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Andy is back on the air on the Anchor Network. Andy recaps last week's episode and Thanks Nick for last weeks show. We recap this past weekend series between the Tigers and the Tribe/Guardians and look ahead to the schedules for both teams. The Red Hot Reds keep pace and we recap them and the history that was made last night. We look around Major League Baseball and update the standings and wild card race. The Mud Hens add some fire power and future tigers to the roster after a week in the capital city, we recap and preview their series ahead. We recap week 1 of the NFL preseason and it's the same LOLions with a new coach and quarterback. Browns win and spoil Urbans NFL debut. We look at College Football top 25 poll and look ahead to week 1 of the season. We look ahead to the Solheim Cup and on the ice as well. We have a good Andy Rants and more on this installment of All Andy Alfred. Follow Andy on Twitter @AllAndyAlfred and Facebook.com/AllAndyAlfred for the latest news and info on the Show. Follow Nick our guest from last week show @nickofypres

Today we visit Paradise California to chat with Nick Feller who hikes the alpine back country of Northern California. We talk all things ultra light backpacking and Tenkara. Nick is mainly self taught when it comes to Tenkara and tying flies. He has started a group called #fixedlinefreaks Nick has recently teamed up with the Tenkara Rod Co. If you are looking into Tenkara check out this discount/referal code "NORCALTENKARA" Thanks Nick for sharing your story with us!

Just wanted to share something that happened the other day. FYI - I just got a hint when publishing this that my brother “sent” me to be there, because I just realized that this little episode is 9:11 long. Thanks Nick

HR Happy Hour 485 - Labor Market New and What's Ahead in 2021 Hosts: Steve Boese, Trish McFarlane Guest: Nick Bunker, Economic Research Director for North America at the Indeed Hiring Lab This episode of The HR Happy Hour is made possible by Paychex. With the onset of COVID-19, Paychex quickly responded to support businesses and help them manage the new challenges brought on by the pandemic. The Paychex COVID-19 Help Center is the ultimate, comprehensive resource hub featuring articles, videos, scenario tools, live webinars, and podcasts that provide valuable and up-to-date insight on stimulus measures, managing a remote or hybrid workforce, travel restrictions, state specific guidance, and more. To access go to payx.me/helpcenter today. This week we were joined by Nick Bunker from Indeed for an overview of the Indeed Hiring Lab and the latest review of the labor market.  We talked about the April Jobs Report and why it was so disappointing as well as the JOLTS report with 8.1 million open jobs.  We also discussed the types of job postings Indeed has seen on the rise in the US. Thanks Nick, for joining us!  Be sure to subscribe to the HR Happy Hour wherever you get your podcasts.

In this episode, Nick Butcher and Nadine Nakanishi of Sonnenzimmer speak with interdisciplinary artist and poet Osée Obaonrin. They discuss the collaborative process behind the print, Gentle Fractures, published in conjunction with CPG's fundraiser for the South Side Community Art Center, Gentle Fractures took shape over virtual meetings, weekend test sessions, and long distance communication in the last months of 2020. The resulting print is a break from the intuitive, tactile methods Osée normally employs in the studio. This separation and collaboration yielded a print none of the three could've forecast. Thank you Osée, Nick, and Nadine for giving us a look inside the edition. You can see Gentle Fractures, learn more about the process, and purchase a print at https://tinyurl.com/gentlefractures. All proceeds benefit the South Side Community Art Center. Thank you to Osée, Nick, and Nadine for sharing their thoughtful conversation. In addition to interviewing Osée for today's episode, Sonnenzimmer also created the music for the series, "Tinkering Inside the Edition". Thanks Nick and Nadine! The series artwork was created by Todd Irwin of Bitmap Press. A transcript of the episode can be found here. @owe.sea oseeobaonrin.com @sonnenzimmer Sonnenzimmer.com https://tinyurl.com/gentlefractures http://chicagoprintersguild.org/raise-it-up/

Nick Norris is a former United States Navy SEAL, now the CEO and co-founder of Protekt Products. He is a graduate of both the United States Naval Academy and Basic Underwater Demolition / SEAL (BUD/S) Class 247. Upon completion of SEAL training in 2004, Nick assumed progressively higher positions of leadership within Naval Special Warfare. Nick is sharing how his leadership training in the SEALs can help entrepreneurs excel in business. Subscribe Apple | Spotify | iHeart Radio | Stitcher | Radio FM 3 Golden Nuggets We are only limited by our minds. Most of what stands in our way is head trash and it just takes a shift in mindset in order to push yourself and succeed. Have humility and be humble enough to know you're not the expert in all things. This gives you the insight necessary to put the right people in the right seats and trust them to do their job effectively in order to grow your business. Preparedness is the key to conquering stress. Training scenarios and mission planning are at the core of what Navy SEALs do so they aren't caught off-guard by any situation thrown at them. Entrepreneurs should tackle business the same way in order to be successful. Sponsors and Resources Verblio: Today's episode of the Smart Agency Masterclass is sponsored by Verblio. Check out Verblio.com/smartagency and get 50% off your first month of content creation. Our team loves using Verblio because of the ease in their process and their large pool of crowd-sourced writers. Show Transcripts Jason: [00:00:00] On this episode, I talk with him former Navy SEAL, Nick, who goes through how they would make decisions, how they apply that to the civilian world, how you can be a better leader and get out of stressful situations. It's a really amazing episode. I'm so honored to have Nick on the show and you guys are going to really love it. Hey Nick, welcome to the show. NIck: [00:00:29] Well, thank you for having me, Jason. Jason: [00:00:31] Yeah, I'm excited to have you on, so tell us who you are and what do you do? NIck: [00:00:35] Oh, my name is Nick Norris, I guess I would be known as a former SEAL by a lot of people, right? That's why I've connected with people, but I currently am an entrepreneur. Uh, I have a company called Protekt Products and, and we are in the wellness space, producing supplements and sun care products. And our supplements are geared toward improving people's hydration and helping them sleep better. Jason: [00:01:04] Awesome. Fantastic. Well, first off, thanks for your service, especially for all the people that I've ever served. So thank you very much, but what made you decide to be a Navy SEAL? NIck: [00:01:15] Uh, so I wanted to do something difficult, you know, when people ask me that question and I've thought a little bit about it now because the question comes up often, I always was looking for something that was personally challenging. I wasn't the most naturally talented person athletically growing up, I had to really work hard and I wanted to find something that I could apply myself to that required a tremendous amount of personal discipline and that commitment and personal discipline would be. The thing that would drive success, not necessarily innate athletic ability or just innate talent. So I gravitated towards the SEAL teams because it was really difficult. I knew I could apply myself diligently in a disciplined way and get results. And that happened, I kind of fixated on it early in life or right around seventh grade. When a friend of mine had told me about the community and how difficult it was to enter that community specifically. Did someone tell you if you can never do it, is that what pushed you to do it? So my, the initial friend, a guy named Mike Hurley, who's a police officer in Chicago. He's the one that brought it up to me. He was a big fan of the Marine Corps. He wanted to be in the military and he mentioned the Seal teams and he was always super positive. But the second that I latched onto that concept and I was actually pretty vocal about it, you know, growing up seventh, eighth-grade high school. But I, I definitely had people close to me that told me. Dude, you're crazy. There's no way you're going to do that. And if it added fuel to the fire, right, that's typically what happens, right. People that are very driven get told that they can't do something and then you want to prove them wrong and improve that you're capable of controlling your own destiny. Jason: [00:03:02] Yeah. I remember, uh, I came back from college one time and my dad used to run all the time and we used to run this like one and a half-mile loop. And he was like, Hey, can you with me? I was like, yeah, I'll run with you. And literally, we passed right in the very beginning, we pass this old guy just walking. And when we got back around this loop, my dad was way ahead of me. And I was so embarrassed. I remember walking by the old guy and the old guy was like, well, you better get them next time or something. And then. I saw something where people were doing this triathlon. And I told my dad, I said, I'm going to do a triathlon. Or maybe I told him I was going to do an iron man or something. And, uh, and he was like, Oh, you can't do that. And literally it fueled me and I was like, I just finished under the cut. NIck: [00:03:49] Yeah. Yeah, it's good. Right? That, that external motivation is, is motivation and powerful motivation on the left. Yeah. Jason: [00:03:57] So I heard something, I guess you guys have, or maybe it's a rule it's like a 70/30 or something where you feel like your body's like completely shot, but you still have a ton to go. Is that true? Or is it there's a 70/30 rule? NIck: [00:04:13] So I, I haven't heard of it specifically like that, but it definitely makes sense. I mean, generally speaking, we're limited by our mind, not by our body and you know, I, I've gone through a bunch of stuff in my personal life that has shown me that, I mean, growing up as an athlete and not being as talented as everybody else and knowing that I could dig deep and that my, you know, my mind wanted to tell me to stop. And, and to keep going and then going into buds was another very pointed example of that, that whole program, you know, the SEALs, selection and training program, which is called BUD/S., Basic Underwater Demolition SEAL training is structured to break every single person down to a point where you are not physically capable of doing it on your own, and you're not physically capable of just crushing it the entire time. It gets you to a point where you have to dig deeper, you have to face kind of those mental barriers and then draw, I passed them. And in doing so you find out that. You are capable of doing so much more than your mind is telling you you're capable or your body's capable of, uh, so much more than your mind thinks it is. Jason: [00:05:32] I can only imagine that's gotta be a humbling experience because I would think obviously I was not in the military and it's a regret I've had, but I can only imagine. The people that go through BUD/S, they're probably at the top of their game, on the physical ability. And then just to be broken down and to have to depend on other people, I guess that's the whole design of it. So that's, um, it's really pretty cool. We had to, I mean, a huge amount of people that were tremendous athletes, I mean, very talented, like Olympic caliber athletes that faltered, when things got really tough. You know, and, and not necessarily the, on the physical side of things, but immersion in cold water is something that's a big part of our pipeline, our selection pipeline. And, you know, there's really nothing you can do. It's like physically, yeah, you might be a bigger guy and you might be more insulated than, than the guy that's, you know, 130 pounds next to you. But both of you will get to a point where you're going to get cold. And that's where like you really have to dig deep. I mean, that's where kind of that mental toughness and kind of that ability to kind of drive past discomfort and push yourself beyond where you think you can go, uh, comes in. So I saw guys that were tremendous athletes, you know, falter in that regard. And then I, you know, the counterpoint to that is I saw guys that you would have bet everything they would have failed because they just were not. You know the most impressive physical specimens and they were the toughest guys that I went through training with and the polar opposite of what you would imagine a SEAL candidate to look like. You know, they were maybe 15, 20 pounds overweight, not athletic, you know, struggled in most of the physical evolutions, but could just crush it when things got extremely tough. That's awesome. So let's talk about high pressure situations because obviously, running an agency is very different than being in the military and you guys have gone through a lot of high pressure situations, being a SEAL and a lot of agency and entrepreneurs that think they're in high pressure situations for their business. And I've always found when there's emotion or a lot of stress, or I guess stress creates emotion, which emotion creates bad decisions. How did you guys learn how to deal with that and to get that under control in order to make the right decision? NIck: [00:07:56] Yeah. I mean, so just dealing with stress, right? I mean, stress is stress regardless of where the origin of that stress is coming from, you know, whether it be high-risk financial decisions as an agency owner or an element leader in a SEAL platoon in combat. I mean, you're still going to be exposed to stress and in our community, you know, we, we train a lot. We train significantly more than the time that we actually spend in direct combat operations. Um, I mean there's guys pre 9/11 that didn't really get to see any combat and spent 20, 30 years in training, basically preparing for that opportunity to excel in kind of the high-stress kind of game-day scenario. And I would say that that extreme level of preparation or commitment to preparation, uh, becomes a stress inoculator. The training that I went through and I've referred to this example several times and it, and I will continue to refer to it. Jocko Willink, who is a very well-known SEAL owns Echelon Front, which is a consultancy here in the States. Jocko was my sister troop commander. He also put me through training when I was a platoon commander and he was running our training detachment on the West coast. And I specifically remember multiple times during my training where I felt significantly more stress because I knew I was being critiqued by someone that I respect. And I was being critiqued by my peers in that kind of a high-performance training scenario. I felt more stressed there than I did an actual combat operations. And I have memories of being in uh, direct engagement with the enemy, you know, receiving incoming enemy fire and making calls and making decisions on the battlefield and feeling more comfortable and more confident because of the training that high stakes, high level, high stress training that I went through. So, you know, it's a testament to the fact that you know, preparation breeds inoculation distress. And will allow you to control those emotions that seem to overwhelm people that are ill-prepared. Jason: [00:10:16] Yeah. Whenever I think about the points in my life, when was the most stressful, it was really, it came down to being prepared or not being prepared. Like I just was like, ah, kind of wing it. I'll be good at that pitch. And then I would go in and be like, Holy cow, but then if I look at situations where I felt totally relaxed, it was, I've done this a thousand times. Like you were saying that repetition and I was just prepared and I was just like, No. Now I can get on, like, I look at getting on stage because a lot of people fear getting on stage. And I remember when I ran the agency, I would get on stage and I would talk about stuff I really didn't know about just to get on stage.  But then now I get on stage and talking about, you know, running an agency I'm like, ask me anything. Like, I feel totally prepared. Like there you can't throw me any curveballs. That is so true. NIck: [00:11:09] There is no easy solution. Right? You got to put the work in, you have to be well-prepared and it was evident in every single thing that we did in the SEAL teams. You know, whether it was the training scenarios, uh, whether it was our mission planning and kind of the preparation prior to going out on an actual real-world operation, you know, we prepared diligently. Uh, we exhausted every scenario that we possibly could think through in order to contingency plan, plan, and really try to have, have the answers before the tests. You know, we, we tried to go through everything and come up with theoretical problems and solutions and did it in a manner where everybody on the team understood what those scenarios could be and how we would potentially address them. And 99% of the time, we never even had to address those contingencies on the actual operation. The operation, typically it would just be easy, right. But it's that 1% opportunity where something bad goes wrong and you have to deal with it. And if you know what you are going to do ahead of time, because you've already talked through it with your team. Emotion doesn't even play into it. You go into autopilot and you just start addressing the issues and taking care of business. Jason: [00:12:35] Other than just putting your team through repetition, repetition, and let's think about it on, on a business front, right? Because a lot of entrepreneurs, a lot of leaders, you know, they hear that, you know, they hear you talking about them and they're like, well, it's a life-death situation. Like they have to do it all. But a lot of business leaders and including me sometimes, and I'm actually going to think about the way I do it is like, we don't have time to plan for every single result. We'll just go. We'll react and then we'll react to however happens, which is probably the wrong way. Cause if you told people like, Hey, your life depends on this. Don't you want to think of every result? Like what do you say to those people? NIck: [00:13:17] Yeah, I mean, but I mean, even as a, as a business leader, you have the opportunity to put systems in place, right? I mean, you know, let's say on the sales front, you know, you can put together your targets, you can talk about how you approach those targets, the way that you're going to pitch certain people. Cause it's different. Every single time you're going to bring different people on your team to certain pitches because they're going to be received better by certain demographics that you're pitching to. And. You can plan all of that stuff. And it's not a waste of time and energy to do that. I mean, you're going to know your team better by doing that by digging in and understanding what strengths each and every person on your team has. You're going to be able to tap into those strengths easier. Uh, more fluidly and be able to apply those strengths from your team appropriately in the right pitches. And then, you know, the, the actual pitch itself, it becomes pretty robotic and pretty structured. You know, it's not like there's a tremendous amount of variance in kind of pitching to a new client. You can really lay that stuff out well, and, and even, you know, you should be practicing that you should huddle as a team. You should have people practicing their pitch, the way that they converse with you as the way they converse with the client. So, you know, I know people may say, yeah, you know, we, we just read and react and, uh, and we don't have the time to do this, but I don't think you have time not to do that because if you get in front of somebody, That's a decision-maker. I mean, that's life and death, financially. I mean, people will downplay it and say, Oh yeah, well you're in combat. Yeah. It is life and death. Yeah. True. You know, you're not going to die in a pitch if you lose, but you know, if you lose a big pitch and you're in financial dire straits, I can say this. I said this before we started our call, I would be more stressed. And I probably would allow that to impact me more emotionally if I was in a situation where I, I felt out of control and  I lost my financial security and I couldn't take care of my family. That still produces an extremely high level of stress. So I think it all, it's all relative. Jason: [00:15:29] Yeah, I totally agree. And I remember one time we, we over-prepared for this one pitch going in and I remember just going in there, like yeah, we'll decide with you. I'm like, but I was thinking in my mind, we were so prepared. You need to ask us this question so we can like it. Wasn't waiting for time. It wasn't wasted. We made us that much better for the next pitch, the next campaign, the next, you know, initiative that we needed to do. Let's change, focus a little bit around building your team and being a good leader. How did you guys select who you wanted on your team and really kind of get them to the next level where everybody was in sync, because it's the same within business. Like you have to get the right people in the right seat, all that believe in that certain vision or mission ahead of you. NIck: [00:16:17] Well, so in the SEAL team, it's actually easier because we all go through the same selection process. For the most part, you get a tremendous product. On the backend of that selection process, and you get sent to a SEAL team and you get put into a platoon and there's really, you don't want people in the, in the background picking these people out, like handpicking them, you just get a bunch of SEALs. You get like you get a rough cut SEAL that has made it through the same selection process that every other SEAL has made it through. So you know what you have to start with. So as a leader, you know, that's easier for me, you know, I think it's actually the leadership in the SEAL teams was easy because of that, you know, as opposed to being in the civilian world where you don't necessarily get that high-level selection process, you know, you get to interview somebody, maybe put them on as an intern and get to see them perform for a period of time, but you don't get to vet them for a year, a year and a half. And, uh, for us, the leadership really. I mean, leadership is always important, but it became critically important in the way that you grew your people, you leverage their strengths and their weaknesses, and you slotted them into the right role with the right responsibilities as part of that team. So. I didn't have a choice as to who I got, but I did have a choice as to where I put those people on my team. Jason: [00:17:48] Man, maybe I need to create BUD/S for agency employees. NIck: [00:17:54] Put them through like a six-month just grinder and just like every like high stress all day. But, but you know what, from a leadership standpoint, to give you more of a granular answer, you know, we trust and respect are two big things. As far as leadership is concerned, successful leadership in the, in any team and also humility as a leader. So being humble enough to know that you don't have all the answers. And even if you're in a position of leadership where you are accountable, you still. Should never say I need to be the end all be all. I need to know everything. I mean, it's great. You should tap in and try to learn as much as you can, but be humble enough to know that you're not the expert. You got people on your team that are absolute experts in the role that they're there to execute. And in the SEAL teams, you know, we had people that breached doors, we had people that were snipers. We had people that were communicators. We had people that conducted all of our medical training and, and cared for our unit from a medical standpoint. And, you know, as a leader, I wanted to know the capabilities that each of those people brought to the team, but they were the expert and I needed to be trusting enough. And confident enough in their ability to perform and to be experts in their field to allow them to do their job effectively, let them lead in their own right in their lane. And then be able to apply those strengths at the appropriate times in order to put together a successful operation. Jason: [00:19:31] Yeah. I think the perception too, and I learned this the hard way, and I guess a lot of people listening, you know, they think of Navy SEALs, all alphas, right. And you probably alphas in your own realm, but I think you mentioned the keyword humility and being humble to know that they don't know everything because I remember. I was looking for this graphic designer many years ago. And I remember coming across, they were the most amazing designer I've ever, ever seen on this one particular thing, but they were the cockiest son of a bitch I've ever met. And I was like, I cannot put this poison in this company, even though they're the best. They're not the best for the team, you know, going forward. Now I heard a story. Now this is not around me, but I want to understand how you guys make decisions as a team. As well, as, as a leader, I was listening to a podcast and Scott Kelly on the, you know, the astronauts lived in space for a year. And I think they had some problems with the heat shield and NASA was like, Hey, you know, it's your decision. And he said, I could have asked everyone in a group setting, you know, what do you guys think we should do? Should we go out and do a spacewalk fix it? Or should we just, which could actually damage it more? Or should we just come down? And he said, he goes, we actually, um, I went to everyone individually and asked them rather than having committee make the decision. What were kind of like your decision process when you were leading your team? NIck: [00:20:58] So I'll refer back to kinda my Afghan deployment, my last active duty deployment as a SEAL, you know, I went into a platoon that had some leadership issues. And I was replacing a, another officer that had been removed from the platoon. So kind of a broken scenario, a lot of distrust, a lot of, uh, internal conflict. And I was showing up from a different theater. I came from Iraq and I was going into Afghanistan and. What I did initially just sit back and listen. I mean, I think it's important when you have the time when you're not in the high-stress scenario is get to know the people that are in your team. Listen to them. Don't just talk, right? The more you can shut your mouth and listen, you learn a tremendous amount. And what I learned in listening is who are the trusted experts, who are the people that really have a finger on the pulse and know how other people in the team are feeling. And, you know, I, I was able to gauge the level of credibility of each individual that I listened to. And by doing that, I basically formed. This, uh, abstract advisory board within my team where when things were, I guess, getting more high pressure and we needed to make some serious decisions and decisions that were going to be high stakes, you know, we're going into a dangerous area, or we were going to do a certain type of operation. I could always go back and I could talk to some of these critical leaders within my element. Because I've already vetted them. And I knew who I could go to, uh, who was credible and who was capable of giving me sound advice. And I think in doing that, I was able to confidently make decisions because ultimately as the leader, the top person in a unit, I'm accountable for the decision. So as much as I want to take the advice of everybody else and the council. When it comes down to it, I need to be confident in making the decision. And I gotta be the one that falls on the sword, if things go wrong, uh, because I'm definitely the one that's getting the credit when things go right. You know, so I need to be willing to accept that level of accountability and stand on my own two feet. Jason: [00:23:17] What were some of the questions that you would ask when you were coming in in order to get them? Just because a lot of times I would think, you know, as a leader comes into an organization that has a little, little fun going on, some people are going to be a little standoffish or be like, what are you going to do for me? What were some of the questions that kind of disarmed that? NIck: [00:23:38] Well, I think empowering people, right? So like giving people the opportunity to say, Hey, like what have you seen go, right? What have you seen go wrong? What are things that you would  change or what changes would you enact? Uh, if you were given the opportunity to do that, and then not just kind of hypothetically talking about it, but actually empowering people and letting them make decisions. As the leader, you don't always have to be the one that's making kind of you're accountable for the final call, but you don't have to be the one that makes that final call. There was a lot of the times that I mean, I say typically our mission planning process was allowing each individual kind of unit or element within the bigger element to actually run the planning process and make decisions as to where they're going to place themselves, how they're going to execute a micro portion of the plan. And they actually go through brief that. And they would brief all the contingencies associated with that micro portion of the bigger plan. So in essence, I'm allowing them, I'm empowering them as leaders in their own right. To make decisions, to build confidence. So they already are like, Hey, you know what? I'm not only the leader. Isn't, uh, you know, the, the high-level leader, isn't just asking me for my opinion, that leader is actually allowing me to make decisions and trust me to make decisions that he's cool with, he's ready to execute on. So I think that's important. It's like, don't just be talk, don't just be kind of, don't give people the warm and fuzzy actually trust people, show that you are confident in their ability to make decisions and execute on things. Jason: [00:25:17] Yeah. I love that. What was the major decision for really kind of leaving the SEALs and going kind of the corporate, the civilian route. NIck: [00:25:29] Uh, so, so I have a bit of an unconventional transition, I guess I came off my last deployment and I think two things for me happened that really changed the dynamic as a SEAL officer. I knew that I was 100% committed to my job to be in a combat leader, leading men well in combat and making sure that I make sound decisions that are going to put them first and bring them home safe. And. My wife got pregnant with our first child, our daughter. And that was, it was a big deal. And not necessarily the. The linchpin catalyst that led to my decision to leave, but it definitely weighed in. And the second major event in my life was my younger brother. My middle brother, Chris was killed in an inbounds avalanche in Winter Park, Colorado. So my little brother left behind a wife and two young kids. And, you know, they were the first ones to know that my wife was pregnant with our first. And it really was a perspective shift for me. You know, I got to see what my brother's family went through in losing him and knowing that I was about to become a father, you know, it was much easier for me to visualize the very real possibility of, of me. You know, being killed or just frankly being taken from my family for long periods of time and training, um, with the, the level of commitment that I owed to the SEAL team. So it was a perspective shift there that led to me saying, okay, I'm going to get out. I want to focus on my family. I want to be there for my family and other loved ones in my life. And at that point I said, I, you know, I wanted to reinvent myself. I wanted to prove people wrong. I wanted to prove that I could do something besides being a combat leader. I wanted to prove that I could actually be successful in a career outside of the military with direct kind of gun toting skills that I was coming to the table with. Jason: [00:27:39] I totally get that. You know, I, I used to race cars and, you know, I started seeing some of our, our friends that I would know would get injured. And I was just, you know, right when I had my second son, I was like, I was like you, I was like, if I get hurt, I get hurt, but it's going to affect my family going forward. And so that's kind of why I kind of hung up the race suit. NIck: [00:28:01] It's always a good exercise to step back and kind of evaluate your priorities at any point in life. And I think the more frequent you can do that exercise the better off you are, because it makes sure that you're staying on track. Right? I mean, if you don't do that exercise. From time to time, you're going to slowly but surely deviate from course to a point where if too much time elapses, you know, you may find yourself in a pretty bad place. And, uh, You know, and I, I wouldn't say I am immune to that because I have, I have spoke very openly and very freely about my own personal struggles and kind of losing course post-transition and it kind of losing focus on the priorities that led me to transitioning from the SEAL teams in the first. Jason: [00:28:51] No, that's great. Last question I forgot to ask was around, have you ever had to replace a teammate? NIck: [00:28:58] Well, so yeah, I mean, in my, on that last. Deployment to Afghanistan. I replaced a teammate that was removed relinquished from a leadership role over in Afghanistan. And that was the biggest learning experience for me as a leader, to be able to step into a broken scenario and have to figure it out, right. Have to win people over that don't necessarily know you very well. And, and kind of when that confidence and that trust, you know, in a short period of time. Well, when you came into that environment though, was there anybody that you had to replace, you know, going in or make that hard decision to be like that person on the team is not the right fit? Yeah. So let me think about it. I, so in that scenario, I was not the one that had to pull the trigger and, and replace that person. We did replace, uh, people in previous platoons and it's never easy. Right? I mean, it's you know, I think the things that we did, right, and we often did this because it was protocol in the SEAL teams is we brought the issue up early and often it was never a surprise for the person. If it was a surprise, it actually tied our hands in our ability to remove that individual from a position, regardless of whether it's a leadership position, a high level leadership position, or just a, a position within a, uh, a SEAL platoon, you know, we, we executed counseling multiple times and everything was recorded. And the person was very clear as to what our expectations were, where they were falling short, because if you don't give people clear expectations and you don't give them defined objectives for them to hit that, our metrics of their performance, how can you hold them accountable? How can you -- I think you are failing as a leader if you're not clear and you're not giving them those well-defined objectives. You know, you should be looking at replacing yourself or counseling yourself if you're not doing that. So if ever if you're pulling somebody into your, office to tell them that you're going to let them go, and that person is surprised or has his hearing those things for the first time, it's absolutely the wrong way to approach that scenario. Jason: [00:31:11] Yeah, looking back, I've done that so many times in the very early years and I'm like, man, why did I have to surprise them? Like if I just kind of let them know my expectation, the whole way and kind of just seed it the right way, it could have turned out totally different. NIck: [00:31:27] Yeah. It's always tough. Right? To be direct. Communication is scary for a lot of people. People don't like confrontation in the outside world. It's difficult to sit face to face with somebody. And tell somebody that they're failing at something, you know, or that, you know, you're disappointed in them. It's easy to tell them when they're, you know, they're... hey there, you're doing a great job and you're exceeded expectations, but people just, they shy away from confrontation and conflict. And, you know, I've noticed, and I've learned this myself because it's tougher on the outside because I, I am dealing with people that I did not. Have go through a selection process, right? So, you know, sometimes I'm bringing people in and I think they're going to be the best person ever to fill that role. And three months later, I'm finding out that they are inadequate, you know, might not have had the skillset that they, they came into it saying they did. And they might even have personality traits that are cancerous within the unit. And, direct communication. The times that I've been direct and very clear with my expectations and kind of clear in their critique of their execution in their role, it's been so much easier than those times where I've shied away from it and they don't know, they can't read your mind. They don't hear the conversations that you're having with your business partners about how you're disappointed in somebody. And it's like, you got to tell people, or they're never going to be able to fix it. Jason: [00:32:57] Well, I think as, as leaders, if I think back at kind of the early years, I think it was, comes down to a couple, I think two things it's comes down to, you don't know the solution that they actually need to go do to fix it. Or you feel like a, a bad leader because you don't know the solution for them. And then just this resentment builds up and then it just pops one day and then you surprise them and then it's just, it's not good for anyone. So it's yeah. It's crazy. Well, this has all been amazing. Is there anything I didn't ask you that you think would benefit the listeners? Oh, I mean, I, it's tough. There's so much to talk about. I mean, we could, we could talk leadership and, uh, in various scenarios all day long, so I'm happy to do it anytime, brother. Awesome. I appreciate it. If anybody ever wants to reach out to you or go to your business or charity, where can they go? NIck: [00:33:51] Yeah. I mean, so for me personally, I'm on Instagram, pretty easy to find there. I think I'm @Nick_Norris1981, and my business is protekt.com protect with a K. And we're @protektlife on Instagram. And then for the charity, I would say the C4 Foundation. It's a charity that I am intimately involved with. I am currently filling the executive director role in combination with my, my efforts as an entrepreneur. And, uh, so I have a little bit going on, but a C4 foundation was named after Charles Humphrey Keating IV. Who was a friend of mine that was killed in combat in the SEAL teams, uh, about four years ago in Northern Iraq. And, the foundation is building a 560-acre ranch about an hour and a half outside of San Diego in order to be a sanctuary for Navy SEAL families to kind of grow connection within their individual family unit. And grow connection amongst kind of other families to kind of build that organic support mechanism for guys and, and their families as they go through their deployments on active duty. And then when they finally leave active duty, they have people that they can lean on. So C4foundation.org is a phenomenal organization that I'm involved with. And, uh, if you want to check it out, there's some really cool videos on the website. Jason: [00:35:19] Awesome. Well, everybody go there. If you guys enjoyed this episode and you want to support the great cause that they do, please go there. That'd be great. Thanks Nick. For everything that you've done and you're doing currently and giving us your most valuable asset your time. And if you guys liked this episode, make sure you guys subscribe. Make sure you guys give it a good rating. And until next time have a Swenk day.

Grab a seat (and maybe a few tissues) and join me and my good friend, Nick Warnes, as we hear about his family's journey with fertility and deciding to enter into In Vitro Fertilization (IVF). Nick shares with us how he and his wife, Whitney, came to the decision together, and what it was like to endure the highs and lows of getting good news followed by the heartbreak of getting the worst news any parents can get. But the story doesn't end there for the Warnes! They have a beautiful son, Lee, and are both finding happiness with the blessings they have today. But do they want to give the process another go? You will have to tune in and find out! Thanks Nick for coming on and sharing your story!----more---- Show Notes: Nick's Links; Instagram Book Information on IVF; Link Link Parenting Hotline; Link Connect with a Therapist!; Link ----more---- The Regulars: Ryan's Patreon: Link Whiskey & Ry: Instagram Twitter Ryan's Links: Instagram Twitter The Deep West: Instagram

Nick Capozzi is someone I want to do another episode with from just a biography standpoint. He is hilarious, and has had an amazingly unique career. Nick is an expert marketer and is great at building his personal brand on Linked In, even though he only just started! Thanks Nick!

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Season 1. Episode 37. You’ve got the Avengers, and your Justice League Heroes but did you know we’ve got some sake superheroes too? This week John and Tim interview Sakeman Red a.k.a Nick Matsumoto. Nick is part of team Sakeman, who describe themselves as “A team of athletic, sake superheroes who import their own brands and educate the masses!” Nick first connected with the Sakeman group through his love of judo. The first thing you’ll notice about the Sakeman group is their use of iconic and custom made luchador masks when presenting their stellar sake portfolio of sake from premium producers all around Japan – so their stuff is legit. . As Nick explains in our interview, the masks help draw attention to sake and start the conversation! Or the masks draw an invitation to wrestle! However it turns out, Sakeman is all about good sake. Thanks Nick for taking the time to teach us to work hard, train hard and drink hard!

BONUS POD For a very short period of time this Pod will be available to listen to. Nick Friend from the cricketer very kindly gives a brief overview and some short opinion on the guidelines for the return to recreational cricket. It is nothing that you will not have read already from the ECB but just a whistle stop tour! Thanks Nick for your time.

Cody, Neil & Jairus are joined by Nick Roy of The Score on episode 90 of the StudioPTBO Podcast! The foursome discuss the various aspects of day to day production at The Score and how they have to adapt during the pandemic. Advice for graphic designers and the importance of publishing content online are all covered in this episode! Thanks Nick! Subscribe to the show on:Itunes: https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/the-studioptbo-podcast/id1398036967?mt=2#episodeGuid=Buzzsprout-739630Google Play: https://play.google.com/music/listen?u=0#/ps/Ibfgbfiuvh5wi3vxoge76uwnjeeSpotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/03DG8shK4ksLFbSncPHv43?si=5fN-_NolQOOPXjoas15UXATunein: https://tunein.com/podcasts/Business--Economics-Podcasts/The-StudioPTBO-Podcast-p1207815/PS: When you're ready... here are 4 ways we can help you grow your business:1. Join the StudioPTBO Marketing Hacks Group on Facebook and connect with fellow entrepreneurs who are running businesses and growing teams.In this group we talk about how to grow and build your company on social and create momentum across your entire organization >>> https://www.facebook.com/groups/3402675632829752. Download A Free Copy "7 Essential Steps To Generating Leads For Your Business"We published this article to help provide massive value to this community and help you get started. Visit https://studioptbo.com/lead-generation to download your copy today.3. Get instant access to our free real estate online marketing training!Click here >> https://studioptbo.com/real-estate-freetraining4. Work with the StudioPTBO team privately.If you'd like to work directly with our team to help you build your business... just click here >>> http://sendusleadsnow.com/

Please enjoy this guest spot episode with Nick Reed. This man's got a great perspective on things... and it was great switching things up and having a guest on. Wishing you many successes with Fit Faith... We gotta do another episode sometime. Thanks Nick!

Episode 329 of the PetaPixel Photography Podcast. Download MP3 -  Subscribe via iTunes, Google Play, email or RSS! Featured: Landscape photographer, Nick Page   In This Episode If you subscribe to the PetaPixel Photography Podcast in iTunes, please take a moment to rate and review us and help us move up in the rankings so others interested in photography may find us. Show Opener:Landscape photographer, Nick Page. Thanks Nick! Sponsors: - Build Your Legacy with Fujifilm - Get 20% off at KupoGrip.comwith offer code PetaPixel20- Get FreshBooks cloud accounting FREE for 30 DAYS by entering PetaPixel in the "How Did You Hear About Us?" section at FreshBooks.com/PetaPixel - More at LensShark.com/deals. Stories: Nikon crops with the Z 50. (#) Matel and National Geographic finally make this happen. (#) Canon releases two new RF lenses and one is a bit of a surprise. (#) Fujifilm's X-Pro3 does things in a new way. (#) Two photographers are attacked and what could've been done differently. (#) Canon takes something away only to bring it back. (#) Connect With Us Thank you for listening to the PetaPixel Photography Podcast! Connect with me, Sharky James on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook (all @LensShark) as we build this community. We’d love to answer your question on the show. Leave us an audio question through our voicemail widget, comment below or via social media. But audio questions are awesome! You can also cut a show opener for us to play on the show! As an example: “Hi, this is Matt Smith with Double Heart Photography in Chicago, Illinois, and you’re listening to the PetaPixel Photography Podcast with Sharky James!”

In this fantastic episode Nick Baskwill(@MrBaskwill) and I discuss mini-boss battles. This concept is one that could fit just about any classroom. Check this idea out and the shared template on my YouTube Channel on Episode 135. Thanks Nick!

Nick, founder of Tyypo Prints, completely believes in the power of being positive. He started his company as a side-hustle while pursuing a career in graphic design - or visual problem solving, as he describes it - but quickly realized that the corporate world wasn't necessarily for him and that he would be better off controlling his own destiny.   This episode is great for anyone considering the leap of starting their own business. Or, anyone seeking encouragement while navigating some of their own ups and downs.   As a special perk for Relish The Journey listeners, Nick is offering a promo code at Typpo Prints for a limited time. So, head over to www.tyypoprints.com and enter code RELISH to receive 10% off your purchase at checkout. Thanks Nick!  

Welcome to Finance & Fury, the ‘Say What Wednesday’ edition. I recently received a great email from Nick, on a fantastic topic. So, I’ll read most of the email as background to today’s discussion;  “Hey Louis, I’ve recently be thinking about an issue that I think should be at the forefront of people’s minds a lot more than climate change, and that’s waste pollution. The issue of waste pollution in both the ocean and land seems to get a lot less coverage than the issue of climate change, even though the issue has a far greater capability to affect us in a dire manner, as pollution can undeniably kill life. Now, what does this have to do with finance? I recently attended Groove in the Moo, and they had this system where they overcharged all cans by $1, but gave you a $1 cash refund for every can you brought back to the purchasing station. Me and my friend being thrifty got to work and collected over 200 cans that we saw just lying on the floor to make some money over the day. This concept got me thinking though. What if the government began a program similar to this, whereby if they overcharge particular items and offer cash refunds for their return to a recycling centre? Having a system like this would act as a disincentive for people wanting to buy single use plastics (as it would then cost more) but could also effectively stimulate the GIG economy, where a government doesn’t have to pay for as many workers to clean up streets and so forth, and also allow people who are short on cash to earn extra money for recycling and doing the right thing by the environment (This is of course if people actually took to the idea of cleaning up rubbish they saw on the street). I do understand that you get something like $0.05 for every aluminium can take to a recycling centre, but the incentive isn’t promoted in any way by the government. Do you think a system like this could actively help reduce the amount of waste produced, rather than legislating bans on particular goods (similar to the ban of single use plastics)? Thanks again for all your content, and hope to talk soon. Nick” Awesome Question – and a great way to make some money, nice work! To start, I think it would be a great thing. I am a big fan of incentives to recycle and reuse. This program, and different forms of it, have been in use for a long time.   From what I have seen of this first hand, it does work well when implemented well; I lived in Austria/Germany and while they have few bins, there isn’t much rubbish around. That is due to them having rebates on bottles/other goods that can be reused. We used to take a carton of bottles back to the supermarket to get a discount on the next slab Even out in parks or concerts, people would walk around and collect a bottle as soon as it was put down anywhere and come up to you to ask to take your rubbish away. This was mostly thrifty people, like Nick, but I noticed it also outside of music events randomly on the streets – it was the homeless that would go around and collect bottles – and earn income for themselves. As mentioned in Nick’s email, some states do have a few cents reward per can/bottle. It’s not that popular though. The issue is a very limited distribution chain – except in reverse. For example; imagine Amazon, what happens if they didn’t have drones or employed delivery drivers, but relied on delivery people who come and go at random. Who have to find their own transport, go grab the item from the storage house and then drop it off to the person? Good luck getting next day delivery! The same problem is in reverse – getting the millions of recycling items back to the place they are best suited is an issue especially with the collection method. Think about your recycling habits; You may be the best – tear off labels, rinse out products, remove lids, etc. put it in the bin, then it gets collected and thrown in with everyone else’s rubbish, bottles smash, combined with actual rubbish put into the wrong bin… and it becomes the sum of averages and what basically becomes rubbish anyway as it can’t be processed or sorted. Doing it manually isn’t practical; there’s labour costs – shipped to Asia – which uses a lot of CO2 in transport Due to low environmental regulations overseas, the rubbish was mostly being burnt or dumped upon arrival anyway. The countries that suffer; Indonesia, Vietnam and, in particular, Malaysia, which received more than 71,000 tonnes of our plastic in the last year alone – so all that rubbish you see in pictures of beaches in Bali and Thailand – chance it has come from our recycling. Normally I’d have a bit of a chuckle at government incompetency and them somehow getting the exact opposite result than intended – but this situation is really and massively impacts lives – policy allowed to continue, with opposite to intended effect – wouldn’t they stop? If it was a company – like Amazon and their delivery model, if the packages are burnt instead how long would they stay in business? What can be done? Give incentives to individuals and also companies to participate – a free market solution! There are two parties here – those producing the goods, and polluting in the process, and those consuming the goods, and polluting in the process. Recycling policy focuses on us – how to recycle our waste, but controls the process – a monopoly on supply goods at the government level. The supply chain is broken, there’s very limited supply due to everything being sent to Asia The policy to put this into force does require the supplies of goods (i.e. producers and sellers) to willingly adopting the collection of their rubbish; Without an incentive for them to do this, it is hard to enforce the adoption of this system They are instead punished for polluting (but, we will get back to this topic!) The current methods in Australia are state by state. Rubbish needs to be returned to recycling plants and the homeless don’t have any method of getting the goods there (as there’s no public transport close either). A lot of the producers aren’t exactly local - supply chains are normally across many countries May be more costly for the producers / large suppliers to adopt To solve this the Government mandates that companies must only use recycled goods = price rise and undersupply Where the recycling chain really comes unstuck unfortunately, is in the process of recycling itself. This is a very labour and CO2 heavy industry, so the nature of trying to reuse goods actually leads to more pollution with the current methods and technology (like us shipping it overseas to be done). Collection methods are inefficient and costly – is all bundled and broken up into one pile at great expense to tax payers All based on enforcement rather than encouragement This opens up a very interesting point in economics – behavioural economics. When people are incentivised and not punished, they tend to work better, and systems that provide incentives work better than punishments – in any economy, environment, etc. For example; Two options – one is to make 10 items for your boss or you get beaten, the other is to make 10 items and you keep the rest on top to trade – what environment would you have more items? Items = Food, goods, money Worried about pollution? Give companies tax breaks, not fines – Profits are more effective than fines Punishment – there’s a risk you won’t get caught (corruption, nepotism, government inefficiency) Limitations – there may be loop holes or result in opposite to intended outcomes – forcing one thing but resulting in a worse outcome There’s no instant feedback loop – and it doesn’t stop the damage – all fines are in the end are an additional government revenue. Companies continue to pay and the Government continues to collect (and they’re happy with that arrangement) Sometimes the regulations get so green that the companies go out of business. Then everyone suffers – Government lose the revenues from the taxes and fines, workers lose incomes (government loses further tax revenue), consumers lose a good or service, less competition or options can lead to price increases, and so on. Legislating requirements at the individual level isn’t entirely effective on its own either – littering fines, or having garbage in your recycling bin – another form of government revenue Have the ability to remove the middle-managed system – allowing consumer and companies trade trash for treasure The complexity of modern society is in orders of magnitude greater than anything humans have experiences based on recorded history In a simple system you can be pretty sure if you do A, then B will happen – a piece of paper and a drawer 1 piece of paper, one drawer – 100% chance of knowing that if you take paper and store it, will be in that one drawer 1 piece – 2 drawers – now there’s a 50/50 chance, 1 piece – 3 draws – now 1/3, so on – this is a simple system. It’s linear. However, when you introduce a second step (order of consequence) the probability jumps when guessing 2 pieces – 2 drawers – goes from 50/50 to 25%, 2 pieces – 3 drawers = 9 options from 3 5 pieces – 8 drawers – 32,768 outcomes – add one more bit of paper – 262,144 outcomes Complexity in outcomes increases exponentially – paper and drawers are no comparison to people, companies, governments, and all of society. We live in an incredibly complex system that nobody truly understands or can predict the effects of actions So why try? There is a solution to get the best outcomes (over time). Not a wish list, but one that actually works, unlike wishes coming true – let’s go back to the example from Austria Austria/Germany – Pick up a case from the supermarket. When you’re done, take the label off (polite) and return with crate to supermarket, put it into a mini conveyer belt, hit the pad and it disappears and you get a docket printout to scan next time you spend to reduce the bill. This is just one example – but it can and is extended to other goods and items. Incentives work better than punishments Incentives provide growth in new economic activity – like Nick said, the gig economy and collecting rubbish – Uber Rubbish Due to opening up new opportunities – not taking away choices and freedoms which have the opposite effect At the company level – set bonus benchmarks as an incentives system Hit reduction of CO2 targets, use of recycled goods, helping collect rubbish, etc they may be incentives with tax reductions Way to truly unlock some of the social good that companies can do – leverage the people as well Day off work to go clean up trees – might cost the company $40k in wages, but save $60k in tax Individual incentives Money back/money off goods next time you buy – makes you value garbage Help out with cleaning through company programs – get tax credits, or tax-free bonus from company tax savings There are a lot of options – we can work it out based around how to maximise the system to benefit us Circular economies (I’ll can do another episode if you guys) – I was doing CPD points a while back and the study was focusing on circular economies - an economic system aimed at minimizing waste and making the most of resources. ... This regenerative approach is in contrast to the traditional linear economy, which has a 'take, make, dispose' model of production. This sounds good on the surface but this sadly is just more of the same on a global level promoted by places like the UN. Governments adopt policy to force the reuse of goods. If you are interested – let me know – www.financeandfury.com.au Thanks Nick! If anyone else has a topic to discuss or a question to ask, hit me up via our contact page.

We talk RC Bouncers on the show today. Everything from the ground up, how to build the ultimate 1/10th scale hill killer and where you can go to race this season with the NRRA. Thanks Nick!

In this episode we discuss WWDC, the future of Apple software, and of course the Mac Pro! Buckle up there's a lot to digest. Oh... and there's new music, Thanks Nick!

Today's guest is Nick Longo from Longo Design in Los Angeles CA. Nick is also the co-host of The Deeply Graphic Design Cast Podcast, and The Creative Course Podcast. This was a really cool interview to do because I was listening to the Deeply Graphic Design Cast long before I started the Quickie. Thanks Nick for working on a great show for designers and creatives! Nick has great energy and you can tell that he loves what he does. He shares how he started as a toy and packaging designer for cereal and kids meals. Nick has worked with DreamWorks, Starbucks, Kraft foods, and so many more fun and amazing brands. Enjoy!

This week’s Misfit Entrepreneur is Nick Santonastasso. Nick is a medical miracle. Not only is he one of four people alive with the rare genetic condition, Hanhart Syndrome, but the inspirational keynote speaker is also an internationally known bodybuilder and fitness model – despite missing both his legs and one arm since birth. Nick has been featured everywhere from Forbes to the Today Show, FOX, TLC, BBC, Inside Edition, and MTV. He got his start on Vine making prankster videos and I have to say, they are hilarious, especially the zombie pranks. As owner of Raw Mettle Enterprises, Nick is a speaker, coach, consultant, and author of the new book Victim to Victor, How to Overcome the Victim Mentality to Live the Life You Love. The Rock said this about Nick, “think about this for a second, Nick was born with one arm and no legs. In his mind, there’s nothing he can’t do and he’s right. He’s right because he does everything he sets his mind to. Life deals us cards on a daily basis, but we always get to decide how we’re gonna play them. Thanks Nick for helping me frame my perspective on life just a little bit more.” Now, it’s time for Nick to help you frame yours a little bit more… www.BookNickSanto.com @NickSantonastasso on Social Nick was born with Hanhart syndrome, a super rare syndrome that either leaves a baby born with undeveloped limbs or organs. Nick was the 12th person ever born with this syndrome and 8 of the other passed away due to undeveloped organs. Nick was given a 30% chance to live but made it as his organs were 100% healthy. From there he was just a kid like any other until he got to middle school and high school where he began to be noticed as different. Middle and High school were his low points. He hated his body, he questioned why he was born the way he was. Nick sought out support and joined wrestling – but to do so, he had to voluntarily amputate 5 inches of his one limb to be able to move in the ways he needed to. He wrestled his junior and senior year which lead him into having fun doing skits on Vine. That lead him to body building and then into motivation and keynote speaking and even fitness modeling. With all that you’ve done, what is the most important thing you’ve learned that you feel others must know? Life is all perspective. Your mindset is your biggest superpower. The way you think, your mind, is the one thing that can allow you to do everything or hold you back from everything. How do people train themselves to control their mind and ways of thinking? Our mind is basically a computer and it is programmed through our environment. The key is to identify the bad habits – admit to them and then start instilling good habits. Then repetition is needed to make the change to the new habit stick and become normal. Working on yourself takes a while – it is a process can only be done through time. How do we maintain perspective? Sit and think about a moment in the past that you felt was negative. Pull out one good piece of information from that event – a lesson, a thought, etc. There is always something good… The habit part is to develop a mantra that every time something negative happens to us to ask, “What’s the good in this?” Find the good. Focusing on the negative doesn’t serve us. There is a way to gain in everything. Nelson Mandela, “You don’t lose. You learn, or you win.” At the 14 min mark, Nick talks about his book “From Victim to Victor” and we start a big discussion on the victim mentality. Nick favorite story from the book and lesson? The story of how no one wanted to sit next to him on a plane. The lesson is the meaning you attach to things. We dictate how we look at things, respond to them, and how much we let them affect us, etc. When faced with a tough circumstance, challenge, or negative situation – Ask yourself, “What’s it going to be? What meaning will I choose to give to this?” Thought on Leadership? Great leaders are people persons Everything you do has a lasting effect You have to connect with people and help them and guide them to all rowing the boat in the same direction People know when they are getting BS’d. Don’t BS people. If you don’t genuinely care for people – it is hard to be a leader. Tell us your thoughts on victimhood and those playing the role of the victim and what you think the answer is… Parents are having a difficult time raising kids in today’s world. We seem to be missing some core beliefs being instilled in our lives such as gratitude. The solution to Victim mentality is not only instilling a core set of beliefs but also confidence. When people feel better about themselves and gain confidence, they move out of victimhood. The way you build confidence is to set “micro-goals.” For example: You make the goal wake up 30 mins earlier so that you can workout for 30 mins, etc. and you do it. Very quickly after doing it, you will feel better, accomplished. When you do this, you build that relationship with yourself, so you know who you are, you create and know your self-integrity. You know when you commit to something, you will get it done. Confidence is having a relationship that is so good with yourself that it doesn’t matter what the outside world thinks of you or does to you. The biggest limiting beliefs come in the from of not having confidence in yourself. If you are in a slump, do one thing, big or little, that you know will make you into a better person and you will begin to build momentum. Nicks biggest realization: You have one life. The chances you are alive are so small. Get moving and make everything you can out of that life. “Regardless of whatever hand that life has dealt us, it is our duty to play that hand to the best of our ability.” At the 38 min mark, Nick talks about how to annihilate excuses…the flips the stables on me. Best pieces of advice on entrepreneurship? Things are always going to go wrong. If you are going to blame someone for the bad, you have to recognize and acknowledge them for the good as well. Do your best to work with people that honor and share your core values and have alignment.   Best Quote: “Regardless of whatever hand that life has dealt us, it is our duty to play that hand to the best of our ability.”   Nick's Misfit 3: Live in a state of gratitude and implement it into your life. Starting your day off with gratitude is starting your day off on the right foot – and I don’t have a right foot, so if I can do it, you can do it too! Perspective is the meaning you attach to things. Ask, “What good is there in this?” You have to be your biggest cheerleader. Change your language and change your life. Use only empowering words for yourself.

We bring you a conversation about FEET! Juan recently attended a foot seminar with an interest to learn about his own feet / hip dysfunctions. This is information that everyone needs! Shoe companies are lying to you. We briefly touch on the tip of the ice berg, but hopefully we can provide some insight on your crooked toes! Make sure to check out Nick at @thefootcollective, thefootcollective.com, and listen in on his podcast TFC Audio Project. Thanks Nick! --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

We bring you a conversation about FEET! Juan recently attended a foot seminar with an interest to learn about his own feet / hip dysfunctions. This is information that everyone needs! Shoe companies are lying to you. We briefly touch on the tip of the ice berg, but hopefully we can provide some insight on your crooked toes! Make sure to check out Nick at @thefootcollective, thefootcollective.com, and listen in on his podcast TFC Audio Project. Thanks Nick!

Today's episode was recorded at the the open mic at Anise Bar. I spoke to Nick and Mark about the music they make and the music that Nick was about to perform, including some nods to The Darkness and Fleetwood Mac. And then I play a little something that nods a little in the Fleetwood Mac direction - at least in my mind it does. Thanks Nick, thanks Mark, and you can find me at Anise Bar most Wednesdays for the open mic there from 7pm. Thanks for listening. You can find me in the usual places: Twitter: -- https://www.twitter.com/saddestnightout -- Instagram: -- https://www.instagram.com/saddestnightout -- Email: -- saddestnightout@gmail.com -- Patreon: -- https://patreon.com/saddestnightout -- iTunes: -- https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/saddestnightout/id1361554117?mt=2 -- TuneIn: -- https://tunein.com/podcasts/Music-Podcasts/SADDESTNIGHTOUT-p1118077/ -- Stitcher: -- https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/saddestnightout -- Soundcloud: -- https://www.soundcloud.com/saddestnightout --

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Episode 197 of the PetaPixel Photography Podcast. Download MP3 -  Subscribe via iTunes, Google Play, email or RSS! Featured: Photographer Nick Didlick In This Episode If you subscribe to the PetaPixel Photography Podcast in iTunes, please take a moment to rate and review us and help us move up in the rankings so others interested in photography may find us. Show Opener: Photographer Nick Didlick opens the show. Thanks Nick! Sponsors: - Get 10% off your order at MeFOTO.com, Tenba.com, KupoGrip.com and StellaProLights.com using code PetaPixel. - Get FreshBooks cloud accounting free for 30 days by entering PetaPixel in the "How Did You Hear About Us?" section at FreshBooks.com/PetaPixel Stories: Tests indicate the Canon 6D Mark II's dynamic range isn't up to today's standards. (#) Nikon celebrates 100 years and articulates its new focus. (#) A scam uses Venmo to separate you from your gear. (#) Nikon teases the upcoming D850, photos of it are leaked and where it seems to be positioned. (#) Adobe accidentally (or was it?) makes Project Nimbus available to some Creative Cloud users. (#) Microsoft kills, then resurrects, MS Paint. (#) Stricter drone regulations are proposed in Canada, the UK. Is the US next? (#) Outtakes Connect With Us Thank you for listening to the PetaPixel Photography Podcast! Connect with me, Sharky James on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook (all @LensShark) as we build this community. We’d love to answer your question on the show. Leave us an audio question through our voicemail widget, comment below or via social media. But audio questions are awesome! You can also cut a show opener for us to play on the show! As an example: “Hi, this is Matt Smith with Double Heart Photography in Chicago, Illinois, and you’re listening to the PetaPixel Photography Podcast with Sharky James!”

"Carson's Short" You asked for it, you got it. We receive frequent requests for our behind-the-scene conversation with the brewers.This is the first, of what we hope will be many behind the scenes mini-episodes or "shorty's."Nick of Carson's Brewery took us through the facility and gave us a personalized guided tour. Thanks Nick!Please listen, rate, and enjoy.

Episode 189 of the PetaPixel Photography Podcast. Download MP3 -  Subscribe via iTunes, Google Play, email or RSS! Featured: Landscape photographer and podcaster, Nick Page In This Episode If you subscribe to the PetaPixel Photography Podcast in iTunes, please take a moment to rate and review us and help us move up in the rankings so others interested in photography may find us. Landscape photographer and podcaster, Nick Page opens the show. Thanks Nick! Sponsors: - Get 10% off your order at MeFOTO.com, Tenba.com, KupoGrip.com and StellaProLights.com using code PetaPixel. - Get FreshBooks cloud accounting free for 30 days by entering PetaPixel in the "How Did You Hear About Us?" section at FreshBooks.com/PetaPixel Canon announces the 6D Mark II, photographers and industry press are underwhelmed, but there is a logical explanation. (#) Micron is looking to unload Lexar or discontinue the brand entirely. (#) Seriif hints at digital asset management coming...perhaps within Affinity Photo. (#) Lensbaby announces its Velvet 85mm f/1.8 for soft portraits and macro. (#) Canon announces its Rebel SL2 (EOS 200D) for those wanting a smaller DSLR . (#) ShutterCount updates to include support for newer Canon bodies and more. (#) Outtake Connect With Us Thank you for listening to the PetaPixel Photography Podcast! Connect with me, Sharky James on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook (all @LensShark) as we build this community. We’d love to answer your question on the show. Leave us an audio question through our voicemail widget, comment below or via social media. But audio questions are awesome! You can also cut a show opener for us to play on the show! As an example: “Hi, this is Matt Smith with Double Heart Photography in Chicago, Illinois, and you’re listening to the PetaPixel Photography Podcast with Sharky James!”

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Episode 158 of the PetaPixel Photography Podcast. Download MP3 -  Subscribe via iTunes, Google Play, email or RSS! Featured: Famed photojournalist, Nick Ut In This Episode If you subscribe to the PetaPixel Photography Podcast in iTunes, please take a moment to rate and review us and help us move up in the rankings so others interested in photography may find us. Famed photojournalist Nick Ut opens the show. Thanks Nick! Sponsors: - Get 10% off your order at MeFOTO.com, Tenba.com, KupoGrip.com and StellaProLights.com using code PetaPixel. - First time customers in the US get 25% off rentals through March 31, 2017 with code SHARKY25 at BorrowLenses.com. Yet another young person dies while doing a photoshoot on train tracks. (#) Meyer-Optik announces the 35mm f/2.8 Trioplan 35+ with that unique "soap bubble" bokeh effect. (#) Fujifilm managers talk about the future of mirrorless and their company. (#) The "Azure Window" natural landmark is forever destroyed in a storm. (#) A photojournalist wins in federal court and affirms the press (and public's) right to photograph and otherwise document the actions of police in the US. (#) NASA photographs a ravioli in space more than 700 million miles away from a distance of 15,000 miles. (#) Outtake Connect With Us Thank you for listening to the PetaPixel Photography Podcast! Connect with me, Sharky James on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook (all @LensShark) as we build this community. We’d love to answer your question on the show. Leave us an audio question through our voicemail widget, comment below or via social media. But audio questions are awesome! You can also cut a show opener for us to play on the show! As an example: “Hi, this is Matt Smith with Double Heart Photography in Chicago, Illinois, and you’re listening to the PetaPixel Photography Podcast with Sharky James!”

Niklas Lollo interviews Bike East Bay Executive Director Renee Rivera, who works toward a vision where "bicycles are well integrated into the transportation system and are a key part of our thriving communities." On the show, we traverse the history of bicycling advocacy, discuss Bike East Bay's recent efforts towards inclusive and accessible biking, and take a look at how bicycling advocacy can fit within broader social justice efforts.TRANSCRIPTSpeaker 1:Yeah. Method to the madness is next. You're listening to the method to the madness. Okay. Biweekly Public Affairs show on KALX Berkeley Showcasing Bay area innovators. I am your host Nicholas Slalom. And this week we have Rene Rivera, the executive director of bike, East Bay, a bicycling advocacy organization. Hi Renee. Thanks for coming onto the show today. Um, I really appreciate it. And do you mind if I ask you how you [00:00:30] arrived here? Speaker 2:Yeah. Um, thanks nick for having me on and I got here by Barton bike, which is one of my favorite ways to get around. Speaker 1:Hmm. Yeah. And so I guess we'll just jump right into it. Um, can you take us through the history of bicycling advocacy? Speaker 2:Um, actually we'll go back to the early days of bicycle advocacy in, um, in the u s there was a very organized group that's still around called the League of American bicyclists. And in the, [00:01:00] um, late 18 hundreds, they were actually the ones who advocated for paved roads. Cars benefited, but it was actually the bicycle movement that brought us paved roads, smooth paved roads to ride on. Um, so bicycle advocacy has a long and storied history here in the u s Speaker 1:oh yeah. Wow. Um, what I had associated with, but maybe it's because I'm a millennial is, um, maybe I thought the furthest back at when was critical mass. Speaker 2:Right. So yeah, [00:01:30] I don't know, that's kind of like the was the second golden age of bicycle advocacy. But just to note, the first golden age was in the tent late 18 hundreds. And then around, um, in the mid seventies, actually along with Earth Day was when bicycle advocacy started to kind of get a resurgence. And there were a lot of people who biked across the country for the centennial, they called it the bike centennial. And then there was, you know, um, [00:02:00] breaking away and other popular media that popularized bicycling. And so in the 70s, there was this big resurgence and that was when bikeys bay then named East Bay Bicycle coalition got its start actually in 1972 when Bart opened, because at that time Bart did not allow by at all. So that was kind of a instigation for some folks here in the East Bay to organize. And on the same time [00:02:30] San Francisco, the San Francisco Bicycle coalition got started though. Speaker 2:The interesting thing is East Bay Bicycle coalition is the, we're the longest continuously operating bicycle advocacy group in the bay area. So the SFBC got started the same time and then they went defunct in the 80s though we actually had a continuously operating, um, organization and then in the 90s with the start of critical mass in the mid nineties, that was [00:03:00] a time when a lot of people got involved. And that's in fact when I got involved with bicycle advocacy in 1996. So why did you get involved? What about, um, was it something about critical mass or, I read that you were part of the SFV uh, bike coalition. Yeah, I did get involved with the San Francisco Bicycle coalition in 90 6:00 AM a lot of it was because I bike to work every day. And in those days there weren't that many of us. And I was, I was living, um, in downtown San Francisco and working [00:03:30] out in the Presidio and the at the exploratorium. Speaker 2:And so I would ride out Polk street every day and it was horrible. Like literally every day I felt like my life was being threatened, you know, people were honking at me, um, you know, trying to run me off the road, yelling from their cars. One night my girlfriend was riding home from work on Polk Street and someone brandished and axe at her out of their car. Like it was really a hostile [00:04:00] environment. And, um, I learned about the San Francisco Bicycle coalition, started going and volunteering and then I pretty quickly got involved with a campaign to get bike lanes on Polk street. They took us five years. It was a long campaign, but at the end of it they removed a lay in of, uh, of travel, Carlene from Polk Street put in by clans for part of the way. And, um, Sheros if you're familiar with those the rest of the way, [00:04:30] you know, if not a perfect project. Speaker 2:But my life was so substantially improved and certainly my stress levels went so far down because I could ride to work and I was, you know, like not yelled at and I had a much more relaxing daily commute and I was like, wow, I, you know, this is maybe the thing in my life I've done that's had the most impact [00:05:00] on my quality of life and probably other people's quality of life. So I was really hooked at that point by what you can do to actually change, change the streets for the better. It's a really interesting story because I'm not, I guess not to get into the psychology of it too much, but you were mainly talking about how drivers were yelling at you or brandishing axes, um, but that adding in bicycling infrastructure, did that [00:05:30] change, um, the interactions with the drivers as well because you sensibly took away a lane? Speaker 2:Right? Absolutely. And it changed because now there was space. Um, there was still some shared space, but there was, you know, some separated space, so the bike lanes and there was just more room for everybody. Um, the whole environment became more civil and you know, I, there was a lot of worry drivers. We actually went, me and some other [00:06:00] folks on the campaign talk to every single business on Polk street from end to end, many of them several times. And um, they were like, this is gonna be some of them. Some of them were like, great, and that's not home. We're like, this is going to be terrible. People aren't gonna be able to come to our businesses. Polk street's going to be backed up all the time. And then after the, you know, initially went in as a trial, a six months trial, which is something we do a lot in bicycle advocacy. We say, let's try it for six months. And I will say in the [00:06:30] bay area, I should knock on wood. Um, there, those trials haven't come out. There are places in that, you know, the places where it has, but pretty much so we came back in six months, talk to those same businesses and said, well, what do you think? And they're like, oh, did it used to be different? Literally like, oh no, it used, it's always been this way. There had no perception of actually there being a change. Speaker 1:Yeah. So was um, that's similar to I guess [00:07:00] the bike's on Bart, um, recent pilot that they a few years ago a bike Eastbay was had a hand in or um, yeah, I guess other infrastructure that you put in. Yeah, yeah. Speaker 2:I mean bikes on Bart, again, there was a lot of concern but a lot of good support. We did a pilot, um, now I can't even remember how it was maybe going to be nine months or something. And then once that happened it was like, oh, well this is just the way the world works. And [00:07:30] um, and people are, again, it's like bringing civility like I saw on Polk street making, making that space for bikes on the street, brought civility to the whole street and on Bart. I see that too. Like I just see what, what, you know, kind of accommodation and civility people, you know, how they treat each other on Bart, whether you bring a bike or not. Like there's the bike space on the car. I come onto the car, someone just sees that they move out of [00:08:00] the way. There's just this real, that having that designated space just allows for a level of um, you know, kindness and civility in our, you know, Speaker 1:to you design it into this space. Um, that people begin to respect that as a, as an integral part of that space. Yes. Okay. So you talked about the first generation in the late 18 hundreds [00:08:30] you talked about the second generation around Earth Day in the 70s. Are we in a third generation or not yet? Speaker 2:I would say like we're at a fourth generation because the 90s were such a time, at least here in the bay area where there was this, this incredible revitalization of bicycle advocacy and critical mass play. The, you mentioned that already played real role in getting people organized. And I mostly can speak for San Francisco because [00:09:00] that's where I was that and then you know, people, people were coming together and community around critical mass and just having that experience of when you are in critical mass, that was the whole street was bikes, you know? And we were like, oh this is, it created this kind of Utopian vision of what it could be like that'll, that was very motivating of political activism. And then the city pushed back a little bit, you know, and Willie Brown said, oh how [00:09:30] many people, you know, there was this one moment when he was out like talking to a critical mass group right around the time when things were getting contentious. Speaker 2:And he said, kind of an aside, how many people here do you think really vote? Maybe two. And then that really like that remark like instigated bicyclists again to get organized and particularly around electoral politics, which many of us are involved in now [00:10:00] and really like saying, oh, there is a bike vote here. And we really have power. And that's like almost the beginning of what people now call the all powerful bike lobby. Oh really? At least in San Francisco and a few other places where there is just this recognition that we're a very organized group that has uh, you know, has a place at the table and is really a group with some political clout. Speaker 1:Yeah. Um, it seems like every electoral cycle there is a new measure like metric BB [00:10:30] or measure x x. Um, they come off that the bicycling lobby is really pushing for, and also your work on Fulton Street in downtown Berkeley was all the a bike coalition or bicycling advocacy at DNC group. Yeah. So Speaker 2:that was, that was a really, for us, that was also a really powerful moment in terms of kind of one of the big barriers is just how slow change happens in cities. Right. And [00:11:00] just to briefly tell the story on Fulton Street. Um, one of our members, Meg Schwarzman was uh, who, uh, is a researcher here on the campus at cal, was riding home on Fulton street at the end of the day and um, was hit, although she was very visible, bright green jacket helmet, like doing all the right things, you know, her life was saved by the, the fire crew who came [00:11:30] and, and got her incredibly quickly to the trauma unit at Highland and um, just a miracle kind of a miracle. Like really, she, we are very lucky that she survived and it was a very galvanizing moment because, uh, but bikeys bay has been working on this particular gap and the bike network for 15 years and we'd been asking and we had even as recently as a year before when that street was being repaved, we brought it up again. Speaker 2:We [00:12:00] said, hey, this is on the part of the bike plan. Are you putting the bike lanes in when you repay it? And they were like, oh we need to take, we need to study it some more, you know, which is often the answer. And so then again it Kinda got dropped. And so we brought all of that immediately in a letter to the city manager saying, here's the whole history here. Is this tragic, you know, at that point we didn't even know if meg was going to survive the, you know, we are calling on the city to act and we asked, that was in February [00:12:30] and we said, we are asking you to put a bike lane on the street by bike to work day. So we're giving them three months. And I don't know that the city of Berkeley has ever done anything in three months, but they did it. Speaker 2:And it was, it was completed Wednesday night before bike to work day on a Thursday morning. But they did it. And it's a very well designed project. It's right now, it's the example we point to for protected bikeways in the east w a spay, it's just a few blocks, but it's, [00:13:00] it's really like a perfectly designed project, perfectly executed. And they did it in three months, which is showing what's possible. You know, we don't want every project to have to have be pushed by a tragedy, but we I think can get much quicker response. And right now the projects that Berkeley is roll, going to be rolling out in the next year are going to be excellent projects. We have about 10 projects in the pipeline right now [00:13:30] that we're expecting to see on the ground in the next year. And so Berkeley's put, put out a like comprehensive master plan. Speaker 2:Your organization has called one of the most progressive in the country. I'm wonder if you could try to describe what that, what the best bikeway looks like. Yeah, right. I think, you know, what I would say is more, you know, it's easier to describe the experience of being on a protected bikeway. You know, in [00:14:00] one thing that was a real turning point for me was when the green lanes went in on market street in San Francisco. And you know, I was someone who rode market street almost every day and it was always a white knuckle experience. And then they put these green lanes in with some posts really to keep, keep, make that separated space for bikes. That's just very clear to everyone. This is bike space. And my experience riding that for the first time was like this. [00:14:30] Ahh, like I felt like, oh, I'm on market street but I can relax a little bit. Speaker 2:I feel like my, my nervous system is like, it's ramping down. You know, it's just this very different visceral experience of um, you know, of it just maybe like, you don't know if miss realize how tense you were until all of a sudden you get in that space and you're like, oh, I'm relaxing. And for me the bike, uh, the protected bike [00:15:00] lanes on Telegraph, um, again, it's that same kind of experience where you're like, all of a sudden your, you've got your by the curb, the parked cars are out to the right. Uh, I'm sorry to the left. You're in your own space and you're not like, oh, am I going to have to watch out for a car door? Or, uh, you know, and there's still a few design issues to work out on telegraph. So there are, I do recognize particularly at intersections [00:15:30] that design is not, it is a, you do have to worry about cars turning right across the bike lane on that project and the Berkeley projects that are coming are going to be a lot better. So we'll really be able to see a intersection design that feels safer. Speaker 1:Um, yeah, I think one of the, uh, probably one of the larger frustrations for bikers is you have this new bicycling infrastructure, but then there's a huge [inaudible] Speaker 2:yeah. That, yeah, and that's been the focus [00:16:00] of our work. What we're really working towards is what we think of as a low stress network. So you should be able to go from the start to end of your journey on bike lanes or bikeway. Is that really where you feel safe? Um, and we don't have an example of that here. I mean maybe if we, you go to Davis, that's a place where you could have that experience in the u s but there's not variance and that's what we're trying to bring to the East Bay. [00:16:30] And Berkeley is the city that's the farthest along in that regard. We already have except for Davis and uh, maybe boulder. It has the highest rate of bike commuting in the country. We have the, um, Speaker 1:yeah. And this sort of gets at another part of your work is to make biking more inclusive because it's typically been associated with a certain culture and maybe that's coming out of the critical mass, sort of more of a confrontational [00:17:00] biker who's willing to take risks, say, um, and that is maybe turned other people off from biking, bicycling. Is there any other work you're doing in that way to make, um, the basically more inclusive? Speaker 2:Yeah. Um, there's a few, I mean, there's a number of different things we're working on right now. I probably won't even get a chance to touch on all of them. Um, one I will mention is, uh, if you look at who's biking in the East Bay or anywhere in the country, what you see as far more men [00:17:30] than women. And in Alameda county it's for every two men. That's one woman. So basically two thirds of riders are men. And um, that I think speaks a little bit to what you're saying. I may be, um, women are a little bit more hesitant to take risks to bike in a situation that feels, um, that feels dangerous. Um, also women W it's studies show they [00:18:00] have much more complicated trips. Women are often the ones taking kids to the places they need to go. They're a lot more air that they do a lot more errands just because still in this country women do a bit more of the, um, the work of maintaining the home. Speaker 2:And so that is another reason why it's hard to bike. Um, so one of the initiatives that we've started in the past year is a woman bike, um, kind of, uh, program. [00:18:30] It's, we've got, we were doing rides, we've been doing a book club, we've been doing a whole bunch of different meet and greets, just getting women together to talk about what are the barriers to biking. We're doing some rides together, kind of increasing the comfort level with riding and that's, it's just been a great organizing tool to bring more women into cycling. Um, another real factor for us is just looking at the geography of the East Bay. You know, we're here in Berkeley where the most [00:19:00] people bike of anywhere in the East Bay. Um, our office is in Oakland. Again, that's a place where we've got more people biking than other areas. Um, and our membership reflects that. Speaker 2:If you look at who's a member of that, of bikeys bay, it's probably 85% is the Oakland Berkeley Metro area. And so one of the key strategies came out of our strategic plan is to really be lifting up some of [00:19:30] the suburban communities and communities that are outside of the urban core. So we've been working on supporting local volunteer groups in one of the ones that's been super successful is in Concord there by Concord. Um, we also have a group, a bike walk, Castro valley. Um, there's just fantastic partners that we work with up in Richmond, a rich city rides and this has been, um, [00:20:00] it's really focused on trying to get more geographic diversity in the East Bay, but it's also as we're supporting and lifting up local leaders in all of those communities. It's also been a way to get, um, to get a more diverse set of people involved with bicycle advocacy and, um, more racial diversity, more income diversity. Speaker 2:And that's [00:20:30] a really key part of our work right now is, um, you know, identifying the leaders that are already out there for ourselves. You know, they, they're already, he had no, the community recognizes them already. I'm not saying we're like, you, I know waiting them leaders because they're already doing amazing works in the, in those communities. How can we amplify that? How can we support through helping [00:21:00] with, um, you know, training on advocacy on how to work with your city staff and elected officials on helping with fundraising and supporting those groups to raise money in their community to, you know, buy Concord for instance, has, um, they do a bike tent at the farmer's market cause they're a community that doesn't have a bike shop. So they're out there doing repairs, all volunteer run [00:21:30] at the farmer's market on the weekend. And that's been just an incredible community building, um, project and has brought a lot of new people into, into bicycle advocacy. Speaker 1:Yeah, that's amazing. I'll bring this up just because it's, um, it's been said, but I think it might be an overly reductionist argument, but that improving bicycle access, um, often benefits developers or, um, encourages gentrification or happens after [00:22:00] gentrification has already taken root. And I wonder if you have thought about that? Speaker 2:Well, yes, we have been thinking and talking a lot about this issue. It's a very real issue in the East Bay. Um, actually to use an example from Concord, we were working on with our bike Concord group on, uh, a bike lane project, uh, you know, in the community. And there had been, we had just had a great win on another street by cleans, went in and then, um, [00:22:30] there was a apartment building on that street where there was a big Gregg rent hike, uh, as they don't have rent control there. And, and the community was like, Whoa, you know, let's pause on this other, the second project that we are working on because it looks like maybe there's a connection here with, um, with rent increases that are going to be displacing people. Our philosophy, especially with the local [00:23:00] working groups of these local groups is you are the lead, you know, your community. Speaker 2:And it really needs to be that two way conversation. So we're, so we're like, okay, let's pause. Um, let's really look at what else we need to do in the community. And so it may be in that case, maybe actually the effort needs to be around a read control measure. This is the reality. The East Bay is gentrifying so fast people are being displaced. Um, you [00:23:30] know, we see it within are moving from maybe East Oakland out to Antioch. Um, the reality is our people are, their transportation choices in those places like Antioch that they're moving to are really poor. Um, and this is really having, it's a huge displacement is a transportation issue. Yeah. Um, one that's an interesting one right now is bike share is coming to the East Bay. Super exciting. So one of the things that we're working on is making sure that [00:24:00] um, low income communities in Berkeley and Oakland being engaged now because bike share is another, is going to be another piece of gentrifying the East Bay and it also has the opportunity to be another great low cost transit system within the East Bay. So it has this great potential to benefit low income communities and it has this great potential to harm low income communities. One question I have, it's just total digression, [00:24:30] but Speaker 1:was um, your, um, advocacy for the, the bike path across the bay bridge. Um, some have argued that it's, you know, maybe not the best use of funding or resources. Um, why do you see it as an important project? Speaker 2:Yeah, the Bay Bridge is one that we've been working on like [inaudible] for decades. So it is a, it's a project very near and dear to, uh, to all of us and to [00:25:00] our longtime members. Um, just the vision of being able to bike all the way across the bay. We've gotten access on, most of them are access on Richmond. San Rafael is actually coming in a year, which is very exciting. Um, so we've almost got all the bridges now accessible. And just to speak to the funding piece, um, what's most important for us is that this is not funding that is being taken from some other project. So, um, the plan for funding [00:25:30] the, the bay bridge is that it would be part of a total increase to add another dollar to the bay bridge toll that would come to the ballot, um, probably in 2018 and the funds for the funds from that dollar generate, I can now, I don't remember off the top of my head, let's say it's like $20 billion or something like that or no, that's, and that's, that's less than that, but it's in the billions. Speaker 2:The idea is it'll [00:26:00] be about $300 million. So we would say perhaps about 15% of that, of that next regional regional toll measure. And um, those are funds that can only be used for the bridge, um, only be spent within the Ar, you know, seven major bridges around the East Bay. So I mean, around the bay area. So it's not like that money from the toll increase can be, can [00:26:30] go to build, build out some awesome protected raised bikeways and Berkeley, you know, it does have to stay on the bridge or within the bridge district. So it's not competing other funds. Yeah, I think that was that sort of the key point. And we actually feel like those, that investment of when you look at how many people are gonna use it. Yeah. Um, right now we're anticipating it would be over 10,000 people a day using the bridge between tourists and [00:27:00] commuters. Speaker 2:And also there's gonna be a lot of people just commuting between treasure island in San Francisco. You know, when you look at it on a user basis, it's a pretty, pretty low cost investment and it's the only way to really add capacity on the bridge. Aside from say, putting a bus only lane, which we also think would be an awesome idea. I think we've covered this, but is there anything you'd like to add about where you would like to see bike Eastbay? Um, go in the future right now? Um, the direction, [00:27:30] uh, you know, we're all, I'm living in a little bit of a new world since the election. Um, and um, one of the ways that, that we're see that really impacting our work is that I think we have to be even more conscious of vulnerable communities. Of those that are going to be really impacted under a Trump administration. Speaker 2:Um, so how does our work intersect with [00:28:00] that? How are we even more careful that we're not, um, you know, that we're not causing displacement, that we're not, um, any impacts around police enforcement or another one that we're looking at very closely right now. Um, because, you know, the reality that we're in now is that there's a disproportionate effect of enforcement on people of color. Um, so that's a place where in [00:28:30] our partnerships with police departments, we're going to be focusing on those impacts, um, and making sure that our work is not causing additional harmful impacts in those communities. Um, if anything, how are we helping in that situation? I think under this new climate, we all have to come together. We can't be working in our bike silo. You know, we've been already talking a lot about displacement, but we need to be working more collaboratively and more proactively [00:29:00] around those issues. Speaker 2:Otherwise I would say, you know, how are we going to be relevant, you know, in this time, you know, really building all of those kinds of relationships are gonna be key to our success in the next few years. We have to be, um, seeing what the community needs and supporting it even if sometimes it is not directly a bike issue. How can people get involved or, yeah. Um, I would point people to our website [00:29:30] like eastbay.org you can go to slash campaigns just to get an overview of all the places we're working in, the campaigns we're working on. You can go to slash education to take a free class. I want to mention for adults to learn to ride because not everyone knows how to ride a bike. And we have a great program that has a, has an incredible success rate, like 90 plus percent of getting people from not being able to bike within [00:30:00] three hours to being able to bike. And we would love to get people, we've got so many great campaigns going on around the East Bay. I'd love to get people involved. So check it out and also join as a member. We are a membership based organization and that's how we get the money to do the work we do. Yeah. Wonderful. Thanks Renee, for coming on. I really appreciated it. It was inspiring and educational and I learned a whole lot. All right. Thanks Nick for having me on. 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Niklas Lollo interviews Vickie Ly, of the NASA Ames Research Center, about her work with NASA Develop: an applied science capacity building initiative. Her work weaves remote sensing, watercolor videos and environmental problem-solving to improve the Navajo Nation's drought monitoring and water management efforts.TRANSCRIPTSpeaker 1:Method to the madness is next. You're listening to method to the badness, a biweekly public affairs show on k l x Berkeley Celebrating Bay area innovators. I'm your host, Nicholas Lolo. And today I'm going to be interviewing Vicki Lee and her science researcher and science communicator at NASA Ames Research Center in mountain view, California. Welcome to [00:00:30] the show, Vickie. So you work at the NASA Ames research center and in particular you work with the NASA developed program. Mine explaining what the NASA developed program is. Speaker 2:So NASA developed is a program within the applied sciences and what we do is be partner with other organizations, non-governmental governmental, um, different agencies and we partner with them to utilize NASA earth observation data, satellite data, and we apply that to different environmental concerns [00:01:00] and issues that they have. What are some sort of environmental concerns that you might apply it to? So for example, one of the main projects I've been working on is with the Navajo nation. And what we've been doing is figuring out how we can use NASA satellite data, precipitation data, and apply that to different drought monitoring efforts that they have. And it's, it's a really arid and dry place. It's located in the four corners of, um, Arizona, Utah, New Mexico [00:01:30] and Colorado. People may be familiar with monument valley. Yeah, that's right. Yeah. And so when you're driving out there, you're just seeing these big red rocks, blue skies, beautiful country out there. Speaker 2:Um, but it's also a lot, there's also a lot of challenges and um, in particularly it's looking at water, it's looking at water availability and it's looking at how you monitor water. And this has been a challenge [00:02:00] in the past and with climate change it's potentially going to be more variable and more difficult for monitoring water. Yeah, definitely. I think, um, I think the biggest challenges in the Navajo nation is how to, how to monitor water and how to monitor drought on a continuous scale and with spatial continuity and spatial coverage. [00:02:30] Why is NASA working with these communities? Speak about that, that tension. Um, was it difficult to approach them or did they approach you? Um, how did the connection start? Yeah. So how this partnership started between NASA and the Navajo nation was through Cindy Schmitt, who was a longtime researcher at of NASA Ames in mountain view, California. Speaker 2:And she's been working with different end judge Digitas groups for over 10 years. Um, she put us in touch [00:03:00] with this gentleman by the name of Ramsay, um, with a Navajo technical university. And then we started talking to the Department of Water Resources and then we started talking to them about different issues that they're having. And um, one of them was looking at how, looking at how they collect water and looking at how they collect precipitation, um, data in specific. And with that, how do they calculate, um, [00:03:30] something called the SPI or standard precipitation index, something that tells how wet or dry and area is and sort of how severely, um, or sort of it's a gauge at looking at, um, drought and whether an area is experiencing drought or not. So I want to take a step back here. Satellites can capture precipitation data. Yeah. So satellites can do all types of things. Speaker 2:Um, I think that what [00:04:00] most people are most familiar with in terms of satellites is looking at land cover, looking at land cover change, um, or just looking at maps of the places that they want to go and the places that they do go. And they do that by taking a bunch of high resolution images or low resolution depending on, yeah. So it kind of depends on um, sort of the frequency that you're looking at and sort of the range in the electromagnetic spectrum that you're [00:04:30] looking at. Maybe you're looking at red, green, blue, what we all look at in images and pictures that we see with our naked eye. Um, I e maps that we use on line like Google maps, but in other cases you can also look at near infrared or infrared, um, or other parts of the spectrum to get other types of information that you wouldn't be able to with your, with all near your eyes. Speaker 2:How have they been collecting data before this? They have rain gauge [00:05:00] stations and re-engage rain gauges all across the Navajo nation and that sort of just like a bucket collecting water. And then they're recording the observations on any given day essentially. Yeah. So they have, it's essentially like a, a bucket and then, um, it collects rain and then every single, every single monthly, they go out on a certain day of the month, then they go out and drive to all of the rain cans and then, um, [00:05:30] measure what is, what has been collected for that month. So they were collecting data in buckets and having to drive around once per month. Why was that not sufficient? They actually still do that. They go out and still collect all of the rain gauge data monthly. But you know, one of the things is the Navajo nation is the biggest native territory in the u s and both and size. Speaker 2:I mean, it's the size of [00:06:00] West Virginia to drive out and collect all of that data takes a lot of time and um, to maintain those places. And some of those places are so, um, rain stations, weather stations. And so, um, to maintain those also takes a lot of upkeep. So the utility of using satellite data is that it is continuous and regular and [00:06:30] it doesn't, you don't have to go out and get it. You just go onto your computer and download it. And it can be more precise too. Yeah, I mean it provides spatial, um, coverage versus having like one rain gauge and having just one point, you'll can look at entire areas and you can look at precipitation and how it covers all this area. And then you're able to take that precipitation [00:07:00] data, compare it to, um, a historical average and be able to say much more about a whole territory, a whole area than you are from a single point or sort of interpretating from different points. Speaker 2:And can you describe a bit how the tool actually works? Yeah, so there's three main steps, um, within d sat. The first is to calculate an SBI. So you choose the type of SBI you want [00:07:30] to look at, uh, one month, six month or 12 month. Um, all of those correspond to different types of drought that you're looking at, agricultural, immunological, and then you choose the starting day or starting month. And the starting year and ending year. So that sort of gives you a range of time that you want to look at and calculate your spis for. Um, then in the next step you, um, are able to take what you've calculated [00:08:00] those spis and um, be able to look at statistics of those. So you are able to look at, you're able to look at statistics for a certain boundary. So you choose, um, the data that you've processed. Speaker 2:And then you choose a certain boundary that you want to look at, for example, like agencies. And then within every single agency you're able to look at the statistics for that agency. So you can see, um, [00:08:30] the mean SPI for from April, 2014 to current. Um, and then the last step, which is really the, um, jazz hands snap, it's the, I don't know how to just the time lapse animations. Yeah. Yeah. So, um, the [00:09:00] last step is sort of the shiny step, sort of the, you're quoted as saying it's the bread and butter and the Cherry on top. Speaker 2:Yes, it is both the bread and butter and also the cherry on top. Um, and within the last step you're able to visualize the spis. So, um, sort of addressing that issue of having spatial continuity [00:09:30] and coverage. Um, you're able to visualize SBI rasters, um, on a map and you're able to overlay different boundaries on top of that. So you can look at the Navajo nation political territories, watersheds, eco regions, um, on top of that and, and over time as well over a seasons or years. That's the sort of get in, get a sense for the history of drought or [00:10:00] rain in the area. Yeah, that's right. So based on the time that you selected in the previous step of the calculate SBI, um, then you're able to look at the time range and um, you're able to sort of run through time and see the changes seasonally. Speaker 2:Um, and one other feature that is in there is plot analytics, um, which allows you to look at a certain area, um, within a boundary [00:10:30] and you identify that area and then it breaks it down of how much, what percent of that area is experiencing, what type of droughts it really wet, um, a really dry and everything in between. Okay. So you come in with a lot of this technical expertise and these sophisticated instruments. Is it difficult or was it a challenge for you to not appear like you're just imposing your ideas [00:11:00] on this community that has been working on monitoring its own water resources? Yeah, I think that, um, that's definitely a really big consideration. One. And when working with the Nova nation and with different indigenous communities, because you know, a lot of people are very interested in working with different indigenous communities. Speaker 2:Um, and there's great need, but a lot of groups also go in and, [00:11:30] um, create something and then sort of depart. And in that, in trying to create a project, it was also how to create a partnership. How do you create a longterm partnership and how to really think about how this project is a stepping stone for other projects to come. And so how did you eat better, create that partnership? How did sort of approach them? I know you made some videos. Were those helpful? Yeah. So to better build some of those at [00:12:00] partnership. Um, one we had lots and lots of telecoms, which is always a lot of fun because you get to talk to people without seeing their face. That's a teleconference. Yes. A seller conference. Speaker 2:So we had lots of telecoms, but in addition, um, we wanted to make some videos that sorta explained our project and something that we could use to explain our project, but also they could use to explain our partnership and [00:12:30] where we're going. And so one of the things that I wanted to do with the videos was to sort of take out our narration as much as possible and to use more of their narration. Um, because no one can really describe problem more than the person and people that are actually experiencing it. So, um, I hopped on the phone, I asked Theresa show one of the principal hydrologists if I could interview her. And at first she was like, um, [00:13:00] you want to what? And I was like, can I interview you for a video? And she's like, you're making a video. And I was like, just trust me. Speaker 2:It's all gonna work out. She's like, does my face have to be on it? And I was like, now your face doesn't have to be on it. Um, I think you should explain the videos a little more because they're very creative. I guess the idea came, I remember trying to think about how we could create a video and what it would look like. [00:13:30] And I was thinking about like how we could get imagery, um, what type of images we would use and video and all of that. And in thinking about that one, the thing with youth with remote sensing with using satellites is that, uh, remote sensing implies that it's remote. So you actually aren't there. Like we work in California while the nomination is mostly in Arizona. So I was trying to think how could we collect data, how could we collect film, how [00:14:00] could we collect sound, how could we get these sort of technical details of a video. Speaker 2:And I was kind of hitting a wall because I'm like, well, we aren't out there. We won't be able to make it out there just to shoot anything. Um, and that would take a lot of time to and resources that we don't have. And um, at the same time, um, one of my friends, Abby van Mucin was teaching a decal, um, here at [00:14:30] UC Berkeley and a decal is a student course. That's right. It's a student led course and she teaches this decal decal on how to take notes and how to illustrate your notes. So you ended up making these like beautiful watercolor videos. And this was inspired by Abby [inaudible]. Yeah. So Abby does these really great water color videos and it's sort of in, everything's in motion. So you're watching this hand move across the screen [00:15:00] painting all of these different images and transitioning from one scene to another. Speaker 2:I was really inspired by her work because I thought it was a really great way to one, explain something because you're watching this blank canvas turn into something and then at the same time you're also watching one idea transform into another idea, transform into another idea, transcend, formed another idea. So in a way it was like how do we connect all the dots [00:15:30] in a project? You know, how do we explain the issue? How do we explain what we're trying to address? How do we explain what we are trying to develop? Um, the tool that we're trying to develop, how do we explain the technical things without being too technical? One of the solutions is make it pretty right. Nobody can refuse it. Pretty pretty picture. And when the viewer watches the picture of pier, they get a better sense of how [00:16:00] everything is connected. And I think we have a bit of the audio to share here today. Of course the listeners won't get the full experience for that. They can go on youtube and check out the video at NASA, develop beyond a shadow of a drought. Speaker 3:If you leave on a half Pinko monitor water. If you leave 45 with a rock area, you have to drive all the way over to five hours. How many sites, and you know they do that every month. [00:16:30] We would like to cut back to where we could manage a few of the site and some are going to be managed by [inaudible]. If we could get some of our data remotely and religiously, it would help our program tremendously Speaker 3:from one of the things that we wanted to do is to show the Navajo leadership. That's when we get emergency drought dollars. Where do we concentrate the leaf or [00:17:00] the way it is right now? Every time we have a drought, drought mitigation dollars get equally stripped at 110 chapters. You want a big shirt that's dropped. Mitigation dollars goes into chapters that we did the most with our tool. Water managers like Robert and Teresa, and better understand which agencies are in a greater state of drought. They're using NASA earth observations, drought mitigation resources [00:17:30] can be focused in the places where they're needed the most Speaker 4:[inaudible]. Speaker 2:It really is a work. Did you find that useful for your project to have to integrate it with a storyboard and with the music? Yeah, definitely. Um, [00:18:00] it was really helpful because that storyboard served for our outline, for our papers. It served for an outline for our presentations. Um, so you took the video storyboard and then turned it into a academic paper. Yeah. And then we just filled in like technical details and all of the other stuff that we needed to put in there. Wow, that's a pretty good idea. Yeah, because you're drawing, you're literally drawing out all of the details and [00:18:30] if you can explain it to somebody that's walking down the street and that street being the Internet, then you can explain it definitely to any of your peers. And so this really helped me with the community, um, with the Navajo nation to help them understand your abilities at NASA. Speaker 2:Yeah, I think so because, I mean, one of the things is people are always asking, well, what's NASA doing here? Um, I've had the [00:19:00] fortune of traveling some with Cindy Schmitt to, um, another reservation, the patchy reservation. And I, I don't think I've ever been asked that in my whole life. Um, the number of times I've, Vanessa, like, uh, so what's NASA doing here? Um, and it was a way that, um, for the video to be used in a way the video could be used by our partners in the Navajo [00:19:30] nation to explain what they're trying to use the tool for. Um, two different people that are visiting the Department of Resource Water Resources. It's a really easy and shareable medium and it takes not a lot of time to watch. So now that you've sort of built the partnership, um, or at least establish some measure of, of partnership, what has been the give and take, like on the project of improving their [00:20:00] water monitoring, when you're creating something, you want that give and take because you want to improve it, you want it, you're creating something for an end user. Speaker 2:And so in these later stages of the project, um, in these later stages of the project, I've mostly been working with Carl McAllen who's a senior hydrologist. And, um, he's actually the main going to be the main person using m d PSAT, the tool that we're developing. [00:20:30] We'll show him like, this is what we've been trying out, this is what we've been testing, how does this look? Um, and then he'll say, that looks great. Or he'll, we'll be installing things on his computer or walking him through installations, um, or troubleshooting things on his computer with him and I'll screen share his screen and, um, we'll just sort of have this back and forth and we meet pretty much weekly to do so. [00:21:00] Well, so what have you been learning through the partnership? I think what we've been learning is how can this tool actually be used. Speaker 2:You know, we go through the ups and downs of like, is this going to be used at all? Is all of this effort even going to be worth anything? Um, and then we go through these highs of like, oh, this is gonna change everything. And you know, Carl Avon says that too. I'll be like, this is going to be like historic and so why [00:21:30] is it going to be so historic? In his words, it's going to change the way that they do things. The ideas that will change the way that they'll be able to calculate those SPI values and report does SPF values indicating how dry in areas or the degree of trout that an area is experiencing so that you can tell the difference between one area and another area and be able to send drought relief dollars to one area versus another [00:22:00] area. How have they been allocating Jabil leaf dollars before this project? Speaker 2:So that Navajo nation is split up to agencies which are equivalent to states and they divided equally amongst all of the states. So you can think of that in the u s that wouldn't really make sense because certain areas are inherently more dry and inherently more wet. But um, areas are going to experience way more drought than other areas. And so it's the same thing in the Navajo nation. We want to be [00:22:30] able to look at where areas are experiencing the most drought. So you'll be able to target the dollars exactly for those areas that need it most. Yeah, exactly. And that goes back to one of the main things that we wanted to address in this project is the ability to, um, say that one area is drought is experiencing more drought than another. Um, these, besides collecting rain gauge data, the Navajo nation currently uses, um, [00:23:00] SBI values calculated by the western regional climate center. Speaker 2:That's really long mouthful, but basically that only splits the Navajo nation up into three different values. So you're having three values to explain, um, an area that's as large as West Virginia and those values are explaining what degree of drought in each area is experiencing versus having any finer detail of splitting it up by agencies [00:23:30] or chapters or watersheds or any other boundary. So is the Department of water resources retaining any of its old methodology, um, or how is it integrating what it has previously been working on with the new DSM in taking the next steps? That's sort of what we're thinking about. How do, how does this tool fit into the current methodology? And, um, so does it make sense to keep on using the western regional climate center calculations? Does it [00:24:00] make sense to use duset in what context? It doesn't make sense to use it just for monthly. Speaker 2:It doesn't make sense to use it to calculate statistics. Does it make sense just to use it, the raster map. That's sort of something that we're trying to figure out right now in these later stages. And it's, it's really interesting because I feel like we're finally getting to a stage where it's becoming a little bit more real. You know, it's, it's being tested, it's being used [00:24:30] and the next step is really well how is it going to be used? How is it actually going to be implemented and how it will sort of the downstream effects change because of that. It's kind of interesting cause I think it's going to be kind of a lot of trial and error from here on out. Um, and it's going to take some experimentation and, but there is a lot of promise. One of the exciting things that this project will be a part of is a larger indigenous [00:25:00] people's initiative. Speaker 2:I'm working title acronym to be created. Um, that is a partnership between NASA and, um, different indigenous communities in that initiative. Um, the idea is really to, to create a space where NASA can be come a facilitator with different communities. How do we bring tools, how do we create projects together? How do we create these longterm partnerships, [00:25:30] um, where we're educating, um, the youth, we're educating, um, college students, we're engaging community members and creating projects that are meaningful, culturally significant, sort of environmentally important. So not just drought. You might be moving on to whatever is relevant for that particular community. Yeah, definitely. I think that there's a lot of opportunity to expand much more and the idea sort [00:26:00] of to get coverage across the u s so having the southwest pocket, um, with the Nava nation and the Paci and working in the southeast as well as in lake country as well as in um, the Pacific northwest. Speaker 2:All of these different areas are experiencing different types of environmental change. And so with that brings a lot of opportunity for us to be involved and um, [00:26:30] to create different projects and collaborations. So y'all at NASA develop, have tried to, you know, make this very accessible I guess and a, a, a great user interface which maybe scientists don't typically develop. Um, and having open source code put up on get hub. Um, can you tell me a little bit more about those projects and what was the motivation behind creating open source code? Yeah, I [00:27:00] guess, I mean the idea behind NASA capacity building and a lot of the initiatives that we have in applied sciences is working with the public and serving the public. And um, in that, I mean the idea when we're creating this is how do we, how do we get this in other people's hands? Speaker 2:How do we, how can, how can we, can we use this in other areas? I mean, so many different parts of the world are experiencing drought [00:27:30] and if that can be used in other areas more the better. Yeah. So you have it. An open source and coated in the program language are [inaudible], which is also free and open source. And that's sort of that. One of the ideas too behind it is, is working when working with different communities, you want to make things available. You don't want to create things where you have to have certain software programs that may be more expensive. Um, [00:28:00] so one of the intentions behind that was what can we use out there that is free and open source and virtually anybody anywhere could download it and be able to use it. Speaker 1:Thank you so much, Vickie, for coming in today. So great to hear about your project. We're excited for where we're incented. Speaker 2:Thanks Nick. Speaker 1:And if you'd like to learn more about NASA develop in their other projects, you can check out their youtube page at NASA develop or [00:28:30] you can visit their website at develop dot l a r c. Dot nasa.gov. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

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Episode 5 features Guest Host, Jeremy (KF7IJZ) from Episode #2 and his recent interview with Nick (N3WG) from Pignology! Pignology, LLC is a small app and hardware development company focusing on amateur radio and portable operations. Get out and operate! If you are interested in Wireless Applications for Amateur Radio-Nick is your man!  Jeremy and Nick go through the Gear and Apps he has created for use in the Hobby! -Thanks Nick!  

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Topics: *A Facebook post prompted me to do a well check on Stuart Reeves McCallister from the *LMNOPodcast* ( https://soundcloud.com/lmnopodcast ) * * *The QOTF picked a Facebook Fight with some hag over Autism nomenclature. *Keep me in your prayers....prayers for hilarity as today is the day that The NFK and I venture out to visit The NFK's new neurologist.  Middle fingers are sure to be a flyin'! *Remember the story the other day about the dip shit kid who blew up a bomb in the classroom? *Cops went to his house and arrested his dumb fuck Dad* ( https://ericzaneshow.com/cops-went-to-the-house-of-the-dipshit-kid-who-blew-up-a-bomb-in-the-classroom-and-arrested-his-dumb-fuck-dad/ ) for having a molotov cocktail, contributing to the delinquency of a minor and being a fucking moron. *Zaniac Jessica has a birthday...lets celebrate by doing an impression of her. *Patriot Nick is doing ZOOM trivia on Saturday at 6PM.  Winner gets one year of my tier 2 Patreon.  Thanks Nick!  Go to Zaniacs United Facebook page to sign up. *Carl Sagan grains of sand info I talked about *here* ( https://www.cosmotography.com/images/m8-m20_desc.html ). *Dear Meathead BTYB *JM Synthetics* ( https://jmsynthetics.myamsoil.com/ ) *.* Dad is making some questionable decisions. *A rare visit from my brother, "World Book Jim" to discuss my Dad's poor decision making and rationale and the mystery is introduced about my Dad's age. *Some poor guy in Michigan spent 5 years in prison for a murder he had nothing to do with.  His alibi was rock solid.  All he needed was a receipt from Hertz rental car to show he was no where near the murder when it happened.  Problem: *Hertz wouldn't give him the receipt* ( https://ericzaneshow.com/innocent-man-spends-5-years-in-prison-for-murder-all-because-hertz-car-rental-wouldnt-give-him-a-receipt-huh/ ) !!!! * *Piers Morgan is a huge crybaby* ( https://ericzaneshow.com/piers-morgan-is-a-huge-crybaby-storms-off-set-of-good-morning-britain-after-getting-challenged-on-his-point-of-view-on-meghan-markle-quits/ ) , storms off set of Good Morning Britain after getting challenged on his point of view on Meghan Markle, quits. *During the telling of the Piers Morgan catastrophe, I was sucked into a kids show theme song wormhole. *Ride into work song -* *Sick of You - Cake* ( https://youtu.be/mi9MLL8QOY0 ) *Hey Business owner!  Let me design a marketing plan for you to get you more customers!  It's easy and FREE.  Email eric@ericzaneshow.com for info.* Email the show on the *Shoreliners Striping inbox* ( https://www.shorelinersstriping.com/ ) - eric@ericzaneshow.com *Sponsors: * *Baldwin Ace Hardware* ( https://www.acehardware.com/store-details/10975 ) *,* *TAG Accounting* ( https://www.tagcpa.net/ ) *,* *F45 Byron Center* ( https://f45training.com/byroncenter/home ) *,* *Horizen Hydroponics* ( https://www.horizenhydroponics.com/ ) *,* *Kent County Health Department / WIC Program* ( https://www.accesskent.com/Health/WIC/ ) , *TC Paintball* ( http://tcpaintball.com/ ) *,* *Ervine's Auto Repair/ Grand Rapids Hybrid* ( https://www.ervines.com/ ) *,* *Blue Frost IT* ( https://www.bluefrostit.com/ ) *,* *VanDyk Mortgage Mario Flores Lakeshore Team* ( https://marioflores.vandykmortgage.com/ ) *,* *A&E Heating and Cooling* ( http://aeheatingcooling.net/ ) *,* *BK Guns N Stuff* ( https://www.facebook.com/bkgunsnstuffllc/ ) * * *I'm on TikTok* ( https://www.tiktok.com/@ericzaneshowpodcast ) *...barely Subscribe to the* *EZSP YouTube* ( https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCJowaD7rKmHzN0cAIgU4jrw?view_as=subscriber ) * * *Hire me on Cameo!* ( https://www.cameo.com/ericzane ) * Please subscribe, rate & write a review on Apple Podcasts* ** ( http://patreon.com/ericzane ) *patreon.com/ericzane ( http://patreon.com/ericzane )* * Instagram: ericzaneshow* *Twitter: @ericzaneshow*

*Topics: *4 days till  travel, 7 days till "The Great Kidney Give Away."  Lots of talk about the surgery, I mean, procedure as the excitement builds. *I'll be talking later on with Jeffrey.  He's the guy I'm giving the kidney to.  I will publish my interview with him later on right here!  He's amazing and you're going to love him. *Casey Jones from WOOD TV 8 dropped by to record a segment that will soon air about our whole kidney adventure.  I can't wait for you to see it. Stay tuned. *I dropped some heavy info on "No Filter Kevin" about his arch nemesis, Ken Jennings.  As predicted, it resulted in some over-the-top obscenities' directed at the Jeopardy champ. *Dear Meathead (brought to you by* *JM Synthetics* ( https://jmsynthetics.myamsoil.com/ ) *)  - Dad once again with some amazing ruminations on COVID, Thanksgiving, and eating raw meat. *Another* *COVID uprising* ( https://ericzaneshow.com/michigans-dimmest-eat-at-restaurant-that-defies-order-and-stays-open/ ) *is taking place.  This one is a small-town restaurant not far from me where the usual suspects don't give a shit if people get sick or die. *There are* *some side effects* ( https://cnb.cx/3nTziZi ) *with the COVID vaccine that may make a vaccinated person uncomfortable for a bit.  Small price to pay, but some (Red State Dirk) disagree. *Aliens have put a* *giant monolith* ( https://ericzaneshow.com/visitors-from-another-planet-have-installed-an-art-project-thats-the-only-logical-explanation/ ) *in a southern Utah desert.  That's the only logical explanation! *Have you ever heard of "tampon poor" or "period poor?"  It's a thing. There's a movement to make it so* *tampons will be paid* ( https://ericzaneshow.com/have-you-ever-heard-of-tampon-poor-or-period-poor-its-a-thing-theres-a-movement-to-make-it-so-tampons-will-be-paid-for-by-the-government-it-was-just-made-so-in-scotland-god-help-the/ ) *for by the government.  It was just made so in Scotland.  God help the poor SOB who votes against this one! *Huge weighs in on the latest potential* *super spreader hot spot* ( https://ericzaneshow.com/michigans-dimmest-eat-at-restaurant-that-defies-order-and-stays-open/ ) *restaurant fiasco. *Patriot Nick is doing a fun event open to non Patreon folks.  It's a trivia contest.  Winner gets 6 months free on my Patreon.  Thanks Nick!  More info* *here* ( https://www.facebook.com/groups/124257721419783 ) *. *Join me for EZSP Instagram Instant Trivia tonight!  Search ericzaneshow on Instagram and follow me.  It happens at 7PM Eastern time.  Go live with, answer a trivia question correctly, win 10 bucks from* *MB Distributing* ( https://www.facebook.com/Little-Debbies-from-MB-Distributing-Inc-109883207324666 ) *.* *Notes: Hear me on the "Another Episode Podcast with Matt and Mandy!"  Click here.* *Click here.* ( https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/episode-123-turner-hooch-w-eric-zane/id1404653415?i=1000500204627 ) * * *Sponsors: * *Baldwin Ace Hardware* ( https://www.acehardware.com/store-details/10975 ) *,* *TAG Accounting* ( https://www.tagcpa.net/ ) *,* *F45 Byron Center* ( https://f45training.com/byroncenter/home ) *,* *Horizen Hydroponics* ( https://www.horizenhydroponics.com/ ) *,* *Great Legs Winery Brewery Distillery* ( https://www.facebook.com/GreatLegsWineryBreweryDistilleryLLC/ ) *,* *Kent County Health Department / WIC Program* ( https://www.accesskent.com/Health/WIC/ ) , *TC Paintball* ( http://tcpaintball.com/ ) *,* *Ervine's Auto Repair/ Grand Rapids Hybrid* ( https://www.ervines.com/ ) *,* *Blue Frost IT* ( https://www.bluefrostit.com/ ) *,* *VanDyk Mortgage Mario Flores Lakeshore Team* ( https://marioflores.vandykmortgage.com/ ) *,* *A&E Heating and Cooling* ( http://aeheatingcooling.net/ ) *,* *BK Guns N Stuff* ( https://www.facebook.com/bkgunsnstuffllc/ ) * * *I'm on TikTok* ( https://www.tiktok.com/@ericzaneshowpodcast ) * Subscribe to the* *EZSP YouTube* ( https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCJowaD7rKmHzN0cAIgU4jrw?view_as=subscriber ) * * *Hire me on Cameo!* ( https://www.cameo.com/ericzane ) * Please subscribe, rate & write a review on Apple Podcasts* ** ( http://patreon.com/ericzane ) *patreon.com/ericzane ( http://patreon.com/ericzane )* * Instagram: ericzaneshow* *Twitter: @ericzaneshow*