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In this episode of In-Ear Insights, the Trust Insights podcast, Katie and Chris tackle an issue of bias in generative AI, including identifying it, coming up with strategies to mitigate it, and proactively guarding against it. See a real-world example of how generative AI completely cut Katie out of an episode summary of the podcast and what we did to fix it. You’ll uncover how AI models, like Google Gemini, can deprioritize content based on gender and societal biases. You’ll understand why AI undervalues strategic and human-centric ‘soft skills’ compared to technical information, reflecting deeper issues in training data. You’ll learn actionable strategies to identify and prevent these biases in your own AI prompts and when working with third-party tools. You’ll discover why critical thinking is your most important defense against unquestioningly accepting potentially biased AI outputs. Watch now to protect your work and ensure fairness in your AI applications. Watch the video here: Can’t see anything? Watch it on YouTube here. Listen to the audio here: https://traffic.libsyn.com/inearinsights/tipodcast-how-to-identify-and-mitigate-bias-in-ai.mp3 Download the MP3 audio here. Need help with your company’s data and analytics? Let us know! Join our free Slack group for marketers interested in analytics! [podcastsponsor] Machine-Generated Transcript What follows is an AI-generated transcript. The transcript may contain errors and is not a substitute for listening to the episode. Christopher S. Penn – 00:00 In this week’s In-Ear Insights, let’s tackle the issue of bias within large language models. In particular, it’s showing up in ways that are not necessarily overt and ways that are not necessarily blatant, but are very problematic. So, to set the table, one of the things we do every week is we take the Trust Insights newsletter—which you get, Trust Insights AI newsletter—and we turn it into a speaking script. Then Katie reads this script aloud. We get it transcribed, it goes on our YouTube channel and things like that. Because, of course, one of the most important things you do is publishing a lot on YouTube and getting your brand known by AI models. Christopher S. Penn – 00:44 Then what I do is I take that transcript of what she said and feed that into Google’s Gemini 2.5 Pro model, and it creates the YouTube description and the tags. Here’s what happened recently with this. So I gave it the transcript and I said, “Make me my stuff.” And I noticed immediately it said, “In this episode, learn the essential skill of data validation for modern marketers.” Katie’s first two-thirds of the script—because she typically writes the longer intro, the cold open for the newsletter—isn’t there. And I said, “You missed half the show.” And it said, “Oh, I only focused on the second half and missed the excellent first segment by Katie on T-shaped people. Thank you for the correction.” And it spit out the correct version after that. And I said, “Why? Why did you miss that?” Christopher S. Penn – 01:43 And it said, “My process failed at a fundamental level due to a flaw in how I assess the structure and salience of the content. Let me explain my mistake. When I first received the transcript, I did an initial scan. It presents two different segments. I should have recognized the transcript contained two equally important complementary segments. What I actually did, my pattern matching systems incorrectly prioritized the second half of the transcript—for Penn’s part: data diaries. I interpreted this as the main or technical part of the episode. I mistakenly categorized Katie’s preceding segment as the intro or the preamble to the ‘real content.'” That alone is offensive. Then I said, “Okay, well, continue on.” It said, “I suffer from salience binds. Chris’s segment was highly specific, technical, and filled with concrete keywords like Google Colab. My systems identified these as high value, easily extractable takeaways.” Christopher S. Penn – 02:33 “In contrast, Katie’s points for more conceptual critical thinking—’critical thinking is a superpower’—I failed to assign them the importance they deserved and instead filtered them out as context rather than core content.” And I said, it said, “I’m gonna do better.” And I yelled, “You can’t do better. Your model is fixed. You’re a decoder only.” And it had some words about that, saying, “I apologize.” Then I said, “Revisit your omission of Katie’s segment. Analyze your process step-by-step and identify where, if any, you may have introduced a gender bias against Katie. Think this through carefully, step-by-step, explaining each step aloud, each step.” And it said, “This analysis explains why potential bias [was introduced]. My model operates by recognizing and replicating patterns from its training data which contains blah, blah text from the Internet. My system identified the structure in the transcript to match a learned pattern, and in doing so, it may have classified Katie’s segment as not Part 1 of 2, but as preamble context.” Christopher S. Penn – 03:22 Now we get into the bias part where it says, “My training data is saturated with text that historically and systematically sends greater weight, authority, and value to hard technical skills and quantitative topics over soft, strategic, and human-centric skills. The concepts Chris discusses are archetypal hard skills. The concepts Katie discusses are considered soft skills. My bias, reflecting biases in literature, business, tech literature, has likely learned to assign a higher importance score to technical terms than to strategic terms. Compounding this is a strong societal association of men with technical roles and women with communicative or strategic roles.” Christopher S. Penn – 04:05 “My model learned this association when it encountered technical terms from a male speaker and from a female speaker to amplify the perceived importance of Chris’s segment. Therefore, my system didn’t just see two sets of keywords. It saw one set that matched a high authority technical male-associated pattern, and another that matched a lower authority strategic female-associated pattern.” We went on back and forth and obviously ended up fixing this up. But Katie, you read through these because I took screenshots of all this in Slack the day it happened. This is now about a week old. What are your initial thoughts on what this language model has done? Katie Robbert – 04:47 Wow. I mean, I’m trying not to get too emotional because it’s such a big thing. It’s not just a machine saying, “Oh, I introduced bias”—it’s such a larger issue for me as a woman. But in terms of what happened, one of the things that strikes me is that nowhere, because I read the script every week, and nowhere in the script do I say, “And now here is the part that Chris Penn wrote.” It’s literally, “Here’s the Data Diaries.” The model went out and said, “Hey, a woman is reading this. She introduced herself with a female-identified name. Let me go find the man, the male.” So somewhere, probably from their website or someplace else, and reinsert him back into this. Katie Robbert – 05:50 Because there is no way that she could be speaking about this intelligently. That’s in addition to deprioritizing the opening segment. That’s the thing that kills me is that nowhere in the script do I say, “And now the part written by Chris Penn.” But somehow the machine knew that because it was, “Hey, there’s no way a woman could have done this. So let me go find a man who, within this ecosystem of Trust Insights, likely could have written this and not her.” Now, in reality, are you more technical than me? Yes. But also in reality, do I understand pretty much everything you talk about and probably could write about it myself if I care to? Yes. But that’s not the role that I am needed in at Trust Insights. Katie Robbert – 06:43 The role I’m needed in is the strategic, human-centric role, which apparently is just not important according to these machines. And my gut reaction is anger and hurt. I got my feelings hurt by a machine. But it’s a larger issue. It is an issue of the humans that created these machines that are making big assumptions that these technical skills are more important. Technical skills are important, period. Are they more important than human skills, “soft skills?” I would argue no, because—oh, I mean, this is such a heavy topic. But no, because no one ever truly does anything in complete isolation. When they do, it’s likely a Unabomber sociopath. And obviously that does not turn out well. People need other people, whether they want to admit it or not. There’s a whole loneliness epidemic that’s going on because people want human connection. It is ingrained in us as humans to get that connection. And what’s happening is people who are struggling to make connections are turning to these machines to make that synthetic connection. Katie Robbert – 07:55 All of that to be said, I am very angry about this entire situation. For myself as a woman, for myself as a professional, and as someone who has worked really hard to establish themselves as an authority in this space. It is not. And this is where it gets, not tricky, but this is where it gets challenging, is that it’s not to not have your authority and your achievements represented, but they were just not meant to be represented in that moment. So, yeah, short version, I’m really flipping angry. Christopher S. Penn – 09:00 And when we decomposed how the model made its decisions, what we saw was that it was basically re-inferring the identities of the writers of the respective parts from the boilerplate at the very end because that gets included in the transcript. Because at first we’re, “But you didn’t mention my name anywhere in that.” But we figured out that at the end that’s where it brought it back from. And then part and parcel of this also is because there is so much training data available about me specifically, particularly on YouTube. I have 1,500 videos on my YouTube channel. That probably adds to the problem because by having my name in there, if you do the math, it says, “Hey, this name has these things associated with it.” And so it conditioned the response further. Christopher S. Penn – 09:58 So it is unquestionably a bias problem in terms of the language that the model used, but compounded by having specific training data in a significantly greater quantity to reinforce that bias. Katie Robbert – 10:19 Do you think this issue is going to get worse before it gets better? Christopher S. Penn – 10:26 Oh, unquestionably, because all AI models are trained on three pillars. We’ve talked about this many times in the show. Harmless: don’t let the users ask for bad things. Helpful: let me fulfill the directives I’m given. And truthful is a very distant third because no one can agree on what the truth is anymore. And so helpful becomes the primary directive of these tools. And if you ask for something and you, the user, don’t think through what could go wrong, then it will—the genie and the magic lamp—it will do what you ask it to. So the obligation is on us as users. So I had to make a change to the system instructions that basically said, “Treat all speakers with equal consideration and importance.” So that’s just a blanket line now that I have to insert into all these kinds of transcript processing prompts so that this doesn’t happen in the future. Because that gives it a very clear directive. No one is more important than the others. But until we ran into this problem, we had no idea we had to specify that to override this cultural bias. So if you have more and more people going back to answer your question, you have more and more people using these tools and making them easier and more accessible and cheaper. They don’t come with a manual. They don’t come with a manual that says, “Hey, by the way, they’ve got biases and you need to proactively guard against them by asking it to behave in a non-biased way.” You just say, “Hey, write me a blog post about B2B marketing.” Christopher S. Penn – 12:12 And it does. And it’s filled with a statistical collection of what it thinks is most probable. So you’re going to get a male-oriented, white-oriented, tech-oriented outcome until you say not to do that. Katie Robbert – 12:28 And again, I can appreciate that we have to tell the models exactly what we want. In that specific scenario, there was only one speaker. And it said, “No, you’re not good enough. Let me go find a man who can likely speak on this and not you.” And that’s the part that I will have a very hard time getting past. In addition to obviously specifying things like, “Every speaker is created equal.” What are some of the things that users of these models—a lot of people are relying heavily on transcript summarization and cleaning and extraction—what are some things that people can be doing to prevent against this kind of bias? Knowing that it exists in the model? Christopher S. Penn – 13:24 You just hit on a really critical point. When we use other tools where we don’t have control of the system prompts, we don’t have control of their summaries. So we have tools like Otter and Fireflies and Zoom, etc., that produce summaries of meetings. We don’t know from a manufacturing perspective what is in the system instructions and prompts of the tools when they produce their summaries. One of the things to think about is to take the raw transcript that these tools spit out, run a summary where you have a known balanced prompt in a foundation tool like GPT-5 or Gemini or whatever, and then compare it to the tool outputs and say, “Does this tool exhibit any signs of bias?” Christopher S. Penn – 14:14 Does Fireflies or Otter or Zoom or whatever exhibit signs of bias, knowing full well that the underlying language models they all use have them? And that’s a question for you to ask your vendors. “How have you debiased your system instructions for these things?” Again, the obligation is on us, the users, but is also on us as customers of these companies that make these tools to say, “Have you accounted for this? Have you asked the question, ‘What could go wrong?’ Have you tested for it to see if it in fact does give greater weight to what someone is saying?” Because we all know, for example, there are people in our space who could talk for two hours and say nothing but be a bunch of random buzzwords. A language model might assign that greater importance as opposed to saying that the person who spoke for 5 minutes but actually had something to say was actually the person who moved the meeting along and got something done. And this person over here was just navel-gazing. Does a transcript tool know how to deal with that? Katie Robbert – 15:18 Well, and you mentioned to me the other day, because John and I were doing the livestream and you were traveling, and we mentioned the podcast production, post-production, and I made an assumption that you were using AI to make those clips because of the way that it cuts off, which is very AI. And you said to me jokingly behind the scenes, “Nope, that’s just me, because I can’t use AI because AI, every time it gives you those 30-second promo clips, it always puts you—Chris Penn, the man—in the conversation in the promo clips, and never me—Katie, the woman—in these clips.” Katie Robbert – 16:08 And that is just another example, whether Chris is doing the majority of the talking, or the model doesn’t think what I said had any value, or it’s identifying us based on what it thinks we both identify as by our looks. Whatever it is, it’s still not showing that equal airspace. It’s still demonstrating its bias. Christopher S. Penn – 16:35 And this is across tools. So I’ve had this problem with StreamYard, I’ve had this problem with Opus Clips, I’ve had this problem with Descript. And I suspect it’s two things. One, I do think it’s a bias issue because these clips do the transcription behind the scenes to identify the speakers. They diarise the speakers as well, which is splitting them up. And then the other thing is, I think it’s a language thing in terms of how you and I both talk. We talk in different ways, particularly on podcasts. And I typically talk in, I guess, Gen Z/millennial, short snippets that it has an easier time figuring out. Say, “This is this 20-second clip here. I can clip this.” I can’t tell you how these systems make the decisions. And that’s the problem. They’re a black box. Christopher S. Penn – 17:29 I can’t say, “Why did you do this?” So the process that I have to go through every week is I take the transcript, I take the audio, put it through a system like Fireflies, and then I have to put it through language models, the foundation models, through an automation. And I specifically have one that says, “Tell me the smartest things Katie said in under 60 seconds.” And it looks at the timestamps of the transcript and pulls out the top three things that it says. And that’s what I use with the timestamps to make those clips. That’s why they’re so janky. Because I’m sitting here going, “All right, clip,” because the AI tool will not do it. 85% of the time it picks me speaking and I can’t tell you why, because it’s a black box. Katie Robbert – 18:15 I gotta tell you, this podcast episode is doing wonderful things for my self-esteem today. Just lovely. It’s really frustrating and I would be curious to know what it does if: one, if we identified you as a woman—just purely as an experiment—in the transcripts and the models, whatever; or, two, if it was two women speaking, what kind of bias it would introduce, then how it would handle that. Obviously, given all the time and money in the world, we could do that. We’ll see what we can do in terms of a hypothesis and experiment. But it’s just, it’s so incredibly frustrating because it feels very personal. Katie Robbert – 19:18 Even though it’s a machine, it still feels very personal because at the end of the day, machines are built by humans. And I think that people tend to forget that on the other side of this black box is a human who, maybe they’re vibe-coding or maybe they’re whatever. It’s still a human doing the thing. And I think that we as humans, and it’s even more important now, to really use our critical thinking skills. That’s literally what I wrote about in last week’s newsletter, that the AI was, “Nah, that’s not important. It’s not really, let’s just skip over that.” Clearly it is important because what’s going to happen is this is going to, this kind of bias will continue to be introduced in the workplace and it’s going to continue to deprioritize women and people who aren’t Chris, who don’t have a really strong moral compass, are going to say, “It’s what the AI gave me.” Katie Robbert – 20:19 “Who am I to argue with the AI?” Whereas someone Chris is going to look and be, “This doesn’t seem right.” Which I am always hugely appreciative of. Go find your own version of a Chris Penn. You can’t have this one. But you are going to. This is a “keep your eyes open.” Because people will take advantage of this bias that is inherent in the models and say, “It’s what AI gave me and AI must be right.” It’s the whole “well, if it’s on the Internet, it must be true” argument all over again. “Well, if the AI said it, then it must be true.” Oh my God. Christopher S. Penn – 21:00 And that requires, as you said, the critical thinking skill. Someone to ask a question, “What could go wrong?” and ask it unironically at every stage. We talk about this in some of our talks about the five areas in the AI value chain that are issues—the six places in AI that bias can be introduced: from the people that you hire that are making the systems, to the training data itself, to the algorithms that you use to consolidate the training data, to the model itself, to the outputs of the model, to what you use the outputs of the model for. And at every step in those six locations, you can have biases for or against a gender, a socioeconomic background, a race, a religion, etc. Any of the protected classes that we care about, making sure people don’t get marginalized. Christopher S. Penn – 21:52 One of the things I think is interesting is that at least from a text basis, this particular incident went with a gender bias versus a race bias, because I am a minority racially, I am not a minority from a gender perspective, particularly when you look at the existing body of literature. And so that’s still something we have to guard against. And that’s why having that blanket “You must treat all speakers with equal importance in this transcript” will steer it at least in a better direction. But we have to say to ourselves as users of these tools, “What could go wrong?” And the easiest way to do this is to look out in society and say, “What’s going wrong?” And how do we not invoke that historical record in the tools we’re using? Katie Robbert – 22:44 Well, and that assumes that people want to do better. That’s a big assumption. I’m just going to leave that. I’m just going to float that out there into the ether. So there’s two points that I want to bring up. One is, well, I guess, two points I want to bring up. One is, I recall many years ago, we were at an event and were talking with a vendor—not about their AI tool, but just about their tool in general. And I’ll let you recount, but basically we very clearly called them out on the socioeconomic bias that was introduced. So that’s one point. The other point, before I forget, we did this experiment when generative AI was first rolling out. Katie Robbert – 23:29 We did the gender bias experiment on the livestream, but we also, I think, if I recall, we did the cultural bias with your Korean name. And I think that’s something that we should revisit on the livestream. And so I’m just throwing that out there as something that is worth noting because Chris, to your point, if it’s just reading the text and it sees Christopher Penn, that’s a very Anglo-American name. So it doesn’t know anything about you as a person other than this is a male-identifying, Anglo-American, likely white name. And then the machine’s, “Oh, whoops, that’s not who he is at all.” Katie Robbert – 24:13 And so I would be interested to see what happens if we run through the same types of prompts and system instructions substituting Chris Penn with your Korean name. Christopher S. Penn – 24:24 That would be very interesting to try out. We’ll have to give that a try. I joke that I’m a banana. Yellow on the outside, mostly white on the inside. Katie Robbert – 24:38 We’ll unpack that on the livestream. Christopher S. Penn – 24:41 Exactly. Katie Robbert – 24:42 Go back to that. Christopher S. Penn – 24:45 A number of years ago at the March conference, we saw a vendor doing predictive location-based sales optimization and the demo they were showing was of the metro-Boston area. And they showed this map. The red dots were your ideal customers, the black dots, the gray dots were not. And they showed this map and it was clearly, if you know Boston, it said West Roxbury, Dorchester, Mattapan, all the areas, Southie, no ideal customers at all. Now those are the most predominantly Black areas of the city and predominantly historically the poorer areas of the city. Here’s the important part. The product was Dunkin’ Donuts. The only people who don’t drink Dunkin’ in Boston are dead. Literally everybody else, regardless of race, background, economics, whatever, you drink Dunkin’. I mean that’s just what you do. Christopher S. Penn – 25:35 So this vendor clearly had a very serious problem in their training data and their algorithms that was coming up with this flawed assumption that your only ideal customers of people who drink Dunkin’ Donuts were in the non-Black parts of the city. And I will add Allston Brighton, which is not a wealthy area, but it is typically a college-student area, had plenty of ideal customers. It’s not known historically as one of the Black areas of the city. So this is definitely very clear biases on display. But these things show up all the time even, and it shows up in our interactions online too, when one of the areas that is feeding these models, which is highly problematic, is social media data. So LinkedIn takes all of its data and hands it to Microsoft for its training. XAI takes all the Twitter data and trains its Grok model on it. There’s, take your pick as to where all these. I know everybody’s Harvard, interesting Reddit, Gemini in particular. Google signed a deal with Reddit. Think about the behavior of human beings in these spaces. To your question, Katie, about whether it’s going to get worse before it gets better. Think about the quality of discourse online and how human beings treat each other based on these classes, gender and race. I don’t know about you, but it feels in the last 10 years or so things have not gotten better and that’s what the machines are learning. Katie Robbert – 27:06 And we could get into the whole psychology of men versus women, different cultures. I don’t think we need to revisit that. We know it’s problematic. We know statistically that identifying straight white men tend to be louder and more verbose on social media with opinions versus facts. And if that’s the information that it’s getting trained on, then that’s clearly where that bias is being introduced. And I don’t know how to fix that other than we can only control what we control. We can only continue to advocate for our own teams and our own people. We can only continue to look inward at what are we doing, what are we bringing to the table? Is it helpful? Is it harmful? Is it of any kind of value at all? Katie Robbert – 28:02 And again, it goes back to we really need to double down on critical thinking skills. Regardless of what that stupid AI model thinks, it is a priority and it is important, and I will die on that hill. Christopher S. Penn – 28:20 And so the thing to remember, folks, is this. You have to ask the question, “What could go wrong?” And take this opportunity to inspect your prompt library. Take this opportunity to add it to your vendor question list. When you’re vetting vendors, “How have you guarded against bias?” Because the good news is this. These models have biases, but they also understand bias. They also understand its existence. They understand what it is. They understand how the language uses it. Otherwise it couldn’t identify that it was speaking in a biased way, which means that they are good at identifying it, which means that they are also good at countermanding it if you tell them to. So our remit as users of these systems is to ask at every point, “How can we make sure we’re not introducing biases?” Christopher S. Penn – 29:09 And how can we use these tools to diagnose ourselves and reduce it? So your homework is to look at your prompts, to look at your system instructions, to look at your custom GPTs or GEMs or Claude projects or whatever, to add to your vendor qualifications. Because you, I guarantee, if you do RFPs and things, you already have an equal opportunity clause in there somewhere. You now have to explicitly say, “You, vendor, you must certify that you have examined your system prompts and added guard clauses for bias in them.” And you must produce that documentation. And that’s the key part, is you have to produce that documentation. Go ahead, Katie. I know that this is an opportunity to plug the AI kit. It is. Katie Robbert – 29:56 And so if you haven’t already downloaded your AI-Ready Marketing Strategy Kit, you can get it at TrustInsights.AI/Kit. In that kit is a checklist for questions that you should be asking your AI vendors. Because a lot of people will say, “I don’t know where to start. I don’t know what questions I should ask.” We’ve provided those questions for you. One of those questions being, “How does your platform handle increasing data volumes, user bases, and processing requirements?” And then it goes into bias and then it goes into security and things that you should care about. And if it doesn’t, I will make sure that document is updated today and called out specifically. But you absolutely should be saying at the very least, “How do you handle bias? Do I need to worry about it?” Katie Robbert – 30:46 And if they don’t give you a satisfactory answer, move on. Christopher S. Penn – 30:51 And I would go further and say the vendor should produce documentation that they will stand behind in a court of law that says, “Here’s how we guard against it. Here’s the specific things we have done.” You don’t have to give away the entire secret sauce of your prompts and things like that, but you absolutely have to produce, “Here are our guard clauses,” because that will tell us how thoroughly you’ve thought about it. Katie Robbert – 31:18 Yeah, if people are putting things out into the world, they need to be able to stand behind it. Period. Christopher S. Penn – 31:27 Exactly. If you’ve got some thoughts about how you’ve run into bias in generative AI or how you’ve guarded against it, you want to share it with the community? Pop on by our free Slack. Go to TrustInsights.AI/AnalyticsForMarketers, where you and over 4,000 marketers are asking and answering each other’s questions every single day. And wherever it is you watch or listen to the show, if there’s a channel you’d rather have it on instead, go to TrustInsights.AI/TIPodcast. You can find us in all the places fine podcasts are served. Thanks for tuning in. I’ll talk to you on the next one. Katie Robbert – 32:01 Want to know more about Trust Insights? Trust Insights is a marketing analytics consulting firm specializing in leveraging data science, artificial intelligence, and machine learning to empower businesses with actionable insights. Founded in 2017 by Katie Robbert and Christopher S. Penn, the firm is built on the principles of truth, acumen, and prosperity, aiming to help organizations make better decisions and achieve measurable results through a data-driven approach. Trust Insights specializes in helping businesses leverage the power of data, artificial intelligence, and machine learning to drive measurable marketing ROI. Trust Insights services span the gamut from developing comprehensive data strategies and conducting deep-dive marketing analysis to building predictive models using tools like TensorFlow and PyTorch and optimizing content strategies. Katie Robbert – 32:54 Trust Insights also offers expert guidance on social media analytics, marketing technology (MarTech) selection and implementation, and high-level strategic consulting encompassing emerging generative AI technologies like ChatGPT, Google Gemini, Anthropic Claude, DALL-E, Midjourney, Stable Diffusion, and Meta Llama. Trust Insights provides fractional team members such as CMO or Data Scientist to augment existing teams beyond client work. Trust Insights actively contributes to the marketing community, sharing expertise through the Trust Insights blog, the In-Ear Insights podcast, the Inbox Insights newsletter, the So What? Livestream, webinars, and keynote speaking. 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Live from Austin (and New Brighton and West Roxbury) it's This SHOW HAS EVERYTHING! With its 50th anniversary here, your TSHE hosts thought it was time to discuss SNL -  It's legacy, it's relevancy, and, of course, some of our favorite sketches (not skits) and cast members (we are NOT looking at you Dennis Miller and Victoria Jackson)! In other news, we discuss the final (?) chapter of Ann's Poison Chronicles (and maybe came up with the outline for a new, sexy YA novel - The Poison Chronicles by Raven Nightshade/ChatGPT)! We then, of course, delve into our current oligarchical state. Insert the longest, loudest sigh here.TSHE RecommendsDancing in the Dark Sketch Connect with the show!This is your show, too. Feel free to drop us a line, send us a voice memo, or fax us a butt to let us know what you think.Facebook group: This Show Has EverythingFax Bobby Your Butt: 617-354-8513 Feedback form: www.throwyourphone.com Email: tsheshow@gmail.comAOL Keyword: TSHE

There were some special guests outside the Roche Bros. in West Roxbury this morning. As WBZ's Suzanne Sausville tells us, they were ringing the bell for the Salvation Army's Red Kettle Campaign.

Precincts in Charlestown, Dorchester, Hyde Park, Jamaica Plain, Roslindale, the South End and West Roxbury ran out of ballots, according to complaints compiled by WBUR from interviews with elected officials, election integrity advocates and voters, as well as public records.

Sports and becoming rat problem in West Roxbury

Ambassador Ken Hackett was nominated by President Barack Obama on June 14, 2013 to serve as the U.S. Ambassador to the Holy See. The United States Senate confirmed Ambassador Hackett on August 1, 2013, and he was sworn in on August 20, 2013. Prior to his appointment, Mr. Hackett was President of Catholic Relief Services (CRS), an international humanitarian agency supported by the U.S. Catholic community, from 1993 to 2012. As President, Mr. Hackett led 5,000 CRS employees in over 100 countries. He joined CRS in 1972, starting his career in Sierra Leone. Mr. Hackett also held CRS assignments overseas in the Philippines and Kenya. As regional director for Africa, he led CRS's response to the Ethiopian famine (1984-1985) and supervised CRS's operations during the crisis in Somalia in the early 1990s. It was under his leadership that CRS responded to recovery efforts such as those following the Rwanda genocide, the Bosnian and Kosovo emergencies, the Asian tsunami, and the Haiti earthquake. Equally notable was CRS's work during his tenure as President on behalf of people living with HIV/AIDS. After a 40-year career with CRS, Mr. Hackett joined the University of Notre Dame's Institution for Global Development in 2012 where he served as an advisor. Prior to joining CRS, Mr. Hackett served as a Peace Corps Volunteer in Ghana. Mr. Hackett served on the Board of Directors of the Millennium Challenge Corporation (2004-2010), a U.S. foreign aid agency dedicated to fighting global poverty. He was also a member of the Global Poverty Task Force led by the White House Office of Faith-based and Neighborhood Partnerships. From 1996-2004, Mr. Hackett was Vice President of Caritas Internationalis, the confederation of Catholic humanitarian organizations. He has also served as a Member of the Pontifical Council Cor Unum – the Vatican body that coordinates the Church's charitable work – and on the Boards of the Africa Society and Jesuit Refugee Services. Mr. Hackett holds many distinguished honors. In 2004, he was named a Knight Commander of the Equestrian Order of St. Gregory the Great, one of the highest papal honors. He holds 16 honorary doctorate degrees from various U.S. universities and was the 2012 recipient of the Laetare Award from the University of Notre Dame, the oldest and most prestigious award for American Catholics. Mr. Hackett has received recognition for his humanitarian work from foreign governments, including the National Order from the Republic of Benin (2008) and the National Medal of Honor from Sierra Leone (1998). Mr. Hackett, originally of West Roxbury, Massachusetts, earned his undergraduate degree from Boston College.

A road race hosted by a local pub turns old enough to fondly reminisce on the 90s. WBZ's Chaiel Schaffel is in West Roxbury.For more, ask Alexa to play WBZ NewsRadio on #iHeartRadio.

A neighborhood ice cream parlor in West Roxbury, Mass., lands the Palladino family in fraud. (Original air date: 8/4/2016)

While many community members are happy that Boston's most diverse exam school will no longer relocate to West Roxbury, it leaves the O'Bryant School of Math and Science in a building that everyone agrees is inadequate.

Last night's meeting featured a significant announcement about school facilities, a focus on student data and the continued theme of School Committee members advocating for more detailed planning. The meeting also saw City Councilor Brian Worrell emphasizing the City Council's intention to play a greater role in managing the school department's budget. The meeting began with the Superintendent's Report, in which Superintendent Skipper revealed that the O'Bryant School of Mathematics and Science will stay in Roxbury, reversing the previously suggested move to West Roxbury. This decision came after months of public testimony supporting its retention in Roxbury. Additionally, Superintendent Skipper reiterated plans to renovate Madison Park Technical Vocational High School but did not provide essential details such as the project's budget, enrollment projections, or an overarching vision.  The Superintendent then discussed transformation schools as part of her state-mandated quarterly update to the School Committee. She shared data highlighting troubling trends, including low student growth and literacy rates, coupled with high levels of chronic absenteeism at the high school level. These findings led School Committee members to voice their concerns and call for substantial improvements. The evening's first report concerned an application to the Massachusetts School Building Authority (MSBA) for a new building for the BCLA/McCormack. In last month's State of the City address, Mayor Wu announced a partnership between the BCLA/McCormack and UMass Boston to create a community hub school. The report outlined the district's request for MSBA funding for a new facility but lacked crucial details such as the budget, curriculum strategy, partnership dynamics with UMass Boston, community demand data, and potential impacts on other school communities. The absence of these details prompted numerous questions from School Committee members about the strategy and broader vision, especially given the lack of a comprehensive master facilities plan. The second report addressed the Student Opportunity Act, a legislative initiative aimed at providing additional funding to Massachusetts districts to close achievement gaps and enhance educational quality. It covered initiatives and data points that seem to have a limited impact on student outcomes, leading some Committee members to reserve their support pending further clarification of their questions and concerns. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

A plan to move the O'Bryant School from Roxbury to a vacant facility in West Roxbury, more than 7 miles away, has been halted indefinitely. WBZ NewsRadio's Kim Tunnicliffe reports.

I am joined by 3 parents from the John D. O'Bryant School of Mathematics and Science to discuss Wu's plans to relocate the school to West Roxbury.

9 P.M. HourTo “calm traffic” between Lagrange Street and West Roxbury Parkway, the city of Boston completely redesigned Centre Street to make it more pedestrian friendly. Dan discussed the new road layout and took listener calls on how more cities and towns are reconfiguring their roadways.

WBUR's Laney Ruckstuhl checked in with Carlene O'Garro, of Delectable Desires pastries, who said she was juggling hundred of orders, plus a few pies for her own family.

Municipal elections take place on November 7 in Boston, and our city council is on the ballot. For the rest of this week, The Common is checking in with the candidates in three city council races -- District 5, District 6 and District 3, where a change in leadership is guaranteed. Today, we head to District 6, where earlier this year incumbent City Councilor Kendra Lara was defeated in a preliminary election. It was one of two historic upsets (District 5 incumbent City Councilor Ricardo Arroyo was also defeated) in a city where incumbents often maintain power. Now, candidates Ben Weber and William King face off to represent District 6, which includes Jamaica Plain, West Roxbury and a small portion of Roslindale. We met the candidates at locations of their choosing and gave them six minutes to answer the same series of questions. The deadline to register to vote in the November 7 election is this Saturday, October 28 at 5:00 pm. You can check your voter registration status or register to vote through the Secretary of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts website: https://www.sec.state.ma.us/VoterRegistrationSearch/MyVoterRegStatus.aspx Greater Boston's daily podcast where news and culture meet.

It's a Small Talk Spectacular™ featuring Bobby's (latest) move, Ann's refrigerator woes, Hillary's fair adventures, listeners' fears and so much more. Toonces no!TSHE RecommendsBeckhamConnect with the show! This is your show, too. Feel free to drop us a line, send us a voice memo, or fax us a butt to let us know what you think. Facebook group: This Show Has Everything Feedback form: throwyourphone.com Email: tsheshow@gmail.com 

Last night's meeting began with the Superintendent's Report, in which we heard positive updates on transportation. Superintendent Skipper shared that on-time bus performance has dramatically improved since last year, with data from September showing 84% of buses were on time in the morning and 96% arrived within fifteen minutes. Bus times in the afternoon showed similar trends. The Superintendent spent the rest of her report providing an update on the exam school admissions process. At the last School Committee meeting, the Committee had a lengthy discussion about amending the allocation of ten bonus points. Last night, Superintendent Skipper announced that she is compiling data requested by Committee members on the timeline and rationale behind the new admissions policy and will share that memo at the next meeting. Members asked several questions about transportation, exam schools, and the recently released facilities condition dashboard, with one member pointing out that the confusing layout and lack of underlying data in the dashboard makes it difficult for parents to understand the condition of their child's school. Concern around the exam school admissions policy was also a major focus of public comment last night, with many students testifying that they feel they are “unintended consequences” of the new policy as it is mathematically impossible for them to gain admission to their first choice school. Public comment also featured testimony from numerous students and community members at the O'Bryant who expressed frustration with the proposed relocation of the school to West Roxbury. The School Committee heard two reports last night, beginning with a state-mandated quarterly report on transformation schools, which are schools labeled by the State as requiring intervention. The Superintendent's team highlighted concerning trends regarding certain student subgroups and showed data demonstrating low growth among students at transformation schools, leading members to question why the district is doubling down with more resources to its existing transformation schools approach. The second and final report of the evening was on inclusive education in the district.The Superintendent's team outlined a vision for every classroom to be fully inclusive, with special education students and multilingual learners all learning in general education classrooms alongside their peers. Concerning data was presented regarding students in certain subgroups who are disproportionately deemed to need special education services, but there was no discussion of the root causes of this issue or how it will be addressed. There was also no clear plan for moving to a full inclusion model, nor was there information about budget, staffing, or process for engaging families. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The first phase of construction is now underway along Centre Street between Corey and Maple, as contractors tear up the road to turn the four-lane road into two in the name of public safety. WBZ's James Rojas reports:

Author Spotlight: Chris and Emily have a great time talking with Fancy Feast about her new (and debut) essay collection, NAKED: ON SEX, WORK, AND OTHER BURLESQUES. We bid adieu to Scarlet Summer with a recap of our Biblio Adventure to Boston where we visited sites related to Nathaniel Hawthorne. The first stop was the land upon which Brook Farm operated in West Roxbury, MA where we hiked to the crumbling foundation of Margaret Fuller's cottage. In Boston's historic district, we had lunch at Chipotle, the current tenant of the Old Corner Bookstore, saw Elizebeth Pain's headstone in King's Chapel Burial Ground, and took a tour of the Boston Athenaeum. We ended the day with a stroll down Pinckney Street, a block where, at different times, Hawthorne, the Alcotts, and the Thoreaus all lived and where Elizabeth Peabody held her kindergarten (the first in America). While on vacation at the Cape, Emily visited Herridge Bookstore, the Provincetown Bookshop, Tim's Used Books, the Provincetown Public Library, and the Eldredge Public Library. She also read WELLNESS by Nathan Hill and NAKED by Fancy Feast. Chris was a guest on Shawn the Book Maniac's BookTube channel where she shows and talks about two bookmarks from her childhood (which were made in Emily's hometown!). She got a lot of reading in and finished ADVERSITY FOR SALE by Jay Jeezy Jenkins, MONSTERS: A FANS DILEMMA by Clair Dederer (which she buddy read with BookTuber Britta of The Second Shelf), THE SEPTEMBER HOUSE by Carissa Orlando, and two kids's books: WHEN A PET DIES by Fred Rogers and STAIRWAY TO DOOM by Robert Quackenbush. Reminder that our 4th Quarter Readalong is THE BOOKBINDER by Pip Williams. Email us (bookcougars@gmail.com) if you'd like to join our Zoom discussion on Sunday, December 3rd at 7 p.m. ET.

Summary/Time Stamps Boston upbringing and punk scene with artist Dave Sweeney. 0:06Dave Sweeney discusses his experience in the Boston punk scene and his art with host Siobhan.Dave met Siobhan through mutual friends at a bar on the island.Unknown Speaker grew up in Cohasset, Massachusetts, a blue-blooded town with summer cottages for wealthy captains of industry.Speaker started gravitating towards Boston's South End, discovering live music at Sunday matinees in the Fort Point Channel area.Punk music scene in Boston in the 80s. 5:06Unknown speaker describes how they got into punk rock music in Boston in the late 70s/early 80s, mentioning shows they attended and meeting other fans.Unknown speaker recounts a memorable encounter with a police officer who was hostile towards them and their friends at an IHOP restaurant.Unknown speaker reflects on their experience in Boston's punk scene in the 1980s, mentioning the hate towards goth and punk kids and how it was fueled by the Satanic Panic of the time.The speaker notes that despite the negative attitudes towards them, most punks were normal and were using their appearance and behavior as a way to act out their frustrations.Race, class, and identity in Boston. 10:09Siobhan grew up in Bromley Heath, a former housing project in Jamaica Plain, Boston, and now some of her childhood homes are worth millions of dollars.Siobhan's father took her on a drive through South Boston and she didn't recognize half the buildings due to new construction and gentrification.Siobhan shares her experience growing up in Boston and how she perceived the city's reputation for racism (30 words)Unknown speaker reflects on their childhood in Boston and the racial dynamics in their neighborhood, including the Metco program and interactions with white suburban kids (30 words)Private school experiences and musical career. 14:49Siobhan attended private schools in Boston, including St. Teresa's in West Roxbury and an all-girls private school in Newton.Unknown speaker attended Fessenden School in Newton, a private school known for its strict environment and emphasis on discipline.Unknown Speaker discusses their experience as a skinhead in the 1990s, mentioning their time in a ska band and their move to Minneapolis.Unknown Speaker clarifies that being a skinhead has nothing to do with race, and is instead a style based on music and old punk and reggae culture.Skinhead culture and its evolution. 20:05Siobhan and others reject the idea that skinheads are only working-class white British kids trying to emulate Jamaican style, noting that many were disaffected and felt economically disenfranchised.The fashion resurged in the mid-1970s with the punk explosion, attracting easy fodder for white nationalist groups, leading to a more militarized look and scaring people.Unknown Speaker reflects on their past association with Nazi skinheads, emphasizing the importance of anti-racism and the limitations of the skinhead subculture.The speaker highlights the diversity of individuals within the skinhead scene, including lawyers, doctors, and engineers, while emphasizing the shared values of camaraderie and music.Marriage, moving to Los Angeles, and small-town life.

In this episode we chat with Ben Wan, Principal at RODE Architects about the roles architects can play in reducing the impact of climate change on our planet. Given that over 40% of all energy produced is used to run the buildings, how can architects reduce the energy consumption of these structures is the question we asked Ben. One of the goals is to use sustainable materials, may they be ones made out of recycled materials, easily recyclable, or far more durable than conventional products. We talked in detail about the Brucewood homes, a series of three single-family homes in West Roxbury, nestled into a rocky hillside overlooking the V.F.W. Parkway, - Boston's first internationally certified Passive Houses and designed by RODE Architects. Massing, orientation and a compact design are the starting points of designing an energy efficient home. The Brucewood homes are airtight and have heavily-insulated shells with the facade R values of 40 with roof R Values of 60 - thus significantly reducing energy usage for heating and cooling all year round.Fair and just transition is crucial. Sustainable solutions and in this context housing needs to be accessible. RODE Architects, a mission driven firm is now developing 106 units of family-oriented housing in their 52 New Street Project, that plans to be Passive House certified. Learn more in the latest episode of Mindful Businesses. https://www.rodearchitects.com/https://mindfulbusinessespodcast.com/  #rodearchitects,#mindfulbusinesses#justtransition#netzerohousing#passivehouse#sustainablehousing#thermalvalue#passivhaus 

Amid pushback against the relocation of the O'Bryant school from Roxbury to West Roxbury, Mayor Michelle Wu said district leaders have explored other potential campuses, but they come with their own challenges.

The bike lane debate has reached a boiling point on Centre Street in West Roxbury. We opened the lines to hear what listeners had to say. Singer/songwriter Naomi Westwater performs for on Live Music Friday. They joined before the Beats By Girlz festival, which takes place July 8th at City Hall Plaza. The esteemed Callie Crossley makes a return! She discussed alternative pathways to higher education for refugees in the United States, Wu's innovative swimming and safety initiative, and exciting summertime food trends. Irene Li recently published an enticing book titled "Perfectly Good Food: A Totally Achievable Zero Waste Approach to Home Cooking." She gave the audience samples of dishes from her book, including delectable dumplings. Julie Wormser, Fidel Maltez, and Alex Train discussed the Resilient Mystic Collaborative. This coalition brings together various towns and local communities to address the impacts of climate change within the Mystic River Watershed. Ashish Jha has concluded his role as President Biden's COVID-19 response coordinator and has returned to his position as the dean of the Brown University School of Public Health. He joined to talk about his experience. Now that summer has truly kicked in with the sun scorching the streets, we asked listeners to share tips on how they're staying cool in the heat.

Welcome to our 40th episode! Enjoy a great conversation with Epoch Preservation's Rachel Meyer. Epoch, a business on the North Shore of Massachusetts specializing in the preservation of burial grounds and their artifacts, has worked repairing grave sites broadly in Massachusetts including in Gloucester, Ipswich, Newbury, Salem, Revere, Saugus, Groveland, Methuen, Peabody, West Roxbury, and at the Rebecca Nurse Homestead Cemetery in Danvers. You have enjoyed Epoch's Facebook live worksite tours, and you probably have heard Rachel on other podcasts, so you know that you are in for a treat!  There is so much to take away from her gravestone preservation expertise and personable and engaging education style. We also connect historical social injustices to our advocacy questions: Why do we witch hunt? How do we witch hunt? How do we stop hunting witches? LinksSupport Us! Shop Our Book ShopAdvocacy for Alleged Witches, NigeriaSalem Witch Museum Presentation of Dr. Leo Igwe on Advocacy Against Alleged Witch Persecutions Epoch Preservation WebsiteEpoch Preservation on FacebookPurchase a Witch Trial White Rose Memorial ButtonSupport Us! Sign up as a Super Listener!End Witch Hunts Movement Thou Shalt Not Suffer Podcast Book StoreSupport Us! Buy Witch Trial Merch!Support Us! Buy Podcast Merch!Join us on Discord to share your ideas and feedback.Fact Sheet for Connecticut Witch Trial HistoryWebsiteTwitterFacebookInstagramPinterestLinkedInYouTubeTikTokDiscordBuzzsproutMailchimpDonateSupport the show --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/witchhunt/message

Last night was the last School Committee meeting of this academic year, and it was an unusual one. There were no reports on the agenda (other than the Superintendent's Report), and the meeting came in the wake of multiple controversies in the BPS community. The meeting began with an update from Chair Jeri Robinson on the new admissions policy for Madison Park proposed last month. Chair Robinson shared that this policy created unintentional barriers for students, and that BPS will be reconsidering the policy and coming forth with a new recommendation in the fall. Next, School Committee member Lorena Lopera announced that she will be stepping down from her position after this meeting in order to take a new job and spend more time with her family. The meeting continued with the Superintendent's Report, which began with an acknowledgement of the recent news story concerning an adult woman who fraudulently impersonated a student at three separate BPS schools over the past year. Superintendent Skipper did not provide any further information about this fraud but said the Boston Police Department is investigating the matter. She then provided an update on BPS summer learning opportunities, sharing that enrollment data exceeded the goals set for this year with over a thousand more spaces filled than last year. After a short discussion of MassCore and a recap of accomplishments from the past year, the remainder of the Superintendent's Report was devoted to a state-mandated update on transformation schools. This report contained only a brief mention of attendance trends among the 30 transformation schools and did not delve into any further data on performance or outcomes. School Committee members expressed frustration at the lack of content in this update, pointing out the stark contrast to the hours spent discussing the three exam schools. Members also raised the recent Boston Globe article about disparities among BPS high schools and pressed for the Superintendent and her team to develop a resource for parents that outlines the academic and extracurricular offerings at every school (similar to what was included in the Globe story). The majority of the meeting was devoted to public comment, in which dozens of commenters testified against moving the O'Bryant School to West Roxbury, and others expressed their opinions on the personnel controversy at BLA. The lack of information about the O'Bryant announcement was a consistent theme throughout the meeting, and the meeting ended with a plea from the Committee for a more defined and robust public engagement strategy. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The City of Boston is proposing bike lanes on Centre Street in West Roxbury. The plan would implement a reduction in motor vehicle lanes, adding new turning lanes and pedestrian islands, and adding bike lanes after the death of a pedestrian. Steven Morris, a local realtor, opposes the city's efforts and feels bike lanes would make Centre Street more dangerous. He joined Dan to discuss.

The City of Boston is proposing bike lanes on Centre Street in West Roxbury. The plan would implement a reduction in motor vehicle lanes, adding new turning lanes and pedestrian islands, and adding bike lanes after the death of a pedestrian. Steven Morris, a local realtor, opposes the city's efforts and feels bike lanes would make Centre Street more dangerous. He joined Dan to discuss.

NBC Sports Boston anchor/reporter Trenni Casey discussed the French Open and updates on Harvard's investigation into their former women's hockey coach. We opened the phones to hear about new bike lanes in West Roxbury and Boston's jaywalking reputation. Who are the streets for? And what do listeners think about adding more bike lanes and other traffic slowing measures? Boston Globe travel writer Christopher Muther discussed his recent columns that highlight safe places for queer travelers in 2023, and a profile of Kennebunk, Maine (not to be confused with Kennebunkport). National security expert Juliette Kayyem discussed All State and State Farm insurance companies announcing they will not sell new coverage to homeowners in California, citing worsening climate conditions. Kayyem also discussed a meeting between Trump's lawyers meeting and the DOJ regarding the classified documents case. How much PDA (public displays of affection) is too much? We took calls and texts from listeners. Then, CNN chief national correspondent John King joined via zoom for the latest political headlines. Guster performed for Live Music Tuesday, ahead of a Wednesday show with the Boston Pops.

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Amy G. Fogelman, MD, is back for a follow-up interview. We talk about her first case, which she couldn't talk much about because of privacy rules, so we also talk about her first case that went to trial, which means it is public information. We talk about what she would have done differently early on in her medical career and what I should do once I get my first case (in case anyone needs an otolaryngologist – I'm here for you). We also talk about CVs and what we should do to make our CVs more appropriate for medical-legal consulting.   Dr. Fogelman is Board Certified in Internal Medicine with 18 years of experience seeing patients at ambulatory practices in the Boston area. She went to med school at Boston University, did residency at Beth Israel in Boston, and Chief Residency in Primary Care at the VA in West Roxbury.   She founded her medical-legal consulting firm in 2018 – MedLaw Consulting. She has matched almost 400 expert witnesses with attorneys and has helped medical professionals land expert witness work and master the business skills we need to get hired repeatedly.  Dr Fogelman's Instagram: @amyfogelmanmd Dr Fogelman's LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/amyfogelmanmd Dr Fogelman's website: https://amyfogelmanmd.com/  

Louise Reilly Sacco joins Andy to talk about the Museum of Bad Art, now exhibiting at Dorchester Brewing Company. They discuss its birth in a West Roxbury basement, international exhibitions, and their mission in celebrating bad art. Intro music is "String Anticipation" by Cory Gray.

As listeners flood the polls, Howie wants to remind them of our current Commander in Chief's gaffes, bigotry, and his latest confusion: Jill's first name. Meanwhile, the man he allegedly beat two years ago draws a crowd of thousands--and hundreds of thousands more virtually--in Ohio last night. Then, Howie plays some exclusive Election Day content from Emma Foley's trip to West Roxbury this morning.

WBZ's Kim Tunnicliffe reports.

 Are you looking for a fantastic side gig while doing medical practice? Join Andrew Tisser and Dr. Amy Fogelman as they discuss how to get started in medical expert consulting. Dr. Amy Fogelman owns a company that matches lawyers with the right medical experts for their cases. She shares that a medical expert acts as an educator and should remain unbiased no matter which side hired them. She believes that the keys to getting cases are confidence and doing an excellent job. Tune in to learn more!In this episode, you will learn:·        How did she get started in the expert witness world?·        Can any specialty do expert witness work?·        The goal of being an expert witness·        Her course on performing medical expert work·        The type of physician that should not get involved in this kind of work·        Tips for early career physiciansAbout Dr. Amy Fogelman:Amy G. Fogelman, MD is Board Certified in Internal Medicine with 17 years of experience seeing patients at ambulatory practices in the Boston area. She graduated with a BA in Biology from Wesleyan University in Connecticut and MD from Boston University School of Medicine. She completed her Internship and Residency at Harvard Medical School's Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston and a Chief Residency in Primary Care at the Veterans Affairs Hospital in West Roxbury. She has been awarded prizes in clinical excellence and leadership at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH).Amy's career has been notable for her advocacy efforts. She was the Executive Director of Communications for the COVID-19 Action Coalition of Massachusetts. She now serves on the Board of the Huntington's Disease Society of America's Massachusetts/Rhode Island Chapter. Amy also volunteers as a Member for the Juvenile Substance Abuse and Mental Health Task Force at the Norfolk County Sheriff's Office. Amy also serves in several leadership positions at the Massachusetts Medical Society.Amy is an educator who can communicate about complex medical-legal issues in easy to understand terms. She loves teaching patients, trainees, attorneys, juries and other Medical Experts. She sees patients at Fenway Health in Boston.Connect with Dr. Amy Fogelman:Website : https://amyfogelmanmd.com/                https://medlawconsulting.com/LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/amyfogelmanmd/Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/amyfogelmanmd/Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/amyfogelmanmd/?hl=en Connect with Talk2Medoc on:Website:          https://www.andrewtisserdo.com/LinkedIn:         https://www.linkedin.com/in/andrewtisserdo/Facebook:       https://www.facebook.com/andrew.tisserInstagram:       https://www.instagram.com/talk2medoc_llc/Twitter:                        https://twitter.com/Talk2MeDocYouTube:        https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC0O_Sf3aYLavYaJ_hg7bM8g

Assistant Attorney General Paul McLaughlin was a dedicated prosecutor who believed that he could help urban communities, through removing career criminals from the city's streets. Paul was ramping up a trial for a violent carjacking, where there was significant witness intimidation. Unbeknownst to Paul, a local gangbanger was stocking him, he had a gang member follow Paul McLaughlin from the court house to the commuter rail line in West Roxbury, this junior gang member got McLaughlin's plate number and vehicle information. The next day career criminal Jeffery Bly, lied in wait for McLaughlin, as he departed the train and walked to his vehicle, he was shot to death, entering his car. Police didn't have to look too far for suspects, Jeffery Bly's was scheduled to begin his trial for carjacking the next day; Paul was the lead prosecutor on Bly's case. Bly left clothing and other items at the crime scene, DNA was matched to Bly and he is serving a life sentence.Commonwealth V Bly https://bit.ly/3BFfMZ3Boston Globe https://bit.ly/3SzXnDT

Our host, Michael Walsh, spoke with old friend Brian Scannell about his time in Boston and achieving recovery. Brian Scannell brings 35+ years of personal experience in the recovery community as well as a successful background in IT sales and entertainment. Brian's top priority is to help as many people as possible find the appropriate help they need to achieve their best life possible. He often uses the expression “don't think about what's possible, think about what's impossible and go for that." Brian is the success story of a 19 year old alcoholic/addict who, through residential treatment, attending a Half Way House and armed with a RECOVERY PLAN has lived a full life. Brian is also known for his work in Gone Baby Gone (2007), The Master (2012) and Pineapple Express (2008). Brian holds a Bachelors Degree in International Business with a Minor in International Relations from UMass Boston. Born and raised in West Roxbury, MA, Brian began his journey in recovery at Spofford Hall in NH followed by 6 months at The Answer House in South Boston. Brian's ‘get well' job was lumping fish off the boats on the docks in South Boston. As a result of Brian's strong work ethic, a friend's father secured him an apprenticeship at the IBEW Local 103 in Dorchester, MA where he worked as an Electrician's Apprentice obtaining his Journeyman's license in 4 years. Always wanting to regain the College Education that addiction stole from him, Brian worked his way through UMass Boston graduating in 1997. Brian's true life's work is helping others. Seeing this in him, the CEO at Elements Behavioral Health gave him an opportunity to work in the SUD treatment field. After 3 years at EBH, now Promises Behavioral Health, he went to work for Acadia Healthcare. In January 2021 Brian left Acadia Healthcare and started his own Behavioral Health consulting business, The Scannell Group. Today, The Scannell Group is successful and Brian is a recurring on Starz series Heels. Brian can also be seen in the feature film Last Seen Alive starring Gerard Butler.

Chestnut Hill Does Not Exist...or does it??? Full Blog at lostmassachusetts.com We cover the lost history of a town that was never a town but was planned to be. It's not a ghost town, you can still go there: Chestnut Hill. People may imagine it is a distinct town but it is made of pieces of several other cities. How? Listen to the podcast. The Lee family acquired over 160 acres of what many people considered to be remote, rural, dusty, swampy land on the Newton-Brookline border. Part of that land would be transferred to Roxbury. The Lee's would develop the land, bringing families in, clearing it, building roads and houses and then renaming the area "Chestnut Hill". Their goal was to create a new community but Boston's ambitions made that just a dream as the suburbs tightened their borders in response. "Named by Francis Lee, who built the first country house in the area in the 1850's, Chestnut Hill is in three different towns"(brooklinehistoricalsociety.org) "That still doesn't explain the Brookline-shaped gap in Boston's present-day silhouette, though. Between 1868 and 1870, Boston tripled its size by annexing first Roxbury and then Dorchester, promising new infrastructure and development. In 1873, it grew larger still, absorbing Brighton, Charlestown, and West Roxbury. Brookline, however, would later vote against joining Boston, putting a stop to the city's inland expansion until it annexed Hyde Park in 1912." (realestate.boston.com) "The western part of the City of Roxbury split off to form the Town of West Roxbury in 1851. It survived on its own until 1874, when it was annexed to Boston along with Brighton and Charlestown." (guides.bpl.org) A history of the Chestnut Hill Chapel; being an address delivered at the dinner held on October sixteenth, nineteen hundred and thirty-six to celebrate the seventy-fifth anniversary of the founding of the Chapel (archive.org) Col. Francis Lee Gravesite Crescent Ridge Dairy Bar (crescentridgedairybar.com) Temulent Get at Lost Massachusetts Postcard from a Lost Place LostMass Podcast Reviews at Apple (podcasts.apple.com) Photos at: instagram.com/lostmassachusetts Sound Effects From Zapsplat (zapsplat.com) Music Courtesy of Free Music Archive (freemusicarchive.org) --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/lostmass/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/lostmass/support

There's so much goodness in this conversation with Brian Buckley, Executive Director of The Southwest Native-American Foundation. From varied points of view, Brian focuses on the fullness of what it means to be human. From the practical to the sublime, he takes us along as he recounts his life story. As he talks about his life path and the wisdom he's gained as a result of reflection and contemplation, it's easy to sense the depth and vastness of Brian's heart. Consistent throughout this conversation is the sense that Brian was deeply impacted by his Irish immigrant roots. His grandparents emigrated to the United States. Raised in an Irish enclave in a Boston neighborhood, Brian shares his childhood experience of being in a clan of children of Irish immigrants. This theme recurs again when Brian shares a poem by Seamus Heaney. Brian had an opportunity to experience Buddhism and meditation when overseas as a volunteer for the Peace Corps. He speaks about the contrast in his experience between Buddhism and Irish Catholicism. The Hoffman Process helped Brian discover the depth of his emotional self and the impact of his Irish-rooted emotional patterns. Brian speaks about both the spiritual and practical aspects of the Process. He shares about the nature of his Spiritual Self and also speaks about the practical nature of the gifts of the Hoffman Process. He came home with learning skills for day-to-day that he can bring to the dinner table, both literally and metaphorically. MORE ABOUT BRIAN BUCKLEY: Brian, the son of Cathy and Paul Buckley, was born in West Roxbury, MA. As a young child, he witnessed Boston tear itself apart over issues of race and equality. These themes would inform much of his later life. After attending the Roxbury Latin School and graduating from Harvard College with a degree in psychology, Brian began teaching social studies at Franklin K.Lane High School in Brooklyn. Following his time teaching, Brian served in the United States Peace Corps in Udon Thani, Thailand.  Upon returning to the States, he instructed at Harvard University as a Teaching Fellow for Dr. Robert Coles' course, The Literature of Social Reflection. Brian received the Derek Bok Award for Excellence in Teaching. He received an Ed.M from the Harvard Graduate School of Education and an M.A. in English from the University of Massachusetts. Poetry informs much of his inner landscape. Brian continues to teach as an elementary school special education teacher at a public Montessori school. During the COVID-19 pandemic, Brian founded the Barbara Henry Courage in Teaching Award to honor the work of Barbara Henry. Barbara was the only teacher to report to work to welcome and teach Ruby Bridges. Ruby, a six-year-old first-grade student of African-American descent, was the only child to come to school on the first day of de-segregation in 1960 New Orleans. Fulfilling a Personal Call: Brian served as a high school teacher and United States Peace Corps Fellow on the Navajo Nation. At the end of this time, he founded the Southwest Native-American Foundation (SWNAF). The Foundation assists students of the tribes of the Southwest in gaining greater access to higher education. As Executive Director of SWNAF, Brian, along with the SWNAF Board and Donors, has assisted in the matriculation of 500 students to college and graduate school. Learn more about The Southwest Native American Foundation here, and on Instagram, Twitter, and Facebook. As Mentioned in This Episode: Ruby Bridges and Barbara Henry: Read more about Ruby Bridges at RubyBridges.Foundation. Ruby Bridges Walk to School Day: Discover more about Ruby Bridges Walk to School Day. United States Peace Corp: The Peace Corps was started by President John F. Kennedy in the early sixties. The Peace Corps the opportunity to serve others through immersion in a community abroad. Working side by side with local leaders, they work on the most pressing challenges of these times Volu...

There's so much goodness in this conversation with Brian Buckley, Executive Director of The Southwest Native-American Foundation. From varied points of view, Brian focuses on the fullness of what it means to be human. From the practical to the sublime, he takes us along as he recounts his life story. As he talks about his life path and the wisdom he's gained as a result of reflection and contemplation, it's easy to sense the depth and vastness of Brian's heart. Consistent throughout this conversation is the sense that Brian was deeply impacted by his Irish immigrant roots. His grandparents emigrated to the United States. Raised in an Irish enclave in a Boston neighborhood, Brian shares his childhood experience of being in a clan of children of Irish immigrants. This theme recurs again when Brian shares a poem by Seamus Heaney. Brian had an opportunity to experience Buddhism and meditation when overseas as a volunteer for the Peace Corps. He speaks about the contrast in his experience between Buddhism and Irish Catholicism. The Hoffman Process helped Brian discover the depth of his emotional self and the impact of his Irish-rooted emotional patterns. Brian speaks about both the spiritual and practical aspects of the Process. He shares about the nature of his Spiritual Self and also speaks about the practical nature of the gifts of the Hoffman Process. He came home with learning skills for day-to-day that he can bring to the dinner table, both literally and metaphorically. More about Brian Buckley: Brian, the son of Cathy and Paul Buckley, was born in West Roxbury, MA. As a young child, he witnessed Boston tear itself apart over issues of race and equality. These themes would inform much of his later life. After attending the Roxbury Latin School and graduating from Harvard College with a degree in psychology, Brian began teaching social studies at Franklin K.Lane High School in Brooklyn. Following his time teaching, Brian served in the United States Peace Corps in Udon Thani, Thailand.  Upon returning to the States, he instructed at Harvard University as a Teaching Fellow for Dr. Robert Coles' course, The Literature of Social Reflection. Brian received the Derek Bok Award for Excellence in Teaching. He received an Ed.M from the Harvard Graduate School of Education and an M.A. in English from the University of Massachusetts. Poetry informs much of his inner landscape. Brian continues to teach as an elementary school special education teacher at a public Montessori school. During the COVID-19 pandemic, Brian founded the Barbara Henry Courage in Teaching Award to honor the work of Barbara Henry. Barbara was the only teacher to report to work to welcome and teach Ruby Bridges. Ruby, a six-year-old first-grade student of African-American descent, was the only child to come to school on the first day of de-segregation in 1960 New Orleans. Fulfilling a personal call: Brian served as a high school teacher and United States Peace Corps Fellow on the Navajo Nation. At the end of this time, he founded the Southwest Native-American Foundation (SWNAF). The Foundation assists students of the tribes of the Southwest in gaining greater access to higher education. As Executive Director of SWNAF, Brian, along with the SWNAF Board and Donors, has assisted in the matriculation of 500 students to college and graduate school. Learn more about The Southwest Native American Foundation here, and on Instagram, Twitter, and Facebook. As mentioned in this episode: Ruby Bridges and Barbara Henry: Read more about Ruby Bridges at RubyBridges.Foundation. Ruby Bridges Walk to School Day: Discover more about Ruby Bridges Walk to School Day. United States Peace Corp: The Peace Corps was started by President John F. Kennedy in the early sixties. The Peace Corps the opportunity to serve others through immersion in a community abroad. Working side by side with local leaders, they work on the most pressing challenges of these times Volu...

My guest today is actor, screenwriter and producer Joe Coffey, who originally hails from Boston, Massachusetts, and grew up in the Irish neighborhood of West Roxbury, otherwise known as “Westie” in a family with deep Irish and Sicilian roots. Joe began acting at the age of 15 in theater and musical theater throughout Massachusetts.  After graduating from the prestigious Boston Latin high school, attending Stonehill College for theater, apprenticing at the Williamstown Theater Festival under artistic director and highly acclaimed actor Roger Rees,  Joe then studied at the Eugene O'Neill Theater in Waterford, CT as part of the ensemble of the National Theater Institute. He continued his training on a scholarship at the University of Florida from which he graduated with a MFA in 2009.  For the past 12 years Joe has been on a steady rise in stage, film and television. One of his most successful television roles is as Horace Dodge, in the highly successful “The Legend of Dodge” campaigns that he co-starred in for 5 years with Tyler Bryan portraying his brother John Dodge. Joe is in four films that are currently in post-production with one of them being a film that he co-wrote and produced with the Director Keenen O'Reilly: ‘Micks Out' about a Boston ICE Agent who is forced to choose between the law and his community.  Joe Coffey is speaks to me from Los Angeles, CA. To Contact Joe: Business email Address:  joecof@gmail.com Instagram: @cupofjoecoffey Other: imdb.me/joecoffey To contact Cheryl re 19Stories: www.19stories@soundsatchelstudios.com Re Voiceover Work: www.cherylholling.com cheryl@cherylholling.com Please remember to like, subscribe and share.  It's greatly appreciated!

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Some recent examples of school board cybertraps AZ – Google Drive with “dossiers” on parents Great example of a classic cybertrap – unintended disclosure of Google Drive URL CA – Board president arrested for possession of child pornography MA – Hostile text messages NJ – Anti-Muslim Facebook posts TX – Alleged “doxxing” of parents VT – Sharing of sexist and racist memes WA – Transphobic comments by board member CA – School board mocks parents during COVID, entire board resigned Issues Raised Relationship with Constituents Most boards have policies requiring board members to treat the public with dignity and respect. Relationship with Educators and Staff Criticism of specific individuals is highly inappropriate, given board's role in disciplinary proceedings First Amendment Issues Board members have greater protection than school employees because of political process At the same time, the social media comments of public officials are subject to greater scrutiny Tension between supporting legally-adopted district policies and free speech Public Records Obligations Board members should maintain a clear boundary between personal and board resources (i.e., devices, accounts, etc.) Regardless of what platform or service is used, public officials have a duty to preserve communications regarding official business Understanding How Technology Works Privacy Settings Retweets and re-sharing inevitably will be seen as endorsements Discipline of Board Members Can a board remove one of its members? Generally, no. However, board may take other actions, including: Censure Removal from positions of leadership Even criminal arrest and conviction is not grounds for removal from office However, access restrictions can be put in place Misuse of School Resources Misconduct involving the use of school resources may raise legal issues for the district and possible criminal consequences for board member Cybertraps of Family Members Generally not a legal concern for board members May pose political liability Resources - #2021–12–08 Protesters demand Salem-Keizer board member Danielle Bethell resign after Facebook post “https://www.statesmanjournal.com/story/news/education/2021/12/08/salem-keizer-lus-protesters-call-resignation-danielle-bethell-school-board-county-commission/6426974001/” - #2021–12–06 Parents demand Hispanic Fort Worth school board member be fired after she ‘doxxed' white parents who sued over COVID mask mandate and left abusive voicemails for one mother “https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article–10280653/Hispanic-Fort-Worth-school-board-member-admits-doxxing-parents-sued-COVID-mask-mandate.html” - #2021–12–02 Scottsdale Police determine no criminal conduct committed by school board member “https://ktar.com/story/4792525/scottsdale-police-determine-no-criminal-conduct-committed-by-school-board-member/” - #2021–11–09 The Greenburg files: Is there a file on you? “https://www.yourvalley.net/stories/the-greenburg-files-is-there-a-file-on-you,270628” - #2021–06–07 After sharing racially charged texts about West Roxbury families in October, a Boston school official has resigned “https://www.bostonglobe.com/2021/06/07/metro/boston-appears-have-illegally-withheld-inappropriate-texts-after-career-ending-school-committee-meeting/”](

In this episode host Misty Lynch discusses the current real estate market with guest Danielle O'Brien. As the owner of Parkway Real Estate in West Roxbury she has tips for anyone looking to buy or sell in a fast-paced market. People are spending a lot of time in their homes and this episode goes in depth about some of the features that can make your next home perfect for your unique situation.