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Jack Kornfield leads a guided sound journey into spacious awareness—exploring meditation, mantra, and the freedom beyond duality.Dive into Jack's recently unearthed lost tapes from a vintage Yucca Valley retreat in 1990! Take the The Sacred Journey Home: Timeless Teachings on Freedom and Love Just Where You Are with Jack Kornfield“When we touch spaciousness, we discover that in letting go there arises a natural compassion, the great heart of a Buddha. In this, we find that the true place of peace is one of trust—an open, spacious heart in the very midst of our life.” — Jack KornfieldIn this episode, Jack mindfully explores:The Spacious Heart: A guided sound journey into awareness, transcending duality, and opening to the vastness of mind and heart.Beyond Duality: Discovering consciousness as boundless as the sky, where there is no inside or outside, only open spaciousness.Weather of the Heart: Seeing moods, joys, and sorrows as passing like colors in water or changes in the weather.Enlightenment as Non-Perfection: The Third Zen Patriarch's teaching that freedom is found in letting go of anxiety about imperfection.Meeting Life with Spaciousness: Guided practice for opening to difficult emotions and situations with equanimity and compassion.Mantra and Sound: Exploring Om Mani Padme Hum, the jewel and the lotus, and the seed mantra Ah as gateways to the heart.This Dharma Talk from 7/12/1993 at Spirit Rock Meditation Center was originally published on DharmaSeed.“Your mind is not limited to your head, but rather your awareness, consciousness, expands beyond your head to be open like the sky, space without boundaries.” – Jack KornfieldAbout Jack Kornfield:Jack Kornfield trained as a Buddhist monk in the monasteries of Thailand, India, and Burma, studying as a monk under the Buddhist master Ven. Ajahn Chah, as well as the Ven. Mahasi Sayadaw. He has taught meditation internationally since 1974 and is one of the key teachers to introduce Buddhist mindfulness practice to the West. Jack co-founded the Insight Meditation Society in Barre, Massachusetts, with fellow meditation teachers Sharon Salzberg and Joseph Goldstein and the Spirit Rock Center in Woodacre, California. His books have been translated into 20 languages and sold more than a million copies.Jack is currently offering a wonderful array of transformational online courses diving into crucial topics like Mindfulness Meditation Fundamentals, Walking the Eightfold Path, Opening the Heart of Forgiveness, Living Beautifully, Transforming Your Life Through Powerful Stories, and so much more. Sign up for an All Access Pass to explore Jack's entire course library. If you would like a year's worth of online meetups with Jack and fellow community, join The Year of Awakening: A Monthly Journey with Jack Kornfield.Stay up to date with Jack and his stream of fresh dharma offerings by visiting JackKornfield.com and signing up for his email teachings.“To me, the most amazing line in all of Zen literature is this astonishing line from the Third Zen Patriarch: To be enlightened is to be without anxiety about non-perfection.” – Jack KornfieldSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

This is the first solo release by drummer and producer Jason Ganberg of the duo, Deep Dark Blue. Recorded and produced in Yucca Valley and Los Angeles California between 2022-2024. After a lot of transition and change I wanted to write and create some music that encapsulated and wrapped up a certain time in my life. Some of these tracks started with me recording grooves in my practice space on my phone, and some from field recordings taken from trips in Mexico and Colombia. I didn't want to set myself any boundaries stylistically so I let myself write in a free flowing way without judgement, tinkering with synth lines, bass parts, samples and grooves until things clicked for me. These are a collection of my favorite pieces during this process and I hope you enjoy this little journey as much as I did making it. - Jason Ganberg Written and produced by Jason Ganberg Mastered by Matt Parent

Ep. 87: CARPOD, ft. Archie The SquirrelOn the road home, Jesties recorded the POD while reminiscing their wild weekend.The Squirrel Alex didn't get his breakfast pastaWaltzing Matilda Squirrel - StandUpSend a squirrel to team@jestimprov.comA Boid!Retro Video StoresRenounce your membershipTarantino-ing itFaceless Wonder Boy...and more. Thank you for listening. LIke what you hear? Want to hear something more? Drop us a comment at team@jestimprov.com Let us know if you want a mention in our episode, we'll do our best to give you a shout-out.Visit us anytime at https://www.jestimprov.com to find out more about us in Ventura, CA - including when to drop-in for classes and shows!

In this Gemini New Moon episode of Cosmic Cousins, we explore Gemini's dual nature as both playful messenger and sacred psychopomp, guiding us through themes of contradiction, transformation, and communication. Jeff weaves in mythic stories of Castor and Pollux and the grief of the Seven Sisters. We're invited to embrace inner contradictions through journaling, movement, and curiosity, grounding into uncertainty and reaching toward truth. The episode also reflects on Gemini Ryan Heffington's Self Portrait Photo Exhibition EMOTIONALANDSCAPES, and features a heartfelt conversation with musician Heirloome (Lilith O'Rourke) about their grief album Cycles, sibling loss, and art as a bridge between worlds, alongside tarot reflections on the Lovers, the Devil and High Priestess cards, and invitations for ritual, gathering, and deeper astrological mentorship. On this podcast episode, other queer artists mentioned include: Root Inward Studio  Lovejoy Paradise,  Felix III If you are in the High Dez, this Thursday night at Milk Thistle in Yucca Valley, we are gathering through ritual in honor of Gemini. In addition, check out ‘Chart Your Career' podcast in which we dive deep into discussing astrocartography; as well as the Zine Witch's youtube discussing Neptune in Aries & the First House. In addition, I'm now offering Deep Dive Astrology Readings and Tarot Soul Journeys. These sessions are available online, so you can join from anywhere in the world. I'm also opening up space for a few one-on-one mentorships for those seeking ongoing guidance and support on their personal or spiritual journey. If you're feeling called, I'd be honored to connect. In addition, I'm also offering Deep Dive Astrology Readings and Tarot Soul Journeys. These sessions are available online, so you can join from anywhere in the world. I'm also opening up space for a few one-on-one mentorships for those seeking ongoing guidance and support on their personal or spiritual journey. If you're feeling called, I'd be honored to connect.

In this week's episode your host, spiritual medium and intuitive healer, Jessica Meils is joined by Payton Scroggins also known as the Blue Heron Medium, discussing Divine Beings and the Angelic realm. Payton Scroggins – Intuitive Medium, Podcaster & Spiritual Guide. From a young age, Payton felt a strong connection to the spiritual realm, experiencing prophetic dreams and psychic insights that shaped his path. Today, Payton offers mentorship for those unfolding their spiritual gifts, intuitive guidance using oracle cards and mediumship to help others connect with their angels, spirit guides, and loved ones in spirit. Trained under Danielle Searancke (The Squamish Medium) and certified in Advanced Angel Card Mastery by Kyle Gray, Payton's sessions aim to empower, heal, and reconnect you with your inner wisdom.Connect with Payton: www.blueheronmedium.comIG @blueheronmedium.comPodcast (available on all major podcast platforms) Souly Podcast Work with Jess: https://www.jessicameils.comIG: @peoplecallmejessANNOUNCEMENTS:May Calendar Open for 1:1 Sessions and Mentorships are Available www.jessicameils.comBook Ocotillo Sol in Yucca Valley, Ca for short term stays, events and more: https://www.airbnb.com/l/3ilV4eMpBook Oak & Luna in Big Bear, Ca. https://avantstay.com/489232/big-bear/oak-and-luna?adults=1Thank you to all who left the podcast a review and kind words. Your support means the world to me. If you would like to support the show, please do so by subscribing, leave a 5 star review and share with a friend or loved one.

In this episode your host, Spiritual Medium and Intuitive Healer, Jessica Meils is joined by Spiritual Medium, Medical Intuitive and Clinical Herbalist, Tamara Ambrose exploring themes of spiritual mediumship, personal growth, and the healing power of nature. They discuss the importance of grounding, the flow of life, and the journey into herbalism and medical intuition. Tamara shares her personal experiences and insights, emphasizing the her connection to nature and healing, and the significance of being present in the moment. They discuss the journey of embracing one's gifts, the process of medical intuition, and the importance of community and empowerment in holistic health and the need for a deeper understanding of wellness that integrates emotional, mental, and physical health, while also highlighting the role of traditional knowledge in modern healing practices.TakeawaysNature serves as a powerful source of healing and grounding.Listening to your body and spirit is crucial for personal growth.Embracing the flow of life can lead to unexpected opportunities.The journey into herbalism often begins with a connection to nature.Intuition can be cultivated through presence and sensory awareness.Personal challenges can lead to profound spiritual growth.Creating a nurturing home environment supports emotional well-being.Simple acts of mindfulness can enhance your connection to spirit. Embracing spirituality can enhance herbal practices.Medical intuition often comes with resistance but is a powerful tool.The process of medical intuition involves cold reading and energy scanning.Integrating herbalism with medical intuition requires careful consideration.Community and empowerment are essential in holistic health.Herbs need to be integrated into daily life for effectiveness.Understanding the root cause of health issues is crucial.The healer within us can emerge through natural practices.Education and knowledge empower individuals in their wellness journey.Traditional knowledge is valuable in modern healing practices.Work with Tamara:https://www.enchantedherbshop.com/https://www.enchantedherbshop.com/readingsANNOUNCEMENTS:April Calendar Open for 1:1 Sessions and Mentorships are Available! www.jessicameils.comBook Ocotillo Sol in Yucca Valley, Ca for short term stays, events and more: https://www.airbnb.com/l/3ilV4eMpBook Oak & Luna in Big Bear, Ca. https://avantstay.com/489232/big-bear/oak-and-luna?adults=1Thank you to all who left the podcast a review and kind words. Your support means the world to me. If you would like to support the show, please do so by subscribing, leave a 5 star review and share with a friend or loved one.STAY CONNECTED:Follow me on Instagram: @peoplecallmejess

Live from Yucca Valley, CA, it's 2025 in review. Hint: it's terrible!Join me on PatreonSmile though your heart is aching,Smile even though it's breaking,When there are clouds in the sky you'll get by,If you smile through your fear and sorrow,Smile and maybe tomorrowYou'll see the sun come shining through for you

Surprise! We're doing a pre-recorded episode this week. Cody's out for his wedding anniversary tonight so we taped this one a day early for ya! TONIGHT, everyone is talking about the biggest thing happening in the world right now: The Emirates NBA Cup! Don't count out the Spurs, that's all I'm saying. We also talk about the new Pokemon trading card game, we talk about our recent trip to Yucca Valley, the stupid Jake Paul/Mike Tyson fight, and okay fine I guess we spend a good chunk of the episode talking about the election. But we laugh at things along the way! Come join! --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thewangershow/support

We are releasing this Halloween 2023 Patreon-only episode from the vaults on this All Hallows Eve 2024: Nearly two hours of live campfire stories from the Mojave High Desert's neighborhood saloon, The Tiny Pony, told around the fire on a cold, cold October night. For more bonus episodes, a growing library of radio scripts, and general support for this advertising-free storytelling radio show from Joshua Tree, please join us at Patreon.com/DesertOracle.Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/desertoracleSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Hearing Dr. Ron Stewart talk about his life and what lead him to undertake a career in service especially at nonprofit organizations is fascinating and spellbinding. Ron grew up on a rural farm in Ohio and, as he describes, neighbors did and had to help each other. As he says, the nearest grocery store was an hour away.   Ron tells us about his college life including working during the day as an intern at the American Security Council in Washington DC and then at night he worked for the Grey Panthers, a National seniors organization dedicated to senior-oriented issues.   One think I love about listening to Ron is that he clearly is a good communicator and story teller. You will, I think, love hearing Ron and his many insights about nonprofit organizations and nonprofit management.   About the Guest:   Ronald A. Stewart holds a Doctorate in Organizational Behavior Studies, Leadership & Philanthropy from The Union Institute and University, a Master of Nonprofit Organizations from Case Western Reserve University, and a Bachelor of Arts in Rhetoric and Communications from Kent State University.    Dr. Stewart joined Desert Arc in the fall of 2022 as Executive Vice President.  In this role he has oversight over all services and programs across the organization's multi-county service area. Prior to joining as staff, Dr. Stewart served as a consultant to the organization.   A native of rural southeastern Ohio, Dr. Stewart is keenly aware of the need to engage young people, especially those from Appalachia, in the consideration of contemporary global issues and to encourage their participation in the delivery of local and global solutions inspired by these increased awarenesses. In 2010, Dr. Stewart established the Ronald A. Stewart Fund for International Study and Service at Case Western Reserve University's Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences to award qualified students with scholarship assistance so that they may engage in study and service around the globe. Dr. Stewart resides in southern California's Coachella Valley.   Ways to connect with Dr.Ron:   www.DesertArc.org     About the Host:   Michael Hingson is a New York Times best-selling author, international lecturer, and Chief Vision Officer for accessiBe. Michael, blind since birth, survived the 9/11 attacks with the help of his guide dog Roselle. This story is the subject of his best-selling book, Thunder Dog.   Michael gives over 100 presentations around the world each year speaking to influential groups such as Exxon Mobile, AT&T, Federal Express, Scripps College, Rutgers University, Children's Hospital, and the American Red Cross just to name a few. He is Ambassador for the National Braille Literacy Campaign for the National Federation of the Blind and also serves as Ambassador for the American Humane Association's 2012 Hero Dog Awards.   https://michaelhingson.com https://www.facebook.com/michael.hingson.author.speaker/ https://twitter.com/mhingson https://www.youtube.com/user/mhingson https://www.linkedin.com/in/michaelhingson/   accessiBe Links https://accessibe.com/ https://www.youtube.com/c/accessiBe https://www.linkedin.com/company/accessibe/mycompany/   https://www.facebook.com/accessibe/       Thanks for listening!   Thanks so much for listening to our podcast! If you enjoyed this episode and think that others could benefit from listening, please share it using the social media buttons on this page. Do you have some feedback or questions about this episode? Leave a comment in the section below!   Subscribe to the podcast   If you would like to get automatic updates of new podcast episodes, you can subscribe to the podcast on Apple Podcasts or Stitcher. You can subscribe in your favorite podcast app. You can also support our podcast through our tip jar https://tips.pinecast.com/jar/unstoppable-mindset .   Leave us an Apple Podcasts review   Ratings and reviews from our listeners are extremely valuable to us and greatly appreciated. They help our podcast rank higher on Apple Podcasts, which exposes our show to more awesome listeners like you. If you have a minute, please leave an honest review on Apple Podcasts.       Transcription Notes:   Michael Hingson ** 00:00 Access Cast and accessiBe Initiative presents Unstoppable Mindset. The podcast where inclusion, diversity and the unexpected meet. Hi, I'm Michael Hingson, Chief Vision Officer for accessiBe and the author of the number one New York Times bestselling book, Thunder dog, the story of a blind man, his guide dog and the triumph of trust. Thanks for joining me on my podcast as we explore our own blinding fears of inclusion unacceptance and our resistance to change. We will discover the idea that no matter the situation, or the people we encounter, our own fears, and prejudices often are our strongest barriers to moving forward. The unstoppable mindset podcast is sponsored by accessiBe, that's a c c e s s i capital B e. Visit www.accessibe.com to learn how you can make your website accessible for persons with disabilities. And to help make the internet fully inclusive by the year 2025. Glad you dropped by we're happy to meet you and to have you here with us.   Michael Hingson ** 01:21 Well, hello there, and welcome to another episode of unstoppable mindset. We appreciate you being here, wherever you happen to be today. Our guest is Ron Stewart, who works with desert ark, and he's going to tell us about that. He's a guy with a doctorate degree and all sorts of other things that that he's done in his life. Comes from the Midwest, I guess, mostly, but now lives out here in California, and we're today trying to make him feel somewhat at home from the Midwest, because we have a lot of rain around Southern California. So what do you do? Ron, welcome to unstoppable mindset.   Ron Stewart ** 01:57 Oh, thank you, Michael. I really appreciate this opportunity.   Michael Hingson ** 02:01 Well, we're, we're glad you're here, and we're, we're all just not floating away yet. Well, why don't we start Tell me a little bit about kind of the early run growing up and all that back in it's always fun to do that back in the day,   Ron Stewart ** 02:16 exactly. Well, I grew up in rural Appalachia, in coal mining territory on the cusp of Ohio and West Virginia, down along the Ohio River. And so I grew up on a little farm where we raised Black Angus cattle. And my father was a long distance truck driver, and my mother was a housekeeper or house, took care of our home, I should say, and the housekeeper of the house, I guess. And I grew up a pretty idyllic life. As a child, I had a huge farm that was my backyard to play on, and spent my days roaming around until I had to go to school, and then when school started, then summers were my what I look forward to to be back and playing on the in the creeks and on the rivers and all the fun stuff that flowed through the farm. After that, I graduated in early 1980s and went to Kent State University in Kent, Ohio. My undergrad studies were in rhetoric and communications. I thought I wanted to be an attorney in those days. So I thought that would be good to prepare myself in the rhetoric program. But during that I was selected to be one of 10 people off of the three Kent campuses to go to Washington, DC and spend six months work in a program called national issues. And so I went off for my first big stay in a large city. President Ronald Reagan was in the White House in those days, and I had two internships in between classes. One was with the American Security Council, which was focused on trying to bring Nicaragua into alignment with US policy. And then in the evenings, I would go and volunteer for an organization called the National Gray Panthers. And they were a senior citizen lobby. It was trying to work for healthcare reform and to make sure that Social Security stayed in place in this country.   Michael Hingson ** 04:17 What city were you in? Was that Washington?   Ron Stewart ** 04:19 It was in DC. Lived on 16th Street, just about four miles directly north of the Capitol, or of the White House, I should say, and wasn't the best part of town, but that's where student housing took place. Yeah,   Michael Hingson ** 04:33 yeah. So anyway,   Ron Stewart ** 04:36 had that, it had that internship, or those internships, I should say, came back to Kent finished my degree. At that time, my mother had been moving through breast cancer, and so I went home to help her as she transitioned through that disease and ultimately passed away. So I stayed home and assisted her until she passed. And then I started looking around for work, and the first. First job that came up was as an executive director of a coalition of homeless service providers in Cleveland, Ohio. So at 21 I took the helm of a nonprofit. Had no clue what I was doing at all, and learned by the seat of my pants how to run a small agency. At that point in time, spent a number of years in Cleveland, did a master's degree there at case, Western Reserve University, did a master's in nonprofit organizations, which at that time was a pretty rare school. Now there are a number that number of them around the country and around the world, but mine took me through the law school, the social work school and the business school to come out with a combined degree that they called Master of nonprofit organizations. So   Michael Hingson ** 05:45 did you study Peter Drucker? A lot?   Ron Stewart ** 05:48 We did in California. I got to meet Peter Drucker. I went to a couple of his lectures. So it was kind of fun to go from somebody on a piece of paper to actually being in this presence for a lecture over at Claremont.   Michael Hingson ** 06:02 And I'm saying he was quite a dynamic lecturer. I never got to meet him, although I've read some of his books. And then many people call him the father of nonprofit management,   Ron Stewart ** 06:11 absolutely. So yeah. So I when I moved out here about I came out to California in the early 90s, or mid 90s, I should say, and decided then I wanted to pursue my PhD. So I went back to Ohio again, to another university in Cincinnati, Ohio, and started that program. And they allowed me to do a lot of my work remote, which was helpful, but I had to go and audit different lectures in different places, and that's where I went to one of Peters up in Claremont Colleges. So toward the end, he wasn't on faculty anymore. I think he just came in into guest lecturing at that point, but it was still quite nice to be in His presence. Yeah,   Michael Hingson ** 06:47 yeah. And I, as I said, I hear he was quite the lecturer. I met people who had the opportunity to hear him, and I understand as he got older, he he kind of looked frail, but as soon as he started lecturing, it all went away and the energy was high.   Ron Stewart ** 07:03 That was exactly the experience I had. So, yes, exactly.   Michael Hingson ** 07:08 So you got your masters, and then, and you were working at the nonprofit, and then the PhD, yep.   Ron Stewart ** 07:16 And so the PhD is, is in a management vein as well. Although I looked at the outcomes of rest and renewal among nonprofit leaders, there is a foundation in Santa Monica, California that called the Durfee foundation that awards sabbaticals to nonprofit leaders in Los Angeles County. And so I studied what the outcomes were of about I think about 30 of them had gone through the program. Essentially, they get three months off of work, fully paid, and a budget to travel with. And the only rule they can't break is do not contact work. So you're supposed to get away from it, rest, relax, meet your family once again, and then come back to work rejuvenated. So that was the underpinning of my dissertation work.   Michael Hingson ** 08:06 Do you think, conceptually speaking, looking at that, that it's really much different for the nonprofit sector than it is for the for profit sector, which is another way of saying, Should for profit companies, in one way or another, do the same thing for its executives, for their executives? You know, that's a   Ron Stewart ** 08:28 very interesting question, and I do think that is a good strategy. My research actually brought some bad news to the foundation, and what we learned was most of the people who had gone on sabbatical, were founding directors. So they started their nonprofits. They grew them. They'd been there for years, and when they stepped away for a while, they realized one of two things, or maybe both, one being that the organization had outgrown them, and it needed a new leader to take it to the next level. And they also realized that in many ways, they were just tired of doing that line of work, and it was time for them to try and extend their wings and do something different. So a number of them actually came back to their organizations and ended up leaving not too long after completing their sabbatical. And that was not the original intended outcome, but in the end, it was good for both them and their organizations, because it helped to realign expectations on both sides and make sure that both remained healthy and were sustainable into the future. So I can't see why those same principles wouldn't be applied to a long standing for profit leader as well.   Michael Hingson ** 09:37 Well, it seems to me that with with that kind of a program, so the people go away for three months, they have a chance to rejuvenate, they have a chance to think, and they come back and they decide that really, for whatever reason, it isn't the same for them anymore. But do they generally help a lot in looking for successors for their organization? Is the right person?   Ron Stewart ** 10:02 Yeah, that was part of the program. So as those leaders stepped away for three months, it was hoped that a secondary person in the organization would rise up into the executive director role as an interim leader, and thus create some line of sustainability and some, you know, succession planning, more or less. But another thing we learned was most of those folks got into that big chair and didn't want it after they have three months being in it. So, you know, maybe it was somebody who was like a director of development, and suddenly they're in the executive director chair. Well, that's not what they were trained for, what their career path was. And it really highlighted that, you know, not necessarily are many of these organizations deep enough to have a bench of people who are ready and willing to move down a path of succession to replace an executive director? Yeah. So again, another good learning for the for the whole program. So   Michael Hingson ** 10:55 you got your PhD, and then what did you do? Where? Where did you go? Well,   Ron Stewart ** 10:59 I was still in California, and so even from my days in Cleveland, I've kind of hung out a shingle as a consultant. So I had a pretty strong practice in Southern California working with public agencies and nonprofit organizations on a range of management issues. Sometimes I would go in for extended periods of time and fill in for leaders who were ill or away or during transition. A few times I would be in there for a day or two. So I had a pretty good practice, and as the years came forward, I became less and less excited about traveling every day, especially in southern California traffic, and think getting on planes once a week, just wasn't it. So I started to morph my career a little bit. I moved out here to the Coachella Valley and 2005 I guess it was. It's been a number of years now, and really slowed down on national travel. So I kept my practice local, kept aligned with organizations that I have served for a number of years, and a few of them I've gone back in and provided long term assistance to. So right now, I'm with desert arc. We are an agency located in Palm Desert that serves individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities. Got about 700 clients under our care right now, and about 275 staff and I served as a consultant to this agency for about a decade, and then two years ago, they were undergoing a leadership change, and the CEO called and said, Hey, would you have any interest in talking to me about coming over and helping out a little bit more? So I ended up taking the role of executive vice president, and I've been working solely with this organization now for going on two years, and have really reduced my consulting practice to where I probably have a handful of folks that if they call, I will spend a weekend or so helping them with whatever challenge they might have encountered.   Michael Hingson ** 12:55 But the real question is now, with what you're doing, you're having fun,   Ron Stewart ** 13:01 I'm having a blast. So I'm age 58 I can see retirement in the windshield down the road there a little bit. So I'm really trying to spend the last few years of my working career solely focused and energized around trying to make sure this organization, which has been around this is actually our 65th anniversary this summer, on August 18, and I want to make sure that this organization is well positioned for another good 65 years after I'm long gone.   Michael Hingson ** 13:30 Well, that's that is important to do, and it's always good when leaders of an organization think about that and really look forward to what, what's going to happen with leadership transition and so on. I learned a long time ago from one organization. We had a leadership seminar, and at the seminar, one of the questions the president of the organization asked was, What is the most important thing that we should be doing as leaders in this organization, and no one really got the answer, at least that he was looking for, but the answer was from his perspective, and I believe he's right. We should be looking for the next president of the organization, who's going to be the next person to lead it. And I think that's a very relevant and valuable thing to think about.   Ron Stewart ** 14:21 Yeah, I totally agree with that. I've been with leaders who say that the first day they start a new job, they start looking for their replacement. And that follows the same, I think, logic you were just describing. You know, time moves fast. Good talent is hard to find, and if you can find someone who has the heart, the soul and the energy to do hard work, day in and day out in the nonprofit sector, wrap around them, teach them, get them ready, so that when you do decide to go on, you know, we've got a pool of people who may be positioned to take on those duties,   Michael Hingson ** 14:57 and at the same time the other side. Of it is that when you find that talent of pool of people, you're bringing in people to the organization who are able to really help you move it forward as as you go. Anyway,   Ron Stewart ** 15:12 absolutely, and I think that's a constant conversation here at Desert arc. Fact this week, this Wednesday, we begin a series of classes going to be taught by our local college, College of the Desert. They're coming on campus and doing an emerging leaders training. So this Wednesday and the next six Wednesdays, they're going to be on campus for six hours a day, working with our senior leadership to help them, you know, refine their leadership skills. Think about trends and practices that others have experienced that are working well, and encourage them to, you know, to grow beyond what they even do today. And as soon as that course ends, we're going to dip down to the next 20 leaders in the organization that we feel have potential, and they're going to go through a very similar conversation in through the summer, yeah,   Michael Hingson ** 16:01 wow, um, it sounds pretty exciting, just because you're going to dive that deeply into it   Ron Stewart ** 16:09 well, but it's to your point. You know, we've got to make an investment in our people. And even if they don't stay with desert arc, I hope that they go somewhere in this community. And when somebody says, Wow, where did you learn that? They go, Well, you know what desert arc invested in me a few years back? And that's where I picked that up. I would like them to stay here and keep their careers with us. And we do have folks who, I've got one gentleman who works with our clients, who's been here over 35 years. And so it's not uncommon to find folks at this organization have been here for a couple of decades. But again, we're all starting to age, and we've got to have some of those youngsters coming behind us that will pick up the torch and carry it forward.   Michael Hingson ** 16:47 It is nice when you have somebody who stays and is committed to staying a long time in an organization, because they bring tribal knowledge and a lot of information to the organization into the job over the years that other people don't have, just because they don't have that historical preference.   Ron Stewart ** 17:06 Absolutely, and I learn tons every day from a conversation back in the day we used to and those you know historical memories here have some very good information that help inform today's decisions.   Michael Hingson ** 17:20 Did you think when you were in college that you were going to end up in the nonprofit sector? What did you want to do? Or was that always your goal?   Ron Stewart ** 17:30 Well, as a kid, I didn't even know it existed. Yeah.   Michael Hingson ** 17:33 Well, there's that choice too harm.   Ron Stewart ** 17:35 Yeah, you know when I when I thought, what was I going to be when I grew up, I wanted to be either a pilot or a physician, and in fifth grade, a teacher told me I wasn't smart enough to do either, and nobody had ever told me something like that. Actually love support. Well, it was one of those moments. It was life changing because I I didn't, of course, go home and talk about that because I was embarrassed, because nobody had ever everybody told me I was half me I was halfway smart. And so for this teacher to tell me that I couldn't do that, it was one of those life altering things as the years came forward. And again, I came from a small community, I learned that that teacher had a little bit of a beef with my mother for when they when they were in high school. And so I think that may that bearing may have been part of that uttering of the phrase that she used against me, but as a as a fifth grader, it was, it was kind of a challenging moment. So I deferred that, thinking, okay, then what do I do? And about that same time, they started administering tests that would help us determine what we would be best suited for. And as I remember, everything that I would light up on was things around human services. Didn't know what that would be, how that would turn out. But as the career started unfold, as life started unfold, and I went to college, and I had the experience working in DC, I really saw the power of what a nonprofit organization could do through that great Panther organization I mentioned earlier. Yeah, there really weren't nonprofits in my home community. We had a public health department, you know, that was an entity people knew about, but there really wasn't a network of nonprofits. So when I started to learn about it and the power of it, my days were juxtaposed. I would go to this sub arm of the White House, the American Security Council, that had about every amenity you could ever want, incredible people coming and going from the organization, and I literally had nothing to do. I would do menial tasks. I made coffee, I helped Hank curtains. One day I remember that because it was kind of a pain to do. And then in the evening, we would go into this dingy office with the National Gray Panthers, and there would be congress people coming and going and conversations. It's a little bit of fevered pitch once in a while. Out, and I'm like, What is going on here? And the founder of that movement, Maggie Kuhn, had a really good director in DC who took me under her wing and kind of just showed me what the world was like and how they were changing things, and introduced me to public policy, introduced me to lobbying, introduced me to networking. And that fire really took hold. So when I got back, finished my program at Kent, got that first job in Cleveland at that nonprofit organization, I think my fate was sealed. So here I am today. It is   Michael Hingson ** 20:31 not surprising that you learned so much from the nonprofit sector, as opposed to the American Security Council, with all of the things that that you talked about, I mean there, I'm sure that that kind of information was there, but it's so different when you're dealing and addressing all of it from the standpoint of a nonprofit, where you have to put everything into action kind of immediately just to survive and keep the organization moving forward.   Ron Stewart ** 21:00 Absolutely and actually, that dynamic is what drives my engine. Having a challenge makes my heart beat. And so to be in an agency or an organization that is without challenge has lots of resources that's just that's just not where I'm supposed to be, is great. Panthers still around. They are not so that was very, kind of fizzled out. Much of their work was absorbed by AARP. And I think even AARP is kind of struggling these days to get the following that it used to have.   Michael Hingson ** 21:34 Well, yeah, my experience with and I have only been on sort of the edge to a degree, but I know AARP doesn't always address some of the issues of an aging population, like dealing with accessibility, and several of us have tried to have conversations with them about disabilities and inclusion, and that hasn't really gone very far and gone very well. If you look at the AARP magazine, they talk about travel and they talk about all the things that seniors can do, but you never hear them or see them talk about disabilities and the fact that we can do it too. I   Ron Stewart ** 22:08 totally agree, and even with their advocacy efforts, I I don't take the magazine myself, because it just it feels to me as a waste of trees, because I are a West ways magazine with AAA, it feels like very similar content.   Michael Hingson ** 22:23 Yeah, well, it is, and it's just unfortunate that they're not dealing with it. And it's it's sort of societal in nature, anyway, but AARP really ought to do a little bit better job, and probably would increase their membership if they did more programs dealing with the whole issue of accessibility and inclusion for persons with disabilities. But it's not what they do.   Ron Stewart ** 22:47 I agree, you know. And back in the day when I was cutting my teeth, the senior lobby was a very, very powerful lobby in this country, yeah, and that seems I've lessened as the years have come forward.   Michael Hingson ** 23:01 Well, it has some, I'm sure, but at the same time, I don't know, maybe it will will grow as we get more baby boomers who are aging, but I guess we'll see.   23:12 Yeah, I   Michael Hingson ** 23:13 agree. So with all of the education in college and so on. Do you feel that, in general, all of that helped in terms of getting you positioned to do the nonprofit work, or was it just sort of maybe a little of it, like the American Security Council and Gray Panthers?   Ron Stewart ** 23:35 That's a good question. I'm a lifelong learner. I love to learn, and I like to be mentored. And so I've had a great variety of mentors throughout my life, some younger than me, some older than me, some that are my peers, right? And I think that there's a lot to be gained from sharing, and so I've tried to avail myself of opportunities so that I could continue to learn outside of the classroom. I definitely enjoy classroom learning. The work I did at Case Western Reserve was interesting in that many of the people that I was in the same cohort with had come directly from an undergrad program into their masters and had never worked. And even though I don't been working maybe five or six years, my perspectives about reality often clashed with my my peers, because they were working from what textbooks said the world was like. And I always find the textbook world that I would read about just to always match up. So we had a lot of interesting dialog in those years. And so I found, you know, that program to be helpful. And again, going through those three schools, business, law and social work did expose me to a lot of theory, a lot of ways of thinking about problems. And how to arrive at solutions that I would never have had if I hadn't taken advantage of that opportunity. Sure, the PhD work, similarly, we had my cohort was scattered around the country, and we were required to come together about every three months and spend a week with each other, and so we would go to different parts of the country and engage in a variety of learning styles and tactics about a variety of issues. And that helped to inform me, as I did my core work and just again, exposed me to things that I would not have been exposed to. My cohort had a gentleman who was working in the oil industry in Texas, and I did not know anything about oil, so I got a little education about the reserves that were left on the planet and how those were attempting to be managed. I had a Art Therapist out of Norman, Oklahoma on my committee, and I did not know a thing about art therapy, and she spent most of her time working with sports athletes and helping them to process their emotions and their growth through art. And so you know that cohort alone, just the diversity of the disciplines that are assembled around me, made me a better person, made me have a deeper, richer understanding of the human experience. So you know, anytime I think I know a lot I like just expose myself to others and try to realize how much I don't know.   Michael Hingson ** 26:28 Yeah, and you know, that's what makes it so fun, when you realize you know stuff, but there's so much you don't know, it makes life an adventure, which I've always liked. Yeah, yeah. It's the only way to go. We were talking earlier, and you mentioned that when they started giving tests you about what you should do. You were you kind of came out on the service. End of things, I remember my freshman geography teacher in high school. Mr. Campbell was talking once about all those and he said that they they gave him some tests, and they said that you're supposed to be a plumber because you weren't smart enough to be a geography teacher. He was a great geography teacher, I thought, but   Ron Stewart ** 27:15 Well, they probably would have made a fortune in the plumbing business.   Michael Hingson ** 27:18 He might have made a whole lot more money in the plumbing business, and I don't know, I lost track of him after high school, maybe, maybe for all I know he went back to it. Who knows,   Ron Stewart ** 27:27 absolutely but yeah, mechanical mind. I you know, I can make a wrench work if I have to, but that is not my calling.   Michael Hingson ** 27:36 I see that schools are starting to talk about reinstating s a t tests and so on in colleges for admission, and what they're finding is that that the SAT predictions are, for a variety of reasons, actually more accurate than just going alone on people's grades, because the grades tend to leave out some of the lower income or more disadvantaged minority groups?   Ron Stewart ** 28:03 Absolutely. Yep. I   Michael Hingson ** 28:05 totally agree. Which is interesting. Well, overall, why do you think that you are called to serve and to be in the service world?   Ron Stewart ** 28:13 Well, I think that's a deep question. The culture I was raised in, very poor community, coal mining, trucking, those are pretty much the industries around us, and farming and nobody had much. And the community that our farmers located in the closest town to our farm had about 15 houses in it, and two churches, and that was the town. And then if we wanted to, you know, go to grocery stores or whatever, that was a 45 to an hour drive away from from the farm. Yeah, we're kind of isolated. And neighbors took care of neighbors. It was not uncommon for me when my dad was home on Saturdays, usually, and so we would, he would throw me in the truck, and we would be going and mowing neighbors lawns. He was in the winter time, be taking wood and coal for them, so that they had stuff to burn for their fuel. And I just grew up with that around me. And so I knew that you have to help others. That was just basic tenant that, you know, I was raised with, and I appreciate that. And so as I grew older and saw opportunities for me to try and plug in and help, I wanted to help as much as I could, wherever I could. The older I get, I found myself getting a little more jaundice, I guess, as as the years have have come forward, and I hope the in, in the sum of my life, and the total of it, one day, you know, there will be something here that was influenced improved, made better by my fingers being on it, so just being called to serve. You know, I've have for. Friends, a good friend of mine who we worked together in Cleveland, he midlife, decided to join or he was called again to become a Jesuit. So he left work and became a Jesuit. And he and I have kept good friendship ever since, and we talk a lot about being called to serve in his context and in mind. And so even though I can't say I had a divine intervention telling me I should be doing the work I did, it just does feel like it's part of my core and part of my fiber. And if I didn't have the opportunity to do this, I think I'd be a very unhappy human.   Michael Hingson ** 30:36 Yeah, I appreciate that, and I can relate in a lot of ways. I think that you never know what seeds you plant or where you plant, seeds that that come back and help you, and you may never know, and that's okay, but still you're planting them, and they benefit people, as we all know absolutely,   Ron Stewart ** 31:01 yeah, and I'm not looking for a granite marker with my name on it, that that has no appeal to me whatsoever. But you know, I would like to know that maybe some of my work will live on and the folks continue to benefit from it while after I'm done working,   Michael Hingson ** 31:15 I'll bet you'll get some messages about that along the way somewhere.   Ron Stewart ** 31:20 I do hope so.   Michael Hingson ** 31:23 So you mentioned that you've had a lot of mentors. Tell me about some of your mentors who mentored you, what kind of people and how they've really impacted you?   Ron Stewart ** 31:33 Yeah. So I think even in my youth, there was a number of families around our farm that did things with me, and I didn't realize they were doing those things with me, mainly women. They were either associated with the church I was raised in, or other farm families. And I began, I think at that point, to realize the value of learned wisdom. And so as I grew my career and landed in Cleveland. I must say, I was, I was a little full of myself when I became an executive director at 21 most of my my colleagues and friends that were still looking for work and wow, I was an executive director. You know, I made a whopping 14,000 if I'm remembering correctly. So, you know, very highly paid position. But once I got my large head deflated, people came into my life. I met one at one point in Cleveland. I was asked by the mayor of the Cleveland at that time, the county commissioners to lead up a project, this was in 1991 about what the community should be do, should do in response to the HIV epidemic, they needed somebody who wasn't in the politics on either side of the argument, and they wanted somebody neutral to come in and lead them through an 18 month study to develop a set of policy platforms that would help The community respond to HIV so without much knowledge on it, I jumped in with both feet and led a group of citizens and advisors through this 18 month process to come up with a set of recommendations. Those recommendations, some of them were meaningful enough that they we were able to change state law. We implemented a needle exchange program in Cleveland, and at that point in time, it did require a change in state law. We had to be able to get syringes in people's hands, and it was not legal to have syringes unless it was prescribed by a physician. So, you know, we did some earth changing things at that point in the at the time, and those people who were my mentors, my guiders, the advisory committee. Four of them were living with HIV. All four died during the process. During the 18 months we were doing that, all four of them passed away, and each of them had a pretty tough struggle as their days came to a close, the medicines that we have today for HIV did not exist. These folks led their lives with grace. They worked up until the last day they could work trying to change the conversation about being afraid of folks who were HIV positive. They came from all different walks of life, which was really helpful, as they told their story to others, and working with that kind of process and watching those folks die was extremely humbling. The process also introduced me to some other folks who, to this day, continue to be friends and mentors. I met a woman who, at that time she and her husband. Her husband was the head of largest law firm in Cleveland, and she had a company that worked with trailing spouses, who came into Cleveland to help them find jobs or meaningful daily activities in the community, and she and I became fast friends, and anytime she felt I was not doing the best I could, she was not shy at telling me that and helping me see it there. Path forward. And there were times in conversations where I leaned on her heavily to learn politics, to learn how to work groups of people, because I was still quite a young person in those days. And to this day, she is well retired. Now her husband's passed away, and back to think she's having a surgery here in a couple days, I need to check in with her, but she's still somebody that is has been involved in my life. She actually sat on my doctoral committee when I was working on a PhD. I could have two people from the outside sit on my committee, and she was one of them. So I've had folks like that that, you know, have very deep and rich moments with me, and then I think I have folks that I've met in an airport lobby and just struck up a conversation with and had an opportunity to learn something that they had as a pearl of wisdom that maybe I hadn't picked up. Many of the clients that I've been in service to in the organizations I've been at have been great teachers and great mentors. Here at Desert arc, if I'm having a rough day, one of my best strategies to recover from that is to walk back into our adult day program and sit down and join people in whatever activity they're doing. Not too long ago, over the holidays that we're doing a coloring contest, and I was invited to join in, and I was told by one of my clients that I don't color very well has a very truthful statement. I do not stay within the lines, but I think, you know, the work, working with this crowd, gives me a day. There's not a day that goes by a desert arc where I don't learn something from the folks we're in service to. So all combined, I consider everyone I've touched largely to be a mentor in one way or another.   Michael Hingson ** 36:43 And I was just going to say that the reality is that mentors are where you find them. And as you said, being a learner, and I agree, we can learn so much from so many different people. And you know, people always underrate, I would say, to generalize the clients of of organizations like arc, because they say that, well, they're developmentally disabled. They don't they're not as bright as we are. They're also not nearly as shy as we are, either about telling you what they think absolutely   Ron Stewart ** 37:17 right, and the piece that most of them live their life with. You know, they're just they don't stress so much about the politics of the day, the economy, those things just aren't always on the radar. And so to focus on the day and create a piece of art, to do some music, to socialize with their friends while they're here, it is just a wonderful experience. Yeah, and it's nice as us as staff, to dip in there and join on that once in a while. Yeah.   Michael Hingson ** 37:42 Isn't it cool? It is. It is so wonderful to be able to interact with human beings who are not like us and who aren't ashamed of who they are.   Ron Stewart ** 37:54 Absolutely we're going to celebrate ours, uh, we do a a luncheon each February this year. It's coming up on this Thursday, and it's called our champions lunch. And we recognize a number of business partners and clients, clients of the year. And another little side journey I have. I owned an Italian restaurant here in the in the valley until very recently, and I had an employee there who came from Desert arc and had was last year's recipient of client of the year, and she has had such a successful story, she's completed a two year college degree, and she is now working in a childcare program, which was her goal, and she's staff in a in a daycare program every day now. And so when we tell that story, or when she tells her story in front of the news media and all of our associated folks who have gathered to hear it, it really breaks down those stereotypes. You know, the folks living with intellectual and developmental disability are wide ranging and their abilities and their skills, and to put one, if people put people into a box, into one box because of a title they have to carry, is just so unfair.   Michael Hingson ** 39:08 Yeah, yeah. Did you sell the restaurant? We did. Yep, yep. Do you, do you still get, do you still get discounts? Just checking, I   Ron Stewart ** 39:19 don't pretty bad about that. Fact about one of the pizzas recently, a pesto pizza with pepperoni, was my favorite. So I think I'm gonna have to go over and get one, and maybe I can squeeze a senior discount   Michael Hingson ** 39:31 or something. Yeah? Well, 58 you know, to be able to justify that as being a senior, absolutely, I   Ron Stewart ** 39:38 get that AARP magazine right that comes in the mail if I want to read it, so I should get a discount. Yeah.   Michael Hingson ** 39:42 So you, you clearly have accomplished a lot through all of the the nonprofit development work that you well, nonprofit work in general, not just development fundraising, but in in all that you've done. You, you really sound like you enjoy. Joy working at ARC. Why is that?   Ron Stewart ** 40:04 And that is a hard one to answer. You know, on the space value, it's an organization with an incredible mission and to it doesn't take much to get behind it, right, to try and help folks be the best they can be, and overcome any hurdles that they have and that that's easy to jump behind. This organization has a lot of diversity. We are, as I mentioned, 200 to 73 people right now. We have two campuses, one here in the lower desert and then one up in the upper desert, in the Yucca Valley, Morongo Basin area. We run a massive transportation system. We've got about 30 busses on the road at any given time. We've got another 45 ish service vehicles out in the community doing our business services. We operate a recycling center that takes in metal products, and we also do a big shredding operation out of there. We have a janitorial division that goes out and performs janitorial services throughout the community. We have a landscape maintenance division. And then we also have a fulfillment division, so a group of folks who are ready to put together, oh, they have sometimes labeled water bottles. They have put together pieces of tables for computer stands. So if somebody has a contractor where they need an order fulfilled, they'll bring that work to us, and we do that. So the diversity of all of those things helps to keep my attention, but also just in the complexity of trying to pull all that together every year, bring enough money in to allow this organization to make it to the next year and thrive, those are challenges that are not easy, and so it's it's got enough diversity and enough challenge that I get up in the morning knowing that I need to be somewhere,   Michael Hingson ** 41:45 which is cool. So what is it that you do? What is it that you do daily? What are your day to day responsibilities? As you said, I think executive vice president, yeah,   Ron Stewart ** 41:55 so our CEO is largely focused on exterior connections. So out there, trying to make more donor connections and make sure that that group of people know about us and get involved with us. And then he manages the board of directors, which there are 11 individuals on, that   Michael Hingson ** 42:11 always a challenge to manage a board   Ron Stewart ** 42:13 Absolutely, and a lot of good people with a lot of, you know, good thinking, but all that takes a bit of corralling. So he turns over the business to me, so I'm in charge of everything under that so I have direct to me. I have nine direct reports that are senior leaders who are in charge of major business divisions here, and then we farm out leadership responsibilities under that group, and I try to keep my fingers in play with all of those individuals too, because again, it's just like we were speaking to earlier in the conversation. This is the group of folk that we have to nurture and bring up through this organization, so that we have a succession path in place for many of them. So I spend most of my days trying to keep conversations moving forward, communications tied together because I'll know something that another division has told me that the other one didn't know. So I try to tie that together and make sure that they're working together and then keep us all moving together through a harmonious structure. We went through a pretty extensive strategic planning process last fall, which is yielded a report that's 13 pages deep, that guides us through the rest of this year and most of 2025 and it really is a unifying place for all the leaders at Desert arc to gather around and make sure that we as a group of people are moving the needle for this organization, in addition to the work that each of us has to do Every day, so most of my day is consumed doing that stuff.   Michael Hingson ** 43:44 So you're sort of the Chief Operations Officer, if you were to speak about it in terms of the parlance of a corporate not or a profit making corporate organization, that's exactly it. Yeah. Here's a question I'm always curious about. Well, I chaired a board, and was on a board for many years in Northern California. And one of the things that I learned there, and also when I worked at Guide Dogs for the Blind, which is a very large nonprofit of Northern covid, one of the things that people said is you always have to keep your administrative costs, your your overhead, under 10% because you need to have things go to the mission. One, is that still true? And two is that truly what a nonprofit should be. And the reason I asked that question, in part, is I saw once a video that a guy gave and produced to work for a nonprofit organization, and his argument was, keeping it under 10% doesn't allow you to spend the money that you can spend to make more money.   Ron Stewart ** 44:44 And I would agree with that that formula was born out of a conversation at the United Way level, many, many, many years ago, and it was decided then that that was the right measure, you know, that 10% or less should be used. And. And I think many of us do subscribe to that, but not out of choice, but out of simple there's no other way to do it. Most of the if a donor gives money to our organization, they're not too excited to think they're paying for the accountant, right? They would rather see, you know, help us with a project we needed a new electric forklift in our shredding center, and so we found a donor last week who was willing to give us 25,000 toward $50,000 purchase. But it's a lot more exciting to get around what that forklift is going to do for us. Other than all the keys on the QuickBooks application, they count my press all day, right, right? So we actually run a very lean ship, and I wish I had more revenue where I could have a deeper administrative team. I've had to make some sacrifices in where we spend our money, and I brought a skilled person on this year who's become our compliance specialist. There are so many things that we are regulated by that we need to hold true to, and we needed somebody to help us manage that North Star process. So I've had to invest in a compliance person. That is, for some might be considered a luxury. For me, it's a business necessity, because, again, we have to safeguard this organization so that it remains viable for as long as it can, and compliance is absolutely critical. Right in today's labor market, we cannot pay people enough people are leaving work here to go work in fast food, because they can make $2 more an hour than the next month, than you than you can working in our industry. Yeah. So last year, we've invested $1 million in salaries. And while that is a big number for me to play with and to work, it wasn't a big number to the staff who received it, because it ended up being a couple of dollars here and there in their hourly wage, and they should be paid so much more, yeah, but the way the funding is structured in the state does not allow us to make enough money to pay them more. Doesn't mean that they're not valuable, not that they're worth it, but it is just a condition of how wages are paid and what is perceived as valuable or more valuable, yeah.   Michael Hingson ** 47:20 What would you like your legacy to be from Desert arc?   Ron Stewart ** 47:24 Well, my our big one is we're going to build some housing. This is the Palm Desert campus. Is a fairly significant size campus, and at the very back of it, there's a landlocked chunk of land that has sat fallow forever. And last year, I restarted the conversation with our city, and at the same time, they were needing to develop some affordable housing, and I was passionate about housing, and so we struck up a deal. So we are moving forward on constructing a 40 unit complex at the very back of this property, where we sit in Palm Desert. It will be brand new construction. Dirt should turn in April of 25 and occupancy be starting somewhere in February of 26 so I want to see you know that housing created in here and people who are struggling to have good, safe, decent, affordable housing be able to access those 40 units. That will be a nice little thing to see before I retire.   Michael Hingson ** 48:26 That'll be exciting. Well, speaking of retirement, what are your plans when you do retire? Whenever that is what, what's next for you?   48:33 Well, are   Michael Hingson ** 48:35 you even thinking about that yet?   Ron Stewart ** 48:36 Well, we are so okay. My husband is from Veracruz, Mexico, and as we both age, he wants to kind of go home and well, what does that mean? So I think in retirement, we will split our time between Mexico and here. I don't think it'll be Veracruz. I can't deal with the humidity and the heat, so I have to be a more temperate climate. But I think we'll find ourselves in Mexico most of the year, and maybe keep a house here, or we might go to Mexico full time in retirement, I would be thrilled to maybe teach a class or two at a local college and then go to an orphanage and see if I could help out with kids a few days a week. That would be a great way to spend my retirement days. Well, you   Michael Hingson ** 49:19 do put up with a fair amount of heat where you are now, just not the humidity   Ron Stewart ** 49:22 was a dry heat, as they famously say, right? Yeah, yeah, I can, I can put up with the dry heat, but humidity just kills me. So even at Christmas time, Veracruz is hot and humid. So summer, I just wilt. Yeah,   Michael Hingson ** 49:36 I hear you. I've lived in two different places on the east where, in the summer, lots of humidity, and I would prefer, and do prefer the dry heat to the humidity, but I also I really have the choice prefer a little cooler, which is why an air conditioner with solar power here in the house is a good way to go. Yeah.   Ron Stewart ** 50:00 I admire your thinking.   Michael Hingson ** 50:02 So we, we hope. Well, I know your schedule is tight, so I'm going to go ahead and and thank you for being here. Are there any kind of last things that you'd like to say or insights you'd like to provide for everyone listening?   Ron Stewart ** 50:16 Yeah, just that. I really appreciate this opportunity. You know, life is so rich, and for you to take the time and talk to people about what makes them who they are, I think, is a very powerful force, human voice, the human condition. Are things that need to be shared. And I think a lot of people feel lonely in many different ways, whether they get into a career where they get a little bit stifled, or they're in relationships that aren't as rewarding as they would like them to be, and I think the more they hear about others and see what possibilities are out there, and their horizons are expanded, that I hope we help lift up each other. And I think the work you're doing through these podcasts goes toward that end.   Michael Hingson ** 50:55 Well, they're a lot of fun, and I would hope that I learn at least as much as anybody else when we do them, and it doesn't get any better than that. So I'm I'm glad to do it, and I love having fun doing it as well. Well. Cheers   Ron Stewart ** 51:09 to you, Michael.   Michael Hingson ** 51:10 Well, thank you for being here. If people want to reach out to you and learn more about desert arc and so on, how do they do that? Absolutely,   Ron Stewart ** 51:16 so they could visit us on the web at desertarc.org or anybody is welcome to call me at 760-404-1360, and I'd be more than happy to help however I could.   Michael Hingson ** 51:31 Well, I'm sure you've got a lot of insights, and I hope people will do that. So thank you for being here, and I want to thank you all for listening. Excuse me, I should say that, right? I want to thank all y'all for listening. I've spent enough time in the South that I can talk at sometimes, but thanks very much. We really appreciate it. If you'd like to comment on today's episodes, please email me at Michael H, I m, I C, H, A, E, L, H, I at accessibe, A, C, C, E, S, S, I b, e.com, or go to our podcast page, www.michaelhingson.com/podcast and Michael Hinkson is m, I C, H, A, E, L, H, I N, G, s, o, n.com/podcast, please give us a five star rating wherever you are listening to this. 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Throwbacks are where I re-release old episodes from the archives. So don't worry if you have heard it already, as 'New episodes' will continue to come out on Sundays. To get some of the old episodes heard.~~~Tonight's guests are Leslie and Stephen Shaw from Southern California, and they will be sharing their UFO and alien encounters. And also as well as their personal encounters they took the plunge and Co-authored a book called Who they are and what they're up to.More information on this episode on the podcast website:https://ufochroniclespodcast.com/who-they-are-and-what-theyre-up-to/Want to share your encounter on the show?Email: UFOChronicles@gmail.comOr Fill out Guest Form:https://forms.gle/uGQ8PTVRkcjy4nxS7Podcast Merchandise:https://www.teepublic.com/user/ufo-chronicles-podcastHelp Support UFO CHRONICLES by becoming a Patron:https://patreon.com/UFOChroniclespodcastX: https://twitter.com/UFOchronpodcastAll Links for Podcast:https://linktr.ee/UFOChroniclesPodcastThank you for listening!Please leave a review if you enjoy the show.Like share and subscribe it really helps me when people share the show on social media, it means we can reach more people and more witnesses and without your amazing support, it wouldn't be possible.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/ufo-chronicles-podcast--3395068/support.

Throwbacks are where I re-release old episodes from the archives. So don't worry if you have heard it already, as 'New episodes' will continue to come out on Sundays. To get some of the old episodes heard.~~~Tonight's guests are Leslie and Stephen Shaw from Southern California, and they will be sharing their UFO and alien encounters. And also as well as their personal encounters they took the plunge and Co-authored a book called Who they are and what they're up to.More information on this episode on the podcast website:https://ufochroniclespodcast.com/who-they-are-and-what-theyre-up-to/Want to share your encounter on the show?Email: UFOChronicles@gmail.comOr Fill out Guest Form:https://forms.gle/uGQ8PTVRkcjy4nxS7Podcast Merchandise:https://www.teepublic.com/user/ufo-chronicles-podcastHelp Support UFO CHRONICLES by becoming a Patron:https://patreon.com/UFOChroniclespodcastX: https://twitter.com/UFOchronpodcastAll Links for Podcast:https://linktr.ee/UFOChroniclesPodcastThank you for listening!Please leave a review if you enjoy the show.Like share and subscribe it really helps me when people share the show on social media, it means we can reach more people and more witnesses and without your amazing support, it wouldn't be possible.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/ufo-chronicles-podcast--3395068/support.

Come along for another mystifying cryptid! You can find all of our wonderful links on the linktree: https://linktr.ee/allts The Yucca Man is a cryptid reported primarily in the deserts of Southern California, particularly around Joshua Tree National Park, the Mojave Desert, and near the Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center in Twentynine Palms. Often described as a type of Bigfoot or Sasquatch, the creature is said to be a large, hairy humanoid figure, standing between 7 to 12 feet tall with a strong, musky odor. Its fur is typically described as dark brown or black, and it has been reported to have glowing eyes, suggesting a nocturnal nature. Description of the Creature: Height: Estimated between 7 to 12 feet tall. Build: Described as very muscular, bulky, and covered in hair. Hair/Fur: Dark brown to black, sometimes described as shaggy. Odor: Strong, musky smell, often associated with rotting vegetation or skunk-like. Eyes: Some reports suggest glowing eyes, possibly reflecting light in the dark. Famous Sightings: 1971 - Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center, Twentynine Palms: One of the earliest and most famous sightings occurred when a Marine on guard duty reported seeing a large, hairy creature approaching the base perimeter. The creature reportedly approached within 150 feet before the Marine opened fire. Despite shooting at it, the creature was not injured and simply retreated into the desert. 1979 - Joshua Tree National Park: Park rangers and campers reported multiple sightings of a large, hairy figure moving through the area. There were also reports of strange sounds, like grunts and growls, and large footprints were found in the sand, which appeared too large to belong to a human. 1990s - Desert Near Yucca Valley: Throughout the 1990s, various sightings were reported in the desert areas around Yucca Valley. Residents described encounters with a large, ape-like creature that moved swiftly through the desert terrain. Several witnesses reported feeling an intense sense of fear and a strong odor when the creature was nearby. 2009 - Twentynine Palms Highway: A motorist traveling late at night along the Twentynine Palms Highway reported seeing a tall, hairy figure cross the road in front of their car. The creature moved quickly across the road and disappeared into the desert, leaving behind only a few large footprints. 2010 - Near Yucca Valley: Another significant sighting occurred when a group of hikers saw a large, bipedal creature in the distance. They described it as being at least 8 feet tall with long arms and covered in dark fur. It appeared to be watching them before turning and walking away into the desert. The Yucca Man continues to be a subject of intrigue among cryptozoologists and those fascinated by unexplained phenomena. The creature's existence remains unproven, but the consistent nature of the reports over several decades keeps the legend alive.

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330 Uncle has a very special piece of mail to open on this episode of the broadcast. The return address is to none other than Big Jerald Sanders in Landers, CA.  Topics include: shrimp envelope from Jerald Sanders, Landers, T Swizzler, hoax, box opening, shrimp bucket hat, hurry up shrimp, Cyber Truck spotting in Yucca Valley, back from time away, podcast studio setup, VHS watch party, gaming stream technical issue fixed, 3D printing, loud printer, young Joshua Trees, Death Valley, Kern River, Amboy, Radiator Springs, Roy's Motel and Cafe, fossils, Bodie, Bishop, Three Stooges

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How does one reach the pivotal moment that propels them into the next chapter of their life? For our guest today, that moment unfolded in a Starbucks, where Jeff Eamers stumbled upon a newspaper ad seeking volunteers for suicide prevention. Having battled his own demons for years, Jeff saw this not just as an opportunity, but as a calling.   In his past life, Jeff wore many hats—writer, director, producer, counselor—all while battling the tumultuous challenges of bipolar disorder. Now, he's found peace and purpose as a practicing psychotherapist and the voice behind the upcoming Three Moments in Time podcast. He lives in the California desert with his two dogs and 11 chickens.   Jeff's journey is one marked by resilience, vulnerability, and the unwavering determination to confront the darkest aspects of the human experience. But a word of caution: Jeff's story is unfiltered and may touch on themes of mental illness that could trigger some listeners.   We discussed:   The first hospitalization at 21 marked the onset of a series of mental health challenges for Jeff How a major film opportunity brought Jeff from the advertising world to Los Angeles Jeff reflects on the experience of navigating manic highs and depressive lows Why he transitioned from Hollywood to suicide prevention counseling How the sudden loss of his best friend served as a wake-up call  Why Jeff decided to pursue a new academic journey at 55  Jeff shares his understanding of the single most crucial factor in healing    Connect with Jeff Mental health in the high desert: A Yucca Valley man, animal rescue and the open landscape via Desert Sun    www.eamertherapy.com   

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In this episode I talk to Heather Basile, owner of The Mojave Moon Apothecary in Twentynine Palms California. Check out her shop HERE   Be sure to check out The Highway 62 youtube channel HERE  

In this episode I sat down at The Out There Bar in 29 Palms with Author , Chris Campion and Out There Bar owner , Ian Riekow to talk about the new deluxe art book projectabout the lost Sci-Fi film, Saturation 70. The story of this film is an incredible one and the book that's coming looks to be amazing...You can back the project on kickstarter.    Kickstarter HERE Chris Campion website HERE

In this episode I soeak with Matt Beurois who is the Program Director of The Yucca Valley Film Festival. Now in it's 5th year, The Yucca Valley Film Festival features some of the best indipendant films of the year. This event is sponsored by the city of Yucca Valley and is 100% free to the public.  The event takes plav=ce November 10th 11th and 12th  go to their website for details HERE   anny (00:00.914) All right, Matt Beurois, thank you so much for joining me on the Highway 62 podcast. How are you? Matt Beurois | YVFF (00:09.187) I'm very good. Thank you so much for having me. It's a pleasure. I love the podcast and very happy to be here. Danny (00:13.679) Thank you Yeah, I you know when I was looking at the name and I'm always looking at somebody's last name like okay how am I gonna pronounce and you know just not having spoke to you at all I was like oh it's like Matt Berrios or something like that so when I asked you and you hit me I was like oh okay and offline we were just talking about Paris and I was just saying how I've met so many people out here from France lately it's crazy but so and you are would you say the director of the Yucca Matt Beurois | YVFF (00:22.783) How do you pronounce that? Matt Beurois | YVFF (00:39.423) Yeah, yeah. Danny (00:48.048) Thanks for watching! Matt Beurois | YVFF (00:48.651) I would say program director. My job is to find the movies, yeah, the UK Film Festival, I find the movies, I find the filmmakers. We have a very small team and my job is to get people into town to attend the festival. Danny (00:50.742) Program Director of the Yucca Valley Film Festival. All right. Danny (01:05.346) Wonderful. Yeah, so we'll come back and hit all the. the good details of the film festival, but I would love to hear a little bit more about your background, you're a film director yourself. I just like the end credits of The Barn are on my TV at the moment. I was going to watch over the weekend and I wasn't able to do it, so I was kind of getting through it today. I need to re-watch it. I was working a little bit today as I had it on. So, but yeah, give us the... Matt Beurois | YVFF (01:17.155) Yeah. Matt Beurois | YVFF (01:23.938) Oh. Matt Beurois | YVFF (01:32.974) It's... Danny (01:37.59) the rundown of where you're from and how you came to be out here. Matt Beurois | YVFF (01:41.545) It's a journey. It's definitely a journey. So I'm a director, producer, filmmaker. I made a lot of short films. like 25-ish, a little bit more than that probably. And the last short film I directed and produced was a huge hit in Los Angeles and the US, and Asia and Europe, everywhere except France. So that was a French doc comedy with very famous people in France, and we got like 68 awards worldwide. Danny (02:08.717) Hahaha Matt Beurois | YVFF (02:20.375) everywhere except France and the first one we got Danny (02:22.434) Hahaha! Matt Beurois | YVFF (02:24.887) was the best international short film in a festival in Los Angeles. And that was the first award I ever had and I was the only French people in the room, only French guy in the room and I just got that small statue in my hands and it was like okay this is where I need to be, this is where I want to be. So that small success gave me the fuel and the will to Danny (02:30.163) Oh wow. Danny (02:36.432) Hehehe Danny (02:44.276) Yeah. Matt Beurois | YVFF (02:52.851) to change a whole lot of things in my life. And to basically, it took a couple of years, but then to move to the US, get the visa, and then later on get the green card and move to Yekavalli. First Los Angeles, then Burbank, then Yekavalli. And once we arrived in Yekavalli with my wife, we... Danny (03:02.951) Mm-hmm Matt Beurois | YVFF (03:13.627) Our business is to make film festivals. We have a bunch of them. We have some in California. We still have two, three in France. We have one in Nashville. We have business ties in New Mexico, in the US. So everywhere we travel, everywhere we make friends, we try to make business and work in good intelligence with friends. So we had all of that and... Danny (03:18.884) Okay. Danny (03:27.401) Interesting. Danny (03:34.93) Yeah. Let's, to, yeah, I was going to back up a little bit and just get a little bit more of your background growing up in Europe. How did you, you know, get into filmmaking? Did you go to film school or what was your background like? Matt Beurois | YVFF (03:52.039) I did not go to film school. I learned to make movies by making movies. We were a group of friends when I was a teenager and one of us got a camera. It was the big tapes back in the days, VHS, and every weekend for years we filmed short films. And then we edited it with two big VHS recorders. Danny (03:57.387) Yeah, yeah. Danny (04:07.702) Yeah. Matt Beurois | YVFF (04:22.633) So we really learned the craft by doing, by making films. So one weekend it was at my house, the next weekend it was at another friend's house, the weekend after that it was at another friend's house. So it was sleepover, writing films, filming the movies, editing the movies, and the next weekend again and again. So that was a whole adventure for years and years. And then some of us, the group of friends we were, some of us got to work into TV. Some others just dropped the whole thing. And I'm the only one who really kept going and started to make real films and feature films especially. Danny (05:03.095) Yeah. So and it was interesting I wanted to make sure I asked this as you were talking about the film festivals that it was an actual business for you So you're I never really thought about film festivals in that way So you and your wife travel to different areas and create these film festivals, huh? interesting Matt Beurois | YVFF (05:21.267) Well, it's... Yes. Yes, our company that's based in Yeka Valley, Colorado studio, we do marketing, pictures, video, social media, everything to help small businesses thrive. We do it for ourselves and we've been since we created our first festival in Paris, I think 13-14 years ago, it was just a small thing and then it became bigger and bigger and bigger and we were consistent enough and Danny (05:29.896) Okay. Danny (05:35.936) Mm. Danny (05:39.201) Yeah. Matt Beurois | YVFF (05:56.089) enough to keep delivering year after year. So what we did in Paris, France became a rendezvous, a place to be for emerging filmmakers and we started to create this whole network of people, motivated people who wanted to make films, show the films, promote the films in hopes that someday you're going to go to the next step and go working for the studios, working for a bigger production Matt Beurois | YVFF (06:25.809) I'm making independent films, I know what it takes. So when we do film festivals, we exactly know what it takes and the labor of love that it is to put everything together to make the film happen. And to then, when you have the movie, not to stop there, but to push it to film festival and then to push it to the streamers, distribution company, to show the movie to an audience as big as possible. Danny (06:29.792) Yeah. Danny (06:46.274) Mm-hmm. Yeah. Danny (06:54.871) Yeah. Matt Beurois | YVFF (06:55.929) We started as an association in France, a non-profit, and then it became a small business. And when we moved to the US, that business became the business with which we got our original visa. So that was interesting to take everything we knew how to do and how to do well, and to transform it into something that got us the foot in the door to get and actually move to the US. So that was an interesting journey. Danny (07:00.364) Mm-hmm. Danny (07:10.175) Okay, gotcha. Danny (07:23.382) Right. Sure. I bet. Now, and I was mentioning it. Oh, go ahead. Sorry. Matt Beurois | YVFF (07:27.412) Today the UK Valley Film Festival is very specific for us, it's very unique because that's the only film festival that we do not own. Every other thing we do, we own the copyright and the brand and the event, we do whatever we want. The Yokevallé Film Festival, the festival belongs to the town of Yokevallé, so we are here to execute their vision, the strategy they have and to work with the recreation department so they can Danny (07:40.333) Okay. Matt Beurois | YVFF (08:03.358) get the residents happy and get hopefully some people into town for tourism during the weekend. Danny (08:11.118) Yeah, I was mentioning that I was watching a little bit of your feature film, The Barn, which people can watch on Amazon. And it's always amazing to me when somebody really goes through that process of making a movie. I've never really worked in the film industry. One of the guys in my band works in reality TV as a show producer. And so I'm always hearing the stories of Matt Beurois | YVFF (08:17.927) Mm-hmm. Matt Beurois | YVFF (08:27.826) Yeah. Matt Beurois | YVFF (08:35.538) Okay. Danny (08:39.85) you know how they're getting a little bit of spec money to film this one you know pilot episode and just everything that goes into it and it just seems that like ninety percent of the time or more it never ends up going anywhere or it's a fail and it i'm just always blown away at you know having a little bit of understanding of what goes into it getting to that point of really finally creating a movie the funding and just Matt Beurois | YVFF (08:44.138) Yeah. Matt Beurois | YVFF (08:53.899) I'm sorry. Danny (09:07.65) putting it all together. Give us a little bit of a short story of what it was like doing that first feature film. Matt Beurois | YVFF (09:16.219) Well, the financing of a movie is always the most challenging. It's a pain in the ass. Every filmmaker you're going to meet is going to be looking for money to make the movie happen. So what we did for the bond, we didn't wait for any money. We financed it ourselves with our company. And what we did to make it possible, we wrote a script. Danny (09:23.3) Mm-hmm. Yeah, yeah. Danny (09:35.123) Mmm. Yeah. Matt Beurois | YVFF (09:42.619) and we knew before writing the script the locations we were going to use and all the locations in the movie The Barn it's my mom's house she's got a farm and the house it's her house the bedroom it's her bedroom the living room it's the living room the barn itself back in the days when we filmed they had sheeps before we filmed in that place and now they have Danny (09:57.404) Hahaha. Yeah. Matt Beurois | YVFF (10:12.333) So we wrote the script knowing exactly all the locations we could use for free. The all the rooms, the forest, the barn, around the barn, the road next to the house. Everything was actually on location. We never walked more than five minutes on foot to go to another location for the next scene. So we did. She was helping. Danny (10:20.118) Gotcha. Danny (10:33.994) Wow, okay, great. How does your mom feel? How does your mom feel now living in a house that has had a horror film made there? Matt Beurois | YVFF (10:45.407) Well, the barn itself, it's quite different now. When we filmed, it was a mess. Danny (10:50.354) Okay. Yeah. Yeah, yeah. Matt Beurois | YVFF (10:53.555) We almost didn't touch anything. It was a mess because it used to be like I said the ships and then it was used as storage all my crap from all my teenage years all my sister's crap Everything was there. It was a mess So we almost didn't touch it because it was it was good for the movie to have some bunch of stuff around Since then my sister took over and now she's got a horse Danny (10:59.144) Mm-hmm. Danny (11:22.463) Oh wow. Matt Beurois | YVFF (11:24.409) It's neat, absolutely clean, it's beautiful, you would not recognize the place, definitely. So every scene where we killed people, every scene where the zombies escaped, you would not recognize it, it's completely different. Yeah. Danny (11:29.758) I gotcha. You had also. Yeah, yeah. Gotcha. That's probably that's probably a good thing. You had mentioned in your email that you are working on another feature length film and you're doing it all here in, did you say Morongo Valley? You were filming. Matt Beurois | YVFF (11:52.711) We filmed it already. It's called American Game. We filmed in Joshua Tree, Yake Valley, Morongo, 29 Palms, a little bit in Whitewater, down the grade, everywhere around. Danny (11:54.406) Oh, okay, already done. Danny (12:04.43) Oh great. Yeah, yeah. Matt Beurois | YVFF (12:10.575) Mostly in private lands because we didn't want to ask for permits and all this kind of stuff. So what we did we Called some friends in the community and was the hey you have a big space You have a lot of acreage. Would you help us and let us access the land for like two days and same process then the barn we Called a bunch of friends Danny (12:20.103) Mm-hmm. Danny (12:27.934) Sure, yeah. Matt Beurois | YVFF (12:34.235) And we said, okay, this is what we have. This is the list of locations, what we could use. And then we said, how can we write a script that fits within these locations? But that was a real, it was an excitement to film a movie right here because the landscapes are amazing. And in the desert, you could film a drama, you could film science fiction, you could film, we did an action, a short action independent movie. You could do anywhere you, Danny (12:49.75) Mm-mm. Yeah. Danny (12:58.778) Yeah Matt Beurois | YVFF (13:04.329) you want in the desert. The way you're gonna film it, the way you're gonna write the script, you could turn it into anything and I love that about the desert. The same way we live here, the way you enjoy the desert, Danny, it may be very different than the way I enjoy the desert. It's not right or wrong, it's just we are two different people and I'm gonna see beauty here and you're gonna see beauty there and maybe I didn't notice and that's the desert. People Danny (13:12.674) Yeah. Danny (13:26.134) Yeah. Matt Beurois | YVFF (13:34.629) a lot and when you take time and when you connect to it it's really a very magnificent place with a lot of layers and that movie shows one side of it. The movie American Game shows the oppressive heat of the Sun in the desert and we use the wide landscape to trap the characters inside. Danny (13:35.548) Yeah. Danny (13:43.617) Yep. Matt Beurois | YVFF (14:03.803) In the desert, one thing I said to the cinematographer, most of the time I said, I want to see the mountains in the background, but I never wanna see the peaks of the mountains. I don't wanna see the sky. I want to create an impression like, they will never go over that mountain here. They are always trapped in the game, the American game, except in the end when they try to escape. Danny (14:14.326) Oh, okay. Danny (14:19.01) Yeah. I say. Danny (14:27.414) Awesome. It sounds great. Do you have kind of a rough idea of when that will be available for people to watch? Or next year, okay. Matt Beurois | YVFF (14:35.911) Next year, next year. We have a first draft of the movie. We need to do some sound, special effects, sound design on it. We still need to mix the dialogues and all of that, but the movie is edited. It's a feature length film. It's pretty impressive what we managed to do with only a few people and literally no money to make that film. The dedication of the team, Danny (14:44.727) Mm-hmm. Danny (15:02.476) Yeah. Matt Beurois | YVFF (15:06.655) It was incredible. It was challenging. Again, 11 days to film a feature film in the heat of June in the Morongo Valley. That was not easy every day. But the... Danny (15:16.302) Hahaha Matt Beurois | YVFF (15:21.619) The script made it possible and the dedication of the cinematographer, the sound guy, the actors, the performers, of course. And it was it was an amazing experience. Yeah, I'm really looking forward for the movie to be completed so we can release it next year. Danny (15:23.691) Yeah. Danny (15:33.666) Yeah. Yeah, that sounds great. I'll be looking forward to that. And we'll make sure to, you know, let me know as it's getting closer so we can help to do our small part to promote and maybe even have you back on the show too to talk a little bit more about it. So the film, the Yucca Valley Film Fest, how long has that been going on? Five years now. Okay. Matt Beurois | YVFF (15:40.107) Thank you. Matt Beurois | YVFF (15:47.199) Thank you. Okay, yeah, yeah. Matt Beurois | YVFF (15:53.802) Yeah. Five years, we're gonna celebrate the fifth anniversary. So already we started in 2019, 2019 was the first edition and then COVID hit. So we... Danny (16:09.885) Mm-hmm. Matt Beurois | YVFF (16:12.659) We discussed with the town, the recreation department and the town manager and the council members and we said we don't want to stop. If we stop that means the festival is going to die. If you stop for something that it's not going to come back up again. We are building a festival, we are building a brand. We need to continue. So we built two amazing digital editions during Danny (16:38.942) Okay. Matt Beurois | YVFF (16:42.627) and we could feel the appetite from the filmmakers and the enthusiasm from the community to see the event coming back in person. We underestimated the amount of people who would come to the festival actually. We tripled the attendance compared to the first in-person year in 2019. So this year we are much more prepared. We have a process in place to Danny (16:47.453) Oh yeah. Danny (16:54.177) Yeah. Danny (16:59.03) Hahaha Matt Beurois | YVFF (17:12.861) know what day the filmmakers are coming, what time they arrive, all of that to get them to make it more smooth and make it a great experience for the filmmakers who are going to come into town for just a weekend. So for a weekend, imagine you made a movie last year and you're trying to get it into festivals. And the Yerke Valley Film Festival says, hey, we want you to come to town and show the film and do the picture signing and the red carpet and everything. Everything the big festivals do, we do in Yerke Valley. So it's a mix between an ambitious event, and something that's really community-rooted with a lot of people from around here who come to the festival, watch the movies, ask questions to the filmmakers. So for a weekend, when you are a filmmaker, Ukeveri becomes the center of your world because Even if you're not famous, you're going to be the star of the festival. You're going to show your film. You're going to sign autographs. You're going to walk on the red carpet every night. If you want, you're going to be interviewed on the podcast of the festival. You're going to meet many other filmmakers. So it's really something that what we do today with the UKVLFM festival as the result of 15 years, almost of experience in creating events and creating film festivals, I've been to many, Danny (18:11.423) Sure, sure. Danny (18:34.642) Mm-hmm. Matt Beurois | YVFF (18:39.342) and the bigger ones, the most prestigious ones are not necessarily the ones where you have the best experience because if you go to Tribeca it's amazing Sundance or South by Southwest it's amazing but you are as an independent filmmaker you are just gonna be a face in the crowd. Danny (18:51.446) You know, like Sundance or something, yeah. Danny (19:02.11) Yeah, yeah, small fish in the big pond, right? Matt Beurois | YVFF (19:05.243) Absolutely. At the UKVLFM festival, you're going to be on stage multiple times. You're going to meet with the community, meet and greets, picture signing, photo booths, red carpet. You're going to talk with people who just watch your movie. You're going to have a feedback from the audience. You're going to meet other filmmakers and maybe you're going to make movies with them later. And all of that happened. I mean, we have multiple examples of filmmakers who came to the UKVLFM festival, Danny (19:15.839) Mm-hmm. Matt Beurois | YVFF (19:35.237) later on made movies together, producers, script writers, cinematographers, so that's a place the networking and the social impact in the community and in the filmmaking scene also is actually more important than what we expected to do in the beginning. So that's pretty, that's a very good feeling. Danny (19:38.743) Sure, sure, yeah, yeah. Yeah, the networking must be amazing. Danny (19:56.702) I-I-I- I had a few questions just kind of about the film festival and film festivals in general. So you know, obviously, again, like we mentioned, you know, Sundance or some of these big ones out there, you know, everybody is submitting to those kind of festivals in, you know, like something at the size of the Yucca Valley Film Festival. When you first get it going, is it a challenge to get submissions? Or are do you reach out to filmmakers and request a submission from anybody? Matt Beurois | YVFF (20:13.044) Yeah. Danny (20:28.656) primarily, you know, is there just so many independent filmmakers out there that once they know there's a film fest that's like game on and you're going to get a ton of inquiries. Matt Beurois | YVFF (20:39.943) It's not easy. It used 15 years ago, you could just put up a small event in a, literally in a cave, not a cave, a cellar in Paris, or an underground thing, and you would have 50 people showing up. Today, you have to, you have to give them something. Danny (20:41.543) Okay. Danny (20:50.551) Ha ha! Danny (21:06.786) Gotcha. Okay. Matt Beurois | YVFF (21:07.375) So the filmmakers, when they come to the Jokovare Film Festival, they know they're going to have the screening, they know they're going to have the Q&A's, the discussion afterwards. We have round tables, panels, we have a master class, we have meet and greets with the community, we have the red carpet, we have many things. Literally, I sent an email this afternoon to one of the filmmakers who's going to come to the festival and I sent her Danny (21:24.866) Mm-hmm. Matt Beurois | YVFF (21:38.009) detailed schedule almost minute by minute 15 minutes by 15 minutes and I told her at 6 p.m. you're gonna be doing this 6 15 you're gonna be on the podcast 6 40 you're gonna be on the red carpet 6 55 you're gonna be doing this and then we have the art opening and then screening starts at 7 so they need to show up on time because if they don't they're gonna miss out on something so Danny (21:50.849) Right, right. Danny (22:02.143) Right? Yeah, the whole thing's... Yeah. Matt Beurois | YVFF (22:07.289) It became kind of a big enterprise, but when we started the Yokel Valley Film Festival, to answer your question, we already had a huge network of filmmakers that we were working with and involved with. So we do accept submissions, but my job for 10 months before the festival is to go online and to go to other film festivals in different states, mostly New York, Arizona, Utah, California. Danny (22:16.373) Okay. Danny (22:31.572) Mmm, okay. Danny (22:37.367) Yeah. Matt Beurois | YVFF (22:37.569) and to watch a lot of movies and to say oh this one is interesting oh this one it was filmed in Joshua Tree I should get in touch this one oh that's a sci-fi movie I've never seen something like that let's try to get this movie so the Yikavadifim festival really yes it's really yes Danny (22:45.94) Okay. Danny (22:51.694) Gotcha, so you're kind of curating, you know Films that you would like to have at this film festival to create that experience. Gotcha Matt Beurois | YVFF (23:02.415) Absolutely. If there is a connection to our Mojave desert, I'm going to be interested. But the film has to be good. We also get movies that are romantic comedies, filmed in a cafe in LA or Chicago, and the movie is so good and the performances are so good that we take the movie anyway. But it's really a mix between submissions, Danny (23:07.848) Yeah. Matt Beurois | YVFF (23:26.271) that we receive and the outreach we do 10 months a year to get the best movies on The Secret to get them to come to Yorke Valley. Danny (23:35.806) I see. Okay. Gotcha. Interesting. So, and give us the date of the event this year. Matt Beurois | YVFF (23:43.731) The Y'Kabal de Film Festival is going to be November 10, 11 and 12. So Friday 10, Saturday 11 and Sunday 12 of November. And you have a... Danny (23:55.114) And so what's the experience like then for just me as a film lover? How does it work? Do I purchase a ticket that works for the whole weekend? What do I get to do and see and all that good stuff? Matt Beurois | YVFF (24:11.219) The Yekebade Film Festival is 100% sponsored by the Town of Yeke Valley. It is admission free. So you don't have to buy a ticket, just show up. And the first thing I tell everyone is, when you're going to arrive this year, you're going to have a tent outside, you're going to get the program, if you're a filmmaker you're going to get a badge, we're going to give you all the information, and then, first thing you do, you're going to walk the red carpet. Danny (24:17.223) Okay. Oh. Danny (24:40.344) Cool. Matt Beurois | YVFF (24:42.113) on Friday and Sunday and everybody is welcome. We want everybody in the community, the kids, the dogs, everyone, the families. We want fun pictures and all the pictures we do every day the next day they are on Facebook. So you can take your own pictures out of Facebook very easy. Everything is free. Then you walk in the main room, the community center, the Yucca room, the big room. Danny (25:00.29) Cool. Yeah. Matt Beurois | YVFF (25:12.233) and there is complimentary popcorn for everyone. It's free seating, we have an art exhibit during the three days, we have music playing. This year we're gonna have a podcast for the filmmakers inside the room. We have a photo booth also so if you want to take more pictures and not being under the slight light fun pressure of the red carpet. We also have a photo booth inside that's very cute Danny (25:30.835) Mm-hmm. Danny (25:36.866) Hehehehe Matt Beurois | YVFF (25:41.013) Yucca Valley staff does an amazing job as decorating the full house. Danny (25:42.281) Yeah. Danny (25:46.042) it sounds like, I mean, a really fun event for just, you know, the local community and to be able to kind of experience, you know, a red carpet and just kind of the whole, you know, shebang, the whole experience of a film fest that they're not going to get to go do it at Sundance or Tribeca, you know, but they can get to experience that on a smaller level. And I, you know, would imagine it could also be really inspirational for, you know, younger adults and teenagers or whatnot. Matt Beurois | YVFF (25:50.643) It is. Yeah. Matt Beurois | YVFF (26:03.659) True. Danny (26:13.266) who may really get inspired to go into filmmaking. And I've just always been such a film fanatic. I've talked about it before on the podcast and I hate repeating myself, but who knows? Maybe this is the first episode somebody listened to. But... Matt Beurois | YVFF (26:17.684) Yes. Matt Beurois | YVFF (26:29.515) Ha ha ha. Danny (26:30.218) You know, I was lucky enough to go to a high school in Chicago that did a class called Cinema Study that I've rarely ever heard of any other high schools ever having anything like that. You got two teachers. It was a gigantic class. You had to be on you had to get on a waitlist like two years beforehand to get in the class. And it just from that class on. Matt Beurois | YVFF (26:34.581) Yeah. Danny (26:54.03) I have just been a lover of film and I often wish that I had gone into film instead of my music career. I know there's a lot of actors all have bands and they seem to want to be rock stars and a lot of rock stars, not that I'm a rock star, I'm a mid-level drummer in a punk rock band, but a lot of us are like, oh, I should get into some acting and getting into filmmaking and stuff. Matt Beurois | YVFF (27:07.145) It's. It seems absolutely. Matt Beurois | YVFF (27:21.147) Yeah, a lot of actors want to be rock stars and a lot of rock stars want to be actors. That's what it is. But you're absolutely right. Absolutely. The learning experience. Danny (27:27.992) Yeah. The grass always looks greener, I guess. Matt Beurois | YVFF (27:34.843) about filmmaking, learning how do people write a script, how do you film that scene, how do you do that stunt, how was it to direct the actors, all of that. Any screening, any event during the festival, at some point we take questions from the audience and we do have a lot Danny (27:56.226) Gotcha. Danny (28:00.018) Yeah, that's great. Matt Beurois | YVFF (28:05.297) implication and the involvement of the community. We have a community of people who love movies really and all the questions we get are always specific, smart, sharp and interesting and this is really it works both ways. The residents who come to the festival are gonna learn about scriptwriting, music composing for Matt Beurois | YVFF (28:35.117) You're going to learn from the filmmakers on the making of the films, but the filmmakers also Come to town and we created we use the film festival as a platform So they learn about our community this year. They are going to meet with the wrestling team from the high school They're going to meet with the martial arts club we have in Ikebari American Adjiuji Suu Collective and Yeah, and on Sunday they are going to meet with Miss Ikebari Danny (28:59.004) Yeah, Americana. Uh huh. Matt Beurois | YVFF (29:04.757) scholarship so it's ready for them it's also an opportunity to see oh Yerkevare is a small town I've never been and then they realize how Danny (29:07.106) Very cool. Matt Beurois | YVFF (29:17.407) cool we are, the many things that happen in the community and we would love them to come back and maybe film some of their next scenes in our area. So it's really, it works both ways and that's again, that's very unique for the UKVFM festival because people show up and they want they want that experience and that dialogue. Danny (29:19.092) Yeah. Danny (29:44.018) Yeah, I, you know, it keeps kind of revealing itself to me more and more. It wasn't something that I thought about when I moved out here. You know, for me, it was like, I like the outdoors. I like to, you know, I'm going on my motorcycle, stuff like that all the time. Uh, but now as I'm here, like I am blown away with the amount of creative people. Like the art scene, it's like art film, like it's off the. Matt Beurois | YVFF (29:57.183) Same, same, same. Matt Beurois | YVFF (30:07.251) Definitely. Danny (30:11.202) I mean, there's so many people from all these different backgrounds. And, you know, I guess we are slightly, you know, it's an advantage for what seems like smaller communities out here. But because of the proximity to Los Angeles, you know, there is a lot of, you know, I met some artists and stuff this weekend during the Highway 62 art tours, you know, that are, you know, Matt Beurois | YVFF (30:29.707) to LA. Danny (30:40.716) worked on big projects and big films and you know but we're close enough that you know at some point they're like I want to live in maybe a smaller community but I can still work in the industry if I want to and so it's a little bit different than a smaller community that's you know not near an epicenter for music and art and music and things like that so it's just like Matt Beurois | YVFF (30:44.121) Yep, yep. Matt Beurois | YVFF (30:51.071) Yeah. Danny (31:02.946) It's like you go around a corner and all of a sudden you're like, Oh my God, look at this place and look at this, but this guy's doing, this is incredible. And it's a really exciting element of the area out here. It's in really just a vibrant scene. It's, it's really cool. Matt Beurois | YVFF (31:11.84) You're right. Matt Beurois | YVFF (31:18.883) It is a vibrant scene. I think we have exceptional artists around here We're gonna have once again this year at the festival many local artists competing for music videos for short films for Photography it's Every year we have more and more and I'm always amazed by the creativity of artists musicians Danny (31:31.389) Mm-hmm. Matt Beurois | YVFF (31:49.057) the mindset of people coming here? I don't know. Maybe it's because of the vortexes, because it's always been historically a place where you could be free. I think it's all connected and we all want to enjoy that and that's also a reason why we don't want the Yekavalefum festival not to become too big. It has to, I really believe, we have room to grow. Danny (32:01.832) Yeah. Danny (32:12.647) Yeah. Matt Beurois | YVFF (32:18.735) I understand that and I want that, but it's also a community film festival. Danny (32:18.978) Sure. Matt Beurois | YVFF (32:24.451) So I think to keep that and to keep a close relationship with the small businesses, with the artists, we need to keep that direct interaction between a filmmaker from LA, a photographer from, I don't know, Portland, and the local artist from Joshua Tree, the guy who does pottery in Pioneer Town. We all gather in the same place for three days, Danny (32:46.69) Mm-hmm. Matt Beurois | YVFF (32:54.345) festival has to be a platform for that. So when it becomes too big you can lose that and I really wanted the recipe of the Yikavere Film Festival to continue being, to continue serving the community. That's really the goal we have in making it. Danny (32:56.694) Yeah. Danny (33:13.062) Yeah. Well, I got to tell you, Matt, it sounds I'm like, excited and I'm jacked up to like come to the film festival. I'm really looking forward to it now. And I think it's just, you know, it sounds like an amazing event. Where is the best place for people to get more information about the film fest? Matt Beurois | YVFF (33:24.799) Thank you. Matt Beurois | YVFF (33:34.283) www.yukavadefilmfestival.com Danny (33:37.579) Okay. Matt Beurois | YVFF (33:37.867) website, www.yekevadefilmfestival.com. The program is going to be announced officially November 1st maybe a little bit before, maybe a little bit after, it depends. But we have a pretty good idea already of the program. We know we have secured more than 45 filmmakers and artists to come Matt Beurois | YVFF (34:07.921) They are going to be coming with a cinematographer and the producer and a friend and the actress and the actor and the family members so it could easily turn into more than a hundred people Just artists flocking into town to attend the festival for three days So we know already it's going to be exciting and successful and we know that Whenever you attend Friday Saturday Sunday, you're gonna meet exceptional artists and you're gonna have quality Danny (34:08.887) Yeah. Danny (34:23.732) Yeah. Matt Beurois | YVFF (34:37.841) time to talk with them and learn about filmmaking and of course watch great movies that's what it is at the end of the day the movies there's no movie we're gonna show this year that's not good every single movie is good has something to offer and a lot of them have been filmed around here so it's always like Danny (34:44.535) Yeah. Danny (34:51.782) Yeah, awesome. Matt Beurois | YVFF (35:01.595) Amazing to see how filmmakers from the outside use our use the outdoors we live in every day and how they see that and how they put it into film We have westerns comedies science-fiction dramas We have it all and we have the kids program on Saturday animated films for the kids Danny (35:06.538) Mm-hmm. Yeah. Danny (35:26.942) Oh cool, wonderful. Sounds great. I will make sure for the listeners, I'll put the show notes and, or in the show notes, I'll make sure to put the website address so you guys can find that stuff easily. And Matt, merci beaucoup. Matt Beurois | YVFF (35:40.395) Appreciate it. Matt Beurois | YVFF (35:44.331) Merci beaucoup and I hope to see you, Danny, at the festival and all the listeners. It's free admission, compliments to the Turner Yucca Valley. They really want the festival to be a place for the community to enjoy and have a good time. So it's all free, popcorn included. So just join. Thank you. Danny (36:00.462) That's amazing. I will be there.  

One thing people like to do when they're given some liberties — or when they take the liberty that's usually there for the taking, if anybody wants it bad enough — is to go on a long walk. Whether you call it a pilgrimage or walkabout or "through-hike" or country ramble, such excursions really take you out of the day-to-day, even as you occasionally rub elbows with other people doing the same thing. PLUS: Information regarding the October 20 show at Jacumba Hot Springs and the October 29 Campfire Stories at Yucca Valley's Tiny Pony Tavern. Thanks for supporting this advertising-free radio show & podcast via Patreon!Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/desertoracleSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Luke Basulto is all things desert. In this episode we talk about his journey to working in the desert conservation world, the meeting of conservation and development and, his work with the Saving Slowpoke Project. Luke's Instagram Saving Slowpoke Project  

In this special episode, I drop by my friend Harlan Emil Gruber's magical home is Yucca Valley to have a long awaited conversation for this podcast. We have been connected by a thread of synchronicity for a couple years now and connected through our shared passion for conscious innovation and art. I am a deep admirer of his work which is shared throughout many festivals and Burning Man since the late 90's. He creates Portals to The New Earth; large immersive structures which work with sound healing frequencies and sacred geometry to establish an Earth - Soul connection. We have a candid discussion about the impact of urban planning, cosmic intelligence, spaceship Earth, the future of cities, and remembering our galactic mission while still being an awkward human sometimes.Harlan's WebsitePortal's To The New Earth bookHarlan's InstagramHarlan's YoutubeSpiral Revival's InstagramAlai's InstagramThat's Just Reality bookMuch love & blessings, Alaï Margarita Canyon Miel'aqua Malaika Delmaré Zaela Starshine

October is the time for ghost stories, in this season of growing darkness. Tonight we are visited by a mysterious geist, in an ancient old city that is notorious for such restless spirits. ALSO: Details regarding the October 20, 2023, show at Jacumba Hot Springs and the October 29, 2023, edition of Campfire Stories live at the Tiny Pony in Yucca Valley. Haunted new soundscapes by RedBlueBlackSilver; written and produced by Ken Layne.Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/desertoracleSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Tonight's guests are Leslie and Stephen Shaw from Southern California, and they will be sharing their UFO and alien encounters. And also as well as their personal encounters they took the plunge and Co-authored a book called Who they are and what they're up to.More information on this episode on the podcast website:https://ufochroniclespodcast.com/who-they-are-and-what-theyre-up-to/Want to share your encounter on the show?Email: UFOChronicles@gmail.comOr Fill out Guest Form:https://forms.gle/dPxd35ii1m2ejGgU9All Links for Podcast:https://linktr.ee/UFOChroniclesPodcastPodcast Merchandise:https://www.teepublic.com/user/ufo-chronicles-podcastHelp Support UFO CHRONICLES by becoming a Patron:https://www.patreon.com/UFOChroniclespodcastTwitter:https://twitter.com/UFOchronpodcastThank you for listening!Like share and subscribe, it really helps me when people share the show on social media, it means we can reach more people, more witnesses. Without your amazing support, all this wouldn't be possible.This show is part of the Spreaker Prime Network, if you are interested in advertising on this podcast, contact us at https://www.spreaker.com/show/3395068/advertisement

Tonight's guests are Leslie and Stephen Shaw from Southern California, and they will be sharing their UFO and alien encounters. And also as well as their personal encounters they took the plunge and Co-authored a book called Who they are and what they're up to.More information on this episode on the podcast website:https://ufochroniclespodcast.com/who-they-are-and-what-theyre-up-to/Want to share your encounter on the show?Email: UFOChronicles@gmail.comOr Fill out Guest Form:https://forms.gle/dPxd35ii1m2ejGgU9All Links for Podcast:https://linktr.ee/UFOChroniclesPodcastPodcast Merchandise:https://www.teepublic.com/user/ufo-chronicles-podcastHelp Support UFO CHRONICLES by becoming a Patron:https://www.patreon.com/UFOChroniclespodcastTwitter:https://twitter.com/UFOchronpodcastThank you for listening!Like share and subscribe, it really helps me when people share the show on social media, it means we can reach more people, more witnesses. Without your amazing support, all this wouldn't be possible.This show is part of the Spreaker Prime Network, if you are interested in advertising on this podcast, contact us at https://www.spreaker.com/show/3395068/advertisement

Poetry & Beats by Dulcinee DeGuere Piano and Synths by Tao Ruspoli The boundaries of your bias Trickle, trembling With a shudder that you deny Though it wraps you in a fog So taught your veins start to pop I'm trying to rupture something I can't see But it dangles right in front of me Entangling my dreams with delusion And death The stench of which flirts, converts, and perverts The precious flames of what I thought I could be An animal A siren Anything other than this flesh How can I cauterize this wound This womb that pulses with fire, desire The dire necessity To rip skin from flesh And uncover what's underneath But somehow, always We speak of other things Freedom, And the sun Because we're scared of duration We're just fucking impatient And no one taught me how to breathe Try, and try again Try, and try when Try, and try again Try, and try when Yucca Valley, California September 7, 2023

Maggie Downs is an award-winning journalist, travel writer, and the author of the memoir Braver Than You Think:Around the World on the Trip of My (Mother's) Lifetime (Counterpoint Press). Her work has appeared in The New York Times, The Washington Post, Los Angeles Times, Palm Springs Life, and McSweeney's and has been anthologized in The Lonely Planet Travel Anthology: True Stories from the World's Best Writers and Best Women's Travel Writing. She lives in Yucca Valley, California. *** Otherppl with Brad Listi is a weekly literary podcast featuring in-depth interviews with today's leading writers. Available where podcasts are available: Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher, iHeart Radio, etc. Subscribe to Brad Listi's email newsletter. Support the show on Patreon Merch @otherppl Instagram  YouTube TikTok Email the show: letters [at] otherppl [dot] com The podcast is a proud affiliate partner of Bookshop, working to support local, independent bookstores. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

When you look at the big red danger zone in the middle of the Weather Service maps this evening, you will see that we are in it, right up at the north end of the highest predicted rainfall and flooding. Maybe that means we don't get it as bad or for as long as our friends from the border zone up through Coachella Valley to Palm Springs and Desert Hot Springs, maybe it means nothing of the sort. Prepare for a lot of rain, maybe a couple of years worth of rain. Prepare for a lot of water in a lot of place we don't often see it. And up here around Joshua Tree and Yucca Valley and 29 Palms, prepare to hang around for a while. You may not be able to get down the hill for a while.Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/desertoracleSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In this episode we chat with Stephen Przybyloski from White Label Vinyl. WLB is super rad record and denim store in downtown twentynine palms.  73517 29 Palms Highway 29 Palms CA 92277 Thursday - Monday 11:00 AM - 6:00 PM White Label Instagram HERE White Label Vinyl Website HERE    

Originally from Queens, NY, Mike started acting in New York and continued to pursue his career in Los Angelas. A battle with cancer derailed him for some time and then covid hit as he was having a secnd string of successes. HEar how his move to the desert inpsired hin to write and direct his film " Astral Plane Drifter" Go to Astral PLane Drifter webiste here Mikes Instagram here

In this episode I sit and chat with Yucca Valley based artist, Gubby Beck. She works in multiple mediums but her passion lies in metal and welding.  https://www.instagram.com/GubbyBeck/ Here new gallery is called " Open Vault Studios"  https://www.instagram.com/open.vault.studios/ https://www.gubbybeck.com/   This epsideo was brought to you by The Music FActory School Of Music https://www.theguitarfactoryoc.com/

The Lady Chilane is th host of Drag Bingo at the Out There Bar in Twentynine Palms as well as a drag and cabaret performer all around the Hi-dez.  Drag Bingo at The out There Bar is first and third Thursdays of the month https://www.instagram.com/theladychilane/  

Rich talked about how the Netflix password sharing crackdown hit home. His family members can no longer tap into his account, but he found out the hard way that you can't update your household from an Apple TV.Peter in MA called to ask why his phone won't text. He says everyone is pushing him to a new device. Rich says to try a Network Settings Reset, then a Reset All Settings, then a Factory Reset, in that order. If all of that doesn't work, it might be time for a new phone.Dan Seifert of The Verge joined Rich to discuss his review of the Amazon Fire Max 11 tablet.Brian in Washington called to ask if AI can replace the jobs of executives.Tim asks what the software is you can install on an old computer. It's Chrome OS Flex.Google is shutting down Album Archive. You can check here to see what's in there.You can get about $8 if you participate in the Google settlement.Rich's Mom joined the show to talk about AOL changes she doesn't like.Google Lens can now identify skin conditions, but it's not a diagnosis.Food Writer Jason Horn joined Rich to talk about lab grown mozzarella cheese.Marshall called to say he lost his phone and wants to know if he can locate it or recover the data. Check Google Find My Device for location and to remote erase. For data, check Google One backups, Google Keep or OneNote for notes and Google Contacts for your contact data.The National Broadband Map can show you who provides high speed internet to your address. Other helpful sites include WhistleOut and HighSpeedInternet.com. Thanks listener Jim!Linda in Yucca Valley, CA wants to know how she can manually organize her files and folders in Windows.Justin Eastzer joined me to talk Diabetes Tech!FTC lists the top text scams of 2022.Eric called in from Mexico to ask why his Yahoo email won't let him send items to spam.Mercedes adds ChatGPT. Here's how to sign up to use it in your car.Here's how to access the secret Emergency Restart function in Windows.Show Page WikiSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

In this inspiring episode, Rachael Buettell from Black Luck Vitage And Vinyl is gonna tell us how she escaped a cult and eventually opened one of the coolest vintage stores to be found anywhere.  49950 29 Palms Highway ( Highway 62) Morongo Valley , California Black Luck Instagram https://www.instagram.com/blackluckvintage/    

Today you'll hear a conversation with Evelyn! We dive into hypnotism for past life regressions, how it's connected to astral travel, tarot, astrology, and more! Evelyn Zuel - Libra Sun, Scorpio Rising, Taurus Moon - is a Korean American Astrologer, Consulting Hypnotist, Mystic, writer and forever seeker of the greater universal mysteries. She dove deep into the esoteric arts starting in 2012, when she surrendered to The Divine for the purpose of healing her body from severe eczema. The quest for personal healing exposed her to a myriad of energy practices along with multiple lifestyle changes. Evelyn studied Astrology under Franciscus Huijbregts, & Jack Taube of the Caroll Righter Astrological Foundation, Penelope Sitter, Dr. Craig Martin, and loads more. She received her Consulting Hypnotist certification through the National Guild of Hypnotists in 2020 specializing in Past Life / Age Regression Therapy. As a Tarot Reader, Evelyn blends her astrological knowledge with the Tarot in her interpretations and weaves their archetypes with planetary myths. Evelyn is also the owner of a former mystical shop, The Mystic Parlor in Yucca Valley but has since closed the retail side to continue focusing on client 1 on 1 work. Evelyn's greatest passion is guiding others on their path to self-knowing. Evelyn's website: https://www.themysticparlor.com/ Evelyn's instagram: https://www.instagram.com/themysticparlor/

Welcome to The Highway 62 Podcast. " Good food, Rad Beer and Desert Vibes..  That's the motto at Grnd Sqrl Gastropub in Twentynine Palms and on our very first episode, we're gonna hear from owner, Mike Usher. Vist Grnd Sqrl at  73471 Twentynine Palms Highway , Twentynine Palms California Instagram https://www.instagram.com/grnd.sqrl/    

Join us for an incredible conversation with our talented guest, Alexis "Alex" Hazy, a certified Harley-Davidson technician who's deeply immersed in the motorsports culture. In this episode, Alex takes us on a journey through her experiences at Motorcycle Mechanics Institute (MMI), working at a dealership, and now testing the latest innovations at Harley-Davidson's proving grounds in Yucca Valley. Together, we explore the importance of preserving the art of boring and honing and pass on this lost knowledge to the next generation of motorcyclists. We also dive into the thrilling world of motorcycle racing, where Alex shares her extraordinary family legacy and her early introduction to riding motorcycles at the age of three. We discuss her journey through motocross and drag racing, while celebrating the joy of watching our kids learn to ride and the importance of following our passions while providing for our children. Lastly, we have an open and honest conversation about mechanic life and work culture, comparing the differences between working in a dealership and an aftermarket shop, and discussing resources available for aspiring motorcyclists. Listen as we share personal experiences about the rituals of the shop and how coffee became a cherished part of our workdays. Don't miss this insightful and inspiring episode with the amazing Alex Hazy!

For this week's episode Kevin and I made the pilgrimage out to Yucca Valley to sit down with Pastor Jerel Hagerman. Pastor Jerel has one of the more amazing stories we've ever heard and both of us were deeply impacted by it. We know you will be too so don't skip this one! Big thank you to My Epic and Facedown Records for the use of their song "Hail" in our podcast!https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dz2RZThURTU&ab_channel=FacedownRecordsCalvary Chapel Joshua Springs. https://www.joshuasprings.com/Calvary Chapel Joshua Springs Instagram.https://www.instagram.com/joshuasprings/Sign up for a class at The Fire Up Program!https://fireupprogram.com/programs/Donate to The Fire Up Program.https://fireupprogram.com/donate/The Fire Up Program Instagram.https://www.instagram.com/fireup_program/Kevin's Instagram.https://www.instagram.com/kevinpwelsh/?hl=enNole's Instagram.https://www.instagram.com/nolelilley/?hl=enJoin us on Discord.https://discord.gg/rkDa9Ae27qBuy us a coffee to support the podcast.https://discord.gg/rkDa9Ae27qBuy podcast apparel.https://thefireyoucarry.threadless.com 

Meats Meier is a unique combination of artist and technical director. Not only does he create incredible biomechanical pieces with ZBrush, but he's also advanced VFX via projects including Hellboy and The Day After Tomorrow. More recently, Meats has art-directed virtual production for Obi-Wan Kenobi and Netflix's upcoming live-action adaptation of Avatar: The Last Airbender. In this balanced conversation, recorded in person at Meats' Yucca Valley residence, the artist discusses his background in computer graphics and then delves into some of the questions rapid advances in AI art pose: Is it ethical? Will it steal artists' jobs? And what does it mean for the future?

Night has fallen on the desert, and if you're in the Western Mojave around Joshua Tree National Park and all the way out to Kelso and Las Vegas, you might already have the buckets out for any newly discovered leaks in the roof, because rain is in the forecast for the whole region. Up to 80% chance of heavy rain tonight in Yucca Valley, and really getting soaked along the Mexican border, flood watch in effect from Yuma to Lake Havasu City. All because of Hurricane Kay, our tropical visitor. Our audiobook is out now, and October tour dates have been announced: New York, Oakland, Arcata, Portland, Vancouver BC, Seattle, Boise, SLC!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.