; van de laatste technische snufjes tot en met de grote chaos op het spoor bij het uitvallen van verkeersleidingssystemen.  Ruben Eg en Martijn de Rijk reisden in totaal een dikke duizend kilometer in de trein, soms met een beetje vertraging, pakten ettelijke keren een OV-fiets en liepen ook nog wel eens 10 kilometer omdat de OV fietsen op waren. Ze spraken in totaal zo'n 50 spoorwegmedewerkers, economen, politici, reizigers en treintechnici.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Summary:In this episode of Idaho Speaks, we revisit the purpose and vision of Idaho Speaks, analyze teamwork triumphing in the face of the East Oneida Flood crisis, and delve into the controversy surrounding Idaho's wolf management plan. We discuss the Boise Mayor's latest move to return Corporate PAC donations, reflecting her continued commitment to transparency. Finally, we join Sugar City's Arbor Day celebration, a Lorax-themed event underscoring the city's commitment to green initiatives. We also pose a significant question - what is it that we are trying to preserve in Idaho? Stay tuned for an engaging discussion.Links to articles for today's episode:The Preston Citizen, 'Nothing we can't handle': Cooperative effort alleviates East Oneida flood issue; road remains closed, May 16, 2023, by Kecia P. Seamon's.  Original Story Link:  https://bit.ly/3W5e6StThe Lewiston Tribune, Idaho aims to reduce wolf numbers, by Eric Barker.  Original story link:  https://bit.ly/3BOblf7BoiseDEV, by Don Day.  Original story link:  https://bit.ly/41IoMHVStandard Journal, May 16, 2023, by Lisa Smith.  Original story link: https://bit.ly/3W8gkQRSponsor:Idaho Speaks is a listener supported production and we need your help in covering costs.  Please visit idahospeaks.com/support to give with a secure credit card transaction.

In this episode, we sit down with the recent winner of the Mrs. Idaho American pageant, Ellon Chase. She shares her journey through the Win A Pageant Academy, the challenges she faced, and her amazing Legacy Project. She also gives advice to aspiring pageant contestants who are waiting to win their next pageant and talks about her exciting pageant plans for the future. Don't miss this inspiring and candid interview with a true beauty queen!   Ellon Chase is the current Mrs. Idaho American. She resides in Sugar City, Idaho with her husband, Chris, a professional fly-fisherman and educator. Together they have two teenage sons, Porter and James. At a very difficult time in her life, Ellon decided to transform every aspect of her own health and now teaches others how to live healthier through her work as a school counselor and as a published author of The Power of Progress. She also teaches workshops about The Power of Progress and all areas of healthy living.   Find Ellon on Instagram! https://www.instagram.com/mrsidahoamericanpageant/ https://www.instagram.com/ellonchase/   Subscribe: Apple | Google | Spotify | Stitcher | YouTube  Connect with Alycia Darby: Join the Free Pageant Course Visit WinAPageant.com Follow Alycia on Instagram  #winapageant #pageantry #pageant #AlyciaDarby #pageanttipstowin. #pageanttipsforbeginners #pageanttips #pageanttraining #pageantinterview #onstagequestion #pageantq&a  Watch it on YouTube:  https://youtu.be/EDdfkns6Qt0 ©2022 Zimnoch Enterprise, LLC | All Rights Reserved | Win A Pageant®

In this podcast, I give a little synopsis of our first two days in Zaandam and Amsterdam. Viator failure to inform us that our Tour to Zaanes Schans to see the Windmills had been cancelled. To people watching from the lobby couch and having our first romantic dinner at McDonalds.We head on a search to Sugar City, Halfweg to the Style Outlets in search of Trekking Poles at Solomon. A rainy canal tour and the same on the hop-on and hop-off bus tour of Amsterdam finally finding a nice place to have dinner at De Dam at a restaurant called Mail Company Grand Cafe. 

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Wednesday, August 10, 2022 - Joe Schneider is the author of “A Blind Pig in Sugar City.” It's a gritty novel about a young man getting his start as a journalist in the 1960s in Fargo. It's an experience the author knows well – he was a reporter for the Forum newspaper back then. ~~~ Nearly all abortions are now illegal in some states, with more expected to follow. It's not the first time states have banned the procedure. In a story from Harvest Public Media and KCUR, Mackenzie Martin has the story of Doctor Annie Smith, a figure who looms large in Missouri's mythology for performing illegal abortions in the early 1900s. ~~~ COVID expert Dr. Eric Topol calls BA.5 the worst variant because of immune escape – the ability to have growth, fitness and advantages we haven't seen before. He visits with Conversations on Health Care hosts Mark Masselli and Margaret Flinter.

Aspen Acres Disc Golf is a storefront and disc golf course just north of Rexburg. It's owned and operated by Dane Bohman. He also teaches new players the fundamentals of the game. “I have a store with about 1,000 discs … and when people come out that are asking about discs I usually take them out to the front of one of the holes and take a whole bunch of different types of discs so we can get an idea of their level of play and how strong an arm they have,” said Bohman in an interview with BYU-Idaho Radio. Disc golf is a game similar to normal golf, but instead of using clubs to hit a ball into a hole, the objective is to throw discs, similar to frisbees, into a cage. This keeps the bar to entry and the cost of the sport much lower when starting out. The game is easier to pick up and has a high skill ceiling for those looking to improve their game and compete. “It's a sport that mainly takes place at local parks, so generally as far as the entrance to play goes it's usually a free sport for a player once they have an assortment of discs,” Bohman said. Many courses feel like nature hikes, with some courses located on serene volcanoes in Hawaii. “My favorite course isn't even in this area it's 5,000 feet up the volcano in Haleakala in Maui … you're up in the jungle and it's quite fun,” Bohman said. You can visit Aspen Acres Disc Golf North of Rexburg and west of Sugar City. You can also visit the website here: http://aspenacresdiscgolf.com/?utm_source=gmb&utm_medium=referral

Come with us as we head across the range to the coastal town of Mackay to catch up with local author SK Munt, & go over details of her best selling book "And the Memory Remains". Each chapter is dedicated to ghost stories, paranormal activity, history & strange phenomena that takes place in Moranbah's nearest city! You'll learn things you never knew before about the Sugar City!

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Welcome to the Rocky Mountain Sunshine podcast where we share faith, have some fun, and strive to add a little sunshine to your day! I am your host, Jason Bringhurst. Welcome to the show, everybody! I am recording from the lovely town of Port Angeles, Washington. We are situated directly across from Vancouver Island. Before Covid shut down travel from Canada, the ferry would run twice a day over to Victoria. It was about a 60 minute trip on the ferry. But it hasn't run now since March of 2020. I imagine that has had a big impact on a lot of downtown businesses here. There is talk now of the vaccine soon to be available for children 5 and older. I hope that will help to curb this horrible pandemic. It's gone on for so long now. Well, it's times like these where a little humor can maybe lift your spirit a little, so stay tuned to today's episode. If you enjoy laughing at some of the silly things I do, this is your episode! So let's get to it! Do you have awkward things that happen to you? I seem to have a lot of awkward things that happen to me. It's like I'm a magnet for something really weird to happen. I could probably have an entire year of episodes just on different weird things that have happened to me. Tune in for the rest! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/rocky-mountain-sunshine/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/rocky-mountain-sunshine/support

Welcome to the Rocky Mountain Sunshine podcast where we share faith, have some fun, and strive to add a little sunshine to your day! I am your host, Jason Bringhurst. Welcome to the show, everybody! I am recording from the lovely town of Port Angeles, Washington. We are situated directly across from Vancouver Island. Before Covid shut down travel from Canada, the ferry would run twice a day over to Victoria. It was about a 60 minute trip on the ferry. But it hasn't run now since March of 2020. I imagine that has had a big impact on a lot of downtown businesses here. There is talk now of the vaccine soon to be available for children 5 and older. I hope that will help to curb this horrible pandemic. It's gone on for so long now. Well, it's times like these where a little humor can maybe lift your spirit a little, so stay tuned to today's episode. If you enjoy laughing at some of the silly things I do, this is your episode! So let's get to it! Do you have awkward things that happen to you? I seem to have a lot of awkward things that happen to me. It's like I'm a magnet for something really weird to happen. I could probably have an entire year of episodes just on different weird things that have happened to me. Tune in for the rest! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/rocky-mountain-sunshine/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/rocky-mountain-sunshine/support

Last week, Sugar City lost $77,000 to scammers that used a fake invoice, posing as an asphalt company. Updates on a lawsuit between U.S. Veterans and a Hospital director. The annual Sidewalk Art Festival happened this last weekend, and was a success.

Keaton Ashton, a local from Sugar City, won this year's Kid's Baking Championship on the Food Network. BYU-Idaho Radio interviews him about what it was like to be on national television, what it was like to win, and what he learned from the experience.

Good Morning, Colorado, and welcome to the Daily Sun-Up. It’s Friday November 27th, and we’re feeling lucky to start the day with you. Every week day we’re sharing a closer look at one of our top stories. Today we have the story of an Arvada couple whose hobby of hand building desks, has turned into a volunteer operation to help kids studying from home.    Before we begin, let’s go back in time with some Colorado history adapted from historian Derek R Everett’s book “Colorado Day by Day”:   Today, we take you back to November 27th, 1900 when Sugar City’s factory started work on the town’s first campaign. It was a part of the beet sugar boom and the population of Sugar City went from zero to 2000 in just one year. But the factory closed in 1966 and there are now less than 300 residents.    Now, our feature story.    With plywood, glue and a lot of love, an Arvada couple is giving Colorado kids a place to study -- one desk at a time.    After Eric Janota built 18 desks by hand in his Arvada garage-turned-woodshop earlier this month, he wondered if anyone would want them. He quickly realized there was an incredible need.   Enter - Desks for Kids, the project that has grown into something much larger than Janota ever anticipated as the demands for desks have continued mounting. What started as a simple volunteer initiative is scaling up into a community effort led by Janota and his wife, Kim Gonsalves, both of whom recognize the struggles remote learning has introduced for many families.   Today Colorado Sun reporter Erica Breunlin is joining us to tell us more about the organization.   Thanks for listening. Finally, here are a few stories that you should know about today:   Denver Mayor Michael Hancock flew to Mississippi to visit family despite sending messages on social media and to city staff asking them to avoid traveling for the Thanksgiving holiday. - Gov. Jared Polis signed an executive order allowing Colorado restaurants to delay paying up to $2,000 in state sales taxes that they collected in November.  - Colorado’s voting system performed without major flaws this year, but voting advocates are wondering how to improve it and critics suggest a recent constitutional change makes it ripe for legal challenges. - “the critter COVID art campaign” in Gunnison Valley has hit a nerve – in a good way. A grinning racoon with soapy paws asks citizens to “Keep your paws clean. Wash away COVID-19.” And a bald eagle sporting red shorts and a 6-foot wingspan recommends, “Spread your wings. Not COVID-19.”    For more information on all of these stories, visit our website, www.coloradosun.com.    Right now, you can head to ColoradoSun.com and become a member. Starting at $5 per month for a basic membership and if you bump it up to $20 per month, you’ll get access to our exclusive politics and outdoors newsletters.    And remember, The Colorado Sun is non-partisan and completely independent. We're always dedicated to telling the in-depth stories we need today more than ever. So Thanks for starting your morning with us and don’t forget to tune in again on Monday. We also encourage you to rate, review, and subscribe to the podcast on Apple Podcasts! See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Brennan Harris’ dad, Kip Brower Harris, took his own life on January 9, 2019, while he was employed as Dean of Students at Brigham Young University - Idaho.  During his 30 year career at BYU Idaho, Kip Harris had served twice as a Mormon bishop, served in a Mormon Stake Presidency, and was personal friends with LDS Church apostle David Bednar.  In the final years of his second term as bishop, Kip Harris became involved in an extra-marital affair with a neighbor and ward member.  Inexplicably, when Kip Harris was found in a car with this neighbor/ward member by a Sugar City police officer, this police officer informed Kip Harris' LDS church leaders (violating the separation of church and state).  Kip Harris' church leaders, in turn, notified Harris' employer (BYU Idaho), who then put Kim Harris on leave (threatening to fire him).  This horrific sequence of confidentiality violations led Kim Harris to feel like his only option was to take his own life, which he did in January of 2019.  Press coverage of Kip Harris' death can be found here and here. Brennan Harris, Kip's son, believes that the LDS Church, BYU Idaho, and Sugar City police are all partially responsible for his father’s death.  Brennan has written publicly about his father's story at these links: A brief biography of Kip Harris by his son, Brennan. A description of the events leading up Kim Harris' death by suicide, also written by Brennan.   This is Brennan’s story.

The owner of Fuzion Dance Studio in Sugar City talks to us about their plans as they begin reopening their doors for the first time in nearly two months.

Sun-Glo of Idaho is a family-owned grower, packer, and shipper of premium quality fresh Idaho® Russet Burbank and Norkotah potatoes, with state of the art facilities and sales operations in Sugar City, Idaho. Located at the base of the Teton mountain range, the Crapo family grows the highest quality potatoes by combining generations of knowledge, modern technology, and old-fashioned hard work. Sun-Glo also markets potatoes and Idaho-grown onions under the Sun Supreme brand. The Crapo family grows their seed potatoes, which they then use to plant their crop, ensuring superior quality control from field to fork.

Sugar City, Idaho native Cheryl Thompson talks about the horse that wore headphones and the time she traded her baby brother for a cow.

The ThinkSoJoE Show and The Struggle Is Real Buffalo Music Podcast host a live broadcast at the Of Night and Light Tour Kickoff show at Sugar City, October 13, 2018. Download this episode.

Joe and Corina experience technical difficulties that knock the show off air for about 10 minutes.  We talk about this weekend’s WNY’s Music Scene event at Sugar City, as well as about the WNY Korner stage at the Darien Lake stop on Warped Tour.  Music from Hojack, City Powered Radio, Archres, and Sid the Kidd.  … Continue reading "ThinkSoJoE Show Episode 115"

Joe and Corina experience technical difficulties that knock the show off air for about 10 minutes. We talk about this weekend’s WNY’s Music Scene event at Sugar City, as well as about the WNY Korner stage at the Darien Lake stop on Warped Tour. Music from Hojack, City Powered Radio, Archres, and Sid the Kidd. (Note: This episode is missing the first 20 minutes of live-to-air audio due to technical issues)

On this episode of Vinyl Divers Podcast, Anthony is on the road to to go see some local bands at Buffalo’s Sugar City. Initially intending to see The Sofa Kingz and Keep Flying, he may have gotten more than he bargained for at this art collective venue. Is this a must visit venue to rock out to some good music? Listen to find out! Vinyl Divers Podcast theme: Stage Dive by Silent Partner On the Web: BICBP-Radio.com Facebook             Vinyl Divers Podcast Instagram         Vinyl Divers          vinyldiverspodcast Anthony Mullen    antmulle Twitter         Vinyl Divers          @vinyldiverspod Anthony Mullen    @antmulle

Rob:           All right well, welcome to our Becoming Your Best podcast listeners wherever you are in the world today. I have a person that we're gonna talk with today who I consider to be one of the most amazing people I've ever met and you'll quickly realize that and as you start to listen to some of his stories and hear some of the background and a little bit about Randy. But let me introduce Randy because, I don't say that lightly when I say he's one of the the most respected people I know and not just by me but might many many other people who I know, that says a lot about Randy. He started out as a student body president at Ricks and while he was there I said, “You know Randy, is there anything you haven't done?” Because he's done all these things and he looked at his phone and he showed me this picture of him riding a bull while he was in college. Not only was he study body president, he did some bull riding while he was there, which immediately my respect level went through the roof for him when I saw that. He went on to the Harvard OPM Program. He starred and sold several businesses very successfully. He has six children, a beautiful wife who's amazing in her own right. One of the things that stands out to me most about Randy, amongst all his success’ and all the people he knows, he's probably the most connected person I've ever met. The thing that really stands out the most about Randy is his impeccable character and honestly, he genuinely cares about other people and helping them succeed and that's one of the reasons I believe Randy has been so successful himself is because he wants to see other succeed and he comes across very genuine people realize that he's very sincere in what he does. So without further ado, one the most successful people I know and down to earth, just loving, kind people; Randy Garn!   Randy:       Well, thank you Rob! I really really appreciate you saying those kind words and I feel the same about you and what you and your dad have built with BYB and the whole leadership thing is so critical in everybody in all facets of our lives and so I'm learning to be a great student of yours.     Rob:           Yeah, well that goes both ways! It’s always hard too, when someone introduces you and says all these amazing things, it’s like what do you say after that? But Randy really is amazing! Do you think, Randy, if you wouldn't mind just giving them a brief background on you that I didn't cover? You know, where you're from, a little bit about you, anything that you think would be valuable for someone to know?   Randy:       Yeah, I think it is important to know where we've come from and you know, I grew up in a really small town called Sugar City, Idaho. You know, when I left I think there's 1150 people there after I left. And I mean it was just an amazing place and I'll get back to that. Why I think our roots and the way we are raised, and the way we're raising our children are so critical for the people that we become, and especially with character and integrity and in leadership. And so I grew up and and my dad was a high school football coach for 29  years. He's going into medicine and then you know he had these four boys and he's like, “Man I'm gonna buy a ranch and I'm gonna be a football coach. I'm gonna teach my kids how to work.” So I mean he sacrificed on what he could have done but he wouldn't give it up to the world and so you know, I grew up in a really fun environment. It's so funny when I meet a lot of leaders, they’re like, “You know my parents abused me,” or you know, “I was in some serious trauma,” or other things happen and that makes people great. You know when they can overcome those things, but I was actually fortunate enough to be led by a really,  really good man that told me that I could do anything I wanted in life and actually mentored me and stuck with me the whole time. And so, somebody that I love and admire and he's still alive today and I respect him and he still gives me a quote every night and how he help build me up every night and so that was some of my roots was growing up in that type of environment.   Rob:           Did I hear you right to say that you either rode a tractor or a truck or something and he would always be playing these tapes of some these greats?   Randy:       Yeah. In fact, we had about, you know it was about a twenty minute ride out to our ranch where we you know we raise cattle and horses. And so, we had about 300 head of cattle and we had 50 horses at one time so I mean it wasn't a huge ranch but it was a ton of fun and we would listen to Denis Waitley and Jim Rohn and Zig Ziglar and The Strangest Secret from Nightingale and that’s some of the things that I’d listen to and then he'd mentor me. We're out there fixing fences and all that and he’d talk about it. You know, we grew up in kind of a family to where we are God fearing and we literally would say family prayers at night and then put it in and everybody in, ready? Break! Go Garns! And so it was just fun. It was a good time, so yeah we listened to a lot of the classics and you and I did a call with Denis a couple of days ago and he's a great man, but that's some of the things I grew up on.   Rob:           Yeah, and the irony is all these very people who you grew up listening to now, you become very close friends to them. In many cases ,helping mentor them as it goes both directions and ironic how you know that fate aligned that way. Speaking of this, interestingly, we were just with the group today and was talking about estate planning and one of the things was mentioned was often times we think about estate planning as it's just financial. You know, here's what happens to your finances. This particular person leading the discussion was saying, you know what? It's so much more that! It's a legacy that you're leaving. It's a legacy of character. It's a legacy of what you're teaching your children and in so many ways it sounds like you're such a product of what your parents created for you in the environment.   Randy:       Yeah, I would totally agree with that in a lot of ways. And so I mean now I've got a family of my own, married probably one of the most awesome women on earth and I've got an amazing life. In a lot of times I do I talk a lot about kind of the home court advantage. You know I had a CEO reach out to me the other day and he's like, “Man I've got two kids and you know things are rough at home. How do you balance everything? How do you grow a business and keep things right personally and stay fit and do all these things? I can't keep it up!” And he's like, “Randy, you're probably single and being able to do all these things!” I was like, actually I'm not! I have an amazing wife. I've got six kids. I’ve got two sets of twins. I run multiple companies and we’re growing things like crazy! He about lost it! He's like, “How in the world do you balance all that?” You know, I said, well first off you got to have make sure you get everything right both personally and professionally because for me, there's no distinction. And I know a lot of people try to put things in silo but for me, Rob, there's no distinction between who you are at business and who you are home and who you are church or who you are personally and professionally. It's you’re one person and so the way that you show up in one place is the way that you really show up everywhere.   Rob:           Ooh, we could stop the podcast right now. If we all just live that, what a huge impact it would have on the world. Randy, actually segways into a thought I had and that was you know one of the things that is amazing about you, is the relationships you have with so many people. And so you had a chance in your life in these different associations to meet some of the most incredible people and influencers on earth. So, from all these people you've met and you just describe some of it right there, if you had a narrow down to a few things what sets apart those who you most admire and respect and why?   Randy:       I thought about this a lot you know and I thought about this over a great deal. I actually wrote a book called, “Prosper.” We hit The New York Times in 2011 and I wrote the book with the with a close friend of mine. We started another company that we sold in 2014. But for me, it's those people that are balancing money and happiness and sustainability. And to be able to do that, that's where prosperity really comes in for me. But to be able to do that, you have to have some real deep character and there's a few people in my life that I really truly respect. You know, I just was on the phone with Brandon Steiner from Steiner sports and Harvey McKay - I'm on his advisory board. He's written 13 books, “Swim with the Sharks,” and you know, “How to use your head to get your foot in the door,” and many others. But for me, it's people that have really lived the law of reciprocity and that you know, Brandon always says, “Do as much as you can for as many people as you can for as often as you can without asking for anything in return. And watch what life does to you and for you.” And so, I watch them and I watch how successful they are but also successful is more than just monetarily. It's like it’s rich in relationships and rich in being able to do business development and rich in being able to call anybody at any time and have access instead of you know trying to pay your way into things. You have access to the things you'd never have access into because you're such a giver.  That’s one characteristic that I know the people that I really admire and love.   Rob:           Yeah it's interesting you say that because, really, we live in a world where it's almost counter to our culture. At least from my perspective, there's so much in the world of what's in it for me and how do we grow and I and we and us and what you described is so powerful and I just think, you know, our listeners don't know this but you have this ranch up in Wyoming, this beautiful ranch in a valley called Star Valley and you bring people there often go fishing and take some time in the outdoors and you had a couple of people who  from the outside would be considered very successful recently and I remember you show me the pictures of the dad catching a fish with his son and taking that time and so many things come from that. Not only was that a relationship that you had with him, where just purely giving of your time not only giving but creating a rich experience. It’s not even just a lunch or dinner, you're out there fishing side by side and secondarily there's this dad fishing with his son for what looked like one of the first times in his life and the rich experience that they were having together and his son will never forget that and so I think you're one of the epitomes of what you just described.   Randy:       Well, I mean that we were doing that for them and they become even deeper friends right? There's another principle that I live, one is the law of reciprocity but the other big one, Rob, that's really been effective for me is called the experience economy. Joesph Pine wrote a book called “The Experience Economy” and that's why we have you know the Trout Ranch. We've got other properties and then I do, I take a lot of people up too. Got some great friends up at Sundance and Chad Lindebaugh and the guys that run Rocky Mountain Outfitters or we go horseback riding or fly fishing or zip lining and you go have an experience with somebody and a lot of times you'll spend the whole day together and maybe talk business about twenty minutes. When they kind of come out for the whole day and we have a deal done. And so a lot of times people get so stuck in to, you know, “We will meet you at the hotel,” or wherever. I love to get out and do stuff with these guys that never experienced the things that we can offer. So I'm really big on the book by Joseph Pine called  “The Experience Economy,” to generate deep meaningful, relationships but also drive tremendous value and move business forward in a big way naturally.   Rob:           Yeah that's awesome. I mean there's another terminology: transactional versus transformational. I mean, lunches are great, dinners are great but what you're talking about is the spirit of good, better, best. Taking something that's good and making it way way better because it's so rich, it's so deep and so real. I mean you're out in the outdoors and so much amazing things that can happen from that. So building on that what you just described there, and maybe now zeroing in on you not so much on others, but from your own life experiences ,what are two or three of your biggest lessons learned through life? I mean you've seen so much now. What are one, two or three of those lessons learned that you feel could we have a real impact in the lives of our listeners and what tips would you share from your own experience?   Randy:       From my own ,experience, I think some of the biggest things are ,you know you don't need to please everyone. And I think early on in my career, you know the most valuable asset that any of us have is time - is our time. And so I have a formula for whether I’ll do business with others or not and it's a formula that I actually learned from it another gentleman that does partner with this up at the top of the trout ranch. It's called you're the P. over your E. squared. Take look at fractional equations get your P. over your E. squared that means that your principles are higher than your ego or economic interests, always. I always look at somebody and I say, at the end of the day is as their principles other principals higher than their ego or their economic interest in something and will they stick to that more so because I have done business and I've done things with individuals where, man,  it looks on paper like it's going to be a fantastic, amazing, awesome opportunity and we’re going to crush it and we're all gonna be billionaires and you know being able to give back and do all the stuff but the end of the day you know that something's just not right and I've actually got some pretty good Spidey senses for that, where you just know that there's just something that's just not right and I went forward with that is like I haven't quite figured that out you know when I was younger but now I have. If it just doesn't chemistry, doesn't fit right or like something just doesn't feel like, “Oh heck yeah. We’re gonna crush this, we're gonna do this!” if you leave a meeting and you feel like I just I don't know if I am in. It doesn't mean that they're always unintegrous or whatever it may be, but it's always been where their ego or their economic interest don't align with mine, it has not ended up being a good thing.   Rob:           That right there just to pause, I know you have one or two more to say, but that is a huge, huge deal. You know it's interesting as we put together the book you know as you well know Become Your Best and ironically used the word principles -  The 12 principles of highly successful leaders. And in doing so interviewing hundreds of people and you try to look for these patterns of success and what sets apart great leaders and high performing teams from everyone else. And so you see that there's this pattern that emerges there's where the 12 principles come from. At the same time it was really interesting because another pattern emerged and it was at the very same principle but when they were violated. And one of the things you see over and over in CEOs and leaders that at least was from my experience and perspective was their downfall was their ego.   Randy:       Totally.   Rob:           And when ego became so big that it got in the way the progress of the company or got in the way of the finances so they couldn’t  wrong or they couldn't take input - the ego, was in many cases, their downfall. And we have several coaching clients right now and part of the reason I know this is, “Hey I've got a nice present or so and so and their egos got so big, how do I handle this?” Because it’s kind of killing our business. So just to reinforce it, what a great thought that is so P over E squared, is that right?   Randy:       P over E squared - so your ego and economic gain, but you're right, I mean there's been, in fact we just met with another amazing, amazing man and he said the best CEOs in the world are those that have humility. Isn't that interesting? They have humility and they follow their principles. Because you can do anything, I mean you can have success for a short period of time but if your ego and your economic interest and you get too greedy, it's gonna get in the way and it's going to stop you from growing and the best CEOs both have humility and also give credit where credit's due. I mean, there's different forms of ways you can pay people. One of the best ways that I know how to pay people is to give them credit.   Rob:           Yeah, make them the hero. Yeah, that's really good. Any other thoughts on that lessons learned from your past experiences? I mean that's a fabulous one right there.   Randy:       Yeah, I think the other big one for me is something that again my dad, he is just an amazing man and I can't wait for you to meet him but one of the things; I was leaving for college and he told me one thing and I wrote it down. I’ll never forget in this state is like my first day going up from college. I just got back from living in the Philippines for two years and literally had like four days until I start college and he said, “Randy, I want you to know one thing is that if you don't have your own goals then someone else will use you for theirs.”   Rob:           Wow. Yeah that's powerful.   Randy:       So, you think about that whether you're a CEO or you know working for somebody or whatever that is but again you know if you don't have your own goals then someone else will use you for theirs. So I work closely with a lot of very high powered people in on some advisory boards and we work on strategy. If you do not have your own personal strategic plan and if you don't write down those principles like you guys talk about like leadership, like when I went to your live event, it was awesome! Because you were really pushing people to write down and to really manifest what they wanted to accomplish and so that was like one of the biggest key advices that had ever been given to me is, you know, “Randy if you don't have your own goals someone else will use you for theirs.” And I know you guys do a lot of that with what you do and even this year, BYB Daily Journal that I'm using and everything else it's so critical, to set those goals and know exactly what you're doing -every single day, every single week, every single month and execute well.   Rob:           Yeah, because the whole point is to lead a life by design rather than live a life by default.   Randy:       Exactly.   Rob:           And you know the research, backing up what you just said, is that a person is 90% more likely to accomplish something when they have a clearly written goal. Yet on the other side of the scale, on average only 10% of people have clearly written goals and so getting very intentional and focused. But I love that quote, I wrote it down. I'm gonna use that again in the future because it’s so spot on. “If you don't have your own goals someone else will use you for theirs.”   Randy:       Exactly right.   Rob:           That's a good one. I like that. You know, we're sitting here talking Randy and so many people listen to this podcast because their businesses in a leadership position or you know they want to be a better employee, yet many people also have these families at home, they’re in a relationship with someone else and a lot of what you're saying now goes right back into the home, doesn't it?   Randy:       Well, it does. I mean that's why I said it. It really does. You think about your family, to think about your most valuable asset. To me, it’s my children.  I actually literally plan time to spend time with them or planning out you know our whole entire year; when we're doing vacations and all that. When I was younger, we didn’t plan our vacations and then somebody else put something on there like, “I'm sorry honey, we really can't go to San Diego,” or “We can’t go to Hawaii this month of August, because I actually have an event I'm speaking at or doing.” But now, we do have to plan those things out or you will miss baseball games, you will miss opportunities for your your family and family things and so, why do we work so hard? Literally, for me, it’s because so I can actually give my family that things that they need so I don't want to miss that time especially the prime of their life. And so, I don't want to be one of those guys you know like Cat Stevens, “A cat's in the cradle,” where I didn't spend time with my most valuable assets so I think it does spill over to home and again that's part of my whole thing on home court advantage. You got to plan those things out or else other people use your time for other things.   Rob:           I’m so in agreement on that, absolutely! And, everything you're talking about, not only planning and being intentional with our children and with our spouse. I just met someone at a conference, Randy, last week and the two people walked up and, it's not a credit to me or you. It's the principle. That's what you're talking about. And they just said this short hour just changed my life and they say, “Well, you know I haven't been on a date with my spouse in over a year.” It is just because life - it's so easy for life to come in and take over if we're not being intentional planning and doing the things you're talking about. Because, in our society, unlike in some others around the world, wow it's so fast paced here and so we’re not intentional we run the risk of something else taking over our lives and suddenly we look back and say, “Wait a second, where’d time go and our kids around the house and our relationships? You know, what happened?” So I love that! If you want, Randy, since we’re about twenty minutes or so. I can't believe it goes by that fast and I got to tell our listeners, something cool about Randy, that we don't know, we're in the very early stages but I just had this thought, it'd be fun to go to the Everest base camp store talking about experiential and this experience economy, and so we got on the phone and I asked for Randy, “Hey Randy, how would you like to go? And would this be some you might be interested in?” And we want to keep this to a small group and Randy was like, “Man I had this is as a dream of mine forever!” You know, I was thinking maybe it might be fun to take my will be, at the time my 18 old son with us now and we talk about these experiences and we're in the early stages of planning and just before the podcast we’re thinking, you know, maybe 2019/2020, the thought is if we don't plan it now, what's the odds it's something like that's ever going to happen?   Randy:       It's so true, Rob and just think about that both! It will help us to get in shape to do that – that’s some serious, serious hiking but just think of the experience that we have that the group that will go will do something that we’ll never forget, right? And so you're exactly right but we're planning that after two 2019 or 2020 and you have to do that because time flies! Time flies so fast that if you're not staying on top of stuff you will you'll miss out on living the intentional life is what I call it.   Rob:           Hopefully my mother in law is not listening in this podcast because she doesn't know that yet. So as we get ready wrap up, maybe one more thing if you don't mind Randy. I haven’t really asked you this yet. What's an experience in your life that really ,if you look back say maybe that experience or one of the experiences that was one of the most influential experiences on you, help shape you and who you’ve become today? Would you mind sharing that?   Randy:       Yeah, I mean, one that just comes to my mind that I'll share with you. As you know, back in our company we started  company back in 1999 and you know, it just exploded and back after two and a half years of being business and really profitable and growing and we had some people that came in and said, “Hey, we'll give you all this money and you know we'll take you IPO and we'll do a reverse merger and you know we ended up doing the deal and it took us 3.5 or over 3 years to unwind it and it'll cost millions of dollars to be able to do so and so that was one of my most valuable experiences because we said you know what these guys are really super smart you know they're in their forties, they're amazing, they've done business stuff but come to find out that it was really not what it was all out to be. I remember my business partner looking at me and he said, “You know what, if we're waiting for all the smart people to show up, we're actually here.” And we’re literally just looking at each other and so I think one of the biggest things is that I've learned in my life is to have confidence in myself, in that, if somebody else can do it, I can do it. So you can't fear those things and it's just like what's the difference between a $4,000,000 company a $40,000,000 company and a $400,000,000 dollar company - that really is really good people and strategy but it's a really good leader. Leadership is everything and so I stopped looking at other people to be my leaders and I started looking inward and started to build my own leadership qualities and traits and that's been a big focus of mine I’d really say for the last 18 years or so. But it all stemmed from that experience.   Rob:           How was that when you're going through it at the time?   Randy:       Oh bro, it was the worst ever. It was dark days, you know. It was it was really, really hard because we had all our employees that were also rooting and fighting for an understanding but it was a lot of prayers and in a lot of good things but we ended up you know really, really exploding after that as well, so I mean it's those things that build character and put hair on your chest when you go through tough experiences so it was good. Rob:           It is. You know it's interesting that's what you shared and I think a lot of our listeners know that my dad went through a similar experiences and it took him seven years. I remember him going down to the office with him. You know, speaking of being intentional, bringing everything back together. I remember running around the building -  it's a dark building but I'm down there in his office with him until like 9pm. He’d work these 15 hour days - trying to get out of a similar dark period and from that experience, that was kind of a refiners fire for him to really shape him to who he became later on in life and they're certain principles as a result of that and standards that we live by now as a company, for example, we will not operate with debt. I know that's not the case in every industry and companies there’s, you know, different thoughts on that but that's one of our things that we will do. He will never get in that position again. It's one of my personal mottos - the same principle. So it's amazing what can come from those refiner prior experiences. Boy, they're tough when you're in the middle of them aren't they?   Randy:       Yeah, and I learned too, you can't go sometimes in life you can't go around things or over things. Sometimes you just have to go right through them, you know?   Rob:           That's why you got the nickname. What they call you as a full back in high school?  The little ball of hate?   Randy:       Yeah, the little ball of hate. Back in the day. It’s a ton of fun!   Rob:           Randy, thank you so much for being on this podcast. I mean you're such an incredible friend, mentor, example and I think all of our listeners - I'm extremely confident they felt not only sincerity, but who you are and why you’ve had the influence on people that you've had and who you've become. So if you wouldn't mind, if there's any way they can either contact you or any details that you share about how they can learn more about you? If someone wanted to reach out in some form or fashion – is that something you could share with them?   Randy:       Yeah you know what, this is gonna be awesome because one of the software technology companies that we have is a marketing communications technology and it allows you to get really good at personal relationships and following up. It’s a company called Skipio and so the best way to get a hold of me as I'm really on my V. I. P. line and if you will just text me the words S K I P I O at 801 332 9909 and I'll be able to be able to follow up with you and you'll get a reply from me on some of the cool things that we're working with on the how to be a really, really amazing communicator and how to be really good on follow up. So again it's Skipio, just text key words Skipio to 801 332 9909  and you'll get a text right back from me with all my contact info.   Rob:           Awesome, so text Skipio – S-K-I-P-I-O to 801 332 9909 is that right?   Randy:       That's correct.   Rob:           And Randy will respond to you and we use Skipio. This is a great service if you're in any type of business where the customer experience is important which should be just about all businesses. You can also go to skipio.com and see what they do is a business a little bit more. Very, very cool what they do and Randy will respond so that's very generous of you to offer that out there for them Randy. Any parting thoughts?   Randy:       You know the last parting thought that I have is that I hope that all the listeners are you know utilizing Becoming Your Best tools. Honestly Rob, you came in and you spoke our company about what was it three months ago?   Rob:           Yeah that in there. Somewhere in there.   Randy:       And it has been it's been amazing, both for myself but other people keep referencing it in our office so all of the listeners I'd say you know the most important thing to do is to continue to work on yourself and continue to become the best individual, the best human, the best person that you can, and that way you can really reach out to others in a big way. And so I'm just that’s the one thing but I'm trying to do a lot better is to be the best you know leader that I can be and change as many lives but I possibly can before I go to the other side. And, so the other thing is one last thing - relating back to that story, is that a lot of people think you know in today's society it's like you know well I should deserve that or I should you know that's something that I deserve. I should deserve to be the CEO or I should deserve to have lots of money. I will tell you, that you really don't get what you deserve in life. You get what you work hard for and what you negotiate. So those are the two things – the two principles I live by: you don't get what you deserve in life you get what you fight, scratch, beg and plead for and negotiate. That's what you end up getting in life so that's part of my last leadership tip for everyone.   Rob:           Well, that is so true and I certainly echo and feel the exact same as you do so. Randy you're amazing! Thanks so much for being on the podcast. I know this is a huge deal for our listeners. It impacts me and it will certainly impact them so thank you for being here and everyone remember that one person can make a difference and it's just like Randy said it's you and I asking what can we do to make a difference so wishing you a great day and wonderful week where you're at in the world. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Musicians Ryan Gurnett, Dennis Reed Jr and Will Webb talk about the good, the bad and the funny of the Western New York music scene. Matto and Norelle tell us about Sugar City, the unique community arts space on Niagara Street in Buffalo, and about the fifth annual Sugar City Band Lottery. They also join Dennis and Will to play the first edition of The Fretboard Feud, with answers from our listeners. Ryan unveils our encyclopedic new Spotify playlist of Buffalo bands and recaps and previews local shows.

We generally talk about heroes in a time of crisis. When we re in some kind of life threatening danger, a hero is an ordinary person who does something extraordinary. In the normal course of events, in a small town, a hero can be almost the opposite. A hero can be an extraordinary person who does something ordinary. Like growing vegetables. Or making soap. In the hands of hometown heroes, these otherwise ordinary events can have a remarkable effect on the economy and life of the town itself. Louis Lancon served in the US Army for 20 years. He fought in Somalia in 1993, in Baghdad in 2003, and was company commander in the pitched battles to retake Ramadi in 2005. Today, Louis is President and CEO of the Sugar City Growers Co op a forward looking hydroponic fruit and vegetable production in Jeanerette, Louisiana. While he was away fighting for his country, Patty Lancon stayed home and raised kids. When Louis returned and retired form the military and relocated to Jeanerette, Patty decided to go into business. She opened Bayou Bath Company, at first making soap in the family kitchen and today selling a wide range of local products and incorporating an in store florist. The entrepreneurial Lancons have contributed a soldier s lifetime of service to the United States and continue to contribute the next phase of their life to the life of Jeanerette. Photos at Cafe Vermilionville by Gwen Aucoin. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In the late nineteenth century, a newspaper written and published by women and for women sprung up in what most Americans thought was the unlikeliest of locations: Utah, the home of the Mormons. Along the top of the newspaper the masthead proudly declared its concern: “The Rights of the Women of Zion, and the Rights of the Women of All Nations.” It was called the Women's Exponent. This declaration—and the paper's articles on suffrage and women's rights—puzzled onlookers who thought about the religion mostly as a strange polygamous sect. “How could women simultaneously support a national campaign for political and economic rights while defending a marital practice that to most people seemed relentlessly patriarchal?” That's the question addressed by historian Laurel Thatcher Ulrich in her latest book, A House Full of Females: Plural Marriage and Women's Rights in Early Mormonism, 1835-1870 (see p. xiii). But Ulrich's book is about more than polygamy and women's rights. It's a bold new social and cultural history of early Mormonism more broadly, as seen in the earliest and most personal writings of many overlooked figures of Mormon history. Pulitzer and Bancroft-prize winner Laurel Thatcher Ulrich joined host Blair Hodges to talk about A House Full of Females at Provo, Utah in March when she offered a lecture sponsored by the BYU Women's Studies program, department of history, and Maxwell Institute. A video of that lecture will be available in the coming weeks. About the Guest Laurel Thatcher Ulrich, of Sugar City, Idaho, is a professor of history at Harvard University. She has served as president of the American Historical Association and the Mormon History Association. Her book A Midwife's Tale received the Pulitzer Prize and the Bancroft Prize. Her latest book is A House Full of Females: Plural Marriage and Women's Rights in Early Mormonism, 1835-1870. The post Laurel Thatcher Ulrich and “A House Full of Females” [MIPodcast #62] appeared first on Neal A. Maxwell Institute | BYU.

Dan Carosa is a man who wears many hats. He is the singer of the band the Mallwalkers. He's a lawyer. he helps run the Buffalo DIY art space Sugar City. We talked about his journey into punk rock as well as his band and Sugar City. Listen and Enjoy! Mallwalkers https://mallwalkers.bandcamp.com/ Sugar City http://www.buffalosugarcity.org/

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