35 Burst results for "Simon"
Mark Levin
Biden WH Wants to Expel Reporters Who Don't 'Act Professionally'
"Now the Biden White House according to Fox wants to revise rules for who can attend press briefings and news conferences What do you think about that judge Who do you think it aimed at You think it's saved at the sycophantic press Think it seemed that the New York slimes of the Washington compost with a crap news network or MS LSD kirstjen Now White House informed reporters in a notice Friday that credentials known as hard passes Will be revoked under the new rules of a journalism doesn't act in a professional manner With written warnings for violations followed by suspensions and bans for repeat offenders How come that doesn't violate the First Amendment Oh I forgot This is Biden not Trump Today news Africa reporter Simon atiba who's drawn attention by sometime shouting to press secretary Karin John Pierre In the back of the briefing room objects to the policy course it aimed at him named Fox it seemed that anybody who takes her on it she is a complete idiot She is a complete propagandist One of the worst press secretaries in history Washington Post noted that the rules represent the Biden White House's attempt to establish a code of conduct To avoid the legal jeopardy that the Trump administration ran into when it banished CNN reported Jim Acosta in journalists Brian Curran whoever that is from The White House complex in 2018 and 19 It's good to hear that The White House is looking to establish some objective standards governing White House press passes says Ted putros the lawyer who defended the Costa told the post but he called the proposed rules unduly
The Dan Bongino Show
S. E. Cupp Left the Blaze for CNN, Purely for a Check
"Because I thought I heard SE comes voice in there and another complete phony and a fraud I will never forget going to Washington D.C. in the early days of the blaze TV when GB TV Remember Glenn Beck TV Mike you remember that GBT Well they converted to the blaze early on And one of the one of the she was I believe she was a contributor at the network or whatever it was So I run into her in a green room in Washington D.C. and I think at the time she was going to sign a contract with CNN or whatever it was and I said to her hey SE why would you Simon CNN I mean they hate us over there And she was like because their checks don't bounce or something like that And I thought to my wife home with such an awful taste in my mouth My gosh this is what this is about to you I'm not begrudging anyone's right to earn money in the business Don't read that the wrong way But to go to CNN because they paid more I mean I would take a pay cut to go to a conservative network in a heartbeat of a working with these people This is the kind of people you're dealing with here So you understand total sellouts People are complete frauds I remember what happened They used to have an office up right near Capitol Hill where the Fox News and MSNBC studios are I was there I remember it
The Charlie Kirk Show
Citizen Kane on the Press's Sad Effort to Take Down Tucker Carlson
"Cain, welcome back to the program. What's up, Charlie? I've made the 90° churn towards the laptop away from the monitor. Let's talk. So Kane, I love the links that you're posting here. I want to just get your big picture analysis in the last couple of weeks on Tucker's departure. You've been linking a lot to it. What are you seeing? What are you hearing? How should we think about this? Well, it's the defamation of Tucker Carlson. There's certainly trying. I caught the first ten minutes of your excellent open this morning talking about those text messages. Obviously, I saw that story on drugs last night. He's going big with it. It's funny, you know, drugs turns to the left, and now several years later, some people would argue sooner Fox News is kind of is turning that way. Obviously, someone is coordinating some leaks here. There's a great town hall story that has four or 5 videos, quote unquote, leaked Tucker Carlson videos from a media matters reporter on Twitter. So I would tell people to look at that, but it's all backfiring because this sort of leaked audio stuff leaked video from Tucker on his set before broad before, filming begins. They show that Tucker's a real guy. Regarding those texts, I'm with you a 100%. They did not show Tucker Carlson as a racist. Let's ask Simon at taba. The White House reporter who has been blacklisted by Karen Jean Pierre, ask him if he thinks Tucker's a racist. You know, you'll get a response that Fox News won't like. And you know, one other thing, a little birdie told me here recently that, well, this week, Lawrence Jones is filling in for Tucker at 8 p.m.. By the way, you were correct to mention that the 8 p.m. slot on Fox News is down 50%. I just posted a story that the overall MSNBC beat Fox News in prime time ratings, two nights ago. It's
AP News Radio
Wreckage of submarine found by divers in Long Island Sound
"The wreckage of a submarine was found by divers in Long Island sound. The experimental 92 foot submarine was built in 1907. We found out that in 1929 Amelia Earhart dove off the submarine defender. It spent many years unused, docked in new London, Connecticut before eventually being abandoned on a mud flat. Commercial diver Richard Simon has been looking for the defender. I got a new research vessel recently for my commercial diving company and it took me to an area where it possibly could be. So I started driving around looking at different targets. And then from there, we looked at where it wasn't. So Simon says looking for where it wasn't, paid off. Yes it is. Yeah. It's on the charts. It's known about in Long Island sound, just knowing you what it was. So we identified it. Simon and his team planned to spend the summer diving on the defender, filming it and taking photographs. He also wants to preserve the sub. I'm Ed Donahue
AP News Radio
Metropolitan Division-leading Hurricanes beat Red Wings 4-1
"The hurricanes earned a four one win over the red wings to stay at point ahead of the Devils for the metropolitan division lead. Stephanie Simon and Jordan Martin scored in the first 8 minutes to put Carolina ahead two zero. Brent burns and Ye Sperry cock and Yemen also scored an anti Ronda May 20 saves as the canes entered a three game losing streak. We knew what we what we didn't do right and we knew what we have to do to get those wins so today today we came out and we were ready to play. So, you know, good team effort today. Carolina clinched home, ice advantage for the first round of the playoffs and could clinch its third straight division title on Thursday. I'm Dave ferry.
Discerning Hearts - Catholic Podcasts
A Reading From the Gospel of John for Easter Sunday
"A reading from the gospel of John, chapter 20 versus one through 9. It was very early on the first day of the week and still dark, when Mary of magdala came to the tomb. She saw that the stone had been moved away from the tomb, and came running to Simon Peter and the other disciple, the one Jesus loved. They have taken the lord out of the tomb, she said, and we don't know where they have put him. So Peter set out with the other disciple to go to the tomb. They ran together, but the other disciple running faster than Peter reached the tomb first. He bent down and saw linen cloths lying on the ground, but did not go in. Simon Peter, who was following now, came up, went right into the tomb, saw the linen cloth on the ground, and also the cloth that had been over his head. This was not with the linen cloth, but rolled up in a place by itself. Then the other disciple who had reached the tomb first also went in. He saw, and he believed. Till this moment they had failed to understand the teaching of scripture that he must rise from the dead.
America First with Sebastian Gorka Podcast
What's Special About Jacob Gray's AR Platform?
"Just too many AR platforms out there? What's special about Jacob gray's ARs? Well, Jacob grey, you know, when I started Jacob, we were aerospace machine shop. We still are at airspace machine shop to this day. And so we build everything in house out of billet. No forgings, no castings, and so basically during the COVID and aerospace industry took a dive a couple of years ago. I decided to kind of pivot my shop so that I would not have to lay any of these great American workers off and so I sold everything out and pivoted toward guns and I knew that I could design the guns to benefit the American people to be a little bit more accurate than possibly what they're using. And so that's kind of how it started and it grew from there. I've built 19 11s for about 12 years. Built those up and so I started playing around in the black gun market, the AR-15, the AR ten, the 9 millimeter. So when we developed those guns and put them out there in the fields, everybody was pretty pleased with how they turned out, so I decided to go full force with it. And I'm proud to say in the last two years, we've grown that business almost a $1 million over one year. So much so that we're going to be moving to a new facility here in about three months to accommodate the growth and hire some more, the more employees and looking forward to the future, I've got a great team around me. I've got a great sales of marketing theme that are helping me push this thing. And we've got a couple of new products coming out. This summer, the Jacob grey 1911 double stack.
America First with Sebastian Gorka Podcast
Why Simon Campbell Went to War With Local Pennsylvania Authorities
"Those who missed our chat on my newsmax show recently in the last time you were on the show, just give us a little crazy little summary of why you went to war with the local authorities in Pennsylvania and who ended up winning eventually. Yeah, right. Well, the local school board in Pennsylvania a bunch of 9 left wing radical liberals were silencing people at public comments, three citizens before me got silenced. That's why I showed up in Malibu. They weren't allowed to speak. Exactly. They showed up a public comment to criticize the critical race theory program and they were basically told to shut up, sit down and be quiet. And it was all on videotape. So I found out about it. And I'm like, right, well, you're going to get a piece of my mind. And they tried to shut me up as you saw. And so the four of us sued them in federal court for First Amendment violations. And we won an injunctive order against the district saying you're not allowed to enforce this piece of garbage unconstitutional speech policy. And then they ended up selling the case for $300,000. Paid to the lawyers, of course, because the lawyers make the money. And for my trouble as a plaintiff, I got the grand total of $17 91 cents. Now you tell me Sebastian, 1791. Does that ring a bell to you? I love it. I just want to know, how did you engineer that your reward was $70 and 91 cents? Well, here's the thing. When you file a First Amendment lawsuit, you can only get what's called nominal damages because it's not like you're claiming you broke your back or anything like that. And so you have to put a figure in for the court and I said, well, I will update it. It means something. I want the year the Bill of Rights as enacted. I want those suds to send a British citizen a check for 1791 and don't mess with it, but a citizen's First Amendment rights again or I'll get 1791 from you.
America First with Sebastian Gorka Podcast
Boris Epshteyn Reacts to Ron DeSantis' Latest Interview
"Talk about the disaster that is Alvin Bragg, but first things first. A couple of disastrous interviews for Ron DeSantis without pathetic individual peers and Morgan, then he didn't exactly shower himself with glory with my colleague at Eric bolling, and then Ron DeSantis had this comment to make, which I found rather amusing. This is cut 5 baron your reaction. So here's the thing, I think these are people who are in the political class, journalists class, politicians, and like D.C. in particular, they get mad, I don't do the cocktail parties. I don't like rubbing elbows with other people. I like doing my job and then spending time with my family. That's just what I do. A lot of the people that are criticizing, you know, they would say, oh, he doesn't do well with donors. He doesn't glad him with him. And yet I raise more money than any non presidential candidate in the history of America. Are you kidding me? So we tend to do. We do well. But I do think that ideal better with regular people than I do with some of the people in the political class. Help me out here, mister senior adviser for the Trump 2024 campaign. Allegedly, the governor of Florida doesn't like robbing elbows with donors, doesn't do the cocktail circuit, but he didn't speak at cpac because he wasn't a big fundraiser. I'm confused. Help me out, baron. There is anything to use a considering that he just had a few weeks ago I had a whole concept multi day concept at a very decrepit, very every day, very middle American resort called the four seasons in Palm Beach, Florida. This is absolute typical establishment nonsense like Mitt Romney used to find in an airplane to Iowa and get into a get into a fancy car. Find those private jets, get into a fancy limo and then get into a Chevrolet to go to a rally. Typical inauthentic old school politics, which has failed time and time again and it is not what the American people want. The American people want authenticity from president Donald J Trump.
Pray the Word with David Platt
Forthcoming Clarity
"John chapter 13 verse 7. Jesus answered him. What I am doing, you do not understand now. But afterward, you will understand this first has meant so much to me over recent years amidst challenges and trials of various kinds to use language from first Peter. And I just want to encourage you with it today, especially if you were walking through challenge trial in your life. In any way, this picture of Jesus washing his disciples feet and Simon Peter sang. You're in a wash my feet and he's resisting what Jesus is wanting to do in his life. And she just looks at him and says, what I am doing, you don't understand now, but afterward, you will understand. And there was a moment. I was a year plus ago, and I was walking through something in an older brother in Christ, I passed her for decades who I respect deeply. I was sharing with him some of the struggles that I was walking through and he looked at me and he just quoted this verse and he said, David, you don't understand now what God is doing. But afterward, one day, you will understand. I was talking to another pastor friend later that exact same day who said something very similar. He'd been studying heaven and he said David I just don't think based on what the Bible teaches about who God is, what heaven is like, that we're going to get there one day and God's going to say to us, you know that trial, that difficulty, that challenge you walk through. Yeah, I don't know what that was about. No. And one day, we're going to understand that God was working in ways we couldn't see and didn't understand. But all throughout that challenge and trial, he was faithful, and he was wise. He was loving toward you.
AP News Radio
Holmstrom, Sorokin lead Islanders to 2-1 win vs. Jets
"The islanders gave their playoff hopes a boost with a two one win over the jets. Simon holmstrom provided the tie breaking goal midway through the third period of the islanders third victory in four games. I was just unbelievable. It was just a great call to score and a huge win for us. Ilya siroc and stopped 24 shots and was perfect after Nikolaj ehlers tied at four and a half minutes into the second. Sebastian aho also scored for the islanders who lead the Panthers by three points for the first wild card in the Eastern Conference. The jets finished one in three on the road trip and whiffed on a possible chance
America First with Sebastian Gorka Podcast
Who Is Economist Stephen Moore?
"Us what your path has been in the swamp. And for example, how you got to end up advising president Trump. So who is Stephen Moore? Where do you hell from? So I get a lot of dirty looks when I go to the grocery store. I don't know. Do you find that? No, no, no, no, because I get lots of smiles from people who know who I am. And then once in a while I'll get a scowl. That crazy crackpot economist, I came here in 1984. Wow. I've been lucky. I've had a very blessed life. You know, I was able to work for Ronald Reagan in his last 18 months in office. And we're for Trump. How cool is that? That's amazing. Yeah, that's your best presence in the last 50 years. So let's start with that. What were your qualifications? And how did you end up helping president Reagan? Well, so I was, you know, life really is fickle finger of fate. I came to Washington 1984. I met an economist when I was a senior in college at University of Illinois named Julian Simon. Do you know who joy and Simon was? I know that may absolutely. So Julian was a legend. Yes. He was the one who debunked the whole world is coming to an end, kind of, a lot of your viewers and listeners know who Paul Ehrlich the mouth is the end of the world stuff. Julian really took that on and proved it all to be wrong and of course everything that Julie and said was right. And I want to make a point about this because I think it's important for people to understand. The real giants are the ones who say who changed the whole course of the conversation and challenged the conventional wisdom. What the show of school moving the overton window. Exactly. Right? Yeah, and Julian did that. I mean, literally when he was saying what he was saying that no, we're not running out of world. We're not running out of gas. There's not too many people. We're not overpopulated. He was seen as a lunatic. Crazy. Crazy man. And of course, you know, he was able to change the world, and he was proven right. And there are a lot of people like that. And that's really a great mentor in my life. And I was a laugh. You know him or did you study under here? Yeah, I decided to underestimate he and I wrote a book. I want to recommend it. I wrote it 20 two years ago called it's getting better all the time. A
AP News Radio
Lillard, Simons lead Trail Blazers past Grizzlies, 122-112
"Damian Lillard led the Trail Blazers to a one 22 one 12 comeback win over the grizzlies. Lillard pumped in 42 points to go with ten assists and 8 rebounds. The game was tied at one O 9 until Lillard hit a three pointer to spark an 8 O run. Anthony Simon's chipped in 26 points in Portland's fourth win in 5 games. We kind of play like we've been playing the last couple games. You know, playing together, playing hard, and live with the results. Jeremy grant provided 18 points in the first half before leaving with concussion symptoms. Grizzlies guard Ja Morant just missed a triple double with 32 points, 12 assists and 9 rebounds. I'm Dave ferry.
Dennis Prager Podcasts
Unvaccinated Pilots File Lawsuit Against United Airlines
"Friendly skies. Interview with an unvaccinated pilot suing United Airlines. Roger Simon is the author of the piece. It is about Tom Floyd, a United Airlines pilot. And here is the report he is among 30 unvaccinated pilots flight attendants ramp service workers, and other personnel who, as of January 19th, are suing United Airlines because in the words of their complaint they have been fired, placed on unpaid leave or otherwise had their careers at United limited or terminated without just compensation. In this regard, I don't believe united has been worse than others, but when it comes to destructive policies and wokeness and cowardice United Airlines is near or at the top, they also vowed last year or the year before, I believe it was last year that they would reserve half their places in their flight training school, their pilot training school for women and non whites. So you should just know should you decide to fly the fly united. That they are terminating qualified pilots, and they will be hiring presumably some, not all, some unqualified pilots.
The BOB & TOM Show Free Podcast
Neil Diamond Gets a Birthday Serenade... From Himself!
"Have a tribute to Neil Diamond? Sure, happy birthday, Neil. Son for me. Hell I'm 82 now. But make it to 83. My toupee is glued now. I'll make it stick darling. Please don't sing. The bump on bomb doing sweet girl life. I'll get up from the chair. And kick you from behind, lose my freaking mind. Oh, song sung to me. Throw a little party. James Taylor, Paul Simon and arty. Happy birthday to me.
AP News Radio
Aho scores hat trick as Hurricanes beat Islanders 5-2
"Sebastiano notched his 6th career hat trick. It's the hurricanes handed the islanders their 8th loss of 9 games, 5 to two. Iho broke a two two tie late in the second period with his first goal, scored again in the third and added an empty netter. Hurricanes coach rod Brenda Moore. An open ice, you know, like he's so quick and you say I'm not going to the third where he just nothing going on, but he's on them quick and then create that turnover and that's puts the game away. Jordan stall and jesper fast also tallied to help the metropolitan division leaders win for the fourth time in 5 games. Simon holmstrom and Brock Nelson scored for the aisles. I'm Dave ferry.
Discerning Hearts - Catholic Podcasts
A Meditation on Mark 1:29-39 for Wednesday of the First Week in 'Ordinary Time'
"For the next few moments, surrender all the cares and concerns of the stay to the lord. Say slowly, from your heart, Jesus. I trust in you. You. Take over. Become aware that he is with you. Looking upon you with love. Wanting to be heard, deep within your heart. A reading from the holy gospel of Mark, chapter one versus 29 to 39. On leaving the synagogue, Jesus went with James and John straight to the house of Simon and Andrew. Now, Simon's mother in law had gone to bed with a fever, and they told him about her straight away. He went to her, took her by the hand, and helped her up. And the fever left her, and she began to wait on them. That evening after sunset, they brought to him all who were sick, and those who were possessed by Devils. The whole town came crowding round the door and he cured many who were suffering from diseases of one kind or another. He also cast out many Devils, but he would not allow them to speak because they knew who he was. In the morning, long before dawn, he got up and left the house, and went off to a lonely place and prayed there. Simon and his companions set out in search of him, and when they found him, they said, everybody is looking for you. He answered. Let us go elsewhere to the neighboring country towns. So that I can preach there, too, because that is why I came. And he went all through Galilee, preaching in their synagogues, and casting out Devils. What word made this passage come alive for you? What did you sense the lord saying to you?
Truth For Life Daily Program
The Church Is Looking Without Seeing
"A number of us are of the vintage to recall when the song sounds of silence, catapulted Simon and Garfunkel from obscurity and with names that frankly deserved obscurity into the mainstream and into transatlantic success by recalling the description of the great crowd of people 10,000 people maybe more. People talking without speaking, people hearing without listening, people writing songs that voices never share because no one dare disturb the sounds of silence. Familiar words and a wonderful word picture on the part of Paul Simon. The reason I mention it is because there's a very similar picture that has provided for us here in John chapter four. And I thought that if I mentioned talking without speaking and hearing without listening, then it may set our minds along the right kind of line to think about the predicament which faced the disciples in so far as they were men who were looking without seeing they were looking without seeing despite the fact that the disciples of Jesus lived close to him listened to him were part of seeing his miraculous deeds and where if you like as tuned in as any group might be, they were guilty of taking care of practical matters to the detriment of ultimate issues. Indeed, what Jesus says to them here is that they're living with their eyes closed. Now, that would be one thing if it were merely an historical description and we could look back on it and say, boy, those guys really made a mess of it. I'm glad we're not like that at all. Until we read the verses and that begins to scratch where we itch begins to cut into our lives and we realize that this is a telling picture not simply of the disciples on that day, but it is to some degree a picture of many local churches. And actually, to a certain measure, a description of the church as a whole.
CarCast
"simon" Discussed on CarCast
"Bright. It was really bright. There was a very, very bright car. Interesting to see on the track. Probably not the most fun to wear. The suit all the time. But this is a great program that you guys have with drive pink. Yeah, it's an amazing program. It's great to be able to give back, obviously we have amazing partners like AutoNation series exam. And Arctic wolf just came on board this year, but definitely this program to fight for cancer is really great. There's so many connections with AutoNation and NR team, you're even firestone. They even brought us ties when we roll the car to fit land. We have pink tiles. We're the only ones to have that. I think it's great. Yeah. All right, so we're going to see you we're going to see you this weekend. Do you know what the schedule is for Sunday? What time do you guys go out there? An opening? Yeah, I have the schedule. I just looked it up because, you know, a schedules have changed. It's a bit different than it was the past years, and it's difficult to find time to do everything. So we have a warm up around 9 o'clock in the morning. Sunday, and then the race is around 12, noon. So really fast morning. And it's supposed to be really nice in the 70s, so it's going to be a great day. It sounds fantastic. We're going to be out there. As I mentioned, Adam Kroll and I are going out there. Somewhere like 9 or probably right after your warmup after 9, maybe around 9 30 or ten. Adam's going to do some laps in the Acura NSX. He's got to give whatever some sponsors and VIPs and stuff. Yeah, he's going to now he's been out there a few times with the previously with the Toyota pro celebrity race. He won as a celebrity and came back one as a pro, which he continues to remind us a lot. And he is going to be going out there for driving the NSX. I think he's going to have a lot of fun doing that car because I've driven that car and I like it. I don't know that he's driven that car. But the NSX is fast, but the NSX is what's cool about being able to take it on the track like that is although the NSX is a cool car. It's very easy to drive and it just feels like an accurate on the street until you really put it in the track mode and then it becomes a really impressive race car, if you will. I think hopefully they'll get it set up in track mode forum so you can go out there and give some fun, give some fun. It's good to do like a 30 minute session out there and that's cool. And then we'll see how he does if he does well. Maybe we'll get him to join your Le Mans team. Why not? We always need a reserve driver, you know? Yeah, that's good. Get a trip to get a trip to France. And then we'll meet your dad. We'll shop at his store at a superstore. I take everybody to school. I went to. I want sunglasses and a rental car. Simon, I appreciate it. Are you coming on the show? I know the schedule is busy and looking forward to seeing you on Sunday. Hopefully after your warmup session, I'll have an opportunity to swing by and again, I know it's a busy day for you, but I'll stop by over there and say hello and wish you luck and I'm looking forward to your win. Thank you, cross fingers. You know what? It's possible. Three races in. It's evolved really nicely. So it's very possible. We'll see what happens. At the end of the day, it's very execution. So we're talking. Thanks, buddy. I'll see you there. Good luck. Thanks, Matt. All right, so that's fantastic. I'm very excited to have Simon back on this show. And it was, yeah,.
CarCast
"simon" Discussed on CarCast
"There's the man. Simon, how are you? Good morning, Matt. I'm going to need to get some of that my choir stuff, man. Well, you got to put it, you've got to get it on there. Sounded good. You got to get it on the motor home and the whole rig, you got to get a team out there. Did you ever think, although this could make the car faster? This car could potentially make the race cars faster. That's a very good sense speech right there. Very good one. I apologize, Goldberg wasn't able to make it. He had a last minute commercial shoot to do. But the plan was here and they texted me and he's all upset about it. He's kind of pissed off about it. He's like, what the hell? And I was like, I don't know. This is when we get this is what we have to do it. I'm excited to come out to Grand Prix of Long Beach, see you out there. It's been an exciting year, some changes, certain lay right. Lots of changes. Well, aside from just the past couple of years, coming off of an Indy 500 win to a marriage and a baby and a team change and racing with your buddy ilio. You know, sharing the sharing the team spotlight with that old man. Yeah. It's been a lot. There's definitely been a lot of changes, but it's interesting. Sometimes it changes is good. You know, sometimes it's good to put yourself in uncomfortable situations. So you go find more within yourself. Quite frankly, I had such a great time at Team Penske. For 7 years and we won pretty much everything that I wanted to win. And then I had this amazing offer from my shank racing. It's more what their vision was about in the future that really attracted me to the team. Obviously teaming up with Elio was also another one. He's the king at the speedway. He's going for 5 this year. So I'm pretty I'm going for two. But it's a really great environment that I really enjoy. It's a young team that we're trying to bring up to the top and certainly we can start seeing the improvement in the march forward. So it's super exciting added to the personal life changes, which honestly it's like winning ND every day. Yeah, you know, we're not just talking. I mean, we're talking about Elio as a teammate, but on the IndyCar side, but with Meyer shank racing, you've got Oliver and Tom as well. And you guys had a lot of success or Rolex 24. This year, that's pretty exciting. First racing, we win data. The Internet 24 hours. And I've been trying, you know, I've been trying for, I believe, 8 years to get that Rolex, get that win. You know, it's one of those classic in racing that you, as a driver, I really want to have on the hunting board. Similar to Indianapolis, of course, similar to you would for Formula One driver was Monaco. So personally, it was an achievement. There was something that when I retired in 20 years of time that I'm glad I did it and I'm glad that it's on the board. I mean, you've been doing some sports car racing and other stuff for a long time, I don't know, maybe 8, 7 or 8 years ago when you first came on to this show, you were racing everything you can get behind the wheel of, it seemed like. Yes, I did. It was a great time on my career. It was stressful because quite honestly I was still looking for that full-time ride in IndyCar. But I had full-time rides in sports cars. However, my goal was in Indianapolis, my goal was to win the IndyCar championship also at a very young age. So you know when you have a dream and when you're competitor, there's nothing that can really satisfy you until you get there and try. So it was a great time because I got to race Le Mans. I got to raise Daytona. I got to race with the amazing team like team Peugeot in France, being a French guy that was huge to race with that team. But one of the highlights of my career was definitely doing pike speaking to me then with Honda. That was special and to this day it's one of the greatest memories. You know, when you're talking about the sports car racing and IndyCar for that matter, I mean, the stage of the Indy 500 is so huge that, you know, adrenaline's pumping, the massive audience, gotta be the biggest audience of any sport, it's just, so it makes it such a big event. But it's a different type of event. So I was always kind of curious about, let's say if you took all of the fanfare out of racing and it was just you and guys on the track, are you more onto are you more into the oval tracks or the road courses? But it's interesting it said that because obviously I grew up in France not knowing anything about over racing. My first overall race was 2012. And since then, it's been a progression every year. We don't race that much on oval quite frankly as any car driver. When you see Timmy Johnson's stats at Texas, we did believe 11,000 laps around that track in the late mode. I think I did 2000 in my career. So just shows you that we don't have as much experience on oval as the NASCAR driver. But I've learned to love it. There's a lot of things that the over racing approach suit me really well. Because it's a very technical sport, I think technical skill to have very tactical as well. And that's very much the way my brain works. So I enjoy it. I love the feel of it. Going through the corners and this kind of speed sliding around. Playing with the draft, something I really enjoy in race mode. But my roots and my first love of racing was street course racing. So I would say it's pretty equal. I don't have a preference. At the moment, I just feel very, very confident going on to the oval. Okay, you know, you're saying coming from France, oval racing wasn't really anything you had done. So when you first watch it on TV, you probably look at it and go, well, that looks easy enough. And then I get it when you go out there and it's much harder to do than you think. But, you know, now that you know like you said, 2002 thousand laughs already going around in circles,.
Entrepreneur on FIRE
"simon" Discussed on Entrepreneur on FIRE
"Simon say what's up to fire nation and share something that you believe about becoming successful that most people disagree with? Good morning. First of all, John, it's an honor to be here to share my story. I've listened to you for many, many moons and I love the insight your guests share and I want to over deliver for you today. That's a great question. All I will say is it's a really, really, really long game. And forever is a long time. I think people underestimate how long forever is. We're going to be here for 20 years on this planet if we look after ourselves and success takes time. And then you get the problem that no one really understands what the word success and happiness is another one. They're so personal and some people like me have a very high bar and others have less so. And I can probably tell you why I became successful, but it is something that people have got to be patient and it's definitely a marathon. I.
Entrepreneur on FIRE
"simon" Discussed on Entrepreneur on FIRE
"Simon, our businesses can either be agile or rigid. Talk to us about the differences between these two and which one do we want to be and how do we become that type of company? And agile team and agile company can react quickly to changes a rigid one can not because they are planning system or bulky, and you need more time replanning than you can really do into executing. So rigid themes have meetings and reporting system and planning system that take too much time to change. And they can not take decisions quickly because they don't get as we discussed. These few numbers in real time. So some of it we did already installed with the weekly habit because if you have the weekly habit you get these things reported in real time, basically latest every 7 days you have this simple dashboard and you know what's going on. Then your agile. And rigid means it takes you too long to first realize that something is changing and then to act upon it. For example, today I was buying Bitcoin again for people listening to this later Bitcoin was at 61,000. And this is something that's changing every couple hours. Now I need an investment system and this decision making system that helps me scan the number noted number, know when it is low, know when to buy the dip. Nowhere not to buy and quickly informs me without me spending hours per day. And the same thing we need in our business. I need to know when sales is going down. And I want to know this really quickly. That's an agile company, because now we can directly go to our masterminds go to our clients go to our colleagues and say, hey, what's going on? Let's have a look. Let's investigate. I'm here exactly for this. I do not expect things to go always up. We are here for when things are hard. So just tell me what's not working. And let's fix it. So fire nation, when you're hearing Simon breakdown, the differences between an agile company a.
I Weigh with Jameela Jamil
"simon" Discussed on I Weigh with Jameela Jamil
"That's why. I would say i was the way i tell the truth. Whatever like going on is this. If you know even if the situation doesn't seem correct for it. I still end up telling the truth. I love doing that. The heels me it feels like it's hearing the audience. And i'm i'm not interested in anything else on the truth love that i love your dedication to radical honesty firing i find it so inspiring even though i will never get away with it. The way the you due to exhaustion simon. Your such a joy. It's been so nice to get to know you in this. Truly very public outweigh the it's it's really just been so eye-opening and inspiring and i- nice. Oh look forward to all of your future. And i also just want to say how much i love the fact that you continue to move on from things that you've mastered and continue to take on new challenge yourself as the idea that i'm constantly discouraged from doing and i think that you've been someone. I've always kind of looked across the pond to for someone who just keeps paying like right. Now i've done that. And i've become good at it and whenever you become good at something i think especially in media they say one i keep doing because you can keep making money from it. But there's a part of your brain that starts to die however exciting and cool that drove not to diminish the job itself But i've i've just jumped career again and again and again and jumped straight into the deepened. Just allowed myself to be as vulnerable and freaked out as possible. And it has led me to so much happiness and fulfillment new experiences. And i really thank you for being an example of doing that. Oh thanks. I feel like your narrative sample to me as well. I'm just gonna strongly advise against the thank you so much. Simon have great. You too thank you so much for listening to this week's episode. I way with jamila jamila produce research by myself to meet a djamil erin finnegan and kimmy gregory it is edited by andrew carson and the beautiful music. You're hearing now is made my boyfriend's james blake if you haven't already please rate review and subscribe to the show. It's a great way to show your support. We also have a bonus. Series exclusively institure premium called australila. Anything check out. You can get a free month's stitcher premium by going stitcher dot com forward slash premium and using the promo code. Iway lastly over. I way we would love to hear from you and share what you way. At the end of this cost you can leave us. Voicemails at one eight one eight six six zero five five four three or email us. What you way at highway cost at g mail dot com and now we would love to pass the mic to one a fabulous listeners. A business owner a from survivor succeeding as a frame award. Live camera operator. Turns liver disease survivor. A good listener burnley sister depressive national geographic explorer an activist being ten years into pain. Preteens breaks biggest fan. i'm hyper mobile phone phobia. Who said this is very difficult and maturity from razor..
I Weigh with Jameela Jamil
"simon" Discussed on I Weigh with Jameela Jamil
"Something being released out of my body and then this lady like moderating whole thing comes over says some will finding you very amusing but the semi has finished own. We were able to still not have any shame. Not moment social. Came the next morning. Because i i was like okay. That's okay just lied out. And i lay down for a while and then the next voting i told my story to the group and then somebody raised the hand spoke about how like i feel like i've been carrying around this. Shame and maybe part of the difficulty of getting older has been getting further and further away from this lost anxious. Boy who needs to be helped and this person braised ahead and said Obviously i suppose seinfield on his journey but to me it just sounded like a man stopping starting masturbating for four hours within the guy in charge of the retreat by the guy running. The whole thing said yeah actually siren. It's not really on. Did they not explain. It probably wasn't the physical. Oh it was a spirit toll and he said oh that so cave-in fucking how does i i feel like they all need to bit more ska. Maybe mazer section right. Everyone has running bike. Everyone has our story going on. And for this for this woman it was probably triggered something moran life. But i felt like that's pony a good thing because then you can deal with that thing and Yeah and then the guy. I think he just hadn't heard company but at the end of that retreat. It was just incredible just incredible. I looked in the mirror. Was there and i didn't look old or young just so happy. So then what's life as says this all been in the last year and a half i. It's been like during cousins. Like just free lockdown. It was Yes lucky i went because we were told to surrender. You really have to surrender during the pandemic and also. Luckily they were still continue some of the work with mushrooms which are available in this country growing out with the ground not not legal but i think they will be legal. Its onboard so they should should be something that's going to be legal. Can you know I think yeah. I think i think we should probably anyone who's listening to this is now because it's so hard to not feel so intoxicated by the way that you talk about it. I mean these things are such especially british people It's so amazing. To hear someone just kind of strip themselves literally stripped themselves of their shame and you speak about it with such fauria and there's so much like joy radio radiating out view. It's hard to not just wanna go right now. Just took it right now. But i think we should probably do our research prepare ourselves. Some people have a look bad trip. Whatever i think they take the wrong amounts. I think it's really important to go to people who are responsible and catholic experience to make you feel safe asylum saying and And just kind of you know. Wait so we feel ready. So so how do you feel now. I mean the world is still a terrifying place. The news still petrifying. Everything is stressful. How is your. How is your head like how you feeling. I think i feel things that i feel now. Human beings actually isn't about getting to of happiness. If i feel tired it's like oh yeah of course you feel tired and Like a way of them. I have a way of communicating myself now. I didn't have before. I talk to myself in a very loving kind way. I stroke my own arm sometimes and say you're doing really well. You was so funny. Nice yes i do that because sometimes like tiring being until i reminded like i dislike talk a university and there was a lunch with students then the show the next day. I had a macedonian like that night and stroked myodaw. Maybe this is the first time i did it and i said great at the lunch tolkien. You've done so well you one or two more shows tomorrow and then we've got three days off all right and i was like okay i can do. It did that with myself. Like not before it would have been. I wouldn't even have that communication. Someone is the other thing. I learned from the retreat. When you are triggered it's not so important is triggering you the person who said the thing whatever it is what within you has been triggered and so when something causes me any sadness now at quite quickly have a little chat with myself about. Whoa what. it's reminding me of what's really going on here. I don't think it's about random person on the street. I think it's it's it's reminded me of when i was teaching the so. And then what do your day with that. Then it's like oh great also sir opportunity for healing thank goodness this lunatic person's upset me because i get to heal this bit of me that truman was never addressed. Tumors of big were abbott. And so i had the memory at the memory. And then i go how you doing seventeen year old simon. Nobody's probably but that must have been really hard when it happened. And then my kid self goes. We'll hogs i've talked to. That's how you do not want to talk to me now. And then we have a little jab at it and then that pain dissipates. because it's been addressed god. It's almost like whenever people talk about. God knows ghost or anything exists but like a spirit that can't move on whatever to the other world because it's got like a like something that it needed communicated needed said. It kind of feels a bit like that like we're haunted by this so like ghosts of our younger selves until we can just sort of release them by letting them say peace will just feel seen. That's great that's so that's so interesting to me that so interesting. What like a profound relationship. We've kind of developed with with the younger self the e found so Hard to accept when you Yourself young a so. That's so beautiful. Simon ours in this podcast. Thanks by No i've really. I've really enjoyed it. Do you really like that. I've moved man. Inspired me because i think this is i think i think i'm trying so hard to be kind to my younger self but i just i just keep ignoring her at all costs which is where she hates the most so. I think that you've inspired me to do better a work carter which has would find this fascinating associate of your relationships as well like have you become a more present or past and you become more forgiving of others in having become forgiving yourself..
I Weigh with Jameela Jamil
"simon" Discussed on I Weigh with Jameela Jamil
"Only reason. I felt like i had to go back again because about tenfold. I didn't know how to do that. That was 'cause everything in the culture has become full too about the fact that when people say look forty if that's a compliment but actually it's not because saying that when you do look for to you'll be disgusting disgusting. Yeah i'm so interested in this. Because i love getting older like i've always wanted to be older. I've despise being young my whole life despite looking young and being young i had experiences of what you mean i think childhood and teenage was shit but also all of the happy content cool wise people. I knew were always old. All the people. I looked up to older people. I enjoyed their interviews. The most i enjoyed their books. I enjoyed talking to old people so much more than i did. People my own age. So i always just thought a fucking and then also i learned that. Apparently the first cells to die in your brain are the ones that kind of carry orion's -iety so i was the first sale i to start to die in your way. Then the anxious one so like just fucking telling lies ladies street terror peaceful anxious cells. I mean sometimes. It is generally just scary as sensible to be anxious because something scary is happening But i do think that i was just. I just always thought that life would be better when i had more. Wisdom have more answers. When i was a bit more. I dunno invisible to the world. I could just kind of like we make old people unfortunately very invisible and they just kind of potter around and do their own thing. What was it about getting older. The skardu was it be was it becoming invisible. Was it becoming the idea of less attractive. Scared you all this stuff. The when i went to the rainforest again i looked around day two or three and i suddenly like so. There's nothing here amongst these trees but says the gay is problem or something like you could eat. Must do everything you can to reverse. There was nothing there. The senate was a problem so this is a. This is a cultural nissen. This isn't come from within my body in an iowa ask state. They just main sober. Sometimes i'll just realize yeah. What was the. I don't know. I think partly like my time for a long time was like the conflict zone young version of myself and my and so when you sold by get further and further away from your type you imagine yourself becoming less attractive because you may be you will become less attractive to yourself but actually that time is fixed anymore like it was ridiculous black. My pay rent for it was just like the my time was someone who got a jumper stuck over the head. but that's all vulnerable. I and all my god same. Simon same right so needed help and anyway so i don't know what somehow throw and somehow i can't remember what happened but i feel about it now. I read i read about you taking your clothes off. Was that happened. So i so. I ended up dancing around. Make kids slapping. Meyer bummed beating my chest and this quite like near the end of the ceremony. And i'm like mainly wild animal noises. And how many how. Many people are in the room. The he didn't know them at all no really know any of them know who you were like fucking simon. I'm off of tally. Couple right you know. This is a safe therapeutic space. I'm saying this is zero judgment. I'm just trying to literally create a picture for myself and my head to prepare myself into the picture. That'd be really great especially on focused. I feel like the most important. I'm so interim there are twenty people. This is a kind of prime situation. Where even if you know. You're in a therapeutic space. One might feel self conscious but so that was the that was part of the journey. The healing that was part of the lesson really the question that up really in the ceremony was was not as a question but like i felt it. What's more important to you. The shame that you feel the pleasure that you could feel and so is this. Is this when you use your finger back beckham that little starts but yes. I might totally naked there. Who if you really want it. i. I've been called to take my clothes off by the medicine. He speaks to you sometimes. I wrote his voice sound like does it is their voices. It's not feeling it's it's a compulsion and you go with it because you'll told of the retreat surrender accepts trump's and you feel this compulsion to take your clothes off and you do. It's not like it's not worrying. You know you all that we've people nobody said in the up to this you might end up. Making they've spoken about starting up the polling but So this is like oh. Is this a pay. Also we've been told two leagues before after two weeks after not having sex and i now about to beyond my control my finger is about to. I promise you beyond my control. It's way into my hera neo. Now obviously the parent name was just like a bit of skin yukon. Push anything into. But i had a vision of my finger slipping into a new hole and it was embarrassing because as this happened it wasn't just like a private act by started. Making very loud orgasm. Sounds so loud woman next to me eventually made this noise and i feel bad for shame. At skamania moment. I just turned to heidi. My head said this is nothing to do with you and carried on and as i continue to penetrate this new rainbows flying out of my body. This static place. I was experiencing told me i need this shame. I don't need a shame. This pleasure is much better. I think i had felt a little bit like i. Better keep some of this shame and anxiety. Because what will i write without it but i considered it in that moment and i was like copy out to write about some other things and i don't need this shame anymore i'm out of my body and To the point that i'm just jumping around now naked dancing and making these like crazy animal noises at example if an animal noise you may have made Well they were. They were primal. They weren't lighting impression of like arise. You not throwing out of work. No isn't.
Your Transformation Station
"simon" Discussed on Your Transformation Station
"Because if an honest if they're you'll boss which can be a real challenge you might have to keep your change secret until it's mature enough to be released the open Yeah i had a boss like ben and the way i did was i would put out there my aspirations. It was a false aspiration when i'm working internally on something completely different so when they would try to derailing 'cause they always did they would expect me to be going this route when i've been going this route and that point that's when i was able to surpass them very very helpful and i think the key there is. There is such a thing. As great feedback and differentiating criticism. From feedback is really important if someone is knowledgeable and helping you refine your approach. Whatever trying to accomplish. That's a critical piece in your jigsaw puzzle of change. So i think there's a piece and it goes that question i asked earlier. So what would your vice be. How could i improve this. And if they actually have something positive to add then be open to that that that creative feedback because it will shop in your soul and actually help. You may get to the place. Quicker be more effective Achieve field goal in a good book for people that are listening is the art of war. That goes more into depth with the the feedback that simon provided on energie. 'this totally i mean. We all know them. We've all come across them. I mean if the interesting what. I'll just leave. This is my final. Point is if the opposite is the is when those energy thieves those no. I like to clean him. As problem gives there are people who love to give away problems particularly if they report to you in your stuff. We've all had them. Come into your office and they basically regurgitate a problem. You know you've seen how penguins feed their young. The throw it up on the desk and they walk away giving you the problem to deal with Right they literally good. You take the problem and the happy now. Because they've walked away. The flip of that is to say is make them accountable for their own problem. So john you brought up this. What do you think the.
Your Transformation Station
"simon" Discussed on Your Transformation Station
"Because if an honest if there you'll boss which can be a real challenge you might have to keep your change secret until it's mature enough to be released the open Yeah i had a boss like ben and the way i did was i would put out there my aspirations. It was a false aspiration when i'm working internally on something completely different so when they would try to derail me because they always did they would expect me to be going this route. When i've been going this route and that point that's when i was able to surpass them very very helpful and i think the key there is. There is such a thing as great feedback and differentiating criticism. From feedback is really important if someone is knowledgeable as helping you refine your approach. Whatever trying to accomplish. That's a critical piece in your jigsaw puzzle of change. So i think there's a piece and it goes that question i asked earlier. So what would your vice be. How could i improve this. And if they actually have something positive to add then be open to that that that creative feedback because it will shop in your soul and actually help. You may get to the place. Quicker be more effective Achieve field goal in a good book for people that are listening is the art of war. That goes more into depth with the the feedback that simon provided on energie. 'this totally i mean. We all know them. We've all come across them. I mean if the interesting what. I'll just leave. This is my final. Point is if the opposite is the is when those energy thieves those no. I like to clean him. As problem gives there are people who love to give away problems particularly if they report to you in your stuff. We've all had them. Come into your office and they basically regurgitate a problem. You know you've seen how penguins feed their young. The throw it up on the desk and they walk away giving you the problem to deal with Right they literally good. You take the problem and the happy now. Because The flip of that is to say is make them accountable for their own problem. So john you brought up this. What do you think the.
Conversations
"simon" Discussed on Conversations
"But every time you into the tin can that would be propelled through the sky by roaring jet engines. You could ever reasonable expectation of safety. Flying is much safer than driving. We all know that the built into all of that is the assumption for thousands and thousands of precision. Engineered components are all operating within tolerances of a fraction of a millimeter. Simon winchester can see how the story of the modern world is really a story of precision of ever-shrinking tolerances which began with the steam engine. Now up writing down at a subatomic level to create machines that can detect the faintest gravity waves arriving here from distant galaxies and yet for all that simon is wondering whether the modern obsession with precision has gotten completely out of hand in winchester is the author of a book called exactly how precision engineers created the modern world and i recorded this conversation with him a few years ago at.
Conversations
"simon" Discussed on Conversations
"But every time you into the tin can that would be propelled through the sky by roaring jet engines. You could ever reasonable expectation of safety. Flying is much safer than driving. We all know that the built into all of that is the assumption for thousands and thousands of precision. Engineered components are all operating within tolerances of a fraction of a millimeter. Simon winchester can see how the story of the modern world is really a story of precision of ever-shrinking tolerances which began with the steam engine. Now up writing down at a subatomic level to create machines that can detect the faintest gravity waves arriving here from distant galaxies and yet for all that simon is wondering whether the modern obsession with precision has gotten completely out of hand in winchester is the author of a book called exactly how precision engineers created the modern world and i recorded this conversation with a few years ago at.
Even Money
"simon" Discussed on Even Money
"All right so. I got a question for both of you. Simon and a lot of talking. So i'll steve this one to start steve. Your thoughts on on the preseason. Last week we talked about betting. The preseason i don't i'm not i don't mean that for right now. My first question is how much does the preseason impact your season win. Total bets or futures typically. It's the dress rehearsal. Game that moves my needle and moves the market needle. Because that's when the starters are planning against the starters that's really the only week you see the market make any kind of adjustment. So you have the entire media universe talking about how they're drawn. Conclusions and jacksonville is doomed and the and the like just based upon one game but the truth is if you look at the season win numbers that are out there. Which is the barometer or the valuation of nfl teams. No teams had their stock. Go up or down based upon week one now. i don't necessarily think that's one hundred percent accurate and part. The reason is we know. New coaches do great in their first home. Game historically twenty one in six coming into this year and then we saw two teams laying egg completely. We saw atlanta. We saw jacksonville both be horrendous in their first home game under their new head coach i think given every other new head coach. First home game team does well. Those two teams aren't we're gonna put a red flag by them. There may be problems. That's interesting You know the one point. I would make and i know simon knows this because he lives. Where do you live. Simon south jersey. Yeah like right outside. Philly cherry hill area cherry art. So and you're an eagles guy so simon knows i do. The eagles preseason games on tv. Which by the way. Steve thursday.
Richard Herring's Leicester Square Theatre Podcast
"simon" Discussed on Richard Herring's Leicester Square Theatre Podcast
"The more we can get to listen to this podcast. The more revenue get more podcasts. Week a make we're going to branch out and do some other stuff hopefully this year or next year so do keep supporting by just listening to the show. Thank you very much for that. Simon pegg is the guest this week. Bona fide hollywood star. This was actually the same week as the stephen merchant episode that you may have listened to recently again. And as i said when stephen was the guest of retro sta i was much more nervous about saying the wrong thing to simon pegg. Who you know maeve. Hollywood may not like me being slightly cheeky to him May not like me talking about run. Fat boy run in a derogatory fashion. So i was really worried and on you know that i would upset him. Need storm out so i was quite good behavior and then lead to all out in the next gus but simon was great very down to earth still and it's amazing to see his career trajectory hide actually remember him but during a lien herring gig popping up and saying his sister was a big fan of could be signed something and this was before he was really even known at all. We knew he was. And he toured with steve coogan. We saw him occasionally. We met up in harlem had a drink with those guys at hull It's very blurry the memories of those times. We got very drunk very very junk. It was lovely and yeah gone onto incredible success in hollywood. Imagine that So yeah it was terrific that he did this terrific for him to come and talk to us and that was a big big show that one with simon pegg that not that we have two guests every week. Of course we don't. But simon pegg and steve merchant all in one bill. Lucky you if you were there to see that one live. and what. Legal the bits from the stephen merchant one that got cut lucky you so i don't make much cut from simon pegg if anything. I can't remember. If i wanna i but let's sit back. Relax and enjoy a lovely retro. Sta with hollywood superstar scottie from star trek that thing from star wars and probably in.
Harvard Classics
"simon" Discussed on Harvard Classics
"The extent of the universe by simon newcomb. We cannot expect that the wisest men of our remotest posterity who can base their conclusions upon thousands of years of accurate observation will reach a decision on this subject without some measure of reserve such being the case it might appear the dictate of wisdom to leave its consideration to some future age when it may be taken up with better means of information than we now possess but the question is one which will refuse to be postponed so long as the propensity to think of the possibilities of creation is characteristic of our race. The issue is not whether we shall ignore the question altogether like even the of rafael but whether in studying it we shall confine our speculations within the limits. Set by sound scientific reasoning. Saying to do this. I invite the reader's attention to what science may suggest admitting in advance that the sphere of exact knowledge is small compared with the possibilities of creation and that outside this fear we can state only more or less probable conclusions the reader who desires to approach this subject in the most receptive spirit should begin his study by taking himself on a clear moonlit evening when he has no earthly concern to disturb the serenity of his thoughts to some point where he can lie on his back on bench or roof and scan the whole vault of heaven at one view. He can do this with the greatest pleasure and profit. In late summer or autumn winter would do equally. Well where it possible for the mind to rise so far above bodily conditions that the question of temperatures should not enter the thinking man. Who does this. Under circumstances most favorable for com thought will form a new conception of the wonder of the universe. if some are autumn be chosen the stupendous arch of the milky way will pass near the zenith and the constellation lyra led by. It's beautiful blue. Vega of the first magnitude may be not very far from that point south of it will be seen..
Queer as Fact
"simon" Discussed on Queer as Fact
"Financial mismanagement and the problems and gossip folded. Not long after. That sounds like it. So in july. Nine hundred seventy seven was released on bail and he began work on founding. And you gay organization which would come to be known as the gay and lesbian organization of water surround which i the geographical area including harrisburg was a catchy. I'm just thinking about gorgeous ladies of wrestling. That's all of this short. Maybe i could have made up sometimes. Crossover episode like this around the same higher. I think i think it is. This is the yeah so two weeks coexistent with the same acronym is just a good name. Yeah so simon describes here's glow as committed to fight for the rights of gay and lesbian people in townships the founders discussed whether it should be a black Bought eventually agreed that it should allow both black and white members. Okay while simon's by conditions prevented him from attending the founding meeting. he wasn't allowed into the townships and he wasn't allowed me with molten three people at a time but he was elected in abstentia as the group's co chair so serious question. he's not allowed in the townships because of his bail conditions but he's not allowed out of the townships because he's black whereas he meant to be. I don't know i do know that. He definitely struggled to find somewhere to live at this time. But i don't know exactly what like air is. He legally was allowed to live in. Yeah i mean there must be some capacity to live outside of a township like when he lived with andrea earlier he was not in township. Yeah yeah sorry. Black paper were expected to carry papers with them like. Id papers with them all the time. And you could have on those papers information about your employment and therefore permission to live in certain areas job so it's possible that that would be available to him. Had he had a job. He was also struggling to get a job because he's a political prisoner. He's still got a court every day table night who he is like. Obviously people aren't going to employ him but yeah that's the situation but two months off the founding of glow in june nineteen eighty eight. Simon was acquitted. His friends welcome hiring with a surprise party at leeds. Chabane women meetings were held a lease my favorite venue in south africa. Yeah so. I've never been the venue ipod where we are. Probably not so. I was very successful. They offered a monthly newsletter up. They set up working groups on barris issues affecting the quake and they soon had chapters throughout your house bug when you say the quick community. Yeah with doing seeings flake. Trans people like. What's the situation there in south africa. I don't really knowledgeable. Honest like i know that they did have specifically lesbian groups and they have specifically lesbian newsletter. The when they held their first pride march which is going to be two years from when we're talking about nineteen ninety one of the people who spike that did explicitly mentioned in like an. Npr's waiting the trans and intersex people gain lesbian people. But i just don't know what what i was doing around that. I just monday because when you sort of set for founding mission of glow it was like foot the rights of gay and lesbian paypal account temps. Yeah exactly and they do as a lot of people. Do they do this time. He is gay and lesbian queer. Pretty entertaining and it's not always clear. Who is actually falling onto that query umbrella yet warriors and we've already established that at least some people in the townships kind of Flight line yes gender identities and sexual identities so this probably also of that going on. Yeah and that's kind of what. I was wondering whether it flacco limitation on the language that used a whether it actually describes the gay and lesbian actually describes the yet. I think it's probably a bit of I would guess partly it's a limitation of language. Partly it's the kind of concessions and i'm generalizing here from around. The world generally marched catered to gain lesbian people. Yeah maybe one that we can do an episode on a trans south african landell yep size simon still hadn't publicly come out as a positive but one aspect of gloria that. He was very involved with was the heyday aids activism. He had glories aids working group and he also founded barris other organizations to support people living with hiv aids in townships aids was generally viewed as a white gay disease and side. There wasn't a lot of knowledge among black gay community about aids and many of them believed that they won risk because they went white. Sorry the what he did was a lot of educational walk around teaching people about aids and about safe sex being heavily linked with glory and the gay community. These project struggled to receive government. Funding one department of health representative is quoted as saying eight is not a problem in this country. Miss x reality is illegal and we don't have homosexuals so we don't have aids. I can't believe there are always just politicians going around like we don't have gays. Yeah yeah mitt. Romney or someone else did this off this like. It's just one of those things. Like i can come to terms with you. Paying opposed to quintas. Yeah managed to pretend it's not here. I mean denying reality is walk. Conservative politicians do on many issues as part of his work. Simon traveled not just about south africa but internationally speaking back to experience as a black gay man and meeting with gay and anti-apartheid groups around the world so since the early nineteen eighties. South africa's white government had gradually been doing into internal and international pressure to reform the apartheid system in february of nineteen ninety key anti-apartheid figure. Nelson mandela was released after twenty seven years in prison and the ban on the african national congress was lifted. If we'd had alcohol like taking the drink is how am for you. Mentioned was in most times and i know he's here now. The government began to enter into negotiations with the african national congress. Ultimately moving towards a national election in which people of all races would be able to participate and to the creation of a new south african constitution the gay community began to discuss that place within this and in particular what attitudes towards homosexuality the african national congress would bring to these negotiations Sorry the anti was not outright homophobic but it was thompson..
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"Anti racism is very much a political stance whereas non racism is just like we. Don't engage with that one. not against stone engage. Sorry you saw yes. The white ladyship of gaza sold his apolitical stance as being necessary for their survival. One gaza president and smith suggested that if they had taken any soul of political stance. And this doesn't just mean anti-apartheid stances but being vocal about wanting political change for queer people as myth says. It's had done that. She believes they would've been banned. And then not only would we discredit the gay movement but we would not be able to provide vital services to gay people. Obviously that doesn't make it okay. But i can also see how that is like. Yeah you can see whether decisions came from but there are only decisions available to what people. Yeah yeah i mean. And it's also like to the extent that you're able to them provide services for your quick immunity. Yeah lie as he said fussily Community also like you know there's probably a limit to the substance you can provide because you're trying to avoid any kind of political opinion anytime yet. Yeah we'll see. Yeah yeah unrealistically. The services are provided with my sleep. Social events the extra clearly like non-racist social event so very difficult under a pasha yet non-racist all white social at the same time also was billing themselves as a racial group especially to an international audience which was very critical of apartheid to quite simon again. Gaza was using us to blacken opposite image every time. There is a function of private house. So that's a function web black would be legally allowed to attend. The picture will be taken with a few doctors prominently display and that would be sent overseas. Simon decided that some action had to be taken and he began writing to various black newspapers on black gay people to contact him and to attend a meeting to discuss what they should do. In september nineteen ninety-three either. Seventy people attended this meeting the majority black but they will also close to twenty watt people in attendance. Simon says at the meeting. What was fascinating was had different. That language was to the white middle class members of gaza. They said things like we have to fight for our rights. We have to mobilize s then-ally hypothetical yet. So they originally considered forming their own black gay political organization but they lacked the resources to do it and they instead ended up filming an interest group within gaza so in may nineteen eighty-four they formerly shouted what they called saturday group because melanson and time and was elected as the group's coordinator at fast many members of saturday group joined gaza and they did have quite close relationship with gaza including mating in gaza's community. Santa bought the relationship quickly breakdown. White members of gaza began complaining that the center was left mess. That the saturday getting drunk and that neighbors were complaining. I presume that none of this was true. I think that united this was exaggerated but also a one author mark vista. His have african also pointed out that whereas white members of gaza could go out and get drunken club and going make no yes in a million other venues black. Gay people had nowhere else to go. Yes so they had to potty at the can yes. They had to in the community center because they couldn't potty in the clubs which all white and they couldn't potty in the townships because many of them didn't have the iron home. Say look with family so you can navigate potty in your family hyme yeah and that was a lot of hydrophobia there so yeah like to some degree. They probably would getting drunk and leaving mess. But there's a reason for that and obviously straight up rice to the most comes in play. It was eventually proprieties by gaza. That limit should be put on the number of black people. Who allowed into the committee's phantom cool well that for a non-racist organization. Yeah so a lot of black people at that point gaza and they began to take this out of Matings elsewhere app eventually. Finding a few townships shavings said that unlicensed balls in townships that would house them in particular. One cold leads shaving. Despite these difficulties subject group was very successful time. They organized a fine counseling service hind visits for gay people living in townships support for young people coming out as well as special events. Simon began to travel to areas helping establish brand of saturday group elsewhere in south africa. I know it's still that cold saturday group. But i feel like it's very welcoming into daring kind of may i think it is. Yeah it also makes it easy to tell someone about it without adding south. If you don't know you know they like what are we going to this. Social group called saturday. We meet once a week to hang out at the scene and if they gay. They'll go to saturday group and if you go to the pub once a week with your friends enjoy so like other like simon does say that saturday because they didn't know what else to call. Yeah i think there are benefits to the saturday group. It sounds chill appealing. Gossip did not yeah. It's also i mean you can see the benefits having a actually politically active When they're actually providing services to the community beyond so yeah. That's doing quite a lot at the same time. Simon continued to be involved in anti-apartheid activism joining anti-apartheid groups. Such as the outlawed african national congress in ninety four. He helped establish the ball civic association which was affiliated with another anti-apartheid group so united democratic front the association began with with tenants in the township of don lewis to organize action against government empire just went increases on the third of september ninety four. They organized a away or general strike from work and school and thailand. Web does a martial as around eleven thousand. People marched in protest against the renting aces. The march ten violent four town. Councillors were killed by the crowd and twenty nine protesters in Sign was protesting alone. Were killed by police. At the funeral practices on the twentieth of september. Police allowed mourners to enter the cemetery before cordoning off and arresting nine hundred mourners. Simon among them not sounds like police cannot on original police tactic. I mean you'll recall. This is not the first time. Simon has been arrested at a funeral. My the released but simon along with three others were imprisoned..
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"Town of devon and so i asked simon to meet him and so eto and come along just to work with me at my school a bold bold. Move another suggestion. That andre was quite young so when timing arrived at the bus pickup point. He found that they were both wearing the same matching outfits and black pants experience. That's so delightful circuit. They spent the six hour bus ride to dublin largely and silence probably because they couldn't talk openly in the presence of students and teachers really makes me question like what andre was doing here. He's the boss drive. he may have been like we'll get to the location and then i'll get to have a break. Yeah i'm hanging out. I guess. I'm more intrigued to what he told. The students engages like was this young man on the boss with them. Especially because why. Yeah simon's black rights. Some economy would be like. Oh this is my coffin. Yeah there's not really any framework at the time who black and white people to have friendships have connection. That's not an employment connection. So i have no information of what he told them maybe. He said he was the junior australia. Maybe they were on bus drivers on the trip. The bus drivers in all black. So i'll ak maybe. He just lied that he was trying this guy at the into uniform t shirt and call. Yeah anyway so they drive to devon since as we just discussed simon was black and andrade was why once they arrived in devon. They were forced to stay in. Different hotels simon's knockout in the night with his sleeping bag and on at the boss and this was the first time they really had a chance to actually talk together. About how sex. They do not have the best. Simon derisively is like we did not have sex in the just talks and i trust him because we will discuss when they do have sex so they spent awake together on the school trip and devon. They seem to have a very nice time. Andrei showered simon was gifts including ring engraved with his name with silence now on earth a fundraising shoot him. We had to simon simon. But sorry as i kind of alluded to before. So i'm gonna give to account of his mother's reaction when he returned from this trip one in which his mother love knew he was gay and said all. This guy must really care about you. He's been brian. You will this gift. And everything and one in which she didn't are but she was very uncomfortable with the situation not because of what relationship might exist between them. But because tom was socializing with a white man and time and recalls has saying tim. You've got your own family. Why are you taking things from a white man. Simon next met on right at the farm of anti-apartheid activists. Derek hanukkah west was hiding out from the police say he obviously continuing his activism throughout this time this encounter was the first time they had sex. That's how i know. They didn't have sex on the boss which simon describes as quite a disaster saying there was lots of not knowing what to do how to do things he sat down with derek afterwards and talk to the experience i have with him and simon says he was surprised. Relieved to find that. Derek was accepting his relationship with andre and willing to have a productive conversation about rather than just be judgmental so derek was the guy on the phone. Yes tying it do. They make fight accidental vomited. They like plan this out. They break activists andres non-activist. So i showed him on came there because simon was there. Okay so simon was like. I'm hiding out as you should come up yet and andrea. Hey and then. Simon was like hey derek. What do you know about guys ohio. Derek is a straight man. I brief giggle. Derek did not find anything about him being queer but he has the wikipedia article. He's well-earned enough that we though if he was but he was very supportive of simon good met in late up to simon's next birthday. His nineteenth twentieth twenty-first depending on simon's mom began to ask why he wasn't inviting girlfriend round. And so i decided to tell her about his relationship with andrei. His mother was a cold silent. Remember to asking what. I done to deserve this. What is my seen right. So that is contradictory with the previous story then yet regardless of which version of the previous story. Now there's a version of the previous story where she thinks that they're friends. This white guys showering consignment with gifts. But she doesn't yes. Yes so there's one vote on. Simon tells why she's just uncomfortable with the fact that he's like going out socially with a white man and that he's accepting things from wiedeman but she doesn't realize it's a gay relationship regardless at someday. Simon did come out his mom and did say this. Very negative reaction although admittedly definitely known people who've had to come out multiple times to the table. Come up to that parents. Just something like white but from him is have to do it again. Yeah like four years later normal. I'm still bisexual. And like for example. He does mention that one aunt when he came to the family was kind of like. Yeah it's a phase kids into being gay. Then they're doing drugs and then they've they grow out of it all. It's also the case that homosexuality just wasn't very well understood in black communities and townships at the time so i watched a documentary. Another black quia pederson talks about how she came out to family in the township and their response was just kind of confusion and they didn't understand the difference between high sexuality bank intersex assigned to a but you're not a ham aphrodite. Your woman so what are you talking about. It definitely could be the case that you know. He told his mom and she didn't get it any yet to tell his mom again. Yeah unlike his mom. Simon stepdad was supportive of his sexuality. When he spoke out in support of simon town simon's mom. He knew a lot of gay men through his work. Those nothing wrong with them. She became suspicious of the relationship between simon and his stepdad and forbade them from spending time together own. That is unfortunate. Do you know how long he's had this step doubtful quite a while so his son. I'm cody his stepdad's and him and his stepdad web. Very close so they're very much. Hopefully dad rely yet in for this guy says dad like it. Very much is his. Dad are not biologically in an attempt to q. assignment of his homosexuality simon's mom began to take him to various catholic. Priests and traditional healers nine sangomas. So as you might guess. The catholic pretty universally condemned simon sexuality. They experience a mixed reaction from the sangomas. Though one for example suggested that they slow to some chickens and simon drink or bathe in the chickens. Blood to kua him. That'll do it absolutely but timing recalls. Another saying mom simply. I don't see any problem. You've got a very intelligent son. He's not sick bullets. Yeah at the same time. This was happening. Andres mom had also found out about the relationship simon and andrei and she began fighting simon's house threatening to kill simon corrupting hasaan..