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Hello from the High Seas! We have a new show for you this week fresh off the boat.We've been on the Mark Steyn Cruise, presenting on stage as well as talking to other free speech champions including the great Mark Steyn himself.On this week's podcast we bring you a shocking interview from the cruise. It is with Daily Telegraph journalist Allison Pearson and we talked to her about a story that will shock American viewers. It will be all too familiar to our UK/European audiences. It's the story of Lucy Connolly, the UK mom and childcare worker, who was put in prison for a tweet that was public for just four hours. And she's not alone, dozens of people are being arrested every week in the UK for saying the wrong thing on social media. JD Vance was right!Get the full shocking interview here and learn why you can never go wrong reading George Orwell.Enjoy our show over Passover and ahead of Easter. Be sure to subscribe and leave a comment wherever you get our content.

In this episode, we dive into the world of rising R&B and Hip-Hop artist S.A. Vents, whose latest single Island has taken the European indie scene by storm, reaching #1 on the Euro Indie Radio Chart. With a signature blend of old-school hip-hop soul and modern production finesse, S.A. Vents crafts music that is both deeply personal and universally relatable.We explore his journey from South Florida to international recognition, the inspirations behind Island, and the heartfelt tribute embedded within the track. S.A. Vents opens up about his creative process, the emotions he hopes to evoke in listeners, and what fans can expect from his highly anticipated debut album.With a UK/European club tour on the horizon, S.A. Vents is gearing up to bring his smooth and chill vibes to a global audience. Tune in as we discuss his artistic evolution, industry insights, and the future of his musical career. This is an episode you don't want to miss!Discover more here : https://open.spotify.com/intl-es/album/7ApKVc7iCJhlphEJASDca8

Iyngaran joined Clear Sky in late 2023 and serves as Head of Europe. He has 15 years of experience in both equity and structured finance across traditional and operational real estate. Prior to joining Clear Sky Capital, Iyngaran deployed over $3B worth of capital across Europe, APAC and US at prior firm, Macquarie Principal Finance. Previous to that, he was an Associate at Greenhill & Co and qualified as a Chartered Accountant with Ernst & Young whilst working in their Restructuring division. I sat down with Iyngaran to discuss a broad range of subjects which covered some of the following topics:    ·   Early career journey and the pivotal skills gained along the way ·   How he got into real estate sector ·   The nuances and discipline of balance sheet investing ·   Insights into principal investing vs investment management ·   The story behind Clear Sky Capital and how he joined ·   Opportunity set in the UK & European self-storage market ·   Strategic advantages of a vertically integrated business model ·   Why backing sectors with strong tailwinds often trumps contrarian investing ·   Why twice a year, he works as a receptionist in store. ·   Key skills top tier investors need to learn ·   Current market trends and his perspective on today's real estate landscape   Oh and one last question - who are the People, what Property, and in which Place Iyngaran would invest should he have £500m of capital at his disposal. Catch the full episode which will be live on Youtube, Spotify and Apple NOW! The People Property Place Podcast is powered by Rockbourne - the team recruit Leadership & Future Leadership hires for Real Estate Funds, Owners, Investors & Developers. Who do you want to see on the Podcast?

This episode aired live at 12:30pm UK Time. James Brodie and James Todd look at the previous weeks Macro events and to the week ahead. In US data, inflation is trending higher, pushing both yields and the dollar higher, and this is a definite warning signal for 2025. Job postings are continuing to fall, but small business sentiment is surging leading up to Trump's inauguration. Equity investors are looking the most bullish ever, as Nasdaq reaches new all-time highs. In China, yields are trending aggressively lower, not helped by further weakness in house prices and weaker than expected retail sales, but EV sales are surging. In Europe, France has been downgraded by Moody's to Aa3, and UK GDP unexpectedly contracted. UK-European relations will continue to face trade hurdles. Bitcoin is breaking out even higher, touching $106,500. Meanwhile, Brent price remains in a narrow range and silver is looking for support. Key events for the week include:Tuesday: US retail salesWednesday: Federal Reserve meeting (-24bp priced)Thursday: BOJ (+4bp priced), existing home salesFriday: PCE inflation data

In Too Deep. As Sum 41 prepare to embark on their final ever UK/European run, longstanding bassist Cone McCaslin takes time away from the bands worldwide farewell tour, to reflect on their pop-culture vs punk-rock legacy, processing an emotional breakup and life after music, on Episode 309 of Sappenin' Podcast. In this conversation, Cone shares secrets on the decision to end things on their own terms, spending twenty-five years traveling the globe, taking time to appreciate every last show, extreme highs vs industry lows, his brotherhood relationship with Deryck Whibley, honest reactions to reading his new memoir and intense media headlines, wanting more photos with friends, why writing Does This Look Infected was such a risk to follow All Killer No Filler, iconic music video moments, the time they played a Russian building site, one song he campaigned to be a single, label mistakes, family matters, iconic MTV parties, audience tears and more! Turn it up and join Sean and Morgan to find out Sappenin' this week!Follow us on Social Media:Twitter: @sappeninpodInstagram: @sappeninpodSpecial thank you to our Sappenin' Podcast Patreons:Join the Sappenin' Podcast Community: Patreon.com/Sappenin.Kylie Wheeler, Janelle Caston, Paul Hirschfield, Tony Michael, Scarlet Charlton, Dilly Grimwood, Mitch Perry, Nathan Crawshaw, Molly Molloy, James Bowerbank, Amee Louise, Kat Bessant, Kieran Lewis, Alexandra Pemblington, Jonathan Gutierrez, Jenni Robinson, Stuart McNaught, Jenni Munster, Louis Cook, Carl Pendlebury, James Mcnaught, Martina McManus, Jason Heredia, John&Emma, Danny Eaton, RahRah James, Sian Foynes, Evan, Ollie Amesbury, Dan Peregreen, Emily Perry, Kalila Keane, Adam Parslow, Josh Crisp, Vicki Henshaw, Laura Russell, Fraser Cummings, Sophie Ansell, Kyle Smith, Connor Lewins, Billy Hunter, Harry Radford, George Evans, Em Evans Roberts, Thomas O'Neill, Sinead O'Halloran, Kael Braham, Jade Austin, Charlie Wood, Aurora Winchester, Jordan Harris, James Page, Georgie Hopkinson, Helen Anyetta, John Wilson, Lisa Sullivan, Ayla Emo, Kelly Young, Jennifer Dean, Tj Ambler-Shattock, Chaz Howkins, Michael Snowden, Justine Baddeley, David Winchurch, Jim Farrell, Scott Evans, Andrew Simpson, Shaun Croucher, Lewis Sluman, Ellie Gowers, Luke Wardle, Grazyna McGroarty, Nathan Matheson, Matt Roberts, Joshua Lewis, Erin Howard,, Chris Harris, Lucy Neill, Amy Thomas, Jessie Hellier, Stevie Burke, Robert Pike, Anthony Matthews, Samantha Neville, Sarah Maher, Owen Davies, Bethan Downing, Jessica Tiernan, Danielle Oldershaw, Samantha Bowen, Ruby Price, Jule Ferl, Alice Wood, Billy Parmiter, Emma Musgrave, Rhian Friggens, Hannah Kenyon, Patrick Floyd, Hayley Taylor, Loz Sanchez, Cerys Andrews, Dan Johnson, Eva B, Emma Barber, Helen Macbeth, Melissa Mercury, Joshua Ryan, Cate Stevenson, Emily Moorhouse, Jacob Turner, Madeleine Inez, Robert Byrne, Christopher Goldring, Chris Lincoln, Beth Gayler, Lesley Dargie-Walker, Sabina Grosch, Tom Hylands, Andrew Keech, Kerry Beckett, Leanne Gerrard, Ieuan Wheeler, Hannah Rachael, Gemma Graham, Andy Wastell, Jay Smith, Nuala Clark, Liam Connolly, Lavender Martin, Lloyd Pinder, Ghostly Grimoire, Amy Hogg.Diolch and Thank You x Get bonus content on Patreon Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

World news in 7 minutes. Friday 19th July 2024.Today: UK European meeting. Baltics ban Belarus. Balkans burn. Korea defection. Australia snake antidote. Peru tribe. US Biden chats. Namibia rejects King of Buganda. And the end of malaria is in sight.With Stephen DevincenziSEND7 is supported by our amazing listeners like you.Our supporters get access to the transcripts written by us every day.Our supporters get access to an English worksheet made by us once per week.Our supporters get access to our weekly news quiz made by us once per week.We give 10% of our profit to Effective Altruism charities.You can become a supporter at send7.org/supportContact us at podcast@send7.org or send an audio message at speakpipe.com/send7Please leave a rating on Apple podcasts or Spotify.We don't use AI! Every word is written and recorded by us!Since 2020, SEND7 (Simple English News Daily in 7 minutes) has been telling the most important world news stories in intermediate English. Every day, listen to the most important stories from every part of the world in slow, clear English. Whether you are an intermediate learner trying to improve your advanced, technical and business English, or if you are a native speaker who just wants to hear a summary of world news as fast as possible, join Stephen Devincenzi, Ben Mallett and Juliet Martin every morning. Transcripts, worksheets and our weekly world news quiz are available for our amazing supporters at send7.org. Simple English News Daily is the perfect way to start your day, by practising your listening skills and understanding complicated stories in a simple way. It is also highly valuable for IELTS and TOEFL students. Students, teachers, TEFL teachers, and people with English as a second language, tell us that they use SEND7 because they can learn English through hard topics, but simple grammar. We believe that the best way to improve your spoken English is to immerse yourself in real-life content, such as what our podcast provides. SEND7 covers all news including politics, business, natural events and human rights. Whether it is happening in Europe, Africa, Asia, the Americas or Oceania, you will hear it on SEND7, and you will understand it.For more information visit send7.org/contact or send an email to podcast@send7.org

Join me for my latest interview at the start of his UK and European tour, 'The V Guy' Vaughn Vertigo.

Hey Guys!Welcome to Episode 4 where we dive deeply into the specification of fabrics for the UK European and the Marine market. An intense and informative episode packed full of quality information to help you with Interior Design.James and Spencer from ILIV join us for a very geeky educational session where we talk FR standards for upholstery and curtains in the UK, and for International Marine Design, LRV, Acoustics and dodgy crib 5 tests!We also hear about ILIV's effort towards being more sustainable working with Better Cotton Initiative.The dodgy Crib 5 Test is here - don't judge! I was young and if I was doing this now there wouldnt be cardboard boxes in the shot - lol....Hayley - https://youtu.be/oc0yLKMjquI?si=W7Tu61l51dbDAE7S.Some of the specifications we talk about are Upholstery BS5852, BS5852 + Crib 5, BS 7176 Low, Medium and High Hazard, Crib 7, Curtains BS5867 Part 2. Marine Upholstery IMO Part 7 and Marine Curtains IMO Part 8. Light Reflectance Value (LRV) The Reverberation Room for Measuring Acoustics. BSENISO 354 Acoustic Testing in a Reverberation Chamber. Classification A-E A being Absorbant and E being less absorbance. Stain Resistance vs waterproof fabric. France M1 Germany B1 EN13773.This episode was recoreded in Jan, sorry for the late release but i've been soooo busy working on Southwell Racecourse! Check out my facebook or insta for more info - Hayley https://www.instagram.com/hayleyroyharpdesign/Contact James Vardy onJames_Vardy@smd-textiles.co.ukFollow The Interior Design Podcast on Socials:https://www.facebook.com/interiordesign.podcasthttps://www.instagram.com/interiordesign.podcast/Visit the Website hereWe'd love to hear your feedback! Please email us with any questions or suggestion of a new episode you might want to hear!Hayley: hayley.roy@harpdesign.co.ukCheryl: inspire@rebelsdesign.co.uk

In an Interview that descends into Chaos we speak with one of the most popular teams on the UK/ European scene. Danny Black, Maverick Mayhew & Joe Lando otherwise known as CPF!

Join me as I sit down with WWE Legend, Scott Garland (Scotty 2 Hotty) as we discuss his up-coming tour of UK and Europe (Nov/Dec 2023) Plus, we discuss what Scott has been up to since he was last on the show Subscribe today to ensure that you do not miss out on this or any future Wrestling With Johners LIVE Interview!https://www.youtube.com/@wrestlingwithjohners

In a week where: Israel declares a state of war after Hamas launches attacks & takes hostages.  Over 2,000 die in a 6.3 magnitude earthquake in Afghanistan.  Bedbugs originated in France are in the UK.  Study estimates climate crisis costing $16m an hour in extreme weather damage. Bibby Stockholm barge is back in action next week. In Environment: (8:32) For years we have been told about the dreaded 1.5 degree increase that will further destabilise an already significantly destabilised climate. We breached 1.5 for days just recently.In Arts: (20:55) A big part of the now finished Writer's Strikes and ongoing Actor's strikes in the US are the use of AI. Whilst writers and actors are rightly concerned, Voice Actors maybe already losing ground in their profession.In the 1st of two Film segments: (30:55) The likes of the French New Wave and other UK/European film genres are always hailed and considered valuable. But what about Black Urban Cinema? An academic claims Black Urban Cinema is on the same level as the other lauded genres.Lastly, in the 2nd Film segment: (38:28) Alfonso Cuaron's "Children of Men" is 17 years old - and whilst 17 years is not a significant birthday - it's worth looking at the dystopian future UK in the film and compare it to where we are now.Thank you for listening! If you want to contribute to the show, whether it be sending me questions or voicing your opinion in any way, peep the contact links below and I'll respond accordingly. Let me know "What's Good?"Rate & ReviewE-Mail: the5thelelmentpub@gmail.comTwitter: @The5thElementUKWebsite: https://medium.com/@the5thelementIntro Music - "Too Much" By VanillaInterlude - "Charismatic" By NappyHighChillHop MusicOther Podcasts Under The 5EPN:Diggin' In The Digits5EPN RadioBlack Women Watch...In Search of SauceThe Beauty Of Independence

On this episode, we talk to Guilherme Martins, CEO of Sandbox Experiences, a London-based group operating a network of learning businesses featuring 18 different brands. Key Takeaways:[3:47] Guilherme co-founded Leiturinha, a Brazilian book subscription company, to encourage reading in children.[6:03] Subscription models were relatively new in Brazil in 2013-2014, and Leiturinha aimed to create regular reading habits.[9:19] Leiturinha introduced subscription payments on a six-month or annual basis, leveraging installment payments and bank guarantees due to high credit card interest rates in Brazil.[17:44] The use of digital advertising, such as Facebook and Google, for customer acquisition.[25:56] Differences in consumer behavior and perceptions between the UK/European market and Brazil require tailored marketing strategies.[33:26] The company maintains a core family audience but is open to exploring opportunities that align with its expertise and business model, with the potential of expanding into different age ranges and industries. Resources Mentioned: Guilherme Martins -https://www.linkedin.com/in/ghcmartins/?originalSubdomain=brSandbox Experiences -https://www.linkedin.com/company/sbx-group/Sandbox Group -https://sbxgroup.com/Leiturinha -https://leiturinha.com.br/ Ready to get started with Rebar?Head to rebartechnology.com or email info@rebartechnology.com to schedule a call today. #SaaS #Subscriptions #SubscriptionBusiness #CustomerChurn #SubscriptionService

France hasn't hosted a heckuva lot of events from major promotions since it opened its (cage) doors to professional MMA, but we're getting a feel for what to expect from the judging for such shows: Trustworthy scores from the veteran UK/European officials and the odd nonsensical headscratcher from the locals. That's certainly how the UFC's return to Paris played on Saturday. Scott and Dan had just three rounds to break down, but one of them ... well, let's say CSJ should be revisiting this one again at the end of the year for a worst-of-2023 discussion. linktr.ee/couchsidejudges

In this episode, Andy chats with Kevin Williams an expert in ChatGPT and A.I. ========== References: www.SprinklerNerd.com/inkworks www.InkWorks.ai ========== Kevin: You know, it's not going to be AI that replaces you as the employee or, or supplants you, your company. It's going to be a company that knows how to use AI or a person who knows how to use AI that's going to disrupt things. Andy: Hello my friends. This is Andy. Welcome to episode 129. Of the Sprinkler Nerd Show, where it's my job to speak with world-class water and technology innovators from all walks of life so that it may inspire you and your business. My guest today is Kevin Williams. Who is Kevin Williams? Kevin has been featured in Inc.Magazine, The Wall Street Journal, Financial Times, and even as a Shark Tank business. Before starting his current company, www.inkworks.ai, Kevin was the former operating partner and CEO of www.balls.co. And before that, Kevin was the founder and CEO of Brush Hero, which is the product you may have seen on shark tank. Our conversation today will be focused on AI tools like Chat GPT, and how you can implement these tools in your business. So with that, Kevin, welcome to the show.  Kevin: Thanks so much for having me, Andy.  Andy: I cannot wait to talk about AI and how service businesses, contractors, irrigators, and landscapers can learn a little bit from you, who has spent a lot of time, uh, really becoming an expert in this field. And I think that before we jump into that, I'd like to ask how you got your start in business and as an entrepreneur.  Kevin: It's, it's funny. I actually come from a family of entrepreneurs ever since I was about 10 or 12. My family was traveling all over the country with various business ideas and it was just part of the fabric of my life. Kevin: Sadly, that story doesn't actually end particularly well. So sometimes I, I, I glib about it that I come from a family of failed entrepreneurs because in a period in my adolescence, my parents lost their business, they lost their house. They lost their marriage, like all of this horrible stuff. So young Kevin decides that a good idea is to not be an entrepreneur and instead go be a chemist. Kevin: Well, fates have a way of, uh, of messing with plans like that. Um, I went on the straight and narrow path. I did a bunch of interesting stuff and I ended up at pretty good business school. And in business school, I entered a business plan competition just as a part of a, like an elective entrepreneurship class. Kevin: And I won. And I won a bunch of money that came along with it for seed funding. Um, so I ended up starting my first business having done everything in my power not to be an entrepreneur. I was like, oh heck, here's an opportunity. I'm just going to take a left turn in my life and chase this now. Um, that business didn't necessarily go anywhere, but it introduced me to the angel and venture community in my town in Washington DC and uh I ended up operating businesses for a high net worth, uh, individuals for a bunch of years and my own entrepreneurial journey kicked in again, where I saw that there was just so much waste in a lot of startup companies that people really didn't know how to demonstrate. Kevin: What we marketers would call product market fit, and instead they just dump bucket loads of money into things trying to prove a concept. Uh, and when I saw the rise of social media, I saw an opportunity to rapidly test concepts, um, without necessarily spending a lot of money. And that pivoted into a whole series of businesses where I would either license or buy intellectual property. Kevin: And my dirty little secret was that when a patent was pitched to me, I could go out onto social media and test some concept around that product. I could throw a bunch of traffic at it, see if anybody cared. If people cared about the idea, then I would license the patent and then I would already know that I could get on to first base with the product. Kevin: Was it going to be a home run? Who knows, but I could get on to first base. So that led to the Brush Hero product, which I had licensed. I'd licensed the underlying IP from a gentleman in the UK, um, and several other patents in homewares and kitchenwares. Uh, I sold, um, or I, yeah, I exited Brush Hero in about 2019. Kevin: And, um, then I ended up running, uh, a large international brand. Usually I don't say, but yes, it was Balls. co.  Andy: Fuck it, you can say it on this channel, on this show.  Kevin: Yes, I was a manscaper. Um, so Balls was the largest, uh, manscaping company in Europe. Uh, you can probably already tell I'm not the guy who tells Balls jokes all day. Kevin: So it was, it was pretty fun to dive into a brand like that. British sensibility, really cheeky humor. And, um, our goal was to drive it into, uh, the U S with that sort of humor. Um, the realities of running a UK European based business from the West coast of the U S not so great. A lot of early mornings, a lot of late nights. Kevin: So, mm-hmm. , in part when I saw just the I I, I, I like to think that I immediately saw the opportunities that generative AI would represent when G P T launched in November of last year, and I left and dove feet first into generative AI and practical applications of it. Um, And I've been rooting around for business models in my M. Kevin: O. You know, test some ideas, test a lot of different things, um, to see what might take root. And from there, ink works is one of several different products, projects that I'm working on, um, as well as doing executive coaching and executive coaching oriented around a I capacity development within organizations. Kevin: Because one challenge of all of this Is that coming up with a one size fits all solution just isn't practical. So business leaders need to develop a framework around the way that they think about AI and how they're going to safely lever it in their business. Um, as opposed to just looking for a magic bullet type. Kevin: Platform that they can just buy. That's going to solve all of their problems. Um, that's going to be very interesting to, to, to see how that develops. And it's been fun to, to, to work with other business leaders to try and identify how their particular business, be it, you know, in landscaping or direct consumer or. Kevin: Business to business SAS type stuff. Well, how can they actually deploy this stuff right away to make changes in their business? Because, you know, the, the adage has become. You know, it's not going to be AI that, that replaces you as the employee or, or supplants you, your company. It's going to be a company that knows how to use AI or a person who knows how to use AI that's going to disrupt things. Andy: I love that. So there's a couple takeaways. I'm going to start with the last thing you said, because it reminds me of a great expression that I can't remember who the author is, but I use it all the time. And that is the company that kills you will look nothing like you. So when you said AI may not replace the person, it's going to be a company that knows how to use AI that becomes your competitor. Andy: That's a great example of another company that It looks nothing like you, but could end up killing your business and you were running balls. co and this is not the right time to talk about balls. co, but we don't actually talk about a lot of balls in this industry. We do talk about a lot of nipples though. Andy: There are many different types of nipples in the irrigation industry, believe it or not. So I'm just going to, I'm just going to put that out there inside joke for those that are listening. We don't talk about balls, but we like to talk about nipples, talk about  Kevin: turf.  Andy: And turf. Yep. Totally. You can talk about turf. Andy: There's a lot to, a lot to play with there. Not last week. It's been probably three weeks now. Kevin and I both went to a conference. I would say that's just for shark tank companies, just for those who have. been on Shark Tank, whether it aired or whether it was just taped, because we know that most of the businesses that tape don't actually go to air. Andy: So we were both at the conference, and that's when I was learning about what you were doing in the AI space, because Kevin was actually presenting at the conference. And I thought this would be great, Kevin, to have you come and share some of your Uh, real practical world experience with AI, you know, and how you are coaching people to use it, some of the value that it has, and maybe even some of the best practices or things you should do first, second, third, or even how do you optimize the responses of, let's say, chat GPT versus a beginner that just goes in and asks it a basic question. Andy: So very, very excited, and especially because this industry is tends to lag behind.  Kevin: So first, just to back up, I we were sort of operating on the assumption that everybody knows what this is, and I'm pretty sure everybody has at least heard of it at this point. That is this magic machine that can that you can talk to, and it can it can come up with responses. Kevin: Um, but it is actually a success story. That's it's one of those overnight successes. That's eight years in the making that billions and billions of dollars has been poured into what are called neural networks that allow So Uh, highly abstract patterns to to interact with each other such that the magic machine can output based on a predictive model. Kevin: What might come next from a thought? So that's essentially what it's doing. It's predicting from the sum of the human Internet knowledge. What? The next likely thought can be, and it is absolutely amazing what it can do, but the underlying fundamentals of neural networks have been around for a long time. Kevin: The novelty and what was just completely mind blowing for most of us was the Interaction, the interactive effect. Like if you leave a bunch of wonky people together who are studying neural networks, they know how neural networks work. They don't need this chat functionality. What the chat functionality did is it made it much more accessible for we mere mortals to be able to lever these tools, um, on on even on a basic level, as opposed to going through a whole machine learning type process. Kevin: So These are predictive models. They're taking the sum of human knowledge and they are outputting the next likely. So the first thing to understand about them is that They don't necessarily know or care if anything is particularly accurate. So, this is what you hear about in terms of hallucinations. And hallucinations are just wrong facts. Kevin: Like, the AI is not particularly good with facts. It's very good at expressing A dubious fact in a very convincing way, which should be a giant red flag for most of us who produce any sort of content that particularly in a subject matter that's relatively technical like what you guys are talking about, um, it could easily. Kevin: It could easily just lie to you. So the first thing that I tell people from a, from a mindset perspective is that you need to calibrate what you're doing with the AI based on who you are and what you know, so picture like a Venn diagram, you've got this. One circle, that's the size of my house, that is the sum total of human knowledge. Kevin: And then you have this intersecting circle that's much smaller, which is the sum total of who you are and what you know and what you know about irrigation and, uh, and lawn care and everything else. Right? And the intersection of those two circles is where the power really lies. So If you, the farther you drift away from that, the more likely you are to get into dangerous territory. Kevin: So, I know a lot about digital marketing. I know a lot about business operations and such. That is a core of who I am. But, if I drift away and I start talking with the AI about neuropsychology, I might get interesting results, but I have no way of calibrating whether or not those results are actually useful or, or practical or not. Kevin: I'm just leaving it to the AI. So when you say  Andy: calibrate, what does, what does that mean? What does calibrate mean? So  Kevin: it's you know what you know. So imagine, you know, most of us have have businesses that are large enough that you have developing staff like there. There are other people that are involved in the business and you you take, let's just say a new sales guy and You, The way If you're the senior sales guy or you're the business owner, you might tell the sales guy to go off and do X, Y, and Z. Kevin: And then you're going to look at the output and you're going to, you're going to coach them, you're going to push them towards an output that you know is going to work in because you have this expertise in the knowledge. It's the same as true for the AI. The AI doesn't necessarily know what it's talking about, but if you were to look at the output. Kevin: Your art as a business person and just as an individual is being able to identify the value in that output. And if it's something you don't know anything about, that's going to be really hard to do. So if you're, if you're looking at, at creating something that's entirely new that you don't know anything about, there are ways to use AI that you can do that. Kevin: But it's not as effective as Amplifying things that you already do know. So in a lot of organizations, let's just take a lawyer, for example, like you could you could call a lawyer and say, Hey, I need to set up a trust document and whatever. And right now the M. O. would be that lawyer would probably record the call or take notes on the call. Kevin: They would go to their associate. Their associate would look through their templates about it. Trust. They'd adapt it to Wyoming. They put it back to the senior attorney who would then approve it, edit it, give it red lines, hand it back to the guy or gal and then process it and then finalize it and then send it out because that senior attorney really knows their stuff or you hope they really know their stuff. Kevin: They can do that. That is their art. That is their job. That is their profession. But now you can bypass all of that, that associates job. Not so good for the associate, right? But you could output that document and be able to read it and have it done in 15 seconds, but you can't abdicate your professionalism and your art. Kevin: You can't just trust it. You're going to get 80% of the way there in 15 seconds, but that last 20% of editing and clarifying and redlining, um, you still own that at least at the moment. So. The lawyer knows a lot about law. The business guy has actually read a ton of contracts, right? Like, I've probably read a thousand contracts in my career. Kevin: I'm not a lawyer. I happen to be married to one. But, I... Not a lawyer, but if I need to create a new contract I can actually get 90% of the way there So let's just say 70% of the way there Because I know how contracts are written right and I can read it and I can interpret Okay, this indemnification clause makes sense to me The smart move is to then send it on to the lawyer, but I didn't have to spend the 500 for him to draft the first version. Kevin: I just need to spend the 250 for him to take a pass at it at the other side, because I know enough to be dangerous. Now, if it were to get into case law, statutes, regulations, things like that, it could easily lie to you, and that's out of my realm. Like the lawyer might recognize that that case isn't a real case or that that statute isn't accurate, but dang, if the AI isn't going to be very, very compelling in its, it's sort of its defense of its own facts that it's putting forward, but that's the. Andy: So, so would it be. Would it be safe to say that an attorney who uses Chet GPT, if Chet GPT or the AI can do the 70% as you describe, but because they're the expert in that field, they can review that 30% and get it right. So that if it's lying, they can correct it because they have the expert knowledge in that core business. Kevin: Exactly, exactly. And this is where I like to focus when I'm talking to people about it. There's a lot of water is wet out there. Oh, you can just. Have it write a giant blog post for you. Okay. That's cool. You know, it's cool to watch it do its output. It's like, it's sort of mind blowing if you haven't seen it by all means, totally go sign up and see that because it's really cool, but that doesn't allow you to abdicate from your art and your expertise. Kevin: So, you know, your audience knows a lot about lawn care and it like, like you can have it create a blog post about certain patterns of irrigation and you're going to be able to decide whether or not those are accurate or not. But if you want to reach into topics that you don't know much about, even if they're close to you, you can. Kevin: But you have to have either some sort of validation mechanism such that you can determine whether it's accurate or not, um, or not care, so. Because  Andy: then if somebody who is an expert in that category reads it, they may think, Oh my gosh, what is Kevin talking about here? He doesn't know what he's talking about. Andy: This is not accurate.  Kevin: Exactly. Like imagine, you know, I, as I understand it, that, uh, you know, grass varietals change by different continents and there's expertise in South America and they're, you know, sprinkler nerds in South America and like you pontificating about, you know, Argentine varieties of. Kevin: Bermuda grass, like that person is going to be able to smell a rat because that's their, their expertise. And worse, this is sort of meta as there's an industrial scale opportunity for content production. If all of us. I'm not going to get noble about this, but like if all of us are out there producing bad content, the AIs will be trained on the bad content. Kevin: So there is going to be value. Is that the  Andy: garbage in garbage out analogy? Yes.  Kevin: Garbage in garbage out. And at some point it all reverts to the mean. So from the segment of your audience that is out there and doing direct to consumer type marketing, don't be, don't be tempted to do just. Industrial scale output. Kevin: Your art has to be producing new information from somewhere. But what AI can do is it can make some of that new information really accessible. Like there's a lot of geeky in this sort of field, right? And there's scholarly articles about soil density and all this other stuff. One really cool use of AI is to be able to contextualize something like a scholarly document and make it accessible to people who have expertise that can do something interesting to it. Kevin: So, you know, somebody comes out with a paper from the university of Florida, as far as water absorption rates, whatever it is, and you can then use the AI to simplify that overly complicated document to a way that it falls into that zone of expertise and art. And then you can actually. Add to the corpus of information that's out there on the web in an additive way because that paper was never really going to get found. Kevin: It was somebody's PhD thesis or whatever. But now you Andy can like actually make that accessible in a way that increases the store of human knowledge and from a Strategic perspective, I do suspect that, that, that brands, particularly in the internet who can truly add novel value are going to be rewarded by search engines, by advertising platforms, et cetera, and that those who simply put it out like high volume garbage are going to get severely punished. Kevin: And, and I'm  Andy: thinking that likely the level one knowledge. Which may address the most frequently asked questions about lawn care on the internet will probably be garbage in garbage out and stuff that everybody talks about. I love what you said about finding a scholarly article and what came to my mind is that there actually are scholarly articles from, I believe, University of Florida on, you know, lawn care and let's say soil moisture sensor technology. Andy: And my question would be, number one, Perhaps this would be a great training example for us to do live like, Hey, let's grab a couple articles and use that to produce some really awesome content using AI. And could we do that? You know, could we take an article of a research on soil moisture sensor, not right now about soil moisture sensor technology, real case studies and recreate it in a, in a, in a way that everybody could understand it simplified, but on a deep topic  Kevin: like that. Kevin: So this is, let's walk through the practical example. The example is yes, that would be really cool, right? So first you're going to find the article and then let's just be practical. First, if you're not paying for GPT, pay for it. It's 20 bucks a month and it gives you access to GPT 4, but more importantly, it gives you advanced access to advanced processing. Kevin: So the, the 3. 5 was the first model 4. 0 is where it is now. 4. 0 is roughly 10 times. It's more powerful as far as the level of connections. It's also slower, um, which can be a little bit agonizing in a demo because it writes really slowly. Um, but it allows you to contextualize. These are, these are all terms that are going to be so common in the next few years, but right now we're all kind of bending our heads around it that you have to set context. Kevin: Like, uh, I like this particular example, like you go, you stand at the top of a, of a building at, uh, you know, Times Square, you stand in the middle of Times Square and you say, what should I read? And people are going to have all kinds of opinions. They're going to have like, Oh, you should read the Bible. Kevin: You should read, you know, Tom Clancy. You should read, you know, the, the sprinkler digest of 2022. The Idiot's Guide to Landscaping. But that's because, yes, of course, you know, scintillating reading, right? But that's because nobody knows anything about you. So one of the first keys here is you have to set the context of the conversation such that you're narrowing, you're narrowing what you're after. Kevin: So from a practical perspective in GPT 4, you can start out a conversation by saying, I'm a landscaping expert. Um, I'm interested in expanding my knowledge of lawn care practices using scholarly articles. And it's going to say something like, yay. Next you set the context for the conversation because you could just. Kevin: Continue. And this is where it gets dangerous. Like, let's just chat about lawn care. And you're going to come up with all kinds of interesting stuff. In the back and forth that it's, it's, as you're, you're expanding. It knows who you are. It kind of knows what you're looking for. But now, you want to refine that context further. Kevin: And the way that you do that is by contextualizing something like a scholarly article. And there are tools, they're called plug ins within GPT 4, that allow you to do that. And that's simply by Letting it ingest the PDF, and now this is what we're talking about. We're not talking about the body of the knowledge, of world knowledge about lawn care. Kevin: We now have established minimal context that you have expertise in lawn care, and now specifically what we're going to talk about is this scholarly article. Like, use, oh mighty GPT, use your chat based functionality to make this easy, but this is what we're talking about. So now you've set the context for it. Kevin: And you're going to do something like, let's ask for a summary, um, that would be applicable and interesting information for an audience that is focused in on lawn care science. And it's going to come up with a bunch of ideas. Okay, cool. Now. Let's say, oh, okay, I like idea number three, that, um, you know, I don't know, relative humidity and the impact of, uh, water absorption rates on whatever it is. Kevin: Now let's dive into that, and let's put a marketing hat on. Okay, let's produce content, a blog post about this that, that, that incorporates interesting facts from the scholarly, the scholarly doc, document, and dresses it up with a little bit of marketing speak. Okay, cool. Now, because we're a marketer, we need to put headlines on it. Kevin: So let's come up with 10 possible headlines for this. So now you have 10 possible headlines for the article. Now let's get a little bit wonky because this is a scholarly article. Scholarly articles often come along with data sets. Okay. So you could actually ingest a dataset using the, the, the code interpreter function within GPT and say something completely simple, like some giant dataset, and just say, help me visualize the data in this dataset in a few different ways that would be interesting to my audience, my audience. Kevin: Like you've already defined who your audience is, right? It's another cool part. Like it has permanence. Um, So it's remembering  Andy: what you gave it earlier when you said, you know, my audience is homeowners, you know, interested in black, it, it,  Kevin: it, it stores that. So we've, we all, we all, I'm not going to say the name because it'll trigger, but the S device on a, on an Apple, if I were to say the name and I would say, Hey, what's, what's the weather in park city tomorrow? Kevin: It's going to have an answer. And if I simply said, what's the weather on Saturday? It's going to say, what are you talking about? Because it has no permanence to it at all. You have to start over in that conversation. Permanence in GPT is so cool. So just a practical tip. You have chats. that maintain that context. Kevin: And some of my chats are now hundreds of pages along because I'm chatting through specific business models and it knows that that's what we're talking about. It doesn't need to like remind itself. I can go back months later and bring something up and all that context is set and you get much better results once the context is set. Kevin: So what you've done with that. So if you, if you have a  Andy: thought. Or you have another question, but it's really related to some other things you've already asked that you'll instead of starting a new conversation, if that's what it's called, you'll go back to your other one and add it into the dialogue. Andy: Yep,  Kevin: exactly. Just write, don't even need to be like, do you remember what we're talking about? No, of course it remembers what it's talking about. It's a machine, right? Um, but imagine you've put out that blog post and, um, somebody now in the community has some insightful question and you're like, I don't know what the answer is. Kevin: Dump the question in and say, this was a community conversation. Can you, can, can you come up with some sort of, can you help me answer this question? And it's going to use the context of your chat. The conversation you have, it's going to use the document that's been set as context. And it's going to try and answer that question within that much narrower context, um, than just the wild west of the internet. Kevin: So taking it like just taking it to the logical conclusion again, as a marketer, you need visuals. So now we haven't talked about the visual tools at all. I've been very GPT focused and GPT is not the only language model out there. I just, it currently is the strongest, but. In my opinion, but there will be many, there's no real barriers to this except gazillions of dollars, which people like Mark Zuckerberg have. Kevin: So you're gonna see a lot of different models and this is just, it's going, they're all gonna be out there. So people will choose their poison. Do you know,  top  Andy: of mind what a couple other models are that we could share list in the,  Kevin: so Google Bard is quite powerful, and it's not like Google wasn't working on this. Kevin: They missed a tick. They have business model problems with this that are pretty obvious. You know, they make 160 billion a year off of advertising. And what does advertising mean if. Like you get the answer, it's not so great. So they  Andy: also not perusing the internet and clicking lots of times and visiting lots of pages and getting served. Andy: Lots of visuals. We're  Kevin: in that space, right? Yeah. So it's, it's, it's going to be an interesting existential crisis for them. They seem confident about it. So I think they have a plan, but they're constrained. My, my worry is big brands like that get more constrained by reputational impact. We all have heard the stories of the New York times, I think. Kevin: Kevin Roos, um, who like the AI tried to convince him to leave his wife and stuff. Um, like open AI, which is GPT can kind of get away with that with its. I'm a 10 billion startup thing, but Google has to worry about that. So naturally they've limited their model more. So there are all these instructions and there's a term that's, that's, that's. Kevin: It may be permanent, but at the moment, I'm not quite sure it's called a constitution. And it's this idea that there's, there's an operating, we call the, the, the, the, anytime you type something into a LLM, it's a prompt, but there are all these hidden prompts that are behind the scenes. And those hidden prompts are, let  Andy: me catch you right there. Andy: You, you, you mentioned a buzzword that I want to make sure everybody knows you said.  Kevin: Large language model. So a GPT is one of the large language models. Um, Lama from Meta and Facebook is another one. Um, Google has its own that, that underpins BARD. Um, these are all, they've all done the similar thing where they've subsumed. Kevin: The Internet and are making these connections. Um, and then, yeah, that's a GPT is not the generalized term term. It's that it has that has to do with technical language transformation. So GPT is actually a technical term. Yeah. So anytime you put a prompt into these things, that's a set of instructions that the AI is then trying to follow. Kevin: But there's a whole set of hidden prompts behind the scenes that are basically don't be psychotic, like Try not to say like racist stuff. Try not to like incite violence. Like, don't try, don't answer legal questions in a way that could be misleading. Like, it's, it's, it's like this whole giant set of things and, you know, building that constitution into the model, um, the, the, sort of the strength of that constitution ties into, this is slightly wonky, but it ties into the, the, the, how crazy the outputs can be. Kevin: And there's another term in there that's called temperature. So the higher the temperature, the more likely it is to go batshit. That it's going to start making And what does a high  Andy: temperature mean? What,  Kevin: what is that? So it's a, it's like a continuum, like low temperature is cold. Just the facts, man. And stick to the fact Right. Kevin: This is what Okay, I see. High temperature is, we're going to loosen up. That loose that that that neural network and you know, I'm being I'm trying to paraphrase a little bit But like it's gonna loosen up the neural network and allow the network to make kind of wilder connections between things  Andy: Okay, so it's called something that's extremely factual like one plus one is two would that be very very cold  Kevin: not factual So that you got to be super careful like it's pretty okay. Kevin: All right high level of probability that 1 plus 1 is 2, but, but some of these models are very bad at math. Um, because they don't, that's not what they do. They're, they're predicting that one thought follows the golden rule. Okay, we have a lot of information about the golden rule. We, we are really, really comfortable that the golden rule is due unto others, right? Kevin: So that low temperature, it's going to connect this extremely high temperature. It may come up with something like Hmm. Maybe that means something different. Hmm. Let's just like connect things. So it gets creative on its own? It's creative. Don't anthropomorphize, but it's, it's easy to do, but it is, um, it just gets looser in its neural connections and it can be very powerful in terms of being extremely creative. Kevin: There's an example that's, uh, I like that. So a high  Andy: temperature means more creative.  Kevin: Yes. And most of the models by default operate at a relatively low temperature because, That's where the you should leave your life wife and marry me stuff comes in where it starts like It's crazy. Like, don't get me wrong. Kevin: Like, researchers in this space, they anthropomorphize it because it's doing stuff that they don't understand.  Andy: Well, I'm just wondering, um, number one, I'll ask you, and you could answer it now or later, is this, is this regulated? Because if it's high temp and it's super creative, which means it may not be accurate, should there be a disclaimer in the response that must be included if you use the tool? Andy: Because the answer may or may not be correct because it's high temp and where, where do we draw the line? Or is there a line being drawn on telling someone disclosing the use of the tool?  Kevin: So this is where Europe is heading. Europe is heading to a disclosure of AI, and I think we may see something similar. Kevin: To this in the U S at some point, but it's a commons issue. Like that sort of disclosure is only as good as the compliance of the community and the enforcement mechanisms that make that happen. And I have doubts having lived in the digital marketing trends as long as I have that. If there's an edge to be had, people don't have to use these models. Kevin: So that's, we haven't really talked  Andy: about that. And right now I can write a blog post about whatever I want, factual or not. It's up to someone else to actually decide if it's right or not. I don't have to, there's no disclosure I have to put on it currently.  Kevin: And you bury it in your terms anyway, in the bottom of the fine print somewhere. Kevin: Yeah. It's like an affiliate disclosure that, um, it is possible that artificial intelligence was in some way used to construct this particular note, this particular route. Right. So maybe by  Andy: default, someone would have to trust the author, i. e. trust Kevin, trust Andy, trust the author. Then you'll trust the words, but don't trust the words. Andy: All by themselves, unless you trust the source, which is essentially where we're at today anyway.  Kevin: Yep, exactly. Do you trust the source? So authority, you have a lot of authority in this space, because you have such a great community, and you know, there's a lot of energy and output and such. That is why search engines reward you, or I assume reward you for that output. Kevin: Mm hmm. The same will be true in these models that, that, and that's the winners will be those who have a lot of authority and a lot of credibility and that will make it very hard for new entrants to, to batter through. In my opinion, there will always be shenanigans or tactics that are designed to like break through the model and try and get something that to get attention. Kevin: Um, but I think it's going to be a lot harder than it has been with a search engine optimization SEO over the years.  Andy: Let me ask you a quick question. Do you think a service business? Landscape contractor, landscape maintenance, service business, irrigation, you know, they could write an article about, let's say, turf grass management, and they could write that article with the audience being the world, yet that, with the audience being the world, that pool is extremely competitive, which makes me think that they should use That's AI to write something more hyperlocal so that they're found with somebody in their service area, and that's what matters. Andy: It's like lawn care maintenance in Peoria, Illinois, and being the expert there, but not Santa Fe, New Mexico.  Kevin: So I think, would that be the right way to think of it? I think it would. And you and I chatted briefly about Sunday. I mean, that might be a polarizing company in your world, but they do from a sales mechanism. Kevin: They're very, very good about using satellite imagery and sort of loose connections about soil density and soil construction in order to get you into their marketing funnel. And they can do that because they were extremely well funded. And, you know, they, they spent a lot of money trying to figure this out. Kevin: And the fact is there's really nothing right now preventing a Peoria, Illinois provider who knows about soil to be able to output like sort of micro geo content. Based on the information that they have to, to educate the Peoria, Illinois population about the very specific aspects of their soil on a level that someday can never touch because it's just microform. Kevin: They're too  Andy: big, right? Exactly. They're the authority in this particular area based on their experience just in this area, which someone who lives in that area, they would want to hire someone. That knows a thing or two about that specific location.  Kevin: So imagine you have your scholarly article, let's put a few of them in there that are about like how to manage, you know, pH, whatever it is, and then you can put a data set or even even sort of qualitative information. Kevin: Well, I happen to know that Be embarrassed to show you guys my lawn, but the, uh, like I happen to know I'm in a high clay area and like, I don't really know what that means, but like, you, if you feed all of this in, you could come up with a very practical micro guide that's very effective without necessarily having to do the whole lift of, of, of doing the brain dump. Kevin: Of everything, you know, about high clay environments. Um, you could use the AI as your assistant to relatively rapidly output that information. So, I mean, honestly, that's, that's very practical. Like anybody listening to this. If you're that hypothetical Peoria, Illinois, like provider, you should totally do this. Kevin: There's SEO value to that, like as far as having content that, that a local, like long care tips in Peoria, you know, right now you might actually find, if you were to type that in, there are all of the dynamically generated, like SEO articles about there that do that. But that's kind of crap content on the inside. Kevin: If you have authority as somebody who's in that community. Plus, you know, being a professional organization there, plus offering this micro content that's useful to people. You wouldn't have bothered before this. Now you can do it. You can do it this in like a half an hour. Like this is, it's, it's way easier than it, than it would have been. Kevin: And. Is it going to change your business, but is it going to, on the edges, allow you to build out just this, this corpus of credibility that, that in a very SEO sort of way can follow you over the years? Yeah, that's very plausible. Wow, this  Andy: is really hands on. I mean, I think we could, there could be a ton of value in actually doing a live workshop that could be recorded for people to see later, but take similar businesses, i. Andy: e. irrigation, contracting companies that number one, all have to have a website. I'll know exactly the type of work that they do and all know exactly their, who their best customer ideally is create some content, you know, copy pasted onto their blog, you know, know what the traffic is now. And then over. Andy: let's say three, six months, what happens after the end of six months? Could we get a cohort together that becomes like number one ranked in all of their local areas through a quick training demo seminar?  Kevin: There's value in that. I think that'd be  Andy: fun. Wow. Okay. Well, we can't show people actually how to use chat GPT today, but I love how you talked about some of the context because I feel like that's what I've had to learn the most about is not just asking it a simple question, but creating that frame. Andy: Um, and believe it or not, I learned it from my son, who was apparently was taught how to use this in college, and he's a computer science major, and you know, he uses it actually to correct some of his code when it doesn't work, uh, among other things, but he was the one that taught me you got to basically, you know, tell it who it is, what its job is, all those sorts of things to frame it. Andy: Which I had no idea about and I think that a lot of people may use again Just chat GPT and then say, you know, I tried it, but it didn't give me the results. So yeah,  Kevin: I'm done And so let's let's wrap a little bit of truth practical other practical ways that I think that everybody should be using it and cool, it's you know ranging from just dead simple to much more complicated but the Most simple bit is none of us have any excuse to have blank page syndrome again Like, some people are talented content creators. Kevin: A lot of people aren't. I am not. I, I actually can write, but it is an agonizing process for me. I'm not that guy who just can hammer something. And I have blank page syndrome. I sit there, I look at the page, and I kind of play with some words, and I'm like, eh. We  Andy: don't have that. Then your mind starts to hurt, and you'll go, eh, I'll, I'll try it again tomorrow. Andy: And then it's just repeat, repeat, repeat, and you never frickin do it.  Kevin: So now it's like I need to write a letter to X, Y, and Z client, and this is the sort of stuff that it can't contain, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, and bam, you've got a draft. And then my art and my effort is spent on revising that draft and personalizing it and putting the me into that draft. Kevin: But I'm already, I've gone from zero to eight, like in 15 seconds or, you know, it's spending a little bit of time. Going back and forth with it working on tone, you know, bringing that down a little bit. So that's one It's just you you don't need blank page syndrome again Like you just start with something and then work them in related is a brainstorming partner is like Trying to isolate good ideas. Kevin: What's a bad omnipotent Personal assistant, um, next to you who knows everything about everything and occasionally lies to you, but they're very enthusiastic about it. So pretty cool to have like this brilliant thing that you can like bounce ideas off of and none of it's perfect, but boy, does it come up with some just interesting things, particularly if you, if it's like come 10 actionable headlines for this topic, like, oh, that's kind of interesting. Kevin: Like, Oh, that's neat. Let's explore this a little bit more. Um, also related. Um, you know, I think a lot of small companies struggle with creative design and creative development and are frankly beholden to a lot of creative like people and agencies out there that charge a lot of money for it. Being able to use this as sort of a creative designer assistant, again, you're not going to get to eight or nine in this case, if you're not already creative, but being able to use it to get to, you know, six, seven, eight, and like maybe script out a video or a piece of content and have an idea of what that's going to take to get it done. Kevin: Oh, you know, what sort of camera angles might I use? And then you walk into the conversation. with that creative partner, and you're way more equipped. You have a good idea of what the storyboard looks like and what it feels like. And then their art is layered on top of that because they don't know your business. Kevin: Like as much as we all love the idea of having a creative agency that knows everything about us, they're busy and they might know something about your business, but you will always know your business better than they will. So if you can kind of skip that phase and get to the, the, the creative production part. Kevin: That can be super, super useful, um, correcting documents, um, or assessing documents rapidly. Just, just being able to absorb information like in your guy's world, like every time a new regulation comes out or if, uh, you know, scholarly articles, if you're a real geek, you know, whatever it is, being able to rapidly ingest that information in a way that, that you just, you have it in your to do list. Kevin: Okay. Like I have family members who love to send me Atlantic articles. Like they're always like. 15 pages long and like, I just can't, I like don't have the bandwidth to read it. So I'll put the article in GPT. I'll summarize it. I'll frame who I am, uh, and like be able to come up with a summary that, uh, that, that, that is appropriate for who I am, that, and then I can decide if I'm going to engage in whatever, wow. Kevin: The first thing  Andy: I think of when you say that is, could we take, let's say the national plumbing code and use it to help understand what the requirements are for irrigators as it relates to the national plumbing code on what you can and can't do and what the laws and regulations are.  Kevin: Theoretically. Yeah, you could. Kevin: Wow. Your art. Don't forget your art. Like, you know, there's a code inspectors, like even you guys probably don't totally know, like, Where that line is, and it would make me a little nervous, um, to do that, but I bet you'd get some pretty meaningful output from it. Um, it would be an interesting test actually. Kevin: And just maybe  Andy: a summary format, like, Hey, can you summarize the national plumbing code and what irrigation companies should know are responsible for, you know, in a  Kevin: summary. So I literally did something like this. It was an OSHA regulation for scissor lift safety. And, um, I put in the OSHA reg and I asked it questions about like, this is not something I was doing as a hobby. Kevin: There's, I have a client who is in this world, just to be clear that I, yeah. You  Andy: weren't just going to rent a, yeah,  Kevin: a lift and go out there. But I was, I was, I was. Clean your windows. About like, you know, I have this situation, like there's a two 20, um, junction right here. Like how far away does the scissor lift need to be? Kevin: And it did an ad, it did a very good job. And I think let's think ahead a little bit. Well, what, like this is all cool. Right. But. Man, this is going to be powerful. Like you imagine that you're an onsite contractor and you've run into X, Y, and Z scenario, like right on your phone, like, Hey, I've run into this. Kevin: You know, there's a T junction of whatever flow rate. And how does this apply to, um, you know, the code of. Peoria, Illinois and flow rates that will yeah, no doubt about it. Right.  Andy: Exactly. So today, uh, we've got something called friction loss, uh, friction loss charts. So those listening likely know what a friction loss chart is. Andy: It'll tell you what the PSI loss is per hundred feet based on a specific flow rate and a specific pipe. And if somebody were out in the field today, it's very hard to have all of those things memorized. It's actually. probably impossible to have them all recalled in your head, but just to be able to ask, ask it, Hey, what's the PSI loss on 2. Andy: 5 inch PVC pipe or a hundred feet. Cause you want to make a change to your design. You need some quick engineering facts.  Kevin: Sounds interesting. That's going to be a thing. It will, it may already be like, that's, this is changing. So, so fast. I mean, I literally was in the middle of the presentation and when Andy and I were in Vegas and a new feature was released in GPT. Kevin: As I refreshed my screen, and I was like, Oh, that's new. Yeah, it's, it's very hard to keep up with. Um, and the possibilities are virtually endless. So, yeah. So what other things? So business businesses, you all have a bunch of customers. You could dump your customer data into it and ask it to visualize it and visualize where the clusters, you know, you have sales staff that are out and they're, they're covering things. Kevin: Um, It's a bit of a lift to do some sort of geographic sales analysis of how effective you're being. But if you dump the data in and you can tell it to visualize, um, where all your customers are, like almost do like word cloud type type. Deals, it'll do that. You can see that, you know, 85022, like you're doing really well in that zip code. Kevin: So kudos to that salesperson. But these other zip codes, you know, they're not, or maybe they have a lot of customers, but revenue is lower. Identify  Andy: opportunities. That was my next thought is I think that. Contractors probably have revenue per customer because that's the account. They may not have profitability per customer because they may not job cost down to that level of detail. Andy: But could you, you know, do what you just said? Say, show me geographically where, you know, a majority of our revenue comes from or where our profit comes from.  Kevin: You absolutely could, and easily, easily you could. Major caveat. You're putting your data out there, and you've got to decide if you care. Um, I have a very practical, uh, attitude about this. Kevin: That... There. The, the LLMs are not in the business of yielding your data, but there is evidence that they are porous at the moment. So if you put highly sensitive data in there that you know, the formula for Coke or something like that, it is possible that the MO model. maybe training itself on that. So if somebody somewhere then asks for the formula for Coke, um, since you've put it in there, it can connect the dots, but we're not talking about,  Andy: so you might not want to disclose the name or the address, but maybe just the zip code. Andy: And that might be good enough. The first column was a zip code.  Kevin: So, but I'm, I'm not too stressed about it. You can turn some of these tracking features off and the training features off. But somebody would have to. Like the data would have to be meaningful, right? That, that, that somebody would be interested in it and like be able to put it together and whatnot. Kevin: So know that and you're going to start to see micro LLMs develop. Um, I don't think in this scale of business so much, but in medium sized businesses, you're going to start to see captive this is just Kevin pontificating, but you're going to start to see captive LLMs such that they are walled. Such that the organization can play with the LLM, but it's not necessarily getting out into the corpus of the world. Andy: I mean, I think it, uh, you're right, is we don't know how the data could be used now, but if, if the engine, if that's what you call it, the, the machine ends up with, if everybody uploads all of their sales data by zip code, then potentially the machine knows where people are spending money on outdoor, you know, services. Andy: So if we had a new, business we wanted to sell into a brand new greenfield market. It's a startup and we could ask it, show me the areas that spend the most on irrigation systems and it could provide that to us. Then we would have a target on how to go sell holiday lights or ponds or landscape lighting or something else, patios. Kevin: Yeah, we could. And it's pulling from all kinds of different data sources as well. So, um, so other practical things. So let's talk about images.  Andy: I was gonna say, um, that's what I wanted to get into next, just briefly, because we are kind of running out of time. But could we talk a little bit about images? Andy: Sure,  Kevin: uh, so In much the same way that the language models can predict what word comes next, image models do the same thing on a pixel level. So they're predicting, based on their neural network, what could actually come out next. And this can allow you to enter prompts, in a similar way as GPT, into a model like MidJourney. Kevin: is, uh, the one that I prefer, but there's also Dolly, uh, stable diffusion. There's a few, a few others that are out there that allow you to visualize things. So here you've done your blog. Um, now you need, uh, an image to go along with the blog. You could go to Getty or one of the other image provider things and find a dude squatting next to a sprinkler. Kevin: Or you could ask the The image generator to come up with, you know, middle aged guy working on a sprinkler in their yard mountains in the background and come up with a plausible image that you can use very, very quickly. That's adapted to what you need on a professional and you and I did  Andy: this. Briefly, like with a five, a five minute, you know, demo. Andy: And I'm, I'm curious, do you still have the copy of that image that we created with  Kevin: AI? Which one that does the discord image? Yeah, I do.  Andy: Yeah. Cause maybe what we could do is if you could email that to me, I will, you know what, I may use it as the cover of this article. I'm not article, but of this podcast, uh, on sprinkler nerds so that you guys can see an example of an AI generated image that Kevin made with me with a couple prompts. Andy: So if we still have it, let's, let's  Kevin: pull it up on my screen. So it's, uh, yeah, cool. Um, so it's, it's like a guy, I think, what's the, what's the prompt? Let me read the prompt. It was, uh, If you're  Andy: listening to this on Apple podcast or Spotify or something to see the cover art, I think you will need to go to this episode on sprinklernerd. Andy: com. That's where you'll see the actual graphic that Kevin's talking about.  Kevin: So the prompt is 30 year old energetic man checking a sprinkler in a deep green lawn. Nikon photorealistic and the trigger there is I'm trying to get it. It knows what a Nikon photorealistic image should look like, so it's not going to be some wild cartoon like, you know, psychedelic type thing. Kevin: It's trying to get it to be as real as possible. And sure enough, there's a guy squatting next to a sprinkler that is pretty well unusable. Now, from a processing perspective, you know, just let's just talk more work a day like you don't know what's going on. I, I've always advised, so I guest lecture on the stuff, um, entrepreneurship in general. Kevin: And I've always told my classes that, you know, you need to know basic Photoshop if you want to be a, a group by base level entrepreneur, because if you're not a creative person, you're going to be beholden to those agencies and it takes a long time, even if you're outsourced. So you're waiting for the student. Kevin: So things like practical things, like I need to remove a background. So, you know, I see Andy's logo behind him. I need, I need a transparency of this logo. Like there's an app for that, that, you know, for basically nothing. You can go to remove BG and it's going to pull out the background or image correction or image resizing. Kevin: And what you're going to see is a lot of these tools are going to be baked into the image processing software, like. Photoshop and Illustrator. Uh, I highly recommend if you're graphically oriented that you check out Adobe Firefly, uh, because it is magic. Like. I want a picture of a deer. Okay, now let's put the deer in an alley. Kevin: Oh, let's make the alley dark and add a sign over this door. And it's just on the fly creating all of this stuff. Which should make any graphic design oriented person tremble in their boots because... The most graphic designers make their, most of their income off of the stupid little stuff. The image correction and things. Kevin: It's not the big creative projects. And you're going to see that's going to be an industry that's going to be highly disrupted as a result of this. But yeah, even  Andy: Canva today is really disruptive, but not nearly what you're talking about. But Canva  Kevin: will implement this stuff too. So you can also do video voiceover. Kevin: I mean, be very afraid about voiceover and deep fake potential. Like we're not going to get political, but the next few years in this country should be very, very interesting. That way it's an election cycle and we're going to see all kinds of crazy stuff. And just to get, you know, philosophical for a second, we're going to end up in a place where you can't trust things and that's not a good place to be at all. Kevin: But just know that you can replicate your own voice in 15 minutes. Like I do a lot of podcasts, my voice is out there. So I had this bit of an epiphany and I called my, you know, 83 year old mother and I said, look, it is entirely possible that somebody could call you with my voice and try and get access to your bank accounts. Kevin: Like. That is actually possible right now and I gave her a safe word, like, you know, if you ever feel weirded out, whether or not it's actually me, um, just ask and, um, you know, we can verify, right? Don't say your safe  Andy: word. Don't say it. Andy: That's a great tip, actually. I think I'll, I'll, uh, with my family, come up with a safe word for all of us in the event that somebody does this. I think that's a really good  Kevin: tip. And it's awful, but people, it's already happening where people will get calls from their kids. I've been kidnapped. You need to send, you know, 10 grand right now. Kevin: Like that is happening. Now the positive side is like you're very soon you're going to have the ability to have these virtual customer service agents that can actually talk to people. Um, it's also terrifying, but. Like that's, let's just stay on the positive, right? That these are, these are, these, we are going to be able to offer such a personalized experience to our customers that we are going to just be able to blow them away. Kevin: Like when you, right now you're busy, you're running around, you got all your crews, you maybe have one person answering your phone, maybe you have nobody answering your phone. The phone can be answered. Chats can be responded to like, this is an whole aspect of practical applications that you, you all should be thinking about that. Kevin: How can I, how can I create a better experience on a creepy experience, but a better experience for my customer using some of these tools to get them to what they need instead of the endless frustrating, like back and forth. So, so  Andy: this might be a good point. Two are a good time for me to mention. I would like to run an experiment. Andy: So if you've made it to the end of the episode here, I would like to run an experiment based on what Kevin just said about personalization. And I think I would like to I'm kind of just spitballing this as as I go. I'd like to put a form on my website. So let's just say I'm going to go with sprinkler. Andy: com forward slash Ink Works, I N K W O R K S. Ink Works. I'm gonna put a form there with a few questions, including your address and when you fill out the form, I'm gonna use one of Kevin's projects, ink works.ai to send you a personalized letter handwritten from me based on the input, personalized based on the inputs that you enter in the form. Andy: How's that  Kevin: sound? That sounds awesome. So, and that's, that's my, and  Andy: I'm going to pay for it. It comes with a fee and that's Kevin's project right now, inkworks. ai. So I'd like to actually test it in real time with you guys listening and, um, you know, give you, give you a taste of what Kevin's  Kevin: working on. So we do, we're using, uh, LLM technology to interpret messages. Kevin: And then we're using pen wielding robots to handwrite notes. So, let's imagine you did a big landscaping project for a customer. Like, you know you should send them a thank you note. Or a Christmas card, or whatever it is. But you never get around to it, because it's, it's, it's time consuming. Um, using Inkworks, you can produce that letter. Kevin: And it comes out handwritten, absolutely unique. Um, I of course have them piled around here. They look like they're written by... And, um, it's remarkable efficacy and very ironic that I'm using multiple layers of AI to create something that's so highly personalized specifically because people are craving that personalization that we're all bombarded by all of this information constantly with emails and SMS and all this stuff and people just ignore it and it's just going to get worse as AI continues to advance. Kevin: Um, so. Ironically that my, one of the first toeholds I have is doing something analog with something amazingly complex.  Andy: So great. So great. Can't wait to run this experiment. Uh, on that note, you know, Kevin does, uh, coach businesses in this field. If you would like to, uh, hire Kevin to, you know, help you with your business, coach your employees, give you tips. Andy: How can somebody reach out to you, Kevin?  Kevin: Yeah, the easiest is, uh, Kevin at www. inkworks. ai. Um. Or I'm relatively easy to find on, on LinkedIn. Um, yeah, I'm, I'm, I'm out there.  Andy: Very cool. Very cool. And hopefully we can maybe find a time to do a little online training as well. And again, visit sprinkler. com forward slash inkworks and let's test out Kevin's software. Andy: I'm really excited to do that. And. You know, Kevin, I think that from all the people who I have met that are into AI and use the tool, I don't think I've met someone as knowledgeable as yourself, and I really appreciate you sharing  Kevin: this with us today. Thank you. I'm clearly passionate about it. This is the future, guys. Kevin: Okay,  Andy: well, until our next AI conversation. Thanks so much, Kevin. Have a great one.  

This episode we are excited to welcome James Lindsay, a bestselling author who has spoken and written extensively against the woke onslaught.    His recent speech in the European Parliament looking at the Neo-Marxist Cultural Revolution that is engulfing us all has really gone viral.  In this interview James looks at the Marxist thread that runs through Critical Race Theory and Queer Theory and we end by looking at his latest book "The Marxification of Education". James Lindsay is a professional troublemaker, mathematician, author, internationally recognized speaker and the founder and president of New Discourses.  James is a leading expert on Critical Race Theory and is best known for his relentless criticism of "Woke" ideology, the now-famous Grievance Studies Affair, and his bestselling books including Race Marxism and Cynical Theories, which has been translated into over a dozen languages.  In addition to writing and speaking, he is the voice of the New Discourses Podcast and has been a guest on prominent media outlets including The Joe Rogan Experience, Glenn Beck, Fox News, and NPR. Connect with James... 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Of course, the founder and president of New Discourses, and I was delighted to get him on after seeing him at a number of conferences over stateside. And it was his recent speech in the European Parliament, which really intrigued me. I know that has really gone viral. And I think the title was the Neo-Marxist Cultural Revolution Engulfing the West, now known as WOKE. What a title, what a topic to bring to the European Parliament. So he discusses the kind of response on that and how a lot of the battle lines that we are on, the Critical Race Theory and also the Queer Theory, how those fit under that socialist Marxist umbrella. He unpacks that and then we end up on education. He's just written a book, the end of last year, on the Marxification of education. We have no time to get into the topic, but I just wanted to get his thoughts on why he'd put pen to paper on a book specifically focused on education. So much packed in. I, know you'll have followed James for a long time. I know you'll enjoy listening to his thoughts on speaking in the European Parliament on such a topic and unpacking some of those other issues.  And hello Hearts of Oak. Today it is wonderful to have a best-selling author with us of many titles. We'll refer to some of them, The Marxification of Education and Race Marxism, The Truth About Critical Race Theory, amongst many others. An internationally recognized speaker, the privilege of hearing him first at the American Freedom Alliance conference back in June last year, and the founder and president of New Discourses, and that is James Lindsay. James, thank you so much for your time today. (James Lindsay) Hey, I'm glad to be here. Thank you. It's great to have you and your handle there @ConceptualJames on Twitter, Gab, Truth, GETTR, and newdiscourses.com is the website. People can find everything there. Before we start, James, could I just ask you to take a moment and introduce yourself before we get down to the issue? That's actually a hard thing to do. I'm a very kind of peculiar character, I think, and kind of the whole thing. But the long and short of it is that my academic training was in mathematics. I received a PhD in mathematics, or completed one, I suppose. They didn't give it to me. They don't give those away. But I earned a PhD in mathematics in 2010. I immediately left academia after finishing my doctorate. I became disillusioned with the course that it seemed to be on at the time. Then I just worked for myself at a small private enterprise for a number of years. To be academically engaged, I got involved with fighting with people online basically. This led to discovering the woke movement quite early on. This led to my participation in what was called the grievance studies affair, which I'm fairly well known for, which is where we wrote a large number of at fake academic articles for feminist journals in 2017 and 18 for whatever it's worth there's a new film that just came out telling the backstory with all of that a man named Michael Nayna put that out and it's called The Reformers, so you can find that on his substack, which I think it's michaelnayna.substack.com, The Reformers is the name of the film. John Cleese apparently saw it the other day and loved it, so that's a pretty ringing endorsement. From there, I went on to write, actually, Cynical Theories next, which is a book that did extremely well at getting some of this information into people's hands. It's actually hit somewhere around a quarter million sales, so a lot of people had a chance to encounter these ideas, which is the ultimate goal. And then I built New Discourses from there and I spent all my time researching, studying. Basically the woke movement and all of its kind of intellectual, intellectual is a generous word for them, antecedents and forebears. So I created New Discourses with the goal, it says all fancy on my website, shining the light of objective truth into subjective darkness. But the fact, that was my business partner's idea, honestly, the goal was I want to study woke and understand woke and expose woke and everything that's tied to it as fast as I can create and publish materials. And so that's what it's for. So it hosts mostly three different podcasts that I have in-house as well as articles that I write, videos that I do, and you can find links to the books that I've written, which which we tend to publish in-house because publishers are so slow and this is moving so fast. So anyway, that's me. I don't know how many books I've technically written now because some of them are blurry and they're, you know, things I've done with other people and some of them have been translated into a large number of languages. Those are the things that people care about. A lot of people know me because I've been on Joe Rogan's podcast three times also, which gets you kind of in the public eye a little bit. Okay, well, it's that criticism of woke ideology that I saw two months ago. You were in the European Parliament. You delivered a short address at a conference there, Woke a Culture War Against Europe. How did that come about and kind of how was that received? Well, they just reached out to me. Apparently the group there, which is a European-wide political party called Identity and Democracy or Identity Democracy Foundation, something like this. I don't quite know the organizational structure of these things. They invited me because they put together a three conference series to be held there at the European Parliament in Brussels and asked, they thought that I would be a perfect voice for the inaugural of the three, the first of the three. And so they invited me to come to Brussels and speak at the parliament. And so I gratefully accepted and went over and somehow or rather luckily delivered what I believe is given the fact of the significance of the room that I think I delivered my best public address I've ever delivered, which worked out pretty good because I could have bombed that sucker. And it was very good and very succinct. Part of it was that I realized the night before talking to another audience that there's a language barrier that kind of cuts across my humour, so I had to be very plain spoken. Maybe I should take notes on that and deliver more plain spoken addresses in the future. But it was received extremely well. Now, of course, the room was largely composed of MEPs that are of that party, so you would expect them to be interested in these ideas. It was also, there was a group there, the other speaker was Frank Ferretti, and a fairly well-known guy. And so his organization had a contingent there. And other than that, it was actually kind of timed to correspond with a youth conference for the ID Foundation. And so it was primarily a lot of people in their twenties, political interns and people interested in political party, young people. So most of the people were in their twenties, they were younger. And of course, their energy is really good, really, really a positive reception there. It came out online and they got a little bit of attention. And then for whatever reason, I don't know why a month later it went viral and it has just blown up everywhere. And the reception online has been extraordinarily positive. I'm sure that there are people who are very unhappy that that happened, but I haven't heard much from them.  Well that group, the ID group, is a fantastic group, probably the best bulwark against what is happening in Europe, and I've watched them closely through all my involvement of politics over the many years. But could I ask you, what was it like going into the, I guess, the ruling chamber in Europe and helping them understand the danger of socialism, which many of them call themselves socialists. They really do believe the state knows better than the individual. What was like kind of going into that? Obviously the ID group are on side, but as a chamber, as a parliament, they're very much against anything that will shine the light on the evils of socialism. So what was that like, kind of explain to them the dangers of socialism?  Well I mean it was surprisingly, again surprisingly positive, I thought it might be quite hostile. I thought there might be at least some people who would come by, you know, interested to see what people against their view might say. But I don't get the impression, or at least anybody who did stayed very professional and very polite. It was a very I mean, I don't want to say it's a very bureaucratic building because I don't know that I got that impression. But it's a very, very professional environment. So that wasn't, it wasn't like where I spoke at North-western University a month ago and got heckled and yelled at and protested the whole time or anything like that. The building itself was more interesting than my experience inside of it, I don't know if you visited Brussels and seen this but so walking around there's a... Brussels is, I'm sorry any Belgians watching is not the most beautiful city Down in the older part of the city the older the where the castles and things are that part is quite nice but over by the Parliament is, it's just kind of plain European city. It's not particularly beautiful. So but there's a little park there that's okay. And I found it striking that right outside the backside of the European Parliament building, there's a small grassy area with a number, maybe a dozen, maybe two dozen, somewhere in between statues in the grass. And what they are, when you look at them at first, you think, what are these? Are these aliens or something very peculiar? And you look closer, but no, they're ostriches with their heads buried in the ground, all of them. So it looks like a three-legged thing, but it's not. It's an ostrich with its head buried in the sand and there are you know dozens of these and I thought that's a weird installation to have, you know, on on site then you come around to the front to go into the to the actual Parliament building which you can't do without passes and a guide and all these things you can't just go in, but there's this statue right by the door that I found very striking and it's of this kind of very angry almost Soviet looking woman holding up a very sharp, angular, I'm trying to dig into the semiotics here like aggressive European and, you know, Euro-e. And she's standing triumphantly over a man that she seems to have conquered, who looks quite dejected and broken and so, you know, there's there's this weird vibe about the place, plus it's this weird building of steel and glass and an otherwise kind of fairly quaint European city, that just this kind of this glass. It's not the scary circular one that's in Spain or wherever that is. It's but this is, you know, intimidating steel and glass structure, that is just so out of character for the rest of the city. But as far as being inside the building, we went afterwards, after it was all people that were on site. And then after the talk, there was a little reception out in the hallway. And that was all, nobody bothered us. And then we went upstairs to do some interviews. And there was at the interview area with all the cameras, the media area, with the good lighting and all of that, There was another group, and I don't know who exactly they were, Renew Europe or something like this, I think is what it said, and they had a European Union flag with the stars. But instead of it being solid blue, that kind of deep blue that they use, it was rainbow. I think the stars might have not been in a circle, but might have been in a heart or something silly. So I asked them, and so obviously these people are not my people, so I asked them, I said, I love your flag, can I borrow it for a picture? And they were quite accommodating and they had a friendly chat with me and they don't know my views, but they were polite and professional as one would expect in a building of that sort. So I didn't find it's, I find more hostility going into American government buildings from Democrats here in the US than I experienced in the EU. But that might've just been stroke of luck or something like that. Just before I move to the issues, how do you see it? Because as an American, there is a culture where there is a battle happening, and it is one side against the other. When you look at Europe, it's much more one-sided than it is in the US. In the US, we look across the water and see the battle amongst the side of truth as being positive, strong, having arguments and holding the line, where in Europe, even the good countries have been succumbed into that EU of hating themselves and of rewriting history and all of that. How do you see that as an American? Well, I'll point out first, because I do agree with you generally, not the Flemish, the Flemish do not have that attitude. For certain and I found that I was spending quite a bit of time with it with Flemish men and women and some of the Italians do not have that attitude and they were very nice to spend time with, even a few Germans would they're very German, you know, everything must be according to the protocol, you know, very, I love Germans, but no, the fact is, what I see in Europe is that Europe is far more tipped to socialism, far more tipped to kind of this overarching, less accountable or even unaccountable governance. This bureaucracy that's beyond the reach of the people, and it knows better, and therefore, you know, it's going to deal with the people for them than we see here in America. But it's not nearly as woke and that was actually kind of the crux of this conference that they wanted to put together is yes, yes, we know we're very socialist and we know we're very far down that road, but whatever's happening in the Anglosphere, so the UK is actually heavily included in this, it's a very different animal than continental Europe, is very crazy. It's properly almost insane. There was no confusion that I ran into among virtually anybody, about what a man and a woman for example, and in the European context. But the idea that the taxpayer money would just be wasted on everything that they want to do is, you know, just kind of taken for granted. It's just something they say, of course, this is how things work. Of course, the taxes will be crazy. Of course, we'll waste money on flying a stupid American over here and giving him lots of beer or something like this, you know, to show him a good time in Belgium. So it's a very different attitude. Europe is very dangerously tipped toward favourability toward socialism, but it's still repelling, and that was really again the crux of the conference, it's still repelling the very almost antinomian, insane, woke kind of, whether it's race, race politics is actually the most relevant. The sex and gender politics, people are a little bit naturally repellent to that still, but I don't think that that can last if they open the doors. So my goal was to warn Europe, like, yeah, you guys are already pretty well screwed up with socialism and maybe, you know, talking to the Flemish, maybe you can turn some of this around or do something with it in the future, but you do not know your danger if you think that you can kind of just not be proactive in keeping the woke ideology out. Yeah. You end, I don't know if it was actually the end or in the middle, telling them that according to Marx, socialism was not economic but religious in essence. Do you want to just kind of unpack that and is that why we are having this difficulty because it is religious in nature? Well Marx made it, he tried to make it look very much like it was economic. But if you read his earlier works, which sort of set the foundation and you catch the flavour of it throughout his as later works, Marx was very invested in this idea of understanding the world and man at a fundamental level. What is man? Who is man? And to answer these deep fundamental questions, and what does it require of man to do this? And so I actually think that he's more of a theologian in a kind of an anti-theology way. He's casting down God and replacing God with not man, but man enlightened to the secret truth of reality, which is that man is a social animal, a perfectly social being that lives not for himself but for the species when he's properly awakened to who he is. My contention is that if you take that as a fundamental substrate so that then it separates the world into the people who have access to power and the people who do not have access to power, then that they're intrinsically in conflict so that the underclass has to to awaken to its nature's true historical agents of change and seize the means of production, that the means of production are, in a sense, fungible. You can change them out. But the idea is that what are you producing? And everybody thinks it's, oh, it's economics. You're producing in the factory with goods and services. You're producing in the field with food and agricultural goods, and that's the hammer and the sickle, obviously. But no, you're producing man. You're producing man as who he's meant to be, which that's a fundamentally theological project, not a fundamentally economic project. And Marx believed that economic conditions to determine who man is. But if you were to say, well, it doesn't work, obviously in Britain and obviously in the United States and in Canada, economic conditions were not successful at agitating people into the historical class consciousness as change agents of history. But if you say that race or sex or gender or sexuality or whatever, those are actually the determinants. When you have material comfort. When you have, as some of the Marxists in the 20th century put it, an advanced capitalism that delivers the goods and allows people to build a good life, you are not going to get them on economic conditions. Economic conditions are not determinant of who they are. They are, but on a deeper level that they don't perceive. This is the thesis of Marcuse's one-dimensional man. You've been made one-dimensional. You can't even perceive the fact that economic conditions are relevant to your life. So instead, you have to come where it matters, which is in personal identity. If you're comfortable, where do you turn? You turn to yourself and you think about your identity and who you are in the world. And so identity politics became the weapon that allowed to subdue the West. So if you take out economic conditions as the producer of man, where the means of production have to be seized and you put in cultural issues around race or what it means to be a certain sexuality or what it means to be man or woman in terms of sex itself and gender, then you can just kind of get these other dimensions, whether it's critical race theory or queer theory or feminism as a kind of a Marxist flavour of feminism or within what they call critical pedagogy in education. It's who gets to be a knower and who doesn't. So being considered knowledgeable becomes a form of social property that has to be challenged by the people who are excluded from it by the existing knowing system. Listen to the way the woke talk. It's all about other ways of knowing and knowing systems and all of this. That's where this comes from. But it's the same fundamental architecture. It's, you have this theology of man, or maybe I think the technical word is an Anthroposophist, I can't even say it, anthrosophist, something. Anthro for man, sophi for, you know, sophistry. Sophistry of mankind. Somebody else can say it for me. I can write it. Type it out on the screen for you, but it's technically that, but you have this theology that has at its heart the idea that man is producing himself by some mechanism, and that mechanism can be seized by the underclass of its dynamic and taken over to transform what man and society is. And every one of their theories just, once you understand it that way, every one of their theories just falls out. So you can start making very keen guesses on what's going to happen as this progresses and develops. Here's one, I think I mentioned this in the EU, and I think it's very pertinent for the both European but also the UK context. So if you'll forgive me, just for simplicity, I'm going to consider the UK part of Europe. I know, we can't do that, but I don't want to have to say UK and Europe over and over again. So the broadly European, maybe I'll use broadly European context, that side of the Atlantic context, what you actually have, you guys live in, there is actually a text you can read. If you want to figure out what's happening in Europe, you read Douglas Murray's, The Strange Death of Europe. There is a single text, it's not that long, that you can read to fully understand whose Europe you live in, and it's John Paul Sartre's Europe. He wrote the foreword to Franz Fanon's Wretched of the Earth, so you're not going to go find one of Sartre's books. You're going to go get Wretched of the Earth, which is by Franz Fanon, who was a post-colonialist in the 50s and 60s in France. You're going to go get his book. And then he is from, I always get it wrong, Martinique. He's from Martinique. And so he was in this kind of colonized condition, but also a French psycho analyst. And so that forward though has a very important part. The book is all about, the colonial condition. So who's a native and who's a settler. And now you have that same dynamic, that same mentality, the same exact structure of how it creates who you are as a person. And Fanon argues that violence is the only way to overcome the colonized condition. And Sartre writes in the foreword to this that Europe, he has a letter to Europe, and he's like, Europe, you better listen. The payment for colonization is coming. And this is in the 60s. What you need to do, early 60s, you need to do is you need to decide, are they gonna get it by violence or are you going to propitiate yourself and give it away and hope that the violence doesn't come? And he urges Europe to start giving away their society to their former colonies. When they come and make a claim on your society, give it to them. Maybe they won't be violent. Maybe they'll spare you. So in the kind of very Trumpian, I see a Trump hat behind you, so very Trumpian kind of slang language of the 2020s, go ahead Europe and cuck yourself before the people who you previously colonized, give your societies away to them or else there'll be blood, is the message. And that is literally the message that Europe adopted. So while you haven't in Europe broadly construed, although the UK has taken up with quite a bit of woke. Scotland is, in Ireland or Scotland especially, is particularly bad. You guys have taken up quite a lot of this, but the element of the broad woke pantheon of powered gods or whatever that really strikes hardest is this post-colonial status, which has allowed you or made it so that not only have you guys opened your borders utterly, but that the entire social welfare state that you guys have built up around your socialist sensibilities pours into this yawning black hole of need. And the reason is discoverable in a French existentialist Marxists wailing about a post-colonialist saying that there must be blood to pay for colonization, which is a very obviously you're not allowed to even say these things, but a very one-sided understanding of, the impacts of colonialism. Yes, bad, but also you're not even allowed to mention that yes, good, too. It was a mixed bag brought through brutality and much injustice for certain, but at the same time time. Ethiopia famously is the least or the only completely uncolonized, if I remember right, country in that area of Africa. And they're also the ones that have been struggling the most and the most backwards in many regards for so long. They were the Somalia and Ethiopia where when I grew up as a kid, it was, you know, the starving kids in Ethiopia, eat your peas because the starving kids in Ethiopia don't have any, you know, they were the, they the poster child of backwards and broken. Maybe that was a meme that's not true, I don't know, anyway, Europe has that on its plate, and I think that's comprehensible. I actually think the strange death of Europe is utterly comprehensible out of the foreword that, Sartre wrote. If you read any of Sartre, who the hell wants to live in his world? What a nightmare. Well, you do, and what a nightmare. Tell us, because you mentioned colonialism, that's one of the battle lines, the critical race theory is one of the battle lines, you talked about that and how that fits under socialism. I know it was last year you published Race Marxism, the truth about critical race theory and people can get that. The links will be in the description for them to get hold of that and to go deeper into it. But how does critical race theory fit under the umbrella of socialism or Marxism? Well, it's a redistribution of cultural capital that ties into actually redistributing material capital. So the idea is that there's this form of cultural property that white people erected for themselves during the colonial eras, particularly to justify colonialism and to justify slavery in the 17th century, primarily 16th and 17th centuries, going some into the 18th century. And falling apart in the 19th century. So this idea of whiteness as a cult form of cultural property that generates white supremacy and racial superiority and even racial identification was created by white people to enshrine their own power and to impose, racial identity and inferiority, social and cultural and even economic inferiority on others. So-called people of colour, but particularly blacks and critical race theory builds out completely from this. And the goal then is to seize the means of cultural production around the ideas of what it means to be a member of a certain race. And it's actually a very interesting theory because it's still, unlike some of these other woke theories which seem just off in the air, it's got one foot very firmly still rooted in material reality. It's in a sense a lot more, not explicitly Marxist, but much more critical and materialist. And if you read their early writings, in fact, if you read virtually all of their writings through the 1990s, and I expect, so 70s through the 90s, and I expect we're gonna see another rash of this writing coming now, given what's happening in the United States Supreme Court. It's a very American theory, by the way. It doesn't really fit in other contexts, and Europeans have noticed, as have Brits. Like, we didn't do this, what are you talking about? But the fact is what it's really centered around is seizing the means of affirmative action, is what it's ultimately about. And I don't say that to be cheeky. If you read their books, affirmative action is brought up as a core and key issue hundreds of times. It's not mentioned kind of tangentially here or there, it is a central issue that comes up again and again. And their goal is that they're seeing affirmative action gaining public disfavour through the, say, the 80s. They see, you know, the Supreme Court starting to say, well, maybe it needs a time limit. And they explicitly say, no, it doesn't need a time limit. Not only do we need to maintain it, we need to expand it. It needs to be bigger and more and more and more. So it's like it's very materialistic, seize the means of opportunity redistribution, I guess, in material resources. This is where the reparations conversations come in. And so it takes the entire architecture of literally of Marxism, infuses it with the later critical theory, and then recentres it in race. And in fact, you can find authors like Gloria Ladson Billings is a famous critical race theorist. In the 90s, she writes a paper called Toward a Critical Race Theory of Education. And what she says is in that paper, and I can't quote it from memory anymore, I used to do it a lot, but she says that, the point of critical race theory is to make race the central variable for understanding all inequality. So is where a classical Marxist would say that access to capital is the central concern that determines all inequality, and that's the production of man for critical race theorists, is that race actually supersedes that. And there's a wonderful book explaining all this that I thought was extremely clarifying and elucidating. It's one of the better books that I've read. It's by a former philosopher of race. I've been told I'm not allowed to call him a critical race theorist, technically. His name's Charles Mills, very famous guy. He wrote a book called The Racial Contract, which takes Rousseau's social contract and turns it into a racial phenomenon. But he also wrote a book called From Class to Race, where he explains how he moved from being a classical Marxist to a critical race philosopher. And he argues that he became convinced that at least in the American context, when we understand what Marx was really saying, what he really meant by ideology, what he really meant by social structures, superstructure, infrastructure, the base, and how they interact to create a structure of society, that race is by far the more relevant variable in American society, in American history. So he moves from, it's a book about his own philosophical journey, From Class to Race. And it's the title of the book, From Class to Race, by Charles Mills. It's a staggeringly interesting book. The first chapter was so eye-opening to understand Marx. It's one of the top three most important things I've read to understand Marx. And he's got a very heterodox view, according to Marxist standards. So people criticize my view of Marx, as I've largely derived it from Charles Mills, who's a Marxist, just a fairly heterodox one. He's late Charles Mills to be clear. I don't know if I mentioned he died a few years ago. But that's, in a nutshell, what critical race theory is. Rather than capital being the special form of private property that basically appropriates every deterministic thing in society, including who you are as a person, race becomes, whiteness in fact, becomes the central piece of private property. This is based off of a paper explicitly called Whiteness as Property, written by Cheryl Harris, a famous critical race theorist, in 1993. I think, they're always in really big ones, I think that one's Harvard Law Review. It might be Cornell Law Review. I have to always kind of look up and check where it was published, but it's one of these very big universities law review. And it's a very, it's like 93 pages. It's a very long article arguing that whiteness functions in parallel to the way that Marx lays out capital as a form of bourgeois private property. She even uses the phrase bourgeois property a few times in the paper, that the white people have set themselves up as a racial bourgeoisie and everything just kind of follows from there. And so critical race theory becomes this, that's why I titled the book Race Marxism, as a matter of fact, this Marxist theory of race. It latches onto that post-colonial, just for you broadly UK, European context folks, it latches onto that because there are often racial components to colonialism. I mean, if you've colonized Africa, most of the people you've colonized happen to be black. If you've colonized Asia, most of the people you've colonized happen to be Asian. So you can understand why they would attach these arguments about whiteness and race back through, and that's kind of the back door there in the UK-European context, is that they're using the colonial context and then saying, well, the real reason for all this was racial, where it's not, it's straight up, it's directly, openly, unabashedly, historically, imperial. It's the British empire was proudly an empire. The Spanish empire was proudly an empire. You know, their goal up until World War II, I think every European country threw on its hat to try to conquer the world of its empire. And then finally we realized with nuclear weapons and machine guns and jet airplanes and things like that, carpet bombing, maybe that's not good anymore. Maybe military colonization is not a functional approach for a humanity that wants to survive, into the 21st century. Well, can I, then another battlefront, and you raised this so that you didn't really go into it in the speech, is queer theory. And I think that's where we have more of a battleground in Europe. Critical race theory seems to be less an issue, certainly in our education system, where it is queer theory, and of course, we're celebrating the holy month of pride this month. But tell us, how does that- How does that-  The power be upon us. And how does that fit under socialism queer theory? Yeah, well, it's the same model. So if we understand this concept that there's economic conditions blah blah blah and you get all of Marxism that falls out from the Marxist kind of axioms, and then you say well if we consider economic production to be fungible for racial production as a cultural property, then you get critical race theory Well, if we consider both of those again to be fungible and we pull out that and we say well there's a certain class in society that have designated themselves by virtue of their larger numbers by virtue of having been successful and put themselves in positions of power, but they've declared themselves normal. And other people outside of that are not normal, or they're abnormal, or they're aberrant, or they're perverts, or they're queer, queer against normal, and the kind of even old meaning of the word, then queer theory falls out in your lap. It's just that simple. But this is a very scary phenomenon, whereas critical race theory at its very bottom has, and Marxism both at their very bottom, have a blatant visible grift involved. We're going to seize the means of production. We're going to establish a permanent and stronger and increasing, accelerating affirmative action regime. These are very blatant grifts. We're going to take resources and power for ourselves as an identifiable group of people or whatever. With the queer theory, it's a very different thing. They're looking at the cultural production, it is largely sex, gender, and sexuality, but it can apply to anything. Fat studies emerged mostly in the UK, as it turns out. So did the study of ability, what's called the social model of disability, is from a a man named Michael Oliver, who was a Brit. I don't remember where, if he was London or where, but they actually use the same underlying architecture and engine as queer theory. So now instead of it being about sex or gender or sexuality, it's about your body weight, your health status, your ability status as a very awkward politically correct term we use to not say handicapped or whatever. Well, in America, is fatness now a designated characteristic in New York? I don't know how that's going to work, but yeah.  Yeah, that's right. Yeah, I've been I noticed in December that I had some fatness going on. So I, believe, get this I started eating less and moving more and the fatness started to go away. It's incredible  Revolutionary  Yeah, I know you guys use fake measurements like kilos or stones or whatever that nobody knows what they are, I think I lost like I'll do it in stones. I think I lost 1.6 stone If I'm making up numbers correctly, whatever that works out to is 28 pounds. Maybe you could get repatriations for the time you were over with at all. I don't know could be  I hope so but the idea with queer theory is anything that kind of the broad consensus of society considers normal is, illegitimately determined so that certain people get to have power. So what they're trying to do is seize the means of production of of normalcy, what people consider within the boundaries of normal or normative or even healthy or good behaviour, presentation, being, society. And that's very dangerous because unlike the other ones, see, critical race theory has to at the end of the day maintain its grift, right? Marxism at the end of the day has to maintain its grift. Queer theory, the second is let's say that they get LGBT or just LGB, they get gay acceptance, gay marriage, gay equality, gay everything, full civil rights movement that succeeds. I actually think that that's separate, by the way, the civil rights movement was more of a broadly liberal phenomenon, and I think it was separate from this very radical phenomenon. And there's a much historical and theoretical reason to accept that I know what I'm talking about with that claim, but you get broad LGBT acceptance in society, full equality in society, etc., and that becomes a new norm. Immediately you have to attack the new norm, and they actually have names for this. They have words. Homo-normativity. You've heard of heteronormativity that has to be combated. Homo-normativity has to be combated, and homo-normativity means the the broad acceptance of homosexual people in society, that's a problem because it actually prevents them from being radicalizable. Anything that would cause somebody to become a stable functioning member of society within the boundaries of normal has to be attacked. So every inch of ground queer theory takes, it has to turn around and wage war on its previous success to take it even further. They have to constantly, they call it queering. They have to constantly say, well, if you actually look at the people who designated that they're normal, a lot of them are perverts and private. So are they really normal? Or are they just repressed and have to keep their perversion in the closet? And that's just like other people being in the closet and they blur out all these contexts. But it's a war against normalcy. It's a war against norms. It's a war against decency and expectations of decency. It's also a war against any boundaries. The boundaries, you could say that, maybe it's artificial, the boundaries between heterosexual versus homosexual. But at some point, we're not talking about artificial boundaries, the paedophilia, bestiality, these kinds of very perverse things. The boundaries between what in the slang terms get called vanilla and kink. There's some kind of boundary. They say that these things are all actually, there is no boundary. There's no meaningful boundary and their goal is to dissolve those. So what ultimately happens is, queer theory is like a universal solvent. It's an acid that will dissolve anything. And anything that you try to put as a container around it, it necessarily has to dissolve that too. They even have, I thought there was just one, I looked it up, There are many papers that have some variation of queering queer theory as their title in their queer literature, Because queer theory itself had become too normative. So they have to queer that they have to make it even weirder less normative, and so it's uh it's socialist though in the sense that it's trying to seize the means of production and redistribute shares of social acceptance and opportunity, according to whether or not you're considered normal. Phrases like bring your whole self to work are very queer. Like, no, do not bring it. Leave most of yourself at home, as a matter of fact, is actually what we call professionalism. And that they would say that that's restrictive of people who say want to wear fetish gear to the office, kind of like we have in our White House happening right now. Kind of very visibly what we have. There's military officials wearing literally pup fetish, we had this bizarre character in charge of our nuclear waste and other things who was stealing women's clothing from airports and he's been arrested now three times for this. And it turns out he's a member of this troop that's now controversially the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence in Los Angeles that is doing the very antinomian religious provocation at Dodger Stadium that's all in the news. He's not a current member, he was a former member Sam Brinton is this character's name, you know, bald, shiny head, looks like an alien, has a moustache dressed in a fabulous gown he stole from some woman of colour immigrant who built it, that you know herself. Very bizarre, but queer theory is well, who's this? There's an old sketch on Saturday Night Live. I encourage people to look this up It's it's the character's name is sex ed. So it's sex ed Vincent. His name is Ed Vincent. He's a sex educator Everybody should look this up This is the perfect expression of queer theory and actually post-modernism where he's describing very bizarre fetishes as a joke, right? It's very funny and he's obviously very nerdy weird guy, but then it's his tagline is, is that weird? well who's to say, and he's teaching like a class, is that weird? and everybody says like who's to say, that's the ultimate idea of queer theories is that outside of the boundaries of normal? Well who gets to say that obviously people who set themselves up that way so we're gonna redistribute who has the power to determine what is and is not normal including drag queens in front of children and you know, provocative displays pride parades as a parade for for civil rights or even to celebrate the fact that for many years homosexuals were very oppressed in society, often viciously oppressed in society a pride parade that would just march and you know wave flags or whatever for a day, as it used to be would be one thing. This isn't what happens at all this thing is this crazy celebration that sprawls now across not just a month with a season. The entire public square turns into a rainbow for for upwards of 60 days and beyond. It's you know, there are fetishists running around enticing children and doing crazy things. It's really turned into something like a much grosser version of carnival, and it's, their fundamental view is well, is that out of bounds? Well, it's illegitimate if anybody but us decide, every individual should get to decide for themselves what's publicly out of bounds. So this is, literally like it to some very Jordan Peterson issues. It's the chaos monster right or the chaos dragon It's Tiamat being released on society that will ultimately tear it apart. Just to finish off, your latest book published in December was an education, The Marxification of Education, Paolo Ferrer's critical Marxism and the Theft of Education. We have no time to go into the topic at all, it is there, links are all there for the viewers and listeners, but could I just ask you as we finish, why you wanted to write a book specifically on education. Well I got sucked into it. I was gonna, I knew it was important and nobody was covering what's called Critical Pedagogy, the Critical Theory of Education. So I read a couple of books on it, got a little informed. I thought I would do a flyby, and just, you know, a reconnaissance flyby, give some people some pictures. And it turns out it was like trying to do a flyby of Jupiter, I just got sucked into the gravity and stuck. It's just a huge universe, and it's so complicated. But I wrote the book particularly, I call it, you know, The Theft of Education, because I kept encountering parents who were saying, they're telling me they're not doing this in our school, but I know they're doing it in our school, I experience it with my children. What's going on? And so I had read enough to understand the magic trick, how they've stolen education, what the mechanism is. And it actually is the same trick I've described. We don't have to go into the nitty gritties, but they've set up who gets to be constituted as a knower. Who does society recognize as a knowledgeable person versus somebody who's recognized as ignorant or outside of that. And they've created a Marxist seize the means of production program, where Paolo Ferrari did out of that. And then he created a mechanism in education where you use the academic material as an excuse to have political conversations. So that's how they do it. They don't technically teach critical race theory. They show a math problem and use it as an excuse to have a discussion about racial injustice and do this over and over and over again. Informed by critical race theory would be more accurate than teaching critical race theory. And so I wanted to pull back the veil on how that happens and what's really going on and that this is actually a cult brainwashing program. And the book has been very helpful to parents across at least the United States in that regard. It's being translated into Portuguese now, so we'll see what happens with that. Well, James, I appreciate you coming on. The issue of woke is, I think, the issue in whether society and cultures will survive or collapse, how you respond to them. So I appreciate you coming on and sharing your insights on those. Yeah, well, I'm very glad to talk to you, very glad to get to spread the word. I think the European context has an interesting opportunity. UK is a little bit harder. You've already taken in a lot. But Europe has actually a chance, the ID group being that we mentioned before, being a great bulwark to stand up to this particular, very toxic aspect that will, as you can see, and whether it's the UK or Australia or Canada or the United States, that will rip a society apart if you let it in. Yeah, we're seeing that happen. And you mentioned in Brussels, their issue is immigration. 30% Islamic.  That clash between separate ideas of what culture should be and what freedom should be is why I would never want to live in Brussels. So, sorry.  Yeah. Well, I'll tell you the truth just quickly that this whole, if we look at Marx as a theologian philosopher-ish kind of character, A lot of his model, he says he inverted it, but he derived it from Georg Hegel preceding him. And Hegel's belief, and Marx definitely adopted this part, was that history is this inexorable force, almost like a deity itself that has a trajectory and a purpose and a defined endpoint. And the key part is that it moves through conflict. And if you understand nothing else about everything we've just talked about, that the people that think this way, that have adopted this worldview, understand that they move history to a desired endpoint through generating conflict. You don't have to get into the granular details of how until later. You can understand many of these decisions. Why are you pulling in 30% of your population now is going to be a different religion with a different culture, and then you take tremendous care of them and inflame these tensions across the divide and cause these conflicts, because conflict moves history. In other words, truly their view, religiously speaking for Hegel explicitly, is that the conflict working itself out through history actually finishes or actualizes God. So God doesn't become God until the conflicts have all played out, so they have to generate the conflicts to create the finalized deity, at which point everything will be perfect at the so-called end of history with the people that live in it called the last man.  Yeah. Well, we'll finish, James. The viewers and listeners @ConceptualJames on GETTR, Gab, Truth, Minds, wherever your preferred social media platform is, you'll find James on it, and of course newdiscourses.com. So thank you so much once again for your time, James.  Yeah, thank you.

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  Thank you for tuning in to Episode 247 of the Down Cellar Studio Podcast. For Full Show Notes including photos please click here to visit my website.   This week's segments included:   Off the Needles On the Needles, Hook or Bobbins Brainstorming From the Armchair Some Years Later Knitting in Passing KAL News Events Contest, News & Notes Life in Focus On a Happy Note Quote of the Week   Off the Needles   Cascade Heritage Socks Pattern: OMG Heel Socks by Megan Williams ($5 knitting pattern available on Ravelry ) Yarn: Cascade Heritage Prints in Colorway 111 Aqua Needles: US 1.5 (2.5 mm) Contrast heel- mini skein in a beautiful solid teal. I did a little colorwork on the foot that I'll share more later.   On the Needles, Hook or Bobbins   Mini Skein Hexagon Blanket Pattern: Basic Crochet Hexagon Pattern & Tips from Make Do and Crew Website & YouTube Tutorial Hook: F (3.75 mm) Yarn: Mini skeins from 2022 agirlandherwool Advent Calendar, 24 Days of Cheer Swap minis + other scraps/swap yarn Ravelry Project Page 4 rounds per hexagon 51+ hexagons done now. All ends woven in!   Chevron Scrap Blanket Pattern: Chevron Scrap Blanket by Maria's Blue Crayon (free crochet pattern) available on Ravelry & the Maria's Blue Crayon Website. This pattern presumes you already know the c2c crochet technique. Yarn: Knit Picks Brava Worsted in White & Tranquil (light green), Lion Brand Pound of Love in Pastel Pink and Loops & Threads Snuggly Wuggly Big! in colorway Soft Lilac Hook: J (6.0 mm) Ravelry Project Page (I crocheted one of these in summer 2020- click here for that Ravelry Project Page) For help learning the Corner to Corner Crochet method you could check out this free Ravelry Download from Lauri Bolland or this video tutorial from Lion Brand on YouTube. 1st Strip is finished progress. 11 squares wide. Each section is 11 squares tall. Green, white, pink, white, purple, white. Some of this is spirit yarn from my friend Kim's SIL's stash that I received after she passed away (purple). I'm not sure where the pink yarn came from, but it might have been my Nana's stash. It feels great to put it to good use.     Musselburgh Hat Pattern: Musselburgh by Ysolda Teague ($7.77 US/ 6 GBP knitting pattern available on Ravelry or on Ysolda's website) Yarn: fingering weight yarn from stash in a denim blue (can't find the ballband) Needles: US 2 (2.75) circular- 32 in (magic loop for beginning & end of project & US 2 (also called US 2.5) 3.0 mm 16-inch circular for the body of the hat Ravelry Project Page Size: Adult Medium I found that I liked working this hat in the round. Purchased Addi Rocket Lace Turbo 16 inch needles in US 2 (but it turns out its technically a US 2.5 or a 3.0 mm needle- not a 2.75 mm needle like I use for the cast on). The difference isn't all that noticeable but it was a little frustrating.  Progress check- I have finished the increases and have knit about 4 inches. Plan: Switch colors half way through. I have a lighter blue skein from On the Round that I purchased at Wicked Good Yarns in Rockland, MA that I want to use to make it a reversible hat.     Solstice Socks Pattern: OMG Heel Socks by Megan Williams ($5 knitting pattern available on Ravelry ) Yarn: Knit Picks Felici in the Solstice colorway Needles: US 1.5 (2.5 mm) Ravelry Project Page Progress- turned heel on first sock. Cast on the second sock.   Brainstorming   My Grandmother called to ask me to knit her another Jean Marie Shawl (named for her). You can find this knitting pattern for $6 on Ravelry & LoveCrafts.   Here's the story: My grandmother called me in mid-January 2023 saying she needed to place an order. I thought she wanted something from Amazon. She told me very time she wears her Jean Marie Shawl to dinner at her residence she gets tons of compliments. All of her friends love it. Its the right size and it just stays in place perfectly. I published this pattern in 2018 to suit the request that she have a slightly bigger shawl that would stay in place. Half hexagon shape is perfect for this. It is knit in 3 sections, originally done in sport/dk natural yarns from Ross Farm in browns/tans. For this one, she wants white/black to wear with different outfits.     From the Armchair Books Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin. Bookshop Affiliate Link. Amazon Affiliate Link. The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry by Gabrielle Zevin. Bookshop Affiliate Link. Amazon Affiliate Link. Maybe Someday by Colleen Hoover. Bookshop Affiliate Link. Amazon Affiliate Link. Movies Everything Everywhere All at Once Women Talking Armageddon Time     Note: Some links are listed as Amazon Affiliate Links. If you click those, please know that I am an Amazon Associate and I earn money from qualifying purchases.   Some Years Later   Wearing lately: Felicity Hat: Aran weight slouchy hat knit in Duck Duck Wool. Ravelry Project Page. Sagamore Flyover Slouch Hat: chunky weight hat. Ravelry Project Page. Yarn: Sugarbush Dawson in Colorway- Wild Willow, a great mustard color. 50/50 llama/wool blend   Knitting in Passing   Sunday night hang. Taught megg single and hdc. Knit a little with Hattie while Dan untangled Hattie's yarn again. Untangled same ball in Ireland. She'd been using it to create a laser course.   KAL News   Pigskin Party'22: The Official Hashtag is #DCSPigskinParty22   Pigskin Landing Page on the Down Cellar Studio Website. Start Here Thread in the Ravelry Group Link to the Official Rules Player Registration- Google Form Check out our amazing Sponsors! Click here for the Google doc with their websites and Instagram profiles. Check out the list of available Coupons from our amazing sponsors- Ravelry Link. Google Doc. Check out the Pigskin Exclusive Items in this Ravelry Thread Important Updates in this Episode January Self Care Interception: hosted by Fitness by Mara. Get your Bingo Card PDF Here or the JPG here. Find all of the details in this Google Doc or in this Ravelry Thread. Spread the Warmth Challenge; runs through the end of the Pigskin Party. Get details in this Google doc or this Ravelry Thread. Pigskin Ends on Monday February 13, 2023. Get those projects entered. Don't wait until the last day to get everything entered on the Google Form!   Events   Fiberuary Challenge on Instagram hosted by CreativeCeci   Contest, News & Notes My college roommate and friend Jen opened an Etsy Shop called JLSCreative Shop. Check it out Mom & I recorded an update video that went up on the Down Cellar Studio YouTube Channel in the Just Breathe Playlist. You can find that video here. Right now, scans show things are going well and the combination of chemo and gene therapy is keeping the cancer at bay.   Life in Focus   23 for 2023 List Read 23 books Try at least one pair of fake eyelashes Print and hang at least 1 of our new family photos Kayak in one new place Hike in one new place See 4 plays/musicals Give blood at least 3 times Knit myself a pair of mittens Knit/crochet at least one project with handspun Watch 3 movies in one day - done! See a movie in the theater Go to a museum Finish 1 punch needle project Ski at least 1 day (ideally 2-4) Try at least 1 new gym/in person fitness option Make at least 1 new financial investment Purge at least 23 items from the house. Ideally 46. Publish 1 knitting pattern Send 5 cards to friends/family just because Go Camping Participate in the Fiberuary Challenge on Instagram Take a class (in person or virtual) Create a new music playlist   Word of the Year- FLOW flow to proceed smoothly and readily to issue or move in a stream To exist in abundance the continuous movement of a liquid in one direction to hang loose and billowing To move or proceed with a given movement or momentum To pass or move by a supply of something that continues without stopping a way of talking or thinking in an easy natural way, without any pauses or difficulties a  smooth uninterrupted movement or progress Smoothness or fluidity in one's movement A strong, regular repeated pattern of movement or sound   Things I'm thinking about: I want to be able to go with the Flow no matter what this year brings. I want to remember my dear Aunt Florence and remind myself what she would do. She was smart, caring, generous and strong. Her presence will be a good guide when things get tough. I want to find projects, especially creatively that I can keep up the flow with... that I can get into a flow state with. To zen/bliss out and enjoy. I want to keep my body strong and stretched so that I can move fluidly through the year without things getting in the way of my body's flow.   On a Happy Note Playing the sock game during our visit to the Rowan's. UK/European game. Fun for all ages. Surprise package from Nicole with mini skeins. Snow! Not a lot for as late into the season as we are, but I enjoy it. Visit from family friends who came down from NH. We played games at my parents' house! January Zoom with my Patrons! I had a blast catching up with you. 3 movies in 1 day- checked off my 23 for 23 list. Homemade popcorn. Lots of knitting and crochet time. Fixed dropped sts in Megg's socks. Drag show and dinner with Megg and Kris.   Quote of the Week   Everything and everyone at their own pace. Flow with not against yourself. -Akiroq Brost   Thank you for tuning in!   Contact Information: Check out the Down Cellar Studio Patreon! Ravelry: BostonJen & Down Cellar Studio Podcast Ravelry Group Instagram: BostonJen1 YouTube: Down Cellar Studio Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/downcellarstudio Sign up for my email newsletter to get the latest on everything happening in the Down Cellar Studio Check out my Down Cellar Studio YouTube Channel Knit Picks Affiliate Link Bookshop Affiliate Link Yarnable Subscription Box Affiliate Link Music -"Soft Orange Glow" by Josh Woodward. Free download: http://joshwoodward.com/ Note: Some links are listed as Amazon Affiliate Links. If you click those, please know that I am an Amazon Associate and I earn money from qualifying purchases.  

On this episode of Headliners, Greg is joined by the incomparable RYAN HAMILTON!!!!Hailed by Spin Magazine as one of the ‘35 Best Lesser Known Artists of the Last 35 Years', the Fort Worth, Texas-based musician released his first solo album, ‘Hell of a Day', back in 2015. Prior to this, Hamilton had experienced success across North America and Canada with former band Smile Smile.Hamilton signed to Stevie Van Zandt's ‘Wicked Cool' label in June 2018, and a sold-out tour of the UK supporting the Alarm followed.In 2019, Hamilton and his band completed a West Coast tour of the US. By personal invitation, Ryan also played Adam Duritz' (Counting Crows) ‘Underwater Sunshine' festival in NYC and The Alarm's Gathering festival in both Wales and NYC. Mike Peters of The Alarm has said of Ryan: “this young man is the future of rock n'roll.”2019 saw multiple tours of the UK, once in support of the Tearaways featuring Blondie's Clem Burke, who proclaimed: “Ryan is a genuine modern day 21st Century rock n' roller.”Hamilton closed out 2019 by opening for Jesse Malin (featuring Lucinda Williams) at the Bowery Ballroom, NYC. Hamilton's first album for Wicked Cool, ‘This Is The Sound,' was released May 2019 (winning in the 'Independent Music Awards ‘Album of the Year' category), with the follow-up ‘Nowhere To Go But Everywhere' coming in 2020. This album appeared on multiple Top 10 Official Charts in the UK as well as a number of ‘Albums of the Year' polls.2020 also saw the release of Hamilton's chart-topping solo EP ‘Incommunicado', following shortly after his ‘Songs and Stories' solo acoustic tour of the UK, just before the pandemic hit.His next album ‘1221' was released in November 2021 and went straight into the Top 10 Indie Albums on the Official Charts (U.K.). '1221' is also the very first Wicked Cool release to be selected as an Official Record Store Day title, the exclusive vinyl edition released in April 2022.Hamilton completed a short run of sold-out shows in the U.K. in February 2022, with RPM Magazine noting: “Ryan Hamilton is an artist whose back catalogue straddles power pop and Americana with radio-friendly singles and lyrics that hit the heart and soul. His live performance, whether with a band or solo is always memorable. For me a great artist has to have the whole package, that certain sparkle. Well written songs, a good voice, charisma and the ability to captivate an audience. Ryan has already proven himself in that department.”2022 quickly shaped up to be one of Hamilton's busiest to date, with multiple U.K. & US shows booked throughout the year and 2020's postponed appearances at Maverick and LeeStock festivals finally taking place. In October 2022, Hamilton embarked upon a month-long tour of the U.K., co-headlining with Jason & The Scorchers legend Warner E. Hodges. The schedule took in the Orkney Islands to the North of Scotland, which have been inhabited for thousands of years since the Mesolithic period.2023 promises to be even busier for Hamilton, with the release of 'Haunted By The Holy Ghost,' a full UK/European tour in Spring, plus festivals and US shows through summer and later in the year.CONNECT WITH RYAN...

Coleford Capital is a UK & European focused real estate investment and asset management business dedicated to building and managing bespoke portfolios that meet our clients' requirements, whilst guided by our experience, knowledge and insight of the real estate market. Before launching Coleford Capital, Bianca Tristao was a Senior Investment Manager at a European real estate Asset Manager where she was responsible for sourcing, underwriting and executing UK and European investment opportunities. Prior to this Bianca worked for Knight Frank. Bianca has worked across all major sectors in property on both the consulting and client sides, with a particular focus on transaction and asset management. I sat down with Bianca to discuss a broad range of subjects which covered some of the following topics: How she got into the Real Estate industry How your role changes from being an Investment Analyst - Investment Manager Setting up Coleford Capital First Deal Vision for the future Oh and one last question - who are the People, what Property, and in which Place Bianca would invest should she have £500m of equity at her disposal. Catch the full episode live now on Spotify and Apple People Property Place Podcast is powered by Rockbourne #peoplepropertyplacepodcast #realestate #podcast #colefordcapital

With two new singles to finish of 2022 Robert Jon & The Wreck are ready to embark on a UK/European tour beginning this February before returning to the states. Robert Jon Burrison talks with The Hook Rocks about the upcoming tour, their new singles, and their evolution as artists. Please enjoy the episode! Part of The Pantheon Podcast Network!http://pantheonpodcasts.comhttps://www.facebook.com/PantheonPodcastshttps://twitter.com/pantheonpodsRobert Jon & The Wreck https://robertjonandthewreck.comhttps://www.facebook.com/robertjonandthewreckhttps://www.instagram.com/robertjonandthewreck/https://twitter.com/rjandthewreckThe Hook Rockshttps://www.facebook.com/TheHookRockshttps://twitter.com/TheHookRockshttps://www.instagram.com/thehookrocks/

This week Mary and Nat talk about #DataMyAss, Alberta's #GirlBoss premier, and the best and worst spooky shows. Follow us on Instagram: @nfstrongarm | @marygreenhahaha | @BlowingItPod This podcast was recorded in on the unceded territory of the Wolastoqiyik-Maliseet people. Further reading/viewing: Cardy says other ministers frustrated with Higgs should quit, too (CBC) New school locations leave some disappointed, frustrated by lack of input (CBC) Dominic Cardy's Punk Rock Past | Grid City Magazine (Instagram) The Absolute Choke - live @ UNB, Fredericton, NB 1987 (YouTube) As N.B. changes how it defines COVID-19 deaths, province's death toll jumps to 572 (CTV) Unexplained high death counts in N.B. concerning, health minister acknowledges (CBC) @brunchausen (Twitter) Red Cross says it's giving vulnerable Islanders priority amid long lineups for Fiona relief money (CBC) @charlottetownmutualaid (Instagram) Defence chief calls on Canadians to rally behind military during personnel crisis (CBC) Danielle Smith wants vaccine status to be a human right. Expect a petri dish of problems (CBC) Can Liz Truss outlast a lettuce, UK tabloid asks in Twitter post (Reuters) Animal Collective have cancelled their UK/European tour dates (NME) Just Stop Oil activists throw soup at Van Gogh's Sunflowers (Guardian) Who is Just Stop Oil, the group that threw soup on Van Gogh's painting? (NPR) Penny Dreadful Season 1 | Official Trailer | Eva Green & Josh Hartnett SHOWTIME Series (YouTube) Midnight Mass | Teaser Trailer | Netflix (YouTube) Let The Right One In | Official Trailer | SHOWTIME (YouTube) GUILLERMO DEL TORO'S CABINET OF CURIOSITIES | Official Trailer | Netflix (YouTube) The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power - Official Trailer | Prime Video (YouTube) The Crown Season 5 starts November 9 (Instagram) THE PERIPHERAL Trailer 2 (2022) (YouTube) The Wonder | Official Trailer | Netflix (YouTube)

Joining me today is Dr Rafael Sanchez-Salas, an emerging leader in the field of focal therapy for localised prostate cancer. Trained as a urologist in his native Venezuela, Dr Sanchez-Salas led research on robotic surgery and focal therapy for over ten years at the Institut Mutualiste Montsouris Paris, and is now a member of the faculty at McGill University in Montreal where he is leading research on localised prostate cancer and minimally invasive approaches to its management. Dr Sanchez-Salas discusses how the researchers and clinicians in the US and Canada are now deploying the evidence and patient experience gained in the UK and Europe to advance focal therapy.

Bill O'Dea is a passionate Irish Mycophagist who has been running mushroom hunts in Ireland and abroad since 1996. He also speaks internationally at Mushroom festivals in Spain, France and Turkey. As well as his love of foraging mushrooms and other wild foods, Bill enjoys sharing his knowledge on the fascinating, amusing and sometimes horrific aspects of fungi and their relationship to the planet and the other natural kingdoms. Bill studied fungi at UCD. He is an active member of the Association of Foragers(a UK/European wide professional foragers group) and an Irish delegate for the Slow Food Salone del Gusto. He runs several public mushroom hunts in Autumn every year and is also available for private events.  https://mushroomstuff.com/

Ben Pile, Head of European Residential Investing & Asset Management discusses the factors driving increased investor interest in UK and European residential real estate—from diversification and income generation to potential inflation protection.Episode Segments:02:35 - Sizing up the residential real estate market opportunity05:43 - How institutional investing has developed in this market07:51 - The factors driving increased investment in residential real estate10:08 - The opportunity to achieve diversification in this market segment11:38 - How supply/demand dynamics are driving opportunities in the UK14:26 - What's behind the growing tenant demand for rental properties16:28 - The pro's and con's of building vs. redeveloping18:06 - Residential real estate through an ESG lens19:40 - How the asset class is positioned against rising rates and high inflation21:02 - Trends to watch in the months and years aheadIMPORTANT INFORMATIONAny forecasts in this podcast are based upon Barings' opinion of the market at the date of preparation and are subject to change without notice, dependent upon many factors. Any prediction, projection or forecast is not necessarily indicative of the future or likely performance. Investment involves risk. The value of any investments and any income generated may go down as well as up and is not guaranteed. PAST PERFORMANCE IS NOT NECESSARILY INDICATIVE OF FUTURE RESULTS. Any examples set forth in this podcast are provided for illustrative purposes only and are not indicative of any future investment results or investments. The composition, size of, and risks associated with an investment may differ substantially from any examples set forth in this podcast. No representation is made that an investment will be profitable or will not incur losses. Barings is the brand name for the worldwide asset management and associated businesses of Barings LLC and its global affiliates. Barings Securities LLC, Barings (U.K.) Limited, Barings Global Advisers Limited, Barings Australia Pty Ltd, Barings Japan Limited, Barings Real Estate Advisers Europe Finance LLP, BREAE AIFM LLP, Baring Asset Management Limited, Baring International Investment Limited, Baring Fund Managers Limited, Baring International Fund Managers (Ireland) Limited, Baring Asset Management (Asia) Limited, Baring SICE (Taiwan) Limited, Baring Asset Management Switzerland Sarl, and Baring Asset Management Korea Limited each are affiliated financial service companies owned by Barings LLC (each, individually, an “Affiliate”).NO OFFER: The podcast is for informational purposes only and is not an offer or solicitation for the purchase or sale of any financial instrument or service in any jurisdiction. The material herein was prepared without any consideration of the investment objectives, financial situation or particular needs of anyone who may receive it. This podcast is not, and must not be treated as, investment advice, an investment recommendation, investment research, or a recommendation about the suitability or appropriateness of any security, commodity, investment, or particular investment strategy.Unless otherwise mentioned, the views contained in this podcast are those of Barings and are subject to change without notice. Individual portfolio management teams may hold different views and may make different investment decisions for different clients. Parts of this podcast may be based on information received from sources we believe to be reliable. Although every effort is taken to ensure that the information contained in this podcast is accurate, Barings makes no representation or warranty, express or implied, regarding the accuracy, completeness or adequacy of the information.Any service, security, investment or product outlined in this podcast may not be suitable for a prospective investor or available in their jurisdiction.Copyright in this podcast is owned by Barings. Information in this podcast may be used for your own personal use, but may not be altered, reproduced or distributed without Barings' consent.IMPORTANT INFORMATIONAny forecasts in this podcast are based upon Barings' opinion of the market at the date of preparation and are subject to change without notice, dependent upon many factors. Any prediction, projection or forecast is not necessarily indicative of the future or likely performance. Investment involves risk. The value of any investments and any income generated may go down as well as up and is not guaranteed. PAST PERFORMANCE IS NOT NECESSARILY INDICATIVE OF FUTURE RESULTS. Any examples set forth in this podcast are provided for illustrative purposes only and are not indicative of any future investment results or investments. The composition, size of, and risks associated with an investment may differ substantially from any examples set forth in this podcast. No representation is made that an investment will be profitable or will not incur losses. Barings is the brand name for the worldwide asset management and associated businesses of Barings LLC and its global affiliates. Barings Securities LLC, Barings (U.K.) Limited, Barings Global Advisers Limited, Barings Australia Pty Ltd, Barings Japan Limited, Barings Real Estate Advisers Europe Finance LLP, BREAE AIFM LLP, Baring Asset Management Limited, Baring International Investment Limited, Baring Fund Managers Limited, Baring International Fund Managers (Ireland) Limited, Baring Asset Management (Asia) Limited, Baring SICE (Taiwan) Limited, Baring Asset Management Switzerland Sarl, and Baring Asset Management Korea Limited each are affiliated financial service companies owned by Barings LLC (each, individually, an “Affiliate”).NO OFFER: The podcast is for informational purposes only and is not an offer or solicitation for the purchase or sale of any financial instrument or service in any jurisdiction. The material herein was prepared without any consideration of the investment objectives, financial situation or particular needs of anyone who may receive it. This podcast is not, and must not be treated as, investment advice, an investment recommendation, investment research, or a recommendation about the suitability or appropriateness of any security, commodity, investment, or particular investment strategy.Unless otherwise mentioned, the views contained in this podcast are those of Barings and are subject to change without notice. Individual portfolio management teams may hold different views and may make different investment decisions for different clients. Parts of this podcast may be based on information received from sources we believe to be reliable. Although every effort is taken to ensure that the information contained in this podcast is accurate, Barings makes no representation or warranty, express or implied, regarding the accuracy, completeness or adequacy of the information.Any service, security, investment or product outlined in this podcast may not be suitable for a prospective investor or available in their jurisdiction.Copyright in this podcast is owned by Barings. Information in this podcast may be used for your own personal use, but may not be altered, reproduced or distributed without Barings' consent.22-2231623

US inflation data didn't print a soft-enough figure to reverse the market selloff. Disappointing US inflation data sent another shock wave to the US stock markets sending all major US indices tumbling on Wednesday. The S&P500 lost more than 1.5%, while Nasdaq tumbled more than 3%. Bitcoin slumped below the 2021 lows on the back of a broad-based risk-off selloff, and panic due to TerraUSD losing its dollar peg earlier this week. The US dollar remained upbeat, and the dollar index returned above the 104 mark as the lower-than-expected cool down in the US inflation figure revived the Fed hawks. The pound-dollar is testing the 1.22 this morning as the UK-European relationship is souring on the Northern Ireland headache. Gold rebounded from the 200-DMA, as the US 10-year yield eased despite yesterday's higher-than-expected inflation print in the US, as US crude saw a decent dip buying interest below the $100 per barrel, even with the souring prospects of a healthy global economic recovery.

In another of our Soundcheck interview shows, I chat with Pete Jupp about FM's latest album "Thirteen" and their upcoming UK & European tour...as well as the usual tangents of course. Make sure to bookmark the bands website, and follow on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram. Please support artists by buying their music and sharing their online links. Visit www.60MW.co.uk for news, reviews, podcasts, how to join our World Tour, and a very easy way to leave us a review. We also now have a SpeakPipe account where you can leave us voice messages up to 90 seconds. Just visit any page on our website on your computer or phone and a SpeakPipe button will pop up where it is then just “click and record”. Leave us a voice message/comment/question and we'll respond on our podcasts. Thanks for listening and please send any written comments and thoughts HERE.

Deborah Bonham & Peter Bullick join Jay Jay this week from the UK, as this week's special guests! Talented singer/songwriter Deborah Bonham and guitarist/songwriter Peter Bulick, who are husband and wife, talk about their brand new album, upcoming touring plans & all things British Blues & Rock. Their new 13-track self-titled covers album is an inspiring blend of blues, rock, and soul. The music on this excellent new album, which will be released on Quarto Valley Records (QVR) on April 29, is in the tradition of the great blues-rock of the 1970s while also being deeply entrenched in classic blues and soul. The first single from the album, a riveting version of the Albert King classic, Can't You See What You're Doing to Me, will be released on QVR on March 25. The album features guest musicians who have performed with artists including Robert Plant, Portishead, Massive Attack, blues great Bobby Rush and the members of Deborah's live band and Paul Rodgers' band Free Spirit. Their band will be undertaking a UK/European tour commencing in April to promote the new album and is formulating plans to tour the U.S. sometime later this year. Don't miss this conversation, & be sure to keep an eye out for Deborah & Peter's new release! Link to Deborah Bonham's website: https://www.deborahbonham.com/index.html Link to Deborah Bonham's Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/DeborahBonhamOfficial/?ref=hl Produced & Edited by Matthew Mallinger

Jeff Slate is an ASCAP award winning singer-songwriter from New York City. He co-founded the 1980's mod/punk band the Mindless Thinkers, and in the mid-90's released The Townshend Tapes, on which The Who's Pete Townshend acted as executive producer. He later opened for Sheryl Crow on her “Tuesday Night Music Club” tour before founding the band The Badge in 1997, who released three albums and countless singles, EPs and live “bootleg” sets, two “best of” compilations, and went on to become darlings of the UK/European “mod” scene in the 2000's. In 2010 Slate released the solo single “Dreamtime,” which featured Earl Slick (Lennon, Bowie) and Carlos Alomar (Bowie, Lennon), as well as other alums of David Bowie's bands. Birds of Paradox, his first solo album of original material, was released in 2012. It was followed in November 2013 by Imposters & Attractions, and his contribution to the Pete Quaife Foundation Kinks tribute album Shoulder To Shoulder in 2015, which honored the band's late bassist. His 2016 album Secret Poetry was another all-star affair, lauded by critics and fans alike. A video of the song “Letter From Paris (Showed Me The Way)” featuring Slate and Slick, was directed by Patrick McGuinn.Jeff's music has appeared in advertising and films and on television, including in the hit show Gossip Girl. Over the past decade Slate has been a regular contributor to the Wall Street Journal, The New Yorker, Esquire, Rolling Stone, and many other publications, writing about music and culture, and has appeared on television and radio numerous times, including on former-Sex Pistol Steve Jones's Los Angeles drive time show Jonesy's Jukebox, and SiriusXMs Volume channel, where Slate is also a guest host, as well as the BBC numerous times. He is the co-author of the 2017 book The Authorized Roy Orbison, written with the late legend's sons, and has written liner notes for albums by Orbison, the Small Faces, Shawn Colvin, for the Stax Records 60th anniversary reissue series and for The Beatles' 50th anniversary edition of Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band. In 2018 Slate wrote the 10,000+ word essay included in Bob Dylan's More Blood, More Tracks, the 14 edition of his long-running Bootleg Series. In 2019 Slate appeared onstage at the first World Of Bob Dylan conference in Tulsa, Oklahoma, sponsored by the Bob Dylan Center there, where he interviewed The Byrds' Roger McGuinn and performed with the legend. He also performed at all-star concerts celebrating The Clash's album London Calling in New York and L.A. In 2020, and Slate appeared at a show in Los Angeles fronting the band from the “Echo In The Canyon” film, as well as at an all-star concert at New York City's Town Hall honoring the 80th birthday of the Woody Guthrie song “This Land Is Your Land.”During the 2020 lockdown, Slate performed over forty Facebook Live and Instagram Live streaming concerts to thousands of fans each week, including one for the Martin Guitars series “Jam In Place,” and released the live album Lockdown Live taken from those performances. He also released the single and animated video “Heartbreak,” which featured Slick, Duff McKagan and other rock and roll luminaries, and contributed a cover of the Traveling Wilburys' song “Handle With Care” with his band to the official celebration of Tom Petty's 70th birthday.Slate proudly plays a Martin OM-28E Retro Acoustic Guitar with Martin Strings, as well as Hofner basses and Vox amps.Photo credit: Rachel NaomiLearn More about Lyte Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Jeff Slate is an ASCAP award winning singer-songwriter from New York City. He co-founded the 1980's mod/punk band the Mindless Thinkers, and in the mid-90's released The Townshend Tapes, on which The Who's Pete Townshend acted as executive producer. He later opened for Sheryl Crow on her “Tuesday Night Music Club” tour before founding the band The Badge in 1997, who released three albums and countless singles, EPs and live “bootleg” sets, two “best of” compilations, and went on to become darlings of the UK/European “mod” scene in the 2000's. In 2010 Slate released the solo single “Dreamtime,” which featured Earl Slick (Lennon, Bowie) and Carlos Alomar (Bowie, Lennon), as well as other alums of David Bowie's bands. Birds of Paradox, his first solo album of original material, was released in 2012. It was followed in November 2013 by Imposters & Attractions, and his contribution to the Pete Quaife Foundation Kinks tribute album Shoulder To Shoulder in 2015, which honored the band's late bassist. His 2016 album Secret Poetry was another all-star affair, lauded by critics and fans alike. A video of the song “Letter From Paris (Showed Me The Way)” featuring Slate and Slick, was directed by Patrick McGuinn.Jeff's music has appeared in advertising and films and on television, including in the hit show Gossip Girl. Over the past decade Slate has been a regular contributor to the Wall Street Journal, The New Yorker, Esquire, Rolling Stone, and many other publications, writing about music and culture, and has appeared on television and radio numerous times, including on former-Sex Pistol Steve Jones's Los Angeles drive time show Jonesy's Jukebox, and SiriusXMs Volume channel, where Slate is also a guest host, as well as the BBC numerous times. He is the co-author of the 2017 book The Authorized Roy Orbison, written with the late legend's sons, and has written liner notes for albums by Orbison, the Small Faces, Shawn Colvin, for the Stax Records 60th anniversary reissue series and for The Beatles' 50th anniversary edition of Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band. In 2018 Slate wrote the 10,000+ word essay included in Bob Dylan's More Blood, More Tracks, the 14 edition of his long-running Bootleg Series. In 2019 Slate appeared onstage at the first World Of Bob Dylan conference in Tulsa, Oklahoma, sponsored by the Bob Dylan Center there, where he interviewed The Byrds' Roger McGuinn and performed with the legend. He also performed at all-star concerts celebrating The Clash's album London Calling in New York and L.A. In 2020, and Slate appeared at a show in Los Angeles fronting the band from the “Echo In The Canyon” film, as well as at an all-star concert at New York City's Town Hall honoring the 80th birthday of the Woody Guthrie song “This Land Is Your Land.”During the 2020 lockdown, Slate performed over forty Facebook Live and Instagram Live streaming concerts to thousands of fans each week, including one for the Martin Guitars series “Jam In Place,” and released the live album Lockdown Live taken from those performances. He also released the single and animated video “Heartbreak,” which featured Slick, Duff McKagan and other rock and roll luminaries, and contributed a cover of the Traveling Wilburys' song “Handle With Care” with his band to the official celebration of Tom Petty's 70th birthday.Slate proudly plays a Martin OM-28E Retro Acoustic Guitar with Martin Strings, as well as Hofner basses and Vox amps.Photo credit: Rachel NaomiLearn More about Lyte

Can Britain and France get on? How does the French establishment feel about UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson? Which of France's main foreign policy objectives currently match those of the UK? Does Brexit still cast a shadow of UK-European relations? To get a broader perspective, I interviewed Georgina Wright, a Senior Fellow and Director of the Paris-based Institut Montaigne's Europe Center for this week's #BritainDebrief for the Atlantic Council.  Why did Boris Johnson and Emmanuel Macron's relationship deteriorate so much? Could track II negotiations between the UK and France be the first step in mending their relations?

In this episode of Lessons I Learned in Law, Scott Brown speaks to Daniel Glazer.Daniel is an American technology lawyer, strategic business advisor, and the Managing Partner of Wilson Sonsini's London office. Dan advises high-growth UK/European technology and life sciences companies on raising capital in the US and UK/Europe, expanding their businesses into US markets, and connecting with investors, corporates, and advisors.Daniel shares the three lessons he has learned in law including:Building a career in the law is like building a start-up.Luck is preparation meeting opportunity.Strive to find a career at the intersection of what you are good at, what you enjoy doing, what allows you to earn sufficient compensation and what creates value for society. Dan was appointed as a GlobalScot trade advisor by the Scottish Government. Scott and Dan have a bit of fun discusising all things Scottish Football related!! Presented by Scott Brown of Heriot Brown Legal Recruitment.Follow Heriot Brown:Twitter | LinkedIn |  Facebook | InstagramThis episode of Lessons I Learned in Law is brought to you by Beamery.Beamery is an AI-powered talent platform, designed to hire candidates faster, develop the skills of your workforce, and increase employee retention.Find out more at Beamery.com

Truly a phenomenally funny human with more talent in her pinky the most of us have in our entire body. Shelly Goldstein was a great guest and she came packed with stories layered with experience wit and charm that it was impossible to not have a good time on this one. Enjoy!   Shelly Goldstein is a writer-performer who has written for every genre of TV, film and stage. Her one-woman shows play to sell-out crowds throughout the US and UK and she recently wrote the comedy special WAIT! WAIT! DON'T KILL ME & performed in it with Lily Tomlin, Pete Holmes, Kevin Nealon & Margaret Cho. She created the sitcom BINGO with Bruce Vilanch and was Script Consultant & lyricist on Liongate's UK/European series, COLD COURAGE. Her song “England's White Rose” is on the Sony Soundtrack CD. She wrote the Emmy winning PBS musical special, CHICAGO VOICES. Her lyric ILLINOIS was sung by the Chicago Gay Men's Chorus in the documentary LINCOLN IS CRYING.   She has written (or re-written) sitcoms, dramas, screenplays, lyrics, docus, animation, award shows, jokes & special material for (partial list) Stephen Colbert, Steve Martin, Lily Tomlin, Sacha Baron Cohen, Pete Holmes, Sharon Stone, Jay Leno, Regina King, Tiffany Haddish, Barbra Streisand, Hugh Jackman, Leslie Odom Jr., Chris Pratt, rocker Joe Walsh, Larry Wilmore, Danny Trejo, Daveed Diggs, Kal Penn, Carol Burnett, J Lo, Craig Ferguson, Jimmy Kimmel, Laurence Fishburne, Jane Fonda, Isaiah Mustafa, Conan O'Brien, Chris Martin, Dick Van Dyke, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Diane Keaton, Sheryl Lee Ralph, Henry Winkler, Robin Roberts, Quincy Jones, Demi Moore, Al Roker, Michael McKean, Eric McCormack, Cindy Crawford, Kaia Gerber, Phil Rosenthal, Norman Lear, Prince Albert & Princess Charlene of Monaco, George Tenet and Yoko Ono. SHOW LESS

Geotab is advancing security, connecting commercial vehicles to the internet and providing web-based analytics to help customers better manage their fleets. In addition, Geotab's open platform and Marketplace allow both small and large businesses to automate operations by integrating vehicle data with their other data assets. As an IoT hub, the in-vehicle device provides additional functionality through IOX Add-Ons. Processing billions of data points a day, Geotab leverages data analytics and machine learning to help customers improve productivity, optimize fleets by reducing fuel consumption, enhance driver safety, and achieve regulatory compliance. Since being established in 2000, Geotab Inc. has grown from a small family business to a global leader in fleet management and vehicle tracking solutions. They are now one of the largest telematics outfits globally and have become the first to surpass two million connected vehicles built on a single, open platform. David Savage, Associate Vice President, UK, and Ireland at Geotab, joins me in a discussion about electric vehicle adoption, fleet telematics, sustainability, and tech. David leads the operational, commercial, and organizational activities of the UK and Irish regions. In addition, he has accountability for delivering Geotab's overall strategy and realization of the company's ambitious growth targets in support of its wider UK/European growth focus. With more than 15 years of experience within operations and transport management, David has a proven ability in helping businesses to scale sustainably. Before joining Geotab, he held the role of General Manager at FreeNow (formerly MyTaxi and Hailo), Europe's leading e-hailing app. David shares his story and also discusses the growing conversations around the intersection of sustainability and tech.

In this week's UK European energy market podcast we talk to Alfa's Dr Petra Puskarova about volatility in energy prices while gas prices remain high.In this week's Resonance you will learn:A correction in oil prices, when and on what basis that might happenWhy high gas prices in Asia impact EuropeWhen to expect the first gas flows from NS2 and how recent news, although incorrect, impacted pricesWhat the combination of gas, carbon and coal market dynamics are doing to power prices. What the main drivers are and how future developments could impact powerIs holiday season peaking adding some premium outside of main hubs?With lower cooling demand and for example a lack of challenges to the French nuclear fleet this year with more moderate temperatures compared to 2020, why is there a premium in the market right now?

In this episode of The Weekly Defence Podcast, sponsored by Bell, the team delves into UK and European defence industrial policy; and QinetiQ discusses integrated test and evaluation for the armed forces.Newsround [ 01:23]Airbus told Shephard exclusively on 26 July that it wants to enhance the lethality of its H145M helicopter by adding the Spike ER2 precision-guided missile. Firing tests are planned for the second quarter of 2022.The Indian Navy has drawn up a roadmap for putting autonomous underwater vehicles into service. The navy is looking to acquire man-portable AUVs with swarm functionality, as well as lightweight and heavyweight AUVs with mission endurance for up to 15 days.In the US, the resurrection of the Optionally Manned Fighting Vehicle programme continued with digital design contracts for five teams. There are established names such as BAE, General Dynamics, Oshkosh and Rheinmetall – but one notable underdog is a US firm called Point Blank Enterprises, which specialises in ballistic protection solutions.In focus Host Alix Valenti, Air Editor Tim Martin and Senior Naval Reporter Harry Lye look into the issue of foreign ownership of UK defence firms after Cobham launched a bid to acquire Ultra Electronics. Is the UK moving away from its traditional laissez-faire approach to business takeovers in the defence sector? How does this posture compare with continental European governments? How do defence industrial policies affect national or cross-border procurement programmes? Interview- QinetiQ [28:58] Multimedia journalist Noemi Distefano speaks with Cathy O'Connell, Global Campaign Director for Integrated Test and Evaluation at QinetiQ, to look at the company's contribution to modern T&E techniques. This episode was produced with music and sound mixing by Fred Prest. 

Become a Supermarket Supplier with S.E.L.L.I.N.G Join Andrew Grant and Darren A. Smith in the thirty-fifth episode of the Grocery Guru. They discuss how to become a supplier to a UK/European Supermarket using their acronym of S.E.L.L.I.N.G. that helps you to get ‘a foot in the door’. Use S.E.L.L.I.N.G. to help you become a supermarket supplier You Can View the Full S.E.L.L.I.N.G Transcript Below Darren A. Smith: Welcome to episode 35 of the Grocery Guru. We are here with that guru. Andrew Grant, how are you? Andrew Grant: Morning Das, yes, very good, thank you. Darren A. Smith: All right. Good, good. You’re off to buy a house soon. So we’re going to make it snappy and grab a bit of your time. Andrew Grant: Yeah, maybe we should do negotiate. I think whether it’s all about selling, maybe you should do negotiation based on what I’m up to today. Darren A. Smith: All right. You and I were together yesterday at the Algerian trade conference. How was that? Andrew Grant: Well, virtually. I don’t think we were actually in Algeria. I didn’t notice, but yeah. Darren A. Smith: We were. We were. And what came out of that was there was an audience of about 200. There was the minister of trade on the top table. You and I were virtually there as well, offering advice on suppliers who want to become suppliers to UK and European supermarkets. And you and I found a whole bunch coming out of that from the questions they asked. So I’m going to drill into your head and see if we can bring some of that back for viewers today. Andrew Grant: Yeah. Well, what struck me was just how desperately keen overseas buyers are to get into Brexit Britain. Darren A. Smith: Yes. Andrew Grant: They really see us as a land of new opportunity and yeah, they’re desperate to do trade with the UK. Darren A. Smith: So thinking about your years in supermarkets, what made you want to select this supplier as a supplier and not this one? Andrew Grant: Yeah. Now that’s a good question. Because I still remember. Particularly when I did produce and a lot of those Algerian suppliers were produce suppliers. I’d get faxes every week with, “Oh, we can supply your melons for X.” And it was always half what I was currently paying, but I never did business with them. Because you’ve got to be able to trust the supplier. And you’ve got to know that they do the basics in terms of technical and logistics. So can they get the stuff to you? And is it not going to be full of harmful chemicals and stuff when it gets out? Are the two most important things. But what always struck me and I know I’ve used the analogy before is very often new suppliers, particularly those from abroad would just not do their homework. Darren A. Smith: Yeah. Andrew Grant: And I would sit there thinking I was almost like a travel agent. “How may I help you today? Yes. Let me guide you through the process of S.E.L.L.I.N.G to me and let me write the tickets out for you and the itinerary. And here’s your seat number. And would you like a drink before your meal?” Honestly, it was… Some of the basics they didn’t do was scary. Darren A. Smith: It was. And when we work with current clients and some are suppliers… Who want to become suppliers to supermarkets. One of the things we’re trying to share with them is they’ve got to do their homework. And that’s blindingly obvious, yet we are still surprised by how many that don’t. How many that don’t know how many depots Tesco have or Sainsbury’s have and how the supply chain works. Andrew Grant: Well. That’s… I think it’s common courtesy, especially in this day of the internet, to know how many stores a supermarket group has, what fascias they operate on, what their advertising timeline is. That is really basic stuff. If you or I have gone for an interview, you actually bother to find out who your prospective employer is, what they make, how they operate. And it just stick in me because effectively a new supplier is going for an interview when they’re meeting a buyer. Darren A. Smith: Right. Andrew Grant: So I think that’s common courtesy. And if they don’t even know how many stores a retail has, they should be shown the door instantly. But then another level down, one of the common things I find particularly in chilled food, is they don’t understand just how sophisticated and just in time the chilled supply chain is in the UK. Darren A. Smith: Yeah. Andrew Grant: They’re staggered when you say you’ll get day one for day one orders. “What do you mean day one for day one?” “Well, you get an order at 8:00 AM and you’ll have to be in [RDTC 00:04:21] by 4:00 PM that afternoon. Oh, and by the way, they’ve got 28 of them.” Darren A. Smith: Yes. Andrew Grant: And you can see their heads just exploding. Darren A. Smith: And the other point I heard came out of the conference yesterday, you made a very good point around adding value or a USP. Would you just share more with these guys around what you were talking about at the Algerian- Andrew Grant: Yes. That’s probably the third level for me. So level one, common courtesy know how many… Yeah, know who you’re S.E.L.L.I.N.G to. Level two, get the technicalities right. So can you deliver, do you know what safety standards and hygiene standards they insist on? Do you know what the logistics operation is? But then it is about how can you add value to their business? And that’s the sophisticated way of selling that we train, it’s needs based selling. So who are their shoppers? What do their shoppers want? What are the needs that they’re trying to deliver for their shoppers? So on a really basic level, are they going to need to go up market, are they going to need to go down market? Are they value driven? How important are promotions? But on a much more sophisticated level that we spend a lot of time with UK suppliers on, it is what is the biggest strategic challenge facing an Asda at the moment or a Tesco at the moment? How do they stop the erosion of their shoppers to the likes of Aldi and Lidl? That’s probably the biggest strategic challenge for the big four is how do we range, price and promote to stop the inexorable bleed to Aldi and Lidl. Darren A. Smith: You just reminded me of a wonderful story. I think his name was Ronnie [Owlback 00:06:08] , but I’ll have to check that, the founder of Goo. And he said that he created some packaging or his design team created some packaging, he put it on a shelf in Waitrose, it was just a piece of packaging. There’s nothing in it but you wouldn’t know. And he checked from up to the aisle to see how many people picked it up to see whether he might be able to sell it. And every time he put it there, it got picked up within 10 seconds. When he put it back, it obviously went to the customer, it’s fake pizza packaging. Put it back in, someone else picked it up. And he thought, “Actually, I’ve got a good business there.” Andrew Grant: Yeah. Yeah. [crosstalk 00:06:40] yeah. In terms of standout and impact. Yeah. So it was at different levels with different suppliers, but as far as the very busy people, they’ve got their own businesses to run, but it does often surprise me. But they don’t treat it like it’s a personal job interview. Anybody that goes for a job interview, that’s a big thing in your life or your career. You spend a lot of time prepping and covering the questions you may get asked, the challenges that may get thrown at you. And yet, you and I have both been staggered over the years at the lack of prep and almost the ignorance that is sometimes shown. Darren A. Smith: Yeah, it is shown. Just finishing up, we’ve come up with this mnemonic S.E.L.L.L.I.N.G with seven parts, just going to start two seconds on that. And then we’ll let you go and negotiate with the state agents. Andrew Grant: Yeah. Well, it’s a seven-step pneumonic, is it? Is that what you call it? Darren A. Smith: Mnemonic, yeah. Andrew Grant: Pneumonic. I call it an acronym. But anyway, acronyms, you, mnemonics, me. Yeah. It’s a seven step and I’m sure you’ll put a link on the end of this webinar. But the seven things you need to do to prepare to effectively sell. I won’t go through each of them, we’ve covered the most important ones, which is shopping knowledge, educate yourself about the customer. What insights have you got that will differentiate you from the rest of the pack? Legislation, do you know how [G Scott 00:08:25] can protect you? And if you do get into a contractual discussion with a retailer, you need to know what supply agreement is written. Supplier agreement and ensure it is drafted correctly. So a nice, simple mnemonic as you call it. But actually if you are planning a meeting with a retailer in the next week or so, that’d be a really good starting point. Darren A. Smith: All right, Andrew, thank you very much for your guruness. Best of luck buying a house. I will talk to you next week. Andrew Grant: Okay. Take care. Darren A. Smith: Take care. Bye. Take a look at the S.E.L.L.I.N.G video on our YouTube Channel. Also, check out our award-winning blog.

Welcome to Unlocking Insights, the series where we speak with company founders and senior business leaders from across the globe as part of “Unlocking Ambition”, Scotland's flagship entrepreneurial development programme. This episode Dan Glazer is an American technology lawyer, strategic business advisor, and the Managing Partner of Wilson Sonsini's London office. Dan advises high-growth UK/European technology and life sciences companies on raising capital in the US and UK/Europe, expanding their businesses into US markets, and connecting with investors, corporates, and advisors. In this episode Dan talks with Bruce Walker about the firm's US Expansion group, which supports UK and other non-US technology and life sciences companies through their US life cycle: US launch, expansion, commercial contracts, fundraising, M&A, and IPO. #UnlockingAmbition is a business accelerator that provides intensive wrap-around support for Scotland's most promising and talented entrepreneurs; amplifying Scottish innovations that will benefit society, the environment and the economy. With all our guests on Unlocking Insights, please remember that all views expressed are reflective of their personal and professional experience and are not intended to represent their current or previous employers. Look out for other episodes in our series, including… For now this is Unlocking Insights with Dan Glazer, in conversation with Bruce Walker! Please share with your networks and tag us using #UnlockingInsightsPodcast Find Unlocking Ambition online: Twitter: twitter.com/Unlock_Ambition LinkedIn: linkedin.com/company/unlocking-ambition/ Website: www.unlockingambition.scot

In this episode, we discuss the M&S and Aldi caterpillar scandal, Derek Chauvin being convicted, Catfish UK, the European Super League and a friendship dilemma plus #TweetsOfTheWeek. Hosts: Danyelle Twitter: @dxgtweets : https://twitter.com/dxgtweets Olivia Twitter: @Olivia891 : https://twitter.com/OliviaLiv891 Instagram: @liv_21.x : https://www.instagram.com/liv_21.x/ Urban Soul Twitter - @UR8ANSOUL : https://twitter.com/UR8ANSOUL Instagram - @ur8an_soul : https://www.instagram.com/ur8an_soul/ MUSIC: @drew_archie - www.instagram.com/drew_archie/ Get in touch and share your questions with us... Twitter: https://twitter.com/UpTheM1Podcast Instagram : https://www.instagram.com/upthem1podcast/ #UpTheM1Podcast #TweetsOfTheWeek

Today we talk with one of the more outspoken and in my opinion one of the more interesting people in the breaking scene, DJ Renegade. People might have read some of his now infamous social media posts where he shares his thoughts on what's happening in the breaking community and beyond that.  He's at times a "controversial" guy but I respect that he pushes people to think deeper and more intellectually about the dance and hip hop culture.  We get into a whole bunch of things from UK/European history and the creation of his crew Soul Mavericks, to evolving the judging system, how talks about the Olympics are focusing on the wrong things, toxicity in the hip hop community and more. Real pleasure to get to talk with him and hope we get to exchange more in the future. Enjoy the talk. Peace.

iTunes         Spotify         Youtube           Patreon Jeff Slate is an ASCAP award winning singer-songwriter from New York City. He co-founded the 1980’s mod/punk band the Mindless Thinkers, who were mainstays on the Northeast college circuit. In the mid-90’s he released The Townshend Tapes, on which The Who’s Pete Townshend acted as executive producer, and opened for Sheryl Crow on her “Tuesday Night Music Club” tour.  In 1997 he founded the band The Badge, who released three albums and countless singles, EPs and live “bootleg” sets, two “best of” compilations, and went on to become darlings of the UK/European “mod” scene in the 2000’s. In 2010 Slate released the single “Dreamtime,” which featured Earl Slick (Lennon, Bowie) and Carlos Alomar (Bowie, Lennon), as well as other alums of David Bowie’s bands.  Birds of Paradox, his first solo album of original material, was released in 2012. It was followed in November 2013 by Imposters & Attractions, and his contribution to the Pete Quaife Foundation Kinks tribute album Shoulder To Shoulder in 2015. His 2016 album Secret Poetry was another all-star affair, lauded by critics and fans alike. A video of the song “Letter From Paris (Showed Me The Way)” featuring Slate and Slate, and directed by Patrick McGuinn, was streamed over 1,000 times on the day of its release. His music has appeared in advertising and films and on television, including the hit show Gossip Girl. Slate is a regular contributor to the Wall Street Journal, The New Yorker, Esquire, Rolling Stone, and many other media outlets, writing about music and culture, and has appeared on television and radio numerous times, including on former-Sex Pistol Steve Jones’s Los Angeles drive time show Jonesy’s Jukebox, and SiriusXMs Volume, where Slate is also a guest host, as well as the BBC numerous times. He is the co-author of the 2017 book The Authorized Roy Orbison, written with the legend’s sons, and has written liner notes for albums by Orbison, the Small Faces, Shawn Colvin, for the Stax Records 60th anniversary reissue series and for The Beatles’ 50th anniversary edition of Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band. In 2018 Slate wrote the 10,000+ word essay included in Bob Dylan’s More Blood, More Tracks, the 14 edition of his long-running Bootleg Series. In 2019 Slate appeared onstage at the first World Of Bob Dylan conference in Tulsa, Oklahoma, sponsored by the Bob Dylan Center there, where he interviewed The Byrds’ Roger McGuinn and performed with the legend. Slate proudly plays a Martin OM-28E Retro Acoustic Guitar with Martin Strings, as well as Hofner basses and Vox amps. More info at www.jeffslatehq.com. Today’s episode is sponsored by Lensrentals. Use the code ROADIE15 for a 15% discount when you check out. Special Mentions: Jeff Slate Jeff Slate's Weekend Wilburys - Handle With Care Jeff Slate - Heartbreak - Official Animated Video (2020) Forbes - Live Music Venues Are Hurting But So Are The Crews That Make It All Happen Pollstar - Roadiecare: When Crews Fall Through The CracksNo Roadies, No Rock n Roll Magnets Tour Supply GoFundMe Tour Health Research Initiative, ROADIE: My Documentary (TJ Hoffman film) Loud: A Life In Rock ‘N Roll by the World’s First Female Roadie. By Tana Douglas, The Last Seat in the House: The Story of Hanley Sound, The Power of Podcasting Panel at NAMM, Roswell Pro Audio Mini K87 Roadie Short Film Roadie: A True Story (at least the parts I remember)

In this episode of the Compliance Clarified podcast series, Susannah Hammond is joined by Rachel Wolcott, chief UK European correspondent, and Lindsey Rogerson, senior editor for Thomson Reuters Regulatory Intelligence, to discuss some of the emerging global topics for compliance practitioners in financial services firms today. Topics discussed include Brexit, approach to environmental, social and governance (ESG), personal accountability, operational resilience and technology, as well as the changes currently taking place within the financial services regulators themselves and their supervisory approach. You can read more about the topics discussed here - https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:6764492132234477568/ - UK lawmakers on narrowing SMCR https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:6764549738726588416/ - PRA SMCR refinement https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:6764548218622742528/ - Outlook 2021 global green taxonomy article https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:6764549027271987200/ - ESMA reverse solicitation article https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:6764547280658948096/ - Outlook 2021 personal accountability article Further information on Thomson Reuters Regulatory Intelligence can be found here - https://legal.thomsonreuters.com/en/products/regulatory-intelligence

This viedo can be seen at: https://www.piworld.co.uk/2021/01/29/piworld-interview-the-signs-were-there-tim-steer-andy-brough/   Tim Steer, Author of The Signs were There, and Andy Brough, Head of the UK & European, Small & Mid Cap team, at Schroders, talk through different elements of Tim's book. They help us identify some of the red flags in company accounts, including where profits are flattered by either balance sheet assets which should appear as debits on the P&L, or with credits taken out of the balance sheet benefiting the P&L. Artfully, they take a dry subject, add some personality and humour so one learns and enjoys it! Tim's background - 00:33 Andy's involvement with The Signs Were There – 01:30 What do you look at first with a set of accounts? - 03:07 Auditors - 09:30 When is it appropriate to capitalise? - 11:11 When is EBITDA an appropriate measure of profit? - 17:08 How easily can we understand a company's accounts with CV19 provisions/ adjustments? - 20:40 How do you distinguish between good & bad acquisitive companies? - 23:27 Are high levels of debt ever appropriate to achieve shareholder returns? - 27:26 Are you surprised the ease at which companies can raise funds with CV19? – 28:40 Will there be continued enthusiasm for capital raises? - 30:17 Are you optimistic for the markets in 2021 and 2022? - 31:47 ESG - 33:52 About Andy Brough: • Head of the UK & European Small and Mid Cap team • Manager of the Schroder Mid 250 Fund and the Schroder UK Smaller Companies Fund • Co-Manager of the Schroder UK Mid Cap Fund plc and Co-manager of the Schroder Institutional UK Smaller Companies Fund • Co-manager of Schroder ISF European Smaller Companies • Investment career commenced on joining Schroders in 1987 • Chartered Accountant • BSc in Economics, Manchester University About Tim Steer Tim Steer toured with Meatloaf, Diana Ross, Cheap Trick, The Cars, Thin Lizzy and The Jam as a sound engineer, and managed the Pink Floyd's old sound and lighting system after the release of The Wall. At the time it was one of the largest systems in the world. He then embarked on a new career and qualified as a Chartered Accountant with EY and after leaving there he became a highly rated investment analyst at HSBC James Capel and then Merrill Lynch, where he was Managing Director and Head of Research of Pan Euro Small/Mid Cap Companies. He puts his success entirely down to the excellent training he received at EY, BPP and from a partner called Richard Findlater. In 2000 he was a founding shareholder of New Star and in 2009 he joined Artemis where he was part of the team that purchased the business back from Fortis, then part of RBS. Tim Steer was one of the most highly ranked fund managers in the UK being rated Triple A by Citywire and he ran both long and absolute return funds. At its peak he ran $4 billion of assets, a significant portion of which was held in short positions, many of which are included in his book – ‘The Signs Were There'. He has written regularly for The Sunday Times where he had an investment column, and The Sunday Telegraph. The Signs Were There is a book that points out that for many company and share price disasters such as Autonomy, Aston Martin and Patisserie Valerie there are usually warning signs in the company's financial statements for those who bother to look.

Featured as a finalist on The Voice UK series 3, mentored by pop maestro Will I Am and as a judge on the popular BBC’s singing show All Together Now, this Aussie songbird has graced Sydney’s 2000 Olympics alongside tv & radio work. Here she opens up about love, loss and legacy.

 New Episode Out Now ‘Paralyzed' out 26th February 2021 French metalcore stars LANDMVRKS have released a video for their new single 'Paralyzed'. The track is taken from the band's forthcoming album Lost in The Waves, due for release on 26th February 2021 via Arising Empire.  The turbulence of the global COVID-19 pandemic has had a devastating effect on live music. Shows and festivals across the world have faced cancellations or postponements, with much uncertainty as to when they will return. One such festival was Storm The Arena, which was set to take place at the Accor Arena in France on 12th December 2020. LANDMVRKS took to the iconic venue during the pandemic to safely record the video for ‘Paralyzed', which is dedicated to the musicians and those around the world who remain paralysed during these unprecedented times.  Check out the video for 'Paralyzed' here: https://youtu.be/YNLZUinqksw Stream/purchase 'Paralyzed' here: https://Landmvrks.lnk.to/paralyzed After successfully building their reputation through asserting their own style on 2018 masterpiece Fantasy, LANDMVRKS return with their upcoming third album, Lost In The Waves, their heaviest and most organic album to date with an uncompromising, distinctive style. This is LANDMVRKS in their purest form. Lost In The Waves will be available as CD, limited vinyl in two different colour variants and a limited special fan box. Pre-order here: https://Landmvrks.lnk.to/lostinthewaves   LANDMVRKS formed in 2014 in Marseille, France, and are now comprised of Florent Salfati on vocals, Rudy Purkart on bass guitar, Nicolas Exposito and Paul C. Wilson on guitars, with Kévin D'Agostino on drums. The band spent two years writing and recording material and playing local shows, building their reputation within the French metalcore scene with a series of singles. In May 2016, LANDMVRKS self-released their debut album Hollow, which was produced entirely by Salfati and Exposito. Following the release of Hollow the band ventured on tours throughout Europe, enticing new fans with their modern metalcore style, peppered with hardcore riffs and catchy choruses. The record also landed them slots on big festivals, strengthening their reputation even further.     In 2018 LANDMVRKS signed a record deal with Arising Empire, releasing their second studio album Fantasy. Continuing to build their name with their own fresh take on metalcore, LANDMVRKS went on to travel the world, playing in Japan, embarking on several headline tours and supporting While She Sleeps and Stray From The Path on a UK/European tour.  While they were out on the road LANDMVRKS focused on writing brand new material, which showcases a powerful new direction from the French band, one that is more mature, melodic, and deeper than before. LANDMVRKS' UK/European tour has been postponed to October/November 2021 due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic and European restrictions. The date in Nuremberg has been moved to Schweinfurt - tickets will be refunded and cannot be transferred to the new show.  04.09.21 FR Marseille - Espace Julien 09.09.21 FR Grenoble - L'Ampérage 10.09.21 FR Lille - La Bulle 11.09.21 FR Paris - La Maroquinerie 16.09.21 FR Metz - L'Aérogare 17.09.21 FR Mulhouse - Noumatrouff 18.09.21 FR Lyon - CCO 24.09.21 FR Nantes - Scène Michelet 25.09.21 FR Quimper - Novomax w/ Resolve + Special Guest (TBA) 11.10.21 UK Birmingham  Asylum 2 12.10.21 UK Glasgow Garage Attic 13.10.21 UK Manchester Star & Garter 14.10.21 UK London 229 15.10.21 NL Arnheim Willemeen KZ 16.10.21 BE Aarschot JC De Klinker                     18.10.21 DE Köln MTC 19.10.21 DE Leipzig Naumanns 20.10.21 DE Hamburg Logo 21.10.21 PL Warsaw Poglos 22.10.21 DE Berlin Cassiopeia 23.10.21 DE Essen Crowdsalat Festival *Landmvrks only 24.10.21 CZ Republic Prague Futurum 25.10.21 SK Bratislava Kulturak Klub 26.10.21 DE München Backstage 27.10.21 DE Stuttgart Club Cann 29.10.21 DE Trier Miez 30.10.21 DE Schweinfurt Alter Stattbahnhof 31.10.21 DE Göttingen Freihafen 01.11.21 DE Wiesbaden Schlachthof 02.11.21 CH Aarau Kiff 03.11.21 IT Modena La Tenda 04.11.21 IT Milan Legend Club 05.11.21 IT Verona The Factory 06.11.21 CH Martigny Sunset Bar Tickets are on sale here: www.landmvrks.com LANDMVRKS have also released their first live album, Live At Espace Julien, Marseille, available to stream or purchase here: https://landmvrks.lnk.to/Live  Stream/purchase the band's previous album Fantasy here: https://landmvrks.lnk.to/FantasyAlbum LANDMVRKS  links www.landmvrks.com www.facebook.com/landmvrks www.instagram.com/landmvrks www.twitter.com/landmvrks   My thoughts I'm pleased to welcome back LANDMVRKS to the show last year we got to check out their single Lost in a wave, Paralyzed straight away is something completely different too … its more of slower paced opening with Melodic vocals and delicate keys in the background, and then just when you think you have gage where this is going later on Florent lets rip. Overall, this is great track and is very very different too but that what is perfect I said I wanted to hear more from these guys have done that with Paralyzed    Moving over to our next single this week   AS EVERYTHING UNFOLDS are: Charlie Rolfe - Vocals Adam Kerr - Guitar Owen Hill - Guitar George Hunt - Bass Jon Cassidy - Synth Jamie Gowers - Drums Melodic post-hardcore sextet AS EVERYTHING UNFOLDS have released their new single 'Wallow'. The track is the fourth single from their forthcoming debut album, Within Each Lies The Other, set for release on 26th March 2021 via Long Branch Records. Check out the visualiser for 'Wallow' here: https://youtu.be/HGAhxk24ohI Vocalist Charlie Rolfe comments on the single: "Anger and sadness really drove this track lyrically and there's a lot of frustration which is present through the use of the mostly harsh vocals. It's a song about betrayal, liars and anyone who has ever done anything to you to make you deliberately feel worthless. A lot of energy is taken out on this song, and we invite you to do the same." 'Wallow' follows the band's previous singles 'Take Me There', 'Hiding From Myself' and 'Stranger In The Mirror', which have collectively garnered over 1,000,000 streams. Stream 'Wallow' and pre-order Within Each Lies The Other here: https://aseverythingunfolds.lnk.to/withineachliestheother   Since the release of their Closure EP in late 2018, AS EVERYTHING UNFOLDS have gone from strength to strength, touring heavily across the UK & Europe, including performing alongside the likes of Dream State, ADEPT, Our Hollow, Our Home and more. The success of Closure caught the attention of the esteemed Long Branch Records, who signed an international deal with the six-piece this year. Alongside their dedicated fanbase and hard-working ethos, the future is strong for the band, the future is AS EVERYTHING UNFOLDS.  As Everything Unfolds links https://www.facebook.com/AsEverythingUnfolds https://twitter.com/aeuofficial https://www.instagram.com/aeuofficial/ https://www.musicglue.com/aseverythingunfolds/   My thoughts Wallow is a track that straight away comes at you the guitars have a big impact on this track, a great riff is matched by a great melodic hook of a chorus, I can hear a lot of Dream state in this track but equally a lot of Butcher babies, it's clear As Everything Unfolds have many inferences to draw upon, the track is well produced and will fit lovely into your playlist this weekend overall a great track. Moving over to our next single Alt-rock quintet STANDING LIKE STATUES release video for 'Stupid Love' New EP Reality Checkpoint out now   Cambridge alt-rockers STANDING LIKE STATUES have released a video for 'Stupid Love', taken from their 2020 sophomore EP, Reality Checkpoint. The enticing single has already proven to be a hit with press and fans alike, including strong support from Kerrang! Radio's Johnny Doom. 'Stupid Love' was also championed as one of the best tracks on the BBC Introducing uploader, following recent airplay on BBC Music Introducing in Cambridge. Check out the video for 'Stupid Love' here: https://youtu.be/6dZRrawRK04 The band comment on the new single:  "Love is beautiful, but it can also be painful. This is the ultimate 'keeping it together' anthem. It was written following the end of a near decade-long relationship, about dealing with the mixed emotions that come from all angles. It's about fighting through the worst of it and realising that the end of one thing can be the beginning of something else." Stream/purchase the band's Reality Checkpoint EP here: https://statues.fanlink.to/realitycheckpoint  Formed in 2015, STANDING LIKE STATUES have supported We Are The Ocean, Decade, Fort Hopeand Courage My Love, as well as being featured on BBC Look East and, more recently, BBC Introducing Cambridge. Inspired by the likes of Taking Back Sunday, 30 Seconds To Mars and Biffy Clyro, STANDING LIKE STATUES draw from the greats of alternative rock to combine anthemic energy with soul-searching lyrics. STANDING LIKE STATUES worked with renowned producer Romesh Dodangoda on their latest EP, which has forced the band to dig deep and harness the power to commit themselves to authenticity; rising above the blur of memes, trends, concepts and false personas which dominate modern life. Having learned to laugh in the face of adversity, there are no barriers to fight through and lots of love to give. STANDING LIKE STATUES  links https://www.standinglikestatues.com/ https://www.facebook.com/standinglikestatuesuk/ https://twitter.com/statuesband https://www.instagram.com/standinglikestatues/ https://www.youtube.com/user/likestatuesuk   My thoughts, STANDING LIKE STATUES really have a great sound to them, and Stupid Love showcases their influences from taking back Sunday to Biffy Clyro, the thing I love more than anything about this track is the production is out of this world the guys have worked with the legendry Romesh Dodangoda who has worked with Funeral for a friend, Kids in glass houses, the blackout to name a few. The track has tones of melody and packed with some beautiful guitar tones and hooks to match I really enjoyed Stupid Love, if you're a fan of Kids in glass houses, Biffy Clyro add this to your playlist.   Our next track sees Setting The Tone meeting a new band   Drop Down Smiling have just released a new track 'The Fear of Missing Out' check out the video www.youtube.com/watch?v=WaFY_P04Sro   Like the Phoenix from the ashes, the butterfly from the cocoon, Drop Down Smiling have emerged from their lockdown hibernation to bring you a brand-new track, aptly titled 'The Fear of Missing Out'.   You've missed out on a lot this year, don't miss out on this!   The Fear of Missing Out addresses the social pressures of ‘fitting in' - the issues we face and self-destructive habits we form while under constant bombardment from ‘the-grass-is-greener-rose-tinted-glasses' lifestyles presented to us on social media.   It's a song about the anxiety that comes with comparing your regular life to the highlights of others'. Fuelled by the desire to be connected to others, especially this year, it's about the skewed sense of ‘normal' that develops when your main outlook on the world is through the glowing brick in your hand.   The Fear of Missing Out release is accompanied by a brand-new music video from the lads, featuring exclusive footage from the recording studio alongside their evocative lyrics to make sure you can scream them back at them when they can tour again.   Against a backdrop of generic indie and dull pop-punk regens, Drop Down Smiling stand out with a mix of modern rock, raucous electronica and rich, resonant four-part harmonies.  Having previously worked with Gavin Monaghan (Editors, The Twang, Ocean Colour Scene) & Jason Wilcock (You Me At Six, We Are The Ocean), The Fear of Missing Out was produced by Peter Dowsett of Abbey Road Studios (Scouting For Girls, Pharrell Williams & Snoop Dogg to name but a few).  Experimental yet organic, with high octane hooks and even higher energy on the stage, Drop Down Smiling have been described as ‘Biffy Clyro meets Bring Me the Horizon' & ‘Red Hot Chilli Peppers meets System of a Down'. If those comparisons don't warrant a listen, what the hell does?! Drop Down Smiling have previously shared the stage with Saves The Day, We Are The Ocean, The Blackout, Lonely The Brave, Rat Attack, Lost Alone, Blitz Kids, Idiom and tonnes more, as well as performing at Wychwood Festival, Wizzfest, Godiva Festival and somehow playing to a wildly confused audience at The Clothes Show on the Kerrang! Stage at the NEC Arena (now Resorts World Arena).     Listen to The Fear of Missing Out (Released 08.01.2021)  - https://ditto.fm/the-fear-of-missing-out   Follow us on Social Media Instagram - www.instagram.com/dropdownsmiling Facebook - www.facebook.com/dropdownsmiling Twitter – www.twitter.com/DropDownSmiling Get in   Drop Down Smiling are Chris West – Lead Singer/Guitarist Michael Brown – Lead Guitarist/Backing Vocals Martin Dale – Bassist/Backing Vocals James Porter – Drummer/Samples/Backing Vocals       My thoughts Missing out for me was like if David Bowie and AFI made a track now I don't say this as insult, you have Chris West vocals and at times they felt very Bowie and then when you add that to the chorus this is where the AFI element comes in Missing out does a great job of mixing melody with some driving punchy guitar sounds, it's a high octane track with tones of energy and hooks. Production on this is awesome.       You can find this episode and previous episodes from Setting The Tone in the below links Spotfiy https://open.spotify.com/show/6Jj9SsrXxve44839dptihN… Apple https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/setting-the-tone/id1499390718 Google https://podcasts.google.com/?q=setting%20the%20tone podbean https://Settingthetone2.podbean.com   Thank you to our sponsor @The Guitar Ninja Academy, the best place to become a guitar master. To get started the Guitar Ninja is offering 3 months for the price of 2 on membership for a limited time only hit the following link https://theguitarninja.co.uk/holidaydeals/   For more information our sponsor then hit the below links https://theguitarninja.co.uk https://www.facebook.com/theguitarninja        

 New Episode Out Now  Debut album Royalty Kult Enjoying the End  out now     Royalty Kult is a California based hard rock/alternative project from creators Joshua Michael and David Fulford-Brown  The California based duo of began their musical journey together more than a decade ago and have shared stages with the likes of Jonathan Davis of KoRn, Fear Factory, Taproot, Spineshank, Flaw, Powerman 5000 and Adema, among others.   Enjoying the End was produced by Joshua Buma (Boy Hits Car, Malaki, September Mourning), mastering engineer Joe Bozzi (Fleetwood Mac, Van Halen, U2, Imagine Dragons) and recording engineer Andy Haller (Ozzy Osbourne, System of a Down, Rob Halford, Santana).   Check out Royalty Kult on the below links   www.royaltykult.com www.facebook.com/royaltykult www.instagram.com/royaltykultmusic https://twitter.com/royaltykult www.tiktok.com/@royaltykult https://soundcloud.com/royaltykult https://music.apple.com/gb/artist/royalty-kult/1509698712   My thoughts  Enjoying the end is A fantastic debut album from Joshua and David, as I was listening to this album I often found myself trying to pinpoint where does the album fit into scene, because honestly it has so many different directions everything form The sounds and styles of Linkin park, to Twenty one Pilots all the way through to Motley crue to electronic wizardry and influence of the Pet shop boys , there is literally something on this album for anyone, the production is crisp and clean and this album switches effortlessly between different sounds from different genres, go and check this out For fans of Twenty One Pilots, Blink 182, 30 seconds to mars         Moving on to our next single this week we have Joy in Blue who are a four piece Post hardcore band based in Portsmouth, the band launched in 2020 with the release of their debut single Old Roads which was then closely followed by their second single places. The latest release tilted sunflower is a product of the covid19 lockdown and portrays the bands emotions during this difficult time, the song is accompanied by the band's debut video which you can check out here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SkHkmIVPZrI   Check out Joy in Blue on below https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SkHkmIVPZrI https://www.instagram.com/joyinblueuk/ https://fanlink.to/joyinblue   My thoughts So this In Joy Blue 3rd single and their first with a video, , Sunflower is packed with a melodic tones and a lovely hooks, it has a really nice feel tom the track and is well produced for a large part of this track it does not changed course now this not a bad thing and out of now its kicks into life I kind of would have liked a bit more of this intensity as for most of the track it did not feel like it was going anywhere, but this would be my only criticism  , its clear that this is a band that are starting their journey and that's fine, its will be interested to see how they grow and their material develops over time., for fans of   Moving onto our next release and we are going to Europe French metalcore quintet LANDMVRKS release video for new single 'Lost In A Wave LANDMVRKS are: Florent Salfati | Vocals Nicolas Exposito | Guitar Paul C. Wilson | Guitar Rudy Purkart | Bass Kevin D'Agostino | Drums   Marseille, France-based metalcore stars LANDMVRKS have released a video for their new single 'Lost In A Wave'. The track is taken from the band's forthcoming album Lost In The Waves, due for release on 26th February 2021 via Arising Empire. With 'Lost In A Wave', LANDMVRKS show off what this masterpiece of an album truly holds. Check out the video for 'Lost In A Wave' here: https://youtu.be/uHSl0Zpw2pw Stream/purchase 'Lost In A Wave' here: https://Landmvrks.lnk.to/lostinawave LANDMVRKS are back with a vengeance. After successfully building their reputation through asserting their own style on 2018 masterpiece Fantasy, the band returned last month both fresher and heavier before with their new single 'Rainfall'. Their upcoming third album, Lost In The Waves, is their heaviest and most organic album to date with an uncompromising, distinctive style. This is LANDMVRKS in their purest form. Lost In The Waves will be available as CD, limited vinyl in two different colour variants and a limited special fan box. Pre-order here: https://Landmvrks.lnk.to/lostinthewaves   LANDMVRKS formed in 2014 in Marseille, France, and are now comprised of Florent Salfati on vocals, Rudy Purkart on bass guitar, Nicolas Exposito and Paul C. Wilson on guitars, with Kévin D'Agostino on drums. The band spent two years writing and recording material and playing local shows, building their reputation within the French metalcore scene with a series of singles. In May 2016, LANDMVRKS self-released their debut album Hollow, which was produced entirely by Salfati and Exposito. Following the release of Hollow the band ventured on tours throughout Europe, enticing new fans with their modern metalcore style, peppered with hardcore riffs and catchy choruses. The record also landed them slots on big festivals, strengthening their reputation even further.     In 2018 LANDMVRKS signed a record deal with Arising Empire, releasing their second studio album Fantasy. Continuing to build their name with their own fresh take on metalcore, LANDMVRKS went on to travel the world, playing in Japan, embarking on several headline tours and supporting While She Sleeps and Stray From The Path on a UK/European tour.  While they were out on the road LANDMVRKS focused on writing brand new material, including latest single 'Rainfall' which showcases a powerful new direction from the French band, one that is more mature, melodic, and deeper than before. LANDMVRKS have announced tour dates for 2021, including a UK/European tour with special guests Resolve and Wolfpack.  Dates: 27.02.21 FR Marseille - Espace Julien 04.03.21 FR Metz - L'Aérogare 05.03.21 FR Mulhouse - Noumatrouff 06.03.21 FR Lyon - CCO 11.03.21 FR Grenoble - L'ampérage 12.03.21 FR TBA - TBA 13.03.21 FR Lille - La Bulle 19.03.21 FR Nantes - Scène Michelet 20.03.21 FR Quimper - Novomax 26.03.21 FR Monpellier - Secret Place 27.03.21 FR Toulouse - Connexion Live w/ Resolve and Wolfpack 02.04.21 AT Wien - Impericon Festival 03.04.21 DE Leipzig - Impericon Festival 04.04.21 CH Zürich - Impericon Festival 05.04.21 DE Trier - Miez 07.04.21 IT Verona - The Factory 08.04.21 IT Modena - La Tenda 09.04.21 IT Milano - Legend Club 10.04.21 DE München - Impericon Festival 11.04.21 DE Oberhausen - Impericon Festival 13.04.21 UK Birmingham - Asylum 2 14.04.21 UK Glasgow - Garage Attic 15.04.21 UK Manchester - Star & Garter 16.04.21 UK London - 229 17.04.21 BE Aarschot - Jc De Klinker 18.04.21 NL Arnehm - Willemeen Kz 19.04.21 DE Köln - MTC 20.04.21 DE Hamburg - Logo 21.04.21 DE Berlin - Cassiopeia 22.04.21 PL Warsaw - Puglos 23.04.21 SK Bratislava - Kulturak Klub 24.04.21 DE Göttingen - Freihafen 25.04.21 DE Nürnberg - Z-Bau 26.04.21 DE Wiesbaden - Schlachthof Tickets are on sale here: www.landmvrks.com LANDMVRKS have also released their first live album, Live At Espace Julien, Marseille, available to stream or purchase here: https://landmvrks.lnk.to/Live  Stream/purchase the band's previous album Fantasy here: https://landmvrks.lnk.to/FantasyAlbum Landmvrks links can be found below www.landmvrks.com www.facebook.com/landmvrks www.instagram.com/landmvrks www.twitter.com/landmvrks     My thoughts with an opening Riff I would expect to hear on a Deftones track and ten quickly into guitar tones I would expect to hear from Machine Head, okay so I'm not expecting none of this but I like and boarding the train, I really love the production and energy on this track, it feels like it is packed with so many different influences ranging form Machine head, Defrtones, and Linkin Park, Fever 333.I really enjoyed Lost in a wave its heavier in your face and has so much energy awesome.       Lastly our last single of this week   German post hardcore outfit OUR MIRAGE release new single 'Remedy' "The Post Hardcore, clearly inspired by The Amity Affliction, is composed confidently, professionally produced and performed in an appealing manner." – METAL HAMMER DE   German post-hardcore outfit OUR MIRAGE released have new single / video 'Remedy', the first new material from the band since 2019's full-length Lifeline. Watch 'Remedy' here: https://youtu.be/Idao4nFlOoQ Stream / purchase: https://OurMirage.lnk.to/remedy The band comment: "In one of the hardest years ever we were struggling with remaining our confidence and belief. Not only do we miss being on tour and playing shows, we miss YOU guys! Music connects us with people from all over the world, you guys help US through our toughest days just by letting us know that we are able to create change. We are more grateful than ever to every single one of you supporting us throughout this (hopefully) not forever lasting off-phase. How can the whole world be so wrong? There is a REMEDY for all of us, it‘s called unity! We are one, we are OUR MIRAGE."    Previous album Lifeline was released in 2019 via Arising Empire. Stream / purchase Lifeline here: https://OurMirage.lnk.to/Lifeline Watch their previous videos here:  'Falling' feat. Telle Smith (The Word Alive): https://youtu.be/eUGZNmiUZ-4 'Unseen': https://youtu.be/yTXlJgjQ_xQ 'After All': https://youtu.be/db2poByTU-U 'Different Eyes': https://youtu.be/BfwdyIFETXE 'Lost': https://youtu.be/sGc3gM3GVyY 'The Unknown': https://youtu.be/36j03cY1SIw   OUR MIRAGE are: Timo Bonner | Vocals Steffen Hirz | Guitars Manuel Möbs | Bass Daniel Maus | Drums For more information: https://www.facebook.com/OurMirageBand https://www.instagram.com/ourmirageband/ https://www..ourmirage.de Click here for bio   My thoughts Remedy straight away reminds of a track A day to remember would be proud of I really enjoy the harmony and the melodic tones in the track the production in the track is great and the overall I really enjoyed Remedy I'm keen to see what else this band has in its catalogue. For fans of A day to remember and Papa Roach       You can find this episode and previous episodes from Setting The Tone in the below links Spotfiy https://open.spotify.com/show/6Jj9SsrXxve44839dptihN… Apple https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/setting-the-tone/id1499390718 Google https://podcasts.google.com/?q=setting%20the%20tone podbean https://Settingthetone2.podbean.com   Thank you to our sponsor @The Guitar Ninja Academy, the best place to become a guitar master. To get started the Guitar Ninja is offering 3 months for the price of 2 on membership for a limited time only hit the following link https://theguitarninja.co.uk/holidaydeals/   For more information our sponsor then hit the below links https://theguitarninja.co.uk https://www.facebook.com/theguitarninja      

An interview with the vastly experienced bettor, tipster and former odds compiler, Nigel Seeley from the Premier Sports Plays service. Discussed in this podcast:Nigel's extensive background in the betting world, his work as an odds compiler and how that has helped shape the bets he places todayHis approach to finding value bets and the time and effort he puts into tip selection for his serviceHow he sharpened his betting teeth as an odds compiler pricing up tennis markets and how that helps him todayHis thoughts on the football betting markets and why he focuses down the leagues in the UK and across Europe to find valueThe contacts and experience he taps into to help him find selections and how this gives him an edgeThe Premier Sports Plays service itself, why he set it up and his goals to make it as fair and transparent as possibleThoughts on bet placement and getting your bets on - from a UK/European and US betting perspectiveHow the US betting scene varies in terms of bookmakers and tipsters/handicappersThe issues with scams and touts in the US handicapper world The need for a strong staking plan and the ability to look beyond just one weeks results at all timesDetails on the SBC review of Premier Sports Plays now availableDiscover MoreRead about the Smart Betting Club and how they are helping ordinary punters with their betting @ www.smartbettingclub.comExplore the very detailed SBC tipster review of the Premier Sports Plays service as an SBC member - includes a 25% discount.Visit the Premier Sports Plays website https://www.premiersportsplays.com/ or follow Nigel on Twitter @seeley_nigelPodcast feedback - contact SBC on twitter @sbcinfo 

Join my conversation with Nate Simpson. We discuss her upbringing, career, performing on a cruise ship and his new song "Strong". More about Nate: Nate achievements include lending his voice for Turner Prize Nominated Artist Marvin Gaye , Chetwynd for her highly acclaimed 2014 Film, raved reviews from performances at the Natural History Museum, London Jazz Festival, Ronnie Scotts Jazz Club, Pizza Express Jazz Club The Phesantry, Spice of Life Various Events for the Olympics 2012, the business design centre, for HRH Prince Charles, BBC Radio 2 Cheltenham Jazz Festival and much more. His debut single from his EP “Steady” gained national airplay on the Huw Stephens show on BBC radio 1 and releasing ‘Get Up” with DJ Able through renowned DJ Spen’s Quantize recordings label after commenting the following ‘ Simpson’s soulful vocals are just what you’ll need to get your floors jumping. His E.P was heavily supported, gaining regular airplay by BBC Introducing London/ Berkshire performing live on Mike Reads Prime time show. Simpson enlisted to join forces with internationally acclaimed jazz artist Julie Dexter on her UK/European tour, on in between a host of festival gigs alongside the likes of Wretch 32, Corrine Bailey Rae, The Feeling, Jaguar Skills, Beverly Knight, Jamie Cullum, Jessie J, Boy George and Tom O’Dell. Nate performed and made it to the final six boys on ITV’s X Factor 2016 and followed that by performing onBBC’s Eurovision You decide in 2017. Between that time Nate began his journey back in the studio working alongside incredible producers, writers and musicians from U.K and the U.S including recording at The Abbey Road Studios. From doing shows in America, Caymen Islands and Mexico in the Summer 2017 once Nate returned to the UK he took to the stage as Nate King Cole in The Crooners Tour. Early 2018 saw Nate join the new cast of the hit West End Musical understudying the roles of Berry Gordy, Marvin Gaye and Stevie Wonder. In the spring of 2019 Nate takes on the role of Simba in The Lion King in Paris.Connect with Nate Simpson on online:Website: Natesimpsonlive.comFacebook @NatesimpsonliveInstagram @NatesimpsonliveTwitter @NatesimpsonliveFor more information and news, check out our website at BringBackSoulMusic.com.Support our channel by purchasing merch @ shop.bringbacksoulmusic.com

While the coronavirus crisis in the United Kingdom has abated somewhat in recent months, is life in the country going to get tougher if winter brings about a growing risk of transmission and Brexit negotiations falter? With us this week to discuss the challenges facing Britain are Remainiacs and The Bunker host Ros Taylor, pod regular Elizabeth Ames, and Brexit researcher Georgina Wright.It has been a very tough year in the UK, but some fear that very difficult times still lie ahead. With schools reopening and winter set to force Britons back indoors, will the colder months bring with them another spike in COVID-19 cases? While the country has seen an outpouring of support for frontline workers, is the pandemic actually undermining the social contract in the UK? And with Brexit negotiations forced down the priority list, what impact is the uncertainty about the future of UK-European relations having on British business already struggling? On this Democracy Sausage Extra we’re joined by a top panel of UK-based experts - Ros Taylor, Elizabeth Ames and Georgina Wright - to look at the challenges facing Britain as it tries to manage Brexit negotiations and a global pandemic.Georgina Wright is a Senior Researcher at the Institute for Government, where she focuses on the United Kingdom's engagement and influence in the European Union after Brexit. Her research interests also include Franco-British relations and the future of the European Union.Ros Taylor is Research Manager for the LSE Truth, Trust & Technology Commission and Managing Editor of the LSE Brexit blog, and the host of the Remainiacs and The Bunker podcasts.Elizabeth Ames is an international trade policy expert. She is currently Director of the Britain-Australia Society and Trustee of the Menzies Australia Institute at King's College London.Martyn Pearce is a presenter for Policy Forum Pod and the Editor of Policy Forum.Democracy Sausage with Mark Kenny is available on Acast, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Google Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. We’d love to hear your feedback for this podcast series! Send in your questions, comments, or suggestions for future episodes to podcast@policyforum.net. You can also Tweet us @APPSPolicyForum or join us on the Facebook group.This podcast is produced in partnership with The Australian National University. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Bill Deamer is one of Britain's leading choreographers whose extensive training is grounded in ballet, jazz and tap. He is the first-choice go-to choreographer for period choreography.He started his career when, employed as lead dancer in a production of Cabaret in the West End (choreographed and directed by his mentor Dame Gillian Lynne OBE), he was offered an opportunity to choreograph his own version of Cabaret at Salisbury Playhouse. From there he has never looked back… He was reunited with Gillian Lynne when he was invited by Sir Andrew Lloyd Webber and Sir Trevor Nunn to create the new tap choreography for the critically-acclaimed production of Cats at The London Palladium in 2014 (which has subsequently run world-wide). Other notable productions include The Boy Friend (Menier Chocolate Factory), Top Hat (For which Bill won the Olivier Award for Best Choreographer), the 50th Anniversary UK Tour of The Sound of Music, Evita at the Dominion Theatre, UK/European revival Saturday Night Fever and the acclaimed Follies at The National Theatre directed by Dominic Cooke, for which Bill was nominated for his third Olivier Award.  Bill is also a very successful choreographer for film & television – His keen eye for the camera has served him well, most notably for So You Think You Can Dance, ITV's All Star Musicals and the hit BBC series Strictly Come Dancing, where he continues to contribute featured group professional routines and Charlestons.Throughout his career Bill has also become an expert on Fred Astaire, one of his dance idols. He directed and choreographed the first-ever tribute to Fred at the London Palladium, and has appeared in ITV Perspectives programme For the Love of Fred Astaire. 

As promised this is the second UK & European tours show.

Support Us! www.patreon.com/progressivetales www.paypal.com/progresivnasuza -------------------------------------------------------------- www.progresivnasuza.com -------------------------------------------------------------- www.instagram.com/progresivna_suza @progressivetales progresivnasuza@gmail.com -------------------------------------------------------------- Bonus Episode 29 - Anthony Pappa -------------------------------------------------------------- Long renowned for his passion, dedication & flawless mixing and marathon DJ sets, and having just been voted 75th of all time best DJ of in the world (voted ahead of current superstars such as Swedish House Mafia, Avicii, Afrojack and Arman van Helden) by Dash Berlin World, Anthony Pappa's unique trademark defining “track selection, journey build, & precision mixing skills” coupled with his overall way of making things just pop has seen him become one of Australia's most successful DJ exports. Originally from Melbourne, Anthony's DJ career began at the age of 15 where he won the DMC mixing championship. At the age of 20, due frustrated at being halfway around the world from where the music he loved was happening, he moved to the UK's capital, London, to follow his passion & love of music & Djing. The move was not in vain as it wasn't long before his talents were picked up by a core group of the UK's biggest DJ's who together & forged a strong squad of players that would shape the sounds that have been constantly evolving and always pushing the boundaries over the last two decades and will continue to do so for many years to come by Anthony & others alike. To date, having a history of 30 years within the electronic music industry (clubs, festivals, parties) and having world renowned B4Bookings Agency by Anthony's side, standing alongside fellow DJ's the likes of Davide Squillace, Marco Carola, Slam & Paco Osuna to name but a few, he has forged constant touring & success throughout South America, Mexico, Europe & Australia. With various tours seeing him, in one year, having a touring schedule including just over 100 performances at various clubs and festivals over the globe he never disappoints his fans. Alongside DJing & continuing to build a reputation for his un-parallel mixing skills, set programming plus the ability to adapt to whatever club environment he finds himself in, Production was & is still is key to Anthony's success. His use of musical knowledge of chord structures and melodic phrasing to make sure everything is mixed in key is evident in every track he seamlessly blends / mixes together. Key tracks produced include: with high profile releases including his massive collaboration with King Unique called “Vamoosh” released on Bedrock and long time classic Freefall “Skydive” on Stress Records which was UK/European number 1 hit single in the charts. With numerous club anthem singles, remixes plus 6 mix compilations (2 at 200,000 + in sales) he has been released on labels including Sony/BMG, Platipus Records, System Recordings, EQ (Grey), Darkbeat Recordings ‘Darkbeat 10th Anniversary Collection' and most notably on Boxed Global Underground Nubreed series. Mixed compilations for Renaissance and was the first DJ to be selected for the Global Underground Nu Breed series which saw him, play over 70 cities around the world and amass sales of over 50,000 copies of the release. Anthony has also done mixes for the cover mount CD for DJ Mag's coveted Top 100 DJ's edition receiving high praise from all the big hitters and industry professionals alike. https://soundcloud.com/anthonypappa

BLOOM RECORDS PODCAST 205 - ANTHONY PAPPA https://soundcloud.com/anthonypappa Long renowned for his passion, dedication & flawless mixing and marathon DJ sets, and having just been voted 75th of all time best DJ of in the world (voted ahead of current superstars such as Swedish House Mafia, Avicii, Afrojack and Arman van Helden) by Dash Berlin World, Anthony Pappa’s unique trademark defining “track selection, journey build, & precision mixing skills” coupled with his overall way of making things just pop has seen him become one of Australia’s most successful DJ exports. Originally from Melbourne, Anthony’s DJ career began at the age of 15 where he won the DMC mixing championship. At the age of 20, due frustrated at being halfway around the world from where the music he loved was happening, he moved to the UK’s capital, London, to follow his passion & love of music & Djing. The move was not in vain as it wasn’t long before his talents were picked up by a core group of the UK’s biggest DJ’s who together & forged a strong squad of players that would shape the sounds that have been constantly evolving and always pushing the boundaries over the last two decades and will continue to do so for many years to come by Anthony & others alike. To date, having a history of 30 years within the electronic music industry (clubs, festivals, parties) and having world renowned B4Bookings Agency by Anthony’s side, standing alongside fellow DJ’s the likes of Davide Squillace, Marco Carola, Slam & Paco Osuna to name but a few, he has forged constant touring & success throughout South America, Mexico, Europe & Australia. With various tours seeing him, in one year, having a touring schedule including just over 100 performances at various clubs and festivals over the globe he never disappoints his fans. Alongside DJing & continuing to build a reputation for his un-parallel mixing skills, set programming plus the ability to adapt to whatever club environment he finds himself in, Production was & is still is key to Anthony’s success. His use of musical knowledge of chord structures and melodic phrasing to make sure everything is mixed in key is evident in every track he seamlessly blends / mixes together. Key tracks produced include: with high profile releases including his massive collaboration with King Unique called “Vamoosh” released on Bedrock and long time classic Freefall “Skydive” on Stress Records which was UK/European number 1 hit single in the charts. With numerous club anthem singles, remixes plus 6 mix compilations (2 at 200,000 + in sales) he has been released on labels including Sony/BMG, Platipus Records, System Recordings, EQ (Grey), Darkbeat Recordings ‘Darkbeat 10th Anniversary Collection’ and most notably on Boxed Global Underground Nubreed series. Mixed compilations for Renaissance and was the first DJ to be selected for the Global Underground Nu Breed series which saw him, play over 70 cities around the world and amass sales of over 50,000 copies of the release. Anthony has also done mixes for the cover mount CD for DJ Mag’s coveted Top 100 DJ’s edition receiving high praise from all the big hitters and industry professionals alike. Tracklist 1. Thales Boutroumlis & Tantum - "Aether" 2. Dubfire Feat. Carl Craig & Kate Elsworth - "Lotus" Original Mix 3. Ejeca - "Bends" 4. Paul Ursin - "Frame" 5. Guy J - "Day Of Light" 6. Zoo Brazil - "Nash" 7. Jinje - "Feetupfeetdown" 8. Zoo Brazil & Nassim Mehran - "Tact" 9. Guy J - "Mind Of"

On the last day of our UK/European tour we recorded a Q&A episode in Berlin. You asked, we answered.

Welcome to the new Transatlantic Titans Podcast! Harry & Adam introduce themselves and tell you about what's to come in the next few weeks - plenty of Titans chat from a UK/European perspective. Please get in touch if you'd like to get involved, or appear on the show. Find us on Twitter @TransatlanticTN or search for our group on Facebook. Titan Up!

Andrew Guile and Luke Cowles discuss the case of Hammerton in the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR). On 17th March 2016 the European Court of Human Rights published the long awaited decision in the above case where GN Law represented the applicant.https://www.gnlaw.co.uk/gn_law_media/news/2016/echr_award_damages_for_judicial_error

3 guests for the price of 1 on this episode! Luke Appleton is the bass player in American metal band Iced Earth, currenty promoting his solo acoustic album "Snake Eyes" He joined Marc & Tek in the studio to discuss his current UK & European tour, the current situation with Iced Earth, Absolva, his brother Chris Appleton and his plans for the rest of the year and beyond. Rishi Mehta is the lead guitarist in Uk metal band Babylon Fire. He is accompanying Luke on parts of his solo tour. He opens up about the current state of Babylon Fire, his time playing with Luke and his plans for the future. They also performed "Snake Eyes" live in the studio. Lynne Hampson is the co-founder of Rocksector Records and SOS Festival, currently in its 12th year. Speaking on the the lineup of this year's lineup, the history of the festival and the ongoing working relationship Rocksector have with former Iron Maiden vocalist Blaze Bayley who is currently on a US tour. Luke Appleton: - Website - www.lukeappleton.net - Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/lukeappletonofficial/ - Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/lukeappletonofficial/ - YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC3Yv7miJaGkkRd3A15_ZwpA ........................................................................................ Iced Earth: - Website - http://icedearth.com/ - YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC_-B-_fqZ02JdIyXJ04CBaQ - Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/artist/3KEixcRfBS5K3E91Vn1Kdy?autoplay=true&v=A Absolva - www.absolva.com Rishi Mehta: Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/rishibabylon Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/rishibabylon/ Lynne Hampson: Website - www.rocksectorrecords.com SOS Festival - http://www.mwaweb.com/SOS_2019_HOME.HTML Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/lynne.hampson.39 ................................................................................. Behind The Noise Insiders Private Facebook Group: http://bit.ly/BTNInsiders Host: Marc Farquhar Instagram - www.instagram.com/marcfarquhar Facebook - www.facebook.com/themarcfarquhar Twitter - www.twitter.com/marcfarquhar Producer Tek Twitter - www.twitter.com/producertek Behind The Noise Email us - podcast@behindthenoise.net Website - www.behindthenoise.net Facebook - www.facebook.com/behindthenoisepodcast Sponsor - Very Metal Art - www.verymetal.co.uk Listen on Spotify - http://bit.ly/SpotifyBTN Listen/Download/Subscribe on Apple Podcasts/iTunes- http://bit.ly/BTNiTunes Watch on YouTube - http://bit.ly/BTNYouTube Subscribe on iTunes/Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Spotify and also get the podcast on Stitcher, Apple Podcasts App, Podcast Addict App on Android, iHeart Radio and TuneIn.

If you haven't heard of this fresh, exciting, brand new eco-shopping site check this freshly grown podcast episode and Zwoice, online! Be kind to yourself and the planet :D #zwoice #revolutionary #greenwave #plasticfreepollutionfree #greenerthoughtspodcast *SPECIAL EPISODE topic for UK/European listeners :P* From the episode: https://www.epa.gov/greenerproducts; greenmarket.com "The 1st Sierra Club May Anniversary Greener Thoughts Prize Giveaway" is SLATED to start TODAY, on May 2, 2019 UNTIL The Sierra Club's anniversary on May 28, 2019! The details ARE as follows: ONgoing giveaway, details - Prizes: 1 SIERRA CLUB giveaway prize pack including: (1) XXL Sierra Club Logo Showcase T-Shirt; (1) One-Size Fits All "Make America Green Again Hat" - Make America Green again by supporting the Sierra Club’s work advancing climate solutions, fighting for clean air and water, and keeping our wild places wild, (1) Sierra Club bumper sticker, and lastly (2) Eco-friendly themed button pins from Etsy + ONTO a (1) Sierra Club Everest Backpack, 16" x 13" x 6" - TO HOLD ALL THESE products. ~ The PRIZE Value pack equates to $55 :D GIVEAWAY info: >*TO ENTER: 1) Recall one fact/info bit from ANY "Greener Thoughts" previous podcast, that you especially enjoyed and talk about it (in the email submission), 2) EXPLAIN one message "Greener Thoughts" has taught you about the environment AND how it's impacted you, AND lastly 3) For ANY past OR current SC members - Detail why you joined the Sierra Club, what year you became a member, and what environmental issues MATTER most to you! Email your answers to greenerthoughtspodcast@gmail.com. The giveaway ends at midnight EST, on May 28, 2019. *Limit 1 page answer for submissions *Limit of 1 winner in giveaway **All of this information is in this podcast episode description AND Also for the episodes, will be published - up until 2 days before THE Sierra Club's anniversary, which is on May 28. The DEADLINE of the giveaway is the Sierra Club's anniversary on May 28, 2019. Please read the above information closely.* Desktop/Mobile: Podcast page (main): https://anchor.fm/greenerthoughtspodcast Supporting Greener Thoughts: https://anchor.fm/greenerthoughtspodcast/support Voice Message Greener Thoughts: https://anchor.fm/greenerthoughtspodcast/message --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/greenerthoughtspodcast/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/greenerthoughtspodcast/support

Good evening on this cooler if somewhat more pleasant Wednesday evening here in the UK. As always please feel free to Listen In, Join In and influence this weeks playlist. Bit of a special tonight with an exclusive interview with Cris Quammie following the private viewing and launch of his first UK/European single "I Love Soul & Motown" which we'll be playing about 9pm UK time. As always we are not gener specific juts a whole lot of good music requested by yourselves with live Chat and Laughter thrown in for good measure.

In the first instalment of a jam-packed two-part episode, Danny grabs some hangs with a handful of the excellent bands that played this year's 2000 Trees Festival. Expect chat with: - Black Peaks vocalist Will Gardner and guitarist Joe Gosney about their hotly-anticipated new album and Pokémon - Conjurer bassist Connor Marshall and drummer Jan Krause about breaking the mould in extreme music and 'double windmilling' - Press to MECO's Luke Caley, Adam Roffey and Lewis Williams about growing up in the same local music scene and culture shocks in Texas - VUKOVI singer Janine Shilstone and guitarist Hamish Reilly about working on new material and wardrobe malfunctions Check out part two of 'Bitchin' Brew goes to 2000 Trees', featuring Boston Manor, The Dirty Nil, Gloo, Vodun and Fatherson! https://soundcloud.com/bitchinbrew/027-2000-trees-special-part-two Black Peaks' new album 'All That Divides' is out October 5th via Rise Records / BMG. Pre-order the album and book tickets for their UK & European headline shows in October / November: http://www.blackpeaks.com/ Conjurer's debut album 'Mire' is out now via Holy Roar Records. Get the album now and see the band on tour with Conan in November / December: https://conjureruk.bandcamp.com/ Press to MECO's second album 'Here's to the Fatigue' is out now via Marshall Records. Pick up a copy and check the band out on their UK headline tour in October / November: http://presstomeco.com/ VUKOVI's self-titled debut album is out now via LAB Records. Play it loud: http://www.vukovi.co.uk/ Theme tune: 'Woes' by Scarecrow Boat, available now digitally and on limited edition cassette via Ol' Boat Records: scarecrowboatpunk.bandcamp.com/ SUBSCRIBE TO BITCHIN' BREW – Available on Apple Podcasts, SoundCloud and Acast: smarturl.it/bitchinbrew Facebook: facebook.com/b.brewcast Twitter: twitter.com/bitchinbrewcast Instagram: instagram.com/bitchinbrewcast Email: b.brewcast@gmail.com

In today's podcast we're talking to Billy Sherwood from legendary prog-rock group YES.Yes remain one of the most influential, ground-breaking and respected progressive rock bands in the world. 2018 marks half a century since their formation and to celebrate this remarkable milestone they will embark on a 13-date UK/European tour next March - #YES50. Having been a founding member back in 1968, Chris Squire, who died in 2015, wanted the band's legacy to continue, and personally chose Billy Sherwood as his successor.

In today's podcast we're talking to Billy Sherwood from legendary prog-rock group YES.Yes remain one of the most influential, ground-breaking and respected progressive rock bands in the world. 2018 marks half a century since their formation and to celebrate this remarkable milestone they will embark on a 13-date UK/European tour next March - #YES50. Having been a founding member back in 1968, Chris Squire, who died in 2015, wanted the band's legacy to continue, and personally chose Billy Sherwood as his successor.

Ahead of his upcoming European tour - which includes a stop off in Brighton on 20th November at The Haunt, we catch up with Irish singer songwriter Bry. We hear about the innovative way he booked his early gigs; how his debut album came together with the help of Greg Wells who has worked with Katy Perry and Adele; how he ended up supporting Twenty One Pilots on the UK + European leg of their tour and we pit the sunny sandy beaches of Brazil against Russia for future tour possibilities. What's the Craic is a weekly Irish radio show that broadcasts on Brighton's Radio Reverb on 97.2FM, DAB and online at radioreverb.com. You can hear it live Mondays at 3pm or catch the repeat on Tuesdays at 8am or Saturdays at 1am GMT. You can follow us on Twitter at @whatsthecraicrr or on facebook.com/whatsthecraicrr for up to date news on whats coming up on the show and to get in touch with us. #Brighton #Hove #Sussex #podcast #Irish #music #gig #tour #album #SnowPatrol #TwentyOnePilots #HarryPotter

Featured Artist: TJ Rosa Tj Rosa grew up in the tiny town of Dayton, Indiana, but currently resides in West Lafayette, where she attends Purdue University studying Elementary Education with minors in Women's Studies and Theatre. She is 19 years old and her instrumental skills include guitar, piano, and ukulele. Tj develops her sound by combining her wide range of influences, including indie, acoustic pop, rock, show tunes, and pop punk. She studies guitar with Jeff Anderson and piano and songwriting with Nicky Kerr. The subject matter of Tj’s tunes ranges from love songs to lullabies, and most things in between, and she’s performed locally at farmers markets, festivals, gallery walks, and concerts. Tj recently released her first EP entitled “Yellow,” which features five of her original songs. You can see Tj perform live at this years Taste of Tippecanoe on Saturday, June 17th. She will be playing at 4pm on the Digby’s Songwriters Stage. Facebook: www.facebook.com/tjrtunes Sound Cloud: www.soundcloud.com/tjrtunes Twitter: www.twitter.com/tjrtunes Website: www.tjrtunes.com   LOCAL SPOTLIGHT: Saturday, May 27th at the Lafayette Theater: Wolves on Bears, Kings Gambit, Yesterday's Chips and The Sluts. You can purchase pre sale tickets through Wolves On Bears, The Sluts or Yesterday's Chips for $5. Without the ore sale tickets it will be $10 at the door. Doors open at 7pm and the show starts at 8pm.   Headlines & Main Topics: The Avril Lavigne Conspiracy Theory Has Returned. Travis Barker Opens Up About His Struggles Post Plane Crash Snoop Dog to Host ‘Joker’s Wild’ Game Show Reboot at TBS Kendrick Lamar Portrait to Hang in U.S. Capitol   Quick Headlines: August Burns Red revealed the UK/European leg of their ‘Messengers’ 10th anniversary tour. Check their social media sites for locations. Punk Rock veterans the Casualties have just put out their tenth record titled ‘Chaos Sound’ and now they’ve announced some tour dates. Check their social media for dates and locations Rumors of a Between The Buried And Me 10-year anniversary tour in honor of their record Color has become a reality. They’ll be on tour with The Contortionist, Polyphia and Toothgrinder starting in September. Paramore announce fall tour Katy Perry is the first judge announced for American Idol reboot. Fifth Harmony’s Camila Capello announces solo album. Mary J. Blige plots ‘Strength of a Woman’ North American tour. Pentatonix’s Avi Kaplan announces he’s leaving the group. Chris Cornell lead singer of Soundgarden and Audioslave has passed away. He was 52. Tom DeLonge teases new Angels & Airwaves coming soon All Time Low’s ‘The Young Renegades Tour’ starts June 30th in Houston, TX and wraps up August 6th in Lake Buena Vista, FL Thy Art Is Murder announce new album and European Tour. The band’s new album ‘Dear Desolation’ will be released later this year. Joining them on tour will be After The Burial, Oceano and Justice For The Damned Tickets do on sale today. Comedian Fred Armisen gage the band Seaway his drum kit after their trailer was stolen Silverstein announce new album ‘Dead Reflection’ and debut new song ‘Retrograde’ Lorde announces new album ‘Melodrama’ The “Pure Heroine” follow-up is out June 16th Forbes: Jay Z and Beyonce worth a combined $1.16 Billion Canadian Songwriters Hall of Fame to induct Neil Young and Bruce Cockburn in first ceremony since 2011

This is a new format where I bring experts from different fields to have a roundtable discussion on a particular topic. Today we speak about the state of transatlantic tech and what you should be thinking about if you’re looking to expand internationally. Note that this was recorded late Dec 2016 just before President Trump came into office. MY 3 GUESTS: (1) Daniel Glazer – partner at Silicon Valley-headquartered law firm, Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, where he leads the New York office’s Technology Transactions practice. He also helps lead WSGR’s US Expansion practice, advising UK and other non-US technology companies on US expansion (2) Pru Ashby – head of North America at London & Partners who are the official promotional company for London. She works on attracting and advising US companies to set up and grow in London (3) Alliott Cole – director at Octopus Ventures, one of Europe’s largest venture capital teams. Some of their investments include: Secret Escapes, yPlan, Zoopla, Swiftkey (sold for $250M to Microsoft) & Lovefilm (sold to Amazon for $200M)   FIVE THINGS TO LISTEN OUT FOR:  (1) Similarities and differences between US and UK/European markets (2) Startup ecosystem post-brexit (3) Future outlook under a Trump presidency (4) How do you structure an expansion into US or Europe (5) What companies have done this well? TIME STAMPS [3m21s] Intros [6m16s] State of UK post brexit [18m49s] Investment growth in London since 2010 [19m28s] It takes 10.2yrs for companies to IPO on average [20m23s] Has the market overreacted to Brexit? [23m9s] Mood post US election [24m16s] How will entrepreneurs think about globalisation [30m9s] Similarities and differences in business culture in US vs UK [42m11s] Recommendations on hiring people in US when you’re a startup [43m35s] How do you structure an expansion [48m27s] Where do you start your first US office [51m41s] When do you know it’s the right time to move [58m36] Examples of companies that have done a good job of expanding [1hr6m] What do companies struggle with when they move [1hr14m] What should US companies think about when expanding to UK [1hr18m] Looking forward  Sign up for exclusive content, giveaways and my email updates: https://www.creatorlab.fm/subscribe Connect on social:   https://www.instagram.com/creatorlabfm https://www.facebook.com/creatorlabfm https://www.twitter.com/creatorlabfm https://www.snapchat.com/add/creatorlabfm   Connect with Bilal: https://www.twitter.com/bzaidi https://www.instagram.com/bzaidi212

Melody sits down with scholar & UK/European citizen Elena Hristova-Benge to discuss her views on England's vote to leave the European Union. She offers insight into problematic media coverage surrounding Brexit and also contextualizes the decision in relation to xenophobia, colonization, and more.

Founder of indie band The Badge recently released solo album BIRDS OF PARADOX featuring performances by members of Wings, The Byrds, The Who, the Plastic Ono Elephant's Memory Band and more ! Jeff Slate is a singer/songwriter from New York City. He co-founded the 1980's mod/punk band the Mindless Thinkers, who were mainstays on the Northeastcollege circuit. In the mid-90's he released “The Townshend Tapes”, on which The Who's Pete Townshend acted as Executive Producer, & opened for Sheryl Crow on her “Tuesday Night Music Club” tour. In 1997 he founded the band The Badge, who released four albums and countless singles EPs and live “bootleg” sets and went on to become darlings of the UK/European “mod” scene in the 2000's. In 2010 Jeff released the single “Dreamtime”, which featured Earl Slick & Carlos Alomar “Birds of Paradox” is his first solo album of original material. Jeff has appeared on television & radio numerous times & his songs have appeared in network television shows & major motion pictures.“It began with an act of charity,” Jeff Slate says I was the musical director for a charity event and Steve Holley who used to be the drummer in Wings, was one of the guest performers. We hit it off and I asked him to drum on somesongs of mine in the studio a few weeks later. When we got in there it was exciting.The songs sounded better than I could have ever dreamed. After 15 years making records and playing live with The Badge a new door had opened and I was excited again about making music.”Those initial sessions led to an album's worth of songs with an all-star cast of players,including Holley & former Wings bandmate Laurence Juber, Gary Van Scyoc & Adam Ippolito , Jimmy “Mack ”McEggliott  Gene Parsons Simon Townshend Josh Phillips Susie Collins  Wayne Cobham &Alex Alexander

As Toby reaches the end of his UK & European tour he visits the studio to talk about his influences & his new album "Speechless" and play four tracks live.

World Renowned Medium & Clairvoyant, Bestselling Author & Star of Lifetime TV's 'Lisa Williams: Life Among the Dead' Celebrated Medium & Clairvoyant Lisa Williams One of the worlds finest spiritual leaders and mediums is back with us once again for another hour of spiritual conversation! Join Christopher as he welcomes back Lisa Williams to the show for a discussion on her upcoming international tour, a chat on spirituality, upcoming events and all things Lisa! About to embark on another amazing UK & European tour and with a few new projects in the works, Lisa will have lots to share with us about her life and her continued spiritual journey. We'll also talk with her on how and why she remains ever strong in her lifelong effort and pursuit in helping others communicate with loved ones on The Other Side. When Lisa Williams was a little girl, she discovered she had a gift. Communicating with those who are no longer with us. Some people say what she does is scary other people say she change their lives. Lisa just says what she hears and sees and she sees a lot. Lisa's personal 'spiritual' journey has been an exciting and rewarding one. She had to go through many life-changing experiences to understand what her calling was in life. Lisa Williams is now able to share her gifts with you through large audience readings on her various lecture tours and her new TV show, Lisa Williams: Voices from the Other Side and also Lisa Williams: Life Among the Dead. Don't miss this exciting conversation as Christopher welcomes back one of the most sought after and leading mediums in the world! PLEASE NOTE: Lisa Williams will not be giving readings, but will be sharing with us some of her candid wit, knowledge and philosophies! Visit Lisa online at www.lisawilliams.com