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A highlight from SBF TRIAL: Inside Sam Bankman-Fried's Trial Defense Episode 2
"The most important thing is, you know, just because a lawyer tells you something is okay, that's not a defense. Geez, he said it. He seemed to think everything was okay. Yeah. That's not an advice of counsel defense that negates criminal intent, that's an excuse. In part two of our series digging into SPF's defense, we dissect Sam Bankman -freed's claims that his lawyers played a larger role in FTX's collapse than he did. It might sound like a stretch, but there is legal precedent behind it. SPF also says he was pressured by counsel into turning FTX over to their hand -picked successor. In this episode, we sit down with Mark Litt, the prosecutor who took down Bernie Madoff, Travis Kling, a fund manager who still has millions of dollars tied up in FTX, and Mr. Purple, a pseudonymous crypto investor and fellow FTX victim, to see if there's any legitimacy to SPF's claims that lawyers who were there for FTX's rise are now primed to rake in hundreds of millions of dollars in legal fees. Money that SPF says should be used to pay back depositors. I'm Zach Ousman, you're listening to the SPF Defense Podcast, a coinage investigation. SPF's position is that FTX would have made it through the crisis if not for his lawyers, which conspired to steal the company out from under him, cover up their role in its operation, and siphon hundreds of millions of dollars in legal fees from the bankrupt estate. SPF even names one lawyer in particular, Ryan Miller, who joined FTX US from the law firm's Sullivan and Cromwell, and planned on returning there after his time at the exchange, according to an affidavit from FTX's top lawyer. SPF says Miller conspired to hand the company over to Solcrom and their chosen agent, John J. Ray III, who also handled Enron's bankruptcy. And whether you come to believe Sam's claims or not, Solcrom and Ray clearly won. If FTX's bankruptcy process takes the two years like Enron's did, it's on track to cost over $800 million. And Solcrom's relationship has already been called out by more than just Sam. It's even been raised as an issue by senators and 18 state regulators. But could SPF be right about Ryan Miller and Solcrom's nefarious motives? And even if they did do some evil lawyer shit, will it be enough to get SPF off the hook? To fully understand this defense strategy, it helps to start with SPF's story behind his attempt to plug the now notorious multi -billion dollar hole at FTX back in November's collapse. As the story goes, he was preparing to handle the liquidity crisis by courting Nomura, Japan's largest investment group, and the crypto company Tron, who had pledged billions of dollars in liquidity to FTX, while other investors were still deliberating. SPF had said he planned on giving away most of his equity in the company, and therefore most of his wealth, in an attempt to make customers of FTX International whole. SPF has always maintained that FTX US remained completely solvent right up to the end. But SPF says his rescue plan failed because Ryan Miller and Solcrom agents at his company, including Tim Wilson, another FTX lawyer with a past at Solcrom, pressed him repeatedly to sign the company's over to John Ray in bankruptcy, and even implied that if he refused, they could have him arrested and quote, change control in order to authorize a proper insolvency process. SPF said he changed his mind within 10 minutes of signing, but it was already too late. And he says his lawyers reneged on their promises to let him select a board share, blocking him out of his accounts and refusing to communicate further. As soon as John Ray was installed, he chose Sullivan and Cromwell as FTX's primary counsel. To be fair, SPF actually has a point when it comes to the sketchiness of that process. Even outside legal observers have taken issue with Solcrom being tapped as the firm to manage FTX's bankruptcy. In fact, a bipartisan group of two Republican and two Democratic senators, including Elizabeth Warren, sent a letter to the judge overseeing the case, urging him to appoint an independent examiner rather than Solcrom, which worked with FTX and Alameda before the collapse, bringing in $8 .5 million in legal fees. The senators argued, quote, given their longstanding legal work for FTX, they may well bear a measure of responsibility for the damage wrecked on the company's victims. Regulators from 18 states echoed that issue, saying appointing an independent examiner wasn't just right, it was also legally required. But back in February, the judge in the case threw out those requests, saying it would cost too much money, though we should note FTX's lawyers also charged the bankruptcy estate $21 ,000 over 20 days just for meals, which apparently isn't too much to spend. And if you ask the victims in FTX's collapse, this is all pretty important, considering it's their deposits and claims at stake. And if their money is being drained in broad daylight by a law firm who also helped FTX pre -collapse, that might not sit any better than Sam spending it. We talked to Travis Kling, who lost his crypto investment fund in FTX's collapse, and asked him to weigh in. If you ask me at the very beginning, do you think this is going to be one of the most expensive bankruptcies in U .S. history, I would say yes. Yes. You know, it's enormous. There's a ton of fraud, and it's magic internet money. Trying to kind of Monday morning quarterback this and say, oh, Sam would have been better off not filing for bankruptcy. That's not something that I feel very strongly about. And Solkrom's outrageous fees aren't the only reason for concern. SPF also claims Solkrom gave a clean bill of health to Alameda's trading accounts on FTX in a report with the CFTC just months before the collapse. Furthermore, in his affidavit, Dan Friedberg, who was both FTX's chief compliance officer and Alameda's general counsel until he stepped down following the crisis, says Miller only included FTX U .S. in the bankruptcy proceedings precisely because Miller knew it had the funds to pay Solkrom for its work, which backs up what SPF said about how FTX U .S. was never insolvent. So this may be a case of the fox guarding the henhouse. Solkrom denies any of this, of course. The firm's top bankruptcy lawyer, Andrew Dietrich, who told other lawyers FTX was rock solid in an email just days before the bankruptcy, said he only spoke with SPF twice. The FTX debtors also countersued Friedberg to seek damages, alleging he breached his fiduciary duties. We can't say much more beyond that because Solkrom never got back to us when we asked for a comment. But one thing is clear, what guidance Sam's lawyers gave him, and particularly what they knew about the business, will become integral to SPF's defense at trial. Even if you asked Ryan Miller before the collapse, the laws are pretty simple for any business, crypto or otherwise. Here he is explaining that concept at an MIT Bitcoin meetup in July 2022. Don't do fraud, don't lie, don't release materially incomplete statements. That then creates a basis for liability, liability from a criminal authority, be it a Department of Justice or liability in a civil context. Yet according to Caroline Allison's guilty plea, they had trouble following even those rules. In her sworn testimony, she said, quote, I agreed with Mr. Bankman, Fried and others to provide materially misleading financial statements to Alameda's lenders. Could Miller or any of SPF's lawyers, for that matter, be one of those others? Sam's other allegation that Miller contacted the DOJ to turn over documents that led to his indictment days before SPF linked, which controlled the company, makes Miller start to look even sketchier. But even if Solkrom really does have a true conflict of interest, could SPF really use their role in everything that happened to get an acquittal? Given that I'm not a lawyer, we pose that defense to Mark Litt, the prosecutor who took down Bernie Madoff. Can a lawyer be a criminal? Sure. Yeah. Can a lawyer be part of a criminal enterprise? Yes. Do they often go down? I don't know a lot of reputable lawyers who are going to bless lying to investors, lying to banks, intermingling funds, lying to auditors. If he happened to find one who knew all that was going on and blessed it, then maybe as a defense. But I tend to doubt it. You can't think of it as, well, oh, well, you know, Sullivan and Cromwell was involved or a former Sullivan and Cromwell lawyer was involved and, geez, he said he seemed to think everything was okay. That's not an advice of counsel defense that negates criminal intent. That's an excuse masquerading as an advice of counsel defense. Advice of counsel defense is very specific and narrow. You need competent counsel and they'll stipulate that any lawyer at Sullivan and Cromwell is competent in the subject area that they're being asked about. Second, every material fact has to be disclosed to them. Third, you have to seek their legal opinion on a subject. And fourth, you have to follow the advice. So if the defense can make out those elements, I would think they'd be able to present the defense and it might have a shot of winning. So Sol Cromwell might not be saints, but as we covered last time in episode one, SPF isn't exactly facing a trial over FTX's collapse. He's charged with a lot of things that led up to FTX's collapse. Arguably, what's alleged to have happened post -collapse matters more for FTX's victims. And if you ask them, the reviews are mixed on exactly what's played out thus far. If I'm going to judge Sullivan and Cromwell and John J. Wray from my purview of being someone who's seen these things in bankruptcy, I would give them a very low grade because you can say, oh, this is crypto, it's difficult, but it's not that difficult. And sometimes the devil you know is better than the one you don't. I will say that these debtors are extremely bad in my professional experience. That was Mr. Purple, a pseudonymous crypto investor who has experience following bankruptcy proceedings. For former FTX customers like him, Sam's spat with Sol Cromwell matters very little, as long as the firm can help achieve a meaningful recovery of their funds. And despite the fact that legal fees are stacking up, the bidding market for FTX customer claims is showing a growing hope they might not be stuck with pennies on the dollar. Another way to frame it is, you know, there's a claims market for FTX claims, trade claims, trade actively. There's a little niche of traditional finance that all they do is go around to different bankruptcies in all industries and they buy claims. This is this is a, you know, a subsector of of investing. And this is a huge bankruptcy. So this has been a very big liquid market. Right. And the first, you know, we're a very big creditor in this. So, you know, I'm in active conversations in this claims market. First, first bid we saw was in Thanksgiving and it was like six cents. That was the first bid. Six cents on the dollar, six cents on the dollar. And now now it's like 40 cents. And so it's gone from six to 40 cents. So then I'm like, OK, well, that feels quite good. Yeah. And OK, these guys are charging a load of money for that, but they have taken us from six cents to 40 cents. With both FTX's bankruptcy case and SPF's criminal case unfolding in real time, one may very well impact the other. We filed a Freedom of Information Act request for the CFTC to share the report. Sam says Solkrom filed to support that FTX's structure was above board. The agency denied our request, saying it's unable to share documents that, quote, could interfere with the conduct of federal agency law enforcement activities. And of course, as long as Solkrom selected John Ray is running the show at FTX, it's unexpected anything comes out to support SPF's case. FTX, too, didn't get back for comment. So unless SPF has direct evidence of lawyers being aware of FTX's shaky financials and helping for years to cover it up, it's hard to judge SPF's advice of counsel defense or the idea that he thought he was in the clear leading up to the collapse just because his lawyers said it was fine. As Litt said, that sounds more like an excuse than a defense. As a community owned Web3 media outlet, Coinage will be breaking down everything we've learned together through this series and curating still unanswered questions at Coinage .Media. I'm Zach Guzman. This was the second part of Coinage's investigative series covering SPF's defense. Stay tuned for episode three, where we'll explore another pillar. Of SPF's defense. You've been listening to the SPF Defense on the Coindesk Podcast Network. Follow the Coindesk Podcast Network to get all the Coindesk shows in one place and head over to Coindesk .com for all the Sam Bankman freed coverage. Thanks for listening.
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".com this is WTOP news 553 at the white house today actress and disability rights advocate Selma Blair helped President Biden salute the legacy of the American with disabilities act and rehabilitation act she was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis back in 2018 she walked together with with the president to a ceremony on the white house south lawn with her cane and her service dog after introducing the President applauded Biden the work of advocates like her on passage of the bill calling it one of the most consequential civil rights laws in the nation's history still the president says there is more work to do here's what's ahead on seven news news this evening good afternoon i'm seven news on your sides allison starling coming up at six metro says friday's derailment was caused by a break part that fell off of an older rail car knocking another train off tracks the so seven news dug through the records and found that brake parts falling off metro cars is far from a new thing how many times metro has had to fix this issue plus how does the silver spring resident become california's next u s senator governor gavin newsom explains his pick to replace the late senator diane feinstein that's tonight on seven news on your side at sports at twenty five and fifty five powered by maximus moving and forward innovation george wallace house the team doing the commanders four weeks into the nfl season it's about a quarter of the way in
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A highlight from GENC : Innovation at the Core of Marketing with Alyson Griffin, Head of Marketing at State Farm
"Gen C is the generation of the new Internet. In Gen C, the C stands for crypto, but it also stands for creators, the connected consumer and collectibles, both digital and physical with on -chain provenance. It stands for culture and characters, the ones we play in games and the companion ones that AI is building alongside us. It stands for community and digital citizenship and the new set of transparent and trustless tools being built to govern them. These are the people who were raised on a different philosophy on how they look at money, how they look at identity, how they look at privacy and how they look at the hybrid, digital and physical spaces being built all around us. And finally, how they reimagine their relationships with the communities and companies they interact with. We focus on how brands large and small are building for these audiences. Welcome to Gen C. Avery, I have to play you the new intro that I just made for Gen C. So here it goes. Edge of my seat. All right. So you might've noticed that was me not speaking English, but I am going to Portugal next week. So that was me speaking Portuguese. And how did I do that? Well, both you and I have been experimenting with, Hey, Jen's video translation software that utilizes AI to speak in multiple languages. You added an amazing piece that you put up on LinkedIn the other day. If you speaking Hindi, I don't know if you actually speak Hindi or not. Very limited. Very limited. But I just want to throw this stat out before I want to get your thoughts, which our is old friend, Mr. Beast, 50 % of the people who watch his videos don't speak English. And so what he does is hire voice actors all over the world to be the Mr. Beast in their local areas, because he knows that for him to go as global and get as many views as he needs, he has to be in language. And so what do you think about, Hey, Jen, and some of these new tools that are coming that will allow for video translation that is not only only, audio but as you and I have both been playing with, it also literally changes your mouth movements to be speaking the language that you've selected. Sam, thank you for turning me on to Hey, Jen. My first thought was that I was going to use it to connect my grandparents along because we do have a language barrier. And while I was sad to see that Telugu was not a supported language, I was like, it's okay. I'll do it in Hindi. And I sent it and they actually thought it was real because, you know, not everybody is familiar with powers of AI, especially with this sort of intonation, which is amazing. And then I started playing around with it a little bit more. And I want to call out Hey, Jen, but also 11 Labs, which is the voice translation that is powering all of this. Hey, Jen is sort of bringing that video, but 11 Labs does the audio. And we've been working on a couple of little things with 11 Labs in different capacities. I'm really impressed with what they're building. And it's critical because only 14 % of the world speaks English, yet 59 % of the world's digital content is in English. So if you're a person who doesn't speak English, much less, God forbid, is not literate, then you can't access the amazing, wonderful world of the internet that we all know today. It's a massive thing. I think it's early days. And of course, everybody rightfully so has questions on where is this data going? Who owns it? Who's storing it? Hey, Jen is an LA based company. And 11 Labs has raised from a number of investors, including Andre Sinso. We've done some diligence on them, but I think it's early days. But this technology is insanely powerful for brands, but in the immediate term for content creators. If I was a content creator, I would be using this immediately for my target languages, because it'll expand your reach so much, enable you to connect. And by the way, it's not going to be long before that's happening on demand. In real time, I mean. Yeah, absolutely. I mean, I did the same thing you did. I recorded a video that I translated into French and I sent it to my friend in Paris. And I said, I've been working on my accent. What do you think? And he gets back to me and goes, oh, like, you're really nailing the language, you're really nailing the accent. Like, you've come a long way. I don't speak French. Because the intonation is like you, right? Right, exactly. It's cloning your voice. It sounds like a white person speaking Hindi. Like, there's some things that are colloquialisms that a local person would never say, but it sounds like how you would speak Hindi if you were very good at it. Yes. I will also say what was fascinating to me was Angelique Vendette, who I also sent the video to, responded and say, okay, here's the problem. It's speaking French Canadian. It's not speaking Paris French. And then I had other friends who because I had put it up on Instagram and for the one in Spanish, I had tagged Mexico and I said, can't wait to get back to CDMX. And someone tagged me and said, no, this is speaking European Spanish. This is not speaking Latin American Spanish. So I do think there is like a lot of nuance that still needs to get worked out in it. But just the fact that I could record a 48 second video that people in Paris and people in Mexico didn't recognize that it was AI at first. I thought it was fascinating. I think you hit it exactly, which is, oh, yeah, if I was a content creator, if I was a brand marketer and I was doing shorts, I think this is a perfect way just to get more reach for your content at a 30 to 90 second level, which should be labeled as AI also. Agreed. Definitely. Cross -country transparency, 100 percent. Yeah, we'll talk about that in a second. But I do think that anyone who hasn't played with the page and video translator or there, you can now do it just by uploading a photo and snippets of your voice powered by 11, as you mentioned. So you can actually create yourself saying anything without even having to record a video at this point. You could all do it by text. So it's pretty fascinating. I'm very excited for where this stuff is going, because this is the kind of use case that I think you and I look at this and we're like, this has a very tactical, tangible opportunity. And I think the stat that you just mentioned, only 14 percent speak English, but 60 percent of the content is in English is such a big business opportunity when you really think about that. So, so relevant. Let's pivot from there to a very related topic, which is I don't know if you saw this week, but TikTok has started using AI labeling and Reddit and Reddit. Right. Exactly. For TikTok, anytime you use one of the filters that utilizes AI, now it's going to be labeled as AI. They also are doing auto detection for people who are utilizing AI software and they want anyone who is utilizing AI for their content to have a label on it. I think this is a step in the right direction. I would love all news content also to be labeled like this, because there's a lot of stuff out there. I read an obituary that was driven by AI about a basketball player who had passed away and it said the basketball player is unliving. So that was the way that AI described him being dead, was that he was unliving. And so clearly there's a lot of stuff that needs to get worked out. But from a brand perspective, from a creator perspective, I think that the idea that we should know when things are being modified feels like the right thing. But do you think that affects the creator economy in any way? I think it's similar to how we do hashtag ad, like trust or transparency is key. We just need to be transparent about using these things. I've thought that for quite a while as it relates to Instagram and TikTok filtering because people get unrealistic like body images. I mean, yes, some of this happens in like magazines and photo shoots and all of that stuff it has for a long time. But I'm all about trust or transparency and the digital ecosystem. Agreed. And I also think there's a healthy respect for knowing when someone might be utilizing a tool. It's a productivity tool. It doesn't mean it has to be less entertaining. It doesn't mean it has to be less interesting. I think our enterprise brands, though, we're still at a place where like we can't just use 11 labs like at scale right now. It's not ready yet. It's like a proof of concept. This is how it could be going. And back to what we've talked about before, it's building the muscle for when this really hits scale, we're going to be ready. Correct. And in terms of just going back to Mr. Beast, who has these 13 actors that play him around the world, he said, our team is very actively looking because it's not cheap to do that. And he said, our team is very actively looking. He thought from his perspective and when their research that it's going to be still a couple of years before we actually see it being good enough where he's comfortable. What he said, which was interesting, is they've done some AB testing where they use the voice actor and then they'll use a cloning. And he said every time he does a cloning, people are calling out that something sounds wrong and it distracts them from the content in the video, which I think for someone like him is just really important to make sure it's landing. Totally, totally agree with that. Yeah. All right. Final story before we get to an amazing guest is Crossmint and MasterCard are going deeper together. So Crossmint powered this artist portal that MasterCard released a couple of months ago. It actually brought one hundred thousand people into blockchain. It was primarily based on music and that was also powered by Crossmint. And it seems that Crossmint and MasterCard are getting in bed together even more with an eye toward small business, which I thought was kind of interesting. Just the idea of easy ways when you think of utilizing your MasterCard to pay for something and then thinking about a reward system that can be on chain, that feels like it makes a lot of sense, right? I hit my 10th time at the coffee shop. I get a little NFT that says I'm a 10 timer and maybe that gets me a free coffee later. But this feels like a very natural, easy way for blockchain and brands to get together. And I want to know if you have any thoughts about that. Yeah, well, I love Rodry and the team and of course, Raja and his amazing team at MasterCard and everything that they've done in this space. So recently connected with Raja and he was like, I'm still very bullish on Web3. And one, I love him for saying that because there's so many mixed reactions right now. And it's amazing to hear leaders who continue to invest, continue to launch programs like their startup accelerator and continue to support these sort of Web3 native businesses, massive bands of what Crossmint is doing. And I think that a partnership between a payment processor and a minting tool makes a lot of sense because you're likely going to be paying maybe not thousands of dollars, but a couple bucks for some of these things. And having that super integrated is a great fit. And shout out to MasterCard for continuing to innovate in this space. I see them. I see Visa. I see the banks really continuing to lean in and identify these enterprise use cases that can make their customers both B2C and also B2B customers lives a little bit easier. Well, we have asked Raja to be on the podcast 27 times, so we're going to continue to ask until he shows up. So, Raja, if you're listening, we're coming for you. Avery, after the break, we are going to come back with Allison Griffin from State Farm, a big brain marketing thinker, so excited to hear her perspectives on marketing, on the metaverse, on Web3, on innovation in general, because she's such a great thinker on that. So we will talk to her after the break. Sounds great.
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Fresh update on "allison" discussed on Bloomberg Markets
"So you need to prepare for all types of scenarios and including long tail scenarios that have a small probability of happening but financially could be tough. Allison, always a pleasure. Appreciate it. Allison Williams joining us from our Princeton Bureau. Allison, Bloomberg Intelligence with the interview with Jamie Dimon and Bloomberg's Emily Chang, the reaction there. Let's turn our focus more to the markets right now. S &P 500 two points higher. The Dow down 58. The Nasdaq 100 100 right now 92 points higher. And for the outlook for markets in the US and globally, can the US avoid recession? Let's head to our next guest right now. Nancy Global CEO, the head of investment advisory at Alta Tiedemann Global. Thanks for being with us today. Appreciate it. You heard Jamie Dimon there mention what they could handle 7 to 8 percent rates. The 10 -year at 465 that would appear to be at least partially in the driver's seat for equities. What is your outlook for rates and the impact on the risk assets? Well, look, you know, near term, we're a bit cautious here. And we said to clients at the end of July that trees don't grow into the skies, you know, after 20 percent total return of the S &P 500, we needed a pullback, a correction, a validation, okay. But if we look at the fundamentals, the reason that we have near term caution is what call I sort of a litany of triple lows. You know, the first is the higher rates that Jamie mentioned and that you've mentioned in your program, these higher rates are coming at the long end. That sets the cost of capital for companies. So that's going higher. In part, maybe it's about a long -term view on structural inflation. It's also about a rising term premium, you know, I think investors getting to grips with the size of the fiscal deficit. So, you know, higher interest costs for companies and borrowers. You also have higher oil and that's a tax on the consumer. And finally, you have a higher dollar and dollars up about 7 % from the July low. So I put those three things together. I've got a higher cost of capital. I got a tax on the consumer and I've got global tightening. So, we do expect growth to slow in the United States in particular. But by the way, that's no bad thing. The third quarter United States growth has been accelerating here. Whether the number comes in at 3 % or 3 .5 or 2 .6, it's going to be higher than the second quarter. And we do think it's important that growth slows and that's part of what has to happen here to bring down inflation. And Nancy, all we talk about seemingly is the Magnificent Seven driving major indexes higher. When we look at some of the steam coming off of those big technology companies, where are you looking to put money to work in terms of growth sectors, growth assets, whether it's in the U .S. or outside? So, first of all, as I said, note of caution here near term, although I wouldn't be at all surprised to see a year -end rally. But let's go back to the fundamentals that I just mentioned, we need to get inflation lower. We think it will grind lower as we head into 2024. And remember, for our clients, we're long -term investors. We're not trying to trade trade in, out of the market anyway, that's fool's errand. As you know, you miss the best days in markets, you miss a lion's share of the return. But as we look forward to 2024, we think there's a possibility of a soft landing, which is to say central banks are able to get inflation low enough that they can dial back on this tightening cycle, ease a bit of financial conditions, and that can leave the groundwork for a bit more of a cyclical recovery, other parts of the market and economy that haven't participated doing better. And so, yes, while we have U .S. large cap, everyone does, you know, the S &P 500 and the Magnificent Seven are such a large component of the index, but we also have diversification and things like mid cap, rest of world, areas that trade at a 30 to 40 percent discount to U .S. large cap. And we think these are the areas, if we can get a cyclical recovery next year, we see market breadth widening, and these are the areas in particular that will participate, as and I said, trade at much more attractive valuations. Nancy, welcome to the fourth quarter after the earnings recession. I mean, comparison's going to be a lot easier going forward, right? Well, not only that, but look, as I just mentioned, the third quarter growth has been pretty strong here, so We wouldn't be at all surprised to see third quarter earnings come in above expectations. And and by the way, the people that have been wrong have been the top -down and the strategists. The people that have been right have have been largely the bottom -up analysts. And if you look at analysts' expectations, been the top bottom -up are expecting a pretty decent recovery over the next year. Now, critical to earnings are critical to market is that we actually see some positive earnings growth. That's our view that we'll get whether we get 246, 240 next year or something less or more than that remains to be seen, But positive earnings growth is absolutely critical here because markets have moved higher on price. We now need earnings not just to beat, you know, do better, less downside, less negative, but produce that positive earnings growth. But that is our view. Again, it remains to be seen and like everybody else we'll be watching the data. Nancy, soft landing, is it possible? What are you expecting the economy is going? So look, what is the definition of a soft line? It has like no formal Economic definition, but basically it means inflation can come down without huge damage to the economy and that huge damage the labor market. And we think that remains a possibility. Nobody can be sure But that is our view. And part of it is, by the way, is we do think economic growth will slow. We think it needs to slow from the rather, you know, toward pace of the third quarter. But actually there are other parts of GDP that are kicking in here. CAPEX spend in the second was up seven and a half percent. Trade is a positive contribution to GDP growth because we're bringing production back home again. And that means we're exporting more than we're importing. We think the government will remain broadly stimulative just given the programs that have passed already. So, while the consumer was slow, we think there are other parts of the economy that will kick in. And we do think there's a likely possible soft landing. Now, they're very unusual in history. We've only seen like two since the 1970s, but both of those have also coincided with an increase in CAPEX expand that I just mentioned, and also innovation. Nancy, always a pleasure. Appreciate it. Thanks for being with us on the program today. Nancy Curtin, the Chief Investment Officer at Alta Tiedemann Global. And right now, let's get an update on the markets. S &P 500, six points lower. The Nasdaq 100 right now, up 62 points. Bailey, the Dow Jones Industrial Average, 107 points lower. That brings us to 1032 on Wall Street, and let's get an update on World of the National News. And we say good to Bloomberg's Michael Barr. Thank you very much, John and Bailey. Former President Donald Trump is now in a Manhattan courtroom in New York. The former president will face a civil fraud case brought by New York Attorney General Letitia James. She spoke this morning before the trial. My message is simple. No matter how powerful you are, no matter how much money you think you may have, no one is above the law. Trump also spoke before the trial began, calling the case a politically motivated witch hunt by a racist attorney general. He will face the judge who ruled the former president inflated his net worth by more than $2 billion by overvaluing his real estate portfolio. California Governor Gavin Newsom has named Democratic strategist
CoinDesk Podcast Network
A highlight from SPECIAL REPORT: SBF TRIAL 9-20 Update
"Welcome to the SBF trial, a Coindesk podcast network newsletter bringing you daily insights from inside the courtroom where Sam Bankman -Fried will try to stay out of prison. Follow the Coindesk podcast network to get the audio each morning with content from the Coindesk regulation team and voiced by Wondercraft AI. As we gear up for Sam Bankman -Fried's and unpack what happened in late 2022 that got us here today. It is one of the most consequential documents in financial history, given that it caused the collapse of a $32 billion empire in just nine days. And now to a highly anticipated criminal trial. It is the infamous balance sheet of Sam Bankman -Fried's trading firm, Alameda Research. Its explosive content served as the basis for a November 2nd, 2022 story by Coindesk's Ian Allison. The article raised questions about how sturdy the company's financial underpinnings were and by extension, how safe Bankman -Fried's better known crypto exchange FTX was. It turns out not at all. For the protection of our sources, we are not publishing the document itself, but rather describing its contents in finer detail than ever before. Labeled consolidated balance sheet 2022 Q2, it gets into the nitty gritty of Alameda's naughty empire. Much of that empire relied on tokens of projects Alameda was unusually close with, particularly the formerly white hot crypto startups it invested in. For example, it led eight figure investment rounds in the closely linked projects, Oxygen and Maps .me and counted nearly $600 million worth of those projects tokens locked and unlocked on its balance sheet. When FTX went bust, it stranded 95 % of those projects token supply in a state of limbo that seems to continue to this day. Those projects tokens have since lost much of their value, but even back then they were unlikely to be worth that much in practice. Attempting to trade them at scale on the open markets would have shattered their value. Alameda had multiple ties to Bonfita, the popular wallet naming service in the Ethereum ecosystem. It was the primary market maker for Bonfita's native token FITA. It acquired millions of FITA tokens by investing in that startup. Notably, Bonfita developers inherited development duties over the purportedly decentralized Serum crypto exchange, another FTX production. In SRM, the bounds of reality and believability began to break down for Alameda. It was a token that FTX group coders had conjured out of nothing for the benefit of Serum. The SBF founded trading infrastructure for much of Solana blockchain -based DeFi. Alameda reported holding nearly $183 million worth of locked SRM and $300 million unlocked, plus nearly $320 million in SRM collateral and an additional $330 million in locked SRM as a liability. But it was Alameda's miles deep holdings of FTT, the exchange token minted specifically by FTX, that proved to be the empire's undoing. CoinDesk's November 2nd, 2022 article authored by Ian Allison revealed that billions of dollars of FTT backed up Alameda's largesse, a fact that spooked market participants and eventually set off a run on FTX. It was during that chaos that people began to realize that the emperor had no clothes. Four days after Allison's story came out, Binance CEO CZ tweeted that, due to recent revelations, his exchange would sell its hefty FTT holdings. That quickly drove down the price of FTT, putting Bankman -Friede's companies into a tailspin. Bankman -Friede was forced two days later to seek a bailout from Binance. But that proposed takeover fell apart in a day, something another Allison scoop revealed was likely to happen hours before it was made official. Then, on November 11th, Bankman -Friede's companies were forced to file for bankruptcy protection. Allison's initial scoop on the collapse. Thousands of news stories credited CoinDesk for setting off the chain of events, including pieces from high -profile publications like The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, Bloomberg, The Financial Times, The Verge, New York Magazine, CNN, and NPR's Planet Money podcast. CoinDesk journalists went on to win a George Polk Award, one of the top journalism honors, for their FTX coverage. And their finalists for the prestigious Gerald Loeb Award. Winners for that will be announced next week.
Bloomberg Markets
Fresh update on "allison" discussed on Bloomberg Markets
"And then there's operational risk. I don't think it's all the right stuff. I don't think it's very comprehensive or well thought through. But let them do what they want at this point. Nor is it internationalist. You may not know if you're an American. We don't have to owe 30 % more capital than European banks, the way it's currently constructed. What happens to the international requirements? When we talk about international level playing fields and all stuff like that, when you get into the specifics, it really matters how the ultimate rules about mortgages and small business loans, etc., in general, you know, what I don't like about it, for example, it punishes diversification, operating risk capital and diversification is one of the true free lunches for a bank that protects it. And I don't understand why they do that. And I just, you know, we're going to be responding. Hopefully it'll be modified and thoughtfully done for international purposes. And mostly, you know, America's got the best financial system the world's ever seen. And, you know, that includes hedge funds and private equity and private capital, things like that. But this is, you know, I said that private equity hedge funds are dancing in the streets. And this time they're being quite public about it, because this is going to push a lot of stuff out of the banking system. And if that's what the regulars want, so be it. Is that good for America? I don't know. We've gone from 7 ,300 public companies in 1996 to 4 ,500 today. Is that what we wanted? It should have been 14 ,000. Did you want a lot of credit to move private? You know, maybe they did. Then they accomplished their goals. The biggest tech companies prop up a huge chunk of the S &P. big Is tech too big to fail? I think that's a too broad a question. I think in any industry, you say too big to fail, which I've lost touch with what that really means anymore. Remember, car companies bailed out. These things are bailed out. I don't understand. They should ask what want. they If the regulars don't want a bank to ever fail again, then we should do A, B, C, D and E. I didn't think that was the goal. I think Dodd -Frank actually accomplished most of the goals, which is dramatically reduce the risk, create equity, capital, stuff like that. In big tech, you've got to be very specific. Sometimes companies misuse their tradition, and sometimes they don't. Sometimes regulators capture it, and sometimes they don't. But they're powerful, people. We have to deal with that. I've been writing about big tech going into our business. We've got fintech, but we also have big tech. and they will embed payment systems in there. Some are going to white label banks, kind of what Apple did. you know, they have the right to do that. I'm not against that. I would be against unfair use of their position to dominance in Apple is going deeper into financial services. Do you worry about the bank of Apple? I wrote about like five years ago. How worried are you now? Like what is the bank? Well, we're going to compete. They have a tough competitor, but you know, they hold money, move money. They, you could put money you know, basically, you know, mark is white labeled, a checking account, credit card, you know, these all things. Yeah, they're a form of a competitor. You know, we also partner with them, but I'm very used to partnering lots of people, existential threat. I don't think it's an existential threat, but I think if we were complacent about it, yes. Jamie Dimon, we're here to talk about tech. I'll see you on Jamie stage. Dimon, Chair and CEO of JP Morgan. Thank you. And that was Jamie Dimon along with Emily Chang from London live at the Techstars Forum. I'm John Tucker along Bailey Lipschultz today. Matt and Paul are both out. Let's get some more reaction to the interview with Allison Williams, who covers the banking industry for Bloomberg Intelligence. Risk management, Allison, encompasses a range of outcomes. What does he sound most worried about to you and can a bank like that handle it? Well, I think that's his bottom line, right, is that I mean, risk management is the business of banks and they are prepared for various scenarios. He's been saying for some time now that the world might not be prepared for higher rates, that to kind of inch up and perhaps he's just sort of marking to market that statement, I but think it does sort of perk people up. First it was perhaps 6%, now it's 7%, but I think his bottom line is that the bank is prepared for it and what's interesting you is heard him talk about sort of a range of different risks, right, so there is the risk of higher rates. He discussed the risks of I guess the fallout of fiscal spending, certainly fiscal spending is beneficial to the economy in the near term, longer but what are term the implications of this unprecedented spending, which is the key thing that risks that we worry about as well and then competitive implications and I think his ending comment about the fact that the banks have competitors that they work with, that they compete with and important to take advantage of opportunities across the landscape and the ability to work with people, but also so important to invest in your business and I think that really has helped JP can come out ahead. Yeah, Alison Jamie Diamond talking about we could, we might go to 7%. Is there a point where that becomes more of a concern for certain banks within your coverage as opposed to a JP Morgan? I think in general, there was definitely a wake -up call back in March. Again, it comes down to risk management. It did end costing up a couple of banks their lives and I think it was a wake -up call to the the rest of industry to really focus on getting those exposures more in line. Obviously, there's also the government help that's a part of it. I think that in the nearest term, the issue really relates to funding costs because banks have gotten this big big benefit from higher rates and the higher rates start feeding into their funding costs, which is their cost of goods sold. The margins are expected to narrow over the next year. Now, there's been in the past few months, I feel like some alleviation of those worries, especially from what we're hearing from banks, what we're seeing on deposit costs, but some of the price action that we've seen in bonds signal that there could be some complacency. So I think that'll go back and forth. I think that higher rates, if we went back decades and decades ago, generally are bad for banks because we were in such a period of extended low rates, that was even worse because there was nothing that the banks could do with their funding costs, and now I think we're just going more towards a normalized environment. Allison, in our next lives, Bailey and I are going to go into private credit and make some real money. What's the landscape there as it pertains to JPMorgan Chase and Jamie Dimon? Are they enemies for enemies or what? Well, in general, private credit is really the transfer, I mean, by definition. It's sort of the credit assets, if you will, if you look back over like, say, the last 20 years or so, the migration of those credit assets has been away from banks and to public sources, the mutual funds and the like. And now, as you point out, private credit is all the rage. Private equity, we know, has delivered very good returns over the long term and that is why a lot of money has continued go to into that asset class and now I think we're seeing the same thing with private credit just in terms of better returns over time. The one thing that we're always watching is a famous investor said there's no business that oversupply of money can't come in and ruin, so I think that's what we're watching on the private credit front. Yeah, and one of the things that stood out to me, Jamie Dimon talking about essentially not being so sure that quantitative tightening will be uneventful. Is that inherently more of risk different for banks within your coverage or how do you kind of view the impacts of QT? I mean, I would say that this is unprecedented, right? So there is no when you have, we've had unprecedented stimulus and so that unwinding of that is something we've never seen happen. And so certainly our view is that anything, unexpected things can happen because we are in new territory and that again just highlights back to the discussion risk management, right?
The Bitboy Crypto Podcast
A highlight from We Need To Talk
"Hey, BitSquad. It's TJ. We received the following video from Ben today. While it does not address all of the issues that led to Ben's removal, we believe it does shed some light on some of those issues. Ben has asked us to share this video with you now. Hey, guys. This is not the easiest video that I ever had to make by any stretch of the imagination, and I've got a couple words on a piece of paper. This is all from the heart. I got some topics that I want to cover. Is that serious? That was not... I guess as a comic relief, we all need it at this moment. You have to laugh until you cry. So, we... First, I'm sorry. Sorry, BitSquad. I know I let people down. I know that. I put my family down. I've let the BitSquad down. I've let everybody down. I failed. I was so strong for so long. I've been at rock bottom before. I know what it feels like. I'm there again. So... The word relapse is an interesting word because think I the way I interpret it and the way other people may have interpreted it are not the same. I haven't done cocaine. I haven't done meth. I haven't done drugs like that. Didn't relapse. But I've been taking diet pills, and I've been taking some steroids, some stuff that I thought was helping me. It helped me get my body in shape. You guys know I was very out of shape. I was doing everything I can to try to do the best. And, you know, the thing is, is that I guess I was acting crazier than I thought I was. And these things were affecting me more than I thought they were. And everybody around it could see me, and I just couldn't see it. And obviously, a lot of people know at this point. And if you don't, you're going to know now. I had an affair. I did. And I know that I have a family brand. That's my brand. And this is my family. And I had an affair, and it went on for a while. And, you know, the other person is not a bad person. I want to say that. I take full responsibility for all of this. And, you know, what sets family more than staying together when you go through something like this? And we're going to stay together. Yeah, well, I love him so much. And has, everyone all couples go through hard times. And I believe in redemption, and I believe in hope. And I fully believe that Ben and I, we've invested too much in our relationship for either one of us to walk away. So we are committed to making us a priority and and becoming coming out a lot stronger as a couple and ultimately as a family. Yeah. So we're going to work through this. It's going to be really hard. It's going to be really hard for my kids. I'm sorry to them. I'm very sorry I let them down. I just think at the end of the day, my perspective of what was going on was probably not accurate. The truth may be somewhere in the middle, but the fact is, is that I've messed up and I can't make an excuse for an affair. I can't make an excuse for it. Absolutely cannot. And I said a lot of things about the people that work with me. And like I said, this is me looking at it from my perspective. From their perspective, things were different. And they didn't want to talk to me about this. People haven't wanted to talk to me about it. They've known for a while. And they just, it felt like when I got confronted about it that I was ambushed. That's how it felt. It felt to me I was ambushed. My company, I built it in a way that I'm not in total control of it. I'm not. There are things I can do legally. There are things I can do to fight. But at the end of the day, if I want to save BitBoy Crypto, channel you guys' love, or you love to hate one or the other, if I'm going to save it, then I've got to give in. I have to vote. And I have to go and work with these people. And I want to save it. We have a lot of brands. Just so we have many more, but we have Vumio, BitBoy Academy, Crucial Crypto, Hit Network. We have Frankie Candles. Frank's great. I love Frank. I still love Frank. And there's a lot. There's a lot here. There's a lot to save. And the fact is, nobody probably in history has made more millionaires than this channel made in the last bull run. We're going to do it again. So you have to decide whether your forests are against us. I had said some things about Justin and TJ and Allison and Nick Demondi and other people that I was giving you from my perspective. And I don't know. I haven't got to talk to them yet. We're going to sit down and talk, I believe, and try to get all this straightened out. But, you know, all of our brands, all of our brands that we have are amazing. There's no better Academy than BitLab Academy. There just isn't. It's phenomenal. Kelly does such an unbelievable job. Our newsletter, Dana works on that. Unbelievable. And content goes into that newsletter. Frankie, one of the best TA guys out there. Hit Network, we have tons of channels under that. We have Around the Blockchain, though. I started, we incubated on my channel. We have a new show that we're going to be debuting at some point. And Vumio, like, look, when it comes to FT platforms, like, there's not going to be a better platform than Vumio. Justin and I have talked. I've talked to Justin. Me and Justin, we, I think we came to an understanding. You know, we do love each other. We've been friends for 15 years. We've been friends for 15 years. And I know he cares about me. And I care about him and his family. And sometimes when you're in business and you're in the heat of the battle, you forget the things that are really important. What's really important are the people that are around you. How do you treat them? Vumio is going to do amazing. Vumio is going to be the NFT platform. I told you guys in the beginning, when we got involved in this, it was going to be the platform. It's going to take out OVNC. We didn't know somebody else was going to take it out first. But when Vumio comes out, you're not going to see an NFT platform that's going to be able to touch it. And yes, NFTs are down, and they seem like they're dead. But they're not. They'll come back. Crypto seems like it's dead in just one pump. And all of a sudden, everybody's interested again. And so we're all going to get through this. We're going to get through this together. I just ask you guys not to turn your back on me. I do care about everybody. I care a lot. I care about crypto adoption. I care about Bitcoin. I care about making Bitcoin the moment that brings in the adoption. And as bad as this situation is, and it's really, really freaking bad, way more people are going to know about crypto after this, I believe. So, you know, a sacrifice for crypto adoption for you guys, that was a joke. I have to be. That's all I have. They're my jokes. That's it. But I love you all. And I don't know how long I'll be gone for. I don't know. A week, a month, I don't know. But I'm going to come back. I'm going to come back sooner than ever. As a normal fighter, I'll continue to fight. I love you guys. People ask me why not.
a16z
A highlight from Classroom 2050: Unleashing AI, XR, Gaming
"The situation is not good, and a lot of people blame the pandemic, but it was pretty bad before the pandemic. The kids in school today are growing up into a world that's incredibly fast paced and it's complex. I think a common misconception is that technology is going to replace the pedagogy and it's not. Many parents are thinking differently about what learning looks like, learning on a continuum, different experiences. In Minecraft, they're like figuring out who they are as a human. Like if they're the person playing with their friends who's organizing the mission, maybe they're going to grow up to be a leader. It is not a clear path to Classroom 2050, so we have to be able to hold the optimism and hope and boldness. It's like the holodeck on Star Trek, and I honestly didn't think that was going to happen in my lifetime. I think that's going to happen in the next five years. I know this panel was called the Classroom of 2050, but I actually want to be very clear, it's the Classroom of 2023. It's happening right now. The year is 2023, and so much has changed in the last 50 years when it comes to technology. We now have smartphones that can fit in our pockets, we have the world's knowledge accessible to anyone with an internet connection, and even tools that summarize incredibly complex concepts in the voice of our favorite fictional characters. Now reflect on the state of the classroom, the very forum where we raise the next generation. How has that evolved during the same time period? Despite so many children actively using cutting -edge technologies like AI, XR, and gaming outside the classroom, those technologies haven't made their way in. And this episode explores why that is, especially given the learning loss we saw prior to and during COVID, and how these technologies just might help us radically upgrade the classroom of the future. This episode was actually recorded live at the Aspen Ideas Festival, which I got to attend for the first time recently, and I was joined by four guests with such unique backgrounds. The first was Sal Khan, founder of Khan Academy, which recently unveiled KhanMigo, an AI -powered tutor. We also had Anurupa Ganguly, she's the founder of PrismsVR, which is using VR to better teach children math and science through spatial reasoning. We also had Allison Matthews, head of Minecraft Education, who's tailoring the world's most popular game to empower and teach young people skills from coding to active citizenship. And finally, we had Romy Drucker, director of the education program at the Walton Family Foundation, who has a unique bird's eye view of the challenges and opportunities in this space, also previously serving in leadership roles at the New York City Department of Education. I really wish I grew up in an era where these technologies were at my fingertips. So let's not squander this unique opportunity.
Spider-Dan And The Secret Bores
A highlight from Lady Bird (2017) W/ Alyson Shelton & Ria Carrogan
"Lady Bird, Lady Bird, where's Lady Bird one pack of camel lights a scratcher and a playgirl Heidi. It's my birthday today Is that your given day? It's given to me by me. I think we're done with the learning portion of high school What you do is very baller. I was on top who the fuck is on top their first time Lady Bird now play I am from beyond Listen And all you desire will be yours Welcome to Spider -Dan and the Secret Ballz. Prepare for prattle It was a defensive exercise Welcome to prattle world. I am your host the ever -amazing ever -spectacular Spider -dan and in this podcast I spotlight Entertainments best kept secrets that a mainstream audience may find boring and welcome to secret defenders Where I test my guests to defend their favorite movies that are underrated infamous or obscure and for the first time ever we're having a femme on invasion all of the way we have two founding members of the femme on collective podcast Defending Lady Bird and Lady Bird is the word the bird bird bird, but is the word and we're gonna find out why? People should see it if they haven't and why you should get on board because we are recording this the day Greta Gerwig releases her magnum opus Barbie into the world. So for the first time we have Alison Shelton. Welcome. Thank you I'm excited to be here and talk about the wonders of Lady Bird. Absolutely We're gonna we're all gonna spread our wings and fly and soar. Let's go bird puns. Yes all the bird puns I mean, I I mean I was expecting I read I did no research So I was expecting a Cronenbergian, you know woman bird avian hybrid thing going on Who knows what you know, who knows what I was expecting, but we got something entirely different and we also have Everyone's hater of the Russian people and and dogs and dogs as well. Don't forget. She hates dogs as well Patriarchy Don't we all and what I find Interesting about the human maze is we often get more upset when dogs die than we do when actual human beings die So that was just something I was positing in our last podcast start I'm not I'm not I mean, I'm all I was all on board with what you were saying It just the way it was just the way it came out I think was just fuck them and these things was in the real fashion of the bluntest object you can find Yes, I would like to say also in this film you do get a hybrid Woman and a bird her campaign posters Yeah, I'm talking about the lady bird I think the lady bug she which I remember the first time I watched I was like I presumed It was about the lady bird bug, but it is not she that's that's head on Her body and then her bird's body in her head that fantastic. Yeah, and it scares nuns It terrifies them. They're very sensitive very sensitive Before we get too off -track Movies not about that. No, it's not about Those things we'll get into it. We get into it. Um, so Alison you suggested this film And again, it's very different from from what I usually do the kind of stuff that she usually I'm here for absolutely, I felt a certain responsibility to talk about a female director because that's what I am and I feel like we don't talk About him enough and this movie I loved an excuse to watch it again because you have a very complete list of films to choose from I was like Completely overwhelmed and I had to stop myself from texting you I can't believe you haven't watched this a hundred times that didn't seem like a Thing to do so I didn't do it But when I saw that you hadn't watched this I I am big fan of Greta Gerwig and have been since like back in the you Day this movie is a coming -of -age story Which I think most of us have space in our hearts for coming -of -age stories because we all came of age some of us better than others and or more completely than others and Sergio Ronan the whole cast is Pitch -perfect and I am a Californian where this film is set and I loved seeing a film about Sacramento which is a very underrepresented part of the state media wise so it was fun to see that I love everything about it pretty much, but it's it's a really like well done coming -of -age story Is what I would say about it. Yes, and many people would agree with you this This may be not be that infamous obscure underrated as a film But I hadn't seen it and you know, right I had I was not very well versed in it I don't I'll be honest I'm not one for kind of I know I know Mike and Megan Megan is very much like against the weird stuff the weird which Is quite like the extreme odd violent maybe for me? It's like Quirky odd indie movies. That's my weird that I'm kind of a little bit like I kind of like They've lost favor over the past couple of decades I think there was a lot more of them and they were like successful cinematically and But I think this is actually not too quirky. I don't think it's twee. It's not like Garden State I think it's grounded and I mean not the Garden State's not a lovely movie to everyone who went to college with Zach Braff like me but I Just think this movie is it's it I just it's it it's the word give it to me Rhea, you know It transcends it transcends the category. I think there we go. There we go. I well, yeah, absolutely I I think it's very it's it's it's exactly not the kind of quirky and oddball Weird and for the sake of being weird like exactly. I'm being cooky and we'll be that's range It's there's there's a nice kind of there's a middle ground because there are moments where where Lady Bird is Kind of overtly quirky and says things to be a certain way or represent herself in a certain way but also there's still like she's still a real person underneath that and You can still see who she is, you know, and the quirks are quite charming in a way when? We know what you know what her objective is through those quirks, I think But yeah, why don't you tell us Rhea? What do you think actually because we've not heard your thoughts on on Lady Bird. I Imagine they echo Allison's I'm just enjoying. I'm just enjoying the chat a lot I think what you're saying Dan is about she has quirks but I think that's very authentic to a 17 18 year old who Wants to Be a bit different who wants the world to see them a bit different who's trying to find their place in the world and for me That's why this film so enjoyable because I remember being the agent feeling like that and doing quirky things But also not really knowing who I was something like is this who I am. Is that who I am? I don't know. I'm just gonna do this thing and try it out and see what happens I mean a in teen drama stakes It's usually pretty devastating as we see, you know with her friendship groups with her love interests but in the This film does it realistically it's not you know, a John Tucker must die, which is a film I really enjoyed by the way, but you know, it's sort of like that revenge teen sort of comedy jokey thing This is a this is a comedy film, but it is very much grounded in that reality in those feelings I think not just teenage girls feel but all teenagers feel and that's why I think it's got such a broad audience And as you've both touched on the performances are just absolutely amazing This came out in 2017. I hadn't yet had a child and I was all like I totally identify With a lady bed. I remember being the age It's making me cringe about some things I did that age plus her mom is you know, I was like her mom is a completely complex character But I'm definitely more lady bird side now. I have a child and I am like, oh Yes, I hate I hate it when parents say that to you We are when you have a child you see things differently you will interpret things different and it turns out it happens I'm not saying you can't feel those things or understand those things when watching something if you don't have children because that is a bullshit argument, but it just hits slightly differently and I've been doing a lot of Self -reflection on how I was brought up on how I was parented and how I parent and so just lady ladybirds Mom, Laurie Metcalfe's character is just so interesting to me and I could just watch the two of them on screen Just all day long just doing as they are day to day things Because I I think we rarely get to see these complex mother -daughter relationships on screen Especially so well -written and so well -acted and it's just like it's fantastic I'm hanging on every single word that they're saying and so much there so often they're saying Nothing, but so much at the same time and it's just so true It really makes me reflect on the conversations. I've had with my mother in my life and what I'm sure conversations I'll be having with my child when when they're a bit more grown -up So I just this is a film just does literature for life about But you could revisit about your life. This is a film I think but it's one I constantly Revisit, I almost didn't rewatch it for this chat because I've seen it so many times as I could don't need it Oh the shame. I've got to watch Lady Bird. So See ya so turns out I love it shocking. What a shocker So, yeah, it's a it's I'll be honest. I again coming into this. Um, you know, I have an open mind I never I never kind of closed myself off to experiences. I you know, I Very open mind. I will literally watch anything, you know, but maybe a snuff movie and don't worry This is nowhere near my feelings are nowhere near like that. It's not like oh god. This is horrible to watch. I I really actually I am NOT I was not brought us up Catholic I didn't go to Catholic school has not brought up in Sacramento I'm not a young lady the the turn of the you know, early 2000s, but I was a young man in School and I had a lot of this brought up a lot of kind of memories for me Not just the kind of stuff that's been talked about but like I saw Grapes of Wrath around this time I saw that as a play version and I know the ending of Grapes of Wrath and I was Why they're crying in that so I liked having that but I knew them already I knew what they were going through instantly because I knew that story you know, I was in the tempest in about 2005 kind of after after during college and stuff and I got like an acting award and all this other stuff so them doing the kind of musical theater stuff was it brought up a few things as well and Proms and things that we we have in the UK. It's quite Quite familiar to me and you know, I was in school when they announced like 9 -eleven which I talked about quite a bit And again the technology and the way we talked to each other and those those awkward moments You know and I could I could see myself in Lady Bird as well like there's a lot and you know, I can see maybe my sister's relationship with my mom or you know My relationship my dad or my relationship my mom a lot There was a lot to to grab and hold on to and and again, it really took me back like it really like just made me think of like like I saw I saw a memory today which kind of also took me back on my Facebook and it was like It was like proper emo Dan, which was like by text How could you which was somebody broke up with me via text? I was like Very emo at the time But again, it's you know, it's a big deal to me and it kind of again there was stuff I've not thought about in the way I felt and And this film kind of brought it brought it all up for me And again, like when I did the the poem for Allison and where I'm from I talked about my mother and all the kind of sacrifices she's made and how I'll never be able to repay her Make it, you know make a sizable chunk or difference or but you know, I appreciate every little thing She's done. Yeah, we've we've fallen out of that arguments at this agreement same with my dad But you know, there is that Undying kind of love throughout even though, you know, things are difficult and things Become you know problems and we're not always completely honest And again, it's a a case of trying to find the right way to communicate So yeah, I I had a really really interesting journey with this film And I'm so glad you and Allison kind of introduced me to it. I'm glad you enjoyed it. I Speaking of the Grapes of Wrath, I think the opening scene of this film just to sing its praises specifically It's an incredibly skillful. I think the whole script is very skillful and if you read anything about the film she wrote the script over a period of many years and it was much longer and then was condensed and and I read something where she talked about how when people think it's Autobiographical it feels like an insult to her because she's like I worked so hard on this Like please don't think I just cribbed from my life and I thought that was Interesting because you can still work very hard and write about yourself, but I thought that was an interesting Point of view but the opening scene there in the cart well, it opens with them in bed together the mom and the daughter and um just that that visual of them and also facing one another which you really can only do with someone you're so close and intimate with and um And then they're in the car Sharing the Grapes of Wrath and crying about it And then it quickly transitions into like their list of arguments, you know And it's about who she is who she wants to be in the world wanting to be where the artists and writers are Arguing about what jobs are what's a career class? I mean it covers so much territory that the movie is going to be about and you're not aware of it if you've never seen the film before how expository this actually is because it's so real and For me that scene is when I would study if I was teaching a film class Because it tells you what the whole film is about and then she is so angry She throws herself out of the car So, you know right away that lady bird which is a chosen name She wants to be called her birth name is christine and they're arguing about that as well and that lady bird Can be a bit dramatic And I think that that is sort of the squeeze of lemon that like that's why this isn't too twee because This film does deconstruct the whole idea of sort of these periods we go through And it does it so well she's different people depending on who she's with and who she's dating and and she She doesn't know who she is and I appreciated that so much because I think so many of us go through that like What is the difference between loving somebody and loving what they love because they've opened up your world to something new and Becoming what you think someone wants you to be so they'll love you And where is that line and how do you find it? And I think in a way that's that's what the movie is about for me really all these different relationships she's navigating and how do you find relationships that feed you and also Feed the the you you not the person you're constructing to be loved And so that's why I this movie speaks to me beyond the coming of age Because I think that's like how do you teach that? How do you live that because that is such a huge struggle I I have found in my own life We're nodding which isn't great.
CoinDesk Podcast Network
A highlight from THE HASH: SEC to Challenge XRP Ruling in Case Against Ripple; FTX Claps Back at Creditors
"Hey there. Welcome to Coindesk TV. Welcome to The Hash. It's the best show on Coindesk TV in my humble opinion. I'm Zach Seward. We're joined by Jen Senassi, Will Foxley. They both agree. Best show. Good stuff. That's a fighting word, Zach. What are you talking about? What are you talking about? Is that a compliment or a diss for me? It's a compliment. All of them. We're this, all of us together. We bring so much. You know, Jen, you have multiple shows. I'm not throwing shade at the other show, but this show. Sorry, Lawrence. This is what it's really all about. I have to agree. There you go. Love that. All right. It's pretty good. Enough hemming and hawing. My bad, folks. Let's get to the stories of the day. Will, lead us off. What's up? Okay. Let's go to FTX land and talk about bigger problems. This is a tough one. Creditors and debtors are fighting it out after a draft reorganization plan was filed by John J. Ray III, the new CEO of FTX and the FTX estate. Of course, they're going through this chapter 11 process, which is going to be drawn out for quite some time. They've been at it for well over six months at this point, and they've been racking up a lot of fees. The creditors here are not super happy with the handling of a lot of different aspects of the estate. For one point, they even issued that, Hey, why is the treasury not being put into UST bills so we can earn a yield on top of all the money that is waiting to be distributed to FTX creditors? The estate has some thoughts about that. There's some back and forth here. At the end of the day, I think it's just two groups arguing over a vast sum of money that is owed from one party to another. This is a story as old as time itself, right? Like chapter 11 back and forth. Jen, I got to throw it to you. What's your take on this one? I'm imagining when I read the story, I imagined FTX's new management, like in suits, you know, all the lawyers that are making all that money that we spoke about way back when trying to talk to like a bunch of degents who won't turn their zoom cameras on and just getting absolutely frustrated. There are some real great nuggets in here if you read the footnotes and the whole thing, but I think it makes sense. Like FTX's management needs to be conservative. They need to look at this whole thing holistically. I think this is one group, it's the group of unsecured creditors who are saying, no, you need to do X, Y, and Z. I think they were suggesting putting some of the money into long -term crypto holdings. They're talking about US treasury bonds. And, you know, I think that's a little bit risky when you're looking at getting as much money as possible back to all of the people who are owed money in this. There's a lot to dive into here, but Zach, I want to get you in first before we dive down that rabbit hole. I do like the part where it's just like, we're going to put it all on red and we are going to weight it back in one spin, baby, let's do this thing. Yeah, yeah, yeah. It's like that meme. It's like that, I don't know, I forget which movie it is, but the Las Vegas meme where everyone's like gathered around the craps table, like various disfigured injuries, and you often see various sort of crypto figureheads placed into that meme. And you can imagine the degens on the creditors side being like, yes, we can do it this way. But really, it's just a tug of war between two parties seeking to establish power over these proceedings, right? I think this is very much in response. This is kind of John J. Ray kind of clapping back and saying, hey, creditors like pipe down. I know you said this thing where you want control over who's making these decisions. I think that was the previous week that the creditors committee came out and cast a little shade on how the estate is handling things. And hey, J. J. Ray the third is going to clap back. If we know anything, this man does not mess around. We've seen this guy come out firing time and time again. He's ready to roll sleeves and put the fisticuffs up on this one. So interesting to see, again, the war of where it's escalating between these parties who see different priorities and how this should be handled. And this is some tension sort of spilling out into the public sphere. Will, what do you think? Three bits and pieces here. Maybe it's context. Maybe it's just kind of fun facts. I just want to bring up one. There's this debate over should FTX reboot FTX 2 .0. As it were, John J. Ray the third and the FTX estate has hinted at it and maybe even like suggested that they might move forward with it. Certainly a lot of creditors and debtors who want this to occur because they think this is possibly the only way for them to see more of their money, typically in chapter 11, and we see like maybe like 11 cents on the dollar get paid out. Eventually, I mean, Gox Celsius, there's so many different stories in the past where we haven't really seen the money go back completely. Another few thoughts on this is one, the debtors have issued in this note, a complaint that they have not met with the estate at all. And it seems to be some frustration there because the FTX estate is spending so much, like millions of dollars, like the hourly cost for these things is incredible. Yet they're unwilling to meet with the debtors in this situation, which strikes me as a little bit odd, but maybe they just don't want to deal with it. And I suppose if I was in their situation, making a lot of money, I wouldn't answer the phone either. I don't know. Jen, I have to add this to Tidbit and they are, I guess, looking for solutions if we want to get the unsecured creditors some points here. They the reason that they were suggesting that FTX look into short term treasuries was to help offset that 330 million dollar legal fee bill that we spoke about on the show, I think it was months ago now. So they are coming with solutions. You got to give them some credit there. Zach, I'm going to hand it off to you for last words. This story will never die. This is the story that will never die. Maybe we can talk about it 10 years from now, if we're lucky. Oh, wow. It's kind of like all the other FTX stories too, right? Whether it's like got new information about Allison or Sam or whatever, it's like two different tracks for the same story. Yeah, you got to have, you know, like the, you got the A storyline and the B storyline. You got the suits sparring over various procedural updates. And then you, you got the juice over here. You got the, you got the Machiavellian and you got the personal drama, you got all sorts of stuff, all sorts of stuff. Maybe, maybe when Netflix finally makes the documentary, they'll use a clip from the hash. That is my dream. We have been in a book about this. Yes. Shout out to Brady Dale. Now Avaxios, go get that book. All right. That's it. We're going to change gears. We are going to go to an update on the Ripple case. Now, last month there was a big judgment from a federal judge saying that certain sales of XRP satisfied securities transactions. Others did not. And now the SEC is appealing or is asking for permission to appeal that judgment a in major case that has been closely watched in the crypto world. When this judgment was first issued by federal judge Annalisa Torres, who was seen as a partial victory for Ripple and a partial victory for the industry writ large. So clearly, the SEC is advancing its case that maybe those programmatic sales also qualify as securities transactions and they're asking for a certain type of appeal on the matter. Jen, I'm going to throw it to you. Everyone was super duper bullish about this decision from Judge Torres, and now they may have to take it back to appeal. How does that sort of change our understanding of what happened here? This is another story that just will keep going on, I think, until the end of time. It feels like we've been following the Ripple case. It did feel like there was like a moment where this entire industry took a breath and thought, wow, this this is a small win for us. It's a small win. It gives us a little bit of clarity, a little bit of direction. We, of course, have seen since then Coinbase has referenced this partial win in some of their filings against the SEC. And now I just feel down in the dumps again. Of course, there's still a trial pending here. And now we have the SEC filing this appeal, which I think everyone expected. The SEC said that they were going to file the appeal. The part that I'm going to watch and that I think is kind of interesting is Judge Torres said Ripple did not break the law when the XRP token was sold on public exchanges because purchasers had no reasonable expectation of profit based on Ripple's efforts. I just wonder if we're going to see Ripple's efforts come to light here compared to the price of the XRP token. Ripple has made a lot of announcements about acquisitions, new projects, new products, and if that is going to be some swaying information in this case, because I think that it's not a far cry to draw a parallel between Ripple's new project and the price of the XRP token, even though Ripple has definitely distanced themselves from that narrative. Will, what do you think? Yeah, classic Ripple. It's not our token. We just found it out there. I don't know. It was in the wild somehow. Going back to like the lawsuit here in the case between SEC and Ripple Labs, the programmatic selling part that Zach brought up, this is the thing that confused a lot of people, and there was definitely a lot of lawyer opinions on this, including some op -eds I've written on Coindesk, so definitely go check those out for an expert's opinion. From a layman's opinion, just looking at this, it seemed a little odd that you could have this broken up into two different tranches, right, where we could sell to VCs, we could sell to banks, we could sell to institutions, and that's not okay. But if we sell it onto an exchange where there's just retail clients and they're not really having an investment contract, they're just purchasing, I guess, like a commodity in this case or something like that, then it's okay. And it just didn't make sense to a lot of people when they first saw this. I only saw a few lawyers who were looking at that and were like, oh, yeah, that checks out. I think it also, if it stands, sort of cuts at the heart of how a lot of crypto lab companies or foundations do their sales of assets when they create them, or quote unquote assets. Oftentimes we see private rounds where initially there's like a premium uncreated, and then they divvy up that pre -mine to investors, to insiders, to the foundation, to the early team, and then they do a huge sale to the retail, either through like an airdrop or listing an exchange elsewhere later on. So let's take a world coin, for example, they did this, right, where they gave some to early investors, they gave some to the team, and then they gave a ton to market makers to be able to keep the price of the token pretty steady. And under this ruling from this judge, a lot of that would be broken, right? Like, would you be able to give a token to market makers to even loan it out so you could have a price? I don't know if you can do that anymore under this. It seems like you could only really sell it to retail. That seems odd to me, it seems like it's going to change. And I don't think it's a surprise to anyone to see the SEC go against this, or at least try to challenge it. The outcomes from it could have huge repercussions for how everyone is looking at the token market. Zach? Yeah, my understanding is that a lot of these sales sort of date back before established best practices were set up right for a lot of these token distributions, right. So this is this is from an era in which a lot of the regulatory kosher practices were being embraced. So I think a lot of this space has evolved. And I think there is a question as to whether or not this will impact sort of the current understanding of how tokens get distributed to early investors. I think the SEC had to appeal this one because, Will, as you mentioned, it really undercuts Gary Gensler's argument that almost everything except for Bitcoin basically is a digital asset security. Now, I mean, I think my understanding of the ruling was that it's not really the securities, it's not really the assets themselves, it's which type of transactions they're involved in. And that was sort of the fine line that Judge Torres was trying to distinguish here, right? You know, similarly to how in the Howey test, it stemmed over an orange grove in Florida, right? The oranges themselves aren't necessarily securities, but if they are involved in a securities transaction, then they meet certain requirements in terms of disclosure and other things that need to happen, right? So the understanding, at least on the industry side, was, hey, the assets are just like the oranges. They aren't inherently securities, but if they're in a securities transaction, then certain rules will apply. And that's what Judge Torres was trying to articulate, whereas Gary Gensler has been trying to say, these things are securities, they look like a security, they walk like a security, they quack like a duck, I don't know what I'm saying anymore. But he was saying that that is always the case with these things, that they are by nature of their existence are our securities. Whereas the judge is saying, no, no, we need to look at the specifics of the transactions in which they're involved. So a lot of people, I think, within the industry specifically saw that as a pretty reasonable explanation of how it can be both at the same time, a security and not a security. And now I think the SEC is at least taking another shot at advancing their case here, such that other claims relating to other assets can be supported. But yeah, I mean, this is I think, I think a lot of lawyers, this was definitely the thing where a lot of lawyers on crypto Twitter were sort of placing their bets in terms of what would happen. Some were more cautious that an appeal would would occur. Others were indicating that there would likely not be an appeal here. Now we see with this particular type of appeal that the SEC is going to have this one looked at again, under video review, but who knows? There's a new social marketplace on the block and it's called Calixi. The platform hopes to empower content creators to build personal economies and interact directly with their fans. Joining us now to discuss is Calixi CEO and co -founder Solos Sisay and co -founder and NBA star Spencer Dinwiddie. Good afternoon to you both or good morning. I don't know where everyone is. Good morning. Good afternoon. Good evening. Good morning. All right. Let's let's talk about the launch of this. It's been in beta for a while. It's now officially launched on yesterday's show. We spoke about Grimes coming out in the media and saying she actually made more money from her NFTs than her music career. Talk to us about the experience that creators can have on the app. As we look at monetization of the individual holistically, I think you're going to get some of those familiar features that you see from like in OnlyFans, et cetera. People being able to message, video chat, and then Calixi isn't very unique in the fact that they can create individual experiences. Like I have like a jump shot tutorial, things of that nature. But yes, it's all about monetization of oneself. Also, you can post your NFTs, et cetera. We have Web3WAD in there running on Hedera. But yeah, I mean, it's about monetization. So let me ask this one to you. This has been a long time coming for you guys, right? This project, I think you've been working on it for three years. Talk to me about what it means to get this fully launched today and what you learned over that process of cobbling this thing together over those three years.
The Bitboy Crypto Podcast
A highlight from BEWARE Uniswap = The DEVIL!
"We are, uh, here in Bahamas, we are going to make it right. If you became a millionaire, would you keep working? The commander is here. What's going on right now is California's trying to figure out Oh, I can. Oh, I'm wearing a tank top today. Thank you, Allison. Thank you. Can somebody go get me a shirt? Can I put a shirt on for this? I don't want to like, I don't want to flex on them too hard, but I will. A white shirt? It doesn't matter. Allison, you pick. Today is Wednesday. It is Allison picks my shirt day. So. Good tradition to start. Welcome to BitBoy Crypto! My name is Ben. Home of BitSquad, the largest and greatest crypto community in all the Interwebs, no channel works harder to keep you in the know about crypto than this one right here. I'm coming to you live every single day at 8 .30am Eastern Standard Time as well. Don't forget our morning show. This thing's a little high for my head, by the way. And we also come to you live every single day, 11 .30am Eastern Standard Time. Yes, please put on a shirt. Please put on sleep. Boys. Boys. Boys, don't make me flex. Ben, for the morning stream, please raise the volume on the mic. I think I did raise it for the end. Been looking fit. Big changes, guys. I've been fit for quite a while. Y 'all can chill. Sun's out, guns out, faults. We're inside. There's no sun. It's true. Guys, we're going to be talking today about Uniswap, the scam that Uniswap is. Uniswap, by the way, a complete and total scam. Run as far away from Uniswap as you can run. We are going to look at today why. We are going to show you today connections between Gary Gensler, Elizabeth Warren, and Uniswap. Can you believe it? It's going to be a good one. We had a lot of things to take on connecting today because we're also going to kind of break down some stuff with Bitcoin and BlackRock in the back half right there. The BlackRock loves China. BlackRock loves China. Well, you know who else loves China? No, who else loves China? Promethium. When are we putting that video out? That went out last night. The Promethium video did? God, what a phenomenal video that was. It was a great video. I'm going to put out some good ones. What you choose? Alison loves when I'm, Alison loves when I wear Gucci. There we go. You know, so, okay. You all right? Change your shirt live. Change your shirt live on here. That's what we do. That's what we do. Live on here. Change your shirt. Don't make me flex on you. Oh, no, no, no. Don't you dare. Don't you dare zoom out. Don't you dare. Don't you dare zoom out on me when I flex it. Don't you dare not. Don't you do it. All right, boys. Let them take it in. Let them take it in. I'm not scared. I'm in pretty good shape. You know what? People will take a picture of that screenshot, and they'll go put it on Twitter, and they'll say, Oh, look at, look how fat and out of shape here. Y 'all are idiots. Speaking of good -looking people, we just had Kelly come. Kelly, come up here. Kelly, come up here. Kelly, I want to get your thoughts on this.
A World of Difference
A highlight from Emotional Health: Becky Castle Miller on Understanding Oppression's Impact on Emotional Health
"Hi, podcast listeners. Welcome to the A World of Difference podcast. We have so many guests on this show making a difference in our lives, making a difference all around the world with the expertise that they bring. And yet so many of you are reaching out to me saying, you want more? It's not enough. Just what we're putting on these podcast episodes for you. And so I am here to extend a very warm welcome to you to our Difference Maker community where you can join for as little as $5 a month to get all this extra content out the gate. You're going to get 30 plus minisodes of exclusive content not available for the regular podcast listeners and an exclusive minisode every month. And you'll get exclusive voting power to help us pick podcast topics and more. And that's at our Changers tier. There's three different main tiers and then an extra larger tier. But whatever tier that you join at, you will be included in this extra content. And I know that many of you are wanting to go a little bit deeper. And so even though it gets a little wild in there sometimes because of how deep we go, I want you to join us there. This extra content is very special. It means a great deal to me to be a part of this community with you. And I would love to just exchange ideas or perspectives that you have around these different episodes. And that's the place where we do it. So please show up to our Difference Maker community. Give us $5 out of your pocket every month. And I think that you'll have a lot of fun in there because we do. And I would love for you to join us. So go to patreon .com slash welcome to the A World of Difference podcast. I'm Lori Adams Brown, and this is a podcast for those who are different and want to make a difference. Today starts our brand new series where we are starting to talk about emotional health and happiness. And our guest today is Becky Castle Miller. Becky is a PhD student at Wheaton College studying New Testament with Esau McCauley. And her dissertation research is about emotions in the scriptures, specifically the Gospel of Luke. She writes and speaks on emotional, mental, and spiritual health in the church. She graduated from Northern Seminary where she studied with Dr. Scott McKnight, who is a friend of the show and has been on for a couple of times. And I know many of you have read his books. She actually also has written a book with Dr. Scott McKnight, a discipleship workbook, and it's called Following King Jesus. And she is also working on another project with him. She and her husband and their five kids and cat returned to the U .S. in 2020 after living in the Netherlands for eight years where she served as discipleship director at an international church. Today we're going to dig into some issues around emotional health in the church and specifically I'm going to be asking her about her perspective on what has gone on in recent days in the Southern Baptist Convention here in the United States. There are a lot of people around the world that have been watching this, both who are in the Christian community and outside of it. We've seen a lot of things on the news lately around women pastors. There's been a lot of, I would say, very emotionally unhealthy situations that people are trying to process in the aftermath of that. So we're going to ask her perspective on that and many other things around her research and how we can learn to move forward in a more emotionally healthy way in all of our spaces, whether it's our faith spaces, just regular neighborhood community spaces, government spaces, business, education, wherever we work and live and play and find our spiritual community. Becky has something to say to us around how to welcome the emotions that we have and what her research is showing her around how we can do that better together. So I am so excited to welcome for our first guest in this new series, Becky Castle Miller. Hello, Becky, and a very, very warm welcome to you to the A World of Difference podcast today. I'm so excited to be here, Laurie. Me too. I'm glad we're finally getting to meet. Yeah. There's so much we have in common, some mutual friends and just international experience and being women in the evangelical or post evangelical church. There's just a lot of crossover in our circles. And so I'm very excited about the things we're going to talk about today and hopeful that they can help us both be emotionally healthy, spiritually healthy about these conversations, but also find some calls to action where we can come together and really make a difference. But just right out the gate, a lot of people listening to this podcast are reeling from some of the things that we all watched, either. I mean, just even on regular news channels here in the United States and even globally, things being covered around the Southern Baptist Convention this week and a lot of nuance there for many of us. But I think for women to see that women pastors were used sort of as this sort of pawn, I guess, in a lot of ways to distract from abuse of women and men, but also to have what appears to be not an emotionally or psychologically or even physically safe place for women as they kind of took this backseat to a fight by these domineering men in our news feeds. And so I would just love for, first of all, to give you the opportunity to say, how do you feel as you have been watching this yourself? And do you have any things that, as you express how you feel, would be important for us to understand about how to kind of move forward? Yeah. Well, I think Beth Allison Barr had some really good commentary. So I would point people to her substack. She is formerly Southern Baptist, and so she's a little bit more connected to that world personally than I am. I've never been in a Southern Baptist church. I've been in many, many diverse churches and some kind of non -denominational, loosely Baptist, but never Southern Baptist. So it feels a little removed from me directly. So people like Beth Allison Barr are great to speak into that. One of my biggest concerns is Rick Warren's posturing of himself as this late convert to supporting women, but not really supporting vulnerable women. He put out a statement before the convention that he's changed his mind on women pastors, but I think he's still withholding eldership from women. And yet at the same time, he appointed a successor at Saddleback who has some pretty serious allegations of abusive leadership from his former church. And that has not been satisfactorily addressed. So there's a disconnect there between what Rick Warren says he wants to be as a champion for women, and yet he seems to be turning a blind eye or intentionally maybe even covering up abuse. So that's one concern I have about the stories coming out of the convention. I am glad that Barber won the presidency because he's a marginally better candidate than the other guy. But Barber has really been a lot of talk and not a ton of decisive action against abuse, and he is still against women in embracing their full ministry gifts. So it's like some small victories, but yet also it's been a platform for women to be demeaned publicly, like just to hear so many negative and critical things said about women in ministry. So I understand why a lot of women are leaving Southern Baptist churches, and I think that's actually a really healthy decision for those who make that choice. Yes, amen to that sister. Yeah, you know, having walked through abuse at the hands of Andy Wood, that is Rick Warren's successor, and at Saddleback, and, you know, being not the original whistleblower because there were two before me in the news last summer, but, you know, also knowing because I don't have an NDA, right, and my husband doesn't either, we refuse our NDA tied to severance and medical insurance. And so that's, you know, why I can speak, but I just personally know so many stories, and I know the stories that we told to the faux investigation at Saddleback last summer, and I say faux because a hiring agency is not a third -party investigation that just happens in a couple of days, you know, that needs months, it needs grace ministries, it needs a Wade Mullen, or it needs somebody with an expertise in, you know, something like an evangelical church with abuse allegations that are credible, and, you know, and their image management around that, you know, that's definitely something that's a specialty. And so when you're not willing to do the substantial work, I think that what I saw at Saddleback was, unfortunately, oddly consistent with what I've seen in Southern Baptist as a whole. I was a Southern Baptist for 45 years, right? I was a missionary kid all my life, and I married a missionary kid who was a Southern Baptist, too, and went to Southern Baptist University, went to Southern Baptist Seminary, worked as an IMB would at his previous church, Echo Church, before Saddleback, and walking through that, you know, multiple different types of abuse, you know, emotional abuse, physical, psychological, not physical, sorry, that does exist in the stories, but not mine. But I think that understanding emotional abuse, psychological abuse, spiritual abuse is a conversation to have in the church, but also in our society at large, and I think it's an opportunity for us to lead the way. And I think that it was not shocking that Saddleback was kicked out. I think that what is sad is that they were kicked out for women pastors and not for abuse, and therefore, Rick Warren and Andy Wood, you know, Andy being my abuser and Rick Warren being the one that covered up my abuse, and that of many others, are seen now as heroes and martyrs for the cause of women. And, you know, that was sort of disturbing to watch, even though I'm not a part of the Southern Baptist anymore. So I also, I love the work Beth Allison Barr is doing. I think many of us calling from the outside for women to be free, and also warning them about the places to go and silent complicity in bystanders and watching abuse happen to women over the years might be tempted to believe a Rick Warren or an Andy Wood if they start some new denomination or whatever happens in the wake of all this and whatever the point of all this was, to just be warned that there are some faux egalitarian spaces out there, and that's the conversation that's really going to be helpful, I think, going forward. I'd love for you to tell us more, though, about your research around emotions. We don't often talk about that, and I think what you're doing is really fascinating. You're doing research in the emotions of the Gospel of Luke. What led you to this particular era of study, and how is it relevant even to the conversation we're having right now? Yeah, I feel like I have dual interests in abuse and trauma and healing from those things and emotional health, and they're often viewed as two separate issues, but they overlap really significantly. They interweave with each other. Of course, they are different academic fields. You can do a dissertation in abuse. You can do a dissertation in trauma. You can do a dissertation in emotions, which is what I'm doing, but I'm hoping to bring those conversations together a little bit in my dissertation. I just finished my first year at Wheaton College in a PhD in New Testament, which is fantastic, and I really appreciate Wheaton supporting me in doing a multidisciplinary dissertation. So it is a New Testament project, but I'm leaning really heavily on some neuroscientific and psychological models of emotion, which is one thing that's been lacking in biblical studies is really the latest scientific research on emotion, so I'm excited to get to do that work. So I'm going to be taking some trauma and neuroscience classes in the counseling school and in the neuroscience department to supplement my New Testament work, and then I'm also hoping to bring in the impact of trauma and abuse on emotions. We'll see. It's only one dissertation, but I think those are really important aspects. When we look at emotion in the Gospels, we're looking at the emotions of an oppressed and traumatized people who are drawing on the history of oppressed and traumatized peoples over hundreds and thousands of years. So the emotions that Jesus' disciples learned from their culture are drawing from a culture of oppression, repeated you know, the slavery in Egypt and the Exodus, the Babylonian captivity, and release from that, and then in their current day, the occupation by the Romans. So I think we have to consider what impact trauma might be having on the emotions that they're constructing. When I did an analysis this past year on the emotions mentioned in the Gospel of Luke, I found 158 instances of emotion, and it depends how you categorize them, but so many of those instances were talking about fear. Jesus and angels are saying over and over again, don't be afraid. Don't be afraid. Well, why do they need to say don't be afraid? Perhaps it's because they're talking to people dealing with hypervigilance who are constantly feeling afraid in their bodies because they live in dangerous circumstances. So I think fear is a big component of gospel emotions. Jesus also talks about worry or anxiousness, and he talks about terror. So it's just a lot going on with fear -based emotions in the Gospel of Luke, and I think that the trauma of the people he's serving might have something to do with that. So that's one angle that I'm hoping to take, and we'll see where the rest of it goes. I think your work is so fascinating and so needed. I mean, you and I both spent time overseas, and so we understand in different cultures people express their emotions very differently. I was just in Abu Dhabi and Dubai earlier this year in March, and it's not the first time I've been to anywhere in North Africa in the Middle East, but we largely know that the way emotions are expressed in Middle Eastern culture versus white evangelical North American culture or even the Dutch, like very different expressions, right? And so we read sometimes things from the lens of maybe sitting in, I don't know, Wheaton, Illinois, right, with a bunch of white people around us reading it in a particular English translation, and we read things like sackcloth and ashes. Well, that's weird, you know, or with these like imprecatory Psalms that are just so full of like, wow, like, can we pray those things? Like, that's a lot. It's just, you know, we have books, you know, like Pete Scazzero's Emotionally Healthy Discipleship. We have all these things that are just, there's things that are happening right now, and the call to more lament, you know, the call to look back in our history and ask God to forgive us for our sins, not individually, but as a people. How have we been complicit? How are we currently complicit in abuse in the SBC, in racism, in what is, you know, started under racism because of, you know, enslaved peoples on forced labor camps, and how have those decisions, the root of that, produced the fruit of lording over and dominating people for the purpose of white male supremacy or patriarchy and things that are not helping any of us. So when we dig into emotional health as individuals, we have to look at it collectively too, and I think that our Western individualistic culture really makes it hard. We're very, we have a lot of blind spots if we only stay there. So the global church has really taught me so much about this. I'm so excited that you're studying under Esau McCauley. It's such a great opportunity for you. As you look into some of this area of emotional, mental, and spiritual health in the church, what are some common challenges that you find or misconceptions that you've come across, and maybe how could churches better address these issues? There's a lot of misunderstanding of emotion in just typical church conversation, and there's also a lack of knowledge of trauma, and those intersect again as well.
It’s not Normal, It’s Toxic-rid your life of toxic people
"allison" Discussed on It’s not Normal, It’s Toxic-rid your life of toxic people
"How to not drink too much. I'd try alternating water with glasses of wine, and then I'd get sick of drinking water. I'd be just as drunk, just a little bit more hydrated. And lots of headache. Yeah, maybe. I would only drink clear liquid liquor. I would only drink wine. I would only drink Tuesdays and Thursday. I mean, none of it worked. None of it worked, just to shortcut to the answer here. And what I have created for myself and for hundreds of other women now is a very simple but counterintuitive 6 part program that really helps get clear and get to a point where you are your ideal self and you are thinking of yourself in a way that's kind and gentle, compassionate and affirmative. So, you know, I grew up in a family, my joke is that it was Fifty Shades of beige. And if you're watching this, you can see that I am anything, but shades of beige. So you grew up in my family. Yeah, pretty much. Yeah. Just married your ex-husband. So, you know, my parents were scientists and school teachers and my older sisters were about 16 months apart. They still are weirdly. And there was a gap of about 5 years before I was born. And the story was, I was supposed to have been Matthew, you know, so like, existentially, I was somehow wrong. Problem with child. Right, right. From the get go. And because my sisters were, you know, really, really best buds and really close to each other and my mom and dad were very serious and quiet, and then me and I didn't feel like I kept wondering what in the heck was wrong with me. Like I wasn't scientific and I wasn't quiet and I wasn't.
The Dan Bongino Show
Alisyn Camerota Has a Meltdown Over Fox News-Dominion Settlement
"Here's CNN anchor used to work at Fox I did not work there with her disclosure We did not work in the payroll however I did a couple of hits with Allison camerata It sounds like hits from lebon That's a TV term for appearances I should talk in regular not true TV jargon I did a couple appearances when she was hosting I think Fox and Friends I don't remember But she was at Fox I found her to be not that bright just being candid I told her a story about the ATF she couldn't figure it out It was pretty simple story So it took her like three four times I don't get it Well that sounds like an IQ issue But here she is here melting down yesterday She's very upset about the settlement and keep in mind she's airing these claims on the pee pee tape network CNN Take a listen Are you surprised about what Fox did I haven't been surprised by any of this Nor am I surprised by the settlement I predicted there would be a settlement all along because Fox doesn't want to air its dirty laundry in a court case And forgive me I don't share quite Ellie's I guess being impressed at the outcome This is half of what dominion asked for Let's remember And yes obviously it's a big windfall for dominion It's chump change for Fox They make more than a $1 billion a year They're news division And so this is I think this is a victory for Fox They don't have to put their big stars on the stand And they didn't even have to issue a public apology When you guys say that they admitted that they lied no they didn't They're saying that we acknowledge the court's findings that certain claims about dominion appear about dominion to be false That doesn't say we lied that says they're false And they say certain claims they're not even saying they made those claims They're not even saying which hosts of theirs made their claims I think that this is the best outcome that Fox could ever have hoped for once they got themselves into this man
AP News Radio
Adrift in the Atlantic, a boat of death and lost dreams
"On May 28 2021, fishermen in Tobago found a boat adrift as they approached it, they made a grisly discovery. Inside, where the decomposing bodies of around a dozen black men, one later identified as SAO, who'd gone missing in January that year in Mauritania, Tobago assistant commissioner of police William nurse helped on the probe, with a backlinks origins remained a mystery. We began to remove the bodies from the boat, one by one. It was one of the most horrific experiences I have ever had. The AP's traveled to the mauritanian town of celebrity and found that dozens of people from that region, Mali and Senegal had gone missing after boarding a boat on the night of January 12th, 2021, and Allison Saul was among them. I'm Charles De Ledesma.
Mental Illness Happy Hour
"allison" Discussed on Mental Illness Happy Hour
"Like that's the signal of like, oh, this is gonna be a real uphill battle of a relationship versus a partner who can say, okay, understand that that's not, this is not about me, you know, not everything is in relation to you. That's the good news and the bad news. Exactly. And so that's why I think really filling in your partner about what's going on with you, how these things manifest for you, you know, maybe why certain things like orgasm is a part of your repertoire, you know, and being able to say like, I get why you would take this personally, but you really shouldn't. And then picking people who have the ability not to take that personally. When we express our needs and our feelings to somebody in a way that, you know, that isn't aggressive, we give them the opportunity to reveal their character. That's a really great point. And it's something in the chapter about sharing your mental health with the potential partner. I really say like, in those moments of disclosure, we tend to be so focused on what the other person is going to think of the information we're giving. But it's actually a moment that is really revealing of the other person's character and understanding and ability for empathy and so when you share stuff and the other person either doesn't care or doesn't try to change it. Tries to change you doesn't get it. You know, like, it's not necessarily like, oh, this means that they're not gonna like me. In those moments, you're very tired, you're like, I don't like them. How dare they? I open up, I'm vulnerable. I share this thing and they don't even have the decency or capacity to sit with it and hold space for it. I don't need to live a life like that. I deserve a partner who can hold space for me and who can ask curious questions without judgment and really listen. And that's, I think, a really big signal for people with mental health, you know, extensive mental health histories to pay attention to when they're starting to date and looking for a partner. And at least try, you know, if when we do open up it's met with a less than ideal response from them, it could be coming from a place of ignorance and they're willing to learn and so I think being willing to say, you know, I know you love me. I know you care about me right now. It would be awesome if you I just need somebody to listen and to be there for me and that gives them the opportunity for them to see, oh, they do take this in. They are a willing to learn, but that certainly a big red flag if they, if they don't take that in. And everyone has a different relationship and knowledge around mental health, right? So if you're a partner, someone who's never been to therapy, grew up in a family that never talked about mental health, you know, that first time you share something, they might be kind of confused and have some questions. And I think we also need to allow space for people to have questions and to have concern. You know, like people don't need to have a perfect response and people, if somebody says, you know, I have a history of a brilliant intense suicidal ideation. I don't think it's necessarily realistic for your date to go, oh great, you know? There's going to be concern there. And I think really allowing for a conversation of, okay, and what does that mean? What will that mean in my life and how to be your partner? And sometimes it can be really beneficial to either provide them with psychoeducation resources. We're sort of like, hey, this is a book that I think would maybe help you understand me better, or even if you're in therapy, letting them come into a session, letting them talk to your therapist, you know, I think even letting them talk to your therapist alone to sort of ask the questions that maybe they're afraid to ask in front of you. Allowing them to have a process and their own feelings about things too. And then that's the situation where you can't take it personally. You know. Love it. Love it. Such wisdom. Do you have anything else you'd like to share before we wrap up? No, I don't think so. I'm just so glad we're having more of these kinds of open conversations about all of this. Oh, and plug your podcast. What's the name of your podcast? Yeah, so my podcast is called just between us, it's a weekly show where we talk a lot about mental health and then I also have a mental health focused substack and Instagram account called emotional support lady if you want to check out any more of my work. And what are some of the social media handles? I've got at Allison Raskin at emotional support lady and those are the two main ones. Awesome. Well, kudos on all the work that you're doing. You're helping a lot of people and I love chatting with you. Oh, thank you so much for having me. Many, many thanks to Allison. I just love when a stranger walks through the door in an hour later you've had this amazing conversation with them when you know about important things in their lives and struggles that they've handled, it's just, I don't know, it's one of the parts I love about being alive. Let's dive into some surveys. This is an awful moment felt out by a non binary person who refers to themself as sad and euphoric. And they write for context, I'm a trans masculine, non binary person who most people see as a woman, but I don't identify as one and my family didn't know about this at the time. During our last Christmas with my grandmother, her dementia was already really bad and she wondered out loud who the young man was referring to me. It made me feel really euphoric. While I also realized that my grandmother had pretty much forgotten who I was and was never going to recognize me again. I remember how the moment made me smile while my heart sank to my stomach. That is, boy, you talk about bittersweet holy shit. This is from the shaman secret survey. And this is filled out by a guy who calls himself autism dad. He identifies as straight. He's in his 30s. He was raised in a he says a pretty dysfunctional environment. He says that he's never been sexually abused, but he has been physically and emotionally abused. Systematic physical abuse from my father and older brother, constant shaming from my younger brother and emotional abuse abandonment and emotional is incest from my mother. This led me to a full breakdown resulting in lifelong anxiety, depression, social isolation, and suicidal fantasies, not that I'd act on the latter.
Mental Illness Happy Hour
"allison" Discussed on Mental Illness Happy Hour
"Who knows who? But I don't have any memories of those types of compulsions. But I have a lot of, I still have a lot of cleaning compulsions. Are the urges still there for the, you know, the movement compulsions that you used to express no. I have a lot of sensory problems, so the way that I dress is very much shaped by my sensory issues. And so I can't wear a lot of clothes that I would wear if I didn't have sex reissues, you know, I would I haven't worn real pants and years. I only wear things that are really comfortable on my body because if anything is irritating me, it seems from observation that other people can kind of block that out, right? Like a lot of people wear heels and they just, their feet are in pain and it's not that big of a deal or they're wearing tight jeans and yeah it's uncomfortable but it doesn't take over their entire mind whereas like I really can't do those things or I just become so worried and obsessed about being uncomfortable that I've just sort of created a wardrobe that isn't. And yeah and just like fears of loud noises, bright lights like a lot of like sensory overlap with those CD as well. This is not me trying to pathologize is just thought popped into my head that those are also some of the traits shared with people who are on the spectrum is that something that has ever come up in conversations with your healthcare providers or a lot of people on the Internet have said that to me. And this is me more curious. Here's what's up with you, Allison. No, I get it. By far not the first person to suggest that I have some autistic tendencies. But I don't think that that's the right diagnosis for me. I think that there's a lot of comorbidity with different disorders. I also think so many things are on a spectrum and for me my OCD diagnosis makes a lot of sense and feels like the right one. But yeah, there's definitely overlap, but I think that's common between a lot of different disorders. So what are some of the mental compulsions that you kind of sit on that you're able to suppress and what are some of the ones that the fight is real today in terms of sometimes this comes out physically and it's more of a battle than the things that you can kind of sit on and one of the things that's interesting about OCD is it's not consistent, right? Like the level of how compelled I feel to give into a compulsion really fluctuate based on like my stress level or what's something like COVID really exacerbated a lot and kind of gave me a lot of new compulsions and so you know like there will be days where my partner will be cooking and I'm worried that he hasn't watched his hands and there will be days where I'll be able to say Allison it's okay don't say anything and then there will be days where I go did you wash your hands, you know and so it really kind of fluctuates in terms of like my level of self control and also just am I willingness to fight it, right? That's something I've been really talking about a lot and thinking about a lot is sort of I think a hard and fast rule with OCD tends to be exposure therapy and that you shouldn't give in to your compulsions because that makes it worse. But I've really gravitated more towards like a harm reduction model where there are certain things that are going to really get in the way of my life and my relationships and my ability to function and then there are other compulsions that fighting it is not worth it you know like it doesn't really have a negative impact. The relief that comes with it is worth it to me, especially in a stressful time in my life. I don't constantly want to feel like I am always trying to get better and I'm in a constant state of fighting my own brain. You know, that's an exhausting way to live. And then I would imagine that that feeds the cycle. Of, I'm not doing this right. Yeah, I think having to the complexity of both being a mental health advocate and somebody who's also coming to terms with I'm okay that I'm not fighting this all the time can feel on its face a little like hypocrisy, right? Because so much of the work I do is like, you can get better, there are ways to work, you know, work with the symptoms that you have and try to address the ones that are really harmful. But I also think it's a more realistic type of mental health advocacy in a lot of ways because if we could all just get up and say no to all of our symptoms, then no one would be mentally ill and guess what? That's not the case. And I'm sure you found that one of the byproducts of having a struggle that is common is the sense of connection with other people that understand you to a depth that someone who doesn't struggle with that can't understand. It's been really interesting, you know, I came out to LA to be a screenwriter. I went to school for screenwriting. I wanted to be a TV comedy writer, sketch writer, a comedy was always my main focus, but then I started this YouTube channel called just between us with my comedy partner and just through the channel I started talking more and more about the OCD of it all and the anxiety and just living with mental illness and this was back in like 2014 and even in like the last 9 years, there's been such a shift in how much this stuff has talked about and when I was first putting stuff out there, the amount that people were like, oh my God, thank you for talking about this. You know, like it felt like in a kind of an exciting time to sort of be on the forefront of de stigmatizing a lot of stuff and it was never like my intention to make writing about mental health and creating content about mental health to be my main career goal. It was sort of just like an extension of this other work that I was doing, but the reaction from people and having people say that me being open about my life has made them feel more comfortable in theirs. I mean, there's no better motivation to keep going than that kind of feedback. It is amazing. What a sense of meaning or purpose can do in our lives, especially if we've never felt it that strongly. Talk about the positive ripples of having a sense of meaning and purpose in your life. If you can. I think it's really important. And I think it can get tied up in the cycle of capitalism and productivity in a negative way where it can feel like, oh, for not being production, if we're not making money, then we are worthless, and I don't at all want to push that agenda, but I think that there is something to have a meaning and purpose in your life. And for some people that can look like I have a really high paying amazing job and for other people it can be on my mom or I care for rescued animals and the purpose no one can take away no one gets to decide what that purpose is other than you, but I think having something that kind of grounds you too, why am I getting up every day? Why are the hard parts worth it? What am I kind of striving towards? And again, that's such a spectrum and it doesn't need to be any sort of financial incentive. It can be very relational. It just grounds us and it makes us it makes it harder parts worth kind of getting through. So what are some of the other things you struggled with as a kid? You mentioned depression, how did that present itself? I mean, you talked about laying down in the street when you were four. I think my experience with depression kind of speaks to, again, like how it can manifest so differently because you know I have friends and know people with depression who, when they're in a bout of it, they can't
Truth For Life Daily Program
We Are Not Made for This World
"Used to be mourning and they Wall Street. In the inside cover, mind and matter, a lady there writing a little piece entitled does evolution want us to be unhappy. How many of you saw this article? How many of you read this article? Not a single soul. Okay. I don't know how to feel about that. I feel very special. You've got to read the paper. One of the reasons that Christians can not interact in society is because we're talking to ourselves and we're reading our own stuff. But that's for another day. She writes this article and she says we're hardwired as a result of evolution. To try and find stuff that will satisfy us. But it doesn't satisfy us. To try and be fitter than the person next to us. But just when we think we're fit enough, we're not as fit as we would like to be. And it goes on quite wonderfully. It's not a bad piece. She says it is as if every time we make a decision that actually makes us better off, evolution resets our happiness meter to zero. So this is a view of the world. We are the product of time plus matter plus chance. We are just finding our way through this strange business. So we shuffle off this mortal coil. And it resets our meter to zero. That process to decide to take the next action. Which will make us even better off, but not any happier. So I finished the article and I finished my coffee, and I sat for a little bit. And then I said, well, I'll just write across the top of the article. I looked up, she had an email, but she didn't, so I couldn't immediately write a dear Allison letter. It wasn't going to be an unkind letter. I was just going to ask her if she'd ever read C. S. Lewis. And particularly it is quote from mere Christianity, which we all know now, don't we? I repeat it about every third Sunday. If I find in myself, says Louis, desires which nothing in this world can satisfy. The only logical explanation is that I was made for another world. Of course we'll never satisfy these longings. These longings were never supposed to be satisfied. By stuff, by experience, by all of the enjoyments of our earthly lives. Now, it's very, very important that we learn to read our newspaper as a result of knowing our bibles. Not learning from our bibles as a result of what we have found in the newspaper.
CoinDesk Podcast Network
Binance Setting Up Consortium to Try to Rebuild Trust in Crypto
"By name is up to something. They're always up to something those finance people financings you sometimes see them described as. But anyway, binance, according to this story, by Ian Allison, is trying to organize a consortium that's going to bolster the image of crypto. This is according to an unnamed source, speaking to the analysis of coin desk. Now, I think the scaffold meter might be a little bit high to many of crypto skeptic on this one. I think obviously the image of crypto needs a little bit of rehabilitation in the wake of some major implosions. Finance is still standing. So, according to the story, they're going to take it upon themselves to advance that narrative that crypto isn't just a hotbed of scams. Now, for crypto skeptics, they might be doubting the messenger on this one because binance for a long time has been sort of dodging regulatory mandates and different places. Hopping from jurisdiction to one jurisdiction to the next. So anyway, like our all accusations against finance fair, absolutely not. Are some of them fair? Yes, some of them are fair. So I think people who see this as being kind of silly have a little bit of ground to stand on. But isn't interesting concept and is something that we've seen around lobbying for the positive aspects of the crypto economy, as opposed to those dodgy aspects that we've seen so much of later. So anyway, that's what this story is. That was a bit of a long prelude to our discussion. But I'm going to ask it straight to will for his thoughts on finance reportedly trying to make this organization.
Dennis Prager Podcasts
Death in Canada
"As Allison's pain worsened. Hoth off said it was after 6 p.m. before they saw a doctor and Allison received any treatment. By then he said, it was too late. After they were triaged, pulled off recalled the nurses asked for a urine sample. When he took Allison to the bathroom he couldn't support her alone and she fell to the floor. I couldn't get her up, by the way. It's a young couple. I couldn't get her up myself so I went outside the door and I just asked for help. To security guards had to assist her. When wholesale took Allison back to the waiting room, he said she was no longer able to sit in the wheelchair the hospital had provided because of the pain she was in. So she ended up lying on the floor. I told the nurses in the lady at the desk there a couple of times it's getting worse. And nothing happened, he said. So the security guards in time, they brought a couple blankets out, and they brought us a cup of water, and they used it to put some ice on her lips. As more time passed Allison told her husband she felt like she was dying.
Dennis Prager Podcasts
Canada’s Vaunted Socialized Medicine Is a Horror Show
"System is obviously broken. Says NS man, whose wife died in ER. Again, I need you to understand this is a CBC report that just came out. What does that stand for? I said Canadian broadcasting company. I did say. Did you? Yeah. It's okay. For the hut Hoff for the excuse me. Whole thought family, a trip to the emergency room at the Cumberland regional healthcare center on New Year's Eve. Turned into a nightmare. Gunther hof of tidbit, Nova Scotia. It's a very unhappy article, but I'm sorry. I just have to reflect for one moment. Sean would you please put Titus down on the list? It is a, it is a word I would have made up if it didn't exist already. Said his wife, Allison, began feeling sick the morning of December 31st. But thought she had just had an upset stomach. When it worsened throughout the morning, drove his wife to the nearest emergency department in Amherst Nova Scotia around 11 a.m.. He said he carried Allison into the hospital on his back. She was obviously in pain, he told CBC news in an interview Sunday. I was rolling her in the wheelchair, and she could hardly sit up.
Mark Levin
Jim Schultz: The Ground Game Is Great in Minnesota
"We're talking to Jim Schultz he's running for attorney general in Minnesota against Keith Ellison Keith Ellison really is sort of the poster guy for this radical view of criminal justice which is justice for criminals And it's had dire consequences not just for Minneapolis St. Paul but for the entire state of Minnesota and you have an enormous influence on these local prosecutors these DAs as we saw with Keith Ellison himself how does he say the latest poll says your 5 points ahead How is the money going How's the ground game Well it's great It's great On the money side we'll raise dramatically more than any candidate for Minnesota attorney general and the Republican side in history So we've got the resources we need to be to have a really big presence on TV There's lots of outside groups who are also spending in the race The Republican attorney general's association and others And so that's great The ground game is great as well I mean people are people are energized I mean you see this all around the country where Republicans are fed up with the Biden administration set up in Minnesota with our far left leadership here And so people are animated whether it be making phone calls knocking on doors I mean they know that Keith Allison as you point out Mark as extreme as they come This is a guy who you represented a man implicated in the killing of a cop in the 90s and has been you've got behind every far left extremist caused in the course of his career And so minnesotans know that we need change in this in this office And so there are people really really excited about the process prospect of making history here As I mentioned at the beginning over 50 years that we've had Democrat attorney generals in the state of Minnesota and people are very excited about the path here to turning that around
Nonprofits Are Messy: Lessons in Leadership | Fundraising | Board Development | Communications
Ep 155: A Once-In-A-Generation Opportunity to Shape the Future of Nonprofit Work (with Allison Fine and Beth Kanter) - burst 01
"So if we think about digital transformation about leveraging new technologies like smart tech and organizational change, whether that's the way we work or whether it's being more innovative with our program models in a way that adds value for our mission and our stakeholders. So smart tech is really good at doing these rote tasks like intake forms or expense reports. But it's more than just liberating us from this busy work. It can really profoundly change us. Because of that gift of time that you mentioned. And here's the intersection with well-being. Will nonprofits use that dividend of time to try to get more and more done, like those workers underneath the city, or can we repurpose that time to improve our relationships with donors with our other external clients and stakeholders, as well as give staff that space to plan, even to dream to innovate. So I think this is the intersection of digital transformation and well-being. And another way to put it is with the tagline from the movie, which is really about putting humans at the center, not the machines or the tools, and that tagline of metropolis is the intermediary between the hand and the brain is the heart. So what we're talking about is approaching this technology that can be highly efficient to be very human centered and really not to invest it back into busyness, but to really invest it with that spaciousness of that leads to innovation and doing work differently. And I just want to say something about spaciousness versus busyness. And I think that's really important. I'm learning a lot about the notion that there's work that fuels you and there's work that depletes you. Right? And I feel like the kind of work you're talking about that lives in this place called spaciousness is the work that fuels you, that right, it is the staring at your computer and doing that busywork you describe that depletes you. That's what puts people on the fastpass to burn out. It's not how much work you do, although there's some of that. It's about the kind and quality of the work that you do. And that's really I think what you're speaking to here, right Beth? Absolutely. And I think also the amount of work is also important too when it leads to burnout. So if this is liberating us, to do more quality work, it's also liberating us to take that time off and refuel and have the confidence really to make that change. And that it's going to be better. So I was never in a classroom without a crucifix on the wall. And Catholic school, the nuns would always say that learning
Nonprofits Are Messy: Lessons in Leadership | Fundraising | Board Development | Communications
"allison" Discussed on Nonprofits Are Messy: Lessons in Leadership | Fundraising | Board Development | Communications
"Allison fine is a social change maker, innovator and futurist. She is among the nation's preeminent thinkers and strategists for using technology for social good and has written three books on the intersection of tech and social change, including the networked nonprofit with Beth Cantor. Beth Cantor is an author virtual facilitator and trainer. She is an internationally recognized thought leader in digital transformation and well-being in the workplace and has more than 35 years of experience providing capacity building for nonprofits and foundations. Beth and Alison are repeat customers here on my podcast. Their passion for the nonprofit sector runs deep. And I've invited them back because they know this audience that educating them, being a champion for each of you and giving you practical advice that fuels you, in this they are experts and we are Kindred spirits. So Allison? Welcome. Thank you for having me, Joe. It's nice to be back. And Beth, you're back. Yes, I'm back. So great to be here. Excellent. So Beth I'm.
CareerXroads
"allison" Discussed on CareerXroads
"So that process was really key to get right up front is selecting the people that we were going to interview. We don't want outliers. We don't want super tap crazy performers. We don't really want really low performance. It's like, what's a typical research and development person at Baxter, what are they like? It also kind of want to get a middle of that bell curve. So yeah, so soup to nuts. I mean, the developing was I want to say three to four months. And then the kind of review and validation of them was another month. And then now the part about rolling them out and teaching them to TA. That's our those are our stakeholders for the personas as TA. They're the ones that are going to be the now leveraging them. But initially, because after that, I want to talk with HR and talent management on how to use them to retain. So it's not just marketing pieces. Now, so I've got plans for these babies. So suits and nuts of criss-cross to where we are today. I'd say took a roughly 6 months, but we're at the beginning. I mean, this is going to be a year. All year and into next year and the year after that. It's the long game for sure. Love that. Long game. Yeah. Well, so Allison, take us out with one thing you'd tell someone who maybe looks at all of this and thinks it's really overwhelming. Doesn't know where to start. Maybe they're in need of a refresh or they're in need of a new launch. What would you tell a branding colleague marketing colleague in this space that you have learned over the last couple of years that you really wish you had known? Like what's something you know now that you wish you would have known two years ago?.
CareerXroads
"allison" Discussed on CareerXroads
"As you can imagine, but my challenge wasn't where I thought it would be. So I thought that my challenge would be selling the importance of an employer brand and getting people excited. I thought that would be a challenge. Like, oh, you know, are people going to care and why do we care about an employer brand? But that was not my challenge. People were ready. I mean, they were ready. And they embrace it and they validate it. And I had people, when we launched January 21st last year, I saw on social media around the world, people saying, I've worked at Baxter for 30 years. I've always wanted this. I've always wanted to have a brand. This gives me this gives me a platform to share how I have felt about working here for decades. So yeah, lots of tears when I would read these comments of like, oh my gosh, people really wanted this. They wanted they might not have known oh, it's called an employer brand, but they want to kind of that framework and that strategy and that support and that resources. So that was shocking to me and I was just elated. You know, seeing that, hey, the desire was there. So my challenge wasn't getting people to care. My challenge is keeping up with the enthusiasm and momentum and ideas that flow in all of the time. So it's actually my biggest challenge from day one. It's all even today is just not time to follow up on all of the ideas and all of the excitement that is there due to lack of resources. And I think even if I had a team of 50, it's just people are so excited and like the last thing I want to do is have someone be demotivated because they can't carry their idea forward. So it's kind of interesting. That's been the challenge. Yeah, that is a big one. It begs the question though. How big is the team that you're working with? So I'm growing my team this year. I have been a solo practitioner for a while. I had one person that joined me on a contract basis, like she's incredible, so she's with me, and then for the first time I'm hiring, I have headcount now. So I'm hiring my first person. Hopefully in the next week or so, and then I'll build my team from there. Globally, because we are in several countries around the world. So ideally, I have someone for apac, I have someone for emea and then for the Americas as well. So yeah, it's growing. I mean, I'm growing my team this year. That's the big, that's one of the big things that I'm really excited about this year. That is exciting. Is this stuff already so far in motion? It's okay or should we give somebody a link or you are all they can go to? Is it work with Allison Cruz dot com? Is there somewhere we should turn them? Just by the way. As the role to open up, I will definitely make a big splash on LinkedIn..
CareerXroads
"allison" Discussed on CareerXroads
"For some new technologies, some studio stream technology. So we're very excited that you're a Guinea pig. I love to be the Guinea pig. This is fun. Yeah, you know, we'll talk about EVP and work today, but I have to say the green room chat about dogs being way, way nicer than cats. Might be its own podcast all by itself. I think so. I think so. We could have like the pro cat people in the pro dog people and just like duke it out. I'm definitely on the side of pro dog, though. They are much more about you than cats do, I think. They do. Well, you know, we have heard this countless times, but if there's an accident and something happens in your home and you are left like you die, right? It's dark. We go dark real fast here, but and you die. A dog will sit by you until someone comes to the house to save you. It's coming up soon on you. A cat will eat your face. Yeah. Oh, it's a snack. It's a fresh snack. Yeah, exactly. Yeah, can I just eat it? Yeah. Allison, I have known you for years. But for those who do not know who you are, why don't you give us what I like to call the escalator pitch. Why don't you tell us why we should want to get to know Alison Cruz and why we should listen to what you have to say today? Oh. So I'm somebody who has a better people and that has driven my career since college when I started off wanting to be a clinical psychologist, then didn't want to be anymore. And thought, hey, recruiting. This is a way that I can help people and not be their therapist. So then fell in love with social media and the intersection of recruiting. I started doing employer branding before it was called that before it's a thing. And now I am a global employer brand leader at Baxter and just freaking love my job. Oh my God, that's fantastic. So when you say when you say global employment brand leader, what does that sort of mean in a nutshell for recruiters out there who don't really get to play in the brand space or maybe aren't sure what does that mean? What do you delivering on the daily? Yeah, so that means that I am measuring and activating our employer brand, which is our reputation as a place to work. As an employer of choice. And I am activating that analyzing it, et cetera across the employment life cycle both internally and externally. So it's more than just marketing. It's just more than recruitment marketing. That's a part of it. But also engaging our internal talents as well. So yeah, I'm kind of listening to the steward of our brand. I love that. So it has been, I think, and I have a background in employment brand, but obviously I have been out of the practitioner circle for about 6 years now. But the last year and a half to two years for me have just seemed like a really interesting time to be an employment brand. So I'll ask you really loaded question. Alison, what have you been up to? What's been going on in your world for the last year? So it's been quite a year for me..
Focus On the Family Daily Broadcast
Allison Bottke: Being Able to Have an Action Plan Is Critical
"Now let's talk about the eye, which you have is implement rules and boundaries. This probably is the most difficult. We can recognize where we've fallen short as a parent, our own misgivings, et cetera. When we talk about implementing rules and boundaries, and that comes out of galatian 6, I believe, carrying each other's burdens, how do we do that? How do we begin to set those rules and boundaries? And really change our own behavior. That's exactly what it is. It's changing our own behavior. Being able to have an action plan is critical. If you don't have anything to aim for, what's that saying? You'll hit nothing every time. So we've got to have a plan. What's the outcome that you want as a parent? Is it for your child to launch? Or is it to perhaps help them through addiction or is it to know if you're supposed to take care of your grandkids? Because a lot of parents know are taking care of grandkids because their kids because they're either in jail or prison or they're addicts and they are capable. So it's really what is it that you as a parent, what do you feel that you need to do? What's the next step? What are expectations? And write that down. I'm a big believer. I'm a writer. I'm a big believer in writing things down. So we can see it because we don't know what remember in that throws of emotion that we're so often in. And if we're communicating with adult children that are dysfunction or trouble, they may not remember, so I'm a big proponent of writing things down to plan. And presenting it to our adult child if they play a part in this, such as maybe moving out or what it is that that looks like. And if you're going to no longer give money for no longer going to support them, or they have to do this in order to get that, you've got to write that down. So that plant, I had to write down everything. How I saw my life, what the steps were.
That's Feminism Bro
"allison" Discussed on That's Feminism Bro
"Me. I can't remember his name. He came over on the mayflower and he got washed overboard. Which makes it right by later. Somehow this rope got thrown into this young man. He was young and got pulled back up onboard and he lived. He became a very prominent member of this community. He married and had children. And we know who this guy. And i'm sorry maybe we can link it below. If i tell you who is like history dot com. Who this guy is. He went on to have children. And you can follow who descended from him. Multiple united states presidents. i believe Who's the actor in in casa blanca. Anyway all but it's beautiful like from one man and almost happened to him. You know like we don't know what will come from us. And so when. I talk about you know. Success in the home is the most important thing and loving and embracing the beauty and magnificence. That is motherhood. That's that's where my mind goes to like. These are my children and the future. This is the future when i look at my children and the thing is we don't know so it's almost like it's not just enough to show up. You have to really bring because you don't now. Okay so william button. Maybe that said. I'd have to go back and read them. But yeah what's it. Say the wrong name. He gets no. I don't. I don't feel like it's button. It might be though. I should have been holland guys. Let me now. I need okay. Now we gotta find on howland overboard in a storm recovered. Okay so yeah and you can. You can find out how many of his descendants and several presidents. i mean just in that. From gunman along. Isn't that amazing. Amazing i don't i don't know for bringing presidents. You might might for thing but more important than that like a good husband right right. That's that's an important thing. I'm like i i need good people i think right now. The world needs good people. I don't know if i'm reading perfect people by They're doing a lot on their end. People and got a lot on his end has doing lots is have to try to keep it together All right well. I would like to know if people want to donate. Is there a place that they can donate. Yeah can you say one more thing absolutely. Sorry we've gone. So i just want people know when i'm running for school board like my husband and i we had a couple of different choices of places we go. 'cause he's military and we we talked to people in our military network abou- different places and you know across the country. Two thousand miles. People know about beaver creek schools and they had such high recommendations for them and that was kind of like the deciding factor in us moving here. And so i want people to know like i am ran for school board. I think i'm gonna bring really good things to it. But i also want people to know. I really like these schools. They're really good and we're really happy to be here. And there's there's a lot that's really great and really good about our schools. And i think and i wanna i wanna build on that. I want to bring my west to that. So yeah but that's actually. We picked yeah beaver creek city schools as well and and is a good team and really we have been hit with a lot..
That's Feminism Bro
"allison" Discussed on That's Feminism Bro
"All right. Yeah no it's true. It's it's overwhelming in. Its responsibility in that. You don't get to clock out bigger. They notice of both amazing and terrifying all the stuff they notice about the way husband doing. And it's actually a now we've got a couple that are sort of on the older. I say older being told to me that there are thirteen and melinda. Couple that all come back with well dimes. Union doesn't do that. It's great that we have this like team to that. We work together where you know. I have a couple of tattoos on now. We're going to be able to give the don't get a tattoo. Data's no today so to likes her. And i can say it's ridiculously expensive very uncomfortable but it is awesome to not just to not just tau them but how this whole family unit they can see. This works doesn't work. I like this like that. Even in their aunts and uncles and their cousins. They say like well this. This is how this family does it. I and i like that but it's terrifying like there's so many times on like i'm not just raising this thirteen-year-old i'm raising this future man. Future husband future employer employee likes it. I have to do a lot of things right. I mean he's going to do a lot of things himself. I have to have to be as invested as i am. You know and that is a big. It's a big calling you know. Yeah i think so my husband. And i we kind of have this quote that we keep in mind and we remind ourselves about when things we might feel like when we need to be reminded and we. It's no success in life can compensate for failure in the home and it just helps us keep. Keep it in perspective right like okay. Say the kate. No success in life can compensate for failure in the home. And when we when my husband. And i think about home we mean our marriage and our you know parent child relationships with our kids. So that's always good for me just to kind of key life imbalance right like even with school board. It's taken me. It's right it life supply. And i only have so much to give in in each likes to each thing and i think about that sometimes like where. There are times when my pie slice is going to be going here but i always need to remember like what's the end goal. What's the most important thing and the most important thing is family. It's my marriage and it's my kids and so yeah that's kind of district perspective right. I mean yeah because you get into this stuff. I got into this thing You get into this for them you know and then and then if it starts to take over on us out your perspective so you have to really stay in the game now. I'm not too far down this path to make sure and i think that's why you know this is. This is a podcast where we talk about faith. I think that's why prayers really important in that too like because it is important that we do. These things for kids We that's why children have parents because they need. They're not adults. They need adults to do these things for them so we should be doing these things but prayer is so important for me at least in just keeping me where am i where am i lord like it or things. Good things right and my husband. He's really good with that. We we are good at like checking each other when we need it and reminding each other supporting each other when we need it but also reminding each other lake. You know just a little off right here. And i think you know going back to like kids learning by seeing their parents like there's not necessarily one right way to do everything and kids will slake full learn..
That's Feminism Bro
"allison" Discussed on That's Feminism Bro
"Brought sporty divers since in modern female strike. We're here to capture week laying the turn feminist because unlike justice stewart. I know when. I see it is not good enough day. Women and the women who raised join us to create community of women who can support and empower each other as they go through all that life throws we want to hear your everyone use it to build strength trucks and enthusiasm. Hello i have allison lindsay with me. Thanks for joining me. Being happy me no problems. I'm gonna just read three or bio for a sack. Allison is a wife and a mom of five beautiful children. One of whom has trisomy twenty one. Her faith in jesus christ and in her family are the most important things in her life. She grew up in california. That's okay we're still happy. West coast calls sixth seventh seventh children. Her parents several of her siblings are educators. Her dad is also a college on her. Mom is also school. Board member education and outlets were formative part of her childhood after high. School allison attended brigham. Young university where she met her husband they married in two thousand and eight and she majored in geography and minored in history. Her husband's military career has taken family across the united states and giving her many opportunities for service among other things. Allison is headed. A women's ministry group served as a deployment point of contact co founded a women's group to assist refugees and organiz drives to help mothers unexpected crisis pregnancies when she is running after her kids alison enjoys real running chills reading nonfiction begging visiting museums and historical sites and exploring new places and new ideas. So i had like a whole idea as to how this is is going to go. And then.
SMRPodcas
"allison" Discussed on SMRPodcas
"Was an expensive purchase. I need somebody to be another substance. Cnc machine eaten. Chris right know that we will have one. We'll share that. Yeah we'll share that. We're we're pretty good about sharing that. Like i'll buy something like you have this version. I'll get this other version and then we can go back and forth. We're pretty good about that. So it's funny. Like i've recommended to things that were super cheap. One was the pica pencil. as like. You gotta get this one thousand nine hundred item. I'm telling you once you get it it will take it. Will you will love this thing absolutely. Love it absolutely because they own one. But maybe not. Yeah and then. The other thing i recommended him was this thing called a panini pocket rule. Absolutely love it one of my favorite whatever forty dollars and it's like it's one of those tools where you're like so imagine like you get something tells you to Like you need to measure how far from the front of this would to the that you put like a bracket 'cause you need to do it on the other side of the brackets perfectly lineup and square. You could take a measuring tape to put in there and try to guesstimate how it is. The panini pocket rule. Essentially you can slide it in taps and then you have a piece that sits on the ruler slides. Nice lock it in place so now you can go and transfer the exact measurement. Whatever it was. It's the same it's echo. it's a fantastic. I love you. You know every project it gets used and everything so i'm not saying i won't be clear. Most of his suggestions are spot on. If he says. I'm gonna like it is great. You know my colleague norm first and then allen again it was like damaged. They got this a long time like the centipede that we showed you guys yesterday. That's great you know it was like I finally got one is like i love this thing. I use it every day all day. Three of them now. I have three. Yeah i only have one has three but to be fair you got. We both got the eight foot one but it even though it's perfect for the large pieces it's easier to use a smaller one. Yes yeah and i to get a smaller one. But it's it's nice because you when you share your tips something that you bought with somebody else and they buy it. And they're like man. I'm so happy. I got when you're standing outside. My house was stereo over head. You're playing what is love or something and trying to get you to buy ice maker. That's a bit much all right. Rob you got another text you wanna see looking at. Your phone is looking to see. It's been a slow slow tech. We all right. So we're going to have a big tech. We coming up. So i want to ask. Allison which should we be expecting from apple. Oh i pretty much told you everything. I know that was. That was pretty much it. You watch new phone. Oh sorry oh you left room. Sorry about that. Read like we just talked about this so to be fair. I told her before. I have a friend who is in very bad shape because he did not get the cova vaccine cova any suffering all the aftermath and he is really in a life and death battle right now. The last two days have been positive. Newt so three days ago the news was prepare for his death. We need to make a decision. Take him off life support to blood gas going down yesterday going down today. They repaired something internally. They're gonna start adding food that he might start to take an upswing and they've a to doctors say he is six living person not only in the hospital but they've ever seen their medical career. Is i say that anybody is is three kids. Eight and under. Please go get the kogo vaccine shot. Because what i'm communicating this to our other very close friends and it is heart-wrenching every time after tell the friend how close i am to use it. Losing a friend of thirty years so please go get it. But during that time his brother called to give me an update on him. So i stepped out so i do apologize that i missed. That part of the show is a repeat asking. Alison there. okay. I thought you were just doing your usual. Not paying attention anything you know you were actually out of the room. Well that's good news. Good news that it's turning a little bit. Maybe yes thank the lord said if he survives. We're going to kill them. We're all going through and trying to get his. His wife set up so that that if she has to. It's not a nightmare and we already know it will be a nightmare but we're trying to make it as easy as possible is not fun. So here's an interesting story The looks like the judge in the case between apple and epa games. Oh just ruled. He issued a permanent injunction against apple. What and he says. The company must allow agstar developers to direct users to other payment systems. Which would let them bypass that. Thirty percent. cut of an in-app payments. That apple takes so that's interesting last week. In japan they passed a law that affects the globe. Not just japan saying exactly that except for the allowing them to bypass the thirty percent because apple came back. Sure we'll comply but we're still charging thirty percents But but that that seems to me. That seems okay i. I think that that's a step that okay if that's what everybody wants. That's what everybody wants. Great bypass and not pay the thirty percent. Yes yeah i saw from a developers standpoint. i think that's good The kit the general. I think you'll find a contingent of people who will say if is not. I can't pay through apple nafta and credit card fresh second by yourself right but i think they can do both they can offer both they can say you can buy it through through apple through apple services or you can go to this external payment method. But can they say this is the only enough think good. They might lose business because of that. I mean i well we were just talking about. Do sign up for stuff. And last week i wanted to buy A friend of mine. This app and i heard it was on sale for four bucks and it's normally ten bucks right there okay. I'm going to go by this for for four bucks for and i hit the link and it was a deal site and i was going to have to put her email address into their deal. Site paid the ten bucks. I went back up and actually it was worse than that. I found out that you can't gift an app from the app store to somebody from the mac app store. You could give books you can give. Music can't gift an app gift card or can't buy nine ninety nine gift card after by ten dollar gift card now. I'm not going to give her. Could this got a penny on it. So give it twenty five dollars gift card instead of four bucks. I spent twenty five hundred. Because i wasn't going to give that information to third party right. That is it. Also says under the injunction apples permanently restrained in enjoined from preventing developers to include in their apps and meta data buttons external links or other calls to action that direct customers who purchased mechanisms and apple also is not allowed to stop them from contacting those users as well on.
One Life Radio Podcast
"allison" Discussed on One Life Radio Podcast
"Radio. This is bernadette with junior in the mix and dr ellison hall. We are continuing our conversation of why we should monitor our blood sugar. Doctor ellison hall is a doctor of osteopathic medicine and is a practicing do board-certified adult internist and pediatrician Okay so where. Where should i go doctor hall so many questions. I want to ask you if Third checks in the glucose. You seemed excited about the stress response. So another really important Things evaluate is sleep. And you know when we do not get enough sleep then. Next morning there's definitely a significant increase in glucose and there's so many hormonal contributions that contribute to this Cortisol something called. Glenn hooper gone like peptide so for most of us. You know working so hard we think. Oh this is great. I'm going to muscle through and get my five hours of sleep and be better for no. No no no no. We need to look at five hours of sleep like eating a box of doughnuts. Am i going to see that. Yes when you're signing that glucose response in the morning when you've only five hours you like Days are really gotta get more sleep. So that's another area. Okay so i have to ask Typically i don't do this. But what are the best companies making these devices especially the continuous glucose monitoring. Because i'm not one that wants to prick my finger five or six times a day. I know so. I will tell me we've participants who to her finger and it can be done and you do get used to it because sometimes these devices can be cost prohibitive for some people so please know that a finger stick is definitely good option if you want to invest in the continuous glucose monitor Light now freestyle and decks com are the two companies Really producing these devices now. Levels health is a software company. And i entered research with them and they do have some intelligent software company so freestyle Libra continuous coast monitor. My you can use the devices out there. Software at the same time also does make it slightly more affordable well. How does the low carbohydrate kita genyk. Nutritional program.
Daily Tech News Show
"allison" Discussed on Daily Tech News Show
"Welcome to seniors and tech a mini series where bus stereotypes by talking to seniors. Who either worked in the tech industry at the beginning of the digital era or currently tech fluent in their everyday lives. I'm dr nikki akrons. And this week we're talking to allison. Sheridan used to work in engineering and also one of the earliest podcasters. Give us your your senior credit as you were saying. Well let me A podcast in the technology space. And but in my senior is that i'm sixty three years old and i have three and a half grandchildren one on the way so I hope that makes me old enough for the show and so the idea is just to figure out. What's it like to be a senior in tech. You actually used to work in like very very high tech stuff. Can you talk a little bit about that sure. I have a master's in mechanical engineering..
Unapologetically BOLD: I'm not sorry for....
"allison" Discussed on Unapologetically BOLD: I'm not sorry for....
"Me down to where i felt like. I wasn't even on mondays anymore. I was splayed laid out more like yup. I'm gonna do this. I don't know how to take care of this child. But i'm trying to take care of this child after like me not punish but it's exhausting. Everything i have any said. I got you. And he continues to show me and he continues to bless our family. I think something to that here in this may or may not have you've dealt with it or not but for me off on in those moments that i thought perfectionism the most during that tom that if i feel like i got to be perfect to to receive favorite tamra africa that i can't make a mistake if i make one tiny mistake like i'm gonna lose. My kid aren't gonna lose all that. I've worked for in all this stuff in. I don't know it. did you ever deal with that. Through that time loot absolutely. You're looking over your shoulder go. I mean i know. I'm not perfect. I'm a human like that's impossible. But i do of have that more type acre perfectionist personality warning to always give my best and do my best and my best wasn't good enough. I didn't feel like i didn't feel like i could get to the mark. I felt like the mark with so far beyond me in instead act. Should've stopped and and i do better now of taking a brass and knowing i've given all i can today and just as i give people grace you can give yourself grace in that positive self talk and self care and people talk about here for yourself and sometimes i'm up at two to four. Am still trying to work on things in still trying to help me beat deadlines in getting things for people. Because if i said. I'm going to do it. I'm going to do it like i'm going to follow through on that and i understand that personal sacrifice in the after..
Unapologetically BOLD: I'm not sorry for....
"allison" Discussed on Unapologetically BOLD: I'm not sorry for....
"Welcome to unapologetically bald. I'm not sorry for if you're a person that has tired of apologizing for being you you know the human part of you. That sometimes feels like it has to be different at home versus work versus. Play the human side. That just wants to be hot. Humble open and transparent about your watts czars and uniqueness if you answered yes this is for join me as odd lavina conversations with guests about what thing you're not sorry for let's get started. I am so pumped today to have one of my good friends with me. Alison welcome alison seven excited to be. Here this is going to be such a fun conversation. Because the more i've got to know you your heart your passion for people and i think too. It's gonna be a little turn of events to hear what you're not sorry for in a minute so before we get into that. Tell people a little bit about yourself. I am a southern alabama girl. I am married with two boys. I graduated from university of alabama roll tide and I just have the opportunity of having a life that i did not necessarily play for when you to college and you think about what you're gonna do who you're going to be. Dad not necessarily happen but it was better. It's better and life experiences. Guided me where. I am so going from hospitality and you know how can i help you. How can i serve you to working. With the american cancer society and having a heart patient and fundraising helping meet their needs and the now working with youth and children and education. It's spin a different turn of events. Not where i thought. I was gonna end up in a love it because i think we'll get into it a little bit. It's a part of what you're not sorry for as well but It's crazy how life works in what we expect it to be what it ends up to be at later on. So the show is called unapologetically bold house in worry. You no longer pauling apologizing for..
Max Q from Peabody LAUNCHPad
"allison" Discussed on Max Q from Peabody LAUNCHPad
"Everyone. I'm christine amancio in this interview. I had the pleasure of speaking. With allison daniel and james young alison graduated from peabody in two thousand twelve with a degree in vocal performance and james graduated in twenty fourteen with a degree in composition. Currently they both pursue a variety of freelance artistic projects in addition to their work as founders and artistic director of mind on fire which is a musical arts cooperative presenting contemporary music in baltimore and beyond james alison. Thank you so much for speaking with me today. Really excited to have you on the mexican podcast. to start i would love to hear what your lives. Look like right now and Perhaps how that looks different because of the pandemic totally. Thanks for having us. We're super happy to be here. christina you're very cool and peabody is lucky to have you working for them. I guess what does my life look like It's really hard to say home. it's still similarly as it was before the pandemic kind of different every day. I right now have kind of been like really struggling to figure out how to work during the pandemic I lately have been like. Oh it's just a it's just a slog us have to keep creating stuff so i am back on a process of doing that Gyms nair working on a bunch of internal might on firework I'm working on distance. Solo sets like a stream -able experimental singing sets and I also have a long term project with a visual artist. Liz downing We've been working on that a bunch and then you know got my day job which is very nice and i love my co workers. But it's still my day job Which i do a lot of the dais. What does your day job. My day job is working for a software company. Twenty hours a week It's a company called figure fifty three local baltimore software company. It's a super small company that makes piece of software called cue lab which runs lights and sound and music in live theater events. You know from a smallest. Like the diy theater that i am making. And you know the olympics and broadway Which is cool. Yeah that has been good just kind of catching up on reading. I have been doing all sorts of things. I guess league alsina graduated from or left. Me buddy. I guess a while ago. I think i left. Peabody no Six snaps seven years ago alternate graduated. Maybe a year or two before i did Did twelve so like since that time it's been had a series of different sort of different sort of jobs and that's where i am right now like all kinds of orbiting Like music making some way. Whether you like teaching or transcribing or like some like commissioning or performance or digitisation it's all kind of orbiting debris of music jobs The main thing that i've done that no money is used administration were through Like i starting a short-lived concert series than jumping on board occasional symphony which is a local independent distributor in baltimore And then with allison doing work for mine on fire and building their organization Into what it is today Yeah a lot of is just that of figuring out what it's like figuring out what needs to be done or what can be done and then There's not any of that has happened last year but like going to bars with the right people informed connections than that blooms into something at some point in the future. Yeah we days away weeks months away but like something. Something is always happening. So both of you are really kind of you do a variety of projects. It's sounds like a lot of is very freelance. Which is which is great. I guess my question around that is as someone who isn't working for just one organization. How do you prioritize the things that are your passion projects versus the things that are making you money versus the things. That are a mix of both choosing collaborators. How do you think about which projects you're taking on. And when i always. I feel like i am Less thoughtful within james so whenever we get interviewed. I'm like well. Here's my immediate response to this. Which kind of is indicative of. I guess that my thoughts around figuring exactly what you asked about a about is like a lot of it really is like inertia and like you have to understand that i've liked gone full on. You know nettie whoo person so like really like kind of tuning into my body. At knowing like when i have a creative wave happening i think that some people are like more actively creation is like is a daily job. I see james doing constant i work. I live with both james and jason And you know. I think they're like very more like a eight of coins kind of people who are like day gotta like get. Get your little creative work in and for me. It's very much like i kind of am more of light day whereas this wind saving me kind of person I'm lucky to have really prioritize jobs that are not like give me health. Insurance is essentially like I'm going to talk about my very flippantly but like The preamble is. I love the people that i work with them. They treat me very well and also. I'm like the primary reason i work. There is because we live in a place where workers are valued and people's healthcare is somehow a commodity that we have to gain access to so might healthcare job Gives me a lot of flexibility and freedom. And i've kind of really shaped it so that i can and have enough space for the rest of it So it's like security that allows you to then take on other artistic projects and not worry as much about the financial gains from them. Yeah.
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"Association of america. Hey but wait it gets worse. Let's talk a little bit about the I believe it's the interior secretary. Pick under the biden administration. Yes that's going to be a new mexico congresswoman dad's halland been nominated to be the interior secretary and that's department that oversees the bureau of land management which oversees federal leasing. And in the past. She has been very opposed to oil and natural gas production on federal land. Fight the fact that in new mexico it supplies Seemed as nearly a billion dollars every couple years in revenue to her state So it's really kind of biting the hand that feeds you. She's going to have a confirmation hearing at the senate energy and natural resources committee next week where she will take questions from senators before they vote on vote on how to confirm the nominee colorado's own senator. John hickenlooper is gonna sit on that committee He's been out a statement this week saying that he had spoken with congresswoman helen but did not mention oil and gas production on federal lands. You didn't mention that issue. So it'll be interesting to see if he He asked her about that issue During a confirmation hearing the same time. Senator hickenlooper thinner michael bennett. The other senator from colorado has said that they want to be l. in headquarters real lok relocation to grand junction to move ahead so they support bringing bail 'em out to colorado but in their statement. They did not mention the big role that plays in federal on boiling athlete on federal land. So there's a bit of a cognitive dissonance here where That they support the bill moved to colorado but then they they haven't made any comments on what they support or oppose biden's policy unbanning production on federal land. So maybe we could get more information on that during congress on jalan complication during which will probably be a rubber stamped hearing right possibly helpful. We'll have to see there's been there's been several republicans who have expressed concern with their viewpoints and several democrats. Do so senator. Joe manchin from west. Virginia he comes from a very heavy energy producing state. Obviously he's expressed concerned with with the the biden administration policies and paying congressman on the nation. So it's not just a a republican Issue there's been bipartisan. opposition to to these policies. Yeah like you said a binding the hand that feeds you will alison spokesman for energy depth again education public outreach campaigns sponsored by the independent petroleum association of america. Where can we find out more about energy in depth. And i just wondered. Do we have any cards to play. Yes you can go to energy in-depth dot org Like like you said gail. It's a project of independent of american right now. Our website is filled with with all sorts of information on federal land and the revenue. Degenerates the jobs that supports the environmental benefits. So american made all the natural gas. So yeah i think that if people wanted to to learn more they definitely they definitely go there. Find out there and talk to to friends and family members about this issue. We'll allison thanks again for your time. And let's continue the conversation. Because i'm sure there's gonna be plenty to talk about in the not too distant future. We'll do gal. Thank you for having me on you bet. Eight nineteen now thirteen ten. Kfi k. Here mornings.