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Dennis Prager Podcasts
A highlight from Murderers Manifesto
"We get it. You're busy. You don't have time to waste on the mainstream media. That's why Salem News Channel is here. We have hosts worth watching, actually discussing the topics that matter. Andrew Wilkow, the next D 'Souza, Brandon Tatum, and more. Open debate and free speech you won't find anywhere else. We're not like the other guys. We're Salem News Channel. Watch any time on any screen for free 24 -7 at snc .tv and on local now channel 525. Hello, my friends. I'm Dennis Prager, and I hope you had a good weekend. I have delved into the question of how good a weekend or a good any day one could have when the world is so filled with evil and one has to try despair as a sin, as I have noted on a number of occasions based on my Bible commentary. Hi, everybody. Good to be with you. This is late breaking. I normally don't have the show driven by news as it breaks, but this is an important—many of them are important, but this is, I believe, worthy of immediate attention. This is from Newsweek. Conservative social media personality Steven Crowder teased the release of a manifesto allegedly written by an accused school shooter in Nashville, Tennessee, where six victims died earlier this year. Boy, I'll tell you, Newsweek is really—this sentence is so gingerly phrased. Let's see. The manifesto is allegedly written by an accused shooter, not the shooter. Six million victims died, not were murdered. In a video posted Monday, that's today, to YouTube, Crowder said the manifesto was leaked and shared screenshots of portions of the document which was believed to be written by Audrey Hale, 28, whom authorities identified as the shooter. They also said Hale, who died at the scene, once attended the school. By the way, that is interesting that they say allegedly. You say allegedly when somebody is about to stand trial, but if the person was shot at the scene, you don't say allegedly. What was Audrey Hale doing there? Checking out school curricula? No, it's a little too ginger. Anyway, I will be reading the manifesto here on this show. I wish that I wouldn't have to, Crowder said in the video. In a post to X, formerly Twitter, Crowder shared other images of the manifesto, including one part that said, I hope I have a high death count. Newsweek has been unable to independently verify that Metro Nashville Police Department spokesperson told Newsweek that the police are unable to confirm the manifesto, but said they are actively looking into the matter. Here's a question for Nashville police. Why didn't you release it immediately? Some authorities had it, and my suspicion is because the manifesto reveals, as was suspected, a left -winger and it was a trans person. So the left sort of has the view, padona misa gosh, there are no enemies on the left. And whereas if the manifesto were some racist, anti -black screed, we would have known about it immediately. So three children and three adults at Nashville's Covenant School were murdered. She later died from gunshot wounds. Shortly after the shooting occurred, this is again from this Newsweek article, police said that they had recovered a manifesto believed to have been written by hell. So why, why was it never released? The ongoing investigation into the March 27 murders of six persons inside the Covenant School continues to show, from all information currently available, that killer Audrey Hale acted totally alone. That's not the question. Well, I'll report to you. There is a report somewhere, but since I haven't seen it, I can't, I won't report it yet, about what it revealed. And it seems to me that if the report is correct, it was a big anti -white kid screed. All right. So we live in an age of moral confusion, as I have warned all of my life. And the charge against Israel that it commits genocide against the Palestinians which a charge that has been made for decades, this is not new to the current war against Hamas, is another gigantic lie of the left. But the truth is not a left -wing value. So I have data here from Statista, which has no political bias that I know of. You agree with me? I don't know. Okay, fine. Statista Infographic Newsletter. Statista puts out statistics. So this is from 2020. Growth of Palestine. Let's see now. The need for peace continues to grow in urgency as Palestine's population is growing at a larger rate than Israel. Jewish and Arab populations are on a collision course of parity in the coming decades, with Arab Israelis also growing faster than Jewish Israelis and gaining more voting power. Then there's a chart, Growth of Palestine. It begins in 1960, and the green is Palestine, the blue is Israel. They have gone from 1 .1 million to 5 .1 million in 2020. So there is a growth of essentially five times growth quintupled since 1960. The Jewish population has quadrupled, has gone up four times the Arab population of the area five times. Have you ever heard of a genocide where the people being genocided have a population growth of 5x? The lie is so grandiose, but you have to know something. The people screaming it believe it, especially those who are Palestinian or from other Arab or Muslim countries. They believe their lies. Read David Price Jones' book, The Closed Circle. You'll see that he's an Arab expert. He lived an exaggeration and lies as being very frequently in the public sphere conflated. Anyway, we're catching up. The truth is that a left wing value in the left wing dominates academia and the media. So much for the charge of genocide. The only attempt at genocide of the Palestinians and their Muslim supporters around the world, they wish to commit genocide against the Jews of Israel, perhaps all Jews in the world, but certainly Jews of Israel. That is the only genocide that can be alleged in the Middle East. Well, there was one, but I don't know. Yeah, I guess you'd call it the Middle East, of course. Do you remember the Yazidis, how they were wiped out by ISIS? Well, virtually, yeah. There was a real, let's put, an ethnic cleansing, let's put it that way. Genocide. From the river to the sea, Palestine will be free is a call for genocide. It is a call for the eradication of the Jewish state. There are 22 Arab states, from the Atlantic to the Indian Ocean, but there's no room for a Jewish state the size of New Jersey. People just always need to remember that. Should there be a 24th Arab state, one that never existed in the history of the world? I hear some Palestinian speakers actually saying, we are the descendants of the Canaanites. Did you know that? You can meet a living Canaanite. Can you meet a parasite and a Jebusite? He said he was a Jebusite? Is Arafat said he was a Jebusite? I didn't know the man had a sense of humor. And this is what your kids are learning at college. We return. Gold dealers are a dime a dozen. They're everywhere. What sets these companies apart and whom can you really trust? This is Dennis Prager for AmFed Coin and Bullion, my choice for buying precious metals. When you buy precious metals, it's imperative that you buy from a trustworthy and transparent dealer that protects your best interests. So many companies use gimmicks to take advantage of inexperienced gold and silver buyers. Be cautious of brokers offering free gold and silver or brokers that want to sell you overpriced collectible coins, claiming they appreciate more than gold and silver. What about hidden commissions and huge markups? Nick Grovitch and his team at AmFed always have your back. I trust this man. That's why I mentioned him by name. Nick's been in this industry over 42 years, and he's proud of providing transparency and fair pricing to build trusted relationships. If you're interested in buying or selling, call Nick Grovitch and his team at AmFed Coin and Bullion, 800 -221 -7694, American Federal dot com, American Federal dot com. spoke Barack Obama to his hundreds of his former aides with regard to the Middle East. And the New York Times reports he urged his former aides to, quote, take in the whole truth, seemingly attempting to strike a balance between the killings on both sides. Would he have done that in World War II? Strike a balance between the killings? Look at how many German civilians we killed. Look at how many Japanese civilians we killed. Would he have said that? I don't know, but to me it would be the same thing. The moral difference between the allies and the Nazis and the allies and the Japanese was no greater than the moral difference between Israel and Hamas. We live in the age of moral relativism. It's infected almost the entire intellectual class. I saw it when I was at graduate school at Columbia University, and professors generally equated the U .S. and the Soviet Union. It was not a battle, the Cold War in their view, between freedom and tyranny, or between, if you will, light and dark, with all the darkness that exists, obviously, in everyone and in every country. There was an unbridgeable gulf between light and dark between the United States and the Soviet Union, but they would not agree to that. It was a superpower battle or a battle of two economic systems, communism and capitalism, as if they are morally equivalent, let alone just equally effective. Well, there are people who build their society with communism and slaughter tens of millions of their people while doing it, and there's another free society which is infinitely wealthier. I remember that when I wanted to get soda from a soda machine when I was there during the Cold War, and I as know that I speak Russian, and so the machine would say, госированая вода, gas gaseous water, meaning like sparkling water. The machines were quite common in Moscow, I don't know about the rest of the Soviet Union, and there was a plastic cup like you would have in a house there, and everyone who got the sparkling water used that cup. Isn't that fascinating? One cup. I drank from it, you know me, I mean, you know, they reported internationally that I, for fork drops in a restaurant, I will actually use it. I am not, shall we say, a hypochondriac, struck but it me as an example, they didn't have the money to have a paper cup used every time and thrown away. Incidentally, I'll tell you what else moved me. I will acknowledge this, because truth is the number one obligation. Nobody stole the cup. I found that fascinating. Here's this former aide to take in the whole truth, unquote. This is Barack Obama this weekend, seemingly attempting to strike a balance between the killings on both sides. What Hamas did was horrific and there's no justification for it, Mr. Obama said, and what is also true is that the occupation and what's happening to Palestinians is unbearable. Really, what is happening to Palestinians that is unbearable? I'm not talking about the current war in Gaza, which they brought upon themselves just like the Germans did and the Japanese did. Unbearable? Really? Has he or anybody he talked to gone to visit the West Bank? Is life on the West Bank unbearable? Didn't strike me as that way, been there a number of times. All I remember was a lot of cranes building new buildings. And they're obviously having a lot of kids. Generally, having a lot of kids in an unbearable situation tend not to go hand in hand. What is true is that there are people right now who are dying, who have nothing to do with what Hamas did. There were Germans who died who had nothing to do with what Hitler did. That's correct and you blame Hitler for their deaths. You blame Hamas for the death of Palestinians in Gaza. All their money is used to buy rockets and dig tunnels everywhere, including right under hospitals. If there is such a thing as evil, Hamas is it. But after all, if you raise a generation to believe that America is evil, then evil loses its meaning, doesn't it? That is what has happened. Okay. There are no comments. It's interesting they don't have comments on me on this particular story. Dennis Ross is a major figure in Middle Eastern diplomacy. For 35 years, this former U .S. envoy to the Middle East, who has generally been critical of Israel, not anti -Israel, but critical of Israel. For 35 years, I've devoted my professional life to U .S. peacemaking policy and conflict resolution planning. Nothing has preoccupied me like finding a peaceful and lasting solution between Israel and the Palestinians. In the past, I might have favored a ceasefire with Hamas during a conflict with Israel, but today it is clear to me that peace is not going to be possible now or in the future as long as Hamas remains intact and in control of Gaza.
The Eric Metaxas Show
A highlight from Doug Giles
"Welcome to the Eric Mataxas show. We'll get you from point A to point B. But if you're looking for point C, well buddy, you're on your own. But if you'll wait right here in just about two minutes, the bus to point C will be coming right by. And now here's your Ralph Kramden of the Airways, Eric Mataxas. Folks, welcome back. In this brief segment, I'm going to talk to the author of a brand new book. Now the title of the book should be obvious. In fact, not only should it be obvious, it is obvious. The title of the book is obvious. Albin Sator is the author, obviously. Albin, everything in the book is the statement of things that we've got to say over and over because they're true and we're living in a time where people are trying to shove lies down our throats. So the book is humorous, pithy, and unfortunately important. Obvious, seeing the evil that's in plain sight, doing something about it. There's something in here. The beautiful part of this book, one of the beautiful parts of this book is your kindergarten picture. You actually, in the book, there's a picture of your kindergarten class. I could cry. It's so cute and beautiful. I know. The children are so cute, especially those two twins in the back row. I'm telling you, they're the cutest. Are you one of those twins? I'm guessing. I might be. And my identical twin brother is standing right next to me. I think. I can't tell because I can't tell us apart. Wait, are you both identical? Yeah. My mother and father assured us, let's just put it that way. Because it doesn't really, if only one of you is identical, then you can't be identical twins. That's just the way it works. There's a mirror at the end of that aisle. And I think it's just, but anyway. It's a picture of your kindergarten class. You and your twin brother are in the back row. So go ahead. Yeah. And this is okay. I'm going to give a little bit about my age here. This was the East street school that doesn't exist there anymore. They tore it down for I -279 or something like that in Pittsburgh. Anyway, but we're all lined up. This is May of 1960. Okay. This was as early as you can get in the sixties. And I talk about the specific things in the photo itself. It's besides the fact that everybody's cute and none of the kids is overweight. We're all, you know, we're all in our Sunday best as it were. There's like 22 of us. And there's another era. None of these kids is doing blow. I mean, it's an era where kindergarteners are not doing cocaine. But seriously, it's such a beautiful picture. I really could get choked up looking at it. Yeah. And I it's so funny because I'm even looking at the little girl that I found so cute. I was like, boy, I'd like to marry that one down there. And here I am five and a half years old, of course. And there's even in the middle, there's even, this is 1960 folks. There's a black baby doll among the toys in the front of the picture. I thought Mattel in 1990 came up with black baby dolls. What they had them actually in the 1960s. Oh yeah, folks. And there's like four black children in the group. And then, you know, at the time it was probably, I don't, you know, which was about, what is that about 15, 20, 20 % of the children. And we're in a neighborhood. It's like the lower middle -class neighborhood where that kindergarten was. So it was representative. And this is 1960 folks. Remember what happened at the end of 1960, how all H E double toothpicks broke out. Yeah. But anyway, that's why I love that picture. You should really spell out the word toothpicks, if you don't mind in the future. Well, or, or hockey sticks too. Either way. So this is a picture of your kindergarten class and what is the larger point that you're making? Because that's, I mean, the title of this chapter, these are all very short chapters, is what a difference a decade makes. Yes. One of the obvious things I'm stating, and the reason why I have the children there, there's an article that goes along with that. And it, I think it's titled one of the chapters racism is for losers. And my, when my mother was picking us up at the kindergarten one day, another mother, I overheard this said to my mother, Oh, look at, look at your twins. They're playing with that little black boy over there. And I talking about because our best friend, there was one of the little black boys in the school. And we didn't, we're not aware of him as being black. He was just your friend. Yeah. Because he played with the same toys and had the same, you know, kind of sense of fun that we had because we were children and nobody was saying, Hey, you know, you may think you're a little boy, but you twins, you're not identical twins. Want to use a little girl and want to use not a little girl. You see what we're talking about? Nobody was shoving any of this stuff down to anybody's throat back then. This is 1960 folks. What happened at the end? Where are we today? How far are we come? Like how far backwards have we gone? And I get fired up about this stuff, right? Well, no, it is, it's just astonishing that the, the innocence, this is one of the great crimes of our time. And this is why, ladies and gentlemen, you need to be doing your part in the war against evil, whatever that means. Running for school board, homeschooling your kids, being a poll watcher, whatever God calls you to do. Cause God has a job for every one of us, but to combat the lies, you have to face the fact. And again, this is one of the points of the book that one of the things that is obvious is the loss of innocence. And that to me is one of the most heartbreaking, maybe the most heartbreaking thing is the loss of innocence that little kids, because of the madness on the left, they're growing up in a world where they're being made aware of things that they should never be made aware of at a young age. They should not hear about this at a young age. They shouldn't be confused about sexual identity. It shouldn't be even introduced to them. And little kids are being forced to deal with this. They're being forced to deal with the concept of racism. It is so wrong to impose this kind of stuff on children. It's bad enough when you try to impose it on adults, but the idea, just looking at that picture in the book, that it really was a more innocent time.
The Eric Metaxas Show
John Zmirak Talks GOP Sellouts and America's Banana Republic
"To talk to you about some of the stuff that is happening right now. And there's with one of those complex titles, but it's about the speakership and Jim Jordan. And so shall we talk about that? Oh, sure. Yeah, that was yesterday's column. Yeah, that column was called. GOP sellouts in the House Speaker race are the peel on our banana republic. Now, do you think we live in the same kind of Democratic republic that had the Kennedy Nixon election where you had two patriotic political parties that both believed in the American system and they were just kind of squabbling over how best to implement it? I don't think that was that we're in that kind of a political divide. I don't think 2016 or 2020 were elections like 1960. They were more like elections in Germany in 1932, where totalitarians were grabbing for power and disorganized and persecuted figures of democracy were trying to resist them. So what I said in the article is, imagine I want to give people a little outside perspective on what's happening in America. So listen to this. Here's a scenario for a movie or a novel. In a country where the candidate of the ruling elites unexpectedly lost to an insurgent, the regime's secret police, official media, and permanent bureaucracy combined to thwart the people's will. They undermine frustrated, falsely prosecuted, and finally ousted the opposition candidate in a murky election full of gross irregularities, which the regime's friendly judges refuse to investigate. Protesters who demanded investigations were persecuted and imprisoned for obscure, even made up crimes. Is this sounding familiar to you, Eric?
Mike Gallagher Podcast
The Second Republican Debate Was Sort of Disastrous...
"Doesn't it feel like we're sort of just going through the motions now? And I know you're going to call me and yell at me and you're going to be mad at me because, oh, you're just a Trumper. You're a Trumpist. You're MAGA. You're just a delusional Trump supporter. Did you see that mess last night? Did you see those petulant, arguing folks on that stage and the horrible moderators and the terrible execution of one of the worst debates in television history? I am thinking about going back to before I was born with the Kennedy -Nixon debate, the famous debate that Nixon won on radio but Kennedy won on television because he was the one guy on that debate stage in 1960, I guess, who was smart enough to have somebody put some makeup on. And Nixon didn't look good, but he sounded great on radio. To people who just heard it, I mean, just think about the great historic debates of our time, the moments of clarity when somebody said, gosh, that's my guy, where the viewers said this was a moment. Well, the only moment last night was like Don Rickles over at Chuckles Comedy Club in Poughkeepsie, Chris Christie, making an absolute fool of himself. Can you imagine thinking that calling Donald Trump Donald Duck because he ducked the debate last night, can you imagine thinking that's a good idea?
DerrickTalk
6.8 Magnitude Earthquake Devastates Moracco..Over 2,000 Reported Dead
"Happy Sunday everybody, welcome to another edition of Convo Over Cigars. I'm your host, Derrick Andre Flemming at 5 .28 PM. The world is watching and praying for Morocco after a devastating 6 .8 magnitude earthquake has left over 2 ,000 people dead and is responsible for enormous damage in the historic city of Marachech. Very, very bad news for Morocco and the people of that country. A devastating earthquake just happens out of nowhere. This is the deadliest earthquake to strike the country in decades. The numbers continue to pour in. They are expecting massive, huge amounts of casualties in this huge earthquake, but the numbers, according to the latest updates, are 2 ,012 have been killed and 1 ,404 remain in critical condition, according to Morocco State TV, citing the Interior Ministry. Rescue operations are ongoing and authorities continue to pull the dead from this rubble. Obviously, you know, it's a search and rescue effort at this point. Morocco's worst earthquake ever recorded was in 1960. This was near the western city of Agadir, which killed at least 12 ,000. Many Moroccans spent Friday night on the streets fearful of aftershocks from the 6 .8 magnitude earthquake. Many Canadians who are in Morocco say this earthquake, which has killed over 2 ,000 people in the North African country, is absolutely incredible and terrifying. So we know that, you know, Montreal and there's a huge Canadian population in Morocco. Those two countries are very, very well connected. And I think it was the Canadian Prime Minister, I think his name is Trudeau, he was really working hard to try to assist the people of Morocco. Also, I read where Spain sent like 56 rescuers over there to help these people. This is a terrible situation, man. Anytime there's an earthquake, obviously, it catches people by surprise. People were not prepared for something like this. So the casualties are huge. I mean, they are expecting, I mean, the biggest, you know, earthquake ever to hit Morocco killed like 12 ,000 people. We could be looking at those kind of numbers here. From the early reports, there is no telling how many casualties are still under all that, you know, rubble. And you know, this is just a really, really very, very bad situation. So we here on Convo Over Cigars, I'm your host, Derrick Andre Flemming, we are praying for the people of Morocco. You guys have been locked into another edition of Convo Over Cigars. Happy Sunday, guys.
Divine Naples Podcast
A highlight from #439 Matt got a free pass from doctors so he dug in to German cake quickly. Rich thinks he had to pay off all doctors because he knows he is broken beyond the fixing point. Army story will explain what not to do to your wife in the car. Someone closed his wifes hand in the door of the car so he doesnt have to go to the theater. Simply news you can use in 10 years. Iron Curtain did not allow teddy bears. Episode #439 September 9th. 2023
"Another beautiful and divine day in Diva Naples here, September 9th, Saturday, 2023, and this is episode 439 from this Mike Rich and from this Mike Matt, another Saturday, it is a Saturday, I'm so happy, how was your uh checkout, doctor checkout, it was great, you got a smile on your face, I told you yesterday that I was getting a checkup for for the insurance aspect of infinite banking, we'll talk about that some other day, uh but I had an awesome time, she checked all my blood, and what did they say, and then I had an EKG that came out perfect, oh good, hold on just a second, let me, hold on just a second, oh there you go, oh there's that German cake I had to diss yesterday, I felt really bad about it, but now I'm back to destroying my body, so I'll go ahead, destroy it, let's do it, let's eat this sugar, this looks awesome, I've been doing a lot of complaining for years about German cakes, so yeah, and since they say you are, you got a free pass, yeah, let's just destroy it, let's do it, yeah, yeah, what do I care about, exactly, any diabetes or anything else, it might be a result, you just close your eyes and say you never had it, right, it's the only problem I always tell people, like the only problem is gonna be in your head, you know what I'm saying, you're gonna have to figure it out, right, explain it to yourself, you don't have to explain to anybody else, oh my gosh, it's a little frozen, isn't it, it's absolutely delicious, is that blueberry, this is blueberry cream cheese, yeah, crumbled cream cheesecake, it's German, German, but you know yesterday was fresh and you said you don't want it, so I just shove it in the freezer, make an ice cream out of it, you know what's awesome though, because you probably had no idea this, but blueberry is my favorite berry for fruit pies and cakes, you know what, if this would have onion, you would say same thing, you mean if you put a chili dog in front of my face, you didn't have a cake for 24 hours, so everything would be your favorite, oh yeah, that's true, yeah, well speaking of that, do you know what they call train carrying bubble gum, choo -choo gum, yeah, no, choo -choo train, yeah, and in your case, you know, the dog is cheap, yeah, you will find out as soon as you talk to a lawyer, yeah, right, here it is, yeah, so be careful, all right, I will, so shove a couple more forks in your opening, yeah, and then, so you can be quiet, because I have essentials to do, I will do that, why don't you get to the essentials while I shove German cake down my throat, yeah, we will still hear it, it's gonna fall down so deep, because you have nothing there, that's right, I told you not to eat 24 hours, anything, but I've been eating all day since I got done with that EKG, yeah, it's 9 p .m and this is the perfect thing to put up there, you know, ending this Saturday, put it right on top of those burgers and things I ate today, oh did you, oh yeah, you didn't tell me that, onion rings do, oh my god, where's mine, I forgot, oh yeah, I'm gonna bring you this, I'm gonna bring you that, I'm sure, you know, loyal listeners now just laughing their faces and saying, saying yeah, he was right, he always promised him something, never bring him anything, all right, yeah, you are the one on the streets, I can barely get to the garbage can, you'd be all right, yeah, well today I had a, I closed my eye, I had a nap, no, one eye, yeah, close one eye, wow, can you believe it, three minutes, did you go past three minutes, yeah, three and a half, I think, well that's, it's a record, that's a record for you, yeah, I feel so guilty, yeah, you should, yeah, Julian Bruce, Terra Ketera, Apache music, thank you for all the music that you provide us with and the song that we start our podcast with, which is Divine Ables, very signature song for us and we are always tuned into this podcast, I hope everybody else that hears that as well and sponsor of this podcast is Divine Coffee and Wine Bar, our favorite place where we're getting all our Texas tea from and you know that this giving us the jolt and the energy that we can, you know, bring these voices to your ears, beachss .com, that's the place where you wanna go if you're interested, so 250 items available, just let us know what we can bring you, we will do our best to be there between 30 to 45 minutes, there's no charge for delivery if you order more than $15, which today it's, you know, two sandwiches and stuff, it's easy to do, yeah, easy, so, you know, we're still keeping everything very reasonable, salads from $12, organic salads, sandwiches, $13, I mean, we bring it to your beach, it's freshly made in our coffee and wine bar, not speaking of the alcohol, like the beers and, you know, cocktails and wine and everything, we have everything, now, weather, how about that? I got that weather today and we're gonna have a sunny day in the beginning, it's gonna be 99 it was today and we're gonna get down to a low of 78, a little bit of rain at 9 o 'clock, about a 70 % chance, then at 10 o 'clock 50 and at 11 o 'clock 40 % chance, so we're gonna have a pretty nice day, do you think we're gonna have rain? Yeah, we're headed towards, you know, seasonal weather, it's getting lower and lower, I mean, it's still pretty hot, my friend, during the day, but that's gonna start cooling down, well, that's gonna be so nice, just open windows and then we also see that that hurricane is out there, still, but they said it slowed down a little bit and so they're hoping that it's just gonna curve back up into the Atlantic, slow down a little bit yesterday, yeah, now, five miles an hour, yeah, back to the speed, it's picked up another five, uh -oh, but it is supposed to kind of turn it back into the Atlantic, right, until they throw the spaghetti on the wall, we really don't know, yeah, we don't know, I wish they'd throw some meatballs into that spaghetti, but the speed they said is back to 160, yesterday was from 160, that's crazy, so we are back from, you know, two days ago, so, doesn't know what it's doing, I think it's like driving with your wife, you know, it's just like, have you ever drove with your ex -wife when she said something, both of them, did she ever upset you and, and, you know, this is, you never drove like that, I tried to make sure that she never drove, I learned that in the army, right, when we, when you were out of the bunker, yeah, hold on, let me just give you another Iron Curtain story, they're the, they're the, my favorite of the day now, so, uh, we were, hold on, we were probably in the army for two weeks, you know, very fresh, you still don't know what, everything smells different, you still don't know what's going on, you know, they cut your hair, you have no hair, just look like a little, like, you know, freshly born, the little dog baby, yeah, and you just, you stick the head out of the bed, it goes like, what is today, you know, you just have no idea, so every day there was a surprise, so two weeks in, they just like, uh, you know, sound the alarm, everybody full gear, and they loaded us in this, uh, you know, very sophisticated army vehicles, you know, yeah, that has absolutely, absolutely no, uh, springs or any type of, you know, uh, no shock absorbers raining, no, no suspension, so you feel little stones on, on everything, so we're going in the road, and, uh, of course, you know, the, in the cabin, there were three seats only, and, uh, you know, the older soldiers, now we're gonna sit in the, in the, on the back, which we called pig house, you know, we call it pig house, like when you're transferring pigs to slaughterhouse, that's where you put them, that's where you guys were going, so the Russian front, so you're sitting, right, so you're sitting, uh, on a bench, very, like, a very nicely cushioned bench, which was jested from piece of wood, and you have all the gear on you, right, heavy, and now imagine you're sitting, uh, on a side, uh, towards front, so you don't, you don't sit, like, in the bus, like, facing front, right, right, you're sitting on the side, so we get out of the army base, and that soldier, that older soldier, no exactly, because they did same thing to him, when he was there, yeah, but he experienced it, and I learned it, and I later on did it to my ex -wife, she really liked that, you know, you hazed your own ex -wife, I was giving her the army special, you know, just the treatment, all the time, so she did something wrong, I just, so, so what he did, all the soldiers, like, he pressed the pedal, like, to the ground, right, the truck, it takes, like, maybe half a second to pick up, right, the speed, so just, like, move forward, and then he let it go, and press the brake, and just stop, and he did it, like, maybe 15, 20 times, some guys start puking, because they couldn't, like, you're sitting side to side, right, and you're hitting each other with this heavy gear, you got car sickness, yeah, yeah, so, you know, that's what, uh, I did to my ex -wife, oh, you're horrible, so when she was, you know, just, uh, the, you know, I'm, I'm, wouldn't it have been just better to be, do it my way, just don't let her drive, no, I was driving my ex -wife, when she was telling her where to go, and what to do, oh, yeah, yeah, yeah, I'm surprised the airbag didn't explode, oh my gosh, you know, she was really close with the face to the dashboard, it's not better than my friend from England, you know, what he did to his ex -wife, no, well, she started, I think, she got upset one day, because he forgot they had the tickets to the theater, and he came, uh, you know, what do you call it, uh, socially tired, he came from this, uh, place called restaurant, you know, after work, he worked for socially gathering, yeah, and he came home socially tired, right, yeah, so, uh, he didn't want to go to the theater, he went to social gathering, he didn't want to go, he was tired, I don't want to go anywhere, well, after a few beers, he got really tired, right, so he came home, yeah, she started yelling at him that they have to go, and they have to take shower and everything, and he's, you know, kind of like, I'm not going, and all this, so, right, he said it was so much fire in the house, that he had to dress himself, and all these things, and then when he was opening the door for her to get, uh, you know, seated in the car, he slammed the door when her hand was still between the doors, did he do it on purpose, oh my god, I guess we're staying home, so he saw her hand still holding when she was getting in the car, still telling him stuff, so he just shut the door, said we end up in the ER, I told her I don't want to go to the theater, oh, I'm surprised he didn't push her back in the car and say drive yourself to the emergency room, but yes, call me when you're, so next time, get all fixed up, when your wife is telling you stuff in the car, you just pretend you're in the army, press the pedal, gas, brake, gas, brake, and if that doesn't work, slam her hand in the door, that's the treatment, uh, but that would be the, that would be definitely, that'd be the extreme, yeah, well we're getting to our segment, which is our favorite segment of, uh, I'm thinking of it, it is my favorite segment, what do you call it, uh, decades, yeah, it is, it's of the century, maybe, we've been doing this for five years, but we just started this segment last week, but I love it for five years, I do too, I love this segment for whole five years, yeah, because it is what it is, and what is this segment, we know everything that the guy who knows everything doesn't know, so there you go, that's right, and if we, if we don't know it, we'll, we'll give the answer later, yeah, we will know it, there will be time, eventually, yeah, yeah, we will get to know it, because we're, we're on the mission on, on the know, it, I love I do too, yeah, so the idea is just to bring the news around the town, the Southwest Florida, what's going on, so you, your life is a little bit more educated, so you know, these days, there are fact checkers, and all kind of different things that are providing us from finding out what really is happening, so that's why Matt and I are dedicated, we eat cake over here, drink coffee, get fed, we have little doors, so I mean, this is, there's a situation we may not gonna get out of the studio one day, but for now, we, we are able to exit, so you know, if you're listening, you may be smarter, because, yeah, because you get all kinds of information, yeah, I mean, can I give you a couple, a little bit of information you got over a couple of decades? 1960, Yeah, oil is gone in 10 years, let me give you another one, 1970s was the ice age in 10 years, so we're gonna, that kind of didn't happen, 1980s, acid rain will destroy all crops in 10 years, what's the deal with 10 years, the 90s, the ozone layer will be gone in 10 years, what year is it right now, Rich? Did it start already? I guess, and then 2000 ice caps will be gone in 10 years, so when that started, that started in 2000, well, I think, I think Al Gore need to come back and explain that to us, so what we want to do is give you news that you can use in 10 years, oh, I love it, yeah, so let me just start with this, interesting fact that happened in Ecolier County and commissioners, they actually, I guess, start thinking, you know, what to do and how to, how to, maybe they use the crystal ball, how to plan the future here, yeah, maybe, and we've been preaching this for a while, we were always saying, yes, we were, Diva and Aprils, you know, we want to bring communities together because whatever, it's gonna be day, and it's not far, but federal government is gonna be thinking, we don't have much money left, what we're gonna do and how we're gonna distribute it, maybe we're just gonna skip some of the states and states gonna say, hey, we didn't get money, so some of the counties, and this is how it's gonna go, and counties to the cities and so on and so forth, so, all the way down to the local government, you have to realize that one day you're gonna have to be your own doctor, your own, you know, lawyer, and your own gardener, and your own everything, so let's just start practicing this, let's be independent, it's like our own community, and we're coming up with solutions, our own solutions as a community and coming together, and that's what we're all about, building community, and budgets obviously are a big part of that, and we live in Collier County, I believe the greatest county in all of Florida, that's my own opinion, but now you're gonna share some information about what's going on, I mean, we have some serious issues that we're gonna have to deal with, and this, let me say this, and we get there, okay, there's two things that could happen, you either gotta cut budgets to balance the budget, or you need to raise taxes to pay for that stuff, and we can do both, you can do both, but the real thing would be is to take an assessment and find out what we really need, what programs, where we can realistically cut the budget, and the federal government is in debt, we're all in debt, and they're gonna have to finally come to grips that you just can't spend yourself into wealth, and they're gonna have to make cuts, and the way they're gonna make cuts is doing exactly what you said, they're gonna cut their funds to the states and say, you guys are now responsible for that, and where are we gonna make up the shortcomings on that, is two things like you said both, either we're gonna cut the budgets, or we're gonna raise taxes, and as citizens, and people in the community, we should be involved in that discussion, because it's gonna affect every single person one way or the other, you may be somebody that relies on some of these programs that the county's gonna start talking about, you know, the budgets, and maybe cutting, and that type of stuff, so that's why we come here and tell you, hey, be educated, we're letting you know, they're coming up with this commission meeting to start talking about the budget, and this one's gonna involve cut, and they discuss that in accounting, what they're gonna be cutting, how they're gonna be cutting, which is smarter way to do it, because they still have time, right, so I think, you know, we're going a good direction, exactly, and here we are, Diwai Naples, we would like to educate you and everybody else, instead of cutting budgets, and you know, raising taxes, why we don't just spend a little bit more money with our local businesses, because we keep them, keep them in business, and today, you know, actually yesterday, Friday, seasonal week, or in our case, two weeks of restaurant dining, for $29, $39, and $49, depends what restaurant you go to, it's available to you, so you will support our local businesses, we'll keep people employed, you know, keep the money here in our community, local taxes going into the coffer, we don't have to raise the taxes, because we just naturally, stimulating the economy, that's what it is, that's exactly right, and you brought, that's the key point right there, so if we learn this right now, we don't have to worry about it later, right, and you know, we're gonna go as far as a school district has enough money to, you know, still have teachers, and have kids in the school safe, and learning the right things, and EMS being available to come to your house quickly, because they have a full tank of gas, proper funding, yeah, proper funding, so keep this in mind, because I think it's very important, and I'm really excited that our leaders in the county are taking initiatives, and they start already, you know, this conversation, because they can, they can see the devil on the wall, yeah, the handwriting's on the wall, baby, because that's coming, no matter what, and it's the day of reckoning, they call it, and we have a lot of programs that we are preparing, one of them is, for example, Divine Naples Club, that will be just for residents of Collier County, and once you prove your residence, there's gonna be a lot of benefits you're gonna be getting, so we wanna, you know, we're gonna participate in it, we're gonna be somehow leaders into this movement as well, so you know, just keep eye on our profile, social media, website, and on EARS on this podcast, we will bring everything to your ears, yes, so that's what I have to say about community budget, you know, budgeting, and being a community, we have 23 websites in 18 languages, so you can find a lot of information that we are passionately putting together, now, that would be the most serious stone, right, and now, since it's Saturday, and you're stuffing your face, I think we should, what else is new, yeah, we should stick to food, yeah, yeah, that's, why not, yeah, that's what everybody does this weekend, right, everybody's out, you know, dining, finding dining, they only ask two crazy people, you know, sitting here, well, we're finding a way to do it here, yeah, that's true, right, we always find a way, we do, so we don't left, where there's a will, there's a way, there's no left behind, even if we call in for takeout, so I just, you know, I have nine food dishes, signature food dishes, they are so symbolic for Florida, you have ideas, oh yeah, let me start with this, I'm gonna name them, and you give me an idea of what you think about it, okay, how about this, all right, key lime pie, oh, that is a signature of Florida, and it is probably my favorite tart dish, the key lime pie is so tart, and I just love the way it's made, and there's such a different variety, different, you can get that just about at any restaurant in southwest Florida, you know, I mean, it's a staple, bro, that's the dessert of the state, right, that, I mean, that's true, and you know what's interesting about this, this was invented in Key West, in the beginning of 19th century, before even a refrigerator was invented, what did they put in it to keep it, I mean, I'm just saying, you know, the key ingredients is pie to sweetened condensed milk, yeah, so, you know, that's just like a pickled, sugar, doesn't have to be refrigerated, yeah, exactly, yeah, just so you know, if you need to, sugar sausages, it's delicious, it's delicious, gator tails, how about that, I do, but actually, I like them better in what are called gator nuggets, or gator balls, and I like them in smaller pieces, and the way I like it, I mean, some make it and saute it and do other ways, but I like it fried, there's nothing like fried gator, and I dip my gator nuggets or balls in barbecue sauce, it's my favorite, and it is a staple, again, in Florida, it's tradition, oh, I think there's been a tradition forever, since Indians, they made them, fried them, they may just ate them differently, no, they did, they've ate it, like, I'm sure that he, he didn't have alligator sushi, did you, did you live with Indians, so, you know, no, I don't know, okay, so, you don't know, I don't know, but I want to know, because we're supposed to know everything, I know, I mean, you, you pretend, like, you know, right, but maybe they do it, like, we do marshmallows, maybe they put it on a stick and roast it over the fire, that's exactly how you would do it, with sausage, yeah, let me just correct you, I mean, you always pretend, like, you know, but I'm here to make you look like you don't know, but I know, right, yeah, and to make me look, you know, like, like, you don't know, I don't know, you're right, yeah, so, Indians were always doing it, but these days, it's kind of hard to access, or get access to this food, because it's only during the open hunting season, and people that hunt for alligators need to have a license, so it's a little bit more sophisticated, but they, from the tail, there's the pieces on the top of the tail that are used for this, you know, this delicatessen, and it's only during the certain, you know, months of the year, so unless you freeze it, then you're probably gonna have it fresh, exactly, in some of the places and restaurants, there's not many of them around, but it tastes like a chicken, yeah, everything tastes like chicken, although I never say that, because gator tastes like gator to me, yeah, well, it tastes like chicken, all right, everything tastes like cabbage, do you know what that is? No, and it's, I just learned today, so we're in the know, why don't you share that with me? It's called Heart of Palm, and it's been eaten for hundreds of years, the leaves of the branches of the palm were used to construction ever, historically known for being part of the many early folks, in fact, one group of early Americans was able to repel British army attacks because of really, yeah, so part of the palm that used for construction, they also eat and they make, you know, oh, that's right, it's, they have it in cans, right? Yeah, yeah, so that's, that's, you know, the palm is all around us, we just don't know which one it is, I know, and that's just, you know, I guess back to Indians, yeah, game, there you go, conch fritters, oh, I love crunk fritters, and those things are fried also, did you know what they call that? Escargot of Florida, that's right, because the actual meat is actually a snail, most people probably wouldn't eat it if they'd known that, but usually it's chopped up and put in a fritter, a batter and fried, it's delicious, you ever had it? I don't think so, because I don't eat seafood, I don't play the balls, and I don't watch TV, would you like me to bring it so you can try it one time, it's more like a hush puppy, let me bring it, you can have it, okay, no, I don't, I don't eat seafood, well I love them, and whenever I have a go to a restaurant that has them, I try to make that my appetizer, the dish originates from Bahamas, but it's, it transfers to the kivas, that's where it starts, you know, spreading north from there, so it just gives you an idea, fried green tomatoes, oh I love it, you ever seen that movie, no, which movie, it's a movie, fried green tomatoes, but anyway, they're delicious, you ever had those, you don't like fried food, no, I don't eat much, you eat fried chicken though, well the chicken tenders, you eat fried chicken too, not much, if I bring fried chicken here to you, you're gonna eat it, I'm gonna get you Popeyes, I don't think I've ever had it, yeah, well I think I'll bring you some Popeyes, you might like it, I'm not a big Kentucky fried chicken fan, well we're gonna talk about it today, remind me, okay, yeah, all right, when we're gonna go into the national days, something important you need to know, okay, public subs, that's really interesting, yeah, you know what, I really like their bread, because bread is a sandwich, and we are, we were able to even make better sandwich with our ciabatta bread, oh yeah, and we're getting, we're getting actually, reviews, I mean a lot of people just love our sandwiches, because the ciabatta bread comes out crispy, so crispy, and we balanced all these flavors, you know, we have, strategically, yeah, we have mustards, we have tomato, greens, pickles, European pickles, meat, cheese on the sandwich, I mean, you know, we just balanced it so nicely, the sandwich from Publix is good, but it's just, I think, too big, and also, you know, there's just a lot of bread in it, right, and our sandwich is not that much bread, but it's more crispier, so it's more like a baguette, crispier type of thing, and I just love our ciabatta, I love the little charred bit a bit on it, it's just, the flavor is great, yeah, well, then we invite people, oysters, yep, and then we have a lot of oyster bars around here, Pelican Larry's is known for it, I'm not a big raw oyster fan, I like them fried, and I like them on bread, yeah, well, a sandwich, a poor boy, somebody just posted something on the social media, how they were trying to eat oysters, and they see these little maggots coming through it, after they put lemon on it, I never had oysters, I don't like them, so if you are going for oysters, be careful, make sure you don't get it because they are raw, so it could be a lot of parasites and a lot of bacteria, so just be careful, you know, it could be a problem. Strawberry shortcake, yes, well, what do you tell me? I love it, you don't like it? I like it, I like the cake, it's usually a shortbread cake, little round circle, some people make them scratch, you can buy them in grocery stores, and you just cut up your strawberries, you can add a little syrup to it if you like, to make it a little sweeter, I like to just have mine fresh with the strawberry juice, and then whipped cream, now I would love to have your special German whipped cream on one of those, and a little touch for me is to sprinkle a little bit of nuts on top of it, that's my own personal way of doing strawberry shortcake, but I love it. Great idea, but you know what, it's really interesting to know that strawberry shortcake came from Florida, and it's from town that is called Plant City, and it's the smallest town in Helzberg County, about 15 minutes from Tampa, and they produce 15 % of the strawberries sold in the United States.
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A highlight from #439 Matt got a free pass from doctors so he dug in to German cake quickly. Rich thinks he had to pay off all doctors because he knows he is broken beyond the fixing point. Army story will explain what not to do to your wife in the car. Someone closed his wifes hand in the door of the car so he doesnt have to go to the theater. Simply news you can use in 10 years. Iron Curtain did not allow teddy bears. Episode #439 September 9th. 2023
"Another beautiful and divine day in Diva Naples here, September 9th, Saturday, 2023, and this is episode 439 from this Mike Rich and from this Mike Matt, another Saturday, it is a Saturday, I'm so happy, how was your uh checkout, doctor checkout, it was great, you got a smile on your face, I told you yesterday that I was getting a checkup for for the insurance aspect of infinite banking, we'll talk about that some other day, uh but I had an awesome time, she checked all my blood, and what did they say, and then I had an EKG that came out perfect, oh good, hold on just a second, let me, hold on just a second, oh there you go, oh there's that German cake I had to diss yesterday, I felt really bad about it, but now I'm back to destroying my body, so I'll go ahead, destroy it, let's do it, let's eat this sugar, this looks awesome, I've been doing a lot of complaining for years about German cakes, so yeah, and since they say you are, you got a free pass, yeah, let's just destroy it, let's do it, yeah, yeah, what do I care about, exactly, any diabetes or anything else, it might be a result, you just close your eyes and say you never had it, right, it's the only problem I always tell people, like the only problem is gonna be in your head, you know what I'm saying, you're gonna have to figure it out, right, explain it to yourself, you don't have to explain to anybody else, oh my gosh, it's a little frozen, isn't it, it's absolutely delicious, is that blueberry, this is blueberry cream cheese, yeah, crumbled cream cheesecake, it's German, German, but you know yesterday was fresh and you said you don't want it, so I just shove it in the freezer, make an ice cream out of it, you know what's awesome though, because you probably had no idea this, but blueberry is my favorite berry for fruit pies and cakes, you know what, if this would have onion, you would say same thing, you mean if you put a chili dog in front of my face, you didn't have a cake for 24 hours, so everything would be your favorite, oh yeah, that's true, yeah, well speaking of that, do you know what they call train carrying bubble gum, choo -choo gum, yeah, no, choo -choo train, yeah, and in your case, you know, the dog is cheap, yeah, you will find out as soon as you talk to a lawyer, yeah, right, here it is, yeah, so be careful, all right, I will, so shove a couple more forks in your opening, yeah, and then, so you can be quiet, because I have essentials to do, I will do that, why don't you get to the essentials while I shove German cake down my throat, yeah, we will still hear it, it's gonna fall down so deep, because you have nothing there, that's right, I told you not to eat 24 hours, anything, but I've been eating all day since I got done with that EKG, yeah, it's 9 p .m and this is the perfect thing to put up there, you know, ending this Saturday, put it right on top of those burgers and things I ate today, oh did you, oh yeah, you didn't tell me that, onion rings do, oh my god, where's mine, I forgot, oh yeah, I'm gonna bring you this, I'm gonna bring you that, I'm sure, you know, loyal listeners now just laughing their faces and saying, saying yeah, he was right, he always promised him something, never bring him anything, all right, yeah, you are the one on the streets, I can barely get to the garbage can, you'd be all right, yeah, well today I had a, I closed my eye, I had a nap, no, one eye, yeah, close one eye, wow, can you believe it, three minutes, did you go past three minutes, yeah, three and a half, I think, well that's, it's a record, that's a record for you, yeah, I feel so guilty, yeah, you should, yeah, Julian Bruce, Terra Ketera, Apache music, thank you for all the music that you provide us with and the song that we start our podcast with, which is Divine Ables, very signature song for us and we are always tuned into this podcast, I hope everybody else that hears that as well and sponsor of this podcast is Divine Coffee and Wine Bar, our favorite place where we're getting all our Texas tea from and you know that this giving us the jolt and the energy that we can, you know, bring these voices to your ears, beachss .com, that's the place where you wanna go if you're interested, so 250 items available, just let us know what we can bring you, we will do our best to be there between 30 to 45 minutes, there's no charge for delivery if you order more than $15, which today it's, you know, two sandwiches and stuff, it's easy to do, yeah, easy, so, you know, we're still keeping everything very reasonable, salads from $12, organic salads, sandwiches, $13, I mean, we bring it to your beach, it's freshly made in our coffee and wine bar, not speaking of the alcohol, like the beers and, you know, cocktails and wine and everything, we have everything, now, weather, how about that? I got that weather today and we're gonna have a sunny day in the beginning, it's gonna be 99 it was today and we're gonna get down to a low of 78, a little bit of rain at 9 o 'clock, about a 70 % chance, then at 10 o 'clock 50 and at 11 o 'clock 40 % chance, so we're gonna have a pretty nice day, do you think we're gonna have rain? Yeah, we're headed towards, you know, seasonal weather, it's getting lower and lower, I mean, it's still pretty hot, my friend, during the day, but that's gonna start cooling down, well, that's gonna be so nice, just open windows and then we also see that that hurricane is out there, still, but they said it slowed down a little bit and so they're hoping that it's just gonna curve back up into the Atlantic, slow down a little bit yesterday, yeah, now, five miles an hour, yeah, back to the speed, it's picked up another five, uh -oh, but it is supposed to kind of turn it back into the Atlantic, right, until they throw the spaghetti on the wall, we really don't know, yeah, we don't know, I wish they'd throw some meatballs into that spaghetti, but the speed they said is back to 160, yesterday was from 160, that's crazy, so we are back from, you know, two days ago, so, doesn't know what it's doing, I think it's like driving with your wife, you know, it's just like, have you ever drove with your ex -wife when she said something, both of them, did she ever upset you and, and, you know, this is, you never drove like that, I tried to make sure that she never drove, I learned that in the army, right, when we, when you were out of the bunker, yeah, hold on, let me just give you another Iron Curtain story, they're the, they're the, my favorite of the day now, so, uh, we were, hold on, we were probably in the army for two weeks, you know, very fresh, you still don't know what, everything smells different, you still don't know what's going on, you know, they cut your hair, you have no hair, just look like a little, like, you know, freshly born, the little dog baby, yeah, and you just, you stick the head out of the bed, it goes like, what is today, you know, you just have no idea, so every day there was a surprise, so two weeks in, they just like, uh, you know, sound the alarm, everybody full gear, and they loaded us in this, uh, you know, very sophisticated army vehicles, you know, yeah, that has absolutely, absolutely no, uh, springs or any type of, you know, uh, no shock absorbers raining, no, no suspension, so you feel little stones on, on everything, so we're going in the road, and, uh, of course, you know, the, in the cabin, there were three seats only, and, uh, you know, the older soldiers, now we're gonna sit in the, in the, on the back, which we called pig house, you know, we call it pig house, like when you're transferring pigs to slaughterhouse, that's where you put them, that's where you guys were going, so the Russian front, so you're sitting, right, so you're sitting, uh, on a bench, very, like, a very nicely cushioned bench, which was jested from piece of wood, and you have all the gear on you, right, heavy, and now imagine you're sitting, uh, on a side, uh, towards front, so you don't, you don't sit, like, in the bus, like, facing front, right, right, you're sitting on the side, so we get out of the army base, and that soldier, that older soldier, no exactly, because they did same thing to him, when he was there, yeah, but he experienced it, and I learned it, and I later on did it to my ex -wife, she really liked that, you know, you hazed your own ex -wife, I was giving her the army special, you know, just the treatment, all the time, so she did something wrong, I just, so, so what he did, all the soldiers, like, he pressed the pedal, like, to the ground, right, the truck, it takes, like, maybe half a second to pick up, right, the speed, so just, like, move forward, and then he let it go, and press the brake, and just stop, and he did it, like, maybe 15, 20 times, some guys start puking, because they couldn't, like, you're sitting side to side, right, and you're hitting each other with this heavy gear, you got car sickness, yeah, yeah, so, you know, that's what, uh, I did to my ex -wife, oh, you're horrible, so when she was, you know, just, uh, the, you know, I'm, I'm, wouldn't it have been just better to be, do it my way, just don't let her drive, no, I was driving my ex -wife, when she was telling her where to go, and what to do, oh, yeah, yeah, yeah, I'm surprised the airbag didn't explode, oh my gosh, you know, she was really close with the face to the dashboard, it's not better than my friend from England, you know, what he did to his ex -wife, no, well, she started, I think, she got upset one day, because he forgot they had the tickets to the theater, and he came, uh, you know, what do you call it, uh, socially tired, he came from this, uh, place called restaurant, you know, after work, he worked for socially gathering, yeah, and he came home socially tired, right, yeah, so, uh, he didn't want to go to the theater, he went to social gathering, he didn't want to go, he was tired, I don't want to go anywhere, well, after a few beers, he got really tired, right, so he came home, yeah, she started yelling at him that they have to go, and they have to take shower and everything, and he's, you know, kind of like, I'm not going, and all this, so, right, he said it was so much fire in the house, that he had to dress himself, and all these things, and then when he was opening the door for her to get, uh, you know, seated in the car, he slammed the door when her hand was still between the doors, did he do it on purpose, oh my god, I guess we're staying home, so he saw her hand still holding when she was getting in the car, still telling him stuff, so he just shut the door, said we end up in the ER, I told her I don't want to go to the theater, oh, I'm surprised he didn't push her back in the car and say drive yourself to the emergency room, but yes, call me when you're, so next time, get all fixed up, when your wife is telling you stuff in the car, you just pretend you're in the army, press the pedal, gas, brake, gas, brake, and if that doesn't work, slam her hand in the door, that's the treatment, uh, but that would be the, that would be definitely, that'd be the extreme, yeah, well we're getting to our segment, which is our favorite segment of, uh, I'm thinking of it, it is my favorite segment, what do you call it, uh, decades, yeah, it is, it's of the century, maybe, we've been doing this for five years, but we just started this segment last week, but I love it for five years, I do too, I love this segment for whole five years, yeah, because it is what it is, and what is this segment, we know everything that the guy who knows everything doesn't know, so there you go, that's right, and if we, if we don't know it, we'll, we'll give the answer later, yeah, we will know it, there will be time, eventually, yeah, yeah, we will get to know it, because we're, we're on the mission on, on the know, it, I love I do too, yeah, so the idea is just to bring the news around the town, the Southwest Florida, what's going on, so you, your life is a little bit more educated, so you know, these days, there are fact checkers, and all kind of different things that are providing us from finding out what really is happening, so that's why Matt and I are dedicated, we eat cake over here, drink coffee, get fed, we have little doors, so I mean, this is, there's a situation we may not gonna get out of the studio one day, but for now, we, we are able to exit, so you know, if you're listening, you may be smarter, because, yeah, because you get all kinds of information, yeah, I mean, can I give you a couple, a little bit of information you got over a couple of decades? 1960, Yeah, oil is gone in 10 years, let me give you another one, 1970s was the ice age in 10 years, so we're gonna, that kind of didn't happen, 1980s, acid rain will destroy all crops in 10 years, what's the deal with 10 years, the 90s, the ozone layer will be gone in 10 years, what year is it right now, Rich? Did it start already? I guess, and then 2000 ice caps will be gone in 10 years, so when that started, that started in 2000, well, I think, I think Al Gore need to come back and explain that to us, so what we want to do is give you news that you can use in 10 years, oh, I love it, yeah, so let me just start with this, interesting fact that happened in Ecolier County and commissioners, they actually, I guess, start thinking, you know, what to do and how to, how to, maybe they use the crystal ball, how to plan the future here, yeah, maybe, and we've been preaching this for a while, we were always saying, yes, we were, Diva and Aprils, you know, we want to bring communities together because whatever, it's gonna be day, and it's not far, but federal government is gonna be thinking, we don't have much money left, what we're gonna do and how we're gonna distribute it, maybe we're just gonna skip some of the states and states gonna say, hey, we didn't get money, so some of the counties, and this is how it's gonna go, and counties to the cities and so on and so forth, so, all the way down to the local government, you have to realize that one day you're gonna have to be your own doctor, your own, you know, lawyer, and your own gardener, and your own everything, so let's just start practicing this, let's be independent, it's like our own community, and we're coming up with solutions, our own solutions as a community and coming together, and that's what we're all about, building community, and budgets obviously are a big part of that, and we live in Collier County, I believe the greatest county in all of Florida, that's my own opinion, but now you're gonna share some information about what's going on, I mean, we have some serious issues that we're gonna have to deal with, and this, let me say this, and we get there, okay, there's two things that could happen, you either gotta cut budgets to balance the budget, or you need to raise taxes to pay for that stuff, and we can do both, you can do both, but the real thing would be is to take an assessment and find out what we really need, what programs, where we can realistically cut the budget, and the federal government is in debt, we're all in debt, and they're gonna have to finally come to grips that you just can't spend yourself into wealth, and they're gonna have to make cuts, and the way they're gonna make cuts is doing exactly what you said, they're gonna cut their funds to the states and say, you guys are now responsible for that, and where are we gonna make up the shortcomings on that, is two things like you said both, either we're gonna cut the budgets, or we're gonna raise taxes, and as citizens, and people in the community, we should be involved in that discussion, because it's gonna affect every single person one way or the other, you may be somebody that relies on some of these programs that the county's gonna start talking about, you know, the budgets, and maybe cutting, and that type of stuff, so that's why we come here and tell you, hey, be educated, we're letting you know, they're coming up with this commission meeting to start talking about the budget, and this one's gonna involve cut, and they discuss that in accounting, what they're gonna be cutting, how they're gonna be cutting, which is smarter way to do it, because they still have time, right, so I think, you know, we're going a good direction, exactly, and here we are, Diwai Naples, we would like to educate you and everybody else, instead of cutting budgets, and you know, raising taxes, why we don't just spend a little bit more money with our local businesses, because we keep them, keep them in business, and today, you know, actually yesterday, Friday, seasonal week, or in our case, two weeks of restaurant dining, for $29, $39, and $49, depends what restaurant you go to, it's available to you, so you will support our local businesses, we'll keep people employed, you know, keep the money here in our community, local taxes going into the coffer, we don't have to raise the taxes, because we just naturally, stimulating the economy, that's what it is, that's exactly right, and you brought, that's the key point right there, so if we learn this right now, we don't have to worry about it later, right, and you know, we're gonna go as far as a school district has enough money to, you know, still have teachers, and have kids in the school safe, and learning the right things, and EMS being available to come to your house quickly, because they have a full tank of gas, proper funding, yeah, proper funding, so keep this in mind, because I think it's very important, and I'm really excited that our leaders in the county are taking initiatives, and they start already, you know, this conversation, because they can, they can see the devil on the wall, yeah, the handwriting's on the wall, baby, because that's coming, no matter what, and it's the day of reckoning, they call it, and we have a lot of programs that we are preparing, one of them is, for example, Divine Naples Club, that will be just for residents of Collier County, and once you prove your residence, there's gonna be a lot of benefits you're gonna be getting, so we wanna, you know, we're gonna participate in it, we're gonna be somehow leaders into this movement as well, so you know, just keep eye on our profile, social media, website, and on EARS on this podcast, we will bring everything to your ears, yes, so that's what I have to say about community budget, you know, budgeting, and being a community, we have 23 websites in 18 languages, so you can find a lot of information that we are passionately putting together, now, that would be the most serious stone, right, and now, since it's Saturday, and you're stuffing your face, I think we should, what else is new, yeah, we should stick to food, yeah, yeah, that's, why not, yeah, that's what everybody does this weekend, right, everybody's out, you know, dining, finding dining, they only ask two crazy people, you know, sitting here, well, we're finding a way to do it here, yeah, that's true, right, we always find a way, we do, so we don't left, where there's a will, there's a way, there's no left behind, even if we call in for takeout, so I just, you know, I have nine food dishes, signature food dishes, they are so symbolic for Florida, you have ideas, oh yeah, let me start with this, I'm gonna name them, and you give me an idea of what you think about it, okay, how about this, all right, key lime pie, oh, that is a signature of Florida, and it is probably my favorite tart dish, the key lime pie is so tart, and I just love the way it's made, and there's such a different variety, different, you can get that just about at any restaurant in southwest Florida, you know, I mean, it's a staple, bro, that's the dessert of the state, right, that, I mean, that's true, and you know what's interesting about this, this was invented in Key West, in the beginning of 19th century, before even a refrigerator was invented, what did they put in it to keep it, I mean, I'm just saying, you know, the key ingredients is pie to sweetened condensed milk, yeah, so, you know, that's just like a pickled, sugar, doesn't have to be refrigerated, yeah, exactly, yeah, just so you know, if you need to, sugar sausages, it's delicious, it's delicious, gator tails, how about that, I do, but actually, I like them better in what are called gator nuggets, or gator balls, and I like them in smaller pieces, and the way I like it, I mean, some make it and saute it and do other ways, but I like it fried, there's nothing like fried gator, and I dip my gator nuggets or balls in barbecue sauce, it's my favorite, and it is a staple, again, in Florida, it's tradition, oh, I think there's been a tradition forever, since Indians, they made them, fried them, they may just ate them differently, no, they did, they've ate it, like, I'm sure that he, he didn't have alligator sushi, did you, did you live with Indians, so, you know, no, I don't know, okay, so, you don't know, I don't know, but I want to know, because we're supposed to know everything, I know, I mean, you, you pretend, like, you know, right, but maybe they do it, like, we do marshmallows, maybe they put it on a stick and roast it over the fire, that's exactly how you would do it, with sausage, yeah, let me just correct you, I mean, you always pretend, like, you know, but I'm here to make you look like you don't know, but I know, right, yeah, and to make me look, you know, like, like, you don't know, I don't know, you're right, yeah, so, Indians were always doing it, but these days, it's kind of hard to access, or get access to this food, because it's only during the open hunting season, and people that hunt for alligators need to have a license, so it's a little bit more sophisticated, but they, from the tail, there's the pieces on the top of the tail that are used for this, you know, this delicatessen, and it's only during the certain, you know, months of the year, so unless you freeze it, then you're probably gonna have it fresh, exactly, in some of the places and restaurants, there's not many of them around, but it tastes like a chicken, yeah, everything tastes like chicken, although I never say that, because gator tastes like gator to me, yeah, well, it tastes like chicken, all right, everything tastes like cabbage, do you know what that is? No, and it's, I just learned today, so we're in the know, why don't you share that with me? It's called Heart of Palm, and it's been eaten for hundreds of years, the leaves of the branches of the palm were used to construction ever, historically known for being part of the many early folks, in fact, one group of early Americans was able to repel British army attacks because of really, yeah, so part of the palm that used for construction, they also eat and they make, you know, oh, that's right, it's, they have it in cans, right? Yeah, yeah, so that's, that's, you know, the palm is all around us, we just don't know which one it is, I know, and that's just, you know, I guess back to Indians, yeah, game, there you go, conch fritters, oh, I love crunk fritters, and those things are fried also, did you know what they call that? Escargot of Florida, that's right, because the actual meat is actually a snail, most people probably wouldn't eat it if they'd known that, but usually it's chopped up and put in a fritter, a batter and fried, it's delicious, you ever had it? I don't think so, because I don't eat seafood, I don't play the balls, and I don't watch TV, would you like me to bring it so you can try it one time, it's more like a hush puppy, let me bring it, you can have it, okay, no, I don't, I don't eat seafood, well I love them, and whenever I have a go to a restaurant that has them, I try to make that my appetizer, the dish originates from Bahamas, but it's, it transfers to the kivas, that's where it starts, you know, spreading north from there, so it just gives you an idea, fried green tomatoes, oh I love it, you ever seen that movie, no, which movie, it's a movie, fried green tomatoes, but anyway, they're delicious, you ever had those, you don't like fried food, no, I don't eat much, you eat fried chicken though, well the chicken tenders, you eat fried chicken too, not much, if I bring fried chicken here to you, you're gonna eat it, I'm gonna get you Popeyes, I don't think I've ever had it, yeah, well I think I'll bring you some Popeyes, you might like it, I'm not a big Kentucky fried chicken fan, well we're gonna talk about it today, remind me, okay, yeah, all right, when we're gonna go into the national days, something important you need to know, okay, public subs, that's really interesting, yeah, you know what, I really like their bread, because bread is a sandwich, and we are, we were able to even make better sandwich with our ciabatta bread, oh yeah, and we're getting, we're getting actually, reviews, I mean a lot of people just love our sandwiches, because the ciabatta bread comes out crispy, so crispy, and we balanced all these flavors, you know, we have, strategically, yeah, we have mustards, we have tomato, greens, pickles, European pickles, meat, cheese on the sandwich, I mean, you know, we just balanced it so nicely, the sandwich from Publix is good, but it's just, I think, too big, and also, you know, there's just a lot of bread in it, right, and our sandwich is not that much bread, but it's more crispier, so it's more like a baguette, crispier type of thing, and I just love our ciabatta, I love the little charred bit a bit on it, it's just, the flavor is great, yeah, well, then we invite people, oysters, yep, and then we have a lot of oyster bars around here, Pelican Larry's is known for it, I'm not a big raw oyster fan, I like them fried, and I like them on bread, yeah, well, a sandwich, a poor boy, somebody just posted something on the social media, how they were trying to eat oysters, and they see these little maggots coming through it, after they put lemon on it, I never had oysters, I don't like them, so if you are going for oysters, be careful, make sure you don't get it because they are raw, so it could be a lot of parasites and a lot of bacteria, so just be careful, you know, it could be a problem. Strawberry shortcake, yes, well, what do you tell me? I love it, you don't like it? I like it, I like the cake, it's usually a shortbread cake, little round circle, some people make them scratch, you can buy them in grocery stores, and you just cut up your strawberries, you can add a little syrup to it if you like, to make it a little sweeter, I like to just have mine fresh with the strawberry juice, and then whipped cream, now I would love to have your special German whipped cream on one of those, and a little touch for me is to sprinkle a little bit of nuts on top of it, that's my own personal way of doing strawberry shortcake, but I love it. Great idea, but you know what, it's really interesting to know that strawberry shortcake came from Florida, and it's from town that is called Plant City, and it's the smallest town in Helzberg County, about 15 minutes from Tampa, and they produce 15 % of the strawberries sold in the United States.
Fading Memories: Alzheimer's Caregiver Support
A highlight from 288 - From Stress Relief to Joyful Moments: The Many Roles of Music in Caregiving
"The music is always changing so some songs are triggering a memory and others maybe they're just tapping along to and so it's probably the same you could experience this for yourself if you just played a a set list of songs from an era gone by songs you haven't heard in 10 or 20 years some of them are going to make you pick up and go oh this yeah i remember this one and some of them will make you sing along but others you might just kind of enjoy in the background and um and so that's kind of what's happening it's the amount of stimulation is completely personal and experiences like Roy's are unfortunately not that common they happen i'd say five to ten percent of the time um but for everybody we see lifts in mood improvements in sleep um and and those a reduction in those things like anxiety and aggravation and so on music can uniquely transport individuals with dementia to specific moments in their past eliciting reminiscence and triggering positive emotions it can reduce anxiety and agitation creating a calming and soothing environment caregivers often use personalized playlists incorporating songs from the individual's youth or culturally significant music to promote engagement and spark memories but what if you can't find the right music to connect with your loved one that was my situation which made me the ideal person to chat with steven hunt of vera an app that helps you find the specific pieces of music that will likely invoke all of the positive benefits that i just listed welcome to fading memories the podcast for caregivers of loved ones with dementia i'm your host jennifer finke my mom had alzheimer's for 20 years and when i went looking for answers i had to start a podcast to find them join me as we navigate the challenges of dementia caregiving through personal stories expert interviews and practical advice we'll explore effective communication strategies stress management techniques and ways to cope with the emotional journey this podcast is your beacon of support and empowerment let's share our experiences find solace and discover the strength within us get ready to embark on a transformative caregiving journey with fading memories if you're looking for additional advice be sure to sign up for our weekly email newsletter it's brief gives you great advice you can read it in less than five minutes and you know where to find the link in the website on the show notes we're working on subscriber only information and specials so you're not going to want to miss out unfortunately it's part of our modern world that some people will look to prey on the most vulnerable members of our society with modern technology scammers have more avenues to exploit people than ever before americans over the age of 65 especially those living with alzheimer's and dementia are receiving an average of almost 200 unwanted landline calls every week that's more than 28 calls a day from bad actors trying to defraud our loved ones even worse nearly 10 of 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from the it's kind of exciting to talk to somebody on the whole other side of the world with me is stephen hunt he is the co -founder of music health it's an app that is designed for many mental health purposes but it's also got a connection for those of us taking care of a loved one with dementia so thanks for joining me stephen do you go by steve or stephen uh steve okay stick with that jennifer a little zoom box says steven so so tell me about yourself before we were before i hit record you were giving me the details on your family history of lovely diseases like mine so start wherever you'd like to start with yeah well i'd like to start with um so music health as a as a company we started it with a mission to reintegrate music into health care and the premise here is that if you look at any ancient human civilization whether it be the aztecs the incas or the indigenous people of australia they all use music to heal and so this has been going back over 40 000 years in fact the indigenous people of australia used one of these it's the oldest recorded form of music therapy which takes back 40 000 years and we've forgotten all about that because we invented pharmaceuticals and we just now prescribe a drug and hope that's going to fix the problem uh but we really see it out in our company that there's an opportunity to reintegrate music into health care very broadly and we're starting with dementia because in than any pharmaceutical and as we know most pharmaceuticals aren't really making any difference with dementia we're nowhere near a cure nothing's really cutting through we're kind of just treating little symptoms here and there and and often the people that we start to work with have this massive cocktail of drugs they're on that are trying to compensate for each other's side effects and it's just their brains are even more scrambled um so but we've seen with music that it can completely transform them and i guess what drew me to this is as you said a personal connection my grandfather experienced alzheimer's disease when i was in my teens and i was watched him go through that progression with my grandmother who was caring for him and as i'm sure everybody who listens to this would know that's really heartbreaking for anybody to experience and incredibly difficult um but i was a musician as you can see i've got a few instruments behind me and um and i used to play music and it used to soothe him and kind of change and transform him and at the time i had no idea why i didn't know the science of it but but anyway but my grandmother also developed dementia but lived to the age of 100 so i think she was entitled to lose a few memories there um and um and yeah and i i was working in the music industry and a good friend of mine who was a who's now my co -founder nick um came to me one day with the film alive inside and i don't know have you ever seen it um i haven't seen it but i actually did an episode about it with a gentleman that was involved amazing so it's if you don't want to watch the whole thing which i do highly recommend bring the tissues um but if you don't have time even just going on youtube you can watch a few short clips and you'll get the idea um but that film was demonstrating the music and memory program which um which is incredible and that inspired us so what you what you see is this transformative effect of someone who is experiencing dementia is quite lost in space and time they don't know where they are um they don't know who their carers are they're probably feeling a little afraid and and that fear can manifest into either you know regretting regressing sorry into anxiety and depression or expressing in a much more aggressive and agitated manner and and neither of those are good um but both are very difficult to manage for carer and when they play music to these people that is from their past that's personally significant to them they become alive and hence the name of the movie it it quickens and they they seem to come back they seem to get a better use of their faculties they can move their body they can talk they can swallow and eat um and they can remember faces much more readily because what's happening is the music is stimulating their long -term memory and for some reason alzheimer's and dementia doesn't really affect the musical memory that they remain intact same with poetry it's kind of two really weird things like you'll find people who can't remember their wife and can't even remember their own name can just recount poems if they've learned them and sing along to songs and um and it's beautiful to watch and and when we get them into that stimulated state inviting them to maybe come and do hygiene care in the somebody who is much more aware of where they are in space and time they're much less likely to feel anxious and and scared and therefore you can actually engage and interact with them much more readily so so we created an app called vera and that's our first product which is designed for the carers of people living with dementia to be able to get this effect as easily as possible and do it as often as possible as well and and we see in a really advanced state that the carer is using the music when the person wakes up to help them get dressed and out of bed and get them moving they're using it to set the scene for for meals they're using it to to set the scene for washing and hygiene as i said um all these different things and even conversing and spending time with people because when these songs come up that they recognize they bring along beautiful memories and um and we can talk about those and relive them with the person and some of the most beautiful things i've seen in my work are when the family members are hearing memories for the first time that the songs have triggered and they're like oh we didn't even know about that you know and that's such a beautiful thing to get when you know your family member often at that stage can't even remember who you are um so so yeah that hopefully gives you a bit of a summary of the journey so far and what we're trying to do well and we're going to get into it a little bit more but i truly wish you guys had been around when my mom was still alive i had talked to a musician he was also a singer and we we talked about my struggle of finding music that my mom connected to i tried you know the era that she was in high school and maybe music that i remembered being played in the home when i was a kid although i think most of that was my dad and it just he suggested this one past guest he's like well you'll probably have to go through a hundred songs to find you know five to ten and i was like i can't even come up with a hundred songs that seem to be even close so that was the first struggle i did have a little success when i i thought back to my childhood and what my grandmother played when we were at her house i figured if i could remember it then maybe it would work with my mom and it it had it was better than the previous attempts but it was it was so frustrating and so i didn't get what you were talking about just a moment ago so i gave up but yeah you guys i think have solved that problem to some degree and the other challenges i know when she was living in the care home they didn't i don't think they played the right era of music now my mom was on the younger end they did have residents there that were probably 20 25 years older than my mom my mom died at 77 so you know it wasn't too terribly difficult to be 20 years older than her 15 years older and so i don't think she connected to any of that but in getting ready for this talk i was telling my husband i think that tomorrow's guest is from australia that'll be interesting and we were talking about the music and he's like well mom really loved big band and i'm like yeah she did but that's not necessarily from her era it's not the era that i would have picked yeah but then when he said that i was like why didn't i try that or did i try that so why don't you tell us how the app makes all of that easier absolutely i i think firstly i'd love to say that playing any music is great like music is absorbed by the brain it comes into our ears actually it has to cross the hemispheres and then there's about five or six different parts of the brain that have to work in concert to interpret what we perceive as music it's not just you know hearing a sound and making a quick response um it's so a bit of a brain workout and it's why we generally feel quite pleasurable when we're hearing something especially if we like it of course there's taste and we'll get get into that in a second but but first and foremost even if you don't know exactly what to play playing something is better than nothing generally and then um the second thing i wanted to sort of say first is that that's what music and memory started to do like decades ago so they've been going around with um volunteers and musicologists and trying to do exactly what you were doing them manually getting to know the person researching them working out where they lived and then what songs might have been big in that location at that time when their musical taste was forming and generally the the kind of key age you want to try to get back to is 15 through to 35 now the problem with 15 through to 35 for someone like yourself is you probably if you were alive you probably were for a little bit you weren't really old enough to remember much and most of your mom's music experience that you would have been um in knowledge of was when she was a parent and she'd been playing music probably for you and um and also that gets into a very different time where we started to get um moved away from records into cassettes and things like that if we go back into when your mom would have been 15 through to 35 there's a chance she might have had some records at home to play for herself but i would hazard a guess that most of what she did here came through the radio and either that or it was what she was exposed to in the town that she grew up and so what we do is we analyze some really simple bits of information so where was the person born where did they live when they grew up from 15 through 35 and you can put multiple countries multiple places because obviously not everyone stays in one place um what languages do they speak because that can be really interesting and um and then from there with that information we actually can build a pretty good starting point of looking at what was popular either on the charts we could look at what was popular from touring bands we could look at what was popular from radio plays and we've created a massive database that syncs up all of that information attached to every song from the universal music library which is the world's biggest music library um and it's got millions of songs so that's that's our secret sauce in the back background that has taken us um a huge amount of technology to build it actually takes AI to technology to listen to the song and to decide if it's going first of all if it's going to be relaxing or energizing or you know what what kind of emotional response will the song elicit that's the first thing we work out and then the AIs are also scraping the internet looking for that other information about popularity all the time and building up richer and richer strings so then when we get to those questions I asked um in the onboarding which are where was the person born when were they born and where did they grow up we can very quickly understand what were the popular songs around them in that place during those years and then if we know we ask do they have any favorite genres do they love classical or blues or reggae or rock and do they have any favorite artists sadly we don't often get that information if the family aren't involved and quite often in the residential aged care settings they're not and so that's a real shame but as I said as a starting point anyway we'll have a collection of songs which are separated into three stations one is to help that person relax another is to help that person get energized and motivated to get up and move and then a third one is to help that person reminisce and and find their own memories and they get presented from just those basic questions and then you've got a thumbs up and a thumbs down of course so that if a song creates a really great reaction the person knows the words and they're clapping along we hit like and if we want to we can also leave a little note and say oh they loved it they were clapping along it reminded them of their wedding day whatever it may be and we can save that song and every time we do that it gets pulled into the playlist so we can go back to those songs we know they know we know they love and we collect those over time but we're constantly trying to find more through the energize and relax playlists as well which are um pushing forward new songs so with that we tend to find that we we get about 50 to 75 percent hit rate um in the first go and then we're refining over time but but it really is simple it's just understanding the music that was really popular around that person in that stage of their life um but to do that because we've got customers who were born in china we've got customers who were born in japan in italy in france in yugoslavia you never all over the world so we've had to do this globally and look at this popularity metric across all genres all songs and all places and that's been really the hard part but now that we have that the the experience is simple and easy my mom might have been a little easier she was born in northern california lived her whole life in northern california not all the same town but the same region basically the san francis the greater san francisco bay area perfect i'm trying to remember yeah nope never lived anywhere else so but i'm i'm as you're talking i'm remembering stories so my maternal grandfather was an army chef during world war ii he had damaged his trigger finger with a um a saw i don't know what the it's not maybe it was a hacksaw um it didn't stop him from hunting but it stopped him from being shipped overseas my grandfather could open the fridge and most people would open the refrigerator and say oh there's nothing really much to eat in here and he could whip out the best sandwiches you'd be like i didn't see that tomato where'd you pull that tomato out of and i have inherited that so obviously he his family also owned a restaurant and a bakery so that that comes up through the genetics i'm assuming but when he was not home my mom would run up to other soldiers and and go daddy daddy so the as we were talking earlier you know my husband was like oh she your mom liked big band music which not wasn't necessarily her era um she graduated from high school in 1960 so 15 to 35 would have been um i should probably use the calculator for this math but she would so been 1960 like 1957 through i'm not sure when she was 35 she was born in 1943 i can't do math that fast in my head that's um 1958 should we start and then we're looking another 20 years so 58 to um 78.
Fading Memories: Alzheimer's Caregiver Support
A highlight from 288 - From Stress Relief to Joyful Moments: The Many Roles of Music in Caregiving
"The music is always changing so some songs are triggering a memory and others maybe they're just tapping along to and so it's probably the same you could experience this for yourself if you just played a a set list of songs from an era gone by songs you haven't heard in 10 or 20 years some of them are going to make you pick up and go oh this yeah i remember this one and some of them will make you sing along but others you might just kind of enjoy in the background and um and so that's kind of what's happening it's the amount of stimulation is completely personal and experiences like Roy's are unfortunately not that common they happen i'd say five to ten percent of the time um but for everybody we see lifts in mood improvements in sleep um and and those a reduction in those things like anxiety and aggravation and so on music can uniquely transport individuals with dementia to specific moments in their past eliciting reminiscence and triggering positive emotions it can reduce anxiety and agitation creating a calming and soothing environment caregivers often use personalized playlists incorporating songs from the individual's youth or culturally significant music to promote engagement and spark memories but what if you can't find the right music to connect with your loved one that was my situation which made me the ideal person to chat with steven hunt of vera an app that helps you find the specific pieces of music that will likely invoke all of the positive benefits that i just listed welcome to fading memories the podcast for caregivers of loved ones with dementia i'm your host jennifer finke my mom had alzheimer's for 20 years and when i went looking for answers i had to start a podcast to find them join me as we navigate the challenges of dementia caregiving through personal stories expert interviews and practical advice we'll explore effective communication strategies stress management techniques and ways to cope with the emotional journey this podcast is your beacon of support and empowerment let's share our experiences find solace and discover the strength within us get ready to embark on a transformative caregiving journey with fading memories if you're looking for additional advice be sure to sign up for our weekly email newsletter it's brief gives you great advice you can read it in less than five minutes and you know where to find the link in the website on the show notes we're working on subscriber only information and specials so you're not going to want to miss out unfortunately it's part of our modern world that some people will look to prey on the most vulnerable members of our society with modern technology scammers have more avenues to exploit people than ever before americans over the age of 65 especially those living with alzheimer's and dementia are receiving an average of almost 200 unwanted landline calls every week that's more than 28 calls a day from bad actors trying to defraud our loved ones even worse nearly 10 of 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from the it's kind of exciting to talk to somebody on the whole other side of the world with me is stephen hunt he is the co -founder of music health it's an app that is designed for many mental health purposes but it's also got a connection for those of us taking care of a loved one with dementia so thanks for joining me stephen do you go by steve or stephen uh steve okay stick with that jennifer a little zoom box says steven so so tell me about yourself before we were before i hit record you were giving me the details on your family history of lovely diseases like mine so start wherever you'd like to start with yeah well i'd like to start with um so music health as a as a company we started it with a mission to reintegrate music into health care and the premise here is that if you look at any ancient human civilization whether it be the aztecs the incas or the indigenous people of australia they all use music to heal and so this has been going back over 40 000 years in fact the indigenous people of australia used one of these it's the oldest recorded form of music therapy which takes back 40 000 years and we've forgotten all about that because we invented pharmaceuticals and we just now prescribe a drug and hope that's going to fix the problem uh but we really see it out in our company that there's an opportunity to reintegrate music into health care very broadly and we're starting with dementia because in than any pharmaceutical and as we know most pharmaceuticals aren't really making any difference with dementia we're nowhere near a cure nothing's really cutting through we're kind of just treating little symptoms here and there and and often the people that we start to work with have this massive cocktail of drugs they're on that are trying to compensate for each other's side effects and it's just their brains are even more scrambled um so but we've seen with music that it can completely transform them and i guess what drew me to this is as you said a personal connection my grandfather experienced alzheimer's disease when i was in my teens and i was watched him go through that progression with my grandmother who was caring for him and as i'm sure everybody who listens to this would know that's really heartbreaking for anybody to experience and incredibly difficult um but i was a musician as you can see i've got a few instruments behind me and um and i used to play music and it used to soothe him and kind of change and transform him and at the time i had no idea why i didn't know the science of it but but anyway but my grandmother also developed dementia but lived to the age of 100 so i think she was entitled to lose a few memories there um and um and yeah and i i was working in the music industry and a good friend of mine who was a who's now my co -founder nick um came to me one day with the film alive inside and i don't know have you ever seen it um i haven't seen it but i actually did an episode about it with a gentleman that was involved amazing so it's if you don't want to watch the whole thing which i do highly recommend bring the tissues um but if you don't have time even just going on youtube you can watch a few short clips and you'll get the idea um but that film was demonstrating the music and memory program which um which is incredible and that inspired us so what you what you see is this transformative effect of someone who is experiencing dementia is quite lost in space and time they don't know where they are um they don't know who their carers are they're probably feeling a little afraid and and that fear can manifest into either you know regretting regressing sorry into anxiety and depression or expressing in a much more aggressive and agitated manner and and neither of those are good um but both are very difficult to manage for carer and when they play music to these people that is from their past that's personally significant to them they become alive and hence the name of the movie it it quickens and they they seem to come back they seem to get a better use of their faculties they can move their body they can talk they can swallow and eat um and they can remember faces much more readily because what's happening is the music is stimulating their long -term memory and for some reason alzheimer's and dementia doesn't really affect the musical memory that they remain intact same with poetry it's kind of two really weird things like you'll find people who can't remember their wife and can't even remember their own name can just recount poems if they've learned them and sing along to songs and um and it's beautiful to watch and and when we get them into that stimulated state inviting them to maybe come and do hygiene care in the somebody who is much more aware of where they are in space and time they're much less likely to feel anxious and and scared and therefore you can actually engage and interact with them much more readily so so we created an app called vera and that's our first product which is designed for the carers of people living with dementia to be able to get this effect as easily as possible and do it as often as possible as well and and we see in a really advanced state that the carer is using the music when the person wakes up to help them get dressed and out of bed and get them moving they're using it to set the scene for for meals they're using it to to set the scene for washing and hygiene as i said um all these different things and even conversing and spending time with people because when these songs come up that they recognize they bring along beautiful memories and um and we can talk about those and relive them with the person and some of the most beautiful things i've seen in my work are when the family members are hearing memories for the first time that the songs have triggered and they're like oh we didn't even know about that you know and that's such a beautiful thing to get when you know your family member often at that stage can't even remember who you are um so so yeah that hopefully gives you a bit of a summary of the journey so far and what we're trying to do well and we're going to get into it a little bit more but i truly wish you guys had been around when my mom was still alive i had talked to a musician he was also a singer and we we talked about my struggle of finding music that my mom connected to i tried you know the era that she was in high school and maybe music that i remembered being played in the home when i was a kid although i think most of that was my dad and it just he suggested this one past guest he's like well you'll probably have to go through a hundred songs to find you know five to ten and i was like i can't even come up with a hundred songs that seem to be even close so that was the first struggle i did have a little success when i i thought back to my childhood and what my grandmother played when we were at her house i figured if i could remember it then maybe it would work with my mom and it it had it was better than the previous attempts but it was it was so frustrating and so i didn't get what you were talking about just a moment ago so i gave up but yeah you guys i think have solved that problem to some degree and the other challenges i know when she was living in the care home they didn't i don't think they played the right era of music now my mom was on the younger end they did have residents there that were probably 20 25 years older than my mom my mom died at 77 so you know it wasn't too terribly difficult to be 20 years older than her 15 years older and so i don't think she connected to any of that but in getting ready for this talk i was telling my husband i think that tomorrow's guest is from australia that'll be interesting and we were talking about the music and he's like well mom really loved big band and i'm like yeah she did but that's not necessarily from her era it's not the era that i would have picked yeah but then when he said that i was like why didn't i try that or did i try that so why don't you tell us how the app makes all of that easier absolutely i i think firstly i'd love to say that playing any music is great like music is absorbed by the brain it comes into our ears actually it has to cross the hemispheres and then there's about five or six different parts of the brain that have to work in concert to interpret what we perceive as music it's not just you know hearing a sound and making a quick response um it's so a bit of a brain workout and it's why we generally feel quite pleasurable when we're hearing something especially if we like it of course there's taste and we'll get get into that in a second but but first and foremost even if you don't know exactly what to play playing something is better than nothing generally and then um the second thing i wanted to sort of say first is that that's what music and memory started to do like decades ago so they've been going around with um volunteers and musicologists and trying to do exactly what you were doing them manually getting to know the person researching them working out where they lived and then what songs might have been big in that location at that time when their musical taste was forming and generally the the kind of key age you want to try to get back to is 15 through to 35 now the problem with 15 through to 35 for someone like yourself is you probably if you were alive you probably were for a little bit you weren't really old enough to remember much and most of your mom's music experience that you would have been um in knowledge of was when she was a parent and she'd been playing music probably for you and um and also that gets into a very different time where we started to get um moved away from records into cassettes and things like that if we go back into when your mom would have been 15 through to 35 there's a chance she might have had some records at home to play for herself but i would hazard a guess that most of what she did here came through the radio and either that or it was what she was exposed to in the town that she grew up and so what we do is we analyze some really simple bits of information so where was the person born where did they live when they grew up from 15 through 35 and you can put multiple countries multiple places because obviously not everyone stays in one place um what languages do they speak because that can be really interesting and um and then from there with that information we actually can build a pretty good starting point of looking at what was popular either on the charts we could look at what was popular from touring bands we could look at what was popular from radio plays and we've created a massive database that syncs up all of that information attached to every song from the universal music library which is the world's biggest music library um and it's got millions of songs so that's that's our secret sauce in the back background that has taken us um a huge amount of technology to build it actually takes AI to technology to listen to the song and to decide if it's going first of all if it's going to be relaxing or energizing or you know what what kind of emotional response will the song elicit that's the first thing we work out and then the AIs are also scraping the internet looking for that other information about popularity all the time and building up richer and richer strings so then when we get to those questions I asked um in the onboarding which are where was the person born when were they born and where did they grow up we can very quickly understand what were the popular songs around them in that place during those years and then if we know we ask do they have any favorite genres do they love classical or blues or reggae or rock and do they have any favorite artists sadly we don't often get that information if the family aren't involved and quite often in the residential aged care settings they're not and so that's a real shame but as I said as a starting point anyway we'll have a collection of songs which are separated into three stations one is to help that person relax another is to help that person get energized and motivated to get up and move and then a third one is to help that person reminisce and and find their own memories and they get presented from just those basic questions and then you've got a thumbs up and a thumbs down of course so that if a song creates a really great reaction the person knows the words and they're clapping along we hit like and if we want to we can also leave a little note and say oh they loved it they were clapping along it reminded them of their wedding day whatever it may be and we can save that song and every time we do that it gets pulled into the playlist so we can go back to those songs we know they know we know they love and we collect those over time but we're constantly trying to find more through the energize and relax playlists as well which are um pushing forward new songs so with that we tend to find that we we get about 50 to 75 percent hit rate um in the first go and then we're refining over time but but it really is simple it's just understanding the music that was really popular around that person in that stage of their life um but to do that because we've got customers who were born in china we've got customers who were born in japan in italy in france in yugoslavia you never all over the world so we've had to do this globally and look at this popularity metric across all genres all songs and all places and that's been really the hard part but now that we have that the the experience is simple and easy my mom might have been a little easier she was born in northern california lived her whole life in northern california not all the same town but the same region basically the san francis the greater san francisco bay area perfect i'm trying to remember yeah nope never lived anywhere else so but i'm i'm as you're talking i'm remembering stories so my maternal grandfather was an army chef during world war ii he had damaged his trigger finger with a um a saw i don't know what the it's not maybe it was a hacksaw um it didn't stop him from hunting but it stopped him from being shipped overseas my grandfather could open the fridge and most people would open the refrigerator and say oh there's nothing really much to eat in here and he could whip out the best sandwiches you'd be like i didn't see that tomato where'd you pull that tomato out of and i have inherited that so obviously he his family also owned a restaurant and a bakery so that that comes up through the genetics i'm assuming but when he was not home my mom would run up to other soldiers and and go daddy daddy so the as we were talking earlier you know my husband was like oh she your mom liked big band music which not wasn't necessarily her era um she graduated from high school in 1960 so 15 to 35 would have been um i should probably use the calculator for this math but she would so been 1960 like 1957 through i'm not sure when she was 35 she was born in 1943 i can't do math that fast in my head that's um 1958 should we start and then we're looking another 20 years so 58 to um 78.
WTOP
"1960" Discussed on WTOP
"Degrees, hot day. Good afternoon, I'm Sandy Kozel with the top local stories we're following this hour. Demonstrators are commemorating the historic March on Washington 60 years ago, which was led by Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. They've come by buses from many states including New York, New Jersey and Pennsylvania. Richard Cummings is from here Lansing, Michigan, he says to carry on the struggle. I decided to come here not a commemoration but a of continuation the fight for freedom and justice, voting rights. Shirley Fields from Jersey City, New Jersey says she's to here mark the historic March because she hopes this small gesture can help the world. I'm thinking that maybe with this continuation things will get a little better. It's gotten some better but it needs to better. get more The marchers listen to speakers before making their own brief march commemorating the historic event at the Lincoln Memorial. Dick Iuliano, WTOP News. As Dick said, the coalition Lincoln Memorial, of the site civil were rights a leaders gathered. Many fear the nation is going back on racial equity voting and rights. We are in a continuing battle. Have we made progress since 1960? There is no doubt that we have. Have we made the progress we would have imagined? Not really. That's Marc Morial, CEO of the National Urban League. Reflecting on Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s I Have a Dream speech. It was here in nation's our capital 60 years ago where Dr. King came to bring attention to jobs, voting rights, brutality. and police There's a tremendous amount left to do if we're going to become a society which is equitable. Health disparities, education disparities, the differential in the unemployment rate. The facts are clear. Sandra Jones, WTOP News. A Laurel man is dead after police say a car crashed into his apartment this morning. Happened just before 2 a .m. at an apartment building in the 800 block of K Court. When police Laurel got there they say they found the man alive trapped underneath the vehicle but he died at the scene. The driver The of the car remains hospitalized with his injuries, he is expected to survive. Police are investigating. Metropolitan police are investigating a Friday evening homicide in the 2000 block of Naylor Road in Southeast. That's where police officers found an adult male shooting victim who was dead at the scene. He's identified as 18 year old Jaquiah Johnson of Southeast DC. Anyone with information about the case is asked to contact DC police. There's a reward of up to $25 ,000 for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the person or persons responsible. As students gear up for back to as class some will be entering the halls of a brand new school. WTOP's Luke Lucret got a peek inside. Dozens of nervous yet excited students toured the halls here at the new McArthur High School in the 50s Palisades neighborhood. Eli was one of 200 incoming freshmen and 50 sophomores will round out the student body. We're only offering pre -AP, and placement and honors courses. Principal Harold McCray says they'll also offer career and technical courses. First one is our Aerospace Science Academy, which really focuses on aerospace engineering, and then we have our computer science. Go Mammoths, Luke Lucret. Seriously, that's our mascot. WTOP News. Also heading back to the classroom next week are students in Montgomery County. Their school system is grappling with a rise in opioid use as well as hate and bias incidents. Last year the county cracks down on when and for how long students can be in It the bathroom. was part of the response to a rise in student opioid use, particularly in the second half of the school year. In April, Superintendent Monifa McKnight also condemned the rise in hate and bias incidents on school property. Montgomery County students will have 11 an -day winter break this year, one day longer than last year's calendar. They'll also have five early release days, three impact on the state of Montgomery County, fewer than last year. Counties also expected to soon release an attendance action plan to address a rise in chronic absenteeism. Scott Gellman, WTOP News. Monday is the first day back for students in many more systems across our region and WTOP will have team coverage on air and online throughout the day. There are changes to some Metrorail service this weekend. On the Green Line, the Branch Avenue and Fort Totten stations are closed. free shuttle buses, replace trains between those two stations. On the red line, there's single tracking between Medical Center and Friendship Heights. Trains run every 8 minutes between Van Ness and Glenmont and every 16 minutes between Van Ness and Shady Grove. Coming up after traffic and weather in Money News. Why DC D area retirees are eyeing Myrtle Beach. I'm Jeff Glabel. It's 308. Get a precision AC tune up for only $59. Traffic and weather on the 8th to Rob Stallworth in the WTOP Traffic Center. Really not too shabby on the Beltway Maryland in through Montgomery and Prince George's County. Just pockets of volume there. The issue is in Virginia. The southbound I -95 near Lorton exit 163 that crashes along the left side of the roadway. Northbound I after I -95 the Occoquan as you head toward Lorton and Route 1 that crashes along the right side of Highway the for traveling on 66. You're in good shape except eastbound. See more volume blaze as you leave Route 50 in Fair Oaks headed out toward 123. Interloop slowdowns leaving the Dulles Tall Road headed toward the Georgetown Pike but once you get to the American Legion Bridge you're in pretty decent shape headed into Maryland. An outer loop slowdowns again in Maryland through Montgomery County as you pass River Road headed toward the American Legion Bridge southbound 270 medical the emergency at the 270 as you leave 15 is completely wrapped up and gone but the problem in Frederick it'll excuse me Ellicott City southbound on 29 just after I -70 headed past Route 40 the crash activity is near Frederick Road is under police direction otherwise if you're traveling through Prince George's County no Billy problems being reported to us right now the earlier problem was on the BW Parkway northbound between Belt Road and Powder Mill Road that was tree trimming work it has since cleared new travel lanes but of course delays remain westbound Route 50 across the Bay Bridge still at this point the two -way operations have been discontinued westbound delays should be easing pretty soon eastbound starting to get into the delays coming across the Bay Bridge again two lanes east and two lanes west coming across the Chesapeake Bay traveling in the district northbound DC 295 on the brakes as you head toward East Capitol Street but your travel lanes are open available and there if you love Papa John's garlic sauce you have to try garlic epic stuffed crust pizza the garlic sauce is in it on it and with it only $13 .99 and only at Papa John's I'm Rob Stalworth WTOP traffic to 7 news first alert meteorologist Jordan Evans tracking your forecast throughout the weekend a north wind between 5 and 10 miles per hour that will help drop the humidity as we go into
The Breakdown
A highlight from Tornado Cash Arrests: Attack on Terrorism or Attack on Privacy?
"Welcome back to The Breakdown with me, NLW. It's a daily podcast on macro, Bitcoin and the big picture power shifts remaking our world. What's going on, guys? It is Thursday, August 24th, and today we are talking about tornado, cash and some big announcements of arrests yesterday. Before we get into that, however, if you are enjoying The Breakdown, please go subscribe to it, give it a rating, give it a review, or if you want to dive deeper into the conversation, come join us on the Breakers Discord. You can find a link in the show notes or go to bit .ly slash breakdown pod. Well, friends, a bit of a big announcement yesterday. On Wednesday, the Justice Department unsealed charges against two tornado cash co -founders. Roman Storm, who lives in Washington state, has been arrested and Roman Semenov, a Russian citizen, remains at large and is believed to be currently residing in Dubai. In addition to the charges, Semenov has been added to the Office of Foreign Asset Control Specially Designated Nationals list, which is the list of sanctioned companies and individuals. The pair are charged with conspiracy to commit money laundering, conspiracy to commit sanctions violations, and conspiracy to operate an unlicensed money -transmitting business. A third co -founder, Alexey Pertsev, you will remember, was arrested in the Netherlands in August of last year, and Pertsev is currently awaiting trial on money laundering charges from home detention after spending over six months in jail. Ofack said in a statement that, quote, tornado cash has been used to launder funds for criminal actors since its creation in 2019, including to obfuscate hundreds of millions of dollars in virtual currency stolen by Lazarus Group hackers. Alongside Semenov being personally added to the sanctions list, eight Ethereum wallet addresses were identified as belonging to him. According to Elliptic, these addresses have processed more than $11 .5 million in crypto transactions. Now, the DOJ claims that tornado cash has, quote, facilitated more than $1 billion in money laundering, including, quote, hundreds of millions for North Korea's Lazarus Group. The key to the case, according to U .S. Attorney Damian Williams, is that the pair here charged, quote, knowingly facilitated money laundering. He said in a statement, while publicly claiming to offer a technically sophisticated privacy service, Storm and Semenov in fact knew they were helping hackers and fraudsters conceal the fruits of their crimes. Today's indictment is a reminder that money laundering through cryptocurrency transactions violates the law and those who engage in such laundering will face prosecution. Now, Storm's lawyer claimed that the case hinged on a novel legal theory. He said in a statement, Now, let's take a step back and put this in the context of what happened last year. In August of last year, tornado cash was placed on the sanctions list. The use of sanctions to prohibit the use of anonymizing services was controversial within the crypto industry. Both Coin Center and a group of individuals backed by Coinbase have sued the Treasury Department over the sanctions, with each lawsuit claiming that the sanctions impinge on U .S. protections around the execution of computer code. In addition, they claim that autonomous smart contracts cannot be the subject of sanctions law as they are not the property of a sanctioned individual or group. Last week, however, the Coinbase lawsuit was dismissed, with the judge writing in their decision that smart contracts are analogous to vending machines in the way they carry out their predetermined task. The judge wrote that, Now, let's dig into the charges a little bit. The newly unsealed charges explain the functionality of tornado cash and how Storm and Semenov established a token system around the protocol in order to profit from its operation. Tornado cash allows users to deposit ETH to be mixed with other depositors. Users receive a secret note, which can be redeemed for the deposited ETH at a new, unrelated address. In order to facilitate the withdrawal of ETH to fresh wallets that could not pay gas fees, tornado cash established a system where users could use relays to process withdrawal requests using the smart contract. Relays would take a fee for providing this service. This process makes private transactions possible on the Ethereum network, breaking the ability to trace funds through blockchain analytics. Storm and Semenov, the government accused, would frequently give instructions on how to maximize the anonymity provided by the service, including waiting several days before withdrawing to ensure that transactions couldn't be linked. Nine months after the launch of tornado cash in August of 2019, the developers updated the smart contract to remove their private keys. This made it impossible for the code to be further modified and relinquished any ability to control its operation. In December 2020, the founders created the tornado cash DAO to make governance decisions around the protocol. The DAO issued torn tokens and distributed them with 8 % of the supply going to each founder and 6 % going to venture capital backers. The DAO then used these tokens to create an incentive scheme to encourage relay to compete to process transactions and to incentivize users to deposit funds to increase the anonymity set for the protocol. The indictment alleges that the founders profited from the price appreciation of the torn token, ultimately cashing out for $2 .6 million each in August of 2022. Now where the nuance in this case comes in is the question around were these charges for writing code or were they charges for some other type of activity that the government sees as beyond the pale. Obviously, when we're talking about something where the implications are the big thing that matters, these sort of details are essential to really understand. And indeed, in this case, the charges against Storm and Semenov go deeper than just writing and publishing the code underlying tornado cash. In fact, the DOJ appears to be much more focused on the actions taken by them to support, promote and profit from the protocol after its initial deployment. The indictment claims that the developers were aware and indifferent to the use of tornado cash to launder the proceeds of crime from the beginning. As far back as November 2021, the government says the developers considered whether they should implement KYC and anti -money laundering features into tornado cash and chose not to. This consideration became more serious after the $552 million Ronan Bridge hack in March of 2022, given that the following month the attack was attributed to the Lazarus Group, which had been on the sanctions list since September 2019. The stolen funds were very publicly identified as being laundered using tornado cash. According to encrypted chats disclosed in the indictment, Storm sent a message to his fellow developers as the news broke in April stating, Guys, we are effed. The tornado cash team then implemented some perfunctory controls on the protocol's front end, such as the website used to access tornado cash would now block deposits from wallet addresses on the sanctions list. However, in encrypted chats, the developers acknowledged that these controls would be quote easy to evade by interacting with the smart contract directly. The indictment also introduces evidence that the developers were aware of just how rampant money laundering was on tornado cash. In encrypted chats, they shared an article which claimed that more than 90 % of transactions through the service were related to criminal acts. In the three months that followed the Ronan attack, as much as 15 % of volume was attributed to the laundering of those funds. The key allegation in the indictment is that, quote, Throughout this time period, the Tornado Cash founders continued to operate the Tornado Cash service and facilitate the Lazarus Group's money laundering and sanctions evasion, including by paying the U .S.-based web hosting service to continue to host the Tornado Cash website, continuing to maintain and keep the UI accessible to customers, and promoting the Tornado Cash service in public statements. Moreover, they maintained the Relayer algorithm and the Relayer registry, which allowed them to profit financially from the continued use of the Tornado Cash service by the Lazarus Group. As to the charges, the developers have been charged with three counts each. Conspiracy to commit money laundering, conspiracy to commit sanctions violations, and conspiracy to operate an unlicensed money transmitting business. As you might imagine, the crypto legal community has a lot to say about whether the facts alleged in the case established that Tornado Cash or the system of relays around it legally qualify as a money transmitting business. Peter van Valkenburg, the director of research at CoinCenter, said, The factual allegations of unlicensed money transmission are in conflict with FinCEN's longstanding guidance that a, quote, anonymizing software provider is not a money transmitter. In an accompanying article, Valkenburg says that the only part of the indictment that indicates the developers were operating an unlicensed money transmission business is that they, quote, engaged in the business of transferring funds on behalf of the public. According to Valkenburg's analysis of the law, this falls short of the legal definition which requires acceptance of funds from a customer for the purposes of transmission. The implication is the same one that Tom Emmer has been putting forward in his blockchain regulatory certainty bill that, quote, if you don't custody consumer funds, you are not a money transmitter. However, Preston Byrne, a lawyer at Brown and Rudnick, noted that there is some legal nuance in the way the DOJ went about charging the developers. He said, The feds don't need to show that they accepted or received funds because defendants aren't charged with the underlying offense, they're charged with conspiracy. Preston expanded that thought, There is a huge difference, he wrote, between a, merely publishing code for discussion purposes which could be used unlawfully, and b, running an unlawful business which monetizes that code. After reading the tornado cache indictment, if things are as alleged, it was the latter. For the purposes of 18 USC 1960, the publication of protocols on GitHub isn't the same thing as operating a whole damn system, including hosting a UI and bolting on a shitcoin to it, where the returns from the coin are linked to the provision of liquidity for the system. I think it is that involvement with the essential functionality of the system which makes it not subject to the network access carve -out from the definition of money transmitter. Do we need privacy in crypto? Absolutely. Are there ways for people to run code that does this lawfully? Yes. Was tornado cache the way? No. Now of course, as much nuance as there might be in the specifics of how the defendants were charged, one of the big concerns is the chilling effect on privacy norms in open source development that it might have no matter what the charges actually are. In a rare moment of speechlessness, Jake Travinsky, the chief policy officer of the Blockchain Association said, I'm struggling to think of something, anything, useful to say about the tragic mistake that is the DOJ's decision to treat privacy in speech as crimes. I'm blank. Later, he followed up, Privacy is normal. Code is speech. The right to anonymity is essential to a free society. These are fundamental principles embodied in the U .S. Constitution. In time, I'm confident they will be confirmed by the judiciary, even if today they were ignored by the executive. Chris Bleck wrote, The arrest of Roman Storm and Roman Semenov of Tornado Cache isn't about money laundering. This is an attack on privacy. It's an attempt to chill the open source community into compliance. The government does not want you to do anything that it's unable to observe and judge. Dystopia Breaker writes, Take a moment to consider the broad and absurd implications of writing software that is used in a bad way makes the author legally responsible for every bad use would mean. No signal. No privacy tools. Total handover of power to centralized orgs and illegalization of privacy. Ultimately, this position is so absurd that it seems unlikely to be accepted. It's remarkable that they went with it. Masari's Ryan Selkis said, We are so far from our founding principles, we just jailed a software developer for building encryption tech and daring to empower citizens to transact freely. Utterly disgusting. We need a total evisceration of our political police state and D .C. No reform. Mass layoffs. And Udi Wertheimer really summed up many people's feelings when he said, Today is a sad day for America and for freedom. Privacy is for everyone, and it is crucial that as an industry we keep fighting for it, no matter the setbacks. No one else is going to. At this point, I think in crypto, we're almost anesthetized to more government actions against the industry. But I think this one is worth holding aside and putting in a slightly different category. The conversation here isn't really about cryptocurrency, except in so far as it was used as a reward mechanism for people who are promoting this protocol. Obviously, the much bigger questions are about the nature of privacy, about the rights of software developers, about the responsibilities of software developers, about the tools that the government uses to fight money laundering and terrorism. They are, in other words, emblematic of bigger concerns and bigger questions. It's reasonable to have contradictory feelings about this, but that's exactly why we need regulatory clarity, not just for crypto, but for software development. And guess what? In a world of AI, these questions are coming up all over again. The question in particular of whether the developers of software can be held accountable for how it's used is becoming an even bigger question than it ever has been in the past. In other words, this one is worth considering for far more than the implications for just this industry, but for the very basis of the technology -driven society that we live in. Anyways, guys, that is going to do it for today's breakdown. I will, of course, keep you updated as the situation evolves. Until next time, be safe and take care of each other. Peace.
CoinDesk Podcast Network
A highlight from MARKETS DAILY: Crypto Update | Crypto Market Remains Tepid as Broader Economy Holds Its Breath
"This episode of Markets Daily is sponsored by Kraken. It's Tuesday, August 8th, 2023, and this is Markets Daily from Coindesk. George Kaloudis here again with your daily news roundup. On today's show, we're talking Bitcoin, the macro economy, the latest headlines and more. And just a reminder, Coindesk is a news source and does not provide financial advice. Bitcoin and Ether remained little changed over the past 24 hours, another sign of just how tepid the market is. Even the entry of payment giant PayPal into the stablecoin market failed to move the needle in any meaningful way. Both Bitcoin and Ether haven't moved much in price on the day and have had low trading volumes over the past few weeks. Yet another day of Bitcoin and Ether, the stablecoins. Bitcoin is currently trading at $29 ,482, while Ether is trading at $1 ,840 per token, according to the Coindesk market index. And shifting to the traditional markets and the broader economy, there are lots of things happening in the world economy. For one, the world's largest export economy in China has seen its export volume drop big time. Compared with those of a year earlier, China's exports to the U .S. and European Union plunged by more than 20 percent each last month. 20 percent. Geopolitical tensions between the U .S. and China have led to manufacturers from the West reducing their dependence on China. Not to mention, Covid induced supply chain scares have led to companies rationalizing their supply chain strategy. What's more, as the rest of the world faces inflation head on, the latest data shows that China actually could be in for some deflation for an economy that is predicated on explosive growth. If deflation takes hold in China, we could expect some serious stimulus packages. In that vein, China will release monthly inflation data tomorrow. Sticking with China, a headline from the Wall Street Journal reads, Country Garden, China's largest surviving developer, sinks into debt crisis. Country Garden Holdings, a property developer that has been lauded by China's authorities as a model for others, missed interest payments on two U .S. dollar bonds this week, marking a new stage of distress for the country's real estate market. So China is looking at falling exports, a potential deflation crisis and a deteriorating real estate market. Doesn't look so great for one of the world's largest economies. Moving stateside, last week, the U .S.'s credit rating was downgraded by rating agency Fitch. The downgrade was not matched by other rating agencies, else we'd be in a pretty scary place. But another ratings agency, Moody's, did cut the credit ratings of 10 U .S. regional banks. The moves suggest that Moody's believes, as do many, that the U .S. banking sector remains vulnerable. Higher interest rates and a potential recession in 2024 are the biggest threats to the banking industry at large. And lastly, moving underground, oil. Oil prices have ticked up over the last month and are at the highest level in three months. This comes as oil producers in Saudi Arabia and Russia have extended voluntary supply cuts recently as we approach a period of expected oil deficits. There is speculation that crude oil prices will move up as demand increases this summer and supply doesn't follow suit. Cartel economies with artificially controlled supply are fascinating. In any event, there is a lot going on in our macro economy, despite it being the sleepy part of summer. And there's plenty to keep our eyes on going forward. Moving on to the price of things with the indexes in the U .S., the Dow Jones Industrial Average is flat. The S &P 500 is down 0 .2 percent and the Nasdaq Composite lost 0 .6 percent. In Europe, the regional stock 600 and London's FTSE 100 decreased 0 .5 percent. Germany's Stacks, meanwhile, fell 1 .2 percent. In Asia, Hong Kong's Hang Seng Index is down 1 .8 percent. Shanghai Composite lost 0 .3 percent. And Japan's Nikkei 225 added 0 .4 percent. In commodities markets, Brent Crude, that's the international benchmark for oil, is down 1 .9 percent, trading at 84 dollars and 21 cents. Gold is down three quarters of a percentage point, trading at 1960 dollars per troy ounce. And First Republic Bank is trading slightly down at 32 cents per share. Today's traditional market coverage draws from The Wall Street Journal and MarketWatch.
Markets Daily Crypto Roundup
A highlight from Crypto Update | Crypto Market Remains Tepid as Broader Economy Holds Its Breath
"This episode of Markets Daily is sponsored by Kraken. It's Tuesday, August 8th, 2023, and this is Markets Daily from Coindesk. George Kaloudis here again with your daily news roundup. On today's show, we're talking Bitcoin, the macro economy, the latest headlines and more. And just a reminder, Coindesk is a news source and does not provide financial advice. Bitcoin and Ether remained little changed over the past 24 hours, another sign of just how tepid the market is. Even the entry of payment giant PayPal into the stablecoin market failed to move the needle in any meaningful way. Both Bitcoin and Ether haven't moved much in price on the day and have had low trading volumes over the past few weeks. Yet another day of Bitcoin and Ether, the stablecoins. Bitcoin is currently trading at $29 ,482, while Ether is trading at $1 ,840 per token, according to the Coindesk market index. And shifting to the traditional markets and the broader economy, there are lots of things happening in the world economy. For one, the world's largest export economy in China has seen its export volume drop big time. Compared with those of a year earlier, China's exports to the U .S. and European Union plunged by more than 20 percent each last month. 20 percent. Geopolitical tensions between the U .S. and China have led to manufacturers from the West reducing their dependence on China. Not to mention, Covid induced supply chain scares have led to companies rationalizing their supply chain strategy. What's more, as the rest of the world faces inflation head on, the latest data shows that China actually could be in for some deflation for an economy that is predicated on explosive growth. If deflation takes hold in China, we could expect some serious stimulus packages. In that vein, China will release monthly inflation data tomorrow. Sticking with China, a headline from the Wall Street Journal reads, Country Garden, China's largest surviving developer, sinks into debt crisis. Country Garden Holdings, a property developer that has been lauded by China's authorities as a model for others, missed interest payments on two U .S. dollar bonds this week, marking a new stage of distress for the country's real estate market. So China is looking at falling exports, a potential deflation crisis and a deteriorating real estate market. Doesn't look so great for one of the world's largest economies. Moving stateside, last week, the U .S.'s credit rating was downgraded by rating agency Fitch. The downgrade was not matched by other rating agencies, else we'd be in a pretty scary place. But another ratings agency, Moody's, did cut the credit ratings of 10 U .S. regional banks. The moves suggest that Moody's believes, as do many, that the U .S. banking sector remains vulnerable. Higher interest rates and a potential recession in 2024 are the biggest threats to the banking industry at large. And lastly, moving underground, oil. Oil prices have ticked up over the last month and are at the highest level in three months. This comes as oil producers in Saudi Arabia and Russia have extended voluntary supply cuts recently as we approach a period of expected oil deficits. There is speculation that crude oil prices will move up as demand increases this summer and supply doesn't follow suit. Cartel economies with artificially controlled supply are fascinating. In any event, there is a lot going on in our macro economy, despite it being the sleepy part of summer. And there's plenty to keep our eyes on going forward. Moving on to the price of things with the indexes in the U .S., the Dow Jones Industrial Average is flat. The S &P 500 is down 0 .2 percent and the Nasdaq Composite lost 0 .6 percent. In Europe, the regional stock 600 and London's FTSE 100 decreased 0 .5 percent. Germany's Stacks, meanwhile, fell 1 .2 percent. In Asia, Hong Kong's Hang Seng Index is down 1 .8 percent. Shanghai Composite lost 0 .3 percent. And Japan's Nikkei 225 added 0 .4 percent. In commodities markets, Brent Crude, that's the international benchmark for oil, is down 1 .9 percent, trading at 84 dollars and 21 cents. Gold is down three quarters of a percentage point, trading at 1960 dollars per troy ounce. And First Republic Bank is trading slightly down at 32 cents per share. Today's traditional market coverage draws from The Wall Street Journal and MarketWatch.
Mark Levin
Understanding the Election Process According to the Constitution
"Sees a close election and after the votes are counted after weeks of delay and harvesting and all the rest and the party that is behind by 10 ,000 votes 12 thousand votes 5 ,000 votes feels that in the end they will succeed. They are free to send a slate of lectors to the archivist to the United States who holds them under statute January 6 at which time they along with the other party's electors perhaps certified by the state perhaps certified by the Secretary of State and the governor are sent to a joint meeting of Congress and it's up to Congress to sort this out. Congress can easily say no Those whole electors are out. No, we accept the results in this state or that state. No, that's out. That's gone. That's been done in the past. It was done in 1960 in Hawaii. It's been done in other states. Almost done in Florida in 2000 as a result of what the Democrats were doing. There's nothing criminal You're not abstract. You're not obstructing an election. You're not obstructing a result. You're not obstructing Congress Congress will make the determination on what to count, what not to count, which is exactly what Congress did. The process is not supposed to be criminalized. We're
The Eric Metaxas Show
A highlight from Ricky Skaggs (Encore)
"Welcome to The Eric Metaxas Show with your host, Eric Metaxas. Sometimes you have the privilege of having a guest on the program who really is what we call a legend. And I never would say this if he were here because I wouldn't want to embarrass him, but the person that I'm going to interview in a couple of seconds, some of you know all about him. If you don't, you will very soon. His name is Ricky Skaggs. He is a legend in the music industry. He has 15 Grammy Awards in 1982. He was the youngest member ever at that time to be inducted into the Grand Ole Opry. When he was six years old, the father of Bluegrass, Bill Monroe, picked this six -year -old out and said, would you play for us? He went on to become a seven -year -old playing with Lester Flatt and Earl Scruggs. There's videotape of it. In 1971, when he was still extremely young, teenager, went off to play with Ralph Stanley in his band. By about 1980, country legend Chet Atkins credited him, my guest Ricky Skaggs, with saving country music. Have you heard enough? He has played, performed, produced with Barry Gibb. Emmylou Harris in the 70s produced Dolly Parton, worked with Bruce Hornsby in the Amana Radar range. In 2021, the President of the United States gave him the National Medal of Arts. Again, I wouldn't say this if he was here in the studio, but he is a legend. And I'm very embarrassed to say I think he's right here in the studio. I never would have said this, Ricky, if I knew you were sitting here. Ricky, my new friend, welcome. It's great to be here, Eric. I was sitting there listening to you make all these nice things, and we could be talking about all kinds of other things. So anyway, I appreciate it, and you're a man of honor. I made a lot of this stuff up. I just want my audience to know this couldn't be true. So I'll have to live up to the things that you said. When you were six years old, now, you know, you're in your late 60s now. So when you were six years old, which would put us back about 1960, you played with Bill Monroe. That is very hard to comprehend. I know my dad bought me a mandolin when I was five. And so I learned, you know, why do you do that? I had been singing in church with him and mom since I was like three years old. And this is in old Kentucky. In Kentucky, and we would sing songs together at home. And then when we go to church, we'd get up and they would set me, literally set me on the pulpit, and I would sing harmony with mom and dad. They would set you on the pulpit. Yeah. See, up here, we'd say, put you up on the pulpit. But down there, they would set you on the pulpit. That sounds better. That sounds more American. But you, the reason I'm saying this is you obviously at that time already had a gift for harmonizing. You could hear and sing. And so they knew that they needed to encourage you. So your dad at age five gets you a mandolin. And already at age six, Bill Monroe is taking notice of you. Well, mom and dad and I would play at church, like I said. And then dad and I would go to this little local grocery store there in Blaine, Kentucky, and they would set me up on the pop case, you know, that had that. So it wasn't a pulpit. It was the pop case. That's the marketplace version. Right. Yeah. So I was getting I was getting my teeth ready for the marketplace back then. But I would sit and play and sing and people would want to get a Coke. So I'd have to scoot over and they, you know, it was a double door. And look, you were so cute. I saw the video of you I saw with flat and scrubs, which people can look up on YouTube. But I mean, you were so darn cute at age seven. And when he says, what's your name? You say, Ricky Skaggs. It's so cute. It's unbelievably cute. But even cuter is the song you sing. Because for a seven year old to sing a song about a broken heart and a woman who left me is funny. Yeah, I didn't understand those things back then. I just liked the song and the song was Ruby. Are you mad at your man? Ruby. Oh, Ruby. I mean, to hear you mad at your man and the 70 year old singing it while he's playing. And that's what I sung with the Bill Monroe thing. You know, it was a hit. Are you mad at your man? You know, the neighbors in the hood at this little high school for Bill Monroe was playing. And you know, they started shouting out after half hour, Mr. Monroe's set. They started shouting out, let little Ricky Skaggs get up and sing, you know. And my dad didn't plant these people, I promise you, you know. And anyway, I didn't even take a mandolin with me. So the irony of the whole thing is that I had to play this size mandolin. You had to play. I had to play his mandolin. You played Bill Monroe's mandolin when you were six years old? Six years old. And I, you know. Not many people can say that. He took the strap around and, you know, wrapped it around the curl here so that it would fit me. Right. Set it on me. And I said, you know, they said, what do you want to do? And I said, Ruby. And so it was a popular song by the Osborne brothers, Bob and Sonny Osborne. And so away we went, you know, and you know, no mistakes, no, you know, I didn't flip out, didn't faint or anything, fall on the floor, didn't drop his mandolin. Well, you were too young to be self -conscious, probably. Yeah, I didn't know what that was, you know. If you were 11, you would have just freaked out. I probably would have. But he sent me back off stage and then did his big famous Mule Skinner Blues just to rat me, show me up. No, I don't know that for sure. But I just, you know, the crazy thing about that is when I became a member of the Country Music Hall of Fame, they wanted me to take out of the, they got some, some instruments in a place in the Country Music Hall of Fame Museum called the Precious Jewels. They have Earl Scruggs' banjo. They have Maybelle Carter's famous archtop. What? They still have that? Yeah. They have Bill Monroe's F5 mandolin in the case, so they took it out for me. Do they have Mother Maybelle's tortoiseshell combs? Maybe. I'm just kidding. But I mean, who knew that? Unless you're sitting here, I wouldn't know that they would have these objects. These are like sacred relics. But they let me play that same mandolin that I played when I was six years old. He kept that mandolin all his life. He got it in 1945, found it in a barber shop in Miami, Florida. Of all places, you know, to be in Miami, Florida, walking the streets, just out walking around, and happened to look in a barber shop with thousands of barber shops in Miami, Florida. So Bill Monroe found it in 1945. And went in and bought it for $200. And used it for the 15 years until he met you. Then he lets you play it. He keeps playing it, and today it still exists. Yeah, it does. And was busted up, and still, you know, Gibson put it back together meticulously. But it's amazing. And it just brought back so many memories. It almost closed a door, or closed a season of my life, you know, to play that mandolin at six years old, and then get to play it again, going into the most famous, you know. When did they induct you into the Country Music Hall of Fame? 2018. So they waited way too long. Shame on you. No, it's almost funny to me, because it is, you know, you, listen, if in 1980, Chet Atkins, the legend, you know, credits you with saving country music from the commercialization that it was undergoing because of the urban cowboy fad and John Travolta hiss. But it's just kind of funny to me, because you've been in this world, you know, forever. The idea that you were playing with Ralph Stanley, when you were just a kid, what was it, 1971, so you're like 17, were you still in high school? I mean, you're still in high school. Yeah. Did you graduate? No, I wanted to go to the Stanley School of Music, so I wanted to stay. We started, Keith Whitley and I started when we were 16, and played the summer with Ralph, and then we had to go back to school, and, you know, Ralph wanted us to go get our education, and I thought, man, this is the education I want right here, you know. I think a lot of people understand. Folks, I'm talking, in case you're just tuning in, this is Ricky Skaggs sitting here, we will continue the conversation on all kinds of subjects, don't go away.
WTOP
"1960" Discussed on WTOP
"1960. Rick McClure and the WTO traffic shepherd. Let's zoom in on the capitol beltway with a crash cleanup activity still going on on the interlude local lanes of the Wilson bridge, making progress now with just one lane blocked, and that was causing backups for folks traveling southbound along I two 95 toward the beltway and you'll see the brake lights and you're an oxen cove. Now if you're on the beltway inner loop, heading toward the Wilson bridge, you might want to use the through lanes that will on the interlude before saint Barnabas road just in case. To work again on the envelope local lanes through tysons with work between the toll road and Georgetown pike left lane gets by that project, the paving project is back on the envelope Maryland side after New Hampshire avenue toward route one that has the right lane getting by. I two 70 north through The Rock filled with work in the local lanes at shady grove road has the left lane getting by and that off ramp to shady grove road is closed as well. I 95 of the Maryland side with the work zone set through Laurel. It's had a north after the Howard county rest area with the left lane block also had a work zone set in the southbound direction before the beltway ramps that has two right lanes getting by. BW Parkway free and clear through prince George's and Howard county so far, route 50 east toward the baby bridge, had some volume after cape saint Clair toward the eastbound span with the work zone closing, the eastbound span, so it's two way traffic now on the westbound side. Auburn, Virginia, 66, a couple of works on set so far, not that bad west after the Rosalind tunnel, the right lane getting by and east before the fairfax county Parkway, the work there has the right wing getting bi as well. Three 95 you're good to go. I 95. South. After route 6 ten garrisonville road, the work zone blocks two right lanes, and through the district moving well on the freeway, I 6 95 and no issues reported on the D.C. two 95s I two 95 headed south toward the beltway delays begin at auction cove with the crash cleanup on the Wilson bridge. Rick McClure. Traffic 7 news first alert chief meteorologist Veronica Johnson. Well, we're just about ready to slide into this Memorial Day weekend with some very quiet tranquil weather. This evening
AP News Radio
Pirates star Dick Groat, who also played in NBA, dies at 92
"Wrote was a star on the baseball diamond and the basketball court in the 1950s, long before Jackson and Sanders made major sports multitasking a thing. Grote who parlayed a spectacular hoop's career at duke into a brief stint in the NBA before becoming an all star in the 1960 national league MVP while playing baseball for his hometown Pittsburgh pirates died Thursday. He was 92
America First with Sebastian Gorka Podcast
What Happened to the Democrats? Professor Paul Kengor Explains
"A historian by training Paul. What happened to the Democrat party? You know, I think back to the likes of scoop Jackson and JFK. They never would have called for violence against somebody they politically disagreed with. And also they were Ardent anti communists. Have you, have you an explanation for what's happened? Yeah, you know, going back to JFK. I mean, they were, they reached across the aisle. In fact, speaking of anti communism, JFK ran against Richard Nixon for president in 1960. And years before that, the Kennedy family and Richard Nixon, they were all tight. They were all close. In fact, JFK's father Joseph Kennedy wrote a check to Nixon the Nixon Senate campaign when he was running against Helen gahagan Douglas, who was called the pink lady. And they said, defeat her dick, right? They cross party lines. Joe McCarthy, Joe McCarthy, who was a Republican, was very tight with the Kennedy family. Dated one of the Kennedy daughters used to hang out at hyannis port with at the Kennedy compound. Robert F. Kennedy worked for Joe McCarthy. In fact, Robert F. Kennedy's daughter, I think it's Kathleen Kennedy Townsend. Her godfather is Joe McCarthy. And then fast forwarding to Ronald Reagan in another Massachusetts, famous politician, tip O'Neill. How they got along so well.
AP News Radio
Biden's Selma visit puts spotlight back on voting rights
"President Biden today travels to Selma, Alabama, to pay tribute to those who took part in the 1965 civil rights protest that came to be known as bloody Sunday. As he's done in years past, President Biden will join thousands for the annual commemoration of a gripping moment in the civil rights movement. March 7th, 1960 500s of peaceful demonstrators walking to protest the fatal shooting of a black man by police, brutally beaten by Alabama law enforcement. Joe Biden ten years ago at the Edmund Pettis bridge. When we saw. Was intrigued. Hostility and prejudice coming face to face with on dogs and courage. Leaders in Selma are hoping President Biden today will also address tornado damage from a January storm that is laid bare issues surrounding poverty. I'm Jackie Quinn
The Hugh Hewitt Show: Highly Concentrated
Pete Ricketts' Massive Turn Around
"You know, Pete ricketts, there's a story in the post about you this morning titled Pete ricketts massive political turnaround. And because you lost once. When you ran for Senate the first time, that puts you in a category with people like Mitt Romney, John thune. I mean, I go back to Richard Nixon losing 1960 and 1962. Do you think it helps to have lost once before you win twice as governor and now you'll have reelection for senator in two years? Well, I think it's a general rule that you learn way more from your failures than you do your successes, right? There are more painful, the intended to do more evaluation of what you can do better. And certainly my Senate loss in 2006 did teach me a lot about politics. It didn't discharge me from getting involved in it. I enjoyed the campaign. I love getting out and meeting nebraskans. And I learned a lot. I think I was able to turn those lessons into successes in my race for governor and certainly the people I met in my O 6 Senate race made it possible for me to get elected when I ran for governor in 2014. So that was absolutely vital to my success and winning in 2014 was my loss in 2006.
Bloomberg Radio New York
"1960" Discussed on Bloomberg Radio New York
"Have interest rates go up on a consistent basis as the fed seems to be doing without having some economic slowdown We've seen that since 1960 on every time the Federal Reserve raises interest rates in a consistent way it does produce an economic slowdown and it does reduce inflation It just takes a while David thank you so much for joining today David Rubenstein of course the Carlisle and the full interview with Mark Lasser Look for that I'm Bloomberg wealth tonight at 9 p.m. really interesting and I believe they touch on a basketball team that has won four in a row including crushing the Boston Celtics and Milwaukee Bucks way is they did Lisa I got to go back to what matters here with we're up 6 points here on futures Dow up 33 which is the biggest response of the day was a brama what's on met's baseball Which tells you basically the level of uncertainty and anything other than the fact that the mets managed to get a no hitter on Friday night and that's the one thing that we can say with some certainty honestly I think that the uncertainty really is going to be the biggest theme for the next couple of weeks But what does the fed do with that How do they sort of position in a way that allows the market to hold on to positioning that allows for an incredibly hawkish fed well not necessarily indicating a surprise They're not 75 basis points but even some sort of forward looking projection And they position with the surprise of the surveillance this morning with Kenneth rogoff saying the dollar is ever stronger ever dominant including going back to the 50s and the 60s You know I would agree that this is probably the most important story of the past couple of weeks because the stronger the dollar gets is Lara reims said That is a massive de facto tightening globally So at what point does something break has something already broken I mean really at what point does it become a concern for the fed and beyond Some of that a brand was gloom It is not touched in New York mets yet Ianna wins 31 He's not this year He's one 29 89 on a churn Dollar not giving a strength this morning but really worth watching through tomorrow in our fed coverage will have a very special show laid out including when the former vice chairman Allen blinders scheduled to be with us as well and then of course we go on to the jobs report On Friday that survey number is stunning 3.5% is a survey statistic and the unemployment rate.
KTOK
"1960" Discussed on KTOK
"I Heart radio. Looking back at the world of sports. It's the I Heart radio weekend Sports Time capsule. What's going on, fellas? Sports fans Attendee West and I'm here to take you on a journey back to this week in sports history. We'll start off way back in 1918 players on both sides threatened to strike the World Series unless they are guaranteed $2500 to the winners and $1000 each for the losers. They back off their stands. They are told they will appear greedy. While their countrymen are fighting a war jumping ahead this week in 1960, New York Yankee Mickey Mantle hits a home run estimated at 643 Ft. Over the right field roof in Detroit Ball landed in Brooks Lumber Yard across Trumbull Avenue. Now since then, many analysts have debunked the insane number. But regardless, it was a monster home run this week in 1985 at Riverfront Stadium in Cincinnati, Pete Rose, player and manager gets career hit number four 1000 Katie, Okay? 82 degrees in Oklahoma City. So glad you're with me on this Sunday night. This is lived forward dot net featuring Dr Gail Llewellyn Hobson, licensed psychologist for over 40 years. She lives in Norman and is the former director of mercy Behavioral health. She suggested that our topic this evening deal with food and shelter, which is an organization in Norman, Directed by a woman named April Hypo and Dr Hobson. If you would allow me just a second website lost some I've lost everybody, okay? Well, now we know what happens with that, Uh Apparently, the switchboard Has conquered me and I I am going to have to try to survive. For just a minute. So, um Let's see what we can do here is, uh Celine Dion featured this evening while I work on the phone. To get my guest back..
The Patriot AM 1150
"1960" Discussed on The Patriot AM 1150
"What's going on fellow sports fans of Tandy West and I'm here to take you on a journey back to this week in sports history. We'll start off way back in 1918 players on both sides threatened to strike the World Series unless they are guaranteed $2500 to the winners and $1000 each for the losers. They back off their stance when they are told they will appear greedy while their countrymen are fighting a war jumping. Had this week in 1960, New York, Yankee Mickey Mantle hits a home run estimated at 643 ft. Over the right field roof in Detroit. The ball landed in Brooks Lumber Yard across Tremble Avenue. Now, since then, many analysts have debunked the insane number. But regardless, it was a monster home run this week in 1985 at Riverfront Stadium in Cincinnati, Pete Rose, player and manager gets career hit number 4192 Eclipsing Ty Cobb's record this weekend. Way when news breaks you get the inside story that no one else has. And behind. The scenes chatter that the mainstream media doesn't even know about. This is the Sean Hannity show. Right 25 to the top of the hour. Want to update.
Movin 92.5
"1960" Discussed on Movin 92.5
"To be playing Desiree from pew. Olive. Hello, Desert. Hello. Hey, What are you doing right now? Just pulling into work. Okay, So you're back at the office? Almost. You just I think she means she's right outside of the office. Yes. And in general, like post covid not like technically you're in the parking lot. I understand his elevator area. Well, what do you do for work? That's all right. I am an event coordinator at a hotel. Oh, how has that been going really slow, but hopefully much better after today. Okay. There we go. All right, let's then broke out of the studio. While that happens. You know how the game's played Desiree of 13 13 seconds? No, no 30. It's 30 seconds. I'm unhappy. Yeah. No, just for you, Desert. We have 30 seconds to answer as many questions as possible. If you don't know and just say pass, you have to be broke out right to win. You ready? I'm ready. All right. Here we go. Your time starts now. On this day in 1994, the US Ice Skating Federation banned which skater for life. Tony Hardy. What state is located in between Wisconsin and North Dakota. Uh um, Test an octo Thorpe is the technical name for what symbol? An Octagon, in which decade were the first Grammy awards held in 1960. What was the name of the forest where Robin Hood lived? Oh, uh, I don't know. Oh, okay. We're gonna go with pass on that one. Let's bring Brooke back into the studio. And, uh, we need a little bit of a confidence booster today. Desirae. What's.
X96
"1960" Discussed on X96
"You all right? Because on this day 1960 In Ireland. Paul Hewson was born. Oh, I know who that is. Is Bono. Z, right, Bono? Yeah, That's what I said. I don't know Well is close. Friends calling. Both know they have 22 Grammy awards YouTube really and deserved every one of them. Wow. Nice. I went to. I was in the studio yesterday. Briefly. You were. What's that? Like? Well on a son on a Sunday before noon. It's a ghost town. I think it's probably a ghost town. All all day Sunday. I never see anybody but on my desk was a a novel Ope with with this face mask in it that night. Can't see what is it? It's got Uh, food items. Balsamic vinegar, Garland? Yeah, garlic and, uh, Tomatoes and things like that on it really nice, and it was made by Well, the note says. Thank you for making every morning fun. Vienna. And cement. Dave. Oh, that's right. Cement day his wife makes makes these s o. Yet Vienna's creation so but so I am was looking at that note, and I'm wondering. So is their last name, Dave. Mm hmm. Dave. Yes, it must be day family. It's the day was. Yeah. Vienna, Dave and cement. Dave. I got I got mine. It's Star Wars print. Katie was just showing her stew on x 96 dot com slash Live It Z. You're definitely Hallows. She got the Oh, it's too cited. Look at that double sided. Don't think minus no Well, I guess it could be. It's just black. Yeah, it's pretty nice. Really? Yeah. I don't know. She did a good job on those good adjustable year loops. And so thank you, Mrs Dave. Yes. Yeah. All right. We'll take a break. We'll be back. Boehner Fight is on the way. A reasonable amount of news all coming up. Man escaped dot com. Yep. That's if you want to keep yourself nicely groomed down there, gentlemen. Keep it. Keep it clean. You don't need that down there. You don't need all of that stuff. You shave it off and you use this great now manscaping gone. I didn't think they could top their first primer. But they have this is the man escaped four point Oh, On. It really works great. It's so they sent it when they said it to us. I'm like do we do we need a new one? Because my other ones just fine. But then I started using the new one. And I'm like, oh, e much better. On Duh. Yeah, as and it Z waterproof and there's a light so you can kind of see what you're doing down there need also, why don't you go for the men's grooming products that man's Cape has They have crop exfoliated er, crop gel. They had what you can figure out what that stuff is. Can you get 20% off and free shipping? That man escaped dot com when you use the code X 96. Before.
News Talk 1130 WISN
"1960" Discussed on News Talk 1130 WISN
"Let's look back on this day in sports history. January 28. We'll start off today in 1960, the Dallas Cowboys and the Minnesota Vikings are born. The league announced the foundation of the two expansion teams. Dallas would play that year in 1960. The Vikings would start in 1961 jumping ahead today in 1990 Super Bowl 24 at the Superdome in New Orleans, The San Francisco 40. Niners beat the Denver Broncos. 55 to 10 M V P. Joe Montana and today in 2017 right before announcing she's pregnant and taking a break from tennis. Serena Williams made history in Australia. Serena beat her older sister Venus, winning her seventh overall Australian Open title plus winning Grand Slam title number 23 breaking a tie with tennis legend Steffi Graf for the most in the open era of the sport Now, you know today in sports history on my heart radio Fox on Shit. That's the sound of what could be the future of delivery. The Federal Aviation Administration recently publishing drone rules to allow the devices to fly over people at night and over moving vehicles under certain conditions. Being able to fly at night fly over people and having a step towards beyond visual line of sight is really important to get to a market scale. Ryan Walsh's CEO of Al Khoury, the Chicago area startup is counting on drone delivery to take off. It's developing a mailbox specifically for packages carried by these flying devices. There's going to be specific traffic lanes in the sky, a lot of very specific, remote idea that the FAA came out with and there's going to be quite a bit of, you know, rhyme and reason to how these things operate. It might be some time before you get a drone delivery..
Horror Vein
"1960" Discussed on Horror Vein
"And it just shows her plane appiano and then it comes back and it it dollies across the room to see her brother with the gun and then it goes to her father sitting in front of the fireplace. Yeah and i was like wow what i mean. I wasn't expecting elaborate camera movements. That's right that's right. I just i love i love you. I know i heard. I love your perspective with the you know with all the camera you know there. And there's another shot when they go into the crypt and they they're showing the crypt and the camera goes like does a three sixty around the room and then comes back to the two people that originally came into the room and i was like brian. Depalma was influenced by this movie because he does shots like that old time. That's amazing. yeah love it just little. Did he know how he was going to influence future directors and he had no idea now at all. No no yeah. I just. It was a fun ride. It really was that You know barbara steele was Hard work with onset really. Yeah it was true or not because there's all kinds of conflicting reports but they're ports. Where she didn't you know come to set on time and You know somebody had gotten hurt or was waiting for her. Do her thing and she didn't want to and You know it's So and barbara steele. She denies it all. They've had interview interviews with her and people. Okay talk to her. And she's like no that's not true and and they say that her she still with us i think she is. Yeah yeah have you. Have you met her. I've never met her. I love meter. Oh my god yeah. Yeah yeah amazing. Yeah i thought maybe you do. No no no. No but i just i. When i was doing my homework i notice. She's still with us. I think she's in her seventies or late seventies early eighties. Something like that so Different now and she is an english actor. The cast all english actors even though a film was in the talian fill. Oh wow okay. Because i think they were trying to get more of the gothic feel because of the castles and all that stuff now. Okay okay so now. Were they filming from your Knowledged were these some somerset somewhere actual. Yes those bill. Next year some of the stuff was Actual castles but yeah a lot of it. Was you know. P- redesigned sets okay. Okay but yeah like the father's the i mean living room. That was a set. But i just love how they had designed that fireplace. It was great with the door behind him. Yeah i like that. Yeah and that's what this is cool that they integrate that 'cause castles have all these secret passageways and you don't know where they go as true and they're when they're exploring the castle trying to find out where the which is at and all that stuff i mean. It's just just great. I don't know. I know i agree. I agree i agree. So you like it as as as well as much as the universal monster even more or same or That that's a great question. I i i'd say about the same I mean it depends on which universal monster movie you're talking about. I can't you can't be dracula with bela lugosi. And i love the wolfman and frankenstein all that other stuff but this move as you cut it right up there. Well i mean this is a different type of movie. And i really liked this movie leg said because the black and white film in this i mean it's just blacks are totally black in the contrast as your way up in this bill is when you pull back in you see the i mean. It's just black. And yet i mean yeah rich and that was the one thing that really stood out with me. I was like i was in awe going. Wow that's a black and white movies look like should have that. Deep contrast of black should be totally black so it was really added to the film for me. I just love the cinematography and Like the casting for class thing. I mean like i said there's got got some cheesy parts in it laughing when he first sees proper steel and the music comes on because it was so catholic and then he needed just turns into this little cheesy romantic thing. And i'm like i love. I love it though. Just like what. The hell is she holding doberman. Well she's got black hair and and she's gorgeous and yes. Yeah but if he's just this reaction. I'm just like he like appeared out of nowhere. I know i don't know i just. I heard a gunshot what it was because he shot he shot the bat. The bat just happened to be walking her dogs. And that's right. Okay all right. I got it again. I'll probably have to see it again. You have to see it again. Because i did. I missed all that stuff too. And then it's a lot when i watch a lot could wanna because i was just enthralled with the look of the film and i didn't know what to expect and it just like i was just going. Wow wow wow and it and it took me out of what was happening and then when i watched it again it was like oh okay. All okay okay. 'cause i was concentrating at what was actually happening in the film right. And because miss you gotta pay attention. Because i mean it's kind of a detroit kit story it is you know i mean it's not simple and lack but it's not like typically when you see if a film they show it but in. This movie is a lot of talking and talking about the back story. What's happening out the two characters and i was like when i first moved like is it. Is that the same woman reaction. Because i'm like wait a minute. That's what i said. I'm like oh wait a minute. I thought she a witch. Or exactly. And i'm like is that really hers that somebody that looks like her and then yeah and then likely the doctor looks like her father and people look like the same. And i'm like what is going on my losing my mind and those people are different and then it wasn't until later when they go okay. Barbara steele was playing two parts. And i'm like oh and this is the reason why. Yeah okay. yeah that explains so much. 'cause it bothered me that i was look. That was one of the things. I was also looking at when i first saw like they really her every time she come on screen and mike is that her but different. Oh yes i could see. Yeah because she would talk the witch talk a certain way and then the what. The guy was a princess or whatever she talk different. Tia time yes. Ossa was the which i wrote. I wrote the names died. Yeah yeah yeah. Yeah yeah. That's right my little pencil. I was making some notes so so and then it's also confusing because they advertise it as black sunday and then when the movie starts says the mask of satan and rent.
Horror Vein
"1960" Discussed on Horror Vein
"I just i love i love you. I know i heard. I love your perspective with the you know with all the camera you know there. And there's another shot when they go into the crypt and they they're showing the crypt and the camera goes like does a three sixty around the room and then comes back to the two people that originally came into the room and i was like brian. Depalma was influenced by this movie because he does shots like that old time. That's amazing. yeah love it just little. Did he know how he was going to influence future directors and he had no idea now at all. No no yeah i just. It was a fun ride. It really was that Barbara steele was Hard work with onset really. Yeah it was true or not because there's all kinds of conflicting reports but they're ports. Where she didn't you know come to set on time and You know somebody had gotten hurt or was waiting for her. Do her thing and she didn't want to and You know it's So and barbara steele. She denies it all. They've had interview interviews with her and people. Okay talk to her. And she's like no that's not true and and they say that her she still with us i think she is. Yeah yeah have you. Have you met her. I've never met her. I love meter. Oh my god yeah. Yeah yeah amazing. Yeah i thought maybe you do. No no no. No but i just i. When i was doing my homework i notice. She's still with us. I think she's in her seventies or late seventies early eighties. Something like that so Different now and she is an english actor. The cast all english actors even though a film was in the talian fill. Oh wow okay. Because i think they were trying to get more of the gothic feel because of the castles and all that stuff now. Okay okay so now. Were they filming from your knowledged Were these some somerset somewhere. Actual you know. Yes those bill. Next year some of the stuff was Actual castles but yeah a lot of it was you know. P- redesigned sets okay. okay but yeah like the father's the. I mean living room. That was a set but i just love how they had designed that fireplace and it was great with the door behind him. Yeah i like that. Yeah and that's what this is cool that they integrate that 'cause castles have all these secret passageways and you don't know where they go as true and they're when they're exploring the castle trying to find out where the which is at and all that stuff i mean. It's just just great. I don't know. I know i agree. I agree i agree. So you like it as as as well as much as the universal monster even more or same or That that's a great question. I i i'd say about the same I mean it depends on which universal monster movie you're talking about. I can't you can't be dracula with bela lugosi right. And i love the wolfman and frankenstein other stuff but this move as you cut it right up there. Well i mean this is a different type of movie. And i really liked this movie leg said because the black and white film in this i mean it's just blacks are totally black in the contrast as your way up in this bill is when you pull back in you see the i mean. It's just black. And yet i mean yeah rich and that was the one thing that really stood out with me. I was like i was in awe going. Wow that's a black and white movies look like should have that. Deep contrast of black should be totally black so it was really added to the film for me. I just love the cinematography and Like the casting for atlantic lasting. I mean like. I said there's got got some cheesy parts in it laughing when he first sees proper steel and the music comes on because it was so catholic and then he needed just turns into this little cheesy romantic thing. And i'm like i love it. I love it though. Just like what. The hell is she holding doberman. She's got black hair and and she's gorgeous and yes. Yeah but if he's just this reaction. I'm just like he like appeared out of nowhere. I know i don't know. I just i heard a gunshot. He shot he shot the bat. The bat just happened to be walking her dogs. And that's right. Okay all right. I got it again. I'll probably have to see it again. You have to see it again. Because i did. I missed all that stuff too. And then it's a lot when i watch a lot could wanna because i was just enthralled with the look of the film and i didn't know what to expect and it just like i was just going. Wow wow wow and it and it took me out of what was happening and then when i watched it again it was like oh okay. All okay okay. 'cause i was concentrating at what was actually happening in the film right. And because miss you gotta pay attention. Because i mean it's kind of a detroit kit story it is you know i mean it's not simple and lack but it's not like typically when you see if a film they show it but in. This movie is a lot of talking and talking about the back story. What's happening out the two characters and i was like when i first moved like is it. Is that the same woman reaction. Because i'm like wait a minute. That's what i said. I'm like oh wait a minute. I thought she a witch. Or exactly. And i'm like that really hers that somebody that looks like her and then yeah and then likely the doctor looks like her father and people look like the same. And i'm like what the fuck is going on my losing my mind and those people are different and then it wasn't until later when they go okay. Barbara steele was playing two parts. And i'm like oh and this is the reason why. Yeah okay. yeah that explains so much. 'cause it bothered me. I was look. That was one of the things i was also looking at when i first saw like they really her every time she come on screen and mike is that her but different. Oh yes i could see. Yeah because she would talk the which talk a certain way and then the what. The guy was a princess or whatever she talk different. Tia time yes. Ossa was the which i wrote. I wrote the names died. Yeah yeah yeah yeah. That's right pencil. I was making some notes so so and then it's also confusing because they advertise it as black sunday and then when the movie starts says the mask of satan and rent.
Horror Vein
"1960" Discussed on Horror Vein
"Kaz possessed and he gets all my god. There's going yeah right and then the the religious implications in the film. Yeah i like. It went to the to the basics. I mean even though they were like you know one's a witch and one's pam pyre Like the cross cross. Yeah cross taxes. When all this other stuff and i'm like i like that that's going to keep the keep it to the old gathia horror films. You know. There's something they can repel the evil. Not just this evil it's gonna come in. You're like i don't know how to kill it we're gonna do. I did already obviously. And that's what i like about it. You know i. It's two centuries. They're older dead but they come back. And there's a reason for you. This is two hundred years later. They come back right and what was the all. The reason was to Well there's basically the 'cause her brother has are put to death right and the bodies were not burn because usually they burned bodies rats right. That's right rain. Came out of nowhere in the stop them from burning the bodies so they i've baird them in a cemetery with on consecrated ground. That's right which you would think they would put them in consecrated ground because that would keep them from coming back but average just my thinking when they said that it was like That's earth and i was wondering how they were gonna bring her back and Yeah the cheese. The doctors blood and then like the fact that when they go into the crypt that has just the creepiest. I mean there's cobwebs and all. Yeah i mean it does. The screen is filled with just creeping. And it just. Yeah oh yeah the. It takes a lot to look at the castle in the rooms in the fireplace and they got these. I know these statues in the paintings. And man i was just like wow just out of the painting. Did you notice that. The painting changes throughout the course of the film. Yeah that's really cool. I like i love that. Yeah i it's it's her standing next to like the slain wolves and then by the end of the film. she's nude. Yeah yeah holding apple standing next to an hour glass Pretty wild man. I love that that was great. So it's got all these little subtleties to wrap door. And like i mean. I had to watch the movie a couple of times. Just to kinda grasp everything goes like. I said there is that the same girl. And what's this. And then then he. The father explains everything towards the beginning. What happened and why she looks like that. Which that's right. I was like okay. I get that the first time. I watched it. Okay now understand. Oh you definitely could take. A few viewings of this definitely would be ended. I wouldn't mind because it just. I mean it grabbed me and i was like glued to the screen. I couldn't keep my way even diana. I showed her the trail at while. She was away this weekend but i sent her the trailer at texted tour. She's an watched. That and i said i'm sure she you know she. She likes older school. And not. So i mean this is kind of i mean. It's i don't know it admits pretty brutal. But has it's jason and and it's black and white so i mean even when they crushed the mask satan on her face. The blood go everywhere. It's i think it it works better. Because it's in black and white and you kind of fill in the blanks yourself. That's right right right. And and when he take when he's in the crypt and he takes the mask off the girl and you see your face and she has no i. Well it's scorpions coming out of her and all of a sudden out but the one shot when they come back to her when she's awake and she's calling her brother. Oh yeah i was one shot and he gets here is just the way was like man. That's creepy and very well done very well. Yeah i agree. It's not. It's not one of those films where they're you know they're going to try to scare you by you know jumping out of a corner or something like that. Yeah it's not jump scares now. This creepy feeling three entire film and even when they're you know going towards the graveyard in the way the trees are are just black in the in the in. The branches are everywhere. It's oh my got it just like. I dunno like a painting. It's just yeah gothic it. Every every frame of the film is like a gothic painting. So it's got so much going on in it. you know in even daylight scenes. You're kinda like that's kinda creepy. Yes it's still dark part. Yeah i wanna talk and with the priest. You're like man just dark. Just oh yeah. Yeah yeah he's got the beard and you know it's like yeah. Oh yeah yeah. It's old school type stuff. And i think kind of a mixture of you know that time when you know Man was you know in that in that one error were you know everything was castles and stuff and then the modern age was starting to come about and he had the horse. You know carriages and stuff like that and modern medicine and all that stuff but you still had the old school castles and the people still lived with. The you know the superstitions and which is an online and i love that i i just i do too. That's what i that's. What really gets me into to liking horror films. Was that dad those elements. I love those elements in a horror. Now what you love the universal monsters as i do yes yes but this film would appeal to people that maybe like the universal monsters and one a little bit more to their horror film all. Yeah i think you're right about that. 'cause it's it's smart more hardcore. I would say it's very hard core but it feels to every everybody because you even if you like gore.
Horror Vein
"1960" Discussed on Horror Vein
"Good evening my name. This cave collector of rare objects in my collection are from the occult and paranormal. Others are haunted most dangerous especially in wrong hands. One object has alluded me all my life. The lauch journals of dr croke took the crew. Was a priest demon allergist an exorcist. Who could fronted the most sinister demons to ever enter our realm. He mysteriously disappeared over thirty years ago without a trace believed that if i could find his journals they may contain clues as to how or why he disappeared. Join me as i embark on a mysterious journey into the shadows of the night in the realms of demons. But only if you're brave enough to listen. Bill loss journals original horror story written and produced by robert mercedes'. You can listen to two loss journals on your favourite podcasting apps including apple podcasts. Google podcasts amazon music. And now i heart radio all part of the fear film studios podcast network and we're back with more incredible horror vein four years host robert mississippi. I'm your co host. Dan fisher and this week. We're talking about the incredible. Mario bava film black sunday. Actually his first film it was that he made This is first one. Yeah that yeah it was. His debut was blacks allow. I don't i did not know that in this debut i know and this film was a big influence on a lot of directors especially you know Talion horror directors like full ci and our gento and stuff. Thousand say gentle. Yeah especially with the his later films. Meera baba's later films He's got some really colorful movies and started the whole Gallo it's called okay movement and we'll can get into all that stuff but yeah so he. He was big on colors. Kinda like Well our gentle was. Yes yes well. He started that that they started at something that are gentle took for him because syria. God yeah but bava really set you know he set the way in what whore talion horror was going to be in this movie that set the standard was black sunday. Wow and you could tell because this is probably the most beautiful black and white film. I've ever seen in my entire life. I mean it is rich blacks and dark and just creepy day. Yes is what i in the and you said you said it. This is what a horror film should be. It's got the creepy nece. It's got the old school universal monsters feel but immediately fell even. Yeah even darker though. Because it's this movie was banned in several countries because it was too violent and sexual. But there's no nudity now there isn't it's just the implications the implications that that's right the ones the one scene where he opens up her blouse in the cross comes out and then get this really big close up ever cleveland. Yeah and you know you hear this music and every time you see every time you see the girl you see here this music the music. You always hear this music. I thought it was funny because every time series turns. Music music yeah. Her theme music wrestler walks down the brad for you know the ramp. Yeah so i've never. I'd never seen this movie. I figured you didn't because not a lot of people have now i'd heard of it. Yes by never seen it. I had recently had seen it. But i had never really watched the entire film was one of those things where i've seen you know scenes of it and heard about it and everyone's talking about it and i was like i don't know about mario bava i've seen some of his stuff and it's either hit or miss But man right from the opening of this movie at what an opening round. I just grabs you. It's so my guy in the look of it. I mean it's dark and it's got. I don't know man. It just has everything you would want in a horror film. Got that it's gonna rain. he got the you know. It's got the fog it's got the you know. Let's get the atmosphere and the music and you gotta remember. This is nineteen sixty. Yeah and that was the big thing you know. This was you know before. Nine eleven dead. This is before psycho. Or i actually. It came out like just a little bit after psycho so the whole violent thing in movies really wasn't set yet and this was why this movie was banned how the opening scene. It's the mask just plumb all that was insane interface there and so well done and imbaba's camera movements and His direction i i was just aw was like looking at these camera movements that he had in the film. But that's just being a director. But i would just like i know. That's your expertise man. Yeah i can see why so. Many directors were film because it really amazing camera. Work the cinematography in the camera worker. Just tap notch. I mean incredible about it absolutely so. Let me get your reaction. Since you've never seen the film.
Horror Vein
"1960" Discussed on Horror Vein
"I get brain damage. I can't remember that. I know i do too. I'll think of it later. But that one looks good to they get i guess they get like. They moved time or something they got. They went back in time or something in there fighting these. Oh you're talking about the one That's directed by the guy did Resident evil. I think so with The same girl. it's something. Yeah yeah. Meal emil yovich. Yeah yeah yeah. That's coming out. i thought it was. Oh okay i kinda lost forgotten. I kinda fell off your rate or a little bit dates all the time with these. Keep up anymore. It's like okay. Well they're releasing it. Then then they change it and like whoa. What happened with this shit. Come on oh yeah hate this all. Stick to the schedule folks. St this schedule and i thought the Godzilla king kong was coming out really soon since the trailer. But okay but it's martin martin but i hear before we did. The trailer would have been out. He's usually trailers are out like six months before they're released some kind of form trailer. And i had nothing in this movie and a teaser. Thought they had a teaser ahead. A tiny little teaser. Head like that but that was for. Hbo max and it was just the a scene king kong just about hit godzilla cuts. I see that's the only footage that was around was like what's going on with this movie. Were the trailer did a great job of building the hype on it and then they paid off with the trailer which was actually really decent. And so i was i was like cooked. I'm like did do it any special Famous director for this movie or not that. I'm aware of of nobody that i know of is in this movie. But then there's nobody as far as your king kong godzilla come on. Yeah that's true that's all you need. You don't really need a shot of king kong jumping off the aircraft carrier while godzilla doing his fire breath. His trevor dann flame thing. Oh my god yeah. It was all die hard. Because he's jumping off the building. And i heard it was kind of like same expression. That's true yeah hong diehard. It's gonna be great. It's going to be interesting to see if they act. If one does fall there's going to be interesting to see if they do that now. Have they done this before. Like i said before on the last podcast they did have a movie called godzilla vs king kong. Okay i've got brain damage to so they did do a movie. And how long ago was this was a while ago was like back in the sixties a japanese movie of course with all the other godzilla movies. Because i've been watching those movies lately. Because i was like. Oh yeah can you know safer but anyway At the end of that King kong and godzilla the rest. They're fighting and they ended up falling into the sea. Oh that's right into the seat and the up and it just happens to be king kong. So you're swimming. That king kong one. But you don't know if god zillow died because he never got it got it okay. That was just an open ending. Okay so did you watch any movies over the weekend Besides just godzilla movies those about it. That's all you'd okay. And i heard it out on godzilla film godzilla movie. Some of them are. Because i was a kid and i'm watching his movies going. I watch these movies because some member cannot But it was just cool to see guys will destroy stuff. And that's all you're watching for wasn't about plot or anything like that. 'cause they're all you know japanese and subtitled and everything just kind of ramble on and stuff. But yeah i did watch the original the original godzilla but the remake. It's all part of the you know the newer films. So the the first guide zillow and then there was you know of monsters and then Skull island so the first godzilla. I watched that with matthew broderick yet not with matthew broderick I forget the guy's name but he was in Who's in it really But anyway. I watched that. It's a really good really. I don't know if you've seen it but it's really good if you haven't seen it zillah it's great fantastic what year. It's relatively new because it's all part of the series that's coming out right now. Okay okay. That was the first of the three films that are already out. So what made me think of this monsters attacking city. Did you ever see star cloverfield right. Yes it is you like it. I did and i didn't Because a lot of it was key in. They're trying to do like documentary trying to make it look like it's real footage and all that stuff right and that was about the when all that was like brand new and yeah in state of the art and all that other crap and i was like i i like it but it certain points in the film just like blair witch with the shaky camera just makes me sick after a like bob oda did you see the one with John goodman a second one. I did not cloverfield lane. I think it's really good. I liked. I thought it was good. Yeah it didn't look too interested in it because it was like you takes place in a bunker right and she's trapped on l. It's it's tension filled by like. Yeah he's he's a bastard or he's the son of a bitch and he's good you know you think of him as roseanne's bubbly husband on and all this other stuff that the deal. Yeah he's a real asshole. Oh it's good. I liked it. Yeah so Yeah yeah yeah. Yeah oh yeah yes i. I was hoping watch more. But i just didn't get to anymore movies so i'm kind of disappointed. I thought you're gonna come back and say you know this is moving alice man. I wanna watch unhinged. Yeah and then you still can't rent come compla- no it's by only still. I really wanna see that one. You know it's like ben affleck twenty bucks or something like that and it's like twenty bucks. Yeah even diana. She might watch that one with me. We'll see might be a little too creepy for her but that one looks amazing. Oh my god. I wanted to see that said that a book girl and then i know i know i sure did. I can't get my expectations. You gotta come with these movies. Like goes moving. So yeah it's gonna talk and then if it doesn't then unpleasantly surprised and you know i guess that's what i gotta do boy. What a disappointment outlook now bella thorne dino who she is who she was the main lead actress in girl bella thorne no don't know i don't know what she's done she was she was okay. I know bela lugosi. Yeah which which would be a good segue into our next segment. I it is. Isn't that a great because it really reminded me. We'll get bed. Yeah yeah but it really took me back. It just reminded me like the universal monsters. God yeah a lot to talk about with black sunday and.
Horror Vein
"1960" Discussed on Horror Vein
"And a lot of pretty much so we do. that's right. We just have fun in talk movies. Yes 'cause we love them because we love all genres we look but we do but this podcast so we like them better yes. We're biased way. Even though sometimes we break presidents and yes really stupid shit but it's pertaining. Yeah so speaking of stupid shit. Oh here we go. Well i as. I mentioned in our last podcast. I hit some time over the weekend. Oh yeah that's right you Hit a little bit of me. Time i did. I don't feel so. Of course. I did my homework and watch like sunday. What some. I also lost girl. Oh girl wow. I did girl do to get you. Good okay okay. It wasn't that good. I can tell now now now now now now i just. I really liked him. I just yeah man not for me. I wasn't a it wasn't a thriller wasn't a you know it was trying to be. It really wanted to be but for me. Not so much. I get. There were parts. That were Suspenseful there were some tension filled seems and then not so much so just it was very fragmented for me like it had me and then it lost me and then you know as roller coaster and i just. I don't like that. I like i mean if you wanna do a slow burn. That's fine if you wanna just do you know paul for the wall and just keep you know. Don't even let me breathe. I'm good with that too. You know we've talked about films that do both of those. This was that i just No it wasn't one of just in the acting was not that great independent have problem. Maybe probably as. I said this when i saw the trailer didn't look at big budget budget. Now maybe it didn't. Mickey rourke was in it. Oh yeah that's right. He looks weird doesn't he. I mean yeah like a ton of plastic surgery and starring maki. I like your word. Mickey rourke don't get me wrong you'll but yet like he was wearing a mask or something i don't know yeah looked like he was wearing a mask. Yeah like kenny rogers. Plastic surgery type deal. We still love you. And he had his hair like an opponent tail and he was the sheriff and you know he was fine. But i just. There was less one scene in the laundromat. That was really really good. I mean if i was e in the movie a lot where he was just a cameo just so they know he was quite a bit okay. He was in the movie him with this other guy were supposed to be like her uncles. that you know turned out to be the bad uncles. Own-goal yes yes or you yes sir. Yeah in her mom. I didn't think she could act your way out of a paper girl. Not not so much. I'm sorry i don't mean to ramble on about it. I just i just really disappointed rob. I really really done it for this thing. You seem excited. You're talking about it. And i was really excited about it. That looked amazing. And that's that's the that's the key. I've been burned so many times by really good trailers and that's the key of You know selling movie and then you get into it and you're like what the fuck is. Yeah it's like cottrell trailer shows you all the good stuff and then the movie is you know what i mean. You remember don in the eighties cannon films do remember cannon films. I mean they have so so many movies out and they were the kings of doing really great trailers and then when he go see the movie piece of junk foreign john times. What's in the trailers. Not even in the movie exactly now at like one once in a while they had a decent film. But i'd say ninety percent of the time cannon film was totally lousy runaway. Train was actually a good movie but that was a canon film and that was actually a really good film. But i mean they had some really bad movies. Yeah so i. I really think that this this is what happened to me with this film and i was really disappointed. So i don't mean to trash you know bashar film. But i just when i get really excited about like you said you're really excited about. I was like oh you know. I watched blacks. I and i'm like all i got some time. Let me you know girl. And i should've watched unhinged. That's what i think. If you're up for it. I'd like to do that. You know in a future recording unhinged okay. Absolutely because i do want to watch. It looks really really good but anyway so Trailers okay yes the godzilla king kong trailer. Just drop i know and boy. Does that look good. I can't wait. Did they say when it's coming on. March twenty sixth on march. Shit if you remember from last podcast They pushed the date from may to march. And it's going to be. Yeah the it's going to be in theaters and on hbo. Max and i was actually. I got duped. I was in On youtube and there were several different places on youtube where they were having like a like a countdown to win. The trailer is going to be released because of trailer was released on sunday at noon. And so i was in. I was in this group and must have been like thousands of people waiting because they had a countdown on and it wasn't an official trailer release. It wasn't something that was done by warner of was just somebody hit put together so when it got down to the countdown it said oh now the movies released so you had to go and find it. They didn't actually have it. Also work serving chat rooms going. Where where's the movie. What's going on. What happened all my color. While in the chatrooms going to look you know they were picking their sides right right right right cool. This is awesome and then the movie never shows up. And i'm like oh so go over to Legendary films they're the ones that produced it out right down to their youtube page and they had it and it was like okay care and was like blown away. I was like oh this looks really good so that other movie looks good. That you talked about Something monsters sometime human versus human versus these. I don't know if the dinosaurs or i'll come on. You were talking about not this last podcast but may be a few podcasts..
Horror Vein
"1960" Discussed on Horror Vein
"And a lot of pretty much the so we do. that's right. We just have fun in talk movies. Yes 'cause we love them because we love all genres we look but we do but this podcast so we like them better yes. We're biased that way. Even though sometimes we break presidents and yes really stupid shit but it's pertaining. Yeah so speaking of stupid shit. Oh here we go. Well i as. I mentioned in our last podcast. I hit some time over the weekend. Oh yeah that's right you Hit a little bit of me. Time i did. I don't feel so. Of course. I did my homework and watch like sunday. What some. I also lost girl. Oh girl wow. I did girl do to get you. Good okay okay. It wasn't that good. I can tell now now now now now now i just. I really liked him. I just yeah man not for me. I wasn't a it wasn't a thriller wasn't a you know it was trying to be. It really wanted to be but for me. Not so much. I get. There were parts. That were Suspenseful some tension filled seems and then not so much so just it was very fragmented for me like it had me and then it lost me and then you know as roller coaster and i just. I don't like that. I like i mean if you wanna do a slow burn. That's fine if you wanna just do you know paul for the wall and just keep you know. Don't even let me breathe. I'm good with that too. You know we've talked about films that do both of those. This was that i just No it wasn't one of just in the acting was not that great independent have problem. Maybe probably as. I said this when i saw the trailer didn't look at big budget budget. Now maybe it didn't. Mickey rourke was in it. Oh yeah that's right. He looks weird doesn't he. I mean yeah like a ton of plastic surgery and starring maki. I like your word. Mickey rourke don't get me wrong but really weird. Yeah like he was wearing a mask or something. I don't know yeah looked like he was wearing a mask. Yeah like kenny rogers. Plastic surgery type deal. We still love you. And he had his hair like an opponent tail and he was the sheriff and you know he was fine. But i just. There was less one scene in the laundromat. That was really really good. I mean if i was e in the movie a lot where he was just a cameo just so they know he was in quite a bit. Okay he was in the movie him with this other guy. Were supposed to be like her uncles that You know turned out to be the bad uncles. Own-goal yes yes or you yes sir. Yeah in her mom. I didn't think she could act your way out of a paper girl. Not not so much. I'm sorry i don't mean to ramble on about it. I just i just really disappointed rob. I really really done it for this thing. You seem excited when you're talking about it and i was really excited about it. That looked amazing. And that's that's the that's the key. I've been burned so many times by really good trailers and that's the key of You know selling movie and then you get into it and you're like what the fuck is. Yeah it's like cottrell trailer shows you all the good stuff and then the movie is you know what i mean. You remember don in the eighties cannon films do remember cannon films. I mean they have so so many movies out and they were the kings of doing really great trailers and then when he go see the movie piece of junk foreign john times. What's in the trailers. Not even in the movie exactly now at like one once in a while they had a decent film. But i'd say ninety percent of the time cannon film was totally lousy. A runaway train was actually a good movie but that was a canon film and that was actually a really good film but i mean they had some really bad movies. Yeah so i. I really think that this this is what happened to me with this film and i was really disappointed so i don't mean to trash you know bashar film but i just when i get really excited about like you said you're really excited about. I was like oh you know. I watched blacks i And i'm like all. I got some time. Let me you know girl. And i should've watched unhinged. That's what i think. If you're up for it. I'd like to do that. You know in a future recording unhinged okay. Absolutely because i do want to watch. It looks really really good but anyway so Trailers okay yes the godzilla king kong trailer. Just drop i know and boy. Does that look good. All my god. I can't wait. Did they say when it's coming on. March twenty sixth on march. Shit if you remember from last podcast They pushed the date from may to march. And it's going to be. Yeah the it's going to be in theaters and on hbo. Max and i was actually. I got duped. I was in On youtube and there were several different places on youtube where they were having like a like a countdown to win. The trailer is going to be released because of trailer was released on sunday at noon. And so i was in. I was in this group and must have been like thousands of people waiting because they had a countdown on and it wasn't an official trailer release. It wasn't something that was done by warner of was just somebody hit put together so when it got down to the countdown it said oh now the movies released so you had to go and find it. They didn't actually have it. Also work serving chat rooms going. Where where's the movie. What's going on. What happened all my color. While in the chatrooms going to look you know they were picking their sides right right right right cool. This is awesome and then the movie never shows up. And i'm like oh so go over to Legendary films they're the ones that produced it out right down to their youtube page and they had it and it was like okay care and was like blown away. I was like oh this looks really good so that other movie looks good. That you talked about Something monsters sometime human versus human versus these. I don't know if the dinosaurs or i'll come on. You were talking about not this last podcast but may be a few podcasts..
Conscious Millionaire Show ~ Business Coaching and Mentoring 6 Days a Week
"1960" Discussed on Conscious Millionaire Show ~ Business Coaching and Mentoring 6 Days a Week
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Conscious Millionaire Show ~ Business Coaching and Mentoring 6 Days a Week
"1960" Discussed on Conscious Millionaire Show ~ Business Coaching and Mentoring 6 Days a Week
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