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From combat missions in the F-22 Raptor to more than five months aboard the International Space Station, Lt. Col. Nichole “Vapor” Ayers '11 has seen it all. SUMMARY In this episode of Long Blue Leadership, Col. Ayers reflects on mentorship, teamwork and building the next generation of warriors and astronauts.   SHARE THIS EPISODE LINKEDIN  |  FACEBOOK     TOP 10 TAKEAWAYS 1. Leadership is fluid: sometimes you lead, sometimes you follow. On Dragon and the ISS, command shifted between Anne McClain and Takuya Onishi. Everyone alternated between being commander and flight engineer, showing that strong teams normalize moving between leading and supporting roles. 2. Team care starts with self‑care. Vapor repeatedly links sleep, rest, hydration, and health to leadership performance. You can't be present for others if you're exhausted or burned out; taking care of yourself is a leadership duty, not a luxury. 3. People first, mission second (to enable mission success). Whether on deployment with 300 personnel or in space with 7, she focuses on taking care of the human—family issues, logistics, burnout, and emotions—trusting that performance and mission execution follow from that. 4. Trust is built long before the crisis. ISS emergency training with all seven crew, plus years of joint training in multiple countries, builds shared understanding and trust. When emergencies happen, the crew isn't figuring each other out for the first time. 5. Quiet, thoughtful leadership can be incredibly powerful. Takuya Onishi's style—observant, calm, speaks only when it matters, and brings thoughtful items for others—shows that you don't need to be loud to command respect. When he spoke, everyone listened. 6. Leadership means being fully present, especially on others' hard days. In both combat and space, you can't “hide” when someone's struggling. Being reachable, attentive, and emotionally available is a core leadership behavior, not a soft add‑on. 7. Normalize mistakes and share lessons learned. From F‑22 sorties to NASA operations, it's expected that you openly admit errors and pass on lessons so others don't repeat them. A culture where “experience is what you get right after you need it” only works if people share that experience. 8. Plan for “seasons” of intensity, not permanent balance. She frames life as seasons: some are sprints (deployments, intense training, big trips); others are for recovery. Wise leaders anticipate these cycles, push hard when needed, then deliberately create room to reset afterward. 9. Model the behavior you want your team to adopt. If the commander is always first in, last out, everyone else feels pressure to match that. By visibly protecting her own rest and home life, she gives permission for others to do the same and avoid burnout. 10. Lean on—and be—a support system. Her twin sister, long‑term friends, and professional peers form a lifelong support network she turns to when she fails, doubts herself, or hits something “insurmountable.” Great leaders both rely on and serve as those trusted people for others.     CHAPTERS 0:00:00 – Introduction & Vapor's Journey (Academy, F‑22, NASA) 0:00:38 – Launch Scrub, Second Attempt & What a Rocket Launch Feels Like 0:03:33 – First Moments in Space, Floating & Seeing Earth (Overview Effect) 0:06:11 – Leadership & Teamwork in Space: Roles, Trust, and Small-Crew Dynamics 0:10:19 – Multinational Crews & Leadership Lessons from Other Cultures 0:14:47 – No‑Notice F‑22 Deployment & Leading a Squadron in Combat 0:18:14 – Managing Burnout: Scheduling, Human Factors & “Crew‑10 Can Do Hard Things” 0:19:46 – Self‑Care as Team Care: Seasons of Life, Rest, and Being Present 0:26:02 – Family, Being an Aunt, and Balancing a Demanding Career 0:28:14 – Life After Space: Mentoring New Astronauts & Evolving as a Leader     ABOUT NICHOLE BIO U.S. Air Force Lt. Col. Nichole "Vapor" Ayers is a trailblazing pilot, leader and astronaut whose journey began at the United States Air Force Academy, where she graduated in 2011 with a degree in mathematics. An accomplished F-22 Raptor pilot, Ayers is one of the few women ever to fly the world's most advanced stealth fighter — and she's one of even fewer to command them in formation for combat training missions. Col. Ayers earned her wings through years of training and operational excellence, logging over 200 flight hours in combat and playing a critical role in advancing tactical aviation. Her exceptional performance led to her selection in 2021 by NASA as a member of Astronaut Group 23, an elite class of 10 chosen from among 12,000 applicants. As a NASA astronaut candidate, Col. Ayers completed intensive training at Johnson Space Center, which included spacewalk preparation, robotics, survival training, systems operations and Russian language. Now qualified for spaceflight, she stands on the threshold of a new chapter that led her to the International Space Station. Throughout her career, Col. Ayers has exemplified the Academy's core values of Integrity First, Service Before Self and Excellence in All We Do. Her journey from cadet to combat aviator to astronaut is a testament to resilience, determination and a passion for pushing boundaries.   LEARN MORE ABOUT NICHOLE NASA Astronaut Nichole Ayers   CONNECT WITH THE LONG BLUE LINE PODCAST NETWORK TEAM Ted Robertson | Producer and Editor:  Ted.Robertson@USAFA.org Send your feedback or nominate a guest: socialmedia@usafa.org   Ryan Hall | Director:  Ryan.Hall@USAFA.org  Bryan Grossman | Copy Editor:  Bryan.Grossman@USAFA.org Wyatt Hornsby | Executive Producer:  Wyatt.Hornsby@USAFA.org     ALL PAST LBL EPISODES  |  ALL LBLPN PRODUCTIONS AVAILABLE ON ALL MAJOR PODCAST PLATFORMS     FULL TRANSCRIPT SPEAKERS Host: Lt. Col. (Ret.) Naviere Walkewicz '99 Guest: Lt. Col. Nichole "Vapor" Ayers '11   Col. Naviere Walkewicz 0:00 Vapor, welcome to Long Blue Leadership. We are so thrilled you're here. Col. Nichole “Vapor” Ayers 0:11 Thank you. Thanks for having me. Col. Naviere Walkewicz 0:12 Absolutely. So the cadets get to spend some time with you at NCLS. Here the Long Blue Line is going to get to hear from you. And you know, we can actually go through the list. You know, F-22 pilot, USAFA 2011 graduate, you've been in combat, you're a NASA pilot. The list is probably shorter what you haven't done. But, frankly, I'm just excited that you're here on Earth with us, because the last time we spoke, you called me from outer space. Col. Nichole “Vapor” Ayers 0:35 Yeah, that was a lot of fun. That was a lot of chat with you then too. Col. Naviere Walkewicz 0:38 So let's just jump right in. So if we can just kind of catapult you, and let's do it in the way that they that NASA does, into space, maybe starting with the countdown, and then the Gs you take, what is that experience like? And maybe, what are some things you were thinking about in those moments? Col. Nichole “Vapor” Ayers 0:53 Oh, yeah. So, you know, we launched on March 14. First attempt was March 12, and we actually scrubbed the first launch. So we got all the way down to T minus 42 minutes right before we armed the launch escape system. So that's kind of a big milestone on the countdown. We were having issues with some hydraulics in the clamp that actually holds on to the rocket wall and then let's go. We weren't quite sure whether it was gonna let go, so they scrubbed the launch then, and it was a fascinating — you don't feel like you've got a ton of adrenaline going, but, you know, you feel kind of like you're in a sim. We do some really phenomenal training. And so when you're sitting on top of the rocket, it feels like you're in a simulator, except it's breathing and living, and the valves are moving, and you can hear the propellant being loaded and all of that. And so there's a very real portion to launch date. But then, coming down off of that adrenaline, we got a day off, thankfully. We could just kind of rest and relax and then go again. So everything went smoother the second try. Of course, you know, everybody's nerves are a little less, and everything was — it just felt calmer the whole way out. But, yeah, when that countdown hits zero, I like to say you're being slingshotted off the Earth. That's how it felt. You know, in that moment, you're going. There's over a million pounds of thrust, and it's going. Col. Naviere Walkewicz 2:10 I mean, that sounds like a lot. I can't really fathom in my mind what that feels like. Can you describe it? Col. Nichole “Vapor” Ayers 2:17 You know, so I talked about in an F-22 and an afterburner takeoff, which is the most thrust that we have basically in any airplane on Earth. You know, you get set back in your seat really far. And, if you think of an airliner takeoff, you kind of get set back in your seat a little bit. Multiply that by, like, 10 or 20, and then that happened for nine minutes straight on a rocket. You're just being forcefully set back in your seat for nine minutes straight and just thrown off of the Earth, and in nine minutes, you're in orbit. Col. Naviere Walkewicz 2:49 So when you had your practice, did you experience that level for that long as well? Col. Nichole “Vapor” Ayers 2:54 For the simulators? So they can't that. We can't necessarily simulate the Gs in the sim. So that's like the one part that, you know, we go through the whole launch, but you're sitting at one G the whole time, and throughout the launch, you know, the Gs build, then we back off the thrust and the Gs build again, and then you have an engine cut off. And I like to explain, like, if you could visualize, like an old cartoon, and everybody's in the car driving, and Dad slams on the brakes, and everybody hits the windshield. And then he slams on the gas again, and everybody goes back to their seats. Like, that's what it felt like when the engine cut off and, you know, main engine cuts off, and then within a few seconds, the second engine lights, and you're set back in your seat again. So I like to give that visual. Col. Naviere Walkewicz 3:33 That's really helpful, actually. Wow. OK, so you're there, you're in space. And I guess my first question would be, what's something that, in that moment, you're either thinking or you're just, are you still just orienting yourself? What is that like? Col. Nichole “Vapor” Ayers 3:45 Oh, man, you know, we're still in the seats for the first few moments in space, and we have to open the nose cone. There's some other things that are happening on the spacecraft, and getting ready for a burn, for a phasing burn, to get up to and catch up with the International Space Station. But, you know, then eventually you get to unbuckle and get out of your seat and floating for the first time. I got out of my seat and I'm floating there. It felt like, you know, Captain Marvel when she's, like, hanging out. Yeah, that's, that's how I felt. And, you know, I like to give the visual, because it's like, it's just nothing you've ever experienced in your life, you know. And then you look out the window and the view is something, it's indescribable. You know, I don't think we have the right words in the English language to describe what it feels like to look back at Earth from space. Col. Naviere Walkewicz 4:35 Was there a moment when you're looking out at Earth — did you kind of play back just different things in your life? Did you think about, you know, significance of things, or, like, scope of things, or even just the vantage point? Did it kind of just change things or were you just in awe at the moment? Col. Nichole “Vapor” Ayers 4:49 No, I think, you know, we talked about the overview effect, when astronauts specifically look back at Earth, and it hits everybody kind of differently. And for me, I think the biggest thing you know, when you look at a map of the states or a map of the world, you know, every country is a different color, or every state's a different color, and there are lines that describe the borders, right? And those don't exist in in space. Those don't exist like when you can't see different colored states, right? But you can see the Grand Canyon, and you can see the mountains, and you can see the Amazon, and you can see the desert in Africa. And you get to, you know, you get to learn the world geography by colors and terrain. And it's just a really good reminder that, you know, we're all humans, and we're all on this little fragile marble, just trying to take care of each other and trying to take care of Earth. And so I think that's what hit me the most, was just there are no borders, and we're all the same. Col. Naviere Walkewicz 5:44 Gosh, well, it's a unique and probably highly impressive team that you're with. I mean, we know the road to get to becoming a NASA astronaut is certainly one that is very difficult. Starts from many, many, in the 1000s, down to 10. And so, you know, when we think about leadership, and I've heard you share this before with others, you talk about teamwork and leadership, maybe explain a little bit what that's like in space when you're all so highly effective leaders. You know, what does that look like? Col. Nichole “Vapor” Ayers 6:12 That's a great question. You know, I think for us, it is a very fluid movement, right? You lead one day; you follow the next. And you know, I'll give you an example. So Anne McClain was the commander of SpaceX Crew-10 for NASA. So she was in charge of Crew-10 is our ride up to the space station, and our ride home, right? It's the capsule, the rocket and the capsule. And then we were on Expedition 73 aboard the International Space Station, where Takuya, who it was, Takuya Onishi, who was our mission specialist on Dragon, soon as we crossed into the hatch and he took command. He is now the commander of the Space Station, and Anne and I are flight engineers, and so it's a pretty fluid movement in terms of leading and following. But ultimately, you know, it's just about being a good team and taking care of each other. And I think that being a good leader is taking care of other people. And, you know, we talk about team care — self-care, and team care are like the huge parts that we actually train and learn about at NASA as we go through our training, because you're on this really small space in the vacuum of space for five-plus months at a time, and it's — there are only seven people up there and everybody's going to have a bad day. We're all humans, and you can't, there's no hiding.   Col. Naviere Walkewicz 7:30 What's a bad day like in space?   Col. Nichole “Vapor” Ayers 7:32 People make mistakes, right? We're all human. You might make a mistake on something, you might mess up a procedure. You hope that it's not something that causes a safety incident, right? The main goal for me, at least, was, I know I'm going to make mistakes. As long as I'm not unsafe, I'll be happy. And I think that a lot of us have that conscious decision-making process. But I think that we're also humans and have Earth lives, and your Earth life doesn't stop when you go to space. And so bad days could be something going on at home. Bad days could be something going on in space. Could be an interaction that you had with somebody on the ground that, you know, there's a lot of communication that happens between us on the ground. There are thousands of humans on the Earth that keep the Space Station running. So that day could be anything but it's tough to hide up there. Here, you can kind of like, duck and cover and maybe you just spend the day in an office. But it doesn't happen up there. We have to continue to work and continue to function. Col. Naviere Walkewicz 8:32 So you mentioned that there are seven of you in this tight space. Now, when you go up there, your crew, is it the same seven?   Col. Nichole “Vapor” Ayers 8:38 For the majority of the time. Col. Naviere Walkewicz 8:42 OK, excellent. So one of the things we think about whenever we're leading or we're working with teams is trust, and obviously you have a great amount of trust with the crew that you're going up there with. But then you mentioned you went on to the ISS and you're working with others. What does that look like when it's someone maybe you haven't worked as closely with in a really important mission? Col. Nichole “Vapor” Ayers 9:03 So for the seven expedition members, we actually do train together for a little bit of it, not nearly as closely as, you know, the four of us training for Dragon mission. But because the most dynamic parts are launch and landing, we do a lot of training together, just as the four of us, but we train all over the world. So we go to Japan and Germany and Canada, and we go to, you know, Hawthorne, California, and we go to Russia, and we train with them, and we learn about the Russian segment, and we train with our fellow cosmonauts there. And we do emergency training specifically all together, because it takes all seven of us in an emergency doing the right thing and knowing everybody's roles. And so we train that together as well. And then anytime you're in the same country or same city together, then you get to spend the time outside of the training to get to know each other. And so you actually know your crew fairly well. But obviously, everybody's from a different nation. And we had Americans, we had a Japanese astronaut, we had Russians, so you learn everybody's culture, and it's actually, you know, to your point on being in that small — and not necessarily knowing everybody. There's also a cultural aspect; we get to know each other. We get to learn about other people's cultures and figure out how to communicate and live and work, even across the whole world. Col. Naviere Walkewicz 10:19 What was something that you learned from another culture of astronaut, maybe in the leadership realm, or just something that you took away, that's really something that surprised me, or like to emulate? Col. Nichole “Vapor” Ayers 10:30 I love Taku's leadership style. So Takuya Onishi — he's one of those more quiet humans, and he's super kind, but he is the most intelligent human I've ever met, and he is super-efficient with everything he does, and he pays attention to all of the little things. And so he only speaks up when he thinks something needs to be changed, or when he thinks that, like, we need to go in a different direction, otherwise, he's pretty happy to let you go, like, let you go as far as you want to go on something. And then when he thinks you're gonna run off a cliff, he pulls you back. So when he speaks, everybody listens. And I love that. I think some of that is cultural, obviously, him being from Japan, but I think it's also just his personal leadership style, but I learned a ton from him in terms of how to interact with people, how to let people be themselves, but also how to run a ship, and everybody knew exactly who was running the ship. Col. Naviere Walkewicz 11:22 Wow. And it shows that respect lens that you're just kind of talking about when he spoke. Everybody listens. Is that something that you feel you already had that kind of leadership style or is that something that you've kind of evolved in yourself? Col. Nichole “Vapor” Ayers 11:37 I like to think that that's the way that I lead. That's kind of how I try to be a leader. But we're not perfect, right? Nobody's perfect. And watching him, you know, taking notes from how he interacted with everybody, the things that he thought of, the things that he brought with him for us on station, you know, we get a very limited amount of stuff, personal things that we get to bring with us. And he brought things for the crew that were like, huge milestones for professional careers. You know, just the attention to detail on the human beings around him was pretty phenomenal. So it's one of the things I'm working on to be better at, because I like to think I'm good at it. But I saw the master work. Col. Naviere Walkewicz 12:18 I love that. And something you said about him, he always has attention to detail, and he saw the little things. He paid attention to the little things. I remember a past conversation we had. You had a little nugget from Col. Nick Hague, also USAFA — '98 I believe. And I think he said to you, something about, you know, “Nicole, don't forget that you're squishy,” or something like that. And so have you had more of those moments in there where they're like little nuggets or little moments that actually give you a big return or big lessons in your life? Col. Nichole “Vapor” Ayers 12:46 Oh, definitely, yeah, that one's a funny one, because the space station is metal. Everything is metal, and it's hard and so we still have weight, well, mass. We still have mass. We don't have weight, right, because we're in microgravity. But if you're cooking around a corner and you run into a handrail, it's gonna hurt, you know, if you imagine going 10 or 15 mph into something metal, it's gonna hurt — you're squishy. So that was a great lesson in slowing down and making sure you're watching your surroundings. But one of the things that Anne McClain says that cracks me up, but every time it happens, like, “Yep, this is definitely—," she says, “Experience is that thing you learn right after you need it.” And so we had a lot of those moments where you learn a lesson and you're like, “Ah, I wish I knew that five minutes ago.” And so that's something that applies everywhere. Experience is that thing you always needed right before that happened. But we also like to say Crew-10 can do hard things. That's another thing that was just kind of our motto, whether it's training — some of the training can be really physically demanding. It's really mentally demanding. And it's a lot of travel. When you get assigned to a mission, it's probably a year and a half to two years of training, and then you're gone for six months. So out of that two to two and a half years, you're not home for over a year. So you're all over the world, traveling to train and work. And like I said, we're all humans. We have Earth lives, we have homes, you get situations back home. And so navigating personal lives, navigating professional lives, navigating tough training. Crew-10 can do hard things. We like to say that. Col. Naviere Walkewicz 14:22 I like that. It also talks a bit about your grit. Crew-10 grit. So, talking about hard things, I'd like to take us to the time when you've been piloting the F-22 and you've seen combat. I heard you speaking a little bit before about a no-notice deployment. Let's visit that time in your life. What were you doing? What was your role, and what was something you experienced? Col. Nichole “Vapor” Ayers 14:47 Sure. So I was actually flying the day that we got notified. And, you know, just a standard training sortie — had landed, and some of the maintainers were like, “Hey, have you heard what's happening?” And I was like, “No, what's happening?” And then we had a big squadron meeting, and that's when we got notified, like, “Hey, we're deploying.” We were on the GRF, is what it was called at the time, Global Response Force, and I think some of that structure has changed since I left that squadron, but we knew that once we were on the GRF, there was a chance that we would get activated and get moved somewhere. Didn't necessarily expect it to be quite that quick. I think it was like the next week we got this deployment. So we got notified on a Thursday, I think, and then on Monday, I was taking off.   Col. Naviere Walkewicz 15:31 Oh, really no notice.   Col. Nichole “Vapor” Ayers 15:33 Yeah, so, four days later, we were taking off, and then seven days later, we were flying missions from — we were stationed at Al Udeid Air Base, so we're flying out of Al Udeid within a week. Col. Naviere Walkewicz 15:45 How many with you?   Col. Nichole “Vapor” Ayers 15:47 So when we deploy, we actually deploy with our maintenance squadrons, 300 people. Twenty to 30 of them are the pilots, and then the rest are the maintainers. And so it's the entire squadron. We morph into an expeditionary squadron. And so there are 300 people that head out. Col. Naviere Walkewicz 16:03 So I imagine, you know, on top of the fact that it was such a rapid movement, there's probably things that people had to obviously work through family. This needs to happen. But what were some things that you experienced in that deployment, or even in just that transition? Col. Nichole “Vapor” Ayers 16:21 Again, I go back to taking care of people. I was a flight commander at the time. We had two flight commanders, so I'm in charge of basically half the squadron, and we had a really wonderful commander who gave us the authority and the autonomy to leave the squadron. So, you know, it's about saying, like, “How are you guys doing at home?” Half our squadron didn't even have tan flight suits. You know, we're trying, we're working with logistics. We're trying to get everything ready. Like, does everybody have a go bag? Does everybody even know what a go bag is? Do you have the things you need? So working all of that. And then do you have the childcare figured out? Do you have the — how is all your family doing? Are you ready for this? And then we had to do a bunch of last-minute training before we left. And so it's a really busy time, but it was one of the first times where I felt like I had an influence on the people that were under me, that I had supervised. And so it was a really great experience to solve those problems, figure it out and help people get off the ground in four days successfully, and leaving something, some semblance of structure at home. Col. Naviere Walkewicz 17:24 So you said it was the first time where you kind of really felt that you had that impact. What would you say kind of maybe crystallized within yourself in learning that? Col. Nichole “Vapor” Ayers 17:36 I think it really solidified. I think I said, “I try to lead by taking care of people,” right? I truly believe if you take care of the human, they're going to do a really great job. You don't have to ask much of people at work and in their professional life, if their personal and the human side of them is taken care of and so that's kind of what I mean when I say that solidified it for me, like, make sure that the humans are good to go, and they'll go do anything you want to do. Col. Naviere Walkewicz 18:04 Wow. So while on that deployment, you're leading half of that squadron. What were some of the challenges maybe that you experienced, and how did you grow as a leader during that timeframe? Col. Nichole “Vapor” Ayers 18:14 Scheduling is definitely a tough one. So we flew daytime and nighttime. We basically had an F-22 airborne for almost 24 hours a day for the entire six months, six and a half months. We left and we were told it might be two- or three-month deployment, and then it turned into six months. And then we got delayed up coming home. And so then we stayed through Christmas. And those are the things that really are tough for people. But we have a limited number of jets that we took. We have a limited number of pilots; we have a limited number of maintainers and parts. And so I think for us, managing a schedule between me and the other flight commander, managing a schedule, managing quality of life for everybody, and make sure that we're not burning people out, or that they're not —we're flying eight-, nine-, 10-hour sorties, right? And that's exhausting. It's just you and that airplane with your wingman and a different airplane. And so you have to manage, again, that human factor. The human capital is probably the toughest thing to manage. Col. Naviere Walkewicz 19:15 Wow, and you talked about how the deployment kind of got extended. What were some things, because many of our listeners and our viewers are leaders, and at different levels of leadership and different times in their lives where they're doing that. When you were leading, and you had some of those subordinates, or those that were working with you that really experienced some troubles, through emotions, through some of that. How did you help navigate them through that when you were all in that as well? Col. Nichole “Vapor” Ayers 19:46 Right. You know, I think at NASA especially, we talk about self-care being a huge part of team care. And so making sure I do this in my regular life too, but, you know, making sure that you're getting enough rest, making sure that you're taking care of yourself and your personal life, so that you can truly be present for the other people that need you. And I think being present for others is one of the biggest things that you can do. You know, they may not need a ton of help, or they may not need the solution, but being there, being available and being present for people is really important. But you can't do that unless you're good to go yourself. Col. Naviere Walkewicz 20:18 Did you see that from someone? Did you learn that from someone you saw doing that? Or just, how did, I mean NASA's — you said, NASA, but did you see that at the Academy? Or where did you kind of gather that? Col. Nichole “Vapor” Ayers 20:28 You know, I think one of the things that hit me hard about showing up and being present was actually more professional. I kind of skated through the Academy on minimal sleep, and I was able to manage everything. But I wasn't flying a $143 million airplane. And so, in pilot training, we started to talk about crew rest and pilot rest. That's the first time that I had heard this concept of, “You need to go home and get rest so that you can be on your game.” Because flying airplanes, your decisions have real consequences, right? And you have to be present and available, and you have to be on your game to fly airplanes and do well in airplanes. And then the faster and the higher and the better the airplane gets, the more on your game you have to be. So I think it's something that has just kind of evolved in me. And then, as a leader, I realized, if you don't have any gas in the tank, you cannot help somebody else. And so for me, it's just kind of been, over the last decade and a half, of, wow, I need my sleep. I need to make sure I'm good to go. I need to make sure my human is good, so that way I can help other humans. And yeah, when your decisions have real consequences, it's important that you're present and you're ready to go. Col. Naviere Walkewicz 21:43 Have you seen some of the fact that you prioritize that for yourself, for you as your own human? Have you seen others kind of like see that, view that, and actually take that on as well themselves. Col. Nichole “Vapor” Ayers 21:53 Yeah, I think they do. And I think, as a leader, it's really important to set that example. The commander cannot be the first one in last one out. Like, you just can't do that, because everybody's going to stay until you leave. So setting the example, setting the example of having a good home-life balance as well. Like, home and work have to be balanced. Sleep has to be balanced. Again, self-care is the biggest part of team care, I think. And if you model that, people start to realize it's important. You know, the younger people that might burn themselves out trying to get somewhere, trying to get to the next step, or trying to impress somebody, or whatever the case may be, if they see you taking a step back and they see your success, maybe then they can start worrying about themselves too. Col. Naviere Walkewicz 22:34 I think that's a great lesson, leading by example. For sure. There are probably moments that you experience both at the Academy, while flying the F-22 or as an astronaut, where you don't have the luxury of balance. How do you navigate that and how do you help others get to that space maybe quicker? Col. Nichole “Vapor” Ayers 22:53 I think of everything as a season in life. It might just be a busy season, and you might just have to put some time in but making sure that you are planning ahead and know that you're gonna be able to take some time and reset. And that could be anything, right? That could be personal life, professional life. That could be the four-week training trip that we've got is going to be rough, and its multiple time zones, and it's a ton of training, it's a ton of information. You just have to get through it. But then, that week, when we got home, I made sure my schedule was a little lighter. Whatever the balance is, I think of things in seasons. Crew-10 can do hard things, right? And that came from — you can get through this next training session, right? But we're gonna do a mask-to-suit transition, which is like in a fire, you've got a mask on. You have to get from that mask into your spacesuit. It's a significant physical event. And there's limited oxygen; there's limited ability to breathe in the suit when in that specific environment. And so how do you slow down, take the breaths you need to get in there to not then get to a point where you're panicking, right? Or that you're too exhausted or too hot or overdid, or whatever it is, right? So I think even just that, that is a season. We're going to do two hours of this. That's my season, and then we'll get out of the simulator, we'll take a break, right? And if it happened on orbit, it would be like, “We're going to get through this. We're going to solve the problem. We're going to manage the emergency, and then once things are set, we'll have a moment to breathe.” So that's kind of how I think of it. Col. Naviere Walkewicz 24:21 Did seasons come something, a term that you kind of realized maybe at the Academy, you were a volleyball athlete at the Academy, and so volleyball has a season. But my question is, like, how did you come to that realization? Like, “Oh, I can get through this, and I put it in a bucket of time.” Col. Nichole “Vapor” Ayers 24:35 You learn a lot of time management at the Academy, and when you're in the fall, you're really busy, spring season is less busy, and so you kind of learn early how to manage. Like, “OK, I've got to run. I gotta sprint,” right? “And then I can jog later, or I can walk later.” So, I think you learn that growing up in school, and you know, if you play sports or you do extracurricular activities or other things like that, or even just seasons in life at home, life ebbs and flows. I don't even know when I started saying it, but my sister and I started saying “seasons of life” to each other a long time ago. You know, she's got three kiddos, so she's been in all sorts of seasons. But, yeah, it's just, you know, I think I started to time block things, or block things off and just, and that's the only way you're going to get through life, is if you focus on what you need to do right now, be good at it, and then move to the next thing. You can have an idea of what's coming next, but you have to be present and do what you're doing there. Yes, so, yeah, seasons, time, blocks, whatever you want to call it. Col. Naviere Walkewicz 25:39 I like that. Well, you brought up your sister, and so you're an auntie of three. Let's talk about your personal life and leadership, some experiences you've had navigating your schedule. You're on the road so much. How do you prioritize? I guess the things that are important to you when you have such a heavy schedule, yeah, being on the road and the people that are important to you, right? Col. Nichole “Vapor” Ayers 26:03 Man, I think that for me, my family has been a huge support system my whole life. My twin sister — built in best friend.   Col. Naviere Walkewicz 26:13 And who is older? Col. Nichole “Vapor” Ayers 26:14 She is. She's got me by a minute. Col. Naviere Walkewicz 26:18 OK. Does she hold that over you?   Col. Nichole “Vapor” Ayers 26:20 Yes, of course she does. We've just always supported each other 100% and everything. She's been my biggest cheerleader through all of my life, and I've been her biggest cheerleader through all of her life. And you know, my main goal in life is to be the coolest auntie, like the best auntie, and I would die happy. And they're a huge priority to me. I see them every couple two to three months — since my oldest has was born. So for the last 14 years, just made it a priority, even if it's like, leave late on a Friday night and then get home late Sunday night, I make the effort to go see them and to interact with them. And you know, to help foster them. You know they're growing up. And I love watching kids grow up and experience the world and see what can be done. Their dad's a Marine, their mom's this really successful real estate agent, their auntie' a pilot-slash-astronaut. You know, they've got, like, all these no family that's really not doing very much. Yeah, you know, they've got all these really great role models. And my goal is to just show them that it doesn't matter who you are, like they only ever know me as auntie. Like they know I'm an astronaut, and they love that. Their friends know that I'm an astronaut. Anti vapor, no, no, yeah. But, you know, like, they're always gonna get a big hug from auntie, like, that's, that's what's important to me. Col. Naviere Walkewicz 27:36 Well, you mentioned, going into space, being an auntie. So, would you describe your time and space is, it's probably out of this world. I mean, that's, wow, that's terrible. That's terrible I said it that way. But I think you've mentioned it is kind of the best time in your life. Col. Nichole “Vapor” Ayers 27:52 Yeah. Best five months my life. Col. Naviere Walkewicz 27:56 Best five months of your life, and it's passed. Now, when we think about our evolution, whether personally, professionally, as leaders, etc., we have these ideas in our mind, like, this is the pinnacle. How do you navigate what's next after you've experienced that pinnacle? Col. Nichole “Vapor” Ayers 28:14 Yeah, that's a great question, and I think it's something that a lot of us struggle with when we come home. What's next? We get six months, some time to think and kind of get reintegrated. And you don't necessarily have to go back to work right away. I was able to spend a ton of time with my sister and her kiddos. Yeah, what's next. And I think for me, like the drive out to the launch pad, I was like, “Man, I've made it.” You know, the first time I looked out the window from Dragon, “I've made it.” First time we crossed the hatch, and I went and looked out the glass like, “Wow. The hard work paid off.” And I still feel like that to this day. I would have spent four more months in space if they had asked me to, and I would have turned around and launched right back then the day that we landed, and it was because of the crewmates that I spent it with and the fulfillment that I got from the mission. But I think you can find fulfillment in a lot of ways. And you know, my job, now that I've been back, I'm going to be working with the new class of astronauts and their training for spacewalk. So in the Neutral Buoyancy Lab, our big pool, like, my job is to be their mentor as they go through the spacewalk training. And you know, like, I cannot wait. I'm so excited. I cannot wait to have an impact and try to help teach this next generation of spacewalkers, this next generation of astronauts, to be better than us. I find a lot of fulfillment in making the next generation better. So I think, however the fulfillment shows up for people, I think as long as you can find something, there you'll be happy. Going to space was great, but teaching and instructing and mentoring is also really fulfilling for me. Col. Naviere Walkewicz 29:54 And that will be 10 of them? How many will that be? Col. Nichole “Vapor” Ayers 29:55 Ten.   Col. Naviere Walkewicz 29:56 Ten. So then you'll have 13. You'll be auntie to 13. Oh, that's wonderful. What have you learned about yourself since then? You know, you've evolved as a leader through different situations, high threat, high risk. Safety is paramount. All of those different experiences. And now you're back on Earth and you're about to, you know, mentor. How have you evolved your leadership, and where would you say you're trying to go? Col. Nichole “Vapor” Ayers 30:23 Where am I trying to go? I think, for me, leadership is also about being vulnerable and being open and honest with people about failures or hardships and so, you know, like in the flying community, if you make a mistake, you're immediately like, “Hey, I messed this up. Here's how we fix it.” And that's something that we do at NASA as well, especially on a grand scale, right? Thousands of employees and everybody like, that's the only way that we get to space is by admitting when we've made mistakes, talking to each other about how we fix it and sharing those lessons learned. And so I think that especially when you get into the higher roles of leadership, it's important to go, “Hey, I messed up,” or, “Hey, I don't know the answer.” And being transparent with the people that you're working with. And if you don't know it, but you know where to go find it, like, “I'll get that answer for you,” instead of making up an answer, trying to figure out how to look like you're in charge, right? It's really important to me to also show that we don't know everything. We're human. We make mistakes, and it's OK to make mistakes, as long as you share it, and you share the lessons learned, and you make the next person better. Col. Naviere Walkewicz 31:32 Did you experience that personally? Did you have a moment in which you had to say, “Hey, I made a mistake,” and that's helped you realize that being vulnerable is really important or is that just something you've seen done really well? Col. Nichole “Vapor” Ayers 31:40 Oh, I've admitted a lot of mistakes. You know, I made a couple pretty big mistakes in the Raptor. Everybody's gonna make a big mistake at some point in their life. And, you know, I think that that was something that was modeled really well in the flying community early on. And it's something that's not tolerated if you're not willing to share your lessons learned. It's not tolerated in that community. That's a really good thing. I learned that in pilot training, right? If your buddy in your class makes the same mistake the next day that you made, you get in trouble because you didn't tell them how to how to prepare. And so it's fostered early on, especially in the flying community. I can't speak to any other community because I grew up there, but it's fostered early on, and so it's just something that comes naturally. I think eventually, because you just, you've seen it done so many times, and if you want other people to succeed, you're going to do it. Col. Naviere Walkewicz 32:29 All right. Well, we have two questions left. The first one is, what's something you do every day to be a better leader? Col. Nichole “Vapor” Ayers 32:37 That's a good one. This is gonna sound silly, but I sleep. Like, I'll go back to the self-care thing, right? Like, I put a lot of attention into being healthy, being hydrated, sleeping well. Like, if you take care of your body, your mind is going to do way more for you. And so I think you can show up as a better leader if you show up, rested, hydrated, fed, worked out whatever you need to do to be the best human you can be. Col. Naviere Walkewicz 33:09 That's what I try to do. OK. I like that a lot, and I think that's a good indication for me that six hours is probably not enough. Naviere needs a little bit more. And it's truth, because you told me, though I'm gonna do that. The second one is, if you could go back in time, maybe what's something you would have told yourself — your younger self — or maybe, as our cadets are listening, that you've learned and what they can be doing now to be a better leader down the road. Col. Nichole “Vapor” Ayers 33:34 If you run into a hardship or you fail at something, or something feels insurmountable, or you don't feel like you're ready, good enough, or whatever the case may be, doubt starts to seep in, right? I would say, rely on the support system that you have. Rely on the people around you. Talk about it. Figure out, you know, “Hey, I failed this GR, like, man, this kind of sucks.” And you know, maybe you just need to hear me say it out loud, and maybe I just need to get it off my chest, or maybe I need help trying to figure out the solution for whatever the case may be. So, you know, I had a built-in team on the volleyball team. I had a built-in friends and teammates that I could lean on. Maybe that's your squadronmates or your classmates, or whoever it is, right? And I think finding the friends that you can rely on for the rest of your life. Professionally, I've got a friend here that I met in the F-22 community. We've been friends for almost a decade now, and he's still one of the first people that I call when something happens, like, “Oh, I messed this up today. Help.” So, you know, finding a support system. My sister's the other person that I call first off. Col. Naviere Walkewicz 34:38 She probably knows you're gonna call when you call. Col. Nichole “Vapor” Ayers 34:39 Yeah, we talk way too much. But, you know, having that support system around you and finding people that really bolster you and get you across that line and help you find the courage to take the next step, I think that's really important. Col. Naviere Walkewicz 34:54 I know I said there was only two, but as I've listened to you, I just think you're just you're just remarkable, and maybe what's something that you're proud about yourself as a leader. I would really love to hear that in your, you know— Col. Nichole “Vapor” Ayers 35:05 I think the thing that makes me the most proud as a leader is when somebody succeeds and it's something that I helped them do. I've had somebody come back and say, “Thanks for saying that.” That pushed me out the edge, you know, like, I'm really into building the next generation and make them better than us. And so if I see somebody succeeding, that's good. Col. Naviere Walkewicz 35:27 Well, this has been incredible. Is there anything that we didn't cover that you would love to share with the Long Blue Line in our community? Col. Nichole “Vapor” Ayers 35:33 Oh, man, the community is great. I think I would just say thank you to the community. I've gotten so much love and support from Coloradans, but also the Long Blue Line and the Air Force in general. You know, I love the community that we have. It goes right back to what I just said, right, finding a community that supports you and pushes you to do better and be better. And this is that community. Col. Naviere Walkewicz 35:55 Well, Vapor, I promise I'm gonna get more sleep, and I just want to thank you for being such an incredible leader and guest here on Long Blue Leadership. Col. Nichole “Vapor” Ayers 36:03 Thanks for having me back. Absolutely.   Col. Naviere Walkewicz 36:05 Thanks. You know, this conversation was really incredible with Vapor. I think some of the things that really stood out to me is just how incredible as a human she is. She brings humanity into leadership. She puts people first. She thinks about the team. She works hard. Don't forget to prioritize sleep. But I think really, some of the lessons that we can all take away can hit us all personally, because if you think about people first and taking care of them, and the fact that you have to take care of yourself too, you can go really far in leadership. So I really appreciate her today on Long Blue Leadership. And I'm Naviere Walkewicz, Class of '99. 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We were very fortunate to have Takuya Mishima and Rict Mishima from Sable Hills on the podcast to talk about their new album, "Odyssey". Enjoy! Sable Hills Socials: Twitter: https://x.com/sablehillsjp Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sablehillsjp Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/sablehillsweb/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@sablehillsjp Apple Music: https://music.apple.com/us/artist/sable-hills/1317508906 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/5mm28xbkq6ve1l63dXo7Cn Website: https://www.sablehills.jp/ Grab some GNP Merch!: https://goodnoisepodcast.creator-spring.com/ Check out the recording gear we use: https://www.amazon.com/shop/goodnoisepodcast Support the show on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/goodnoisepodcast Good Noise Podcast Socials: Twitter: https://twitter.com/good_noise_cast Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/goodnoisepodcast/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/goodnoisepod Discord: https://discord.gg/nDAQKwT YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCFHKPdUxxe1MaGNWoFtjoJA Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/04IMtdIrCIvbIr7g6ttZHi All other streaming platforms: https://linktr.ee/goodnoisepodcast Bandcamp: https://goodnoiserecords.bandcamp.com/

Chapter 520 - "A New Start" ...as read by Sable HillsToday we welcome Rict and Takuya from Japanese metalcore band Sable Hills to the podcast! The new Sable Hills record, Odyssey, is out today on Arising Empire Records. The guys talk about getting into metal and the scene in Tokyo, Covid restrictions for shows in Japan, the inspiration they take from video games, and more.https://www.sablehills.jp/https://arising-empire.shop/en/artists/sable-hills/https://www.patreon.com/asthestorygrowsDiscordhttps://asthestorygrows.substack.com/Email: asthestorygrows@gmail.comChapter 520 Music:Sable Hills - "No Turning Back"Sable Hills - "Anthem"

Fluent Fiction - Japanese: Tanabata Detectives: The Summer Mystery of Missing Sakura Find the full episode transcript, vocabulary words, and more:fluentfiction.org/tanabata-detectives-the-summer-mystery-of-missing-sakura Story Transcript:Ja: 夏の夕暮れ、町は七夕祭りの飾りで華やかだった。En: On a summer evening, the town was lively with Tanabata Festival decorations.Ja: 短冊に書かれた願いごとが竹の枝に揺れ、提灯の明かりが温かく照らしていた。En: Wishes written on small pieces of paper swayed on bamboo branches, illuminated warmly by lanterns.Ja: タクヤは好奇心旺盛な少年だった。En: Takuya was a curious young boy.Ja: 彼の妹、ミサキも同じように観察力に優れていた。En: His sister, Misaki, also had a keen sense of observation.Ja: 近所には元探偵のヒロシが住んでおり、タクヤの憧れの存在だった。En: In their neighborhood lived Hiroshi, a former detective who Takuya admired greatly.Ja: ある日、近所の住人が忽然と姿を消した。En: One day, a resident of the neighborhood suddenly disappeared.Ja: 名前はサクラさん。いつも優しく、お菓子をくれるおばあさんだった。En: Her name was Sakura, a kind old lady who always gave them sweets.Ja: タクヤはこの謎に挑むことを決心した。En: Takuya decided to tackle this mystery.Ja: 「僕もヒロシさんみたいに探偵になりたい」と思っていた。En: "I want to be a detective like Hiroshi," he thought.Ja: 最初にタクヤはミサキを誘った。En: First, Takuya invited Misaki.Ja: ミサキは「いいよ、お兄ちゃん。私もサクラさんのことが心配」と応じた。En: Misaki agreed, "Alright, brother. I'm worried about Sakura too."Ja: 二人は情報を集めに近所を回った。En: The two of them started going around the neighborhood gathering information.Ja: しかし、大人たちは「子供が関わることじゃない」と言って取り合わなかった。En: However, the adults dismissed them, saying, "This is not something for children to get involved in."Ja: 落胆しながらも、タクヤとミサキはヒロシに相談に行った。En: Feeling disheartened, Takuya and Misaki went to consult Hiroshi.Ja: ヒロシは話を聞くと「君たちの情熱を感じる。うまく行くかはわからないが、一緒に考えよう」と言ってくれた。En: After hearing their story, Hiroshi said, "I sense your passion. I don't know if we'll succeed, but let's think this through together."Ja: タクヤは心強くなった。En: Takuya felt encouraged.Ja: 七夕祭りの日、町はまだ賑わっていた。En: On the day of the Tanabata Festival, the town was still bustling.Ja: タクヤとミサキはヒロシのアドバイスに従い、サクラさんがいつも座っていた公園を調査することにした。En: Following Hiroshi's advice, Takuya and Misaki decided to investigate the park where Sakura always sat.Ja: 公園のベンチには、一枚の短冊が落ちていた。「助けて」という言葉が書かれていた。En: On a bench in the park, they found a piece of paper with the words "Help me" written on it.Ja: タクヤとミサキは短冊を拾い、ヒロシに見せに行った。En: Takuya and Misaki picked up the paper and showed it to Hiroshi.Ja: ヒロシは真剣な表情で「これは重大な手がかりだ」と言った。En: With a serious expression, Hiroshi said, "This is an important clue."Ja: 三人で再度公園に戻り、周辺を注意深く観察した。En: The three of them returned to the park and carefully observed the surroundings.Ja: しばらくすると、ミサキが「見て！この靴の跡、サクラさんのかも」と言った。En: After a while, Misaki exclaimed, "Look! These shoe prints might belong to Sakura."Ja: それは確かに小さな足跡だった。En: They were indeed small footprints.Ja: 足跡は公園の隅の木々の方に続いていた。En: The footprints led toward the trees at the edge of the park.Ja: 三人はその足跡を辿り、小さな小屋にたどり着いた。En: Following the footprints, the three of them arrived at a small shed.Ja: 中に入ると、驚いたことにサクラさんが倒れていた。En: Inside, they were surprised to find Sakura lying on the ground.Ja: タクヤが「サクラさん！」と叫ぶと、サクラさんは弱々しく目を開けた。En: When Takuya shouted, "Sakura!" she weakly opened her eyes.Ja: 「ありがとう、タクヤ君。En: "Thank you, Takuya.Ja: 怖い男たちに脅されてここに連れてこられたの」とサクラさんは言った。En: Some scary men threatened me and brought me here," Sakura said.Ja: タクヤとミサキはヒロシと共にサクラさんを安全な場所に連れて行き、警察に通報した。En: Takuya, Misaki, and Hiroshi took Sakura to a safe place and reported the incident to the police.Ja: 事件が解決し、サクラさんは無事に帰宅した。En: The case was resolved, and Sakura safely returned home.Ja: 町の人々はタクヤとミサキの勇気を称賛した。En: The townspeople praised Takuya and Misaki for their bravery.Ja: ヒロシは「君たちは立派な探偵だよ。En: Hiroshi encouraged them, "You two are fine detectives.Ja: これからも頑張って」と言って、二人を励ました。En: Keep it up."Ja: タクヤは大きな自信を得た。En: Takuya gained great confidence.Ja: 「僕も探偵になれるかもしれない」と思うようになった。En: He thought, "Maybe I can become a detective too."Ja: そして、ヒロシや町の人々からも尊敬される存在になった。En: He became a respected figure among Hiroshi and the townspeople.Ja: 町は再び平和を取り戻し、短冊には新しい願いが書かれていくのであった。En: The town regained its peace, and new wishes continued to be written on the pieces of paper. Vocabulary Words:lively: 華やかdecorations: 飾りswayed: 揺れilluminated: 照らしてcurious: 好奇心旺盛keen: 優れてobservation: 観察力detective: 探偵greatly: 憧れのdisappeared: 忽然と姿を消したtackle: 挑むagreed: 応じたgathering: 集めinformation: 情報dismissed: 取り合わなかったdisheartened: 落胆consult: 相談に行ったsucceed: うまく行くencouraged: 心強くbustling: 賑わってinvestigate: 調査clue: 手がかりobserve: 観察exclaimed: 叫ぶfootprints: 足跡shed: 小屋threatened: 脅されてreported: 通報resolved: 解決praised: 称賛

Il faut parfois savoir être discret pour se faire remarquer à Cannes. En coulisses du vacarme omniprésent de la compétition, certains films à profil plus bas finissent toujours par trouver la lumière. Cette année, c'est au sein de la section Un certain regard que deux d'entre eux ont ravi par leur humilité. Vingt Dieux ! et My Sunshine partagent aussi une identité de terroir. Le premier se pose dans le Jura, pour suivre la débrouille de Totone, 18 ans, qui se retrouve du jour au lendemain à devoir gérer tout seul la ferme familiale. Pour sortir de la mouise, il se lance dans la fabrication de Comté, espérant décrocher un substantiel prix du meilleur fromage. Louise Courvoisier ne fait pas cailler le lait de ce pitch improbable, l'ingrédient principal de son film restant l'initiation d'un grand gamin à la solidarité comme à l'amour. L'environnement, monde rural dans la dèche, est rugueux, le casting de comédiens non-professionnels aura été sauvage, mais Vingt Dieux ! charme par sa tendresse. Courvoisier gagne illico ses galons d'appellation contrôlée en se situant idéalement entre les cinémas de Ken Loach et de Maurice Pialat, naturaliste, mais sans sentimentalisme, âpre, mais qui soutient ses personnages pour qu'ils restent debout. Pendant que Vingt Dieux ! s'échauffe au soleil d'un été, My Sunshine fait tomber la neige sur deux ados japonais, Takuya et Sakura, pris sous l'aile d'un coach de patinage artistique. Hiroshi Okuyama fait de jolies arabesques autour de ce trio pour explorer les grands chagrins de l'enfance comme les regrets de l'âge adulte. Les rares éclats de My Sunshine résonnent d'autant plus dans une atmosphère aussi cotonneuse que minimaliste, tout comme les fissures, qui vont s'attaquer au lien entre ces deux sportifs en herbe et leur mentor, sont invisibles à l'œil nu. Okuyamadéveloppe avec la même grâce le discours sur les stéréotypes de genre qui prend peu à peu sa place dans ce dispositif épuré. S'ouvrant sur un début d'hiver, My Sunshine se clôt sur les premiers bourgeons d'un printemps. Ce film délicat se révèle alors comme une ultime bulle protectrice pour Takuya et Sakura, glissant désormais vers les réalités, parfois cruelles, de la vie. Pendant le Festival de Cannes, retrouvez tous les jours la chronique Pop Corn d'Alex Masson, notre envoyé à la croisette, à 7h37 dans « T'as vu l'heure ? », la matinale de Radio Nova. Photo : Vingt Dieux !, 2024

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With the launch of their connected car, the AFEELA, Sony Honda Mobility seek to redefine mobility, beyond simply transportation, and create the opportunity to use the space creatively and explore the relationship between people and mobility.In this special episode Dave, Sjoukje, and Rob talk to Takuya Nishibayashi, Head of E&E System Architecture Development Division, Sony Honda Mobility Inc., who is at CES2024 for the release of the AFEELA.  They cover why Sony Honda are collaborating on a connected car now, how responsible and ethical GenAI is leveraged for assisted driving (ADAS), how mobility can be used as a creative entertainment space, including using gaming engines, the integrated in vehicle experience and how Microsoft partner with them for GenAI tooling and Cloud-scale computing platforms.TLDR:01:07 Introduction of the AFEELA by Dave, Sjoukje and Rob 06:53 Cloud conversation with Takuya Nishibayashi 30:59 Outro  31:57 End GuestTakuya Nishibayashi: https://www.linkedin.com/in/takuya-nishibayashi-36a9456/AFEELA: https://www.shm-afeela.com/en/https://www.instagram.com/shmafeela/https://twitter.com/shmafeelahttps://www.facebook.com/shmAFEELA HostsDave Chapman: https://www.linkedin.com/in/chapmandr/Sjoukje Zaal: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sjoukjezaal/Rob Kernahan: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rob-kernahan/ProductionMarcel Van Der Burg: https://www.linkedin.com/in/marcel-van-der-burg-99a655/Dave Chapman: https://www.linkedin.com/in/chapmandr/SoundBen Corbett: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ben-corbett-3b6a11135/Louis Corbett:  https://www.linkedin.com/in/louis-corbett-087250264/

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At Summer's End by Takuya Nishio has an interesting minimalist art style that seems sweet to match the innocence of the story, but I also cannot help feeling there is an emptiness that creates a mood of longing. Music: Somberish Music on Ukulele by The A.C. Stories Be sure to follow me on all my social medias, too: https://ko-fi.com/theacstories https://discord.gg/x78UXV22XD https://www.instagram.com/the_ac_stories/ https://www.threads.net/@the_ac_stories https://twitter.com/theacstories https://www.facebook.com/theacstories https://www.twitch.com/theacstories https://theacstories.wixsite.com/theacstories Or, email me at: theacstories@gmail.com --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/theacstories/support

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Board Games and Buddhism, with Takuya Ono 00:00 Introduction 01:23 How I became a Buddhist priest and jushoku 03:52 Duties of a Buddhist temple master in Japan 06:06 Board Gaming in Japan, and the Okuma Disaster 08:13 How I became a board game fan 12:32 Religion in Japan 15:39 Buddhism and games 21:06 My favorite board games 26:55 Buddhism practices compassion 33:32 Connect with Ono-san CALL TO ACTION: Subscribe to our newsletter (https://buttondown.email/BoardGameFaith) Support us on Patreon (https://www.patreon.com/boardgamefaith/) interact with us on Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/boardgamefaith/) Discord us Discord (https://discord.gg/MRqDXEJZ). Follow Takuya Ono on Board Game Geek, at https://boardgamegeek.com/user/atiisha.

声優さんによる全物語の朗読と、ARグラスによるシーンの解説で、能楽の舞台が大幅アップグレード！ こうしたアートやエンタメの価値を高めるテクノロジーのあり方を3人で語りました。またXCrossingの音声編集で学んだことや、このポッドキャストの誕生秘話も初公開。 2:43 最近凝っている町中華 5:53 ノーマライズってなに？言ってる言葉からして分からないところから始まった音の編集の勉強（現在進行形） 9:20 音の変化は判断しにくいが、理解するには視覚化することが大事 10:49 XCrossingの音の編集で（教えてもらいながら）やったこと 14:53 録音環境の改善も大事、音のプロがやってる編集と仕上げはたくさんある 19:13 XCrossingの企画が生まれたきっかけと、配信開始前にやったこと 20:10 最初の企画名は「Mika & Takuya's XCrossing」だった 22:55 自分の声に対する違和感と、声フェチ 24:43 能楽 × 声優 × テクノロジー：大塚明夫さんの朗読と、ARグラスが拡張した能楽鑑賞 28:09 伝統芸能とテクノロジーの共同作品は今までいろいろあったけど、でも… 29:25 能楽で使われたエプソンのARグラスの特徴と、ARとして見えるものの大事なポイント 32:36 その絵のコンテキストが分かることで価値が分かり理解があがる「怖い絵展」 34:20 音声での情報付加と、視覚での情報付加による価値の増幅（歌舞伎、美術展、ミュージカル） 38:54 ARによって情報を変換したり、パーソナライズしたコンテンツが見えても面白い 42:12 座る位置自由、見るストーリーも観客が会場とオンライン双方で選択して変わっていくライブパフォーマンス 44:08 レーザーディスクでのインタラクティブムービー 44:48 チャットと電話を使った体験型ゲームリンク：トーク中で取り上げた記事や情報へのリンクです。 宝生流 夜能： https://nohlife.myshopify.com/pages/%E5%A4%9C%E8%83%BD EPSON スマートグラス（ARグラス）： https://www.epson.jp/products/smartglasses/ DNPの「能楽を鑑賞しながら解説が見られるARシステム」：https://www.dnp.co.jp/biz/case/detail/10158092_1641.html Majestic （チャットと電話を使った体験型ゲーム）：https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Majestic_(video_game) 新宿 VR ZONE（現在は営業終了）： https://www.moguravr.com/vr-zone-shinjuku/XCrossing website https://x-crossing.com/XCrossing Official Twitter @x_crossing_及川卓也 @takoratta関信浩 @NobuhiroSeki上野美香 @mikamika59

出演＞あらいりな、K.Takuya、zabo 本編のPodcast ◆SpotifyPodcast https://open.spotify.com/episode/3Z8ANRpOzYEdP7wc8pBk2E?si=cGA7wktqQeSYsjOew2sm8w ◆ApplePodcast https://podcasts.apple.com/jp/podcast/%E6%97%A5%E6%9C%AC%E3%83%9D%E3%83%83%E3%83%89%E3%82%AD%E3%83%A3%E3%82%B9%E3%83%88%E5%8D%94%E4%BC%9A-%E3%83%8B%E3%83%A5%E3%83%BC%E3%82%B9%E3%83%AC%E3%82%BF%E3%83%BC/id1553680711?i=1000600301773 ・あらいり氏 https://twitter.com/RinaAraiLevia Podcast：#ニュースコネクト ／#ポッドキャストアンバサダー ／ #モノマネ喫茶 ・K.Takuya(陰岱鋼)氏 https://twitter.com/indaikan_kimura https://www.instagram.com/indaikan_voice_kimutaku 毎週土曜日21:00〜　インスタライブ！ また、ポコチャ・radiotalk・standFMなど各音声配信媒体でTalkLive中！

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In 1977, 13-year-old Megumi Yokota vanished from the Japanese coastal city of Niigata on her way home from school. Twenty-five years later, North Korea admitted that its agents had snatched her away, along with 12 other Japanese citizens, in order to train its spies. In a groundbreaking diplomatic move, Pyongyang returned five of them in 2002, but not Megumi, claiming she had committed suicide. Her brothers Takuya and Tetsuya Yokota, who have spent the last 45 years waiting for answers, speak to FRANCE 24. 

For the seventh episode of the IDEEA podcast, Marina Franolic invites Takuya Aoyama, the Vice President of Hyatt International and long-time supporter of the Adria Hotel Forum, the predecessor of IDEEA Hospitality Investment Forum, and a seasoned industry veteran. Marina took the opportunity to get off-the-cuff insights from Takuya by doing a roll call of markets in the Central East Europe region and asking about his perception of those markets and whether Hyatt will seek to grow a presence in those markets if not already present. Takuya's wealth of experience in the hospitality industry makes for a fascinating discussion, and his perceptions of these markets will provide a different and valuable perspective on the pros and cons of each one, which is essential to have when looking at hospitality investment and development opportunities. Block the next 25 minutes and have a listen or watch the conversation in full.

Ever wondered how different the world of NFTs is in Japan? Well, today we are lucky enough to be joined by two great guests, Takuya Kitagawa and AT, to give us some real, first-hand insight into the overlaps and contrasts that are happening with regard to the burgeoning scene. We have a great conversation unpacking some basics about our guests' entry into the NFT space, and what initially drew them in. From there we look at the major hallmarks of what is popular right now in Japan, and how this compares to the rest of the world, before talking about important aspects of the field such as influencer and celebrity marketing. Takuya and AT then spend some time illuminating the inner workings of Nannda, and some more general thoughts on game design, and we finish off our chat by considering which types of games appeal to different Japanese demographics and why. Join us to hear it all! Key Points From This Episode: Our guests' paths into working in the NFT space, and their initial excitement about it. Insight into the state of the Japanese scene right now.  Thoughts on the current NFT projects that are having success in Japan.  Contextualising differences in the Japanese market and some reasons for popularity. Influencer marketing of NFTs and the main drives for demand.   The culture of big celebrity endorsement for brands and how this figures into the NFT landscape.  Barriers to entry that are influencing the Japanese market right now.  Comparing the mechanism at Nannda to other examples of play-to-earn.  Risk and reward in the two different approaches to game design.   The importance of the social dimension to games to increase engagement and difficulty.  Japanese audiences' attitudes towards different types of games.   Favourite NFT picks from Takuya and AT!  Tweetables: “Influencer marketing itself is big in Japan, YouTubers are big, TikTokers are big. But this actually hasn't come to the NFT world yet.” “Japanese audiences play any kind of game, individual oriented game or a social game. Either way works. If it is a more individual game, you typically have to do more campaigns.” “When I see the Nouns community evolving really well, I get really excited, seeing that maybe that is the future of NFTs.”  Links Mentioned in Today's Episode: https://twitter.com/a_t__3_jp (AT) https://twitter.com/takuyakitagawa?lang=en (Takuya Kitagawa on Twitter) https://www.floorisrising.com/ (Floor Is Rising)

One of the most active seiyuu in 2D groups. A seiyuu that usually gets cast in 2D music projects that end up becoming ridiculously popular. Owner of a massive vocal range, exciting singing skills with loads of untapped talent and with a natural leader vibe, and ability to fit any music genre, Takuya Eguchi is a vocal chameleon you want to have in your 2D music projects. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/thtfhqseiyuulounge/message

『スター・ウォーズ エピソード3／シスの復讐』から10年後を描くドラマ『オビ＝ワン・ケノービ』の最終話が配信された。今回は、元JUDY AND MARYのギタリストで音楽プロデューサー、そして無類の「スター・ウォーズ」ファンでもあるTAKUYAさんをゲストに、「スター・ウォーズ」の魅力や『オビ＝ワン・ケノービ』の感想を語り合う。 ■出演者 TAKUYA（ギタリスト、音楽プロデューサー） ・https://twitter.com/takuya54it ・https://www.youtube.com/c/TAKUYA54it 山田集佳（フリーライター） ロブソン・ダニエル 野津圭一郎 IGN JAPANのスタッフが、最新の映画やドラマについて雑談をする番組 ■「銀幕にポップコーン」の再生リスト https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL5dP0ylcT42fuRRKW8Iho4XAPx3wEiaOJ ■ポッドキャスト版 iTunes https://itun.es/i6dS29S Spotify https://open.spotify.com/show/0oqAeYZxX61w87WTNxksNc?si=29pxqxZQSFStdrHIFbefyg ――――――――――― IGN JAPAN : http://jp.ign.com/ Twitter : https://twitter.com/IGNJapan Facebook : https://www.facebook.com/IGNJapan コメント投稿ルール：http://jp.ign.com/ign-japan/21173/editorial/ign-japanyoutube

In this episode, we are joined by Takuya Davis, CEO at Mitsuoka and Company, which specializes in scouting, recruiting, and onboarding talents. They work with small to midsize companies looking to scale their businesses by adding talent and training systems. He is an expert in entrepreneurship, leader & team training, executive coaching, idea-creation, creative problem solving, innovation, business systems, business skill development, and creating cultures of entrepreneurship & innovation. Don't miss a thing. Tune in to learn more!

Whether you've passed your cursor over their logo on a streaming service, spotted it on the front of a Golden State Warriors jersey, or use their cash-back rebate system, the Rakuten brand is everywhere and actively expanding. Today's guest, Takuya Kitagawa is the Managing Executive Officer & CDO at Rakuten. On this episode, Takuya joins Cindi to discuss how the company has found massive, international success across multiple industries by integrating data across lines of business to deliver better customer experiences. He also dives into the importance of data fluency at every level, and elaborates on how Rakuten is leveraging the concept of “digital twins” to better connect with customers. Stick around to hear all of this, plus exciting details regarding Rakuten latest moonshot projects.Key TakeawaysIntegrated data delivers better customer experiences: Rakuten has seen major success in offering enhanced services and experiences to customers around the world. Their secret? Integrating data across multiple lines of business, starting with customer login credentials. This approach makes using multiple services a seamless experience and builds customer loyalty.You don't have to reinvent the wheel: Before building a new technology from the ground up, see if anyone else has already done it. There's so much you can learn, borrow, or buy from others. If you can learn to leverage the innovation that's already happening around you, you'll be in a better position to accelerate your own digital transformation. Invest in data fluency at every level: It's important that executives be just as data fluent as anyone else in your organization. For Rakuten, investing in data fluency at the highest levels of leadership manifests as quarterly AI bootcamps and mandatory data trainings.Key Quotes“We discovered when we acquired the credit card company, that it is much, much cheaper to send traffic from one internal service to the other than down going through of course advertising companies such as Google and Facebook, even though this takes a little ingenuity and creativity. If you think about it, eCommerce and credit cards come really well together because, to shop online, you need credit cards and the key point is how do you connect credit card back to the shopping?”“Our CEO had a very, very clear directive - if we are going to acquire a company, integration of it starts from integration of ID. So log ID needs to be completely the same. This already has been a common practice across Google, in Facebook to align the log ID starting from there you really have to integrate the data. So that's a key point when you acquire a company one of the key agreements you have to make with the other company is we have to integrate ID and data.”“Algorithms [are] becoming a commodity at this point. The key differentiator of AI is data."“Frankly, the best practice is to learn from [the] outside, because venture capital money is flowing at this ridiculous amount, and there [are] so many people, so much money, and so much effort to try to make things easier. Before you try to build what's necessary yourself, it's better to look around and see if there are other companies who can help you… Be humble. [We] try to learn from our site and leverage what is already there.”MentionsDr. Hisataka Kobayashi's Discovery of photo immunotherapyHarvard University Partnership FC Barcelona and Golden State WarriorsAbout TakuyaTakuya Kitagawa is the managing executive officer and Chief Data Officer of Rakuten Inc, and serves as the director for Well-being for Planet Earth(WPE). As Chief Data Officer of Rakuten group, he is responsible for the end-to-end value creation and execution of AI & data strategy, and manages a global organization located across the world including Japan, U.S., India, France and Singapore. He also leads Rakuten institute of technology, R&D function of the group, as the global head. Vision of his group is the fundamental understanding of customers and their behaviors with AI and data; how business and service can empower customers to spend their money and time better. As a board of director for well-being for Planet Earth, he further extends and applies the understanding of human beings and society to contribute to more general domains of well-being across the world. Prior to working on AI, he worked as a theoretical physicist and published more than 20 papers in journals including “Science” and “Nature Physics.” Dr. Kitagawa obtained his Ph.D. in physics from Harvard University and A.B. in physics and mathematics from Harvard College.--The Data Chief is presented by our friends at ThoughtSpot. Searching through your company's data for insights doesn't have to be complicated. With ThoughtSpot, anyone in your organization can easily answer their own data questions, find the facts, and make better, faster decisions. Learn more at thoughtspot.com. 

The coding, models, and experiments inherent in data science work may have more to do with understanding human well-being than you think. Machine learning and AI can be applied in ways big and small to further our understanding of human behavior—and influence our well-being. Takuya Kitagawa, Chief Data Officer & Managing Executive Officer at Rakuten Group, believes there must be a shift toward focusing on well-being when it comes to how brands relate to customers. He joins the show to share his perspective on the future of data science, plus he details his approach to managing a large team spanning many products, cultures, and geographies. In this episode, we discuss: The role of ML in unifying the customer experience across multiple products Managing globally distributed data science teams Understanding human intention and well-being with technology Tune in on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, our website, or wherever you listen to podcasts. Can't see the links above? Just visit domino.buzz/podcast for helpful links from each episode.

Alex, Lex, and special guest Brian taste a sampling of Toei's Spider-Man and wish that Marvel had the guts to put Takuya in No Way Home. YOUR HOSTS: ALEX: https://twitter.com/ArthriticJester LEX: https://twitter.com/shatterball BRIAN: https://twitter.com/balexanderfilm TIMESTAMPS: Intro (0:00) Basic Facts and Personal Experiences (5:27) Plot (10:33) Fun Facts (1:59:03) Overall Thoughts (2:07:50) Outro (2:12:21) LINKS DISCUSSED: The complete series, on Archive.org!: https://archive.org/details/supaidaman-japanese-spider-man-1978-1979-complete-series NEXT WEEK: The Amazing Adventures of Spider-Man (1999) WRITE TO US: spideysignalspodcast@gmail.com https://twitter.com/SpideySignals

The Superhero Show Show #387An Introduction to Japanese Spider-ManThe Taste Buds FINALLY dive into Toei's Spider-Man show!Six months after Marvel 616 covered it, and six years after the start of the podcast, the Taste Buds are finally stepping up and covering the golden goose, Toei's Supaidaman! Beginning with the first four episodes, including the legendary origin story, Cassie and the Boyz, along with Unnatural 20's Katelynn, compare and contrast Peter to Takuya, and analyze every detail of every giant-on-giant battle. What similarities remain between the two Spider-Men? What are the differences? And why was Takuya not in Spider-Man: Into the Spiderverse?There's also time to hand out a Shushie, and this week it's Funniest Character. Because of the rise of funny superhero shows, neither Deke from Agents of SHIELD, nor Nate Heywood from Legends of Tomorrow are nominated. Which funny people are ready to stand up and take their place?Finally, the Taste Buds conclude their celebration of the second season of X-Men: The Animated Series by running down all of the weekly awards they gave out through the season. Every GASP moment. Every 90's moment. Every battle every power every loser. It's all here on an all-new, all-different episode of The Superhero Show Show!Also, don't forget to:Visit Us!Shop With Us On Amazon!Like Us!Follow Us!Write To Us! — contact@yourpopfilter.comListen to more of Cassie on Unnatural 20'sListen to more of Ryan on Movie of the YearListen to more of Mike on The OCDSupport the show (https://www.patreon.com/yourpopfilter)

Takuya has to deal with an imposter Spider-Man creating bad publicity that the fake news is all to happy to exploit. CHANGE LEOPARDON!

If you have any interest in pursuing an MBA from one of the amazing universities in Asia, this one's for you! Takuya is a student at the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, earning is business degree. He works in Tokyo and has had some incredible experiences that he shares on this episode. For more must-have resources, head over to the MBA Secrets website!

This episode of We Watch 100 Isekai contains spoilers for Episode 1 of both the 1998–1999 Pink Pineapple hentai OVA adaptation and the 2019 Feel anime adaptation of YU-NO: A Girl Who Chants Love at the Bound of this World / Kono Yo no Hate de Koi o Utau Shōjo YU-NO. This episode has been explicit-tagged for discussion of sexual conduct featuring high schoolers and a Cocklossal Isecock. 00:00 - Intro 07:11 - YU-NO 2019 Recap by Zaku 43:28 - YU-NO 1999 Recap by Thermite 1:47:47 - Rankings Don't be intimidated by the size of this episode, because it's a two-for-one special! Zaku and Thermite watched both animated adaptations of YU-NO: A Girl Who Chants Love at the Bound of this World and decided to make it all one episode to compare and contrast the adaptation choices. Follow them across parallel realities and worlds as they get introduced to everyone in Takuya's life, Thermite attempts to spell "isekai" as "J.S.E.K.A.J", a lot of underaged sexual content is implied in the anime, a lot of underaged sexual content is deeply focused on in the hentai, a lot of people hang around on a beach and a discussion is had as to what parts of the hentai are meant to be sexual. Email: wewatch100@gmail.com | Voicemail: anchor.fm/100isekai TequilaZaku: twitter.com/TequilaZaku and youtube.com/channel/UC-c_PBJXn2MxwUoAadOuD6Q ThermiteKitty: twitter.com/ThermKitty and youtube.com/c/DynamiteNeko Our theme music is World Map by Jason Farnham, a royalty-free and copyright-safe track available for use from the YouTube Audio Library. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/100isekai/message

生活（せいかつ）について / 關於生活第一集的主題為”生活”。我這次向一位住在國外的日本朋友詢問他對國外的生活的想法，他對現在的生活環境的感受究竟如何呢？ 聽聽看、きいてみましょう！ 在TAKUYA的日語練習網看看這一集的日文對話字幕以及語法解釋　⇨https://www.takuyajapanese.com/podcast/c001/

In this new episode we will be discussing with Dr. Fernando Exposto, DDS, MSc, PhD about muscle pain and pain referral. Dr. Fernando Exposto is currently a Postdoctoral Fellow and Clinical Instructor at Aarhus University in Denmark. He obtained his PhD degree in Health Sciences at the same university in 2019. He graduate from dental school at ISCSEM in Lisbon (Portugal)in 2007. He completed a Master in Dental Sciences, Danube University (Austria) from 2007 to 2011. In 2015, he graduated from the 2 year CODA approved program in Orofacial Pain at the University of Kentucky (USA). From 2016 to 2018 he completed a Master in Headache Disorders at the Copenhagen University (Denmark). Dr. Exposto is a Diplomate by the American Board of Orofacial Pain since 2016. References: Comparison of masseter muscle referred sensations after mechanical and glutamate stimulation: a randomized, double-blind, controlled, cross-over study. / Exposto, Fernando; Udagawa, Gen; Naganawa, Takuya; Svensson, Peter. In: Pain, Vol. 159, No. 12, 01.12.2018, p. 2649-2657. Comparison of Pain-Generated Functional Outcomes in Experimental Models of Delayed-Onset Muscle Soreness and Nerve Growth Factor Injection of the Masticatory Muscles./ Zhang Y, Exposto FG, Grigoriadis A, Lobbezoo F, Koutris M, Zhang J, et al. Journal of oral & facial pain and headache [Internet]. 2020 Sep [cited 2021 Feb 13];34(4):311–22. Further evidence for overlaps among chronic pain conditions : But no news about causal relationships. / Svensson, Peter; Exposto, Fernando. In: Journal of Oral and Facial Pain and Headache, Vol. 34, No. Suppl., 2020, p. s6-s8.

I gave myself a little hiatus from the dance / music / sex / romance podcast after Celebration 2018, but now we're back in business with guest Takuya Futaesaku, author of the book Words of Prince. Takki and I talk about his book and his experiences as a Prince fan in Japan; it was a pleasure to speak with him, so hopefully it will be a pleasure to listen, too! Special thanks this episode go to Crystal for helping me track down the Japanese shows you'll hear during the podcast. 00:00:00   "Around the World in a Day” (Live at Osaka-jō Hall, 1986) 00:02:39   "When Doves Cry” (Live at Osaka-jō Hall) 00:04:46   "Condition of the Heart” (Live at Osaka-jō Hall) 00:07:10   "Christopher Tracy's Parade” (Live at Osaka-jō Hall) 00:08:58   "Sometimes It Snows in April”  (Live at Yokohama Stadium, 1986) 00:13:24   "Bambi” (Live at the Tokyo Dome, 1990) 00:16:08   "Batdance” (Live at the Tokyo Dome, 1990) 00:18:38   "Vicki Waiting” (Live at Yokohama Stadium, 1996) 00:25:27   "Let's Go Crazy” (Live at the Tokyo Dome, 1989) 00:29:30    d / m / s / r Podcast with Duane Tudahl 00:33:55   "The Everlasting Now" (Live at the Nippon Budokan, 2002) 00:41:53    John Blackwell's Drum Solo from "The Question of U” (Live at the Budokan) 00:47:09   "Xenophobia" (Live at the Budokan) 01:00:35   "Dance On” (Live at the Tokyo Dome, 1989) 01:01:14   Buy Words of Prince on Amazon

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Qool DJ Marv Live at the Premiere Party for the HBO Film: Bessie - featuring Queen Latifah as Bessie Smith | April 29 2015 at the Edison Ballroom in Times Square in New York CityThank you HBO!Baltimore - Lianne La HavasCut The Jazz - De-PhazzI Hear Music (Swingsett & Takuya's Mighty Fine Remix) - Billie HolidayToo Darn Hot (RAC Mix) - Ella FitzgeraldI Got Rhythm (Take The Lead Remix) - Lena Horne & Q-TipNight In Tunisia (Scrimshire Edit) - Chaka KhanSpreadin' Rhythm Around (Lady Bug vs. Lady Day RR Remix) - Billie HolidayRebirth Of Slick (Cool Like Dat) - Digable PlanetsCrazy In Love - BeyonceReal Jazz musicians play, excellently!A Night In New York - Elbow Bones & The RacketeersSir Duke (Reflex) - Stevie WonderCherchez La Femme - Dr. Buzzard's Original Savannah BandSing Sing Sing - The Charlie Calello OrchestraHot Music - SohoCome Into My House - Queen LatifahRespect (Dancin' Danny D. Mix featuring Monnie Love) - AdevaGrandpa's party (i love ii love remix) - Monie loveGood Life (Magin Juan Mix) - Inner CityAll Over Your Face (Cazwell) - Loose JointsI've Got The Next Dance - Deniece WilliamsI Feel For You - Chaka KhanThe Glamorous Life - Sheila EAll I Do Is Think About You - Tammi Terrell--------http://www.hbo.com/movies/bessie#/https://youtu.be/cIKrLqFC3TAhttps://www.youtube.com/channel/UC5gQLsodBsCys1_3Zbm83vg https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/qool-dj-marv-aural-memoirs-and-buttamilk-archives/id269880758 https://music.apple.com/us/artist/qool-dj-marv/1558418894 https://www.instagram.com/qooldjmarv/ https://qooldjmarv.bandcamp.com/album/sound-paths-v-1 https://tidal.com/browse/artist/23883666 https://www.mixcloud.com/qooldjmarv/ https://open.spotify.com/artist/48vhJ2d1hVaFHf6gqXeTm0?si=fWO0N456QeWRMWLUtqe4Yg https://twitter.com/qooldjmarv https://www.threads.net/@qooldjmarv https://www.facebook.com/MarvJColeman/ https://soundcloud.com/qooldjmarv https://www.twitch.tv/qooldjmarv https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/QoolDJMarvMusic