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Brett and Christina host an OG episode. Christina talks about her upcoming spinal surgery and navigating insurance hassles. Brett talks about his sleep issues, project progress, and coding routines. They dive into the complexities of USB-C cables, from volts to data rates. And TV’s just ‘okay’ now, except for some softcore gay porn. Kagi search saves the day. Happy holidays — and get some sleep. Sponsor Copilot Money can help you take control of your finances. Get a fresh start with your money for 2026 with 26% off when you visit try.copilot.money/overtired and use code OVERTIRED. Shopify is the commerce platform behind 10% of all eCommerce in the US, from household names like Mattel and Gymshark, to brands just getting started. Get started today at shopify.com/overtired. Show Links CaberQu BLE cable tester Umami Analytics Plausible Analytics Kagi The Comfortable Problem of Mid TV – The New York Times Fallout Heated Rivalry (TV Series 2025– ) – IMDb Chapters 00:00 Introduction and Greetings 00:40 Christina’s Health Update 05:05 Brett’s Sleep and Work Routine 12:19 USB-C Cable Confusion 22:03 Sponsor Break: Shopify 24:26 Sponsor Break: Copilot Money 26:57 Exploring Rocket Money and Web Interfaces 27:21 Discovering Umami Analytics 28:06 Nostalgia for Mint and Fever 28:44 The Decline of RSS and Google Reader 31:45 Switching to Kagi Search Engine 32:33 The Rise of AI-Generated Content 40:46 TV Shows: Is TV Just Okay Now? 47:24 The Cultural Phenomenon of Heated Rivalry 52:50 Wrapping Up and Holiday Wishes Join the Conversation Merch Come chat on Discord! Twitter/ovrtrd Instagram/ovrtrd Youtube Get the Newsletter Thanks! You’re downloading today’s show from CacheFly’s network BackBeat Media Podcast Network Check out more episodes at overtiredpod.com and subscribe on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or your favorite podcast app. Find Brett as @ttscoff, Christina as @film_girl, Jeff as @jsguntzel, and follow Overtired at @ovrtrd on Twitter. Transcript Universal Serial Bitching Introduction and Greetings [00:00:00] Brett: Hey, you’re listening to Overtired. I am Brett Terpstra, and it’s just me and Christina Warren this morning. How you doing, Christina? Christina: Doing pretty good. Doing pretty good. Yeah. This is the, this is the OG Overtired configuration. Brett: right back to basics. Um, Christina: We do miss you Jeff, though. Ho, ho, ho. Hope that Jeff is having a great holiday with his family. Brett: we’ll have to have some, uh, gratuitous Wiki K hole that you go down just to, to commemorate the olden days. Um, so yeah, let’s, uh, let’s, let’s do a quick check-in. Christina’s Health Update Brett: Um, I’m curious about your health and all of the wildness that’s going on with your spine and whatnot. Christina: Yeah. Yeah. Um, same. I wanna hear about you too. Um, so, uh, Christina’s cervical spine update, as it were. Um, I am [00:01:00] still waiting to, as we’re recording this, which is like. Uh, three days before Christmas, uh, I’m still waiting to hear from the, uh, hospital to see if I can, when I can get scheduled. Um, insurance has sort of been a pain in the ass, so when I talked to them last week, they were like, we sent them some paperwork. We’re still waiting for some things back then. I called the insurance company and the, the, uh, like my insurance is like, has like an intermediary service that is supposed to contact the insurance company on your behalf and that person, but like, I can’t contact them directly. And then that person was like, oh, you don’t need pre-authorization. Go ahead and schedule the surgery. And I’m like, this doesn’t feel right. Um, so, but, but we, we went ahead and we called back the, you know, the, the surgeon, um, his office and they were very nice and we were like. They say that we can get on the books. So I don’t know when that will be. I’m hoping that it will be, you know, like the first week of January, um, or, or, or thereabouts. Um, but I don’t know. Um, [00:02:00] so I am still kind of in this like limbo stage where I don’t know exactly when I’m gonna have the surgery, except hopefully soon. And, um, and, and for anyone who hasn’t caught up, I, uh, I have a bulging disc on C seven on my cervical spine, and I’m going to get a, um, artificial disc replacement. Um, so they’re gonna take out the, you know, bulging bone and all that and put in, uh, some synthetic piece and then hopefully that will immediately relieve the, the pain that has been primarily through the left side of, uh, my arm and my shoulder, um, uh, down through my fingers. But it’s been on my right side a little bit too. So hopefully when that is done, it’ll be a relatively short recovery. Um, I’ll have an early scar and um, I will be, you know, not. Uh, the pain right now, like the levels aren’t terrible, but I’m pretty numb, uh, on my, my, my left arm, my, my right arm, um, uh, or right fingers I guess too, but, but really it’s, it’s, uh, the, the, the left side [00:03:00] that’s the worst. And traveling. Um, I’m, I’m in Atlanta with my family right now and, you know, kind of doing other things is just not, it’s not great. So, um, hopefully I’ll be getting surgery sooner rather than later. But obviously all that stuff does impact your mental health too, when you’re in pain and, and you, you know, are freaked out too about, you know, like, even though like they do, you know, it, it’s not an uncommon surgery and, and it, and it should be fine, but you know, there’s always these things in the back of your mind. You’re like, okay, well what if something goes wrong or whatever. So I’m just, I’m looking forward to, um, you know, light at the end of the tunnel, but um, still kind of in a holding pattern with that. So Brett: Wow. So that scar’s, that scar’s gonna be on your throat. Christina: Yeah, Brett: Wow. Christina: yeah. Like probably like. No, not really. I’m, I mean, I’m hoping that it’ll be, uh, like no, it really won’t be at all. Brett: I, I, I would like to have it. I can understand why you wouldn’t. Christina: yeah, I mean, you know, I will obviously, you know, uh, hopefully it’ll be like low enough to be [00:04:00] primarily covered by shirts or other things, although, who knows? ’cause I do like to wear like, lower cut things sometimes. I don’t know. It, it’ll hopefully, you Brett: I heard chokers are coming back. Christina: Yeah, I don’t, unfortunately. I think it’s gonna be too, uh, low for that. Brett: Okay. Christina: uh, like, it, it’s gonna be, I think like it might hit against my laryn is, is what they say. That’s the other thing too. I might have, you know, some hoarseness after, won’t we permanent? Um, you know, knock on wood. Um, Brett: go on Etsy, you can get, um, they’re for BDSM, they’re like neck, uh, they hold your chin up. They’re like posture enhancers. Uh, but they sell them within leather with like corset straps. ’cause they’re like A-B-D-S-M accessory. That would work. Christina: No, no. Not even once. Uh, not even once. I mean, look, a good group of people who wanna do that, uh, I I will not be wearing a collar of any sort of that sort of thing. Uh, I, I, I don’t, I don’t really wanna, wanna be part [00:05:00] of, uh, one of that, those types of, you know, uh, Harlequin romance novels. , Brett’s Sleep and Work Routine Brett: All right, well, I will go ahead and check in. Um, I, I’m sleeping really well for like two days at a time, and then I’ll have. A string of like five or six hours of sleep, which isn’t nothing. Um, but it’s not quite enough for me to not feel tired all the time. And two nights of sleep is not enough for me to catch up on sleep. And, um, so I’m kind of, this has been going on for like a year though, so it’s, I’m just kind of, I’m used to it and I’ve learned to operate pretty well on six or seven hours of sleep, even though historically like I need eight and a half. Um, but I’m doing okay and I get up about four every morning and I start coding and I usually code from like four to noon, so an eight [00:06:00] hour workday, uh, with a breakfast somewhere in there. And, um, I’ve made really good progress. Marked is, as far as I can tell, ready to go wide with the beta. Um. I think I’ve solved every bug that’s been reported so far. I only have about a hundred testers right now, um, but I’m gonna open it up, uh, try to get maybe a thousand testers for a couple weeks and then go for a live release. The biggest thing that I’m running into is problems with getting the, like free trial and the purchase mechanisms working, which is the exact same thing that’s holding up NV Ultra right now. Um, so if I can figure it out for Mark, I can port it to NV Ultra. I can have two apps out there making money, hopefully never have to get a job again. Um, I’m teamed up right now with Dan Peterson, formerly of One Password. Um, and we’re [00:07:00] working on some iOS apps and. And, uh, apex. My, my, all my Universal markdown processor is, it’s coming along really well. I’ve, I’ve put it out there. Um, I’ve talked to John Gruber a little bit about it. He’s gonna give it more of a workout and get back to me. Um, but I think, I think it’s getting to a point where I would be comfortable integrating it into Mark and even talking to some other, uh, apps about using it as their default processor, um, and kind of alleviating some of the issues people run into with, uh, differences in syntax. Um, I. I, I, I talked to Devon, think, uh, Eric from Devon think about using it. ’cause they use multi markdown right now, uh, which has a lot of cool features, but is not [00:08:00] really in sync with what most of the web is using these days. Um, so I talked to them about it and they’re like, oh, we had the exact same idea and we’re almost done with our own universal processor. Um, and theirs is gonna output like RTF and things that I don’t need apex to do. ’cause you can just pipe apex into panoc and do everything you need. So anyway, I’m, I’m tired. I’m, I’m in good spirits. I. I’m dealing fine with winter. My, I’m alone on Christmas, which is gonna be weird. Um, my family’s outta town. Elle is house sitting I’ll, I’ll go visit Elle, but most of the day I’m gonna be like by myself on Christmas and I don’t drink anymore. And I, I don’t, I don’t know how that’s gonna go yet. Um, initially I thought, oh, that’s fine. I like being alone. But then, [00:09:00] then the idea of like, not having anyone to talk to you on Christmas day started to feel a little depressing. Christina: Yeah. Yeah. Um, but, um, hopefully, um, when, when will, uh, when will I’ll be back from, from house sitting. How long is, uh, are, are they going to be Brett: I think. I think the people, the, the house owners come back Thursday or Friday. Christina: Okay. Brett: Then we’re gonna take off and go up to Minneapolis to hang out with her family for a weekend. So, I don’t know. It’ll, it’s gonna be fine. It’s gonna be fine. We’re gonna like cook on Christmas Eve and, and have leftovers on Christmas day. It’ll be fine. Christina: Yeah, yeah. Well, but, but it, but, but that is weird. Like, I’m sure like to be, you know, not, not, not, not with like your usual crew, but, um, [00:10:00] especially without the alcohol there. But that’s probably a good thing too. Brett: Yeah, I guess. Um, I will have all the cats. I’ll be fine. I have to take care of the dog too. Christina: Have, have you heard any updates, like, um, I guess, um, about when you were, you know, you were in the hospital a few times over the last year with, with various things. Did you ever get any definitive update on what that was? Brett: On which one? I have so many symptoms. Which one are we talking about? Christina: Well, I guess I, I guess when you, you know, you’ve had to be like hospitalized or Brett: The pancreatitis. Christina: had the pancreatitis. Brett: the, the fact that it hasn’t happened again since I stopped drinking, um, really does indicate that it was entirely alcohol that was causing the problem. Um, so yeah, I’m just, I’m never gonna drink again. That’s fine. It’s, it’s all fine. Um, I did, I did get approved to get back on Medicaid. Um, so [00:11:00] yeah, I haven’t gotten the paperwork in the mail yet. Uh, but my old card should just start working and I’ll be able to, my, my new doctor wants a whole bunch more tests, including an MRI of my pituitary gland. Um. Like testosterone tests and stuff that I guess is more specific to what she thinks might be going on with me. Um, but now I can, I can actually get those tests That would’ve been just a huge out-of-pocket expense over the last couple months. So I’m excited. I’m excited to be back on Medicaid. I wish everyone could have Medicaid. Christina: Yeah, that would be really nice. That would be really nice if, if, if we had systems like that available, um, for everyone. Um, but. Instead, you know, if they’re, like, if you have really great health, I mean, you, you pointed those out. Like you have really great health insurance if you [00:12:00] can prove that you, you know, make absolutely no money. Um, but, but that opens up so many other, you know, issues that most people aren’t lucky enough to be able Brett: right. Yeah, totally. Christina: right. Brett: All right, well do you, okay, first topic. USB-C Cable Confusion Brett: How much do you know about USBC cables and the various specs? Christina: Uh, Brett: you know a shit ton. Christina: I do, unfortunately, I know a lot. Brett: So I, I had been operating under the assumption that there were basically, you had like data USBC cables, you had, uh, thunderbolt USBC cables and you had like, power only USPC cables. It turns out there’s like 18 different varieties of different, uh, like vol, uh, voltage, uh, amperage, uh, levels, like total wattage basically. And, um, and transfer speeds. And, [00:13:00] um, and there’s like maximum links for different types of cable. And it, it, I started to understand why like. One device would charge with one cable and another device would not charge with the same cable, even though they all have the same connector. Christina: Yeah. Yeah. I mean, I think this is, this is why, um, some of us have been really like eye rolly at the EU for their pronouncements about certain things, because simply mandating a connector type doesn’t actually solve the problem. Brett: No, it actually confuses it a little bit Christina: I think Yeah, I was going to say exactly. I think in some cases it makes it worse. Right? And, and then you have different, like, and, and then getting SB four into it, uh, uh, versus like, like, like, like various Thunderbolt versions. Like that adds complications too, because technically SB four and Thunderbolt four should basically be the same, but they’re not really, there are a couple of things that Thunderbolt might have that [00:14:00] USB four doesn’t necessarily have to have, although for all intents and purposes they might be the same. And then of course, thunderbolts five is its own thing too. So like I bought off of Kickstarter, I got like this, you know, like a cable charger, basically like, like a connector thing. It was like $120. For this, this, this thing that basically you can plug a cable into and you can see its voltage and um, or not voltage, I guess it’s uh, you know, amperage or whatever. And you can see like, it, it, it’s transfer speed and you can basically like check that on like a little display, which is useful, but the fact that like, you have to buy that sometimes. So like figure out, well, okay, well which cable is this? Right? And then, uh, to your point about lengths, right? So like, okay, so you want something that’s going to be fast charging but also high speed data transfer. Alright, well that means that you, the cable’s gonna have to be stiff. It’s not gonna be able to be something that’s really bendable. Um, which of course is what most people are going to want. So like you can get a fast charge, like a 240 wat or a hundred and, you know, 20 wat or, or [00:15:00] whatever, um, like a USB 2.0 transfer speed cable. But if you want one that’s, uh, going to be, you know, fast charging and. Fast data transfer, then like that’s a different type. And they have like limited lengths, which again, can also be associated with like Thunderbolt or Thunderbolt. You know, cables are much more expensive. Um, and, uh, uh, you know, the, the, the, but their, their lengths are limited. Um, yeah. Uh, it’s very confusing. Brett: Did you know that in rare circumstances there are even devices that will only charge with an A to C cable. Christina: Yes, Brett: That’s so insane. Christina: yeah, no, I’ve run into that myself and then that’s a weird thing and I don’t even know how that should work. ’cause it’s, it’s, it’s a bizarre thing. You’re like, okay, well I thought this was just like a, you know, maybe like a dumb end, but it’s like, no, there’s like, you know, basically a microchip Brett: Like a two pin to two pin. Christina: at this point. Brett: Like two pen to two pen, no pd like you would think that would work with C to C, [00:16:00] but somehow it has to be A to c. I am getting one of those cable testers. I asked for one for Christmas so I could figure out this pile of cables I have and like my Sonos Ace headphones are very particular about which cables and what, um, charging hub I hooked them up to Christina: Right. Oh, yeah, hubs. I was gonna say, hubs introduce a whole other complication into this too, because depending on what hub you’re using, if you’re using a USB hub, it may or may not have certain things versus a Thunderbolt hub versus something else, versus just like, um, you know, a power brick. Like, yeah. Brett: Yeah. It’s fun stuff you. Christina: Yeah. No, it’s annoying. And, um, like, and what, what’s frustrating about this is like some of the cables that they’re better, like you can look at the, you know, the bottoms of them and you can see like they will have like the USB like four, or they might have 3.2, or they might have, you know, like the thunderbolt, you know, um, uh, icon [00:17:00] with, with, with its version. So you can figure out is this 20 gigabits, is this 40, is this 80? Um, but um. That’s not a guaranteed thing, and that also doesn’t guarantee authenticity of stuff, right? So a lot of the cables, you know, you buy off the internet can be, you know, and they might be, or even at stores, right? Like you’re, you’re not buying something from, even if you get things from Belkin or whoever, like, those things can have issues too. Um, although they at least tend to have better warranties. I bought a Balkan, um. Uh, like a, a, a PD cable, like a two 40 cable that I think it was like, you know, uh, 10 feet longer something. It was supposed to have some sort of long warranty and, and because the, the, you know, um, faster transfer ones, um, are, even though it was braided, you know, it stiff and it, it broke, like there was, uh, the, like the, you know, the connect with the part of the, the, the cable near the, the end, um, did that thing that typically apple cables do, where like, it, it sort of [00:18:00] fraying and you started like seeing the exposed wires and then like, you start to like, feel like, you know, like an electric charge, like Brett: A little tingle. Christina: you’re Yeah. And you’re like, okay, this isn’t good. Um, and so I at least had my Amazon receipt, so I was able to like. Get them to mail me a new one relatively easily. And like Anchor has an okay warranty too. But it’s one of those things you’re like, okay, when did I buy this? I was like, I didn’t even buy this a year ago, and this thing already crapped out. Um, versus, you know, you can get some really nice braided cables that are flexible, but they’re just gonna be 2.0 speeds. Um, and, and then if you buy, you know, you just buy like some random cable, you know, like at the airport or whatever. You’re like, all right, well, I don’t even know Brett: Great. Christina: anything about this. Uh, yeah, Brett: I have heard good things. I’ve heard good things about the company. Cable Matters. Christina: Yeah. Yeah. They make good stuff. They make good stuff. But again, at least the cables matters, cables that I have have been primarily stiffer cables because they tend to be like the, the higher transfer [00:19:00] speeds. So, um, like I have a cable, cable matters Thunderbolt cable, and I have like a USB four cable, I think. Um, but like, these are cables that like. I don’t, I mean, I, I have one that I, I kind of travel with, but I don’t, um, either keeping it as little cable matters, uh, uh, plastic, um. Like, so they come in like these, these case, uh, not these cases. Uh, they come in like these, uh, almost like Ziploc bag type of things. Um, which is a great way to ship cables honestly, you know, rather than using a box and, and like I, and I might toss one of those in a suitcase or a backpack, um, rather than having like the cable just out there loose. But I do that primarily because again, like they’re stiff and they’re not the sorts of things that I necessarily want, like in the bottom of my bag, you know, potentially getting broken and, and, and, and twisted and all of that. Um, they are overpriced for what they are and they are definitely not like, they’re not a high transfer cable, but if you can find ’em on sale, the beats, cables, the, the, the, the, the, the branded Beats cables, I actually like them better [00:20:00] than the apple cables that are the same thing, because they are, they’re longer, uh, by, you know, um, a, a few inches than, um, the, the Apple ones. But they’re still braided and they’re nice. And I was able to get, I dunno, this was a, this was not even Black Friday, but this was. Um, you know, sometime in like early November, I think, um, or maybe it was like late October. It might’ve been a Prime Day thing, I don’t know, but they were like eight or $9 a piece, and so I bought like five or six of them. Um, and they are, you know, uh, uh, PD and like, like, like fast charging peoples, they might not be 240, but I think they’re, they’re, they were like a hundred and you know, like 20 watts or whatever. But, um, you know, not high transfer speeds, but if you’re wanting to just quickly charge something and have it, you know, be a, a decent length and be like flexible. Those I don’t, those I don’t hate. Um, anchor makes pretty good cables. You green seems to be the company that’s sponsoring everyone now for various things. [00:21:00] But, um, I don’t know. I’ve started using MagSafe more and more, uh, like wireless charging when I can for some things, at least for phones, Brett: yeah. I actually have some U green wireless charging solutions that are really good. Christina: Yeah. Yeah. I just got one of their, uh, their 10,000 million pair battery fast charging battery things because now the MagSafe, uh, can be like up to, you know, 30 watts or whatever, or 25 watts or, or, or, or whatever it is. Like it’s, um, a lot more, um, usable than, you know, when it was like 10 or, or, or even 15. You’re like, okay, this, this is actually not going to be like the, the slowest, you know, charging thing known to man. But of course, obviously it’s like you can use it with your phone and with your AirPods, but the rest of the things out there don’t, don’t all support shi too, so, Brett: Right. Christina: yeah. Brett: All right. So, um, I want to talk about TV a little bit. Christina: Yeah. I think before we do that though, we should probably Brett: oh, we should, we [00:22:00] have two sponsors to fit in Jesus. I should get on that. Sponsor Break: Shopify Brett: Um, let’s start with, uh, let’s start with Shopify. This episode is brought to you by Shopify. Have you been dreaming of owning your own business? In addition to having something to sell, you’ll need a website, a payment system, a logo, a way to advertise to new customers, et cetera, et cetera. It can all be overwhelming and confusing, but that’s where today’s sponsor, Shopify comes in. Shopify is the commerce platform behind millions of businesses around the world, and 10% of all e-commerce in the us From household names like Mattel and Gym Shark to brands. Just getting started, get started with your own design studio with hundreds of ready to use templates. Shopify helps you build beautiful online store to match your brand style, accelerate your content creation. 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I’m tired. I’ve been up since, I’ve been up since two today. Christina: Yeah. Shit, man. That’s, yeah, you again, like you’ve been having like sleep issues. It’s, it’s, Brett: Maybe, maybe I shouldn’t be doing sponsor reads. Christina: No, no, no, no, no. Uh, no. We definitely wanna talk about tv. Do you wanna do, do we wanna do our second, um, uh, uh, ad break Brett: let’s do a block. Let’s make it a Christina: Let’s do it. Block. Alright, fantastic. Sponsor Break: Copilot Money Christina: Alright, well, since we are about to go into 2026, this is a great time to, uh, think about your finances. So are you ready to take control of your finances? Well meet copilot money. This is the personal finance app that makes your money feel clear and calm with a beautiful design. Smart automation copilot money brings all of your spending, saving and investment accounts into one place. 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So it’s a really well designed app and, um, we love to see, um, apps like this available on, on the web as well as iOS and, and MAC os. Brett: I have started using it very much because of the web version, and it is, it is really good. Christina: yeah, yeah. No, yeah. For, yeah, for me, that is like a, an actual like. Concrete requirement. Exploring Rocket Money and Web Interfaces Christina: Any money Brett: Like I’ve, I’ve [00:27:00] paid, I have about eight months left. I paid for a year of, of Rocket Money or whatever it’s called now. Um, and I’ve always loved that app, but yeah, it does not have a web interface. And once I started trying copilot out, I realized how much I really did want a web interface for that stuff, you know? What else have you seen? Discovering Umami Analytics Brett: Umami the analytics platform. Christina: Yes. Brett: It is so good. And it’s, it’s open source and you can self-host. And it is like, I, I’ve been using Fathom Analytics for a long time and I like Fathom, but Umami is, it has like all of the, uh, advanced stuff you would get with Google Analytics, but with like way more privacy focus and you’re not giving information to Google for one. Um, and the interface is beautiful. I love that. It’s so good. Christina: Yeah. Um, umami is really good. I think, uh, there’s another one, I’m [00:28:00] trying to think of what it was called. There are a number of these various, um, analytics, uh, hosted things, but no, umami is definitely a really good one. Nostalgia for Mint and Fever Christina: And I like, um, it reminds me, um, it was, what was it? It was Mint. It was Mint, Sean Edmond’s Mint. Which Brett: I was just gonna ask you if you remembered that. Christina: yeah, which was, which was one of the, uh, plausible analytics. It’s another one too. Um, which is also like, um, they, they have a hosted version, but you can also self-host. Um, and then that’s also a, a, a, another, uh, good one. But yeah. Um, was like my, my all time favorites, uh, you know, app. I, I, I loved that. Brett: Um, what was his RSS one? Uh, fever? Fever. Christina: was, was the best fever, was the best. The Decline of RSS and Google Reader Christina: And it was funny, like I, I think I’ve talked about this before, I was more insulated and like less upset than some people by the, the Google reader death because I had a, a, I’d been using Fever for so long, and then obviously, you know, stuff being updated and doesn’t really work [00:29:00] super well with like, the latest versions of PHP and things like that. But, you know, a lot of people were really, understandably and, and still more than a decade on, you know, very upset by the death of, um, Google reader. But I think because I, I had paid for and used, you know, my own, um, self-hosted fever installation, and then there were apps that people used for, you know, APIs and whatnot to build, you know, Macs or iOS apps or, or whatever. Like, I, I was obviously upset about Google Reader being shut down, but I was like, okay, you know, I, I can just, you know, move on to something else. And, um, and I’ve used, uh, feeder, um, not, not, not feeder, um, Brett: Reader Christina: is. No, no. Maybe, uh, it’s, uh, not Feed Demon. Um, that was like the OG one. Um, it’ll come to me, um, because I, I, yes. Thank you. Feed Ben. Thank you, thank you. One of the ones that’s still around, uh, from like the, of the, you know, various Google reader alternatives, like many of them. You know, closed up shop.[00:30:00] Brett: Yeah. Christina: if they kind of realized, you know, by Google reader, like this is the, unfortunately a niche market. Um, now that didn’t help the fact that like, you know, when people, when web browsers Safari, I think started at first and then Firefox did, and then, you know, uh, Chrome was, was fairly early too. Like when all the web browsers took away like RSS buttons to make it easy to subscribe to feeds or to auto discover feeds, and you had to like install like a, an extension or whatever to do that. Like, that all helped with the, the demise of RSS in a lot of ways. And of course, people moving everything into closed platforms and, and social networks and stuff that, you Brett: In, in the tech world though. So I have, my blog gets about 20,000 visits a week, but it gets 30,000 RSS downloads, like, uh, like daily, 30,000 readers are, are, are pulling my site. Um, so RSS is far from dead in the tech world. Christina: Right. Well, [00:31:00] well, I think, I think in a certain demographic, right? I think if you were to ask like a new, like college grads, I don’t think that any of them are using RSS at least not actively, right? Like, I mean, you might have a few, but like it’s, it’s just not gonna be like a thing where they’re gonna be, act like they might be using some apps that do similar types of things and might even pull in feed sources maybe. But it, it’s, it’s just not like a, like when, when I was graduating from college or in college, like everybody had, you know, RSS clients and that was just kind of a, a known thing. Brett: Yeah. So speaking of traffic, um, I don’t, did I mention that I got delisted on Bing and Christina: You did, Brett: I am, I’m back Christina: figure that out? You’re back now. Okay. Brett: I’m back now. Switching to Kagi Search Engine Brett: And, um, I have switched to using Kaji, um, as my primary search engine and they replicate all of duck duck go’s bang searches. Christina: Yes. Brett: So I Christina: one of the things I love about them. [00:32:00] Yes. Brett: I was pleased to see there’s a Bang Turp search on Kaji. Um, I actually use Christina: or is it kgi? Because I think I’ve always called it kgi. Yeah, it’s KA, it’s K, it’s KAGI. For anybody who’s who’s, uh, I don’t know how to, how, how, if it’s kgi, kgi, um, uh, you know, Kaji, whatever, Brett: It’ll be in the show notes. What the fuck ever, we’ll just call it KGI. Um, and yeah, so like I was super happy ’cause I used the Bang Turp to search my own site. I just got used to doing that. The Rise of AI-Generated Content Brett: Um, and, but it is like you can, the reason I switched to said web, uh, search engine is um, because you can report sites that are just AI slop and they will verify those reports and remove or flag slop sites in your search results. ’cause I was getting sick, even with DuckDuckGo, like five out [00:33:00] of 10 results were always, I’d get in, I’d get there, I’d get one, maybe two paragraphs into, uh, an article and realize, oh, someone just typed in my search term into chat GPT and then Christina: Oh yeah. Brett: automated it. Christina: Oh, I was gonna say there, there it is. Automated at this point. And, and like, to be clear, like a lot of search results, even before like the rise of like genre of AI were a variant of this, where you would see like people like buying older domain names that expired. Well, yeah, but even before that happened mean that, that obviously when, when, when the Christina Warren and Brett Terpstra and then they, they changed your name. Um, I Brett: know, like Jason Turra or Christina: Or something like that. Yeah, it was, it was, it was, it was weird. Um, I mean, you know, um, does that site, did, did have they given up the ghost on that? I’m curious. Um, yeah. Wow. Okay. They are still, well, no, they haven’t published anything since November 30th. So something has happened where they, uh, are [00:34:00] they, they’re definitely cutting down on, on various things. Um, oh no. Paul Terpstra. Oh my God. Paul Terpstra. You are still, Brett: Yeah. Christina: you were like the one author there that I see on this website. Um, now what was, what was messed up about, about this? Um, although no. Okay. Their homepage, the last one they say is like, OCT is like, uh, November, um, uh, 30th. But if you click on the, the Paul trips to handle, then like you see, um, December 22nd, uh, which is, which is today as we’re recording this, Brett: Wow, I didn’t even realize. Christina: Yeah. So, alright. So that is still, somehow that grift is still going on. But yeah, I mean, even before the rise of those things, you would see, you know, sites that would either buy up dead domains and then like, have like very similar looking content, but slightly different maybe, you know, like, uh, you know, injected with a bunch of, you know. Links or whatever, or you would see people who would, you know, do very clearly SEO written and, and probably, you know, [00:35:00] like, again, pre generative ai, but, you know, assisted slop content. But yeah, now it’s, it’s just, it’s crazy. Like, and it doesn’t help that, like the AI summaries, which can be useful, but, um, and they’re getting better, which is good only because they’re so prominent. Like, I’m not a fan of them. But if you’re not using an alternative search engine, like, you know, you see these AI summaries and like if they’re bad and sometimes they are then. Brett: Often Christina: You know, well, they’re, they’ve gotten better, uh, is the only thing I would say. I, I still wouldn’t rely on them, but I’ve, I’ve noticed a, like, I’ve noticed a, a genuine, like uptick in like, improvements and in like, how awful they are probably in like the last six weeks, which is damning with faint praise. I’m not at all saying it’s good. I am simply saying, it’s like, I’m primarily thinking for like, people who are like, like less tech savvy relatives who are going to just go to, you know, bing.com or, or google.com and then see those sorts of things. Right. Um, and, uh, you know, we’re not gonna be able to convince them to go to a, a, a third [00:36:00] party search engine. Um, although, you know, some people, like, I think my mom was using Duck to Go for a while as like her default on her iPhone, um, which I was, I was like proud of her about, but I was also kind of like, uh, that’s got its own issues. But no, I, I like ka a lot. Um, I, I’ve Brett: Well, and it’s so keyboard driven, like DuckDuckGo has good keyboard shortcuts. KAGY slash Kaji has even better keyboard shortcuts. Like you can navigate and control everything with, uh, like Gmail style, single key keyboard shortcuts, which I really like. Christina: Yeah. Yeah, I like that too. And then they, they, of course, they make like a, a web kit, um, like a browser, um, that, that has, they’ve back ported, um, you know, a lot of chrome extensions too. I personally don’t see the point in that. Um, I, I think that if you’re going to be like that committed to, like, using like the, you know, the web extension format and like using like more popular extensions, you might as well [00:37:00] just use a Chrome fork if you don’t wanna use Chrome, which is fine, but like, you could use a browser like Helium, which, which we talked about last show, which has, um, the, the, the hash bangs kind of integrated in, or you could use, you know, if you wanted to use, um, um, you know, the, the, the, the Brett: o is Orion, is Orion the one you’re talking about that? Yeah. Christina: that, that, yeah, that, that, that, that, that, that’s Katy’s thing. And that was actually originally how I heard about them was because it was like, oh, this is interesting. Um, you know, this is a kind of an interesting, you know, kind of alternative browser. And then it turned out that that was just kind of a, in some ways, kind of a front to promote the, the search engine, which is the real, you know, thing. Um, which is fine, right? I mean, that, that was Google’s model. Um, Brett: Well, and we should mention for anyone who hasn’t tried it, it is a paid service. Um, and you are getting search results with no ads and, and spam, uh, ai, slot protection and all of the benefits you would expect from a paid service. So [00:38:00] I think, like for me, five bucks a month gets me, I think 300 searches, which is. Plenty for me, like, I guess I, I’m still waiting to see, I’ve never counted how many searches I do a month, Christina: Yeah, Brett: you know, like three searches a day, uh, would come out to like 90 searches a month and I have 300 available, so I think I’ll be fine. Christina: yeah, yeah. I mean, yeah, basically being able to get to do 10 a day, which in most cases is fine. What I’ve done is I’m on, like, they have a, a, a family plan, um, and they don’t care. They even, I think in their documentation, or at least they did, they do not care if you are like actually in a family with the people that you are on or not. So if you, you know, find some folks that you wanna kind of sync up with, you can like, you know, be on a family plan together and you can save money, um, on, uh, whatever their, uh, um, their pricing [00:39:00] stuff is. So, um, so me, me and Justin Williams are, uh, in a, uh, Brett: Justin Williams, I haven’t heard that name in forever. Christina: Yeah. Yeah. We went to C Oasis together. We went both nights in Los Angeles, um, in August. Yeah. Um, or September rather. Um, yeah, so, okay, so this is how this works. They have, their starter plan is, is $5 a month, which includes, and they do have an AI assistant too. So it was funny, they had the AI slot protection, but they also have like an AI assistant that you can use and like an AI summarizer and whatnot. Um, that’s $5 a month. And then there’s the professional plan, which is, so that’s for 300 searches a month for the standard AI for starter $5 a month. The professional plan is unlimited searches and standard ai, that’s $10 a month. And then the ultimate is, um. Uh, everything in professional plus you get like premium model access, which, okay, but the family plan, um, is, is the, so you can do one of two things. You have a duo [00:40:00] plan, which is two professional accounts for a couple, which is $14 a month plus sales tax. So it’s, uh, you know, average of $7 per person, which I think is what Justin and I are on. And then there’s a family plan with up to six family members. And again, they don’t care if you are actually in a family or not, and that’s $20 a month. So the real thing to do if you’re wanting to like, you know, save on this is like find five friends, Brett: Yeah. Christina: get on the $20 a month, you know, family plan thing. Spread the, spread the cost, and that way you can get the, you know, professional plan for, for, for less. But to your Brett: All right. Christina: most people, it’s probably $300, 300 searches a month is probably plenty. And if you search a lot like we do, I, I think it is worth paying for. Brett: yeah, yeah. All right. TV Shows: Is TV Just Okay Now? Christina: anyway, but we wanted to talk about tv, so let’s Brett: Well do, we’re, we’re at 50 minutes already, so I think we need to choose whether we do TV or gratitude. What Christina: do you have a [00:41:00] gude, like a good one? Brett: I, I, no, I have a, I have a throwaway one. Christina: Okay. Brett: I, it was one of those, like, I looked at my doc and I was like, oh, I don’t think I’ve talked about that even though I probably have, um, yeah, let’s just talk about tv. So I, I have been noting, and my question in the show notes was, is TV just okay now? Because I’ve been watching, I watched Stranger Things, pluribus Down, cemetery Road, platonic, and all of it was, it was entertaining, but it wasn’t like, must watch tv. None of it was like, none of it was as good as like Modern Family. Modern Family was fucking good. Tv, like family friendly and just like I’ve, I’ve been through that series so many times and it’s always fun and it’s always better than like pluribus. I like the, I like the concept kind of, it’s not. not all that, um, engaging, I guess.[00:42:00] Christina: I like it. But, Brett: Yeah. I don’t hate it like I do, I do like it, but it’s not like, I don’t, I don’t count the days until the next episode comes out and I miss, I miss things being really good. So you had a couple responses to that though. Christina: Well, I mean, I tend to agree with you. So first of all, there, I put in the, in the show notes, um, there’s a link to a thing that, uh, that James and Pozak wrote for the, the New York Times, uh, God a year and a half ago now called, um, the Comfortable Problem of Mid tv. And he said it, it, it’s got a great cast, it looks cinematic, it’s, um, fine and is everywhere. And kind of talking about like, you know, we went from like the era of like peak TV to now being, um. You know what, what he’s dubbed like mid tv and I think that there’s, there’s some truth to that. Um, and, and, and he even says at the beginning, let me say up front, this is not an essay about how bad TV is today, just the opposite. There’s, um, little truly bad high profile television made anymore, um, is it’s more talking about, um, like [00:43:00] what we have instead Today is something less awful, but in a way more sad, the willingness to retreat, to settle to trade, the ambitious for the defendable. And I think that there’s some truth to that. Um, I think that we see this movies now too, and with movies it’s actually much more of a problem. Like there’s some really high highs. Um, but because the movie industry is in such a bad place, um, it, it’s that much more notable when like, you don’t have like a big strong slate of, of things. And so, you know, it, it, it’s more of a problem. TV for, for better or worse, has become the dominant entertainment form. And yeah, I think that it, it, it’s fine. Uh, but there are very few things that I’m like, oh, wow, yeah, that, that’s like, you know, the wire. Um, not that anything is, but you know what I mean? But is, but even like, you know, pluribus, which I really like. I actually think that’s, um, my, my favorite show of, of, um, 2025, um, at least new show. Um, well, maybe the studio. The studio. I might have, I, I, I might put, Brett: That was pretty Christina: above that. But, but, but, but [00:44:00] like, it’s one of those things where I’m like, okay, you know, um, it’s not breaking bad, right? Like, if we’re gonna be comparing Vince Gilligan shows, and maybe that’s unfair, but, you know, it just, but, but still, like, you know, you’re gonna be compared to your last hit. And, and, and, and that is what it is. Um, I will say though, like, I haven’t watched Stranger Things in years, and I don’t, I don’t, I don’t think I can force myself to like, care about that again, but I’ve heard kind of mixed Brett: That’s where L is too, L doesn’t care. And, and then there’s the whole like two cast members being Zionists kind of turned a whole bunch of people off and Christina: Well, and well, David Harbor, David Harbor’s whole Lily Allen thing. Are you, are you, are you familiar with this floor at all? Brett: No. Christina: Okay. You know who Lily Allen is? Brett: Yes. Christina: Okay. So she and David Harbor were married and, um, she wrote an album called, uh, uh, west End Girl that, that came out, uh, like in November, which is actually a really good album, [00:45:00] which is like White Girl Lemonade, where she just basically reads him to filth for being an absolute piece of shit. Like, apparently like, you know, they were together, they were married or whatever. She goes off to London to perform in a play and he’s like. Oh, we’re gonna be away for months. I, I wanna sleep with other people. And so they kind of like, she kind of accepts getting into an open relationship with him, even though she didn’t really want to be, which look that her, that’s her bad, whatever. But then he proceeds to like, do things that was not what they’d agreed upon on, upon the parameters of their, of their relationship. And then she’s just like brutally honest about the entire thing. And so as you’re listening to this album, you’re just learning more and more about like, David Harbor’s like sex life and, um, and stuff. And, and like, it’s just on blast. It’s incredible. Um, but, uh, yeah, so there’s, there’s some of that stuff. There’s, I, I don’t know, like I don’t, I don’t really follow the rest of the cast stuff except that, uh, the girl who plays, um, 11 like. Frequently want to smack because just the most annoying [00:46:00] celebrity in on the planet. But like, putting that aside, um, I just, I stopped caring. It took them too long between seasons and the, and, and, and the budget for that show was also so insane. I’m like, you, you cost more than strain than thinking of Thrones. Game of Thrones is, was even at its worst, was a better show than Stranger Things. So like it, yeah. But but that goes to your point. Like, it’s like, it’s okay. Brett: Yeah. Yeah, Christina: Um, I will say the new season of Fallout just, um, premiered and so far I I’m still really enjoying that. Um, Brett: yet to see it. Christina: you should, you should definitely watch the Brett: What is it on? Christina: uh, Amazon Brett: Okay. Christina: and, uh, and it’s, and it’s really, really good. Um. And this year they are doing the episodic, um, not episodic, the weekly drop, right. Rather than the binge thing. So the first season, uh, they dropped it all at once and um, and I was a little bit worried. I was like, fuck, does that mean they don’t [00:47:00] believe in this? What are they going to do? Wound up being like Amazon’s biggest hit after their Lord of the Rings, um, you know, thing. And so it was immediately kind of picked up for a second season and it was picked up for a third season before the second season even, uh, premiered. Um, and uh, and that might be the final one. Um, they’re saying, but, but, but, but who knows? But, but so far anyway, like they’ve only, there’s only been one episode, but it’s, it’s been good so far. The Cultural Phenomenon of Heated Rivalry Christina: Um, but, but what I was gonna talk to you about is the gay hockey show. Brett: Which is. Christina: It’s called Heated rivalry. It’s on HBO Max. It was originally just supposed to be on, uh, a Canadian streamer called Crave. And um, then at the, like, the, the like 11th hour, HBO Max picked it up and was like, okay, we’ll play this in, um, some of our territories and other things. And I wanna be very clear, this is not high art at all. This is like, no way. Like this actually in some ways it, it personifies [00:48:00] the TV is just okay now thing, but in other ways it’s actually a little bit more interesting just because the cultural phenomenon that has happened around it in like the last, like, like it hasn’t even been out a month and it’s only six episodes, although they are also going to be getting a second season. Um, it’s sort of wild how, like I went from, I’d seen a trailer for it and I was like, okay, whatever. And like it came out, I think like right after Thanksgiving. Then like within like two or three weeks, like literally I wasn’t following anything around it, but my Instagram, my TikTok, Twitter, everything that I was seeing was just all about the discourse around the show. And it’s like a bunch of us all seem to have to have discovered it. Like one weekend where we were like, okay, we’re gonna actually sit down and watch the gay hockey show. Um, and this is exactly what it is. It is a gay hockey show. So it is based on, there was a series of books that this, uh, female, uh, writer Rachel Reed wrote, um, uh, about like, uh, I think like they were like eBooks, types of thing. Um, uh, I think although there, there is now I [00:49:00] think like a, a hard cover release because they’ve been so popular and they’re just, it’s just ero, it’s just smut, right? It’s basically fanfic dressed up in something else. And the idea was like, okay, you have like these, you know, male like hockey players who are closeted and kind of have like this, this romance that, that starts from like 2008, um, through like, I dunno, like, like 2017 or 2018. And there are a number of different. Books or stories in the universe. But the one that people liked the most was the, the second book, which is called Heed Rivalry. You don’t really need to know any about that. The big thing about the show is that it is essentially like soft core gay porn. Um, but yet it’s like weirdly compelling in a way. Like, it, it is very, like, there’s, there’s some sweet aspects to it. Like you were before the, the show, you were saying, oh, it’s kinda like Heart Stopper could not be further from Heart Stopper. ’cause Heart Stopper is very sweet and twee and kind of like loving and like whatnot. This is like. You know, like guys in their twenties with amazing asses, [00:50:00] you know, like doing things to one another kind of an in secret. And, and the, the thing is, there’s not a whole lot of plot. Like the plot is the porn. Because, because the whole thing is, is that like they don’t spend, they don’t have a time to spend a lot of time together because they’re, they’re closeted and their rivals. Oh, that’s the whole conceit. It’s like they’re these two great hockey players and they, they, they, um, you know, um, play for opposing teams and they’re like, each other’s biggest rivals, but like, they’re, they’re fucking, um, and uh, it, it’s, uh, again, it’s not high art at all, but Brett: the target audience for this? Christina: And here’s the interesting thing. So the books are almost entirely read by women, um, and which, which makes sense. There’s, there’s a lot of like, you know, like, male, male, like, um, like the history of slash fiction goes back to like, like Fanfic in general, like goes back to like women writing, like Spock and, and, uh, um, what’s the space together? Kirk Together. Yeah. Um, and so the books are almost entirely, uh, consumed by, by women and probably straight women, although probably some queer women too. Um, but the [00:51:00] show seems to be a mix of gay men, straight women, all, although I’ve seen a lot of lesbians. As well. Um, yeah, yeah, because again, like the discourse is just kind of ridiculous and, and the memes are fun. Um, the guy who created it, he’s gay or created the, the, the television adaptation. He’s gay and, uh, I think he’s done a, a, a pretty good job with it. The, the leads are the thing that’s like incredible, like the, especially the guy who plays the, the Russian character, Ilya, uh, that actor is really, really good and he’s Texan, and yet he does like a great Russian accent and, um. And, and he’s very attractive. And like I, I, I can see like why a lot of people are into it, but it’s funny ’cause like New York Magazine, like they weren’t even covering the show, which, why would you, it was like some Canadian kind of, you know, you know, thing that barely gets picked by HBO. Then it takes off and now like they’re covering it. The, the last time I remember New York Magazine covering a show like this, like Vociferously was Gossip Girl, like 18 years ago. Um, [00:52:00] and it kind of reminds me of that, where like everybody woke up one day when they’re like, oh, this is like a cultural moment now. So again, not good television, probably not gonna necessarily be for everyone, but, but it’s a moment. And like, I kept seeing edits, I kept seeing Mo, I kept seeing edits on TikTok and stuff and I was like, okay, do I have to watch the gay hockey show? All right, I have to watch the gay hockey show so that it’s, we might be at the point where like TV is just okay, but at least there are some good like moments about, whereas the culture, we can all like agree. Okay, we’re all gonna be talking about this one thing. Brett: That sounds like what I’ll be doing on Christmas Day. Christina: Oh my God. Actually that would be a great thing to watch on Christmas. And I think that the final episode is gonna come out like the day after Christmas, so there you go. Brett: Done Deal. Cool. Wrapping Up and Holiday Wishes Brett: All right, well thanks for, we’re recording this the same morning. The show’s supposed to come out, so I gotta do some editing, but uh, but [00:53:00] thanks for showing up while you’re in Atlanta and yeah, this has been a classic, a fun classic Overtired. Christina: absolutely. Well, um, get some sleep, uh, take care of yourself. Um, happy holidays. Um, uh, hope that a, a Christmas isn’t too weird for you. And, um, and happy New Year. Brett: you too. Get some sleep.

Pony Club Podcast cohosts Sarah Evers Conrad and Megan Scharfenberg talk to Heather Bell, a longtime A-certified member in Eventing and volunteer, who is also helping on the Sierra Pacific Region's Local Organizing Committee to host the 2024 USPC Convention, Presented by Via Nova Training and Sponsored by Lincoln Memorial University. She shares a sneak peek all about the convention and she also tells us about her really interesting career...so tune in to learn more. This month's episode is supported by Kentucky Equine Research, who is also the sponsor of the hands-on Horse Management Room and a supporting sponsor of the Research Project Fair at the 2024 USPC Convention.You can enter the Horse/Human Bond Art Contest here: blog.ponyclub.org/the-horse-human-bond-art-contest/Guest, Heather Bell: Heather Bell says she feels very lucky to have found Pony Club, where she grew as a rider, going up through the Eventing track to her A. With her A, she was able to move straight into the horse industry as the Director of Riding at the University of Massachusetts Equine Studies Program at the age of 23. Although she changed careers, she found that what she learned in Pony Club—organization, teamwork, confidence, and how to tie a stock tie—all came in handy in her professional life as an endangered species biologist.  When she found that she could give back to Pony Club by becoming a National Examiner, she jumped at the opportunity.  She finds it very rewarding to help an organization she is passionate about, and she finds that she is energized in her own riding and horsemanship by staying connected to Pony Club. Now, Heather is a participating member of the Gold Country Pony Club in the Sierra Pacific Region, and also a Life member. Learn more about the United States Pony Clubs at www.ponyclub.org Email podcast hosts at communications@ponyclub.org Inquire about advertising at fundraising@ponyclub.org Read the blog at blog.ponyclub.org. Sign up for our e-newsletter. Follow us on social media: Facebook: www.facebook.com/USPonyClubs Instagram: www.instagram.com/unitedstatesponyclubs YouTube: www.youtube.com/c/UnitedStatesPonyClubs TikTok: www.tiktok.com/@unitedstatesponyclubs LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/company/ponyclub Twitter: www.twitter.com/USPonyClub

Pony Club Podcast cohosts Sarah Evers Conrad and Megan Scharfenberg interview Nikki Gorrell, Pony Club dedicated volunteer and mounted games secretary at USPC Championships, and USPC's Activities Department staff with Activities and Events Director Erin Roland and Gillian Stover, USPC's Activities and Events Coordinator. This month's episode is supported by Kentucky Equine Research.Guest, Nikki Gorrell: Nikki Gorrell is a C-1 Eventing Pony Club graduate from Elkridge-Harford Hunt Pony Club in the Maryland Region. Her dad was a B-level graduate, her aunt an A-level graduate, and her sister was an H-B graduate. Coming from a Pony Club family, Nikki knew she wanted to continue to volunteer despite taking a step back for college and her career. Starting in 2019, Nikki began volunteering on the national level for Mounted Games. Now she is a member of the Competitions Committee as a Mounted Games and Eventing representative. After moving to the Midwest Region, Nikki is getting involved on the regional level and looking forward to starting her mounted career again.Guest, Erin Roland: Erin Roland is the Activities and Events Director for the United States Pony Clubs. She joined USPC in 2017 as an intern for both the Activities Department and then the Marketing Department before being hired full-time in February 2018 as the Activities and Events Coordinator. In March of 2023, she was named the new Activities and Events Director. Guest, Gillian Stover: USPC Activities & Events Coordinator, Gillian Stover, is a Lexington, Kentucky native and lifelong horsewoman. Gillian is a recent graduate of the University of Kentucky and enjoys eventing on her off-track Thoroughbreds.  Learn more about the United States Pony Clubs at www.ponyclub.org Email podcast hosts at communications@ponyclub.org Inquire about advertising at fundraising@ponyclub.org Read the blog at blog.ponyclub.org. Sign up for our e-newsletter. Follow us on social media: Facebook: www.facebook.com/USPonyClubs Instagram: www.instagram.com/unitedstatesponyclubs YouTube: www.youtube.com/c/UnitedStatesPonyClubs TikTok: www.tiktok.com/@unitedstatesponyclubs LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/company/ponyclub Twitter: www.twitter.com/USPonyClub

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USPC started in 1954 to teach riding and the proper care of horses. It is based on The British Pony Club, which was created in 1929 as a junior branch of the Institute of the Horse. Pony Club's main goal is to promote sportsmanship, stewardship and leadership through horsemanship.Support the show

USPC started in 1954 to teach riding and the proper care of horses. It is based on The British Pony Club, which was created in 1929 as a junior branch of the Institute of the Horse. Pony Club's main goal is to promote sportsmanship, stewardship and leadership through horsemanship.

Pony Club Podcast cohosts Sarah Evers Conrad and Megan Scharfenberg interview grooming expert Cat Hill, the cofounder and former DC of Finger Lakes Pony Club. After that interview, be inspired by Julia Magsam's journey as a youth through Pony Club. This month's episode is brought to you by Delaware Valley University.  Guest, Cat Hill: The former District Commissioner of Finger Lakes Pony Club and the owner of World Class Grooming with Emma Ford, a former member of The Pony Club in the U.K., talks grooming tips; her recent book called The Kid's Guide to Horsemanship and Grooming, published by USPC partner Trafalgar Square Books (www.horseandriderbooks.com)Guest Julia Magsam, H-B HM, C-3 in Dressage, and a C-1 in Eventing, is a member of Bluegrass Pony Club in the Midsouth Region and was one of the stars of the Pony Club documentary. She is also the recipient of the 2022 USPC Bodgie Read Memorial Scholarship, and is in college at Georgetown College. Hosts: Sarah Evers Conrad is the Marketing and Communication Director at the United States Pony Clubs, and Megan Scharfenberg is the USPC Marketing and Instruction Coordinator Learn more about the United States Pony Clubs at www.ponyclub.org Email podcast hosts at communications@ponyclub.org Inquire about advertising at fundraising@ponyclub.org Follow us on social media: Facebook: www.facebook.com/USPonyClubs Instagram: www.instagram.com/unitedstatesponyclubs YouTube: www.youtube.com/c/UnitedStatesPonyClubs TikTok: www.tiktok.com/@unitedstatesponyclubs LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/company/ponyclub Twitter: www.twitter.com/USPonyClub

Our guest for this week's show is real estate investment expert CEO of Primior, Johnney Zhang.  For over a decade, Primior has been offering a full suite of asset management services to commercial real estate and hospitality owners and investors. As a merchant developer, Primior creates value through site identification, procuring optimal entitlements, and directing the design, construction, and operations of assets positioned to meet the needs of the market or user. Primior has grown throughout the years as one of Southern California's leading luxury real estate and hospitality developers spanning a variety of residential and commercial neighborhoods.    Quote: “No one knows what's going to happen until you start moving the dirt.”   Highlights:   04:00: The origins of Primior 07:00: The challenges of building a real estate business when coming from an overseas market 10:55: Learning to navigate local regulations and governments in development projects 14:35: Managing investor and developer expectations during long-term projects 17:05: Working with the changes in the market with labor shortages, supply issues, and COVID 18:55: The benefits of bringing everything in-house instead of contracting it out 23:00: Benefits and risks of investing in Blockchain + Cryptocurrency 27:00: What it means to invest in USPC 37:00: Predicting the future of the office sector   Guest Website: https://primior.com/   Recommended Resources:  Check out our company and our investment opportunity by visiting www.SunriseCapitalInvestors.com  Self Directed IRA Investment Opportunity – Click Here To Learn More About How You Can Invest With Us Through Your SDIRA  Accredited Investors Click Here to learn more about partnering with me and my team on Mobile Home Park deals!  Grab a free copy of my latest book “The 21 Biggest Mistakes Investors Make When Purchasing their First Mobile Home Park…and how to avoid them MobileHomeParkAcademy.com  Schedule your free 30 minute "no obligation" call directly with Kevin by clicking this link https://www.timetrade.com/book/KV2D2

Listen to the new Pony Club Podcast cohosts, Sarah Evers Conrad (USPC Marketing and Communications Director) and Megan Scharfenberg (USPC Marketing and Instruction Coordinator) interview Alyssa Sands, who describes herself as a "horse nerd," with an emphasis on the "nerd." From not-so-great hunter princess, to USPC member, and now USPC Systems Administrator, Alyssa grew up with horses and has taken her love of technology and equines to places she never dreamed. She earned her C-2 HM and a C-2 in Eventing with Bluegrass Pony Club in the MidSouth region. She is currently a Provisional Horse Management Judge, and now part of the National Office staff.  This month's episode is brought to you by Ohio University.

The United States Pony Club Marketing Department sits down with Abigail Gardner. Abigail is a Pony Club member who participated in this year's USPC Research Project Fair presented by Grayson-Jockey Club Research Foundation with support from Kentucky Equine Research. Abigail won first place for her project "ASIP and MCIR Research Project" in her division, as well as the overall high score. You can read more about the USPC Research Project Fair that occurred at the 2022 USPC Convention in the Spring issue of DISCOVER USPC: https://issuu.com/usponyclubs/docs/discover_uspc_issue_164_spring_2022_digital/40 USPC thanks Corporate Sponsors: The Horse, Kerrits, Shapley's, Triple Crown, and Wintec. 

The United States Pony Club Marketing Department sits down with Jessa and Kinsey Lux of Ride iQ. Jessa and Kinsey are both former Pony Club members. They give a little bit of background on themselves, as well as the new partnership between Ride iQ and USPC. You can learn more about Ride iQ at ride-iq.com.USPC thanks Corporate Sponsors: The Horse, Kerrits, Shapley's, Triple Crown, and Wintec. 

The United States Pony Club Marketing Department sits down with three generations of Pony Club Members: Dawn Bellinger (USPC Board Member), Ann Bellinger (Dawn's daughter and previous Pony Club Member), and Sandra Renzy (Dawn's mother). Hear the stories and insights that all three generations have to share!USPC thanks Corporate Sponsors: The Horse, Kerrits, Shapley's, Triple Crown, and Wintec. 

United States Pony Club Marketing Department sits down with Rae Birr and Marlie Nauta. Rae and Marlie are a mother/daughter duo that are both actively involved in Pony Club. USPC thanks Corporate Sponsors: The Horse, Kerrits, Shapley's, Triple Crown, and Wintec. 

United States Pony Club Marketing Department sits down with Carol Kozlowski.USPC thanks Corporate Sponsors: The Horse, Kerrits, Shapley's, Triple Crown, and Wintec. 

United States Pony Club Marketing Department sits down with Pony Club Member Jessica Flores. Jessica is involved in many Pony Club activities and leadership roles, including the National Youth Board.USPC thanks Corporate Sponsors: The Horse, Kerrits, Shapley's, Triple Crown, and Wintec. 

United States Pony Club Marketing Department sits down with Pony Club Member Alexa Ehlers. Alexa is one of the few triple A certified members of Pony Club, which means she has three A level certifications across different disciplines. USPC thanks Corporate Sponsors: The Horse, Kerrits, Shapley's, Triple Crown, and Wintec. 

United States Pony Club Marketing Department sits down with Pony Club Member Ema Klugman while she visits Lexington, Kentucky for the 2021 Kentucky Three Day Event.  USPC thanks Corporate Sponsors: The Horse, Kerrits, Shapley's, Triple Crown, and Wintec. 

When you have Australia's biggest Fan boys on the same show you know it's going to be fun! Well I guess Angela Vithoulkas is not there so you gotta do something, right, Brett Levy lol The #TechKnowledgy Show where we translate Geek into regular speak! Don't forget to #SubscribeNow

On this episode, you'll meet the brothers currently dominating US polocrosse and making waves internationally. Braxton and Garrett Hamlin have both represented their country at the World Cup. You'll find out the blueprint for the right kind of growth in the sport. We're also pleasantly surprised by a Zoom bomb later in the episode. This is a story about horses and family that echos throughout our sport.  Find us on Apple, Spotify and Stitcher! If you've enjoyed this podcast, please subscribe, rate and review! It takes less than 6 seconds. Thanks! #polocrosse #chukkatalk #polo #polocrossemadesimple #equestrian #USPC #ponyclub #usponyclub  

United States Pony Club Marketing Department sits down with Pony Club Member Sydney Elliott while she visits Lexington, Kentucky for the 2021 Kentucky Three Day Event.  USPC thanks Corporate Sponsors: The Horse, Kerrits, Shapley's, Triple Crown, and Wintec. 

United States Pony Club Marketing Department sit down with USPC leaders Teresa Woods and Ben Duke.USPC thanks Corporate Sponsors: The Horse, Kerrits, Shapley's, Triple Crown, and Wintec. 

On this episode, I’m pleased to have an extremely talented breaker and trainer on the podcast. We are joined by Renee Thompson, a Texas horse trainer and World Cup representative player. We discover what’s going on lately in the business, Scott’s connection to the US, his preferred characteristics for polocrosse horses as well as his original motivation for becoming a breaker and bronc rider.  Please seek out a tremendous wealth of knowledge at www.skhorsemanship.com as well his Facebook page! Also, book Scott for an upcoming clinic.  Find us on Apple, Spotify and Stitcher! If you've enjoyed this podcast, please subscribe, rate and review! It takes less than 6 seconds. Thanks! #polocrosse #chukkatalk #polo #polocrossemadesimple #equestrian #USPC #ponyclub #usponyclub #scottkeogh #skhorsemanship #scottkeoghhorsemanship  

On this episode, I’m pleased to present the second installment of Daniel Johnson’s rules discussion referring to our Standards of Play. These episodes will provide a library for players to brush up on the rules ongoing. It’s for the newest player to the most seasoned player to sharpen their understanding of the rules.  I welcome your feedback anytime. Enjoy!  Find us on Apple, Spotify and Stitcher! If you've enjoyed this podcast, please subscribe, rate and review! It takes less than 6 seconds. Thanks! #polocrosse #chukkatalk #polo #polocrossemadesimple #equestrian #USPC #ponyclub #usponyclub

Mary Schwentker from Dry Run Farm Eventing in VA weighs in on why you should consider auditing clinics and how to get the most from your time at the rail.  Mary is ICP Certified Instructor Level II, “USPC "A” graduate, and holds USDF bronze and silver medals.This episode brought to you by Purina Omega MatchAdditional support by HRN AuditorsListen to more podcasts for horse people at Horse Radio NetworkThanks to today's tip contributor Mary Schwentker, picturedLearn about advertising on Horse Tip Daily or any of the shows on the Horse Radio NetworkDownload the free Horse Radio Network App for iPhone or AndroidSupport the show (https://www.patreon.com/user?u=87421)

Mary Schwentker from Dry Run Farm Eventing in VA weighs in on why you should consider auditing clinics and how to get the most from your time at the rail.  Mary is ICP Certified Instructor Level II, “USPC "A” graduate, and holds USDF bronze and silver medals.This episode is brought to you by Purina Omega MatchAdditional support also provided by HRN AuditorsListen to more podcasts for horse people at Horse Radio NetworkThanks to today's tip contributor Mary Schwentker, picturedLearn about advertising on Horse Tip Daily or any of the shows on the Horse Radio NetworkDownload the free Horse Radio Network App for iPhone or AndroidSupport the show (https://www.patreon.com/user?u=87421)

On this episode, you’ll meet these dominant and influential players from the Foothills of Western Australia. They share the story of their upbringing in the sport as well as their keys to success. On this Mother’s day weekend, we are reminded of the value of a tough, caring, relentless mom who not only set her daughters up for success and happiness in life, but also instilled in them the traits of teachers and leaders. She developed strong moms with confident kids and furthermore they help develop other moms and kids. "The Do Your Best Way” was not only a motto from their mom, Barbara Lyster, but also became a powerful new program created by Suzette. Please checkout their programs and sites below: Suzette Thomas- https://thedoyourbestway.com Lizzie Reid- https://londonbarbara.com.au Salli Galvin- www.jarrahdaleequestrian.com.au, www.jarrahdalemindfitness.com, salligalvin.com.au Tracey Jarrett- https://traceyjarrett.com.au/the-juggling-mum/ Tracey Jarrett and Salli Galvin- Empowered Women Empowering the World- Book on Amazon I welcome your feedback anytime. Enjoy!  Find us on Apple, Spotify and Stitcher! If you've enjoyed this podcast, please subscribe, rate and review! It takes less than 6 seconds. Thanks! #polocrosse #chukkatalk #polo #polocrossemadesimple #equestrian #USPC #ponyclub #usponyclub #thedoyourbestway #thejugglingmum #londonbarbara

On this episode, Charlotte shares her keys to success, including horse power and international experience. We find out what she’s looking forward to in 2021, the new brand she represents and much more. Enjoy! Find us on Apple, Spotify and Stitcher! If you've enjoyed this podcast, please subscribe, rate and review! It takes less than 6 seconds. Thanks! #polocrosse #chukkatalk #polo #polocrossemadesimple #equestrian #USPC #ponyclub #usponyclub #thepolocrossebible #ukpa #ukpolocrosse #charlottepykett

Mighty Joe Sullivan returns to the KOTL podcast and let's loose on Powerlifting politics, suing the government and winning, beefs in Powerlifting, calling people out, overcoming stacked odds, and his incredible story that led him here!! 

Kicking off the second half of season four is Joe Sullivan, world renowned powerlifter and owner of Pinnacle Performance in Columbus Ohio. With a background in medically integrated fitness, as well as a bachelor’s degree in Exercise Science & Kinesiology, Joe has proven time and time again that he is an invaluable asset to the powerlifting community. You may have seen him in the Animal Cage, or blasted all over the the top powerlifting Instagram pages, but you don’t want to miss any of this episode, raw, and uncut, as we delve into the nuances of the powerlifting industry, the importance of high quality breakfast foods, and the danger the USPC brings to powerlifting. So sit back, relax, and let’s dive in.

In this episode, Ryan Joyce and Graeme Reed talk about Coronavirus worries, Cartamundi’s House of Cardistry & the most important things you should be doing to book more shows and gigs. On This Episode Coronavirus worries for travelling magicians & public events Inside Cartamundi's EPIC House of Cardistry & Magic Event. Steve Cohen’s chamber magic celebrates 20 years (link) Beer Bag! - Graeme Releases a new magic trick on Penguin And more! Last Week to answer these 5 magic questions! Take the survey → https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/DBYXHXQ  Magic Headlines Corona Virus Inside Cartamundi's EPIC House of Cardistry & Magic Event (link) Talking points: The goal of the House of Cardistry & Magic event is to not only celebrate the acquisition of USPC but also to celebrate the growth and evolution of the playing card industry as a whole. Lee Asher, Chris Ramsay, Joshua Jay, Bill Kallush, Caroline Ravn, Chris Orbit Brown. Beer Bag! :)  Graeme releases his first magic trick Steve Cohen’s chamber magic celebrates 20 years (link) Talking points: Performed weekly in an elegant salon at the legendary Lotte New York Palace hotel guest attending a performance on March 20 and 21 will receive a special anniversary deck of playing cards, a commemorative coin, and a custom pocket square handkerchief that Cohen co-designed for the occasion. Magic Sound Clip of the Week:  Criss Angel Metamorphosis https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4K4DcJZ5ySI Magic Reddit Have you ever attended a magic show taping? Penn & Teller Fool Us Taping (link) u/shatteredorbit Incredible Coin Vanish Simonov released his work today on this. I think you guys should check it out (link) u/Neil_Balanon Magic Feature Topic of the Week  Is your Magician Business Ready for 2020?   5 Essential survival skills for magicians Take a real assessment. Personal-Branding  Forbes Article: Personal Branding Is The Next Big Thing For Business; Here Are Your Seven Questions, Answered (link) “Your brand is your reputation, which you build through storytelling so that your potential customers get to know, like and trust you. It’s all about the feeling others have about you. Understand Self Promotion & Create Content Design Skills (Use Canva-- it’s a free graphic designing app) Writing good copy (Use Grammarly) Basic video edit Comfortable on camera Your Headshot Was it taken 15 years ago?  Is your hair a different colour?   Take a look at your website and BE HONEST Is your website selling you and booking your shows? Is your website up-to-date?   Is your website Mobile-Friendly? Does it stand out (for good reasons?) Are you getting found on Google? TIP: Rethink your menu headers!   Does your promotional material stand out? Do you have a consistent look or quality images? Last Week’s Recap Art Gallery Magic at AGO Our Reddit Drama (What’s the best Trick You’ve learned for free on YouTube) AGT Shin Lim & Colin Cloud Performance 3 Books that Changed Us Links: https://www.magicianmasterclass.com/post/ep-31 https://www.magicianmasterclass.com/post/ep-32   Thanks for listening to Magicians Talking Magic Podcast!  magicianstalkingmagic.com  

Buy me a coffee ($3): https://ko-fi.com/essentialdissent Follow on Twitter to be notified of upcoming livestreams: https://twitter.com/e_Dissent This panel took place on 6/28/19 at Left Forum 2019. Abstract: Speakers will address the present day US campaigns to overthrow the governments in these countries. They will focus on US disinformation campaigns against these countries, the present US anti-war movement in defense of Iran's, Venezuela's, and Cuba's sovereignty, and how the peoples in these countries are organizing to combat US threats. 0:00 Dan Kovalik (United Steel Workers) 20:37 Moderator William Camacaro (co-founder and coordinator of the Alberto Lovera Bolivarian Circle of New York; artist, radio host, and activist in New York City) 26:56 Bahman Azad (U.S. Peace Council) 43:44 Q&A (Questions have been omitted due to poor audio quality) Event Organizer: Stansfield Smith Daniel Kovalik is Senior Associate General Counsel of the United Steelworkers, AFL-CIO (USW). He has worked for the USW since graduating from Columbia Law School in 1993. While with the USW, he has served as lead counsel on cutting-edge labor law litigation, including the landmark NLRB cases of Lamons Gasket and Specialty Health Care. He has also worked on Alien Tort Claims Act cases against The Coca-Cola Company, Drummond and Occidental Petroleum – cases arising out of egregious human rights abuses in Colombia. The Christian Science Monitor, referring to his work defending Colombian unionists under threat of assassination, recently described Mr. Kovalik as “one of the most prominent defenders of Colombian workers in the United States.” Mr. Kovalik received the David W. Mills Mentoring Fellowship from Stanford University School of Law and was the recipient of the Project Censored Award for his article exposing the unprecedented killing of trade unionists in Colombia. He has written extensively on the issue of international human rights and U.S. foreign policy for the Huffington Post and Counterpunch and has lectured throughout the world on these subjects. Dr. Bahman Azad is an Iranian-American peace and justice activist living in the United States. He has been active in the peace and justice movement since his arrival in the United States in 1973, first as a student activist against the Shah's regime in Iran and then as a member of the Executive Board of the U.S. Peace Council. He joined the Veterans for Peace in the early 1990s and has been serving as Chair of VFP’s Iran Working Group. He is currently the Organizational Secretary of the U.S. Peace Council, Coordinator of the Coalition Against U.S. Foreign Military Bases and the Global Campaign Against US/NATO Military Bases, and the representative of the World Peace Council at the United Nations. He was the organizer of USPC’s Peace and Solidarity Delegation to Venezuela which traveled to Caracas in March 2019. Bahman has a Master's degree in Economics and a Ph.D. in Sociology. He is a retired Professor and former Acting Director of the Center for Middle Eastern Studies at Rutgers University, New Jersey. Please donate $1/month to support Essential Dissent. https://www.patreon.com/EssentialDissent Please visit these Left Forum links: Website: http://www.leftforum.org/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/theleftforum/?fref=ts Twitter: https://twitter.com/leftforum YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/TheLeftforum

January 13th, 2018 8:07am. An alert goes off on your phone saying you have minutes to live. This happened and the people who lived through it will never forget. We've been told it was the mistake of one employee, but what if there was something else happening. What if it was actually real? Or a giant social experiment? Or a bureaucratic civil war involving covert intelligence? Or...a UFO??? THIS IS NOT A DRILL. We're now on Instagram! follow us on Twitter @crackpotpodcast, Like us on FaceBook CrackpotPodcast@gmail.com or call 612-888-3090

Pony Club National Examiner Mary Schwentker explains US Pony Club's rating system and how it makes your horsemanship education streamlined and organized. Mary is a graduate A from Manada Creek Pony Club, has evented through the four star level, competed in dressage through Prix St. Georges, and is a USEA ICP Level 2 trainer. She thanks the Culpeper Farm Co-op, Uvex, Big Red Mare, and Millwood Equestrian for their continued support.

qZd pUL SX BO Dans la lignée des rencontres littéraires mensuelles « Texto » organisées depuis 2012 à l’Université Paris 13, le prix littéraire Texto-Festival des idées Paris a pour ambition de promouvoir la littérature contemporaine auprès des établissements de la communauté universitaire Sorbonne Paris cité. Pour cette première édition, les étudiants en Licence Information et Communication, sous la houlette de leur enseignante Judith Mayer, ont interviewé chacun.e des auteur·e·s en lice. Ces interviews seront également diffusées sur la webradio des étudiants, Treizièm’onde, et sur Radio Neo. Les romans sélectionnés Ces œuvres d’auteur·e·s émergent·e·s parues en 2018 en littérature jeunesse et littérature générale représentent toutes des récits initiatiques, en lien avec le thème « Jeunesse éternelle » de la troisième édition du Festival des idées Paris. Lucie Land, La débrouillardise, Grasset, février 2018 Joanne Richoux, Les collisions, Sarbacane, avril 2018 Ingrid Thobois, Miss Sarajevo, Buchet-Chastel, août 2018 Nicolas Mathieu, Leurs enfants après eux, Actes Sud, août 2018 Aminata Aidara, Je suis quelqu’un, Gallimard, septembre 2018 François Beaune, Omar et Greg, Le nouvel Attila, septembre 2018 Aujourd’hui, retrouvez l’interview de Joanne Richoux, pour son livre Les collisions. La remise du prix Texto-Festival des idées Paris aura lieu le 3 décembre à 21h à la Maison de la Poésie, en présence de Maylis de Kerangal (Un monde à portée de main, Verticales, septembre 2018) et des auteurs de la sélection. Conception et montage : Emmeline Gerrard, Wissal Aguenaou, Alexandre Tangre, Vannick Dieyi Laura Blas, Judith Mayer et Antoine Faure. Interview : Laura Blas. Le prix Texto-Festival des Idées Paris est financé par USPC.

Karen & Rob Introduce our newest sponsor Redingote Equestrian!! Co-Founders Connie DeMaio & Allison Malenfant tell us about themselves and their inspiration to start Redingote Equestrian. Thank you Connie & Allison for sponsoring the Major League Eventing Podcast! Listeners use Promo code "MLE40" to receive $40 off purchase of this must have for the winter months!https://www.redingoteequestrian.com/

Karen & Rob chat with 4* Eventer and young rider coach extraordinaire Susie Beale. Susie shares her story of growing up in Scotland and moving to the US to ride and train horses. Despite Susie having a late start in riding horses she made it to the 4* level of Eventing. Susie has a passion for teaching and focuses her business on training of Event riders. with a long list of notable upper level Eventers that have come through her program at Cairn O'Mount Stables. Learn more here http://www.comstables.com/index.html

Karen and Rob visited with FEI world #17 Buck Davidson at his Chester County Pennsylvania home. Buck shared some great stories of how he got started in eventing. Buck also shares some great insight into hard work and what really matters to him. Lucky us we had a guest appearance by Buck's lovely wife Andrea (an accomplished Eventer herself) and their cute as a button daughter Aubrey. This interview is unlike any you have heard from us before, worth every minute (we promise).

Karen and Rob travel to Boyd and Silva Martin's World Class Eventing and Dressage training facility, Windurra USA to chat with Boyd's groom and working students. Meet Stephanie Simpson (USA), Bradley Champagne (CAN), Kevin "Kevy G" Martinez (USA), Sydney Hagaman (USA), Kate Irvine (AUS), Joe Bowersox (USA), Arielle Aharoni (USA), & Sophia Middlebrook (USA) . Hear first hand what it is like to work for Boyd Martin. Hold on tight because these young professionals are a hoot! Thank you Boyd & Silva Martin for opening up their farm to us to interview their hard working young Eventers. https://www.boydandsilvamartin.com/ Follow them on instagram stephsimpson15 sophiemidd12 a_ahoroni.eventing 54_joe kateirvine_eventing hagamannn kmartttt champagneeventer

Karen & Rob Chat with 4* Eventer Colleen Rutledge. We chat about her start in riding as well as some of her favorite 4* stories. Colleen shares with us what it is like watching her two daughters event. And her innovative new idea for getting new ownership groups to share in the fun of owning an event hose and supporting her team.

Karen and Rob get an update from Coach Daniel Stewart on his Summer coaching Clinic. He shares with us why we need to "Thank" ourselves to move on from mistakes. Also Daniel tells us about his Scholarship fundraising campaign. Learn more at https://pressureproofacademy.com/ Support the Fundraiser Here: https://www.gofundme.com/equestrian-training-camps

Karen and Rob interview 4* Event rider Allie Sacksen. Allie shares her experience coming up the levels of eventing and Pony Club. She shares her ups and downs from completing her first Kentucky 3 day 4* to losing a top horse in a freak lightening storm. We talk about starting a new family and balancing being a new mom and while continuing to run a full time riding career and lots more!

Karen and Rob visit beautiful Principia Farm to chat with Advanced Event rider Molly Kinnamon! We chat about her start in riding, to her move from West to East Coasts of the U.S. This informal interview takes all sorts of twists and turns, like the difference between the "Shore" and the "Beach" on the East Coast and all types of random fun stuff in addition to lots of Eventing talk!

Karen & Rob chat with special guest Coach Daniel Stewart. Coach Stewart is sure to motivate during this show. If you have anxiety issues, If your nerves cause you to forget your course, or If you coach students with these issues this episode is for you! Get Fit & Focused in 2018!

Karen and Rob visit Hermitage Farm in beautiful Kennett Square Pennsylvania, home of Clasing Equestrian to interview Kaitlin & Daniel Clasing. Kaitlin & Daniel share with us how they each began their riding careers with starts in Pony Club and moving up the levels of Eventing with very similar paths however uniquely their own . We have some fun and play "The Newly Wed Game" and learn more about their relationship and the fun story of how Kaitlin and Dan finally met and began their relationship. Plus much more great information about their business program and tips for up and coming young riders. Cheers!

Eric Crain burst onto the poker scene when he was featured in the ESPN Coverage of the USPC in Atlantic City (video below). His online and live MTT earnings total $1,584,960 including 3 WSOP Circuit rings, 3 WSOP final tables, and a $215 WCOOP win for $281,524. Eric's poker career has been the definition of swingy, and in our interview he discusses winning and losing million dollar bankrolls on multiple occasions. He also talks about his recent switch to Daily Fantasy Sports, the mindset needed to be successful there, and preparing for two $50,000+ buy-in DFS Championship events where he will be playing for a $3 million and a $5 million first prize. In this episode you'll learn: How too much positive thinking can actually stop you from hitting your goals The consequences of not learning to respect the money What it takes to make it as a pro today When should you start working with a mental game coach? Why Eric put his computer tower in a bathtub and turned on the tap Mental Game MP3s | Poker Mind Coach  

Myers Cocktail is not an adult beverage. It is actually a small volume intravenous infusion made up of vitamins and minerals. Myers Cocktail is a small 50cc vial of vitamins and minerals made for intravenous infusion. It contains B Vitamins, Calcium, Magnesium and some minerals. It is named after the physician who developed it, Dr. John Myers, a Baltimore physician.   Robert Seik, PharmD and owner of Partell Specialty Compounding Pharmacy, explains how they make the Myers' Cocktail at his USPC laboratory. This vial can then be placed in a small IV bag by a physician and given to the patient intravenously or they can draw it into a syringe and administer it over a 2-5 minute period. The idea is to achieve a very high peak plasma concentration of these vitamins and minerals. Our body's cells then take up these nutrients.   Dr. Myers used the Myers' Cocktail, which is nontoxic and safe, to treat chronic fatigue, asthma, acute muscle spasms, Fibromyalgia and those with chronic allergies. Most patients remark on the energy boost that they receive right away.   In 1984, Dr. Myers passed away and Dr. Alan Gaby further refined the formula, which is mentioned in the blog.   Vitamins and minerals are important in anti-aging as well as disease prevention and treatment.   by Robert Seik, PharmD

In this episode, we recap FNL Tour Living Legends from the USPC. We also talk about GU32 and much more coming this winter.