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Transcript:Kathy Fettke: The U.S. needs millions of homes to meet the current demand for housing, and is depending on builders who can't find enough workers to do the job. According to one source, the industry needs to hire 1.5 million more construction workers from now through the year 2023. So where have all the workers gone?Hi I'm Kathy Fettke and this is Real Estate News for Investors.The construction industry is in hyper-drive right now to satisfy a critical demand for new housing and for upgrades to existing homes. More people are working from home making “home” a much more important part of our lives. It's a perfect time for builders to expand their businesses but they are limited by the number of workers available. Where Are All the Construction Workers?Solar installer, Matthew Messer, is the owner of New York Solar Maintenance. And he says he's out in the field working seven days a week because business is booming and he can't get enough help. He told CNN: “The phone is ringing off the hook. I am expanding as quickly as I can, but right now that's governed by the amount of skilled technicians I can bring in.” (1)The Associated Builders and Contractors issued press release saying that construction companies need to hire 430,000 more workers in 2021 than they had in 2020. And almost one million more workers over the next two years. The analysis of data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics also shows that every $1 billion spent on construction spending generates an average of 5,700 construction jobs.Three Growth ScenariosABC also used data from economic consulting firm, Markstein Advisors, which shows a construction industry workforce of almost 8 million last year. (2) And with an estimated $1.45 trillion in construction spending in 2021, the firm determined that another 430,000 workers are needed. The analysis included three growth scenarios, and the one with the highest growth rate calls for many more workers.The first is a “base case” scenario and is thought to be the most likely to occur. That is based on $1.43 trillion in construction spending last year, a 1.3% growth rate for 2021, 3.5% in 2022, and 4.5% in 2023. That's an average of 3.1% per year. When it's applied to the size of the workforce in 2020, the result is an employment demand for 430,000 more workers in 2021, and a total of 1.28 million for all three years.In the second scenario, ABC considered a slower growth rate of 1.3% per year. That resulted in a three-year demand for 816,000 more workers. And in the third scenario, ABC calculated employment demand for a high growth rate scenario. The average growth was 8.1% which resulted in the need for almost 2 million more workers during that three-year time span.Some of the factors that ABC considered in this analysis include higher costs for building materials and labor, along with several other variables. They include: A shift toward high-end residential construction which costs more but doesn't require that many more worker hours The adoption of labor-saving technology due to the worker shortage More efficient scheduling of workers and better logistics for building materials Increased use of prefabricated pieces that reduce the amount of labor that's needed And, the folding of smaller, less efficient construction companies.Employers Offer Higher WagesThe analysis was also based on 2020 wages, which are going up in an attempt to attract workers. In the CNN article, Messer says he offered $18 to $22 an hour but no one applied for those jobs. He boosted that to $23 an hour, and still -- nothing. He says: “I increased it to $25 and they're starting to trickle in right now. It was a dramatic increase, but in order to grow the business, I need technicians.”Although the pandemic had an impact on the labor shortage within the construction industry, the housing crisis in 2008 and the recession that followed had much more of an impact. According to the Journal of Light Construction and the U.S. Census Bureau, more than 60% of the workers that were displaced during that crisis, also left the industry for good. That helped create the labor shortage, combined with what the Bureau says is a “persistent drop in the hiring of younger workers into construction jobs.” (3)Attracting Young People to the IndustryOne big change in school curriculum that works against the industry is the lack of “shop classes” that were once so popular. As CNN points out, they were part of the normal class offerings in high schools across the country. Now they are “few and far between.” ABC is working on boosting interest in a construction career. Bellman says: “We want to go out to every area where we can attract top talent. Once we get them into the industry, we're educating and upskilling.” Bellman says the idea is to increase retention. ABC says the organization and its contractor members invest a total of $1.5 billion a year in workforce development initiatives that include job training. CEO Michael Bellman said in a statement: “Now is the time to consider a career in construction, a vocation that offers competitive wages and ample opportunities to both begin and advance in an industry that builds the places where we work, play, worship, learn and heal.”But there's a high turnover rate in the industry. The Bureau of Labor Statistics says the average monthly turnover in the last decade has been 5.2%. That's quite a bit higher than the overall average of 3.6%. With too few humans to fill the shoes of workers, the industry is now turning to technology. That's opening up positions for tech workers, who may ultimately fill the need of the industry as it tries to keep up with the housing boom. In the meantime, competition for workers, and for the hiring of contractors will continue to have an impact on home construction.Check for links in the show notes at NewsForInvestors.com.Click here to join RealWealth now, it's free and only takes a minute!Links:1 - https://www.cnn.com/2021/07/08/economy/construction-worker-shortage/index.html2 - https://www.abc.org/News-Media/News-Releases/entryid/18636/abc-the-construction-industry-needs-to-hire-an-additional-430-000-craft-professionals-in-20213 - https://www.jlconline.com/article/constructions-exodus-of-labor_c

Part 2 of Where Are All the Women in the Bible has Rabbi Rose Kowel Durbin talking about King David's Divas & All His Wives Who were they, how did they influence G-d's people, and what can we learn from them in our modern roles?

Piet Cronje lets himself get circled by Lord Kitchener & Lord Roberts. Cecil Rhodes flexes his obnoxious muscle at Kimberley. Thousands of men and animals will face starvation, dehydration, and exhaustion. This isn’t going to end well. Notes- Try Fiverr & help the show: https://track.fiverr.com/visit/?bta=231913&nci=9380 Read my article “Where Are All the Horses?” before it goes behind a paywall at this link: https://forgottenwarspodcast.com/blog/ Indian Mutiny/Sepoy Mutiny of 1857-1858 video from Simple History- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7rKrYVjgWQg Episode 1.13 on Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/1-13-the-rebellion-is-over-what-about-machine-guns/id1535351938?i=1000499411345 Episode 1.13 on Google Podcasts: https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly9mZWVkcy5zaW1wbGVjYXN0LmNvbS9KM09KV0xIeQ/episode/YzdjNWRjOTctMDkxMS00NWU4LTg5OGYtMmY3ZjZlMmEwYmUz?sa=X&ved=0CAUQkfYCahgKEwjoi8mrmaTwAhUAAAAAHQAAAAAQjAE

In 1938, Italian physicist Ettore Majorana vanished after taking a sudden sea journey. At first it was feared that he'd ended his life, but the perplexing circumstances left the truth uncertain. In today's show we'll review the facts of Majorana's disappearance, its meaning for physics, and a surprising modern postscript. We'll also dither over pronunciation and puzzle over why it will take three days to catch a murderer. Intro: By design, no building in Washington, D.C., is taller than the Washington Monument. The Vienna Vegetable Orchestra plays instruments made of fresh vegetables. Sources for our feature on Ettore Majorana: Erasmo Recami, The Majorana Case: Letters, Documents, Testimonies, 2019. Salvatore Esposito, Ettore Majorana: Unveiled Genius and Endless Mysteries, 2017. Salvatore Esposito, The Physics of Ettore Majorana, 2015. Salvatore Esposito et al., eds., Ettore Majorana: Notes on Theoretical Physics, 2013. Salvatore Esposito, Erasmo Recami, and Alwyn Van der Merwe, eds., Ettore Majorana: Unpublished Research Notes on Theoretical Physics, 2008. Francesco Guerra and Nadia Robotti, "Biographical Notes on Ettore Majorana," in Luisa Cifarelli, ed., Scientific Papers of Ettore Majorana, 2020. Mark Buchanan, "In Search of Majorana," Nature Physics 11:3 (March 2015), 206. Michael Brooks, "The Vanishing Particle Physicist," New Statesman 143:5233 (Oct. 24, 2014), 18-19. Francesco Guerra and Nadia Robotti, "The Disappearance and Death of Ettore Majorana," Physics in Perspective 15:2 (June 2013), 160-177. Salvatore Esposito, "The Disappearance of Ettore Majorana: An Analytic Examination," Contemporary Physics 51:3 (2010), 193-209. Ennio Arimondo, Charles W. Clark, and William C. Martin, "Colloquium: Ettore Majorana and the Birth of Autoionization," Reviews of Modern Physics 82:3 (2010), 1947. Graham Farmelo, "A Brilliant Darkness: The Extraordinary Life and Mysterious Disappearance of Ettore Majorana, the Troubled Genius of the Nuclear Age," Times Higher Education, Feb. 18, 2010. Frank Close, "Physics Mystery Peppered With Profanity," Nature 463:7277 (Jan. 7, 2010), 33. Joseph Francese, "Leonardo Sciascia and The Disappearance of Majorana," Journal of Modern Italian Studies 15:5 (2010), 715-733. Frank Wilczek, "Majorana Returns," Nature Physics 5:9 (2009), 614-618. Barry R. Holstein, "The Mysterious Disappearance of Ettore Majorana," Journal of Physics: Conference Series 173, Carolina International Symposium on Neutrino Physics, May 15–17, 2008. Joseph Farrell, "The Ethics of Science: Leonardo Sciascia and the Majorana Case," Modern Language Review 102:4 (October 2007), 1021-1034. Zeeya Merali, "The Man Who Was Both Alive and Dead," New Scientist 191:2563 (Aug. 5, 2006), 15. Erasmo Recami, "The Scientific Work of Ettore Majorana: An Introduction," Electronic Journal of Theoretical Physics 3:10 (April 2006), 1-10. Ettore Majorana and Luciano Maiani, "A Symmetric Theory of Electrons and Positrons," Ettore Majorana Scientific Papers, 2006. R. Mignani, E. Recami, and M. Baldo, "About a Dirac-Like Equation for the Photon According to Ettore Majorana," Lettere al Nuovo Cimento 11:12 (April 1974), 568-572. Angelo Paratico, "Science Focus: Italy Closes Case on Physician's Mysterious Disappearance," South China Morning Post, Feb. 15, 2015. Antonino Zichichi, "Ettore Majorana: Genius and Mystery," CERN Courier 46 (2006), N6. Peter Hebblethwaite, "Saints for Our Time," Guardian, April 17, 1987. Walter Sullivan, "Finding on Radioactivity May Upset Physics Law," New York Times, Jan. 14, 1987. Nino Lo Bello, "Is Missing Atomic Scientist Working for the Russians?" [Cedar Rapids, Iowa] Gazette, May 3, 1959. Listener mail: "Farmers Project Is Right on Time," New Zealand Herald, Feb. 6, 2012. "Farmers Opens New Napier Store," Scoop, June 6, 2013. Megan Garber, "The State of Wyoming Has 2 Escalators," Atlantic, July 17, 2013. Brandon Specktor, "Believe It or Not, This State Only Has Two Escalators -- Here's Why," Reader's Digest, Sept. 8, 2017. Audie Cornish and Melissa Block, "Where Are All of Wyomings Escalators?" NPR, July 18, 2013. Natasha Frost, "Spiral Escalators Look Cool, But Do They Make Sense?" Atlas Obscura, July 5, 2017. "Spiral Escalator," Elevatorpedia (accesssed April 17, 2021). "Aussie," Wikipedia (accessed April 16, 2021). "Sir George Cockburn, 10th Baronet," Wikipedia (accessed April 14, 2021). "Naming Cockburn," City of Cockburn (accessed April 14, 2021). This week's lateral thinking puzzle is taken from Anges Rogers' 1953 book How Come?: A Book of Riddles, sent to us by listener Jon Jerome. You can listen using the player above, download this episode directly, or subscribe on Google Podcasts, on Apple Podcasts, or via the RSS feed at https://futilitycloset.libsyn.com/rss. Please consider becoming a patron of Futility Closet -- you can choose the amount you want to pledge, and we've set up some rewards to help thank you for your support. You can also make a one-time donation on the Support Us page of the Futility Closet website. Many thanks to Doug Ross for the music in this episode. If you have any questions or comments you can reach us at podcast@futilitycloset.com. Thanks for listening!

“Where Are All the Bob Ross Paintings? We Found Them.” The Joy of PaintingBob Ross Where can you find “The Joy of Painting” today? I Corinthians 12James 1Some podcast players will allow the hyperlink access embedded in the word "HERE". For those who don't import that function you can copy and past the full internet address listed below the reference. gwot.rocks home pagehttp://podcast.gwot.rocksTransform This City FacebookYou can help support this podcast by clicking here to access our secure PayPal link found on our website. Email us at gwot.rocks@transformthiscity.orgClick HERE for BibleProject on YouTubehttps://www.youtube.com/c/TheBibleProject/featuredClick HERE for BibleProject full slate of resources, including localized their localized channels in at least 18 languages, with over 2.8 million subscribers worldwide - https://www.tbp.xyz/languagesJesus-Plan of Salvation (a YouTube animated short). https://youtu.be/e-71IaDiUkYJESUS FilmThis full-length feature tells the story of Jesus and God's plan to redeem mankind to himself. The film is based on the Gospel of Luke, and has been translated into more than 1,600 languages and shown in virtually every country.You can watch it for free here: https://www.jesusfilm.org/watch/jesus.html/english.htmlor down load the movie for free. Also available in 1827 other languages!Thank you for listening! Please tell your friends about us! Listen, share, rate! See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

This episode is an introspective discussion that addresses the question, “Where Are All the Black Men?”

This episode we discuss the stuff we’re doing to stay safe from the big bad world’s cough. This was recorded before things really escalated. We will release a new episode soon about “working from home” . We also discuss Picard episode 7 john | emergency hand sanitizer | https://polymatic.link/sn alan | Why new diseases keep appearing in China | https://polymatic.link/su Fun stuff john | How I asked EVERY country’s embassy for flags [119 packages] | https://polymatic.link/sl alan | Where Are All the Bob Ross Paintings? | https://polymatic.link/sq john | Minecraft as torture | https://polymatic.link/sm alan | Making a paper shredder that looks like a brain | https://polymatic.link/sr alan | I’M SO BUSYYYY | https://polymatic.link/ss john | Mathieu Stern | https://polymatic.link/so john | Mathieu Stern – 100 year old lens | https://polymatic.link/sp alan | Vue.js: The Documentary | https://polymatic.link/st Music john | Final Chapter – Snake City | https://polymatic.link/sk Credits: Twitter: Alan http://twitter.com/chaess  or https://jawns.club/@alan Twitter: John http://twitter.com/webdevvie or https://mastodon.cloud/@webdevvie Music by Sahy Uhns . Which you can find at http://polymatic.link/ek For feedback: podcast@polymatic.media Twitter polymatic: http://twitter.com/thepolymatic

Sunday, November 10th - 11am “Where Are All the Signs and Wonders? (Part 2)”, Mark 16:15-20, Pastor Wayne Cofield Please visit whitfieldbaptist.com to reach out to us or for more information.

Sunday, November 3rd - 6pm “Where Are All the Signs and Wonders? (Part 1)”, Mark 16:15-18, Pastor Wayne Cofield Please visit whitfieldbaptist.com to reach out to us or for more information.

We try to talk Booktube and get distracted by our general distrust of social media. Inspired by the HuffPost piece titled "Where Are All the Black Booktubers?," we decided to investigate the question ourselves. What we found wasn't that surprising: Plain ol' racism is keeping many Black booktubers from thriving. Naya, of Naya Reads and Smiles (the largest channel lead by a black booktuber), also spoke on the issue in her own video. The disparity between White booktubers and Black booktubers is undeniable. “White BookTubers who garner at least 300,000 subscribers on their YouTube channels … and two out of three of them even have their own published novels. On the flip side, the most well-known African-American BookTuber to date is Naya Reads and Smiles, with only 58,000 subscribers, despite having been uploading videos for years. In other news, we also discussed: Toni Morrison passed away, and Roxane Gay wrote a great piece for The New York Times about her legacy. There were also great pieces in The Atlantic, The New Yorker and Sojourners. Speaking of New York Times. An editor at there was demoted following multiple bad takes regarding race and his entitled behavior/harassment toward Roxane Gay. This bold take claiming there's no point in reading anything if it's not a classic. Whether this guy is an asshole for eating three feet of a six-foot sub.

In this episode, Neil, Niki, and Natalia discuss the 50th anniversary of the moon landing, the history of telling immigrants and minorities to “go back” to where they came from, and whether or not air conditioning is sexist. Support Past Present on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/pastpresentpodcast Here are some links and references mentioned during this week’s show:  Fifty years ago, the world watched as Americans walked on the moon. Natalia recommended this New Yorker republication of the 1969 “Talk of the Town” covering how New Yorkers watched the moon landing. Niki referred to this Scientific American interview with Nikita Khrushchev’s son about how the event was covered in the Soviet Union. President Trump told four congresswomen to “go back” to where they came from. Natalia referenced historian Jill Lepore’s book, This America: The Case for the Nation. Niki referred to this essay by historian Nicholas Guyatt at the African American Intellectual History Society blog about the American Colonization Society. Accounts of the gendered experience of air conditioning have been gaining greater media attention this summer. Niki referred to this New Yorker article about the sexist assumptions that shape decisions about workplace climate control.  In our regular closing feature, What’s Making History: Natalia discussed the life and legacy of the late founder of YogaWorks, Maty Ezraty. Neil shared the New York Times article and video, “Where Are All the Bob Ross Paintings? We Found Them.” Niki talked about the new movie Midsommar and recommended Clark Collis’ Entertainment Weekly article, “Before Midsommar: New documentary to tell the history of folk horror genre.”

On the 30th episode of The Geek In Review, we talk with Debbie Ginsberg, Educational Technology Librarian at the Chicago-Kent Law Library. Debbie was recently quoted in law.com's "Where Are All the Women in Legal Tech?" So we cut right to the chase and ask that question to Debbie. She says that there are lots of women in legal tech, but that those putting on tech conferences need to take more action toward actively recruiting women for speaker and presenter opportunities. One profession where women are a majority, and are heavily involved in legal tech, is law librarians. The American Association of Law Libraries is approximately 75% women, and with the push toward knowledge management, analytics, competitive intelligence, and advancing the legal research and information tools, law librarians are an excellent resource when it comes to professionals in the legal tech market. Ginsberg also talks about the Women in Legal Tech Summit, held right before TechShow in Chicago. She mentions that there is an effort to expand the boundaries of women in legal tech beyond just women lawyers who are working in legal tech, and begin looking for other opportunities. Dovetailing nicely with that effort is Janders Dean, who is putting out a list of 180 highly qualified women speakers for legal tech on their Twitter page. And, Sarah Glassmeyer's crowdsourcing list of underrepresented people in legal tech and innovation. INFORMATION INSPIRATIONS Self-care isn't selfish and can actually help your performance - Author Jenna Cho interviews one of Jackson Walker's partners, Stephanie Sparks, who discusses how she was always waiting until the right time to take care of herself, and eventually realized that there was never a "right time" and she understood that she just had to make that time. Cho's article reminds us that we all need to take some time to listen to your body and mind, and remember that you can't take care of others if you don't first take care of yourself. Jason Barnwell gets a shout out from Marlene this week on his interview of Kate Ross. This Business of Law Podcast hits all the right buttons on the need for attorneys to collaborate and be transparent, not just with the good things, but how we need to show the warts and all. Greg points out Jason's comment that when it comes to culture in a legal environment, people shouldn't feel that they have "inherited someone else's shoes." This is a must listen for those looking at collaboration and better experiences for your organization. Marlene talks about how Zena Applebaum reminds us Humans are the Decision Makers… Data Isn't. And finally, Greg (and most librarians, historians, and researchers) aren't too happy with the Obama Presidential Library's plan to be an all-digital library. Subscribe Don't forget to subscribe, rate, and comment. You can tweet @gebauerm and/or @glambert to reach out. Thanks to Jerry David DiCicca for his original music.

We talk about the government shutdown, and real-life examples of how it's affecting people who work for the federal government - and people who don't. We also talk about how not having control over a basic thing like when you're going to get paid can cause catastrophizing and black and white thinking. Then we close out to talk about how we can get more compassionate politicians to help us avoid this mess in the first place. Where Are All the Blue-Collar Candidates? http://www.takepart.com/article/2014/09/18/blue-collar-candidates Want Congress to look more like the people it serves? https://www.washingtonpost.com/powerpost/want-congress-to-look-more-like-the-people-it-serves-provide-member-housing-pay-staff-more/2018/11/23/13783ef6-ef4c-11e8-8679-934a2b33be52_story.html?utm_term=.d2444b30b382

Seven years ago, The One Club hosted a panel called "Where Are All the Black People?" to address the lack of diversity in the ad industry. It evolved into a multicultural career fair, Here Are All the Black People. We sat down with the events producers, The One Club's Stefanie Smith and Lauren Cole, get insights about the event and find out what event-goers can expect. Find out more info and get tickets at www.oneclub.org/events If you're an entry-level candidate in the Tri-State area, apply for a sponsored ticket and a transportation voucher. If you're a mid-level professional in a creative industry, this is where you want to be!

Did you know that many young people forego college and go into the workforce after high school? In fact, going to college right away has declined to 66% of high school grads, in recent years, and only 46% of those under age 30 complete an associates degree or higher.There are many different paths to take after high school, but the social pressures that adolescents face during this time can be stressful no matter which road they take.Dr. Gene Beresin and Dr. Steven Schlozman break down the myths associated with attending college or working after high school. They also touch upon changes in relationships with peers and parents as teens grow older. Fortunately, parents can encourage healthy decision-making to make the transition a little easier.Thank you for joining us in this journey and conversation. If you have a question about the period after high school for teens and families that we didn't answer, we’d love to hear from you! Write to us at: contact @ mghclaycenter.orgReading list:-- Where Are All the High-School Grads Going? https://www.theatlantic.com/education/archive/2016/01/where-are-all-the-high-school-grads-going/423285/-- Percentage of persons 25 to 29 years old with selected levels of educational attainment https://nces.ed.gov/programs/digest/d16/tables/dt16_104.20.asp-- Educational Attainment in the United States: 2015 - Current Population Reporthttps://www.census.gov/content/dam/Census/library/publications/2016/demo/p20-578.pdf ***The Clay Center for Young Healthy Minds is a free, practical, online educational resource dedicated to promoting and supporting the mental, emotional, and behavioral wellbeing of young people. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

An internship at the National Institute for Standards and Technology (NIST) was a great experience for the budding electrical engineer because it prompted him to seek careers outside of the traditional lab environment.  Over the course of his career, he gained experiences in a variety of fields spanning foods to pharmaceutical manufacturing and held roles at levels of increased responsibility.  At each step, he learned and observed some valuable leadership skills which he now coins as " mental morsels".  His latest books, "Where Are All the Leaders?"  and "As I See It" are both available on Amazon. Follow Latane on: Twitter:  @enatal3 FB: Elmo Brackett LinkedIn: Latane Brackett      

This recording is from Brandon Hall Group's Women in Leadership Summit - panel session "Where Are All the Women Mentors?". It features panelists:  Rachael Bourque, Director, Corporate Employability at Pearson North America Susan Long, Vice President of Learning Solutions at United Healthcare Lisa Cannata, Director of Organizational Readiness at Adventist Health System Kim Jones, Senior Director, Learning and Development at Hunter Douglas, Kara Wilson, VP Human Resources at Bloomin' Brands The WIL Summit was held June 15-16, 2017 at the Delray Beach Marriott. For more information about the next summit, please visit www.brandonhall.com/WIL.

Today's Guest: Rolonda Watts, novelist, "Destiny Lingers," former syndicated TV talk show host, "Rolonda"  Watch this exclusive Mr. Media interview with Rolonda Watts by clicking on the video player above!  Mr. Media is recorded live before a studio audience full of white, Southern sheriffs whose first thought upon encountering a beautiful African-American woman on the beach these days may not always be the prospect of an illicit affair -- unfortunately… in the NEW new media capital of the world… St. Petersburg, Florida! Destiny Lingers by Rolonda Watts. Order your copy today by clicking on the book cover above! If you’re in the public eye, folks love to read deeper meaning or intent into everything you do or say. That’s why I’m betting that Rolonda Watts never seriously considering writing a romance novel during the years she was best known as the host of the Emmy Award-nominated, syndicated daytime TV talk show cleverly dubbed “Rolonda.” ROLONDA WATTS podcast excerpt: "Once you give your characters flesh and bone and little tics and blonde hair, they become real! I had a lady one time at a a book signing say, 'I got everything you were telling us about writing, but when you got to the part about the characters talking to you, you lost me!'" Her millions of viewers might have looked at her a little differently if she wrote the following paragraph back then: Garrett gently kisses me on my forehead, my eyelids, my temples, and my cheeks. He caressses my hair and begins to press his strong hard body against mine. He becomes aroused, his muscular thigh rubbing in between mine. First of all, they’d wonder: “Why does Garrett only have one muscular thigh? What’s wrong with the other one? Or—is he an amputee? Not that there is anything wrong with that – it’s probably a genre of its own!” But, I digress: He dives his hot tongue into my mouth, and I am so hungry for his kiss that I nearly swallow it… So you get the idea. That would likely become a little distracting from the day’s talk show topic, whether, “Where Are All the Good Black Men?” or “I’ve Been Stood Up 26 Times” or “Beauty and the Breasts.” ROLONDA WATTS podcast excerpt: "Writing has been a hobby for me since I was a little girl. During my talk show, in 1996, Hurricane Bertha slammed Topsail Island, where 'Destiny Lingers' takes place, and I had a home there. Dumb me wanted to stay there and cover the story for 'Inside Edition.' By the time the TV production truck got to the island, it was too dangerous to let the truck on and too dangerous for me to get off. I was one of 11 stubborn stragglers left on the island. This is what started the story." I Think My Soulmate is Rolonda Watts. Order yours today by clicking on the t-shirt above! Actually, maybe a romance novel would have been a perfect companion. Rolanda on TV was fearless and funny, sassy and a bit silly at times. With Destiny Lingers, Rolonda Watts takes all that personality once squeezed into the tube and lets her love flow across 255 pages of fiction. How much of it is romantic fiction and how much is real life? We’ll find out next, on Rolonda! Key interview moments: • 4:55 TV talk show host turned romance novelist Rolonda Watts explains how Hurricane Bertha inspired her to write Destiny Lingers; • 23:50 Fictional characters talk to Watts, believe it or not; • 37:25 The day Bill Cosby was a guest on 'Rolonda'--and what he apologized for. Rolonda Watts Website • Facebook • Twitter • Instagram • YouTube • LinkedIn • Wikipedia • IMDB • Goodreads • Pinterest       Kicking Through the Ashes: My Life As A Stand-up in the 1980s Comedy Boom by Ritch Shydner. Order your copy today by clicking on the book cover above!   The Party Authority in New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware and Maryland!

As I waited for my coffee to brew before I sat down to record this podcast I opened up Facebook (pretty mindlessly as usual). On this occasion I was glad I did. There was a message from Pieter Offermans sharing a guest post he had published on The Good Men Project. The question of the article was 'Where Are All the Highly Sensitive Men?' What was weird was the fact that this podcast is all about being a highly sensitive man, and I was on my way to hit record. Talk about an odd coincidence. It's not something I find easy to talk about and receiving Pieter's message really was the encouraging boost I needed. ...So Where Are the Highly Sensitive Men? I've read statistics that say highly sensitive women outnumber highly sensitive men by 5-1. I'm not sure where these numbers come from, but I don't believe them. As Pieter explains, there are some very real reasons men might be under-represented when it comes to discussing this topic. He also refers to Elaine Aron's findings that 20% of men and women share the trait. Perhaps someone got confused by the 1 and the 5. In this episode I explore some of the reasons highly sensitive men might not appear as prevalent as their female counterparts. And I share with you what it means for me personally to be a highly sensitive man...as well as what it doesn't mean. Male Vulnerability I feel positive about the future when it comes to encouraging and understanding the nuances of male sensitivity. I was especially encouraged when I caught this speech by Alex Brooker on The Last Leg a few days ago. It is hard not to be moved when you see these kinds of impassioned speeches; the vulnerability of a man sharing his fears is something that disarms and validates. The question isn't one between sensitive and non-sensitive men. All men are sensitive and that is where we must start. The issue is how we are allowed, expected, or conditioned to express our vulnerability, pain and struggles. In this show I ask questions about the societal norms of masculinity. I think about how we can find a third way that accepts and celebrates the unique differences between men and women. Yet at the same time disarms the traditional parameters of this conversation where power and competition always becomes the focus. If there is one thing I want you to take away from this episode it is this: the highly sensitive man is not a homogenous group. We can't be defined and boxed in. Those of us who have the trait of high processing sensitivity are all unique individuals with different strengths, tastes, goals, dreams, backgrounds, values and enjoyments. Over to You Whether you are a woman or a man, what do you think holds the world back from fully accepting and understanding what it means to be a highly sensitive man? Please leave you response in the comments below. Patreon There is a Patreon page for this podcast. This allows you to communicate your support for the show and encourage me to remain consistent in the creation of this content and in constantly seeking to take it to the next level. I am so incredibly thankful to those of you who continue to listen every week and for those of you decide to show your support by becoming a Patreon supporter (list of supporters here).  

"You should just do it like a Band-Aid. One motion...right off!" Don't swallow a fly when you see the runtime for our discussion of the first episode from season two, "The Ex-Girlfriend"! We went longer than usual thanks to some listener encouragement, but please let us know if you like this length or if you think we should stick to our usual "hour" for future episodes. Links from our discussion: 25 Years After 'Seinfeld', Where Are All the Elaines? Larry David's Broadway Debut Tony Bennett - Rags to Riches Suzanne Vega - Tom's Diner We would love to hear from you and what you think of the show! seincast@gmail.com facebook.com/seincastpodcast @seincast Click here to subscribe in iTunes (please leave us a rating and review if you "have the time"), or check us out on Stitcher or your preferred podcast app NOTE: Audio quality isn't what it should be for these early episodes. We get new mics and add show clips starting with "The Chinese Restaurant."