Podcast appearances and mentions of Will Rogers

I have never had the pleasure of having a guest quite like Michele Blood. While still living in Australia Michele was an extremely successful rock singer. One day she was involved in a serious accident while being driven to a gig. Her body was, as she says, quite battered and damaged. What is fascinating about Michele's story is how she discovered the value of positive affirmations that she used to heal everything. As she will tell us, it is not just saying affirmations, but rather it is truly believing what you affirm. Her music became an integral of what healed her.   Since her recovery Michele has traveled the world singing and speaking on stage with many well-known motivational and thought leaders. I leave it to her to tell the story.   During our episode Michele will sing one of her affirmation songs. I hope you are as moved by the song in specific and by Michele's attitude and mindset in general. She teaches us a lot that can have nothing but positives effects on your life.   I look forward to hearing what you have to say about my time with Michele. Don't forget to get her free gifts available only to listeners of the Unstoppable Mindset podcast. Is that cool or what?       About the Guest:   Michele Blood is a successful, multi-talented lady. Michele was a successful songwriter and rock singer in Australia and after a near-fatal car accident, while in the hospital with many serious injuries, she created positive Affirmation Songs which not only healed her body but also took her to worldwide success. These Affirmation songs affect the left and right hemispheres of the brain. Lyrics, the left hemisphere, and melody and music, the right hemisphere so the new, positive messages go straight to the subconscious mind. This is why millions of people worldwide have downloaded her Affirmation Power songs. These songs cover healing, success, money, joy, confidence and they uplift the person immediately.   In addition to creating Magnet To Success™ products and seminars worldwide, her public Mystical Success Events have been held in over 26 countries. Michele has co-written and created over 80 books, music CDs, audio programs, TV shows, and videos on positive thought, mind transformation, and meditation.   Michele has appeared in many hundreds of podcasts, radio/tv shows, and magazines globally. After many years of meditation, Michele's Kundalini awakened and transformed her consciousness. Michele now teaches others how to live a Successful Life and experience Divine Oneness. Her Mystical Experience webinars and live streams have assisted people globally to transform their lives to the positive. Through her Teachings and Light Transmissions, people awaken and experience what they say is the impossible. They awaken to their true purpose and begin their path to Enlightenment. She has shared the stage and worked with Bob Proctor, Dr. Deepak Chopra, Dr. Wayne Dyer, Jack Canfield, and many other transformational Authors and Teachers. Her latest book is The Magic Of Affirmation Power and her latest album is Create Miracles: Positive Affirmation Songs To Harmonize your Mind and Life. And her new Magnet To Money App will uplift millions worldwide.   Ways to connect with Michele:   https://www.MicheleBlood.com and https://www.YouTube.com/MicheleBlood   Michele would also love to gift your viewers and listeners her audiobook, "The Magic Of Affirmation Power" Your audience can download this free gift by going to: https://www.MicheleBlood.com/UnstoppableMindset   About the Host:   Michael Hingson is a New York Times best-selling author, international lecturer, and Chief Vision Officer for accessiBe. Michael, blind since birth, survived the 9/11 attacks with the help of his guide dog Roselle. This story is the subject of his best-selling book, Thunder Dog.   Michael gives over 100 presentations around the world each year speaking to influential groups such as Exxon Mobile, AT&T, Federal Express, Scripps College, Rutgers University, Children's Hospital, and the American Red Cross just to name a few. He is Ambassador for the National Braille Literacy Campaign for the National Federation of the Blind and also serves as Ambassador for the American Humane Association's 2012 Hero Dog Awards.   https://michaelhingson.com https://www.facebook.com/michael.hingson.author.speaker/ https://twitter.com/mhingson https://www.youtube.com/user/mhingson https://www.linkedin.com/in/michaelhingson/   accessiBe Links https://accessibe.com/ https://www.youtube.com/c/accessiBe https://www.linkedin.com/company/accessibe/mycompany/   https://www.facebook.com/accessibe/       Thanks for listening!   Thanks so much for listening to our podcast! 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The podcast where inclusion, diversity and the unexpected meet. Hi, I'm Michael Hingson, Chief Vision Officer for accessiBe and the author of the number one New York Times bestselling book, Thunder dog, the story of a blind man, his guide dog and the triumph of trust. Thanks for joining me on my podcast as we explore our own blinding fears of inclusion unacceptance and our resistance to change. We will discover the idea that no matter the situation, or the people we encounter, our own fears, and prejudices often are our strongest barriers to moving forward. The unstoppable mindset podcast is sponsored by accessiBe, that's a c c e s s i capital B e. Visit www.accessibe.com to learn how you can make your website accessible for persons with disabilities. And to help make the internet fully inclusive by the year 2025. Glad you dropped by we're happy to meet you and to have you here with us.   Michael Hingson ** 01:21 Hi everyone, and welcome to another episode of unstoppable mindset where inclusion, diversity and the unexpected, which is really the most fun part, meet today. We are getting close to winter, and I was just telling our guest Michele Blood that here in Victorville, we had a temperature this morning of 28 degrees. Ah, lovely weather, and all the weather people complain about now it's getting cold in the summer, they complained it was getting hot. You know, you can't please them. I don't know what to say. But anyway, one of these days they'll, they'll decide that whatever happens is is not a bad thing, and they'll stop complaining, I guess. But any Yeah. But anyway, Michele, I want to welcome you to unstoppable mindset. We're really glad you're here. Thank you.   Michele Blood ** 02:06 Michael, I've been so looking forward to this. After reading thunder dog, I'm going to be reading the second book, which is live like a guide dog. I'm going to be reading that after that, I absolutely adore this book, which I'm showing right now, Thunder dog. It's the most inspirational you can't put down. I mean, the lot not just getting down 78 floors of the Twin Towers, 78 stairs. I mean, oh my gosh. But then everything that you've done in between working with you know Ray Kurzweil, who's done a lot of things in the music industry as well. I mean, I mean, I recognized his name straight away. I'm like, all the all the things you've done. I'm just so impressed by and by your life and how inspiring you are. And I just wanted to say that to everybody, he's just, you gotta get his thunder dog book if you haven't yet, and his new book, live like a guide dog, for sure.   Michael Hingson ** 03:02 I I don't know. I haven't totally kept up, but I haven't heard that anybody has yet come out with a music synthesizer that is better than the Kurzweil synthesizer. Now, a lot has happened, and maybe technology has advanced, but I hadn't heard about anything that still beats it.   Michele Blood ** 03:20 Yeah. Yeah. I mean, the fair light was pretty amazing when that first came out, but the Kurzweil, I mean, all any rock musician knows about, yeah, when, when that was first put out, we were just like, oh my gosh, that's amazing, you know, because you could sample sounds and, you know, it was just   Michael Hingson ** 03:39 incredible, and it had a choir built into it. Yeah? Daylight though   Michele Blood ** 03:43 that was, I don't know, think back back in the day, it was like 100 grand, so that's probably why it wasn't as popular. Yeah,   03:51 a little more   Michael Hingson ** 03:52 expensive than the Kurzweil one. Yeah, yeah, our organist at our church where my wife and I went in Irvine and where we got married, our organist had a Kurzweil synthesizer and used it a lot, which was, which was kind of fun, and it was, it was very and it is very impressive all the way around, yeah, but   Michele Blood ** 04:13 just the innovative things that have been done, and you're helping ray with all of the things for the blind as well. Working with Stevie Wonder. I mean, it's just, you're very impressive. You're an inspiration. You are, you are absolutely amazing.   Michael Hingson ** 04:28 Well, thank you. But now let's talk about you a little bit. And you know, you can, you can.   04:35 I didn't show them the cover yet. You can   Michael Hingson ** 04:38 spread any rusty live like a guide dog. Live   04:42 like a guide dog. Needs to cover everybody   Michael Hingson ** 04:45 well, I hope people will get it. I'm we're excited about it. It's been out now a few months. It seems to be selling. We're excited. So hopefully people will read it, and it inspires people a little bit, because it's all about. Are trying to get people to learn to control fear and not let it overwhelm or, as I put it, blind you. But anyway, tell us a little bit about you. Why don't you start with the the early Michele, growing up, and some of those kinds of things, just kind of introduce us to you a little bit.   Michele Blood ** 05:16 Well, I'm an Aussie G'day, everyone. G'day, and, in Australia, I started in the entertainment industry at the age of five, on TV. What   Michael Hingson ** 05:27 did you do? Singing? Oh, okay,   Michele Blood ** 05:31 you know. And then eventually got my, you know, had lots and lots of rock bands I sang in, until eventually I got my own rock band that became very successful. I was the lead singer, one of the main songwriters and the manager of the band. We got a great record label. We had 1000s of people coming to our gigs, and it took years to get there, but I loved it so much, even though it's very, very tough at one stage, we toured for seven years, non stop. I mean, no Christmases, no New Year's eves, because when you're in a rock band, you get paid triple on New Year's Eves and Christmases and stuff like that. Yeah, and you can't really say no until you're really huge. You can't really say no to any gig, because you need the money road crew and sound equipment trucks and all the rest of it so but I feel that my life went on a whole new trajectory after a near fatal truck accident, actually, where I was a passenger with the truck, with all the equipment, and my body was so badly broken, I was In the hospital for months and months and months and and that was the best thing that ever happened to me. I know that sounds crazy everybody, but truly, when you have something so terrible happen to you, and it gets turned around by the Divine, whatever you choose to call God, it gets your life gets turned around and it makes all the difference in the world. So that's the first quarter.   Michael Hingson ** 07:08 Well, you know, I'm really curious. You said something that just strikes a question. I know that a lot of people try to go into entertainment, and most probably aren't overly successful. But why do you think that you were so successful? What what made the rock group and and what you did so successful? Do you have a notion? Well,   Michele Blood ** 07:30 I loved what I did. I was very, very good at it. And not everyone that's good at it's probably other singers in the world that are better than me. But the reason, I think because, I mean, I had some backing vocals on some records, and these female singers were incredible. And one of them said, I know you've got a good voice, Michelle, but I don't know why it's you and not me. And I said, I think it's just that I never gave up, and I was really disciplined. And I, you know, I wasn't on the road of sex, drugs and rock and roll. I was on the road of discipline, making sure that all my band members were disciplined. We worked really, really hard. We rehearsed a lot. We never blew out a gig, not once. So you get a good reputation. And so I started as a cover band, and we would sound just like the records at the time of the 80s. You know, people said that was a band. It sounded like a record. And so then we, we eventually started putting all our originals in and, I mean, I did crazy things, Michael, I went into Time Warner to the A and R people, because I wasn't getting any feedback. It's really hard. You can't just send them a tape to get you know for them to listen to your demos. So I went in as a tap dancing singing telegram. And so the secretary let me go straight into the office, and it was a board meeting, and because she thought, you know, their family had so I was there with flowers and a cake and my ghetto blaster, and I said, Then I did a tap dance, and I made up this song about, you know, this is, this is the band called clapping hands. You're going to sign them, you're going to want them. And this is a singing telegram saying, Listen to this. And that's how I got my first record deal.   Michael Hingson ** 09:24 Creativity counts for something. It   Michele Blood ** 09:25 sure does. You've gotta have guts. And I mean, I by the time I walked out of that office, though I was sweating, I was shaking, but you have to do something to be noticed. And and I think because I love people so much, and because I'd been singing professionally since I was five, which means I was singing for family members and everyone since I was two, apparently getting being put on the kitchen table. And I loved people being happy, and I love loved entertaining. I just loved it. So I think, you know, it's in the stars as. Well, I know that, but I think discipline, hard work eventually never giving up. Yeah, what can I say? Never giving up.   Michael Hingson ** 10:08 Did you so you were a cover band for for a while, which meant you were the the opening band for other groups,   Michele Blood ** 10:17 not as a cover band, well, with the opening act for the pretenders and in excess and a few other bands, when we were an original band and when we had a record label, right, when we had videos on TV, but before that, now we do five to 645, minute sets a night, and we would stay at one big venue, because in back in the day in Australia, the venues were huge for cover bands. You know, four to 6000 people could come in, and we got, we got very, very popular as a cover band, and then we went original. But it took a few years to do that, for sure, but   Michael Hingson ** 10:55 I remember, I remember bands back in the 50s and 60s, like the platters, who actually were the opening band, or they were the band that were the background for other singers. And then somebody discovered these guys really are better than that, and then they became their own group, right?   Michele Blood ** 11:14 Yeah, yeah. It's interesting how, how it all works out. But in Australia, it's, it's a tough way to tour when you're a female singer, because the Aussies are pretty tough. If they don't like you, you can get B canes thrown at you.   Michael Hingson ** 11:32 Yeah, well, those kinds of things do happen. Yes, they did in Boston for for sports teams. I've heard of fans really being very brutal to like the the Patriots. I think when Steve Grogan was the quarterback, they actually booed him off the field once. It was pretty amazing. I don't know. You know that's people take some of these things way too seriously. They   Michele Blood ** 12:00 certainly do. I like what Oscar Wilde said, Life is too serious to be taken seriously. Yeah,   Michael Hingson ** 12:09 yeah, absolutely, and, but people still do it way too much. Which is, which is, which is a problem. Yes, you know, we need people to take life more like Mark Twain and Will Rogers, by all means, but I can co so you, you had a serious car accident, and as you said, It really broke your body. Tell us what you'd like to about that and and then how you dealt with it, because that, that was quite a, I won't say miraculous. That was quite a marvel. You. You certainly took a leap along the way with that.   Michele Blood ** 12:50 Yeah, it's such a unique story. Um, after you know the truck driver we've been driving for 12 hours from Brisbane to Sydney, from gig to keep and he fell asleep at the wheel just as we reached Sydney, which happened to be right across the road from the best orthopedic specialist hospital in Sydney. So thank you, God, you know. Yeah, there's no coincidences. There's no accidents. So they got me over there really fast, and they had me straight into the operating theater straight away. So, I mean, I had tons of different operations, but what happened was, when you're in physics, that much physical agony, you pass out every few minutes. Mm, hmm, and, but I had people and fans and family putting on audio programs of things I'd never heard of before, Affirmations, Visualization, positive stuff, audio books by motivational speakers, inspirational speakers who I'd never heard of, but one of them got to me, and that was a book by a man called Napoleon Hill who wrote a book called Think and Grow Rich. Grow Rich, right? And I didn't care about hearing about all the millionaires in the 1920s in America, male men. Why would a female, young Australian rock singer care about that? But one chapter in there, he talks about how his infant son was born deaf, and he would go into his infant son's room every single night and do affirmations, auto suggestion, you hear perfectly. You are so loved, and you are so loving, etc, etc. And by the time a little boy was nearly four, he had 30% of his hearing. And you know when you hear something, I've never heard of this before, Michael, but you know when you hear something for the first time and you can feel it that it's true. You've just heard something that you know in the marrow of your bones that that what you've just heard is true. So I said, Okay, I can, I can run. Relate to that, because I know that I've used my willpower and my positive thinking, My I've never said I can't do something, I can't have that drama that I want. I've never said that. I've always said it's all possible. Everything is possible. You just go for it. Michelle, and I'd always just go for it. And I was brought up a Catholic, and I wasn't brought up. I wasn't one of those people that hated the church. I loved it. So I always had a belief in God, because I used to go to mass as a little girl every morning with the nuns, because I was in love with Jesus, and I just felt so I had that spirituality in me, and I think that is what is the backbone. You know, in the Bible, it says you do not need to be strong, because Christ is my strength. Christ is your strength. And so now I know that there is so much more to spirituality than just Jesus, but it was a great start for my faith in my life, and it gave me happiness. And so I just had faith that this would work, so I started doing affirmations, but they didn't work. Michael, do you want to know why? Sure, yeah, we've got nothing else to do today, right? May as well. Hear about it well, because neuroscience has proven now that affirmations do work and they do positive thinking actually does make a difference in the brain, in the neural pathways. It does make a difference. It ignites something in different parts of the brain. But back then, in the 80s, there was no way to prove that, you know, let alone Napoleon Hill in the 1920s but the thing that he said was most important is, you have to believe it. You have to emotionalize it. But I couldn't, Michael, I couldn't emotionalize it because I would. I started an affirmation, I am healed. I know I am. I love myself. I am my friend. Now, none of those things were true, so I thought, but I did want them to be true, so I thought, great, I've got the perfect affirmation. But when you are feeling like you're feeling and the world around you is presenting the opposite of what you're saying. Your doubting mind spits it out and does not believe it. So about two, three weeks after stopping the affirmations, because I realized that didn't work, I literally had a spiritual epiphany, and it was, you know, as a songwriter, Michelle, you can't get a song out of your head, even if it's songs you don't like or jingles from advertising agencies. So sing your affirmations. Because I got my brother to look around for affirmation songs, and he said, there isn't any such thing. And so I started singing,   Speaker 1 ** 17:58 I am healed. I know I am I love myself. I am my friend. And   Michele Blood ** 18:05 I recorded it onto a cassette player, just a cappella over and over again. And that was the beginning. As I listened to that all day, every day I would I started feeling better. I started getting back to my attitude, that I can, I can heal it just I realized. And when I was working with Bob Proctor, he said, you know why that works so well? He said, It's because the left side of the brain is where the lyrics are, the affirmation, the right side the melody. And this is even before I started recording it with music, and so you have a whole brain experience. And the song, the doubting mind doesn't have a chance to reject it. It goes straight into your subconscious mind. So that's how my positive affirmation pop music began. I didn't stop doing my other music, but I did have what they said, even the doctors, even though they're not supposed to say it, they said my healing was miraculous, and I ended up on TV shows and in the press and everything about what I'd been through for inspiration. And that's how it all began.   Michael Hingson ** 19:16 It. It really is all about believing it. It's it is so easy just to say something, but without truly accepting it, without truly making it a part of your psyche. However you do that it, it doesn't mean a thing. Don't   Michele Blood ** 19:32 mean a thing if it ain't something. Yeah, you do have to laugh. Do up, do up, do   Michele Blood ** 19:43 Yeah, music makes the world go around. It does,   Michael Hingson ** 19:48 and it's so important to take it seriously enough that you truly do believe it, and that's what's so important. And clearly. What you did? So what happened you you got healed completely, I would assume from all that had happened,   Michele Blood ** 20:10 yeah, I mean, it's still it still took quite a while, but I was determined. I put my high shoes back on, even though they said, don't wear high shoes. And I never intended for the affirmation music to go out to the public. My one of the band members that I work with and wrote songs with John Beatty, Hi John. He he's in person now in Australia with millions of kids, but anyway, we won't help me. Listens, yeah, we went into the recording studio and we, we just started recording. I was writing a lot of songs, and we started recording tons of different affirmation songs in all different styles of you know, from R and B to just rock to ballads to depending on what the song was about, whether it was about, you know, divine love, more of a ballad, more of a some of them just more rock and roll about being successful. And when the press found out that I was actually doing that, then promoters that were bringing out American very, very big, best selling authors asked me to come and do my singing affirmations in between these people. And I said, No, I don't want to do that. I'm not doing it for the public. Was just for me, my band, to have these positive thoughts. And they said, No, we love it. We love it. We want you to do it. And so my very first gig, I'm in Adelaide, Australia, and there's three and a half 1000 people on a Wednesday that came to this gig that paid over $300 each for a ticket, which I thought was absolutely insane. I didn't know what was going on. And I sang, and got all the people up on stage singing the affirmation songs with me made it into like a mini rock concert. And then Deepak Chopra, this, who I'd never heard of, never met before. Wayne Dyer, who I'd never heard of, never met before. Tony Alessandra, Stuart, wild, they were the speakers, and they couldn't believe it when we went out to dinner that night that I've never heard of any of them. And I said, I'm in rock and roll. I'm not in the motivational world. You know, I've, I've never heard of you, because I've not in that world. And so they were interested in how it all began, and they all said, You've got to tour this around the world. You've got to you've got to release these that we love. What you're doing. The audience is so different. Bob Proctor, though he was the one, when I ended up working with him, the promoters said, you know, we've got this female Australian singer, and you're going to be touring with her? And he said, No, I don't want a female singer. I'm Bob Proctor. I don't need that anyway. The first gig I did with him in Sydney, he came out after, and he said, I didn't want to work with a singer. And I said, good to meet you too, mate. I Yes, how are you? And he said, but no, all kidding aside. He said, My wife and I, Linda, we loved it so much, and I want you to work with me all over the world, doing events. So eventually I end up working with Bob for seven years straight. We wrote books together. We wrote music together. We put on huge events. I took over his business, looked after it, and from Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, where I lived, and then, and it was just very, very interesting. I've worked in over 26 countries, huge, huge audiences. The biggest one I had was 50,000 people. So to say it was successful is an understatement, but I didn't plan it. I didn't visualize it, but I had always planned on being very well known singer, but it but not to be a positive affirmation or singer. I'd never thought of that, but eventually I went off the grid and started really getting into deep meditation practice and getting off the that whole circuit, because I wanted to find God within me. So that was what happened. And it was fascinating, because it's like working with all these, you know, rock musicians, male rock musicians, and then working with all these male best selling authors. I'm like, I'm always surrounded by the boys.   Michael Hingson ** 24:46 Hey, whatever works, it's, it's interesting though, that that you, you did so much of this, I gather that the audience is reacted very positively, though. Um. Have you heard from anyone that it really changed their life to have encountered you and heard you when you performed? Oh,   Michele Blood ** 25:10 yeah, we've had millions. I mean, we've got a lot of our video video testimonials and testimonials from not just best selling authors that I've worked with, but also from people from all over the world. I work with people in over 32 countries now, and some of them don't even speak English, but they still feel the vibration. And a lot of different people have started singing my songs in different languages, which I allow anyone to do. They don't have to pay me a royalty. They can just do it whatever brings positivity to the world and change within someone, so that they can get out of that rabbit hole. Because you're, you know, your whole podcast about unstoppable mindset. Well, this is such a a great new beginning is to just have to listen to a song. Yeah? And, you know, there's so I've got hundreds of songs to choose from, so it's a good it's a good way to start, because music, you know, like I always say to people, if you have the blues, even though I like blues and I think it's brilliant, but if you have the blues, probably best not to listen to the blues. Yeah,   Michael Hingson ** 26:21 definitely, definitely true. Well, of course, one has to ask if, if you have one, not necessarily long, but that you want to sing for us all.   Michele Blood ** 26:38 Yeah, I can. I didn't have anything set up. But if you'd like to chat for a minute, I'll just get something set up for you. Well,   Michael Hingson ** 26:45 okay, we can, we can do that. I do. I do agree with you that if you've got the blues, you don't want to listen to the blues. I I personally like happy stuff. I like musicals, especially when they're they're happy musicals. I've always enjoyed that. I do listen and read science fiction and sometimes read some some pretty horrific things. But I've noticed later in my life I'm doing less of that because I, although I like mysteries, I don't like nowadays really graphical or very graphic murder mysteries and things like that, and so people call the kinds of things that I probably typically like cozy mysteries. I wouldn't say that Rex Stout books about neural wolf the private detective are necessarily cozy, but by the same token, they're not the most graphic things, and I've always enjoyed them because they're puzzles. And I love mysteries that are really puzzles that I can become engaged in and try to solve, and musicals I like just because they're fun and and they're they're very happy for the most part. And so again, they're, they're very relevant to to want to listen to. So I, I tend to do that. So it's a lot of fun to keep in the the spirit of reasonably happy and stay away from the blues. Okay,   Michele Blood ** 28:17 I've got something set up now, alright, saying low battery, but oh, sorry. What happened there? There it is. There it is. This song is called synergy. I wrote it with Bob Proctor. Can you hear the music?   Michael Hingson ** 28:35 It's a little low, but yes, go ahead. Better. Yep,   Speaker 1 ** 28:40 there's a way to get it moving, to make it happen, to get high. Can barely flooded in the clouds, join thoughts and let them fly. When your mind joins in with others and all your thoughts to one a US. Energy begins to sizzle and it's energy positive energy synergy. It's energy, hot energy, positive energy turn into synergy. Together, creative power will start to flow. Things begin to happen. You're a church with Synergy. Red Hot energy, positive energy grows into synergy. It's energy, hot energy, positive energy grows into synergy.   Michele Blood ** 29:55 You shine and become magnetic, you'll draw the good. People out the world will be a better place, and everyone will start to shout, face to face, building   Speaker 2 ** 30:12 energy. Taste. The taste is this energy, thoughts, launching into one, a new boss have become this is synergy.   Speaker 1 ** 30:23 It's synergy, red hot energy, positive energy, delta, synergy, it's synergy.   Michael Hingson ** 30:34 There you go. Now   30:36 that's Bob Proctor. Wrote the lyrics for that.   Michael Hingson ** 30:41 But, um, who was the male voice near the end? Oh, the   Michele Blood ** 30:44 male voice was a American guy in who was singing covers in Kuala Lumpur when I lived there, Ah, okay, and I just hired him to come and and do that in the studio in Kuala Lumpur, yeah. But the other affirmation songs are more simple, but they're still got, you know, like a good dance beat, some of them are ballads greeting the day with love in your heart. It just depends on where you want to take your mind that day. Do you want to open your heart? Do you want to be like listen to the persistent song. Do you want to feel more successful? You listen to the success song, which is like 50s, rock and roll. So they're all different. They're all different product, production. So it was a lot of fun changing the different styles for each song depending on the lyrics.   Michael Hingson ** 31:34 Well, if people want to get those affirmation songs and so on, are they available for people to get? Yeah,   Michele Blood ** 31:41 all my albums are sold all over the world, and iTunes, of course, Amazon. My own website is magnet to success. Com. My YouTube channel is Michelle blood.com forward slash YouTube. But I've got lovely giveaways for your for your audience, if you'd like me to share that. Well, we will   Michael Hingson ** 32:03 do that a little bit, okay, but I really appreciate you seeing synergy. I will be, I will be saying that to myself the rest of the day, which is fine, but you know, you mentioned the blues and so on. So here's a question, if somebody is really down and really frustrated, how can they change their life to the positive?   Michele Blood ** 32:31 Well, first of all, even if they are really down, you've got to know, no matter what is going on in your life, that everything is possible for you, and that you can get out of that rabbit hole, and that you are you might feel alone, but you're never alone. Whether you believe in God or you don't believe in God, there is a God and you are looked after. You can pray without begging just giving. One of the most wonderful things you can do is just to start to write down what you're thankful for immediately. If you can say thank you divine, or just thank you for my beautiful life, and if then you can begin to write down what a beautiful life would look like for you, just start writing it down, even though it's not true yet. Like, let's start thinking about what can be done. What do you what sort of friends do you want? What sort of lifestyle do you want? You know, start thinking of others as well. Whenever we can do something, if we can do something every single day that makes somebody else happy, whether it's feeding the homeless or sending funny kitten videos to your friends. You if you can do something every day that brings happiness to somebody else or takes them out of suffering, well, then it'll take you out of yourself. Because if, if it's something emotional that you're going through, that means that you're going to sometimes we do need to go through the emotion, particularly if we're mourning the loss of something or someone that's important and healthy. But it is also important to stop thinking about ourselves so much and look at what can be done for the world. I love I love Saint Vincent de Paul. I love the Salvation Army so much, so you can tithe to them anonymously. If you want to do something you don't know what to do, even if it's just a buck, five bucks, it's really good to tithe to charities that are doing good in the world. And I'm sure there's a charity that you could recommend to us, Michael, that will help with the blind. If you got one, you can recommend?   Michael Hingson ** 34:43 Well, I think there, there really are a number of of places to donate. One of my favorites is the National Federation of the Blind, nfb.org, because it's, it's a consumer organization that fights for the rights of. Of blind people around the United States and actually around the world. And it's the NFB is the largest consumer organization of blind people in this country and, in fact, in the world. But it has made such a difference in the lives of blind people. For example, through the National Federation of blind we completely changed the life insurance industry that refused to provide life insurance for any blind person up until the mid 1980s and when it was finally discovered that they were denying us, not because they had any evidence and actual mathematical models that proved that we were a risk, which is what they're supposed to do. They were doing it strictly out of prejudice. And so now every state in the union, because of the Federation, has actually passed legislation that says you can't discriminate unless you've got real evidence. Well, it's been 40 years, and nobody's come up with evidence that we're a higher risk simply because we're blind or other persons with disabilities, their disabilities directly make them a higher risk. So, you know, that's that's definitely one of my favorite organizations to support. And   Michele Blood ** 36:13 nfb.org everybody. Nfb.org I've written it down for me to start tithing there as well. And,   Michael Hingson ** 36:20 you know, and there, there are so many others. Another organization that I tend to like, it's a very small organization, is advocates for service animal partners asap.org, and and it fights for the rights of people with a variety of disabilities who use service animals, service dogs, to be able to take their dogs with them, where wherever they go, because we're denied. So awesome. So I like asap.org as well.   Michele Blood ** 36:51 I love what you did. I think it was you and Ray and his wife. You were going to a particular restaurant and a a suity maitre d snotty, snooty, wouldn't let you in with your blind dog, with your with your guide dog, right? And and she was really upset the wife. And so you end up gathering quite a few of your friends that are blind, that have guide dogs, and you went in, and he had to oblige and let you all in. And everyone was very nice to you. So that was really good, because that it, it's, it's illegal for them to say you can't come in with your guide dog. It is   Michael Hingson ** 37:28 illegal, and it has been illegal for a long time. One of my favorite stories, which really wasn't a bad story at all, there used to be a restaurant in Boston in Quincy Market called Durgan Park. And Durgan Park was was basically family style, although around the outside of the room they had tables for four but you couldn't sit at one of those tables unless you had four people. Well, we came in one night and there were only three of us and my dog, Holland, and the the host has said, You know what, I'm going to make an exception and let you sit at this table for four so Holland was under the table, and there were three of us, and the waitress came up, and the waitresses at Durgan Park are known as snots. I mean, they're, they're, they're, they're supposed to be really rough and all that. It's just part of the schtick. But she came up and she said, What are you people doing sitting here? And he said, well, the host has put us here. No, she didn't. You're just sitting here. No, she did. It's because of the dog under the table. No, there's no dog under the table. You're not going to make me fall for that. And she walks away, and then she comes back and she said, you're not supposed to be sitting here and all that. I said, Look, there's a dog under the table. Take a look. And it took a while, but I finally got her to look, and there's Holland staring at her with these big brown eyes when she lifts up the the tablecloth, and the next thing I know, she comes back with a big plate. Jurgen Park has very good sized portions of frying rib and says, Can I give this to the dog, oh, and, and normally, I would never do that, but in the for to promote goodwill, I said, Okay, which Hall of love? And, you know, I knew the food there was good, but, you know, it was, it was just one of those great stories. But, yeah, all too often that isn't the way it goes. We see so many challenges with Uber, for example, so many drivers refuse to take blind people or other people with disabilities who have service dogs. It's against the rules, and they say, but it's our car. No, you signed a contract that said that you are going to transport the public, so it is illegal for you to deny us. But they do, and that's one of the things that ASAP, for example, is really working on to address, to get Uber, to recognize that it has to enforce the law like everyone else. But it's a challenge. People come from all sorts of different points of view. You know, with   Michele Blood ** 39:59 the name like. Uber. How could they do that? They're not being very Uber.   40:04 Well, there you go.   Michele Blood ** 40:07 Wow. That's interesting in this day and age. Absolutely, it continues all too often. So many people have slipped into something more comfortable, like a coma. Yeah.   Michael Hingson ** 40:18 Now you and your team have created an app. I think it's called what magnet to money. Tell us about that. Yeah,   Michele Blood ** 40:24 it was interesting. Thanks, Michael. I wanted to do because sometimes people like you were talking earlier, how do they get out of their you know, their depression, or whatever they're going through that they're feeling, how do they get out of that rabbit hole? So if you're feeling that way, and your mindset is in a negative state of mind, and you're emotionally not feeling well, well, then it's very, very challenging for you to want to put on some positive, you know, affirmation music. Because I know when I was in the hospital, if people came in and they were too chirpy. I would couldn't wait for them to go because I wasn't oscillating at that frequency. Yeah, you know. So they're all Oh, hi. And so I thought, wouldn't it be great if we had an app and it would just play? As you know, they can choose the notifications how often it will play. And so Polly fella, Trevor Rogers and Johnny and Dara and myself, we worked really hard, especially Holly fella, to develop this app. And it took about two and a half years to develop it. And it's got morning meditations. It's got tons of affirmations with music underneath. It's got a sleep program to help. As they're sleeping, people are sleeping, I'm very softly saying affirmations and positive you know, feed, feed to their minds. And it's also got notifications, so the magnet to money song will play whatever they want to, so they don't have to even remember to and eventually, like someone the other day, said she was in a bank and she had the magnet to Money App, and she had it as her ringtone as well. And she's in this big bank that was hardly anybody in there, but it was quite chamber ish, Echo ish, and she said, and her phone was on pretty loud. It started, I'm a magnet to money came on really loud, and everyone started laughing. They're like, well, that's sort of, I guess, you know, a good thing to play in a bank. Yeah, works. So, yeah, the magnet to Money App is fantastic. App. It's got so much on it, and it's got an audio book you get for free from myself and Bob Proctor called magnet to money through the sea of unlimited consciousness, one one of our books that we did as an audio book, and we thought we've also got a free app, because that magnet to Money App is only about, I think it's $4 or something A month, but the affirmation power app is free, and on that tons of affirmations, plus my affirmation music videos is on there as well. So that's free, if anybody wants that.   Michael Hingson ** 43:13 So yeah, so is that available with Android and Apple and iPhone? No,   Michele Blood ** 43:17 just, just apple at the moment, because to develop for an Android is much more complicated because there are so many different companies, yeah, yes, whereas Apple, it's just the iPhone, but we do intend to, but it's, you know, we've got the manifestation video app as well, and we've got a New App coming out, which is all my audio books. And I'm doing a new audio book every month, not just my books on audio, but other people's books on audio as well. And then the next step after that, is a prayer app, talking about prayer, how to pray, and for me, teaching people the power of prayer. So it's really lovely to be able to do apps that have got positive, you know, the very, very, you know, if they were to buy all those individual products from me to cost hundreds dollars, and this way it's just a few dollars a month all free for them to get all my positive songs and books and all that sort of thing.   Michael Hingson ** 44:17 How do people search for these apps that in the in the app store. I think   Michele Blood ** 44:22 that if they just go under, look under Michelle blood, okay, under my name, yeah, okay, they'll just come up. I   Michael Hingson ** 44:29 will, I will be doing that this afternoon. I think that's that's pretty cool. You know, in in our world today, we become so materialistic in so many ways, but at the same time, a lot of people have really become students of your affirmations and so on. How did they really become students? And I think even more important, one of the questions that I would ask is. How does it really transform, or did it really transform people's consciousness and set them on a road toward a more spiritual path? Because I think in so many ways, we don't see people doing that, and at the same time, I know there are a lot of people who do, but by the same token, there's so many people who go, oh, this is just all pokem. It doesn't really mean anything, but that's just not true.   Michele Blood ** 45:24 Well, I think it's, it's an interesting question to answer, because there are so many different types of people in the world, and we can't expect to change people. They have to, you know, I don't want anyone to suffer. Michael, first of all, so I think having positive thoughts in their head is going to actually make them think less of themselves, believe it or not, these the way the lyrics are done, and more of joy and sharing and caring about other people, because it is so important to to do that, because people, if they get too much into themselves, Like I say to people, don't buy anything if you're buying it. For someone else to be to compliment you, that's a really good way of deciding what you're going to purchase in your life. If you're doing it to you know, to say, Oh, I've got this really nice car. Look how great I am. But get it if you want a good car. Get it because you want a nice, safe car that's good for the environment, but don't get it so that you will impress other people. Unless you're a real estate agent, they do need good cars, apparently, to drive people around, yeah, I guess so. Drive people around,   Michael Hingson ** 46:35 but, or drive people crazy, yeah,   Michele Blood ** 46:37 but. But I also think it's important that that if you want to, you can't tell someone to be more spiritual. They have to get into a positive frame of mindset first. Because when you're in a positive frame of mindset, you start feeling more of a heart blow, more love. And even if you don't believe in God, you believe in love everybody, I know you do, so whether it's your animal that you love, because every animal is an angel, whether it's nature, smelling the remembering to stop and smell the flowers, remembering to not let yourself complain. Complaining will take you down a rabbit hole of absolute negativity and please. People remember, the only reason you're complaining is because you're feeling fear about losing something or not getting something that you want. And so if you can stop complaining for 28 days straight, you will change your life. And I know that sounds impossible, but many people can do it, because I've seen my students do it. So if you can stop complaining and stop half if you're halfway through a complaint about something or someone or politics or Trump or whatever in the hell it is, stop yourself halfway through and just say, Why am I complaining? And people are complaining because they're in fear. If you can stop and be mindful enough to say, I'm complaining because I'm afraid of something, and I don't want to face it and find out what you're afraid of, the thing that you're afraid of will dissipate. Yeah, it really will. So I think that's a really good place to start listening to the positive songs, for sure, going to every single unstoppable mindset podcast you possibly can go to reading Michael's books, and also, just knowing that you can get out of that rabbit hole, it is totally possible, and I've seen it in people from all different cultures and religious backgrounds all over the world. I've traveled to so many different countries, and have so many different audiences, and everybody wants to be loved and be loved in return. And everybody wants to see other people happy at their core. They really do. We don't want to make people unhappy, do you? So stop complaining.   Michael Hingson ** 49:07 You know, it's, it's interesting that you, you talk about all this, one of the things that we talk a lot about, and you'll see it and live like the guide dog, is that we need to become more introspective. Because if we do and we really look at ourselves daily, and, for example, look at what worked today, what didn't work. Why didn't it work? You eventually get to what was I really afraid of? And if you really stop to think about that and go, I didn't need to be afraid of that, your life will change, which is really, as you're pointing out, what it's all about.   Michele Blood ** 49:44 Excellent, excellent. I'm looking forward to reading that as well, and then I've already told everyone to get thunder dog on all my lists. But now I'll be, after I read the next one, I'll be telling them to read that as well, because we're on the same page. Michael.   Michael Hingson ** 49:59 Tell me a little bit about something I've read in your bio, how you went from affirmations to a full kundalini awakening.   Michele Blood ** 50:09 Well, when I was working with Bob Proctor in Asia, I was saying to him one day, I feel this heart blow like I feel like my heart is out of my chest, and I feel such deep love. And it's not for any person, place or thing. It's for everything, actually, but it's beyond that. It's divine. And he said, you're looking for an enlightened teacher. That's what you need. And I said, Well, where do you find an enlightened teacher, and what exactly is that? And he got me to read Autobiography of a Yogi by Hara mahansa Yogananda. And I'd read it before, but I didn't really get it like I did this time when I read it, and I realized that enlightenment wasn't just one person. People can actually meditate and go into higher states of consciousness, but I wasn't thinking of how is an enlightened being around in this modern world? That can't be right? Because I it must be like unless it's Asia maybe. He said, I don't know. He said, I did have a Canadian man who was enlightened, who taught me for three years before he died, left the body. And he said, you just have to pray for it and know that the teacher and the student will find each other. It took me 14 years of searching all over the world, and eventually I found an enlightened teacher in all places America, and I decided to go off the grid, and I really had to to study with her as a student, because she didn't like us to be on Facebook or social media. She said, you don't want attention on yourself when you're studying with me, because you want to be able to go in deeply. Yeah. So I went off. I studied with her for 12 years, but after the first few years, I went into a full awakening myself, never expecting that. Didn't expect it to happen to me. I thought, how could a rock singer in Australia, have a kundalini awakening, but I did, and now I love to teach mysticism and spirituality and meditation practice to students from all over the world. And I love to do it. I think there's so many tools in the toolbox of life, whatever sort of personality you have, whether you're extremely religious or you just want to have more positive outcome. You want to become healthier. I think meditation practice is good for everybody. You do not have to be religious or think of spirituality to enjoy a quiet mind. It'll slow down your blood pressure. It will give you pump your blood, it'll stop your mind from going down a million rabbit holes where your senses take you. I just think meditation practice is a miraculous, privileged thing to do.   Michael Hingson ** 52:53 I agree. And you know, one of the things that it's a little bit off topic for what you just said, but we were talking earlier about people praying and looking for so many things. I'm amazed at how many people pray to God, telling God what they want and what they think they need. And I'm sitting there whenever I hear about that today, especially, I think, Wait a minute, God already knows that what you need to do is to listen to get the response, and thank God for the response, but people just don't do that. I'm just so amazed at at that. But it's it is so true that we spend too much time not doing the thing that we really need to do, which is listening and talking with God, not talking to God.   Michele Blood ** 53:46 Yeah, that's why I I'm loving recording the new prayer app, because I explain to people what prayer actually is. It's not If you do this for me, God, I'll start, stop eating pizza, yeah? Or maybe trade off. So I teach people what prayer actually is, and it's, it's really the most sacred thing and beautiful thing, and it will uplift you, even if you just, I've got a section where they I'm praying for others, so they can just listen to any different topic of what type of prayer, but the main thing for me was explaining, doing the introduction of what prayer is and how to pray, because so many people have no idea what prayer really is, that communion with your higher self, and once you get to understand what that is, then you can hear that still, small voice you can literally hear through. Ah, your intuition becomes stronger you can and intuition is you being in tune with your higher self. And your higher self is omniscient wisdom. It created everything so it knows what. To tell you to do, and it will bring into your experience everything when you accept, when you can be open and receptive to receive and to give, just sort of let yourself go, just surrender to that divine Higher Self, when you can learn how to do that. That's another thing that I do on this prayer app is teach you what surrender really means and how you can do it. It's not taking your willpower away from you, because everyone that's a gift that we've been given. So we can make good choices in life, sometimes bad choices, but we can use our willpower to get ourselves out of that rabbit hole. So thank you for asking that. Michael, it's   Michael Hingson ** 55:41 extremely important to be able to do that. Well, you mentioned earlier that you had gifts for people listening to this podcast. Love it if you tell us about that,   Michele Blood ** 55:52 yes, yummy gifts. If you go to Michelle. Blood com, it's spelled M, I, C, H, E, L, E, B, L, O, O, O, d.com, forward slash unstoppable mindset. We've called that. We've made that link especially for Michael's podcast. Just for your people, they will get the audio version of one of my favorite books I've written called the magic of affirmation power audio book. They will get that for free, but in that audio book has tons of affirmations you can repeat after me, links to some of my music for free. You'll also get a six week mysticism course, and there are other things as well. I can't remember what they are right now, but they're all on that link.   Michael Hingson ** 56:37 But Michelle blood com slash unstoppable mindset. I thank you for the otter. Appreciate that. Well now if people want to come hear you, I know you do live events and you do zoom events and so on. How can we learn about that? How can people do that?   Michele Blood ** 56:57 Well, they can go to request Divine light.com to find out what is my next event, because I have free events, a lot a lot of free zoom events people can come to, and you'll just get to meet so many happy, lovely people from so many different countries. And we just have a blast together. And you'll be very, very uplifted after everyone, because everyone that comes on are just, we seem to be attracting, over the years, just people that are really, sincerely wanting a better life and to do it, to do good in the world. And I just love them all so much. So if they go to request Divine Light com, they can see where my next free event will be. I mean, it's on Zoom, but I mean when it will be   Michael Hingson ** 57:46 right? Request, divine light. Com, cool. Well, I really appreciate you coming on. And obviously people can go to Michelle blood, com, and there's a lot there, I would assume as well. So hopefully people will go, go check out everything that's there, and we'll take this seriously, because I think there is so much that you have offered. We've had a number of people on unstoppable mindset who talk about everything from reg a to Eastern medicine, meditation and and so many things. They all can't be totally wrong. So from my perspective, they are not wrong. But by the same token, it's fun to be able to get a chance to to have you on. We'll have to do this again, and I'm going to certainly go download the apps and put them on my nice little iPhone and start taking advantage of them. But I really appreciate you coming on and and being with us for an hour today. Well,   Michele Blood ** 58:51 Michael, thank you for the books that you've written and everything that you've done in the world. I just think you're just an inspiration and just a lovely, lovely man. So thank you. It's, it's lovely getting to know you. And I'm just going to tell everyone about these books, because they're amazing, well written as well. Just really, really good.   Michael Hingson ** 59:13 Well, thank you. So, when are you going to do a podcast? I'm going   Michele Blood ** 59:17 to do a podcast with a man called just I just had a brain fart. Thomas Miller, uh, at the moment, his podcast is called subconscious mind mastery, and he's interviewed me quite a few times. We met in person, and I love his outlook on life, about really not saying no to anything that's mystical. And so we're going to start one next year together. He's already got his own, but this will be a different one where we'll go a little deeper, a deeper dive into mysticism. I think we're going to call it well,   Michael Hingson ** 59:55 if he needs a guess for his existing podcast, if he has guests or. You guys have your podcast together. If you ever want a guest, I volunteer. So I'll just, Oh,   Michele Blood ** 1:00:05 I'll tell him today. Goodness, yes,   Michael Hingson ** 1:00:10 I'm, I'm always, I'm always open for that. Oh,   Michele Blood ** 1:00:13 I'll tell him today. Yeah, because you, I love you.   Michael Hingson ** 1:00:18 Well, I want to thank you for being here, and I want to thank all of you for listening. I hope you enjoyed this at least half as much as I did, hopefully as much as I did. This has been a lot of fun and educational, I think, in so many ways, to help us deal with our outlooks on life. I'd love to hear your thoughts about it. Please feel free to email me. Michael h i at accessibe, A, C, C, E, S, S, I b, e.com, or go to our podcast website, w, w, w, dot Michael hingson.com/podcast, and that's m, I, C, H, A, E, L, H, I N, G, s, o, n. So Michael hingson.com/podcast, and wherever you're listening, please give us a five star review. We really value your reviews. But of course, love the five star ones, so if we can, we would really appreciate it if you give us a five star review and and say, say good things about us and and go off and definitely visit Michelle's pages. And, of course, being very prejudiced, go to Michelle blood com slash unstoppable mindset and get some free gifts from her. And if you know of anyone who you think would be a good guest, and Michelle you as well. I'm always looking for podcast guests, so okay, don't hesitate to to refer people to us. We appreciate that a whole lot. So once again, I want to thank you for being here. Michelle, this has been a lot of fun. Thank   Michele Blood ** 1:01:45 you. Michael, God bless you. More love everyone. More Love   Michael Hingson ** 1:01:54   You have been listening to the Unstoppable Mindset podcast. Thanks for dropping by. I hope that you'll join us again next week, and in future weeks for upcoming episodes. 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PODCAST: This Week in Amateur Radio Edition #1362 - Full Version (With repeater ID breaks every 10 minutes) Release Date: April 4, 2025 Here is a summary of the news trending...This Week in Amateur Radio. This week's edition is anchored by Chris Perrine, KB2FAF, Denny Haight, NZ8D, Ed Johnson, W2PH, Don Hulick, K2ATJ, Alan Shephard, WK8W, Will Rogers, K5WLR, Eric Zittel, KD2RJX, George Bowen, W2XBS, and Jessica Bowen, KC2VWX. Produced and edited by George Bowen, W2XBS Approximate Running Time: 1:29:28 Podcast Download: https://bit.ly/TWIAR1362 Trending headlines in this week's bulletin service 1. RW: Voice of America Fights Its Way Back 2. RTBR: HC2 Broadcasting Asks FCC To Allow 5G Broadcast LPTV Station 3. FCC: FCC Launches Proceeding On Global Positioning System Alternatives 4. AMSAT: Fram2 Mission With Amateur Radio Payload Scheduled to Launch March 31st 5. WIA: Earth Radio Telescope Successfully Bounces A Signal Off Of Venus 6. WIA: US Naval Undersea Warfare Center Look To Amateur Radio 7. GT: Radio Amateurs Punished For Illegally Setting Up Stations To Gather Sensitive Data/Spread False Information 8. ARRL: Ham Radio Open House Month Is Here! 9. ARRL: 100 Years Of The International Amateur Radio Union 10. ARRL: ARRL Learning And Education Programs In Front Of 15,000 Science Teachers 11. ARRL: The ARRL Repeater Directory 2025 Edition Now Powered by RepeaterBook 12. ARRL: HamSCI Issues Call For Operators And Monitors 2025 13. ARRL: Handiham Radio Club of Minnesota Is Sponsoring A QSO Party 14. ARRL: ARRL New Hampshire Section Signs MOU State Dept. Of Safety and Division of Emergency Services 15. FCC: FCC Wants You To Share Your Opinion On The FCC's “Delete, Delete, Delete” Initiative 16. Youth Net On Skywarn Helps Prepare The Next Generation 17. Famous Pittsburgh DJ Jim Quinn, W3VEX, SK / Dan Crouch KF7DC Mingus Mtn Roundtable Moderator 18. Research Beacon On Antarctica Goes Silent After 46 Years On The Air 19. Hams Assist With Communications As A Deadly Earthquake Shakes Myanmar 20. Islands On The Air Is Looking For A Volunteer To Serve As Brazil Checkpoint 21. Deadline Grows Close For CQ Amateur Radio Hall Of Fame Nominees 22. Author Stephen King's AM Radio Station In Maine Has Gone Silent 23. ARRL: Nassau Area Radio Society ham radio bootcamp is coming up in May 24. ARRL: Upcoming RadioSport contests and Regional Convention/HamFest Listings 25. WIA: WABC-AM New York promotes AM Radio in New York City advertising 26. WIA: NASA announces we are at or just past solar max, is a second peak coming? 27. ARRL: ARRL announces five steps to get ready for this months Ham Radio Open House - Part One 28. ARRL: ARRL announces five steps to get ready for this months Ham Radio Open House - Part Two 29. ARRL: Sign up now for the ARRL Youth Rally at this years Dayton HamVention 30. ARRL: Get ready for the upcoming 2025 ARRL Field Day June 28/29 Plus these Special Features This Week: * Working Amateur Radio Satellites with Bruce Paige, KK5DO - AMSAT Satellite News * Foundations of Amateur Radio with Onno Benschop VK6FLAB, will answer the question, "What is the difference between a dummy load and an antenna?" * The DX Corner with Bill Salyers, AJ8B with all the latest news on DXpeditions, DX, upcoming radiosport contests, and more * Weekly Propagation Forecast from the ARRL * Will Rogers, K5WLR - A Century Of Amateur Radio - This week, Will continues with Part Two of "Crossings" as amateurs in the mid 1920's find a challenge in crossing the Atlantic Ocean. ----- Website: https://www.twiar.net X: https://x.com/TWIAR Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/twiar.bsky.social Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/twiari YouTube: https://bit.ly/TWIARYouTube RSS News: https://twiar.net/?feed=rss2 Automated (Full Static file, updated weekly): https://twiar.net/TWIARHAM.mp3 Automated (1-hour Static file, updated weekly): https://www.twiar.net/TWIAR1HR.mp3 ----- This Week in Amateur Radio is produced by Community Video Associates in upstate New York, and is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License. If you would like to volunteer with us as a news anchor or special segment producer please get in touch with our Executive Producer, George, via email at w2xbs77@gmail.com. Thanks to FortifiedNet.net for the server space! Thanks to Archive.org for the audio space.

PODCAST: This Week in Amateur Radio Edition #1361 - Full Version (With repeater ID breaks every 10 minutes) Release Date: March 29, 2025 Here is a summary of the news trending...This Week in Amateur Radio. This week's edition is anchored by Steven Sawyer, K1FRC, Denny Haight, NZ8D, Ed Johnson, W2PH, Don Hulick, K2ATJ, Alan Shephard, WK8W, Will Rogers, K5WLR, Eric Zittel, KD2RJX, Chris Perrine, KB2FAF, Joshua Marler, AA4WX, KD2RJX, George Bowen, W2XBS, and Jessica Bowen, KC2VWX. Produced and edited by George Bowen, W2XBS Approximate Running Time: 1:37:33 Podcast Download: https://bit.ly/TWIAR1361 Trending headlines in this week's bulletin service 1. AMSAT: Fram2Ham SSTV Transmissions Planned 2. AMSAT: Alba Orbital Assists AMSAT-EA With HADES-ICM Project 3. AMSAT: Firefly's Blue Ghost Lander Photographs Eclipse From The Moon 4. AMSAT: Satellite Shorts From All Over 5. WIA: Hello Moon? Anybody Home? Please Pick Up 6. WIA: WABC Promotes AM Radio In New York City Post Advertising 7. WIA: Solar Max Has Been Announced, Is A Second Peak Coming? 8. ARRL: Five Steps to Get Ready for April's Ham Radio Open House - Part One 9. ARRL: Five Steps to Get Ready for April's Ham Radio Open House - Part Two 10. ARRL: Sign Up Now For The ARRL Youth Rally At The Dayton Hamvention 11. ARRL: Caribe Wave 2025 Tsunami Exercise In Puerto Rico 12. ARRL: HF Geratol Net's 52nd Anniversary Will Be Held April 6th – 13th, 2025 13. ARRL: Get Ready For 2025 ARRL Field Day June 28/29 14. ARRL: New Two Hour Interview With ARRL CEO David Minster, NA2AA, Now Available 15. ARRL: United Nations General Assembly Designated April 2nd World Autism Awareness Day 16. Navy Looks To Ham Radio Technology For Backup Communications 17. Government Shutdown Of Voice of America And Other International News Services 18. New Zealand's New Mobile Emergency Operations Center 19. ARRL: ARRL Announces this month's cover plaque award winner 20. The Shortwave Broadcast Museum in Dayton Ohio announces opening hours during HamVention weekend 21. ARRL: Upcoming RadioSport Contests and Regional Convention/Hamfest listings 22. AMSAT: International Space Station changes crew for Expedition 73 23. WIA: Democrats introduce legislation to prohibit the FCC from revoking licenses 24. WIA: New "GOTA" - Grids On The Air activity and awards 25. WIA: African Telecommunications Union discusses expansion of amateur radio in Africa 26. WIA: You can listen in on Russian Communications from Ukraine 27. FCC: FCC opens the comment period on deregulating everything 28. ARRL: ARRL plans comments on the FCC "Delete Delete Delete" Notice of Proposed Rulemaking 29. ARRL: 76th International DX Convention coming up on April 11-13 in Visalia, California 30. Young amateurs are getting ready for the upcoming DX Youth Adventure 31. A west coast amateur loses his county job due to work at a repeater site Plus these Special Features This Week: * Working Amateur Radio Satellites with Bruce Paige, KK5DO - AMSAT Satellite News * Foundations of Amateur Radio with Onno Benschop VK6FLAB, will present an article he calls, "Echoes From The Past. 150 micro seconds ago" * The DX Corner with Bill Salyers, AJ8B with news on DXpeditions, DX, upcoming radiosport contests, and more * Weekly Propagation Forecast and Space Weather Forecast from the ARRL * Will Rogers, K5WLR, returns with another new edition of A Century Of Amateur Radio. This week, Will takes us back to the mid 1920's where we find that for amateurs, crossing the Atlantic was the next natural challenge. They had been thinking about it since before the war. Many in the scientific community were skeptical that such a feat could possibly be achieved at such a short wavelength as 200 meters, especially with power as low as one kilowatt. This week's Episode is called "Crossings, Part One: Aquitania" ----- Website: https://www.twiar.net X: https://x.com/TWIAR Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/twiar.bsky.social Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/twiari YouTube: https://bit.ly/TWIARYouTube RSS News: https://twiar.net/?feed=rss2 Automated (Full Static file, updated weekly): https://twiar.net/TWIARHAM.mp3 Automated (1-hour Static file, updated weekly): https://www.twiar.net/TWIAR1HR.mp3 ----- This Week in Amateur Radio is produced by Community Video Associates in upstate New York, and is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License. If you would like to volunteer with us as a news anchor or special segment producer please get in touch with our Executive Producer, George, via email at w2xbs77@gmail.com. Thanks to FortifiedNet.net for the server space! Thanks to Archive.org for the audio space.

PODCAST: This Week in Amateur Radio Edition #1360 - Full Version Release Date: March 22, 2025 Here is a summary of the news trending...This Week in Amateur Radio. This week's edition is anchored by Denny Haight, NZ8D, Chris Perrine, KB2FAF, Don Hulick, K2ATJ, Ed Johnson, W2PH, Will Rogers, K5WLR, Joshua Marler, AA4WX, Eric Zittel, KD2RJX, George Bowen, W2XBS, and Jessica Bowen, KC2VWX. Produced and edited by George Bowen, W2XBS Approximate Running Time: 1:47:41 Podcast Download: https://bit.ly/TWIAR1360a Trending headlines in this week's bulletin service 1. AMSAT: Amateur Satellites Finally Launch After Delays 2. AMSAT: NASA's SPHEREx, PUNCH Missions Launch 3. AMSAT: International Space Station Changes Crew for Expedition 73 4. AMSAT: Satellite Shorts From All Over 5. WIA: Democrats Introduce Legislation To Prohibit FCC From Revoking Licenses 6. WIA: New "GOTA" Grids On The Air Activity and Awards 7. WIA: African Telecommunications Union Discusses Amateur Radio Expansion On The African Continent 8. WIA: Listen In On Russian Communications From Ukraine 9. FCC: FCC Opens Comment Period On Deregulating Everything 10. FCC: Geoffrey Starks To Step Down As FCC Commissioner 11. ARRL: ARRL On The FCC's "Delete Delete Delete" Notice Of Proposed Rulemaking 12. ARRL: Ham Radio, Students and Scientists At The 2025 HamSCI Workshop 13. ARRL: 76th International DX Convention April 11 – 13 in Visalia, California 14. ARRL: ARRL Ham Radio Open House Continues To Grow 15. ARRL: Great Falls Masonic Amateur Radio Club Receives Grant To Donate Books 16. US Federal Government Shutters Voice of America And Other US Based News Services 17. Walter Carlington, VP9KD Former Net Director For Caribus Net, SK 18. Young Amateurs Are Getting Ready For The DX Youth Adventure 19. West Coast Amateur Loses His County Job Due To Work At A Repeater Site 20. Navy Radio Personnel Look Toward Ham Radio Technology 21. New Zealand's New Mobile Emergency Operations Center Provides Assistance 22. Polio Vaccine 70th Anniversary Marked By Amateur Special Event Station 23. ARRL: Upcoming Parks On The Air Activations of note 24. ARRL: Upcoming RadioSport Contests and Regional Conventions and HamFests 25. HCK: The Long Goodbye - More instruments shut down on the Voyagers as the end nears 26. ARD: The 2025 HamVention Award Winners are announced 27. ARRL: "Radio Connects" is the 2025 ARRL Field Day Theme - Merch is available now 28. ARRL: Results of recent ARRL Section Manager Elections 29. Shortwave station in Austria is now carrying the DARC Radio Program 30. Personnel cuts at the US National Weather Service has amateurs nationwide concerned 31. The 6GHz band is opened by the FCC to more VLP (Very Low Power) devices 32. Amateurs in Warren County New York prepare to celebrate the 200th Anniversary of the Erie Canal Plus these Special Features This Week: * Working Amateur Radio Satellites with Bruce Paige, KK5DO - AMSAT Satellite News * Foundations of Amateur Radio with Onno Benschop VK6FLAB, returns to his ongoing Bald Yak Project, this week in Pt 11, he talks about The Goo Between The Hardware and the Software * The DX Corner with Bill Salyers, AJ8B with news on on DXpeditions, DX, upcoming radio sport contests, and more * Weekly Propagation Forecast from the ARRL * Will Rogers, K5WLR - A Century Of Amateur Radio - This week, Will sets The Wayback Machine for the mid nineteen twenties, where, in a drama worthy of a Broadway play, amateurs were making progress taming the QRM problem. Sometimes a solution did not involve a new invention, or even technology at all ----- Website: https://www.twiar.net X: https://x.com/TWIAR Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/twiar.bsky.social Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/twiari YouTube: https://bit.ly/TWIARYouTube RSS News: https://twiar.net/?feed=rss2 Automated (Full Static file, updated weekly): https://twiar.net/TWIARHAM.mp3 Automated (1-hour Static file, updated weekly): https://www.twiar.net/TWIAR1HR.mp3 ----- This Week in Amateur Radio is produced by Community Video Associates in upstate New York, and is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License. If you would like to volunteer with us as a news anchor or special segment producer please get in touch with our Executive Producer, George, via email at w2xbs77@gmail.com. Thanks to FortifiedNet.net for the server space! Thanks to Archive.org for the audio space.

This week, the boys welcome horror author Will Rogers to discuss his new book SURVIVING THE NIGHT! It's a new slasher "Choose Your Own Adventure" coloring book, featuring many opportunities to add as much, or little, blood as you want! We talk about the inspirations behind the book, the process of coming up with multiple endings, different takes on the CYOA format, as well as his ongoing podcasts (Guide to the Unknown & Blackwood) and of course love for the Blair Witch Lore.But before then, the boys review Novocaine, The Haunted Lighthouse: A Seaworld 4D Experience, 1977's Apaches and other Safety Video Horrors, The Rule of Jenny Pen, The Gorge, Last Breath, Black Bag, and Mickey 17! Its all new on EYE ON HORROR!BUY SURVIVE THE NIGHT AT YOUR LOCAL BOOK STORE OR HERE:https://insighteditions.com/products/survive-the-nighthttps://www.scaryfun.fun/home/survivethenightMovies Mentioned on the Show: https://letterboxd.com/correianbbq/list/eye-on-horror-podcast-sn-8-ep-4/Send us a textFollow us on the socials: @EyeOnHorror or check out https://linktr.ee/EyeOnHorrorGet more horror movie news at: https://ihorror.com

PODCAST: This Week in Amateur Radio Edition #1359 - Full Version Release Date: March 15, 2025 Here is a summary of the news trending...This Week in Amateur Radio. This week's edition is anchored by Chris Perrine, KB2FAF, Alan Shephard, WK8W, Don Hulick, K2ATJ, Joshua Marler, AA4WX, Will Rogers, K5WLR, Eric Zittel, KD2RJX, George Bowen, W2XBS, and Jessica Bowen, KC2VWX. Produced and edited by George Bowen, W2XBS Approximate Running Time: 1:21:59 Podcast Download: https://bit.ly/TWIAR1359 Trending headlines in this week's bulletin service 1. HCK: The Long Goodbye: More Instruments Shut Down On The Voyagers As End Nears 2. ARD: 2025 Hamvention Award Winners Announced 3. FCC Grants SpaceX A Key Waiver To Boost Cellular Starlink Network 4. AMSAT: New Textbook Featuring GNU Radio Published 5. AMSAT: ISS Astronauts Reject Call For Early Retirement Of The Station 6. ARRL: Radio Connects Is 2025 ARRL Field Day Theme — Merchandise Available for Preorder 7. ARRL: ARRL Ham Radio Open House — Site Locator Live, PR Workshop Registration 8. ARRL: Perfect Storm Exercise in California Gets Results 9. ARRL: Results Of ARRL Section Manager Elections 10. ARRL: Two Local Clubs Join Together To Sponsor Their Annual Spring Thaw Event 11. ARRL: Fort Myers Amateur Radio Club Honors WWII Heros 12. Shortwave Station In Austria Adds Deutsche Amateur Radio Club Radio Program 13. Personnel Cuts At The US Weather Service Raises Questions 14. Fishermen and Farmer In India Find Amateur Radio An Important Tool 15. Radio Is deemed Essential Communication Against Wildfires In India 16. Six GigaHertz Band Is Opened By The FCC To More Unlicensed Very Low Power Devices 17. Lunar Lander On The Moon Tracked By Earth Navigation System 18. Amateurs To Celebrate 200th Anniversary Of The Erie Canal 19. FCC: FCC opens comment period on deregulating everything on a NPRM entitled, "Delete Delete Delete" 20. ARRL: Upcoming Radio Sport Contests and Regional Convention Listings 21. ARD: Brandmeister DMR Network to stop supporting certain DMR identifiers 22. NAB: National Association of Broadcasters urge the FCC to accelerate transition to NextGen Television Plus these Special Features This Week: * Working Amateur Radio Satellites with Bruce Paige, KK5DO - AMSAT Satellite News * Foundations of Amateur Radio with Onno Benschop VK6FLAB, will answer the question, Can You Work DX on a Dummy Load? * The DX Corner with Bill Salyers, AJ8B with all the latest news on DXpeditions, DX, upcoming radio sport contests, and more * Weekly Propagation Forecast from the ARRL * Will Rogers - K5WLR - A Century Of Amateur Radio. This week, we travel back to January of 1921, where we find the league running another round of transcontinental messaging, setting new records for the coast-to-coast relay. This episode is entitled "Transcons at Record Speed" ----- Website: https://www.twiar.net X: https://x.com/TWIAR Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/twiar.bsky.social Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/twiari YouTube: https://bit.ly/TWIARYouTube RSS News: https://twiar.net/?feed=rss2 Automated (Full Static file, updated weekly): https://twiar.net/TWIARHAM.mp3 Automated (1-hour Static file, updated weekly): https://www.twiar.net/TWIAR1HR.mp3 ----- This Week in Amateur Radio is produced by Community Video Associates in upstate New York, and is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License. If you would like to volunteer with us as a news anchor or special segment producer please get in touch with our Executive Producer, George, via email at w2xbs77@gmail.com. Thanks to FortifiedNet.net for the server space! Thanks to Archive.org for the audio space.

PODCAST: This Week in Amateur Radio Edition #1358 - Full Version Release Date: March 8, 2025 Here is a summary of the news trending...This Week in Amateur Radio. This week's edition is anchored by Chris Perrine, KB2FAF, Steven Sawyer, K1FRC, Alan Shepard, WK8W, Don Hulick, K2ATJ, Will Rogers, K5WLR, Eric Zittel, KD2RJX, William Savocool, K2SAV, George Bowen, W2XBS, and Jessica Bowen, KC2VWX. Produced and edited by George Bowen, W2XBS Approximate Running Time: 1:48:45 Podcast Download: https://bit.ly/TWIAR1358 Trending headlines in this week's bulletin service 1. ARD: Brandmeister DMR Network To Stop Supporting Some DMR IDs 2. NAB: National Association of Broadcasters Urges FCC To Accelerate NextGen TV Transition 3. WKRN: FCC Chairman Carr Climbs Nexstar Broadcast Tower To Promote Industry Jobs 4. AMSAT: Amateur Satellites Scheduled For Launch 5. AMSAT: Nine New TEVEL Satellites Scheduled For Launch 6. AMSAT: Intuitive Machines' Lunar Lander Beams Back First Images Of Earth - 4G 7. AMSAT: Satellite Shorts From All Over 8. WIA: British Science Week Gets Underway 9. WIA: No Amateur Radio Fest At The National Association of Broadcasters Show This Year 10. WIA: Remember The Video Chat Service Skype? 11. MSN: Discover The Hidden Stories Behind Your Favorite Devices At This New Huntsville Museum 12. ARRL: 2025 HamSCI Workshop is March 14th and 15th At The New Jersey Institute Of Technology 13. ARRL: Clubs Are Gearing Up For ARRL Ham Radio Open House — Yours Can, Too! 14. ARRL: Hurricane Watch Net Founder Gerald Murphy, K8YUW, a Silent Key 15. ARRL: ARRL Honorary Vice President Frank Butler, W4RH, Celebrates His Centenary 16. First Amateur Radio Club Station Is Installed At University of West Bengal 17. India Foundation Prepares For An Upcoming DxPedition 18. Three Kilmolin Cluster Beacons Are Shut Down To Relocate 19. Ham Radio In Brazil Outlined In Recent Survey 20. ARRL Presents the next On The Air Live for March 25, 2025 21. ARRL: Upcoming RadioSport Contests and Regional Convention Listings 22. RSGB: Radio Society of Great Britain Announce 2025 Band Plans 23. AMSAT: Hades R satellite repeater is activated and designated Spain Oscar 124 or SO-124 24. AMSAT: Solar Sails aim to enhance future space weather alerts 25. WIA: Australian Regulator ACMA finalizes license fee structures - New Zealand looks for proposal comments 26. WIA: Libyan Communications Amateur Society is admitted to the International Amateur Radio Union 27. WIA/RAC: Mike Kelly, VE3FFK is the recipient of the Radio Amateurs of Canada Amateur of the Year Award 28. VOA: Voice of America Museum of Broadcasting History reopens after seven month renovation 29. ARRL: Colorado High School students visit The Plishner Radio Astronomy Center 30. ARRL: How about some Pi with that transceiver? 31. ARRL: Hap Holly, KC9RP, moderator and creator of The RAIN Report is a Silent Key 32. ARRL: Registration begins mid-March for the 24th USA National Radio Orienteering Championship 33. RaDar/Rapid Deployment Amateur Radio is coming soon 34. Radio astronomers in a radio quiet zone battle RF Interference as combined technologies offer to assist 35. Volunteer Monitor Report for this month Plus these Special Features This Week: * Working Amateur Radio Satellites with Bruce Paige, KK5DO - AMSAT Satellite News * Foundations of Amateur Radio with Onno Benschop VK6FLAB, will answer the question, What's the story you like to tell yourself? * The DX Corner with Bill Salyers, AJ8B with news on DXpeditions, DX, upcoming radio sport contests and more. * Weekly Propagation Forecast from the ARRL * Will Rogers, K5WLR, returns with another edition of A Century Of Amateur Radio. This week, Will takes us back to the early 1920's, when among a lot of other things, the US Navy was pressing for control of the airwaves again. We will here all about this and more in this edition entitled "Strays" ----- Website: https://www.twiar.net X: https://x.com/TWIAR Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/twiar.bsky.social Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/twiari YouTube: https://bit.ly/TWIARYouTube RSS News: https://twiar.net/?feed=rss2 Automated (Full Static file, updated weekly): https://twiar.net/TWIARHAM.mp3 Automated (1-hour Static file, updated weekly): https://www.twiar.net/TWIAR1HR.mp3 ----- This Week in Amateur Radio is produced by Community Video Associates in upstate New York, and is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License. If you would like to volunteer with us as a news anchor or special segment producer please get in touch with our Executive Producer, George, via email at w2xbs77@gmail.com. Thanks to FortifiedNet.net for the server space! Thanks to Archive.org for the audio space.

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PODCAST: This Week in Amateur Radio Edition #1356 - Full Version Release Date: February 22, 2025 Here is a summary of the news trending...This Week in Amateur Radio. This week's edition is anchored by Chris Perrine, KB2FAF, Alan Shephard, WK8W, Don Hulick, K2ATJ, Will Rogers, K5WLR, Joshua Marler, AA4WX, Eric Zittel, KD2RJX, Marvin Tuner, W0MET, George Bowen, W2XBS, and Jessica Bowen, KC2VWX. Produced and edited by George Bowen, W2XBS Approximate Running Time: 1:40:52 Podcast Download: https://bit.ly/TWIAR1356 Trending headlines in this week's bulletin service 1. ARRL: Call for QST Articles For The July 2025 Special Issue On EmComm 2. AMSAT: Current Active AMSAT Engineering Projects 3. RW: President Trump Expands White House Oversight Of The FCC 4. ARRL: Dayton HamVention Announces 2025 Theme - ARES Bootcamp Coming To California HAM ESCAPE 5. ARRL: More Openings Available for On the Air Live 6. ARRL: DX Opportunities Abound Around ARRL International DX Contest 7. ARRL: Young Ladies Radio League (YLRL) Scholarships Available For Students 8. ARRL: Bob Buus, W2OD, ARRL Northern New Jersey Section Manager, Silent Key 9. ARRL: Changes in the ARRL Iowa Section 10. ARRL: High School and a Science Fiction Movie Spark Interest In Amateur Radio 11. ARRL: Have A Ham Radio Open House In April 12. ARRL: Grassroots Emergency Communications Operations In Arizona 13. ARD: Ham Radio Gizmos Platform Launches Documentary Series To Educate And Inspire Ham Enthusiasts 14. Michigan Upper Peninsula Dog Sled Race And Local Amateurs Both Pull Long Shifts 15. First Young Ladies Meet Up Hosted By Argentine Radio Club 16. Spectrum Sharing Is Eyed By The UK Ofcom On The 6 GigaHertz Band 17. Beloved New Zealand CW Operator Is Honored In A YouTube Tribute 18. Sound Engineer and Parks On The Air Enthusiast Ian Kuhn, KI9W, Silent Key 19. Youth At The International DX Convention Will Have Free Admission 20. Measuring RF Pollution In South Africa 21. ARRL: The North American QSO Party is this weekend 22. ARRL: Upcoming Contests and Regional Conventions Listing 23. RSGB: Bletchley Park museum radio awareness talk 24. AMSAT: Interlune aims to mine lunar helium 3 for Quantum Computing on Earth 25. WIA: International Amateur Radio Union readies to celebrate its centenary 26. INDO: Ham radio users detect suspicious signals along the Indonesian-Bangladesh border 27. ARRL: Rig Expert administrative office destroyed in Russian missle attack 28. ARRL: Grant will help young amateur radio operators become contesters 29. ARRL: Stations across northeast Illinois gathered for a 70cm simplex research event 30. ARD: Actor Paul Giamatti to play Art Bell in proposed upcoming biopic 31. WRTC: World Radiosport Team Championship 2026 rules are published Plus these Special Features This Week: * Working Amateur Radio Satellites with Bruce Paige, KK5DO - AMSAT Satellite News * Foundations of Amateur Radio with Onno Benschop VK6FLAB, will update us on his open source Bald Yak Project in a segment called Phosphor and The Impertinence Of Software * The DX Corner with Bill Salyers, AJ8B with all the latest news on DXpeditions, DX, upcoming radiosport contests, and a lot more * Weekly Propagation Forecast from the ARRL * Will Rogers, K5WLR - A Century Of Amateur Radio. This week will piles us all into The Wayback Machine to take us back to the early 1920's as amateurs transition from Spark to CW. ----- Website: https://www.twiar.net X: https://x.com/TWIAR Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/twiar.bsky.social Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/twiari YouTube: https://bit.ly/TWIARYouTube RSS News: https://twiar.net/?feed=rss2 Automated (Full Static file, updated weekly): https://twiar.net/TWIARHAM.mp3 Automated (1-hour Static file, updated weekly): https://www.twiar.net/TWIAR1HR.mp3 ----- This Week in Amateur Radio is produced by Community Video Associates in upstate New York, and is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License. If you would like to volunteer with us as a news anchor or special segment producer please get in touch with our Executive Producer, George, via email at w2xbs77@gmail.com. Thanks to FortifiedNet.net for the server space! Thanks to Archive.org for the audio space.

PODCAST: This Week in Amateur Radio Edition #1355 - Full Version Release Date: February 15, 2025 Here is a summary of the news trending...This Week in Amateur Radio. This week's edition is anchored by Denny Haight, NZ8D, Rich Lawrence, KB2MOB, Steven Sawyer, K1FRC, Alan Shephard, WK8W Don Hulick, K2ATJ, Will Rogers, K5WLR, Eric Zittel, KD2RJX, George Bowen, W2XBS, and Jessica Bowen, KC2VWX. Produced and edited by George Bowen, W2XBS Approximate Running Time: 1:58:52 Podcast Download: https://bit.ly/TWIAR1355 Trending headlines in this week's bulletin service 1. RSGB: Bletchley Park Museum Radio Awareness Talk 2. RSGB: New RSGB Emerging Technology Web Page 3. HACK: Freed At Last From Patents, Does Anyone Still Care About MP3 4. AMSAT: AMSAT-EA's HADES-R Successfully Deployed and Transmitting Telemetry 5. AMSAT: Blue Origin Simulates Lunar Gravity On Landmark New Shepard Flight 6. AMSAT: Interlune Aims To Mine Lunar Helium-3 For Quantum Computing On Earth 7. AMSAT: Satellite Shorts From All Over 8. WIA: International Amateur Radio Union To Celebrate Centenary 9. INDO: Ham Radio Users Detect Suspicious Signals Along Indo-Bangladesh Border 10. RW: WJLX Returns To 1240 AM After Tower Theft 11. ARRL: Amateur Radio Emergency Service Renews Relationship with Red Cross in Puerto Rico 12. ARRL: RigExpert's Administrative Office Destroyed in Russian Missile Attack — Production Remains Intact 13. ARRL: Robert Naumann, W5OV, Silent Key 14. ARRL: Grant Will Help Young Amateur Radio Operators Become Contesters 15. ARRL: Have A Ham Radio Open House For World Amateur Radio Day 16. ARRL: Stations Across Northeast Illinois Gathered For A 70 Centimeter Simplex Research Event 17. ARD: Actor Paul Giamatti To Play Art Bell In Biopic Film 18. Starlink Satellites Re-entries Are Leaving Metallic Vapor Trails 19. An Amateur Radio Operator Turns Out To Be The Frontrunner To Lead Germany 20. AM Radio Act To Save AM Radio In US Vehicles Gets Revived Effort 21. Meteorites Landing Location Activated By Amateur Radio Operator 22. World Radiosport Team Championship 2026 Rules Are Published 23. ARRL: Upcoming RadioSport Contests and Regional Conventions 24. AMSAT: SO-120 Antennas Deployed 25. AMSAT: Fram2Ham SSTV Simulation is now onboard the International Space Station 26. RW: Austria's historic Moosbrunn shortwave transmission site is dismantled 27. RW: SiriusXM SXM-9 satellite is now operational 28. FCC: FCC upholds order against an amateur licensee 29. PROP: The magnetic north pole has officially shifted its position 30. ARRL: Training the next generation of net control operators 31. ARRL: The Hurricane Watch Net is turning 60 years old, and is seeking net control operators 32. ACMA: The Australian Communications & Media Authority finalizes license fee charges for Australian amateurs 33. Living the good life on the air at a senior living community as it launches a ham radio club 34. Senators reintroduce legislation to protect amateur radio operators in an HOA Plus these Special Features This Week: * Working Amateur Radio Satellites with Bruce Paige, KK5DO - AMSAT Satellite News * Foundations of Amateur Radio with Onno Benschop VK6FLAB, returns this week to his open source Bald Yak Project, where he will teach us to pay attention to the details. * The DX Corner with Bill Salyers, AJ8B in the DX Corner, with all the latest news on DXpeditions, DX, upcoming radio sport contests, and more.. * Weekly Propagation Forecast from the ARRL * Will Rogers, K5WLR, returns with another new edition of A Century of Amateur Radio. This week, Will takes us all aboard The Wayback Machine to the year 1920 when amateurs discovered that radio waves didn't simply move from point to point along a straight line and decrease in strength with distance. Something else was happening too, but what? Will answers this question in an episode titled, "The QSS Tests." ----- Website: https://www.twiar.net X: https://x.com/TWIAR Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/twiar.bsky.social Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/twiari YouTube: https://bit.ly/TWIARYouTube RSS News: https://twiar.net/?feed=rss2 Automated (Full Static file, updated weekly): https://twiar.net/TWIARHAM.mp3 Automated (1-hour Static file, updated weekly): https://www.twiar.net/TWIAR1HR.mp3 ----- This Week in Amateur Radio is produced by Community Video Associates in upstate New York, and is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License. If you would like to volunteer with us as a news anchor or special segment producer please get in touch with our Executive Producer, George, via email at w2xbs77@gmail.com. Thanks to FortifiedNet.net for the server space! Thanks to Archive.org for the audio space.

A month after the disastrous fires in the Los Angeles area, this special episode features a conversation among Save As co-hosts Trudi Sandmeier and Cindy Olnick, and producer Willa Seidenberg. Trudi reflects on the loss of her historic family home, her close-knit neighborhood, and the Will Rogers ranch, an integral part of her and her family's lives. We discuss the city's current state of grief and bewilderment, the understandable rush to rebuild along with the need to plan thoughtfully, and how we must focus not just on what we've lost, but what remains.See episode page for photos, resources, and transcriptConnect with us on Instagram, Facebook, and LinkedIn!

PODCAST: This Week in Amateur Radio Edition #1354 - Full Version Release Date: February 8, 2025 Here is a summary of the news trending...This Week in Amateur Radio. This week's edition is anchored by Denny Haight, NZ8D, Steven Sawyer, K1FRC, Chris Perrine, KB2FAF, Alan Shephard, WK8W, Will Rogers, K5WLR, Don Hulick, K2ATJ, Eric Zittel, KD2RJX, George Bowen, W2XBS, and Jessica Bowen, KC2VWX. Produced and edited by George Bowen, W2XBS Approximate Running Time: 1:45:17 Podcast Download: https://bit.ly/TWIAR1354 Trending headlines in this week's bulletin service 1. AMSAT: MO-122 - Newest OSCAR Alive and Well 2. AMSAT: SO-120 Antennas Deployed 3. AMSAT: Fram2Ham SSTV Simulation Onboard The International Space Station 4. RW: Austria's Historic Moosbrunn Shortwave Transmission Site Dismantled 5. RW: SiriusXM's SXM-9 Satellite Is Now Operational 6. FCC: FCC Upholds Forfeiture Order Against Amateur Licensee 7. RI: Pallone, Bilirakis Reintroduce AM Radio Act In the US House of Representatives 8. PROP: The Magnetic North Pole Has Officially Shifted Position 9. ARRL: Learning Opportunity - On the Air Live - How To Use Your Handheld Radio 10. ARRL: Training The Next Generation Of Net Controllers 11. ARRL: Hurricane Watch Net Turning 60, Seeking Net Control Operators 12. ARRL: Las Vegas, Nevada, American Legion Paradise Post 149, Will Operate Special Event Station NV7AL 13. ARRL: Young Ladies Radio League, K4LMB, Will Host The 2025 SSB/CW/Digital YL-OM Contest 14. World Radio Day Is Just Ahead On February 13th 15. First Archipelago DxPedition In 23 Years Is Given The Thumbs Up By The Brazilian Navy 16. SSTV Images From First Polar Orbit Space Flight To Be Transmitted By Amateur Radio 17. ACMA Finalizes License Fee Changes For Australian Amateurs 18. Living The Good Life In A Senior Living Community Ham Radio Club 19. In Memory Of Earthquake Victims - Amateurs In Turkey Activate 20. Software Award Nominees Deadline Is Approaching 21. Late Breaking: Senators Wicker, Blumenthal Reintroduce Legislation to Protect Amateur Radio Operators 22. HACK: Parcae: A Trio of Spy Satellites 23. ARRL: Upcoming RadioSport contests and regional convention listings 24. HACK: Sony ends manufacturing of Blu-Ray, Mini-Disk, and MiniDV media. 25. WIA: Carnarvons decommissioned NASA satellite dish back in service after forty years 26. WIA: Amateur radio has been a hobby for well over 100 years 27. RAC: ISED Canada releases new basic amateur radio question bank 28. ARRL: ARRL Teachers Institute is a success on Staten Island 29. ARRL: Long time Ham Radio Outlet employee is honored for sixty years in amateur radio 30. ARRL: News shorts from the ARRL 31. Transportation contracts are signed for the Bouvet Island 3Y0K team 32. RAC: 70 centimeter mesh network project to begin in Canada 33. RSGB: Radio Society of Great Britain releases new syllabus 16. RSGB: Radio Society of Great Britain is looking for an Assistant Editor to fill a recent vacancy 35. Monthly Volunteer Monitoring System Report Plus these Special Features This Week: * Working Amateur Radio Satellites with Bruce Paige, KK5DO - AMSAT Satellite News * Foundations of Amateur Radio with Onno Benschop VK6FLAB, will be here with advise on how to find your path in the amateur radio hobby. * The DX Corner with Bill Salyers, AJ8B with news on DXpeditions, DX, upcoming radio sport contests and more. * Weekly Propagation Forecast from the ARRL * Will Rogers - K5WLR - A Century of Amateur Radio. This week, will takes us all aboard The Wayback Machine to the year 1919 when in late December, radio was blacked out again. But this time it was nature's doing, not a government edict. Hams discovered, the shorter wavelengths were dead despite the fact that 600 meter signals were still pounding in. Amateurs were in the process of learning about solar cycles, and atmospheric propagation in an episode simply called, 'Freaks'. ----- Website: https://www.twiar.net X: https://x.com/TWIAR Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/twiar.bsky.social Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/twiari YouTube: https://bit.ly/TWIARYouTube RSS News: https://twiar.net/?feed=rss2 Automated (Full Static file, updated weekly): https://twiar.net/TWIARHAM.mp3 Automated (1-hour Static file, updated weekly): https://www.twiar.net/TWIAR1HR.mp3 ----- This Week in Amateur Radio is produced by Community Video Associates in upstate New York, and is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License. If you would like to volunteer with us as a news anchor or special segment producer please get in touch with our Executive Producer, George, via email at w2xbs77@gmail.com. Thanks to FortifiedNet.net for the server space! Thanks to Archive.org for the audio space.

Hazard waste to be put at Will Rogers State Beach // We have the most beautiful state, and we have ruined it. We've mistreated and mismanaged it. Malibu Mudslides Disneyland Resort offering free hopper tickets to first responders. The Teacups and Mr. Toad's Wild Ride. Tariffs will hurt most stores - but not TJ Maxx. Petros surprise visit and the mystery of the missing jacket! // Ohtani interpreter Ippei Mizuhara sentenced to prison 

Our guest this time, Bill Eddy, is a family mediator, lawyer and therapist, and the Chief Innovation Officer of the High Conflict Institute based in San Diego, California. He received his bachelor's degree in Psychology, but didn't stop there. As you will read, he went on to learn and work in the therapy space for a number of years, but his longing to deal with some other issues caused him to study law and after receiving his Juris Prudence degree he worked in the law as a mediator. While doing this he also felt it relevant and appropriate to begin working on ways to address conflicts between persons. He realized that conflict often meant that someone was bullying another person.   Bill and I spend much time discussing bullying, where it comes from, how and why people become bullies and how to deal with bullying kinds of behavior. Our discussions are fascinating and I quite believe important for everyone to hear.   Just last month Bill's latest book, “Our New World of Adult Bullies” was released. Bill discusses his book and why we are encountering more bullying behavior today than we have experienced in the past.   Enough from me. I hope you find my conversation with Bill Eddy relevant, useful and, of course, entertaining.       About the Guest:   Bill Eddy is a family mediator, lawyer and therapist, and the Chief Innovation Office of the High Conflict Institute based in San Diego, California. He has provided training to mediators, lawyers, judges, mental health professionals and others on the subject of managing high-conflict personalities in over 35 states, 9 provinces in Canada, and twelve other countries.   As a lawyer, Mr. Eddy was a Certified Family Law Specialist (CFLS) in California for 15 years, where he represented clients in family court. Prior to that, he provided psychotherapy for 12 years to children and families in psychiatric hospitals and outpatient clinics as a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW). Throughout his forty-year career he has provided divorce mediation services, including the past 15 years as the Senior Family Mediator at the National Conflict Resolution Center in San Diego, California. Mr. Eddy is the author of several books, including: · Mediating High Conflict Disputes · High Conflict People in Legal Disputes · Splitting: Protecting Yourself While Divorcing Someone with Borderline or Narcissistic Personality Disorder · Calming Upset People with EAR · BIFF: Quick Responses to High Conflict People · BIFF for CoParent Communication · BIFF at Work · BIFF for Lawyers and Law Offices · So, What's Your Proposal: Shifting High Conflict People From Blaming to Problem-Solving in 30 Seconds · Don't Alienate the Kids! Raising Resilient Children While Avoiding High-Conflict Divorce   He has a continuing education course for Mental Health professionals titled “It's All Your Fault!”: Working with High Conflict Personalities. He has a Psychology Today blog about high conflict personality disorders with over 6 million views. He has a podcast titled “It's All Your Fault” which he does weekly with Megan Hunter.   He taught Negotiation and Mediation at the University of San Diego School of Law for six years. He has served on the part-time faculty of the National Judicial College in the United States and has provided several trainings for judges in Canada for the National Judicial Institute. He is currently on the part-time faculty at the Straus Institute of Dispute Resolution at Pepperdine University School of Law teaching Psychology of Conflict Communication each year. He teaches once a year on Advanced Communication Skills as Conjoint Associate Professor at Newcastle Law School in Newcastle, Australia.   He is the developer of the New Ways for Families® method for potentially high-conflict families, which is being implemented in several family court systems in the United States and Canada, as well as an online co-parenting course (Parenting Without Conflict by New Ways for Families). He is also the developer of the New Ways for Mediation® method, which emphasizes more structure by the mediator and simple negotiation skills for the parties. He obtained his JD law degree in 1992 from the University of San Diego, a Master of Social Work degree in 1981 from San Diego State University, and a Bachelors degree in Psychology in 1970 from Case Western Reserve University. His website is: www.HighConflictInstitute.com.   Ways to connect with Bill:   www.HighConflictInstitute.com.   About the Host:   Michael Hingson is a New York Times best-selling author, international lecturer, and Chief Vision Officer for accessiBe. Michael, blind since birth, survived the 9/11 attacks with the help of his guide dog Roselle. This story is the subject of his best-selling book, Thunder Dog.   Michael gives over 100 presentations around the world each year speaking to influential groups such as Exxon Mobile, AT&T, Federal Express, Scripps College, Rutgers University, Children's Hospital, and the American Red Cross just to name a few. He is Ambassador for the National Braille Literacy Campaign for the National Federation of the Blind and also serves as Ambassador for the American Humane Association's 2012 Hero Dog Awards.   https://michaelhingson.com https://www.facebook.com/michael.hingson.author.speaker/ https://twitter.com/mhingson https://www.youtube.com/user/mhingson https://www.linkedin.com/in/michaelhingson/   accessiBe Links https://accessibe.com/ https://www.youtube.com/c/accessiBe https://www.linkedin.com/company/accessibe/mycompany/   https://www.facebook.com/accessibe/       Thanks for listening!   Thanks so much for listening to our podcast! If you enjoyed this episode and think that others could benefit from listening, please share it using the social media buttons on this page. Do you have some feedback or questions about this episode? Leave a comment in the section below!   Subscribe to the podcast   If you would like to get automatic updates of new podcast episodes, you can subscribe to the podcast on Apple Podcasts or Stitcher. You can subscribe in your favorite podcast app. You can also support our podcast through our tip jar https://tips.pinecast.com/jar/unstoppable-mindset .   Leave us an Apple Podcasts review   Ratings and reviews from our listeners are extremely valuable to us and greatly appreciated. They help our podcast rank higher on Apple Podcasts, which exposes our show to more awesome listeners like you. If you have a minute, please leave an honest review on Apple Podcasts.       Transcription Notes: Michael Hingson ** 00:00 Access Cast and accessiBe Initiative presents Unstoppable Mindset. The podcast where inclusion, diversity and the unexpected meet. Hi, I'm Michael Hingson, Chief Vision Officer for accessiBe and the author of the number one New York Times bestselling book, Thunder dog, the story of a blind man, his guide dog and the triumph of trust. Thanks for joining me on my podcast as we explore our own blinding fears of inclusion unacceptance and our resistance to change. We will discover the idea that no matter the situation, or the people we encounter, our own fears, and prejudices often are our strongest barriers to moving forward. The unstoppable mindset podcast is sponsored by accessiBe, that's a c c e s s i capital B e. Visit www.accessibe.com to learn how you can make your website accessible for persons with disabilities. And to help make the internet fully inclusive by the year 2025. Glad you dropped by we're happy to meet you and to have you here with us.   Michael Hingson ** 01:21 And welcome to another episode of unstoppable mindset where inclusion, diversity and the unexpected meet. Today, we get to deal mostly with the unexpected, because inclusion is what it is, diversity is what it is, and those we put in the order that we do, because in the typical sense of the word diversity, doesn't intend to include disabilities or any discussion of disabilities. And people say, well, disability means lack of ability when they're talking about any of that anyway. And the reality is that's not true. Disability should not mean a lack of ability. And people say, Well, it does, because it starts with dis Well, what about disciple? Yeah, what about disciple? What about discern? What about, you know, so many other kinds of things. The reality is that everyone has a disability, and we could talk about that, but that's not what we're here to do today. We're here to talk to Bill Eddy, who has written a number of books. He's got a degree in psychology, he's got degrees in law, and I'm not going to go and give all that away, because I'd rather he do it. But we also get to be excited by the fact that he has a new book, and we'll talk about it a bunch. It's called our new world of adult bullies. Um, that's what I say about my cat all the time, because she does run the house and, you know, and we can mention that name, Bill, it's stitch. Now, she's a great kitty, but she she does have her mindset on what she wants, so she's trained us well. Well, welcome to unstoppable mindset. Bill, how are you?   Bill Eddy ** 02:57 I'm good, and thanks so much for having me on. Michael, glad to be with you.   Michael Hingson ** 03:01 Well, we're glad you're here and looking forward to it. Why don't we start, as I love to do so often, why don't you tell us about kind of the early build, growing up, or any of those kinds of things to lead us into where we go?   Bill Eddy ** 03:14 Well, I was one of four kids, and as I mentioned in the introduction of the book in third grade, I had my own personal bully. He decided I was the guy he wanted to pick on and fight. And I think he figured that out because my parents didn't allow us kids to fight, so we weren't allowed to fight back. And you know, my parents said, you know, if takes two to make a fight, so if a fight starting, just walk away. And I said, what if the other person won't let you walk away? So we'll find a way to walk away. So for most of third grade, he harassed me and would catch me after school and hit me and kick me in the the foot of the stairway. We had a basement classroom, and there was a stairway out from there so no one could see and it wasn't easy to get away from but mostly I figured out how to avoid him, and also how to how to help the older kids with their homework, so they'd be more of a protector for me. So that's early childhood, but I think it influenced my my choice as an adult, you know, a psychology major, and then I got a master's in social work to do child and family counseling. Did that 12 years, but I liked resolving conflicts, and decided to go to law school and all of that primarily so I could practice mediation to help people solve conflicts. But many of the conflicts I've dealt with had bullies in them, so I started studying these personalities, and that kind of brings me up to today.   Michael Hingson ** 04:58 Wow. Well, you have certainly written, also a number of books. I was reading your list of books, and you have one on divorce, and clearly there are bullies there, and a lot of places, I'm sure, and you have just a number of books, and I can see where the whole concept of having bullies can be in all of those and at the same time, most of us haven't learned how to deal with bullies. We haven't learned how to address the issue of avoidance, which is what you talked about, but it makes perfect sense. I don't particularly like bullies. I've not been bullied a lot, I think I was a couple of times in grammar school, and a kid hit me a couple of times, and I can only assume that it was sort of a bullish oriented thing, but I don't really recall that anything ever happened other than that. It only happened like once or twice, and then I was left alone. But still, there is so much of it, and there's been bullying to a degree for well, as long as we've had people, I guess, right, and this whole idea of avoiding it is obviously what we need to do, although I guess the other part about it that comes to mind is, how do you get the bully to change their mindset and recognize that that's not the best productive use of their time? Well,   Bill Eddy ** 06:30 what's interesting is childhood bullies mostly do figure that out. And I'd say probably 90% of childhood bullies don't become adult bullies that, you know, somebody punches them in the nose, or nobody wants to be their friend, or they get in trouble at home or at school, and they learn that that doesn't work, but maybe 10% get away with it. Maybe they're encouraged, you know, maybe their parents laugh when they bully other people, and that's that's the ones that become the adult bullies. But what I find, and the Institute I work with, high conflict Institute, we do a lot of training, a lot of coaching, and we we teach people like for workplace coaching to to try to give bullies some conflict resolution skills so that they won't be bullies, so they can solve problems others other ways, and we find maybe half of the bullies can improve their behavior enough to keep the job, and About half quit or are told they need to leave. So I'd say about half of bullies can learn to stop that behavior or rein it in, and about half can't. That's just a real rough estimate from my personal observation.   Michael Hingson ** 07:55 The ones that can't or don't, is it that they get so much satisfaction from bullying and they get away with it that just they just don't see the value of it. Or is it different than that? Well, I   Bill Eddy ** 08:08 think it's not as logical as that. I think it has a lot to do with personality patterns, and the ones that are adult bullies usually have personality patterns that border on personality disorders, especially the Cluster B personality disorders, which are narcissistic, anti social, borderline and histrionic. So it's part of who they are. They're not really even thinking about it. This is just how they operate in the world. And so if they're not stopped, they just automatically do this. If they are stopped or told they're going to lose their job, maybe half of them can rein in their behavior, and maybe the other calf can't, even if they want to, they just can't stop themselves. But mostly it's more or less automatic. Is what I see. They really lack self reflection, and therefore, generally don't change. And one of the definitions of personality disorders is an enduring pattern of behavior, so it's not, not likely to change because they had an insight. Because if they were going to have an insight like that, they would have had it before they became adults.   Michael Hingson ** 09:29 Yeah, and it, and it just doesn't seem to happen. And it is, it is so unfortunate that we even have to talk about this kind of a subject. But it's also very important that we understand it, because I think those of us who aren't bullied or who aren't bullies, still need to understand it's like anything else, still need to understand it in order to learn how to deal with it. I would think,   Bill Eddy ** 09:55 yeah, and I think part of why this. Is coming up now is traditionally in our society. And I know my whole lifetime, adult bullies were pretty much kept on the fringe, and so families said, Hey, you can't do that in our family and communities and schools and and workplaces said that. But what's interesting now is, I'd say, the last 20 years or so, is bullies are getting center stage because all of our media competition, especially the screens we have, are trying to show us the worst behavior so that we'll pay attention to them. So social media, cable 24/7, news, movies, TV shows are all showing bad behavior to grab our attention, but the result of this is that they're teaching bad behavior and tolerating it and giving permission to bullies to act out when they might have kind of restrained themselves in the past.   Michael Hingson ** 11:07 How do we get media, television and so on to change that? I've I've kind of felt that way for a while. I actually took a course in college, um, it was called Why police, which is a fascinating course. It was taught by not a deputy sheriff, but he was a volunteer deputy sheriff in Orange County. He was an engineering professor at UC Irvine, where I went to school, and he and he taught this course, and I made the observation once in class, that a lot of the negativity that we see really comes from what we experience on television. And he said, no, that's just not true, but it certainly is true. Well,   Bill Eddy ** 11:49 especially nowadays, especially nowadays, yeah, yeah. Maybe that wasn't true 30 years ago, but it seems very much true now. Yeah, and you mentioned a study in the beginning of, I think it's chapter two of the book that about it was a workplace study, and if I can quote it, I think this is helpful for this discussion. He says they said there's a 2021, workplace bullying Institute survey. So in the second year of the pandemic, he says 58% of the respondents on the survey agreed that quotes the display of bullying, disrespect and intolerance of the opinions of others by politicians and public figures affected workplaces because they encouraged aggression and granted permission to ignore the rules. And I think it's very direct that the media does impact family life, workplace community and online, for sure.   Michael Hingson ** 13:00 Yeah, yeah, I, I would agree. And, you know, today, and we're not going to talk about specific individuals, but at the same time today, I dare say, there are a number of people who step back and contemplate this whole concept of bullies and so on, who would agree that in the political world there? Well, there are a number, but there's one especially, who tends to be more of a bully. But I would say that there are a number of people in the political world who just want to force their own way, and tend to bully a lot.   Bill Eddy ** 13:34 And I totally agree with you. Even have a chapter on what I call the high emotion media, because it's the emotions, the disrespect, the insulting statements, the personal attacks, you know, I don't like the way you look, or I think you're crazy or you're an idiot, and that kind of message, and If you have that going back and forth between politicians. It's very exciting to watch, but it's not the way you want to live, like you wouldn't want to be in a relationship like that, no, and so. So the media image promotes that because it gets attention. It really grabs attention. And I would I would suggest that it's been over the last 30 years approximately, that politics has become more about entertainment than about government. And the values of entertainment are extreme behavior and disrespect and fighting and chaos and crisis and fear, whereas government is when it's running well is boring, is focused on details, focused on people getting along, having their share of responsibility, all of that kind of stuff. So we've turned the. Values of politics upside down, and we think now that's the way. That's what politics is. And it's unfortunate, because government will unravel if we use the entertainment values to govern the country. Of course,   Michael Hingson ** 15:16 there are a number of people, especially in the media, who would say, but all of this sells, newspapers, all of this sells, and that's why we do it. I I submit that that's not necessarily so. But how do you show people that? Yeah, this sells, but don't you think there are other kinds of things that would sell even more   Bill Eddy ** 15:42 well, it's tricky, but one of my goals in writing the book is to teach people self help skills, to monitor their absorption of high emotion media and to be able to set limits on it. Like I don't like to get more than half an hour of news from a screen. I like reading the papers and reading different points of view. And if you watch more than half an hour and you get this coming in your ears and your eyes and all of that, it just takes over your thinking. And actually, the more repetition there is, the more things feel true that are clearly not true, but the way our brains work, repetition tells us what's really true and what's really important. And TV, even radio, can bombard us with false information that starts to feel true because we get so much of it.   Michael Hingson ** 16:40 Yeah, it's it is someone, yes, I hear you, and it's so unfortunate that more people don't tend to be analytical, reflecting introspective. You know, we talked earlier about the book that I'm writing, live like a guide dog, that will be published in August of this year. And one of the things that I point out in the book, for people who want to start to learn to control fear, rather than letting it, as I say, blind you or overwhelm you, or whatever word you want to use, is you need to become more introspective and look at well, why am I afraid of this? Why am I reacting to this? How do I deal with it? And it doesn't take a lot of time every day to do it, but if you do it for a little bit of time every day, the Mind Muscle develops, and you get beyond a lot of that.   Bill Eddy ** 17:34 I think that's a very important point, as we can train ourselves to what to pay attention to, what to ignore, and we can train our self talk like you're saying. That's excellent,   Michael Hingson ** 17:46 yeah, and I think it's it's all about analyzing ourselves. And something that I learned, and I've talked about it a few times on this podcast, one of the things that I did when I was a program director at the campus radio station at UC Irvine, Zot, K, U, C, I was that I would ask people to listen to their shows. So when I was the program director, we would actually record people talking, and I insisted that they take the cassettes home. Remember cassettes? Boy, is that a long time ago,   Bill Eddy ** 18:19 two, wow, back aways, yeah, even   Michael Hingson ** 18:23 pre eight track, but take the cassettes home. Listen to them, because it's something that I did and and as I grew older and became a public speaker, after September 11, I recorded my talk so that I could listen to them. And I said, I do that because I'm my own worst critic. I'm going to be more hard on me than anyone will. And it took until even after the pandemic started, that I finally learned wrong way to look at it. I'm not my own worst critic. I'm my own best teacher. By analyzing and thinking about it and recognizing that I'm my own best teacher, because no one can really teach me anything. They can present me with the information, but I have to teach myself to learn it. So I realize that, and I'm my own best teacher, and I think that works out really well, and it's a lot more positive anyway,   Bill Eddy ** 19:18 right? Great. And that's that's that promotes lifelong learning. I just reading an article about how a lot of people, you know, after a certain amount of time, they feel okay. I got my career, I've done my skills, and now I'm going to kick back. But Lifetime Learning is where it's at. I think it's exciting. It   Michael Hingson ** 19:39 is. I consider life an adventure. I consider the internet a treasure trove of information. And yeah, there's a dark web and and all that. And now, of course, we have AI, and some people want to be negative about that, but if we use it right, and if we develop our own inner structure and. And recognize the value and how to use it. It is, and all of those are characteristics and features that can do nothing but help us.   Bill Eddy ** 20:10 Yeah, they're tools. I like the idea of tools, not rules, so we'll see what we can do with them. But as long as humans are in charge, I think we may be okay. Well,   Michael Hingson ** 20:25 I hope so. Um, Mark Twain once said, I wonder if God had been a man because he was disappointed in the monkeys. But who knows.   Bill Eddy ** 20:35 He wasn't. He was a brilliant guy. He was   Michael Hingson ** 20:39 one of my two favorite people, Mark Twain and Will Rogers, boy. They were very clever. And analysts, you had it figured out. They did, if only we would listen. Well, why did you write the book?   Bill Eddy ** 20:53 Well, I wrote it. I started writing it. The end of 2020, when the pandemic was going strong, and a lot of people, and we were all kind of holed up at home. I had more time to think, because I couldn't travel and teach and do the work I do. But I also, you know, on TV, there was, you know, the the arguments in bullying, frankly, about masks, about vaccines, about the George Floyd murder, about protests against the George Floyd murder, that that it seemed like the country was kind of in a 5050, state of bullying each other, but it wasn't. The number of bullies is actually quite small, but they're getting a high profile, and I wanted to explain that bullies at all levels have the same patterns of behavior, and few people have eye into the workings of families like I've had as a family therapist, as a family mediator and as a Family Lawyer, and few people have had, you know, awareness of workplace bullying like I have training human resources and employee assistance personnel. Likewise, neighbor disputes, because I'd be consulting on a lot of neighbor disputes, and certainly online disputes. So bullying seemed to be happening in all these different places, but most people didn't realize the extent of it, because people kept it private. And I was like, Well, I can see it's the same patterns. And then, you know, Putin invades Ukraine, and I'm going, this guy is like a domestic violence perpetrator. He has the same lack of self awareness and the same blaming personality and so I included on up to politicians and international relations to show I can tell you what the patterns are to look for. So look out for bullies. Don't let them into your life. Spot them and stop them. And I wanted, I wanted the book to really open people's eyes, so to speak to what's going on in the world today that they really haven't been aware of by and large,   Michael Hingson ** 23:13 right? What makes us, especially as adults, susceptible to being bullied?   Bill Eddy ** 23:23 Well, we're not prepared for them, and that's a lot of what I hope to do with the book is help people be prepared so they don't overreact or under react. But I'd say most people are just kind of shocked. Suddenly there's a bully in the office and they're yelling at somebody, and it's like, oh my goodness, I'm, I'm I'm freezing because, you know, I don't know what to do. They're yelling at somebody else, thank goodness, but I'm scared too, or they're yelling at me, and I freeze because I don't know what to do. So I think what happens is people are just really unprepared. On the other hand, most people are nice people. Let's say 80% of people are nice people. They don't like to interrupt people, even when they're masking saying nasty comments. They don't like to just walk away from a conversation, even if the conversation is really hurtful and abusive, and so people aren't used to being assertive against a bully, because they're used to everybody being reasonable, and so that's why they catch us by surprise and And we're not ready for them.   Michael Hingson ** 24:39 I subscribe to a service out here called next door, which is also in San Diego, and it's a way to really keep up with what's going on in the community. And I've seen a number of posts where something happened and people suddenly say. I'm surprised that never happens in this area, and that just isn't true anymore,   Bill Eddy ** 25:08 right, anywhere, anywhere,   Michael Hingson ** 25:13 and it's so unfortunate that we don't learn to look out for all of this. I think, yeah, go   Bill Eddy ** 25:23 ahead. I just gonna say, I think that's that's what has to change, is we do have to be aware, not paranoid about it around every corner, but aware that this is going to come your way. I like to say, I think everyone's going to have a bully in their life sooner rather than later, but if you're prepared and you manage it well, they're not going to get very deep into your life and will probably move on. So I do think that's coming. Sorry. I interrupted. No,   Michael Hingson ** 25:54 no, no, no, no, you did No, you were right. Tell me what are some of the warning signs that you're dealing with a bully?   Bill Eddy ** 26:00 Well, first of all that the person goes beyond the normal social boundaries and keep going like they don't stop themselves. So an unrestrained pattern of behavior. When you start thinking to yourself, Well, I'm sure he'll come to his senses soon, or I'm sure she'll realize how destructive she's being. The problem is the answer that is not necessarily, probably not. Another way that's really quite simple is when a bully starts, when a person starts criticizing your intelligence, your morals, your sanity, your appearance, your existence. When they make it personal is a real sign they've crossed the line, and now you're dealing with a bully. Because bullies make it personal. They want a one down relationship. They want you to they want to dominate you. And so that's one of the easiest ways to recognize, is the way they talk to you, talking down to you like that. And they may say that you're you're being obnoxious and you have a problem. And they might even say, Stop bullying me. Stop bullying me, Bill, and I'm not bullying them. I'm saying they need to stop what they're doing with me, and they'll say, You're the bully. So playing the victim is another way projecting what they're doing onto the other person, like, stop bullying me. Bill, I'm not bullying you. I'm setting limits on your bullying of me. Well, I would never bully you, Bill. And then they keep projecting what they're doing onto me, and they may point to other people around us and say, See how Bill's treating me, you know, and they play the victim. And next thing you know, the whole people around think that I'm being a bad guy, and they get away with it that way because they're really good at projection and good at playing the victim. So these are some of the patterns. How do   Michael Hingson ** 28:10 you deal with that, though? Well, you   Bill Eddy ** 28:14 first of all need to be taken assertive approach, so don't become aggressive and start yelling at them. No, you really are bullying me. You're a real jerk. Instead, you say that's not true. And if other people are around, you say, just, everybody know it's not true. I'm trying to set limits on his behavior towards me, because he's really harassing me. And so explain what's happening. Be assertive, so you stick up for yourself, but don't be aggressive, because now it looks like you are being the bully. And some some people asked me on one of the interviews I had, the guy said, at what point do you punch the bully in the nose? And I said, Well, you're going to have that thought, but don't act on it, because when you do that, now you look like the bully. So you don't want to be aggressive, but you don't want to be passive and let them just pick on you and run you into the ground. You want to say, Hey, that's not okay, or I'm going to end this conversation. So you assert yourself to protect yourself without trying to harm the other person, and that's what assertive is. So I really recommend the assertive approach.   Michael Hingson ** 29:33 And again, it gets back to you have to learn to understand and assess yourself and develop the tools that will allow you to do that   Bill Eddy ** 29:46 exactly and and strengthen yourself where you're not experienced or not skilled, and learn the skills to protect yourself. I think it's you know, all of us. Most of us grew up maintaining ourselves, not being too extreme, and yet sticking up for ourselves and being self managed. But bullies aren't self managed, so we're going to have to manage them for them. And so that's the new age we're in. The new world we're in is we need skills to manage bullies, and we can develop those, and that's part of what I talk about at the end of the book. The last chapter is a lot of skills that people can learn to manage bullies and protect themselves.   Michael Hingson ** 30:38 Well, how did you you've talked about a little bit, but I'd love to to learn a little bit more about how did you really end up deciding that this was a calling that you had to deal with and that you've devoted so much time to? I think it really   Bill Eddy ** 30:54 got started as a as a workplace endeavor when I went from being a therapist to being a lawyer, so I wanted to do mediation and conflict resolution, and went to law school, and when I started practicing law after 12 years as a therapist, including in psychiatric hospitals, I started seeing the same behavior in family court. You know there be mom and dad are fighting over custody of their child, and the judge is listening to their arguments and looking frustrated. And I'm going, Well, the problem here is one of the parents probably has a personality disorder, and so they're not really being that sensitive to the child and and the other parent seems to be pretty reasonable, but you don't know, sometimes people that look reasonable might be like anti social under the surface. And so I started noticing and paying attention to these behavior patterns and how they showed up as high conflict families, and that's the term that the courts were using high conflict families. So I started saying, You shouldn't talk about high conflict families. Should talk about high conflict personalities, because not everybody in the family necessarily has that. Maybe it's Mom, maybe it's dad, like, say, a domestic violence case, dad might have a borderline personality or an anti social personality, and that's driving his violent behavior, and yet he's conning the court by saying, look at her, she's a mess, and everything I'm doing is just fine. I'm the reasonable person here, but they're not behind the scenes, and so there'd be these patterns of behavior, and I said, courts got to figure this stuff out, otherwise you're punishing the victim of a domestic violence perpetrator unfairly and unhelpfully, and you're teaching the child that this behavior is acceptable. So I had all this information that I knew from having been, you know, a therapist, a licensed clinical social worker, and I found myself applying it to family court cases, and wanting to educate other lawyers, judges, mediators and therapists about these dynamics in family court. And that's when I started writing about high conflict personalities and eventually talking more about bullies who are the most high conflict personalities. So that's kind of how that evolved. That was 1993 is when I became I started practicing family law after 12 years as a therapist. And so that's when this stuff really opened my eyes, to wait a minute, people don't realize what they're dealing with, and they're not going to solve this with a child support order. They're going to have to, you know, get somebody some treatment or understand that there's these personalities driving behavior, rather than legal issues   Michael Hingson ** 34:20 you have developed, I think, or have begun creating, something called the new ways for families. Method, Yes, uh huh. Tell me about that. I read that in your bio, and that sounded pretty fascinating, yeah,   Bill Eddy ** 34:35 and I'm pretty proud of it. So we started high conflict Institute in 2008 myself and a colleague, Megan Hunter, and we wanted to educate family law professionals, but we also wanted to help parents in high conflict, divorces and custody disputes. And so I developed a counseling method. A specific to divorcing parents with disputes over their children. And I, I was speaking at a conference of judges, and they said, What kind of counseling order should we make for these high conflict families to get them out of court and settling down, and they said, Well, you can't do the traditional counseling where you say talk about your feelings, because people with high conflict personalities will talk about their feelings forever without changing anything. So you want them to learn new ways of doing things. And so we decided we're going to call the method new ways for families and six counseling sessions focused on learning four big skills, flexible thinking, managed emotions, moderate behavior and checking yourself rather than being busy checking everybody else. And so we we got that the judges to start ordering that, and we said, order both parents to learn these skills so you don't picking a bad guy. It's going to help both parents, whoever's you know, maybe it's a domestic violence case, they get domestic violence treatment, but also learn these skills so they can work together. Cases where a child resists being with the other parent because of one parent bad mathing the other parent interfering, what they call alienation, or parental alienation. So all of these could be benefited by this counseling approach. Short term, six individual sessions, three parent child sessions for each parent, and we started seeing cases stay out of court that used to keep coming back. We saw people calming down. The judges really liked that. We created an online class to teach those same skills in 12 sessions. Then we developed coaching, three coaching sessions with the online class to make to give a chance to practice, but keep the cost down, because just three sessions, and so that's that's been evolving since 2009 so for the last 15 years, and we estimate about eight or 9000 parents have gone through learning these skills, some better than others, but enough that the judges think they're worthwhile, and they keep ordering this. But this is it depends on where there's trained counselors or coaches to get the more intensive approach. But the online class is available anywhere worldwide, so judges sometimes just order that from, you know, maybe they're in Utah or something. And there's no counselors that we've trained there yet. They can always order the online class. And I think they actually are, because I spoke in Utah a month ago about this. So that's that's the method, and I feel pretty proud of it. Well,   Michael Hingson ** 38:18 it it's understandable, and I can appreciate why you're why you're excited about doing it, and that it's that it's clearly working. What are some really good examples of how successful the whole method and the whole process has been? You have some good stories about it.   Bill Eddy ** 38:40 Yeah. So one of my favorite examples, it's a case where a 15 year old girl refused to see her father after the divorce, and it seemed like a case where mom had been saying enough negative things, the girl absorbed that and then said, I don't want to see dad, and mom tolerated that, but of course, dad didn't. So took mom to court and told the judge, Mom's doing something to make the girl not come. So rather than deciding that mom's all bad, the judge said, well, then I want to order new ways for families, and that's six individual counseling sessions and three parent child sessions, so judge orders that and each of the parents goes through six counseling sessions with a workbook, so it focuses them on learning particular skills, to manage their emotions, To keep their thinking flexible, to moderate their behavior, like we teach them how to write emails so that they're reasonable instead of escalating conflict. And so they both went through that individual then it's time for the parent child sessions, and since Mom was the favorite parent. Parent, we had the parent child counselor meet with mom and the child first, and Mom taught the girl about flexible thinking, managed emotions, moderate behavior and checking yourself, and then prepared the girl with the counselor for the next week when she's going to meet with dad and so who she hasn't seen for a year and says she hates him, but there's no real, clear reason for that, and that's why it might be alienation. It might be the bad mouthing that got absorbed by the girl. So the next week, mom brings the girl to the counseling center, and girl agrees to go in and meets dad and the counselor and sits down, and the girl tells dad that he's a horrible person. He's ruined her life. He's done everything wrong and just this whole list of awfuls. And because he's been through the counseling method, he listens quietly and attentively, and then he says, Thank you. And she says, What do you mean? Thank you. I just said, you're a terrible person. And he says, I said, Thank you. Because I'm glad that we're talking. I think this is good. This is good for us to be talking. Is there more that you want to tell me, and I guess there was some more. And then basically they reconciled and agreed that they would have dinner together once a week. Now it wasn't a 5050, parenting plan like he would have preferred, but, and I don't know where it went from there, but he did have regular dinners with her, and they communicated. So it reconnected their relationship, and so it gave a structure for that to happen in, and that's what new ways for families does not every case where someone a child resists a parent has worked with new ways for families that, you know, one parent has found a way to sabotage it and block it, but by and large, we've had, had some, some good success with moderate cases like that.   Michael Hingson ** 42:16 Yeah, well, one of the questions that comes to mind, as you've talked about, excuse me, high conflict personalities. Is that something that can actually be fixed? Can people get over having to always be in conflict like that? It   Bill Eddy ** 42:36 really depends, I think, a lot, on which of the personalities. So I think I mentioned Cluster B personality disorders, borderline, narcissistic, anti social, histrionic. So borderline personality disorder, people are hearing more about that, where they have wide mood swings, sudden, intense anger, fear of abandonment, all of that. And this used to be thought of as primarily women, but it's now seen as probably about half and half. And men who are physically abusive often have this personality style, and they strike out because they're afraid they're losing their partner, which of course, makes their partner want to leave a little bit more, but that's one of the more treatable personalities. And there's a method called DBT dialectical behavior therapy, which is having some good success at treating people with borderline personality disorder. So there's that at the other extreme is anti social personality disorder, which is the hardest one to treat, and I don't know of a consistently successful method that treats and that's like maybe 40% of prisoners have that personality, they get out of prison and they commit another crime, been back back in prison, they have a pattern of behavior, which is what a personality disorder is, is it's a stuck pattern of behavior, just enduring and repeating and all of that. So I would say people with that personality is extremely unlikely they're going to change. But people with borderline, there is hope for and many people outgrow the diagnosis after going through DBT. So that's the most hopeful and the least hopeful range. Narcissists and histrionics are somewhere in the middle of that? Yeah,   Michael Hingson ** 44:44 well, something that comes to mind, I kind of think I know the answer, but it's still a question worth asking. Colleges and universities are made up of lots of people who are studying supposed to be pretty intelligent and so on, but we have bullies there. Why? You.   Bill Eddy ** 44:59 I think because we have them everywhere. So if, say 10% five to 10% of people are bullies, I think you're going to see them in colleges. Has nothing to do with intelligence. They may be brilliant bullies and very not smart bullies. So the whole range of severity exists. I think that college and other organizations like so, higher education, health care, churches, synagogues, mosques, that these are welcoming communities. These are helping communities. And so bullies get away with more in these kinds of communities because everybody's trying to be nice and bending over backwards to give them another chance. And so not to say they shouldn't get another chance, but they shouldn't get another chance and another chance and another chance and another chance. That's the thing I preach against. You give somebody a chance. If it the same problem comes up twice, what is it? Fool me once. Shame on you. Fool me twice. Shame on me. I got to do something if it's happening again, because that means it's a pattern, and especially if there was consequences for the first time and they still did it again, that's a sign this may be behavior that's going to be resistant to change   Michael Hingson ** 46:37 well, and that makes perfect sense. It's kind of where I thought you'd probably go with it, but it does make perfect sense. And there, as you've said, there are bullies everywhere. And the reality is we're, we're going to find that there are just some people who are going to be bullies.   Bill Eddy ** 46:58 I think that's the answer that it's kind of sad to come to that conclusion, but it's also enlightening, because then, you know, you can't just change them. This pattern is so stuck, so persistent, they have to have a different approach. You can't talk them out of it. Yeah,   Michael Hingson ** 47:20 and there's something to be said for love, but at the same time, you need to learn to control you and your situations. And   Bill Eddy ** 47:31 yeah, it's kind of the tough love concept.   Michael Hingson ** 47:37 What do you do if your supervisor is a bully? We talked a little bit about bullies in the office and so on. But what if it's your boss who is the bully?   Bill Eddy ** 47:46 I think that you know, to some extent, if you can be assertive and say, you know, boss, you just gave me three assignments that are all due on Friday, and realistically, I can only get one of them done. Which one is the priority that you kind of assert yourself without trying to dominate your boss or alienate your boss. So you say something like, you know, can you give me some guidance here with these three projects, I can only get one done. Maybe someone else could help with another. So speaking up, presenting options, and say, you know that's one possibility. Another is you could give me overtime, and I'm willing to stay late if there's overtime. What? Whatever you may be able to speak up to some extent. But what we get a lot of our consultations are people that it's way beyond that the boss is just really out to get them, maybe trying to push them out of the team. And so we talk about who else you can go to, and it may be HR, it may be another department head. One of the things I say is make sure you start talking to somebody, maybe a friend, family member, so you're not just stewing in the fact that you're being bullied because people's self esteem just really goes down if they don't feel safe to talk to anybody. You talk to somebody and they say, oh, yeah, that happened to me once. That's terrible. You know, you shouldn't have to go through that. Let's talk about what you can do well that helps people feel a whole lot better, that there isn't something about them that makes them be the target of a bully. A lot of people think, you know, what did I do to cause this? And you didn't do anything. Bullies pick on everybody, but they keep picking on the people that let them,   Michael Hingson ** 49:52 and that's the real key, isn't it? It's all about you let them do it. You don't find ways to deal with. The issue, and the result is they're going to continue to do it, because they can   Bill Eddy ** 50:04 Right exactly. And people get depressed. They get stomach aches, headaches, they can't sleep, they avoid coming into work, they get disciplined, they get in trouble themselves. And that's a lot of why I wrote the book to help people know, you know, no one deserves to be bullied. This is wrong. This shouldn't be happening to you. Now look at what your choices are, what your options are.   Michael Hingson ** 50:32 We have an ever increasing number of startup companies in in the world, and more entrepreneurs or starting their own companies and so on. And so why is it that a lot of startups have a high powered innovator, or someone at the top like that, who is a bully?   Bill Eddy ** 50:54 It seems to be that the personality of entrepreneurs that go getter startup includes a lot of the ingredients of personalities, of bullies. So first of all, believing that your ideas are superior, that no matter what other people think you should keep going, that you're smarter than all of them. Don't stop because the first two people said this was a dumb idea, and so they kind of have some insulation against that, that they're willing to persist, you know, I know this is a good idea, but they can also be aggressive. So they're out there approaching, you know, venture capitalists and and people to endorse them, people to do what they say, people to give them a lot of money so they have. They're skilled at presenting their ideas aggressively and probably an exaggerated belief in themselves. But that seems to work in the startup business, people are persuaded by charm and intelligence and go, Oh, this guy just seems really brilliant. Well, that's because he told you he's brilliant. He's actually a bully. And there are stories like that, like what we saw, and I talk about it in my book with Theranos, the blood draw sis and it really wasn't what it was made out to be. It was a brilliant idea, but they couldn't implement it, but they pretended that they could, and so they got lots of money, lots of respect, write ups in the big magazines. Elizabeth Holmes was seen as the next Steve Jobs. She lowered her voice. She was a con artist. She may have believed in her product, but she was willing to bend so many rules that she ended up going to prison. But entrepreneurs have that drive and that persuasion and persistence and aggressiveness, and that works with getting a startup going, but it often doesn't work with maintaining a company and an organization. And I spoke to investors for startups, mostly healthcare startups and and they said, we've got a lot of bullies here. What? What do we do? We gave them some tools and tips for how to manage, you know, soothe their ego by setting limits on them and and to spot them sooner and decide, can should we invest with this person, or are they over the top? So it's a it's a particular field where having having an almost bully personality is successful, but having a bully personality eventually blows up. So   Michael Hingson ** 53:57 since you mentioned him, just out of curiosity was Steve Jobs a bully.   Bill Eddy ** 54:01 I think he was, and I think he was successful because of his management team, because they did, in fact, learn how to set limits on him and rein in his worst behaviors. Because, like, There's one story, and I think I have it in the book, where he was going to fire a division of 200 people because the project wasn't coming along fast enough. And so he's like, I'm going to fire them. They're useless, they're idiots, they're terrible. And someone on the management team says, Hey, Steve, let's go for a walk. Let's go for a walk, because he liked to go for walks and talks. So they go for a walk, and an hour later, they come back, and he's not going to fire anybody. He's just going to give them some more specific instructions. And so he. His worst behaviors were restrained by his management team. And I think that's that's a work but at any given time, things were on the verge of blowing up. And he did get fired as the head of Apple right 1990s but they helped him enough, he was reigned in enough that he was successful in the 2000s hugely, six. I mean, I don't know if they're the biggest value company right now, but I think when he died, they were probably the most valuable company. So, yeah, this can happen. But the key is that he was restrained by his management team, and unrestrained bully is going to cause   Michael Hingson ** 55:49 damage. I wonder though, if, as he matured, if he did, I'm assuming that he did actually, if some of the bullying tendencies really did go away, and then he changed a little bit at least, of of how he functioned. I mean, clearly he was a strong personality, right? And clearly he was the innovator of so many products. And so I can see where personality might get in the way, because he wants it done now. He wants it done this way. But I wonder if over time, he became a little bit less of of a bully, and maybe it was just the management restraint, or maybe that was a part of it, but it's I think you're right. Probably was a little bit better as time went on. I think you're   Bill Eddy ** 56:38 right, because when he came back to Apple after he was fired and tried some other projects, I think that he learned to focus more and to be a little less disrespectful. And I remember I read his biography, I think of Walter Isaacson, and my conclusion was that he was definitely narcissistic, but I don't think he had a narcissistic personality disorder, which is an enduring pattern of self defeating behavior. I think he had traits and that he learned to manage those traits primarily because his management team, people around him taught him he needs to restrain those so he's an example of where you can have someone with a bullying personality and rein them in and have them be quite successful. So I think that's what happened there,   Michael Hingson ** 57:39 and he would see that, in fact, it worked to change how you're operating a little bit. And maybe it was, maybe it was always underneath. But at the same time, he learned that, hey, working the way I've been isn't really as effective as what I'm seeing happen when I operate this way. Yeah,   Bill Eddy ** 58:01 what's interesting about him is he was particularly collaborative. So he liked working with other people. He liked he liked people with pushback, people that would disagree, present another point of view. So they could, they could go back and forth, although if other people had a really brilliant idea, he started thinking it was his idea. Yeah, but he he really had had an ability to work with other people that a lot of bullies don't have. And I think that may be why you're quite right, that he did mature some he did restrain himself a little more and became able to be brilliant. Imagine how many other brilliant people might really contribute if they had that balance of a really good management team to rein them in, but some of our most narcissistic individuals don't pay attention and often ruin, ruin their own creations. I think of like Enron, as our company that was brilliant, but probably had two people with personality disorders on top, one anti social and one narcissistic, and they reinforced each other's bad traits. And I think that's why that went off the rails. Yeah,   Michael Hingson ** 59:29 well, and the, the other thing that comes to mind is, then you have another very successful person, Bill Gates, yeah, and I don't, I don't know. Do you think that he was a bully?   Bill Eddy ** 59:43 I think that he certainly engaged in bullying behavior when he was the head of Microsoft. And I remember hearing about, I don't know if it was a recording or a transcript in a book, but he was at a meeting, and he was just very distant. Painful to the thinking of other people in the meeting, like, like, almost ready to, like, drive them out of the room. And you know, what are you doing here? You're an idiot and stuff like that. And I must say, I read Paul Allen's book, which was idea, man, I think, is what it was called, and and he, he had enough examples in there that I think Bill Gates was also a bully. But I think that again, there was enough of a management team to keep him from destroying what he was building. And I must say, one of his most brilliant decisions was marrying Melinda French, and she turned him into a philanthropist. And he's donated, you know, billions of dollars, but he's also created things to help poor people. He's He's fought malaria, I think, and trying to get toilets where you don't have electricity, but you can have self managed toilets. And he's in, he's put energy into these projects. So I would say, somehow the edge, the bullying edge, was taken off, so he actually could work with other people and and have some empathy for them. So again, he might be someone who didn't have a personality disorder, but may have had some traits, but somehow the balance worked out, and the more people realize that you may have brilliant people around you, if you can rein them in enough, we may have a better society because of some of these difficult people.   Michael Hingson ** 1:01:53 Well, clearly, Bill Gates had a very strong personality and and that's fine, but I do agree, I don't think that he really was a bully as such, in the way that we view it, for a lot of people as we've been discussing it, it doesn't mean that he didn't ever have any bullying kinds of behavior, but overall, he was successful, and is successful. And as you said, marrying Melinda has certainly made a significant difference in his outlook, and he's doing such great work, and you can't argue with that.   Bill Eddy ** 1:02:28 Yeah, and the fact that he's now divorced from Belinda, and I think that might have been more her idea than his, he still seems to be continuing on with his uh, philanthropy and doing works to help health health care, especially for people in really poor countries. So I think, and she changed his personality maybe a teeny little bit, and   Michael Hingson ** 1:02:54 climate change and climate   Bill Eddy ** 1:02:56 change for sure. Yeah, he's a big picture guy. He's one of our most deepest thinkers in the big picture, and we need people like that. So my goal isn't to eliminate bullies, it's to restrain them enough so they don't harm other people, but ideally, contribute to society   Michael Hingson ** 1:03:19 and they can. And it's a process. Well, this has been fun. I want to thank you for being here and talking about all this is, How do other people deal with it when they see somebody being bullied?   Bill Eddy ** 1:03:34 Well, bystanders need to speak up more and be assertive as well, and that's part of the cover of my book. Is a bully fish chasing a little fish who's about to grab and eat but gets distracted by a whole school of little fish chasing behind him who look bigger than him. And that's the bystanders. And bystanders need to speak up and say, hey, that's enough, Joe, or hey, that's enough, Jane. Or cut it out. Leave her alone. That when people do that, bullies often stop because they think they're getting away with something, or they're not even thinking they're just automatically bullying somebody. And when that happens, they realize, uh oh, my public may not be happy with me, and I don't want to alienate my public so you can have an influence as a bystander, and are encouraged to be assertive and not intimidated. And the more bystanders support each other, that much easier it is to stop bullies.   Michael Hingson ** 1:04:43 Good advice and so cool. Well, again, I want to thank you for being here. This has been great. I hope all of you listening out there have found a lot of good tools that you can take away and use. Lot of good life lessons here by any standard you. I really so I really appreciate you taking the time to be with Bill and me today on unstoppable mindset. Love to get your thoughts, so please feel free to email me. Michael h i at accessibe, A, C, C, E, S, S, I, B, e.com, or go to our podcast page, www, dot Michael hingson.com/podcast, and Michael Hinkson is spelled M, I, C, H, A, E, L, H, I N, G, s, O, N, Michael hingson.com/podcast, and wherever you are, give us a five star rating. We love those ratings on the podcast. We appreciate that, and would greatly value you you doing that. And again, your thoughts and for all of you, including Bill, if you know of anyone else who ought to be a guest on unstoppable mindset, we'd love to hear from you. We don't really tend to discriminate and say, Oh, that's a bad idea just just saying bill, but so we'd love to really hear about more people you think ought to be, whoever you are on the podcast, and we will talk with them and make a plan to go forward with them. So don't ever hesitate to point out someone who you think ought to come on and again. Bill, I want to thank you one last time for being here. This has been a lot of fun, and we appreciate your time today. Well,   Bill Eddy ** 1:06:21 thanks so much, Michael. I've really enjoyed it too. We got into some stuff deeper than I have in some of my other interviews. So we really covered the covered the gamut. And I think, I think people will find that this is a topic that becomes more and more relevant every year. So thanks for getting the word out there   Michael Hingson ** 1:06:41 well, and I hope that people will buy your book and and all that too. Yeah, we have to get the book sales out there, right.   Bill Eddy ** 1:06:49 That's right. Thank you for that.   Michael Hingson ** 1:06:57 You have been listening to the Unstoppable Mindset podcast. Thanks for dropping by. I hope that you'll join us again next week, and in future weeks for upcoming episodes. To subscribe to our podcast and to learn about upcoming episodes, please visit www dot Michael hingson.com slash podcast. Michael Hingson is spelled m i c h a e l h i n g s o n. While you're on the site., please use the form there to recommend people who we ought to interview in upcoming editions of the show. And also, we ask you and urge you to invite your friends to join us in the future. If you know of any one or any organization needing a speaker for an event, please email me at speaker at Michael hingson.com. I appreciate it very much. To learn more about the concept of blinded by fear, please visit www dot Michael hingson.com forward slash blinded by fear and while you're there, feel free to pick up a copy of my free eBook entitled blinded by fear. The unstoppable mindset podcast is provided by access cast an initiative of accessiBe and is sponsored by accessiBe. Please visit www.accessibe.com . AccessiBe is spelled a c c e s s i b e. There you can learn all about how you can make your website inclusive for all persons with disabilities and how you can help make the internet fully inclusive by 2025. Thanks again for Listening. Please come back and visit us again next week.

Talk about political comedians and people are sure to mention Jon Stewart, Stephen Colbert, George Carlin and the like, but don't forget Will Rogers who blended sharp political points with homespun humor to become a huge star in the 1920s and 30s. From his beginnings as a vaudeville rope trick artist, Will developed patter that made his audience both laugh and think. When the Great Depression impoverished much of America he became a much more pointed commentator, especially about the inequality of rich and poor. In 1935 a tragic plane crash claimed Will's life, but his legacy lives on with a Broadway musical about his life, a one-man show starring James Whitmore as Will, and as the namesake for Route 66 -- The Will Rogers Highway -- proclaimed by Congress after his death. As always find extra clips below and thanks for sharing our shows! Want more Will Rogers? Will's most famous line is "I never met a man I didn't like" and that became the title for a Tony Award-winning musical about his life. Here's the title song. https://youtu.be/UnyHX7LqIGM?si=Ub0gnCX_0nD1xYYZ Will's weekly broadcasts were required listening in American households and Will was a master of the craft including this talk, recorded during the Depression. https://youtu.be/kyfvamwM4Yo?si=HliLiu6zp6yzUXJz After the Great Depression impoverished much of the country Will became more overtly political, endorsing FDR in 1932 -- but not without a sharp line or two.https://youtu.be/sKxaqK2ggcA?si=Qmp4sUCRX4hS7M1e

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PODCAST: This Week in Amateur Radio Edition #1353 - Full Version Release Date: February 1, 2025 Here is a summary of the news trending...This Week in Amateur Radio. This week's edition is anchored by Rich Lawrence, KB2MOB, Chris Perrine, KB2MOB, Steven Sawyer, K1FRC, Don Hulick, K2ATJ, Will Rogers, K5WLR, Joshua Marler, AA4WX, Eric Zittel, KD2RJX, Marvin Turner, W0MET, Tammy Sawyer, KI5ODE, George Bowen, W2XBS, and Jessica Bowen, KC2VWX. Produced and edited by George Bowen, W2XBS Approximate Running Time: 1:57:47 Podcast Download: https://bit.ly/TWIAR1353 Trending headlines in this week's bulletin service 1. HACK: Sony Ends Blu-Ray, MiniDisk and MiniDV Media Production 2. AMSAT: Hacking A Motorized RV Satellite Dish For Tracking Low Earth Orbit (LEO) Satellites 3. AMSAT: Satellite Shorts From All Over 4. WIA: Carnarvons Decommissioned NASA Satellite Dish Back In Service After 40 Years 5. WIA: Amateur Radio Has Been A Hobby For Well Over 100 Years 6. WIA: The Radio Society of Great Britian Announces British Science Week 7. RAC: Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada Releases New Basic Amateur Question Bank 8. RI: Senators Cruz and Markey Reintroduce AM Radio Act In The Senate 9. ARRL: Warm Up At The 2025 Orlando HamCation To Be Held February 7th Thru The 9th 10. ARRL: ARRL Teachers Institute A Success On Staten Island 11. ARRL: Long Time Ham Radio Outlet Employee Honored For 60 Years In Amateur Radio 12. ARRL: News Shorts From The ARRL 13. Transportation Contracts Are Signed By The Bouvet 3Y0K Team 14. Clues To Solar Flares Seen As Coronal Loop Flickering 15. Southeastern VHF Conference Seeks Presenters 16. 70 Centimeter MESH Network Project In Canada 17. DXpedition To Mount Athos Is Stopped Among Controversy 18. Repeater Group Plans To Enhance Safety In Eastern Colorado 19. Historic Amateur Satellite QSO Honored By AMSAT Switzerland 20. CW Contester Rosel Zenker, DL3KWR, SK 21. RSGB: Radio Society of Great Britain releases new syllabus and other amateur news around the UK 22. RSGB: Radio Society of Great Britain publication RadCom has an editor vacancy 23. Monthly Volunteer Monitoring Report 24. National Contest Journal sponsored North American CW Sprint 25. ARRL: Upcoming radio sport contests and regional convention announcements 26. EAB: Secret Listeners: The story revealing the life of early amateur radio heros 27. AMSAT: SpaceX launches multiple ham satellites on a ride share mission 28. AMSAT: Two private moon landers have launched at once 29. AMSAT: A new ARISS proposal window is now open 30. RI: With a designation from President Trump, Brendan Carr is now the new Chairman of the FCC 31. HACK: Forget the coax, wire up your receive antennas with cat 6 cable 32. ARRL: Get ready for a ham radio open house on World Amateur Radio Day 33. ARRL: The ARRL club grant program awards a half million dollars to help grow amateur radio 34. ARRL: The 76th Annual International DX Convention date is announced 35. The Lake Placid Olympic Museum receives a gift of amateur radio 36. Ireland's Amateur Radio Magazine returns and is now published online 37. The Orlando HamCation announces its annual award recipients Plus these Special Features This Week: * Working Amateur Radio Satellites with Bruce Paige, KK5DO - AMSAT Satellite News * Foundations of Amateur Radio with Onno Benschop VK6FLAB, will be here with Scene 7 of his open source project, "The Bald Yak". This time out, Onno covers building a circuit without that burnt chicken smell. * The DX Corner with Bill Salyers, AJ8B with news on DXpeditions, DX, upcoming radio sport contests and more. * Weekly Propagation Forecast from the ARRL * Will Rogers, K5WLR, will be here with another edition of A Century of Amateur Radio. This time out, Will has us board The Wayback Machine to 1916 when amateurs were experimenting with the atmosphere and trying to figure out how propagation worked, in a story called "Strangely Behaving Signals". ----- Website: https://www.twiar.net X: https://x.com/TWIAR Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/twiar.bsky.social Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/twiari YouTube: https://bit.ly/TWIARYouTube RSS News: https://twiar.net/?feed=rss2 Automated (Full Static file, updated weekly): https://twiar.net/TWIARHAM.mp3 Automated (1-hour Static file, updated weekly): https://www.twiar.net/TWIAR1HR.mp3 ----- This Week in Amateur Radio is produced by Community Video Associates in upstate New York, and is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License. If you would like to volunteer with us as a news anchor or special segment producer please get in touch with our Executive Producer, George, via email at w2xbs77@gmail.com. Thanks to FortifiedNet.net for the server space! Thanks to Archive.org for the audio space.

Welcome to Episode 282 of the UKSP! With the Steelers down and out & the wider NFL community facing another dismal Eagles v Chiefs Super Bowl on the horizon, the UKSP gents turn their attention to the NFL Draft as we do each offseason. This week, the man who brought you Brock Purdy 3 years early signed sealed and delivered, Senior UKSP Draft Analyst Gavin Marshal - leads Ketts, Mark and Si in a thorough sifting through of this amorphous mass of middling arm talent and fake tan. So grab yersen' a biscuit, huddle under your terrible towels and forget all the troubles of yesteryear. ITS DRAFT SEASON BABY! Time Stamps: (VERY ROUGH DUE TO EDIT!! - Use to check what prospect is being discussed) Qb discussion 0:04 Playoff / MVP talk/ NFL fixed / shout at clouds etc 14:40 23:00 Draft class intro QB Cam Ward 41:30 / Sanders 1:08:40 Milroe 1:30:57 Ewers 1:54 Gabriel 2:04 Leonard 2:19 Howard 2:36 Dart 2:50 Merz 3:00 McCord 3:06:30 Rourke 3:10 ish  Max Brosmer 3:31 Will Rogers 3:26 Tyler Shough 3:28 Jordan McCloud 3:33 Seth Hennigan 3:36

PODCAST: This Week in Amateur Radio Edition #1352 - Full Version Release Date: January 25, 2025 Here is a summary of the news trending...This Week in Amateur Radio. This week's edition is anchored by Chris Perrine, KB2FAF, Tammy Walker, KI5ODE, Steven Sawyer, K1FRC, Don Hulick, K2ATJ, Will Rogers, K5WLR, Eric Zittel, KD2RJX, Marvin Turner, W0MET, George Bowen, W2XBS, and Jessica Bowen, KC2VWX. Produced and edited by George Bowen, W2XBS Approximate Running Time: 1:47:31 Podcast Download: https://bit.ly/TWIAR1352 Trending headlines in this week's bulletin service 1. EAB: Secret Listeners – Revealing The Life Of Amateur Radio Heroes 2. DLARC: What Is New At The Digital Library Of Amateur Radio and Communications 3. AMSAT: SpaceX Launches Hamsats on Rideshare Mission 4. AMSAT: Two Private Moon Landers Have Launched At Once 5. AMSAT: Blue Origin New Glenn Reaches Orbit On Its First Launch 6. AMSAT: SpaceX Success & Failure In Starship Flight 7 7. AMSAT: New ARISS Proposal Window Is Now Open 8. AMSAT: AMSAT Satellite Shorts From All Over 9. WIA: Remotely Controlled Vehicles Over Starlink 10. WIA: Binghamton New York Radio Club Hosts Kids Day 11. RI: With Trump Designation, Brendan Carr Is Now FCC Chairman 12. HACK: Forget the Coax, Wire Up Your Antennas With Cat 6 Cable 13. ARRL: Get Ready For Ham Radio Open House On World Amateur Radio Day 2025 14. ARRL: ARRL Club Grant Program Awards A Half Million Dollars To Grow Ham Radio 15. ARRL: ARRL Club Grant Funds Hardware For Florida Students To Make Contact With The ISS 16. ARRL: Ham Radio Demonstration Helps Survivors Of Violence At Camp 17. ARRL: Former QST Columnist, Doctor Emil Pocock, W3EP, Silent Key 18. ARRL: Winter Field Day Is This Weekend 19. ARRL: The High-frequency Active Auroral Research Program To Conduct Research Campaign January 27th-31st 20. ARRL: The 76th Annual International DX Convention Is Announced 21. ARRL: The National Traffic System 2.0 Subcommittee Have Completed A Number Of Projects And Initiatives 22. ARRL: The Southeastern VHF Society Will Hold Its Annual Conference On April 4th and 5th, 2025 23. Wearable Avalanche Transceiver Helps To Pinpoint Trapped Skier 24. Lake Placid Olympic Museum Receives Amateur Radio Gift 25. Ofcom Announces More Privileges For Visiting Amateurs To The United Kingdom 26. Ham Radio Ireland Magazine Is Published On Line Once Again 27. Award Recipients Named By The Organizers Of The Orlando HamCation 28. Amateur Helps Find Children Lost During Pilgrimage 29: ARRL: Upcoming RadioSport contests and regional convention listing 30. WIA: International Amateur Radio Union to celebrate its upcoming 100th Anniversary 31. WIA: Are you ready for a twenty dollar windfall from Apple? 32. HR: Harvey Laidman, W8DX, Director of The Waltons and Matlock, SK at 82 33. FCC: FCC proposes $200,000 in pirate radio fines 34. FCC: FCC seeks comments on reallocating the 1675-1680 MegaHertz band for shared uses 35. ARRL: The league issues a call for QST articles about Field Day Plus these Special Features This Week: * Working Amateur Radio Satellites with Bruce Paige, KK5DO - AMSAT Satellite News * Foundations of Amateur Radio with Onno Benschop VK6FLAB, will tell us why he moved his WSPR or Weak Signal Propagation Reporter beacon to 15 meters. * The DX Corner with Bill Salyers, AJ8B with with all the latest news on DXpeditions, DX, upcoming radio sport contests, and more * Weekly Propagation Forecast from the ARRL * Will Rogers - K5WLR and A Century Of Amateur Radio. This week, will takes us aboard The Wayback Machine to the year 1920, where we find a young radio engineer by the name of Edwin H. Armstrong gave QST permission to reprint his article entitled A New Method for the Reception of Weak Signals at Short Wavelength. ----- Website: https://www.twiar.net X: https://x.com/TWIAR Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/twiar.bsky.social Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/twiari YouTube: https://bit.ly/TWIARYouTube RSS News: https://twiar.net/?feed=rss2 Automated (Full Static file, updated weekly): https://twiar.net/TWIARHAM.mp3 Automated (1-hour Static file, updated weekly): https://www.twiar.net/TWIAR1HR.mp3 ----- This Week in Amateur Radio is produced by Community Video Associates in upstate New York, and is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License. If you would like to volunteer with us as a news anchor or special segment producer please get in touch with our Executive Producer, George, via email at w2xbs77@gmail.com. Thanks to FortifiedNet.net for the server space! Thanks to Archive.org for the audio space.

Randy Newman has been nominated for 22 Academy Awards (he’s won twice), for 23 Grammy Awards (seven wins), and for three Primetime Emmy Awards (and he won all three). Bruce Springsteen has called him “our great master of American song and storytelling.” Jackson Browne says Randy Newman is “the foremost satirist of our times.” And the composer John Williams has called him “a kind of musical Will Rogers or Mark Twain.” Critic Robert Hilburn has published what may well be the definitive biography of Newman, A Few Words in Defense of Our Country. This hour, Hilburn joins us to talk Randy Newman. GUEST: Robert Hilburn: Author of A Few Words in Defense of Our Country: The Biography of Randy Newman The Colin McEnroe Show is available as a podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Google Podcasts, Amazon Music, TuneIn, Listen Notes, or wherever you get your podcasts. Subscribe and never miss an episode! Subscribe to The Noseletter, an email compendium of merriment, secrets, and ancient wisdom brought to you by The Colin McEnroe Show. Join the conversation on Facebook and Twitter. Colin McEnroe and Dylan Reyes contributed to this show.Support the show: http://www.wnpr.org/donateSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

PODCAST: This Week in Amateur Radio Edition #1351 - Full Version Release Date: January 11, 2025 Here is a summary of the news trending...This Week in Amateur Radio. This week's edition is anchored by Chris Perrine, KB2FAF, Denny Haight, NZ8D, Dave Wilson, WA2HOY, Steven Sawyer, K1FRC, Don Hulick, K2ATJ, Will Rogers, K5WLR, Eric Zittel, KD2RJX, George Bowen, W2XBS, and Jessica Bowen, KC2VWX. Produced and edited by George Bowen, W2XBS Approximate Running Time: 2:05:23 Podcast Download: https://bit.ly/TWIAR1351 Trending headlines in this week's bulletin service 1. AMSAT: India Launches SpaDeX Satellites With Amateur Radio Experiment 2. AMSAT: Parker Solar Probe Achieves Closest Ever Approach To The Sun 3. AMSAT: Cold War Mystery: Why Did Jimmy Carter Save The Space Shuttle? 4. AMSAT: Satellite Shorts From All Over 5. WIA: International Amateur Radio Union To Celebrate 100th Anniversary 6. WIA: Are You Ready For A Twenty Dollar Windfall? 7. WIA: New Zealand Straight Key Night Coming Up 8. HR: Harvey Laidman, W8DX, Director on ‘The Waltons' and ‘Matlock,' Dies at 82 9. FCC: FCC Proposes $200,000 In Pirate Radio Fines 10. FCC: FCC Seeks Comment On Reallocating 1675-1680 MegaHertz Band For Shared Uses 11. ARRL: Dennis Motschenbacher, K7BV, Silent Key 12. ARRL: Ham Radio Operators Serving During California Firestorms 13. ARRL: Suspicious Bangladesh Border Ham Band Signals Now Of Interest To Indian Intelligence 14. ARRL: Call For QST Articles About ARRL Field Day 15. ARRL: A Weekend Of January Contests 16. ARRL: The Northern Arizona DX Association Hosting Anual W7P Pluto Discovery Anniversary Special Event 17. RI: FCC: Trump Names Olivia Trusty As Next FCC Commissioner Nominee 18. Los Angeles Repeater Network Stays Up During California Firestorms 19. Are You Ready For Winter Field Day? 20. Museum On The Campus Of The Voice Of America Has Reopening Planned 21. One Of The Holy Grail Islands On The Air To Be Activated 22. Special Event Station In The Netherlands Is Hosted By Army Signal Regiment 23. Radio Club Limburg, The North Limburg Region, The Netherlands, Will Activate Special Event Station PA8ØOV 24. ARRL announces that DXCC processing returns to normal operations 25. AMSAT: AMSAT student members win Quarter Century Wireless Association Scholarships 26. WIA: International Amateur Radio Union Region One turns 75 27. WIA: Researchers develop a new type of Lithium Ion Battery 28. WIA: Android SmartPhones are helping to map the ionosphere 29. RW: Amateur Radio Operator must pay fine in first responder interference case 30. HKD: Taking down the power grid over the air 31. ARRL: ARRL Teachers Institute is coming to a town near you in 2025 32. ARRL: ARRL launches it year long Dream Station Sweepstakes 33. ARRL: The 129th Boston Marathon will take place Monday, April 21st, 2025. Amateurs provide communications 34. ARRL: ARRL announces changes in the Kentucky Section 35. Public broadcasters in Switzerland shut down analog FM repeaters in favor of DAB+ and streaming 36. NVIS packet radio group is looking forward to expanding its network 37. Amateurs in Germany receive extended privileges for the six and four meter bands 38. ARRL: Upcoming RadioSport contests and regional convention listings Plus these Special Features This Week: * Working Amateur Radio Satellites with Bruce Paige, KK5DO - AMSAT Satellite News * Foundations of Amateur Radio with Onno Benschop VK6FLAB, takes a short break from his "Bald Yak" Open Source Project to talk about The 2025 Ham Challenge * The DX Corner with Bill Salyers, AJ8B with all the latest news on DXpeditions, DX, and upcoming radiosport contests, and more * Weekly Propagation Forecast from the ARRL and Solar Prognosticator Tadd Cook, K7RA * Will Rogers, K5WLR - A Century of Amateur Radio. This week, Will takes us aboard The Wayback Machine to the earlier 1920's when the first female hams began to appear on the amateur radio scene, in a segment we'll call, "The Ladies are Coming." ----- Website: https://www.twiar.net X: https://x.com/TWIAR Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/twiar.bsky.social Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/twiari YouTube: https://bit.ly/TWIARYouTube RSS News: https://twiar.net/?feed=rss2 Automated (Full Static file, updated weekly): https://twiar.net/TWIARHAM.mp3 Automated (1-hour Static file, updated weekly): https://www.twiar.net/TWIAR1HR.mp3 ----- This Week in Amateur Radio is produced by Community Video Associates in upstate New York, and is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License. If you would like to volunteer with us as a news anchor or special segment producer please get in touch with our Executive Producer, George, via email at w2xbs77@gmail.com. Thanks to FortifiedNet.net for the server space! Thanks to Archive.org for the audio space.

Will Rogers State Historic Park is a vast stretch of natural space in the Santa Monica Mountains. It's a treasure to Angelenos. People get married there, picnic there, and have kids' birthday parties on the great lawn.The park's namesake, Will Rogers, was a vaudeville performer, radio and movie star, and was known as America's "cowboy philosopher." His nearly century-old ranch house is the park's centerpiece. It's survived a near miss with wildfire before. Last week, as firestorm engulfed large parts of Los Angeles, this piece of American history was reduced to rubble.For sponsor-free episodes of Consider This, sign up for Consider This+ via Apple Podcasts or at plus.npr.orgEmail us at considerthis@npr.orgLearn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoicesNPR Privacy Policy

Dave and Chuck the Freak talk about Dave thinks he noticed a granny strip club on his way into work, Andy saw lady driving inside of the bike lane posts, California wildfires, guy finds his dog after he thought he lost it in the fires, guy set stranger’s shirt on fire on a bus, family tried to get their 9-year-old tatted, man stole $900 worth of meat from grocery stores, Colorado Uber dog, guy named Jason Watson went to jail, NFL playoffs CFP National Championship, video posted of Deshaun Watson dancing on side of road, most people don’t care who wins Super Bowl, Will Ferrell as Buddy The Elf at hockey game, $2B Power Ball jackpot winner’s home burned down, reporter stops Dennis Quaid from evacuating, reboots and sequels hitting theaters this year, new doc about Prince might not get released, Elvis jock strap being auctioned, cop busted watching porn on his phone crashed into car in front of him, man accused of stealing Hot Pockets, old lady calendar, woman’s natural P-cup breasts won’t stop growing, grape juice can help ED problems, woman cut off BF’s dong during BDSM session, 4 guys sued restaurant as front to sell drugs, several people jump out of car and run after crashing into house, flight crew reports a UFO, woman accepted drink from stranger that was poisoned with antifreeze, man discovered $10K in cash buried in basement, herd of elk trampled over guy’s car, donut shortage, California wildfires update, Will Rogers landmark destroyed in wildfires, guy shot at family sledding, hotel gave away booked room and offered family laundry room to sleep in, vegetarians and vegans admit to sneaking meat, underwear company explains the fly in underwear worn by men, man got married just to boost IG numbers, and more!

PODCAST: This Week in Amateur Radio Edition #1350 - Full Version Release Date: January 11, 2025 Here is a summary of the news trending...This Week in Amateur Radio. This week's edition is anchored by Denny Haight, NZ8D, Chris Perrine, KB2FAF, Don Hulick, K2ATJ, Will Rogers, K5WLR, Eric Zittel, KD2RJX, Joshua Marler, AA4WX, Steve Sawyer, K1FRC, George Bowen, W2XBS, and Jessica Bowen, KC2VWX. Produced and edited by George Bowen, W2XBS Approximate Running Time: 1:32:18 Podcast Download: https://bit.ly/TWIAR1350 Trending headlines in this week's bulletin service 1. AMSAT: AMSAT Student Members Win QCWA Scholarships 2. AMSAT: Satellite Shorts From All Over 3. WIA: International Amateur Radio Union Region One Turns 75 4. WIA: Charged! A New Type Of Lithium Ion Battery Premiers 5. WIA: Solid State Era Started Earlier Than Commonly Thought 6. WIA: Android Smartphones Help Map The Ionosphere 7. RW: Amateur Radio Operator Must Pay In First Responder Interference Case 8. HKD: Taking Down The Power Grid Over Radio 9. ARRL: ARRL Teachers Institute: Coming To A Town Near You 10. ARRL: ARRL The National Association for Amateur Radio Launches Dream Station Sweepstakes 11. ARRL: Hurricane Watch Net Remembers Long Time Volunteer Terry Redding, W6LMJ, Silent Key 12. ARRL: The 129th Boston Marathon Will Take Place Monday April 21st, 2025 13. ARRL: Changes In The ARRL Kentucky Section 14. ARRL: ARRL Foundation Extends The Application Deadline 15. Public Broadcasters In Switzerland Shuts Down Analog FM Repeaters 16. Near Vertical Incidence Skywave/NVIS Packet Radio Group Looking To Expand Their Network 17. Civil Service Officers In India Gain Amateur Radio Courses 18. Amateurs In Germany Receive Extended Privileges For Six And Four Meters 19. Australian Repeater System Off The Air Due To Storm Damage 20. DMR Base Stations Established In Karnataka's Rural Schools For Operating Amateur Radio 21. ARRL: Upcoming radiosport contests and regional conventions listing 22. AMSAT: NASA's Deep Space Network is upgraded with the installation of a new antenna system 23. WIA: United States considers ban on home internet router manufacturer TP Link 24. WIA: University of Southern California sets new record / SpaceX is preparing its latest booster rocket 25. ARRL: CWops announces the 2024 advancing the art of CW Awards 26. ARRL: Winter Field Day is coming up 27. ARRL: HamSci will hold its 2025 Community Workshop on March 14th & 15th 28. ARRL: Registration is now open for the 2025 Dayton Contest University 29. NASA: NASA's Parker Solar Probe touches the sun 30. The month of January brings Straight Key Month 31. ARRL: This months Volunteer Monitor Report Plus these Special Features This Week: * Working Amateur Radio Satellites with Bruce Paige, KK5DO - AMSAT Satellite News * Foundations of Amateur Radio with Onno Benschop VK6FLAB, will be covering Scene Six of his ongoing open source project entitled, The Bald Yak. This week's episode is called, "Chaos Will Reign" * The DX Corner with Bill Salyers, AJ8B with with all the latest news on DXpeditions, DX, upcoming radio sport contests, and more * Weekly Propagation Forecast from Solar Prognosticator Tadd Cook, K7RA * Our Original amateur radio historian, the late Bill Continelli, W2XOY, returns in an encore presentation of one of his informative segments. This time, Bill will be talking about how you should develop what he calls a radio bag, a go kit of radios and accessories that you take with you when you walk out the door ----- Website: https://www.twiar.net X: https://x.com/TWIAR Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/twiar.bsky.social Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/twiari YouTube: https://bit.ly/TWIARYouTube RSS News: https://twiar.net/?feed=rss2 Automated (Full Static file, updated weekly): https://twiar.net/TWIARHAM.mp3 Automated (1-hour Static file, updated weekly): https://www.twiar.net/TWIAR1HR.mp3 ----- This Week in Amateur Radio is produced by Community Video Associates in upstate New York, and is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License. If you would like to volunteer with us as a news anchor or special segment producer please get in touch with our Executive Producer, George, via email at w2xbs77@gmail.com. Thanks to FortifiedNet.net for the server space! Thanks to Archive.org for the audio space.

  California home of Cherokee legend Will Rogers destroyed in fires   Mixed reaction from Native leaders to Trudeau resignation and legacy   Tribal offices closed in honor of National Day of Mourning for Carter  

PODCAST: This Week in Amateur Radio Edition #1349 - Full Version Release Date: January 4, 2025 Here is a summary of the news trending...This Week in Amateur Radio. This week's edition is anchored by Chris Perrine, KB2FAF, Rich Lawrence, KB2MOB, Dave Wilson, WA2HOY, Don Hulick, K2ATJ, Will Rogers, K5WLR, Joshua Marler, AA4WX, Eric Zittel, KD2RJX, George Bowen, W2XBS, and Jessica Bowen, KC2VWX. Produced and edited by George Bowen, W2XBS. Approximate Running Time: 1:29:27 Podcast Download: https://bit.ly/TWIAR1349 Trending headlines in this week's bulletin service 1. AMSAT: NASA's Deep Space Network Upgraded With New Antenna Installation 2. AMSAT: Satellite Shorts From All Over 3. WIA: Amateur WSPR Transmission May Hold Key To Finding Lost Aircraft 4. WIA: US Considers Ban On Home Internet Router Maker TP Link. 5. WIA: University of Southern California Set New Record / SpaceX Preps New Booster 6. WIA: Young Leader, Bright Future: McKenzie KO4GLN On Ham Radio and Beyond 7. ARD: Holmesburg Pennsylvania Amateur Radio Club's Service Project Recognized Around the World 8. GIZ: Federal Court Throttles Biden's Net Neutrality Rules On His Way Out The Door 9. ARRL: CWops Announces 2024 Advancing The Art Of CW Award 10. ARRL: Winter Field Day 2025 11. ARRL: RTTY Roundup Is This Weekend 12. ARRL: HamSCI Will Hold Its Community Workshop On March 14th and 15th, 2025 13. ARRL: QuartzFest, Will Be Held January 19th Through The 25th, 2025 14. ARRL: Registration Is Now Open For The 2025 Dayton ConTest University 15. Gains And Successes Are How The HandiHam Program Ended 2024 16. NASA's Parker Solar Probe Touches The Sun 17. CQ DX Marathon Begins Another Year Long Contest 18. Local Library Receives Radio Books From Georgia Club 19. January Brings Straight Key Month 20. DxPedition Challenges Are Hot Topic At DX Convention 21. Deutsches Museum Calls QRZ For Its Centennial Celebration 22. W3TL, Joseph Henry Stormer, Silent Key 23. Year Long Celebration On The Air For Britain's Railroads 24. ARRL: Upcoming Radio Sport Contest and regional Convention Listings 25. January Volunteer Monitoring Report 26. TVT: FCC fines Paramount Global $244,952 for Emergency Alert Violations 27. AMSAT: Nasa astronauts face more time in space with return delayed 28. WIA: International Amateur Radio Union identifies non-amateur radio signals on HF 29. ARRL: 2025 ARRL Foundation Scholarships - Final weeks to apply 30. Bill to keep AM radio in US vehicles hits a new obstacle 31. Recent high intensity solar storms are cause for concern with satellite constellations 32. A new GMRS/General Mobile Radio Service repeater is established for a local California community. 33. Deutsche Amateur Radio Club programming to debut on new BBC Shortwave 34. An infusion of new radio equipment helps an upstate New York Search and Rescue Group Plus these Special Features This Week: * Working Amateur Radio Satellites with Bruce Paige, KK5DO - AMSAT Satellite News * Foundations of Amateur Radio with Onno Benschop VK6FLAB will be covering week five of his open source build called "The Bald Yak". This week's topic is, "The bugging". * The DX Corner with Bill Salyers, AJ8B with all the latest news on DXpeditions, DX, upcoming radio sport contests, and more. * Weekly Propagation and Solar Weather Forecast from the ARRL and Tadd Cook, K7RA * Will Rogers - K5WLR - A Century Of Amateur Radio - This week, Will takes us aboard The Wayback Machine to when the World War One armistice was signed and amateurs will finally getting back on the air, except that getting back on the air meant everyone had to be re-licensed. ----- Website: https://www.twiar.net X: https://x.com/TWIAR Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/twiar.bsky.social Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/twiari YouTube: https://bit.ly/TWIARYouTube RSS News: https://twiar.net/?feed=rss2 Automated (Full Static file, updated weekly): https://twiar.net/TWIARHAM.mp3 Automated (1-hour Static file, updated weekly): https://www.twiar.net/TWIAR1HR.mp3 ----- This Week in Amateur Radio is produced by Community Video Associates in upstate New York, and is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License. If you would like to volunteer with us as a news anchor or special segment producer please get in touch with our Executive Producer, George, via email at w2xbs77@gmail.com. Thanks to FortifiedNet.net for the server space! Thanks to Archive.org for the audio space.

PODCAST: This Week in Amateur Radio Edition #1348 - Full Version Release Date: December 28, 2024 Here is a summary of the news trending...This Week in Amateur Radio. This week's edition is anchored by Will Rogers, K5WLR, Don Hulick, K2ATJ, Joshua Marler, AA4WX, Eric Zittel, KD2RJX, Rich Lawrence, KB2MOB, Chris Perrine, KB2FAF, Marvin Turner, W0MET, William Savacool, K2SAV, George Bowen, W2XBS, and Jessica Bowen, KC2VWX. Produced and edited by George Bowen, W2XBS. Approximate Running Time: 1:27:24 Podcast Download: https://bit.ly/TWIAR1348 Trending headlines in this week's bulletin service 1. TVT: FCC Fines Paramount Global $244,952 For Emergency Alert Violations 2. AMSAT: Taiwan's PARUS-T1A Launch Failed 3. AMSAT: NASA Astronauts Face More Time In Space With Return Delayed 4. AMSAT: NASA Now Knows Why Its Mars Helicopter Crashed 5. AMSAT: Satellite Shorts From All Over 6. WIA: International Amateur Radio Union Identifies Non Amateur Signals On HF 7. WIA: SARL/South Africa Radio League Announces Centenary Technical Symposium 8. WIA: HamSci Finds Atmospheric Gravity Waves 9. ARRL: 2025 ARRL Foundation Scholarships - Final Weeks to Apply 10. Bill To Keep AM Radio In US Vehicles Hits A New Obstacle 11. Solar Storm Impact On Satellites May Be Cause For Concern 12. A New GMRS Repeater Is Established By Hams For A Local California Community 13. Scout Jamboree In Australia To Be Calling CQ 14. Deutsche Amateur Radio Club Programming To Debut On BBC Shortwave 15. An Infusion Of New Equipment Helps Rescue Group In Upstate New York 16. ARRL Systems Service Disruption - DXCC Update 17. AMSAT: Five CubeSats are successfully deployed from the Kiba Module on the space station 18. AMSAT: European Space Agency Proba 3 satellite are launched to create artificial eclipses 19. FCC: FCC Chairwoman looks to allocate more spectrum for space launches ground control 20. ARRL: ARRL asks hams to send radiograms vias the web 21. ARRL: ARRL 2025 Annual Awards recognize excellence in amateur radio 22. ARRL: ARRL Kids Day is coming up soon on January 4th, 2025 23. ARRL: The Intrepid DX Group has announced the winners of the 5th annual Youth Dream Rig Essay Contest 24. ARRL: Straight Key Night is January 1st, 2025 25. Nominees for the CQ Hall of Fame is sought by IndexA 26. Scanner radio manufacturer The Whistler Group shuts down operations 28. Use of HF Radio across Alaska is on the rise with the Civil Air Patrol Plus these Special Features This Week: * Working Amateur Radio Satellites with Bruce Paige, KK5DO - AMSAT Satellite News * Foundations of Amateur Radio with Onno Benschop VK6FLAB, will discuss his ongoing open source project entitled, 'The Bald Yak'. This is week four of the project entitled, 'Time'. * The DX Corner with Bill Salyers, AJ8B with all the latest news on DXpeditions, DX, upcoming radio sport contests, and more. * Weekly Propagation Forecast from the ARRL * Will Rogers - K5WLR returns with another edition of 'A Century Of Amateur Radio'. This time, Will takes us aboard The Wayback Machine to the end of World War One as amateurs are slowly getting back on the air. This week's episode is entitled, 'Naval Maneuvers'. ----- Website: https://www.twiar.net X: https://x.com/TWIAR Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/twiar.bsky.social Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/twiari YouTube: https://bit.ly/TWIARYouTube RSS News: https://twiar.net/?feed=rss2 Automated (Full Static file, updated weekly): https://twiar.net/TWIARHAM.mp3 Automated (1-hour Static file, updated weekly): https://www.twiar.net/TWIAR1HR.mp3 ----- This Week in Amateur Radio is produced by Community Video Associates in upstate New York, and is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License. If you would like to volunteer with us as a news anchor or special segment producer please get in touch with our Executive Producer, George, via email at w2xbs77@gmail.com. Thanks to FortifiedNet.net for the server space! Thanks to Archive.org for the audio space.

**NOTE**  This episode is dedicated to Mr. George (Butch) Harless a true man and true friend to many, including to his dear friend, Mr. Jerry Summers.And, to Orange Grove Center of Chattanooga for all the care and support they give and where Jerry Summers and others offer help and support. This episode is sponsored by Mountain Lights & Safety of Lookout Mountain.Please join us for our End of Year Grand Finale episode and you will be glad you did. ****************************************************************************************Who would you have if you rolled the following people into one person - Lewis Grizzard, Will Rogers, Bobby Lee Cook and maybe some Perry Mason and Andrew Jackson on the side?You might have a guy named Jerry.Listen in and hear a lot of names and a lot of Tennessee history including aspects that will amaze you about this event in American history. Traditionalism vs Modernism is what some have called this famed event. The Mountain Echo is honored to host a true legend in Chattanooga history - a true 'oak' from White Oak, the famed attorney Mr. Jerry Summers as he shares about a special event coming up about a historic event in US and world history - The Scopes Trial from 1925.This story begins which a wild cast of characters such as: a tennis coach, a pharmacist, the 'father' of TVA, a coal company executive and newspaper folks and of course a football coach. In the summer of 2025, a huge event will take place in the town of Dayton, Tennessee to commemorate the 'Scopes Trial' which s considered my many historians to be one of the most significant trials in US history. The trial captured the attention of our nation and some parts of the world as the trial played out and arguments unfolded and finally as the world waited for the outcome. Jerry does a truly masterful job of walking us through the setting and the significance of it all - a truly mesmerizing tale of American law, politics and social temperature in 1925 - 100 years ago.Join in and enjoy hearing from an authoritative voice as Mr. Summers weaves an excellent layup and story, concluding with many unknown facts about the entire event that just add more and more intrigue as the story unfolds. Many of you may think you may know the story, but you probably have not ever heard anything like this well-researched reedition. You will need to sit down, get comfortable and buckle your seatbelt.Misc. points of discussion include: Sewanee University, UTC, Bryan College, Tennesse history, Chattanooga history, WGN, Dr Harry Lawrence, Lookout Mountain, Central High School, U.S. Supreme Court, Ku Klux Klan, ACLU, Clarence Darrow, Wm Jennings Bryan, Chattanooga Times Free Press, book - Tennessee trivia and more... Many thanks to you Dear Jerry - you are a true gift and blessing to our town and community and we hope to enjoy you for many more years to come. You did a great job here!Your friends at 'the Mountain echo'.* Special thanks to Mr. Chuck Clowdis for his advice, help and support. Thank you Chuck!Spread the word! Find us at ...theMountainEcho.orgPlease "Like" and 'subscribe' for notification of new episodes on your media player's podcast menu. Also, on regular, full length, non-bonus episodes, many thanks for closing music featuring the Dismembered Tennesseans and vocals by the amazing Laura Walker singing Tennessee Waltz. Opening fiddle music played by the late Mr. Fletcher Bright.

PODCAST: This Week in Amateur Radio Edition #1347 - Full Version - SPECIAL EXPANDED HOLIDAY EDITION Release Date: December 21, 2024 Here is a summary of the news trending This Week in Amateur Radio. This week's edition is anchored by Chris Perrine, KB2FAF, Don Hulick, K2ATJ, Will Rogers, K5WLR, Joshua Marler, AA4WX, Eric Zittel, KD2RJX, Marvin Turner, W0MET, William Savocool, K2SAV, George Bowen, W2XBS, and Jessica Bowen, KC2VWX. Produced and edited by George Bowen, W2XBS. Approximate Running Time: 2:36:20 Podcast Download: https://bit.ly/TWIAR1347 Trending headlines in this week's bulletin service 1. AMSAT: Five CubeSats Successfully Deployed From Kibo Module On The Space Station 2. AMSAT: Celebrate SO-50: Amateur Radio Special Event Marks 22nd Anniversary 3. AMSAT: European Space Agency Proba-3 Satellites Launch To Create Artificial Solar Eclipses 4. AMSAT: Satellite Shorts From All Over 5. HACK: The World Morse Code Championship 6. NASA: Stranded Space Station Astronauts Won't Be Home For Christmas 7. FCC: FCC Chairwoman Looks To Allocate More Spectrum For Space Launches 8. ARRL: ARRL Asks Hams to Send Radiograms Via The Web 9. ARRL: ARRL Annual Awards Recognize Excellence In Ham Radio 10. ARRL: 2025 ARRL Foundation Scholarships – Final Weeks to Apply 11. ARRL: ARRL Kids Day Is Only A Couple Of Weeks Away On January 4th, 2025 12. ARRL: The Intrepid DX Group Has Announced The Winners Of The Fifth Annual Youth Dream Rig Essay Contest 13. ARRL: Straight Key Night Will Be January 1st, 2025 14. For Its Upcoming Big Year, HamSci Plans A Conference 15. Nominees For The CQ Hall Of Fame Is Sought By The International DX Association, IndexA 16. Australian Ladies Amateur Radio Association Marks Its 50th Year Anniversary 17. Scanner Manufacturer The Whistler Group Shuts Down Operations 18. Use Of HF Radio In Alaska Is On The Rise With The Civil Air Patrol 19. Award Winning Dx'er Antonio Gonzalez, EA5RM SK 20. ARRL: Upcoming Contest Sheet and Upcoming Regional Conventions Listing 21. WIA: ARRL is warning members about amateur radio gear price increases due to proposed tariffs 22. WIA: The Saga of South American Satellite Pirates 23. WIA: The US is vulnerable to Chinas Salt Typhoon and The Russian Fancy Bear Cyberattacks 24. ARD: The Alexanderson Alternator SAW Grimeton to transmit CW Christmas Message on December 24th 25. ARD: The International Amateur Radio Union identifies non-amateur transmissions in the amateur HF bands 26. ARD: AM Night to be held on the air on December 26th 27. FCC: The FCC opens the entire 6 GigaHertz band to low power devices 28. ARRL: The ARRL Teachers Institute on Wireless Technology is now accepting applications for 2025 29. BBC: The widespread use of CW is highlighted in a BBC Radio Documentary 30. TVT: Trump picks former broadcast news anchor from Phoenix, Kari Lake, to head The Voice of America Plus these Special Features This Week: * We'll visit with Bruce Paige, KK5DO, and get an update from AMSAT and what's new with all those amateur satellites in orbit. * Australia's own Onno Benschop, VK6FLAB, and Foundations of Amateur Radio will be here with another update on his open source project. The Bald Yak - Week 3 - Push To Talk * Our own amateur radio historian, Will Rogers, K5WLR, returns with another edition of A Century Of Amateur Radio. This Week, will takes us aboard The Wayback Machine to the end of World War One, where we find hams coming home and slowly getting back on the air in a segment called, "Waking Up". * We will stop by and visit with Bill Salyers, AJ8B in the DX Corner, with all the latest news on DXpeditions, DX, upcoming contests, and more. * As is our tradition during the holiday week, we will present a monologue by the late Jean Shepherd, K2ORS, as he talks about having a serious case of the radio bug when he was in high school, and how it affected his life. * And, we will have a tribute to the late Orrin Brand with two of his popular segments, the first is a tongue in cheek look at hamfests, and his annual read of "A Hams Night Before Christmas" Courtesy of The Rain Report. ----- Website: https://www.twiar.net X: https://x.com/TWIAR Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/twiar.bsky.social Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/twiari YouTube: https://bit.ly/TWIARYouTube RSS News: https://twiar.net/?feed=rss2 Automated (Full Static file, updated weekly): https://twiar.net/TWIARHAM.mp3 Automated (1-hour Static file, updated weekly): https://www.twiar.net/TWIAR1HR.mp3 ----- This Week in Amateur Radio is produced by Community Video Associates in upstate New York, and is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License. If you would like to volunteer with us as a news anchor or special segment producer please get in touch with our Executive Producer, George, via email at w2xbs77@gmail.com. Thanks to FortifiedNet.net for the server space! Thanks to Archive.org for the audio space.

Remember the late '90s mystery show Beyond Belief: Fact or Fiction? where you had to figure out which stories were true and which were fake? For this episode I tell the wild life story of the mysterious man who provided the "true" stories which were certainly beyond belief. I'm joined by wonder-siblings Will Rogers (our voice actor!) and Kristen Rogers-Anderson of Guide to the Unknown, a podcast that explores urban legends, the paranormal, horror movies, haunted places, and creepy pop culture. We take a trip down memory lane to discuss this cheesy gem which was also an early inspiration for what would one day become American Hysteria. Listen to or watch Guide to the Unknown Get tickets to our live show A Massive Seance with You're Wrong About Become a Patron to support our show and get early ad-free episodes and bonus content Or subscribe to American Hysteria on Apple Podcasts Find us on Instagram @americanhysteriapodcast Leave us a message on our Urban Legends Hotline or get your mitts on some merch at americanhysteria.com Producer and Editor: Miranda Zickler Associate Producer: Riley Swedelius-Smith Hosted by Chelsey Weber-Smith Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

PODCAST: This Week in Amateur Radio Edition #1346 - Full Version Release Date: December 14, 2024 Here is a summary of the news trending This Week in Amateur Radio. This week's edition is anchored by Denny Haight, NZ8D, Tammy Walker, KI5ODE, Dave Wilson, WA2HOY, Don Hulick, K2ATJ, Rich Lawrence, KB2MOB, Will Rogers, K5WLR, Eric Zittel, KD2RJX, Chris Perrine, KB2FAF, George Bowen, W2XBS, and Jessica Bowen, KC2VWX. Produced and edited by George Bowen, W2XBS. Approximate Running Time: 1:46:37 Podcast Download: https://bit.ly/TWIAR1346 Trending headlines in this week's bulletin service 1. AMSAT: LignoSat International Space Station Deployment Information 2. AMSAT: Gaston Bertels, ON4WF, SK 3. AMSAT: Satellite Shorts From All Over 4. WIA: ARRL Is Warning Members About Amateur Radio Gear Price Increases Due To Proposed Tariffs 5. WIA: The Saga Of South American Satellite Pirates 6. WIA: US Vulnerable To China's Salt Typhoon Cyberattack / Russian Fancy Bear Attack 7. ARD: SAQ Grimeton To Transmit CW Christmas Message December 24th 8. ARD: International Amateur Radio Union Identifies Non-Amateur Transmissions in Amateur HF Bands 9. ARD: AM Night To Be Held December 26th 10. FCC: FCC Opens The Entire 6 Gigahertz Band For Low Power Devices 11. ARRL: ARRL 10-Meter Contest, December 14-15, Great Opportunity For Technicians 12. ARRL: ARRL Teachers Institute on Wireless Technology Now Accepting Applications For 2025 Cohorts 13. ARRL: Lipscomb University Receives $25,000 Scholarship Check 14. ARRL: John J. Ellis, NP2B, former ARRL Section Manager For The US Virgin Islands, SK 15. The Use Of CW Is Highlighted In BBC Radio Documentary 16. The 12 Days Of Christmas Special Event Begins 17. Lookout For The Geminids Meteor Shower Beginning This Weekend 18. Special Event Stations Bring Attention To Hams With Disabilities 19. 150 Students At Staten Island Technical High School In New York City Pass License Exams 20. CW Award Winner Gerard Van Antwerpen, ZL2GVA, SK 21. Kolkata India Hamfest Draws Hundreds Of Amateurs 22. TVT: Trump picks former broadcast news anchor Kari Lake to run the Voice of America 23. The Delaware - Lehigh Amateur Radio Club will host the WX3MAS Christmas City special event 24. ARRL: Upcoming radio sport contests and regional convention listings 25. WIA: New Zealand Network grows with a little help from amateur radio 26. RI: NYPD/FDNY leaders all on Senator Schumer to save AM Broadcast radio in cars 27. ARRL: $41K+ is raised by donors, and YouTubers toi benefit the ARRL Teachers Institute 28. ARRL: 2025 Youth On The Air Camp application period is now open 29. A new free quarterly newsletter is launched by the folks at HamSci 30. Starlink receives FCC approval for satellite to device cellular service from space bypassing terrestrial towers 31. Communications support for one Connecticut road race has now become a family affair Plus these Special Features This Week: * SPECIAL: A Christmas Packet - A Special holiday presentation by the late Bill Baran, N2FNH * Working Amateur Radio Satellites with Bruce Paige, KK5DO - AMSAT Satellite News * Foundations of Amateur Radio with Onno Benschop VK6FLAB, will present an update on his latest open source project called The Bald Yak, Part Two * The DX Corner with Bill Salyers, AJ8B with with all the latest news on DXpeditions, DX, and upcoming radio sport contests, and more * Weekly Propagation Forecast from the ARRL * Will Rogers, K5WLR - A Century Of Amateur Radio - This week, we climb aboard The Wayback Machine to the beginnings of World War One as amateurs dismantled their stations under government order, and began to report for military service. All this in this weeks episode entitled "Shut Down and Called Up" ----- Website: https://www.twiar.net X: https://x.com/TWIAR Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/twiar.bsky.social Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/twiari YouTube: https://bit.ly/TWIARYouTube RSS News: https://twiar.net/?feed=rss2 Automated (Full Static file, updated weekly): https://twiar.net/TWIARHAM.mp3 Automated (1-hour Static file, updated weekly): https://www.twiar.net/TWIAR1HR.mp3 ----- This Week in Amateur Radio is produced by Community Video Associates in upstate New York, and is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License. If you would like to volunteer with us as a news anchor or special segment producer please get in touch with our Executive Producer, George, via email at w2xbs77@gmail.com. Thanks to FortifiedNet.net for the server space! Thanks to Archive.org for the audio space.

Will Rogers originally joined the podcast back in 2021, on Episode 43. Warwick gets the opportunity to re-interview Will in front of a live audience during Equitana Melbourne 2024. Will had also just recently presented at The Journey On Podcast Summit in Birmingham, England, earlier in August, so it was a great pleasure to spend more time with him in person.Along with being a world-class Dressage trainer and rider, Will Rogers is the founder of the Espire Foundation, which promotes a way of keeping, handling, and training horses where an understanding of their nature creates a foundation for horse friendly communication. Will began working with horses in South Australia. Eventually, he made the move to the United States to pursue a career training cutting horses. After two years in America, Will traveled to Denmark to reconnect with his good friend Tristan Tucker whom he had earlier worked with in Australia. After becoming fascinated with dressage, Will's purpose became to share ideas and seek a better understanding of horses as well as a better way to train and work with them. His aim was to open up opportunities to develop a more advanced and refined approach to training horses. Will now puts on live performances that showcase the unique partnership he creates with his horses during liberty work. In this episode, Will and Warwick discuss the self-reflective practices that allow them to be with their horses in a raw and purposeful way.Will's Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/willrogersperformancehorsesEspire Foundation's Website: https://espire-foundation.com/Support the showBecome a Patreon Member today! Get access to podcast bonus segments, ask questions to podcast guests, and even suggest future podcast guests while supporting Warwick: https://www.patreon.com/journeyonpodcastWarwick has over 650 Online Training Videos that are designed to create a relaxed, connected, and skilled equine partner. Start your horse training journey today!https://videos.warwickschiller.com/Check us out on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/WarwickschillerfanpageWatch hundreds of free Youtube Videos: https://www.youtube.com/warwickschillerFollow us on Instagram: @warwickschiller

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The guys from Dawgman.com - Kim Grinolds and Chris Fetters - get together to offer up their thoughts on the Washington-Oregon game as Scott Eklund works his way back from the east coast. If there was ever a game where Washington would have a free roll to do what they wanted to try and upset the No. 1 team in the country, today's game would be the day. It's doubtful a loss would change where they end up as far as a bowl is concerned, but that doesn't mean there isn't a ton of intrigue about this game. For starters, who will Jedd Fisch start at quarterback - Will Rogers or Demond Williams? Fisch already said this week that he knows what his plan is for using both players, and Kim and Chris have slightly different takes on who should start and how each should be used. That talk morphs into a general conversation about what Washington needs to do in order to have success against Oregon's defense, one that should be getting DL Jordan Burch back. How will the OL deal with Matayo Uiagalelei? After a quick break the sides are switched. How can Washington's defense cope with a powerful Oregon offensive attack led by Dillon Gabriel, Jordan James, Terrance Ferguson, and Tez Johnson? Getting Johnson back is a huge deal for UO OC Will Stein. And the question is asked; since Oregon is already guaranteed a Big Ten Championship Game berth, will Dan Lanning and the Ducks be looking ahead with one eye toward that game? Or will Lanning try and exorcise demons from the past two seasons of losing to Washington with one aim only; to run up the score and leave no doubt? A win over Washington doesn't really do much when it comes to Oregon's ultimate aims, but what about preparing for the Big Ten Championship and everything that comes with that win, including a bye week in the 12-team playoff? Kim and Chris finish off the pregame show with some thoughts on Washington's Acrisure Invitational Tournament win this week in Palm Springs. First year head coach Danny Sprinkle won his first hardware for the Purple and Gold, beating Alcorn State, Colorado State, and then Santa Clara for the title. They also talk a little about Washington's latest 2025 commit, Prolific Prep F Niko Bundalo, a commitment that literally came out of nowhere this week. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Dawgman.com's Jack McCauley and Luke Mounger get into the holiday spirit this week with their Thanksgiving game week preview, but it's not the Apple Cup! Now that both Oregon and Washington are in the Big Ten and Washington State is in the college football wilderness, it's time to turn the page and look at the rivalry between UO and UW as the true big Pacific Northwest rivalry game. But before they go into the meat of the game against the No. 1 Ducks, the guys recap the UCLA win at Husky Stadium that got the Huskies to bowl eligibility. And that chat folds right into one of the big conversations for Washington fans this week; should Demond Williams start at quarterback instead of Will Rogers? The conversation then merges into a breakdown of Washington's defense and what they can try and do to stop a potent Oregon attack, and then the tables are flipped. What can Washington's offense do against Oregon's stout defense, especially their pass rush? After a break, the guys go into the players they expect to shine in their Bet to Bark segment, and then go into their Betting B1G talk where they look at other conference games and compare their season-long predictions. And then to finish up they go into their Confidence Intervals, which measures just how good they are feeling about a Washington win in Eugene. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The College Football Experience (@TCEonSGPN) on the Sports Gambling Podcast Network previews the entire Week 14 college football slate for Saturday. Pick Dundee aka (@TheColbyD), Patty C (@PattyC831) & NC Nick (@NC__NicK) break down every single game and key in on their favorite plays for the weekend. Will Mike Elko and the Texas A&M Aggies bounce back at home and take down Quinn Ewers and the Texas Longhorns and clinch a spot in the SEC Championship? Will Kansas State get revenge on Iowa State in Farmeggedon in Ames? Are the FCS Playoffs due for a few upsets this weekend?Did the East Carolina Pirates make a mistake in firing Mike Houston too early? How great will it be to see cold weather playoff games? Could the Oregon Ducks trip up against Will Rogers and the Washington Huskies in the season finale? Could Willie Fritz and the Houston Cougars take down BYU in Provo? Will Brent Brennan and the Arizona Wildcats pull off the painful upset against the Arizona State Sun Devils? Could the Tennessee Volunteers be a victim to Diego Pavia and the Vanderbilt Commodores? Is the Palmetto Bowl between South Carolina and Clemson as high stakes as it gets? We talk it all and more on this Week 14 Preview & Picks edition of The College Football Experience. JOIN the SGPN community #DegensOnlyExclusive Merch, Contests and Bonus Episodes ONLY on Patreon - https://sg.pn/patreonDiscuss with fellow degens on Discord - https://sg.pn/discordDownload The Free SGPN App - https://sgpn.appCheck out the Sports Gambling Podcast on YouTube - https://sg.pn/YouTubeCheck out our website - http://sportsgamblingpodcast.comSUPPORT us by supporting our partnersUnderdog Fantasy code SGPN - Up to $1000 in BONUS CASH - https://play.underdogfantasy.com/p-sgpnRithmm - Player Props and Picks - Free 7 day trial! http://sportsgamblingpodcast.com/rithmmADVERTISE with SGPNInterested in advertising? Contact sales@sgpn.ioFOLLOW The Sports Gambling Podcast On Social MediaTwitter - http://www.twitter.com/gamblingpodcastInstagram - http://www.instagram.com/sportsgamblingpodcastTikTok - https://www.tiktok.com/@gamblingpodcastFacebook - http://www.facebook.com/sportsgamblingpodcastFOLLOW The Hosts On Social MediaSean Green - http://www.twitter.com/seantgreenRyan Kramer - http://www.twitter.com/kramercentric================================================================Gambling problem? Call 1-800-GAMBLER CO, DC, IL, IN, LA, MD, MS, NJ, OH, PA, TN, VA, WV, WY Call 877-8-HOPENY or text HOPENY (467369) (NY) Call 1-800-327-5050 (MA)21+ to wager. Please Gamble Responsibly. Call 1-800-NEXT-STEP (AZ), 1-800-522-4700 (KS, NV), 1-800 BETS-OFF (IA), 1-800-270-7117 for confidential help (MI)================================================================

The College Football Experience (@TCEonSGPN) on the Sports Gambling Podcast Network previews the entire Week 14 college football slate for Saturday. Pick Dundee aka (@TheColbyD), Patty C (@PattyC831) & NC Nick (@NC__NicK) break down every single game and key in on their favorite plays for the weekend. Will Mike Elko and the Texas A&M Aggies bounce back at home and take down Quinn Ewers and the Texas Longhorns and clinch a spot in the SEC Championship? Will Kansas State get revenge on Iowa State in Farmeggedon in Ames? Are the FCS Playoffs due for a few upsets this weekend?Did the East Carolina Pirates make a mistake in firing Mike Houston too early? How great will it be to see cold weather playoff games? Could the Oregon Ducks trip up against Will Rogers and the Washington Huskies in the season finale? Could Willie Fritz and the Houston Cougars take down BYU in Provo? Will Brent Brennan and the Arizona Wildcats pull off the painful upset against the Arizona State Sun Devils? Could the Tennessee Volunteers be a victim to Diego Pavia and the Vanderbilt Commodores? Is the Palmetto Bowl between South Carolina and Clemson as high stakes as it gets? We talk it all and more on this Week 14 Preview & Picks edition of The College Football Experience. JOIN the SGPN community #DegensOnlyExclusive Merch, Contests and Bonus Episodes ONLY on Patreon - https://sg.pn/patreonDiscuss with fellow degens on Discord - https://sg.pn/discordDownload The Free SGPN App - https://sgpn.appCheck out the Sports Gambling Podcast on YouTube - https://sg.pn/YouTubeCheck out our website - http://sportsgamblingpodcast.comSUPPORT us by supporting our partnersCirca Sports - 16 MILLION in guaranteed prizes w/ Circa Survivor & Circa Millions - https://www.circasports.com/circa-sports-millionFootball Contest Proxy - Use promo code SGP to save $50 at - https://www.footballcontestproxy.com/Rithmm - Player Props and Picks - Free 7 day trial! http://sportsgamblingpodcast.com/rithmmUnderdog Fantasy code SGPN - Up to $250 in BONUS CASH - https://play.underdogfantasy.com/p-sgpnGametime code SGPN - Download the Gametime app, create an account, and use code SGPN for $20 off your first purchase - https://gametime.co/ADVERTISE with SGPNInterested in advertising? Contact sales@sgpn.io Follow The College Experience & SGPN On Social MediaTwitter - https://twitter.com/TCEonSGPNInstagram - http://www.instagram.com/TCEonSGPNTikTok - https://www.tiktok.com/@TCEonSGPNYoutube - https://www.youtube.com/@TheCollegeExperienceFollow The Hosts On Social MediaColby Dant - http://www.twitter.com/thecolbydPatty C - https://twitter.com/PattyC831NC Nick - https://twitter.com/NC__NicK

In the second hour, Dave Softy Mahler and Dick Fain talk about the Dawgs quarterback decision looking ahead to facing Oregon next week and what to do with Will Rogers, plus discuss the wild officiating mistake that benefitted the Seahawks in San Francisco.

John Canzano, JohnCanzano.com joins Jason “Puck” Puckett for his weekly chat about all things college football.  They jump right into the discussion about Jake Dickert's comments about Oregon State.  Was he in the wrong about what he said?Jake Dickert has other problems on the field, specifically in regards to his defense and offensive play calling. Puck this a change needs to be made with his defensive coordinator and suggests that Dickert take over the play calling. In regards to the offense, is the “Air Raid” truly the offense that Dickert wants? Does it properly take advantage of the skill set of John Mateer?Oregon survived against Wisconsin.  John points out that it's a tired football team.  John also shares his thoughts on the matchup between Oregon and Washington in two weeks. John thinks it will be a blowout.  Will Jedd Fisch turn to Demond Williams against Oregon or stick with Will Rogers?Is the SEC truly the best conference in football and do they deserve the majority of the teams?Lastly, since Puck is off next week, John offers up his favorite Thanksgiving meals. 

On Tuesday's Daily Puck Drop, Jason “Puck” Puckett is joined by his weekly guests, Danny Kelly, The Ringer and John Canzano, JohnCanzano.com.  Puck opens up the show discussing the comments from WSU coach Jake Dickert about Oregon State not being their “buddies.” Puck shares his thoughts that some fans that are upset with the comments are off base.  The Seahawks were gifted a favor in their win over the 49ers because the officials screwed up a timeout that should have been a penalty. Danny Kelly, The Ringer, joins Jason “Puck” Puckett to rap about the NFL, Seahawks, the Legion of Boom, Earl Thomas and fantasy football. Danny and Puck both agree that the Seahawks season is so dumb and fun at the same time and they went from a week ago thinking the season was over to now looking ahead to this week and knowing they have a shot at first place in the NFC West! Earl Thomas is back! Puck and Danny go down the rabbit hole of talking about the Legion of Boom.   Devon Witherspoon is the closest thing to the L.O.B. that they have had since that group was on the field.  Expectations have now changed for the Seahawks and it's incredible to watch and follow this team week in and week out.  The Seahawks can be in first place this weekend which is incredible to think of! The Jets are still a disaster and Aaron Rogers has fired another member of the team.  Puck and Danny have put Rogers on “The Barge” out to the pacific ocean.  Where does Danny want Deion Sanders to land in the NFL next season?  Danny also answers fantasy football questions with “Waiver Wire Tuesday.” John Canzano, JohnCanzano.com joins Jason “Puck” Puckett for his weekly chat about all things college football.  They jump right into the discussion about Jake Dickert's comments about Oregon State.  Was he in the wrong about what he said?Jake Dickert has other problems on the field, specifically in regards to his defense and offensive play calling. Puck this a change needs to be made with his defensive coordinator and suggests that Dickert take over the play calling. In regards to the offense, is the “Air Raid” truly the offense that Dickert wants? Does it properly take advantage of the skill set of John Mateer?Oregon survived against Wisconsin.  John points out that it's a tired football team.  John also shares his thoughts on the matchup between Oregon and Washington in two weeks. John thinks it will be a blowout.  Will Jedd Fisch turn to Demond Williams against Oregon or stick with Will Rogers?Is the SEC truly the best conference in football and do they deserve the majority of the teams?Lastly, since Puck is off next week, John offers up his favorite Thanksgiving meals. Finally, Puck wraps up the show with “Hey, What the Puck!?”  Fans need to calm down about the Jake Dickert comments about Oregon State. He was right. He said the uncomfortable truth out loud and people don't like hearing it.  

Bob and Dave break down what a more stable and consistent offensive line could do for the Seahawks run game going forward, they listen back to Dave and Paul Moyer’s predictions for yesterday's game in Call It Now, they ask if Geno Smith’s amazing game proved he’s worthy of another contract, and they hear what UW head coach Jedd Fisch had to say about benching Will Rogers in Sweeping the Dial. 

The guys from Dawgman.com - Kim Grinolds, Chris Fetters, and Scott Eklund - wax lyrical over Washington's 31-19 win over the UCLA Bruins, a win that put the Huskies at 6-5 on the season and secure in the knowledge that they'll be bowling come December. The guys talk first about Washington's defense, and specifically the ability of UW's front 7 to shut down UCLA's run game and force Ethan Garbers on the run all night long. They held the Bruins to 52 yards on 33 carries, and it was mainly due to the work of defensive tackles like Sebastian Valdez, as well as edge players like Russell Davis II. The man they call 'Deuce' only played in his third game as a Husky, but the former Arizona product finished the night with three tackles, three tackles for loss, three sacks, a forced fumble, and a recovery of that same fumble. After a quick break the talk turned to the other side of the ball, and mostly it revolved around Jedd Fisch and his decision to pull UW starting quarterback Will Rogers after Rogers threw interceptions on back-to-back possessions. True freshman Demond Williams came in the final three series of the game for UW and led the Huskies to 17 points, including touchdowns on their two fourth-quarter drives. Now that UW is bowl-eligible, where are they going to go bowling? Los Angeles? San Diego? Las Vegas? El Paso? Shreveport? A lot of names have already been thrown out there. Before the guys wrap up the post-game podcast, Scott provides a quick recruiting update on who was in the stands for the game, and there's also talk about a few of the former players that were also there, like the two Legends of the Game - Mason Foster and Roy Lewis. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

On this weeks Puck the Huskies Podcast, Jason "Puck" Puckett and former Husky defensive tackle Jordan Reffett and Elise Woodward, wrap up the Huskies disastrous loss to Penn State.  Jordan and Elise both agreed that offensive and defensive lines playing in the Big 10 are the difference.  But, can the Huskies solve those issues quickly in the transfer portal?Is it important for Washington to become bowl eligible even if it's going to the Independence Bowl?   Senior night taking place Friday against UCLA, Elise and Jordan detail the emotions surrounding this class that has been through three head coaches.  Puck asks the group why Jedd Fisch is sticking with Will Rogers and why not turn it over to Demond Williams. Elise nearly jumps through the screen to strangle Puck! 

On today's Daily Puck Drop, Jason “Puck” Puckett chats with his weekly guest, Mike Garafolo of the NFL Network and Michael-Shawn Dugar from The Athletic stops by for the “Opponent Preview.”  Puck opened up the show reacting to yesterday's show with Rob Staton, from SeahawksDraftBlog.com.  This was a miserable offseason for John Schneider, but how do they go about fixing it this offseason?  Some tough decisions will have to be made on current players.   But so far with Schneider running the ship it's been rocky. Puck turns his attention to the Huskies and wonders why they would keep playing Will Rogers at quarterback and not hand the reigns over to Demond Williams. he plays a soundbite from his show with Elise Woodward and Jordan Reffett, “Puck the Huskies” asking them that very question.  Is making a bowl game that big of a deal?Can you believe what Mariners GM Justin Hollander said about Mitch Garver and Mitch Haniger?? Puck reacts to that and the report that the Mariners are interested in bringing back Justin Turner. Mike Garafolo, NFL Network, joins Jason “Puck” Puckett for his weekly conversation.  Mike has pulled off on the side of the road as he is traveling to Philly to cover Thursday night football between the Eagles and the Commanders.  Puck asked Mike a hypothetical question about whether or not Seahawks fans would switch Mike Macdonald and Ryan Grubb for Dan Quinn and Kliff Kingsbury…but, Puck says you have to add Jayden Daniels!   That question leads to the discussion with the Bears and Caleb Williams. Who will be the next coach of the Bears?  They obviously have to hire an offensive minded coach. Would Lincoln Riley of USC be the perfect fit?What is wrong with the Dallas Cowboys and Jerry Jones?   Also, Mike and Puck would be thrilled to see Deion Sanders land with the Cowboys…Amazing theater! Finally, Puck asks Mike, what is wrong with his Seahawks and what is going on with John Schneider?  Is he equipped to truly run this thing?Michael Shawn-Dugar, The Athletic. @MikeDugar. Co-Host of “Seahawks-Man-2-Man Podcast” joined Jason “Puck” Puckett from the “Opponent Preview.” Mike and Puck discussed the offseason by Seahawks GM John Schneider.  How much of it was a failure and do they have enough resources to fix the problem?Why does the organization have an issue with drafting offensive lineman?  Is it a philosophical problem or coaching issue?  If the team continues to lose would it be better for them to lose out to raise their draft position or finish strong so they know the switch they made with the head coach was the right move?Should the Seahawks consider trading D.K. Metcalf and consider moving on from Geno Smith in the offseason?Finally, Puck wraps up with, “Hey, What the Puck!?” Lebron James is not human and is a cyborg! Appreciate what he is doing at his age. You'll never see it again. 

Brock discusses the importance of this week's game for the Huskies season and why they are sticking with Will Rogers at QB in Washington Wednesday. Then, we take your calls on which Seattle GM you believe in the most. Plus, we hear what Texas Tech and Colorado fans had to say about Brock in Mean Tweets.

John Canzano, JohnCanzano.comjoins Jason “Puck” Puckett for his weekly look into college football. They jump right into the discussion surrounding WSU quarterback John Mateer. What would he fetch money wise in the transfer portal?  John estimates that the going rate for a top QB is over a million dollars.  Can the Cougs afford to keep Mateer around?  Does he get a sense that Mateer wants to look elsewhere or is he happy in Pullman?   Should Jedd Fisch move on from Will Rogers and start Demond Williams the rest of the season.  The Huskies are not going to a major bowl game so why keep playing Rogers?  John and Puck both agree that the NIL has something to do with the decision surrounding Rogers. What are the expectations for the Cougars and the college football rankings tonight and what type of chaos do they need in front of them to sneak in to the CFP.  John was on the scene in Utah covering the “Holy War” between Utah and BYU. He reacts to the scene where the Utah AD claims that the game was stolen from them. Utah does not have an exit fee and can leave the Big 12 any time they want, would they jump and come back to the Pac-12?  John dishes on those chances. Lastly, John and Puck talk about the passing of former Blazers broadcaster Brian Wheeler. A gentle and troubled sole. 

On today's Daily Puck Drop, Jason “Puck” Puckett is joined by Danny Kelly, The Ringer and John Canzano, JohnCanzano.com. Puck opened up the show asking the question, was this past season the worst offseason under John Schneider? With the release of Tyrel Dodson, aren't the Seahawks just signaling that they are truly rebuilding?Danny Kelly, The Ringer joins Jason “Puck” Puckett for his weekly visit talking Seahawks, NFL and fantasy football.  Danny ponders the question that Puck asked about John Schneider's offseason.  Was this the worst one under his tenure?  If the Seahawks are headed to a rebuild in the offseason,  should they commit dollars to D.K. Metcalf and Geno Smith?  If they do move on from Geno, what are there options in the draft. Danny details the upcoming draft class for quarterbacks.  Puck asks Danny, if the Seahawks lose their next two games to the 49ers and Cardinals, would they be best served to lose their remaining games to get better draft position?  Danny makes a compelling argument against that strategy. It's a Waiver Wire Tuesday, and Danny shares with Puck the best pickups in fantasy football.  They wrap up their segment with their weekly feature, “Barge of the Week.”  They put a player, coach, team or front office NFL personnel on a barge and send them out to the Pacific Ocean.  Danny put Jerry Jones on the barge and Puck went with John Schneider. John Canzano, JohnCanzano.comjoins Jason “Puck” Puckett for his weekly look into college football. They jump right into the discussion surrounding WSU quarterback John Mateer. What would he fetch money wise in the transfer portal?  John estimates that the going rate for a top QB is over a million dollars.  Can the Cougs afford to keep Mateer around?  Does he get a sense that Mateer wants to look elsewhere or is he happy in Pullman?   Should Jedd Fisch move on from Will Rogers and start Demond Williams the rest of the season.  The Huskies are not going to a major bowl game so why keep playing Rogers?  John and Puck both agree that the NIL has something to do with the decision surrounding Rogers. What are the expectations for the Cougars and the college football rankings tonight and what type of chaos do they need in front of them to sneak in to the CFP.  John was on the scene in Utah covering the “Holy War” between Utah and BYU. He reacts to the scene where the Utah AD claims that the game was stolen from them. Utah does not have an exit fee and can leave the Big 12 any time they want, would they jump and come back to the Pac-12?  John dishes on those chances. Lastly, John and Puck talk about the passing of former Blazers broadcaster Brian Wheeler. A gentle and troubled sole. Finally, Puck wraps up the show with “Hey, What the Puck?!” Puck discusses the situation in Chicago with Caleb Williams. It's why it's so important to have the right coaching staff in place when you select a quarterback of the future in the first round. 

In this episode of the Puck the Huskies podcast, Jason  “Puck” Puckett, Jordan Reffett, and Elise Woodward chat about the recent Indiana loss, and the challenges faced by the team, particularly in the offensive and defensive lines. Jordan dives into the biggest problem with this years Huskies, he lays the blame solely at the departure of Kalen Deboer.  Elise agrees that the lack of recruiting under Deboer has caused major issues.Is it unfair to blame Jedd Fisch for the current problems with the offensive line?  Can they rebuild the OL with the transfer portal or do they need to do it with high school players?The Huskies are currently 4-4, they can still qualify for a bowl game, but it would be a lower bowl game. Is that still important to players anymore. Elise scoffs at the notion that bowl games aren't meaningful.  Lastly, should the Huskies make a quarterback change and go with the young kid in Demond Williams over Will Rogers?

“And Then There Was Shawn” (February 27, 1998) Somehow, Boy Meets World got ABC to say yes to a parody of Scream within the confines of the TGIF lineup. That's wild enough, but it's even more surprising what this “it was all a dream” episode lifts directly from the 1996 slasher. Joining us to discuss this unlikely intersection of franchises are the hosts of the Guide to the Unknown podcast, Kristen Anderson and her little brother, Will Rogers (not the gay beach). Happy Halloween! Listen to Guide to the Unknown groundbreaking analysis of the Scary Movie franchise, SCARMUTO. Listen to William's narrative horror podcast Blackwood. And if you want to read more about the Scream 3/Harvey Weinstein connection, read this Slate article. Watch the new season of Glen's show, Ninjago: Dragons Unleashed! Listen to Drew discussing 16-bit horror video games on Retronauts. Episodes what we mentioned: Guide to the Unknown, “Mommy Watched Scream” Guide to the Unknown, “Scream, Queen! / Freddy's Revenge” Gayest Episode Ever, “Boy Meets World Accidentally Does a Trans Episode” Gayest Episode Ever, “The Terror of Zombie Sandy Duncan” Gayest Episode Ever, “Two Guys, a Girl and a Post-Scream Slasher Halloween” Gayest Episode Ever, “The Facts of Life Goes to the Twilight Zone” Weirdest Episode Ever, “Family Matters Fights and Evil Murderous Puppet” Monday Afternoon Movie, “Summer of Fear with John Arthur Hill”

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