Podcast appearances and mentions of tom ruby

Adam chats with Tom Ruby in this bonus episodeIn this episode, we discuss:The natural virtue of living on landWhat is localism?How can localism help with evangelizationThe importance of having and being a mentorThe beauty of hospitalityAbout the guest:Tom Ruby is CEO of Bluegrass Critical Thinking Solutions, a business and leadership consulting firm. He is a retired Air Force Colonel who served 26 years on active duty in positions from Squadron Intelligence Officer, to Chief of Special Programs for the Air Force Materiel Command where he oversaw a $3 Billion annual portfolio of classified programs. He was Associate Dean of the Air Command and Staff College where he developed exchange programs with the NATO School, the French École Militaire, the German General Staff College and Poland's National Defense University. He served on General Petraeus' Joint Strategic Assessment Team as well as in three combat deployments. He earned a PhD in Political Science from the University of Kentucky, and actively mentors graduate students and aspiring business leaders. He is widely published and speaks globally on topics from critical thinking, to leadership, to strategy, to morality in warfare.Download the Exodus 90 app today and join us for the January 20th, 2025 start date!Support Us on PatreonBecome a Patron! Over 40 interviews, a course with Karlo Broussard, a 10-part series on the domestic church, a course on fitness and virtue by Pat Flynn, and free thank-you gifts for supporting the show!Click here to joinJoin Our 2025 PilgrimageSelect International Tours in the best in the business. We are planning on a 2025 pilgrimage. Click here so you won't miss it. Living Beyond Sunday: Making Your Home a Holy PlaceOur new book is available for pre-order from Ascension Press!“I love this book. It provides wise counsel with beautiful simplicity. So, if you are looking to safeguard your family life from the wiles of the enemy and encourage your spouse and children to become the saints God is calling them to be, this is a book for you.” – Fr Gregory PineHome life can be difficult and busy, and it's easy to get distracted from the point of it all: raising a family of saints.In Living Beyond Sunday: Making Your Home a Holy Place, two married couples share what has helped them make their homes a place of encounter with God–a place where saints are being made.Want to help The Catholic Man Show?By giving us a rating on iTunes, it helps others find the show.Want to say up with The Catholic Man Show? Sign up for our mailing list: Click HereLooking for a prayer to pray with your wife? Check this blog out.Are you getting our emails? Sign up for our newsletter where we give you all bacon content – never spam.SIGN UP HERE:

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AC and Tres interview Tom, the nicest guy on twitter, about his homestead, localism, distributism, as well as his mentorship with Tres. Tom Ruby is CEO of Bluegrass Critical Thinking Solutions (www.bgcts.com), a strategic planning and leadership development consulting company geared to small businesses. Tom was born in Belgrade, Serbia, in January, 1964. His parents escaped the country in 1965 and arrived in Los Angeles in 1966 where they settled. In 1982, Tom received an appointment to the US Air Force Academy where he received his Bachelor of Science in Humanities. A 1986 USAFA graduate and three-time football letterman, Colonel Tom Ruby served 26 years on active duty in positions from Squadron Intelligence Officer, to Chief of Doctrine for the AF Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance Enterprise at the Pentagon, to Chief of Special Programs for Air Force Materiel Command where he oversaw a more than $4 Billion annual portfolio of over 100 highly classified programs. He earned a Doctorate in Political Science from the University of Kentucky and is widely published and speaks globally on topics ranging from Morality in Warfare, to Leadership, to strategy, to localism and Distributism. Tom is a Board Member of the Society of GK Chesterton and has served on 3 non-profit boards. He mentors students from high school through graduate school, as well as individuals looking to change direction in life. He and his wife, Laura, live on 15 acres in Central Kentucky where he practices land management, reforestation, gardening and building a strong local community. They strive to live a Chestertonian Distributist life. They have three daughter and a son and five grandchildren. So far... Anarcho-contrarian @anarcontrarian is a nostalgia-poasting Twitter Anon who is passionate about the resiliency of rural places. Tres Crow @dogeatcrow is a writer, podcast host, occasional thinker, and the President and co-owner of Roots Down, an environmental education startup that's revolutionizing the landscaping industry from one of the dirtiest industries in the US to a powerful force for positive change.

On this episode of Doomer Optimism, Dr. Ashley Colby (@RizomaSchool) and Tres Crow (@dogeatcrow) have a sprawling convo about what it's like to parent at the end of the world with Tom Ruby (@bgcts) and Jeremy Spingath. Some topics covered: anti-natalism versus babytown, multi-generational households, and building something with your family. About Tom Ruby Strategic Planning; Executive Coaching; Advanced Analysis; PhD, U of Kentucky; Ret AF Colonel Mentor Traveler Reader Writer Peasant villager Husband/Dad/Deda. Find him at Bluegrass Critical Thinking Solutions. About Jeremy Spingath Jeremy is a husband and father of 3 (12, 9, and 1). He lives in Colorado, homeschools, and works from home doing web and app design for work. He and his family are definitely new to the localism idea, but they're wanting to explore how to encourage building up of our communities, especially local food, becoming self-reliant even in the suburbs, and moving to a more local mindset. About Dr. Ashley Colby Ashley is an Environmental Sociologist who studied at Washington State University, the department that founded the subdiscipline. She's interested in and passionate about the myriad creative ways in which people are forming new social worlds in resistance to the failures of late capitalism and resultant climate disasters. I am a qualitative researcher so I tend to focus on the informal spaces of innovation. She's the founder of Rizoma Field School and Rizoma Foundation. About Tres Crow Tres is making the world a greener place one urban space at a time with his friends Roots Down. He's a storyteller and marketing dude. He loves natural urbanism and climate justice.

The intro and interstitial tracks from today's episode are Lowdown Hoedown/Beth Cohen's/Kolomeike from Notorious' their 2006 eponymous album, Door County #2/Sweetbriar from the Reckless Rambler's album Lowdown Hoedown published by Great Meadows Music, Two Rivers from Uncle Gizmo's eponymous album, and Blues at Daybreak from the 2010 Notorious album The Road To Damascus.See the Contra Pulse website for transcripts and more. Or go straight to the transcript.And the Country Dance and Song Society for information about Contra and English country dance across the continent.Be sure to check out Larry's many recordings here on his website! See and hear Larry Unger in action:Here's some video from this interview of Larry demonstrating his guitar techniqueLarry has played for countless dances! Here are a few videos:With Audrey Knuth and Emily Troll in Greenfield, MAWith Notorious at Echo Summit Dance Camp in 2019 and at the Dance Flurry in 2012And here with fiddler Karina Wilson (who you heard in our previous Contra Pulse episode!) at a contra dance in Denver, COYou can hear tunes written by Larry in so many places:Here he is playing with fiddler Audrey Knuth (with an impressive instrumental background!)Playing his waltz "Two Rivers" for dancers at Norse Hall, Portland Oregon, September, 2019By Rhiannon Giddens & Francesco Turrisi at Le Café de la Danse ParisAnd a pandemic era solo banjo tuneHow many instruments does he even play!?Playing “Shenandoah” slide guitar style on a NationalA fretless gourd banjo at “FunFest” in Evart, MIAnd how about this jaw harp / hurdy-gurdy duo! Many dances have been written to Larry's tunes:Voici some dancers in France dancing to his tune “Ariel Julia,” and here are some Tango Fusion dancers dancing to the same tune at the First Night Show at the Saratoga Dance Museum on New Year's Eve 2008.Here some English country dancers enjoy Larry's tune “Judy and Jim's Wedding” while dancing “Sunlight Through Draperies” by Tom Ruby

Join host Curt Sumner for a conversation with Sculptor Dave LaMure, Jr. and Surveyor Tom Ruby.

Tom Ruby sits down with Peter for another tactful conversation on strategic planning. To begin part two, Peter talks about how to cut out of the noise of bad information in decision-making. Tom then shares his experience with his consultant business. This is followed by a discussion on their mutual interest in the military science fiction novel, Ender’s Game, which was transformed into a movie in 2013. The discussion then progresses to cover social trends in regards to personal expertise. After that, Tom talks about his greatest strategists and their tactics used in warfare. The conversation concludes with few helpful strategy tidbits shared by Tom.

Tom Ruby, strategist and CEO of Bluegrass Critical Thinking Solutions joins The Big Trade Series for a two-part conversation. Peter and Tom start off by talking about strategies based on limited resources. The two then delve to various topics including strategies for startups, the difference in mind set between the East and the West, and various determinants of individual and business success. After that, Peter shares some tactics that he uses to do business in Vietnam, particularly relating to taking advantage of digital marketing. They then discuss how to use quantitative analysis in trading and how this method works in predicting market crises. Part one of the conversation concludes with a discussion on the OODA Loop and Sun Tzu strategy applied to business.

Tom Ruby served 26 years in the U.S Air Force and held positions as Squadron Intelligence Officer and Chief of Doctrine for Air Force Intelligence. Mr. Ruby served on a General Petraeus' Joint Strategic Assesment Team during the Iraq and Afghanistan wars. Today, Mr. Ruby spends his civilian life consulting companies on how to better think critically and strategically. Today on the show, Tom and I discuss how the Average Joe can improve his critical thinking and be better strategists. Lots of great takeaways from this show.

Get your running shoes on. The fourth annual Centennial Village Velocity 5k Race will be held on June 1. Tom Ruby is the man in charge and he talked to Cranford Radio about the race.