Podcasts about Tokai

Pippa speaks to Morne Faulhammer, the owner of Superplants Garden Centre in Tokai, who answers all your gardening questions. Lunch with Pippa Hudson is CapeTalk’s mid-afternoon show. This 2-hour respite from hard news encourages the audience to take the time to explore, taste, read and reflect. The show - presented by former journalist, baker and water sports enthusiast Pippa Hudson - is unashamedly lifestyle driven. Popular features include a daily profile interview #OnTheCouch at 1:10pm. Consumer issues are in the spotlight every Wednesday while the team also unpacks all things related to health, wealth & the environment. Listen live – Lunch with Pippa Hudson is broadcast weekdays between 13:00 and 15:00 (SA Time) https://www.primediaplus.com/station/capetalk Find all the catch-up podcasts here https://www.primediaplus.com/capetalk/lunch-with-pippa-hudson/show-podcasts/lunch-with-pippa-hudson/ Subscribe to the CapeTalk daily and weekly newsletters https://www.primediaplus.com/competitions/newsletter-subscription/ Follow us on social media: CapeTalk on Facebook: www.facebook.com/CapeTalk   CapeTalk on TikTok: www.tiktok.com/@capetalk   CapeTalk on Instagram: www.instagram.com/capetalkza  CapeTalk on X: www.x.com/CapeTalk  CapeTalk on YouTube: www.youtube.com/@CapeTalk567  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Pippa speaks to Morne Faulhammer, the owner of Superplants Garden Centre in Tokai. He answers all your gardening questions.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

India has long been a tea-drinking nation, but in recent years, a new wave of craft beverage brands has started reshaping the way the country drinks. Specialty coffee, kombucha, and premium mixers are carving out space in an industry dominated by mass-produced options. While the demand for high-quality, homegrown beverages is growing, breaking into this space isn't as easy as it looks. Import duties drive up costs, fragmented supply chains make scaling difficult, and price-sensitive consumers often hesitate to pay a premium. Unlike mass-market beverages, where marketing muscle can drive sales, craft brands have to build awareness, educate consumers, and create demand from scratch. In episode #22 of “WTF Is” Podcast, Nikhil Kamath sits down with some of the biggest names in India's craft beverage industry—Rahul Reddy (Subko), Matt Chitharanjan (Blue Tokai), Aneesh Bhasin (Svami), and Adithya Kidambi (Mossant). They share their journey of navigating regulations, shifting consumer habits, and competing with legacy brands to bring high-quality, locally made beverages to the mainstream. Resource doc: https://www.notion.so/Resource-Craft-Beverages-19d26a5adf3180b68f1adbbbd2eea2f5#NikhilKamath Co-founder of Zerodha, True Beacon and GruhasTwitter: https://x.com/nikhilkamathcio LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nikhilkamathcioInstagram:https://www.instagram.com/nikhilkamathcioFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/nikhilkamathcio#MattChitharanjan Co-founder of Blue Tokai LinkedIn: https://in.linkedin.com/in/mchitharanjan Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/matt_chit #AdithyaKidambi Co-founder of Mossant Fermentary LinkedIN - https://in.linkedin.com/in/adithya-kidambi-8866b1269 Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/kidambiadithya/ #AneeshBhasin Co-founder of Svami Twitter: https://x.com/aneeshb LinkedIN - https://www.linkedin.com/in/aneesh-bhasin-252b661/ Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/aneeshb/ Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/gentlemenlisten/ #RahulReddy Co-founder of Subko Coffee Twitter - https://x.com/rahulreddysc LinkedIN - https://www.linkedin.com/in/rahulgreddy/ Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/raah_hool Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/rahul.gurram.reddy/ Time stamps:00:00:00 - Intro00:01:48 - Matt's Intro | Childhood & Family 00:05:13 - Starting Blue Tokai & Career Journey 00:07:29 - Adithya's Intro 00:14:13 - Building Mossant 00:17:54 - Challenges in the Industry 00:20:05 - How big is Blue Tokai?00:21:39 - Aneesh's Intro 00:25:36 - Starting Career Path leading to Beverage Industry 00:27:38 - Rahul's Intro00:39:26 - Building Subko 00:42:40 - How are Subko & Blue Tokai different?00:47:54 - Hacks for a 25 year old to Compete with Subko & Blue Tokai00:50:30 - Cafe Offerings of both Coffee & Food00:58:09 - Waves of Coffee - Shift to Coffee01:04:27 - How Big is the Craft Industry in India01:10:21 - How to Influence the Crowd at a Coffee Shop 01:12:31 - Difference between Good & Bad Coffees 01:18:13 - Difference in Coffee Culture of India and USA 01:24:11 - Opportunities in Tier-2 Cities01:28:59 - Recent Consumption Trends01:33:21 - What's Kombucha?01:41:28 - Difference of Flavour Palette in India and Abroad01:44:01 - Consumption Patterns in India 01:49:24 - Awareness of Kombucha as a Product01:58:21 - Craft Beverage Taxation Policies02:05:47 - Mossant's Journey 02:09:27 - East Asian Beverage Markets02:10:12 - Building a Global Indian Beverage Brand 02:19:12 - How to Compete as a New F&B Brand 02:21:57 - Svami's Journey 02:30:20 - Differentiating as a Tonic & Non-Alcoholic Brand 02:31:59 - Is Quick Commerce Sustainable in India? 02:41:12 - Svami, Mossant vs Schweppes 02:47:32 - Effects of Coffee as a Commodity02:49:13 - Steps to Starting a Cafe 02:58:07 - Learning from Abroad Beverage Markets 03:01:12 - Favourite Coffee Shops, Kombucha Brands, Non-Alcoholic Beverages 03:14:59 - Beverage Industry as an Investor #WTFiswithnikhilkamath

Pippa speaks to Morne Faulhammer, the owner of Superplants in Tokai, and he answers all your gardening questions Go to www.primediaplus.com to listen to the podcastSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

LIBMOでスマホ大特価セール、「Redmi 14C」「moto g24」が実質1円に。　TOKAIコミュニケーションズは、2月5日ににMVNOサービス「LIBMO（リブモ）」で新規契約者向け「最大2.3万円相当還元キャンペーン」で一部機種の付与ポイント数と税込み端末価格を変更した。

Pippa speaks to Morne Faulhammer, the owner of Superplants Garden Centre in Tokai, who answers all your gardening questions.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Central Japan Railway Co., or JR Tokai, will launch a pilot service to let pet dogs have fun riding Shinkansen bullet trains with their owners, JR Tokai President Shunsuke Niwa said in a recent interview.

Crystal speaks to Morne Faulhammer, the owner of Superplants Garden Centre in Tokai and a former president of the SA Nursery Association. He answers your gardening questions. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Central Japan Railway Co., or JR Tokai, said Friday that it will change about half of the unisex bathrooms on Shinkansen bullet trains to female-only facilities, in light of a rise in the number of female passengers.

The Japan Fair Trade Commission conducted on-site inspections Tuesday of six companies, including Central Japan Railway Co., or JR Tokai, for suspected violation of the antimonopoly law over their alleged bid-rigging for railway bridge maintenance work, according to informed sources.

Pippa speaks to Morne Faulhammer, owner of Superplants Garden Centre in Tokai, and is a former president of the SA Nursery Association. He answers all you gardening questions.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

臨界事故から２５年で、黙とうする茨城県東海村の職員、３０日午前、同村茨城県東海村の核燃料加工会社ジェー・シー・オーで起きた臨界事故から２５年となった３０日、同村役場では職員約１２０人が、死亡した作業員２人の冥福を祈って１分間の黙とうをささげた。 Japan on Monday marked the 25th anniversary of a fatal criticality accident that happened at a facility of nuclear fuel processing company JCO Co. in the village of Tokai in the eastern prefecture of Ibaraki.

Former Tokai Mayor Tatsuya Murakami, who dealt with a nuclear accident as leader of the eastern Japan village in 1999, has criticized the central government for lack of preparations for such a disaster.

Japan on Monday marked the 25th anniversary of a fatal criticality accident that happened at a facility of nuclear fuel processing company JCO Co. in the village of Tokai in the eastern prefecture of Ibaraki.

LIBMO、最大2.3万円相当還元キャンペーンなど実施　「arrows We2／We2 Plus」「AQUOS wish4」も発売。　TOKAIコミュニケーションズは、9月27日にMVNOサービス「LIBMO（リブモ）」で新規契約者向けキャンペーンを開始した。

Amy speaks to gardening expert Morne Faulhammer,  who is the owner of Superplants Garden Centre in Tokai and is a former president of the SA Nursery Association. He answers all your gardening questions.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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Fukushima Evacuation Order Partially Lifted After 14 Years, and Dangerous Heatwave in Tokai and Kinki Regions, & more… English news from Japan for August 18th, 2024. Transcription available at https://japandailynews.com/2024/08/18/news.html

Fredrik och Ulf pratar om vilka prylar som kanske går under radarn och som är värda att kolla in. Fölster funderar över det här med att byta mickar. I veckans pryl spelar vi på Squarewave Bd ZONK I detta avsnitt: Ibanez, Washburn, Peavey, Yamaha, Hamer, Fender, Gjika, Greco, Tokai, Burny, Aria, Roland, Crate, Ampeg, Cort, Blade, Godin, Larrivée, Charvel, Jackson, Kramer, Traynor, Marshall, Xotic, Diamond, Gretsch, Höfner, Gibson, Asher, Budz, Don Mare, Squarewave, UA.

Pippa speaks to gardening expert Morne Faulhammer, who owns Superplants Garden Centre in Tokai and is a former president of the SA Nursery Association. He answers all your gardening questionsSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Love Guitar Smarts and want to get in touch with us? Send us a Text HERE!Welcome back to the pod! This week, we talk about a good few things but mostly we welcome another new Tokai to Kiran's family of guitars. It's another Les Paul, but what was it about this guitar that made Kiran part with his pennies?We also discuss the tantalising possibility of a Murphy Lab Red Special, and a great and good value way to get Brian's tone thanks to the folks at Catalinbread pedals.  For links to all our important stuff, check out our LinkTree...https://linktr.ee/guitarsmartsSome links from todays podcast...https://catalinbread.com/products/galileohttps://www.musicradar.com/news/brian-may-on-prospect-of-gibson-made-red-specialshttps://www.whitstableguitars.co.uk/Remember to please subscribe wherever you listen to your podcasts, and come to see us on our social media channels below:https://www.facebook.com/Guitarsmartshttps://www.instagram.com/guitar_smarts/Have a very merry time playing guitar this week, and we will see you soon!Support the Show.

Pippa speaks to Morne Faulhammer, the owner of Superplants Garden Centre in Tokai and former president of the SA Nursery Association. He answers all your gardening questions.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

気象庁は１８日、関東甲信、東海が梅雨明けしたとみられると発表した。 The Japan Meteorological Agency said Thursday that this year's rainy season seems to have ended in the Kanto-Koshin eastern to central region, including Tokyo, and the Tokai central region.

The Japan Meteorological Agency said Thursday that this year's rainy season seems to have ended in the Kanto-Koshin eastern to central region, including Tokyo, and the Tokai central region.

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Episode IntroLast week I shared stories of my recent trip to Japan. There's one story, though, that's taken on a life of its own since being stateside once again. It all began with a visit to Tokyo National Museum in Uedo Park, seeing objects that have become icons in the UFO/UAP communities. If that wasn't enough, those odd clay figures led me to seek out some of the burial pyramids where they were found. And because I can't let sleeping dogs lie, I dug into the theories about the dogu figures, which I can't wait to share with you. So enough build up, let's get into it!High Strangeness at Tokyo National MuseumIf you listen to Curious Cat in order, first, thank you so much. But, second, I'm sorry you've heard this part of the story before, apologies. Next, we entered a building of archeological finds. Many came from the Kofun period, the 3rd to 6th century, and were buried beneath family dwellings or in burial tombs. The energy was reverent, whispering, hallowed, still, as objects made for the dead sat exposed for the living, the light was soft, but was never meant to touch these. I was keenly aware and took few photos, even though they were allowed. It felt wrong.This area held the dogu. They are unusual sculptures in a variety of forms. Many, most actually, were broken in half intentionally, and buried beneath the floors of family dwellings. And then I saw the figure I'd seen countless times as I watched Ancient Aliens. A goggle-eyed figure, one leg broken clean off, supported by a block of stone. It did look alien, like a person in a space suit. I looked at the backside, the side they never showed in all those episodes. I took photos and my ghost app came on, words lighting up my phone screen, "Dust, Within, Low." That was it.These figures are strange, and I found two more examples of the goggled-eyed ones that I'd never seen before and shot photos. Many have speculated on dogu, saying they are fertility symbols, akin to Venus of Willendorf, or ritualistic. These figures are OLD. And much of the information about them on the internet is stale, clearly repeated from other sources, but there are very few fresh takes. It's frustrating.  Some of the information though is verified. Take this from Google, "dogū, abstract clay figurines, generally of pregnant females, made in Japan during the Jōmon period (c. 10,500 to c. 300 bce). Dogū are reminiscent of the rigidly frontal fertility figures produced by other prehistoric cultures."Sources and MaterialsDogu figures: https://www.wasshoimagazine.org/blog/discovering-japan/doguAnother great article about the strange mystery of dogu figurines. https://artscape.jp/artscape/eng/ht/1212.htmlhttps://artrkl.com/blogs/news/the-mystery-of-japans-dog-figuresBest images of dogu with lots of links for further readingAncient Origins of Dogu article to check out! Tokyo National Museum Information/SemDid you hear the good news? Curious Cat Podcast is in the TOP TEN of Supernatural podcasts. Hooray! That's ALL thanks to you. I am ever grateful.Curious Cat Crew on Socials:Curious Cat on Twitter (X)Curious Cat on InstagramCurious Cat on TikTokArt Director, Nora, has a handmade, ethically-sourced jewelry company!

雨の中、傘を差してＪＲ大阪駅前を歩く人たち、２１日午前、大阪市北区気象庁は２１日、近畿、東海、関東甲信が梅雨入りしたとみられると発表した。 This year's rainy season is believed to have begun in the Kanto-Koshin eastern Japan region including Tokyo, the Tokai central region and the Kinki western region, the Japan Meteorological Agency said on Friday.

This year's rainy season is believed to have begun in the Kanto-Koshin eastern Japan region including Tokyo, the Tokai central region and the Kinki western region, the Japan Meteorological Agency said on Friday.

Making Your Own Blown Art Glass In Karuizawa Japan in Nagano:  Lost Without Japan Season 3 Episode 22 TimeStamp for the start of our talk on Karuizawa is 6:20 Follow the link to share your story of Japan or our show for this summer's three-year celebration :). Link available on my story and in the show's resource document :). https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdP0PK6DsDTo3HFXxxlICFsEF91c-Wr10CeKeREdrqWjg9BrA/viewform?usp=sf_link    Lost Without Japan Instagram:  https://www.instagram.com/lostwithoutjapan/  Please Consider Kindly Supporting Our Crowd Funded Show By Supporting Us Through Our Shows Patreon: https://patreon.com/lostwithoutjapanpodcast?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=creatorshare_creator Google Shared Maps For This Episode:  https://maps.app.goo.gl/s5GwP24Cos2qqdLh9  Budget Car Rental Japan:  https://www.budgetrentacar.co.jp/en/reserve/ :   ALPHA COFFEE アルファ コーヒー https://maps.app.goo.gl/NdnZE93c4DcBqxFA7  Karuizawa Glass Studio:  https://www.karuizawaglassstudio.com/  Prince Grand Resort Karuizawa:  https://www.princehotels.co.jp/karuizawa-area/ 軽井沢バーベキュー カフェ コラージュ (Karuizawa BBQ Cafe Collage):  http://www.karuizawa-arms.com/collage/bbq.html  NITAKIYA https://maps.app.goo.gl/zjaJBfAohGcjXWTF9  Suītsuranberuseスイーツランベルセ (Sweets Store): https://renverser.net/  Food Court Sun and Green Kitchen フードコート 太陽と緑のキッチン:  https://maps.app.goo.gl/2FsW4kQsjXUhE9AY9  Karuizawa Prince Shopping Plaza 軽井沢・プリンスショッピングプラザ https://maps.app.goo.gl/gGBCfHkm48xpjsoE7  Song of the Show:  Taeko Ohnuki performing Tokai in Karuizawa at EPOCHS back in 2023. https://youtu.be/2x4XyNEvY64?si=XtoZJhEhzU552Fet  The link to Google Doc that includes Google Maps for all cities covered on Lost Without Japan, as well as the link to Amazon for travel purchase recommendations and other helpful information for your travel to Japan, can be found at: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1WEVbRmvn8jzxOZPDaypl3UAjxbs1OOSWSftFW1BYXpI/edit?usp=sharing   

Sections of Century City, Silversands, the City Bowl, Bellville, Kenilworth, Rondebosch, Claremont, Steenbras Water Treatment, Khayelitsha, Bizweni, and Tokai will be affected. The City's Water and Sanitation Directorate will be doing planned work in the identified areas, which will result in water supply disruptions. The City sincerely regrets any inconvenience caused.This critical maintenance work is done on our water supply infrastructure to benefit customers.Residents in the affected areas are encouraged to take note of the work that will take place and prepare accordingly. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Today we welcome back Morne Faulhammer, the owner of Superplants Garden Centre in Tokai, to answer various gardening questions from our listeners. He also reflects on the success of the Chelsea Flower Show.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Es momento de conocer a uno de los 20 finalistas del 8vo Concurso Desafío Emprendedor Banco de Chile. Conectamos con la Región de Valparaíso para conocer Tokai Fungi, un Cultivo de hongos a base de borra de café, y para eso conversaremos con su fundador, Gonzalo Lobo. Más información de los distintos beneficios del Programa Pymes Para Chile del Banco de Chile, en ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠bancochile.cl⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ portal empresas y pymes Este contenido es parte de la 4ta Temporada de Academia de Emprendedores en ADN 2024, espacio de capacitación continua radial que apoya a miles de personas para que puedan gestionar mejor sus emprendimientos y pymes. Academia de Emprendedores Banco de Chile Lu a Vi 21:00 Hrs por ADN Radio | ⁠⁠⁠⁠Spotify⁠⁠⁠⁠ | ⁠⁠⁠⁠Youtube⁠⁠⁠⁠ | ⁠⁠⁠⁠IG⁠⁠ --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/ademlatam/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/ademlatam/support

Podcast de noticias de Japón, por cortesía de DAIKEI, expertos en inmigración y asesoría empresarial. La entrada Podcast 08/04/24: Esperan grandes lluvias en Kanto y Tokai se publicó primero en Súper Tokio Radio.

Straight from Tokyo, Japan: an exclusive with Amb. Rahm Emanuel. Before his current posting as US ambassador to Japan, Rahm served as a senior advisor to Bill Clinton, multiple terms in the US House of Representatives, Obama's first chief of staff, and the mayor of Chicago. If nothing else, you can count on his gloves-off, no-holds-barred approach to politics — and he's been no different when it comes to China. Notwithstanding reports that even officials in Biden's NSC have told him to stop “taunting” China, Rahm has been consistently, uniquely willing to say out loud what virtually every other high-ranking US official doesn't. Of course, the ambassador — or, as his desk placard during his chief-of-staff days read, “Undersecretary for Go Fuck Yourself” — may take issue with that framing. His comments aren't “critical,” Rahm says, but “truthful.” This interview covers a ton of ground. On China: How the Biden administration is closing the chapter on “hub and spokes,” what tomorrow's “latticework” architecture will look like, and what Asia-Pacific alliances might look like under a second Trump administration; The future of Japan-Korea, and a peek behind the curtain on how the historic Camp David summit materialized; Rahm's “3 Cs” for China — calm, conflict, charm — and how US foreign-policy leaders should reckon the mutual inconsistencies among those three; And roads not taken by Xi: why Rahm thinks China's entrepreneurial culture has taken a nosedive, and what China's government today is most scared of. And on politics and life: Why “diplomacy” and “politics” are the same thing — and why that's a good thing; Whether the State Department suffers from a personality deficit, and what makes for a good ambassador; How to heal America's body politic — post-Trump, post-Recession, post-GWOT; Why Rahm thinks “quality time” with kids is “BS,” and thoughts on raising kids as a time-crunched politician; And what Rahm thinks the biggest emerging threat to the world is. I really enjoyed my trip to Japan, and I'd love a financial excuse to continue recording shows on the country. If you work at JETRO, METI, The Japan Foundation, Mitsubishi, Rakuten, etc. and are interested in seeing more deep coverage of Japan and US-China-Japan relations on this podcast, do reach out! Outtro music: Tadao Hayashi Japanese Harp Trio's 1977 take on I Could Have Danced All Night Tadao Hayashi Harp Trio – The Impossible Dream 1977 (youtube.com) Also from 1977, Tokai by Kaeko Onuki Tokai (youtube.com) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Straight from Tokyo, Japan: an exclusive with Amb. Rahm Emanuel. Before his current posting as US ambassador to Japan, Rahm served as a senior advisor to Bill Clinton, multiple terms in the US House of Representatives, Obama's first chief of staff, and the mayor of Chicago. If nothing else, you can count on his gloves-off, no-holds-barred approach to politics — and he's been no different when it comes to China. Notwithstanding reports that even officials in Biden's NSC have told him to stop “taunting” China, Rahm has been consistently, uniquely willing to say out loud what virtually every other high-ranking US official doesn't. Of course, the ambassador — or, as his desk placard during his chief-of-staff days read, “Undersecretary for Go Fuck Yourself” — may take issue with that framing. His comments aren't “critical,” Rahm says, but “truthful.” This interview covers a ton of ground. On China: How the Biden administration is closing the chapter on “hub and spokes,” what tomorrow's “latticework” architecture will look like, and what Asia-Pacific alliances might look like under a second Trump administration; The future of Japan-Korea, and a peek behind the curtain on how the historic Camp David summit materialized; Rahm's “3 Cs” for China — calm, conflict, charm — and how US foreign-policy leaders should reckon the mutual inconsistencies among those three; And roads not taken by Xi: why Rahm thinks China's entrepreneurial culture has taken a nosedive, and what China's government today is most scared of. And on politics and life: Why “diplomacy” and “politics” are the same thing — and why that's a good thing; Whether the State Department suffers from a personality deficit, and what makes for a good ambassador; How to heal America's body politic — post-Trump, post-Recession, post-GWOT; Why Rahm thinks “quality time” with kids is “BS,” and thoughts on raising kids as a time-crunched politician; And what Rahm thinks the biggest emerging threat to the world is. I really enjoyed my trip to Japan, and I'd love a financial excuse to continue recording shows on the country. If you work at JETRO, METI, The Japan Foundation, Mitsubishi, Rakuten, etc. and are interested in seeing more deep coverage of Japan and US-China-Japan relations on this podcast, do reach out! Outtro music: Tadao Hayashi Japanese Harp Trio's 1977 take on I Could Have Danced All Night Tadao Hayashi Harp Trio – The Impossible Dream 1977 (youtube.com) Also from 1977, Tokai by Kaeko Onuki Tokai (youtube.com) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Central Japan Railway Co., or JR Tokai, is unlikely to open the Chuo Shinkansen magnetic levitation line connecting Tokyo and Nagoya in 2027, President Shunsuke Niwa said Friday.

If you can't figure out how to play Joe Bonamassa's solo from “Blues Deluxe,” don't worry. It all changes when Shifty sits down with Bonamassa for this special episode of Shred With Shifty. No surprise that both of them reach for their Les Pauls, and Bonamassa even reveals why he switched from Strats to Gibsons in the early 2000s. Bonamassa is known for his dazzling collection of vintage guitars—which he says has become a target for haters—but he explains that you don't need a '58 Les Paul to get the goods. “It's also the mystique,” he says. “If Jimmy Page played a Tokai, everyone would want a Tokai.” A guitar made two weeks ago, he says, is just as good as a classic. Bonamassa's lightning-quick soloing style, which conjures a hurricane of major and minor pentatonic notes with some phrygian flair, is the stuff of legend, and his tricks on “Blues Deluxe” are plenty. Even though he tries to adhere to a “divide by two” rule to simplify his phrasings, he still stumps Shiflett with a volume swell trick he learned from Roy Buchanan and Danny Gatton. This solo is no walk in the park. Any brave takers up for giving it a shot? Share it and tag us so Shifty can have a look! Most importantly, remember to have fun. “Do whatever you want with the damn thing,” says Bonamassa. “It's just a guitar.” Click below to subscribe to the podcast! Full Video Episodes: http://volume.com/shifty  Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/podcast/id1690423642 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/4B8BSR0l78qwUKJ5gOGIWb iHeart: https://www.iheart.com/podcast/269-shred-with-shifty-116270551/ Pandora: https://www.pandora.com/podcast/shred-with-shifty/PC:1001071314 Follow Chris Shiflett: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/chrisshiflettmusic Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/shifty71 TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@chris.shiflett Twitter: https://twitter.com/chrisshiflett71 Website: http://www.chrisshiflettmusic.com Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/5tv5SsSRqR7uLtpKZgcRrg?si=26kWS1v2RYaE4sS7KnHpag Producer: Jason Shadrick Executive Producers: Brady Sadler and Jake Brennan for Double Elvis Engineering support by Matt Tahaney and Matt Beaudion Video Editors: Dan Destefano and Addison Sauvan Special thanks to Chris Peterson, Greg Nacron, and the entire Volume.com crew.

Guest: Morne Faulhammer | Owner of Superplants Garden Centre in Tokai, and a former president of the SA Nursery Association. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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What you'll learn in this episode:   How Thereza helps art collectors enter the world of contemporary jewelry. Why contemporary jewelry shouldn't be a niche, but a part of the larger art and design scene. How Thereza defines contemporary jewelry, and how she became interested in it. How she selects artists for her art and jewelry gallery, Thereza Pedrosa Gallery. Why even delicate art shouldn't be hidden away. Why quality matters just as much as aesthetics in a piece of jewelry.   About Thereza Pedrosa   Thereza Pedrosa (Rio de Janeiro, 1985) is an art historian, independent curator and gallery owner. She graduated in Conservation of Cultural Heritage at Ca' Foscari University in Venice with a thesis on art works on paper belonging to the Peggy Guggenheim Collection. She continued her studies and obtained a MA in Management and Conservation of Cultural Heritage at Ca' Foscari University in Venice with a thesis on the use of niello in contemporary European jewelry. In 2009 she collaborated as assistant registrar at the Peggy Guggenheim Collection, cataloging all the museum's works on paper. Her work led to the exhibition Revealing Papers: The Hidden Treasures of the Peggy Guggenheim Collection, for which Thereza was the scientific coordinator (Lucca Center of Contemporary Art). Since 2011 she has been working as an curator, creating exhibitions, catalogues and projects for artists and galleries in Italy, Switzerland, Germany, France and the Netherlands. In 2012 she founded the blog Beautiful People Live Art, dedicated to art, design, architecture, photography and art jewelly. In 2019 she established with her business partner Elinor Garnero a contemporary art gallery with a focus on art jewelry, the “Thereza Pedrosa Gallery”. In 2021 she joined as an expert the examining committee of the Alchimia Contemporary Jewellery School in Florence. She brings a genuinely international perspective to her curatorial activity also thanks to her residencies in Switzerland, Germany and, since 2015, the Netherlands. Additional Resources: Thereza Pedrosa Gallery  Instagram Facebook LinkedIN Photos Available on TheJewelryJourney.com Transcript: For Thereza Pedrosa, no form of art is more important than another. At her gallery, contemporary jewelry, sculpture, paintings and other fine art are all given equal standing, and she's helped numerous art collectors discover jewelry for the first time. She joined the Jewelry Journey Podcast to talk about why contemporary jewelry is still unknown to most art collectors and why that should change; how she balances raising children with owning a gallery; and what she discovered at this year's jewelry fairs. Read the episode transcript here.  Sharon: Hello, everyone. Welcome to the Jewelry Journey Podcast. This is the second part of a two-part episode. If you haven't heard part one, please head to TheJewelryJourney.com.    Today, my guest is Thereza Pedrosa of Thereza Pedrosa Gallery. Thereza is speaking to us from Asolo, which is right near Florence. It's supposed to be a very lovely medieval village. She and her partner and friend, Elinor Garnero, founded the gallery in 2019. Welcome back.    I was wondering about this. If you have people who come in and say, “I like this painting,” or “I want a painting,” and then they look at the jewelry, do they walk out with the jewelry, or do they walk out with both? How does that work?   Thereza: Yes, it's happened a couple of times that someone came inside because they saw the paintings. When you are walking in the street, it's easier to see the paintings from outside than the jewelry. So, they come to see the paintings and discover we have contemporary jewelry, but they don't know about it. It happened a couple of times, where they may buy a painting and also a piece of jewelry. It happens more often that they open their minds to the field of contemporary jewelry, and they come back later to buy jewelry. Normally, if they come inside the first time just thinking about paintings, they are not ready yet to move to contemporary jewelry, but they come back. They fall in love with it. They come back to discover more, and then they can start buying contemporary jewelry.   Sharon: Would you call yourself a collector, somebody who collects?   Thereza: Yes. I don't know how many pieces I have in my own collection, but I sure love to collect myself. I cannot resist. I'm an art lover, and I love to collect paintings, sculptures, books and contemporary jewelry, absolutely.   Sharon: Are they different from each other, the art people who come in and just want a painting versus a jewelry person who comes in and looks at the art? Are they different kinds of personalities or people?   Thereza: I don't think they are different kinds of personalities. Normally, they are people that, like me, love art and design in all forms, especially people who love paintings and discover contemporary jewelry. What happens more often is that they just didn't know the field before. They didn't know contemporary existed. What happens often with these collectors is that they come inside, and they are like, “Oh, I love art. I love sculptures. I collect them. I never knew about contemporary jewelry. I never thought art you can wear existed.” They are excited to discover it.   This is how I was. I always loved art and paintings and sculptures, and I grew up in an artist family. I grew up with my walls surrounded by art all my life. For me, when I got involved in contemporary jewelry, I was like, “Wow!” I love art. I love to have art pieces in my house, but contemporary jewelry is a piece of art I can wear when I go out of the house. It's amazing.   Sharon: Do you consider it that? Do you consider contemporary jewelry art you can wear?   Thereza: I do.   Sharon: You do?   Thereza: Yeah, I do. For me, yes. I also consider them art pieces. There are many jewelry artists, but they make sculptures. If you see this object, you can imagine it big and it would still be amazing. They just decided to make them small and wearable, but they are still art pieces. For example, in my house, I like to keep some pieces of contemporary jewelry around the living room on shelves we have around the house, just off the coffee table because I have two small kids, but in places at least a little higher. I keep one piece here and one piece there because they look like small sculptures. They are interesting to see even when you are not wearing them.   Sharon: That's interesting. People have suggested to me that I frame some jewelry when I'm not wearing it, but I've never thought about it. The first time somebody said it to me, I thought, “Well, that's really stupid.” I didn't understand what they were talking about.    Thereza: Sometimes people come to my house and say, “Oh, my god, you keep this piece here. You should close it in a safe or something,” and I'm like, “This is an artwork. It was made to be seen and to be enjoyed. It was not made to be hidden away. If I need to have something in a safe, if I never look at it or see it or enjoy it, then I cannot own it. What is the purpose for it?” The jewelry in my collection is the same thing. I like to enjoy the pieces, even when I'm not wearing them. I cannot wear 20 pieces at the same time, so I like to see them around me. They make me happy.   Sharon: You've been in a lot of different countries. You've been in the Netherlands. Where else? I know you've been in a lot of countries, selling and creating.   Thereza: I was born in Brazil, in Rio de Janeiro. I grew up in Italy. I lived for a couple of years in Switzerland and a couple of years in Germany. Actually now, I live in the Netherlands. It's been almost eight years that I've lived in the Netherlands. My art gallery is in Italy, but I actually live in the Netherlands.   Sharon: Oh, wow! Do you find that the different cultures and places you've lived or studied influences what you do?   Thereza: I think yes, for sure, even if I don't think about it on purpose. For sure I think of it in a more international way. I don't really feel myself as Italian or Brazilian, and I have big difficulties when someone asks me, “Where are you from?” I'm like, “What are you asking me? Are you asking me where I was born? Are you asking me where I grew up? Are you asking me where I was living before I moved to this country?” It's always hard for me, but I like to take the positive sides of everywhere I was living and growing up.    What I like most is to see my kids growing up internationally. My kids are six and four, and they speak four languages and have friends from all around the world. They have friends from Tokai, from China, from Germany, from France, from the U.K., the U.S., Canada, anywhere. We go out on Sunday to have lunch together with some friends. They come to our place or we go to their place, and my kids can try food from India or Tokai, or different festivities, a different region, a different tradition. I think that's the best way for them to learn that we need to respect everyone and hope they will respect us. There is no color of skin or religion or culture that is more important than the other ones. We are all different and we are all the same, but sometimes it is difficult to teach that. If they can live it, I think it's the best way to grow up with this concept.   Sharon: Do you expose them to a lot of art, more than usual? Do you take them to art galleries? I don't know what there is in Italy. How do they learn about art?   Thereza: Some of my friends think we are little bit crazy. When we were expecting my first son, they told us, “Oh, you should put away everything that can break.” Now I'm sitting in my kitchen in Iceland, and I can see here I have a glass sculpture that is full of small, fragile pieces. When friends come over, they are like, “How can you keep that thing there with two small kids around?” I think if you teach them to respect the artworks, they can grow up with them around. I grew up with them around. My parents always had paintings and sculptures around the house. They never put them away because we were children, and I tried to do the same with my kids.   I would like them to enjoy that we have these pieces at home. With a marble sculpture or a bronze sculpture, they can touch it and feel the difference between the materials. I love it when they talk about these pieces and they go around the house and say, “This is my favorite painting,” or “This is my favorite sculpture,” or “I like this one because it's cold,” or “I like this one because I like the shape of it.” I love abstract art, so the paintings we have at home are all abstract, but my kids go around and say, “Oh, I see an ice cream in this painting. I never saw that ice cream before.” Then I start seeing things they see. Obviously, we like to go with them to museums. I go to art fairs sometimes and they can come with me. It's a pleasure to bring them around to contemporary jewelry fairs as well.    Sharon: You went to Schmuck this year. Do you go to Schumck every year?   Thereza: This year was the first year we were participating as a gallery because the gallery's only three years old. We opened it in 2019. Then Corona came, and Schmuck was not there for a couple of years. Before that, I went to visit three times, I think. I visited the last couple of years before Corona came because I was busy with my babies. They were really small, but I went. In 2014, 2015 and 2016, I went. I took a break with my babies for a couple of years, then I opened up my gallery, and this was the first year of participating as a gallery.    Sharon: Did you find new artists there or new work by artists you have? What did you find? What was interesting to you?   Thereza: Everything was different for me because that was the first year I was not free to go around so much as the other three years. I needed to be in our exhibition during the day all the time, so I didn't have much time to go visit other exhibitions. But it was wonderful to meet many artists of the art gallery that we don't get to meet often. If we organize a solo exhibition at the gallery, normally the artist comes for the solo exhibition, but otherwise we don't get to see the artists from other countries so often. I didn't have time to count how many artists of the gallery we met last week, but I think almost 20 of them were there. It was very nice to meet everyone in person.    I met artists of the gallery I had already met other times before and we are friends, but I also met some artists of the gallery that we represent that I'd never met in person before. Finally, we got the opportunity to meet in person. That was also really nice. We got new pieces to bring to the gallery from some of them. It's always a good excuse to meet in person to receive some pieces for the gallery. I also met some artists that I invited to be artists of the gallery. I'm really happy to have had all these exchanges.   Sharon: The people that you asked to be artists, they're people that you don't have now, but you saw they had work you were interested in.   Therbeza: Yes. I invited some artists I already knew I wanted for the gallery, but I just didn't have time to invite them yet. Then I met them in person. In person is always better to talk and invite them to work with the gallery. It's a pleasure. It's better than just writing an email.   Sharon: Was that a chance to see work you usually don't see, besides meeting artists? Was it work you don't see?   Thereza: Yeah, every time you visit Schmuck, you have the opportunity to discover an artist you didn't know before. You study and you try to keep in touch with everything, but there are always some artists you don't know or have yet to discover. It's always wonderful to go there because in one week, you see so many different things, displays, artists' pieces. It's really, really interesting.   Sharon: I've been wanting to ask you about this. There was a long and very interesting interview with you that Art Jewelry Forum did, and you used the word “authorial jewelry.”   Thereza: Well, with authorial jewelry, I don't know if it's a mistake in the translation from Italian. It really means alto jewelry. I think it's also used in English sometimes, but in Italian we use it to divide art jewelry from design jewelry. Alto jewelry is more about artists that also made jewelry, instead of contemporary jewelry artists that work only in the field of jewelry.   Sharon: What holds your attention about art jewelry as opposed to art? What keeps you going with art jewelry? What do you like, and why do you stay attracted to it?   Thereza: There are a lot of things I like. One of them is how many different media contemporary jewelry artists can use to make jewelry. You often find some artist who uses materials you never thought before could be used to make jewelry, and sometimes you see something that looks like one material, and then you go to see what it is and it's a different one. It always surprises me in a good way when I'm surprised with the aesthetics of a piece, the quality of the piece, but also the materials that are unexpected and different from what I was thinking or expecting   Sharon: Is that what you look at? Besides the fact that it has surprised you, do you look at the quality and the craftsmanship and the way it's done?   Thereza: Absolutely. That's really important. It's important to look. The aesthetic is important in a piece because that's what you see, but then there's the quality of it, the durability of it. You don't want it to be broken in one week. It needs to be well-made, it needs to be wearable and it needs to be of good quality. Especially for a young artist, sometimes they don't finish a piece, or they just want to have many pieces done and they don't finish them properly. No, it's really important to finish them properly for the quality of the piece, but also the wearability. It's important that you try the piece on until it works, it doesn't hurt and it doesn't break. That's important because it's an art piece, but it's also jewelry. It needs to be wearable; otherwise, it's a sculpture. Jewelry needs to be wearable for me.   Sharon: No, that's really important. You're right; a lot of young makers don't understand that it has to be something you can wear. Thereza, thank you so much for being here today and telling us about Schmuck and your gallery. Asolo is—what did you say? A couple of hours, less than a couple of hours from Florence?   Thereza: It could be more. It's actually one hour from Venice. It's in the northeast of Italy, 50 minutes from Pauda and one hour from Venice.   Sharon: You're right in the middle of things, then. Thank you so much for being with us today. We really appreciate it.   Thereza: It was a pleasure. Thank you, Sharon.   Sharon: We will have photos posted on the website. Please head to TheJewelryJourney.com to check them out.   Thank you again for listening. Please leave us a rating and review so we can help others start their own jewelry journey.

Miles Grindey Guitarist I am talking to Miles about guitar playing, recording and  his collection of Tokai guitars. Miles Grindey was born and raised in Warsash, a small village in South Hampshire, UK. In 2016 he joined The Bones And Arrows where the band recorded the Bones and Arrows EP, writing solos for “Slow Light” and writing the chorus riff and solo for “Muddy Sunshine“. Later that year, he left the band and pursued a solo career and over the course of 2017 he wrote, recorded, produced and composed his debut album, Caught in a Storm, released in 2018. The album features tracks such as a cover of Joy Division‘s hit “Love Will Tear Us Apart” and fan favourites such as “Caught in the Act“, “Staring Competition and “It Gets Better“. Miles also wrote, composed and produced “Ethereal Bollocks” which was released on May 4th 2018. Miles went to Atlanta, and during his time met vocalist Ian Michael Bruh (Bumpin' The Mango, Backroad To Brooklyn), drummer Wayne Viar and was put in touch with bassist Enrico Galetta (based in Bolonga, Italy). Working on “Make Up Your Mind” and “Stride” , Make Up Your Mind was released a little while after Miles' return to the UK on May 31st 2019. For further details visit https://linktr.ee/milesgrindey   To support the podcast and get access to features about guitar playing and song writing visit https://www.patreon.com/vichyland and also news for all the creative music that we do at Bluescamp UK and France visit www.bluescampuk.co.uk   For details of the Ikaro music charity visit www.ikaromusic.com   Big thanks to Josh Ferrara for the music

Shanda discusses the hydrogen gas leak that plagued NASA engineers during the mid-1990s and an effect way to detect the invisible and highly combustable gas was to use basic straw brooms. Ashley recounts an accident at the Tokai, Japan uranium conversion plant that exposed three technicians to high doses of gamma and neutron radiation. You can find us at: Facebook Instagram You can find Shanda at: Facebook Instagram You can find Ashley at: Crimson Moon Farm YouTube Crimson Moon Farm Facebook Crimson Moon Farm TikTok --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/passingnotes/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/passingnotes/support

Shanda discusses the hydrogen gas leak that plagued NASA engineers during the mid-1990s and an effect way to detect the invisible and highly combustable gas was to use basic straw brooms. Ashley recounts an accident at the Tokai, Japan uranium conversion plant that exposed three technicians to high doses of gamma and neutron radiation. You can find us at: Facebook Instagram You can find Shanda at: Facebook Instagram You can find Ashley at: Crimson Moon Farm YouTube Crimson Moon Farm Facebook Crimson Moon Farm TikTok --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/passingnotes/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/passingnotes/support

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On this episode of the So Japanese podcast we visit our next region, Tokai. A very underrated and under-visited area.  We talk about some of their popular dishes,  must see attractions,  and the Nagoya-ben dialect.今回のエピソードは、地域別エピソード第二弾、東海地方について話していきます。何故か過小評価されがちで、なかなか足を運ばれずらいエリア。そこで、人気の料理、必見のアトラクション、名古屋弁などについて話していき東海地方の魅力を探ります。

India, a country that is always synonymous with tea, also happens to be one of the world's major coffee producers. Despite its tea-loving heritage, India's coffee culture continues to slowly evolve thanks to the changing consumption habits of the rising middle class, growing brand awareness as well as the emergence of specialty coffee startups. Specialty coffee, which provides customers with coffee freshly brewed per their preferences, is driving the growth of the Indian coffee scene. Moreover, the effort to build a dosmestic Indian coffee market is enabling farmers from the bottom of the supply chain to be connected to Indian consumers who have traditionally thought of coffee as a luxury item. Blue Tokai, named after an ancient South Indian term for the tail of a peacock, is a coffee startup that wants to popularize India's vast coffee growing plantations and connect Indians to western style speciality coffee culture.  In today's episode of Inside India, Ben Hayward is joined by fellow coffee enthusiast and the Co-Founder of Blue Tokai Coffee Roasters, Matt Chitharanjan. When Matt and his wife, Namrata moved to India from the U.S., they missed drinking speciality coffee and began sourcing high-quality coffee from farms and roasting it at home. They soon discovered an immense customer base for speciality coffee. And as a result, in 2013, Blue Tokai was born. Blue Tokai's vision is to bring great quality speciality Indian coffee to the mass affluent urban population of India. Over the years, the company has evolved and expanded its operations with standalone cafés and roasteries across the country. In less than a decade, Blue Tokai has roasted more than 1000 tons of coffee, served close to 3 million cups, from it's network of over 50 cafes and remains India's most fastest growing F&B start-ups. What started as a hobby back in 2013 has now turned into a thriving, fully fledged coffee business.