Podcasts about television hall of fame

In the 1970s and 80s you couldn't go to the movies without running into this week's legend Cloris Leachman. While the Oscar that catapulted her to stardom was for a drama (The Last Picture Show), here we remember her for bushels of laughs, expertly delivered on the Mary Tyler Moore Show and the Phyllis spinoff, and in some of Mel Brooks' classic films (notably Young Frankenstein). After that burst of activity, Cloris continued on with movie and television guest roles, picking up more Emmy awards along the way. A member of the Television Hall of Fame, Cloris also has a star on Hollywood's Walk of Fame. Stop by sometime and say "Blucher" - you just might hear a horse off in the distance. As always find extra clips below and thanks for sharing our shows. Want more Cloris? When Cloris joined the cast of the Mary Tyler Moore Show she brought just the right mix of snark, snobbery, and sweet to the role of Phyllis Lindstrom. https://youtu.be/Gw2GOvsd3Sg?si=l-WJcrCe2MvSeMB6 We mentioned the great bit about Frau Blucher that ran throughout Mel Brooks' Young Frankenstein. And here it is! https://youtu.be/nx8LjVmoSZk?si=DrlyiU_5_ZGuFvaA Later in her career Cloris had a recurring role on Malcolm in the Middle, picking up two Emmy's along the way. https://www.reddit.com/.../one_of_the_great_scenes.../...

Barbara Jill Walters (September 25, 1929 – December 30, 2022) was an American broadcast journalist and television personality.[1][2] Known for her interviewing ability and popularity with viewers, she appeared as a host of numerous television programs, including Today, the ABC Evening News, 20/20, and The View. Walters was a working journalist from 1951 until her retirement in 2014.[3][4][5] Walters was inducted into the Television Hall of Fame in 1989, received a Lifetime Achievement Award from the NATAS in 2000 and a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 2007.Walters began her career at WNBT-TV (NBC's flagship station in New York) in 1953 as writer-producer of a news-and-information program aimed at the juvenile audience, Ask the Camera, hosted by Sandy Becker. She joined the staff of the network's Today show in the early 1960s as a writer and segment producer of women's-interest stories. Her popularity with viewers led to her receiving more airtime, and in 1974 she became co-host of the program, the first woman to hold such a position on an American news program.[6][7][8] During 1976, she continued to be a pioneer for women in broadcasting while becoming the first American female co-anchor of a network evening news program, alongside Harry Reasoner on the ABC Evening News. Walters was a correspondent, producer and co-host on the ABC news magazine 20/20 from 1979 to 2004. She became known for an annual special aired on ABC, Barbara Walters' 10 Most Fascinating People.During her career, Walters interviewed every sitting U.S. president and first lady from Richard and Pat Nixon to Barack and Michelle Obama.[9][10] She also interviewed both Donald Trump and Joe Biden, although not when either was president. She also gained acclaim and notoriety for interviewing subjects such as Fidel Castro, Anwar Sadat, Menachem Begin, Katharine Hepburn, Sean Connery, Monica Lewinsky, Hugo Chávez, Vladimir Putin,[11] Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, Jiang Zemin, Saddam Hussein, and Bashar al-Assad.[12]PICTURE: By Lynn Gilbert, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=127447222

Bill rambles about throwing little-people, the Television Hall of Fame, and Instagram location settings. Open Phone: Go to www.OpenPhone.com/BURR and get 20% off your first six months. You can even bring your existing number with you for free.

WHO KNEW. Barry Diller is an American businessman and philanthropist who recently published his life story in his book Who Knew with Simon and Schuster. The chairman and senior executive of IAC and Expedia Group, he founded the Fox Broadcasting Company with Rupert Murdoch and USA Broadcasting. He was inducted into the Television Hall of Fame in 1994. Barry Diller is married to the fashion designer Diane von Fürstenberg. "You fake it until you make it" "It became the number one network, and when there were only four networks that was some achievement." "Serendipity struck again"

Celebrated documentary filmmaker and Television Hall of Fame inductee Ken Burns, talks about his latest film, Leonardo da Vinci. It will air nationwide on PBS network stations on November 18 and 19, 2024. Burns has directed […]

Charles Bishop Kuralt (September 10, 1934[1] – July 4, 1997) was an American television, newspaper and radio journalist and author.[2][3] He is most widely known for his long career with CBS, first for his "On the Road" segments on The CBS Evening News with Walter Cronkite, and later as the first anchor of CBS News Sunday Morning, a position he held for fifteen years.[4] In 1996, Kuralt was inducted into Television Hall of Fame of the National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences.[5] Kuralt's On the Road segments were recognized twice with personal Peabody Awards.[6][7] The first, awarded in 1968, cited those segments as heartwarming and "nostalgic vignettes."[6] In 1975, his award was for his work as a U.S. "bicentennial historian"; his work "capture[d] the individuality of the people, the dynamic growth inherent in the area, and...the rich heritage of this great nation."[7] Kuralt also won an Emmy Award for On the Road in 1978.[5] He shared in a third Peabody awarded to CBS News Sunday Morning in 1979.[8] PICTURE: By CBS, Fair use, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?curid=2523865

Today on the show we're talking about the legend that is Barbara Walters. We actually have another journalist I admire, Susan Page, who wrote The Rulebreaker: The Life and Times of Barbara Walters (which just came out on April 23), talking about a journalist I admire, so our cup runneth over with powerhouse female journalists. Barbara lived a long, full life, passing away on December 30, 2022, at 93 years old. In her lifetime, she became one of the most well-known and well-regarded broadcast journalists and television personalities, perhaps most famous for her genius level interviewing ability and for breaking barriers that once prevented women from being equal to men when it came to broadcast journalism. She was an Emmy winner and hosted numerous programs like Today, the ABC Evening News, 20/20, and she created The View, which Susan and I talk about on the show today. She was a working journalist from 1951 until her retirement in 2015 and was very deservedly inducted into the Television Hall of Fame in 1989; she even has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. In the early 1960s, Barbara was relegated to reporting on women's interest stories on Today, but her popularity amongst viewers eventually catapulted to her becoming a co-host of the show in 1974, the first woman to hold such a role on an American news program. In 1976, she broke down more barriers when she became the first American female co-anchor of a network evening news program alongside Harry Reasoner on the ABC Evening News—which, um, did not go so well. Don't worry, Susan and I talk about that, too. She became known for her annual Barbara Walters' 10 Most Fascinating People, and during her career interviewed every sitting U.S. president and First Lady from the Nixons to the Obamas; she also interviewed both Donald Trump and Joe Biden, but not when either was president. Her interviews with subjects ranging from Fidel Castro to Monica Lewinsky and so many more gained her recognition as the best interviewer in the business, but who was Barbara Walters the person, not the personality? Well, Susan's book lays it all out. We learn about Barbara's marriages—she was married four times to three men—her daughter, other romantic relationships, and her childhood, especially her relationship with her father and her sister, and how those relationships shaped her into the woman she became. Today on the show to discuss it all is Susan Page, the Washington, D.C. bureau chief for USA Today. This is Susan's third biography of a powerful woman: her first, about Barbara Bush, was released in 2019 and is called The Matriarch: Barbara Bush and the Making of an American Dynasty. She then released a biography about House Speaker Nancy Pelosi called Madam Speaker: Nancy Pelosi and the Lessons of Power in 2021, and her third book is The Rulebreaker. Susan has covered seven White House administrations and 11 presidential elections and has interviewed 10 presidents, right up there with Barbara Walters. She also moderated the 2020 vice presidential debate between Kamala Harris and Mike Pence, founded and hosts a video newsmaker series for USA Today called “Capital Download,” and appears frequently as a panelist or an analyst on various news programs, including Meet the Press—and was even president of the White House Correspondents Association at one point. I can't wait for you to hear our conversation.   The Rulebreaker: The Life and Times of Barbara Walters by Susan Page

Join Matt and Thomas as they make the announcement of the first-ever Don Pardo award; Don Pardo!Transcript:[0:43] All right, thank you so much, Doug DeNance. It is great to be here in the SNL Hall of Fame with you all.My name is JD, and welcome to the SNL Hall of Fame podcast.Before you come on inside, if you could do me a favor and please wipe your feet, that would be just tremendous.The SNL Hall of Fame podcast is a weekly affair where each episode we take a deep dive into the career of a former cast member, host, musical guest, or writer and addthem to the ballot for your consideration.Once the nominees have been announced, we turn to you, the listener, to vote for the most deserving and help determine who will be enshrined for perpetuity in the hall.Well, that's normally the way we play the game, but this week we're doing things a little bit different.Allow me to introduce you to the Don Pardo Award episode.That's right. We've created an award for somebody that will receive it and be enshrined in the Hall of Fame outside of the voting process.[1:47] So this is pretty exciting. This won't be somebody you vote for.This will be something that we award every year going forward and when there is somebody that makes sense to give the award to.So it might not be every year but our goal will be to make it every year.And, uh, the first recipient of the Don Pardo award is none other than the namesake of the award, Don Pardo.And my friends, Matt Ardill and Thomas Senna have gathered together in the bunker.[2:27] We are going to not participate in Matt's minutiae minute this week.We are going to go right downstairs to Thomas and Matt where they are going to titillate us with information on Don Pardo and why he belongs in the SNL Hall of Fame.So buckle up, get ready, and enjoy this special episode of the SNL Hall of Fame podcast.Track 3:[3:23] All right, JD, thanks for the introduction. And that is correct.You cannot have Matt Ardill this episode for Matt's minutia minute.I'm stealing him for this discussion, Jamie, and that's all there is to it.It's a special one because we're not trying to make the case for someone to get inducted into the SNL Hall of Fame.That business has already been handled. world.We're here to celebrate the induction of Don Pardo. So Matt, our deal here with me to celebrate.Hello. Thanks for joining me.[3:56] Thanks for having me, Thomas. I'm glad to be here. Yeah, it's fun.I know Jamie always has you guys do your thing at the top of the show, but it's fun for me and you to have a little discussion here and and lead the conversation. So I'mreally happy to have you.You and I don't always we don't get to interact enough. So this is really great, Matt.Yeah, I am looking forward to it. I Don is such a part of the legacy of SNL.It's great to have. Yeah, such a huge legacy.And I think Don Pardo is a pretty fitting person to receive this special induction by the SNL Hall of Fame Veterans Committee.The first being Lorne Michaels. That was an obvious choice. We were like, should we name the Hall of Fame after Lorne Michaels?We decided that Lorne Michaels would be the perfect first inductee as far as Veterans committee goes, but it's hard to argue the impact that Don Pardo had on viewersthroughout his career prior to and throughout SNL, Matt.Yeah, well, I mean, he had a 70 year tenure with NBC starting like in radio before the television was even really much of a thing. And I think like he he was with thecompany.[5:08] Basically his entire adult life, like grew up the son of immigrants in Norwich, Connecticut.His first broadcasting job was with the NBC affiliate station WJR in 1938, becoming a full time announcer in 1944.[5:25] Doing radio dramas, science fiction like Dimension X before eventually becoming a war reporter for NBC.[5:33] So, I mean, you know, if people think, oh, you know, he's the guy from Jeopardy or or the price is right, which, yeah, he was. But before that, he had a verydistinguished career.Hard journalism. He was a hard journalist and real in the field in the field covered.That's wild to me that he covered World War Two.And we know him as a contemporary kind of SNL voice still. This man covered World War Two.Yeah. And in a way, that was like the real deal, too. It's not just like, oh, sitting there, not doing anything.Yeah. And I mean, when he came back, He he continued to to to work like in the game shows.That's where I think most people came to know him because it was such a popular format.He was so I think the mark of somebody being a part of a popular culture is a weird owl includes you in something.[6:25] And weird owls I lost on Jeopardy basically hinges around Don Pardo. video.[7:07] So it's like it's just hilarious. So, I mean, he's always had a good sense of humor about himself.He's always understood where he sort of fits in the zeitgeist.And I mean, he's done a variety of things.War reporting, Macy's Day Thanksgiving parade.He continued to do the nightly NBC nightly news on the radio well into his nearest retirement.His time at Studio 8H actually predates SNL. So he was longer at 8H longer than SNL.And he said that where he does like the booth that he did that he did the the introductions from that's where the conductor of the the famous orchestra that yeah studio eight.That's where the conductor basically would stand. And I think Don really enjoyed that fact.Yeah, he did. And he had this one interview I watched with him where he talks about like how things have changed and like how how Studio 8H used to be this big highceiling ballroom with this raised stage, that there was a staff band who were paid a salary to just basically hang out and then play music whenever people wanted music forthings.So he comes he kind of bridges the entire sort of spectrum of the history.[8:24] He retired from NBC in 2004, but as a favor to Lauren, kept kept going.And you can find a lot of these stories that he talks about online.A lot of interviews on YouTube.I where he talks about how the first time he had to step back, he's had laryngitis.He was like he's in his retirement years and he's like he they were still flying him out to New York from his retirement home where he was living and his sister-in-lawcalled him.It's like, oh, you sounded great last night. He's like, oh, really?Did you listen to that entire entire episode? the entire thing where I had a big back and forth with the with the host.And she's like, yeah, you sound like you're good. Older is like, how do I sound now? And I said, well, you sound kind of rough.Yeah, because that wasn't me.[9:12] It's like the first one that that Daryl Hammond did stepping in for him.And afterwards, Darryl was saying, you know, you're you're really hard to do.You're really just such a bombastic, right? Yeah.Darryl says that this is basically him as an announcer. Darryl as the SNL announcer is just an homage to Don Pardo.So he's essentially trying to do a Don Pardo. He's not Darryl using a Darryl voice being the announcer.He's still trying to harness the spirit of Don Pardo.I love that Darryl understands Don Pardo's obviously his importance to the show.Yeah. And I mean, it's it's just really speaks to that.No way. Like, you know, Lauren is kind of the mind, but I think Don is the heart because he's like a natural entertainer, you know, And he kind of goes back to what.[10:02] Lauren was trying to channel when he first started SNL was that sort of bridge between old comedy and new comedy.And Don sort of runs right up the middle of that because he literally connected the history of NBC and that studio to the modern studio.They talk a lot about how in the early days he would do the warm ups beforehand and in the first few seasons that kind of got shrunk and shrunk and shrunk.But yeah, I mean, he was there for everything right up until the end.He was a big part and witnessed the creation of the Blues Brothers as an opening, like one of the opening warm up acts kind of thing.And it talks about how, you know, he was there for that and how it was like such a great moment.Yeah, for sure. You talked about Don as an entertainer, and I think it was always a treat for SNL fans whenever he would show up, whether it was just his voice as part ofthe action in the sketch or like the times that he would actually, we would see Don Pardo's face.Even re-watching old SNL sketches, a lot of times for what I do, for what we do, we tend to go back and watch old sketches, old episodes.[11:16] Always a treat to see and hear Don Pardo being involved in the action.So I want to kind of just go over some of the highlights as far as Don Pardo being involved in SNL sketches.And I think one of the first ones, It was the very end of season one.It was a summer episode, Matt, waiting for Pardo.And this is a sinker of a sketch. And I really enjoy this sketch, though, Matt. Like, what did you think of waiting for Pardo?I think it's one of my favorite where he's in it just because it's such it's, it's one of those early SNL sketches where it's like really slow. It's really deep.But the punch is still there. Like, it's just so absurdist because you have you have like Chris Christopherson and Chevy Chase just sitting on a log waiting for Pardo, whichis like a such a like theater nerd pun, you know, like it's like it's most people won't know the play waiting for Godot.You know, it's not like a top of mind consciousness kind of thing.So it's already kind of like I'm thinking it's probably O'Donoghue who or somebody like that who wrote this.Yeah, it seems like it could have been an O'Donoghue.Yeah, yeah, it's a little bit like snooty, but that that just was fun.We can't wait much longer.We don't have much time.[12:39] Yes, you do, boys, because here's good news. Space and time are empirically real, but transcendentally ideal.Yours from Emanuel Kant, where time and space work hand in hand for you.But it just leaned into the Selena and you just would have him reading these philosophical mantras in that bombastic Don Pardo voice.And it just it made it ridiculous.It was like there's nothing he was saying that was inherently ridiculous, but just the way he delivered it made it ridiculous, which was so wonderful.He knew his part. Like you had said, he knew what tone to hit, even in a comedic sketch.Pardo knew his role in that sketch.So so he knew that just breaking in to promote a sponsor and like a philosophical kind of reference references in those sponsors. But he knew just by doing that, the righttone to hit to really uplift the gag.And it's just hilarious. Like they're talking about Pardo like he's an enigmatic figure.Yes, yes, he's just this voice like this, the disembodied voice, Don Pardo, like, who is he?Chris Christopherson and Chevy Chase just, yeah, that was just such a fun early, like you said, season one, what a what a fun early way to use Don Pardo.[14:02] And it was kind of neat, in a way, it kind of spoke to the moment to like the commercialization of the intellectual too, because you had like a manual can't watchesand spazzo spazzo is a luggage or I Ching cruise lines.So it's like it was just like so ridiculous. It is like, again, people know him as the game show host, the guy who's like on the Price is Right and you've won this brand newCadillac.Like it's that's that's the energy he was bringing to it. And it's like.So bonkers. It's just I loved it. I loved it.Yeah, that's a great one. Waiting for Pardo again, the Chris Kristofferson episode in the summer, one of the summer episodes in season one.He also did one of the first times I think that he actually appeared on camera was at the very end of the original run of SNL.The first five seasons, it was a Buck Henry episode in May of 1980.That was a time at where they knew that the original cast was leaving and season six they were going to have to start over so buck did this bit in the monologue where hewas introducing the cast for season six the quote-unquote cast and Don played a man named Ron Waldo who does a great imitation of Don Fardo.And last, last folks, but not least, here's Ron Waldo.[15:31] Now, Ron, they say you do a great imitation of Don Pardo. That's right, Buck.It's Saturday Night Live! That's terrific.[15:46] There you have it, ladies and gentlemen. And he looks so tickled being on screen.It was so funny to watch. And he looked like genuinely like Don, like genuinely tickled to be up there on screen.Well, I mean, like he maintains these relationships with all of these like a few like many years later when he's on 30 Rock playing himself as the announcer for the girlyshow again.Like and this is like when he's in his 90s. I think at this point he's just loving it. He's just and I think that's really what makes him so special.He's like he realizes that the joy of the moment being on SNL originally and then maintaining these relationships all the way into his autumn years Yeah, definitely. Weshould position his age in all of this.So he was born in 1918 Yes, so when SNL started he was 57 there abouts 56 50 He was already in his late 50s when SNL started, so he he turned 90, when he was into his90s when he was still doing this.Yeah, he was. He was kind of an old man on the block in 1975 when SNL started.He and Herb Sargent were kind of the two like old men there.[16:58] Yeah. And I mean, and the thing is, he was always game like he who worked with Frank Zappa on the episode that Zappa hosted.They performed a song, I'm the Slime, and Don Pardo did a part.I'm the best you can get.Have you guessed me yet?[17:20] I'm the slime oozing out from your... Take it away, Don Pardo![17:54] Frank Zappa liked it so much, he included him on the album.And then when he was doing that, when Zappa was doing his New York Palladium four or five days or a week or something like that, he had Don Pardo dressed up in likeone of those old time big band sort of jazz, white jazz conductor leader suits, the giant cane and a big hat and, selling these giant like one story tall posters of Don Pardodone up like that as part of the show in New York. Like some people clicked with them.If Frank Zappa, who's legendarily a contrarian, is like, oh, no, this guy gets it.Then, you know, he really gets it and he's game for for anything.Yeah, he's he wasn't self-serious.[18:41] And that's what we can sense that as an audience, that this man wasn't self-serious, and there was a charm about that.And it was so wonderful. Like he did a parody of himself. and another time he appeared on screen, it was in season 6 actually, they did a Sabanetwork telethon.They're poking fun at how NBC was in trouble or whatever.We actually see Don Pardo sing a little bit. You know there's a word for the position NBC's in now.[19:26] He's just he's willing to do whatever he needs. Yeah, yeah, definitely.We actually saw him do some warming up of the crowd. You'd mentioned that he was their warm up guy for a bit. But there was a sketch and at the end of season nine, itwas a cold open and it was Sammy Davis Jr.And Frank Sinatra, Billy Crystal and Joe Piscopo.They find out that there's going to be a bunch of hosts for that episode of SNL.So Sammy and Frank kind of crashed the party. They break into Studio 8H.Frank hands Don some money and asks them to go get some towels for his room. But we see Don.Warming up the crowd and getting involved in the in the sketch and everything.So so that was it was just always so much fun to to see Don Pardo just pop up and he was game.And like you said, sometimes we overuse that, especially like for hosts.But with somebody like Don Pardo, like he definitely was game whenever they would call him out of the bullpen, which wasn't that often.He was always ready when they needed him.Yeah. I mean, I think that's the best part of it. Like whenever they did use him, it was special.You know, like there was it was they didn't overuse him. It didn't get boring or OK here. They're using Don again.I think like in the first season, there was maybe like three times they used him. Like there's that the waiting for Perdo.[20:45] And there's also like Don Pardo tattles or something like that, where it's like a school, like a turn of the century schoolroom kind of thing.Like and and he just starts like rat like the teacher comes in And it's like, What were you kids up to?And it's like that's Don Pardo just tattling just the voiceover of him.Well, Billy Smith was saying naughty words and just like it was like it's just is perfect because it's just silly and ridiculous.[21:15] But it's short and it's sweet. It's like they just use it and get in and get out because you don't want to like drag that on.Sometimes he would go four or five plus seasons in between appearances, like on-camera appearances.So he would go like that Sammy and Frank one that I mentioned, and then we didn't see him again for another five years, really, on camera.He was in a sketch with John Lovitz, it's called Get to Know Me, and Don did a testimonial for getting to know John Lovitz, and how that changed his life, essentially, wasto get to know John Lovitz and stuff.Hello, before I got to know John, I was nothing, nowhere, nobody.I was stuck in a room reading voiceovers I could barely understand.And then I got to know him and now I get to be on TV and today they call me Don Pardo.[22:14] So every few years he would kind of pop up on screen and you're like, oh my God, like That's kind of a special special moment to look back on.Yeah, he was in this game breakers Sketch was a game show sketch hosted by Phil Hartman, of course Who was the resident game show host in the early 90s?Susan Lucci was on playing her Erica Kane character and it's a game show, but they get caught up in a love affair and Don, that ends up officiating their wedding. Thatgame show in that sketch is based on a game show.He was the announcer for in real life. Right.So it's like and that's when you do these parodies, you have these connections to like the real life edities and it just makes it it's nice because it kind of makes it feel thatmuch more genuine, in a way to be like, yeah, he's really he's ready to jump in and and still like, you know, so he's like this touchstone for so many corners of people's liveslike at the time he you know was doing this like you know there's a generation you remember him as being guy who first announced Kennedy was assassinated indowntown Dallas President Kennedy was shot today just as his motorcade left downtown Dallas mrs.Kennedy jumped up and grabbed mr. Kennedy she cried oh no the motorcade sped on a photographer said he saw blood on the president's head.It was believed two shots were fired.[23:40] Keep tuned to your NBC station for the later news.He was the newscaster who literally broke the story first.So you have like him touching on like this counterculture thing and this this this major historical event and game shows.So it's like he covers the spectrum of culture in a way that I don't think anybody else ever has. No, no, he's like the he's like a Forrest Gump kind of figure as far asBroadcasters go.Yes. Yeah, it really sounds like it and if you think about it He's been there for for so many amazing things not just at SNL, but with NBC gosh Like the stories did he writea book and I don't know This is probably research I should have done before but but I would have I would love to read a Don Pardo Like that is a memoir.I'd love to listen to the audio book. No, you're right.Actually, yeah, like that would be. And that's the thing you don't like.I was I watched a bunch of interviews with him that were done by the Television Hall of Fame or something like that.But they're all on YouTube. Just look up Don Pardo.[24:47] And it's the guy I love telling stories. And that's the thing I don't think we get enough of because of as an announcer, he's like just little snippets and very briefmoments. and then the occasional sketch.But he loved it. He's like an old guy who loved telling stories about his life, you know? So if he didn't write a book, it's a shame.So it'd be an amazing book that I would love to read. If there is not an audio book of it, you need to get Daryl to do a reading of this book if it exists.Just like, please, give it to give us this in his voice.Exactly. Gosh, that yeah, that would be so great. And with this kind of a couple more for me, like on-camera moments.We saw Don Pardo, the physical comedian, he'd need Johnny Knoxville in the nuts in a monologue.Johnny Knoxville was hosting, he was doing a backstage kind of thing.Or no, it wasn't a backstage, it was a here's what happened over the week and it was basically the cast doing jackass like things to Johnny Knoxville and he meets DonPardo and he's like, oh my god I got to meet Don Pardo and Don Pardo just kind of like need him in the nuts and I think I'm pretty sure that was Don Pardo unless it wasreally great editing.[25:59] Yeah, I think it would be something he'd do.Yeah, yeah, exactly. That's that's within his his gameness, his personality.Yeah, to do something like that. But that that was a wonderful moment and a very touching moment is actually from what I can find the last time that Pardo appeared oncamera.And it was fitting because it was February 23rd, 2008.During the good nights, they brought out a birthday cake.Don Pardo has been with NBC since 1944, yesterday he turned 90, happy birthday Don![26:37] He blew out the candles and that was really touching. I remember when it happened in the moment, but even going back and watching, that's like, that was so such atouching moment, Matt.And I mean, they don't celebrate, they've never celebrated Lorne in that way, or anybody else, you know, there's very few people. And I mean, I think it's like an egalitariansense, like they don't want to elevate people above the rest of the cast.But there's certain people where they really feel, I feel like they recognize that there's intrinsic part of the heart of the show.And Don is one of them where they'll, they acknowledge the gift that he's given them.And you know, all of those decades of dedication to not just NBC, but specifically to SNL. Like he left NBC, but came back for that show.Yeah. When I'm in my 80s.[27:29] I am not going back to my day job. Oh, it'll take a lot of convincing and money or or me not having any money to get back to that.Exactly. Yeah, I think I'd be good, too.And he wasn't like he wasn't just the heart to like.That's kind of the main thing is first. When I think about Don Pardo is the heart of in a more clinical sense.He was so crucial to the branding of the show. And it's really hard to overstate and hard to quantify.Just how important Don Pardo was to SNL's branding.Because when you think about it, part of the branding is their intros.They have the same similar intros every show. So people kind of get used to that.They get used to the voice. And so Don Pardo is part of the fabric of the brand of SNL.And I mean, Matt, that's so important. People don't just kind of, I can openly say how important he was in that regard.Yeah, and I mean, even when you look at parody SNL, the Don Pardo element is often a part of those parodies, like the the bombastic announcer.I kind of feel to me, Matt TV never really.And part of that was it kind of lacked something magical about it.I mean, it was fine. I didn't hate it.It had a few good sketches over the years. It really wasn't my jam.[28:54] I'm with you. But yeah, but there's just something missing.And I kind of feel like it's that energy that and it's not just Don as a person, but the energy that's that's manifested by knowing that Don is an important part of it throughoutthe entire show.Because like Lauren was like when he came back, one of the first things he did is he brought Don back on board.Don was laid off of the job during those years when Lauren was away.You know, like they're like, we're getting a new start. We're going to get a new announcer. and they realized, no, we need...And we need that. So it's like it's all part of that sort of spirit that I think goes into SNL that makes it so special.Right. Is it's all tied together in this magical brew.Yeah, that's a lot of what has separated SNL from a lot of sketch shows for me. I mean, there's a lot of sketch shows, a lot of sketch shows that I really like.[29:47] But I think Lorne and the people who have helped make us know what it is, they know how to put on a show.It's not just here's some here's our attempt at some sketches, and that's that like Lorne They wanted to make a whole show an Entertainment entity out of it and part of thatwas Don Pardo the energy of the band of G Smith or whoever was leading the band at the time.It was all that Secret sauce that made SNL not just a show that had some sketches and you're gonna get music or whatever However, it was an event and it sounded like anevent and somebody like Don Pardo can convey that this is an event that you're watching right now and that that's so huge and it's hard to do.People who have big booming voices can't even do what Don Pardo did.Because there is there was nuance to it in a lot of ways that you don't.It's not just being loud.It's it's being in the moment.It feels live. You know, like it's not like canned or phoned in, even when it was recorded separately in the later years.It didn't really feel that way, which is really special.[31:04] So before we get out of here, is there anything else about Don Pardo that that you could find that you wanted to make sure that we that we covered here?Yeah, I mean, like I just I think it's it's just really awesome how game he was to make fun of himself in all levels.Like you like you hear those stories about like his time on the show, like watching him talk about that.And he's half the time he's just being self deprecating.You know, like I lost on Jeopardy. He was nailing the lines as if he was doing his job on Jeopardy.I think what makes him special is that he was always he was dedicated 70 years with the company and a part of culture, but never was arrogant about it.But understood where he felt it fit in and was a guest in people's lives.He was a humble guy, but a compassionate one at the same time.Yeah. For those reasons, that's why Don Pardo is an SNL Hall of Famer. No vote necessary.The Veterans Committee got together and decided that Don Pardo is in the SNL Hall of Fame.[32:14] So before we go, you had touched on it before. So I've heard comedians throughout the years basically do impressions of Don Pardo.Scott Aukerman, if you listen to Comedy Bang Bang, Scott Aukerman likes to say Nassim Padrad in a Don Pardo voice.That's a funny bit that he does. Daryl Hammond, as we mentioned, essentially pays homage to Pardo every week by doing his voice on SNL.So Matt, I thought that in honor of Don Pardo, I think we should each do Pardo impressions of our own by taking turns naming three cast members from SNL history in ourDon Pardo voice, paying tribute in our own little way to Don Pardo. What do you think? That'd be fun.All right, I'll start it and then we'll just volley here. Three each. Okay.Nora Dunn. Bill Hartman.Melanie Hutzel. Michael. Mike Meyers.Finesse Mitchell.[33:21] Okay.Okay. Sorry.Billy Crystal.How did that happen? I was like, okay, I'm going to do, I didn't even, Billy Crystal wasn't even who I was going to do. I was going to do Dana Carvey.And it's just like, every name went out of my head in that moment.I think I was just overwhelmed by the sense of Don Pardo.Like, you know, it's just too much voice, too much voice. Exactly.So again, Don Pardo, we love you.Congratulations, Don Pardo. Welcome to the SNL Hall of Fame.Matt, thank you so much for joining me and celebrating Mr. Pardo.Track 2:[34:20] So there's that Thank you so much Thomas and Matt.That was wonderful and celebratory and I think very, Appropriate for somebody as synonymous with SNL as Don Pardo is, So that's really wonderful Normally at thispoint we play you a clip to seal the deal Uh, we're going to do the same this week, uh, although again, this isn't to influence your voting because you don't get to vote forthis, uh, award.This is somebody who is automagically inducted into the hall of fame, but let's listen to the maestro do some of his, uh, maestroing work.[35:08] Um, this is Don Pardo introducing the season 16 cast of SNL during the opening credits.[35:19] So give this a listen and, uh, we'll meet you on the other side.[36:44] Oh, that was fantastic. That was very nostalgic.A Trip Down Memory Lane. That's my cast. That's a little later than my cast, in terms of the featured players, but that's my group.That's really wonderful, and I'm glad that we got to hear that.I liked Daryl Hammond doing the opening, but there was something about Bardo, you know? And it's hamstrings Hammond in a way, because he, he doesn't want to just beDon Pardo.He's doing something different. And, uh, I appreciate that.But, um, what do you think?What do you think of this award? Who else should be a recipient of the Don Pardo award when you're thinking about season five? Is there anybody that comes to mind?Well, we've got a few people in mind. We'll share that with you as the time progresses, But that's pretty much what I've got for you this week.I wanna make you aware of the fact that voting will open December the 5th for the Hall of Fame, and the finale will be December 18th, I believe.[37:54] So there's that. So get ready, buckle up, and yeah, we're gonna elect a new group of Hall of Famers, or you are, I suppose.So, enjoy, and thanks to Thomas and Matt for doing Yeoman's work.And for you, there's a job. It's on your way out as you pass the Weekend Update exhibit.Do me a favor and turn out the lights, because the SNL Hall of Fame is now closed.Support 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Tv and film legend Carol Burnett joins The Art of Kindness with Robert Peterpaul for our 100th episode extravaganza! The Carol Burnett Show powerhouse calls in to discuss all things kindness: including life-changing acts of kindness throughout her life and career, and what her golden advice for the world. What can be said of the beloved icon Carol Burnett that hasn't been said? Carol is, of course, an award-winning actress, producer, comedic genius and best-selling author, widely recognized for her work in Broadway shows like Once Upon A Mattress, films like Annie and television, most notably The Carol Burnett Show. Named in 2007 by TIME magazine as one of “100 Best Television Shows of All Time,” The Carol Burnett Show ran for 11 years, averaged 30 million viewers per week, and received 25 Emmy Awards, making it one of the most honored shows in television history. It put Carol and her friends opposite legendary guest stars like Lucille Ball, Betty White, Cher, and her good friend Julie Andrews.  Carol's remarkable journey to stardom started with humble beginnings. Born in San Antonio, Texas, in 1933, she was predominantly raised by her mother and grandmother. The family moved to a less-than-glamorous part of Hollywood in the late 1930s, seeking a better life and eventually putting Carol in the halls of Hollywood High School. As time went by, the family's modest means made going to college a far away dream for Carol. However two acts of kindness soon intervened and changed her path forever… which, of course, we discuss in today's conversation. Carol now has a permanent steak in the grounds of Los Angeles, with the intersection of Highland Ave. and Selma directly adjacent to Hollywood High School, named Carol Burnett Square. This is merely one accolade the star has racked up over the years. As a highly acclaimed actress, Carol has been honored with Emmys, Golden Globes, People's Choice Awards, the Peabody, a Grammy, a SAG Lifetime Achievement Award. and many more. She is a Kennedy Center Honoree, the recipient of the Kennedy Center Mark Twain Prize for Humor and the Presidential Medal of Freedom; was inducted into the Television Hall of Fame, and has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. In 2019, the Hollywood Foreign Press Association created The Carol Burnett Award which is an honorary Golden Globe to celebrate outstanding contributions to television on or off the screen. Offscreen, Carol enjoys spending time with her husband Brian, her two daughters Jody and Erin, her grandsons, and her cat, Nikki. As a passionate supporter of the arts and education, she established several scholarships around the country, including the Carol Burnett Musical Theatre Competition at her alma mater, UCLA, and the Carrie Hamilton Foundation, to honor her daughter's memory. A major thank you to our 100th episode sponsors: Schmackary's Cookies, Relativity Ventures, Sticker You, Rapid Press, NAJ Captured, Scott Appel Media, Jennifer Laski PR, Deanna Giulietti and Factory Underground, where this episode was recorded. Follow us: @artofkindnesspod / @robpeterpaul Support the show! (https://www.buymeacoffee.com/theaok) Music: "Awake" by Ricky Alvarez & "Sunshine" by Lemon Music Studio. We are supported by the Broadway Podcast Network.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Betty White's story is one for the ages. Born in 1922, she witnessed the rise of the entertainment industry from its earliest days. From her early beginnings in radio to her groundbreaking work on television, Betty's versatility and talent made her a household name. We explore her early days as a model and radio personality, her transition to television, and her numerous hit shows, including "The Golden Girls," where her portrayal of the lovable Rose Nylund endeared her to millions. But Betty's influence extends far beyond her acting career. She was a tireless advocate for animal welfare and a passionate humanitarian, using her platform to raise awareness for countless causes. Her timeless humor and positive outlook on life made her a role model for generations, proving that age is just a number. She has an impressive list of awards and achievements, from her record-breaking Emmy wins to her induction into the Television Hall of Fame. Betty White's wit, charm, and infectious laughter have left an indelible mark on the entertainment world, making her a beloved figure for both young and old. Get your Homance apparel: nicolebonneville.etsy.com Follow us on IG: @homance_chronicles Connect with us: linktr.ee/homance Send us a Hoe of History request: homancepodcast@gmail.com

  TV Tales of The Unbreakable Jay Glazer to Creating Competition Shows from American Ninja Warrior to Hell's Kitchen w/ Arthur Smith BRT S04 EP28 (191) 7-16-2023     What We Learned This Week: ·    Jay Glazer's Unbreakable mindset gets him thru ‘the gray' of his daily life, working on his mental health ·    Arthur Smith's describes Reach as striving for our full potential to create amazing things ·    Creation of TV Classics like American Ninja Warrior & Hell's Kitchen       Guests: Jay Glazer is a TV personality and National Football League (NFL) insider for FOX Sports' award-winning NFL pregame studio show, FOX NFL Sunday. The entire cast, including Glazer, became the first sports show inducted into the Television Hall Of Fame in 2019. He was one of the first ever minute by minute breaking online news reporters in the NFL, first for CBSSportsline.com in 1999, followed by FoxSports.com.  In 2007, Glazer created the first mixed martial arts training program for pro athletes in America and has trained over 1,000 pro athletes. In 2014, he co-founded the Unbreakable Performance Center, a private training facility frequented by Wiz Khalifa, Chris Pratt, and Demi Lovato, as well as numerous NFL, NHL and MMA athletes. Glazer starred as himself in all five seasons of HBO's Ballers. In 2015, Glazer and former U.S. Army Green Beret Nate Boyer founded the charitable organization MVP (Merging Vets and Players) to assist combat veterans and former professional athletes, who often faced a tough road adjusting to civilian life. https://www.unbreakableperformance.com/     Arthur Smith, the chairman of A. Smith & Co. Productions, is a pioneering veteran of nonfiction television, known for creating and producing some of the longest running unscripted series in history, including Hell's Kitchen and American Ninja Warrior. Smith was honored as one of Variety's “Titans of Unscripted TV” in 2022, inducted into the Realscreen Awards Hall of Fame in 2021, awarded Broadcasting and Cable's “Producer of the Year” in 2020, Nominated for several Emmy Awards, and received dozens of awards, including NAACP Awards, Realscreen Awards, and Critics Choice Awards. Smith embarked on his career in television as a twenty-two-year-old wunderkind, talking his way into sports production at CBC in his native Canada. He quickly distinguished himself as a rising star at the network, where he produced three Olympic Games among countless other high-profile events. At the age of twenty-eight, Smith was named the youngest ever head of CBC Sports. His successful run at the network ended when American broadcasting icon Dick Clark lured him to Hollywood to develop and produce a wide variety of entertainment programming. Then as the head of programming and production at FOX Sports Net, Smith played an instrumental role in the launch and growth of this massive entity, before the biggest reach of his life—the creation of his eponymous production company that has thrived for more than twenty years. He lives in Los Angeles. In REACH: Hard Lessons and Learned Truths from a Lifetime in Television (Blackstone Publishing, June 6, 2023), Smith shares adventures, triumphs, and hard-won lessons from his astonishing career, beginning with his unprecedented ascension from the ranks of sports production to become the youngest ever head of CBC Sports. Never one to rest on his laurels, Smith then moved from Canada to the United States to produce a wide variety of entertainment programming with his mentor, television icon Dick Clark. Years later, he spearheaded an entirely new approach to sports television at FOX Sports Net, helping to grow the fledgling business into a true industry powerhouse. In 2000, Smith made the biggest reach of his career with the launch of A. Smith & Co. Productions which has produced over 200 television shows on more than fifty networks. Across genres, formats, and platforms, Smith and his A. Smith & Co. team have earned reputation for original, emotional, buzz-worthy, and deeply personal storytelling.  In these pages, Smith takes us behind the scenes of dozens of pivotal moments in sports and television history, ranging from the high intensity control room at the Olympics to the development of The Titan Games with Dwayne (“The Rock”) Johnson. We learn about a show that never was with Donald Trump, as well as a super-far-fetched idea that became the bizarro-classic genre-buster I Survived a Japanese Game Show. Through winning anecdotes involving a disparate cast of famous characters, including Marlon Brando, Gordon Ramsay, Magic Johnson, Little Richard, Wayne Gretzky, Simon Cowell, and Microsoft cofounder Paul Allen, Smith illustrates just how far you can go when you work hard, take risks, and reach for your dreams.  https://www.asmithco.com/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/arthur-smith-91ba76b/     Seg 1 Interview w/ Jay Glazer about his new book, Unbreakable: In Unbreakable, Jay Glazer talks directly to you, his teammates, and shares his truth. All of his success from his screeching-and-swerving joy ride through professional football, the media, the fighting world, Hollywood, the military-warrior community, comes with a side of relentless depression and anxiety. Living in the gray, as Jay calls it, is just a constant for him. And, in order to work through the gray and succeed, Jay has to maintain an Unbreakable Mindset. With this book, you can:   ·       Be of Service-help others and help yourself in the process ·       Build Your Team-give support, get support ·       Never Underestimate the Power of Laughter-never take yourself too seriously ·       Be Proud of Your Scars-our trauma makes us who we are   Throughout Unbreakable, Jay will use his stories-featuring some of the biggest, baddest, and most fascinating characters in the public eye today-to show how he walks this walk, has learned that while the gray is very real, it doesn't have to define him. And it doesn't have to define you either. Jay takes readers on a behind-the-scenes journey, sharing never-before-heard stories about his own mental health that feature some of the most fascinating characters in the public eye today. The book offers honest, outspoken advice and insights gleaned from Jay's own fight against the dark forces of depression and anxiety, his decades-long journey to the top of sports-journalism and his traumatic survival of a near-death experience.  From an unlikely friendship with Michael Strahan that opened the door to his big break inside the NFL sports reporting, to helping veterans fight for their lives in the gym and even playing himself on the hit HBO show Ballers, Jay has seen it all. His experiences acting as coach to musicians like Wiz Khalifa and Demi Lovato to award-winning athletes and some of the most powerful people in business have given him the ability to laugh at himself while keeping up the fight against his own mental health struggles.     Seg 2 Interview w/ Arthur Smith about his new book, Reach: Arthur has been working in TV production for 30 years. He has produced sports and competition and game shows for major networks as well as worked at Fox Sports one. Famous shows he's created or American ninja warrior and Hells kitchen. He's also worked on the Olympics multiple times. Arthur's approaches simple you need to understand your audience. Do you wanna have in motion and whatever store you were telling to bring people in and make them feel some thing. Try to create storylines that appeal to everybody to gain a wide audience. American Ninja Warrior was a show of achievement, celebrating the contestants. It was a simple concept that makes you feel good. Arthur's worked on multiple Olympic Games. Worked on the 1988 Olympics which was very tough because the winter Olympics were in Calgary that year and the Summer Olympics were in sold. Olympics are very complex production with wide coverage. You have to find stories within the greater competition. The story of 1988 was the race of the Century with Ben Johnson versus Carl Lewis to determine who the fastest man in the world was. Ben Johnson won the gold and set a new speed record. Then later there was a scandal that Ben had cheated and he lost his medal. Arthur worked on a TV show with Jay Glazer called pros first Joe's. Where ex NFL players competed against average people. These competition and reality shows are the scripting of unscripted. Reality shows that are docudrama Or more scripted. What Arthur tries to do is more unscripted to get real stories. Takes an outline of their life type approach with you over shoot your footage and then find the stories.   Seg 3 2004 who created Hells kitchen which is totally pioneer that type of competition food show. Prior to that there had not been a successful Netwerk food show, it did not exist. Hells kitchen brought celebrity chef Gordon Ramsay to major fame. Need a title and a star to build a new concept of a shell for fox. It was going to be a food show competition which chefs going through boot camps and then the competition. It was very authentic with 80 cameras in a studio built restaurant. In 2000 survivor was a big hit which created many copycat reality competition shows. This is the skeleton model for many shows. When they created Hells kitchen in 2004, the belief was that reality shows it becomes saturated and it would not work. They started on Monday night on a holiday weekend, the show took off and has been on for 22 seasons. Author Smith's book reach, it's symbolic because when you reach to find out what you're capable of. He has numerous stories of his adventures with celebrities through the years and creating TV shows. There's stories in the book about Gordon Ramsay, Dick Clark, the rock, numerous sports stars, and Rupert Murdoch of Fox fame. Arthur is giving the book proceeds to six different charities. It's called from here on out is to help young people create a career   Seg 4 Arthur was working at the Fox sports Netwerk in the 1990s. Arthur was living in LA he had moved to sports from traditional TV. Then Fox Sports in the NFL deal was struck in the early 1990s. Rupert Murdoch knew how to build an asset in Netwerk. He needed the NFL to build Netwerk, he needed the asset. He overbid for the NFL got NFC football from CBS. Then he use the NFL to build the entire fox net work. Murdoch Murdoch had foresight. He understood that there's 500 channels and cable, and the TV is fragmented landscape. But with football you could still build ratings. Originally Fox only broadcast a few nights a week and was not on in multiple markets. But once they got the NFL they built out to a seven day a week Netwerk on all around the country. Live sports is still must see TV. Sunday night football is the highest rated weekly TV show. Rupert Murdoch Fox took big swings, big risks that can foul or yeah hit it bag. Rupert Murdoch also owns sky Netwerk in Australia. Just like the NFL he cut a deal with the Premier league soccer in England to air their sport. Arthur has a show template for competition shows that has worked multiple times. Show production process is very complex. Another show Arthur create it was a family game show called the floor is lava. Show is similar to the old nickelodeon kids competition shows. Arthur asked himself before creating a show how are you going to challenge people? What is the purpose of the show? American ninja first started it was on g4 TV. This was a gaming channel that doesn't even exist anymore. Eventually they moved up to NBC and started airing in prime time. It was a prime time obstacle course show. The athletes root for each other and usually there is no winner. It's all about men and women competing on the same course. Ninja warrior is based on Japanese show called the attempt. 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ABOUT JAY GLAZER AND UNBREAKABLE "Hey Teammate, we all face obstacles-physical, emotional, between the ears. The good news is that everything we have fought back against can empower us, IF WE KNOW HOW TO USE IT. My obstacles happen to be anxiety and depression. I call it living in the gray, and I've been mired in it my whole life. To be honest, it sucks. But I have also recently recognized that this same gray that has held me down has also empowered me to make my wildest dreams come true. You have probably overcome many of your own obstacles, but you've been too close to the conflict to clearly see what you've accomplished. We are all UNBREAKABLE, no matter what we do, who we are, or what traumas we may have experienced. We just need to admit that we can't walk this walk alone." --Jay Glazer After years of rejection but with constant hustle, Jay Glazer has built a career has one of the most iconic sports insiders, earning himself a spot on the Emmy award-winning Fox NFL Sunday, a role as the confidant of coaches and players across the league, and a role as himself alongside Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson on HBO series Ballers. His gym, Unbreakable Performance Center, attracts some of the biggest names in Hollywood, and is the headquarters to the powerful charity MVP (Merging Vets and Players) that Jay founded in 2015. MVP began as a weekly physical and mental health huddle with combat veterans and retired athletes has expanded to seven locations, helping soldiers and players transition to a new team. In Unbreakable, Jay Glazer talks directly to you, his teammates, and shares his truth. All of his success from his screeching-and-swerving joy ride through professional football, the media, the fighting world, Hollywood, the military-warrior community, comes with a side of relentless depression and anxiety. Living in the gray, as Jay calls it, is just a constant for him. And, in order to work through the gray and succeed, Jay has to maintain an Unbreakable Mindset. With this book, you can: · Be of Service-help others and help yourself in the process· Build Your Team-give support, get support· Never Underestimate the Power of Laughter-never take yourself too seriously· Be Proud of Your Scars-our trauma makes us who we are Throughout Unbreakable, Jay will use his stories-featuring some of the biggest, baddest, and most fascinating characters in the public eye today-to show how he walks this walk, has learned that while the gray is very real, it doesn't have to define him. And it doesn't have to define you either. Jay takes readers on a behind-the-scenes journey, sharing never-before-heard stories about his own mental health that feature some of the most fascinating characters in the public eye today. The book offers honest, outspoken advice and insights gleaned from Jay's own fight against the dark forces of depression and anxiety, his decades-long journey to the top of sports-journalism and his traumatic survival of a near-death experience. From an unlikely friendship with Michael Strahan that opened the door to his big break inside the NFL sports reporting, to helping veterans fight for their lives in the gym and even playing himself on the hit HBO show Ballers, Jay has seen it all. His experiences acting as coach to musicians like Wiz Khalifa and Demi Lovato to award-winning athletes and some of the most powerful people in business have given him the ability to laugh at himself while keeping up the fight against his own mental health struggles. JAY GLAZER BIOJay Glazer is a TV personality and National Football League (NFL) insider for FOX Sports' award-winning NFL pregame studio show, FOX NFL Sunday. The entire cast, including Glazer, became the first sports show inducted into the Television Hall Of Fame in 2019. He was one of the first ever minute by minute breaking online news reporters in the NFL, first for CBSSportsline.com in 1999, followed by FoxSports.com. In 2007, Glazer created the first mixed martial arts training program for pro athletes in America and has trained over 1,000 pro athletes. In 2014, he co-founded the Unbreakable Performance Center, a private training facility frequented by Wiz Khalifa, Chris Pratt, and Demi Lovato, as well as numerous NFL, NHL and MMA athletes. Glazer starred as himself in all five seasons of HBO's Ballers. In 2015, Glazer and former U.S. Army Green Beret Nate Boyer founded the charitable organization MVP (Merging Vets and Players) to assist combat veterans and former professional athletes, who often faced a tough road adjusting to civilian life.Book on Amazon - Unbreakable: How I Turned My Depression and Anxiety into Motivation and You Can Toohttps://www.amazon.com/Unbreakable-Jay-Glazer/dp/0063062852Follow Jay on Twitterhttps://twitter.com/JayGlazer

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Katie Couric is renowned and award-winning journalist, producer, and best-selling author. Katie is currently the Founder of Katie Couric Media, a multimedia news and production company. Katie also publishes the daily newsletter "Wake Up Call" From 2013 to 2017, Katie was Yahoo's Global News Anchor. Katie has been a host on all 3 major US TV networks — NBC News from 1989 to 2006, CBS News from 2006 to 2011, and ABC News from 2011 to 2014 — and in her early career she was an assignment editor for CNN. In addition to her TV news anchor roles , Katie has also hosted the Today show and 60 Minutes, and in 2004 Katie was also inducted into the Television Hall of Fame. In this conversation from the 2021 P&G Alumni Global Conference, Katie sat down with Marc Pritchard, P&G's Chief Brand Officer, to share their vision of a fairer and more equitable world through media and advertising. Katie speaks of the importance of accurate portrayals, images, and representation — influenced by the work of Mahzarin Banaji - who we've also featured on this podcast — on how our brains are hardwired to make associations and connections. Katie spoke of growing up with women only portrayed as stay-at-home moms and having to insist that she would not just cover cooking or fashion shows. You'll enjoy this candid conversation between two of the industries' biggest leaders in media - on the importance of change - and understanding.

Today's guest is Jay Glazer, a TV personality and National Football League (NFL) insider for FOX Sports' award-winning NFL pregame studio show, FOX NFL Sunday. The entire cast, including Glazer, became the first sports show inducted into the Television Hall Of Fame in 2019. In 2007, Glazer created the first mixed martial arts training program for pro athletes in America and has trained over 1,000 pro athletes. In 2014, he co-founded the Unbreakable Performance Center, a private training facility frequented by Wiz Khalifa, Chris Pratt, and Demi Lovato, as well as numerous NFL, NHL and MMA athletes. Be sure to check out Glazer's new book, Unbreakable: How I Turned My Depression and Anxiety into Motivation and You Can Too.In this episode, you will learnWhy it's okay to not be okay.How to find strength by being vulnerable.Learn to embrace your “messed-up-ness”.And so much more!For more, go to lewishowes.com/1253Buy a copy of Jay's book here: Unbreakable: How I Turned My Depression and Anxiety into Motivation and You Can TooMaster Your Mind and Defy the Odds with David Goggins: https://link.chtbl.com/715-podDr. Joe Dispenza on Healing the Body and Transforming the Mind: https://link.chtbl.com/826-podMel Robbins: The “Secret” Mindset Habit to Building Confidence and Overcoming Scarcity: https://link.chtbl.com/970-podSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

This week's conversation is with Jay Glazer, best known as a National Football League insider and TV host for FOX Sports' award-winning NFL pregame studio show, FOX NFL Sunday. The entire cast, including Jay, became the first sports show inducted into the Television Hall Of Fame in 2019. He is also part of FOX's Thursday Night Football. Jay was one of the first ever minute by minute breaking online news reporters in the NFL. In 2014, he co-founded the Unbreakable Performance Center, a private training facility frequented by Wiz Khalifa, Chris Pratt, and Demi Lovato, as well as numerous NFL, NHL and MMA athletes.And in 2015, Jay and former U.S. Army Green Beret Nate Boyer (a previous Finding Mastery guest) founded the charitable organization MVP (Merging Vets and Players) to assist combat veterans and former professional athletes, who often faced a tough road adjusting to civilian life. Jay has a new book out called Unbreakable, where he offers insights gleaned from his fight through depression and anxiety. It's a relentless, unapologetic, and no-nonsense approach to overcoming self-doubts, fears, and getting to the truth - and that sets the tone for this conversation.----Please support our partners!We're able to keep growing and creating content for YOU because of their support. We believe in their mission and would appreciate you supporting them in return!!To take advantage of deals from our partners, head to http://www.findingmastery.net/partners where you'll find all discount links and codes mentioned in the podcast.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Your Daily Phone Message - [3-4-22] Today, in 1984, Lucille Ball was inducted into the first Television Hall of Fame..I had the pleasure of working with her for one glorious day and night; she was warm, always smiling, and continually shining on her team around her. I've noticed that all of the biggest stars seem to shine because of the people around them.How big of a star are you today? Are you appreciating all of the people around you that are making you the star that you are?Start your WEEKDAYS with a BANG! Bring a smile to your face! Be reminded or inspired to stretch and grow and gain knowledge of some significant (or insignificant

Jay Leno spent 22 years hosting the “The Tonight Show” before being inducted into the Television Hall of Fame. His prized collection consists of approximately 286 vehicles: 169 cars and 117 motorcycles, all of which create a bit of a challenge when it comes to asset planning. In this episode, David Lenok is joined by … Continue reading 63. Jay Leno: Planning for Classic Car Collections →

Harvey Brownstone conducts an in-depth interview with Daughter of TV Legend Tim Conway and Author, “My Dad's Funnier Than Your Dad”, Kelly ConwayAbout Harvey's guest:Kelly Conway is the daughter of one of the most brilliant and beloved comedians in the history of entertainment:  Tim Conway.   From his portrayal of the inept Ensign Charles Parker on “McHale's Navy”, to his hilarious sketches on the legendary “Carol Burnett Show”, to his memorable performances in movies like “The Apple Dumpling Gang” and “The Long Shot”, and all those films where he played “Dorf” the golf pro, not to mention his voiceover work playing “Barnacle Boy” in “Sponge Bob Square Pants”, Tim Conway's sharp comic wit was incomparable and unforgettable.  He won 6 Emmy awards, a Golden Globe, a TV Land Legend Award, and he was inducted into the Television Hall of Fame.   Our guest has written a profoundly poignant book, giving us a heartfelt look into who her father really was, and how he lived his life.   Her book is entitled, “My Dad's Funnier than Your Dad:  Growing Up with Tim Conway in the Funniest House in America”.For more interviews and podcasts go to: https://www.harveybrownstoneinterviews.com/#KellyConway  #TimConway  #harveybrownstoneinterviews

Say "Hi Ho Steverino" to Steve Allen, comedian, writer, compser, and creator of the OG of late night talk shows -- "Tonight" -- way back in 1954. Through several talk shows, 8000 musical compositions, over 50 books, and a Peabody-award winning PBS show ("Meeting of Minds"), Steve was a thinking person's comic and one of the earliest inductees into the Television Hall of Fame. As always find extra cuts in the comments at laughtracksradio.com and thanks for sharing our shows!

Betty Marion White Ludden (January 17, 1922 – December 31, 2021) was an American actress and comedian.[1][2] A pioneer of early television, with a career spanning seven decades, White was noted for her vast work in the entertainment industry. She was among the first women to exert control in front of and behind the camera[3] and the first woman to produce a sitcom (Life with Elizabeth),[4] which contributed to her being named honorary Mayor of Hollywood in 1955.[5] White is often referred to as the "First Lady of Television", a title used for a 2018 documentary detailing her life and career.[6][7] White worked longer in television than anyone else in that medium, earning her a Guinness World Record in 2018.[9][10][11] White received eight Emmy Awards in various categories, three American Comedy Awards, three Screen Actors Guild Awards, and a Grammy Award.[12] She has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, and was a 1995 Television Hall of Fame inductee. PICTURE: By photo by Alan Light, CC BY 2.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=113929087 FOLLOW AND SUBSCRIBE TO OUR YOUTUBE CHANNEL: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCzyAwZGTgAdonBKhTxUiC2Q --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/thequeensnewyorker/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/thequeensnewyorker/support

Katie Couric is founder, author, producer, and one of the most notable journalists of all time. She worked for all three major TV networks, NBC, ABC and CBS, and in 2006 was inducted into the Television Hall of Fame. After leaving her long time position as co-anchor of The Today Show, Katie was historically named the first solo female anchor of CBS Evening News in 2006. Katie hosted her own talk show, served as a global news anchor for Yahoo, beame and recently became a New York Times best selling author following the debut of her memoir, “Going There.” On this episode of Real Pod, Katie opens up about her past struggles with bulimia, how she really feels about her life long career in the industry, and shares her game changing advice for all women trying to establish themselves in their respective careers. (P.S: Yes, she DOES watch The Morning Show!!) Follow Real Pod on Instagram! Follow Katie Couric on Instagram!    Purchase Katie Couric's New Book, Going There, Here!   Subscribe To Katie Couric's Newsletter, Wake Up Call! Sponsors: Open: You can try Open for 30 days free using my promo code REALPOD when you sign up, go to open-together.com/REALPOD and use code REALPOD when you sign up. Athletic Greens: Athletic Greens is going to give you an immune supporting FREE 1 year supply of Vitamin D AND 5 free travel packs with your first purchase if you visit athleticgreens.com/realpod today. BetterHelp: Get 10% off your first month by visiting our sponsor at betterhelp.com/realpod   Produced by Dear Media

We've got a very important issue to talk about this week. Apple wants to look at your private pictures. They've made such a big deal about privacy for years, so what's changed and why can't we trust them anymore? What have you done Tim Apple?The Australian government really hasn't liked supporting the games industry, despite years of lobbying and studies into how great the industry is for the economy. Someone's finally got through to them and we'll be getting changes to tax and visas to help encourage AAA development.Jason Mamoa thinks superheroes are like Greek mythology. Turns out the only reason he's joining the Scorsese comic genre battle is to remind everyone he wants to talk about climate change in his movies. Anyway, we all know his best role will be Duncan Idaho in Dune. It better not get delayed againApple's controversial new child protection features- https://www.theverge.com/2021/8/10/22613225/apple-csam-scanning-messages-child-safety-features-privacy-controversy-explained- https://www.ask-solutions.org/blog/2021/08-11-01?fbclid=IwAR1M731S3OrleR84O6134H-ZWXb5EtBoTY9tyXlIs0TiUXBVFwgHpP8Qmvc- https://www.reuters.com/technology/exclusive-apples-child-protection-features-spark-concern-within-its-own-ranks-2021-08-12/Australian Games Industry gets a Government Injection- https://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2021-08-10-how-australia-is-creating-a-sustainable-video-game-development-ecosystem?Jason Mamoa's take on superhero movies- https://boundingintocomics.com/2021/08/09/aquaman-star-jason-momoa-defends-superhero-movies-as-an-art-form-in-response-martin-scorseses-genre-criticisms/Other topics discussedWorst Cooks in America (an American reality television series that premiered on January 3, 2010, on Food Network. The show takes 12 to 16 contestants (referred to as "recruits") with very poor cooking skills through a culinary boot camp, to earn a cash prize of $25,000 and a Food Network cooking set.)- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Worst_Cooks_in_AmericaFBI–Apple encryption dispute (The FBI–Apple encryption dispute concerns whether and to what extent courts in the United States can compel manufacturers to assist in unlocking cell phones whose data are cryptographically protected. There is much debate over public access to strong encryption. The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) wanted Apple to create and electronically sign new software that would enable the FBI to unlock a work-issued iPhone 5C it recovered from one of the shooters who, in a December 2015 terrorist attack in San Bernardino, California, killed 14 people and injured 22.)- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FBI%E2%80%93Apple_encryption_disputeHow Does the YouTube Algorithm Work in 2021? The Complete Guide- https://blog.hootsuite.com/how-the-youtube-algorithm-works/Perceptual hashing (the use of an algorithm that produces a snippet or fingerprint of various forms of multimedia. A perceptual hash is a type of locality-sensitive hash, which is analogous if features of the multimedia are similar.)- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perceptual_hashingreCAPTCHA (a CAPTCHA system that enables web hosts to distinguish between human and automated access to websites. The original version asked users to decipher hard to read text or match images. Version 2 also asked users to decipher text or match images if the analysis of cookies and canvas rendering suggested the page was being downloaded automatically. reCAPTCHA is owned by Google.)- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ReCAPTCHAThe Shadow Brokers (a hacker group who first appeared in the summer of 2016. They published several leaks containing hacking tools, including several zero-day exploits, from the "Equation Group" who are widely suspected to be a branch of the National Security Agency (NSA) of the United States.)- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Shadow_BrokersElectronic Frontier Foundation (The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) is an international non-profit digital rights group based in San Francisco, California. The foundation was formed on 10 July 1990 by John Gilmore, John Perry Barlow and Mitch Kapor to promote Internet civil liberties.)- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electronic_Frontier_Foundation- https://www.eff.org/WarGames (a 1983 American Cold War science fiction techno-thriller film written by Lawrence Lasker and Walter F. Parkes and directed by John Badham. The film, which stars Matthew Broderick, Dabney Coleman, John Wood, and Ally Sheedy, follows David Lightman (Broderick), a young hacker who unwittingly accesses a United States military supercomputer programmed to predict and execute nuclear war against the Soviet Union.)- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WarGamesHackers (a 1995 American crime film directed by Iain Softley and starring Jonny Lee Miller, Angelina Jolie, Jesse Bradford, Matthew Lillard, Laurence Mason, Renoly Santiago, Lorraine Bracco, and Fisher Stevens. The film follows a group of high school hackers and their involvement in a corporate extortion conspiracy.)- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hackers_(film)Shodan (Shodan is the world's first search engine for Internet-connected devices. Discover how Internet intelligence can help you make better decisions.)- https://www.shodan.io/PhotoDNA (PhotoDNA creates a unique digital signature (known as a “hash”) of an image which is then compared against signatures (hashes) of other photos to find copies of the same image. When matched with a database containing hashes of previously identified illegal images, PhotoDNA is an incredible tool to help detect, disrupt and report the distribution of child exploitation material. PhotoDNA is not facial recognition software and cannot be used to identify a person or object in an image. A PhotoDNA hash is not reversible, and therefore cannot be used to recreate an image.)- https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/photodnaThe Trauma Floor The secret lives of Facebook moderators in America- https://www.theverge.com/2019/2/25/18229714/cognizant-facebook-content-moderator-interviews-trauma-working-conditions-arizonaMortal Kombat 11 Developer Was Diagnosed with PTSD Due to Graphic Violence- https://segmentnext.com/mortal-kombat-11-developer-ptsd/Facebook will pay $52 million in settlement with moderators who developed PTSD on the job- https://www.theverge.com/2020/5/12/21255870/facebook-content-moderator-settlement-scola-ptsd-mental-healthArtificial neural network (usually simply called neural networks (NNs), are computing systems inspired by the biological neural networks that constitute animal brains. An ANN is based on a collection of connected units or nodes called artificial neurons, which loosely model the neurons in a biological brain.)- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Artificial_neural_networkBob's Burgers – The Snake Song- https://genius.com/Bobs-burgers-the-snake-song-lyrics- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-tvhw7jnYi0Financial crisis of 2007–2008 (also known as the global financial crisis (GFC), was a severe worldwide economic crisis. Prior to the COVID-19 recession in 2020, it was considered by many economists to have been the most serious financial crisis since the Great Depression.)- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Financial_crisis_of_2007%E2%80%932008Halfbrick Studios (Australian video game developer based in Brisbane. The company primarily worked on licensed games until 2008. The company released Fruit Ninja (2010) and Jetpack Joyride (2011).)- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Halfbrick_StudiosUntitled Goose Game (a 2019 puzzle stealth game developed by House House and published by Panic. Players control a goose who bothers the inhabitants of an English village. The player must use the goose's abilities to manipulate objects and non-player characters to complete objectives. It was released for Microsoft Windows, macOS, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, and Xbox One.)- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Untitled_Goose_GameFruit Ninja (a video game developed by Halfbrick. It was released April 21, 2010 for iPod Touch and iPhone devices, July 12, 2010 for the iPad, September 17, 2010 for Android OS devices.)- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fruit_NinjaFiverr (Israeli online marketplace for freelance services. The company provides a platform for freelancers to offer services to customers worldwide.)- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FiverrActivision Blizzard Lawsuit Alleges Horrific Mistreatment Of Women- https://www.forbes.com/sites/paultassi/2021/07/22/activision-blizzard-lawsuit-alleges-horrific-mistreatment-of-women/?sh=56144afb166cYongYea - Scummy Amazon Policy That Steals Employees' Personal Game Projects Dropped After Backlash From Devs- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oQtKfutVFTIMotion Picture Production Code (a set of industry guidelines for the self-censorship of content that was applied to most United States motion pictures released by major studios from 1934 to 1968. It is also popularly known as the Hays Code, after Will H. Hays, who was the president of the Motion Picture Producers and Distributors of America (MPPDA) from 1922 to 1945.)- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Motion_Picture_Production_CodeBreaking Bad (an American neo-Western crime drama television series created and produced by Vince Gilligan. The show aired on AMC from January 20, 2008, to September 29, 2013, consisting of five seasons for a total of 62 episodes.)- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Breaking_Bad‘Simpsons' Episode Featuring Michael Jackson Kept Off Disney+- https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/simpsons-episode-featuring-michael-jackson-kept-disney-1254609/2012 (a 2009 American science fiction disaster film directed and written by Roland Emmerich. It was produced by Harald Kloser, Mark Gordon, and Larry J. Franco, and written by Kloser and Emmerich. The film stars John Cusack, Amanda Peet, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Oliver Platt, Thandiwe Newton, Danny Glover, and Woody Harrelson.)- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2012_(film)Geostorm (a 2017 American science fiction disaster film directed, co-written, and co-produced by Dean Devlin (in his feature directorial debut). The film stars Gerard Butler, Jim Sturgess, Abbie Cornish, Ed Harris, and Andy García. It follows a satellite designer who tries to save the world from a storm of epic proportions caused by malfunctioning climate-controlling satellites.)- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GeostormVolcano (a 1997 American disaster film directed by Mick Jackson, and produced by Andrew Z. Davis, Neal H. Moritz and Lauren Shuler Donner. The storyline was conceived from a screenplay written by Jerome Armstrong and Billy Ray, and is inspired by the 1943 formation of the Parícutin volcano in Paricutin, Mexico.)- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volcano_(1997_film)Thanos (a genocidal warlord from Titan, whose own main objective was to bring stability to the universe by wiping out half of all life at every level, as he believed its massive population would inevitably use up the universe's entire supply of resources and condemn this. To complete this goal, Thanos set about hunting down all the Infinity Stones, being confident that the combined power of the Stones would achieve his goal.)- https://marvelcinematicuniverse.fandom.com/wiki/ThanosNo Man's Sky Gameplay Trailer | E3 2014 | PS4- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nLtmEjqzg7MAngryJoeShow - No Man's Sky Angry Review- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uTTPlqK8AnY&t=1897sInternet Historian - The Engoodening of No Man's Sky- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O5BJVO3PDeQ&t=59sAgent Orange (a herbicide and defoliant chemical, one of the "tactical use" Rainbow Herbicides. It is widely known for its use by the U.S. military as part of its herbicidal warfare program, Operation Ranch Hand,during the Vietnam War from 1961 to 1971. It is a mixture of equal parts of two herbicides, 2,4,5-T and 2,4-D. In addition to its damaging environmental effects, traces of dioxin (mainly TCDD, the most toxic of its type) found in the mixture have caused major health problems for many individuals who were exposed, and their offspring. )- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agent_OrangeThe Tramp (also known as The Little Tramp, was British actor, Charlie Chaplin's most memorable on-screen character and an icon in world cinema during the era of silent film. The Tramp is also the title of a silent film starring Chaplin, which Chaplin wrote and directed in 1915.)- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_TrampApple – Think Different Commercial- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4oAB83Z1ydEAnti-Monopoly (a board game made by San Francisco State University Professor Ralph Anspach in response to Monopoly. The idea of an anti-monopoly board game dates to 1903 and the original Monopoly created by Lizzie Magie.)- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anti-MonopolyAnti-Monopoly, Inc. vs. General Mills Fun Group, Inc. court case 1976–1985 (Starting in 1974, Parker Brothers and its then corporate parent, General Mills, attempted to suppress publication of a game called Anti-Monopoly, designed by San Francisco State University economics professor Ralph Anspach and first published the previous year.)- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Monopoly#Anti-Monopoly.2C_Inc._vs._General_Mills_Fun_Group.2C_Inc._court_case_1976.E2.80.931985The Rageaholic - Begun, The Comic Film Crash Has - A Rant- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dlk3-NtOFkkTerror Australis Podcast (TNC podcast)- https://anchor.fm/terror-australis-podcastShout Outs 9th August 2021 – 5th Anniversary of No Man's Sky - https://www.nomanssky.com/2021/08/no-mans-sky-5th-anniversary/No Man's Sky is easily one of the most infamous titles in video game history, thanks to its extremely rocky launch and poor state at release. The game lacked many of its core promised features when it launched, resulting in heavy fan backlash. Within two years of its rollout, the tide started turning in No Man's Sky's favor, thanks in large part to updates that transformed the experience. NEXT counted as the first of such changes, ushering in multiplayer gameplay options that Hello Games teased in the lead up to launch. This particular update also overhauled the graphics and introduced refined base-building mechanics. Hello Games' efforts didn't stop there either; as such, the redemption arc for No Man's Sky has been rather impressive to watch unfold. With the game now celebrating its fifth year anniversary, Hello Games has put out a short video looking back at all of the updates we've seen so far, along with a tease of what's coming next.9th August 2021 – 25th anniversary of Escape from L.A. - https://movieweb.com/escape-from-la-25th-anniversary/Stylized on-screen as John Carpenter's Escape from L.A. A 1996 American post-apocalyptic action film co-written, co-scored, and directed by John Carpenter, co-written and produced by Debra Hill and Kurt Russell, with Russell also starring as Snake Plissken. A sequel to Escape from New York, Escape from L.A. co-stars Steve Buscemi, Stacy Keach, Bruce Campbell, and Pam Grier. The film gained a strong cult following. The film was in development for over 10 years. At one point, a script was commissioned in 1987 and was written by screenwriter Coleman Luck, with Dino De Laurentiis's company producing. Carpenter later described the script as "too light, too campy". In time, Carpenter and Kurt Russell got together to write with their long-time collaborator Debra Hill. Carpenter insists that Russell's persistence allowed the film to be made, since "Snake Plissken was a character he loved and wanted to play again." At the beginning of the film, Kurt Russell wears his costume from the original film, which still fits after fifteen years. The film takes place in 2013.10th August 2021 – 60th Anniversary of Operation Ranch Hand, spraying an estimated 20 million US gallons (76,000 m3) of defoliants and herbicides over rural areas of South Vietnam in an attempt to deprive the Viet Cong of food and vegetation cover - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Ranch_HandOperation Ranch Hand was a U.S. military operation during the Vietnam War, lasting from 1962 until 1971. Largely inspired by the British use of 2,4,5-T and 2,4-D (Agent Orange) during the Malayan Emergency in the 1950s, it was part of the overall herbicidal warfare program during the war called "Operation Trail Dust". Ranch Hand involved spraying an estimated 20 million U.S. gallons (76,000 m3) of defoliants and herbicides over rural areas of South Vietnam in an attempt to deprive the Viet Cong of food and vegetation cover. Areas of Laos and Cambodia were also sprayed to a lesser extent. Nearly 20,000 sorties were flown between 1961 and 1971. The herbicides were sprayed by the U.S. Air Force flying C-123s using the call sign "Hades". The planes were fitted with specially developed spray tanks with a capacity of 1,000 U.S. gallons (4 m3) of herbicides. A plane sprayed a swath of land that was 80 meters wide and 16 kilometers (10 mi) long in about 4½ minutes, at a rate of about 3 U.S. gallons per acre (3 m3/km2). Sorties usually consisted of three to five aircraft flying side by side. 95% of the herbicides and defoliants used in the war were sprayed by the U.S. Air Force as part of Operation Ranch Hand. The remaining 5% were sprayed by the U.S. Chemical Corps, other military branches, and the Republic of Vietnam using hand sprayers, spray trucks, helicopters and boats, primarily around U.S. military installations. The use of herbicides in the Vietnam War was controversial from the beginning, particularly for crop destruction. The scientific community began to protest the use of herbicides in Vietnam as early as 1964, when the Federation of American Scientists objected to the use of defoliants. In 1967, seventeen Nobel laureates and 5,000 other scientists signed a petition asking for the immediate end to the use of herbicides in Vietnam. According to the Vietnamese government, the US program exposed approximately 4.8 million Vietnamese people to Agent Orange, resulted in 400,000 deaths due to a range of cancers and other ailments. The Vietnamese population has suffered a range of ailments with three million Vietnamese people suffering health problems, one million birth defects caused directly by exposure to Agent Orange, and 24% of the area of Vietnam being defoliated.12th August 2021 – 40th birthday of the IBM 5150 - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IBM_Personal_Computer#DebutOn August 12, 1981, Don Esteridge, who was unknown at the time, announced the release of the new personal computer created by his company. The head of development at IBM Entry Level Systems presented the 5150, or IBM PC, a concept that would revolutionize the computer industry forever. The machine was based on open architecture and a substantial market of third-party peripherals, expansion cards and software grew up rapidly to support it. The PC had a substantial influence on the personal computer market. The specifications of the IBM PC became one of the most popular computer design standards in the world, and the only significant competition it faced from a non-compatible platform throughout the 1980s was from the Apple Macintosh product line. The majority of modern personal computers are distant descendants of the IBM PC.Pricing started at $1,565 for a configuration with 16K RAM, Color Graphics Adapter, and no disk drives. The price was designed to compete with comparable machines in the market. For comparison, the Datamaster, announced two weeks earlier as IBM's least expensive computer, cost $10,000. IBM's marketing campaign licensed the likeness of Charlie Chaplin's character "The Little Tramp" for a series of advertisements based on Chaplin's movies, played by Billy Scudder. The PC was IBM's first attempt to sell a computer through retail channels rather than directly to customers. Reception was overwhelmingly positive, with sales estimates from analysts suggesting billions of dollars in sales over the next few years, and the IBM PC immediately became the talk of the entire computing industry. Dealers were overwhelmed with orders, including customers offering pre-payment for machines with no guaranteed delivery date. By the time the machine was shipping, the term "PC" was becoming a household name.Remembrances10th August 2010 - David L. Wolper - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_L._WolperAmerican television and film producer, responsible for shows such as Roots, The Thorn Birds, North and South, L.A. Confidential, and Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory (1971). He was awarded the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award at the 57th Academy Awards in 1985 for his work producing the opening and closing ceremonies of the XXIIIrd Olympiad, Los Angeles 1984 as well as helping to bring the games to L.A. His 1971 film (as executive producer) about the study of insects, The Hellstrom Chronicle, won an Academy Award. On March 13, 1974, one of his crews filming a National Geographic history of Australopithecus at Mammoth Mountain Ski Area was killed when their Sierra Pacific Airlines Corvair 440 slammed into the White Mountains shortly after takeoff from Eastern Sierra Regional Airport in Bishop, California, killing all 35 on board, including 31 Wolper crew members. The filmed segment was recovered in the wreckage and was broadcast in the television series Primal Man. The cause of the crash remains unsolved. In 1988, Wolper was inducted into the Television Hall of Fame. For his work on television, he had received his star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. He died from congestive heart disease and complications of Parkinson's disease at the age of 82 in Beverly Hills, California.Famous Birthdays10th August 1889 – Charles Darrow - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_DarrowAmerican who modified the design of Lizzie Magie's original invention The Landlord's Game. He became the first millionaire game designer in history, and although Magie patented her invention she received only $500. Parker Brothers falsely credited Darrow as the original inventor. While Darrow eventually sold his version of Monopoly to Parker Brothers, claiming it to be his own invention, modern historians credit Darrow as just one of the game's final developers. Monopoly is a board game which focuses on the acquisition of fictional real estate titles, with the incorporation of elements of chance. After losing his job at a sales company following the Stock Market Crash of 1929, Darrow worked at various odd jobs. Seeing his neighbors and acquaintances play a board game in which the object was to buy and sell property, he decided to publish his own version of the game, with the help of his first son, William, and his wife Esther. Darrow marketed his version of the game under the name Monopoly. In truth, Darrow was just one of many people in the American Midwest and East Coast who had been playing a game of buying and trading property. The game's direct ancestor was The Landlord's Game, created by Elizabeth Magie. The Darrow family initially made their game sets on flexible, round pieces of oilcloth instead of rigid, square carton. Charles drew the designs of the properties with drafting pens, and his son and wife filled in the spaces with colors and made the title deed cards and Chance and Community Chest cards. In 1970, three years after Darrow's death, Atlantic City placed a commemorative plaque in his honor on The Boardwalk, near the corner of Park Place. In 1973 Ralph Anspach, an economics professor at San Francisco State University, produced Anti-Monopoly, a game similar to Monopoly, and for this was sued by Parker Brothers. He was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.Events of Interest10th August 1960 – Dinosaurus! was released - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0053768/ On this day in 1960, it was 'Jurassic Park' all over again with the release of Dinosaurus! The feature starred Ward Ramsey and Kristina Hanson, and here's the plot summary: "After undersea explosions near a Caribbean island, prehistoric creatures are unleashed on the unsuspecting population. Freed from his watery tomb, as well, is a very friendly Neanderthal man who proceeds to befriend a local orphan boy. The boy, Neanderthal and irritated dinosaur make for an interesting dramatic climax." The leading role was intended for Steve McQueen, who starred in The Blob two years earlier, also produced by Harris and directed by Yeaworth. McQueen passed on the film to make The Magnificent Seven instead. The dinosaurs were filmed using the technique of stop-motion animation as well as puppets for close-ups. The film promulgates the naïve idea that herbivorous animals (such as the brontosaurus) are not dangerous (a similar claim was made in Spielberg's 'Jurassic Park', 1993). The cape buffalo is one of the most aggressive and dangerous animals in Africa (and only weighs about 5% of what a brontosaurus is estimated to have weighed). Marcel Delgado was given less than half the time originally agreed upon to create the dinosaur models used in the film. The studio initially agreed to give him five to six weeks, as he requested, but two weeks later he was told that they would begin production on Tuesday. When Betty is captured by the neanderthal and taken to his cave, she's wearing a white dress and a pearl necklace. Combined with her red hair, she bears a striking resemblance to Wilma Flintstone, one of the stars of the TV cartoon series "The Flintstones" (1960), which would debut on American television one month after this movies US release (coincidentally, Betty is the name of Wilma's best friend).10th August 1990 – The Magellan space probe reaches Venus. - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magellan_(spacecraft)#Orbital_encounter_of_Venus On August 10, 1990, the American Magellan probe, named after the explorer Ferdinand Magellan, arrived at its orbit around the planet and started a mission of detailed radar mapping at a frequency of 2.38 GHz. It began the orbital insertion maneuver which placed the spacecraft into a three-hour, nine minute, elliptical orbit that brought the spacecraft 295-kilometers from the surface at about 10 degrees North during the periapsis and out to 7762-kilometers during apoapsis. During each orbit, the space probe captured radar data while the spacecraft was closest to the surface, and then transmit it back to Earth as it moved away from Venus. This maneuver required extensive use of the reaction wheels to rotate the spacecraft as it imaged the surface for 37-minutes and as it pointed toward Earth for two hours. The primary mission intended for the spacecraft to return images of at least 70 percent of the surface during one Venusian day, which lasts 243 Earth days as the planet slowly spins. To avoid overly-redundant data at the highest and lowest latitudes, the Magellan probe alternated between a Northern-swath, a region designated as 90 degrees north latitude to 54 degrees south latitude, and a Southern-swath, designated as 76 degrees north latitude to 68 degrees south latitude. However, due to periapsis being 10 degrees north of the equatorial line, imaging the South Pole region was unlikely. The resulting maps were comparable to visible-light photographs of other planets, and are still the most detailed in existence. Magellan greatly improved scientific understanding of the geology of Venus: the probe found no signs of plate tectonics, but the scarcity of impact craters suggested the surface was relatively young, and there were lava channels thousands of kilometers long.IntroArtist – Goblins from MarsSong Title – Super Mario - Overworld Theme (GFM Trap Remix)Song Link - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-GNMe6kF0j0&index=4&list=PLHmTsVREU3Ar1AJWkimkl6Pux3R5PB-QJFollow us onFacebook- Page - https://www.facebook.com/NerdsAmalgamated/- Group - https://www.facebook.com/groups/440485136816406/Twitter - https://twitter.com/NAmalgamatedSpotify - https://open.spotify.com/show/6Nux69rftdBeeEXwD8GXrSiTunes - https://itunes.apple.com/au/podcast/top-shelf-nerds/id1347661094Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/nerds_amalgamated/Email - Nerds.Amalgamated@gmail.comSupport via Podhero- https://podhero.com/podcast/449127/nerds-amalgamated See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

This week The TV Boys sit down to discuss the TV Hall of Fame icon, Alan Alda. Whether acting in the role of Hawkeye or being himself on PBS he's always a fan favorite. *We had some audio issues this week, part of the growing pains of new tech, we should have things back to our normal perfect clarity next week.*

Hung out with Eric Nies on this episode to better understand his journey and a bit more about plant medicine as well as our connection to the self! A little bit about Eric: Eric Nies is best known as the teen idol from MTV's “The Real World/New York,” the first ever reality show launched in 1992, and the host of one of the world's most watched dance program, “MTV's The Grind,” viewed in over 90 million homes around the world. “MTV's The Grind” became so popular that Eric released “The Grind Workout” a multi-platinum video series. For the following 10 years, Eric made numerous appearances on talk shows, MTV programs including “Real World Challenges,” movies, as well as appeared in magazines and advertising campaigns. As one of reality television's biggest stars, Eric was inducted into the Television Hall of Fame as one of the “Pioneers of Reality Television.” Throughout his career, Eric's greatest passion has been to help people, children, and the planet. He has started numerous organizations, movements, and projects to help build awareness for health and well-being for all life on earth. Connect and follow Eric's journey over at his website: https://iamericnies.com/ as well as on instagram @ericnies333 Brandon Handley 0:41 Hey there spiritual dope. I am on there today with Eric nice, Eric has a he's got what I would call like, you went through like this kind of like a fame addiction, right? Like the fame tunnel kind of came out of that back in the day with a you know, empty V's real world, one of the you know, one of if not the first kind of reality TV show that was going on out there. But since then, you have taken this just incredible journey into like, the spiritual realm, all the way from like, you know, the Korean martial arts masters through like, you know, you've got your hooked up down there in Peru, right with some of these some medicinal practices, Native American practices, and like, these things are super exciting. And he's really glad to have you on here today, Eric Nies 1:36 man. Yes, thank you very much for having me. Sure. Brandon Handley 1:40 So one of the things that I always start this podcast off with is the idea is that we're vessels for source, right. And that source is kind of flowing through us at all time. And the idea is that somebody listened to this podcast today. And like I told you, like, so you're gonna change somebody's life today, just by showing up. Eric, right by being on this podcast. And there's a certain message is coming through you that can only be delivered through you to that person. What would you say that messages today? Eric Nies 2:12 acceptance. Total acceptance of yourself. Unconditional Love of yourself, relationship that you have with yourself is probably the most important thing in somebody's life. Yeah. Brandon Handley 2:31 What would you say? The that journey kind of look like for yourself? getting to that point? Eric Nies 2:37 Oh, wow. It's been many, many years. And I've been on a spiritual journey, probably for about 30 years of my life, starting, you know, hero's journey, for me, you know, that just going through many valleys of darkness. Going into these places, you know, into the shadow and into the ego and into the fears and the judgments and the insecurities and all those things that we carry around, you know, with us and, you know, to just go in into the darkness to be able to come out in the lake. I think that's what, you know, my journey pretty much has been all about. Now, for sure, would you Brandon Handley 3:27 happen to have like, any moment where you feel like you really grasped onto the idea of self acceptance? Eric Nies 3:34 for yourself, I've had many, many, many moments. Yeah. Probably about 10 years working with iwoca, and mushrooms. With the passing of meditation, just really wanting to understand how to liberate the soul from from its own suffering. But it wasn't until I started looking into the depths of ancestral lineage programming, and going back into my past lives, to understand you know, why I feel the way that I feel today? What What is, what is my life mean? What, what is the purpose of my life? Why am I here? Where did I come from? Where am I going? Now? What's the bigger picture of why we're here on planet Earth? I don't think many people really have an understanding of, of why we're here. I think you know, that that question lingers in every human's mind. You know, why are Why are we here? You know, who am I? Sure, yeah. Unknown Speaker 4:55 What's your answer so far? What have you landed on to this point? Eric Nies 5:00 I think we're all part of a grand experiment between light and dark, kind of like a game. I think it's, you know, it's an experiment that's been going on for a long, long, long time. And I think darkness has has won most of the time, and I believe that there's been resets, you know, I think that's why we see, you know, ancient remnants of ancient civilizations. And so, yeah, I just think it's a game, and how, and how do you play the game is really what it's all about? Sure. So Brandon Handley 5:38 like, kind of the idea of you are the creator, almost of the game that you're playing? would you would you put it like, into that term? Eric Nies 5:46 Absolutely. Okay. I mean, we are, you know, we're infinite potential creators, we're obviously creators, because we can create another life. So we're constantly, you know, creating the life that that we're experiencing. Right? So yeah, for sure. We're creators. Brandon Handley 6:07 And we say, like, kind of a reset you thinking like matrix resets? type deal? Eric Nies 6:12 I think of, you know, yeah, entire reset of a civilization, you know, looking back to Egypt and Atlantis and the Maria and all these ancient civilizations that were, you know, thriving at one point or another, right, but something happened. And now, where did they go? Right, like, Brandon Handley 6:33 just the total reset there, um, the, the Grandmaster that you hope hooked up with. And for those of you tuning in, I would recommend just kind of go to, I'm Eric nice and read some more of his story, because I'm gonna, we only have 30 minutes. So I'm gonna dig into some of the questions I've got about your story. Right? So when you hung out with the Grand Master, then this is just more tongue in cheek than not, but like, Did he give you an answer for the pyramids? Eric Nies 7:01 That's a great question. Yes. What did he say? Brandon Handley 7:06 Yeah, what was the answer on that one? Eric Nies 7:09 I mean, they moved. A lot of, you know, ancient civilizations such as Egypt. Their minds were very, very powerful. You know, and we're talking about an infinite possibility of consciousness. You know, we do we kind of live in a society, and in a world now where we're actually accessing that very, very small amounts of of that and actually utilizing consciousness. You know, or not utilizing consciousness the way that it it actually could be used. But yeah, my grand master was, was really profound, he could do things that would just blow your mind. Brandon Handley 8:00 Very hard to believe. And I let me I love that story, too. Because it makes like, I'm like, that just seems like the ultimate experience. I mean, like, I've watched a lot of Kung Fu, but I never got to have that experience. Like, you know, where the guy goes and gets to stay with the Grandmaster. And like, you did the things that are like, truly like Moody, yes, but this was like, that was your life, and it was legit. And I think that that, like, really cool. So you've been on this journey? I mean, you know, 20, almost 30 years now. Right? Um, one of the things that I think is really cool is that you're using some of this plant based medicine to help people with their addiction recovery. Could you walk me through what that might look like? If I came up to him like, hey, Eric, I'm ready. I'm ready to kick the habit. Let's go on this journey. Can you tell me a little bit about what that may look like? Eric Nies 8:44 Yeah, sure. Well, I mean, on the physical level, if you have to, obviously detox the physical body, from the chemicals and the drugs, that person's using in those things, they come with a heaviness, a frequency and a vibration that is much heavier. You know, then you are in your air, fire, water and earth, Earth shoot Earth suit. You know, so on the physical side of things, you have to go through a very deep detox, you know, once we go through the physical part of it, and then we get into the emotional and psychological reasons for why you are addicted. Where does that come from? What's the root cause of your addiction? And so then that gets into the subconscious mind that gets into your childhood that gets into traumas, and all different things that have happened to you not only in this life, but in your past lives. Understand why you behave the way that you behave. And we look at the emotional content of your behavior. Why do you behave the way that you behave? And are your emotions controlling you? Or are you controlling your emotions? And so then you have the physical, the emotional and the psychological and the bring them all together, and it becomes a spiritual journey. But the real understanding is, you know, ancestral lineage programming, you know, how were you imprinted and program from these behavior patterns from your family? Brandon Handley 10:33 And you do like you say, you kind of you kind of goes down like this quantum cellular reprogramming level. Can you talk a little bit more, share a little bit more about what that's like? And you know, what goes into that? Eric Nies 10:47 You're talking about quantum cellular, I think you're talking about the cyber Brandon Handley 10:51 skin. Is that is that what I'm talking about? Because Yeah, there it is the quantum cellular balancing. Right? Yes, about that. Eric Nies 10:57 That's a Tesla technology. That was a device that was created by a German physicist that uses, you know, quantum quantum physics to to help to heal the body. But that that's outside. Brandon Handley 11:12 Yeah, sorry. That's outside of the addiction recovery. Like that's something separate from that. Eric Nies 11:17 Yeah, that that that was a business that I was a part of, of my business, I would use it sometimes for rehabilitation, but it's not really necessary. The real key is getting to the root cause of the issue. Once you find the root cause of the issue, then the addiction is over. Right. Now, what about Brandon Handley 11:41 plant medicine involved? The Addiction Recovery? Is that a part of the process as well? Eric Nies 11:48 Yeah, can be amid the program that I created, which is called the beauty way, which I've been using for about 15 years. Plant medicine is not a part of that. But in some cases, if there's a lot of resistance, and they need to, like break through the different things that are happening with the individual plant medicine could be very, very beneficial. Like I was gonna actually does the work for you. So my program would be bringing somebody into the desert for three to four weeks. It's it's all natural superfoods breath, work, grounding, meditation, you know, really diving into, you know, that person's childhood. But with Iosco you just drink Iosco, what I call the rails. Yeah, hold the rails and attend the shows everything. Brandon Handley 12:46 You fair fair enough. Yeah. Um, you know, one of the things that I think, you know, I read your documentary, and I listened to something you were doing last year doing this, you know, taking in this plant medicine, right? He's, I think it was like three, three plants that you were you know, getting to know, right, you had to know me no loud music, no sex with yourself or anybody else. Like I mean, is that journey complete? Where are you at in that process? Eric Nies 13:16 Um, yeah, that's a data that I was on for about a year you diet these specific plants, either for healing or for the transfer of knowledge. But yeah, my my idea to is it's close since then. Brandon Handley 13:35 would you would you mind sharing Would you be able to share the plants that you can you did the journey with and what some of the takeaways were with that? Eric Nies 13:43 Yeah, absolutely. The the first two that I dieted for eight months was run Akita and swell the can swelled up, and when Akita is, is actually a tree, and it assists you with rage and anger and swell the welder is a plant and that's more for a heart opener also swelled as well the console is used to help heal your, your skeletal structure. So I had issues with my spine, I had a couple of slipped slipped discs that I that I wanted to work on and so they suggested swell that can swell the for that and then read Akita was for rage and anger that I was holding on to from traumas in my childhood. And morosa is the third plant that I diet and she's considered the queen of the aquatic kingdom. And she she's more of a heart opener as well. She's very beautiful and loving and kind and so my process was to heal from the traumas in my life and the plants helped me to do that. And that At the same time, they helped me to open up my heart and to, you know, walk a life of beauty and unconditional love with no judgment. Brandon Handley 15:13 I think that's really cool. I think that first one, the rage release or one, I think that needs to be sold like in bulk right across, like, across the country, right? I think we could all use a little bit of that. And I want to kind of flip back to, right before you got into this space, you know, as you were doing like a bunch of book club and and, you know, the club music accuracy and all this other stuff. You know, seems like back in the early mid 90s. I was in the same scene, right? Similar scene, you were you were leading the scene. I was like, you know, showing up? But like, do you would you attribute any kind of like, you know, the music or any of like, the interaction it that time and space in place to get you to where you are today? Because I think, you know, Oh, yeah, yeah, if you're part of like any of the rave culture or anything like that, that was going on, it was all about like some of this stuff that we're talking about right now. Eric Nies 16:16 I've had some incredible experiences in the club scene with ecstasy and ketamine and mushrooms and and all that. I mean, yes, I was still in a deep house said. So my vibe is more deep soulful house music. But if you are familiar with deep soulful house music and the where that originated from, you know, came from basically from churches in Chicago. And so very deep spirit, as a very deep spiritual side to the type of house music that I listened to. Right. And the messages are very, very spiritual. So it it assisted me keeping me alive and almost killing me at the same time, but the messages in the music really inspired me and opened up my mind to go on my spiritual journey. Yeah, so Brandon Handley 17:23 the curious about that, right. Because I agree with you, there's that there's that whole soulful, you know, vocal house music fan myself, right. And the messaging like you're talking about, it's like, it's uplifting, it's soulful. And you know, if I can dance it out a little bit, like, I'm okay with that at the end of the day, right? versus like, I don't know, some of the other messages that you get from somebody. So just it was just curiosity piece. Um, so the last kind of part of your documentary left us with you getting connected with this like Angel guy, right. And just kind of like this felt like there was a felt like, there was a cusp of transcendence happening right there. We want to talk a little bit about, you know, where we left off, and Eric nice documentary online, and, you know, kind of what's happened after that? Eric Nies 18:16 Yeah, that's it, that guy's from Australia. And he mastered john, he communicates with angels. And I, a friend of mine invited me to go to his event. And I went, and then at the end of the event, they just by choice, they choose a couple of people that can go sit with him. And, yeah, just by chance, he, he chose me, and I can't really remember exactly, he was, it was just, I get a lot of confirmation, you know, intuitively, being on a spiritual journey, I have a lot of psychics and a caustic readers and mediums and grandmasters and shamans. And, you know, my life is just really about angels and demons. And so I get little bits of information about my life, about my path and my purpose and all those things, you know, year after year after year after year. So he was just another another guy, another healer that came into my life that was you know, reaffirming and confirming, you know, a lot of things that happened to me in my life, and from my life purpose. Brandon Handley 19:42 I gotcha. So, as I'm kind of reading your story, I'm thinking of like you mentioned, Joseph Campbell's like, you know, the, the hero's journey right earlier. I'm thinking of like, you know, also just kind of surrendering yourself right to whatever kind of comes your way Way, has that been a big part of what you've done? Just kind of surrender to it and follow your bliss? Eric Nies 20:08 Oh, absolutely. I mean, really, at the end of the day of the hero's journey, you put all of your trust into source into God, and trust that, you know, your soul, set things up a certain way. And by, you know, surrendering, you know, you, you actually can make your life a whole lot easier and a lot more magical. If you just get out of the way. Brandon Handley 20:40 For sure. Absolutely. Eric Nies 20:42 I mean, that's really the biggest problem for most is the mind getting in the way, and creating judgment, creating these stories that are not even real. So, you know, identifying your fears and your judgments, and being able to work through those and heal your you know, heal the inner child is the like the first step, but my path has been, you know, healing my ancestral lineage. So this goes back 1000s of years. Brandon Handley 21:20 Like, very, if you were gonna describe somebody to somebody like what it means to heal your ancestral lineage, what would you say? Eric Nies 21:33 Yes, so, you know, you're talking about your ancestors, you're talking about, you know, program, right, we're talking about behavioral programming, that gets passed down from one generation to the next, to the next to the next to the next, and it just keeps on going. So you know, the different behavioral programs that we inherit, from our ancestors, there's different types of behavior patterns. You know, a lot of us most, you know, we all we all deal with abuse on, you know, one level or another, whether it's physical abuse, emotional abuse, psychological abuse, or even spiritual abuse. And so this has been going on for 1000s and 1000s, of 1000s of years, here on this planet, you know, this, this planet is really a slave planet, to fear and judgment. But, you know, fear is something that we create, in our own minds, it's actually not real, it's an illusion. It's like the great illusion. And it's what keeps all of us collectively and consciously slaves to something that isn't even real. And this is, this is what the whole experience is about. So, ancestral lineage, healing, and the liberation of the soul. This is something that Jesus and Buddha spoke about. And it's their teachings that were left behind. You know, Buddha and Jesus both realize how to liberate themselves, from their own suffering. And what that looks like, is basically objective observation of the sensations or the suppressed emotion that are in your body. So if you can objectively look at yourself without judging yourself and without clinging to some blissful experience, and not judging, some gross experience, you can find the middle lane which Buddha, coining probably the word I think this word probably came from Buddha, which is equanimity, you know, to live your life economist and find the middle lane. You know, then you can find yourself in a very peaceful and harmonious place with yourself, and with nature, and humanity and the plant kingdom and the animal kingdom, and everything that exists here on planet Earth. And so the reason why you want to do that is because we live on a planet of duality. You have negative and you have positive energy here. Well, you don't want to go too far into the negative and you don't want to go too far into the positive because both can bring suffering. You want to find the middle lane, the quantumness Lane. And based off of my own personal experience, you know, this is just based off of what I've experienced in my own life. This isn't about reading a book or, you know, somebody else's teaching when working with plant medicine, and also working with possum, meditation, you know, that's where I've gone within myself personal was to look at the vibrations and the frequencies of the experiences that I've had in my life that my physical body hold on to energetically. But these, these, these, these frequencies in these energies, if they're not, if they're not in harmony and imbalance with air, fire, water and earth, then they cause a disruption in your personal field. And then that can come with anxiety, depression, you know, where the physical body feels uncomfortable. But what Buddha experienced was the liberation of that, the release of all of that energy, not just from this life, but from your past lives. Because you bring that energy with you, your soul, your soul carries information, and frequency, and energy and vibration with it from one life to the next to the next to the next to the next. And it's also within your DNA. So that's ancestral lineage, healing, it's healing and transforming the energy of your lineage that is passed down from generation, the generation generation. Brandon Handley 26:52 Awesome. So that means is, you know, just thinking like you're talking about, like, all these kind of like, energies come mishmash, together throughout time, I'm just thinking like, a messy ball a string, right? That you just got to spend time to undo right and, and loosen it up. So there's not a big, big old tangled mess. You know, thanks for thanks for sharing that. What is like something that you haven't been able to share out on a podcast or a platform that you've just been wanting to share out Eric Nies 27:22 about that at all. I'm completely transparent with my life and all my experiences. vulnerability is my best friend. You know, I'm just here to be transparent, and to be fearless in my expression of everything that's happened to me, in my life. You know, if you look on my website, and you read my story, then you can see obviously, that I'm not shy about sharing everything that I've experienced. Now for sharing, Brandon Handley 27:53 you've definitely shared some stuff understanding Eric Nies 27:55 is that transparency and vulnerability is going to liberation. Brandon Handley 28:02 Nice. The so what's next for you? Eric? I know you were talking about doing a healing temple sounds like you finished up with this. The plant journey what's what's next on dock for you? Eric Nies 28:18 Yeah, I'm working on a book right now. And a second book coming through and earthkeeper book connecting with the people to create our temple you know, guiding people and assisting people sharing information with other people to help them to understand how to liberate themselves from their own suffering, and just exploring and journey around the world to share this information. Brandon Handley 28:47 That's fantastic. That's awesome. Who should be reaching out to your click? I mean, are you do you know, what type of work are you doing right now and who should be reaching out to you? Eric Nies 29:00 what people should be reaching out Brandon Handley 29:02 like if they wanted if they want to work with you, are you still doing are you still doing like Addiction Recovery? Are you you know, saw your coaching So what kind of Eric Nies 29:14 I am Yeah, I'm actually I'm going to be hosting a retreat here and in peace, AK and the sacred valley of Peru at the end of July. And yeah, anybody that's interested in healing and transforming their lives, wanting to understand how to liberate themselves from their own suffering. Anybody the whole World Fair enough. Fair enough. The Brandon Handley 29:41 whole world's invited so wish we send everybody to connect with you where I am Eric nice, calm. Where else? Eric Nies 29:51 Yeah, I am Eric. Nice, calm and then also my I got an Instagram channel into Derek. Nice. I think it's there. Nice. Three, three. Three from not mistaken. But yeah, pretty much Graham and also Facebook. I got a Facebook channel where I've taken, I got about 1515 years of footage. And we just finished documenting two weeks here in Peru with an Iowa Oscar retreat. And all of that is going to be available on my Facebook page on my fan page. Yeah, it's Brandon Handley 30:35 awesome. Now that's pretty that's pretty, pretty intense. 15 years and then, you know, just this past couple weeks of Iosco well look man, I just want to say thanks for taking the time for showing up today. And you doing what you're doing, I think, opens it up for a lot of other people like your vulnerability, your journey, kind of what's possible if you do follow your bliss and being able to have a wonderful life if you kind of surrender to it the way that you have. Eric Nies 31:08 Yeah, brother. Well, thank you very much for having me, Brandon and many blessings for you and your family on your journey. And I look forward to seeing what magic you create in your life. Appreciate it. Transcribed by https://otter.ai

Today on the Rarified Heir Podcast we are talking to Gigi Garner daughter of James Garner, star of films like Grand Prix, The Americanization of Emily & Victor/Victoria, as well as Television icons Bret Maverick & Jim Rockford in classic shows like Maverick and The Rockford Files. We also hear about James' love of animals which pushed daughter Gigi to start the James Garner Animal Rescue Fund (https://www.jgarf.org) in his honor after more than 30 years helping animals herself. With a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, 15 Emmy nominations, a SAG Lifetime Achievement Award and a Television Hall of Fame inductee, we also discuss James Garner's love of sports cars, Raiders football and his dedication to his work. He often ran lines & stayed off camera to run his lines with actors after he'd been released for the day or as a producer, coming in under budget because the crew loved him so much. In a career that spanned more than 50+ years, James Garner was able to move from light comedy to heavy drama on both television and movies easily. We also learn about his love of Italian food and current/former Los Angeles restaurants Matteos and Peppone,being the ‘fun dad' and being the most competitive and excelling at pretty much everything he tried. It's a romp down memory lane sprinkled with a little about Gigi's newfound love – painting. Oh and did you know her father took on the TV studios to court, not once but twice and won or settled both? Or that he was a double purple heart recipient during his time in the Korean War? There's lots to unpack here on the current episode of the Rarified Heir Podcast. 

Eric Nies is best known as the teen idol from MTV's “The Real World/New York,” the first ever reality show launched in 1992, and the host of one of the world's most watched dance program, “MTV's The Grind,” viewed in over 90 million homes around the world. “MTV's The Grind” became so popular that Eric released “The Grind Workout” a multi-platinum video series. For the following 10 years, Eric made numerous appearances on talk shows, MTV programs including “Real World Challenges,” movies, as well as appeared in magazines and advertising campaigns. As one of reality television's biggest stars, Eric was inducted into the Television Hall of Fame as one of the “Pioneers of Reality Television.” Throughout his career, Eric's greatest passion has been to help people, children, and the planet. He has started numerous organizations, movements, and projects to help build awareness for health and well-being for all life on earth. Eric has spent the past two decades fearlessly embarking on dozens of adventures around the world—including participating in all-night shamanic journeys deep in the Amazonian jungle, martial arts training under the iron-fist of a Vietnamese Grand Master, surfing and cliff-jumping with local kids in Fijian paradise, chanting with 2,000 monks in the Himalayas, participating in Native American spirit ceremonies, shearing sheep in New Zealand, sky-diving in Mexico, deep-water diving in the Galapagos, fasting in the desert for 43 days, partying for a week in South Beach Miami with no sleep, and diving into a frozen lake to save a puppy. In 2017, Eric started working with the Shipibo Tribe from the Amazon in Peru and is currently on a Master Plant Dieta Apprenticeship. Eric's desire for exploration and unmatched fearlessness have led him into many near-death experiences, and his unconquerable spirit and massive heart have shown that in any life experience there is always the choice to respond with love instead of fear.Eric has decades of training in natural foods, nutrition, alternative and holistic health. Through his work of healing health issues and degenerative diseases, as well as experimenting with his own health, he has a deep understanding of how to apply the healing power of pure, whole, natural foods. Through Eric's decades of training with masters, healers and spiritual self-exploration & remembering who he is, he has developed an ability to help people. Help them to find inner peace, clear stuck emotions and fears, and ultimately, find their authentic power. Eric has worked as a life, health, nutrition and wellness facilitator, a spiritual guide, and an addiction rehabilitation facilitator for over a decade. Eric is a licensed CyberScan quantum energy practitioner, and a licensed Doctor of Pastoral Science and Medicine.Support the show (http://www.paypal.me/BangProductions )

Alan Alda is an actor, director, author, and communications guru.  He has received 6 Emmys and been nominated 34 times. He has also been nominated 3 times for a Tony and once for an Oscar. He is most known for playing Dr. Hawkeye Pierce on the TV series MASH and has been inducted into the Television Hall of Fame. He is also an accomplished author with a number of New York Times bestselling books, the latest one titled: If I Understood You, Would I Have This Look on My Face? My Adventures in the Art and Science of Relating and Communicating.  He is the co-founder of The Alan Alda Center for Communicating Science at Stony Brook University. And he is also the host of his own podcast called Clear and Vivid.    Some interesting insights from this episode: The only kind of formal training Alan had was improvisation which is equally valuable in real life as it is in acting. If you're able to connect with another person, things happen between you that would never happen otherwise.  “You have to get your brain so devoted to what you're doing and to how you understand what you're doing that the rest of your body comes along with it.” In regards to acting, “it's hard stuff but I'm ecstatic and I love it. There's a wonderful feeling of flying when it goes well.” “If we all thought a little bit more like scientists, we might make better decisions.” “The most impressive scientists attack their own ideas before anybody else can.” External awards like an Emmy aren't nearly as motivating to him as the internal reward to getting better at his craft. “Rather that strive for excellence, it's better to strive for pretty damn good.”

Televised impeachment hearings begin today in the inquiry into whether President Trump withheld military aid from Ukraine to pressure the Ukrainian president to investigate his political rivals. Two witnesses are testifying today before the House Intelligence Committee: George Kent, a deputy assistant secretary of state, and William Taylor, a former ambassador and the top U.S. diplomat in Ukraine. Both officials have privately told congressional investigators that Trump withheld aid to Ukraine in an attempt to pressure Ukraine to investigate Joe Biden and his son Hunter. Donald Trump is just the fourth U.S. president to face an impeachment inquiry. Bill Clinton was impeached in 1998. Andrew Johnson was impeached in 1868. Richard Nixon resigned in 1974 prior to an impeachment vote. We speak with the legendary journalist Bill Moyers, who covered the Nixon and Clinton impeachment hearings. In the 1960s, Moyers was a founding organizer of the Peace Corps and served as press secretary for President Lyndon Johnson. In 1971, he began an award-winning career as a television broadcaster that would last for over four decades. During that time, Moyers received over 30 Emmys and countless other prizes. He was elected to the Television Hall of Fame in 1995. Last week Bill Moyers took out a full-page ad in The New York Times urging PBS to broadcast the impeachment hearings live and to rerun them in primetime. The post Bill Moyers on Impeachment: All Presidents Lie, But Trump Has Created a Culture of Lying appeared first on KPFA.

James Douglas Muir "Jay" Leno (/ˈlɛnoʊ/; born April 28, 1950) is an American comedian, actor, writer, producer, and television host. After doing stand-up comedy for years, he became the host of NBC's The Tonight Show with Jay Leno from 1992-2009. Beginning in September 2009, Leno started a primetime talk show, titled The Jay Leno Show, which aired weeknights at 10:00pm ET, also on NBC. After The Jay Leno Show was cancelled in January 2010 amid a host controversy, Leno returned to host The Tonight Show with Jay Leno on March 1, 2010. He hosted his last episode of The Tonight Show on February 6, 2014. That year, he was inducted into the Television Hall of Fame. Since 2014, Leno has hosted Jay Leno's Garage. For years Jay Leno has been synonymous with comedy & late-night television, but unless you've been living under a rock, you also know that Jay's true passion lies in anything that rolls, explodes or makes noise. Whether it's the latest hyper-car, or a forgotten relic, over the years Jay has gathered a distinguished collection of automobiles & motorcycles. Keeping a collection like Jay's clean is no easy task. Some of his cars are being judged at car shows, while others he simply wants to take out for a drive & enjoy. Either way, the cars had to be kept clean. For more information, please visit https://www.lenosgarage.com