Podcasts about vehicles

It's no fun when clients shop your ideas. If you ever came up with a brilliant idea for a promotion, only to have a prospect think it over, say they'd get back to you, but then ghost you and buy it from someone cheaper, you know the pain of being the unpaid consultant in the room. Being the brains behind a competitor's sale is not ideal. You're the one who did the work, thought it through, created the ideas, sourced the products, and made the recommendations only to have someone else place the order and cash the check. What's up with that? Why are some ideas purchased immediately, while others are stolen, ghosted, shopped around, or just ignored completely? That's what we'll explore in today's episode. If your best ideas keep ending up on someone else's commission report, you may think you have a pricing problem. But it's more likely you have a positioning problem. And it starts with the way you build out the experience of doing business with you. You're Not Just Selling Products—You're Selling a Process and an Experience You already know that prospects and clients can buy promotional products from ANY of a never-ending lineup of distributors, both online and off. That's not what sets you apart. What sets you apart is the experience you create for them, from your First Contact through every other aspect of dealing with you and your organization. This includes: The clarity you bring to the project The confidence they feel in your guidance and The relief of not having to think through all the moving parts themselves Those are just a few of the differentiators, and none of them happen by accident. Instead, they're the result of: The Messaging you use to position yourself as a valued resource, instead of just another product peddler. The marketing Vehicles you use to reach, impact and motivate recipients to get the desired response from them, and of course… The People you are proactively choosing to engage with. Not just anyone, but those who are less likely to shop and more likely to buy. If you don't have those three pieces firmly dialed in: Your Messaging, your Vehicles, and your People, then the right experiences are far less likely to happen. Why the Experience You Create Beats Product Alone Every Time Let me ask you this. What does it feel like to work with you? Years ago, salespeople had a much easier time getting away with selling features and benefits. “Here are the features of what the product is, and here are the benefits of what the product does for you.” But in the information age, that doesn't begin to cover it. A spec sheet can do it adequately. They don't need you for that. So what are your best clients actually buying from you? More often than not, it goes way beyond features and benefits. It also goes way beyond branded merchandise. It's: The confidence they get from the recommendations you make The trust they have in your ability to deliver what you promise The experience they have when interacting with you Ultimately, it's the emotion they feel as you bring all that together for them, taking the stress off their plate and knowing you'll make them look like a star to their target audience. It's very difficult to shop that, because so few businesses deliver it consistently. But that's what they're buying from you. Clarity. Confidence, and Certainty. If your messaging doesn't communicate that, then your value is invisible. Without that, you end up with people asking for ideas, shopping them around, and awarding the business to the lowest bidder. Not Every Prospect Wants or Needs Your Full Process, and That's OK Of course, not every prospect needs a full consulting experience. Some just want a quote on a pen. Others want pricing on 50 business cards. Still others will just ask you to put together your best ideas and tell you they'll get back to you. All of that comes with the territory.

Join Captain Jeff, Captain Nick, Producer Liz, Nick Camacho. Enjoy! APG 666 SHOW NOTES WITH LINKS AND PICS 00:00:00 Introduction 00:06:37 NEWS 00:07:45 Traveling To US? Here Are 7 Items You Can't Carry In Checked Luggage Now 00:14:33 FINAL REPORT - Alaska B738 at Santa Ana on Aug 20th 2023, Gear Punched Through Wing 00:20:39 Boeing 747 Nearly Lands on Vehicles on Runway Closed for Snow Removal 00:29:47 FINAL REPORT - Collision with Terrain, Bathurst Airport, New South Wales 00:45:27 Chinese Paraglider Reaches Near-Record Heights, Over 28,000 Feet, by Accident 00:51:41 GETTING TO KNOW US 01:11:20 FEEDBACK 01:11:30 Thomas - Hand Flying vs. Autoflight; High Wind Gusts 01:30:41 Ant - Airplane Lifespan? 01:49:00 Alan - Radio Failures/ Blackouts - the Solution? 01:51:34 Les - A Father's Day Story - My Son's Journey, a Self-Made Pilot 02:06:52 WRAP UP Watch the video of our live stream recording! Go to our YouTube channel! Give us your review in iTunes! I'm "airlinepilotguy" on Facebook, and "airlinepilotguy" on Twitter. feedback@airlinepilotguy.com airlinepilotguy.com ATC audio from https://LiveATC.net Intro/outro Music, Coffee Fund theme music by Geoff Smith thegeoffsmith.com Dr. Steph's intro music by Nevil Bounds Capt Nick's intro music by Kevin from Norway (aka Kevski) Copyright © AirlinePilotGuy 2025, All Rights Reserved Airline Pilot Guy Show by Jeff Nielsen is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License

Thank You To Our Partners, The Institute, AutoFlow, AutoLeap, Shop Dog Marketing, In-BoundWatch Full Video EpisodeThe idea for this episode came from an inquiry originating with one of my colleagues.They had read an AI description of how a check-in process would work within a software platform, and he rightly reached out to me to check to see if the AI response was accurate.It was not accurate - it was pure fiction.It was worth probing why this was important, and this colleague was getting questions from shops more regularly about the ability to do a “walk out” or Curbside check-in or initial inspection when greeting customers at their vehicle.If this is something you or your team have been considering - I'm going to encourage you to hear me out, and I'm going to leave you with some important questions you can use to discuss if this is a good idea for your shop… or perhaps, determine it isn't.Today's WOTD is:StringentadjectiveStrict, precise, and exacting.“The process has some very stringent requirements.”I'm going to refer to any form of vehicle side check-in process as “curb-side” check-in for this conversation - but the idea for this form of greeting the customer at their vehicle comes in many permutations, few of them involve an actual curb.Many businesses feature some form of drive-up or drive-thru service. Restaurants being one of them, but in our conversation, I'll focus on vehicle-centric businesses, which I feel are common, and show us plenty about what works and what doesn't.1.) Dealerships2.) Car Washes3.) Airport Car Rental Returns(No, I am not going to mention quick oil change lanes … not because it isn't potentially relevant… but because I have never used a quick lube… really!)Most of the time I find myself having a conversation about curb-side checkins, one of my clients at Autoflow will have had a dealership experience of their own. (There are many reasons independent shop owners visit our dealership friends… but the majority of the time it's when they are confronted with a vehicle recall.) It was a positive experience for them, and quite… nice!The dealer process begins with pulling into a large, bright, clean, well lit multilane drive up queue. It can be impressive. I've recently participated in one of these, and will explain more on my experience later.Why is this so common, and why is it so impressive?Think about the dealership service model. (Which by the way - is expanding, as sales become more challenging, look for dealers to compete more aggressively for service work in today's market)Dealers thrive with a longstanding reputation of being the best place to bring a vehicle for training, tooling, and quality parts.You have a new vehicle that needs service, you take it to the source (for you, the place you bought it.)Your entry into the facility is as simple as pulling up to an automated door. You enter, and it almost feels like your vehicle is on something of an assembly line.The vehicle is scanned, and you are greeted. The advisor has a tablet in hand - they confirm a few things, and then they usher you into a gorgeous waiting area, where you are quite sure you can survive in comfort, with enough food and drink to last several days.Next is the car washes:My son has managed a local car-wash, and this is one of the types that offers memberships, and has a relatively complicated screen based check in system if you don't have a membership.Frequently, the staff are greeting customers and helping them through the screen prompts, and of course, at the tunnel you

The ancient temple of Stonehenge is one of the most famous archaeological sites in the world and one of the most visited sites in the UK.    Yet, despite hundreds of years of archaeological investigation and speculation, to some extent it remains a mystery. And it is a mystery that is deep at the heart of the British psyche, for Stonehenge has been a gathering place for thousands of years, and remains a nexus where prehistoric culture, mainstream culture and counterculture interact - and sometimes collide.    40 years ago, in June 1985, an incident occurred near Stonehenge that saw the largest mass arrest of civilians in Britain's history. Over 1000 police, many in riot gear, some with their IDs covered so they couldn't be held accountable for what happened, clashed with a raggle-taggle convoy of travellers, hippies and bohemian folk heading towards the Stones to hold the free Festival, which had happened at Stonehenge every year since the early 70s.   It was brutal   Women with babies were dragged from their mobile homes, others were pulled through smashed windscreens. Vehicles were trashed. People were truncheoned to the floor.   There were huge numbers of arrests, but in the end, virtually nobody was found guilty of a crime, although the police themselves were subsequently taken to court and lost.    Matt Pike came to the Bureau to tell us all about it. Matt has an official role at Stonehenge, as a guardian of the stones, as a guide to visitors and is the official writer in residence of the site. He also has an unofficial role as social historian and archivist of a huge amount of information, oral testimonies and lesser-known histories of Stonehenge and the things that has happened there, including 'The Battle of the Beanfield', the shameful incident 40 years ago, when the British state turned its security forces on its own people as a warning to the counterculture of the times.   Matt's Youtube Channel Matt's Instagram   Photos: Andy Worthington #Stonehenge #BureauOfLostCulture #BattleOfTheBeanfield #policestate #freefestival #wallyhope #thatcher #counterculture #Stonehengefreefestival    

What if students could learn about EVs by building and driving one themselves? Switch Vehicles, a company that combines hands-on education with industry-relevant training, provides that service. Its EV training program enables students and teachers to assemble fully functional electric vehicles.In this episode, Brandon Watt, Marketing Director at Switch Vehicles, and Dan Vincent, lead instructor and retired professor, explain the Switch Lab program. Instead of using emulators or theory alone, students wire, assemble, and test real EV systems. They work on 12V, high-voltage, regenerative braking, and torque response systems – and then get to drive the finished vehicle.The Buzz: www.thebuzzevnews.com

This week on the Toy Power Podcast; Trent does a quick recap of the first three episodes of the Lego Masters - Grand Masters Of The Galaxy, with some behind the scenes insight & over-all fun from those episodes. Then both Frank & Trent speak to another TV show they are both present on: Cards & Collectables TV - now with a June 22nd air release date! Then its straight into the News - & wow, we have a lot to cover indeed! New Transformers Lego announcements, Megatron controversy, MASK doing awesome Mask things; plus another sub-category to the Four Horsemen's awesome Toyline, in the form of Infinite Legions!! Neca dropping the ball on the Wednesday sculpts, but great things are happening in the Predator Universe! Biker Mice From Mars are kicking butt & eating Hot Dogs; plus Marvel Legends ports the ol' Marvel Vs Capcom Games into plastic! Fantastic 4 Movie Figures & Popcorn Buckets, Sherella - with origin story, but kind of overshadowed by Mondo's 200X HeMan fig! Some confusion around Beastman & lots of Joy for more TMNT. SDCC exclusive announcements from TMNT & Street Fighter too. Shoutouts becomes its own segment & we finally have a date for our Milestone Episode 400 - Sat June 21st - so mark those calendars for a LIVE Video Recording! Enjoy!Support the show: http://patreon.com/toypowerpodcastSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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In the Electrek Podcast, we discuss the most popular news in the world of sustainable transport and energy. In this week's episode, we discuss Tesla being in the crosshairs of the Musk/Trump divorce, EV sales in Europe, a new Hyundai electric minivan, and more. The show is live every Friday at 4 p.m. ET on Electrek's YouTube channel. As a reminder, we'll have an accompanying post, like this one, on the site with an embedded link to the live stream. Head to the YouTube channel to get your questions and comments in. After the show ends at around 5 p.m. ET, the video will be archived on YouTube and the audio on all your favorite podcast apps: Apple Podcasts Spotify Overcast Pocket Casts Castro RSS We now have a Patreon if you want to help us avoid more ads and invest more in our content. We have some awesome gifts for our Patreons and more coming. Here are a few of the articles that we will discuss during the podcast: Here's how Tesla might be impacted by the Musk/Trump divorce Tesla becomes desperate with Cybertruck, launches biggest discount yet Tesla admits it would ‘suffer financial harm' if its self-driving crash data becomes public Tesla (TSLA) sales continue to crash in Europe as it clings to a fluke in Norway BYD outsold Tesla in the UK last month and it's catching up fast for the year Hyundai's electric minivan spotted driving for the first time [Video] The 2026 Polestar 4 is officially on sale in the US, priced slightly higher than originally promised Nissan reveals new photos of the next-gen LEAF EV and confirms its global debut Here's the live stream for today's episode starting at 4:00 p.m. ET (or the video after 5 p.m. ET: https://www.youtube.com/live/8bBw6n8X4NM

The Southeast Adventure Vehicle Expo (SAVE) is the largest annual gathering for overlanding and adventure travel enthusiasts in the Southeast US, taking place at The Florida International Rally & Motorsport Park in Starke, Florida. It brings the community together to explore the latest off-road vehicles, camping gear, and adventure accessories from numerous exhibitors. Beyond the vendor displays, the event features educational seminars, hands-on workshops, an on-site off-road trail and obstacle course for driving skill tests, food trucks, raffles, and optional weekend camping, making it a key destination for anyone passionate about vehicle-based exploration.

The story of how one woman's bizarre obsession with Monster Energy Drink's marketing has buried the lede on the true evil behind the drink. Can drinking Monster invite the Devil into your body, or does giving the company your money invite more devilish deeds from the men who run it? "Strange and Unexplained" is a podcast from Grab Bag Collab & Three Goose Entertainment and is a journey into the uncomfortable and the unknowable that will leave you both laughing and sleeping with the lights on. You can get early and ad-free episodes on the Grab Bag Patreon page.  Follow us on Instagram Episode Sponsors: Ollie. Take the online quiz and introduce Ollie to your pet. Visit: https://www.ollie.com/strange today for 60% off your first box of meals! #ToKnowThemIsToLoveThem  Cornbread Hemp. Right now, Strange And Unexplained listeners can save 30% off their first order and enjoy free shipping on orders over $75! Head to cornbreadhemp.com/STRANGE and use code STRANGE at checkout. Wildgrain. For a limited time, Wildgrain is offering our listeners $30 off the first box, PLUS free Croissants in every box - when you go to Wildgrain.com/STRANGE to start your subscription, or you can use promo code STRANGE at checkout.

By now, you have probably heard that there are more than 200 million connected cars on the road today. But, wait a minute. What is a connected car – and how does a connected car make our lives better? A simple way to think about it is that a connected car is one that is linked to the internet, just like our phone. And like our smartphones, that linkage gives cars an ability to deliver countless new features and functions via over-the-air updates. Connected cars are new in another way: For the first time in over one hundred years, the automotive industry relies on a different  industry - cellular - for key innovation. So, how exactly do automakers engage with the tech providers, the ones holding the valuable tech patents? Enter Avanci, a company formed in 2016 to serve as a bridge and broker between the tech powerhouses and the automotive giants. Joining this episode of the Driving With Dunne podcast is Laurie Fitzgerald, President, Avanci Vehicle. Laurie walks us through Avanci's unique role working as a vital go-between for global carmakers and the global tech providers. Laurie also shares her very first experience driving in Ireland, a right-hand drive market. Was the car connected? 

Will Toor is Director of the Colorado Energy Office. We'll discuss the implications for Colorado of Congress overturning California's vehicle emissions waiver (as Colorado was following at least some of California's policies.) We'll also talk about the (ridiculously expensive and likely impossible) goal of nearly eliminating "greenhouse gas" production by electric power utilities within the next 5 (or even 15) years.CEO Staff | Colorado Energy OfficeDid Congress kill Colorado's EV mandate?Congress votes to rescind California vehicle emissions waiver | Utility DiveTroubles among Colorado utilities - Big PivotsCSU asks state for options to help meet 2030 energy goals | News | gazette.com

This week, we're workshopping ways to get car companies to prioritize pedestrian safety. Why don't all cars have speed governers that cap at, say, 85 mph? And, a call for community feedback.For context:On TomTom's safety tech.@SubwayTakes on TikTok.On 'Brick' which I may have called Block, in the episode...my mistake).

MPR News is following an incident where dozens of federal agents to surround a restaurant in the heart of the Latino community in Minneapolis Tuesday. As news of the operation spread on social media, people believing the presence of federal agents was connected to an immigration raid tried to block tactical vehicles from coming down Lake Street and shouted at agents. At one point, some law enforcement used a chemical irritant to break up the crowd. Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey said in a statement it was part of a narcotics and money laundering investigation and not related to immigration enforcement. The Hennepin County Sheriff's Office partnered with federal agencies to carry out the investigation, according to a statement posted on social media. For more information on what happened, MPR News host Nina Moini talks with Hennepin County Sheriff Dawanna Witt.

In this episode of Money Donuts, the hosts are joinedby Comprehensive Lending Specialist Heather to dive into the world of auto loanrefinancing. Whether you're curious about lowering your interest rate,adjusting your monthly payment, or just want to learn how refinancing works,this podcast has you covered. Heather walks us through the ins and outs ofrefinancing an auto loan at Royal Credit Union, including when it might makesense to refinance.

CNBC's Morgan Brennan sits down with Applied Intuition Co-founder and CEO Qasar Younis to discuss the company's work to bring AI to more civilian and military vehicles, and the important of American innovation in the space as global competition heats up.

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In this episode, our guest is Riccardo Palgiarrella, a dynamic force in the world of electric mobility and distributed energy. With a background in motorsports and nearly two decades of experience in vehicle electrification, Riccardo offers deep insights into the future of Vehicle-to-Grid (V2G) technology. He discusses Australia's unique position as a market ripe for V2G adoption, while also shedding light on the regulatory, technical, and social hurdles that must be addressed. Riccardo also explores the role of standards like ISO 15118, the challenges in consumer adoption, and the evolving role of EVs as part of the energy grid. With clarity and candour, he helps demystify the real-world potential and limitations of V2G—and what it will take to turn this potential into value for all consumers. Connect with Sohail Hasnie: Facebook @sohailhasnie X (Twitter) @shasnie LinkedIn @shasnie ADB Blog Sohail Hasnie YouTube @energypreneurs Instagram @energypreneurs Tiktok @energypreneurs Spotify Video @energypreneurs

THE TIM JONES AND CHRIS ARPS SHOW 0:00 SEG 1 Boulder, Colorado terrorist’s family has been detained | Ilhan Omar has fundraiser in Colorado 17:32 SEG 2 DAVID STOKES, Director of Municipal Policy at the Show-Me Institute | TOPIC: U.S. and Missouri Are Going in the Wrong Direction on Taxes – In his recent op-ed, David argues that while cutting taxes sounds good in theory, the trend of targeted tax breaks, like exempting tips from income tax or freezing property taxes for seniors, creates long-term problems. | Lambert Car-Sharing Fight – A new bill at the St. Louis Board of Aldermen would block Turo, an online car-sharing platform, from operating at Lambert Airport unless it signs a revenue-sharing deal. | Melissa Price-Smith not honoring sunshine law requests?https://showmeinstitute.org/author/david-stokes/https://x.com/DavidCStokes 36:21 SEG 3 Chris’ Corner is about the DNC giving out free trump t.a.c.o.s | trump shared a post claiming Biden is a clone https://newstalkstl.com/ FOLLOW TIM - https://twitter.com/SpeakerTimJones FOLLOW CHRIS - https://twitter.com/chris_arps 24/7 LIVESTREAM - http://bit.ly/NEWSTALKSTLSTREAMS RUMBLE - https://rumble.com/NewsTalkSTL See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

THE TIM JONES AND CHRIS ARPS SHOW 0:00 SEG 1 Boulder, Colorado terrorist’s family has been detained | Ilhan Omar has fundraiser in Colorado 17:32 SEG 2 DAVID STOKES, Director of Municipal Policy at the Show-Me Institute | TOPIC: U.S. and Missouri Are Going in the Wrong Direction on Taxes – In his recent op-ed, David argues that while cutting taxes sounds good in theory, the trend of targeted tax breaks, like exempting tips from income tax or freezing property taxes for seniors, creates long-term problems. | Lambert Car-Sharing Fight – A new bill at the St. Louis Board of Aldermen would block Turo, an online car-sharing platform, from operating at Lambert Airport unless it signs a revenue-sharing deal. | Melissa Price-Smith not honoring sunshine law requests?https://showmeinstitute.org/author/david-stokes/https://x.com/DavidCStokes 36:21 SEG 3 Chris’ Corner is about the DNC giving out free trump t.a.c.o.s | trump shared a post claiming Biden is a clone https://newstalkstl.com/ FOLLOW TIM - https://twitter.com/SpeakerTimJones FOLLOW CHRIS - https://twitter.com/chris_arps 24/7 LIVESTREAM - http://bit.ly/NEWSTALKSTLSTREAMS RUMBLE - https://rumble.com/NewsTalkSTL See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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Ever wondered what car you should buy for your teen driver? The latest US News and World Report rankings have just been released, and they're packed with surprises that might change how you approach this important decision.During our conversation with Zach Doell from US News, we uncovered the fascinating dominance of Hyundai in the 2025 Best Cars for Teens rankings. With six models making the list across both new and used categories, the Korean automaker has clearly mastered the delicate balance of safety, affordability, and reliability that parents prioritize when shopping for their teens.The rankings revealed that today's entry-level vehicles offer far more than their modest price tags suggest. Take the Kia Soul, starting at just $20,000 with advanced safety features that were luxury exclusives just a decade ago. As Zach explained, "Basic has changed." Today's affordable models come standard with potentially life-saving technology like automatic emergency braking and forward collision warning, along with teen-friendly features like Apple CarPlay that keep attention focused on the road rather than on phones.We explored the compelling case for both new and certified pre-owned vehicles, with Zach highlighting how favorable financing terms on new cars can sometimes offset their higher initial cost. Meanwhile, gently used vehicles coming off lease can offer substantial savings while still providing most modern safety features.Beyond car shopping, we took a virtual road trip to Port Aransas with Marrs, exploring this perfect family beach destination located on Mustang Island. With 18 miles of drivable beaches, world-class fishing opportunities, bird watching at the Leonabelle Turnbill Birding Center, and family-friendly parks, it's an ideal summer getaway that's neither too crowded like Galveston nor too small like Surfside.Whether you're shopping for your teen's first car or planning your family's summer escape, this episode delivers practical insights to help you make informed decisions that balance safety, value, and enjoyment.Be sure to subscribe for more In Wheel Time Car Talk!The Lupe' Tortilla RestaurantsLupe Tortilla in Katy, Texas Gulf Coast Auto ShieldPaint protection, tint, and more!Disclaimer: This post contains affiliate links. If you make a purchase, I may receive a commission at no extra cost to you.---- ----- Want more In Wheel Time car talk any time? In Wheel Time is now available on Audacy! Just go to Audacy.com/InWheelTime where ever you are.----- -----Be sure to subscribe on your favorite podcast provider for the next episode of In Wheel Time Podcast and check out our live multiplatform broadcast every Saturday, 10a - 12noonCT simulcasting on Audacy, YouTube, Facebook, Twitter, Twitch and InWheelTime.com.In Wheel Time Podcast can be heard on you mobile device from providers such as:Apple Podcasts, Amazon Music Podcast, Spotify, SiriusXM Podcast, iHeartRadio podcast, TuneIn + Alexa, Podcast Addict, Castro, Castbox, YouTube Podcast and more on your mobile device.Follow InWheelTime.com for the latest updates!Twitter: https://twitter.com/InWheelTimeInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/inwheeltime/https://www.youtube.com/inwheeltimehttps://www.Facebook.com/InWheelTimeFor more information about In Wheel Time Car Talk, email us at info@inwheeltime.comTags: In Wheel Time, automotive car talk show, car talk, Live car talk show, In Wheel Time Car Talk

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Play NowThe call of the wild leads episode 376 of the Twincast / Podcast to begin with discussion of in hand images for yet another wave of the Wild King combiner figures from Takara Tomy. Recent leaks and teases of the upcoming Studio Series 86 Mixmaster and teases of Megatron are discussed next. The talk moves on to a pair of gimmicks, with both color changing Hot Wheels Transformers and a glow-in-the-dark Earthspark toy coming soon. A listener question about real life vehicle mode experiences leads into another round table of on the spot questions for the crew. As always, bragging rights brings the show to a close.

Enjoying cars doesn't require financial hardship. Memories, events and people matter more than metal. Why did Japan make 660cc Kei Cars for their own market while America offered 6500cc V8 entry level sedans? Why did Ferrari make a 2-liter version of the 308GTS?    

Hello Interactors, This week, four strange bird encounters landed in my lap — three in real life, one on my screen. First, a crow tore through the bushes in our yard chasing a frantic nuthatch. Moments later, I spotted two more crows feasting on roadkill just outside our house. Then, while walking with my wife, we watched four ducks in hot pursuit of another, flapping furiously down the street — some kind of aerial turf war. And finally, scrolling through my feed, I stumbled on a paper describing a Cooper's Hawk hacking the city's traffic system to hunt smarter. After all that, I tried seeing cities as a bird might. So I wrote as one.HISS, HUM, HUNTI first sense the city as vibration. Before sun rays even breech the branches, a hiss of car tires emerge; street lamps click off; somewhere a garage door rumbles open. Each resonance strikes the hollow chambers of my bones like sonar. It's a sketch of distance, density, and direction. This all makes perfect sense to me even though I am just a kid. A juvenile Cooper's Hawk — Accipiter cooperii — yet the human-made maze below me is as legible to me as the nest I left barely two winters ago. What follows, in human words, is a recount of one day's hunt. I hope to demonstrate what humans regard as intelligence, innovation, and enterprise exists in a single act of predation.DANCING WITH DATA AT DAWNPerched on a gray mast of the Main and Prospect traffic light, I begin to render the scene. My basemap is no pixel grid glowing on some screen across town; it is a topological organ in my scull. Topology matters when a lamppost sits one maneuver away from the porch roof, which is one glide away from the dumpster rim. My so-called ‘bird brain' calculates dynamic flows of probability. One flip of a traffic light, a garbage truck rolls by, and that gust of wind changes direction. My internal map pulses between “larger” when prey likelihood rises and “smaller” when likelihood falls.As I gaze out above the east-west avenue, a slipstream peels off the 7AM wave of commuters. I spot a sparrow in a vortex that spirals from the garbage truck's wake at 07∶13. That acoustic shadow beneath that florist's van is one place I could pass unseen. But is a sparrow worth it?What I am doing — unknown even to myself — is what spatial scientists call real‑time kernel‑density estimation. At any point on a simple 2D path I can plop a small mathematical bump — a kernel. I can then reason about the density mapped below me by stacking up every bump's contribution at a particular spot. That once scatter of points on a map morphs into a smooth curve that shows where meaningful observations truly cluster. I continuously weight a landscape of pigeons, cyclists, and idling SUVs by situational context rather than simple Euclidean distance.Complexity geographer David O'Sullivan calls this kind of adaptive map a narrative model — a story the system tells itself so it can keep acting. My mental basemap obeys what is adjacent to what on this map. After all, a three‑meter hedge is more impenetrable than thirty meters of empty air; therefore straight‑line distances can lie and deceive. When humans try to simplify distances by saying, ‘as the crow flies', they have no idea what they're leaving out.BRAKES BUILD BARRICADESAt 07∶26 a stainless‑steel button is pressed; I hear the relay's metallic click 3.2 seconds before the little white pedestrian blinks alive. I am perched here because I anticipated this poke by pedestrians on their morning commute. Vehicles will now queue as these bi-peds spill into the cross walk. The stacked metal boxes of steel, rubber, and plastic will form a barricade forty meters long…potentially.Brake‑lights align into a pulsing crimson corridor whose half‑life I have calculated and averaged across nineteen previous dawns. Humans call the coming congestion a nuisance, but I call it camouflage. For twenty‑two seconds the asphalt canyon's turbulence drops below an acceptable range. I can now hover as if among cedars.A scientist has been watching from the opposite curb. They will soon begin recording this trick in their field book as so: a hawk anticipates the signal pattern and times its dives to the red‑phase distribution of brake lights.Because most queues are short, but occasionally very long, I have to be careful to time this properly. If I dive for prey based on the overall mean of the lineup, I will arrive while half the cars were still rolling to a stop — dangerous. So instead, I consider just the top-10% longest lines. Scientists marvel that I learned this algorithm in a single winter. I marvel that they need calculators to compute it.ZEBRA STRIPE SLALOM STRIKEI drop. The scent of hot rubber folds swirls with the cedar‑resin on my breast feathers as the warm air fills my plumage. The slowing bumper of a school bus becomes a landing spot — a moving parapet. Fresh into the dive, the thermoplastic zebra stripes flash white‑white‑white like a stroboscopic speedometer. None of this was made for me, yet every dimension matters for my survival. The curb‑to‑planter setback of 0.9 meters sets my glide angle; the bollard spacing — installed last year to calm e‑scooters — creates a slalom that funnels starlings toward an ornamental plum in a front lawn.Urban design handbooks invoke words like livability and placemaking, as if these geometries were some kind of neutral toolkit. But for me, in the instant before impact, this curb‑to‑planter setback, this bollard slalom, adjudicates more than legal fiction — it means life and death.Urban forms may look passive, yet every angle, radius, and dwell time means someone has won and someone has lost — wide curb radii speed cars through a right-turn but lengthen the crossing exposure for a toddler. Urban geometry is power cast in concrete; it never clocks off, and is both political and ecological: a three‑second refuge for a starling is a three‑second targeting solution for me.FORCE AND FEATHERS FACES FEEDBACKImpact. Feathers erupt like dark gray confetti. The starling crumbles under thirty‑four newtons of closing force — about the weight of a brick slammed into its ribcage. While I mantle the prize, a more philosophical bird might wonder: Who authored this death? Was it my neuromuscular burst alone? Or the person whose fingertip initiated a forty‑second cascade of stopped traffic? Or the traffic engineer who — chasing level‑of‑service targets — extended the red phase by six seconds last fiscal year?Philosophy of science warns against naïve linear causation; urban events rarely run in neat A → B lines. Herbert Simon, writing on complex systems, described cities and organisms as “nearly decomposable hierarchies,” where slow, macro‑scale layers — like signal‑cycle regulations, curb geometries, and commuter habits — set the boundary conditions within which rapid micro‑events unfold. My talon snap and a starling's dodge happen inside those higher‑order constraints, even as countless such micro‑acts, in aggregate, keep the larger structure of life humming along.My strike, therefore, is a city‑scale phenomenon folded into tendon and keratin — street grids, signal cycles, and global supply chains compressed into one ballistic gesture. In the metallic tang of blood this mystery unfolds. I taste data: adipose fat tissue infused with fryer grease, feather sheaths dusted in brake dust, hormone ratios ticking through molt stage like seasonal code. Each swallow becomes a lab assessment — an unwitting biopsy of the urban food web — revealing how corn subsidies, restaurant waste, and airborne microplastics percolate up the trophic ladder. To devour a single starling is to audit the metabolic ledger of the Anthropocene, one protein strand at a time.All of which reminds me that agency, mine, yours, the starling, is relational: the prey's demise is over‑determined by a network whose nodes include asphalt viscosity — how a petrochemical blend modulates surface friction, drainage, and midday heat plumes — and municipal bond ratings that decide whether this intersection receives fresh pavement or another crosswalk. Chemistry, finance, and instinct co‑author every kill I make, and every step you take.FIBERS, FOSSILS, AND FIRMWARE REFRESHDusk now drapes the mast in violet. Streetlamps flicker on; LED headlight arrays begin tinting the roadway cyan. Beneath the darkening asphalt, copper once meant for a clicking telegraphs now pipes broadband; beneath that, bricks baked when canals were high‑tech cradle those cables like red‑clay fossils. Media archaeologist Shannon Mattern argues that cities have always computed — tallying grain on cuneiform tablets, ringing bell‑tower hours to synchronize labor, routing mail through pneumatic tubes — only the substrates keep shifting, from clay and bronze to fiber optics and silicon. And trust me, nature was doing math long before humans claimed to invent it.From my perch, epochs overlay transparently: timber palisades, horse drawn carriage tracks, fiber conduits. My hunting tactic is merely firmware patch v.2025 in a 5,000‑year old operating system. Your protocol tomorrow may be Li‑Fi pulses from a smart pole — a future where streetlamps won't just illuminate, they'll whisper streams of data in rapid-fire flashes — or the hiss of an autonomous shuttle that brakes at frequencies human reflexes never reach.And you'll be impressed with yourself. Meanwhile, I listen, map, and adjust — in my world here, survival goes to whoever learns faster, not whoever hits harder. Every fresh tactic buys a heartbeat of advantage, yet it also tightens the ratchet: the prey adapts, signals change, habits shift. Humans follow the same spiral — each smarter signal controller, each app‑driven reroute, plugs one gap while opening two more, slipping us all a step deeper into the city's endless, restless loop.OF DASHBOARDS AND DAGGER-WINGSHumans may obsess over their dashboards and digital twins, yet a hawk that weighs less than a laptop already runs a live cognitive twin of the urban systems you built. Your impressed with monthly model updates while my model is updated at wingbeat resolution. If Homo sapiens hope to build a resilient future they might start where I perch: by listening for weak signals, mapping contingencies as well as coordinates, and recognizing that every curb, click, and feather participates in these nested conversations of forces.The next time you press that crosswalk button and that electromechanical relay inside the signal‑control box snaps the circuit closed, ask not only whether it is safe to cross but what other intelligences have read that clue before you.Meet us in the hush of those red taillights — inhabit that brief, engine‑silent interstitial where the white pedestrian man shines — then test what flickers in your own peripheral “bird brain”. Listen for the thin rustle of variables you once called noise; trace how a single press of that button ripples through nerves, budgets, buildings and beaks. Hold the silence long enough to notice how even I, a vicious dagger‑winged stalker, leave scraps for ground‑feeders and vacate a block after one clean kill so others may eat. If you can rest in that hush without lunging for your phone or some manically measured meaningless metric, you may begin to practice reciprocity — paring appetite to need, letting leftovers seed the next cycle — while stalking your own assumptions with the same taloned precision I bring to feather and flesh. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit interplace.io

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This week on the Toy Power Podcast; we have another segment of The Team! This round pitting not one; not two, but THREE different Villain Sub-Groups against each other in a plight to crown the perfect Character that lines up with the A-Team Format. BUT, there are some ground rules! We must pick ensure a Villain is represented from each sub-group! Who are these Sub-groups you ask?!? Well its the Thundercats, Silverhawks & TigerSharks - representing Land, Air & Sea respectively. A really fun discussion that has some quite diverse choices indeed!! Then we pivot across to another Galaxy, Far, Far Away. Andor Season 2 has wrapped, & we have a fairly healthy discussion about what made this series so enjoyable. All this & more, Enjoy!Support the show: http://patreon.com/toypowerpodcastSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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Thinking of swapping your car's rumble for an EV's silent zoom? In this episode, I am joined by Matt Donnelly, a Vegas magician prepping for the Foolers Live tour, who's eager to ditch his 2016 Corolla but daunted by EV options. We dive into US EV life: conquering the 270-mile Vegas-to-LA trek, comparing Tesla's slick chargers to Electrify America's quirks, and how charging hubs are reviving desert stops.Matt's open about cost concerns and range fears. I share my top EV tips—test-drive via rentals, master destination charging, and enjoy the road-rage. It's a lively, no-nonsense guide for anyone eyeing a smoother, quieter ride, Vegas or beyond. Thanks to our monthly supporters Boggratt Andrew Till ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Matt and Nic are back with another week of news and deals. In this episode:  Warning signs for the Bitcoin access vehicles? Has Bitcoin lost the MoE battle? Is OCP 2.0 over? The Dept of Labor rescinds their anti-crypto 401k guidance Cantor Fitzgerald is launching a bitcoin/gold fund Is it mathematically possible to give Bitcoin upside and gold downside? Content mentioned:  Stablecoin.fyi 

In the Electrek Podcast, we discuss the most popular news in the world of sustainable transport and energy. In this week's episode, we discuss the new Tesla Model S/X "refresh", robotaxi service is coming, a new EV price war in China, and more. The show is live every Friday at 4 p.m. ET on Electrek's YouTube channel. As a reminder, we'll have an accompanying post, like this one, on the site with an embedded link to the live stream. Head to the YouTube channel to get your questions and comments in. After the show ends at around 5 p.m. ET, the video will be archived on YouTube and the audio on all your favorite podcast apps: Apple Podcasts Spotify Overcast Pocket Casts Castro RSS We now have a Patreon if you want to help us avoid more ads and invest more in our content. We have some awesome gifts for our Patreons and more coming. Here are a few of the articles that we will discuss during the podcast: Elon Musk is starting to realize Trump and GOP are killing Tesla Tesla spotted with design and feature update for Model S and Model X Tesla has been testing robotaxi service without drivers for ‘several days', says Elon Musk GM takes over as the ‘#1 EV seller' in Canada Tesla's sales fall 87% in Quebec as its market gets wiped out BYD starts a new EV price war in China Electrek Formula Sun Grand Prix 2025: Now just over a month away Here's the live stream for today's episode starting at 4:00 p.m. ET (or the video after 5 p.m. ET: https://www.youtube.com/live/I8cz78hFwv0

On today's MJ Morning Show: Howard Frankland Bridge - Crash marks on wall Pepsi exec claims he invented Flaming Hot Cheetos Morons in the news Chloe's Vegas trip Skittles is dropping titanium dioxide Mary Lou Retton's Porsche Yoga classes... pro claims metal water bottles don't belong Which kitchen appliance brand should you avoid? Florida family had a failed installation of their refrigerator... flooded house Walmart employees pulled customer aside, checked her self-checked items... We took calls Call to Chloe in Vegas Crotchety - Flappy reference Vehicles with blinking eyes in windows Hikers call 911, thought third member of their group died Study - people using edibles or joints still suffer heart issues as tobacco users Eddie Murphy and Martin Lawrence are now in-laws Diddy trial update Recall: Dinty Moore beef stew... over 250,000 lbs recalled Wedding photo with incredible backdrop Tampa Bay area mayors get together to battle loneliness Grossness on airplanes United pilot says 'we have failed you'... no snacks on 3+ hour flight United soon will require domestic flight passengers to check in 45 minutes before flight Emergency landing for a sick dog on a flight

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Greg Bishop reviews some shell bill action happening at the Illinois Statehouse in the final days with an empty budget bill passed to the House by the Senate and a measure about food safety being gutted and replaced in the House to advance "medical aid in dying" legislation.

PLUS: How royal tour artists sketch what cameras can't capture; a new movie about tech billionaires from the creator of Succession; TikTok hygiene expert Madame Sweat answers the questions you won't ask anyone else; what's going on with Justin Bieber's musical empire; and Riffed from the Headlines, our weekly musical news quiz.

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This week, the boys sit down with Dan Kubec. We discuss growing up racing karts, getting into motorsports, and diving head-over-heels into the world of Miatas and Mazda. We also discuss his projects, drifting, and his FD! Support Revival Motoring https://revivalmotoring.com/  

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Auckland motorists who park without paying may want to think twice about chancing their arm now the city has full fleet of parking enforcement vehicles that can catch you out in a split second. The cars, which have advanced plate recognition cameras, digitally "chalk" the wheels of vehicles and assess whether they're parked illegally or not. Reporter Finn Blackwell went for a ride with an enforcement officer as they digitally marked cars on the most ticketed street in town.

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00:00:00:00 - 00:00:58:07Trump's Meme Coin Dinner and Geopolitical TensionsIntroduction to the David Knight Show, discussing Trump's meme coin dinner, criticized for overpromising and underdelivering, and rising tensions in Europe due to Germany sending longer-range weapons to Ukraine. 00:02:53:13 - 00:06:35:17Disastrous Trump Meme Coin DinnerAttendees of Trump's meme coin dinner at Trump National Golf Club in Virginia were disappointed with poor-quality food (e.g., subpar halibut, filet mignon, and sides). Investors, including a TikToker who spent $300,000, left hungry and dissatisfied, with some describing the meal as "disgusting" and the event as a letdown. 00:06:35:20 - 00:09:44:04Trump Meme Coin Value Crash Post-TariffsTrump's meme coin value plummeted to $9 per token (from $15) after his tariff announcements, contributing to a broader economic impact. The coin's volatility and negative sentiment (77% negative in a CoinGecko poll) highlight buyer remorse and criticism of Trump's business acumen. 00:40:12:15 - 00:47:33:26Germany Lifts Range Limits on Ukrainian WeaponsGerman Chancellor Friedrich Merz announced the removal of range restrictions on weapons supplied to Ukraine, allowing strikes deep into Russia. This escalation, including potential Taurus missile deliveries, raises concerns about direct conflict with Russia and NATO's involvement. 01:05:48:02 - 01:12:22:02Tesla's Self-Driving FailuresTesla's head of autopilot, Ellie Swamy, admitted the company lags behind competitors like Waymo by years in achieving full self-driving (Level 5 autonomy). Despite Elon Musk's decade-long promises, Tesla remains at Level 2, with autopilot-related deaths highlighting the system's flaws and overestimations by users. 01:13:11:25 - 01:16:48:15BYD's Price Cuts and EV Market StrugglesChina's BYD slashed prices on 22 electric and hybrid models by up to 34% to revive demand amid a global EV market downturn. Tesla faces similar challenges, with high inventory and low trade-in values, signaling a cooling EV craze. 01:16:48:17 - 01:27:30:22Catherine Austin Fitts on Land Grabs and CBDCsInvestment banker Catherine Austin Fitts warns of land centralization and central bank digital currencies (CBDCs) as tools for control. She advocates for investing in local agriculture to secure food supply and resist tyranny, emphasizing CBDCs' potential to restrict spending and enforce compliance. 01:57:37:09 - 01:59:07:22Elon Musk's X Money Beta TestingElon Musk confirmed X Money, a payment and banking app, is in beta testing for a 2025 launch. With 41 money transmitter licenses secured, concerns arise about security due to alleged code leaks and Musk's ties to Trump potentially easing regulatory hurdles 02:05:34:13 - 02:20:45:07Epstein Files and Trump Administration PromisesBilly Ray Valentine discusses Trump's unfulfilled promise to release Jeffrey Epstein files. Kash Patel and Dan Bongino backtrack, claiming Epstein committed suicide, contradicting earlier murder theories. Suspicions arise about cover-ups, possibly for Trump or deeper state actors, with ties to Mossad and CIA suggested. 02:26:27:21 - 02:36:07:06Trump's Police Immunity and Immigration PoliciesTrump's bill proposes nationwide police immunity, unlimited legal funding for cops sued for civil rights violations, and prioritizes immigration over civil rights reviews. Mass deportations target non-criminal immigrants, risking habeas corpus suspension, setting a dangerous precedent for all Americans. 02:54:54:26 - 02:56:22:13Technocratic Agenda and Centralized ControlDiscussion of a technocratic takeover, with figures like Peter Thiel aiming to install a dictator (Trump) via the RAGE doctrine (retire all government employees). Plans for AI-driven centralized control contrast with human mercy, highlighting risks of technocratic "wonderland." Follow the show on Kick and watch live every weekday 9:00am EST – 12:00pm EST https://kick.com/davidknightshow Money should have intrinsic value AND transactional privacy: Go to https://davidknight.gold/ for great deals on physical gold/silver For 10% off Gerald Celente's prescient Trends Journal, go to https://trendsjournal.com/ and enter the code KNIGHT Find out more about the show and where you can watch it at TheDavidKnightShow.comIf you would like to support the show and our family please consider subscribing monthly here: SubscribeStar https://www.subscribestar.com/the-david-knight-showOr you can send a donation throughMail: David Knight POB 994 Kodak, TN 37764Zelle: @DavidKnightShow@protonmail.comCash App at: $davidknightshowBTC to: bc1qkuec29hkuye4xse9unh7nptvu3y9qmv24vanh7Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-david-knight-show--2653468/support.

Check out my newsletter at TKOPOD.com and join my new community at TKOwners.com.I sat down with Sam Thompson for part 2 of our two-part episode, if you haven't listened to the first one yet, go check out Ep. #172. In this one, Sam breaks down how a Twitter reply turned into a real hummingbird nectar business doing over $5K in its first 21 days. We talked through his process from idea to Shopify store, how he branded literal sugar, used AI tools to create ads, and scaled it with Meta campaigns. He built everything using tools like ChatGPT, a $20 heat sealer, and SoloDrop, which let him launch the store overnight. We also riffed on smart seasonal products, digital upsells, and brainstormed low-lift business ideas anyone could start using Supliful, Canva, and other very simple tools. If you're still waiting to “start,” this one proves you really don't need much.You can find Sam on X/Twitter (https://x.com/ImSamThompson) and check out what he's building at https://www.unlimitedcontent.com/Timestamps below. Enjoy!---Watch this on YouTube instead here: tkopod.co/p-ytAsk me a question on or off the show here: http://tkopod.co/p-askLearn more about me: http://tkopod.co/p-cjkLearn about my company: http://tkopod.co/p-cofFollow me on Twitter here: http://tkopod.co/p-xFree weekly business ideas newsletter: http://tkopod.co/p-nlShare this podcast: http://tkopod.co/p-allScrape small business data: http://tkopod.co/p-os---00:00 The Launch of Hummingbird Food03:03 E-commerce Insights and Strategies06:02 Advertising Tactics and Cost Management08:57 Product Development and Scaling Challenges11:55 Digital Products and Market Testing14:48 Exploring New Business Ideas18:03 Understanding Offers and Vehicles in Business

We welcome Brandon Desjarlais, a professional longboard skater, content creator, and community leader to a live recording at The Kinn, where he shares his journey from a passionate skateboarder to a stunt double for Vin Diesel in "xXx" and a nonprofit founder. He discusses his childhood, the challenges with his brother's substance abuse, and how skateboarding provided him solace and opportunities. The conversation explores themes of community, intention-setting, and personal growth, highlighting Brandon's commitment to inspiring others through skateboarding and his initiative, Beyond the Board.Topics Discussed:Childhood Sports and ObsessionsDiscovering SkateboardingBrother's Influence and ChallengesFinding Autonomy Through LongboardingDelivering for Jimmy John'sChallenges of DeliveryStunt Doubles and Big BreakGetting the Call for "xXx"Realizing Skateboarding's ImpactBrand Deals and ValuesGlobal Skate CultureSkateboarding as a Vehicle for ChangeWorkshops and Community BuildingThe Bus JourneyA Touching StoryConquering FearLessons LearnedSuccess and LegacyTraits of Conscious LeadershipSetting IntentionsAudience Question: Gnarliest FallBrandon's Gnarliest Fall StoryCommunity Building ElementsAdvice for Starting a CommunityImportance of Experience Over QuantityImpact of One PersonNext Charity Event PlansConnect with Brandon on InstagramConnect with Sebastian on InstagramSebastianNaum.com