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We're celebrating our 1st anniversary with the turbo-charged, melodrama-soaked, gravity-defying classic that redefined what a Great Bad Movie truly is. Fast Five is the Citizen Kane of car-based heist movies. We saved this one for a special occasion, because Fast Five isn't just any movie — it's a beautifully chaotic mix of telenovela-level emotional showdowns, dialogue that sounds philosophical but means almost nothing, and incredible action sequences with things you've never seen before. Is it absurd? Absolutely. Is it brilliant? Unquestionably. Is it a little bad? Ummmmmm, all we can say is we love every second of it.Come celebrate with us as we toast to one year of great cinematic achievements, and honor the film that somehow made dragging a vault through Rio with two Dodge Chargers look cooler than it has any right to.Check out this episode's page on our websiteSubscribe to Great Bad Movies wherever you listen to podcastsMore Great Bad Movies online:InstagramGreat Bad Movies WebsiteYouTubeEmail us at greatbadmoviesshow@gmail.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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Ummmmmm.....its been sad girl hours for a minute but come listen to this funny story hahahha. Also, is your man a SUIT or CARHARTT JEAN. This literally came to my mind driving to the mall.

You know the type. That client that is always asking you to do something now, urgently, last minute, whatever. What do you do? How do you handle that? If you are like most Virtual Assistants, you will probably go ahead and do it, even if you are grumbling under your breath the whole time. It's hard, because we are literally in the business of helping our clients. We are service professionals. We do what they need us to do. It's what we think we need to do. Our clients need something, and it's our ‘job' to do it. Well, I'm here to tell you that's not the way it works at all. Yes … they are paying you. But they are not your employer. You don't work for them. You work with them. They are your client. You are a business owner. There are a lot of reasons to remind yourself of this fact, but this is one of the biggest. Your work schedule is yours. You get to determine. You are managing the work tasks and expectations of all of your clients. And yet, we say yes. But here's the most important part - we don't say yes because we are being nice. We say yes because we think we have to. And that's exactly what the issue is. For some reason Virtual Assistants far and wide think that we have to do whatever our clients ask us to do. Not all VAs, of course, but most of us have gone through this stage. Some of you stay in this stage. It's very natural of course when you are starting your business to have this kind of mindset. Maybe natural is not the right word, but it feels like the right word. It's not wrong to have this attitude when you first start. We don't know how to do business when we start out. If you have never run a business before, it's new. We have to learn how to be. We have to learn how to act. We have to learn how to communicate. I give new VAs this advice all the time: when you first start working with a client, don't respond to them immediately. Don't turn tasks around fast. Don't do same day work! Did I do that? Yes, yes, I did. But I expect you not to do it? yes, yes I do. Why? I'm not a hypocrite - I'm trying to save you from making a big mistake that is very hard to break away from. It's why a lot of us veterans, or teachers, or coaches teach you anything we teach you. Because we want you to go down the right path - a different one that maybe we took. When we give you advice about how to handle something in business, or what boundary to put in place, it's usually because we know from experience that you will need that boundary eventually, and we are suggesting that you think about it sooner than we did! Anyhow let's get to it. I want to break this topic down into a few sections so we can talk about how to handle each one, even though the ‘fix' is sometimes similar. Urgent Work I'm going to start right way with the one that gets us all. Your client says I need this work done now. It's their emergency. And sometimes it really does appear to be an emergency. Something has been forgotten, or there is a tech issue that needs to be handled. When clients are freaking out about something, our first instinct is often to jump to attention. We are helpers. It's what we do. It's what we are building our business around. But it doesn't mean that we can drop everything to help every time. Sometimes? Sure we can. And I do believe that if we have the time and availability, we can freely choose to help when an emergency arises. However, there has to be a boundary in place about what you will do, and when. Because clients get really used to having us at their beck and call quickly. Trust me. I had a client that I worked with for 7 years, and my business hours were 10 to 4 Eastern, Monday to Friday. She was single so she worked odd hours, long hours, and she often mentioned in the afternoon that I would be done soon. I could tell it bugged her that I didn't work late, but I had to stop client work at 4 so I could finish my own day by 5. Well, actually it is no one's business why I need to stop my work at 4! but that's basically why. Anyway that's not even what my story is about! One day I had an appointment in the morning so I did some stuff early like at 7 am I was emailing her stuff for the day, or whatever. Surprise, she was online (or maybe she went online when she saw an email notification from me), and she said something like ‘early morning', and then I told her I had to be out for a bit so I was getting an early start, yes. She then asked if I could send an email broadcast out for her before 9 am. Odd request, we had worked together for so long and I never got a request like that from her. So I obliged. I didn't want to do it, but I did. I turned around one request in an hour - at 7:30 in the morning. Because I was being nice. Guess what happened? Later that week, she sent another request after hours (I actually think it was early hours) for another email broadcast to go out before 9 am. Remember when I told you that my office hours were 10 to 4? So she requested this task after 4 one day and wanted it done before 9 the next day. Ummmmmm. I didn't see it. I didn't do it. And she was annoyed. So we had a conversation. I asked her why she would think that I would be able to do that, or would even agree to it on such short notice. She said, well you did it earlier this week. I know you're online outside of business hours. Yes! After 7 years of never having this type of request, it took ONCE for her to think she could do it again. She wasn't trying to be mean or needy or anything of the sort. She just needed something done and she figured I would do it. Because I had before. And because I was nice. Needless to say, we had an uncomfortable conversation about my availability and my lead times, which I'll talk about later in this episode. But honestly that's how quickly it happens. So well the veterans tell you that it happens. It always happens. And you have to prepare for it. What to do about emergency work? Set up a policy in your business about what constitutes an emergency (not everything is), and discuss what you are prepared to respond to (ie tech issues) and what you are not (phone calls) or whatever. Same Day Work I hear you. Same day work - but Tracey, if I can't do things for my clients during the day, they don't need me. I have to do same day work. Okay, we are going to have to define same day work. Naturally I don't mean that you can never do anything the same day a client requests it. But here is what I mean - you set your schedule. You set it. Not your clients. So if you have a client that you do work for and you have them slotted in to your calendar several times a day, you don't have to know exactly what's going to get done in that timeframe. If a clients says here are the calls to make today, or here are the emails to send today, or here are the graphics for today - whatever - you can do them. I get pushback from VAs often about that. You still decide what gets done and when. But what I am saying is that you should not be sitting around waiting all day for your clients to send you something to do - and you definitely shouldn't be looking at every task request as urgent. We just talked about emergencies. Not everything is urgent. If you have time to get something done, then do it. But be careful of turning work around quickly every single time. Because there will be a time when you can't do that anymore, when your client workload becomes much heavier, and your clients are going to notice the drop in service. It's not a drop in service, but when they compare it to what they have been able to get done previously, it will feel like it. The first thing I suggest doing is when the client sends you a work request, ask them when they need it done by. It's a simple thing that helps you assert yourself and let them know that you are putting it into your schedule to get done at an appropriate time. Not everything is urgent. I'm going to say it again. Not everything is urgent. Get into the habit of asking your client when they need something done. They will pause and give it thought - and they won't if you don't ask. So just ask! Book things into your calendar more thoughtfully. This needs to be done today, this needs to be done by Wednesday, and this just needs to be done this week or some time this month. You can do it! It's a really simple way to take control of your schedule. And then when you come to ‘today', you decide what gets done. And if you need to move something, you can. Rush Work Now the other topics may have sounded like rush work too, and they are probably making you rush, but that's not the type of work I'm referring to. There can be all kinds of reasons that a client asks for a rush job. Usually it's because they are behind on a deadline or a project - and so what they are asking for is for you to turn your attention to something. At least that's how I make sense of a rush job request. The client doesn't really realize what they are asking for. But a rush job to me means you are hurrying - you are rush hour. Now that I think of it, rush hour is not really aptly named at all. It's not a rush, it's more like slow hour. Why do they call it that? Rush in this case means hurry. At least it does to me. So your client is asking you to hurry up and get something done. Again, whether they realize that's what they are asking or not. In my experience, that means that they are looking for you to complete a task in less time than it would normally take you. That's what makes it a rush. So maybe you usually need 2 days of lead time for something, and the client doesn't get you the pieces in time, so now your Thursday deadline is getting closer and you have less time to get the task done. Maybe they only send you the email copy at 11 pm and the broadcast has to go out at 9 am (and you only start work at 10). ha ha. See what I did there? That to me is rush work. I tell the story often of my client whose newsletter we sent out at 11 am on Thursdays. I billed them an hour for each newsletter that I did for them. They would routinely send me the copy for the newsletter at 10 am on Thursdays. Until one day I told them that wasn't going to cut it anymore. Yes, I billed them an hour, but it didn't mean that I sat down for an hour and did their newsletter every Thursday at 10. Maybe I did all my draft setups on Monday mornings. Maybe I did my images on Tuesday afternoons. Maybe I sent myself the test email on Wednesday at noon. Yes, I was billing an hour, but I was in charge of how that hour was used. See the difference? Of course they weren't doing anything wrong- I was letting them send it very late every week. And no, I wasn't scheduling it out the way I described - but all that meant was that I HAD to be available at 10 am Thursday for an hour to do their newsletter. And I truly didn't. I needed to send it out ON Thursday at 11, but I was not managing my work, and they ended up getting a rush job every week. Until we changed the way we did things. We changed up lead times. I remember working with a client who organized the pieces for her newsletter a week ahead. I thought I was dreaming! But that's the way it can be. And for real, it's the way it should be. When you set proper lead times and deadlines, and you use your calendar and your schedule well - your days will be better managed. You will be more proactive with your clients, and you will run a better VA business. Let's circle back to today's quote from Tonia Kendrick When you're proactive about setting boundaries, you avoid things like burnout and unhappy clients. You can see from the three examples I've described in this episode, that boundaries is the key to avoiding burnout and unhappy clients. Managing the expectations of your clients is going to be an ongoing task - and the better you get at it, the happier everyone will be. Burnout is a reaction to being overworked. That happens when we don't manage our days well. Take control of what you do and when you do it, and you will be happier. You will be more productive. And you will have happier clients too! I'm going to leave it here for today. If time management and setting boundaries and policies is something that you need help with, be sure to get in touch with me. I'm here to help. It's the only reason I'm here at all, as you know. To help you become a ridiculously good VA. I have helped hundreds of VAs who are stuck get moving. I'd love to do the same for you. We can work together privately, or in The Virtual Circle, my monthly mastermind group, or in my Plan to Profit group coaching program, or you can enroll in some of my self study trainings. I have lots of options to move your forward. Check them out in the show notes for this episode. Thanks for tuning in this week! I'll see you next time! ‌ Let's work together privately to get you to your really big goal. It's the fastest way to get results and we can start right away. Learn more about private coaching here. The Virtual Circle (TVC) is a monthly mastermind group for Virtual Assistants just like you. We get together 3 times a month for group Zoom sessions to talk about what you are struggling with, working on, or celebrating. It's a close knit community of your VA colleagues that provides the best kind of support for your VA business. Learn more about TVC here. My self study program Getting Started as a VA can help you get your VA business started easily and quickly too. You can sign up right away and be on your way to getting clients by the end of the program, with all the right foundations in place. Check out the program here. Reach out to me if you need to talk about where you are stuck and what the right option might be to get you moving. It's literally all I'm here to do is help you get to where you want to go. Book a complimentary Cut to the Chase call with me here.

Ummmmmm... so we forgot October has 31 days. So now finishing off ADHD Awareness Month 2022, the latest misshape of an episode discusses alcohol and ADHD, including sober and unemotionally delivered psychoeducation from Alex the Psychoeducation Monkey,  personal reflections and the usual Gaby Logan-laced 'top tips'.  'What has James lost, forgotten or mislaid this week?" returns just to annoy Alex, whilst correspondence from 'Robert from Kidderminster'?  continues AND Alex butchers messages from real listeners as usual.   James gets shushed again and Alex is uncomfortable. Mrs ADHD manages to shoe herself in with a cameo...Support the showWritten by Alex Conner and James BrownProduced by James Brown and Afatscientist Ltd.Social media contacts: @adhdadultukMusic by Sessionz

Hi again. It's me. Ummmmmm happy Halloween. I'll say it a million times. I know I don't sound it at the moment but I have been so goddamn happy for real. It's Halloweeeeeeen!!!!!! Anyway please know that you aren't entitled to any part of me. This shouldn't offend you if you're actually a cool person okay thank you for understanding happy Halloween be safe!

Ummmmmm what is going on? So we may have tempted fate a bit too much with our October of demons, and something terrifying happened when we recorded Episode 192. We spill some of the spooky details about what we experienced, and then hear your tales of being hunted and haunted by the other side. We're talking UFO's, ghost pets, phone calls from spirits, and a possible paranormal encounter with yourself! Come share your tale on Campfire Stories every Tuesday at 8pm ET live on Spotify. Follow Campfire Stories on Spotify Live. Have ghost stories of your own? E-mail them to us at twogirlsoneghostpodcast@gmail.com This podcast is sponsored by First Person and The Confessionals. Start improving your brain health and cognition with First Person! Get 15% off your first order by going to getfirstperson.com and use code TGOG. The Confessionals is an interview podcast that features real witnesses of creepy encounters, paranormal experiences, and unexplained events as they tell their strange-but-true stories! You can listen to The Confessionals on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and most other podcast players. If you enjoy our show, please consider donating to our Patreon. We promise to make it worth your time and we promise not to haunt you. We have a variety of different tiers that will give you access to bonus content, special shoutouts, discounted merch and more! Patreon.com/twogirlsoneghostpodcast. Finally, please Rate and Review the podcast on iTunes and follow us on social media! Youtube, Instagram, TikTok, Facebook, and Discord. Original music by Arms Akimbo! Disclaimer: the use of white sage and smudging is a closed practice. If you're looking to cleanse your space, here are some great alternatives! 

Torgo is back as we talk about Batman 66, Stranger Things, Ninth House, Bevis and Butthead Do the Universe, Last Night in Soho, TMNT: Shredder's Revenge, Forbidden Desert, The Kaiju Preservation Society, Upside Down Pictures, Who's The Boss, Gentleminions, Exandria United: Calamity, Disney's $5000 cocktail, the retirement of John Williams, plus we give away the Whiskey Golem (Thanks once again to Scoop Addison). Ummmmmm (ding), it's time for a Geek Shock!

If you tuned in last week we discussed love lust and curiosity! This week is a continuation of the conversation! If you didn't listen to last weeks episode go back and listen first!! 

Beloved astrophysicist and Twitter gadfly Neil Degrasse Tyson said that "the good thing about science is that it is true whether you believe it or not." This didn't sit well with America's sassiest meat product who clapped back "log off bro." The guys share their reflections on who got the better in what turned out to be a clash of intellectual titans. In the end Mike shares a great tip for trying out a new restaurant without breaking the bank (spoiler alert: it's not dine and dash)

In this delicious episode I'm joined by the utterly brilliant comedian, actor and award winning podcast ‘Poppy Hillstead has entered the chat', Poppy Hillstead. We both attended our dear mate Amy Gledhill's surprise birthday party the night previous so we dragged our sorry hangovers to a beautiful Japanese restaurant in Borough called Wawa and we ate our body weight in the most incredibly delicious food. Ummmmmm num nummmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm it was so goooooood. Everything written below in CAPITALS is a link to the relevant webpage.Honourable Mentions/ LinksPoppy has got a BRAND NEW WEB SERIES OUT NOW CALLED POPPY - everything she touches she turns funny and this is no exception, get it down your eyes at once.Follow her HERE ON INSTAGRAM and HERE ON TWITTERAnd best listen to her belting podcast POPPY HILLSTEAD HAS ENTERED THE CHATWe ate at the understated and absolutely delicious WAWA in London BridgeLove this podcast generally? Thank you. FOLLOW US ON INSTAGRAMGo to PATREON to see what I swap your money for ace podcast related stuff like totally exclusive content and guest recipes. It'll help me keep the podcast not just alive, but also thriving. Thanks so so so much if you've become a patron recently and/ or stuck with me since the beginning of this. Also - if you'd wanted to donate something as a one-off you can DO THAT HERE on the Acast Supporter page thing. You can BOOK TICKETS TO MY STAND UP HEREOther maybe interesting things we mentioned this week were….SPAGHETTI HOOPS are these things, if you're not from the UK, often just referred to as ‘hoops', in London pronounced ‘oops'I somehow managed again to toot on about Watford's awesome FAYROOZ and THE FACTORYThis is GYLES BRANDRETH and here is HIS HOOVERING EPISODEIf you didn't see the lovely OCTOPUS DOCUMENTARY it's a must, an even bigger must SQUID GAME FRAZZLE CHICKENSupport this show http://supporter.acast.com/hoovering. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

"Ummmmmm, excuse me? I thought you always start with 'Why?'" I know, I know - sorry Simon Sinek fans. Him and all those other Why-seekers out there are not misguided, they just maybe haven't experienced the volatility and unreliability of 'Why?' questions.  In this episode I wanted to talk about contacting the purpose that drives your service and the key foundation of awareness that's good to have before the 'why's' are able to take you anyway.What the heck am I talking about?The importance of connecting to the feeling of purpose - a profoundly more effective way of approaching purpose than looking at is as an objective or a reason. True purpose is not always reasonable.How to familiarize yourself with the truly meaningful drivers of the work you do so you can create maximum impact, happiness and fulfillment.How to avoid the uncertainty and abstraction that exploring 'Why?' can create.When to check in with and re-evaluate expired 'Why's.How to use your past pain to heal and help others.Goes Well With...Service Prep Practice | Mobilize Your Inner Service SuperheroWin By Letting Go of Service Outcomes | Ep. 111Go Deeper Into the Mindful Service Movement:Subscribe/Review on i-TunesGet Access to the live workshops and master the service mindsetJoin the Facebook CommunityFollow Me on InstagramConnect with me on LinkedInCheck out my partnership with The Institute for Organizational Mindfulness

One question that comes up all the time with my clients and members of the Side Hustle Teachers community is how I manage to consistently put out my blogcast week after week.  There are 2 things I rely on; systems and tools. I'll address my systems in a future blogcast, but today let's talk about tools. I'm going to walk you through my complete content creation process and tell you which tools I use for each step. Some are free, some have a modest fee, but all of them are indispensable in my business. Google Business Suite I use Google in a myriad of ways, but when it comes to content creation, I use it in 2 key ways. First I maintain a spreadsheet of blogcast topics. Every 6 months or so I draft a list of ideas to share, then organize it into a spreadsheet, organized by planned date of publication.  When it's time to craft my content, I have created a Content Planning Worksheet that provides spaces for every aspect of my content, from title to the actual blogcast, to social media shares. (The Content Planning Worksheet is available to students enrolled in Content Made Simple.) I make a copy of the CPW for each blogcast, then craft my content in the doc.  I pay for Google Business Suite for the extra storage (it's $1.99 a month), but it's also available for free until you reach your storage limit. WordPress Once the blogcast is crafted, it gets pasted into a new post on my website.  My website is built on WordPress and it allows me to host all my content, sales pages, and everything else I need for an online presence. If you don't have a website already, I recommend getting your domain and hosting through Siteground. I've been with them since I started my blog many, many years ago and have yet to be disappointed by their service. Siteground also makes it easy to install WordPress on your site for free. I use the Divi theme on my site, but there are many free themes to use as you get started. Each year WordPress releases a new theme of the year, which are typically well designed and audience-friendly. PicMonkey My next step in the process of crafting my content is to create my graphics. I make 6 graphics for each post, but that is not what I'd recommend when you're starting out. Before deciding what graphics you need, consider what platforms you're going to use.  I suggest you create a square and horizontal image for each post or episode. If you also want to utilize Pinterest, you also need a vertical image. For my graphics I use PicMonkey. It lets me save my brand colors, add videos to images, and I get access to a massive library of stock photos. Another option that many people love is Canva. You can try PicMonkey free for 7 days here. Social Warfare Within my website I use the plugin called Social Warfare. It allows me to create prepopulated shares for Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, and more, for each post. It also gives me the floating bard on the side of my website that allows people to share my blogcast with just one click.  Using this tool, when someone clicks the share button, let's use Pinterest as an example, their new pin will populate with the image I've selected and the description I've created. They can edit the description, of course, but it gives me more control over the way my brand is presented. Adobe Audition There are hundreds of programs that let you record your voice for a podcast, but the one I like best, and use every week, is Adobe Audition. It's part of the Creative Cloud program, so you may have access through your school.  I like Audition because it's fairly easy to learn and it enables me to edit my own blogcast in minimal time - because anything that saves me time is awesome. I know it has a lot of features I don't use, but the ones I do use save me time and money. Adobe offers a discounted rate for teachers. Scroll to the bottom of the linked page to find it. Libsyn Once the sound is recorded, I upload it to my podcast host, Libsyn (short for Liberated Syndication). I recommend using a paid hosting company like Libsyn (only $5 a month) over the free platforms because of the ease of use, customer service, listener stats, and multiple distribution channels. Libsyn also allows me to embed my episodes on the blog post page, making it easier for people to listen and helping to grow my listenership. ConvertKit Once the content is created, I draft an email to those signed up for my list. The email text is included in the Content Planning Worksheet, so I can simply copy and paste it into ConvertKit. One way I make my weekly emails easier is to duplicate the email from the week before, then adjust the sections as necessary. This also ensures that the correct people on my email list get the Side Hustle Headlines email. Those who are new to my list are in what's called a nurture sequence, and to prevent them from getting an overload of emails I don't send them the weekly messages. The ability to create nurture sequences, tag subscribers, and segment my list are what makes ConvertKit my email service provider of choice for 7 years now! Use ConvertKit for free until you have 1,000 subscribers! CinchShare The last step in my content creation process is to schedule my posts for social media. In my personal opinion a good scheduling program is essential for all business owners, but especially teachers. We aren't available to post on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, Linked In all day long.  Just imagine, “Hang on class, I just have to post this prompt to my Facebook group.” Ummmmmm. No. Each Sunday night I get all my posts for the week loaded into CinchShare, use their auto-scheduler to set up times for everything to go out, and click “schedule.” So before I go to bed I know that all my prompts, stories, posts, questions, quotes… you get the idea… will go out on time. Try CinchShare for 14 days for free. Using the right tools can have a massive impact on your business. It can take stress off of you and make running a business while teaching much more manageable. While it may take a small investment to get access to some tools, the time, energy, and effort you save will be well worth it. For a complete list of all the tools and programs I recommend, check out the resources page on my site.

Hey there! Hope all is well with you, So happy and “happy” to say my ceiling finally got fixed. My eyes are telling you a deeper story without words. Today will be fun as the guy who fixed the ceiling also is here to fix a fan in a garage. Of course, he is using a saw so he is a part of the show too. I even have his battery charger charging in the house as I am recording this. I tell ya people think I just sit in my house. No man, I'm Pinky and The Brain up in here. Except I don't really want to take over the World. Anyhoo, today I am in the streets ha I should say outside for some answers to a question, sharing some stories that caught my eye and a random question. This guy and his saw brt. So I am loving all the compliments I am getting on the hair lately, it's all about the curly hair squad these days. So many women! Song by: Sugar Beats Do It! Yo so I saw this Instagram of this lady getting her hair trimmed, and her hair was long and I guess unhealthy. The comments about the amount cut off reminded me how when I was younger I wasn't trying to cut my hair either. Friggin hairdressers with the life lessons. You gotta let go to grow. Made me think of other things we don't let go of. Jobs, relationships, clothes. I've been playing games and having fun with the energy, seeing what I need to let go of. Okay so onto the show, you know Pfizer is now FDA approved right? Ummmmmm. But remember we had to get vaccines for school. BUT, For the conspiracy theorist, they are not helping. You guys let those movies come out that just seem too close to real life and there are those of us who believe that it comes out in the movies first and then it happens in real life. I know your cool friends told you this. So you cannot blame people for not trusting you. Plus all the real-life crazy. They need to handle this much better. Onto Good news, living longer. A longevity researcher gives us some tips. More news and New Segment: The Nerd in Me, SO…there is an asteroid that will be passing near Earth in early Sept. this thing is Huge, larger than a football field and taller but Nasa says we are pretty much free of and direct hits until next century or so. Back after the break, the question that has been on my mind lately are labels. Are we separating ourselves more by labels or are they bringing us together? Labels or pictures create meaning for us and do we then live up to the label? When you first meet someone is it more about how nice you are rather than what your label/title is? So rather than me rambling on I went and asked some folks. So before we run outta here, I am gonna draw a random question from the candybowl. Gotta watch or Listen on the podcast platforms. Man this show was fun! Hit me up on social, if you have a question to go into the fishbowl or a topic I should ask folks about hit me up! IG: @SonjaDenyse @RandomIshWithSonja @ManifestBeautyTV Watch on ManifestBeauty.TV or Channel MBE on Firestick or Roku.

Ummmmmm! Best podcast ever alert? Maybe. You'll have to listen to find out. This week, we cover THE INVISIBLE MAN and 1933.

Hello Raider Nation... It's come down to our LAST GAME for the Raiders for the 2020 Season... but TECHNICALLY it is the FIRST GAME (Literally and Figuratively) for 2021 for the Raiders.  People are saying LOSE to get a Higher Draft pick.  Well, honestly... if you think the CHARGERS are going to beat the Chiefs... IN KANSAS CITY... for their last game? Ummmmmm... that'd be the ONLY way I'd consider not beating the Donkeys in OUR game.  Let's get to 8-8 and go from there.  I feel the Chargers will STILL pick ahead of the Raiders even IF we're both 7-9.  I may be wrong... but it's still likely.  WIN IN 2021.  Get a REAL DEFENSE with a Defensive Coordinator with some chutzpah (look it up if you're not into Yiddish).  BE AGGRESSIVE.  And draft/get DEFENSIVE HELP in Free Agency this off-season.  THAT is the ONLY WAY the Raiders will be a RELEVANT team in 2021.  Agree? Disagree? Let's hear from you.

On this week's episode the hosts are on a mission to fend off the Sunday Scaries with strong tequila cocktails. Em’s panties are bunched about how much she says UMMMMMM and also how expensive it is to treat herself at coffee shops, Nate is queued up with cartoons for adults (adult cartoons?), specifically Rick and Morty, while the hosts are stuck on chatty hair stylists, covid and college sports, and how there is still good in this world. Booze: Tequila Panties in a Bunch: How much Em says UMMMMMM and also her expensive coffee habit Queued Up: Rick and Morty Stuck on It: chatty hair stylists, covid and college sports, and how there is still good in this world Next Week's Booze: FANCY Cocktails of your own choosing

Um… (Why I write outlines before each podcast.) Short one today, and kind of a “back-of-house” focus. I thought it might be worthwhile to share a little bit about how the sausage gets made. My MO for creating this podcast each day. So different podcasters have different philosophies on show prep. Some completely wing it. They may have a general idea of what they’re going to talk about, but they improvise, playing off of their cohosts to create something spur-of-the-moment Others are more like an NPR host, carefully preparing a script and effectively reading it on the air. I fall somewhere in between, but if I’m honest, a little bit closer to the latter.. I come into each recording session with a pretty well-fleshed-out outline of what I want to say. There are a bunch of reasons I do this. For one, while I may have a topic in mind before I record, I’m often surprised to see just how much that topic can shift, based on what I write down. Occasionally, I end up discarding my original idea and picking a different topic entirely. Second reason for outlining my podcast scripts: I make a better show when I plan it out ahead of time. There’s a limit, a legit ceiling, to how clever I can be off the top of my head. When I improvise too much, I feel like I too often just scratch the surface of a topic. Gaps in logic and obvious corollaries go unexplored, just because they didn’t spring to mind in the moment. Whereas when I outline, and especially when I read through that outline a time or two, I end up restructuring my thoughts into something resembling an argument. “Oh, that belongs up there,” or, “Hey, that’s kind of irrelevant, isn’t it!” Finally, while outlining my ideas ahead of time requires some time investment on the front end, it saves me a ton of work in postproduction. Because I know pretty much what I want to say, I don’t go chasing ideas down rabbit trails that lead nowhere. I don’t stuff every pause with meaningless filler words like “Ummmmmm”, “Errrrrr,” “So…….”. And I’m less likely to stumble over my own tongue trying to get my ideas out of my brain. Now, I do still occasionally mess up. And I haven’t yet excised the word “Um” from my vocabulary. But those missteps are relatively minimal, and fairly easy to clean up in the post-podcast edit. I edit the podcast on the iPad, mainly because my favorite app is so geared to that specific use case. A quick swipe of the Apple Pencil, and that “Um” is banished to the digital netherworld. Of course, there are downsides to scripts and outlines First, you lose a little bit of spontaneity and energy when you have a script in hand. It’s just easy to hear to difference between a recitation and an improvised take. I try to keep my delivery loose and relaxed, but I know it’s not quite the same as “doing it live.” Second, this approach really works best for a solo podcast. If I had a cohost (which I’d love to eventually have!), I’d need to be a little bit more nimble, a little better able to give and take on the fly. But for now, it works for me. I like the end result, and I feel like it’s worth the investment. So that’s my justification for the podcast outline. Just in case you’re curious, I’m gonna dump this outline into the show notes, so you can see for yourself how closely I hewed to my script for this episode. What’s your take on podcast show prep? Do you like to plan every pivot, or do you prefer to show up and see what spills out of your head? I’d love to hear from you…Thanks very much Video Game Coin sound effect by harrietniamh. Licensed under CC BY 3.0.

We RE DRUNK. Ummmmmm no idea what this episode is about but that doesn't matter. We are wasted thanks to the cororna virus. Anyways, listen to this incoherent bullshit and let me know what you think. Hopefully we all die from Cool Ranch Doritos overdoes. This is Good Times With Arsenic.

UMMMMMM, So we have a lot of questions. We can’t wait for you to meet Jan Lewan, the “Polka God” at the center of this thing. But we also can’t wait for you to meet his wife Rhonda, who definitely didn’t win the Mrs. Pennsylvania 1998 pageant, no matter what she tells you. And look, there’s no getting around it, there’s a lot of polka and super old people in this one. But also fraud and a SUPER PISSED accordion player. Also, The Pope (do you capitalize the The in The Pope? Whatever) makes an appearance, and Patrick gets a new drag name. This one is jam packed with laughs at just the right time, so enjoy and then CALL YOUR MOTHER, she’s wondering how you’re doing. LOOKING FOR MORE TCO? On our Patreon feed (https://www.patreon.com/TrueCrimeObsessed) , you'll find over 100 FULL BONUS episodes to BINGE RIGHT NOW! Including our episode-by-episode coverage of "Don't F**K With Cats," "The Menendez Murders," "The Murder of Laci Peterson," "Casey Anthony: American Murder Mystery," "Serial," "The Jinx," "Making A Murderer," "The Staircase," "Lorena," "The Disappearance of Madeleine McCann," "OJ: Made in America" and so many more! You can also get ad-free versions of our regular episodes! JOIN HERE! (https://www.patreon.com/TrueCrimeObsessed) WE LAUNCHED A NEW PODCAST! (https://www.obsessedwithpod.com/) "Obsessed With: Abducted In Plain Sight" is a 4-part podcast series hosted by Patrick Hinds and Skye Borgman, the director of Abducted in Plain Sight. The podcast takes you behind the scenes of the smash hit documentary by sharing new interview with Jan and her parents, deleted scenes, AN INSANE PLOT LINE THAT LEFT OUT OF THE FILM THAT YOU WON'T BELIEVE, and audio journal recorded by the kidnapper himself and later recovered by the FBI. BINGE ALL 4 EPISODES NOW WHEREVER YOU GET YOUR PODCASTS!

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Ummmmmm, something strange happened in this episode. Greg and I may or may not have gone completely off the rails, and it wasn't even about this episode, which sees Michael posing as the boyfriend of a model, who is the unwitting victim of a fake jewelry scam.0:00 - 18:07 - Intro., Welcome, Chit Chat18:09 - 57:49 - Knight Rider Season 2 Episode 14 Discussion57:52 - 52:57 - Who's More Likely?, Next Episode, Close--Follow us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ciampaklein/Instagram: @ciampakleinTwitter: @CiampaKleinEmail us: letusblowyourmind@gmail.comCall our hotline: (207)835-1954Rate and review us on Apple Podcasts!

Ummmmmm, something strange happened in this episode. Greg and I may or may not have gone completely off the rails, and it wasn't even about this episode, which sees Michael posing as the boyfriend of a model, who is the unwitting victim of a fake jewelry scam.0:00 - 18:07 - Intro., Welcome, Chit Chat18:09 - 57:49 - Knight Rider Season 2 Episode 14 Discussion57:52 - 52:57 - Who's More Likely?, Next Episode, Close--Follow us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ciampaklein/Instagram: @ciampakleinTwitter: @CiampaKleinEmail us: letusblowyourmind@gmail.comCall our hotline: (207)835-1954Rate and review us on Apple Podcasts!

Part I.Hashem is HereHE’STAMEI, HE’STAMEI, HE’STAMEIכל ימי אשר הנגע בו יטמא, טמא הוא, בדד ישב מחוץ למחנה מושבו – “All the days that thetzara’asis upon the person he shall betamei,tameihe should be. He should dwell alone; outside the camp should be his place of residence.” (13:46) When reading thispossuk, we are immediately struck by the repetition of thetameistatus of themetzora, “He shall betamei,tameihe should be” and that requires an explanation.So we’ll say as follows: The root “tum” denotes something that is “closed off”. That’s what the wordtumahmeans, and that is the principle underlying all the laws oftumah. Wherever we findtumahwe must understand that itis a decree of Hashem to teach us what should be avoided and shunned.So we read thepossukas follows: “All the days that thetzara’asis upon the person he shall be ritually unclean” – the first word “tamei” speaks of the status oftumah. He is anav hatumah. It’s information we have to know. It’s a technicality the Torah is teaching us; the basic law that this man istameiand makestameianything that comes in contact with him. But the second expression oftumah, “Tameihe should be,” is giving us thereasonfor thetumahbeing imposed on him; as if to say: “He shall betamei, because Hashem desires that he should beclosed offfrom society.” “He istamei”, because “tamei, shunned and avoided, he should be.”THE LONELY SEDER NIGHTNow that’s something we have to study. Because we’re talking here about afrumJew. He’s a father, a husband, a loyal servant of Hashem who puts ontefillinanddavensthree times a day with aminyan. His home is a kosher home and his children are allfrumboys and girls. He’s one of us! And yet, one morning he wakes up withtzara’as;and now he must take leave of his family and friends and make his way beyond the walls of the city to live alone. This friend of ours, a fellow Jew, is nowtamei; he’s closed off from the rest of Mankind.Badad yeishev– “He shall stay in isolation,” meaning that even othertamei’imare to avoid his company (Rashi ibid.).So our fellow Jew is now sitting alone outside of the walls of his city; and there he will remain until thetzara’asheals. He’ll miss the Shabbosseudoswith his family. He might even be spending the Seder night all alone! And it’s no accident of fate here. The Rambam says thattzara’asis not a natural form of leprosy; it’sa miraculous phenomenon. “Tzara’asis one of the miracles that Hashem provides to His nation” (Moreh Nevuchim 3:47) and that’s why agoycan’t becometameiwithtzara’as(Negaim 3:1).Hashem miraculously sends upon a Jewtzara’as,and now he has to be shunned. And it’s not because of contagion, or merely because he can bemitameiothers – it’s because Hashem wants him to be “closed off” from people. Hashem wants that he should leave themachaneh;that he should separate from society and dwell alone outside of the city.LOOKS CAN BE DECEIVINGAnd that’s because actually this man is a dangerous man; he may appear to be veryfrum, but thegemara(Eirechin 15b) says: כל המספר לשון הרע נגעים באים עליו. “One who speaks wrong words, he uses his mouth in the wrong way, is stricken by leprosy.” And so we understand that this man misused the gift of company of people; when he was healthy he sat around with his friends and wagged his tongue – not only that he ridiculed and belittled other people, but even just to talkd’varim b’teilimis misusing the tongue.And so in the great days ofnevuah, thenegaoftzara’asspoke to this man the word of Hashem: “He shall betamei, and he should be closed off from people and avoided.” He will dwell alone where he won’t have anyone with whom to speak; and now he will begin the study of how a person is to use his tongue, and he will understand thatthe proper way to use a tongue is primarily by not using it.BRING MANUFACTURING JOBS BACK!The Rambam gives us an insight into this: לעולם ירבה אדם בשתיקה– “A person should always beproducinga great deal of silence” (Rambam Hilchos Dei’os 2:4). You hear that? You have to produce silence as much as you can. Imagine you’re producing goods for a certain purpose. Let’s say you’re making toothbrushes, or you’re a tailor and you’re sewing suits. Whatever it is, you’re producing. So you have to keepcheshbon, “How many goods did I produce today?” “Did I do better today than yesterday?” “What could I do different tomorrow in the factory to produce more toothbrushes?” And it’s the same with silence. A man should always beproducingsilence in this world. You have to think about that! “How much silence did I produce today?”And it’s considered a service of Hashem: לך דומיה תהילה – “To you Hashem, silence is praise” (Tehillim 65:2). That’s an interesting idea, because we always understood that theHallelukahsand thebrachosare praise.Ashrei,HoduandModim, that’s how we praise Hashem. And now we’re being told thatkeeping quietis the real way to praise Hashem; to produce silence is actually a career of praising Hashem. And that needs a good explanation.A LESSON FROM THE WISE MANAnd so, who better to turn to than thechochom m’kol adam.Shlomo Hamelech tells us in Koheles (5:1): אל תבהל על פיך – “Don’t be in a hurry to express yourself, ולבך אל ימהר להוציא דבר לפני השם – Your heart, your mind, shouldn’t be in a hurry to say something in the Presence of Hashem”. When you’re sitting at the table with your family, your friends, Hashem is present. So keep quiet! כי אלוקים בשמים ואתה על הארץ – “Hashem is in the heavens and you’re down below on the earth, על כן יהיו דבריך מעטים – Therefore your words should be few”. Oh, now something else comes into the picture;Elokimis now in the picture!Elokimis inshomayim, above you, looking at you. And you’re down on this earth. על כן יהיו דבריך מעטים – “That’s why your words must be few.”If a man opens up his mouth and words flow out without restraint, so it means he doesn’t feel like he’s inanybody’spresence! Let’s say you were standing in the presence of the mayor, or in front of the president of the United States – he’s not such an important person today – but still you wouldn’t talk too much in his presence. You definitely wouldn’t be shooting off your mouth.DO YOU HAVE EMUNAH IN THE PRESIDENT?Now להבדיל אלף הבדלות, if you are talking with thegadol hador,with let’s say Rav Shach, Rav Moshe Feinstein, whoever is thegadol hador, would you talk much? If you have any sense you wouldn’t say a word! Let’s say you meet the Sigheter Rav, you’re standing in front of the Satmerer Rav, and somebody comes over to you, “Hey, Chaim! What time is it?” Would you say, “It’s three o’clock”?! No you keep quiet, you keep your mouth shut; you’re standing in front of yourrebbeh! Lethimtalk; you keep quiet. חכם אינו מדבר בפני גדול ממנו – “Someone withchochmadoesn’t open his mouth when he’s standing in front of somebody bigger than him” (Avos 5:7).So the fact that you keep your mouth closed indicates that you realize that you’re standing in the Presence of Hashem. It’s a demonstration that you possess a sensory perception of the closeness of Hashem; it’s not merely words, theories. Just like you wouldn’t talk in the presence of somebody important, you don’t open your mouth in the presence ofElokim bashomayim.You keep quiet, at least as quiet as you would be in front of the President. At least that! If the President of the United States was standing here, you’d be careful with every word that comes out of your mouth! That means you believe in the President more than you believe in Hashem!THE PECULIAR MAN OF OURPARSHASo now we can understand why thisfrumman is shunned by Hashem, sent out to live in solitude. If he’s hasty with words, if he doesn’t think before he speaks, so he needs to be sent out where he will have time to think about this great principle ofElokimbashomayim. Themetzorahad to cover his mouth, did you know that? It’s an openpossuk:ועל שפם יעטה, it means that he had to wear his cloak in certain way so that it covered his mouth. What for? Because he was proclaiming to the world this lesson! Part of hiskapparahwas to walk around dressed in this peculiar way; and he had to make a lot of noise too: טמא טמא יקרא, wherever he went he had to proclaim to everyone that he’stamei.So here’s a man with his cloak covering half his face, all the way over his mouth, and in his muffled voice he’s crying out: “I’mtamei, I’mtamei!” It was a strange sight, and anyone who saw him took his condition to heart and learned that he’d better get busy covering up his mouth before thenegacomes tohim. And so we gained a lot by seeing ametzorawith his covered mouth.GAINING EMUNAH; A GUIDEWhat we’re learning is that no matter howfruma person is, he has to havehargasha,emunahchushis, that he’s standing in front of Hashem and that’s why he doesn’t talk. What does that mean? Suppose you’re an ordinary Jew who never worked on these concepts; you don’t actually feel the Presence of Hashem. But you’d like to do it; you aspire to become ama’amin. Now, certainly you won’t admit that you’re not ama’amin, but at least you’ll admit that you don’t feel the Presence of Hashem all the time. And so by training yourself not to talk just for this purpose; each time you wish to open your mouth you remind yourself: כי אלוקים בשמים ואתה על הארץ על כן יהיו דבריך מעטים – “Hashem is listening and therefore your words should be few.” And little by little you bring into yourneshamaan awareness of this tremendous principle, and you thereby achieveyiras Hashem.When someone approaches you and makes a remark, don’t be in a hurry to answer. You’d like to talk; you have a wisecrack or a rejoinder, you want to say something. “No. I won’t say it because I’m standing in front of Hashem.” Sometimes you don’t have to answer at all. If someone says something to you, do you have to say something back? Let’s say a cow says moo, do you have to moo back? A dog barks as you pass by, you have to bark back? So if someone speaks to you, unless it’s necessary, don’t say anything. Just listen. Who says you have to answer?And suppose you must answer; sometimes youmustsay something, so you should count your words. You know, some people are like a faucet; they start pouring out all they have. All the emptiness they have in their minds comes pouring out. That means that they’re beingmasiach da’asfrom Hashem. A person must always keep in mind that Hashem is listening. Keeping your mouth closed, and keeping your words few when you do have to speak shows that you haveemunahthat wherever you are Hashem is listening. If you open your mouth and you talk without restraint so it means you think you’re a free bird. It means that you have noemunah,becausebelief in Hashem requires that we should keep quiet. He’s standing right here after all, and He’s listening.Part II.Your New ProfessionEXTRACTING HONEY AND GEMSNow in order to appreciate more this career ofyiras shamayim, we have to see how thegemarain Chullin (89a)darshensapossuk. As a matter of fact, the followinggemarawas once used by the Alter of Slabodkazichronol’vrachaas an illustration of how to appreciate every word of ama’amar chazal.The Alter thought about every word that thechachomimsaid and he sucked as much honey as he could from thema’amar.Thegemaraquotes the followingpossuk: אמנם אלם צדק תדברון – “The truth is, silence is appropriate; only speak righteous words” (Tehillim 58:2). That’s theposhut pshat,butchazaldiscovered some hidden gems in thatpossuk.First I’ll say the words of thegemaraand then I’ll tell you how the Alter explained them: אמנם – מה אומנתו של אדם בעולם הזה – “What is a man’s profession in this world?” From the word אמנם, comesumnus, profession. And thegemaraasks a question: What’s your job here inOlam Hazeh? And thegemarasays that the next word in thepossuk, אלם, that’s the answer: יעשה עצמו כאלם – “Make yourself as if you were a mute, as if you couldn’t speak.” So we read thepossuklike this: אמנם, what’s yourumnus, your profession? אלם, to be a mute. That’s your business in this world.BARUCH HASHEM FOR ACCOUNTANTS!The first thing we see is that man has aprofessionin this world. A “profession” means it’s not justa hobby to keep silent, it’s not even just a good thing, an added perfection. No; silence isyourbusinessin this world; that’s what we came into this world for. Now at first glance that’s hard to understand; because how could everyone have the same profession? If everyone was a shoemaker so we’d all have comfortable shoes, but we’d have to tailor our own pants. Without good Jewish accountants we’d be paying a lot of extra money to Uncle Sam.So what we’re learning now is that whatever you’re doing in your life; that’s only your second job, a side business; you have to pay the bills after all. But your mainbusinessin this world is to bek’ileim, to keep your mouth closed.Now, the Alterzichrono l’vrachamade the point that anumnusis not something that you just pick yourself up and do; you have to train yourself for a profession. It’s necessary to undergo a course of training to learn the skill of silence, just like you would for any other serious profession. If you want to be a plumber, let’s say, so you’ll just put on a pair of blue overalls, grab a wrench and that’s all?!BECOMING A PLUMBER IS NOT EASYNobody ever became a plumber by saying “I decided I’m a plumber.” You’re going to have to roll up your sleeves and get under a sink. And you’ll have to lie there on your back and watch the master plumber for months and months learning all the tricks of the trade. You’ll have to carry his tools for him and you watch: When do you use this tool? When do you open that valve? When do you close it? It’s achochma, and there’s a lot to learn. And if silence is our career in life, that means we have a lot to study.To become a professional mute, you can’t just buy a padlock for fifty cents at the corner hardware store, lock your mouth firmly, and then walk around the street without worries. It’s not that easy. If that’s all it was, it wouldn’t be a profession; it would just be a fifty cent expense and finished. But no it’s a profession, it’s the “profession of a person in this world.”Now the Alter points out something else in thisgemarathat’s worth our attention: It says “What is the professionsheladamin this world?” The profession of anadam! It’sthisprofession, making yourself into anileim, a mute, that will cause you to earn the title ofadam. Anadamis expected not to open his mouth unless it’s justified. And only the one who has mastered this art can boast that he’s made it, that he’s graduated. Otherwise, you’re not anadam. Maybe you’re a croaking frog, or a blue jay; something you are, absolutely; you’re making noise after all. But you’re not yet anadamunless you’ve mastered this career of silence.GET BUSY BANGING YOUR HEAD!Now, what usually happens when I speak on this subject? I’ll tell you. There’s always one idealist who wants to get busy accomplishing. Why not? Rabbi Miller said so! He said it’s a profession foreveryone. A young man who comes here and he’s inspired by the words of theAlter; he’s ready now to make changes! So he goes home after the lecture, and as soon as he walks into the house he hears his mother talking on the phone. So he bangs on the table, “Uh, uh, uh. Nu, nu!” He wants to make sure his mother knows whathernew profession is!So theAltertells us that we have to know how to learn ama’amar chazal.Thegemarasaysya’aseh atzmo– “Makeyourselfinto a speechless person.” Yourself! Oh, that’s a different story already. What are you banging on the table for? Get busy banging onyour ownhead! Don’t bother others!That means when a man comes home to his wife, and he heard my lecture tonight, and now his wife wants to talk, she wants to tell him about what happened with the children today. And also she’s talking about what her sister said and probably some other things as well. So he should let her talk about whatever she wants. He shouldn’t say, “Keep quiet; in this house we work on producing silence.” He’s a dumbbell! He’s working onhersilence!Ya’aseh atzmo!He has to makehimselfanileim; that’s who he has to worry about.TALK TO PAPA!Now this profession, this career we’re speaking about tonight, wouldn’t be so difficult if all you had to do was to buy a padlock. Mazel tov, you’re anileim! But that’s not what Chazal are demanding of you; it doesn’t say you shouldbeanileim, it saysk’ileim, likea mute. You know that the extra letterkafseems like an unnecessary addition. It could have just as well said, “Make yourself into anileim.” What’sya’aseh atzmo k’ileim, make yourselflikea mute?What it means is that youcan’tpadlock your lips shut! You have to make yourselfk’ileim,likea mute,as ifyou can’t speak. You have to talk, and sometimes you have to talk and talk, but you have to talk like somebody who is anileim. If you have to walk through the street, you have to say good morning or good evening to the people you see. You can’t just walk around with a deadpan face ignoring people. Why should your neighbor suffer because you’re learning a new profession?! You come into the home, so you have to walk in and say, “How was your day Chanaleh?” At least that you have to say! You can’t come in and be anileim. A boy comes in from the yeshiva, he can’t walk in quietly and go to his room. He has to say “Vus machstu mammeh?” “How are you Papa?”Somethinghe has to say! He’sk’ileim, not anileim mamish.That’s why thegemarasays,Yachol la’kol –“You might think that once you adopt this practice so you shouldn’t open your mouth foranything.” תלמוד לומר צדק תדברון – “So thepossuksays, ‘Speak righteousness.’” When it comes to words of righteousnessyou have to talk.”DivreiTorahyou have to talk. Words of kindliness you have to talk. If someone is sad and dejected youmustgo over and put your arm around his shoulders and say a few kind words to him.Tzedek tidabeirun. Good things youmustsay!DON’T COMPLIMENT THE CHALLAH…To say words of encouragement to your fellow man, to comfort a fellow Jew, that’s what you have a mouth for, that’s part of your profession. You don’t have to babble though. Think of ways and means of making people happy, by saying a timely word. If it’s a child then sometimes a littlegletton the cheek and a word or two can be a lifesaver. Tell him something that buoys his self respect, something that gives him the ambition to continue improving.If you tell your wife that she cooks well – that’s very important by the way – that’stzedek. You make sure to compliment your wife when she serves you anything: “Chanaleh, this challah tastes excellent.” Now if she bought it at the bakery, make surenotto praise thechallah; find something else to bem’shabeiach. “This chicken soup ism’ein Olam Habah,Chanaleh. Yi’yasheir koi’ach”Now usually itdoestaste good; you can find many things to compliment. Don’t be bashful! It’s not the time to bek’ileim– now it’s time fortzedek tidabeirun.And even if it happens, an unusual incident, when supper is not such a success, if you’ll say it’s excellent, there’s no harm either. Only that most people have it all wrong; when they have what to complain about, then the words come gushing forth, pearls of “wisdom.” But when it’s time fortzedek tidabeirun,then suddenly this “tzadik” remembers his profession of beingk’ileim.PRACTICE MAKES PERFECTIt’s an art. Sometimes you have to talk and talk, but you have to talk like anileim. You’re always careful not to say what you’re not supposed to say. But what you have to say, you must say. So when you come home tonight and your wife says, “What did he say over there?” Don’t say “Ummmmmm.” Say something. Say it briefly but say something. Don’t just keep your mouth closed.K’ileim,likea mute! Oh, now that’s already anumnus. It’s harder than just lying on your back under a sink studying how to plumb!And therefore we should get busy practicing this profession ofshtikahbecause it means that we’re practicing the career ofyirasshamayim! You’re sitting at the table at the Shabbosseudah, and everyone is prattling away. Talking and talking and talking. So what do you do? You say to yourself, “I’m going to train myself now for my profession in this world. I’m going to sit for two minutes – two minutes on the clock – and listenand not open my mouth.”Let’s say you were forced to go somewhere; sometimes you have to go to visit your in-laws in Boro Park. You can’t say no this time. So they’re eatingmelave malkaand everybody is chatting. Or maybe you’re sitting at achasunaand all around you all the tongues are clacking. While their minds are being ground to pieces by the idle chatter, you can grab the opportunity for getting to work on your profession. So you’re paying attention; you’re trying to seem interested, smiling at the right times. But you’re telling yourself, “Chaim, keep the mouth closed. As much as you can keep quiet becauseElokimisbashomayimlistening.”Part III.The Best MedicineVALUABLE HEALTH ADVICENow, to make a career out of silence because ofElokim Bashomayim, that would be enough. That’s our primary obligation in this world – to prepare forOlam Hababy training ourselves to become more and more aware of Hashem. But it’s more than that; it’s also your happiness and success inOlam Hazeh!There’s amishnahinAvos(1:17) that says the following: שמעון בנו אומר, “Shimon, the son of Rabban Gamliel said, כל ימי גדלתי בין החכמים, all the days of my life I grew up among the wise men, ולא מצאתי לגוף טוב משתיקה, and I found nothing better for the body than silence.” Now, if someone on the street would offer you some health advice, I don’t know how valuable it would be; could be it’s worth something, but you never know for sure. But here you have a man who spent years and years sitting at the feet of the sages. “All my days, I grew up among the sages.” And he heard many important ideas, many important attitudes, and he studied them all. And after many years of investigating he came to the conclusion that of all the things that are good for a person, the best one isshesikah,silence.Now if Shimon bequeathed to us this gem, it pays for us to study his words. He said, “I’ve found nothing better for thebodythan silence.” He didn’t say it’s the best for yourneshama; it’s certainlyisgood for your soul too, but Shimon is telling us here that for yourphysical health, there is nothing as good as keeping your mouth closed. If you’re worried about your health, if you’re a person who wants to live a long healthy life, then the first thing to think about is the remedy of silence. סמא דכולה משתוקא – “The best medicine of all is silence” (Megillah 18a).THE CAUSE OF MOST ILLNESSESYou know that most illnesses, most of the disturbances that take place in our bodies, are caused by emotions that have aroused a raw reaction in our bodies. It’s remarkable what a great effect emotions have on a person’s physical nature. We are full of glands and hormones that stimulate the functions of the body; and if the body is overstimulated by emotions like anger, tension, and nerves, then instead of being beneficial, these hormones are harmful.It’s established already in medical science. All over the body there are results that come from wrong stimulation of the emotions. And how are the emotions stimulated most? Talking! Someone says something and you answer back, then you talk and argue, and that’s when the trouble begins. The metabolism is upset and very many people become ill as a result. A world of illnesses are caused by talking. Very many cases of cancer are due to friction in human relationships.YOUR MIGHTY MOUTHA man told me, “Do you know why I’m blind?” A blind man told me this. Because he was so aggravated – these are his words – he was so aggravated because of troubles in the family that he acquired diabetes and became blind. Blindness many times comes from aggravation, from excitation. When people go to an eye specialist one of the first questions they’ll ask you is, “Do you get angry or excited?” Dovid Hamelech said (Tehillim 6:8) עששה מכעס עיני – “My eye became worn out because ofka’as, עתקה מכל צוררי, it grew old because of those who aggravated me.” So if you talk to people and get into arguments, it’s bad for your eyesight. And if it’s bad for your eyes that means that it’s wreaking havoc in your body; it’s bad for everything.Heart failure too! You open your mouth when you could have kept it closed and the heart becomes subjected to too much stress; the valves cannot take it and there’s a breakdown somewhere, a weakness in a valve someplace. Just by talking too much, there’s quarreling, there’s tension, nervous excitement, and your heart is suffering from it. I’m not saying that it happens all of a sudden, but gradually your big mouth is weakening your heart, and then one day,chalilah, it breaks down.WHERE DO PEOPLE DIE?I know of a man who dropped dead in the middle of an argument with his wife. He was a fine man, by the way, a good man. But if he would have studied thismishnainPirkei Avos,he would have known “Don’t answer back!” And that would have saved him; he’d probably still be alive today. Who told you to answer back?! If you can be a diplomat and say something nice, do it. But if not, don’t say anything. He was afrumyoung man – he probably even knew thismishna– but he never studied it, and so he acted according to his nature and he answered back. He said his piece, and she answered back, and it went back and forth, back and forth until he dropped dead.It happens again and again. Don’t you read sometimes in the paper – a certain man, so and so, died of heart failure. Where did his heart attack happen? Did he die in his business because of his competitors? No, people don’t die because of their competitors. Did he die on the street because someone in the street insulted him? People don’t usually die because someone insulted them. He dies at home! People die because of their wives! Of course the newspaper will never say that. The obituary published in the newspapers will never say, “Mr. Anderson dropped dead Sunday night after an argument with his wife!” No, no, it won’t say that! It says, “Mr. Anderson died peacefully in his sleep at his home this past Sunday.” But if you know how to read the obituary pages, so you already know what that means.COMMUNICATION ISSUES?Why didn’t he die at his business? Why at his home? The answer is at home he has a wife, and most people die as a result of words. I’m not saying he’s right – who told him to react?! Who told him to bump his head against a stone wall? Arguing with a wife? Do you know what it’s like? It’s like he’s sticking a needle into her, a real needle. And she’s sticking needles into him. Is that fun? All of their lives they are “needling” each other. Only that his heart, his constitution was a bit weaker than his wife’s. You can’t win an argument! You think you’ll win an argument with your wife?! You’ll never win! The only real way to win an argument is to avoid it. So don’t get excited over nothing. Keep quiet and that’s all. Just keep quiet! And both of you will live longer as a result. And you’ll live happier lives as well.Women call me up; they say, “We have communication issues. My husband doesn’t ‘communicate’ with me.” The trouble isthere’s too much communication! If they wouldn’t communicate so much they’d be much better off; in most cases people will profit by not talking.IGNORE THE BUMIn Mesichta Sanhedrin (7a) it says: טוביה דשמע ואדיש – “Happy is the man who hears people saying things that insult him, that bother him, and he ignores it, חלפוה בישתיה מאה – A hundred evils will pass him by.” Memorize those words; say them to yourself again and again. Learn to ignore any words you don’t like; somebody said something sharp to you, so שמע, you heard it, but אדיש, it doesn’t bother you. Pay no attention; make believe you never even heard it, and you’ll be spared from many troubles. If your husband is mean to you, pay no attention. If your wife is mean to you, pay no attention. And one hundred evils will pass you by. You’ll live together happily for the rest of your life.Most of the time, a punch in the nose is a result of opening up a mouth instead of ignoring. Suppose you’re walking in the street and a bum says something insulting to you. Forget about it! Don’t feel that you have to stand up and defend your honor. Oh no! Don’t do that. I know a man who did that and he got beaten up. Don’t even look at him; it’s dangerous. As far as you’re concerned you didn’t hear it, you didn’t hear anything. Keep walking and in another minute, you’re out of danger.And thank Hashem that you’re able to keep on walking. If it’s a goy who insults you, so you can give him abrachathat he should drop dead. Don’t let him hear you though! Don’t even mutter; don’t say it with your mouth. The mouth always stays closed!CHINESE WISDOM FOR LIFEI was walking in the street once, and twoshkutzim, two young men came over to me and blocked the sidewalk; they didn’t let me go further. I couldn’t walk; I was stuck. So I got out off the sidewalk and I kept going. I didn’t say anything, I didn’t even take a peek over my shoulder. Suppose I looked back and said, “What do you think you’re doing? What right do you have to do that?” Ohhh, what would have happened to me! Don’t be achacham, a hero. I always quote to you the wise Chinese proverb. The Chinamen say “The greatest hero is the one who runs away.” If you ignore and run away you’re a hero. And the one who opens up his mouth is not a hero, he’s a loser.I always say this story; it’s a tragic story. A young man from YU was going onchamisha asar b’shvatoutingto Madison Square Garden. He was with a group of younger boys, achaburahof boys with yarmulkes on, and he was leading them. And two twenty year oldshkutzimwere ridiculing the boys’yarmulkas. Now this young man, he didn’t take the advice ofchazal. At least the Chinese he should have listened to!Instead he looked at the gentile boys with anger and said something. Now agoy bleibt a goy,so theshkutzimwent back to their car, they took out a hammer from the trunk, and they attacked him. They hit him over the head with the hammer and they killed him. He died there on the street,nebach. That’s why it says, “There’s nothing betterfor the bodythan keeping quiet.”HOW TO DEAL WITH HATELet’s say somebody calls you on the telephone and insults you. It happened to me a number of times. People have called the house and cursed me. You know what I did? I didn’t say a word! Not a word! And they hung up. It happened again a few months ago and I knew who it was; I knew. And after that he came into myshulone evening todavenand I didn’t say a word. And it was finished. But once you start up with these people, who knows what’s going to be? A word for a word and it turns into who knows what! There’s no knowing how it’s going to end up! So just grin and bear it.How many people have lost their jobs by talking back to their boss? Sometimes their boss is in a bad mood, so just swallow down what he said and it could be that an hour later he’ll be a good boss. He might even promote you. I had that experience once. In my first position inrabbanus, a man once came into a meeting of the board of directors and he made a grand announcement: He said, “Rabbi Miller, I greeted you last week and you didn’t answer me! You didn’t answer me ‘Good Shabbos.’” He brought it up to the board of directors at a meeting; a complaint against the new rabbi. So the president of the shul came over and asked me about it. Now, it wasn’t true, but I didn’t say anything. I could have opened my mouth, but I remembered thisma’amar chazaland I kept my mouth closed.RABBI MILLER GETS A RAISE!I met this man again and again, he was a shul member, and I was always friendly to him. One day he gets up by the meeting of the board of directors and he makes a motion to give me a raise.Thisman! No one thought of giving me a raise except this one man! Now, had I answered him back it would have never happened. And so I learned the lesson that it “pays” to keep your mouth closed.I’ve seen it all! I’ve watched as people put themselves in danger by opening a mouth. Just because they answered back, I’ve watched good people lose jobs, lose customers. They lost their wives or their husbands, siblings and friends. And sooner or later they lose themselves; they excite wrong reactions in their bodies and they end up sick. Many lose years from their life because of their mouths.THE KEY TO A GOOD LIFEAnd that’s what Dovid Hamelech tells us (Tehillim 34:13-14): מי האיש החפץ חיים – “Who is the man who wants life?” We think it means eternal life, and that’s true; but it’s not the whole truth. There’s more to it: Who wants to livein this world? אוהב ימים – “You’re anoheiv yomim?” You like days, don’t you? You want more and more of them. לראות טוב – “You want to see happiness and good times during those days?” You want to see yourself getting along well with others? You want a successful marriage? You want to see good health? That’s all included inlir’os tov.“Oh,” you say. “That’s me! I want to live long! I want to see good times!”But you don’t! You’re not really interested in trying to live long. You’ll say it, you’ll repeat it, you’ll even sing it, but you don’t think about it. You have to take steps to live long, and one of the most important steps is tokeep the mouth closed. נצור לשונך מרע – “Guard your tongue against evil”. What does “evil” mean? Not only you shouldn’t say derogatory things about people or quarrel with them. The reallashon harais opening your mouth to say stupid things, to chatter and babble and say nothing. The general rule is to keep your tongue on the inside of the mouth and keep the mouth closed; that’s the rule you should follow. If we live according to that, our physical happiness in this world will increase and we will attain a life oflir’os tov,of seeing good times.A MOMENT OF SILENCESo we go back to the great principle that the job of a person in this world is to learn the skill of being quiet, the profession of being like anileim. And before we conclude we’ll listen to the words of a great man, the Vilna Gaon (Igeres Hagra); these words deserve to be remembered by us. שעל כל רגע ורגע – “For every moment, for every minute, שאדם חוסם פיו – that a man muzzles his mouth, זוכה לאור הגנוז – He’ll be rewarded by that secret brilliance, שאין כל מלאך יכול לשער – that no creature, no angel, is capable of measuring its magnitude.”The splendor of reward is so great for one minute of silence! We’re not talking about a whole lifetime of silence; he says there that for everymomentthat you keep your mouth closed, you’ll be rewarded with a splendor, a brilliance that is so great that even an angel is not capable of measuring the magnitude, the extent of its greatness. I know that this is a very extreme statement but the Vina Gaon is a very responsible personality. So it’s not only a profession ofyiras shamayim, and not only is it the best advice for good health and long life, but it’s a career that will reward you beyond your highest dreams.LEARNING THE LESSONAnd so we have to get busy. How can you read about themetzoraevery year, and continue to ignore the lessons for your own life? Even if today we aren’t privileged to see the miraculous hand of Hashem bringingtzara’ason a person, but the lessons remain as applicable today as they were then. When Hashem separated a good man, a loyal frum Jew, from his family and friends, he was expected to learn this lesson of “Elokimisba’shomayimlistening to you … therefore your words should be few.” And we, no less than him, are expected to learn that lesson as well.And so we have to delve into thesepesukimand apply them to our own lives. This man had to cover his mouth; what about me? Am I anadamyet? Am I producing enough silence? Am I succeeding at my profession of making myselfk’ileim? And so when we study thisparsha, we can’t just let it pass by. As often as you can during the day, a minute here and a minute there, you remind yourself that it’s your job to be as silent as you can. Not complete silence –tzedektidabeirun! But as far as everything else we will try to be as careful as possible and remember that לך דומיה תהילה, to You Hashem silence is praise, and thereby we gain the great reward of Hashem, a reward unknown even to the angels. 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Part I. Hashem is HereHE’S TAMEI, HE’S TAMEI, HE’S TAMEIכל ימי אשר הנגע בו יטמא, טמא הוא, בדד ישב מחוץ למחנה מושבו – “All the days that the tzara’as is upon the person he shall be tamei, tamei he should be. He should dwell alone; outside the camp should be his place of residence.” (13:46) When reading this possuk, we are immediately struck by the repetition of the tamei status of the metzora, “He shall be tamei,tamei he should be” and that requires an explanation.So we’ll say as follows: The root “tum” denotes something that is “closed off”. That’s what the word tumah means, and that is the principle underlying all the laws of tumah. Wherever we find tumah we must understand that itis a decree of Hashem to teach us what should be avoided and shunned.So we read the possuk as follows: “All the days that the tzara’as is upon the person he shall be ritually unclean” – the first word “tamei” speaks of the status of tumah. He is an av hatumah. It’s information we have to know. It’s a technicality the Torah is teaching us; the basic law that this man is tameiand makes tamei anything that comes in contact with him. But the second expression of tumah, “Tamei he should be,” is giving us the reason for the tumahbeing imposed on him; as if to say: “He shall be tamei, because Hashem desires that he should be closed off from society.” “He is tamei”, because “tamei, shunned and avoided, he should be.”THE LONELY SEDER NIGHTNow that’s something we have to study. Because we’re talking here about a frum Jew. He’s a father, a husband, a loyal servant of Hashem who puts on tefillin and davens three times a day with a minyan. His home is a kosher home and his children are all frum boys and girls. He’s one of us! And yet, one morning he wakes up with tzara’as;and now he must take leave of his family and friends and make his way beyond the walls of the city to live alone. This friend of ours, a fellow Jew, is now tamei; he’s closed off from the rest of Mankind. Badad yeishev – “He shall stay in isolation,” meaning that even other tamei’im are to avoid his company (Rashi ibid.).So our fellow Jew is now sitting alone outside of the walls of his city; and there he will remain until the tzara’as heals. He’ll miss the Shabbos seudos with his family. He might even be spending the Seder night all alone! And it’s no accident of fate here. The Rambam says that tzara’as is not a natural form of leprosy; it’sa miraculous phenomenon. “Tzara’as is one of the miracles that Hashem provides to His nation” (Moreh Nevuchim 3:47) and that’s why a goy can’t become tamei with tzara’as (Negaim 3:1).Hashem miraculously sends upon a Jew tzara’as, and now he has to be shunned. And it’s not because of contagion, or merely because he can be mitameiothers – it’s because Hashem wants him to be “closed off” from people. Hashem wants that he should leave the machaneh; that he should separate from society and dwell alone outside of the city.LOOKS CAN BE DECEIVINGAnd that’s because actually this man is a dangerous man; he may appear to be very frum, but the gemara (Eirechin 15b) says: כל המספר לשון הרע נגעים באים עליו. “One who speaks wrong words, he uses his mouth in the wrong way, is stricken by leprosy.” And so we understand that this man misused the gift of company of people; when he was healthy he sat around with his friends and wagged his tongue – not only that he ridiculed and belittled other people, but even just to talk d’varim b’teilim is misusing the tongue.And so in the great days of nevuah, the nega of tzara’asspoke to this man the word of Hashem: “He shall be tamei, and he should be closed off from people and avoided.” He will dwell alone where he won’t have anyone with whom to speak; and now he will begin the study of how a person is to use his tongue, and he will understand that the proper way to use a tongue is primarily by not using it.BRING MANUFACTURING JOBS BACK!The Rambam gives us an insight into this: לעולם ירבה אדם בשתיקה– “A person should always be producing a great deal of silence” (Rambam Hilchos Dei’os 2:4). You hear that? You have to produce silence as much as you can. Imagine you’re producing goods for a certain purpose. Let’s say you’re making toothbrushes, or you’re a tailor and you’re sewing suits. Whatever it is, you’re producing. So you have to keep cheshbon, “How many goods did I produce today?” “Did I do better today than yesterday?” “What could I do different tomorrow in the factory to produce more toothbrushes?” And it’s the same with silence. A man should always be producing silence in this world. You have to think about that! “How much silence did I produce today?”And it’s considered a service of Hashem: לך דומיה תהילה – “To you Hashem, silence is praise” (Tehillim 65:2). That’s an interesting idea, because we always understood that the Hallelukahs and the brachos are praise. Ashrei, Hodu and Modim, that’s how we praise Hashem. And now we’re being told that keeping quiet is the real way to praise Hashem; to produce silence is actually a career of praising Hashem. And that needs a good explanation.A LESSON FROM THE WISE MANAnd so, who better to turn to than the chochom m’kol adam. Shlomo Hamelech tells us in Koheles (5:1): אל תבהל על פיך – “Don’t be in a hurry to express yourself, ולבך אל ימהר להוציא דבר לפני השם – Your heart, your mind, shouldn’t be in a hurry to say something in the Presence of Hashem”. When you’re sitting at the table with your family, your friends, Hashem is present. So keep quiet! כי אלוקים בשמים ואתה על הארץ – “Hashem is in the heavens and you’re down below on the earth, על כן יהיו דבריך מעטים – Therefore your words should be few”. Oh, now something else comes into the picture; Elokim is now in the picture! Elokim is in shomayim, above you, looking at you. And you’re down on this earth. על כן יהיו דבריך מעטים – “That’s why your words must be few.”If a man opens up his mouth and words flow out without restraint, so it means he doesn’t feel like he’s in anybody’s presence! Let’s say you were standing in the presence of the mayor, or in front of the president of the United States – he’s not such an important person today – but still you wouldn’t talk too much in his presence. You definitely wouldn’t be shooting off your mouth.DO YOU HAVE EMUNAH IN THE PRESIDENT?Now להבדיל אלף הבדלות, if you are talking with the gadol hador,with let’s say Rav Shach, Rav Moshe Feinstein, whoever is the gadol hador, would you talk much? If you have any sense you wouldn’t say a word! Let’s say you meet the Sigheter Rav, you’re standing in front of the Satmerer Rav, and somebody comes over to you, “Hey, Chaim! What time is it?” Would you say, “It’s three o’clock”?! No you keep quiet, you keep your mouth shut; you’re standing in front of your rebbeh! Let him talk; you keep quiet. חכם אינו מדבר בפני גדול ממנו – “Someone with chochmadoesn’t open his mouth when he’s standing in front of somebody bigger than him” (Avos 5:7).So the fact that you keep your mouth closed indicates that you realize that you’re standing in the Presence of Hashem. It’s a demonstration that you possess a sensory perception of the closeness of Hashem; it’s not merely words, theories. Just like you wouldn’t talk in the presence of somebody important, you don’t open your mouth in the presence of Elokim bashomayim. You keep quiet, at least as quiet as you would be in front of the President. At least that! If the President of the United States was standing here, you’d be careful with every word that comes out of your mouth! That means you believe in the President more than you believe in Hashem!THE PECULIAR MAN OF OUR PARSHASo now we can understand why this frum man is shunned by Hashem, sent out to live in solitude. If he’s hasty with words, if he doesn’t think before he speaks, so he needs to be sent out where he will have time to think about this great principle of Elokim bashomayim. The metzora had to cover his mouth, did you know that? It’s an open possuk: ועל שפם יעטה, it means that he had to wear his cloak in certain way so that it covered his mouth. What for? Because he was proclaiming to the world this lesson! Part of his kapparah was to walk around dressed in this peculiar way; and he had to make a lot of noise too: טמא טמא יקרא, wherever he went he had to proclaim to everyone that he’s tamei.So here’s a man with his cloak covering half his face, all the way over his mouth, and in his muffled voice he’s crying out: “I’m tamei, I’m tamei!” It was a strange sight, and anyone who saw him took his condition to heart and learned that he’d better get busy covering up his mouth before the nega comes to him. And so we gained a lot by seeing a metzora with his covered mouth.GAINING EMUNAH; A GUIDEWhat we’re learning is that no matter how frum a person is, he has to have hargasha, emunahchushis, that he’s standing in front of Hashem and that’s why he doesn’t talk. What does that mean? Suppose you’re an ordinary Jew who never worked on these concepts; you don’t actually feel the Presence of Hashem. But you’d like to do it; you aspire to become a ma’amin. Now, certainly you won’t admit that you’re not a ma’amin, but at least you’ll admit that you don’t feel the Presence of Hashem all the time. And so by training yourself not to talk just for this purpose; each time you wish to open your mouth you remind yourself: כי אלוקים בשמים ואתה על הארץ על כן יהיו דבריך מעטים – “Hashem is listening and therefore your words should be few.” And little by little you bring into your neshama an awareness of this tremendous principle, and you thereby achieve yiras Hashem.When someone approaches you and makes a remark, don’t be in a hurry to answer. You’d like to talk; you have a wisecrack or a rejoinder, you want to say something. “No. I won’t say it because I’m standing in front of Hashem.” Sometimes you don’t have to answer at all. If someone says something to you, do you have to say something back? Let’s say a cow says moo, do you have to moo back? A dog barks as you pass by, you have to bark back? So if someone speaks to you, unless it’s necessary, don’t say anything. Just listen. Who says you have to answer?And suppose you must answer; sometimes you must say something, so you should count your words. You know, some people are like a faucet; they start pouring out all they have. All the emptiness they have in their minds comes pouring out. That means that they’re being masiach da’as from Hashem. A person must always keep in mind that Hashem is listening. Keeping your mouth closed, and keeping your words few when you do have to speak shows that you have emunah that wherever you are Hashem is listening. If you open your mouth and you talk without restraint so it means you think you’re a free bird. It means that you have no emunah,becausebelief in Hashem requires that we should keep quiet. He’s standing right here after all, and He’s listening.Part II. Your New ProfessionEXTRACTING HONEY AND GEMSNow in order to appreciate more this career of yiras shamayim, we have to see how the gemarain Chullin (89a) darshens a possuk. As a matter of fact, the following gemara was once used by the Alter of Slabodka zichronol’vracha as an illustration of how to appreciate every word of a ma’amar chazal. The Alter thought about every word that the chachomim said and he sucked as much honey as he could from the ma’amar. The gemara quotes the following possuk: אמנם אלם צדק תדברון – “The truth is, silence is appropriate; only speak righteous words” (Tehillim 58:2). That’s the poshut pshat, but chazal discovered some hidden gems in that possuk.First I’ll say the words of the gemara and then I’ll tell you how the Alter explained them: אמנם – מה אומנתו של אדם בעולם הזה – “What is a man’s profession in this world?” From the word אמנם, comes umnus, profession. And the gemara asks a question: What’s your job here in Olam Hazeh? And the gemara says that the next word in the possuk, אלם, that’s the answer: יעשה עצמו כאלם – “Make yourself as if you were a mute, as if you couldn’t speak.” So we read the possuklike this: אמנם, what’s your umnus, your profession? אלם, to be a mute. That’s your business in this world.BARUCH HASHEM FOR ACCOUNTANTS!The first thing we see is that man has a profession in this world. A “profession” means it’s not justa hobby to keep silent, it’s not even just a good thing, an added perfection. No; silence is yourbusiness in this world; that’s what we came into this world for. Now at first glance that’s hard to understand; because how could everyone have the same profession? If everyone was a shoemaker so we’d all have comfortable shoes, but we’d have to tailor our own pants. Without good Jewish accountants we’d be paying a lot of extra money to Uncle Sam. So what we’re learning now is that whatever you’re doing in your life; that’s only your second job, a side business; you have to pay the bills after all. But your main business in this world is to be k’ileim, to keep your mouth closed.Now, the Alter zichrono l’vrachamade the point that an umnus is not something that you just pick yourself up and do; you have to train yourself for a profession. It’s necessary to undergo a course of training to learn the skill of silence, just like you would for any other serious profession. If you want to be a plumber, let’s say, so you’ll just put on a pair of blue overalls, grab a wrench and that’s all?!BECOMING A PLUMBER IS NOT EASYNobody ever became a plumber by saying “I decided I’m a plumber.” You’re going to have to roll up your sleeves and get under a sink. And you’ll have to lie there on your back and watch the master plumber for months and months learning all the tricks of the trade. You’ll have to carry his tools for him and you watch: When do you use this tool? When do you open that valve? When do you close it? It’s achochma, and there’s a lot to learn. And if silence is our career in life, that means we have a lot to study.To become a professional mute, you can’t just buy a padlock for fifty cents at the corner hardware store, lock your mouth firmly, and then walk around the street without worries. It’s not that easy. If that’s all it was, it wouldn’t be a profession; it would just be a fifty cent expense and finished. But no it’s a profession, it’s the “profession of a person in this world.”Now the Alter points out something else in this gemarathat’s worth our attention: It says “What is the profession sheladam in this world?” The profession of an adam! It’s thisprofession, making yourself into an ileim, a mute, that will cause you to earn the title of adam. An adam is expected not to open his mouth unless it’s justified. And only the one who has mastered this art can boast that he’s made it, that he’s graduated. Otherwise, you’re not an adam. Maybe you’re a croaking frog, or a blue jay; something you are, absolutely; you’re making noise after all. But you’re not yet an adam unless you’ve mastered this career of silence.GET BUSY BANGING YOUR HEAD!Now, what usually happens when I speak on this subject? I’ll tell you. There’s always one idealist who wants to get busy accomplishing. Why not? Rabbi Miller said so! He said it’s a profession for everyone. A young man who comes here and he’s inspired by the words of the Alter; he’s ready now to make changes! So he goes home after the lecture, and as soon as he walks into the house he hears his mother talking on the phone. So he bangs on the table, “Uh, uh, uh. Nu, nu!” He wants to make sure his mother knows what her new profession is!So the Alter tells us that we have to know how to learn a ma’amar chazal. The gemara saysya’aseh atzmo – “Make yourselfinto a speechless person.” Yourself! Oh, that’s a different story already. What are you banging on the table for? Get busy banging on your own head! Don’t bother others!That means when a man comes home to his wife, and he heard my lecture tonight, and now his wife wants to talk, she wants to tell him about what happened with the children today. And also she’s talking about what her sister said and probably some other things as well. So he should let her talk about whatever she wants. He shouldn’t say, “Keep quiet; in this house we work on producing silence.” He’s a dumbbell! He’s working on her silence! Ya’aseh atzmo! He has to make himselfan ileim; that’s who he has to worry about. TALK TO PAPA!Now this profession, this career we’re speaking about tonight, wouldn’t be so difficult if all you had to do was to buy a padlock. Mazel tov, you’re an ileim! But that’s not what Chazal are demanding of you; it doesn’t say you should be an ileim, it says k’ileim, like a mute. You know that the extra letter kaf seems like an unnecessary addition. It could have just as well said, “Make yourself into an ileim.” What’s ya’aseh atzmo k’ileim, make yourself like a mute?What it means is that you can’tpadlock your lips shut! You have to make yourself k’ileim, like a mute, as if you can’t speak. You have to talk, and sometimes you have to talk and talk, but you have to talk like somebody who is an ileim. If you have to walk through the street, you have to say good morning or good evening to the people you see. You can’t just walk around with a deadpan face ignoring people. Why should your neighbor suffer because you’re learning a new profession?! You come into the home, so you have to walk in and say, “How was your day Chanaleh?” At least that you have to say! You can’t come in and be an ileim. A boy comes in from the yeshiva, he can’t walk in quietly and go to his room. He has to say “Vus machstu mammeh?” “How are you Papa?” Something he has to say! He’s k’ileim, not an ileim mamish.That’s why the gemara says, Yachol la’kol – “You might think that once you adopt this practice so you shouldn’t open your mouth for anything.” תלמוד לומר צדק תדברון – “So the possuk says, ‘Speak righteousness.’” When it comes to words of righteousness you have to talk.” Divrei Torah you have to talk. Words of kindliness you have to talk. If someone is sad and dejected you must go over and put your arm around his shoulders and say a few kind words to him. Tzedek tidabeirun. Good things you must say!DON’T COMPLIMENT THE CHALLAH…To say words of encouragement to your fellow man, to comfort a fellow Jew, that’s what you have a mouth for, that’s part of your profession. You don’t have to babble though. Think of ways and means of making people happy, by saying a timely word. If it’s a child then sometimes a little glett on the cheek and a word or two can be a lifesaver. Tell him something that buoys his self respect, something that gives him the ambition to continue improving.If you tell your wife that she cooks well – that’s very important by the way – that’s tzedek. You make sure to compliment your wife when she serves you anything: “Chanaleh, this challah tastes excellent.” Now if she bought it at the bakery, make sure not to praise the challah; find something else to be m’shabeiach. “This chicken soup is m’ein Olam Habah, Chanaleh. Yi’yasheir koi’ach”Now usually it does taste good; you can find many things to compliment. Don’t be bashful! It’s not the time to be k’ileim – now it’s time for tzedek tidabeirun. And even if it happens, an unusual incident, when supper is not such a success, if you’ll say it’s excellent, there’s no harm either. Only that most people have it all wrong; when they have what to complain about, then the words come gushing forth, pearls of “wisdom.” But when it’s time for tzedek tidabeirun, then suddenly this “tzadik” remembers his profession of being k’ileim.PRACTICE MAKES PERFECTIt’s an art. Sometimes you have to talk and talk, but you have to talk like an ileim. You’re always careful not to say what you’re not supposed to say. But what you have to say, you must say. So when you come home tonight and your wife says, “What did he say over there?” Don’t say “Ummmmmm.” Say something. Say it briefly but say something. Don’t just keep your mouth closed. K’ileim, like a mute! Oh, now that’s already an umnus. It’s harder than just lying on your back under a sink studying how to plumb!And therefore we should get busy practicing this profession of shtikah because it means that we’re practicing the career of yiras shamayim! You’re sitting at the table at the Shabbos seudah, and everyone is prattling away. Talking and talking and talking. So what do you do? You say to yourself, “I’m going to train myself now for my profession in this world. I’m going to sit for two minutes – two minutes on the clock – and listen and not open my mouth.”Let’s say you were forced to go somewhere; sometimes you have to go to visit your in-laws in Boro Park. You can’t say no this time. So they’re eating melave malka and everybody is chatting. Or maybe you’re sitting at a chasuna and all around you all the tongues are clacking. While their minds are being ground to pieces by the idle chatter, you can grab the opportunity for getting to work on your profession. So you’re paying attention; you’re trying to seem interested, smiling at the right times. But you’re telling yourself, “Chaim, keep the mouth closed. As much as you can keep quiet because Elokim is bashomayimlistening.”Part III. The Best MedicineVALUABLE HEALTH ADVICENow, to make a career out of silence because of Elokim Bashomayim, that would be enough. That’s our primary obligation in this world – to prepare for Olam Haba by training ourselves to become more and more aware of Hashem. But it’s more than that; it’s also your happiness and success in Olam Hazeh!There’s a mishnah in Avos (1:17) that says the following: שמעון בנו אומר, “Shimon, the son of Rabban Gamliel said, כל ימי גדלתי בין החכמים, all the days of my life I grew up among the wise men, ולא מצאתי לגוף טוב משתיקה, and I found nothing better for the body than silence.” Now, if someone on the street would offer you some health advice, I don’t know how valuable it would be; could be it’s worth something, but you never know for sure. But here you have a man who spent years and years sitting at the feet of the sages. “All my days, I grew up among the sages.” And he heard many important ideas, many important attitudes, and he studied them all. And after many years of investigating he came to the conclusion that of all the things that are good for a person, the best one is shesikah, silence.Now if Shimon bequeathed to us this gem, it pays for us to study his words. He said, “I’ve found nothing better for the body than silence.” He didn’t say it’s the best for your neshama; it’s certainly is good for your soul too, but Shimon is telling us here that for your physical health, there is nothing as good as keeping your mouth closed. If you’re worried about your health, if you’re a person who wants to live a long healthy life, then the first thing to think about is the remedy of silence. סמא דכולה משתוקא – “The best medicine of all is silence” (Megillah 18a).THE CAUSE OF MOST ILLNESSESYou know that most illnesses, most of the disturbances that take place in our bodies, are caused by emotions that have aroused a raw reaction in our bodies. It’s remarkable what a great effect emotions have on a person’s physical nature. We are full of glands and hormones that stimulate the functions of the body; and if the body is overstimulated by emotions like anger, tension, and nerves, then instead of being beneficial, these hormones are harmful.It’s established already in medical science. All over the body there are results that come from wrong stimulation of the emotions. And how are the emotions stimulated most? Talking! Someone says something and you answer back, then you talk and argue, and that’s when the trouble begins. The metabolism is upset and very many people become ill as a result. A world of illnesses are caused by talking. Very many cases of cancer are due to friction in human relationships.YOUR MIGHTY MOUTHA man told me, “Do you know why I’m blind?” A blind man told me this. Because he was so aggravated – these are his words – he was so aggravated because of troubles in the family that he acquired diabetes and became blind. Blindness many times comes from aggravation, from excitation. When people go to an eye specialist one of the first questions they’ll ask you is, “Do you get angry or excited?” Dovid Hamelech said (Tehillim 6:8) עששה מכעס עיני – “My eye became worn out because of ka’as, עתקה מכל צוררי, it grew old because of those who aggravated me.” So if you talk to people and get into arguments, it’s bad for your eyesight. And if it’s bad for your eyes that means that it’s wreaking havoc in your body; it’s bad for everything.Heart failure too! You open your mouth when you could have kept it closed and the heart becomes subjected to too much stress; the valves cannot take it and there’s a breakdown somewhere, a weakness in a valve someplace. Just by talking too much, there’s quarreling, there’s tension, nervous excitement, and your heart is suffering from it. I’m not saying that it happens all of a sudden, but gradually your big mouth is weakening your heart, and then one day, chalilah, it breaks down.WHERE DO PEOPLE DIE?I know of a man who dropped dead in the middle of an argument with his wife. He was a fine man, by the way, a good man. But if he would have studied this mishna in Pirkei Avos, he would have known “Don’t answer back!” And that would have saved him; he’d probably still be alive today. Who told you to answer back?! If you can be a diplomat and say something nice, do it. But if not, don’t say anything. He was a frum young man – he probably even knew this mishna – but he never studied it, and so he acted according to his nature and he answered back. He said his piece, and she answered back, and it went back and forth, back and forth until he dropped dead.It happens again and again. Don’t you read sometimes in the paper – a certain man, so and so, died of heart failure. Where did his heart attack happen? Did he die in his business because of his competitors? No, people don’t die because of their competitors. Did he die on the street because someone in the street insulted him? People don’t usually die because someone insulted them. He dies at home! People die because of their wives! Of course the newspaper will never say that. The obituary published in the newspapers will never say, “Mr. Anderson dropped dead Sunday night after an argument with his wife!” No, no, it won’t say that! It says, “Mr. Anderson died peacefully in his sleep at his home this past Sunday.” But if you know how to read the obituary pages, so you already know what that means.COMMUNICATION ISSUES?Why didn’t he die at his business? Why at his home? The answer is at home he has a wife, and most people die as a result of words. I’m not saying he’s right – who told him to react?! Who told him to bump his head against a stone wall? Arguing with a wife? Do you know what it’s like? It’s like he’s sticking a needle into her, a real needle. And she’s sticking needles into him. Is that fun? All of their lives they are “needling” each other. Only that his heart, his constitution was a bit weaker than his wife’s. You can’t win an argument! You think you’ll win an argument with your wife?! You’ll never win! The only real way to win an argument is to avoid it. So don’t get excited over nothing. Keep quiet and that’s all. Just keep quiet! And both of you will live longer as a result. And you’ll live happier lives as well.Women call me up; they say, “We have communication issues. My husband doesn’t ‘communicate’ with me.” The trouble is there’s too much communication! If they wouldn’t communicate so much they’d be much better off; in most cases people will profit by not talking.IGNORE THE BUMIn Mesichta Sanhedrin (7a) it says: טוביה דשמע ואדיש – “Happy is the man who hears people saying things that insult him, that bother him, and he ignores it, חלפוה בישתיה מאה – A hundred evils will pass him by.” Memorize those words; say them to yourself again and again. Learn to ignore any words you don’t like; somebody said something sharp to you, so שמע, you heard it, but אדיש, it doesn’t bother you. Pay no attention; make believe you never even heard it, and you’ll be spared from many troubles. If your husband is mean to you, pay no attention. If your wife is mean to you, pay no attention. And one hundred evils will pass you by. You’ll live together happily for the rest of your life.Most of the time, a punch in the nose is a result of opening up a mouth instead of ignoring. Suppose you’re walking in the street and a bum says something insulting to you. Forget about it! Don’t feel that you have to stand up and defend your honor. Oh no! Don’t do that. I know a man who did that and he got beaten up. Don’t even look at him; it’s dangerous. As far as you’re concerned you didn’t hear it, you didn’t hear anything. Keep walking and in another minute, you’re out of danger. And thank Hashem that you’re able to keep on walking. If it’s a goy who insults you, so you can give him a bracha that he should drop dead. Don’t let him hear you though! Don’t even mutter; don’t say it with your mouth. The mouth always stays closed!CHINESE WISDOM FOR LIFEI was walking in the street once, and two shkutzim, two young men came over to me and blocked the sidewalk; they didn’t let me go further. I couldn’t walk; I was stuck. So I got out off the sidewalk and I kept going. I didn’t say anything, I didn’t even take a peek over my shoulder. Suppose I looked back and said, “What do you think you’re doing? What right do you have to do that?” Ohhh, what would have happened to me! Don’t be a chacham, a hero. I always quote to you the wise Chinese proverb. The Chinamen say “The greatest hero is the one who runs away.” If you ignore and run away you’re a hero. And the one who opens up his mouth is not a hero, he’s a loser.I always say this story; it’s a tragic story. A young man from YU was going on chamisha asar b’shvat outingto Madison Square Garden. He was with a group of younger boys, a chaburah of boys with yarmulkes on, and he was leading them. And two twenty year old shkutzim were ridiculing the boys’ yarmulkas. Now this young man, he didn’t take the advice of chazal. At least the Chinese he should have listened to!Instead he looked at the gentile boys with anger and said something. Now a goy bleibt a goy, so the shkutzim went back to their car, they took out a hammer from the trunk, and they attacked him. They hit him over the head with the hammer and they killed him. He died there on the street, nebach. That’s why it says, “There’s nothing better for the body than keeping quiet.”HOW TO DEAL WITH HATELet’s say somebody calls you on the telephone and insults you. It happened to me a number of times. People have called the house and cursed me. You know what I did? I didn’t say a word! Not a word! And they hung up. It happened again a few months ago and I knew who it was; I knew. And after that he came into my shul one evening to daven and I didn’t say a word. And it was finished. But once you start up with these people, who knows what’s going to be? A word for a word and it turns into who knows what! There’s no knowing how it’s going to end up! So just grin and bear it.How many people have lost their jobs by talking back to their boss? Sometimes their boss is in a bad mood, so just swallow down what he said and it could be that an hour later he’ll be a good boss. He might even promote you. I had that experience once. In my first position in rabbanus, a man once came into a meeting of the board of directors and he made a grand announcement: He said, “Rabbi Miller, I greeted you last week and you didn’t answer me! You didn’t answer me ‘Good Shabbos.’” He brought it up to the board of directors at a meeting; a complaint against the new rabbi. So the president of the shul came over and asked me about it. Now, it wasn’t true, but I didn’t say anything. I could have opened my mouth, but I remembered this ma’amar chazal and I kept my mouth closed.RABBI MILLER GETS A RAISE!I met this man again and again, he was a shul member, and I was always friendly to him. One day he gets up by the meeting of the board of directors and he makes a motion to give me a raise. This man! No one thought of giving me a raise except this one man! Now, had I answered him back it would have never happened. And so I learned the lesson that it “pays” to keep your mouth closed.I’ve seen it all! I’ve watched as people put themselves in danger by opening a mouth. Just because they answered back, I’ve watched good people lose jobs, lose customers. They lost their wives or their husbands, siblings and friends. And sooner or later they lose themselves; they excite wrong reactions in their bodies and they end up sick. Many lose years from their life because of their mouths.THE KEY TO A GOOD LIFEAnd that’s what Dovid Hamelech tells us (Tehillim 34:13-14): מי האיש החפץ חיים – “Who is the man who wants life?” We think it means eternal life, and that’s true; but it’s not the whole truth. There’s more to it: Who wants to live in this world? אוהב ימים – “You’re an oheiv yomim?” You like days, don’t you? You want more and more of them. לראות טוב – “You want to see happiness and good times during those days?” You want to see yourself getting along well with others? You want a successful marriage? You want to see good health? That’s all included in lir’os tov. “Oh,” you say. “That’s me! I want to live long! I want to see good times!”But you don’t! You’re not really interested in trying to live long. You’ll say it, you’ll repeat it, you’ll even sing it, but you don’t think about it. You have to take steps to live long, and one of the most important steps is to keep the mouth closed. נצור לשונך מרע – “Guard your tongue against evil”. What does “evil” mean? Not only you shouldn’t say derogatory things about people or quarrel with them. The real lashon hara is opening your mouth to say stupid things, to chatter and babble and say nothing. The general rule is to keep your tongue on the inside of the mouth and keep the mouth closed; that’s the rule you should follow. If we live according to that, our physical happiness in this world will increase and we will attain a life of lir’os tov, of seeing good times.A MOMENT OF SILENCESo we go back to the great principle that the job of a person in this world is to learn the skill of being quiet, the profession of being like an ileim. And before we conclude we’ll listen to the words of a great man, the Vilna Gaon (Igeres Hagra); these words deserve to be remembered by us. שעל כל רגע ורגע – “For every moment, for every minute, שאדם חוסם פיו – that a man muzzles his mouth, זוכה לאור הגנוז – He’ll be rewarded by that secret brilliance, שאין כל מלאך יכול לשער – that no creature, no angel, is capable of measuring its magnitude.”The splendor of reward is so great for one minute of silence! We’re not talking about a whole lifetime of silence; he says there that for every moment that you keep your mouth closed, you’ll be rewarded with a splendor, a brilliance that is so great that even an angel is not capable of measuring the magnitude, the extent of its greatness. I know that this is a very extreme statement but the Vina Gaon is a very responsible personality. So it’s not only a profession of yiras shamayim, and not only is it the best advice for good health and long life, but it’s a career that will reward you beyond your highest dreams.LEARNING THE LESSONAnd so we have to get busy. How can you read about the metzora every year, and continue to ignore the lessons for your own life? Even if today we aren’t privileged to see the miraculous hand of Hashem bringing tzara’as on a person, but the lessons remain as applicable today as they were then. When Hashem separated a good man, a loyal frum Jew, from his family and friends, he was expected to learn this lesson of “Elokim is ba’shomayim listening to you … therefore your words should be few.” And we, no less than him, are expected to learn that lesson as well.And so we have to delve into these pesukim and apply them to our own lives. This man had to cover his mouth; what about me? Am I an adam yet? Am I producing enough silence? Am I succeeding at my profession of making myself k’ileim? And so when we study this parsha, we can’t just let it pass by. As often as you can during the day, a minute here and a minute there, you remind yourself that it’s your job to be as silent as you can. Not complete silence – tzedektidabeirun! But as far as everything else we will try to be as careful as possible and remember that לך דומיה תהילה, to You Hashem silence is praise, and thereby we gain the great reward of Hashem, a reward unknown even to the angels. 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WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS Spencer, Lauren, and Jessica chat about: All the exciting GymCastic goodies you can expect from us at worlds!!! Lots of video clips and video analysis from us starting with PODIUM TRAINING this Friday! A podcast every single day of competition starting with men’s prelims on Monday through finals on Sunday . We might try something else we’ve never done before for Club Members, so if you haven’t made sure you can login and get to the extended version of the Maggie Haney, Aimee Boorman interview, please do so now. How to watch Full competition schedule and USAG live streaming schedule available at www.usagymworlds.com. US team selection (7:30) WE GOT VIDEOS FROM SELECTION CAMP!!!! #ScottandRhonda4ever Why a Smith, Hurd, Carey, Locklear team is weird, unexpected, and controversial Why a Smith, Hurd, Carey, Locklear team makes total sense That time Italy looked at the US's "controversial" selection and said, "Hold my beer..." (18:44) Women's All-Around (23:53) True or false: It's Ragan Smith v. Larisa Iordache for the all-around title Who else should we be watching in the medal hunt? (Hint: lots of people) We preemptively award the Longines Prize for Elegance to at least six people (36:16) NEW SKILLS ALERT (41:16) Why it's extra, extra important to pay attention to Nina Derwael, Georgia-Mae Fenton, Tabea Alt, Cintia Rodriguez, and Aiko Sugihara this year. Event Finals (48:00) The major players on each apparatus Questions we still have heading into the competition Is Paseka...good? Does Ashton Locklear have the execut...BUT HER INBARS Will Nina Derwael make history for Belgium Will Iordache get that giant 6.7 D? Will the floor final be Japan's time? Our 100% accurate, definite, guaranteed podium predictions The part where we remind you to pay attention to other gymnasts for reasons like being in their 20s or being tall or having a good backstory (1:20:26) This year's submissions: Jonna Adlerteg, Farah Hussein, and Courtney McGregor Letters to Bogi What the three of us want for Gymnastics Christmas this year. It's a lot. Men's competition storylines (1:27:12) Kohei v. Oleg: The Rematch? Is Kenzo becoming a real boy? (i.e. all-arounder?) Samir Ait Said's return from the Rio leg snap Yul Moldauer bringing the pretty back to USA Gymnastics The Marvin Kimble resurrection The return of Dr. Epke Men's super-duper exciting skills to watch  TTYs from Artur Dalaloyan and (maybe now) Eddie Penev Sam Mikulak's possible triple back 1/1 on high bar Whittenburg's triple pike on rings Hidetaka Miyachi's MOST AMAZING HIGH BAR EVER and the race for the double twisting layout Kovacs Max Whitlock's MI6, classified, top top secret new pommel horse skills UMMMMMM, the mascot for worlds?!?!?!?!  SUPPORT THE SHOW Join Club Gym Nerd here. Buy one of our awesome goodies here. RELATED EPISODES 268: Aimee Boorman and Maggie Haney: The Olympic Experience 267: Growing up in Cuba with Charlie Tamayo 266: Screams of Joy 265: Russian Cup, University Games, and Feedback 264: 2017 P&G Championships Mega Recap 263: P&G Championships Preview with Jon Horton 261: 2017 U.S. Classic! 260: U.S. Classic Preview 258: The Fluff Cast (Commissioned) 262: 1996 Olympic Event Finals (Commissioned) 256: 1996 Olympic All-Around Final (Commissioned) 255: 1996 Olympic Team Final (Commissioned) 254: Vanessa Atler 252: Myths, Legends, and Unexpected Moments in Gymnastics History (Commissioned)  

2017 XXL freshman Ummmmmm, yeah about that!

Ummmmmm…how is the weather still so cold?  I mean, sure, in New York it’s been getting into the 70s, but I want SUMMER.  I want drinking on a rooftop sweating at 11PM hot summer!  Come on!  Today on the show we try to coax out the summer heat by playing some summer-themed songs. And then after, some new tunes and then a bunch of old favorites!  Stay tuned! Jambinai - Différance Will Stratton - Rosewood Almanac 00:00 - DJ Madalyn 01:06 - Summer Is Not An Act 2 - Radiation City 02:20 - Summer Nights - GRMLN 04:18 - Summer Dream - The Goodnight Loving 06:34 - Summer Sun - The Smoking Trees 08:50 - Summer Mood - Best Coast 11:12 - DJ Madalyn 11:30 - In The Summertime - The Rural Alberta Advantage 14:04 - Constructive Summer - The Hold Steady 16:57 - Summertime - Death Valley Girls 20:08 - Summer Song - YACHT 23:38 - Summer Noon - Tweedy 27:07 - Summer Days - The Poets of Rhythm 30:45 - DJ Madalyn 31:24 - Patience - Adult Mom 35:11 - Other Lives - Hazel English 38:10 - Connection - Jambinai 47:42 - Fade - Ryan Massad 52:02 - Light Blue - Will Stratton 56:05 - DJ Madalyn 56:32 - After Hours - Caribou 62:41 - Dub the Frequencies of Love - Gogol Bordello 68:52 - Saint Dymphna - Jolie Holland 75:04 - Roses on the Window - Avey Tare’s Slasher Flicks 81:43 - Sleeplymouth - Volcano Choir 88:26 - DJ Madalyn 88:46 - Shameless - Man Man 95:23 - Study 04 - Effacer 101:54 - When My Baby Comes - Grinderman 108:39 - Fossa - Daughter 115:18 - DJ Madalyn 116:00 - Rescue Teams - Evening Hymns 121:02 - Finish

Fill out our survey! Quick Episode Summary: Intro :11 Promo 1: Broadway Backstory 3:28 The Libsyn Blog info 4:01 Promo 2: The History News Show 4:49 How we feature you! 5:13 Audio Rockin' Libsyn Podcast: Mouse Scouts 6:15 Promo 3: Badasses, Boobs and Body Counts 12:05 Rob & Elsie Conversation 12:37 A little catch up on Rogue One And then there's the time when podcasters decided to leave negative iTunes reviews for other podcasters Yeay! Happy Holidays from Civilla! And we love she listens more than once 22:42 Nope, we're not considering a live broadcast solution and we let you know why Did you guys know that we can make your podcast an app? We totally can iTunes totally does NOT let you know if you are featured in the New & Noteworthy slot, nope, they do not “Don't get intoxicated with the fact that someone wants you. That's how 55 year old men wind up alone at Thanksgiving.” Revisited A bit of an update to the PayPal Donate button A conversation around Mark Ramsey and his opinion about podcasting's worst problem And how does having an app for your own show help you? Shout out to Danny Pena for letting us know about the Dead Rising 4 podcasting thing! Auphonic is doing some great stuff with podcasting and speech to text Ummmmmm 8 podcasting innovations for 2016? Ya, not so much And goodness, the divide between pro-casters and podcasters is stratifying And the million dollar question: why does podcasting need to yield a significant audience? Small predictions for podcasting in 2017 The 1 star review from the might Dave Jackson 1:07:54 Stats stats stats! User agents! Featured Podcast Promos + Audio Broadway Back Story The History News Show Badasses, Boobs, and Body Counts Mouse Scouts 21st Century Hannah: Childless Not By Choice by Civilla Morgan Podcasting Articles and Links mentioned by Rob and Elsie Our SpeakPipe Feedback page! Leave us feedback :) A Free Year Of Podcast Hosting Podchristmas Improving the donate button for bigger bucks The Biggest Problem With Podcasting Is Make Podcasts Searchable, Speech To Text Podcasting Stratifies Into Hard Layers Elsie on Grant Baciocco's show 15 minutes Podfest Chronicles episode featuring Elsie and Jess and their super cool event Podfusion! (direct link to the episode in the Podcasts App) Where is Libsyn Going? (In Real Life) Podfest use coupon code shepodcasts for the 3 day event by 11/30 and get $77 off! Podfusion the workshop put on by She Podcasts! Training 2017 Conference Proclaim 17 HELP US SPREAD THE WORD! We'd love it if you could please share #TheFeed with your twitter followers. Click here to post a tweet! If you dug this episode head on over to iTunes and kindly leave us a rating, a review and subscribe! Ways to subscribe to The Feed: The Official Libsyn Podcast Click here to subscribe via iTunes Click here to subscribe via RSS You can also subscribe via Stitcher FEEDBACK + PROMOTION You can ask your questions, make comments and create a segment about podcasting for podcasters! Let your voice be heard. Download the FREE The Feed App for iOS and Android (you can send feedback straight from within the app) Call 412 573 1934 Email thefeed@libsyn.com Use our SpeakPipe Page!  

Fill out our survey! Quick Episode Summary: Intro :11 Promo 1: Broadway Backstory 3:28 The Libsyn Blog info 4:01 Promo 2: The History News Show 4:49 How we feature you! 5:13 Audio Rockin' Libsyn Podcast: Mouse Scouts 6:15 Promo 3: Badasses, Boobs and Body Counts 12:05 Rob & Elsie Conversation 12:37 A little catch up on Rogue One And then there's the time when podcasters decided to leave negative iTunes reviews for other podcasters Yeay! Happy Holidays from Civilla! And we love she listens more than once 22:42 Nope, we're not considering a live broadcast solution and we let you know why Did you guys know that we can make your podcast an app? We totally can iTunes totally does NOT let you know if you are featured in the New & Noteworthy slot, nope, they do not “Don't get intoxicated with the fact that someone wants you. That's how 55 year old men wind up alone at Thanksgiving.” Revisited A bit of an update to the PayPal Donate button A conversation around Mark Ramsey and his opinion about podcasting's worst problem And how does having an app for your own show help you? Shout out to Danny Pena for letting us know about the Dead Rising 4 podcasting thing! Auphonic is doing some great stuff with podcasting and speech to text Ummmmmm 8 podcasting innovations for 2016? Ya, not so much And goodness, the divide between pro-casters and podcasters is stratifying And the million dollar question: why does podcasting need to yield a significant audience? Small predictions for podcasting in 2017 The 1 star review from the might Dave Jackson 1:07:54 Stats stats stats! User agents! Featured Podcast Promos + Audio Broadway Back Story The History News Show Badasses, Boobs, and Body Counts Mouse Scouts 21st Century Hannah: Childless Not By Choice by Civilla Morgan Podcasting Articles and Links mentioned by Rob and Elsie Our SpeakPipe Feedback page! Leave us feedback :) A Free Year Of Podcast Hosting Podchristmas Improving the donate button for bigger bucks The Biggest Problem With Podcasting Is Make Podcasts Searchable, Speech To Text Podcasting Stratifies Into Hard Layers Elsie on Grant Baciocco's show 15 minutes Podfest Chronicles episode featuring Elsie and Jess and their super cool event Podfusion! (direct link to the episode in the Podcasts App) Where is Libsyn Going? (In Real Life) Podfest use coupon code shepodcasts for the 3 day event by 11/30 and get $77 off! Podfusion the workshop put on by She Podcasts! Training 2017 Conference Proclaim 17 HELP US SPREAD THE WORD! We'd love it if you could please share #TheFeed with your twitter followers. Click here to post a tweet! If you dug this episode head on over to iTunes and kindly leave us a rating, a review and subscribe! Ways to subscribe to The Feed: The Official Libsyn Podcast Click here to subscribe via iTunes Click here to subscribe via RSS You can also subscribe via Stitcher FEEDBACK + PROMOTION You can ask your questions, make comments and create a segment about podcasting for podcasters! Let your voice be heard. Download the FREE The Feed App for iOS and Android (you can send feedback straight from within the app) Call 412 573 1934 Email thefeed@libsyn.com Use our SpeakPipe Page!  

Ummmmmm what in the world did we talk about this week again? All I can remember is that we had our dearest of dear friends Troels Pleimert as our guest. I’ll tell you what we didn’t talk about though: the topic. The song at the end of this week’s podcast is I don’t even know […]

Pastor Tim continues the series "Church in the Real World." Listen as he uncovers the Gospel's relevance to our lives and culture today!

You guys know we love a hot topic especially when you guys call in and join us. This week we are talking fake orgasim and how often do you fake them? Our second question of the day is on new technologies and sexuality. The Cyber world is causing all sorts of relationship problems. Did you know people hook up for cyber and phone sex? So the question of the day is this "Is it cheating if you are in a relationship but have phone or cyber sex with someone? Ummmmmm......Join the CCShow for a hot discussion. Plus Celebrity Gossip and News. Saturday @ 12:30 pm CST.