Podcast appearances and mentions of Warren Wilson

Primary & Secondary ModCastMatt Landfair and Warren Wilson discuss their enjoyment of firearms with Hickok45.Episode sponsors:Lucky Gunner - https://www.luckygunner.com/Phlster - https://www.phlsterholsters.com/​Walther Arms - https://www.waltherarms.com/Our Patreon can be found here:https://www.patreon.com/PrimaryandSecondaryPrimary & Secondary:YouTube: https://youtube.com/c/PrimarySecondaryNetworkWebsite: https://primaryandsecondary.com/Facebook: https://facebook.com/primaryandsecondary/Forum: https://primaryandsecondary.com/forumComplete Audio Podcasts: https://spreaker.com/show/primary-secondary-podcastBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/primary-secondary-podcast--2585240/support.

In this engaging episode, Jenn takes us on a personal journey from her early days at Warren Wilson College to her transformative experiences with AmeriCorps, and ultimately into the dynamic world of nonprofit fundraising. She opens up about how these formative chapters shaped her passion for service and provided the foundation for her career in the sector.During our conversation, Jenn dives into several compelling topics, including:Debunking Fundraising Myths: Jen discusses the biggest myth about nonprofit fundraising and shares what it truly takes to succeed in this field.The Value of Relationships: She explains why strong, authentic relationships are the cornerstone of effective fundraising and long-term nonprofit success.The Significance of CFRE: As a Certified Fundraising Executive (CFRE), Jenn outlines what this credential means for her career and why it matters for nonprofits.Asheville's Resilience Post-Helene: Jenn also reflects on how Asheville and the surrounding areas have been faring since Hurricane Helene, providing a unique perspective on recovery and community resilience.Join us as we unpack the highs and lows of nonprofit fundraising, and gain actionable insights from a leader who's navigated the challenges and celebrated the triumphs along the way.Visit Conversing Carolina at https://conservingcarolina.org/Call to Action: Don't miss this inspiring conversation! Subscribe now and share your thoughts with us on social media.

After losing their young son in a tragic accident, Astrid, a Norwegian botanist specializing in Arctic flora, decides to join her husband, Tor, at a remote whaling station in the Arctic, where he spends every whaling season hunting belugas. In heartfelt journal entries, Astrid describes being stranded in a whaling hut through the dark season of 1937-38. She writes about the miscalculations, the terrible weather, the fear of polar bears and freezing to death, the people they've met on their journey, Tor's crew, and her slow disintegration after giving birth to another son, alone in the freezing, dark hut while Tor hunts for food. We know that Tor survived the ordeal, because he is reading Astrid's journal filled with letters to their dead son. The Last Whaler (Regal House, 2024) is a gorgeous, well-researched historical novel about endurance, isolation, the environment, the Nazi incursion into Norway, the pain of postpartum depression, and the human will to survive. Cynthia Reeves is the author of two previous books of fiction: the novel in stories Falling Through the New World (2024), winner of Gold Wake Press's Fiction Award; and the novella Badlands (2007), winner of Miami University Press's Novella Prize. Her fiction, essays, and poetry have appeared widely. Most recently, her short story “The Last Glacier” was included in If the Storm Clears (Blue Cactus Press, 2024), an anthology of speculative literature that concerns the sublime in the natural world. Her lifelong interest in the Arctic began in childhood reading tales of doomed Arctic explorers. But it was her participation in the 2017 Arctic Circle Summer Solstice Expedition, which sailed Svalbard's western shores, as well as two subsequent residencies in Longyearbyen, that have inspired her writing since then. In August 2024, she circumnavigated Svalbard aboard the icebreaker MV Ortelius carrying a hundred artists, scientists, and crew. A Hawthornden Fellow, Cynthia has also been awarded residencies to Vermont Studio Center and Art & Science in the Field. She taught creative writing at Bryn Mawr and Rosemont Colleges, and earned an MFA in Creative Writing from Warren Wilson's low-residency program. She lives with her husband in Camden, Maine. Find out more at cynthiareeveswriter.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/new-books-network

After losing their young son in a tragic accident, Astrid, a Norwegian botanist specializing in Arctic flora, decides to join her husband, Tor, at a remote whaling station in the Arctic, where he spends every whaling season hunting belugas. In heartfelt journal entries, Astrid describes being stranded in a whaling hut through the dark season of 1937-38. She writes about the miscalculations, the terrible weather, the fear of polar bears and freezing to death, the people they've met on their journey, Tor's crew, and her slow disintegration after giving birth to another son, alone in the freezing, dark hut while Tor hunts for food. We know that Tor survived the ordeal, because he is reading Astrid's journal filled with letters to their dead son. The Last Whaler (Regal House, 2024) is a gorgeous, well-researched historical novel about endurance, isolation, the environment, the Nazi incursion into Norway, the pain of postpartum depression, and the human will to survive. Cynthia Reeves is the author of two previous books of fiction: the novel in stories Falling Through the New World (2024), winner of Gold Wake Press's Fiction Award; and the novella Badlands (2007), winner of Miami University Press's Novella Prize. Her fiction, essays, and poetry have appeared widely. Most recently, her short story “The Last Glacier” was included in If the Storm Clears (Blue Cactus Press, 2024), an anthology of speculative literature that concerns the sublime in the natural world. Her lifelong interest in the Arctic began in childhood reading tales of doomed Arctic explorers. But it was her participation in the 2017 Arctic Circle Summer Solstice Expedition, which sailed Svalbard's western shores, as well as two subsequent residencies in Longyearbyen, that have inspired her writing since then. In August 2024, she circumnavigated Svalbard aboard the icebreaker MV Ortelius carrying a hundred artists, scientists, and crew. A Hawthornden Fellow, Cynthia has also been awarded residencies to Vermont Studio Center and Art & Science in the Field. She taught creative writing at Bryn Mawr and Rosemont Colleges, and earned an MFA in Creative Writing from Warren Wilson's low-residency program. She lives with her husband in Camden, Maine. Find out more at cynthiareeveswriter.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/literature

After losing their young son in a tragic accident, Astrid, a Norwegian botanist specializing in Arctic flora, decides to join her husband, Tor, at a remote whaling station in the Arctic, where he spends every whaling season hunting belugas. In heartfelt journal entries, Astrid describes being stranded in a whaling hut through the dark season of 1937-38. She writes about the miscalculations, the terrible weather, the fear of polar bears and freezing to death, the people they've met on their journey, Tor's crew, and her slow disintegration after giving birth to another son, alone in the freezing, dark hut while Tor hunts for food. We know that Tor survived the ordeal, because he is reading Astrid's journal filled with letters to their dead son. The Last Whaler (Regal House, 2024) is a gorgeous, well-researched historical novel about endurance, isolation, the environment, the Nazi incursion into Norway, the pain of postpartum depression, and the human will to survive. Cynthia Reeves is the author of two previous books of fiction: the novel in stories Falling Through the New World (2024), winner of Gold Wake Press's Fiction Award; and the novella Badlands (2007), winner of Miami University Press's Novella Prize. Her fiction, essays, and poetry have appeared widely. Most recently, her short story “The Last Glacier” was included in If the Storm Clears (Blue Cactus Press, 2024), an anthology of speculative literature that concerns the sublime in the natural world. Her lifelong interest in the Arctic began in childhood reading tales of doomed Arctic explorers. But it was her participation in the 2017 Arctic Circle Summer Solstice Expedition, which sailed Svalbard's western shores, as well as two subsequent residencies in Longyearbyen, that have inspired her writing since then. In August 2024, she circumnavigated Svalbard aboard the icebreaker MV Ortelius carrying a hundred artists, scientists, and crew. A Hawthornden Fellow, Cynthia has also been awarded residencies to Vermont Studio Center and Art & Science in the Field. She taught creative writing at Bryn Mawr and Rosemont Colleges, and earned an MFA in Creative Writing from Warren Wilson's low-residency program. She lives with her husband in Camden, Maine. Find out more at cynthiareeveswriter.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/historical-fiction

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Coach Davis shares his journey from growing up in New Hampshire to amassing a 486-313 record as college basketball coach. Davis moved to North Carolina in high school and went on to play college basketball at Warren Wilson College - where he would eventually be enshrined into their hall of fame. After graduating from Warren Wilson he got his start coaching at South Stanly High School. Coach Bobby Lutz brought Dave Davis on staff at Pfeiffer as a Volunteer Assistant prior to Dave accepting the position of Head Coach at Warren Wilson College. Pfeiffer hired Coach Davis to lead their men's basketball program in in 1996 and during his 14 years at the helm, the Falcons compiled a 284-124 including six conference titles, three NCAA Division II Tournament appearances - including advancing to the Sweet 16 along with an Elite 8 appearance in 2004. Coach Davis accepted the job at Newberry College and they led the South Atlantic Conference in scoring seven times resulting in winning over 55% of his games during his nine seasons as Head Coach. After 486 victories Coach Davis accepted the Associate Head Coach position under Pat Kelsey at Winthrop, where he was instrumental in their back-to-back Big South Conference Tournament Championships. Coach Kelsey brought Davis to College of Charleston where they improved the Cougars' win total by eight games. After the 2020-2021 season Coach Davis accepted the Associate Head Coach position at VMI and remained there until retiring in January of 2024. **Sponsored by FastModel** Be sure to check out FastModelSports.com and use the promo code "BOXSCORE" for 15% off your purchase. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/beyondtheboxscore/support

Shanghailanders (Spiegel & Grau: 2024), the debut novel from Juli Min, starts at the end: Leo, a wealthy Shanghai businessman, sees his wife and daughters off at the airport as they travel to Boston. Everyone, it seems, is unhappy. The novel then travels backwards through time, giving answers to questions revealed in later chapters, jumping from person to person: Leo, Eko, their daughters Yumi, Yoko and Kiko, and other peripheral members of the household, as we come to learn why Shanghailanders' core family is just so dysfunctional. In this interview, Juli and I talk about Shanghai, her decision to write the book in reverse chronological order, and what we gain when those from a non-white perspective write about expatriates. Juli Min is a writer and editor based in Shanghai. She studied Russian and comparative literature at Harvard University, and she holds an MFA in fiction from Warren Wilson. She was the founding editor of The Shanghai Literary Review and served as its fiction editor from 2016 to 2023. You can find more reviews, excerpts, interviews, and essays at The Asian Review of Books, including its review of Shanghailanders. Follow on Twitter at @BookReviewsAsia. Nicholas Gordon is an editor for a global magazine, and a reviewer for the Asian Review of Books. He can be found on Twitter at @nickrigordon. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/new-books-network

Shanghailanders (Spiegel & Grau: 2024), the debut novel from Juli Min, starts at the end: Leo, a wealthy Shanghai businessman, sees his wife and daughters off at the airport as they travel to Boston. Everyone, it seems, is unhappy. The novel then travels backwards through time, giving answers to questions revealed in later chapters, jumping from person to person: Leo, Eko, their daughters Yumi, Yoko and Kiko, and other peripheral members of the household, as we come to learn why Shanghailanders' core family is just so dysfunctional. In this interview, Juli and I talk about Shanghai, her decision to write the book in reverse chronological order, and what we gain when those from a non-white perspective write about expatriates. Juli Min is a writer and editor based in Shanghai. She studied Russian and comparative literature at Harvard University, and she holds an MFA in fiction from Warren Wilson. She was the founding editor of The Shanghai Literary Review and served as its fiction editor from 2016 to 2023. You can find more reviews, excerpts, interviews, and essays at The Asian Review of Books, including its review of Shanghailanders. Follow on Twitter at @BookReviewsAsia. Nicholas Gordon is an editor for a global magazine, and a reviewer for the Asian Review of Books. He can be found on Twitter at @nickrigordon. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/literature

Shanghailanders (Spiegel & Grau: 2024), the debut novel from Juli Min, starts at the end: Leo, a wealthy Shanghai businessman, sees his wife and daughters off at the airport as they travel to Boston. Everyone, it seems, is unhappy. The novel then travels backwards through time, giving answers to questions revealed in later chapters, jumping from person to person: Leo, Eko, their daughters Yumi, Yoko and Kiko, and other peripheral members of the household, as we come to learn why Shanghailanders' core family is just so dysfunctional. In this interview, Juli and I talk about Shanghai, her decision to write the book in reverse chronological order, and what we gain when those from a non-white perspective write about expatriates. Juli Min is a writer and editor based in Shanghai. She studied Russian and comparative literature at Harvard University, and she holds an MFA in fiction from Warren Wilson. She was the founding editor of The Shanghai Literary Review and served as its fiction editor from 2016 to 2023. You can find more reviews, excerpts, interviews, and essays at The Asian Review of Books, including its review of Shanghailanders. Follow on Twitter at @BookReviewsAsia. Nicholas Gordon is an editor for a global magazine, and a reviewer for the Asian Review of Books. He can be found on Twitter at @nickrigordon. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/asian-review

Janelle Wolf longs to be the woman she once was, an adored wife, a loving mother, a career woman, a force in her community—before a mysterious car accident stole her memories, ruined her reputation, and upended her life. These days, her troubled family needs that capable woman from the past, the one she calls “Janelle Before.” Enter Lana, an alluring and magnetic psychic healer who meets secretly with Janelle. Lana coaxes Janelle to remember the circumstances of her accident in order to recover Janelle's “best self.” Instead, Janelle uncovers the ugly truth behind that night. The revelations unravel Janelle's marriage, disrupt her family, and turn her small southern town upside down. Written with wry humor, this diabolically entertaining tale of deception, temptation, and love is filled with dark twists, exploring what happens when the transgressions of the past come back with a vengeance. Mindy Friddle is author of the novel, Secret Keepers, (winner of the Willie Morris Award for Southern Fiction). The Garden Angel, her first novel and SIBA bestseller, was selected for Barnes & Noble's Discover Great New Writers. The South Carolina Arts Commission awarded Mindy a prose fellowship, and she has twice won the state's Fiction Prize. Her stories and essays have appeared in numerous journals. She holds an MFA from Warren Wilson and lives on Edisto Island, South Carolina. For more info click HERE

Primary & Secondary ModCastMatt Landfair, James Westerfield, & Warren Wilson discuss lone response to active shooters.Episode sponsors:Lucky Gunner - https://www.luckygunner.com/Overwatch Precision - https://www.overwatchprecision.comPhlster - https://www.phlsterholsters.com/​Primary Arms - https://www.primaryarms.com/Walther Arms - https://www.waltherarms.com/Our Patreon can be found here:https://www.patreon.com/PrimaryandSecondaryPrimary & Secondary:YouTube: https://youtube.com/c/PrimarySecondaryNetworkWebsite: https://primaryandsecondary.com/Facebook: https://facebook.com/primaryandsecondary/Forum: https://primaryandsecondary.com/forumComplete Audio Podcasts: https://spreaker.com/show/primary-secondary-podcast

Juli Min discusses her debut novel, Shanghailanders, as well as starting with place, working toward the backward-in-time structure, writing sisters, writing “mean” characters, the notion of home, the work of writing historical fiction, how becoming a mother made her fearless as a writer, the Shanghai lit scene and more! Juli Min is a Korean-American writer based in Shanghai. She holds an MFA in fiction from Warren Wilson, and she studied Russian and comparative literature at Harvard University. Her novel Shanghailanders will be published in May 2024 by Spiegel & Grau (US) and Dialogue Books (UK). Translations are forthcoming in Japanese, German, Spanish, and Norwegian. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Erick Gelhaus, Mark Fricke, and Warren Wilson join me for an off of the beaten path episode in which we just talk about our favorite cop shows. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lee-weems/support

Warren Wilson White of Short Pump, Virginia, fell asleep in death after a long battle with dementia on February 15, 2024. Warren served in the United States Army and was a Paratrooper in the 82nd Airborne Division. He enjoyed the outdoors and spending time with friends and family. Warren was a talented artist and had a big personality with a heart to match. Survivors include his wife of 56 years, Sue Ellen; two sons, Warren Keith (Lori) and Paul Wise (Jessica); two grandsons Logan and Colter, and one granddaughter Kendall; three brothers Billy, Juddy, and Bobby; and his beloved dog...Article LinkSupport the show

Kaveh Akbar's poems appear in The New Yorker, The New York Times, Paris Review, Best American Poetry,and elsewhere. He is the author of two poetry collections: Pilgrim Bell and Calling a Wolf a Wolf, in addition to a chapbook, Portrait of the Alcoholic. He is also the editor of The Penguin Book of Spiritual Verse: 100 Poets on the Divine. In His novel is called Martyr! He is also the Poetry Editor of The Nation.  Akbar was born in Tehran, Iran, and teaches at the University of Iowa and in the low-residency MFA programs at Randolph College and Warren Wilson. We talked about the transition to novel writing from poetry, transcendence in poetry, not looking away from the terrors of the world, addiction and rehabilitation, the messiness of life, and questions about goodness. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On this episode, we speak with Paul Neubauer, Farm Foreman at Vilicus Farms and owner of P/N Custom Grazing. Paul speaks about his passion for livestock integration with crop production and the inequalities that exist in the agricultural landscape.   Paul Neubauer is a young agrarian and first-generation farmer and rancher. Growing up in Buffalo, NY Paul did not get first-hand exposure to agriculture until after graduating high school when he worked on his uncle's ranch in Tennessee. He was immediately attracted to raising livestock as well as agriculture in general, and was able to build on those interests while attending Warren Wilson College in North Carolina. While pursuing a degree in History, Paul worked on the school farm, learning about land management and animal husbandry, as well as equipment operation while raising crops and livestock for the students of Warren Wilson. After graduating from college, Paul apprenticed at the San Juan Ranch in Saguache, Colorado through Quivira's New Agrarian Program. He spent two years working in the high and dry San Luis valley, continuing to grow his skillset in animal and land management. After his time as an apprentice, he continued to work in Colorado for a local rancher, managing a herd of cattle in nearby Gunnison. Paul is the Farm Foreman at Vilicus farms, and manages the day to day operations of the farm as well as managing his own cattle enterprise, P/N Ranch. He is committed to working at the intersection of crops, livestock, land health and people. Paul is certain we are not doing enough as a society to address climate change, the deeply unhealthy food system, massive and unsustainable inequality of the gender, racial, religious and economic kinds and the lack of livestock on U.S. cropland. His work as a foreman and mentor at Vilicus Farms, as well as his time as an apprentice in the NAP program have been in an effort to live closely to the land and pursue remedies to the aforementioned societal ills. Paul's relationships with his agricultural mentors has been the essential catalyst for his joy in the work of growing food, and his small successes thus far. Inspired by his own experience as a mentee, Paul is dedicated to providing education, mentorship and his friendship to other beginning farmers and ranchers. Paul's work with land, animals, food and people also extends past the farm gate as he is the president of the Cottonwood Local of Montana Farmers Union. Paul has represented the Montana Farmers Union at the National Farmers Union Convention, and works hard to help create and shape policies that will improve the health of the land and the livelihoods of those who manage it.   Thank you for listening. You can learn more about Acres U.S.A. at www.AcresUSA.com.

Naturally, I think every cop should listen to every episode of Hey Chaplain.  But this one… this is really important.  It's about leadership and integrity, corruption and gaslighting… it's a about a type of dishonest supervisor who can destroy the culture of a police department and then walk away looking like the only hero.  Warren Wilson calls that character a Münchausen Manager and he wrote an article about it for Police1, which is how I found him.  Listen to this episode, read Warren's article, and pass this on so that everyone will have the vocabulary to explain the odd behavior we sometimes see.Resources:Warren's Police1 article: https://www.police1.com/chiefs-sheriffs/articles/how-to-identify-and-combat-munchausen-behavior-at-work-dpTsefxI4k2hL1p3/Hanlon's Razor: "Never attribute to malice that which is adequately explained by stupidity."Heinlein's Razor: "Never attribute to malice that which is adequately explained by stupidity… but don't rule out malice."Music is by Chris Haugen and by Alexander NakaradaHey Chaplain Podcast Episode 067Tags:Police, Career, Character, Corruption, Hiring, Integrity, Leadership, Mental Health, Morale, Principles, Psychology, Recruitment, Service, Standards, Supervisors, Kansas, OklahomaSupport the showThanks for Listening! And, as always, pray for peace in our city.Subscribe/Follow here: Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/hey-chaplain/id1570155168 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/2CGK9A3BmbFEUEnx3fYZOY Email us at: heychaplain44@gmail.comYou can help keep the show ad-free by buying me a coffee!https://www.buymeacoffee.com/heychaplain

In this episode, it was such a joy to talk with Mimi Herman about her debut novel, The Kudzu Queen. It was a book I just could not put down and found myself thinking of the characters in between reading sessions. She shared so much wisdom and practical advice including: How she came to write this historical fiction novel. The way that poetry has influenced her prose and the different reasons she has for writing poetry and fiction. How she first fell in love with writing and knew she wanted to be a writer. How to find your way back to writing after you've gotten away from it. I think you'll really enjoy hearing about her writing process and what she does with any writing she takes out of a book or poem. She also shared some great insights about how to make a scene or a character or a setting really come to life. Once you've listened, you may feel inspired to make progress on your own book! If that's the case, sign up for my brand-new program Your Book Roadmap. We start on June 5th, and by the end of the summer, you'll have a clear book outline and your first chapter DONE. Plus, you'll have created a habit of writing consistently that feels easy and joyful, rather than stressful or overwhelming. Register at https://www.dallaswoodburn.com/news-blog/your-book-roadmap About Mimi: Mimi Herman is a Kennedy Center Teaching Artist, director of the United Arts Council Arts Integration Institute and co-director of Writeaways writing workshops in France, Italy and New Mexico. She has taught in the Masters of Education programs at Lesley University, served as the 2017 North Carolina Piedmont Laureate and has been an associate editor for Teaching Artists Journal since 1990. She has engaged over 25,000 students and teachers with her warm and intuitive teaching style. Mimi holds a BA from the University of North Carolina and an MFA in Creative Writing from Warren Wilson. She's the author of the beautiful novel The Kudzu Queen, as well as A Field Guide to Human Emotions, Logophilia and The Art of Learning. Her writing has appeared in many journals, and she has also performed her fiction and poetry at numerous venues, including Why There Are Words in Sausalito, Memorial Auditorium in Raleigh and Symphony Space in New York City. Find her at www.mimiherman.com. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/dallas-woodburn/support

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Special guests Jim Garrison, Morris Hardy and Nubbin Moore provide insight into what it means to reach the golden years in a sport many have enjoyed all their lives.  Garrison shares his own experience at age 72 in addition to the life of longtime friend Warren Wilson who lived and hunted to the age of 97.  Morris Hardy, a lifelong coon hunter and English fancier shares what keeps him going several nights a week at the age of 78.  Steve's traveling buddy Nubbin Moore, who just celebrated his 82nd birthday, shares his views on whether or not he's too old to quit.This is an episode for all coon hunters and hound people.  Humorous at times, the guests show the spirit that has kept them at it longer than most and reminds us, that if we keep at it long enough, we each will face the decision one day.    

When Maya Phillips first saw the opening of Star Wars, Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back, she knew her life would change forever. She then spent her formative years loving not just the Star Wars saga but superhero cartoons, anime, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Harry Potter, Tolkien, and Doctor Who. In Nerd: Adventures in Fandom from This Universe to the Multiverse (Atria Books, 2022), Phillips, a critic at large for the New York Times, presents an incisive essay collection that explores race, religion, sexuality, class, and gender through the lens of pop culture fandoms. Maya Phillips received her BFA in writing, literature, and publishing with a concentration in poetry from Emerson College and her MFA in poetry from Warren Wilson's MFA Program for Writers. Latoya Johnson is an editor, writer, and bibliophile with a master's in humanities. Her research and writing interests include reading in popular culture, the public history of fiction writing, and women in Greco-Roman mythology. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/new-books-network

When Maya Phillips first saw the opening of Star Wars, Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back, she knew her life would change forever. She then spent her formative years loving not just the Star Wars saga but superhero cartoons, anime, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Harry Potter, Tolkien, and Doctor Who. In Nerd: Adventures in Fandom from This Universe to the Multiverse (Atria Books, 2022), Phillips, a critic at large for the New York Times, presents an incisive essay collection that explores race, religion, sexuality, class, and gender through the lens of pop culture fandoms. Maya Phillips received her BFA in writing, literature, and publishing with a concentration in poetry from Emerson College and her MFA in poetry from Warren Wilson's MFA Program for Writers. Latoya Johnson is an editor, writer, and bibliophile with a master's in humanities. Her research and writing interests include reading in popular culture, the public history of fiction writing, and women in Greco-Roman mythology. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/literary-studies

When Maya Phillips first saw the opening of Star Wars, Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back, she knew her life would change forever. She then spent her formative years loving not just the Star Wars saga but superhero cartoons, anime, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Harry Potter, Tolkien, and Doctor Who. In Nerd: Adventures in Fandom from This Universe to the Multiverse (Atria Books, 2022), Phillips, a critic at large for the New York Times, presents an incisive essay collection that explores race, religion, sexuality, class, and gender through the lens of pop culture fandoms. Maya Phillips received her BFA in writing, literature, and publishing with a concentration in poetry from Emerson College and her MFA in poetry from Warren Wilson's MFA Program for Writers. Latoya Johnson is an editor, writer, and bibliophile with a master's in humanities. Her research and writing interests include reading in popular culture, the public history of fiction writing, and women in Greco-Roman mythology. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/film

When Maya Phillips first saw the opening of Star Wars, Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back, she knew her life would change forever. She then spent her formative years loving not just the Star Wars saga but superhero cartoons, anime, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Harry Potter, Tolkien, and Doctor Who. In Nerd: Adventures in Fandom from This Universe to the Multiverse (Atria Books, 2022), Phillips, a critic at large for the New York Times, presents an incisive essay collection that explores race, religion, sexuality, class, and gender through the lens of pop culture fandoms. Maya Phillips received her BFA in writing, literature, and publishing with a concentration in poetry from Emerson College and her MFA in poetry from Warren Wilson's MFA Program for Writers. Latoya Johnson is an editor, writer, and bibliophile with a master's in humanities. Her research and writing interests include reading in popular culture, the public history of fiction writing, and women in Greco-Roman mythology. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/performing-arts

When Maya Phillips first saw the opening of Star Wars, Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back, she knew her life would change forever. She then spent her formative years loving not just the Star Wars saga but superhero cartoons, anime, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Harry Potter, Tolkien, and Doctor Who. In Nerd: Adventures in Fandom from This Universe to the Multiverse (Atria Books, 2022), Phillips, a critic at large for the New York Times, presents an incisive essay collection that explores race, religion, sexuality, class, and gender through the lens of pop culture fandoms. Maya Phillips received her BFA in writing, literature, and publishing with a concentration in poetry from Emerson College and her MFA in poetry from Warren Wilson's MFA Program for Writers. Latoya Johnson is an editor, writer, and bibliophile with a master's in humanities. Her research and writing interests include reading in popular culture, the public history of fiction writing, and women in Greco-Roman mythology. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/sociology

When Maya Phillips first saw the opening of Star Wars, Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back, she knew her life would change forever. She then spent her formative years loving not just the Star Wars saga but superhero cartoons, anime, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Harry Potter, Tolkien, and Doctor Who. In Nerd: Adventures in Fandom from This Universe to the Multiverse (Atria Books, 2022), Phillips, a critic at large for the New York Times, presents an incisive essay collection that explores race, religion, sexuality, class, and gender through the lens of pop culture fandoms. Maya Phillips received her BFA in writing, literature, and publishing with a concentration in poetry from Emerson College and her MFA in poetry from Warren Wilson's MFA Program for Writers. Latoya Johnson is an editor, writer, and bibliophile with a master's in humanities. Her research and writing interests include reading in popular culture, the public history of fiction writing, and women in Greco-Roman mythology. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/american-studies

When Maya Phillips first saw the opening of Star Wars, Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back, she knew her life would change forever. She then spent her formative years loving not just the Star Wars saga but superhero cartoons, anime, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Harry Potter, Tolkien, and Doctor Who. In Nerd: Adventures in Fandom from This Universe to the Multiverse (Atria Books, 2022), Phillips, a critic at large for the New York Times, presents an incisive essay collection that explores race, religion, sexuality, class, and gender through the lens of pop culture fandoms. Maya Phillips received her BFA in writing, literature, and publishing with a concentration in poetry from Emerson College and her MFA in poetry from Warren Wilson's MFA Program for Writers. Latoya Johnson is an editor, writer, and bibliophile with a master's in humanities. Her research and writing interests include reading in popular culture, the public history of fiction writing, and women in Greco-Roman mythology. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/popular-culture

Peter Turchi is the author of seven books and the co-editor of three anthologies. His books include (Don't) Stop Me if You've Heard This Before; A Muse and A Maze: Writing as Puzzle, Mystery, and Magic; Maps of the Imagination: The Writer as Cartographer; Suburban Journals: The Sketchbooks, Drawings, and Prints of Charles Ritchie, in collaboration with the artist; a novel, The Girls Next Door; a collection of stories, Magician; and The Pirate Prince, co-written with Cape Cod treasure hunter Barry Clifford, about Clifford's discovery of the pirate ship Whydah. He has also co-edited, with Andrea Barrett, A Kite in the Wind: Fiction Writers on Their Craft, The Story Behind the Story: 26 Stories by Contemporary Writers and How They Work and, with Charles Baxter, Bringing the Devil to His Knees: The Craft of Fiction and the Writing Life. He currently teaches at the University of Houston, and in Warren Wilson's MFA Program for Writers. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this episode of "Craftwork," author Peter Turchi teaches a lesson on how to use shifting power dynamics to write more dynamic scenes in fiction. Turchi is the author of seven books and the co-editor of three anthologies. His books include (Don't) Stop Me if You've Heard This Before; A Muse and A Maze: Writing as Puzzle, Mystery, and Magic; Maps of the Imagination: The Writer as Cartographer; Suburban Journals: The Sketchbooks, Drawings, and Prints of Charles Ritchie, in collaboration with the artist; a novel, The Girls Next Door; a collection of stories, Magician; and The Pirate Prince, co-written with Cape Cod treasure hunter Barry Clifford, about Clifford's discovery of the pirate ship Whydah. His short story “Night, Truck, Two Lights Burning” has been published, with images by Charles Ritchie, in a limited edition artist's book. He has also co-edited, with Andrea Barrett, A Kite in the Wind: Fiction Writers on Their Craft, The Story Behind the Story: 26 Stories by Contemporary Writers and How They Work and, with Charles Baxter, Bringing the Devil to His Knees: The Craft of Fiction and the Writing Life. Turchi's work has appeared in Tin House, Fiction Writers Review, Ploughshares, Story, The Alaska Quarterly Review, Puerto del Sol, and The Colorado Review, among other journals. His honors include fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts and the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation, Washington College's Sophie Kerr Prize, an Illinois Arts Council Literary Award, North Carolina's Sir Walter Raleigh Award, and having a quotation from A Muse and a Maze serve as the answer to the New York Times Magazine Sunday acrostic. Born in Baltimore, he earned his BA at Washington College in Chestertown, Maryland, and his MFA at the University of Arizona. He has taught at Northwestern University and Appalachian State University, and has been on the faculty of the Bread Loaf Writers' Conference. For 15 years he directed The MFA Program for Writers at Warren Wilson College in Asheville, North Carolina; at Arizona State University he taught fiction and served as Director of Creative Writing and Director of the Virginia G. Piper Center for Creative Writing. He currently teaches at the University of Houston, and in Warren Wilson's MFA Program for Writers. Laura, his wife, is a Clinical Professor in English at Arizona State University, where she is curriculum director for “RaceB4Race: Sustaining, Building, Innovating” at the Arizona Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies; she also co-directs the Shakespeare and Social Justice Project at the Shakespeare Center of Los Angeles. Reed, their son, is a musician (www.reedturchi.com). *** Otherppl with Brad Listi is a weekly literary podcast featuring in-depth interviews with today's leading writers. Launched in 2011. Books. Literature. Writing. Publishing. Authors. Screenwriters. Etc. Available where podcasts are available: Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher, iHeart Radio, etc. Subscribe to Brad Listi's email newsletter. Support the show on Patreon Merch @otherppl Instagram  YouTube TikTok Email the show: letters [at] otherppl [dot] com The podcast is a proud affiliate partner of Bookshop, working to support local, independent bookstores. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Kudzu salesman James T. Cullowee arrives in Cooper County, North Carolina in the spring of 1941 to spread the gospel of kudzu. It can apparently feed cattle, improve soil, grow with no effort, be turned into jam, and cure headaches. Mattie Lee Watson is struck from the moment she sees Mr. Cullowee, and dreams of both becoming Cooper County Kudzu Queen and strolling on the Kudzu King's arm. But Mattie's best friend is faced with calamity, Mr. Cullowee seems to be as sneaky and destructive as kudzu, and Mattie realizes that she's the only one who can fix the mess. Mimi Herman's The Kudzu Queen (Regal House, 2023) is a gripping coming-of-age story about family, trust, race relations, and friendship in the face of divisiveness, alcoholism, mean girls, prejudice, and evil. Mimi Herman is a Kennedy Center teaching artist and director of the United Arts Council Arts Integration Institute. She has taught in the Master of Education programs at Lesley University, served as the 2017 North Carolina Piedmont Laureate, and been an associate editor for Teaching Artist Journal. Since 1990, she has engaged over 25,000 students and teachers with her warm and intuitive teaching style. Mimi holds a BA from the University of North Carolina and an MFA in Creative Writing from Warren Wilson. She is the author of A Field Guide to Human Emotions, Logophilia and The Art of Learning. Her writing has appeared in Michigan Quarterly Review, The Carolina Quarterly, Shenandoah, Crab Orchard Review, The Hollins Critic, Main Street Rag, Prime Number Magazine and other journals. Mimi has performed her fiction and poetry at many venues including Why There Are Words in Sausalito, Memorial Auditorium in Raleigh and Symphony Space in New York City. When she's not writing, Mimi codirects Writeaways writing workshops at a chateau in France, a villa in Italy, an adobe in New Mexico and a manor house in Ireland--and does her own plumbing and carpentry work on her almost hundred-year-old house. G.P. Gottlieb is the author of the Whipped and Sipped Mystery Series and a prolific baker of healthful breads and pastries. Please contact her through her website (GPGottlieb.com). Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/new-books-network

Kudzu salesman James T. Cullowee arrives in Cooper County, North Carolina in the spring of 1941 to spread the gospel of kudzu. It can apparently feed cattle, improve soil, grow with no effort, be turned into jam, and cure headaches. Mattie Lee Watson is struck from the moment she sees Mr. Cullowee, and dreams of both becoming Cooper County Kudzu Queen and strolling on the Kudzu King's arm. But Mattie's best friend is faced with calamity, Mr. Cullowee seems to be as sneaky and destructive as kudzu, and Mattie realizes that she's the only one who can fix the mess. Mimi Herman's The Kudzu Queen (Regal House, 2023) is a gripping coming-of-age story about family, trust, race relations, and friendship in the face of divisiveness, alcoholism, mean girls, prejudice, and evil. Mimi Herman is a Kennedy Center teaching artist and director of the United Arts Council Arts Integration Institute. She has taught in the Master of Education programs at Lesley University, served as the 2017 North Carolina Piedmont Laureate, and been an associate editor for Teaching Artist Journal. Since 1990, she has engaged over 25,000 students and teachers with her warm and intuitive teaching style. Mimi holds a BA from the University of North Carolina and an MFA in Creative Writing from Warren Wilson. She is the author of A Field Guide to Human Emotions, Logophilia and The Art of Learning. Her writing has appeared in Michigan Quarterly Review, The Carolina Quarterly, Shenandoah, Crab Orchard Review, The Hollins Critic, Main Street Rag, Prime Number Magazine and other journals. Mimi has performed her fiction and poetry at many venues including Why There Are Words in Sausalito, Memorial Auditorium in Raleigh and Symphony Space in New York City. When she's not writing, Mimi codirects Writeaways writing workshops at a chateau in France, a villa in Italy, an adobe in New Mexico and a manor house in Ireland--and does her own plumbing and carpentry work on her almost hundred-year-old house. G.P. Gottlieb is the author of the Whipped and Sipped Mystery Series and a prolific baker of healthful breads and pastries. Please contact her through her website (GPGottlieb.com). Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/literature

This week, Realcomm Live welcomes Warren Wilson, Director for Foreign Policy, Economics and Technology for the Special Competitive Studies Project (SCSP), which Dr. Eric Schmidt (Google's former chairman) founded and chairs. Warren shares how this shift in power, if it occurs, will impact the built environment, including critical infrastructure, data centers, corporate campuses, warehouses, offices, retail, industrial, manufacturing and more, and SCSP's vision to strengthen America's long-term competitiveness.

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App State basketball opened the season with a program-record 142 points in a victory over Warren Wilson. We break down what went into that historic performance with highlights and analysis, plus interviews with Dustin Kerns and Chris Mantis.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Sue Mell is a writer from Queens, NY.  Sue is 65 years old and started writing later in life.  She balances her writing time with being the primary caregiver for her mom.  Her debut novel, Provenance, was just released in July and won the Madville Publishing's 2021 Blue Moon Novel Contest.  She earned her MFA from Warren Wilson, and was a 2020 BookEnds fellow at SUNY Stony Brook. Her collection of micro essays, Giving Care, won the 2022 Chestnut Review Prose Chapbook Prize, and her collection of short stories, A New Day, was a finalist for the 2021 St. Lawrence Book Award. 

ABOUT THE AUTHOR Sue Mell earned her MFA from Warren Wilson, and was a 2020 BookEnds fellow at SUNY Stony Brook. Her work has appeared in Narrative Magazine, Hippocampus Magazine, Jellyfish Review, Cleaver Magazine, and elsewhere.  Her collection of micro essays, GIVING CARE, won the 2022 Chestnut Review Prose Chapbook Prize, and her story collection, A NEW DAY, was a finalist for the 2021 St. Lawrence Book Award. PROVENANCE is her debut novel. ABOUT THE BOOK - PROVENANCE - WINNER OF MADVILLE'S BLUE MOON NOVEL COMPETITION Still grieving his wife's early death, DJ has spent the last three years-and the money from her insurance policy-collecting guitars, composing music, and continuing to shop the Brooklyn stoop sales and flea markets they'd always enjoyed. When his building is sold, he takes refuge in his younger sister's half-finished basement, imagining a comfortable and solitary retreat in Hurley, the small Hudson Valley town where they grew up. Instead, he finds himself caught up in her troubling divorce, drafted as caregiver for his 11-year-old niece, and unable to face or afford a storage unit crammed with hundreds of vinyl records and every other scrap of his former life. DJ gifts his niece a marbled glass egg, a porkpie hat, and one of his prized guitars. But what's asked of him, on his return to Hurley is not to give the perfect object-it's to give of himself.

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Poet and anthropologist Nomi Stone is the author of three books, most recently the poetry collection Kill Class (Tupelo, 2019), finalist for the Julie Suk Award, and the ethnography Pinelandia: An Anthropology and Field Poetics of War and Empire, finalist for the Atelier award (University of California Press, 2022). Her poems recently appear in The Atlantic, POETRY Magazine, American Poetry Review, Best American Poetry, The Nation, The New Republic, and elsewhere. A section from her third collection of poetry in progress, You Could Build a World This Way, was recently a finalist for the Bull City Press's Chapbook Prize, and a semi-finalist for the Tomaz Salamun Prize and the Chad Walsh Chapbook Prize. She has a PhD in Anthropology from Columbia, an MFA in Poetry from Warren Wilson, and is currently an Assistant Professor of Poetry at the University of Texas, Dallas. Instagram: @nomistone; Twitter: @Nomi_Stone “The Baby Inside My Baby” originally was published on The Rumpus, 2022 Text of today's poem and more details about our program can be found at: deerfieldlibrary.org/queerpoemaday/ Find books from participating poets in our library's catalog.  Queer Poem-a-Day is directed by poet and teacher Lisa Hiton and Dylan Zavagno, Adult Services Coordinator at the Deerfield Public Library. Music for this second year of our series is the first movement, Schéhérazade, from Masques, Op. 34, by Karol Szymanowski, performed by pianist Daniel Baer. Queer Poem-a-Day is supported by generous donations from the Friends of the Deerfield Public Library and the Deerfield Fine Arts Commission. Queer Poem-a-Day is a program from the Adult Services Department at the Library and may include adult language.

Have you ever had a dream on your heart that didn't "make sense" so you hesitated to follow it? Well, this latest podcast guest Tracey Schmidt knows all about that!Tracey's been a buddhist monk in Japan, Native American photographer and touring poet all over the USA. And while there were moments she questioned the practicality or logic of these dreams, in the end she's so grateful she pursued her callings. If you've ever felt held back in following those random sparks, this episode definitely has some magic for you!IN THIS EPISODE WE TALK ABOUT: pursuing your callings, even if they're unexpectedhow creativity can save your lifepoetry's ability to bring you back to the presentgiving yourself permission: to fail, to experiment, to speak your mindMORE ABOUT TRACEY Tracey is a published poet, renowned photographer and touring artist. Her first book of poetry, “I Have Fallen in Love with the World” came out in 2011 to rave reviews. A lover of combining music with poetry, she created the album “Returning Home” featuring talented musicians accompanying  her readings of Rumi, Hafiz, Yeats and her own work. She is currently playing festivals in her hometown of Asheville, NC and planning a poetry music tour of NYC/New England this fall. Tracey is also an inspiring photographer. Her award-winning touring museum exhibit, “The Awakening of Turtle Island: Portraits of Native Americans” opened for the Olympics in 1996, and has toured all over the Southeast. Tracey has taught creativity, poetry, and the sacred arts at such facilities as Julia Cameron's, (author of The Artist's Way), creativity camp, NC Center for the Advancement of Teaching, Warren Wilson's Environmental Leadership Retreat , Canada, Ireland, and the John C Campbell Folk School. She now lives with her white turtle dove and two hives of bees in the gray-blue mountains of Asheville, NC.  STAY CONNECTED WITH TRACEY:Website: traceyschmidt.com and traceyschmidtpoetry.com  Facebook: Tracey Schmidt MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE:"The Artist's Way" by Julia Cameron MORE ABOUT GINA CASBARRO: Gina Casbarro is a certified Life Designer™ coach and feng shui consultant who empowers her clients to blaze their own path and design the life and space of their dreams.   Gina's passion for coaching began as a manager at lululemon where she spent more than eight years coaching hundreds of people to develop as leaders and pursue their goals. Her love of nature, symbolism, and intuition led her to feng shui. She now weaves these passions together to support her clients in aligning their mindset, their lifestyle, and their environment with their truest goals and values. Gina now works and lives as a digital nomad, traveling the world and hosting the podcast, “Follow your Spark,” where she shares inspiring interviews of others who've created lives they love.  STAY CONNECTED WITH GINA:Website: https://ginacasbarro.comInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/gina_casbarroFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/gcasbarroTOOLS TO HELP YOU FOLLOW YOUR SPARK:  Download Gina's Top 15 Transformational Tools here: https://www.ginacasbarro.com/transformational-toolsMusic: https://www.purple-planet.com

Where and how did you receive your education as a farmer?    Today on the Thriving Farmer Podcast we're joined by Blair Thompson, Farm Manager and agriculture expert at Warren Wilson College, located in Asheville, North Carolina. Blair spent over 15 years in a diversity of agricultural operations around the country before landing at Warren Wilson. He strives to help students become leaders who have an ecosystems-approach to agriculture that focuses on building farming enterprises suited to each landscape and community. Blair is committed to bringing the classroom into the field, so crew members are able ground their thoughts in the act of work and are prepared to take the lessons of the college farm into the broader world of food and agriculture. Check out today's episode if you're interested in how future farmers of America are learning to hit the field! You'll hear:   Types of farms Blair has dealt with throughout his agriculture career 1:38 Types of education offered at Warren Wilson College 3:54 Warren Wilson College's work requirement  9:33 The different enterprises on the farm 11:34 How Warren Wilson conducts marketing? 18:59 What aspect of his position Blair most passionate about 26:01 What Blair's views are for the future of the farm 33:48 What Blair sees as the future of agriculture 37:28 What Blair's favorite farming tool is 39:44   About the Guest   Blair spent over 15 years in a diversity of agricultural operations around the country before landing at Warren Wilson College. It was while working on these farms that he encountered Warren Wilson graduates and knew the college farm was turning out skilled and passionate land managers. He strives to build students into leaders who have an ecosystems-approach to agriculture that focuses on building farming enterprises suited to each landscape and community. Blair is committed to bringing the classroom into the field, so crew members are able ground their thoughts in the act of work and are prepared to take the lessons of the college farm into the broader world of food and agriculture.   Resources   Website: https://www.warren-wilson.edu/about/land-innovation/   Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/warrenwilsoncollege Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/warrenwilsoncollege/   The Thriving Farmer Podcast Team would like to thank our amazing sponsors!   Rimol Greenhouse Systems has been supporting local growers since 1994.  Rimol Greenhouse offers superior strength and craftsmanship with their structures and product lines. We offer multiple sizes of gothic high tunnels, gutter-connected and free-standing greenhouses. Rimol Greenhouse manufactures their diverse product line in New Hampshire, using American Steel and Aluminum.    Our knowledgeable sales staff specialize in the technology you need and are located throughout the country to better serve you. Whether you are just getting started as a Greenhouse Grower, or looking to expand your operation, Rimol Greenhouse is your industry partner. To learn more and to get a quote on your next project, visit Rimol.com   At Agrigro, we know that in today's modern agriculture, our efforts can deplete life or add life. When you look for ways to add life, it's sustainable and makes everything work better. The result is enhanced plant and soil health for crops, gardens, and turf, as well as improved animal health and environment for livestock and wildlife. Our products are all-natural, easy to use, and friendly to the soil, the plant, as well as the grower. AgriGro's® formulations deliver essential plant nutrition along with an advanced prebiotic concentrate, which significantly increases the multitude of beneficial native microbial species already residing in the production environment. Through these environmentally sound technologies, we're adding life to crop production, livestock, home, turf, and wildlife markets. You don't have to be dependent on crop production efforts that deplete life… Just Add Life with AgriGro®.

In this episode Warren shares: The one trait that he believes separated him from other inventors and allowed him to get Better Blocks manufactured. That dealing with success was not always easy for an introvert like himself After Better Blocks was dissolved he began to question himself as an inventor. That he and his Dad used to race and build their own motorbikes. His Dad was the first person in Australia to grind camshafts for cars and that his Mom was a well-respected dress maker. His Dad had a stroke and then his Mom died when he was 11 so he went from an idyllic childhood to one that was difficult. That his first invention was the Shuffle Bug - a children's ride-on toy that he lost a lot of money on. How a challenge from a colleague led to the invention of Better Blocks. How he created the Better Blocks protoypes. The serendipitous conversation with a friend that led to a wonderful business partner and friend. That he designed five blocks personally and the rest came from ideas from his team. How a refrigerator part inspired Better Blocks      

Season 2 Episode 14 In this episode, I chat with Kendyl Baird, newly appointed assistant coach at Warren Wilson Mens Soccer Program! Kendyl previously spent time in Montana as a graduate assistant at Montana State-Billings and assistant coach at Emory and Henry College. She is a native of North Carolina and home is very important to Kendyl! Kendyl shares the importance of family and her parents nurturing her passion the game of soccer and ultimately coaching soccer. Kendyl had a very successful playing career in high school and in college at Kings University in Tennessee. Injuries curtailed her hopes of a professional career. But, as one door closes, another opens! Kendyl has been blessed with great mentor coaches who have given her opportunities to grow and develop as a coach. Challenging herself is something that is apparent when you listen to Kendyl's chat. The move to Montana was a big step ... literally! The move across the country put her out of her comfort zone, but she embraced the experience! And now she is breaking the mold by joining the mens soccer program at Warren WIlson! The head coach is excited to have Kendyl on his staff and she cannot wait to get to work! Kendyl also talked about developing and growing her confidence as a coach. Really cool insight! Kendyl is always looking to learn and connect with other coaches! You can connect with Kendyl on Twitter @kendyl_lianna Thanks for listening and supporting the podcast! #CoachesCornerChats @coachesletschat Podcats Host Mr. Kieron Boyle @coach_boyle Let's go! Peace! --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/coachescornerchat/support

Amanda Newell won the 2021 Rattle Chapbook Prize for I Will Pass Even to Acheron. Her poetry has appeared in Bellevue Literary Review, Gargoyle, Plume, Scoundrel Time, and elsewhere. A graduate of Warren Wilson's MFA Program, she has received scholarships from the Bread Loaf Writers' Conference and The Frost Place, and a fellowship from the Virginia Center for the Creative Arts. Her first full-length collection, Postmortem Say, is forthcoming in 2023 from Červená Barva Press. For more, visit: https://www.amandanewellpoet.com As always, we'll also include live open lines for responses to our weekly prompt or any other poems you'd like to share. For details on how to participate, either via Skype or by phone, go to: https://www.rattle.com/rattlecast/ This Week's Prompt: Write a poem about a moment of 2021 you'll never forget. Next Week's Prompt: Write a poem about a place you've always wanted to visit. Be as specific as you can (i.e., the Louvre rather than just Paris, France.) The Rattlecast livestreams on YouTube, Facebook, and Twitter, then becomes an audio podcast. Find it on iTunes, Spotify, or anywhere else you get your podcasts.

Show Notes (More Show Notes available at ourfaithinwriting.com (https://www.ourfaithinwriting.com/writing-and-faith/our-faith-in-writing-podcast)) Our Faith in Writing explores the intersection of writing and faith through conversations about the writing process, the reading life, contemplative practices, and more. Host Charlotte Donlon is a writer and a spiritual director for writers, and she believes writing and reading help us belong to ourselves, others, God, and the world. Subscribe to Our Faith in Writing wherever you listen to podcasts, and don't forget to rate and review the show letting us know how these conversations are helping you feel less alone in your writing life and your reading life. More about Reparations Now! Reparations Now! asks for what's owed. In formal and non-traditional poems, award-winning poet Ashley M. Jones calls for long-overdue reparations to the Black descendants of enslaved people in the United States of America. In this, her third collection, Jones deftly takes on the worst of today—state-sanctioned violence, pandemic-induced crises, and white silence—all while uplifting Black joy. These poems explore trauma past and present, cultural and personal: the lynching of young, pregnant Mary Turner in 1918; the current white nationalist political movement; a case of infidelity. These poems, too, are a celebration of Black life and art: a beloved grandmother in rural Alabama, the music of James Brown and Al Green, and the soil where okra, pole beans, and collards thrive thanks to her father's hands. By exploring the history of a nation where “Black oppression's not happenstance; it's the law,” Jones links past harm to modern heartache and prays for a peaceful world where one finds paradise in the garden in the afternoon with her family, together, safe, and worry-free. While exploring the ways we navigate our relationships with ourselves and others, Jones holds us all accountable, asking us to see the truth, to make amends, to honor one another. More about Ashley M. Jones Ashley M. Jones received an MFA in Poetry from Florida International University (FIU), where she was a John S. and James L. Knight Foundation Fellow. Ashley was recently named the new Alabama State Poet Laureate. She served as Official Poet for the City of Sunrise, Florida's Little Free Libraries Initiative from 2013-2015, and her work was recognized in the 2014 Poets and Writers Maureen Egen Writer's Exchange Contest and the 2015 Academy of American Poets Contest at FIU. She was also a finalist in the 2015 Hub City Press New Southern Voices Contest, the Crab Orchard Series in Poetry First Book Award Contest, and the National Poetry Series. Her poems and essays appear or are forthcoming in many journals and anthologies, including CNN, the Academy of American Poets, POETRY, Tupelo Quarterly, Prelude, Steel Toe Review, Fjords Review, and elsewhere. She received a 2015 Rona Jaffe Foundation Writer's Award and a 2015 B-Metro Magazine Fusion Award. She was an editor of PANK Magazine. Ashley's debut poetry collection, Magic City Gospel, was published by Hub City Press in January 2017, and it won the silver medal in poetry in the 2017 Independent Publishers Book Awards. Her second book, dark // thing, won the 2018 Lena-Miles Wever Todd Prize for Poetry from Pleiades Press. Her third collection, REPARATIONS NOW! is forthcoming in Fall 2021 from Hub City Press. Ashley has won several prizes including the 2018 Lucille Clifton Poetry Prize from Backbone Press and a Poetry Fellowship from the Alabama State Council on the Arts.She currently lives in Birmingham, Alabama, where she is founding director of the Magic City Poetry Festival, board member of the Alabama Writers Cooperative and the Alabama Writers Forum, co-director of PEN Birmingham, and a faculty member in the Creative Writing Department of the Alabama School of Fine Arts. Jones is also a member of the Core Faculty at the Converse College Low Residency MFA Program. She recently served as a guest editor for Poetry Magazine. Learn more about Ashley, her work, and her writing at ashleymjonespoetry.com. More about Kaveh Akbar Kaveh Akbar's poems appear in The New Yorker, The New York Times, Paris Review, Best American Poetry, and elsewhere. His second full-length volume of poetry, Pilgrim Bell, will be published by Graywolf in August 2021. His debut, Calling a Wolf a Wolf, is out now with Alice James in the US and Penguin in the UK. He is also the author of the chapbook, Portrait of the Alcoholic, published in 2016 by Sibling Rivalry Press. In 2022, Penguin Classics will publish a new anthology edited by Kaveh: The Penguin Book of Spiritual Verse: 100 Poets on the Divine In 2020 Kaveh was named Poetry Editor of The Nation. The recipient of honors including multiple Pushcart Prizes, a Civitella Ranieri Foundation Fellowship, and the Levis Reading Prize, Kaveh was born in Tehran, Iran, and teaches at Purdue University and in the low-residency MFA programs at Randolph College and Warren Wilson. In 2014, Kaveh founded Divedapper, a home for dialogues with the most vital voices in American poetry. With Sarah Kay and Claire Schwartz, he wrote a weekly column for the Paris Review called "Poetry RX." Learn more about Kaveh, his work, and his writing at kavehakbar.com. Charlotte Donlon is a writer, a spiritual director for writers, and the founder and host of the Our Faith in Writing podcast and website (https://www.ourfaithinwriting.com/). Charlotte's writing and work are rooted in noticing how art helps us belong to ourselves, others, God, and the world. Her writing has appeared in The Washington Post, The Curator, The Christian Century, Christianity Today, Catapult, The Millions, Mockingbird, and elsewhere. Her first book is The Great Belonging: How Loneliness Leads Us to Each Other (https://charlottedonlon.com/the-great-belonging-book). You can subscribe to her newsletter (https://charlottedonlon.substack.com/) and connect with her onTwitter (https://twitter.com/charlottedonlon) and Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/charlottedonlon/).

Show Notes (More Show Notes available at ourfaithinwriting.com (https://www.ourfaithinwriting.com/writing-and-faith/our-faith-in-writing-podcast)) Our Faith in Writing explores the intersection of writing and faith through conversations about the writing process, the reading life, contemplative practices, and more. Host Charlotte Donlon is a writer and a spiritual director for writers, and she believes writing and reading help us belong to ourselves, others, God, and the world. Subscribe to Our Faith in Writing wherever you listen to podcasts, and don't forget to rate and review the show letting us know how these conversations are helping you feel less alone in your writing life and your reading life. Kaveh Akbar and Ashley M. Jones joined Charlotte for a conversation about Kaveh's newest book of poems, Pilgrim Bell which is available now wherever books are sold. Kaveh and Ashley discussed a few of Kaveh's poems from Pilgrim Bell, explored how poems help us feel connected to our loved ones who have died, shared what it's like to write about their parents, and more. The three also talked about how writing and reading help us belong to ourselves, others, the world, and the divine. More about Pilgrim Bell With formal virtuosity and ruthless precision, Kaveh Akbar's second collection takes its readers on a spiritual journey of disavowal, fiercely attendant to the presence of divinity where artifacts of self and belonging have been shed. How does one recover from addiction without destroying the self-as-addict? And if living justly in a nation that would see them erased is, too, a kind of self-destruction, what does one do with the body's question, “what now shall I repair?” Here, Akbar responds with prayer as an act of devotion to dissonance—the infinite void of a loved one's absence, the indulgence of austerity, making a life as a Muslim in an Islamophobic nation—teasing the sacred out of silence and stillness. Richly crafted and generous, Pilgrim Bell's linguistic rigor is tuned to the register of this moment and any moment. As the swinging soul crashes into its limits, against the atrocities of the American empire, and through a profoundly human capacity for cruelty and grace, these brilliant poems dare to exist in the empty space where song lives—resonant, revelatory, and holy. More about Kaveh Akbar Kaveh Akbar's poems appear in The New Yorker, The New York Times, Paris Review, Best American Poetry, and elsewhere. His second full-length volume of poetry, Pilgrim Bell, will be published by Graywolf in August 2021. His debut, Calling a Wolf a Wolf, is out now with Alice James in the US and Penguin in the UK. He is also the author of the chapbook, Portrait of the Alcoholic, published in 2016 by Sibling Rivalry Press. In 2022, Penguin Classics will publish a new anthology edited by Kaveh: The Penguin Book of Spiritual Verse: 100 Poets on the Divine In 2020 Kaveh was named Poetry Editor of The Nation. The recipient of honors including multiple Pushcart Prizes, a Civitella Ranieri Foundation Fellowship, and the Levis Reading Prize, Kaveh was born in Tehran, Iran, and teaches at Purdue University and in the low-residency MFA programs at Randolph College and Warren Wilson. In 2014, Kaveh founded Divedapper, a home for dialogues with the most vital voices in American poetry. With Sarah Kay and Claire Schwartz, he wrote a weekly column for the Paris Review called "Poetry RX." More about Ashley M. Jones Ashley M. Jones received an MFA in Poetry from Florida International University (FIU), where she was a John S. and James L. Knight Foundation Fellow. She served as Official Poet for the City of Sunrise, Florida's Little Free Libraries Initiative from 2013-2015, and her work was recognized in the 2014 Poets and Writers Maureen Egen Writer's Exchange Contest and the 2015 Academy of American Poets Contest at FIU. She was also a finalist in the 2015 Hub City Press New Southern Voices Contest, the Crab Orchard Series in Poetry First Book Award Contest, and the National Poetry Series. Her poems and essays appear or are forthcoming in many journals and anthologies, including CNN, the Academy of American Poets, POETRY, Tupelo Quarterly, Prelude, Steel Toe Review, Fjords Review, and elsewhere. She received a 2015 Rona Jaffe Foundation Writer's Award and a 2015 B-Metro Magazine Fusion Award. She was an editor of PANK Magazine. Her debut poetry collection, Magic City Gospel, was published by Hub City Press in January 2017, and it won the silver medal in poetry in the 2017 Independent Publishers Book Awards. Her second book, dark // thing, won the 2018 Lena-Miles Wever Todd Prize for Poetry from Pleiades Press. Her third collection, REPARATIONS NOW! is forthcoming in Fall 2021 from Hub City Press. Ashley has won several prizes including the 2018 Lucille Clifton Poetry Prize from Backbone Press and a Poetry Fellowship from the Alabama State Council on the Arts.She currently lives in Birmingham, Alabama, where she is founding director of the Magic City Poetry Festival, board member of the Alabama Writers Cooperative and the Alabama Writers Forum, co-director of PEN Birmingham, and a faculty member in the Creative Writing Department of the Alabama School of Fine Arts. Jones is also a member of the Core Faculty at the Converse College Low Residency MFA Program. She recently served as a guest editor for Poetry Magazine. Charlotte Donlon is a writer, a spiritual director for writers, and the founder and host of the Our Faith in Writing podcast and website (https://www.ourfaithinwriting.com/). Charlotte's writing and work are rooted in noticing how art helps us belong to ourselves, others, God, and the world. Her writing has appeared in The Washington Post, The Curator, The Christian Century, Christianity Today, Catapult, The Millions, Mockingbird, and elsewhere. Her first book is The Great Belonging: How Loneliness Leads Us to Each Other (https://charlottedonlon.com/the-great-belonging-book). You can subscribe to her newsletter (https://charlottedonlon.substack.com/) and connect with her onTwitter (https://twitter.com/charlottedonlon) and Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/charlottedonlon/).

Show Notes (More Show Notes available at ourfaithinwriting.com (https://www.ourfaithinwriting.com/writing-and-faith/our-faith-in-writing-podcast)) Our Faith in Writing explores the intersection of writing and faith through conversations about the writing process, the reading life, contemplative practices, and more. Host Charlotte Donlon is a writer and a spiritual director for writers, and she believes writing and reading help us belong to ourselves, others, God, and the world. Subscribe to Our Faith in Writing wherever you listen to podcasts, and don't forget to rate and review the show letting us know how these conversations are helping you feel less alone in your writing life and your reading life. Kaveh Akbar and Ashley M. Jones join Charlotte for a conversation about Kaveh's newest book of poems, Pilgrim Bell which is available now wherever books are sold. Kaveh and Ashley discussed a few of Kaveh's poems from Pilgrim Bell, explored how poems help us feel connected to our loved ones who have died, shared what it's like to write about their parents, and more. The three also talked about how writing and reading help us belong to ourselves, others, the world, and the divine. More about Pilgrim Bell With formal virtuosity and ruthless precision, Kaveh Akbar's second collection takes its readers on a spiritual journey of disavowal, fiercely attendant to the presence of divinity where artifacts of self and belonging have been shed. How does one recover from addiction without destroying the self-as-addict? And if living justly in a nation that would see them erased is, too, a kind of self-destruction, what does one do with the body's question, “what now shall I repair?” Here, Akbar responds with prayer as an act of devotion to dissonance—the infinite void of a loved one's absence, the indulgence of austerity, making a life as a Muslim in an Islamophobic nation—teasing the sacred out of silence and stillness. Richly crafted and generous, Pilgrim Bell's linguistic rigor is tuned to the register of this moment and any moment. As the swinging soul crashes into its limits, against the atrocities of the American empire, and through a profoundly human capacity for cruelty and grace, these brilliant poems dare to exist in the empty space where song lives—resonant, revelatory, and holy. More about Kaveh Akbar Kaveh Akbar's poems appear in The New Yorker, The New York Times, Paris Review, Best American Poetry, and elsewhere. His second full-length volume of poetry, Pilgrim Bell, will be published by Graywolf in August 2021. His debut, Calling a Wolf a Wolf, is out now with Alice James in the US and Penguin in the UK. He is also the author of the chapbook, Portrait of the Alcoholic, published in 2016 by Sibling Rivalry Press. In 2022, Penguin Classics will publish a new anthology edited by Kaveh: The Penguin Book of Spiritual Verse: 100 Poets on the Divine In 2020 Kaveh was named Poetry Editor of The Nation. The recipient of honors including multiple Pushcart Prizes, a Civitella Ranieri Foundation Fellowship, and the Levis Reading Prize, Kaveh was born in Tehran, Iran, and teaches at Purdue University and in the low-residency MFA programs at Randolph College and Warren Wilson. In 2014, Kaveh founded Divedapper, a home for dialogues with the most vital voices in American poetry. With Sarah Kay and Claire Schwartz, he wrote a weekly column for the Paris Review called "Poetry RX." More about Ashley M. Jones Ashley M. Jones received an MFA in Poetry from Florida International University (FIU), where she was a John S. and James L. Knight Foundation Fellow. She served as Official Poet for the City of Sunrise, Florida's Little Free Libraries Initiative from 2013-2015, and her work was recognized in the 2014 Poets and Writers Maureen Egen Writer's Exchange Contest and the 2015 Academy of American Poets Contest at FIU. She was also a finalist in the 2015 Hub City Press New Southern Voices Contest, the Crab Orchard Series in Poetry First Book Award Contest, and the National Poetry Series. Her poems and essays appear or are forthcoming in many journals and anthologies, including CNN, the Academy of American Poets, POETRY, Tupelo Quarterly, Prelude, Steel Toe Review, Fjords Review, and elsewhere. She received a 2015 Rona Jaffe Foundation Writer's Award and a 2015 B-Metro Magazine Fusion Award. She was an editor of PANK Magazine. Her debut poetry collection, Magic City Gospel, was published by Hub City Press in January 2017, and it won the silver medal in poetry in the 2017 Independent Publishers Book Awards. Her second book, dark // thing, won the 2018 Lena-Miles Wever Todd Prize for Poetry from Pleiades Press. Her third collection, REPARATIONS NOW! is forthcoming in Fall 2021 from Hub City Press. Ashley has won several prizes including the 2018 Lucille Clifton Poetry Prize from Backbone Press and a Poetry Fellowship from the Alabama State Council on the Arts.She currently lives in Birmingham, Alabama, where she is founding director of the Magic City Poetry Festival, board member of the Alabama Writers Cooperative and the Alabama Writers Forum, co-director of PEN Birmingham, and a faculty member in the Creative Writing Department of the Alabama School of Fine Arts. Jones is also a member of the Core Faculty at the Converse College Low Residency MFA Program. She recently served as a guest editor for Poetry Magazine. Charlotte Donlon is a writer, a spiritual director for writers, and the founder and host of the Our Faith in Writing podcast and website (https://www.ourfaithinwriting.com/). Charlotte's writing and work are rooted in noticing how art helps us belong to ourselves, others, God, and the world. Her writing has appeared in The Washington Post, The Curator, The Christian Century, Christianity Today, Catapult, The Millions, Mockingbird, and elsewhere. Her first book is The Great Belonging: How Loneliness Leads Us to Each Other (https://charlottedonlon.com/the-great-belonging-book). You can subscribe to her newsletter (https://charlottedonlon.substack.com/) and connect with her onTwitter (https://twitter.com/charlottedonlon) and Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/charlottedonlon/).

Kaveh Akbar's poems appear in The New Yorker, The New York Times, Paris Review, Best American Poetry, and elsewhere. His second full-length volume of poetry, Pilgrim Bell, will be published by Graywolf in August 2021. His debut, Calling a Wolf a Wolf, is out now with Alice James in the US and Penguin in the UK. He is also the author of the chapbook, Portrait of the Alcoholic, published in 2016 by Sibling Rivalry Press. In 2022, Penguin Classics will publish a new anthology edited by Kaveh: The Penguin Book of Spiritual Verse: 100 Poets on the Divine In 2020 Kaveh was named Poetry Editor of The Nation. The recipient of honors including multiple Pushcart Prizes, a Civitella Ranieri Foundation Fellowship, and the Levis Reading Prize, Kaveh was born in Tehran, Iran, and teaches at Purdue University and in the low-residency MFA programs at Randolph College and Warren Wilson. In 2014, Kaveh founded Divedapper, a home for dialogues with the most vital voices in American poetry. With Sarah Kay and Claire Schwartz, he wrote a weekly column for the Paris Review called "Poetry RX." for more Thresholds, visit us at www.thisisthresholds.com and if you like what you hear, please leave us a review and subscribe! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

GUEST:Lisa Aimee Sturz, Artistic Director/ Owner Red Herring Puppets 4500 North Oracle Road, Suite 421Tucson, AZ  85705828-273-1488 lisa@redherringpuppets.comwww.redherringpuppets.com SOCIAL MEDIA: Facebook |Lisa Sturz has 40 years' experience working in film, television, theatre, and educational settings. She has worked with Lucasfilm, Walt Disney Imagineering, Jim Henson Productions, NBC, PBS, the Ice Capades, the Lyric Opera of Chicago, the Field Museum, Shedd Aquarium, Silver Dollar City, Asheville Symphony, and many more.    She is the Artistic Director of Red Herring Puppets, a national touring company specializing in curriculum-based performances.  She has an MFA in Puppetry from UCLA and has taught at CalPoly, Grinnell, & Warren Wilson colleges and led hundreds of in-school residencies.  Red Herring Puppets have been featured at the Center for Puppetry Arts in Atlanta, the Puppet Showplace in Brookline, Ma., and the 1st International Puppet Fringe Festival in NYC. They have earned a California Emmy and a UNIMA citation, the highest honor in American puppetry.   Their adult production of “My Grandfather's Prayers” has been tapped to air internationally on JLTV. Other films and TV credits include Murphy Brown, Puzzle Place, Elmo in Grouchland, Muppets from Space, Howard the Duck, the Flintstones, Ninja Turtles III, Roger Rabbit, Gremlins II, RoboCop 2 and Batman Returns. 

GUEST:Lisa Aimee Sturz, Artistic Director/ Owner Red Herring Puppets 4500 North Oracle Road, Suite 421Tucson, AZ  85705828-273-1488 lisa@redherringpuppets.comwww.redherringpuppets.com SOCIAL MEDIA: Facebook |Lisa Sturz has 40 years' experience working in film, television, theatre, and educational settings. She has worked with Lucasfilm, Walt Disney Imagineering, Jim Henson Productions, NBC, PBS, the Ice Capades, the Lyric Opera of Chicago, the Field Museum, Shedd Aquarium, Silver Dollar City, Asheville Symphony, and many more.    She is the Artistic Director of Red Herring Puppets, a national touring company specializing in curriculum-based performances.  She has an MFA in Puppetry from UCLA and has taught at CalPoly, Grinnell, & Warren Wilson colleges and led hundreds of in-school residencies.  Red Herring Puppets have been featured at the Center for Puppetry Arts in Atlanta, the Puppet Showplace in Brookline, Ma., and the 1st International Puppet Fringe Festival in NYC. They have earned a California Emmy and a UNIMA citation, the highest honor in American puppetry.   Their adult production of “My Grandfather's Prayers” has been tapped to air internationally on JLTV. Other films and TV credits include Murphy Brown, Puzzle Place, Elmo in Grouchland, Muppets from Space, Howard the Duck, the Flintstones, Ninja Turtles III, Roger Rabbit, Gremlins II, RoboCop 2 and Batman Returns. 

In this episode Ellen and Jennifer are going to continue talking about one of the ideas that they spoke about last week when they were chatting about the book “A Weedwifes Remedy” (Episode 22) which is the role that stories play in herbalism, with special guest, local herbalist Deanna Rose.

Peter Turchi takes the art and act of writing as an irresistible analog for the art and the act of living. His work is part of a long tradition of fascination with processes of writers and he is among the masters at relating that process in a way that reaches all domains of society. For anyone who has ever thought about writing - the craft of it, its centrality in the human experience, its analog for life itself - this conversation is for you.Show Notes:How he began writing (04:30)Dealing with rejection (12:00)Richard Russo writer (18:00)Maps of the Imaginations: The Writer as Cartographer (18:30)The Power of Maps by Dennis Woods (21:30)Other brilliant books on mapsJorge Luis Borges (19:00)Origins - Melanie Mitchell (28:30)Lisa Feldman Barrett (28:45)The Atlas of Cyberspace by Rob Kitchin (29:30)The Visual Display of Quantitative Information by Edward Tufte (30:15)Origins - Giorgia Lupi (31:20)Origins - Matt Russo (31:30)MFA Program at Warren Wilson (34:40)Productivity-driven culture (38:15)Alison Gopnik - Explore/Exploit paradigm (41:30)Charles Ritchie artist (45:30)E.O. Wilson - “A lifetime can be spent in a Magellanic voyage around the trunk of a single tree” (46:40)A Muze and a Maze (46:00)The Book of Sand by Borges (51:30)Joan Dideon “I write entirely to find out what I'm thinking, what I'm looking at, what I see and what it means. What I want and what I fear” Peter's daily routine (53:45)Lightning round (58:00):Book: Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov Passion: MusicMaking heart sing: Sonoran DesertFind guest online:http://www.peterturchi.com/'Five-Cut Fridays’ five-song music playlist series  Peter’s playlist

When Lara Nguyen first learned of her rare cancer--uterine leiomyosarcoma--she had just come home from teaching in Prague and was just starting work on a major mural in Grand Rapids, Mich. She had a full hysterectomy in 2018, when the cancer was still in its early stages. "It was a wonderful distraction," Ngyuen said of her work on the mural. "There was still some hope there, catching it early. But then in January 2020 it came back, it metastasized into my left lung. Then a day after Father's Day, June 2020, it recurred and just last week I found out, even under chemo right now, it has metastasized into my right lung, as well. We just found this out a few days ago." Yet here she is, inside the Center for Craft in downtown Asheville, talking in detail about the exhibition inspired, in large part, by her cancer. Nguyen's exhibition, which also showcases work from three art students from Warren Wilson, is on view through March 12.

Don't forget to Rate AND Review us on iTunes!SUPPORT PERCEIVED VALUE!www.patreon.com/perceivedvaluewww.perceivedvaluepodcast.com/how-to-support-donate/Want a chance on the mic? Visit our events page at www.perceivevaluepodcast.com/events to find out when Perceive Value Podcast will be in your area! Instagram + Facebook: @perceivedvalueFind your Host:sarahrachelbrown.comInstagram: @sarahrachelbrownThe music you hear on Perceived Value is by the Seattle group Song Sparrow Research.All You Need to Know off of their album Sympathetic Buzz.Find them on Spotify!––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––The Fulcrum Project residency brought together active participants in the craftscape with eight residents who have been made vulnerable due to the high-risk they experience resulting from poverty and other structural forms of oppression and repression further emphasized due to the pandemic. With this project, the aim is to support residents with professional development as well as exposing residents to the multiplicity of possibilities that exist within a craft discourse. The outcome will be to give residents better tools and information on opportunities and structures to support young careers, while providing unrestricted financial support. Building upon the expertise and pool of knowledge of the presenters, the Fulcrum Project residency provides residents with diverse and valuable resources, varying from practical and foundational proffesionalization strategies - such as bio, cv writing, portfolio compiling,... -, to more advanced conceptual discussions. As a result, residents gain [or improve existing] skills with which they will be able to use or subvert as they will have gained a better understanding of possibilities to make decisions with more rounded understanding of unconventional possibilities and paths to build a practice. This format is inspired by Felipe Castelblanco’s parasitic university program, and shares an interest in using institutional resources to better a community at large.Instagrams:@the_fulcrum_project@matt_lambert_studio@feather_chiaverini Donations to The Fulcrum Project: https://docs.google.com/document/d/10KQh3TNYIKmooz2ZkwxM8vfLH6qq1u1RBx4Rc5t6agI/edit?usp=sharing Further Reading/listening from/by/with matt:This is Where We MeetA publication from the MA in Critical Craft at Warren Wilson that matt was an assistant editor and provided a contributing essay A Queer Consideration of Dirt and the Importance of Tending (located on p.219) digitally viewable in entirety and for hard copy purchase here:https://www.macraftstudieswwc.com/publication-vol-1-20182020 Nicholas Mirzoeff in Conversation with matt lambertListen here for a discussion on decolonizing national museums:https://soundcloud.com/user-79249665/matt-lambert-paired-conversation Matt Lambert in conversation with Máret Ánne Sara about nomadism, indigenous rights and colonialismRecognizing ground: where indigenous and queer practices meethttp://www.norwegiancrafts.no/articles/recognizing-ground-where-indigenous-and-queer-practices-meet Upcoming:Desire Paths @ The Center for Craft curated by Lauren Kalman and matt lamberthttps://www.centerforcraft.org/news/the-center-for-craft-announces-curatorial-fellows

As a follow up to our episode in July before Lily went to college ( check that out here if you want to: https://anchor.fm/tuesdayafternoons/episodes/Interview-with-Lily-Nilo-eh13sg. ), she comes back to tell Wrenn and Ben about what college life is like in 2020. She goes to school at Warren Wilson in Swannanoa, NC and has lots of great stories to share!

Warren Wilson is an inventor, author. public speaker, and former inventRight student, and more. He had an idea and turned it into Better Blocks, which became the first building block system to successful compete with Lego, the icon of the toy building block industry. BetterBlocks went on to have retail sales of $45m and sell... The post Episode 110…Warren Wilson and Better Blocks appeared first on Invention Stories.

Warren Wilson is an inventor, author. public speaker, and former inventRight student, and more. He had an idea and turned it into Better Blocks, which became the first building block system to successful compete with Lego, the icon of the toy building block industry. BetterBlocks went on to have retail sales of $45m and sell over 2 million kits. The unique feature was that the blocks would bend to shape curves—they were flexible! BetterBlocks success was the result of combining a strong and innovative idea with a small, highly skilled team.  

Anna Solomon is the author of three novels—The Book of V., Leaving Lucy Pear, and The Little Bride—and a two-time winner of the Pushcart Prize. Her short fiction, essays, and reviews have appeared in The New York Times Magazine, Ploughshares, One Story, The Boston Globe, Tablet, and elsewhere. Anna is a graduate of Brown University and the Iowa Writers' Workshop and teaches writing at Barnard College, Warren Wilson's MFA Program in Creative Writing, and the 92Y Unterberg Poetry Center. In this episode we discuss The Book of V. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jan Eliasberg is the award-winning screenwriter, director and debut author of Hannah's War. This literary spy thriller follows a female Jewish physicist and her work on the atomic bomb during WWII. Jan referred to writing this book as the best creative experience of her life and I can see why! I loved chatting with Jan about the historic New York Times article that sparked her imagination, the exciting task of exploring a male-dominated world from a woman’s point of view, her personal family connection to the source material and her deep need to write a novel after experiencing success in film and television. Jan has written and directed dramatic pilots for CBS, NBC, and ABC and directed episodes of Wiseguy, 21 Jump Street, 13 Reasons Why, Parenthood, Blue Bloods, NCIS: Los Angeles, and many others. As a screenwriter, Jan has written films driven by strong female leads including Fly Girls with Nicole Kidman @nicolekidman and Cameron Diaz @camerondiaz and she was the first woman to direct Miami Vice. Her debut feature film was Past Midnight starring Paul Giamatti and the late Natasha Richardson. Jan graduated from Wesleyan University and has two MFAs, one from the Yale School of Drama and Directing, and one from Warren Wilson in fiction. We did an event this week together about women geniuses with Janice Kaplan and Shoshanna Gruss which was fantastic! 

Product licensing expert Stephen Key interviews BetterBlocks inventor Warren Wilson for a second time in their two-part series. In this video, Warren and Stephen discuss creativity, inspiration, and how novel product ideas get created and brought to market. After Warren came up with the idea for BetterBlocks, which was to make "blocks that move," he had to figure out exactly how to do that. He discusses prototyping, solving problems in inventing and design, and the power of observation. Remember: Seemingly unrelated things can be brought together! Eventually, 90 different kinds of blocks were invented and brought to market. When children experienced BetterBlocks, they ran with it — as well as his manufacturing partners, who also came up with ideas for new line extensions. Warren also explains how his product impacted parents and how meaningful that is to him. This video is all about the love of inventing! Congratulations again Warren! You inspire us! Watch Stephen interview Warren about his invention journey for the first time: https://youtu.be/dtZQy8Dffb8 About BetterBlocks: With BetterBlocks you can build models which bend, shape curve and move! With regular blocks (LEGO) you can only build models which are ridged; they don't bend or move. BetterBlocks ended up being a $45-million-dollar idea. In its prime, Warren is proud to admit, it gave LEGO a bit of a headache. BetterBlocks is no longer on the market today. However, Warren recently joined the inventRight Bootcamp Coaching program to learn our 10-step system of licensing product idea and is considering licensing BetterBlocks again. He joins world-renowned licensing expert and inventRightTV host Stephen Key to discuss how he commercialized Better Blocks. Warren describes himself as a reclusive guy who was working out of a shed in his backyard in Adelaide, Australia when he had this idea. He ended up licensing BetterBlocks to a DRTV company and within just 12 months, was thrust into a thriving international business. In its heyday, BetterBlocks were selling around the world in America, Europe, and Australia. To be honest, he says, he was sometimes out of his depth. Warren had the idea in 1988. It took him a couple of years to make prototypes. Warren describes how his found his licensee and how he pitched his idea. He built an injection molding machine himself to make the blocks. He had about 1,000 blocks when he approached his future licensee. He literally took the blocks with him to the U.S. and asked: What do you think? His licensee filmed Warren and his blocks and then shared it with other people. Warren explains the challenges of making this idea a reality, why persistence is key, and the importance of family support. Warren, thank you for sharing your remarkable story on inventRightTV! Bringing an invention to market? Let inventRight, the world's leading experts on product licensing, show you how. Cofounded by Stephen Key and Andrew Krauss in 1999, inventRight has since helped people from more than 60 countries license their ideas for products. Visit http://www.inventright.com for more information and to become their student. Call #1-800-701-7993 to set up an appointment with Andrew or another member of the inventRight team to discuss how we can help you license your ideas. New to licensing? Read inventRight cofounder Stephen Key's bestselling book “One Simple Idea: Turn Your Dreams Into a Licensing Goldmine While Letting Others Do the Work.” Find it here: http://amzn.to/1LGotjB. Want to learn how to license your product ideas without a patent? Stephen's book “Sell Your Ideas With or Without a Patent” explains exactly how. Find it here: http://amzn.to/1T1dOU2. inventRight, LLC. is not a law firm and does not provide legal, patent, trademark, or copyright advice. Please exercise caution when evaluating any information, including but not limited to business opportunities; links to news stories; links to services, products, or other websites. No endorsements are issued by inventRight, LLC., expressed or implied. Depiction of any trademarks/logos does not represent endorsement of inventRight, LLC, its services, or products by the trademark owner. All trademarks are registered trademarks of their respective companies.

Alan interviews Warren Wilson. Warren went from a "broke, reclusive guy working from a little shed" to successful inventor of the BetterBlocks toys for kids. Warren invented BetterBlocks to give kids building blocks that could actually move. The product sold over $45 million in retail. Make sure to subscribe to the podcast on iTunes or wherever you get your podcasts so you won't miss a single episode. Website: www.warrenwilsoninventor.com His e-book: https://tinyurl.com/v3c25fa

https://warrenwilsoninventor.com/ Warren Wilson is the inventor of BetterBlocks, the first building block toy for children to really challenge Lego in the marketplace. With BetterBlocks you can build models which bend, shape curve and move! With regular blocks (LEGO) you can only build models which are ridged; they don't bend or move. BetterBlocks ended up being a $45-million-dollar idea. In its prime, Warren is proud to admit, it gave LEGO a bit of a headache. BetterBlocks is no longer on the market today. However, Warren recently joined the inventRight Bootcamp Coaching program to learn our 10-step system of licensing product idea and is considering licensing BetterBlocks again. He joins world-renowned licensing expert and inventRightTV host Stephen Key to discuss how he commercialized Better Blocks. Warren describes himself as a reclusive guy who was working out of a shed in his backyard in Adelaide, Australia when he had this idea. He ended up licensing BetterBlocks to a DRTV company and within just 12 months, was thrust into a thriving international business. In its heyday, BetterBlocks were selling around the world in America, Europe, and Australia. To be honest, he says, he was sometimes out of his depth. Warren had the idea in 1988. It took him a couple of years to make prototypes. Warren describes how his found his licensee and how he pitched his idea. He built an injection molding machine himself to make the blocks. He had about 1,000 blocks when he approached his future licensee. He literally took the blocks with him to the U.S. and asked: What do you think? His licensee filmed Warren and his blocks and then shared it with other people. Warren explains the challenges of making this idea a reality, why persistence is key, and the importance of family support. Warren, thank you for sharing your remarkable story on inventRightTV! Bringing an invention to market? Let inventRight, the world's leading experts on product licensing, show you how. Cofounded by Stephen Key and Andrew Krauss in 1999, inventRight has since helped people from more than 60 countries license their ideas for products. Visit http://www.inventright.com for more information and to become their student. Call #1-800-701-7993 to set up an appointment with Andrew or another member of the inventRight team to discuss how we can help you license your ideas. New to licensing? Read inventRight cofounder Stephen Key's bestselling book “One Simple Idea: Turn Your Dreams Into a Licensing Goldmine While Letting Others Do the Work.” Find it here: http://amzn.to/1LGotjB. Want to learn how to license your product ideas without a patent? Stephen's book “Sell Your Ideas With or Without a Patent” explains exactly how. Find it here: http://amzn.to/1T1dOU2. inventRight, LLC. is not a law firm and does not provide legal, patent, trademark, or copyright advice. Please exercise caution when evaluating any information, including but not limited to business opportunities; links to news stories; links to services, products, or other websites. No endorsements are issued by inventRight, LLC., expressed or implied. Depiction of any trademarks/logos does not represent endorsement of inventRight, LLC, its services, or products by the trademark owner. All trademarks are registered trademarks of their respective companies.

Today on the Tales of a Red Clay Rambler Podcast I have an interview with Ryan Greenheck. His functional ceramics are influenced by European slipware and Chinese porcelain traditions. He maintains a studio in Philadelphia, PA and has been instrumental in starting invitational sales of functional ceramics in urban environments in the North East of the United States. In our interview we talk about evolving in the studio with the help of your peers, curating a sale to meet the needs of a community, and taking short term risks for long term financial gains. For more information on Ryan visit www.ryanjgreenheck.com.   For today’s AMACO Community Corkboard we have Warren Wilson’s Masters of Critical Craft Studies. This full-time, four-semester/ five-residency program is the first of its kind in the US and is taught by leading theorists, historians, scholars and artists in the field of craft studies, art history, art, material culture, and anthropology. Application are due March 1st so search Critical Craft Studies at www.warren-wilson.edu for more information. I’d like to thank Amaco/Brent for sponsoring the community corkboard. Brent Equipment is celebrating their 50th Anniversary this year and have created a Limited Edition Black CXC wheel. For more information visit www.amaco.com.   Ceramic Materials Workshop is a proud sponsor of the Tales of a Red Clay Rambler. Ceramic Materials Workshop is a place online to learn about how materials really work. We’ve been teaching about glazes at the most prestigious ceramic universities for years, and now our classes are open to everyone around the world online. Class sessions begin every January, April, July and October 1st, or try our new self-guided online workshop the Middle Glazes: The Story of Mid Temperature Glazes available now. Use the coupon code REDCLAY, all one word, for 25% off the Middle Glazes for a limited time. Find out more and sign up at www.ceramicmaterialsworkshop.com.

On the latest episode of Field Days, Chris and Greg sit down with new Assistant Deputy Director Warren Wilson. ADD Wilson shares his immediate and future goals for the Office of Parole Probation Services, as well as the unique way Deputy Director Marlan offered him his new role.

The special guest I have for you, is a creative woman. A young woman who like any of us has a dream to be independent, reliant upon herself, her husband and the land. This wonderful Guest is none other than Samantha Biggers. She is an amazing writer who has had many articles in various homesteading magazines. She is also the head writer for Backdoor Survival. Anyone who is familiar with this site is aware it is directed to preparedness for all walks of life. Samantha lives in the mountains in North Carolina in a house she built with her husband. They have a  vineyard on the steep mountainside, grow gourmet mushrooms and raise Shetland sheep on there own little piece of heaven.  Samantha and her husband have and continue to work hard on what they have. To shape it in a way to fit them and their desired lifestyle.I admire her for the ability to take and make her life the way she wants it. I still aspire to have a more self sufficient lifestyle. and Samantha is living proof that even thought it isnt easy, with determination, hard work, and persistence that it is possible.With understanding this strong and and independent woman, you have to better understand her background. She was raised by a single father who served his time in Vietnam during combat.  At 16 she moved from Washington state to North Carolina where she learned the labors of a hard days work on many farm projects.  She attended Warren Wilson college and graduated with a degree in Environmental Studies with an emphasis in Sustainable Forestry.I know, you, my listeners will find her as interesting and inspiring as I do.  And know that everyday is a learning process.

The special guest I have for you, is a creative woman. A young woman who like any of us has a dream to be independent, reliant upon herself, her husband and the land. This wonderful Guest is none other than Samantha Biggers. She is an amazing writer who has had many articles in various homesteading magazines. She is also the head writer for Backdoor Survival. Anyone who is familiar with this site is aware it is directed to preparedness for all walks of life.  Samantha lives in the mountains in North Carolina in a house she built with her husband. They have a  vineyard on the steep mountainside, grow gourmet mushrooms and raise Shetland sheep on there own little piece of heaven.  Samantha and her husband have and continue to work hard on what they have. To shape it in a way to fit them and their desired lifestyle. I admire her for the ability to take and make her life the way she wants it. I still aspire to have a more self sufficient lifestyle. and Samantha is living proof that even thought it isnt easy, with determination, hard work, and persistence that it is possible. With understanding this strong and and independent woman, you have to better understand her background. She was raised by a single father who served his time in Vietnam during combat.  At 16 she moved from Washington state to North Carolina where she learned the labors of a hard days work on many farm projects.  She attended Warren Wilson college and graduated with a degree in Environmental Studies with an emphasis in Sustainable Forestry. I know, you, my listeners will find her as interesting and inspiring as I do.  And know that everyday is a learning process.

The percentage of black students at four of Western North Carolina's universities is low, and so is the number of faculty members at each schools that could mentors for those students. This week, BPR has been talking with students from UNC Asheville who presented at this fall's African-Americans in Western North Carolina and Southern Appalachia conference. In our final interview, BPR's Matt Bush speaks with Jeremy James, who graduated from the school this month. He looked at the lack of African-American mentors for black students at five schools in the region - UNC Asheville, Western Carolina, Warren Wilson, Mars Hill, and Appalachian State. Excerpts from interview: On the significance of the mentor-student relationship in college - "That role is very significant, especially in this new period with colleges where so much is based off of connections. So, I don't know everyone's situation but I know mine, and it's one of the top things (graduate & doctorate programs) recommend is to

The percentage of black students at four of Western North Carolina's universities is low, and so is the number of faculty members at each schools that could mentors for those students. This week, BPR has been talking with students from UNC Asheville who presented at this fall's African-Americans in Western North Carolina and Southern Appalachia conference. In our final interview, BPR's Matt Bush speaks with Jeremy James, who graduated from the school this month. He looked at the lack of African-American mentors for black students at five schools in the region - UNC Asheville, Western Carolina, Warren Wilson, Mars Hill, and Appalachian State. Excerpts from interview: On the significance of the mentor-student relationship in college - "That role is very significant, especially in this new period with colleges where so much is based off of connections. So, I don't know everyone's situation but I know mine, and it's one of the top things (graduate & doctorate programs) recommend is to

Micah Matthews recently finished and MFA in fiction at Warren Wilson. This episode is his audio essay where he describes his visits to the prison with Josh. These visits cause Micah to reflect on the spiritual good of going outside of his comfort. Without permission to take microphones and cameras into the prison, this essay is the next best way for you to come inside to taste and see the movements of the Holy Spirit in a prison. The Invitation is in the midst of a Kickstarter campaign to raise money to cover our capital budget. Please consider contributing financially so that we can create more creative spiritual formation content like this for you. https://tinyurl.com/y9gqmnha Subscribe to the Invitation Podcast at invitationpodcast.org Thanks for joining this journey with us!

This episode is about "We The People" taking a stand, to lift our voices, about unfair treatment to good immigrants, concerning the "ban" how this administrastion has affected the poor and their families, and children that are being targets for undeserved actions for uncommon causes.  We The People also see, how Trump's Administration is now attacking the former President, Barack Obama. Now, the Witches have united and brewed to cast a spell out against Trump to try to remove him from office, what type of hate is this, and will it do any good how does hate cast out hate?  It is time for all people of like minds a believers to Unify for a common cause...what is that?  Simply to help and support one another in spiritual and physical warfare against the attacks by forces of evil that at breweding around.  Look at the weather, on the east it's a blizzard, and you can call it a ban, cause the blizzard will eventually cause a travel ban.  On the West it's extremely warm..what is this really saying...everybody get prepared! It' is time that we take some responsibility and accountability for our choices, and how we are conducting ourselves with each other as a human race and a people.  It's time, and a call for Unity. A time for Hope. A time of courage, to make a change.  Our Children and famlies are our future and we need each other.  Let's stop the blaming, complaining, and start doing something to change the course of events!  We need to make a stand and tolerate no more divison, study no more war...NO MORE!  Stand up, Speak and Speak out, America...let's make America great the way it should be!  Let's not hate, let's be great!! Join me and my co-hosts on a journey to bring Unity, and hope back to a dying people...a civilization that the Creator intended.  

And, more controversy continues, as President Trump gets away with it.  Is America tired of Trump. Is President Trump a libel Bully is Trump being a terrorist on homeland?  What can we do as "We The People" to help America to be great again? WASHINGTON (AP) — Analysts at the Homeland Security Department's intelligence arm found insufficient evidence that citizens of seven Muslim-majority countries included in President Donald Trump's travel ban pose a terror threat to the United States. The three-page report challenges Trump's core claims. It said that of 82 people the government determined were inspired by a foreign terrorist group to carry out or try to carry out an attack in the United States, just over half were U.S. citizens born in the United States. The others were from 26 countries, led by Pakistan, Somalia, Bangladesh, Cuba, Ethiopia, Iraq and Uzbekistan. Of these, only Somalia and Iraq were among the seven nations included in the ban. https://www.yahoo.com/news/dhs-intel-report-disputes-threat-posed-travel-ban-214447247--politics.html Is Donald Trump bringing terror, and threat to the United States by attempting to ban foreign individuals and their families from coming, while families from these foreign countries are living here? Please Join me, Warren Wilson, Brother Blondie and many others on this debate as TRUMP CONTROVERSY CONTINUES, CONTINUES, CONTINUES!  Come with your opinions and concerns and some solutions that may stop an upcoming "War In America." 347-884-8684

President Trumps is the headlines of every broadcast media outlet; in mainstream, behind the closed doors of homes, and online. It's now gone viral!  Trump is the most talked about President in HISTORY! How is Americas dealing with the new President's behavior and communication skills.  Will America, get used it and appreciate, later this President's upfront brawny style of communication along with his strong armed disposition to "Make America Great Again," or will America find a way to impeach Trump.  What are Trumps bad points as a President; and What are Trumps good points to being a potentially good President for America?  Is there a good side Do you think this President is too overbearing with his ideas and plans? The Court is still out and the question is still in deliberation, and waiting for a verdict.  Is President Trump,  "doing to much.com?"  And, does America want Truth or Lies? Some Christians, are now calling President Donald Trump a Nephilim or a Despot.  What is that, and can that be true? Call in at the call in # 347-884-8684 and join me, Lardy Miss Clardy, Mahonale Allday, Warren Wilson, Brother Blondie, and Mis D. in a dynamic discussion on Trump Controversy Continued: Is There A Good Side???  

Bullying is no more about chidren and youth being targeted and harrased because they are different.  Adults are in this circle too.  The question is "Did Bullying start with the adults first, before our children became the statisic?"  I find bulling affects all ages, 5-65+ and amonst our veterans too!  This issue is in all ethnic groups, cultures, religion, sex and creeds this topic does not rule out anyone, but YOU.  YOUR LIFE MATTERS! All it takes is "Taking your life back"  Shut the door on foolishness, and remove your foot far from it.  YOU DONT HAVE TO BE A STATISTIC.  BE A VOICE and FIGHT SMART!  It's time be EMPOWERED after being bullied.  Don't let this show go without your voice, We can make a different.   Let's find laws, some specialist, and hands on experience folk to come together to find how to Stop, False Accusing and Bullying from hurting anyone else.  Turn the spot light on the bully and say no more! Join Me, Lady Diva, Warren Wilson and others as we beguile the bully with facts that will cause Jail time, exposure to tell how, when and what they use as tactics to hurt you. So they will go to prison, make it a Felony 1 (Criminal)  How to use these tactics to hurt back legally, when you've been wronged.   Some one bring awarness about Bullying that leads to false allegations, it happens to anybody, This subject needs a law to make bullies scared to lie.  How to find that?   347-884-8684 Call in    

What is a personality?  According to Igor Balasanov (Photographer), he states "[a] personality is made up of the characteristic patterns of thoughts, feelings and behaviors that make a person unique..." and it stays consistant thoughout your life.  How, when and where do your personality show? These are questions to ask yourself, and show up on the scene to explain it, in the only way, you know how.  It was once said, a picture can say a thousand words.  Explain that!! Can you show and tell your Individuality?  So, is it fair to say ... "Although no single definition is acceptable to all personality theorists, we can say that personality is a pattern of relatively permanent traits and unique characteristics that give both consistency and individuality to a person's behavior." (Feist and Feist, 2009)What is a personality vs. Trait?What makes a star, or a celebrity become known?

Come to the show and find out, who's going to be on the show. Warren my guest and Co-host on this episode, and myself as Tutty, who will be hosting the show will sho nuff have you laughing ...if you have something you wanna show or tell on what makes a personality shines, TUTTY says, "Get on and Get off, so somebody else can talk"  This is an amazing time to show what you got, and shine. Please be considerate of others that may want to comment.   Call in at  347-884-8684

In this episode, we will be discussing about finding and discovering how our vulnerabilities can help us or harm us, and how weaknesses can be used as positive powers; learning to trust oneself and develop the dormant powers within.  How to turn Vulnerabilities into Victories. Have the life you've always wanted.  Explore the world of trusting yourself and not having fears.  Are you afraid to be rejected. Did "Jesus" feel this way, when his hour came to die. How did he handle his vulnerabilities?  The hardest thing to do is to ASK, WAIT and have FAITH. IF, it is a NO...we fall apart and we fear to try again.  This is a VULNERABILITY for many.   Come on the back porch with me (Lardy Miss Clardy) and Warren Wilson, an Inventor, Author, Speaker, and Coach; our friend and guest to talk about the ilities in vulnerablilites; How to connect with postivities, and have favor with whom ever we meet!  Learn to trust yourself, and turn your sensitivities and emotional liabilities into assertive STRENGTHS!  Live, love and laugh and speak up more, is the key! 

Hi everyone!  This brief episode is to prepare you to get ready to discuss the issues of having vulnerabilities and finding out what can happen if you just step out and trust yourself even if you are afraid.  Everybody have vulnerabilites.   Come onto this show and share your fears and successes that arised from your weakness. I will share what happened to me, after I decided to let people see my vulnerabilities and how I became successful in my weaknesses work for me. Come out on the back porch with me and Warren Wilson and engage, participate and share your stories of how vulnerabilities have hampered or helped in your success. Let's discuss what and how we can find solution to make our vulnerabilities our victories and have more dreams to come true.  Never know until you try!!  

Warren Wilson, an author, a personal coach and speaker, wants to help YOU to turn your challenges, passions into successful reflections of who you really are.   Do you have a passion, to speak, write, sing...etc.?Have you ever had a dream and wanted it to come true?  What is holding you back?What is your passion?  Find out what is your best skill, what is your dream to be and turn those challenges and passions into reality.  Who really are you, and how to reflect this in your passions?  The answer is in you. Who really are you? Let's go on journey to find out what is your passions and who really are you, so you can reflect it and shine through.  Call in and discover the REAL YOU. 347-884-8684

This episode is Part 2...Meet and Greet with me, and my guest, Author Warren Wilson to talk about the real value of writing a book.  More authors are realizing that there are greater rewards than profiting from book sales or from the increased value of having a personal brand. What are some things to think about when writing YOUR book? According to, http://nonfictionauthorsassociation.com/beyond-book-profits-the-real-benefits-of-writing-a-nonfiction-book/     The best reason to write a book is that it helps you recognize that writing is not merely a way to share your ideas with others, but writing is also the best way to discover ideas and connections lurking in your brain. The benefits come from the writing, not the selling, of your book. And, that's not all... Come join me and my guest, Author Warren Wilson for Part 2 of the meet and greet session and find out more about "The Real Value of Authoring a Book."  And, the 15th caller for the $50 gift prize will be announced on this show. So pull up a seat and get your lemonade, or coffee and ask questions, give comments. Listeners are welcome to join in.

  A concept to meet and greet out on our back porch with a tall glass of Lemonade, Tea or Coffee with listeners, that have questions, and ideas they want to share or other conversations, as a part of a meet and greet session with, myself and my guest, Author, Warren Wilson, and a chance win a prize! It's all about the listners. http://www.blogtalkradio.com/lardymissclardy/2016/07/18/a-message-from-author-warren-wilson-listen-up-listeners-its-about-you-day Please click the link above and listen to this very special message from my guest, Warren Wilson. There will be a prize give away on the scheduled time of the show...July 24th at 3:30 pm PST/6:30 pm EST.  Participants have to call into the live show to participate in the prize give away. This is a disclaimer, that any ideas that you are looking to turn into an invention should be properly protected before disclosing to anyone. Inventions should be provisionally patented, slogans trademarked or copy written so they are protected. Also know International law concerning your protection rights.

Hey there!  Listen up, Listeners...it's your day!  Your day, to meet and greet with, Warren Wilson, A Successful Inventor and me, Lardy Miss Clardy.  Who has an invention and support, or just want to ask questions about, Warren's Country, Kangaroos or to compliment his Austrailian accent...lol?  We want to know what you like, what chu doing, and what great ideas you have.  It's all about you day...listeners, listen in on this important message from Warren and me. Come join us on the back porch of your home with your coffee, lemonade, or ice tea... and interact.  It's all about you day...listeners!! I have a gift for the 15th caller...just listen to this message... you must call in and participate on the date of the show! My way of saying thank you, for being loyal friends and listeners on Lardy Miss Clardy and Company on BTR!

Author, Warren Wilson's mission is to help anyone, and he means anyone who has an idea, invention or even a dream bring it to life. More importantly, everything Warren does, including his book, 'How to Think Like an Inventor,' he hopes to inspire and educate people to have a more successful and fulfilling life by sharing the strategies that allowed him, an introverted backyard inventor from Australia, to turn his idea-a kid's building block system called BetterBlocks - into a product which had $45 million in sales.   What was clearly shown to Warren, was the creative process of “inventing” is a powerful process, which, when combined with work, education and a little persistence, results in abundance in any area that it is applied to! Warren is proud to admit that in its prime, his BetterBlocks gave LEGO Corporation a headache. To view a presentation of Warren Wilson, please click/copy this link http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yUX5-M6DfLs Come join me and my guest Author, Warren Wilson on a journey of inquiry mind that wants to know, how to be a successful inventor, or even if you have a great idea and would like to find out what to do next! Please interact with this guest. Comments and questions are welcomed! 347-884-8684  

Norm Blumenthal attorney for workers and consumers. Selected as the one of the Top Attorneys in Southern California. Regular contributor on Money For Lunch Warren Wilson his inventing story started in his backyard shed. He had idea for a children's toy BetterBlocks which, to his surprise, went on to become a $45 million business! Commercially-speaking it was his biggest shot. In its prime - he is proud to admit –it gave Lego Corporation a bit of a headache. He have experienced the highs of creating a $45m business to the lows of being bankrupt! Both experiences and all the ones in the middle have taught him great lessons in life Jeff Cox  creative writer and author who penned the famous business novel, THE GOAL, working with entrepreneur and consultant Eli Goldratt. THE GOAL has been named "one of the 100 best business books of all time." Jeff's most recent books are VELOCITY and HANGING FIRE For more information go to MoneyForLunch.com. Connect with Bert Martinez on Facebook. Connect with Bert Martinez on Twitter. Need help with your business? Contact Bert Martinez. Have Bert Martinez speak at your event!

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The Cam Sight Eyeballs podcast is Back! In episode 9 regulars Lynne Hester and Jerry Gilbert are joined by Katie Rodgers and Warren Wilson and they are talking about touch tours with particular focus on a touch tour Warren and Jerry had at the museum of Cambridge.

In another recording from July 2012 Lynne Hester, Jerry Gilbert and Matt Darkin are joined for episode 8 of the I-balls podcast by Warren Wilson to have a discussion on travel and getting about with visual impairment. There aare also contributions to the conversation from Gail Hazelland Aimee Yates.

In a recording from July 2012 The usual podcast team Lynne Hester, Jerry Gilbert and Matt Darkin are joined by Aimee Yates and Warren Wilson to have a hands-on look at the torch used in the London 2012 Olympic Relay.

New York City based musician Courtney Carey shares with Patrick D. McCoy. "The African-American Voice in Classical Music" exciting details about a special tribute concert held in memory of the late soprano Shirley Verrett. Ms. Verrett passed away on November 5, 2011. Her loss is tremendous, as she was one of the greats from the post-war era. This special concert, which will be held on Saturday, January 8, 2011 at 7 p.m. at the Ephesus Seventh-Day Adventist Church, is at present one of two in the country in her honor. The concert will include special spoken tributes by legendary mezzo soprano Hilda Harris, her accompanist for 40 years, Warren Wilson, co-author of her autobiography Christopher Brooks, and written tributes by Martina Arroyo and Leontyne Price, a special memorial chorus, soprano Janinah Burnett (Spelman c/o 2000), mezzo sopranos J'nai Bridges, Lucia Bradford-Wiggins, and a video montage which will feature clips of Miss Verrett and some never before seen photos. The evening will be emceed by another great mezzo soprano Barbara Conrad.