Podcast appearances and mentions of William Irwin

What does it take to keep your voice—and your purpose—strong through every season of life? In this episode of Unstoppable Mindset, I sit down with my friend Bill Ratner, one of Hollywood's most recognized voice actors, best known as Flint from GI Joe. Bill's voice has carried him through radio, animation, and narration, but what stands out most is how he's used that same voice to serve others through storytelling, teaching, and grief counseling. Together, we explore the heart behind his work—from bringing animated heroes to life to standing on The Moth stage and helping people find healing through poetry. Bill shares lessons from his own journey, including losing both parents early, finding family in unexpected places, and discovering how creative expression can rebuild what life breaks down. We also reflect on 9/11, preparedness, and the quiet confidence that comes from trusting your training—whether you're a first responder, a performer, or just navigating the unknown. This conversation isn't just about performance; it's about presence. It's about using your story, your craft, and your compassion to keep moving forward—unstoppable, one voice at a time. Highlights: 00:31 – Hear the Flint voice and what it takes to bring animated characters to life. 06:57 – Learn why an uneven college path still led to a lifelong acting career. 11:50 – Understand how GI Joe became a team and a toy phenomenon that shaped culture. 15:58 – See how comics and cartoons boosted classroom literacy when used well. 17:06 – Pick up simple ways parents can spark reading through shared stories. 19:29 – Discover how early, honest conversations about death can model resilience. 24:09 – Learn to critique ads and media like a pro to sharpen your own performance. 36:19 – Follow the pivot from radio to voiceover and why specialization pays. 47:48 – Hear practical editing approaches and accessible tools that keep shows tight. 49:38 – Learn how The Moth builds storytelling chops through timed, judged practice. 55:21 – See how poetry—and poetry therapy—support grief work with students. 59:39 – Take notes on memoir writing, emotional management, and one-person shows. About the Guest: Bill Ratner is one of America's best known voice actors and author of poetry collections Lamenting While Doing Laps in the Lake (Slow Lightning Lit 2024,) Fear of Fish (Alien Buddha Press 2021,) To Decorate a Casket (Finishing Line Press 2021,) and the non-fiction book Parenting For The Digital Age: The Truth Behind Media's Effect On Children and What To Do About It (Familius Books 2014.) He is a 9-time winner of the Moth StorySLAM, 2-time winner of Best of The Hollywood Fringe Extension Award for Solo Performance, Best of the Net Poetry Nominee 2023 (Lascaux Review,) and New Millennium "America One Year From Now" Writing Award Finalist. His writing appears in Best Small Fictions 2021 (Sonder Press,) Missouri Review (audio,) Baltimore Review, Chiron Review, Feminine Collective, and other journals. He is the voice of "Flint" in the TV cartoon G.I. Joe, "Donnell Udina" in the computer game Mass Effect, the voice of Air Disasters on Smithsonian Channel, NewsNation, and network TV affiliates across the country. He is a committee chair for his union, SAG-AFTRA, teaches Voiceovers for SAG-AFTRA Foundation, Media Awareness for Los Angeles Unified School District, and is a trained grief counsellor. Member: Actors Equity Association, Screen Actors Guild-AFTRA, National Storytelling Network • https://billratner.com • @billratner Ways to connect with Bill: https://soundcloud.com/bill-ratner https://www.instagram.com/billratner/ https://twitter.com/billratner https://www.threads.net/@billratner https://billratner.tumblr.com https://www.youtube.com/@billratner/videos https://www.facebook.com/billratner.voiceover.author https://bsky.app/profile/bilorat.bsky.social 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! 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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 Well on a gracious hello to you, wherever you may be, I am your host. Mike hingson, and you are listening to unstoppable mindset. Today, we get to have a voice actor, person, Bill Ratner, who you want to know who Bill Radnor is, go back and watch the old GI Joe cartoons and listen to the voice of Flint.   Bill Ratner ** 01:42 All right. Lady Jay, you better get your battle gear on, because Cobra is on their way. And I can't bring up the Lacher threat weapon system. We got to get out of here. Yo, Joe,   Michael Hingson ** 01:52 there you go. I rest my case Well, Bill, welcome to unstoppable mindset.   Bill Ratner ** 02:00 We can't rest now. Michael, we've just begun. No, we've just begun.   Michael Hingson ** 02:04 We got to keep going here. Well, I'm really glad that you're here. Bill is another person who we inveigled to get on unstoppable mindset with the help of Walden Hughes. And so that means we can talk about Walden all we want today. Bill just saying, oh goodness. And I got a lot to say. Let me tell you perfect, perfect. Bring it on. So we are really grateful to Walden, although I hope he's not listening. We don't want to give him a big head. But no, seriously, we're really grateful. Ah, good point.   Bill Ratner ** 02:38 But his posture, oddly enough, is perfect.   Michael Hingson ** 02:40 Well, there you go. What do you do? He practiced. Well, anyway, we're glad you're here. Tell us about the early bill, growing up and all that stuff. It's always fun to start a good beginning.   Bill Ratner ** 02:54 Well, I was a very lucky little boy. I was born in Des Moines, Iowa in 1947 to two lovely people, professionals, both with master's degree out at University of Chicago. My mother was a social worker. My father had an MBA in business. He was managing editor of Better Homes and Gardens magazine. So I had the joy of living in a better home and living in a garden.   Michael Hingson ** 03:21 My mother. How long were you in Des Moines?   Bill Ratner ** 03:24 Five and a half years left before my sixth birthday. My dad got a fancy job at an ad agency in Minneapolis, and had a big brother named Pete and big handsome, curly haired boy with green eyes. And moved to Minneapolis, Minnesota, and was was brought up there.   Michael Hingson ** 03:45 Wow. So you went to school there and and chased the girls and all that stuff.   Bill Ratner ** 03:54 I went to school there at Blake School for Boys in Hopkins, Minnesota. Couldn't chase the girls day school, but the girls we are allowed to dance with certainly not chase. Michael was at woodhue dancing school, the Northrop girls from Northrop girls school and the Blake boys were put together in eighth grade and taught the Cha Cha Cha, the waltz, the Charleston, and we danced together, and the girls wore white gloves, and we sniffed their perfume, and we all learned how to be lovers when we were 45   Michael Hingson ** 04:37 There you are. Well, as long as you learned at some point, that's a good start.   Bill Ratner ** 04:44 It's a weird generation. Michael,   Michael Hingson ** 04:46 I've been to Des Moines before. I was born in Chicago, but moved out to California when I was five, but I did some work with the National Federation of the Blind in the mid 19. 1970s 1976 into 1978 so spent time at the Iowa Commission for the Blind in Des Moines, which became a top agency for the Blind in well, the late 50s into the to the 60s and so on. So   Bill Ratner ** 05:15 both my parents are from Chicago. My father from the south side of Chicago, 44th and Kenzie, which was a Irish, Polish, Italian, Jewish, Ukrainian neighborhood. And my mother from Glencoe, which was a middle class suburb above Northwestern University in Evanston.   Michael Hingson ** 05:34 I Where were you born? 57th and union, north, south side, no, South   Bill Ratner ** 05:42 57th union is that? Is that west of Kenzie?   Michael Hingson ** 05:46 You know, I don't remember the geography well enough to know, but I know that it was, I think, Mount Sinai Hospital where I was born. But it was, it's, it's, it's a pretty tough neighborhood today. So I understand,   Bill Ratner ** 06:00 yeah, yeah, my it was tough, then it's tough now,   Michael Hingson ** 06:03 yeah, I think it's tougher, supposedly, than it was. But we lived there for five years, and then we we moved to California, and I remember some things about Chicago. I remember walking down to the local candy store most days, and had no problem doing that. My parents were told they should shut me away at a home somewhere, because no blind child could ever grow up to amount to anything. And my parents said, You guys are you're totally wrong. And they brought me up with that attitude. So, you   Bill Ratner ** 06:32 know who said that the school says school so that   Michael Hingson ** 06:35 doctors doctors when they discovered I was blind with the   Bill Ratner ** 06:38 kid, goodness gracious, horrified.   Michael Hingson ** 06:44 Well, my parents said absolutely not, and they brought me up, and they actually worked with other parents of premature kids who became blind, and when kindergarten started in for us in in the age of four, they actually had a special kindergarten class for blind kids at the Perry School, which is where I went. And so I did that for a year, learn braille and some other things. Then we moved to California, but yeah, and I go back to Chicago every so often. And when I do nowadays, they I one of my favorite places to migrate in Chicago is Garrett Popcorn.   Bill Ratner ** 07:21 Ah, yes, with caramel corn, regular corn, the   Michael Hingson ** 07:25 Chicago blend, which is a mixture, yeah, the Chicago blend is cheese corn, well, as it is with caramel corn, and they put much other mozzarella on it as well. It's really good.   Bill Ratner ** 07:39 Yeah, so we're on the air. Michael, what do you call your what do you call your program? Here I am your new friend, and I can't even announce your program because I don't know   Michael Hingson ** 07:48 the name, unstoppable mindset. This   Bill Ratner ** 07:51 is unstoppable mindset.   Michael Hingson ** 07:56 We're back. Well, we're back already. We're fast. So you, you, you moved off elsewhere, out of Des Moines and all that. And where did you go to college?   Bill Ratner ** 08:09 Well, this is like, why did you this is, this is a bit like talking about the Vietnam War. Looking back on my college career is like looking back on the Vietnam War series, a series of delusions and defeats. By the time I the time i for college, by the time I was applying for college, I was an orphan, orphan, having been born to fabulous parents who died too young of natural causes. So my grades in high school were my mediocre. I couldn't get into the Ivy Leagues. I got into the big 10 schools. My stepmother said, you're going to Michigan State in East Lansing because your cousin Eddie became a successful realtor. And Michigan State was known as mu u it was the most successful, largest agriculture college and university in the country. Kids from South Asia, China, Northern Europe, Southern Europe, South America all over the world came to Michigan State to study agricultural sciences, children of rich farmers all over the world and middle class farmers all over the world, and a huge police science department. Part of the campus was fenced off, and the young cadets, 1819, 20 years old, would practice on the rest of the student body, uniformed with hats and all right, excuse me, young man, we're just going to get some pizza at eight o'clock on Friday night. Stand against your car. Hands in your car. I said, Are you guys practicing again? Shut up and spread your legs. So that was that was Michigan State, and even though both my parents had master's degrees, I just found all the diversions available in the 1960s to be too interesting, and was not invited. Return after my sophomore year, and in order to flunk out of a big 10 University, and they're fine universities, all of them, you have to be either really determined or not so smart, not really capable of doing that level of study in undergraduate school. And I'd like to think that I was determined. I used to show up for my exams with a little blue book, and the only thing I would write is due to lack of knowledge, I am unable to complete this exam, sign Bill ranter and get up early and hand it in and go off. And so what was, what was left for a young man like that was the theater I'd seen the great Zero Mostel when I was 14 years old and on stage live, he looked just like my father, and he was funny, and if I Were a rich man, and that's the grade zero must tell. Yeah, and it took about five, no, it took about six, seven years to percolate inside my bread and my brain. In high school, I didn't want to do theater. The cheerleaders and guys who I had didn't happen to be friends with or doing theater. I took my girlfriends to see plays, but when I was 21 I started acting, and I've been an actor ever since. I'm a committee chair on the screen actors guild in Hollywood and Screen Actors Guild AFTRA, and work as a voice actor and collect my pensions and God bless the union.   Michael Hingson ** 11:44 Well, hey, as long as it works and you're making progress, you know you're still with it, right?   Bill Ratner ** 11:53 That's the that's the point. There's no accounting for taste in my business. Michael, you work for a few different broadcast entities at my age. And it's, you know, it's younger people. It's 18 to 3418 years to 34 years old is the ideal demographic for advertisers, Ford, Motor Company, Dove soap, Betty, Crocker, cake mixes and cereals, every conceivable product that sold online or sold on television and radio. This is my this is my meat, and I don't work for religion. However, if a religious organization calls, I call and say, I I'm not, not qualified or not have my divinity degree in order to sell your church to the public?   Michael Hingson ** 12:46 Yeah, yeah. Well, I, I can understand that. But you, you obviously do a lot, and as we talked about, you were Flint and GI Joe, which is kind of cool.   Bill Ratner ** 13:01 Flynn GI Joe was very cool. Hasbro Corporation, which was based in Providence, Rhode Island, had a huge success with GI Joe, the figure. The figure was about 11 and a half inches tall, like a Barbie, and was at first, was introduced to the public after the Korean War. There is a comic book that was that was also published about GI Joe. He was an individual figure. He was a figure, a sort of mythic cartoon figure during World War Two, GI Joe, generic American soldier, fighting man and but the Vietnam war dragged on for a long time, and the American buying public or buying kids toys got tired of GI Joe, got tired of a military figure in their household and stopped buying. And when Nixon ended the Vietnam War, or allotted to finish in 1974 Hasbro was in the tank. It's got its stock was cheap, and executives are getting nervous. And then came the Great George Lucas in Star Wars, who shrank all these action figures down from 11 and a half inches to three and a half inches, and went to China and had Chinese game and toy makers make Star Wars toys, and began to earn billions and billions dollars. And so Hasbro said, let's turn GI Joe into into a team. And the team began with flint and Lady J and Scarlett and Duke and Destro and cover commander, and grew to 85 different characters, because Hasbro and the toy maker partners could create 85 different sets of toys and action figures. So I was actor in this show and had a good time, and also a purveyor of a billion dollar industry of American toys. And the good news about these toys is I was at a conference where we signed autographs the voice actors, and we have supper with fans and so on. And I was sitting next to a 30 year old kid and his parents. And this kid was so knowledgeable about pop culture and every conceivable children's show and animated show that had ever been on the screen or on television. I turned to his mother and sort of being a wise acre, said, So ma'am, how do you feel about your 30 year old still playing with GI Joe action figures? And she said, Well, he and I both teach English in the Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania school system, and last year, the literacy level of my ninth graders was 50% 50% of those kids could not read in ninth grade. So I asked the principal if I could borrow my son's GI Joe, action figures, comic books and VHS tapes, recordings of the shows from TV. And he said, Sure, whatever you want to try. And so she did, and she played the video tapes, and these kids were thrilled. They'd never seen a GI Joe cartoon in class before. Passed out the comic books, let him read comics. And then she said, Okay, you guys. And passed out notebooks and pens and pencils, and said, I want you guys to make up some some shows, some GI Joe shows. And so they said, Yeah, we're ready. All right, Cobra, you better get into the barber shop, because the barber bill is no longer there and the fire engines are in the way. And wait a minute, there's a dog in the street. And so they're making this up, using their imagination, doing their schoolwork, by coming up with scenarios, imaginary fam fan fiction for GI Joe and she raised the literacy level in her classroom by 50% that year, by the end of that year, so, so that was the only story that I've ever heard about the sort of the efficacy of GI Joe, other than, you know, kids play with them. Do they? Are they shooting each other all the time? I certainly hope not. I hope not. Are they using the action figures? Do they strip their guns off and put them in a little, you know, stub over by the side and and have them do physical battle with each other, or have them hump the woods, or have them climb the stairs, or have them search the trees. Who knows what kids do? Same with same with girls and and Barbies. Barbie has been a source of fun and creativity for lots of girls, and the source of of worry and bother to a lot of parents as   Michael Hingson ** 17:54 well. Well, at the same time, though, when kids start to react and relate to some of these things. It's, it's pretty cool. I mean, look what's happened with the whole Harry Potter movement and craze. Harry Potter has probably done more in the last 20 or 25 years to promote reading for kids than most anything else, and   Bill Ratner ** 18:17 that's because it's such a good series of books. I read them to my daughters, yeah. And the quality of writing. She was a brilliant writer, not only just the stories and the storytelling, which is fun to watch in the movies, and you know, it's great for a parent to read. If there are any parents listening, I don't care how old your kids are. I don't care if they're 15. Offer to read to them. The 15 year old might, of course, say mom, but anybody younger than that might say either, all right, fine, which is, which means you better do it or read, read a book. To me, sure, it's fun for the parent, fun for the kid, and it makes the child a completely different kind of thinker and worker and earner.   Michael Hingson ** 19:05 Well, also the people who they got to read the books for the recordings Stephen Fry and in the US here, Jim Dale did such an incredible job as well. I've, I've read the whole Harry Potter series more than once, because I just enjoy them, and I enjoy listening to the the voices. They do such a good job. Yeah. And of course, for me, one of the interesting stories that I know about Jim Dale reading Harry Potter was since it was published by Scholastic he was actually scheduled to do a reading from one of the Harry from the new Harry Potter book that was coming out in 2001 on September 11, he was going to be at Scholastic reading. And of course, that didn't happen because of of everything that did occur. So I don't know whether I'm. I'm assuming at some point a little bit later, he did, but still he was scheduled to be there and read. But it they are there. They've done so much to help promote reading, and a lot of those kinds of cartoons and so on. Have done some of that, which is, which is pretty good. So it's good to, you know, to see that continue to happen. Well, so you've written several books on poetry and so on, and I know that you you've mentioned more than once grief and loss. How come those words keep coming up?   Bill Ratner ** 20:40 Well, I had an unusual childhood. Again. I mentioned earlier how, what a lucky kid I was. My parents were happy, educated, good people, not abusers. You know, I don't have a I don't have horror stories to tell about my mother or my father, until my mother grew sick with breast cancer and and it took about a year and a half or two years to die when I was seven years old. The good news is, because she was a sensitive, educated social worker, as she was actually dying, she arranged a death counseling session with me and my older brother and the Unitarian minister who was also a death counselor, and whom she was seeing to talk about, you know, what it was like to be dying of breast cancer with two young kids. And at this session, which was sort of surprised me, I was second grade, came home from school. In the living room was my mother and my brother looking a little nervous, and Dr Carl storm from the Unitarian Church, and she said, you know, Dr storm from church, but he's also my therapist. And we talk about my illness and how I feel, and we talk about how much I love you boys, and talk about how I worry about Daddy. And this is what one does when one is in crisis. That was a moment that was not traumatic for me. It's a moment I recalled hundreds of times, and one that has been a guiding light through my life. My mother's death was very difficult for my older brother, who was 13 who grew up in World War Two without without my father, it was just him and my mother when he was off in the Pacific fighting in World War Two. And then I was born after the war. And the loss of a mother in a family is like the bottom dropping out of a family. But luckily, my dad met a woman he worked with a highly placed advertising executive, which was unusual for a female in the 1950s and she became our stepmother a year later, and we had some very lovely, warm family years with her extended family and our extended family and all of us together until my brother got sick, came down with kidney disease a couple of years before kidney dialysis was invented, and a couple of years before kidney transplants were done, died at 19. Had been the captain of the swimming team at our high school, but did a year in college out in California and died on Halloween of 1960 my father was 51 years old. His eldest son had died. He had lost his wife six years earlier. He was working too hard in the advertising industry, successful man and dropped out of a heart attack 14th birthday. Gosh, I found him unconscious on the floor of our master bathroom in our house. So my life changed. I My life has taught me many, many things. It's taught me how the defense system works in trauma. It's taught me the resilience of a child. It's taught me the kindness of strangers. It's taught me the sadness of loss.   Michael Hingson ** 24:09 Well, you, you seem to come through all of it pretty well. Well, thank you. A question behind that, just an observation, but, but you do seem to, you know, obviously, cope with all of it and do pretty well. So you, you've always liked to be involved in acting and so on. How did you actually end up deciding to be a voice actor?   Bill Ratner ** 24:39 Well, my dad, after he was managing editor of Better Homes and Gardens magazine in Des Moines for Meredith publishing, got offered a fancy job as executive vice president of the flower and mix division for Campbell within advertising and later at General Mills Corporation. From Betty Crocker brand, and would bring me to work all the time, and would sit with me, and we'd watch the wonderful old westerns that were on prime time television, rawhide and Gunsmoke and the Virginian and sure   Michael Hingson ** 25:15 and all those. Yeah, during   Bill Ratner ** 25:17 the commercials, my father would make fun of the commercials. Oh, look at that guy. And number one, son, that's lousy acting. Number two, listen to that copy. It's the dumbest ad copy I've ever seen. The jingles and and then he would say, No, that's a good commercial, right there. And he wasn't always negative. He would he was just a good critic of advertising. So at a very young age, starting, you know, when we watch television, I think the first television ever, he bought us when I was five years old, I was around one of the most educated, active, funny, animated television critics I could hope to have in my life as a 56789, 1011, 12 year old. And so when I was 12, I became one of the founding members of the Brotherhood of radio stations with my friends John Waterhouse and John Barstow and Steve gray and Bill Connors in South Minneapolis. I named my five watt night kit am transmitter after my sixth grade teacher, Bob close this is wclo stereo radio. And when I was in sixth grade, I built myself a switch box, and I had a turntable and I had an intercom, and I wired my house for sound, as did all the other boys in the in the B, O, R, S, and that's brotherhood of radio stations. And we were guests on each other's shows, and we were obsessed, and we would go to the shopping malls whenever a local DJ was making an appearance and torture him and ask him dumb questions and listen obsessively to American am radio. And at the time for am radio, not FM like today, or internet on your little radio tuner, all the big old grandma and grandpa radios, the wooden ones, were AM, for amplitude modulated. You could get stations at night, once the sun went down and the later it got, the ionosphere would lift and the am radio signals would bounce higher and farther. And in Minneapolis, at age six and seven, I was able to to listen to stations out of Mexico and Texas and Chicago, and was absolutely fascinated with with what was being put out. And I would, I would switch my brother when I was about eight years old, gave me a transistor radio, which I hid under my bed covers. And at night, would turn on and listen for, who knows, hours at a time, and just tuning the dial and tuning the dial from country to rock and roll to hit parade to news to commercials to to agric agriculture reports to cow crossings in Kansas and grain harvesting and cheese making in Wisconsin, and on and on and on that made up the great medium of radio that was handing its power and its business over to television, just as I was growing As a child. Fast, fascinating transition   Michael Hingson ** 28:18 and well, but as it was transitioning, how did that affect you?   Bill Ratner ** 28:26 It made television the romantic, exciting, dynamic medium. It made radio seem a little limited and antiquated, and although I listened for environment and wasn't able to drag a television set under my covers. Yeah, and television became memorable with with everything from actual world war two battle footage being shown because there wasn't enough programming to 1930s Warner Brothers gangster movies with James Cagney, Edward G   Michael Hingson ** 29:01 Robinson and yeah   Bill Ratner ** 29:02 to all the sitcoms, Leave It to Beaver and television cartoons and on and on and on. And the most memorable elements to me were the personalities, and some of whom were invisible. Five years old, I was watching a Kids program after school, after kindergarten. We'll be back with more funny puppets, marionettes after this message and the first words that came on from an invisible voice of this D baritone voice, this commercial message will be 60 seconds long, Chrysler Dodge for 1954 blah, blah, blah, blah, blah. And I watched hypnotized, hypnotized as a 1953 dodge drove across the screen with a happy family of four waving out the window. And at the end of the commercial, I ran into the kitchen said, Mom, mom, I know what a minute. Is, and it was said, it had suddenly come into my brain in one of those very rare and memorable moments in a person's life where your brain actually speaks to you in its own private language and says, Here is something very new and very true, that 60 seconds is in fact a minute. When someone says, See you in five minutes, they mean five times that, five times as long as that. Chrysler commercial, five times 60. That's 300 seconds. And she said, Did you learn it that that on T in kindergarten? And I said, No, I learned it from kangaroo Bob on TV, his announcer, oh, kangaroo Bob, no, but this guy was invisible. And so at five years of age, I was aware of the existence of the practice of the sound, of the magic of the seemingly unlimited access to facts, figures, products, brand names that these voices had and would say on the air in This sort of majestic, patriarchal way,   Michael Hingson ** 31:21 and just think 20 years later, then you had James Earl Jones,   Bill Ratner ** 31:26 the great dame. James Earl Jones, father was a star on stage at that time the 1950s James Earl Jones came of age in the 60s and became Broadway and off Broadway star.   Michael Hingson ** 31:38 I got to see him in Othello. He was playing Othello. What a powerful performance. It was   Bill Ratner ** 31:43 wonderful performer. Yeah, yeah. I got to see him as Big Daddy in Canada, Hot Tin Roof, ah, live and in person, he got front row seats for me and my family.   Michael Hingson ** 31:53 Yeah, we weren't in the front row, but we saw it. We saw it on on Broadway,   Bill Ratner ** 31:58 the closest I ever got to James Earl Jones. He and I had the same voice over agent, woman named Rita vinari of southern Barth and benare company. And I came into the agency to audition for Doritos, and I hear this magnificent voice coming from behind a closed voiceover booth, saying, with a with a Spanish accent, Doritos. I thought that's James Earl Jones. Why is he saying burritos? And he came out, and he bowed to me, nodded and smiled, and I said, hello and and the agent probably in the booth and shut the door. And she said, I said, that was James Earl Jones. What a voice. What she said, Oh, he's such a nice man. And she said, but I couldn't. I was too embarrassed. I was too afraid to stop him from saying, Doritos. And it turns out he didn't get the gig. So it is some other voice actor got it because he didn't say, had he said Doritos with the agent froze it froze up. That was as close as I ever got to did you get the gig? Oh goodness no,   Michael Hingson ** 33:01 no, you didn't, huh? Oh, well, well, yeah. I mean, it was a very, it was, it was wonderful. It was James Earl Jones and Christopher Plummer played Iago. Oh, goodness, oh, I know. What a what a combination. Well, so you, you did a lot of voiceover stuff. What did you do regarding radio moving forward? Or did you just go completely out of that and you were in TV? Or did you have any opportunity   Bill Ratner ** 33:33 for me to go back at age 15, my brother and father, who were big supporters of my radio. My dad would read my W, C, l, o, newsletter and need an initial, an excellent journalism son and my brother would bring his teenage friends up. He'd play the elderly brothers, man, you got an Elvis record, and I did. And you know, they were, they were big supporters for me as a 13 year old, but when I turned 14, and had lost my brother and my father, I lost my enthusiasm and put all of my radio equipment in a box intended to play with it later. Never, ever, ever did again. And when I was about 30 years old and I'd done years of acting in the theater, having a great time doing fun plays and small theaters in Minneapolis and South Dakota and and Oakland, California and San Francisco. I needed money, so I looked in the want ads and saw a job for telephone sales, and I thought, Well, I used to love the telephone. I used to make phony phone calls to people all the time. Used to call funeral homes. Hi Carson, funeral I help you. Yes, I'm calling to tell you that you have a you have a dark green slate tile. Roof, isn't that correct? Yes. Well, there's, there's a corpse on your roof. Lady for goodness sake, bring it down and we laugh and we record it and and so I thought, Well, gee, I used to have a lot of fun with the phone. And so I called the number of telephone sales and got hired to sell magazine subscriptions and dinner tickets to Union dinners and all kinds of things. And then I saw a new job at a radio station, suburban radio station out in Walnut Creek, California, a lovely Metro BART train ride. And so I got on the BART train, rode out there and walked in for the interview, and was told I was going to be selling small advertising packages on radio for the station on the phone. And so I called barber shops and beauty shops and gas stations in the area, and one guy picked up the phone and said, Wait a minute, wait a minute. Wait a minute. Are you on the radio right now? And I said, No, I'm just I'm in the sales room. Well, maybe you should be. And he slams the phone on me. He didn't want to talk to me anymore. It wasn't interested in buying advertising. I thought, gee. And I told somebody at the station, and they said, Well, you want to be in the radio? And he went, Yeah, I was on the radio when I was 13. And it just so happened that an older fellow was retiring from the 10am to 2pm slot. K I S King, kiss 99 and KD FM, Pittsburgh, California. And it was a beautiful music station. It was a music station. Remember, old enough will remember music that used to play in elevators that was like violin music, the Percy faith orchestra playing a Rolling Stone song here in the elevator. Yes, well, that's exactly what we played. And it would have been harder to get a job at the local rock stations because, you know, they were popular places. And so I applied for the job, and   Michael Hingson ** 37:06 could have lost your voice a lot sooner, and it would have been a lot harder if you had had to do Wolfman Jack. But that's another story.   Bill Ratner ** 37:13 Yeah, I used to listen to Wolf Man Jack. I worked in a studio in Hollywood. He became a studio. Yeah, big time.   Michael Hingson ** 37:22 Anyway, so you you got to work at the muzack station, got   Bill Ratner ** 37:27 to work at the muzack station, and I was moving to Los Angeles to go to a bigger market, to attempt to penetrate a bigger broadcast market. And one of the sales guys, a very nice guy named Ralph pizzella said, Well, when you get to La you should study with a friend of mine down to pie Troy, he teaches voiceovers. I said, What are voice overs? He said, You know that CVS Pharmacy commercial just carted up and did 75 tags, available in San Fernando, available in San Clemente, available in Los Angeles, available in Pasadena. And I said, Yeah. He said, Well, you didn't get paid any extra. You got paid your $165 a week. The guy who did that commercial for the ad agency got paid probably 300 bucks, plus extra for the tags, that's voiceovers. And I thought, why? There's an idea, what a concept. So he gave me the name and number of old friend acquaintance of his who he'd known in radio, named Don DiPietro, alias Johnny rabbit, who worked for the Dick Clark organization, had a big rock and roll station there. He'd come to LA was doing voiceovers and teaching voiceover classes in a little second story storefront out of the San Fernando Valley in Los Angeles. So I signed up for his class, and he was an experienced guy, and he liked me, and we all had fun, and I realized I was beginning to study like an actor at 1818, who goes to New York or goes to Los Angeles or Chicago or Atlanta or St Louis to act in the big theaters, and starts acting classes and realizes, oh my goodness, these people are truly professionals. I don't know how to do what they do. And so for six years, I took voice over classes, probably 4050, nights a year, and from disc jockeys, from ex show hosts, from actors, from animated cartoon voices, and put enough time in to get a degree in neurology in medical school. And worked my way up in radio in Los Angeles and had a morning show, a lovely show with a wonderful news man named Phil Reed, and we talked about things and reviewed movies and and played a lot of music. And then I realized, wait a minute, I'm earning three times the money in voiceovers as I am on the radio, and I have to get up at 430 in the morning to be on the radio. Uh, and a wonderful guy who was Johnny Carson's staff announcer named Jack angel said, You're not still on radio, are you? And I said, Well, yeah, I'm working in the morning. And Ka big, get out of there. Man, quit. Quit. And I thought, well, how can I quit? I've always wanted to be a radio announcer. And then there was another wonderful guy on the old am station, kmpc, sweet Dick Whittington. Whittington, right? And he said at a seminar that I went to at a union voice over training class, when you wake up at four in the morning and you swing your legs over the bed and your shoes hit the floor, and you put your head in your hands, and you say to yourself, I don't want to do this anymore. That's when you quit radio. Well, that hadn't happened to me. I was just getting up early to write some comedy segments and on and on and on, and then I was driving around town all day doing auditions and rented an ex girlfriend's second bedroom so that I could nap by myself during the day, when I had an hour in and I would as I would fall asleep, I'd picture myself every single day I'm in a dark voiceover studio, a microphone Is before me, a music stand is before the microphone, and on it is a piece of paper with advertising copy on it. On the other side of the large piece of glass of the recording booth are three individuals, my employers, I begin to read, and somehow the text leaps off the page, streams into my eyes, letter for letter, word for word, into a part of my back brain that I don't understand and can't describe. It is processed in my semi conscious mind with the help of voice over training and hope and faith, and comes out my mouth, goes into the microphone, is recorded in the digital recorder, and those three men, like little monkeys, lean forward and say, Wow, how do you do that? That was my daily creative visualization. Michael, that was my daily fantasy. And I had learned that from from Dale Carnegie, and I had learned that from Olympic athletes on NBC TV in the 60s and 70s, when the announcer would say, this young man you're seeing practicing his high jump is actually standing there. He's standing stationary, and the bouncing of the head is he's actually rehearsing in his mind running and running and leaping over the seven feet two inch bar and falling into the sawdust. And now he's doing it again, and you could just barely see the man nodding his head on camera at the exact rhythm that he would be running the 25 yards toward the high bar and leaping, and he raised his head up during the imaginary lead that he was visualizing, and then he actually jumped the seven foot two inches. That's how I learned about creative visualization from NBC sports on TV.   Michael Hingson ** 43:23 Channel Four in Los Angeles. There you go. Well, so you you broke into voice over, and that's what you did.   Bill Ratner ** 43:38 That's what I did, darn it, I ain't stopping now, there's a wonderful old actor named Bill Irwin. There two Bill Irwin's one is a younger actor in his 50s or 60s, a brilliant actor from Broadway to film and TV. There's an older William Irwin. They also named Bill Irwin, who's probably in his 90s now. And I went to a premiere of a film, and he was always showing up in these films as The senile stock broker who answers the phone upside down, or the senile board member who always asks inappropriate questions. And I went up to him and I said, you know, I see you in everything, man. I'm 85 years old. Some friends and associates of mine tell me I should slow down. I only got cast in movies and TV when I was 65 I ain't slowing down. If I tried to slow down at 85 I'd have to stop That's my philosophy. My hero is the great Don Pardo, the late great   Michael Hingson ** 44:42 for Saturday Night Live and Jeopardy   Bill Ratner ** 44:45 lives starring Bill Murray, Gilder Radner, and   Michael Hingson ** 44:49 he died for Jeopardy before that,   Bill Ratner ** 44:52 yeah, died at 92 with I picture him, whether it probably not, with a microphone and. His hand in his in his soundproof booth, in his in his garage, and I believe he lived in Arizona, although the show was aired and taped in New York, New York, right where he worked for for decades as a successful announcer. So that's the story.   Michael Hingson ** 45:16 Michael. Well, you know, I miss, very frankly, some of the the the days of radio back in the 60s and 70s and so on. We had, in LA what you mentioned, Dick Whittington, Dick whittinghill on kmpc, Gary Owens, you know, so many people who were such wonderful announcers and doing some wonderful things, and radio just isn't the same anymore. It's gone. It's   Bill Ratner ** 45:47 gone to Tiktok and YouTube. And the truth is, I'm not gonna whine about Tiktok or YouTube, because some of the most creative moments on camera are being done on Tiktok and YouTube by young quote influencers who hire themselves out to advertisers, everything from lipstick. You know,   Speaker 1 ** 46:09 when I went to a party last night was just wild and but this makeup look, watch me apply this lip remover and blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, no, I have no lip.   Bill Ratner ** 46:20 You know, these are the people with the voices. These are the new voices. And then, of course, the faces. And so I would really advise before, before people who, in fact, use the internet. If you use the internet, you can't complain if you use the internet, if you go to Facebook or Instagram, or you get collect your email or Google, this or that, which most of us do, it's handy. You can't complain about tick tock, tick tock, tick tock. You can't complain about tick tock or YouTube, because it's what the younger generation is using, and it's what the younger generation advertisers and advertising executives and creators and musicians and actors are using to parade before us, as Gary Owens did, as Marlon Brando did, as Sarah Bernhardt did in the 19 so as all as you do, Michael, you're a parader. You're the head of the parade. You've been in on your own float for years. I read your your bio. I don't even know why you want to waste a minute talking to me for goodness sakes.   Michael Hingson ** 47:26 You know, the one thing about podcasts that I like over radio, and I did radio at kuci for seven years when I was in school, what I really like about podcasts is they're not and this is also would be true for Tiktok and YouTube. Primarily Tiktok, I would would say it isn't as structured. So if we don't finish in 60 minutes, and we finish in 61 minutes, no one's gonna shoot us.   Bill Ratner ** 47:53 Well, I beg to differ with you. Now. I'm gonna start a fight with you. Michael, yeah, we need conflict in this script. Is that it The Tick Tock is very structured. Six. No,   Michael Hingson ** 48:03 no, I understand that. I'm talking about podcasts,   Bill Ratner ** 48:07 though, but there's a problem. We gotta Tone It Up. We gotta pick it up. We gotta there's a lot of and I listen to what are otherwise really bright, wonderful personalities on screen, celebrities who have podcasts and the car sucks, and then I had meatballs for dinner, haha. And you know what my wife said? Why? You know? And there's just too much of that. And,   Michael Hingson ** 48:32 oh, I understand, yeah. I mean, it's like, like anything, but I'm just saying that's one of the reasons I love podcasting. So it's my way of continuing what I used to do in radio and having a lot of fun doing it   Bill Ratner ** 48:43 all right, let me ask you. Let me ask you a technical and editorial question. Let me ask you an artistic question. An artist, can you edit this podcast? Yeah. Are you? Do you plan to Nope.   Michael Hingson ** 48:56 I think conversations are conversations, but there is a but, I mean,   Bill Ratner ** 49:01 there have been starts and stops and I answer a question, and there's a long pause, and then, yeah, we can do you edit that stuff   Michael Hingson ** 49:08 out. We do, we do, edit some of that out. And I have somebody that that that does a lot of it, because I'm doing more podcasts, and also I travel and speak, but I can edit. There's a program called Reaper, which is really a very sophisticated   Bill Ratner ** 49:26 close up spaces. You   Michael Hingson ** 49:28 can close up spaces with it, yes, but the neat thing about Reaper is that somebody has written scripts to make it incredibly accessible for blind people using screen readers.   Bill Ratner ** 49:40 What does it do? What does it do? Give me the elevator pitch.   Michael Hingson ** 49:46 You've seen some of the the programs that people use, like computer vision and other things to do editing of videos and so on. Yeah.   Bill Ratner ** 49:55 Yeah. Even Apple. Apple edit. What is it called? Apple? Garage Band. No, that's audio. What's that   Michael Hingson ** 50:03 audio? Oh,   Bill Ratner ** 50:06 quick time is quick   Michael Hingson ** 50:07 time. But whether it's video or audio, the point is that Reaper allows me to do all of that. I can edit audio. I can insert, I can remove pauses. I can do anything with Reaper that anyone else can do editing audio, because it's been made completely accessible.   Bill Ratner ** 50:27 That's great. That's good. That's nice. Oh, it is. It's cool.   Michael Hingson ** 50:31 So so if I want, I can edit this and just have my questions and then silence when you're talking.   Bill Ratner ** 50:38 That might be best. Ladies and gentlemen, here's Bill Ratner,   Michael Hingson ** 50:46 yep, exactly, exactly. Now you have won the moth stories. Slam, what? Tell me about my story. Slam, you've won it nine times.   Bill Ratner ** 51:00 The Moth was started by a writer, a novelist who had lived in the South and moved to New York City, successful novelist named George Dawes green. And the inception of the moth, which many people listening are familiar with from the Moth Radio Hour. It was, I believe, either late 90s or early 2000s when he'd been in New York for a while and was was publishing as a fiction writer, and threw a party, and decided, instead of going to one of these dumb, boring parties or the same drinks being served and same cigarettes being smoked out in the veranda and the same orders. I'm going to ask people to bring a five minute story, a personal story, nature, a true story. You don't have to have one to get into the party, but I encourage you to. And so you know, the 3040, 50 people showed up, many of whom had stories, and they had a few drinks, and they had hors d'oeuvres. And then he said, Okay, ladies and gentlemen, take your seats. It's time for and then I picked names out of a hat, and person after person after person stood up in a very unusual setting, which was almost never done at parties. You How often do you see that happen? Suddenly, the room falls silent, and someone with permission being having been asked by the host to tell a personal story, some funny, some tragic, some complex, some embarrassing, some racy, some wild, some action filled. And afterward, the feedback he got from his friends was, this is the most amazing experience I've ever had in my life. And someone said, you need to do this. And he said, Well, you people left a lot of cigarette butts and beer cans around my apartment. And they said, well, let's do it at a coffee shop. Let's do it at a church basement. So slowly but surely, the moth storytelling, story slams, which were designed after the old poetry slams in the 50s and 60s, where they were judged contests like, like a dance contest. Everybody's familiar with dance contests? Well, there were, then came poetry contests with people singing and, you know, and singing and really energetically, really reading. There then came storytelling contests with people standing on a stage before a silent audience, telling a hopefully interesting, riveting story, beginning middle, end in five minutes. And so a coffee house was found. A monthly calendar was set up. Then came the internet. Then it was so popular standing room only that they had to open yet another and another, and today, some 20 years later, 20 some years later, from Austin, Texas to San Francisco, California to Minneapolis, Minnesota to New York City to Los Angeles. There are moth story slams available on online for you to schedule yourself to go live and in person at the moth.org as in the moth with wings. Friend of mine, I was in New York. He said, You can't believe it. This writer guy, a writer friend of mine who I had read, kind of an avant garde, strange, funny writer was was hosting something called the moth in New York, and we were texting each other. He said, Well, I want to go. The theme was show business. I was going to talk to my Uncle Bobby, who was the bell boy. And I Love Lucy. I'll tell a story. And I texted him that day. He said, Oh man, I'm so sorry. I had the day wrong. It's next week. Next week, I'm going to be back home. And so he said, Well, I think there's a moth in Los Angeles. So about 15 years ago, I searched it down and what? Went to a small Korean barbecue that had a tiny little stage that originally was for Korean musicians, and it was now being used for everything from stand up comedy to evenings of rock and roll to now moth storytelling once a month. And I think the theme was first time. And so I got up and told a silly story and didn't win first prize. They have judges that volunteer judges a table of three judges scoring, you like, at a swim meet or a track beat or, you know, and our gymnastics meet. So this is all sort of familiar territory for everybody, except it's storytelling and not high jumping or pull ups. And I kept going back. I was addicted to it. I would write a story and I'd memorize it, and I'd show up and try to make it four minutes and 50 seconds and try to make it sound like I was really telling a story and not reading from a script. And wish I wasn't, because I would throw the script away, and I knew the stories well enough. And then they created a radio show. And then I began to win slams and compete in the grand slams. And then I started submitting these 750 word, you know, two and a half page stories. Literary magazines got a few published and found a whole new way to spend my time and not make much   Michael Hingson ** 56:25 money. Then you went into poetry.   Bill Ratner ** 56:29 Then I got so bored with my prose writing that I took a poetry course from a wonderful guy in LA called Jack grapes, who had been an actor and a football player and come to Hollywood and did some TV, episodics and and some some episodic TV, and taught poetry. It was a poet in the schools, and I took his class of adults and got a poem published. And thought, wait a minute, these aren't even 750 words. They're like 75 words. I mean, you could write a 10,000 word poem if you want, but some people have, yeah, and it was complex, and there was so much to read and so much to learn and so much that was interesting and odd. And a daughter of a friend of mine is a poet, said, Mommy, are you going to read me one of those little word movies before I go to sleep?   Michael Hingson ** 57:23 A little word movie, word movie out of the   Bill Ratner ** 57:27 mouths of babes. Yeah, and so, so and I perform. You know, last night, I was in Orange County at a organization called ugly mug Cafe, and a bunch of us poets read from an anthology that was published, and we sold our books, and heard other young poets who were absolutely marvelous and and it's, you know, it's not for everybody, but it's one of the things I do.   Michael Hingson ** 57:54 Well, you sent me pictures of book covers, so they're going to be in the show notes. And I hope people will will go out and get them   Bill Ratner ** 58:01 cool. One of the one of the things that I did with poetry, in addition to wanting to get published and wanting to read before people, is wanting to see if there is a way. Because poetry was, was very satisfying, emotionally to me, intellectually very challenging and satisfying at times. And emotionally challenging and very satisfying at times, writing about things personal, writing about nature, writing about friends, writing about stories that I received some training from the National Association for poetry therapy. Poetry therapy is being used like art therapy, right? And have conducted some sessions and and participated in many and ended up working with eighth graders of kids who had lost someone to death in the past year of their lives. This is before covid in the public schools in Los Angeles. And so there's a lot of that kind of work that is being done by constable people, by writers, by poets, by playwrights,   Michael Hingson ** 59:09 and you became a grief counselor,   Bill Ratner ** 59:13 yes, and don't do that full time, because I do voiceovers full time, right? Write poetry and a grand. Am an active grandparent, but I do the occasional poetry session around around grief poetry.   Michael Hingson ** 59:31 So you're a grandparent, so you've had kids and all that. Yes, sir, well, that's is your wife still with us? Yes?   Bill Ratner ** 59:40 Oh, great, yeah, she's an artist and an art educator. Well, that   Michael Hingson ** 59:46 so the two of you can criticize each other's works, then, just   Bill Ratner ** 59:52 saying, we're actually pretty kind to each other. I Yeah, we have a lot of we have a lot of outside criticism. Them. So, yeah, you don't need to do it internally. We don't rely on it. What do you think of this although, although, more than occasionally, each of us will say, What do you think of this poem, honey? Or what do you think of this painting, honey? And my the favorite, favorite thing that my wife says that always thrills me and makes me very happy to be with her is, I'll come down and she's beginning a new work of a new piece of art for an exhibition somewhere. I'll say, what? Tell me about what's, what's going on with that, and she'll go, you know, I have no idea, but it'll tell me what to do.   Michael Hingson ** 1:00:33 Yeah, it's, it's like a lot of authors talk about the fact that their characters write the stories right, which, which makes a lot of sense. So with all that you've done, are you writing a memoir? By any chance, I   Bill Ratner ** 1:00:46 am writing a memoir, and writing has been interesting. I've been doing it for many years. I got it was my graduate thesis from University of California Riverside Palm Desert.   Michael Hingson ** 1:00:57 My wife was a UC Riverside graduate. Oh, hi. Well, they   Bill Ratner ** 1:01:01 have a low residency program where you go for 10 days in January, 10 days in June. The rest of it's online, which a lot of universities are doing, low residency programs for people who work and I got an MFA in creative writing nonfiction, had a book called parenting for the digital age, the truth about media's effect on children. And was halfway through it, the publisher liked it, but they said you got to double the length. So I went back to school to try to figure out how to double the length. And was was able to do it, and decided to move on to personal memoir and personal storytelling, such as goes on at the moth but a little more personal than that. Some of the material that I was reading in the memoir section of a bookstore was very, very personal and was very helpful to read about people who've gone through particular issues in their childhood. Mine not being physical abuse or sexual abuse, mine being death and loss, which is different. And so that became a focus of my graduate thesis, and many people were urging me to write a memoir. Someone said, you need to do a one man show. So I entered the Hollywood fringe and did a one man show and got good reviews and had a good time and did another one man show the next year and and so on. So But writing memoir as anybody knows, and they're probably listeners who are either taking memoir courses online or who may be actively writing memoirs or short memoir pieces, as everybody knows it, can put you through moods from absolutely ecstatic, oh my gosh, I got this done. I got this story told, and someone liked it, to oh my gosh, I'm so depressed I don't understand why. Oh, wait a minute, I was writing about such and such today. Yeah. So that's the challenge for the memoir is for the personal storyteller, it's also, you know, and it's more of a challenge than it is for the reader, unless it's bad writing and the reader can't stand that. For me as a reader, I'm fascinated by people's difficult stories, if they're well   Michael Hingson ** 1:03:24 told well, I know that when in 2002 I was advised to write a book about the World Trade Center experiences and all, and it took eight years to kind of pull it all together. And then I met a woman who actually I collaborated with, Susie Florey, and we wrote thunder dog. And her agent became my agent, who loved the proposal that we sent and actually got a contract within a week. So thunder dog came out in 2011 was a New York Times bestseller, and very blessed by that, and we're working toward the day that it will become a movie still, but it'll happen. And then I wrote a children's version of it, well, not a children's version of the book, but a children's book about me growing up in Roselle, growing up the guide dog who was with me in the World Trade Center, and that's been on Amazon. We self published it. Then last year, we published a new book called Live like a guide dog, which is all about controlling fear and teaching people lessons that I learned prior to September 11. That helped me focus and remain calm.   Bill Ratner ** 1:04:23 What happened to you on September 11,   Michael Hingson ** 1:04:27 I was in the World Trade Center. I worked on the 78th floor of Tower One.   Bill Ratner ** 1:04:32 And what happened? I mean, what happened to you?   Michael Hingson ** 1:04:36 Um, nothing that day. I mean, well, I got out. How did you get out? Down the stairs? That was the only way to go. So, so the real story is not doing it, but why it worked. And the real issue is that I spent a lot of time when I first went into the World Trade Center, learning all I could about what to do in an emergency, talking to police, port authorities. Security people, emergency preparedness people, and also just walking around the world trade center and learning the whole place, because I ran an office for a company, and I wasn't going to rely on someone else to, like, lead me around if we're going to go to lunch somewhere and take people out before we negotiated contracts. So I needed to know all of that, and I learned all I could, also realizing that if there ever was an emergency, I might be the only one in the office, or we might be in an area where people couldn't read the signs to know what to do anyway. And so I had to take the responsibility of learning all that, which I did. And then when the planes hit 18 floors above us on the other side of the building, we get we had some guests in the office. Got them out, and then another colleague, who was in from our corporate office, and I and my guide dog, Roselle, went to the stairs, and we started down. And   Bill Ratner ** 1:05:54 so, so what floor did the plane strike?   Michael Hingson ** 1:05:58 It struck and the NOR and the North Tower, between floors 93 and 99 so I just say 96 okay, and you were 20 floors down, 78 floors 78 so we were 18 floors below, and   Bill Ratner ** 1:06:09 at the moment of impact, what did you think?   Michael Hingson ** 1:06:13 Had no idea we heard a muffled kind of explosion, because the plane hit on the other side of the building, 18 floors above us. There was no way to know what was going on. Did you feel? Did you feel? Oh, the building literally tipped, probably about 20 feet. It kept tipping. And then we actually said goodbye to each other, and then the building came back upright. And then we went,   Bill Ratner ** 1:06:34 really you so you thought you were going to die?   Michael Hingson ** 1:06:38 David, my colleague who was with me, as I said, he was from our California office, and he was there to help with some seminars we were going to be doing. We actually were saying goodbye to each other because we thought we were about to take a 78 floor plunge to the street, when the building stopped tipping and it came back. Designed to do that by the architect. It was designed to do that, which is the point, the point.   Bill Ratner ** 1:07:02 Goodness, gracious. And then did you know how to get to the stairway?   Michael Hingson ** 1:07:04 Oh, absolutely. And did you do it with your friend? Yeah, the first thing we did, the first thing we did is I got him to get we had some guests, and I said, get him to the stairs. Don't let him take the elevators, because I knew he had seen fire above us, but that's all we knew. And but I said, don't take the elevators. Don't let them take elevators. Get them to the stairs and then come back and we'll leave. So he did all that, and then he came back, and we went to the stairs and started down.   Bill Ratner ** 1:07:33 Wow. Could you smell anything?   Michael Hingson ** 1:07:36 We smelled burning jet fuel fumes on the way down. And that's how we figured out an airplane must have hit the building, but we had no idea what happened. We didn't know what happened until the until both towers had collapsed, and I actually talked to my wife, and she's the one who told us how to aircraft have been crashed into the towers, one into the Pentagon, and a fourth, at that time, was still missing over Pennsylvania. Wow. So you'll have to go pick up a copy of thunder dog. Goodness. Good. Thunder dog. The name of the book is Thunder dog, and the book I wrote last year is called Live like a guide dog. It's le

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It's about time we featured an actual philosopher on PSYCHIC WARFARE, and there's no one better suited than Dr. William Irwin. Dr. Irwin is a professor of philosophy at King's College in Wilkes Barre, PA and is an accomplished author who's topics focus on how philosophy intersects with pop culture. However, he's also an incredibly huge Metallica fan. So much so that he has both edited a book of essays entitled Metallica and Philosophy and written a book of his own, The Meaning of Metallica: Ride the Lyrics. In this episode, I sit down with Dr. Irwin to talk about the philosophical ideas of Metallica's lyrics discussed in the former of the two books, including the search for authentic self, enlightened self interest, and James Hetfield's existentialist lyrics and values. Do you enjoy the show, and want more insightful content like this with the heavy music artists you love? Be sure to subscribe to the podcast on your platform of choice and follow the show at the below socials: Twitter - @psychicwarfarepodcast Instagram - @psywarpod

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William Irwin is a college professor and author of The Meaning of Metallica (2022) and Metallica and Philosophy (2007). He is a Distinguished Service Professor in the Philosophy Department at King's College, Pennsylvania and author of several books on pop culture and philosophy. Speak N' Destroy podcast theme by Scott Mellinger. Visit the Speak N' Destroy website and socials HERE. Part of the PopCurse podcast network.

#williamirwin #metallica #philosophy #ridethelyrics #meaningofmetallica #metal #popculture #pennsylvania #music #podcast #musicislifepodcast #ratsaladreview #metal #hardcore #rock #allartisvalid #jameshetfield #larsulrich #kirkhammett #cliffburton #jasonnewsted #roberttrujullo #davemustaine I had the pleasure of having author and philosophy teacher Prof. William Irwin on my podcast to discuss his new book “The Meaning of Metallica: Ride The Lyrics” (available now). Thank you to ECW Press and Prof. Irwin for making this happen. To find out more about Prof. Irwin, his links are: Email - williamirwin@kings.edu Twitter - Https://twitter.com/williamirwin38 Buy Prof. Irwin's books on Amazon - https://www.amazon.com/William-Irwin/e/B001H9PZG2/ref=dp_byline_cont_pop_book_1 Buy Prof. Irwin's books from Barnes & Noble - https://www.barnesandnoble.com/s/%22William%20Irwin%22;jsessionid=21E68C3D5533C656A422C9A70C322BE3.prodny_store02-atgap13?Ntk=P_key_Contributor_List&Ns=P_Sales_Rank&Ntx=mode+matchall To purchase official Music Is Life Podcast merchandise from TeePublic.com, use this link: https://www.teepublic.com/t-shirt/24041518-music-is-life-podcast-official-logo?fbclid=IwAR2DMITWW5QtpxOQFBXgnnguy3rEksMGzkmr7WCPVCHgDZp8hu85LJAup40&ref_id=24450 If you want me to review YOUR band or YOUR music, please contact me at LouMavs@MusicIsLifePodcast.com. If you'd like to donate to the podcast, please send via PayPal to MusicIsLifePodcast@gmail.com. Thanks in advance. Channel graphic created by Rocky Baia. To commision him for work, please follow and DM him at https://twitter.com/RockyBaia. Also, check out his merch store at https://ProWrestlingTees.com/RockyBaia.html. Intro/Outro Music - "Lose Control" by The Rebel Medium (Jacalyn Guitard, Ernest Layug, Lou Mavs) Links to social media pages on respective websites. https://MusicIsLifePodcast.com https://linktr.ee/MusicIsLifePodcast https://RatSaladReview.com Music Is Life Podcast with Lou Mavs is produced by Anchor.Fm and distributed through Rat Salad Review Network. All rights reserved; any content not created by me is subject to fair use. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/lou-mavs/support

#williamirwin #metallica #philosophy #ridethelyrics #meaningofmetallica #metal #popculture #pennsylvania #music #podcast #musicislifepodcast #ratsaladreview #metal #hardcore #rock #allartisvalid #jameshetfield #larsulrich #kirkhammett #cliffburton #jasonnewsted #roberttrujullo #davemustaine I had the pleasure of having author and philosophy teacher Prof. William Irwin on my podcast to discuss his new book “The Meaning of Metallica: Ride The Lyrics” (available now). Thank you to ECW Press and Prof. Irwin for making this happen. To find out more about Prof. Irwin, his links are: Email - williamirwin@kings.edu Twitter - Https://twitter.com/williamirwin38 Buy Prof. Irwin's books on Amazon - https://www.amazon.com/William-Irwin/e/B001H9PZG2/ref=dp_byline_cont_pop_book_1 Buy Prof. Irwin's books from Barnes & Noble - https://www.barnesandnoble.com/s/%22William%20Irwin%22;jsessionid=21E68C3D5533C656A422C9A70C322BE3.prodny_store02-atgap13?Ntk=P_key_Contributor_List&Ns=P_Sales_Rank&Ntx=mode+matchall To purchase official Music Is Life Podcast merchandise from TeePublic.com, use this link: https://www.teepublic.com/t-shirt/24041518-music-is-life-podcast-official-logo?fbclid=IwAR2DMITWW5QtpxOQFBXgnnguy3rEksMGzkmr7WCPVCHgDZp8hu85LJAup40&ref_id=24450 If you want me to review YOUR band or YOUR music, please contact me at LouMavs@MusicIsLifePodcast.com. If you'd like to donate to the podcast, please send via PayPal to MusicIsLifePodcast@gmail.com. Thanks in advance. Channel graphic created by Rocky Baia. To commision him for work, please follow and DM him at https://twitter.com/RockyBaia. Also, check out his merch store at https://ProWrestlingTees.com/RockyBaia.html. Intro/Outro Music - "Lose Control" by The Rebel Medium (Jacalyn Guitard, Ernest Layug, Lou Mavs) Links to social media pages on respective websites. https://MusicIsLifePodcast.com https://linktr.ee/MusicIsLifePodcast https://RatSaladReview.com Music Is Life Podcast with Lou Mavs is produced by Anchor.Fm and distributed through Rat Salad Review Network. All rights reserved; any content not created by me is subject to fair use. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/rat-salad-review/message

Philosophy professor and New York times bestselling author Bill Irwin joins me to talk his latest book The Meaning of Metallica, Ride the Lyrics! we discuss the lyrics of James Hetfield, the philosophy behind them and our interpretations of the subjects of one our favorite bands. We dive into philosophy itself for a moment and find out how bill became a philosophy teacher and author! William Irwin (@williamirwin38) / Twitterthe book can be found at these locations in paperback and digitalAmazon.com: The Meaning of Metallica: Ride the Lyrics: 9781770416185: Irwin, William: BooksThe Meaning of Metallica: Ride the Lyrics by William Irwin, Paperback | Barnes & Noble® (barnesandnoble.com)The Meaning of Metallica on Apple Books for more metal thrashing nerd podcast follow me on twitter @mikethrashingorinstagram @metal_thrashing_nerd-Podcastfacebook @ Metal Thrashing nerds podcast | Facebookmetal thrashing nerds podcast is a rat salad review podcastRat Salad Review - Heavy Metal, Reviewneed a PR for your band check out our friends atOnline Metal Promo&Metal Devastation PR - Home | Facebook 

Delighted to be joined by William Irwin to look back on the period of 2001 to 2003 as Alex McLeish replaced Dick Advocaat as Rangers manager and went on to completely overturn the club's fortunes winning five trophies in this period including a monumental treble. We also look at the off field situation which saw David Murray step down as Rangers chairman with replacements coming in to cut down the debt which was sitting just over £80 million. Join us every week with a new episode of CHRONICLE: The Rangers Journey as we look back in detail of the situation at the club on and off the field from 1988 when Rangers were taken over by businessman David Murray all the way till 2021 when Steven Gerrard clinched the club's historic 55th league title. Never miss a moment, podcast or article on SM Media as you can follow us below on all our platforms. Website - https://thesmmediaent.wordpress.com/ YouTube - https://m.youtube.com/channel/UCO40v_nSWgc6WjmzF4IR68g Twitter - https://twitter.com/SMMediaEnt?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/SMMediaEnt/ Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/smmediaent/?hl=en iTunes - https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/sm-media/id1528862527 Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/show/1iPnMJSgUPj4f0U58DHI9J?si=iVlyktAZTlOcDLPBvbLhzQ SoundCloud - https://soundcloud.app.goo.gl/fD17rkT6o5NNVaPj7

In this episode of RAMP Court and Matt interview author and philosopher William Irwin.  Dr. Irwin is a Herve' A. Leblanc Distinguished Service Professor and the Chair of Philosophy at King's College in Pennsylvania.  He is also a long time fan of metal and the author of two books examining the music of Metallica.  "Metallica and Philosophy: A Crash Course in Brain Surgery", and "The Meaning of Metallica: Ride the Lyrics" are the topics of discussion on today's podcast.  Dr. Irwin researched the lyrical subject matter penned by James Hetfield, revealing a rich artistry and a profoundly thoughtful songwriter who draws heavily from life experiences to create some of the greatest metal music ever recorded.  Dr. Irwin shows that Metallica is the thinking-man's (or woman's) band, proving yet again that hard rock and metal has produced some of the most insightful and intelligent music in history.You can take a closer look at William Irwin's work on Metallica using the links below:https://www.amazon.com/Metallica-Philosophy-Crash-Course-Surgery/dp/1665194405 https://www.amazon.com/Meaning-Metallica-Ride-Lyrics/dp/1770416188/ref=d_pd_sbs_sccl_1_1/135-7976432-1169717?pd_rd_w=jbB39&content-id=amzn1.sym.2dc9b33d-bf98-4c85-be26-75af626c0551&pf_rd_p=2dc9b33d-bf98-4c85-be26-75af626c0551&pf_rd_r=XZY45BZZ14GKG9C58M27&pd_rd_wg=aAovv&pd_rd_r=8a2d9f24-1989-4dab-b518-7b8fa89fdda3&pd_rd_i=1770416188&psc=1

Un libro en el cual más de 20 filósofos analizan distintos capítulos y personajes de la serie de TV más popular del mundo. En el resumen comparamos a Homero con las creencias de Aristóteles, a Bart con Friedrich Nietzsche, y la moral del vecino Flanders con Emmanuel Kant. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Revived by the spirit of Stranger Things' Eddie Munson, today we are going to mosh our way through the music of Metallica. From Kill ‘em All to …And Justice for All and beyond, the band has evolved from rebellious, rage-fueled teenage innovators to the flag-bearers of a heavy metal ethos rooted in principles without being didactic. Returning guest and committed metalhead Chris Freiman and William Irwin, author of the new book The Meaning of Metallica: Ride the Lyrics, join the show to pick through the politics and philosophy of the kings of thrash. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

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You're listening to the Stoic Solutions Podcast - practical wisdom for everyday life inspired by the ancient tradition of Stoic Philosophy from Greece and Rome. I'm your host, Justin Vacula. Visit my website at StoicSolutionsPodcast.com. This is episode 104: Metallica and Stoic Philosophy. I speak with Dr. William Irwin – a returning podcast guest – about his newest book, ‘The Meaning of Metallica: Ride the Lyrics.' We talk about themes in Stoic Philosophy – found in the lyrics of Metallica songs – including the dangers of irrationality and relying on externals for happiness. We also talk about acceptance, humility, depression, self-improvement, and finding fulfillment. William Irwin is a Professor of Philosophy at King's College in Pennsylvania. He is the author of several books, including The Free Market Existentialist and God Is a Question, Not an Answer. In addition, he is the General Editor of the Blackwell Philosophy and Pop Culture Series. Irwin's most recent book, published in April 2022, is The Meaning of Metallica. Buy 'The Meaning of Metallica: Ride the Lyrics' on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Meaning-Metallica-Ride-Lyrics/dp/1770416188/ref=sr_1_1?crid=158QDZKDSOJ0U&keywords=meaning+of+metallica&qid=1656506365&sprefix=meaning+of+metallica%2Caps%2C144&sr=8-1 Dr. Irwin's King's College page: https://staff.kings.edu/sites/wtirwin/ Support my work through Patreon, SubscribeStar, the Cash App, and Paypal and use referral links: http://justinvacula.com/donate/ Find Justin Vacula online and listen to past content: Main website: http://www.stoicsolutionspodcast.com/ SoundCloud: http://www.soundcloud.com/justinvacula iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/stoic-philosophy/id1264404483 YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/justinvacula Stitcher: http://www.stitcher.com/podcast/justin-vacula/stoic-philosophy Google Play: https://play.google.com/music/listen?authuser&u=0#/ps/I4gq7yzmfr63glwfvin2kmciifq Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/StoicSolutionsPodcast/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/StoicSolutions Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/justinvacula Music: Birds by Scandinavianz https://soundcloud.com/scandinavianz Creative Commons — Attribution 3.0 Unported — CC BY 3.0 Free Download / Stream: https://bit.ly/Birds-Scandinavianz Music promoted by Audio Library https://youtu.be/4iknKLfV2X8

#WilliamIrwin #Philosophy #Kingscollege #author #Metallica This week we have Philosopher and Author William Irwin on the show to talk about his latest book about Metallica called, The Meaning Of Metallica Ride The Lyrics. You can buy your copy of The Meaning of Metallica here The Meaning of Metallica: Ride the Lyrics https://www.amazon.com/dp/1770416188/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_i_N3MJZP3Z55NHMNYXCFBX Check out our first covers album. Rat Salad Review and Friends Cover Series Part One Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/album/1mjfa7NIoRff9EFcwax5LH?si=SjzXcORQQs-z7g3DJYJFuQ Also available on most streaming platforms, iTunes, Amazon Etc. Get a copy of Wayne's band Project Resurrect here: ProjectResurrect.bandcamp.com If you would like to donate to our show, you could do so to our paypal address Openurlife@aol.com Buy Our T-Shirts Here: www.StoreFrontier.com/RatSaladReview Visit our website at: www.RatSaladReview.com Facebook: www.Facebook.com/RatSaladReview Instagram: www.Instagram.com/Rat_Salad_Review Twitter: www.Twitter.com/Rat_Review Subscribe to our Video channels Youtube:https://www.youtube.com/RatSaladReview Subscribe to our Podcast Network. Where we have more shows. Anchor: https://anchor.fm/rat-salad-review iTunes: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/rat-salad-review-network/id1438829541 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/3cfDC7kjyHDttzocMS10TE?si=5d216a35efdd47a3 Stitcher: https://www.stitcher.com/show/rat-salad-review I Heart Radio: https://www.iheart.com/podcast/256-rat-salad-review-31151943/ --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/rat-salad-review/message

This week on the Richard Crouse Show we revisit an interview with the late, great Gilbert Gottfried. As you probably already know, the legendary comedian passed away last month at the age of 67. I saw him perform just two weeks before his died, and while he looked frail, he delivered a show that was sweet, funny and incredibly rude, sometimes all at once, and that was Gilbert's magic. There was no one else quite like him, no one as fearless as he was on stage, or as funny.   This conversation dates from the release of the 2017 documentary Gilbert. We talk about the beginnings of his stand-up career, why he doesn't want his kids to follow in his footsteps and his legendary telling of The Aristocrats, the filthiest joke ever told, in the weeks following 9/11 and how that brough laughter back to New York City. Then we'll meet Professor William Irwin of the Philosophy Department of King's College in Pennsylvania. He is a philosophy professor, literary critic, and heavy metal scholar whose new book “The Meaning of Metallica: Ride the Lyrics,” takes a serious look at the lyrics of metal's biggest band, disentangling double meanings, explaining stories, uncovering sources, and illuminating themes such as hope, despair, rage, resilience, power, liberty, justice, love, death, and insanity. Do you have young kids at home? If so, a new series might be just the thing you're looking for. “Luna, Chip and Inkie: Adventure Rangers Go” is a new series for 3-6 year olds will be available free and commercial free across Canada on the Knowledge Kids app and website. Within British Columbia, the series will also be available to watch on television on the Knowledge Network station. Creating the music for the series is my guest Daniel Ingram. He is one of the top songwriters working in Children's/Family entertainment and he has written songs for Emily Blunt, Zoey Saldana, Kristin Chenoweth and even Weird Al Yankovic. He has scored hundreds of episodes of television and most popular songs on YouTube have over 100 million online views, with a cumulative catalogue approaching one billion views.  

This week on the Richard Crouse Show we revisit an interview with the late, great Gilbert Gottfried. As you probably already know, the legendary comedian passed away last month at the age of 67. I saw him perform just two weeks before his died, and while he looked frail, he delivered a show that was sweet, funny and incredibly rude, sometimes all at once, and that was Gilbert's magic. There was no one else quite like him, no one as fearless as he was on stage, or as funny. This conversation dates from the release of the 2017 documentary Gilbert. We talk about the beginnings of his stand-up career, why he doesn't want his kids to follow in his footsteps and his legendary telling of The Aristocrats, the filthiest joke ever told, in the weeks following 9/11 and how that brough laughter back to New York City. Then we'll meet Professor William Irwin of the Philosophy Department of King's College in Pennsylvania. He is a philosophy professor, literary critic, and heavy metal scholar whose new book “The Meaning of Metallica: Ride the Lyrics,” takes a serious look at the lyrics of metal's biggest band, disentangling double meanings, explaining stories, uncovering sources, and illuminating themes such as hope, despair, rage, resilience, power, liberty, justice, love, death, and insanity. Do you have young kids at home? If so, a new series might be just the thing you're looking for. “Luna, Chip and Inkie: Adventure Rangers Go” is a new series for 3-6 year olds will be available free and commercial free across Canada on the Knowledge Kids app and website. Within British Columbia, the series will also be available to watch on television on the Knowledge Network station. Creating the music for the series is my guest Daniel Ingram. He is one of the top songwriters working in Children's/Family entertainment and he has written songs for Emily Blunt, Zoey Saldana, Kristin Chenoweth and even Weird Al Yankovic. He has scored hundreds of episodes of television and most popular songs on YouTube have over 100 million online views, with a cumulative catalogue approaching one billion views.

On episode 128, we welcome philosopher William Irwin to discuss his new book ‘The Meaning of Metallica', the band's rise to fame and why so many identified with their music, ‘Master of Puppets' and the insidious nature of addiction, the narrator's resentment in ‘Unforgiven' toward others and how authenticity can become stifled by the collective, vulnerability and discovering the need for intimacy in ‘Unforgiven II' and ‘Unforgiven III', the fantasy and escapism of romance and drug dependence, grandiosity in dream chasing and why we often sacrifice love for the sake of empty recognition, and the significance of pride in fostering a healthy self-conception. William Irwin is Professor of Philosophy at King's College in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania and is best known for originating the "philosophy and popular culture" book genre with Seinfeld and Philosophy: A Book about Everything and Nothing in 1999 and The Simpsons and Philosophy: The D'oh! of Homer in 2001. William's latest books are Little Siddhartha (2018), God Is a Question, Not an Answer (2018), and Both/And. His newest book, out now, is called The Meaning of Metallica: Ride the Lyrics. William Irwin | ► Website | https://staff.kings.edu/sites/wtirwin ► Email | williamirwin@kings.edu ► Twitter | https://twitter.com/williamirwin38 ► The Meaning of Metallica |  https://amzn.to/3vEtVm7 Where you can find us: | Seize The Moment Podcast | ► Facebook | https://www.facebook.com/SeizeTheMoment ► Twitter | https://twitter.com/seize_podcast  ► Instagram | https://www.instagram.com/seizethemoment

In Episode 83, Deacon is joined by fellow metal critic and author of "Ride The Lyrics," William Irwin. Together, they take a deep dive into the fab four and the meaning behind their lyrics. Plus, a sneak peek of "Portals," a few reviews, and lots more METALLICA! Tweet Us: @DeaconandCoShow Follow Us on IG: @DeaconandCoShow --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/deaconandcoshow/support

More than 40 years since their formation, and 125 million album sales later, Metallica is as relevant as ever. Much has been written about the band, but never like this. The Meaning of Metallica is like a riveting conversation with a close friend. A thematic tour de force that traces Hetfield's lyrical development across the decades, this companion examines everything from deep cuts like “Confusion” to megahits like “Enter Sandman.” Sure to spark debate and discussion, The Meaning of Metallica provides a close reading of lyrics dense with details and rich with allusions. William Irwin is Herve A. LeBlanc Distinguished Service Professor and Chair of Philosophy at King's College, Pennsylvania. Irwin is best known for having originated the philosophy and popular culture genre of books with Seinfeld and Philosophy (1999), The Simpsons and Philosophy (2001), and The Matrix and Philosophy (2002). In 2006, became the General Editor of The Blackwell Philosophy and Pop Culture Series, which includes Metallica and Philosophy (2007) and Black Sabbath and Philosophy (2012), among other volumes.   Comments on the book or this interview? Feel free to contact Bill directly:   E mail -  WilliamIrwin@kings.edu TWITTER- @williamirwin38 https://metalmayhemroc.com/ https://metaldevastationradio.com/ https://metalmayhemroc.podbean.com https://twitter.com/MetalmayhemR https://www.facebook.com/groups/metalmayhemroc

More than 40 years since their formation, and 125 million album sales later, Metallica is as relevant as ever. Much has been written about the band, but “The Meaning of Metallica” is the first book to focus exclusively on their lyrics. Their mighty guitar riffs and pounding drums are legendary, but Metallica's words match the intensity of their tunes. Lead singer James Hetfield writes rock poetry dealing with death, war, addiction, alienation, corruption, freedom, religion, and other weighty topics. Painting a rainbow of emotions with a deft palette, subtle but not obscure, Hetfield's lyrics deserve careful attention. A master of narrative, Metallica makes listeners care about a vast array of characters, from a vengeful God to a suicidal teenager, to a man in mid-life crisis. “The Meaning of Metallica” is like a riveting conversation with a close friend. A thematic tour de force that traces Hetfield's lyrical development across the decades, this companion examines everything from deep cuts like “Confusion” to megahits like “Enter Sandman.” Sure to spark debate and discussion, “The Meaning of Metallica” provides a close reading of lyrics dense with details and rich with allusions.William Irwin is a philosophy professor, literary critic, and heavy metal scholar who teaches at King's College in Pennsylvania. The books in his pop culture series, including "Metallica and Philosophy", "Seinfeld and Philosophy", "The Simpsons and Philosophy", and "The Matrix and Philosophy" (a New York Times bestseller) have sold over one million copies.Purchase a copy of "The Meaning of Metallica: Ride the Lyrics" through Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Meaning-Metallica-Ride-Lyrics/dp/1770416188/refVisit ECW Press website: https://ecwpress.comListen to a playlist of the Metallica songs discussed in this episode: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/1U2KGGRl8nKg5xnwCVvZIX?si=d96fab35a6d947d5Contact William Irwin by email: williamirwin@kings.eduContact & follow William Irwin on Twitter: https://twitter.com/williamirwin38Purchase a copy of William Irvin's "Metallica and Philosophy: A Crash Course in Brain Surgery" through Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Metallica-Philosophy-Crash-Course-Surgery/dp/1405163488/refThe Booked On Rock Website: https://www.bookedonrock.comFollow The Booked On Rock with Eric Senich:FACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/bookedonrockpodcastTWITTER: https://twitter.com/bookedonrockSupport Your Local Bookstore! Find your nearest independent bookstore here: https://www.indiebound.org/indie-store-finderContact The Booked On Rock Podcast:thebookedonrockpodcast@gmail.comThe Booked On Rock Music by Crowander: “Whoosh” & “Nasty”[ https://freemusicarchive.org/music/crowander]

Today's Talkin' Rock features a little different conversation than you might be used to hearing on my podcast. Today, I talk with author William Irwin about his book The Meaning Of Metallica - Ride The Lyrics. This is a deep dive into the lyric writing mind of James Hetfield. This is an interesting interview with a guy who did all the heavy lifting so you could understand the meaning of some of your favorite thrash classics. From religion, to death, to addiction and everything in between.  Enjoy! -Meltdown- https://www.amazon.com/Meaning-Metallica-Ride-Lyrics/dp/1770416188 https://wrif.com/podcasts/talkin-rock-with-meltdown/

Brandon is joined by William Irwin, the author of the new book "The Meaning Of Metallica: Ride The Lyrics". The two talk about recurring lyrical themes, where James Hetfield ranks as a lyricist, some of their favorite (and least favorite) Metallica lyrics, and more. Continue the conversation with William Irwin on Twitter or by Email: williamirwin@kings.edu Metallicast Intro Music by Bison: Twitter: https://twitter.com/bisonmusicuk Instagram: http://instagram.com/bisonmusicuk/ SoundCloud: http://soundcloud.com/bisonmusicuk Bison T-shirts: https://www.ebay.co.uk/usr/bisonmusicuk Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/40yidBirnH2jhF21ipV825 Bandcamp: https://bisonmusicuk.bandcamp.com Follow @MetallicastPod on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/metallicast/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/metallicast/support

Gregg Tilston and Karim Kanji welcome to the show, William Irwin, the author of The Meaning Of Metallica: Ride The Lyrics. More than 40 years since their formation, and 125 million album sales later, Metallica is as relevant as ever. Much has been written about the band, but The Meaning of Metallica is the first book to focus exclusively on their lyrics. Their mighty guitar riffs and pounding drums are legendary, but Metallica's words match the intensity of their tunes. Lead singer James Hetfield writes rock poetry dealing with death, war, addiction, alienation, corruption, freedom, religion, and other weighty topics. Painting a rainbow of emotions with a deft palette, subtle but not obscure, Hetfield's lyrics deserve careful attention. A master of narrative, Metallica makes listeners care about a vast array of characters, from a vengeful God, to a suicidal teenager, to a man in mid-life crisis. Published by ECW Press: https://ecwpress.com/products/the-meaning-of-metallica Purchase the book here: https://www.amazon.ca/Meaning-Metallica-Ride-Lyrics/dp/1770416188/ref=sr_1_1?crid=2LF0TMKJVC854&keywords=meaning+of+metallica&qid=1650229903&sprefix=meaning+of+metallica%2Caps%2C72&sr=8-1

You're listening to the Stoic Solutions Podcast - practical wisdom for everyday life inspired by the ancient tradition of Stoic Philosophy from Greece and Rome. I'm your host, Justin Vacula. Visit my website at StoicSolutionsPodcast.com. This is episode 101: Philosophy in Poetry with Dr. William Irwin. Dr. Irwin and I talk about his new books ‘Always Dao' and ‘Both/And' finding parallels with Stoic Philosophy. William Irwin is the Chair of Philosophy at King's College in Pennsylvania. Irwin is best known for having originated the philosophy and popular culture genre of books with Seinfeld and Philosophy (1999), The Simpsons and Philosophy (2001), and The Matrix and Philosophy (2002) and many books following. Amazon - ‘Always Dao' - https://www.amazon.com/Always-Dao-William-Irwin/dp/1956056041/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1641955336&sr=1-1 Amazon - ‘Both/And' - https://www.amazon.com/Both-William-Irwin/dp/1737722704/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr= Irwin email: WilliamIrwin@kings.edu Irwin Twitter: https://twitter.com/williamirwin38 Support my work through Patreon, SubscribeStar, the Cash App, and Paypal and use referral links: http://justinvacula.com/donate/ Find Justin Vacula online and listen to past content: Main website: http://www.stoicsolutionspodcast.com/ SoundCloud: http://www.soundcloud.com/justinvacula iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/stoic-philosophy/id1264404483 YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/justinvacula Stitcher: http://www.stitcher.com/podcast/justin-vacula/stoic-philosophy Google Play: https://play.google.com/music/listen?authuser&u=0#/ps/I4gq7yzmfr63glwfvin2kmciifq Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/StoicSolutionsPodcast/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/StoicSolutions Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/justinvacula Justin's other podcast: https://hurdygurdytravel.com/ Music: Birds by Scandinavianz https://soundcloud.com/scandinavianz Creative Commons — Attribution 3.0 Unported — CC BY 3.0 Free Download / Stream: https://bit.ly/Birds-Scandinavianz Music promoted by Audio Library https://youtu.be/4iknKLfV2X8

In the penultimate episode of season one of Star Wars English Class, Julia overcomes her fear of French literary theory to teach Fern about intertextuality. We explore the The Ferdinand de Saussure to Disney Star Wars Canon Pipeline, analyze some of George Lucas's cultural and historical "references," Fern goes on a Quick Adventure Zone Tangent™️, and we discover two ultimate truths: language is a prison and there is no Star Wars.  On the SyllabusStar Wars Episode VII: The Force Awakens, dir. J.J. AbramsStar Wars: The High Republic, A Test of Courage by Justina IrelandIan Buchanan. "intertextuality." A Dictionary of Critical Theory: Oxford University Press, Oxford Reference.Daniel Chandler. "Semiotics for Beginners: Intertextuality," http://visual-memory.co.uk/daniel/Documents/S4B/sem09.htmlGerard Genette. Palimpsests: Literature in the Second Degree, Channa Newman and Claude Doubinsky (trans.), University of Nebraska Press, Lincoln NE and London.William Irwin. "Against Intertextuality." Philosophy and Literature, vol. 28 no. 2, 2004, p. 227-242. Social Media:@swenglishclass on Twitter and TikTokJulia is on TikTok @juliachristine77Fern is on TikTok @alwaysfernBusiness inquiries: starwarsenglishclass@gmail.comMusic by ZapSplat.com

On episode 103, we welcome back philosopher William Irwin to discuss poetry and philosophy, our reactions to William's new book ‘Both/And', the battle between continental philosophy and analytic philosophy, why aphorisms and platitudes are effective, the struggle between popularity and authenticity and why Ronnie James Dio left the band Rainbow, popular writing and the importance of clarity in public philosophy, and academia's move away from esoteric non-fiction to more mainstream and influential material.William Irwin is Professor of Philosophy at King's College in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania and is best known for originating the "philosophy and popular culture" book genre with Seinfeld and Philosophy: A Book about Everything and Nothing in 1999 and The Simpsons and Philosophy: The D'oh! of Homer in 2001. William's latest books are Little Siddhartha (2018) and God Is a Question, Not an Answer (2018). His newest book, out now, is called Both/And.  William Irwin | ► Website | https://staff.kings.edu/sites/wtirwin ► Twitter | https://twitter.com/williamirwin38 ► Book Link for 'Both/And' |  https://amzn.to/3i7jd1u  Where you can find us: | Seize The Moment Podcast | ► Facebook | https://www.facebook.com/SeizeTheMoment ► Twitter | https://twitter.com/seize_podcast  ► Instagram | https://www.instagram.com/seizethemoment

William Irwin (born 20 May 1968 in Niagara Falls, Ontario, nicknamed "Billy the Kid", is a retired Canadian amateur lightweight and professional light/light welter/welterweight boxer of the 1990s and 2000s who as an amateur won a bronze medal in the Boxing at the 1991 Pan American Games in Havana, Cuba, losing to eventual silver medal winner Patrice Brooks of the United States, represented Canada at the 1991 World Amateur Boxing Championships in Sydney, Australia losing to Julien Lorcy of France, and represented Canada at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain, he was stopped in the second round of the lightweight division (– 60 kg) by Ronald Chavez of the Philippines, and as a professional won the Canadian Professional Boxing Council[1] (CPBC) lightweight title, Canada lightweight title, International Boxing Organization (IBO) lightweight title, World Boxing Council (WBC) Continental Americas lightweight title, and Commonwealth lightweight title, and was a challenger for the International Boxing Federation (IBF) lightweight title against Paul Spadafora, and World Boxing Association (WBA) World lightweight title against Juan Díaz, his professional fighting weight varied from 133+1⁄2 lb (60.6 kg; 9 st 7.5 lb), i.e. lightweight to 142 lb (64.4 kg; 10 st 2.0 lb), i.e. welterweight.[2]

Martin is joined by William Irwin, Stephen Cameron and Scott Kennedy (originally live on Youtube) The guy's talk Joe Aribo, Oli McBurnie, Ianis Hagi, new stadium plans and more. Twitter - @rangersrabble Facebook - facebook.com/gersrabble Youtube - youtube.com/therangersrabble Website - Rangersrabble.co.uk Music - http://bensound.co.uk See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

William Irwin sits down with Rangers Youth Player James Maxwell. WWW.RANGERSPOOLS.COM WWW.RYDC.CO.UK Twitter - @rangersrabble Facebook - facebook.com/gersrabble Youtube - youtube.com/therangersrabble Website - Rangersrabble.co.uk See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

William Irwin of the @rfcyouthupdates welcomes Colin Stewart to the Rangers Academy Review as the guys chat all the latest going's on with all the Rangers youth teams and Colin explains everything about the RYDC and the Former Players Benevolent Club. www.rangerspools.com www.rydc.co.uk www.rfpbc.org/donate Twitter - @rangersrabble Facebook - facebook.com/gersrabble Youtube - youtube.com/therangersrabble Website - Rangersrabble.co.uk See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In the ‘Doubting Thomas’ story, one apostle doesn't believe Jesus has risen from the dead. Pastor Sal explains that doubt is an element of faith, not an obstacle. Anne Lamott writes, ‘The opposite of faith is not doubt. It is certainty.’ We hear wisdom from William Irwin, Thomas Merton, and Paul Tillich.

Martin is joined by Wilf Marshall, Derrick McMillan and William Irwin and with there being no football this weekend the guys take a look at some rumours surrounding the Rangers Manager Steven Gerrard, We talk European football - How far can we go? and look ahead to Wednesday's away SPFL game against Livingston. Get 20% OFF @manscaped + Free Shipping with promo code RABBLE at MANSCAPED.com! #manscapedpod Twitter - @rangersrabble Facebook - facebook.com/gersrabble Instagram - @rangersrabble Youtube - youtube.com/therangersrabble Acast - https://open.acast.com/shows/5fb476702306d531521a8995/episodes iTunes - https://feeds.acast.com/public/shows/5fb476702306d531521a8995   Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/show/49qbQOaniYwTSSiWa1Nsui?si=yo_br1RkRiGcs8hUqEZXsA  iHeartRadio - https://www.iheart.com/podcast/269-rangers-rabble-74757748/   TuneIn - http://tun.in/pj7b3  Google Podcasts - https://www.google.com/podcasts?feed=aHR0cHM6Ly9hbmNob3IuZm0vcy80MDM4OWYzOC9wb2RjYXN0L3Jzcw==  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Get 20% OFF @manscaped + Free Shipping with promo code RABBLE at MANSCAPED.com! #ad #manscapedpod Derrick is joined by Wilf Marshall, William Irwin and Stephen Cameron as the guys chat Europa League Draw, Antwerp Madness, Paterson Comeback, Importance of Europe To Gerrard and much more. Twitter - @rangersrabble Facebook - facebook.com/gersrabble Instagram - @rangersrabble Youtube - youtube.com/therangersrabble See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

William Irwin is back in the hosting chair and joining him is Graeme McGraw and Wilf Marshall as the trio look ahead to Wednesday night's crucial SPFL match Vs St Johnstone. Twitter - @rangersrabble Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/gersrabble Youtube - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCd0JXX7ycM4TMr0ZoXtRVow E-Mail - rangersrabble@gmail.com Music provided by Bensound.com See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

William Irwin, Wilf Marshall and Scott Kennedy look ahead to Sundays SPFL tie with Dundee United. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

William Irwin, Wilf Marshall and Stephen Cameron preview Thursday night's game with Standard Liege and have a quick look back at Sunday's win in the Betfred Cup against Falkirk. @rangersrabble facebook.com/gersrabble rangersrabble@gmail.com #RangersFC #Liege #EuropaLeague See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

William Irwin makes his hosting Debut alongside Scott Kennedy and Wilf Marshall as the guys look forward to tomorrow nights Europa League tie with Portuguese giants Benfica. @rangersrabble facebook.com/gersrabble #RangersFC #Benfica #EuropaLeague See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Martin is joined by Wilf Marshall and William Irwin as they discuss both the Rangers u18's and B team Squads, Managers Coaches and More.     Twitter - @rangersrabble Facebook - Rangers Rabble Email - rangersrabble@gmail.com See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Martin is joined by Tommy, Scott and William Irwin this week to discuss: the Dundee United thrashing, international duty, Taverniers 250th appearance and a look ahead at Thursday night's Europa League tie against Lincoln Red Imps.For free beer, go to Beer52.com/thisisibrox. Just cover shipping and we'll donate to the Rangers Charity and Youth Development. Support the club, by drinking beer. Please drink responsibly. More info at Drinkaware.co.uk.Join our Fantasy Football league - fantasyfootballscotland.comWebsite: Thisisibrox.co.ukTwitter: @Thisisibrox Instagram: @ThisisibroxFacebook: This Is IbroxEmail: admin@thisisibrox.co.uk See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Martin is joined by Tommy, Scott and William Irwin this week to discuss: the Hamilton victory, Jamie Murphy's departure, the future of Edmiston House and the new Europa League Campaign.For free beer, go to Beer52.com/thisisibrox. Just cover shipping and we'll donate to the Rangers Charity and Youth Development. Support the club, by drinking beer. Please drink responsibly. More info at Drinkaware.co.uk.Join our Fantasy Football league - fantasyfootballscotland.comWebsite: Thisisibrox.co.ukTwitter: @Thisisibrox Instagram: @ThisisibroxFacebook: This Is IbroxEmail: admin@thisisibrox.co.uk See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Scott takes the reins as host tonight, as Tommy and William Irwin recap Rangers trophy win in France, all the action from the Motherwell win at Ibrox and discuss what's next for Rangers as the season fast approaches.Join our Fantasy Footbal league - fantasyfootballscotland.comFor free beer, go to Beer52.com/thisisibrox. Just cover shipping and we'll donate to the Rangers Charity and Youth Development. Support the club, by drinking beer. Please drink responsibly. More info at Drinkaware.co.uk.Website: Thisisibrox.co.ukTwitter: @Thisisibrox Instagram: @ThisisibroxFacebook: This Is IbroxEmail: admin@thisisibrox.co.uk See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Dr. William Irwin, Herve A. LeBlanc Distinguished Service Professor & Chair of the Philosophy Department at King's College in Wilkes-Barre, speaking about his recent novel, "Little Siddhartha: A Sequel" issued by Shanti Arts Publishing. The book is a sequel to "Siddhartha" by German writer Herman Hesse. www.kings.edu www.shantiarts.com

Check us out @ https://o4lonlinenetwork.com/seizethemoment/ On episode 4, Alen and Leon have Philosopher and Author, William Irwin, on the show to discuss his new book Little Siddhartha, existential philosophy, the significance of empathy and subsequent forgiveness to well-being, parenting, god, religion, militant atheism, and who our real selves actually are and how to discover them. Leon Garber is a philosophical writer, contemplating and elucidating the deep recesses of man's soul. He is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor/Psychotherapist — specializing in Existential Psychotherapy, Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy, and Trauma Therapy — and manages a blog exploring issues of death, self-esteem, love, freedom, life-meaning, and mental health/mental illness, from both empirical and personal viewpoints. Alen D. Ulman is a content creator and life long auto-didact. Alen manages the page Ego Ends Now which is a growing community for expanding consciousness with vital information about science, medicine, self actualization, philosophy, psychology and methods to overcome identification with compulsive thought. The purpose of Ego Ends Now is to make sure to give everyone in it's community every tool available to add levity in their own lives, making it a very real possibility for them to create a life of their own design, and help impact the world and our global community positively.

In episode #9 of the Cineversary podcast, host Erik Martin jumps down the rabbit hole with philosophy professor and author William Irwin to explore "The Matrix," which celebrates a 20th birthday this month. They examine why the film is worth celebrating all these years later, its cultural impact and legacy, what we can learn from the picture today, how it has stood the test of time, and more. Learn more about the Cineversary podcast at tinyurl.com/cineversarypodcast, like us on Facebook at facebook.com/cineversarypodcast, and email show comments or suggestions to cineversegroup@gmail.com.

William Irwin, author of "God is a Question, Not and Answer", says without doubt there can be no faith.

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In studio today we welcome Dr Hilton Rudnick -Omnicor’s MD and Xenia Ayiotis to talk to us about her passion; Mindfulness Eating. She has a Master’s degree in languages from Wits University. In 2010 she changed careers into coaching and specifically around Mindfulness and Mindful Eating. Xenia has a private practice working with people who want to bring mindfulness into their lives and to help women make peace with food, eating and their bodies. She runs retreats and workshops, 8-week programmes on Mindful Eating. Xenia is a professional member of The Institute of Mindfulness in South Africa and Centre for Mindful Eating. More info available at www.theartofmindfuleating.com / on the website is a link for media where you can find articles all other podcasts and interviews. A Guide to Rediscovering a Healthy and Joyful Relationship with Food, by Jan Chozen Bays, with an introduction by Jon Kabat-Zinn, released February 3, 2009 by Shambhala Publishing. (Includes a CD of 14 mindful eating exercises and meditations.) Mindless Eating: Why We Eat More Than We Think, by Brian Wansink, published 2006 by Bantam Books. (A very funny look at very interesting research about how we all eat mindlessly.) Thank to William Irwin our producer! If you enjoyed this episode, please subscribe and comment and check out our website www.omnicor.co.za for our blog and previous episodes.

You're listening to the Stoic Solutions Podcast - practical wisdom for everyday life. I'm your host, Justin Vacula with episode 78: God is a Question, Not an Answer with Dr. William Irwin. Dr. Irwin -- fond of the Stoic tradition mentioned in his book -- joins me again on this podcast following his appearance on episode twelve to talk about his new book 'God is a Question, Not an Answer.' We discuss intellectual humility, virtues associated with doubt, and the importance of philosophical reflection. Visit my website at stoicsolutionspodcast.com where you can email me; connect with me on social media; find past episodes; and join my Discord chat server for interactive discussion. Support my work through Patreon, Paypal, and referral links by visiting the donate tab on my website. William Irwin is the Herve A. LeBlanc Distinguished Service Professor and Chair of Philosophy at King’s College in Pennsylvania. He is the author or editor of numerous books, including The Simpsons and Philosophy, The Matrix and Philosophy, and Seinfeld and Philosophy. His writing has appeared in the New York Times blog The Stone, and he has been interviewed by numerous media outlets including the New York Times, the Los Angeles Times, The Chronicle of Higher Education, USA Today, the BBC, CNN, NPR, and MSNBC. Irwin is best known for having originated the philosophy and popular culture genre of books with Seinfeld and Philosophy (1999), The Simpsons and Philosophy (2001), and The Matrix and Philosophy (2002). He was editor of these books and then General Editor of the Popular Culture and Philosophy Series through Open Court Publishing. In 2006, Irwin left Open Court to become the General Editor of The Blackwell Philosophy and Pop Culture Series which includes Metallica and Philosophy (2007) and Black Sabbath and Philosophy (2012) among other volumes. His newest book, 'God is a Question, Not an Answer: Finding Common Ground in Our Uncertainty' is now available on Amazon.com and other retailers. He joins me today following the book's recent publication. I'm grateful for having the opportunity to read a pre-release version of the book and contribute with edits and thoughts. Thanks, Dr. Irwin. -- Support my work through Patreon and Paypal and use referral links http://justinvacula.com/donate/ Find Justin Vacula online and listen to past content: Main website: http://www.stoicsolutionspodcast.com/ SoundCloud: http://www.soundcloud.com/justinvacula iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/stoic-philosophy/id1264404483 YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/justinvacula Stitcher: http://www.stitcher.com/podcast/justin-vacula/stoic-philosophy Google Play: https://play.google.com/music/listen?authuser&u=0#/ps/I4gq7yzmfr63glwfvin2kmciifq Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/StoicSolutionsPodcast/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/StoicSolutions Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/justinvacula Engage at home or on-the-go with podcast listeners and people interested in Stoicism & Philosophy in my new interactive easy-to-use Discord chat channel: http://justinvacula.com/2018/04/02/stoic-solutions-podcast-discord-chat/ Podcast music, used with permission, is from Fairyland's album 'Score to a New Beginning.' View their Facebook page here: https://www.facebook.com/Groupe.Fairyland.Officiel/ John Bartmann offered free consultation and audio edits for episodes 51-63. https://www.johnbartmann.com/ Resources: http://justinvacula.com/resources/ -- Show Notes: Dr. Irwin's new book 'God is a Question, Not an Answer: Finding Common Ground in Our Uncertainty' - https://amzn.to/2EaHaBY Meet Dr. Irwin for his speaking engagement with the NEPA Freethought Society in the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Pennsylvania area on January 5 of 2019 - https://www.meetup.com/NEPAFreethoughtSociety/events/256872498/ Find Dr. Irwin online - https://staff.kings.edu/wtirwin/

We have a full studio today, in his usual chair is Dr Hilton Rudnick -Omnicor’s MD, our guests are Janko Kotze and Ian Chauvet both practising organisational Psychologists with impressive pedigrees in the world of business and sports. Leaders and high performing teams can learn so much from the All Blacks model. The idea of accepting our fans high expectations can be applied to our customers too. The Omnicor Leadership Development Programme carries content similar to this episode, you can find more information on our website. www.omicor.co.za  If you like this episode, please subscribe and comment our website www.omnicor.co.za for our blog and previous episodes. You can find all our podcasts on iTunes, Libsyn, our website www.omnicor.co.za or any Android App Thanks to William Irwin our producer Janko Kotzé, Managing Director and Industrial Psychologist, Human Interest  Janko is an Industrial Psychologist and holds a master’s Degree in Industrial and Organisational Psychology at Unisa (Cum Laude). He is the Founder of Human Interest, a leading talent management consulting firm that partners with organisations to create a high-performing, integrated talent ecosystem – characterised by highly motivated, engaged and committed people. He has extensive consulting experience and has designed and delivered people solutions across the globe. He is passionate about the principles of high performance and engagement, and has successfully partnered with Olympians, Sports Teams, Leadership Teams and Organisations to achieve their objectives. He is a sought-after speaker and has delivered key-note addresses across South Africa. Ian Chauvet, Principal, Human Interest Ian holds a master’s Degree in Industrial and Organisational Psychology at Unisa (Cum Laude). He has worked in several organisations and has extensive consulting experience across multiple industries in the fields of Human Resources Management, Talent Management and Change Management. Ian is a Principal at Human Interest where he leads the design and delivery of global projects. Apart from deep technical expertise, Ian has vast general management experience – specifically providing leadership and management expertise to an emerging business in the ITC sector. Ian is currently a PhD candidate at UNISA where he is exploring the overlap between Industrial and Organisational Psychology, Sport Psychology and the performance of the New Zealand rugby team. He is passionate about finding that elusive sweet spot in organisations between people, processes and technology – creating winning teams and businesses. Links to articles:   Characteristics of Elite Teams (http://humaninterest.co.za/characteristics-elite-teams/) Creating Elite Teams (http://humaninterest.co.za/7367-2/) Case Study: The All Blacks Rugby Team (http://humaninterest.co.za/case-study-blacks-rugby-team/) https://www.ted.com/talks/frans_de_waal_the_surprising_science_of_alpha_males

In studio today is our all woman line up - Dr Ann Carvalho and Adeline Pillay. Ann is a Counselling Psychologist who has completed her doctorate which focuses on Woman In Leadership titled ‘Constructions of career progression by woman leaders in a corporate context ‘ and Adeline who has attended the Omnicor WLDP programme and now works for Schneider Electric in HR. Adeline is passionate about redress and empowerment for all minority groups and she is working hard together with her L&D team to empower women. Change in policy does not mean reform and our current statistics are a call to action, we need more women in executive leadership, this is backed by solid science and businesses who ignore this do so at their own peril. Omnicor’s Woman in Leadership Programme, Lead by Dr Ann Carvalho is transformation for both the individuals and the organisations find more info about our programme on our website If you like this episode please subscribe and comment our website www.omnicor.co.za for our blog and previous episodes. Dr Ann Carvalho: https://za.linkedin.com/in/dr-ann-carvalho-2976318 Adeline Pillay https://za.linkedin.com/in/adeline-pillay-7255155   You can find all our podcasts on iTunes, Libsyn, our website www.omnicor.co.za or any Android App Thank you to William Irwin our producer

Conversation with William Irwin Professor of Philosophy at King's College and Series Editor of The Blackwell Philosophy and Pop Culture Series. We talk about the relationship between philosophy and pop culture particularly in context to series of book edited around the subject.

Welcome to Episode 13 of Radio Omnicor At Omnicor we are driven to understand as much as possible in the current organisational and development space. Each episode features fascinating guests who will share tools and the latest thinking to help you grow your business, team and your own career. Dr. Nokwethemba Mtshali is the Chief Executive Officer of the Bertha Gxowa Hospital in Germiston in Ekurhuleni. A district hospital with a staff complement of 767, she was appointed permanently after acting for a year. Dr. Mtshali has made a name for herself as the youngest hospital CEO in South Africa at the age of 31. Her vast experience in both private and public healthcare have paved the way to where she is today. Bold and daring, she sharpened her people skills and learnt the importance of teamwork and collective efforts. This conversation will leave you full of hope for South Africa! Nokwethemba has taken very difficult environmental barriers and hacked them at such a young age! Nothing scares her and that is so remarkable. Her thinking is shifting what is possible but maybe, more importantly, she is doing the work, not just thinking about it! What more can we all be doing to contribute? A special thank you to William Irwin our new producer! SHOW INFORMATION: Host: Colleen McLintock Length: 01:04:40 Format: mp3 BOOKMARKS: Introduction with Colleen: 00:00 – 01:26 Interview with Dr. Nokwethemba Mtshali: 01:27 – 1:03:59 Outro: 1:03:59 – 01:04:40 DR. NOKWETHEMBA MTSHALI LINKS: LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/in/nokwethemba-mtshali-74411829/) Twitter @nokwe1021 (https://twitter.com/nokwe1021?lang=en) Articles for further reading: Meet SA’s youngest hospital CEO  & Mail&Guardian 200 Young South Africans OMNICOR LINKS Omnicor Twitter: @OmnicorTweets Omnicor LinkedIn: LinkedIn

William Irwin joins us for a discussion about the novel Fight Club by Chuck Palahniuk and the movie it inspired. Are consumer choices authentic choices? Where does Tyler Durden go wrong in his thinking?Show Notes and Further ReadingChuck Palahniuk’s Fight Club (1996) is a novel that’s well-worth reading if you haven’t yet. Here’s a link to the David Fincher movie (1999) starring Brad Pitt, Edward Norton, and Helena Bonham Carter.Here’s William Irwin’s essay, “Fight Club, Self-definition, and the Fragility of Authenticity.”He’s also written a short column for Libertarianism.org, “Free Market Fight Club.”Our other Free Thoughts episode with Irwin was a discussion on capitalism without consumerism. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Dr. William Irwin -- Chair of the Philosophy department at King's College in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania -- joins me to discuss parallels between Stoic Philosophy and Existentialism; his recent book 'The Free Market Existentialist: Capitalism Without Consumerism;' and his recent Psychology Today article 'The Authentic Introvert: Hell is Other People on an Airport Shuttle.' My Stoic Philosophy series explores the philosophical tradition of Stoicism with goals to inform, empower, and help others benefit from the practical wisdom of Ancient Greek, Roman, and modern thinkers. I tackle many topics including handling adversity, finding meaning in life, working toward contentment, dealing with change, anger, and gratitude. Dr. Irwin's Kings.edu page with links to his works and social media pages: https://staff.kings.edu/wtirwin/ 'The Free Market Existentialist: Capitalism Without Consumerism: https://www.amazon.com/Free-Market-Existentialist-Capitalism-Consumerism/dp/1119121280/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1494989108&sr=8-1&keywords=free+market+existentialist 'The Authentic Introvert: Hell is Other People on an Airport Shuttle: https://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/it-s-your-choice/201705/the-authentic-introvert Find Justin Vacula online and listen to past content: Main website: http://www.justinvacula.com SoundCloud: http://www.soundcloud.com/justinvacula YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/justinvacula Stitcher: http://www.stitcher.com/podcast/justin-vacula/stoic-philosophy Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/justinvacula Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/justinvacula Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/justinvacula Twitch: http://www.twitch.tv/justinvacula Support: Donate: http://justinvacula.com/donate/ Like, share, subscribe! Epictetus' Discourses: https://www.amazon.com/Discourses-Epictetus-Handbook-Fragments-Everymans/dp/0460873121/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1478049820&sr=8-2&keywords=epictetus+discourses Marcus Aurelius' Meditations: https://www.amazon.com/Meditations-Thrift-Editions-Marcus-Aurelius/dp/048629823X/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1493590216&sr=8-1&keywords=marcus+aurelius+meditations Seneca's Letters to a Stoic https://www.amazon.com/Senecas-Letters-Stoic-Thrift-Editions/dp/0486811247/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1493590249&sr=8-3&keywords=seneca+letters+from+a+stoic Stoic Philosophy – Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy: http://www.iep.utm.edu/stoicism/ Massimo Pigliucci's Stoicism blog: https://howtobeastoic.wordpress.com/ Stoic Philosophy Facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/Stoicism/

William Irwin is more known for his writings on pop philosophy, but I invited he to talk about his book "The Free Market Existentialist", that I am already covering in a serie on levercast. William Irwin é mais conhecido por seus escritos sobre a filosofia pop, mas eu o convidei para falar sobre o seu livro "O Existencialista de Livre Mercado", que está sendo cobrido pelo levercast em uma série. Ajude o LeverCast (Help the Levercast Show to stay on air) BTC: 36PpAY637PfmEjZLgxGH4KdRMJaTJhiaqc Caixa Econômica Federal Agência 0735 Conta 00042343-0 Operação 013

Alex and Nick discuss the importance of themes and values in television writing, and how you can use them to your advantage in your own TV scripts. Why are themes and values important in television writing? What are some examples of both? How do you work them in scripts? How do you avoid preachiness in the writing? The Paper Team shares their motifs... SHOWNOTES Content 1 - What are themes and values? (01:20) 2 - How to write themes and values in TV (14:12) 3 - Avoiding preachiness in your writing (23:10) Takeaways and Resources (27:28) Links Survivor: Blood vs. Water Star Trek: Deep Space Nine "Far Beyond the Stars" (6x13 - Star Trek: Deep Space Nine) Sons of Anarchy Everybody Loves Raymond Desperate Housewives "Earshot" (3x18 - Buffy the Vampire Slayer) Danny Strong Buffy Studies "Beer Bad" (4x05 - Buffy the Vampire Slayer) Scorpius (Farscape) The Outer Limits (1963 TV series) The Outer Limits (1995 TV series) "Chaos is a ladder" speech from Game of Thrones (Video) "BoJack Horseman Christmas Special: Sabrina's Christmas Wish" Resources "Philosophy of..." Books "The Philosophy of The Simpsons" - William Irwin, Mark T. Conard, Aeon J. Skoble Star Trek episodes with social themes Special thanks to Jason J. Cohn for helping us edit this episode. If you enjoyed this episode (and others), please consider leaving us an iTunes review at paperteam.co/itunes! :) You can find Paper Team on Twitter: Alex - @TVCalling Nick - @_njwatson If you have any questions, comments or feedback, you can e-mail us: ask@paperteam.co

Muitos que criticam o sistema capitalista, o fazem principalmente devido a sociedade de consumo que vem junto com ele. Mas o capitalismo realmente precisa ser assim? William Irwin defende que não, e que a saída do consumismo numa sociedade livre se dá pela adoção de alguns preceitos existencialistas. Caixa Econômica Federal agência 0735 conta 00042343-0 Operação 013 Carteira BTC: 36PpAY637PfmEjZLgxGH4KdRMJaTJhiaqc

Muitas pessoas costumam pensar que o existencialismo e uma filosofia de livre mercado não se intersectam. Será mesmo? William Irwin pensa que não, e em seu livro “O Existencialista de Livre Mercado, capitalismo sem consumismo” ele vai tentar mostrar que Sartre não deveria ter sido Marxista, mas um libertário. Nesse episódio eu dou início a uma série de leituras do livro do Irwin e comento aquilo que ele tenta passar. Links https://www.amazon.com/Free-Market-Existentialist-Capitalism-Consumerism/dp/1119121280 https://direitasja.files.wordpress.com/2013/09/mill-john-stuart-ensaio-sobre-a-liberdade.pdf Caixa Econômica Federal agência 0735 conta 00042343-0 Operação 013 Carteira BTC: 36PpAY637PfmEjZLgxGH4KdRMJaTJhiaqc

Free Dakota' a Modern Libertarian Thriller.  Philosopher Dr. William Irwin's new novel Free Dakota is a thrilling piece of fiction that both explains the ideology of libertarianism and illustrates how liberty can be achieved. Dr. Irwin is a Herve A. LeBanc Distinguished Service Professor and Chair of Philosophy at King's College.  He is the author of many books, however, Free Dakota is his first novel.  This is a book that you will thoroughly enjoy as you are being entertained while being educated on the true principles of freedom. Listen in and call in with your questions, and comments, 646-652-4620.  Look forward to hearing from you.

What is free market existentialism? Why have adherents of existentialism so often chosen Marxism as their political philosophy?William Irwin joins us this week to discuss his book, The Free Market Existentialist: Capitalism without Consumerism (2015).What purpose or meaning can we give life, if we start from a place where we take as a given that there is no inherent or divine purpose to life? Why should libertarians also be existentialists?Show Notes and Further ReadingWilliam Irwin’s book, The Free Market Existentialist: Capitalism without Consumerism (2015) challenges assumptions about morality, natural rights and the role of government using insights from thinkers like Friedrich Nietzsche, Jean-Paul Sartre, Robert Nozick, and F. A. Hayek. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

O episódio desta semana é a prova definitiva de como Heavy Metal é diferenciado e como temos convidados ilustres no programa: Professor de Filosofia da King's College da Pennsylvania, autor da série "Filosofia e a Cultura Popular", William Irwin bateu um papo muito legal com o Wikimetal sobre temas que aparecem em dois de seus livros: "Metallica e a Filosofia" e "Black Sabbath e a Filosofia". Irwin conversou sobre questões interessantes do ponto de vista filosófico como "o que define Heavy Metal?" ou se "Black Sabbath sem Ozzy ainda é Black Sabbath?". Neste episódio: Metallica, Black Sabbath, Tier e Slayer.

Shockwaves/HardRadio podcast #23: This episode features a classic metal discussion between podcast host Bob Nalbandian and Anthrax/Armored Saint vocalist John Bush. Rather than the standard interview Nalbandian and Bush each give their insight on some of the much publicized recent classic rock/metal reunions including Van Halen, Heaven And Hell, Led Zeppelin, Queen, Alice In Chains, The Doors and many others. Also on this episode Nalbandian interviews William Irwin, the author/editor of 'Metallica And Philosophy: A Crash Course In Brain Surgury.' Topics include the philosophical aspects of James Hetfield's lyrics, Napster, the band's forthcoming release and the ongoing debate of Metallica "selling-out."

The author of Above the Starry Frame talks about her new book, her character William Irwin, the Eureka Stockade, and lots more.