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Evangelism on SermonAudio
A highlight from Leveraging Relationships In Evangelism
"All right, well, I got the microphone this morning for the first time in like nine days and a little bit, not nervous, I'm very excited about preaching this morning. Brother Hunter came into my office. You go over to Mark chapter number four. Brother Hunter came into my office on Friday and he said, I am so glad I am not the one preaching after that revival. And I told him, I said, I'm glad you're not the one preaching after revival too. And, but I am excited about preaching to us this morning. I've got a heart full of stuff I wanna cover. In fact, my heart is so ready for it. I wanna pray ahead of time. I wanna pray to start out the service and we're gonna get a running start. I'm so excited about it, mind you. I have actually, I told my wife, I worked in, I draw in my notes. I have, sometimes I have an issue reading. I'm a little bit dyslexic and things. So I actually put like illustrations in my notes and I, in my notes, because of how excited I am, I actually drew a yellow triangle for a yield sign to remind me, slow down, okay? Slow down during the service today. So that's my hope. I wanna try to be slower for you today because I just got a heart full of stuff. I hope you do as well. I hope as you've come to revival over the last few days that God is doing a work in your heart. He's certainly doing a work in our church. And I don't wanna leave you behind, okay? And I mean that with all sincerity. I don't mean that as a threat. And you know, either get on the bus or we're gonna run you over. That's not my heartbeat at all. But if the bus leaves the station, I want you on the bus. And a lot of our meeting next week's gonna be about that. And I'm just looking forward to what God's gonna do. But we're gonna start with prayer this morning and ask God's blessing on the service. And would you pray for me as I preach? I'm not nervous particularly. I just, I wanna do the sermon justice. There's some big things I think in our church that we've gotta grasp. Me as a Christian and you as a Christian, we've gotta lay hold on some of these ideas. If we are gonna have an effective global outreach and local outreach, there's some things we really gotta lay hold on. And so pray for me, but also pray for you in these next few moments that God would work in your heart and that the word of God would not fall on deaf ears, but that you would receive it with gladness and with meekness. I love that that's one of the ways Paul says we're to receive the word with meekness. Meekness simply means power under control. So you've got all this ability, you've got all this horsepower under the hood, if you will, but you need to have that tempered and controlled by the Holy Spirit. And when you receive this word, there's power that comes with it. And we've gotta let the Holy Spirit guide us as a church. So let's pray and we'll dive in. God, I need you today. And Lord, you know that's true. And so Lord, I don't wanna waste this prayer time. I simply don't wanna, I don't simply wanna just fill in with prayer time either. Lord, I need a special unction from on high this morning. I know the power is present. I just, I'd like access to it. And I pray God that in a special way, your spirit would do a work in our hearts that we couldn't explain as any other method than yours. And so Father, we commit this service to you. I pray you'd allow me to say the things you desire. And Lord, I hesitate to pray this. You've done this before, but Lord, if there's something you don't want me to say, I pray I wouldn't say it either. But I pray that today's service just be specially guided by your spirit. And Father guide this church. Lord, give us a special grace as a church to be able to accomplish certain things. Lord, I so loved what preacher said on, I think it was Wednesday night, about the grace bestowed upon the churches of Macedonia. They had a special grace on them. And I pray for a special grace for us as well, Lord, that we would have a part in global evangelization, but also local evangelization as well, Lord. Spark a flame in us, rekindle the fire. And Lord, help us to have a passion for souls in a way that we have not known prior. And God, would you burn that flame brightly if we ever to reach this world, we're gonna have to adjust some things as a church and as Christians and as parents and as spouses. I pray God that just in a special way, you'd work in our hearts. We ask in Christ's name, amen. Let me say again, what an amazing week we had. I hope that you were here and we had great crowds each night. So if you weren't here, I may not have even noticed that because the crowd was so good, but it was a blessing to see what God is doing in our church and working in our church. We've been praying through the, if you think about it, we've been trying for the whole year to align our mission strategy and our evangelism strategy closer to the scripture. And we have certainly heard a truckload of scripture this week and just Bible verse after Bible verse after Bible verse, story after story from the scripture about how global evangelization works. And so we are trying to align to that. Let me say this too. I'll talk more about this next Sunday afternoon as well, but let me say, I have never been more proud and more relieved to be a Baptist than I am right now. And here's the reason, and I am convinced a Baptist, but that's a sidebar. But what I am grateful to be a Baptist for is that as a Baptist, if anything defines a Baptist, it's that this is our source of authority. That if the Bible tells us to do it, that we are supposed to do it. If it's in the book, it should be done by God's people. And if what we're doing, we find to be incompatible with what's in the book, then we're the ones that are supposed to change. And that will and has always been true of Baptists. And so long as we call ourselves a Baptist, and I think till Jesus comes back, that's our intent. But as Baptist, that means we're supposed to be doing what we find in this book. We're supposed to be doing it the way we find in this book. And we don't do the things that we do as Baptists historically or presently because other people are doing it. We don't do what we do as Baptists because it's pragmatic or it works. We as Baptists, if anything throughout history has defined a Baptist, it has been that their source of authority is found from the scripture. In fact, even pastoral authority, it only is only borrowed from the Bible and only goes so long as the Bible allows it to go. So the only real source of authority we get is from the Bible. And so in areas where the Bible gives clear instructions and examples, what we are supposed to do is follow those instructions and examples. And over the last couple of weeks, we've been working, I've been working in my office 50 plus hours reading Baptist history from our inception in the early 1500s to how it flowed through America and all of those things. And if anything is true of the Baptist, it's this, that this book gets to define what we do. And as a pastor, I just wanna say, I'm relieved that that's the case. Because if there's a change we have to make as a church, all I have to do is copy what scripture says. All you and I have to do is copy what scripture says. You remember when you were a kid and maybe some of you don't, but my generation will probably remember, you remember tracing paper? I don't know if that's still a thing or if it was a thing before me. Those older than me, did you have tracing paper as well? Oh, okay, all right, I just assumed it was all rock and, I'm just kidding, just kidding. But tracing paper, all you have to do, you can pretend, people will give you credit for being an awesome artist when all you did was copy, right? And as Baptists, we don't have to be awesome artists, we just have to copy. I don't have to come up with some original plan in my genius little brain, all I have to do is copy. And so as a Baptist, that's the relief I get to take as a pastor to say, hey, church family, all we have to do is copy. And we've spent the last week hearing how God desires for us to do it. The problem is, and maybe you've experienced this when you were a kid, if you accidentally take two pieces of tracing paper or three pieces of tracing paper, it becomes harder to see the lines. And I'm afraid that sometimes in some ways as Baptists, we have heritage and we have the way we've inherited and we've had the default positions that don't necessarily, the lines aren't necessarily unbiblical, they're just not compatible with the patterns we find in scripture. And so what we're gonna do over the next couple of weeks is just revisit, hey man, this is what the Bible says and here's what we ought to be doing and here's how we ought to follow that and what a blessing that is. So do not miss next Sunday afternoon as we fellowship. We've got some plans, but we want input, we want involvement and contribution. This is our collective church. And as we heard, evangelism is an all church responsibility. It's a whole church strategy. Well, if it's a whole church strategy, here's my plan. I want it to be a whole church decision. I don't want anybody in a year from now saying, oh, pastor, you did this. No, we are gonna do this. We as a church are gonna make some decisions together about how we want to approach missions, where we want to dedicate our money. There's partnerships, there's journeys, all the things that we have talked about. And so I am excited about the opportunity to preach. It was a great missions conference, but I will say this, halfway through the missions conference, God had already really worked in my heart about what direction and then shortly thereafter gave me the passages to go to. It's March chapter number four. And so what I want us to do is, I want to be careful how I say this. I want to come down, not to reality, but I want to come down to today. Right now, I am starry eyed. I cannot wait for the things that are coming. I want to go to all the world. We have some plans for March and the following six months after that with our church and everybody wants to go. They're in the middle of next year. There are some things in the works. We're gonna talk a lot about it next week, but listen to me, church family, we don't have to wait to reach the world, nor should we wait to reach the world for the simple reality that Bakersfield and Kern County is very much a part of the world. And so while we get excited and starry eyed and man, I want to go do, and I do too, and I am excited and I've been talking to some different men and trying to put together a team and put together a plan. And I am excited. We need to cross the oceans, but we cannot forget there are people who are literally across the fence from us who are within our reach. For the last few months, we've been driving as a staff and planning for a special Sunday on October the 22nd. At the end of service, you'll get to see a video and you'll get one of these on your way out. I'll explain more about it, but basically what we're going to do as a church is I'm gonna give you five tracks and over the course of this next week, you're gonna pray and ask God what five families you're gonna go invite and bring to church that are within your reach. And that Sunday is gonna be entitled True Purpose. And the heartbeat of it, you'll see the video in a minute like I said, the heartbeat of that is that your neighbors, your family, your friends and your coworkers would understand what the true purpose of Jesus coming was. I remember as a lost person, I had no idea why Jesus was here. I had no concept of what he came to do. I didn't know he was God and there was a bunch of things I didn't know until someone explained to me the whole purpose Jesus came. And the whole purpose of October the 22nd, we're gonna see more over the course of the next few weeks is to bring those nearest us to the saving knowledge of Jesus Christ. And please hear me, listen, church family, I want, I am praying, I am awake, planning, trying to build out a global missions strategy. I wanna reach Zambians and I wanna reach Angolans and I wanna reach Fijians, but God also desires for us to do the work of an evangelist right here and now in our communities and in our county. And the passage we're going to this morning actually brings that whole, all my introduction into a very clear biblical focus. So we're gonna go to Mark chapter number five. I think I told you chapter four, I apologize. Mark chapter number five is where we're gonna be this morning. Mark chapter number five, we're gonna read our texts together, we're gonna walk through it, we're gonna unpack it and we're gonna really introduce the whole concept and walk through the whole story together. And we're gonna see this story in detail and we're really not gonna get to the message until the very, very end, but you stay with me and we'll learn something this morning. Mark chapter number five, verse number one says, and they, that's speaking of Jesus and his disciples came over onto the other side of the sea and that's the Sea of Galilee. And so Jesus has just left Capernaum, that's his hometown. And he's traveling 40 miles to the east and he's heading over into verse number one, into the country of the Gadarenes. So that's Gadara. And in chapter number four, in fact, you can look back there in just a second with me, but in chapter number four, while they're making this journey, a massive storm hits. And what happens is Christ is on the boat and the disciples are losing their minds. They think this boat's gonna sink reasonably so. And Jesus speaks to the wind and the waves and he calms them. Now, please understand to you and I, that's like, yeah, that's what Jesus does. But to the disciples, they have just started following him. You realize we're only in chapter number five, Jesus has barely just called the disciples. They're actually on their first Gentile mission according to Mark that they've ever done. They're gonna go over into the Gadarenes. But this is one of the first miracles the disciples have ever seen. And at the end of this chapter, you can look at it, chapter four, at the end of the chapter number four, it ends with the disciples making this beautiful statement. What manner of man is this? That even the winds and the waves obey him. So this unbelievable, unnatural, supernatural thing happens in chapter number four. The sea becomes glass. They end up on the other side of the shore or in the country of the Gadarenes. And I want you to notice what happens immediately. Verse number two.
Bloomberg Surveillance
Fresh update on "year" discussed on Bloomberg Surveillance
"On the screen, but pairing some of the earlier losses. You have 10 of the 11 major industry groups in the S &P 500 lower right now technology shares taking the brunt of the sell off as rates climb the benchmark 10 year treasury at year multi highs up 9 basis points. Energy is the only industry group in the S &P 500. We're going to hear from the Minneapolis Fed president Neil Kashkari. A Microsoft losing its only sell rating Guggenheim upgrading its view on the software giant to neutral. Right now the S 500 three points lower 4316 the down jones industrial average down 64 points that's down two tenths of a percent. The Nasdaq 100 just turning green up four points right now. We check the markets for you all day long right here on Bloomberg radio. I'm John Tucker and that is your Bloomberg Business Flash.
Bitcoin & Crypto Trading: Ledger Cast
A highlight from Rate Pause
"Hello and welcome to Ledgercast. My name is Brian Crossguard here, as always, with one and only Josh Olsowich. Hey Josh. Mr. Brian. How you doing? How are you? I'm good. I'm happy to be with you today. You're already cards pulled up, ready to go. I got my best podcast hoodie on, you know. Only the best Ledgercast family. Getting the hoodie season, depending on what part of the country you're in. For sure. My dear Alabama, I mean, this is the weather that you live here for. Like, most of the year is incredibly humid, but September, October, November, that's when it's the good stuff. Well, people didn't come on this podcast to hear about the weather. They came to hear about head and shoulders. We always start with the weather. I know. It's like a podcast faux pas, but we do it anyway. It's the human experience. There's a head and shoulders on like every market on all timeframes. Like, you can't not see it. ETH, Bitcoin, S &P, Qs, any risk market, we'll put it like that, any risk market looks very, very toppy still to me. What are your thoughts on, you know, as we enter our 37th week as macro LARPing traders? Yeah, well, this continues to tell a story, right? Dollar legitimately been up only on a weekly basis for more than two months. Hold on, hold on. Jeff in the chat said. Jeff, were you listening for your show? We were just discussing the accelerated aging of Ryan in the show. I feel like I feel like the bear market is hitting me in every possible way right now. Sorry, continue. Yeah, I'm I'm going to be very gray and old and wrinkly if I make it through another cycle. Anyway, the Dixie is up. Yield. You know what I realized this week? Back to the Dixie for a sec. I realized that the Euro chart, Euro USD is basically the Bitcoin chart. So if you're rooting for Bitcoin, you're basically rooting for the Euro chart. I don't know how that's going to work out. It's not the team I want to be on right now. No, I agree. I don't know how that's going to work out for us because that Euro chart looks bad, quite awful. Yeah, that's bad. So I keep that in mind generally for people, you know, if you see some good news or positive news in Euro land, which I think is rare these days, it should generally signal wellness for Bitcoin. Yeah. Well, it's mostly that dollar strength. It's just not. Yeah, it's all it's all just the same thing. Right. Yeah, exactly. We titled the show Rate Pause because rate hikes were paused. So this is the first time in quite some time that we've gone into FOMC with no change. The result of that was you start to see the 30 year kind of catching up to the two year because they also said that they are planning on staying high for longer. So we're not going to do the thing where we just immediately start going into cuts. And so, yeah, it may not have the desired effect that people might expect by a rate pause. At this point, holding rates at this level is restrictive eventually, right? It gets more and more restrictive as the lower interest rate that like rolls into this new environment, you know? Right. But I think it's honestly, I agree with the Fed. I think keeping it here and doing a wait and see type attitude makes more sense than keep raising and then panic cutting when the time comes. I think you have a potential to break a little less in this regard. I think they should have paused a while back and should have started way before they did. But nevertheless, the idea of pausing but not committing to a cut, I think is reasonable. Well, the markets didn't get angry at pausing. The markets got angry because they hinted at two more hikes still. So if that actually happens, I don't think it will. Look, I'm a chaos agent. I say go all the way, right? Pedal to the metal, no half measures. If you want to kill the economy, go for it. So yeah, let's do two more. Let's do one in November, one in February, whatever. I don't know. I think the consensus, though, is that markets aren't going to last that long. Markets being the economy, I guess. But the economy just isn't going to last and hold up through that. So unemployment is going to tick up considerably. That's the expectation. You're not going to get your soft landing. And Paul basically said as much that that wasn't his base case during the meeting. So you got to keep that in mind when you're looking at risk markets like crypto and alts especially are just still obliterated and continue to look terrible. Two -year looks like it wants more. The three -month yields look like, all the yields look like they want more. Yeah, they're all acting like it. Especially if you take today out of the picture, which I'm not sure I'm going to read too much into what's happening on a Friday. Well, we had, so yesterday we had a negative 1 .6 % day on S &P. And there were already legacy analysts coming out saying, oh man, Paul's going to have to cut this year. It's been one day. You people are so soft, so pathetic. Pillsbury Doughboy over here asking for cuts after a down day. Give me a break. Just absurd. The chart on the S &P does look like it has room for more downside like that. Oh, for sure. Pretty clean breakdown, but it's not in panic mode. It's in the middle. It's in the chop zone. 4200 makes all the sense in the world based on some basic technical analysis. Look at the 200 -day moving average. All this is just meaner version. You have people panicking that the number is going down instead of up and they're pathetic. I mean, that's legacy for you. Even when you look at non -technical analysis, if we were in price discovery for the stock market right now, it would not make sense. It just does not make sense relative to the economy. But ledger, price is in the forward future. It doesn't look at what's happening now. We're not going to get a recession. We're going to get a huge GDP print, man. Forward future looks like we got another year or two of grinding. Like grinding economically, trying to figure out this balance of wage inflation, commodities inflation, cost of goods. There's a balance that has to exist there. Life is more expensive for people. Their homes are more expensive and their business loans are more expensive. are Their wages up, but they're not caught up to that. And so the economy needs to figure itself out. It needs to find its Zen zone. I agree. That could take time. But that's not the S &P. The S &P is eight companies who have billions of dollars, don't need to borrow, don't need debt at this interest level. But now the problem, I think Apple especially, I don't expect their new phone to sell gangbusters because the economy is... It's one of the easiest things to not upgrade. Right. Well, that as well. But USB -C, right? Welcome to the 21st century, everybody. So I'm expecting those numbers to be soft. The Nvidia story seems to be softening, even though it's hard to really know what's going on there. There's still lots of lots of demand for those checking news. Yeah. But I guess the point is, who cares about the rest of the S &P, the 493, right? It's all about the top seven right now. And if those are weak, which they are, just in the charts, the markets are going to turn lower because you're not getting any help from the other 493. All right. I want some of what Andre is drinking in the chat. I'm just going to plop this onto the show. Here we go, Andre. This is your moment. Fed waits another year to lower rates than the BTC happening. The presidential election and lower interest rates are all going to be happening at the same time as we go into the next bull run. Space exclamation point, which is another way of saying triple exclamation point. Where do you put that space in front? Andre, I'm with you. I hope you're right. I think people believe that if they cut, then that will be bullish, but they won't cut until things look terrible. So if they're cutting, then we have a different problem, right? We have a recession if they're cutting, right? It's over if they're cutting. We just have to dodge a recession. You just have to dodge a recession. Around halving, whatever. And then there's this other school of thought, which is kind of what Andre is hinting at. Maybe the halving doesn't matter. Maybe it's just a coincidence that we've been in these four -year business cycles, and it's just lined up perfectly. I've seen that narrative growing recently, which is surprising to me, but it makes sense. Look, if you look at the data and you just don't pay attention to halving, I agree. But I think the halving brings eyeballs. It brings people understanding the asset a little differently because they're like, oh, wait, what do you mean? The supply is going to be cut in half or whatever, the daily emissions. Anyway. And meanwhile, Bitcoin and ETH both basically at their 200 -week moving average. This was okay. So that's the tweet you have up. This was my engagement bait last night. This is if anybody was paying attention. It's comparing the 200 -week and the 200 -day moving averages on Bitcoin. The last time... They're converging. Yeah. So they're converging. And the last time it looked like this was 2015 for a bull cross. It technically didn't cross bearish in 2015. I just want to highlight, though, Josh. We are both getting rejected by that right now, if you look at this weekly. Yeah, but that's okay. It's September. It's key three. I don't care. But yes. They're just winding around in there. They're meandering. It's not good. Also, one other comment. Yeah. Gotta work on this hashtag. 250k or bust. Gotta work on that. Well, that's the target. We need some ideas. That's the 8000 % target from here is 250k. That's where that came from. Yeah, we gotta do better. 250 by 25 is too much of a mouthful. I feel like the phrase millie needs to be in there. Millie? Quarter millie? Quarter millie. Maybe just full millie. Look, I've been on the record. 250k is the target for the next run. Okay. Even before this tweet, the stars are aligning. Yeah. People are saying what's happened to me. I'm using a different camera. I'm in a different place. And I got a haircut today. And everyone says you look old. I look weird and old. I am old. Here, I was I was puffing you up early. You're telling me I look good. And I was telling you how old I felt. And now the whole chat's like, hey, you look old. You look terrible. I think you look fine. But you know, maybe it's the rates, you know, the rates are just killing everybody. It is the rates. I'm gonna go ahead and go out on a limb and say that I'm affected by that. Sure. So yeah, if we look at if we look at Bitcoin, also, We've also got if you don't like the head and shoulders, at the very least, you have to admit there's some sort of double top there. Yeah, double top, lower, lower low by a smidge. Rejected by the fast and long moving averages potentially. There's a there's reason to be concerned here. If we're above 28, at any point Q4, I think we're good for move higher, which doesn't like logically make sense based on what's going on in the world with rates and everything. So if this then that if we get above 28, we're good. Until then, I expect lower lows, ETH especially. What's going on with ETH, man? You're the ETH fanboy, the ETH cheerleader. What's happening? It's even better than BTC in terms of rejection off the 200. That's clean. It's nice and clean. That's a dump it. Let me translate that for everybody. That means it's even more bearish. I think this tells some of the story like there's not many people in the ecosystem that don't consider pair trades, you know, like opportunity cost or a risk profile of being in one thing versus the other. And a lot of people are dancing on like long tail of altcoins. Like they'll play on those playgrounds. But the people that are in big assets are looking at this where ETH BTC is breaking down further. It looks like it might be escalating. It looks like it might be going from breakdown to a steady progression to the downside. And I don't know, maybe that also looks double toppy to me. Yeah, but maybe another 10 -15 % on ETH is on that relative to BTC and people just don't see the upside as worthwhile. I get it. I understand. I like 05. And if 05 doesn't survive around the ETF stuff, assuming the ETF stuff is going to be bullish, I like 03. I think a 200 week tap at a minimum would make sense. So, you know, you're looking at another 10 % relative in that scenario. And that would probably be a bullish bottom. Bullish, she says. A bullish bottom if it maintains that. I'm sure, I don't know harmonics well enough to just like eyeball it, but I'm sure there's some sort of harmonic. Batwing harmonic, yeah. Yeah, there's something there where you could draw like a crab or something. If this one's a 0 .03, that would be concerning. Well, what's the breakout level of the head and shoulders? Like 0 .035, 0 .036? Yeah, I think that's reasonable. I think that would put ETH people, myself included, just in Jordan tier mode. Look, if ETH doesn't get an ETF and Bitcoin does and it actually sees flows. It could happen. It could happen. That's all I'm saying. That's all I'm saying. Hit your targets, Josh. 0 .053 before 0 .035. That's true. I mean, we need to spot ETF first, which... That's just math, just so you know. And dyslexia. It's just kind of interesting that it has not made a higher high since going proof of stake. Kind of weird, right? The Real Dangles asks, can we do a mini series on learning macro fundamentals? I've only ever looked at crypto, so half of what you guys talk about is foreign to me. No, but there's some people that you can learn from. One of the best, in my opinion, and I was... Jeebus was giving me crap about this, but Ray Dalio is, I think, the greatest macro mind that actually takes their information and then shares it. Big Debt Crises is a book. It's a study of cycles, basically. It's a study of deflationary, inflationary cycles, and they're very good. I would read that. That's a great start. Like, that'll be good. That could teach you more than I ever could. There's many, many other things, in addition to what he talked about, that go into what he talks about. But at the end of the day, it's all about cycles. And that's a terrific book. I would listen to a bunch of podcasts on macro stuff. Blockworks does a billion of them. Yeah, but don't worry. If you listen to those, you'll end up a bear. So you gotta know that going in so that you don't end up a bear. I don't care if you're bullish or bearish, but being able to form your own opinion, that's the end goal. But people that do nothing but talk macro are all bears. They're all dirty bears, Josh. I agree with you. They're doomer macro people. But just knowing the language and knowing what people are looking at definitely helps you understand what the hell is going on. If you listen to them, just know that you need to protect your beautiful, bullish beauty. Don't take their advice, air quotes here. Don't take their advice. Your beautiful, bullish innocence needs to be protected when you listen to the doomer bears. You'll learn all about the SPR and why it's the end of the world. What is it about macro that makes people perma bears? I don't know. I think all this cyclical stuff, the raining down of potential for bad makes you think it's imminent. Yeah, they're very pro -commodity, pro -being anti -market. That's their whole personality and identity. Now I'm thinking of Sven specifically, for those of you who know who that is. But the macro people will be wrong for years and years and years. And then we'll finally get a down move. And they'll be like, yes, I told you so. Now I've lost all my money and the market 10xed at that time. But I told you so. We would get a correction. But I like that about them. The macro people also generally don't like Bitcoin. Some of them do, certainly. But most of them don't. So that tells me we still got time. It's still early. There are very few Lynn Alden's of the world where I simultaneously massively respect their macro analysis. And they don't discount crypto. She does discount everything but Bitcoin. But I'll forgive her for that. Because she's already really good at two things. That most people can't combine their goodness of that. Yeah, she's great. That's another easy listen as far as trying to pick up. She just wrote a book about money, too. I'm sure it's got some good macro stuff in there. There you go. So we'll stop that. Rate's up. Murray, I don't know what we're saying is like Michael Murray. But if he's a doomer bear, then yes. Yeah, this is a doomer bear that he was right at the right time on the right cycle as the media fell in love with such characters. So that carries a lot of weight. Like he can now be wrong for the rest of his life, but he was still right in 2008. But I respect people that have these opinions. I just think it's a lot easier to make money if you're a bull over the long period of time. I agree. Tripsy says he thinks the TA makes a better bear case than macro. I agree. I pay attention to the macro because it's kind of interesting. And having the ability to discuss it is powerful. But if all I do is pay attention to the TA, then I'd be fine. If you see the macro and you make this great bear case and then you see the chart and the chart looks like it wants to explode to the upside, don't make the trade. Not financial advice, but don't sell everything in that scenario. I wouldn't. But if the chart looks like doo -doo and the macro looks like doo -doo, then maybe it's just doo -doo. Well, knowing yields and rates helps you understand the DeFi angle a little bit. Knowing risk premium helps you understand like if I'm not getting paid an insane amount in DeFi right now, it's just not worth participating. You know? Yeah. Assuming a risk -free rate in U .S. government bonds, treasuries, whatever, you're not getting paid that differential in DeFi. Typically, you are seeking yield growth balance, right? There's some combination or you're looking for either or, but there's a balance of yield and growth. If your available yield today is high, so let's say you can earn 5 % in a money market or something like that, then two years ago, you could only earn 1%. Then your need for growth is even higher to make up for your annualized compounding year -on -year returns because when you're seeking growth, you're compounding that growth to make up for the lack of yield. So when the yield is higher, you need even more growth so people get less interested in the growth because the growth needs to be so severe to replace easy yield that's available today. So that's why risk assets that focus on growth look less attractive when yield is high. That's a general concept that can be useful. I always like to think about the extremes. So they used to say, Tina, there is nothing else when you're talking about allocating capital. So if there was no yield before, you get all this crazy VC shit and altcoins and NFTs. Because it's growth at all costs. Because that's it. That's the whole game, right? Now that there's a balance, it'd be much harder to create something like FTX in this environment where you can get a yield, you know? Yeah, there is demand for return on those dollars that's not just growth, that's not just bring it back to me more valuable. Did you hear that NFT story? The NFTs are 95 % worthless thing? Yeah. Yeah, there's some really good replies from NFT people that I thought were worthy. I've retweeted one of them. I don't remember who it was. I think it was the punk person that works, that does the streams all the time. Pink haired punk. You know, most of them always have been worthless is what they mentioned. And I think that they're doing a classic throw the baby out with the bathwater thing. Like the speculation on JPEGs was always going to pop. The underlying technology does have inherent value, it's just who's going to win from that. Like, will all the current market participants, collections, companies, whatever, will they all go away and then somebody will rise from the ashes and win the technology emergence where game the underlying technology can be taken advantage of to create real business value? I think that's what will happen, but which of us will be there to survive it? And then some stuff will get Lindy effects of art, digital art. There was product market fit, there is product market fit for that. But like, you can't just mint 10 ,000 pineapples and expect to make millions of dollars now when there's nothing else. If your denominator is infinity, then yeah, 95 % are useless.
What Bitcoin Did
Fresh update on "year" discussed on What Bitcoin Did
"Yeah, this one goes up to 2022. It'll be interesting to include this year. Yeah, and this is one of these challenging charts, though, because you look and you go, okay, right, I see it, but how much better is the reporting? Oh, look at this, yeah. So we go down to the 1900s and you've got like 12. It does look like a Bitcoin chart, doesn't it? It does look like the Bitcoin chart. If anyone's seeing this, you'll have to just go on YouTube and see it. Danny, you'll stick that in the show notes, right? Yeah, I don't know how much weight you can put on these early years, though. Yeah, well, but any of it, I wonder how good the reporting, because this could come down to how good the reporting is. So I could try to be as objective as possible. It might be that the reporting is getting better, but it certainly feels different. I know last summer in the UK, we've had an entirely wet summer this year, although today in the UK is at record, or yesterday they had record high temperatures. But last summer was insanely hot. It felt like in the UK, you never seem to get the heat that feels like you're in the Caribbean, and it did. And my football team, we're going to play games where the pitches were just dry as fuck. The grass was yellow, it was weird. It was stuff I'd not seen. I remember specifically one game we're at, we had to stand in the shade because it was so hot. That's the kind of thing I've experienced in Las Vegas and Barbados, not the UK.
Let's Talk About It
A highlight from Episode 67: Maternity Housing, the good, the bad, and the beautiful An Interview with Faith Cintron
"Hey welcome back to Let's Talk About It with Jackie and Megan. We like to talk about things that are messy, awkward, hard, or controversial and create a space for healing. Well hey everyone welcome back to Let's Talk About It. Today we are joined by Faith. We are so excited to have her on. She was one of our favorite co -workers back at our job where Jackie and I actually met. It's been a long time coming. But we are going to talk to Faith today about running a maternity home, sort of the good, the bad, and the beautiful. So before we start, Faith could you just tell our audience a little bit about who you are, what you do, fun fact about you. Yeah yeah and and I asked for apologies ahead of time. I'm working tonight and I just had a mommy baby pop in for a second so there might be crying babies. There might be some interruptions. So I am Faith Centron. I've been doing maternity housing ministry for 12 years now. Seven of those have been with the organization I'm currently with. I don't know if we're name dropping or not. And yeah I love it. Fun fact. I don't have any fun facts. Yeah yeah I kind of exist on a plane of insanity so like every day of my life is just hilariously funny. I mean you just taught someone how to make meatloaf. That's like pretty fun. I just taught. We have two residents from Colombia and they have only been in the country for a very short time and so when we were menu planning this week I said let's try American food and I taught her how to make meatloaf and they actually liked it. I think because ketchup. I have learned that Colombian ketchup on everything and that was what won them over. Nice. Can't blame them. A fun fact is that Faith and I both went to the same university. We did. Before I did. Yeah before you did. I don't know how much sooner before I did. I don't know how much older you are. I think a lot, Jackie. I think a lot. Fairly at all. Like a year. Yeah we just missed each other. We totally should have besties on campus. Totally. Well awesome. Wow. 12 years in maternity home work. That is pretty incredible. Did you do anything to celebrate like 12 years or 10 years or anything? I didn't and it like and the anniversary like just passed. No I didn't do anything. So it's still time to celebrate. Right well you know I am where I'm actually taking a week -long vacation starting next week. So I guess that will be my celebration. Yes well deserved. So you've been doing this line of work for a long time and what motivated you to become involved in maternity housing and did you ever think that this would be your career for 12 years? Yeah I you know it kind of happened by accident as all good things do. You know I grew up in a in a very large, very Catholic, very pro -life family and I was actually thinking about this the other evening. You know my my grandparents probably sometime like the early 90s they met this homeless pregnant woman outside of their church and they brought her home and they and she lived with them until their baby until her baby was probably a year old and it was just like I think my grandparents did it wasn't a big deal but like it came to mind I was unloading the dishwasher and I was like huh they kind of set this groundwork and they were very very active in their you know in their in their pro the pro -life organization at their church.
Bloomberg Surveillance
Fresh update on "year" discussed on Bloomberg Surveillance
"Longing to have my diploma at age 30 Carissa finished her high school diploma if you're even Considering getting your high school diploma. You can do it. No one gets a diploma alone If you are thinking of finishing Your high school diploma you have help find free adult education classes near you at finish your diploma org. finishyourdiploma .org Brought to you by the Dollar General Literacy Foundation and the Ad Council. Live from the interactive brokers studio broadcasting coast to coast Bloomberg 1130, York, New Bloomberg 99 .1, Washington, Bloomberg 106 .1, Boston, Bloomberg 960, San Francisco Sirius XM 119 the Bloomberg Business App and Bloomberg .com. Bloomberg surveillance. And there you have it the opening bell at the New York Stock Exchange. I'm John Tucker with the opening Bell report stocks losses extending rates again in the driver's seat US Treasury 10 year yield that climb nine basis points to a high of 452. This a level last seen back in 2007. A foot locker and Nike points for lower open as Jeffrey's analyst downgraded the stocks over looming consumer headwinds. S &P 500 11 points lower that's down 3 tenths of a percent. Dow The Jones industrial average 73 points lower and that Anzac 100 right now 47 points lower down three tenths of a percent right out of the gate. We check the markets for you all day long right here on Bloomberg Radio. I'm John Tucker that's the opening Bell Report. Paul and Tom. Thanks so much John Tucker greatly appreciate it. Our team over the weekend just did a great job of saying okay we're not doing 60 ,000 foot stuff. let's I said get into some market Annularity into this week and into a shutdown which Mike McKee says is really going to give us some challenging and data capture in that guess that we made on Thursday or Friday the team come up with market watchers, allocation strategists like Phil Camparelli, JP Morgan Asset Management, Portfolio Manager to speak to us today. What's the urgency here Phil right now I've got down 70 on the Dow I've got a VIX out over 18 not a big deal but I got correlation I got currencies moving strong dollar and I got yields that give pause. What's the to do right now into October? Yeah good question Tom and Paul good to be with you here this morning and you know I say that people are focused on the rate story as you just mentioned the Kenyans are at a tight level since 2007 and you know as Mark Twain said it's not what you don't know that gets you into trouble it's what you absolutely know for sure that just ain't true and that was the recession call this year I mean even the Fed fell for it in March by basically giving a summary of economic projections Tom that look like we're going into recession this year. This Tom I want to be really clear. This is a high class problem. The reason why 10 year Treasury notes are at 450 is not because of runaway inflation like it was last year but because of a soft landing narrative Tom that we think is firmly taking hold with the upgrade to growth last week the downgrade to the unemployment rate and inflation going sideways. Like if somebody would have given us this forecast six months ago we would have been cheering for something like this. And I think this Tom this all goes back to the consumer. We spoke about it last time. We spoke about how the average mortgage rate is 3 .6. Doesn't matter if the mortgage rate at the bank is seven and a half. If consumers are paying 3 .6 they're in good shape. But even more important just I looked at this Tom. The cash rate is actually higher than the 3 .6 average mortgage rate for the first time since 1984. You get positive carry in cash versus your mortgage rate. And Tom that leads us all to the no recession view only a 20 % view of recession over the next 12 months. And we really like high yield here 20 % of our fund is in high yield credit yielding 8 %. Well I think that's a great trade. Wow. So I mean the recession calls seems like it's off the table for you is that right Phil because I mean having that exposure to high yield suggests that. Yeah Paul we never had it as our base case. Okay. We got it as high as about 40 % in March. We're at 20 % now. I think this kind of all goes back to not only the resilience of the consumer balance which I spoke about a minute ago but even the high yield index. The highest wall of maturity is in 2029 because reified consumers and corporations reified during COVID and I think we're reaping the benefit of that right now and I think that's much more important than things like a government shutdown or a student loan moratorium. So So moments ago the giant for years at Credit Suisse and now at Mizzou, Dominic Constom, published a terse research note. It's on the edge of Bruce Kasman and he said I'm quoting Paul exactly. We think the Fed may have inadvertently made a significant error. This is in the ether out there Phil Camparelli. How should our listeners position themselves for suddenly, suddenly the Fed, suddenly believe the dollar the suddenly of October and into next year? Yeah, good question Tom and I think you mentioned the really important word for us as asset allocators, which is correlation. Last year was the first year since 1974 stocks and bonds went down on the same year. If the Fed as you mentioned is in fact making a policy error that's going to be really bearish for growth, I think that allows the fixed income part of your universe to help you if risk assets are selling off, which would be the opposite of last year. The one scenario that right tail risk of reigniting inflation, that's what we're not positioned for. Now it wouldn't be as bad as last year. I think that would be a 6 .5 % settle fund rate. Again, that's not our base case. So that look would a little bit like last year, but ultimately this all comes down to correlation. Our philosophy and our foundation is that bonds will protect you. And I think in that environment that you're talking about, I'm looking for protection 10 year yield, higher 9%. We got a yield of 4 .53 percent rounded up in the 10 year yield. We've got disinversion in the curve. And Paul Sweeney, if my eyes don't fail, wow, out to a new level. Wow. 2 .14 And the real 10 year yield, Paul, this is the first time I've said this, start 7 framing .95%, dare I say 8 % 30 year mortgage. Oh boy. all That's we need. All right. So Phil, if I'm there on high yield, what's your call on equity then? So equities are a little bit of a tougher call here because I think there was some premium, Paul, was that built into some of the magnificence 7, where you have a Fed possibly pivoting to an ease. That's the only pivot that really matters. If they pause and stay on hold, you know, that's not as good for the long duration in quote equities like some of those tech names that were positioned for that. But these are still high quality companies. Our position on equity is we're a little underweight, neutral the US, underweight the rest of the world. And we believe that that 8 % yield on high yield versus long a -term capital market assumption of 8 % on the S &P 500, we would much rather be in something like high yield, which just is a little bit cleaner for us with less volatility in the denominator and Sharpe ratio, which is again one of the things that we really care about.
Evangelism on SermonAudio
A highlight from The Evangelist and the Church
"At the In your outline at the top of the outline that I will read when we get there I'm going to intersperse those throughout the message those verses and in a couple other ones Christ Bible Church has been involved with over these many years that we've been in existence quite a few evangelistic opportunities in In the corporate life of the church Very early on we were involved with the Bay Area Rescue Mission going there. We still are We have had individuals who have gone street preaching Prior to the pandemic for almost 20 years we were involved with two prisons State prisons San Quentin and Jamestown prison where a couple times a month Several of us would go later once a month, but but always there for almost 20 years I see several people who helped at the Chinese New Year's Parade where we went there to hand out tracks had quite a big turnout to hand out tracks there the gospel fest of course our brother Gerard who in addition to street preaching goes over to Cal Berkeley on a regular basis of several times a week and Today we have it turns out we have another evangelistic opportunity that we're going to talk about in the subsequent business meeting and The message is really tailored to that Issue and so the message is going to kind of be narrowly focused on the idea of evangelism Obviously, there's much to say about evangelism, but I'm going to be very Narrowly focused and you can see from your outline in the bulletin That we have two points. We're going to talk about the role of the evangelist in the life of the church and then we're going to talk about the church or the role of the church in the life of the evangelist and Though the message is quite maybe narrowly focused it it has Application I believe to all of us not just to what we want to talk about at the meeting So in the first place this morning We're going to look at these four a sub points as we think about the role of the evangelist in the life of the church We're going to talk about the existence of this role or the stated role secondly the need Thirdly the example of Philip the evangelist and as we trace through the life of Philip the evangelist, we're going to see several characteristics or traits about this evangelist What makes an evangelist what do they do? How do they act? What do they think and Then fourthly under this point. We're going to look at some precepts For evangelism that we're gonna gonna kind of broaden our thinking a little bit about this and then secondly and more briefly We'll talk about the role of the church in the life of the evangelist first of all the role of the evangelist in the life of the church Before we talk about a very specific Spiritual gift or calling or role We acknowledge that the whole idea of evangelism is really broadly stated especially in the New Testament actually Throughout the Bible but but especially in the New Testament If we were to try to come up with a very simple definition of what an evangelist is We would say it is simply someone who brings the good tidings of the gospel The good news of the gospel glad tidings of salvation through the Lord Jesus Christ They're a messenger with the good news of the gospel One of my favorite verses That illustrates this definition is in Luke chapter 2 where those angels appeared to the shepherds by night Remember those shepherds were very fearful and the angel said simply this fear not Behold I bring you good tidings That word in the original is almost identical to the word evangelist.
Stephanie Miller
Fresh update on "year" discussed on Stephanie Miller
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Tech Path Crypto
A highlight from 1265. NFTs Are DEAD! ...Again | Mainstream Media vs Creators
"Let's talk about NFTs today and where the market might be heading and what is the future of the non -fungible token. We'll talk about all that for you guys. You don't want to miss this one because I think whether you love NFTs or don't like them, this is gonna shed some light on really what the future is. So stay tuned right here. My name is Paul Baron. Welcome back in to Tech Path. All right. Couple of things I want to hit on. A couple of tweets out here. NFTs are officially dead. 95 % are estimated to be literally worthless with pieces from the top collections only worth around five to ten. Roughly 25 million are sat on dead assets thanks to celebrities, endorsements, etc. Now this was coming over from Market Insiders. All right. And I want you to understand that this is process the typical that happens in innovative spaces. I remember, you know, in the era is, you know, when you look at just the birth of the internet. Is the internet dead? Is it a fad? Then the birth of social media. Social media is junk. It'll never be anything. Maybe not. And then, of course, mobile. You know, the iPhone will never make it. The BlackBerry will rule. This has happened so many times. Okay, so right here we have a piece on Market Insider. This was the actual hit piece. Let me kind of zoom down into the things they talked about. Are NFTs dead? The answer is yes. 23 million people hold these worthless assets. Then further in, fewer than 1 % have a price tag above 6k, a far cry from the regular million -dollar deals of two years ago. Don't take this out of context either because I'm kind of, you know, poking fun at this article. Mainly when you go to the actual source of where this actually came from, what they actually said was this. Is that while the situation does look bleak, in our opinion, however, NFTs still have a place in our future as we still maintain that once dust is settled we'll start to see an evolution with the NFTs. NFTs either need to be historically relevant, similar to the original Pokemon cards. So I think just that statement alone, the fact that they even compare this to the original Pokemon, to me, is groundbreaking. And I think they, the researchers, understand Market Insider does what they always do, which is sensationalize this stuff for clicks. The point is, is that we're talking about major movement in the NFT space in a time in which everything feels like it's dead right now. The traditional finance markets, etc. I want to go to this first clip. This might surprise you. Courtyard is a marketplace that tokenizes trading cards. Those cards then are put into an escrow vault powered by Brinks. You can then tokenize your card or collectible or whatever that you have on Courtyard and then sell that as an NFT. Now before you hear what you're saying about NFTs, I don't want to hear it. So they just did this drop here that sold out in seconds, literally bought it. This is a 1999 base set number 10 Mewtwo listed for twelve hundred and ninety five dollars. Now, if you go to like card collector and eBay and all that stuff, you'll see these prices are pretty much the same, maybe slightly more on this because it's the flexibility of oh, you don't actually need to have the physical item. If you want to claim this item, you can go through and you go here and then you say, I actually want this. I want this real card. Like I want to put this card behind me on the wall so everyone can see.
Bitcoin & Crypto Trading: Ledger Cast
Fresh update on "year" discussed on Bitcoin & Crypto Trading: Ledger Cast
"And some are going to be forced out because you're refinancing a loan and you can't make it work anymore in your business. I mean, look at these tech valuations. You know, Instacart valued at $39 billion, came all the way down to sub $10 billion when it went public. That's going to put cold water on a lot of tech businesses. Any growth business, tech business, their valuations, tank. Crypto businesses, valuations, tanking, seed rounds, tanking, because they're willing to give you less because you need to then go generate revenue. Nobody wanted you to generate revenue two years ago. Everybody wanted you to grow. Now it's like, hey, where's your revenue, bro? The size of the rounds is down. Someone asked if it affects my businesses. Absolutely. It affects my startup. It affects other businesses that I'm interested in. The cost of financing is a major impact on your business and on your demand for what do you do with capital that's borrowed, whether that's VC, PE, small business loans. You have a yield that you have to provide on the capital that you borrow, and then you have to provide a return on that with either immediate payment or payment from a long time from now. If it's a credit card, you owe it every month, right? If it's a VC backing or something like that, you may not have to return it for 10 years, but they're expecting a return.
Hearing Jesus: Daily Bible Study
A highlight from 388// Faith and Compassion: Understanding Matthew 6:1-2
"Do you sometimes doubt if you're truly hearing God's voice or if it's really your own? Or have you been in a season where it feels like He's completely silent? Have you been praying for a way to learn how to hear His voice more clearly? Hey friends, I'm Rachel, host of the Hearing Jesus podcast. If you are ready to grow in your faith and to confidently step into your identity in Christ, then join me as we dig deep into God's Word so you can learn to live out your faith in your everyday life. Through hardship, you persevere. Through toil and sweat, you succeed. You dedicate years to fulfilling the calling on your life. Why do you go to such lengths? Because you were born with a purpose. You are a Christian leader with the desire to change this world. As a student and graduate of Regent University, you will gain the education that will prepare you to lead in such a time as this. Say yes to your purpose. Visit regent .edu slash learn more. If you're worried about money, you're not alone. Two -thirds of Americans say they're stressed out because of finances. Rocket Money is here to help. Rocket Money is a personal finance app that helps track your spending by letting you set custom budgets and sending you alerts when you're about to go over them. Plus, Rocket Money lets you see all of your subscriptions and cancel any ones you don't want with a single tap. To learn more, go to rocketmoney .com slash offer, or download the Rocket Money app from the Apple app or Google Play stores.
The Bitboy Crypto Podcast
A highlight from Bitcoin Bull Market: What No Ones Telling You!
"Anytime you start making paper Bitcoin, or paper silver, or paper gold, and what do I mean by that? Futures, ETFs, stuff like that, that creates paper version. That's not actual spot, right? So anytime you do that, yes, the same money that comes in to buy it, so that they can actually short it, and they could keep it down with unlimited money and unlimited leverage, they could keep it down indefinitely, or until they scoop up as much as they want, when everyone loses interest, and then it takes off. What's up, everybody? Good morning, good afternoon, and good night wherever you're tuned in from. Welcome to another Saturday edition of the Alpha series here on Discover Crypto. My name is Kelly Kellum. Welcome to the show. If this is your first time, and I hope to guarantee that it's not going to be your last time, we've got an excellent guest lined up for you today. Mr. Jesse Olson is going to be breaking down what it means to cut the noise out of all these narratives from FUD and HOPE. Look at the chart, let the chart do the talking for you. So without any further ado, let's go ahead and dive in right to our guest. And I want to ask him a question right up front. Jesse, first off, thank you for being here, but do you think we're still going to get another bull run, bull runs like we've seen in the past, or do you think all these new institutions coming in and big money players coming into the market are going to change the dynamic of what a bull run is in Bitcoin? What's your thoughts? What's up, Kelly? Thanks for having me on. I appreciate it. And we should have some fun here. Coming from a trading standpoint, right? I'm going to come from a trading standpoint and a point of view. When I first got the first bull run, right, 2020, 2021, I was still learning. And yes, I was doing pretty good 2021, really good. But the whole time I was saying this, I was like, please give me one more bull run after this, right? Please give me one more. I'm not 100 % certain that we get another bull run like we did on the last one. And I'm not as optimistic with the big institutions coming in. And I wasn't back in 2020 and I wasn't in 2021. Because coming from options, I know that manipulation is in there because they want to make money. They have billions, if not trillions of dollars. They've had algorithms for, I don't know, 12, 15 years or longer that are probably where us retail folk are at now, right? And they have the money behind it, right? So when futures were created end of 2017, I think Bitcoin started to become more correlated. Then there's trusts like GBTC. And if there's ETFs and stuff like that, I think it will become more correlated. I think it's amazing for traders, right? I just don't think that if I'm wrong, I hope I'm wrong because I will do much better, right? I will do much better if we get a massive bull run. But if we don't, it's because it will become more of a trading thing than it will be a long -term great. I just, you know, it can't be that easy. And if it is great, we'll all be there, right? I'm trading Bitcoin. I'm trading it with leverage. I welcome that. I make way more money on a long position with leverage than I do on a short position because, A, the leverage you're gaining profit and the coin value is going up. But on the short side, the coin value isn't going up, it's going down. So I collect more coins, but the coin value isn't going up. So first and foremost, I do want another bull run and I beg for another bull run so all my snipers can participate and they can make money as well and change their lives. But I'm not certain that it's going to happen. And I would be surprised if they allow it to happen. If big companies are coming in, you know, I don't know. We'll see. It'll be interesting to see. But we'll be there if it does and we won't be surprised if it doesn't. Put it that way. Now, Jesse, I have to say how much I appreciate people that are in this space that bring a balanced view because everybody thinks it's just going to go up, up and away, especially considering the fact that we have the halving right around the corner. Do you think the halving is going to be the primary driver of if we do get a bull run? Do you think the halving really truly is going to have an impact on price action? What's your thoughts on this? I have a couple of thoughts on it. So one, I think the halving will still play a factor, right? If all things are the same, if the same, you know, if the one there's a couple of things that could hurt it. Right. So Bitcoin has never Bitcoin came out after the 2008 crash. Right. So it's never experienced a dot com bubble crash. It never experienced 2008 crash. I have. I went back to zero. I lost everything. So for me, the up only left me a long time ago. Right. Like, I know it's not up only when I thought it was up only in my mid 20s. Right. So for me, a couple of those things. I do have hope for Bitcoin. I do believe on some level they'll be able to manipulate it and suppress it. If you look at gold and silver. Right. Gold and silver should probably be $30 ,000 an ounce by now for gold. And silver should probably be $1 ,000 per ounce by now. And because of paper, silver and gold should probably suppress it. Right. So I believe those are probably should be worth a lot more. The one positive with Bitcoin is anyone can go buy spot Bitcoin much easier than silver and gold. Right. I've bought silver and gold and they deliver it to you in a weird package and it's heavy. Right. It's not easily transportable and all that stuff. So there are some positive about Bitcoin. Right. So, you know, who knows what the agendas are? I don't. That's why I stick hyper focus to the charts, because I don't know what the backroom deals are happening. I don't know the narratives. I don't know any of that stuff. I'm not a top point one percenter making those decisions. So the only thing I can do is trade the charts. But, you know, going back, if we do get this bull run, I do have some reasons why, you know, like you said, you brought up one hundred fifty thousand. I do have a couple of reasons why that I could see Bitcoin hit one hundred and ten, one twenty five and maybe even top would be like one hundred forty thousand dollars. But that's a lot of what ifs. So, you know, we will take it level by level and swing trade the heck out of it all the way all the way up in the bull run. If we get another bull run, that's kind of like the topping that I would see price it. So now I appreciate that answer. And I'd like to shift gears here for a second, because you've been trading for years, years before Bitcoin was even around. And I'd like to dive into that experience a little bit and throw it back to the beginners out there, because we do have beginners that are out there still right now. But disproportionately, as we get new bullish impulses, especially in Bitcoin or the rest of the altcoin markets, we're going to have a huge number, a huge influx of new people into the space. So what would you say if you had that? Maybe not a secret sauce, but a beginner's pack, a beginner's sort of encouragement and the need to knows and the need to uses for people that are starting from scratch. Maybe they don't have a pro trading view account. Maybe they're not buying one of our indicators of one of your indicators or some of the many paid indicators out there. There's a lot of free tools. So what would you say for beginners getting started today or at any point in the future? Where do they start? How do they dive into this? Yeah, definitely. I mean, you know, first and foremost, like before this, I would say salvage as much capital at first as possible. I feel like the faster you want to jump in to make money, the faster you are going to lose money. So it sounds generic that, you know, learn first. Right. But say you already passed, you're going down discovery road and you're trying to learn and develop your own strategy. Right. Well, if you're on trading view, for example, you can get a relative strength indicator for free. If you're on trading view, free platform, you can get the MACD indicator. I think that's the most commonly used for beginners is the MACD indicator. And just before you do anything else, just study it and study it some more and then back test it and develop a strategy based off of your back test. There's an amazing replay button on trading view that you can go back and kind of after you develop a strategy, you can easily go back and hit the replay video and see what that, you know, how that kind of plays out in the past. It doesn't mean it's going to happen in the future, but you can get an idea over time of back testing with the replay button. That's probably number one. And then paper trade. I know it's not exciting. I know I didn't do it. I jumped head head first. I would have five digit wins followed by five digit losses. And it was brutal. Right. And I've never had a six digit loss, but I've had six digit wins. But I've had five digit losses and it wasn't until the five digit losses that made me like I made five digit wins with basically hardly any strategy whatsoever. And that was probably the worst thing that could happen. The best thing that could happen is that I had the five digit win loss and it made me go back to the drawing board. It made me reevaluate my whole life. What am I doing in trading type of thing? That aha moment. And that's when I really went obsessive on the charts and developing my own strategy. I saw other people's strategies out there. And when I would back test it, I went through a phase where I back tested so many other people's strategies. I would just say, didn't work. This doesn't work for me. This doesn't work for me. And every strategy could work differently for different people, especially on different timeframes. So develop something that works for you. Find a timeframe that works for you and your lifestyle. Some of our snipers, they can't do swing trading on the daily chart. They don't have the patience for it. They're scalpers. They're day traders. So you got to know yourself too. And then at that point, as you're graduating from paper trading and back testing, the next level is maybe risk some lunch money. The amount of money you and I would go off for like a nice lunch. And if I were to buy your lunch, I don't even think twice about it. Like something that I'm not even going to lose sleep over. Then I talk about doing lunch money. Then maybe you do lunch money with leverage or blah, blah, blah, or a little bit more money with spot, right? So you got to take it in levels and kind of make it a systematic approach. And if you treat it like a business in those levels, that's when you're going to have a better chance of making it. Otherwise, if you jump straight in and you want to go 50 X leverage, no strategy, no experience, no back testing. I guarantee you blow up account. I guarantee it. One of the things I say is like, if you're, if you're trying to double down, like you were doing well, right? So a couple of things that I've talked about in coaching is that, and by the way, I don't do live coaching anymore. I have recorded coaching, but I don't do live coaching. It's just too much time and energy. But when I was doing those live coaching calls, we talked about this and we talked about that. You know, every time you win a trade, if you're treating it like a business, you pull out, for example, I pull out my personal strategies. I pull out 50 % out of that trading kill and I take it out of the digital world and then go maybe put it in the physical world or diversify in some other way. Right? So you're always taking a piece off, always taking a piece off. And one of them, one of the students is like extremely young. Right. And, uh, I, I said, Hey, what are you gonna do with your winnings? Right. He crushed it. And I was actually jealous of his trade. He, he actually nailed it on high leverage. And I'm like, I'm like, go buy your mom something nice. Right. So not only take like money off the table, but it's the whole mindset. If you're not taking money off the table on each trade, what happens is you're up. Like you were say, you know, $50 ,000, $100 ,000, $10 ,000, $1 ,000. Maybe you're brand new. You're up $1 ,000. And that's the most you've ever had. You want to flip that into $10 ,000, right? Then you want to flip that into a million dollars. And that's, and that's what you just fell into that same example you just gave you fell into that mindset. And you only can do that by learning the hard way. So what you have to do is be more systematic about it. And after a win, fighting the urge of going back in and instead of going all back in, you're, you're pulling some out and then you're, you're, you're going at the new, every trade you have to treat as brand new and instead of jumping in and out is everything lining up on the charts, just like it did the first one, you nailed the first trade. And a lot of times this happens when you're, I talk about it, you'll have like nine winning trades in a row and we're human. We're not robots. I'm not a robot. I know I'm most likely to have a bad trade after I've had nine in a row. Why? Because my confidence is so high. I've skipped steps, right? So if you skip steps because your confidence is so high, that's when you're most likely going to have your next loss. And if you forget to put, and if you make a mistake on that, you forget to put in a stop loss. You do too high of leverage. Next thing you know, you're having a major setback and a change. It sets you back not only on financially, but mentally. So be cautious. Once you are making the wins and you are winning like nine times in a row, you're going to have a loss. And usually it's because your confidence is so high, not because you're, you've been on a losing streak, right? So just want to point that out. And it was based off what you're kind of talking about. You're winning. It was the bull run. And then all of a sudden you went all in with more leverage and took a $70 ,000 loss. So you learn from your mistakes, right? Yeah. Well, I got to say, I couldn't agree more with you on all those great places to start for beginners and how utilizing a lot of those free tools that are available to you to get started, to understand the mechanisms of all these tools that you're going to be utilizing when you're doing price analysis and trying to figure out when to buy and when to sell. It's not just about looking at price action. It's about looking at those underlying data sets that can give you an edge as to when trends are going to shift. So with that being said, I have to say, Jesse, thank you so much for being here. Thank you for taking your time to share your thoughts with us and your lens on this market. And everybody, if you want to see more of Jesse, throw one in chat, comment down below, hit that like button, hit that subscribe button, ding the bell. And if you would make sure you head over to Jesse J -E -S -S -E -O -L -S -O -N, find out so much more about him here, all kinds of different content he shares on a daily basis, really breaking down charts. He even has his own Market Sniper Academy right here at MarketSniper .Pro. You can also find out more information on BitLab Academy right here at Academy BitLab. Follow me, of course, at Kelly Kellum, K -E -L -L -Y, K -E -L -L -A -M. Make sure you check out bitlabacademy .com. We have all the tools and courses and strategies and the community that can really help you dive into this space and understand what is going on. Self -custody, trading fundamentals, psychology of trading, on -chain analysis, candles, candle patterns, indicators. There's so much in here as a point. Join us here in BitLab Academy. You can still use our coupon code GIVEME30 for an additional 30 % off your first month. I hope to see you in there in the Discord and over on the BitLab Academy daily YouTube stream right here at youtube .com forward slash at BitLab Academy. I'll see you there. I hope you all have a wonderful day. Have a wonderful weekend. Get out of the charts and we'll see you in the next video. Adios.
Accelerate Your Business Growth
A highlight from Making Cyber Security a Superpower
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RADCast Outdoors
A highlight from Pack Wisely, Hunt Confidently: A Two-Part Series with Mike Kentner and David Merrell
"This episode of RadCast Outdoors is brought to you by P .K. Lures, Bow Spider, and High Mountain Seasonings. Fish on! Hey, RadCast is on! Hunting, fishing, and everything in between. This is RadCast Outdoors. Here are David Merrill and Patrick Edwards. Well hello and welcome everybody. Back to the RadCast Outdoors podcast. I'm David Merrill. We'll have to excuse Patrick Edwards today. He is traveling on the road and I am home between hunts for a momentary break in time. I actually was out trying to fill an elk tag this morning and was rather unsuccessful at filling a tag but had a great morning anyways. Fall is in the air guys. It's definitely time to get your gear, get out of the woods, and go enjoy it whether you're fishing, hunting, hiking, or backpacking. I've asked a former guest and another guest to come join us today. I've got Mr. Mike Kentner with me. Hello Mike. Hello. Glad to be here. Yeah, we were out looking for a few elk this morning and hiking around and I twisted his arm and said let's talk about what's in Mike's backpack. As you guys know I like to go hunting and over the years gear has changed dramatically from when I first started in the mid 90s and certainly from when you first started, right? Absolutely. In the early days we carried a fanny pack, nobody carried a backpack. Nobody had the idea Everly stock came out with I think to coin the phrase go in light come out heavy to be able to pack out when you went in. The early days we never did that. It's all kind of a newer concept in my world anyway. And I started in the scouting industry doing 50 milers and that kind of stuff so I had a pretty good grasp on what you should and what weight should be on how to navigate through the mountains. I had some orienteering, some compass, some basic survival under my belt, some first aid and some safety. But you have to put all that together and then you've got to start putting your backpack together and there is so many options now compared to when I first bought a $10 book bag from Walmart and put a few things in it and went hiking around saying man this and when we harvested stuff for the most part I threw a quarter on my shoulder and went hiking down the trail or I went and got horses or a dirt bike or a quad or a four wheeler but for the most part western style stuff it was I remember getting one of the very first real hunting backpacks I got was a fanny pack style. Yeah that's what we all started with back then we carried just the basic essentials maybe something to light a fire with, stuff to take care of your game if you put something down and then if you shot anything you walked all the way back to camp empty changed out for a metal frame and went back in for your meat. Yes and those metal frames have pretty much gone the wayside. A few guys still have them there's some companies making some really cool ones now and what you mean by metal is an external just a frame pack no bag attached nothing. It had a load shelf on it you set the shelf on tight most time they didn't have straps you had to use paracord or some kind of cord to tie your meat onto the pack. Now backpacks have obviously evolved the idea of backpack hunting has evolved and we're discussing a little bit today you know when I'm going on an expedition style Everest climb style hunt I'm taking a completely different kit than I am day hunting elk from the truck. Right everything down to I may use the same frame the same base frame but my bag load will be different I use a very small bag for my day hunts like today I use a 2800 inch bag for my day hunts and you go over a 6000 for a long hunt if you're going in for five or six days or more. Now day hunting what is your backpack in a way versus when the difference between a four day hunt and a ten day hunt you only have food difference you've got the same spotting scope the same shelter the same clothes for this kind of discussion a little bit we're basically going to talk day hunt or multi day now if you're talking four day or ten day that the only difference there is you're adding six extra days of food realistically same if I'm only going two nights then I might do something different but if I'm going for four to five nights I'm doing the same thing I would be doing if I'm doing ten to twelve nights. Yeah as far as your overnight gear still is pretty much the same. So that leads me to this first question is and I used to the first year or two elk hunting here in Wyoming I took my 7000 cubic inch bag just compressed it all the way down ran it empty and hunted with that but it stuck up so much higher than my head every time I duck under something I'm getting hung up so I switched to a 1850 Icon Pro from QU years ago I'm now running the Stryker XL from Kefaru that's my day bag and it's inch and then I throw a Sherman pocket and a guide lid and a claymore so now I'm like 3000 cubic inch but I don't have that completely full and we discuss this how full do you run your 2800 in day hunt mode? My day in day hunt mode is less than half full of what I pack and then I have plenty of room for jackets clothing depending on the weather any of that kind of stuff I'm gonna have in it but my base bag with my everything to take care of game and everything is less than halfway full. So some of the things that are in mind that I can think of is I always have a small first aid kit right nicks cuts scrapes burns some aspirin and then I have a kill kit usually involves I actually really like to use rubber gloves I grew up not doing it but when you're doing multi day multi hunt multi tags it's really nice to have a pair of rubber gloves to keep a little bit cleaner while you're processing but you definitely need those game bags I run six game bags how many do you run? Usually five I keep five in there for elk and big stuff it's always five and the reason guys I'm why running more than four quarter bags is well you've got neck meat back straps tenderloins I like to keep those two separate and what I've found is when we're doing either llamas or horses it's really easy even if we're backpacking and we've got to hang the meat away from bears I like to have all four of those quarters in their own bag and then I need two more for the rest of the stuff and sometimes I even like to grab another bag to put capes in. Yeah it's nice to have one for your cape if you're in the backcountry and you think you're going to have an animal mounted it's nice to have a cape a bag for your cape go as well so I usually carry like when I shot my bull this year I had six bags in me with me at the time so I have my five I primarily put meat in and then I have one backup one for the cape to bag it in so you need a good quality bags and quite a few of them. I don't typically pack water filtration in day hunt mode sometimes I like to run an algae and a bladder bag and I just fill that up in the morning and typically that's four liters of water I can pretty much make it through a day on that much water yeah I'm starting out a little heavier but I don't have to stop and pump during the day so do you what do you do for water in typical day hunt mode? I run bladder bags two liter bladder bags and so I usually run either one and a half or one liter and a two liter or two two liter bags so I'm running three to four liters and but I do carry the small Sawyer water filtration pretty much everywhere weighs under four ounces does about a pint at a time you got to refill the bag but it is a good way to get some extra water if you need it.
History That Doesn't Suck
A highlight from 143: The Meuse-Argonne Offensive (pt.2) Breaking the Kriemhilde Line
"It's just past 6 a .m. on a cold, misty morning, October 8th, 1918. We're with the doughboys of the U .S. 82nd Division's 328th Infantry as they battle their way westward through the thick trees and rough terrain of the Argonne Forest. And I don't say battle lightly. The Germans are putting up a fierce fight. Right now, the 328th is on Hill 223, a position they managed to take last night. But before them, the triangular -shaped Eyre Valley is filled with death. German shells are dropping like yesterday's rain, while German machine guns seem to be mowing down every brown -clad Yankee in the first platoon. Good God. If these Americans are going to survive, let alone have any success, they're going to have to take out these machine gun nests. The task falls to G Company, and amid the battle's chaos, Sergeant Bernard Early is ordered to slip off on the left and flank these gunners. The sergeant gathers 16 men, 3 corporals and 13 privates, and together they stealthily move through the thick brush. The hope is that they can sneak around the German machine gun nests and capture them from behind. It seems to be working. They make it through the brush and ascend a tree -covered ridge without being noticed. Here, the 17 doughboys begin to debate their next move when they see two Germans passing through the woods. Noting their foes' Red Cross bands, the Yankees hold their fire, instead ordering them to stop. But both refuse. A doughboy then fires, after which the whole detachment pursues. The two terrified Germans get away, but as the Yanks continue down another ridge, they soon stumble upon a small cabin -like structure. It's a command post. Dozens of Germans are here. Stretcher bearers, officers, military men of all stripes. Not one of them is armed. Bernard and his men emerge from hiding, rifles drawn, ready to take the whole group captive. With little choice, the Germans yell out, Comrade! and quickly comply. But just as the Yanks have their prisoners lined up, an observant Bosch machine gun nest opens fire. Six bullets rip through Sergeant Bernard early. Two corporals and six privates go down too, as do several German POWs. The survivors, American and German alike, dash for cover. This includes the lone surviving American corporal. A fair -featured, freckled, lanky Tennessean, Corporal Alvin York. Nothing about Alvin's hiding place is intentional. He dived for safety like everyone else. But by coincidence of where he was standing when the gunners opened fire, the corporal finds himself somewhat removed from the rest of his detachment, on a hill not far from that sad looking command post. His position offers him protection, and better yet, none of those German gunners can fire on him without exposing themselves in the process. And this is when Alvin's childhood days of hunting wild turkeys in the woods of Tennessee pay off. With German machine guns still firing, Alvin lies down in the prone position, aims his rifle, and pulls the trigger. A German gunner drops dead. The Tennessean pulls back the bolt on his rifle, ejects the spent case, and again, takes aim and fires. He does this again, and again, and again, using up several clips and eventually rising to a kneeling position. He doesn't dare let up, knowing that the minute he does, a German bullet will end him. Suddenly, six bayonet -bearing Germans, perhaps 25 yards out, come running down the hill at Alvin. It's here that his hunter instincts truly kick in, leading him to fire at the most distant of his assailants first, as the Tennessean will later write in his diary, and in his own local dialect, no less. I ticked off the sixth man first, then the fifth, then the fourth, then the third, and so on. That's the way we shoot wild turkeys at home. You see, we don't want the front ones to know that we're getting the back ones, and then they keep on coming until we get them all. Of course, I hadn't time to think of that. I guess I just naturally did it. I know, too, that if the front ones wavered, or if I stopped them, the rear ones would drop down and pump a volley into me and get me. But with his five -round clip half spent before these Germans even began their charge, Alvin has no time to reload as the front few close in. Again, instinct seems to drive him. He drops his empty rifle, grabs his .45 Colt, and manages to shoot every single one of them. He then picks up his rifle and continues shooting machine gunners. One of the German POWs, a lieutenant that Alvin mistakes as a major, and who speaks excellent English thanks to his years working in Chicago before the war, calls out to the Tennessean. English? No, not English. What? American. Good lord. The officer is stunned. The Brits are known for their highly trained sharpshooters, but how is this rookie doughboy such a gifted marksman? No matter. He's deadly. Nothing else matters right now. The lieutenant calls out, If you won't shoot anymore, I will make them give up. Alvin agrees, and the German lieutenant blows a whistle. Nearly a hundred Bosch soldiers come forward dropping their guns. One decides to throw a grenade at Alvin. He misses, but Alvin doesn't. As he'll later recall, I had to tick him off. Point made. No one else tries anything or complains as Alvin makes them carry out the nine American dead and wounded. These hundred or so Germans are now his prisoners. The German lieutenant tells Alvin that the way back to the American line is down a gully. No. Alvin might not know these French woods, but he knows mountains and forests. His sense of direction tells him the man is lying. Thrusting his colt into the lieutenant's back, the Tennessean and his seven fellow healthy doughboys march off with their massive train of captive Germans. They'll pick up yet more prisoners and American escorts as they make their way back to division headquarters in the village of Chateau -Chary. After delivering his prisoners, Alvin York returns to the 328th. The regiment's commanding general greets him, explaining, Well, York, I hear you've captured the whole damn German army. The Tennessean will later recall his answer. I told him I only had 132. Welcome to History That Doesn't Suck. I'm your professor, Greg Jackson, and I'd like to tell you a story. It's impossible to say how many Germans Alvin York sent to the grave in the Argonne Forest that early October morning. Some say it was 28. Conservative estimates go as low as 15. Regardless of the exact figure, Alvin's guns were the quick and the Germans were the dead. He silenced 35 Bosch machine guns and, as we know, took 132 prisoners. The Tennessean will soon receive the Medal of Honor and become a veritable celebrity back in the States. Quite a curious twist for a God -fearing man who had previously been a conscientious objector to the war. But that's the story of Alvin York. Alvin's is but one of many tales worth telling as we come to our second episode on the Meuse -Argonne Offensive. No one else is going to come across like a Hollywood action hero, but today, as we push almost but not quite to the end of this, the biggest campaign that the U .S. Army has yet fought, we'll see American forces push forward with the same Alvin York spirit and grit as they try to crack the thick, layered, and crucial German fortifications known as the Krimhilde Line. But as the Yanks make this push, their advancements, coupled with those of their allies on other battlefields, will make German leaders realize that this war is not only coming to its end, as the Bosch already know, but that they can't drag this out. It's time to come to the negotiation table. It's a winding path getting to this breaking point. On our way today, we'll again join flying ace Eddie Rickenbacker in the skies, see an enormous reorganization of the American Expeditionary Force, or AEF, witness yet another shouting match between General Blackjack Pershing and Allied Supreme Commander Ferdinand Foch, visit General Douglas MacArthur at one of his hardest, most heroic, yet devastating moments in this war, and listen in as some Native American doughboys become the first code talkers. That's right, well before World War II. In the end, we'll see if the Americans can turn last episode's frustrations and failures into victories.
History That Doesn't Suck
A highlight from 143: The Meuse-Argonne Offensive (pt.2) Breaking the Kriemhilde Line
"It's just past 6 a .m. on a cold, misty morning, October 8th, 1918. We're with the doughboys of the U .S. 82nd Division's 328th Infantry as they battle their way westward through the thick trees and rough terrain of the Argonne Forest. And I don't say battle lightly. The Germans are putting up a fierce fight. Right now, the 328th is on Hill 223, a position they managed to take last night. But before them, the triangular -shaped Eyre Valley is filled with death. German shells are dropping like yesterday's rain, while German machine guns seem to be mowing down every brown -clad Yankee in the first platoon. Good God. If these Americans are going to survive, let alone have any success, they're going to have to take out these machine gun nests. The task falls to G Company, and amid the battle's chaos, Sergeant Bernard Early is ordered to slip off on the left and flank these gunners. The sergeant gathers 16 men, 3 corporals and 13 privates, and together they stealthily move through the thick brush. The hope is that they can sneak around the German machine gun nests and capture them from behind. It seems to be working. They make it through the brush and ascend a tree -covered ridge without being noticed. Here, the 17 doughboys begin to debate their next move when they see two Germans passing through the woods. Noting their foes' Red Cross bands, the Yankees hold their fire, instead ordering them to stop. But both refuse. A doughboy then fires, after which the whole detachment pursues. The two terrified Germans get away, but as the Yanks continue down another ridge, they soon stumble upon a small cabin -like structure. It's a command post. Dozens of Germans are here. Stretcher bearers, officers, military men of all stripes. Not one of them is armed. Bernard and his men emerge from hiding, rifles drawn, ready to take the whole group captive. With little choice, the Germans yell out, Comrade! and quickly comply. But just as the Yanks have their prisoners lined up, an observant Bosch machine gun nest opens fire. Six bullets rip through Sergeant Bernard early. Two corporals and six privates go down too, as do several German POWs. The survivors, American and German alike, dash for cover. This includes the lone surviving American corporal. A fair -featured, freckled, lanky Tennessean, Corporal Alvin York. Nothing about Alvin's hiding place is intentional. He dived for safety like everyone else. But by coincidence of where he was standing when the gunners opened fire, the corporal finds himself somewhat removed from the rest of his detachment, on a hill not far from that sad looking command post. His position offers him protection, and better yet, none of those German gunners can fire on him without exposing themselves in the process. And this is when Alvin's childhood days of hunting wild turkeys in the woods of Tennessee pay off. With German machine guns still firing, Alvin lies down in the prone position, aims his rifle, and pulls the trigger. A German gunner drops dead. The Tennessean pulls back the bolt on his rifle, ejects the spent case, and again, takes aim and fires. He does this again, and again, and again, using up several clips and eventually rising to a kneeling position. He doesn't dare let up, knowing that the minute he does, a German bullet will end him. Suddenly, six bayonet -bearing Germans, perhaps 25 yards out, come running down the hill at Alvin. It's here that his hunter instincts truly kick in, leading him to fire at the most distant of his assailants first, as the Tennessean will later write in his diary, and in his own local dialect, no less. I ticked off the sixth man first, then the fifth, then the fourth, then the third, and so on. That's the way we shoot wild turkeys at home. You see, we don't want the front ones to know that we're getting the back ones, and then they keep on coming until we get them all. Of course, I hadn't time to think of that. I guess I just naturally did it. I know, too, that if the front ones wavered, or if I stopped them, the rear ones would drop down and pump a volley into me and get me. But with his five -round clip half spent before these Germans even began their charge, Alvin has no time to reload as the front few close in. Again, instinct seems to drive him. He drops his empty rifle, grabs his .45 Colt, and manages to shoot every single one of them. He then picks up his rifle and continues shooting machine gunners. One of the German POWs, a lieutenant that Alvin mistakes as a major, and who speaks excellent English thanks to his years working in Chicago before the war, calls out to the Tennessean. English? No, not English. What? American. Good lord. The officer is stunned. The Brits are known for their highly trained sharpshooters, but how is this rookie doughboy such a gifted marksman? No matter. He's deadly. Nothing else matters right now. The lieutenant calls out, If you won't shoot anymore, I will make them give up. Alvin agrees, and the German lieutenant blows a whistle. Nearly a hundred Bosch soldiers come forward dropping their guns. One decides to throw a grenade at Alvin. He misses, but Alvin doesn't. As he'll later recall, I had to tick him off. Point made. No one else tries anything or complains as Alvin makes them carry out the nine American dead and wounded. These hundred or so Germans are now his prisoners. The German lieutenant tells Alvin that the way back to the American line is down a gully. No. Alvin might not know these French woods, but he knows mountains and forests. His sense of direction tells him the man is lying. Thrusting his colt into the lieutenant's back, the Tennessean and his seven fellow healthy doughboys march off with their massive train of captive Germans. They'll pick up yet more prisoners and American escorts as they make their way back to division headquarters in the village of Chateau -Chary. After delivering his prisoners, Alvin York returns to the 328th. The regiment's commanding general greets him, explaining, Well, York, I hear you've captured the whole damn German army. The Tennessean will later recall his answer. I told him I only had 132. Welcome to History That Doesn't Suck. I'm your professor, Greg Jackson, and I'd like to tell you a story. It's impossible to say how many Germans Alvin York sent to the grave in the Argonne Forest that early October morning. Some say it was 28. Conservative estimates go as low as 15. Regardless of the exact figure, Alvin's guns were the quick and the Germans were the dead. He silenced 35 Bosch machine guns and, as we know, took 132 prisoners. The Tennessean will soon receive the Medal of Honor and become a veritable celebrity back in the States. Quite a curious twist for a God -fearing man who had previously been a conscientious objector to the war. But that's the story of Alvin York. Alvin's is but one of many tales worth telling as we come to our second episode on the Meuse -Argonne Offensive. No one else is going to come across like a Hollywood action hero, but today, as we push almost but not quite to the end of this, the biggest campaign that the U .S. Army has yet fought, we'll see American forces push forward with the same Alvin York spirit and grit as they try to crack the thick, layered, and crucial German fortifications known as the Krimhilde Line. But as the Yanks make this push, their advancements, coupled with those of their allies on other battlefields, will make German leaders realize that this war is not only coming to its end, as the Bosch already know, but that they can't drag this out. It's time to come to the negotiation table. It's a winding path getting to this breaking point. On our way today, we'll again join flying ace Eddie Rickenbacker in the skies, see an enormous reorganization of the American Expeditionary Force, or AEF, witness yet another shouting match between General Blackjack Pershing and Allied Supreme Commander Ferdinand Foch, visit General Douglas MacArthur at one of his hardest, most heroic, yet devastating moments in this war, and listen in as some Native American doughboys become the first code talkers. That's right, well before World War II. In the end, we'll see if the Americans can turn last episode's frustrations and failures into victories.
The Bill Simmons Podcast
A highlight from A Dallas Letdown, Taylor Swifts KC Date, Clevelands Crazy D, Chicagos Agony, and Week 4 Lines With Cousin Sal
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This episode is brought to you by our friends at State Farm. There's no playbook when it comes to life or any of the other stressful tasks that adulthood throws your way. So many of us lay awake at night going through a list of what ifs. What if something happens to our home? What if I get into an accident? If life gives you a bad bounce, State Farm has a play for every what if. You can reach them 24 seven. You can file a claim on the State Farm mobile app or you can simply call your agent with questions about your home or auto coverage like a good neighbor, State Farm is there. Call or go to statefarm .com for a quote today. We're also brought to you by The Ringer Podcast Network. I have a really, really good rewatchables coming on Monday night. Can't wait. It is my birthday tomorrow. So sometimes if my birthday coincides with rewatchables, which I think has only happened one other time, but we like to do a big movie. So that's where we're doing one of my favorite movies the last 40 years. Stay tuned. Coming up next, we had an action packed loaded week three. We're gonna talk Taylor Swift, Travis Kelsey. We're gonna talk about Miami putting up 70. Sal's team losing. We're gonna introduce a new character, parent corner. Sal sent his kid to college. Oh man, this is almost two hours. Let's get to it. First pro jam. Let's get to it. All right, taping this a little after 8 .30, Sunday night Pacific time. The hardest word come in and show business is here. Cousin Sal just watched Pittsburgh Vegas, a bizarre game, but we're not starting there. We're starting with your team. You're stupid cowboys. You compliment me and now that I see what you did here. Okay, all right. Your stupid team that I thought I could throw into a little 11 and a half Arizona, like throw a bit. All they had to do was run by two and a half. I had a FanDuel boost. I had real life money. I had a million dollar pick and it's like, of course they'll beat the Cardinals by two and a half. Rahim thought the Cardinals were tanking. No, no, that's not what happened. And now you're containing cowboys. They couldn't even make it to my birthday before they fell apart. They couldn't even make it to the end of September. Was that the goal? I guess had they known your birthday was a Monday. Yeah, they might've stuck around. I know, I know. I don't know what to tell you. It sucked. I had it tied to everything too. I had an Oregon this and the Chiefs this and the 49ers and the Cowboys and everything. And I didn't even care that they had three, essentially three offensive linemen out or that Trayvon Diggs got hurt. Not that I didn't care, but I didn't think it would affect this game. And then they just got, they went out there and got their asses kicked. 13 penalties and didn't force any turnovers and couldn't do shit in the red zone. And of course it's a double digit loss, jerks. I kept, I had in the back of my head Rahim's theory that the Cardinals were tanking and that they were only playing one, a good first half. And then they would throw away the second half because their real goal is Caleb Williams. So at halftime, I'm like, I'm not going to panic yet. Maybe the Rahim's theory, no. The Rahim's theory was not true. The Cardinals actually played really well. And your team, I will say, look, this happens sometimes. Usually it doesn't happen in week three. It happens later in the year. But the team that is getting smoke blowing up their butts, they have this easy game and say, oh yeah, we're going to Arizona. It's going to be half Dallas fans. This will be a layup for us. So we've seen this scenario, just not this early in the season. What worried me though, from a Dallas standpoint, forget about the offensive line and the blocking stuff. Cause you'll get those guys back. But you do seem to have like third and seven, third and eight if Lamb is covered, where do you go issued? Like, you know, not everyone has the Kelsey type, but you don't have the Devontae Adams. You don't have really any of those guys. You don't have that big physical tight end in the middle. You don't have the awesome, you know, James White type third down running back who's going to get open. And you could really feel it in the red zone. They were one for five in the red zone today. Yeah. I mean, you know, what's his name? The tight end who went to Houston, I already forgot his name from Dallas last year, was our second lead. Schultz was our second leading receiver last year. So yeah, there is something to be said about that. And I do want to put it in proper perspective. If the Eagles lose to Tampa Bay, which is a possibility tomorrow, the week is a wash in the NFC East, right? That means everyone will have lost. So I don't want to get too crazy, but it did expose, you're right, everything I always worry about. Can Dak come up with a big play down the stretch? You know, are these injuries too much to overcome? And Mike McCarthy in that play calling, it really seemed like we were up 12 points trying to bleed the clock, not down 12 points. And it's like, oh, maybe he's just afraid to throw it. And then when we saw, he threw into three defenders and you cleverly quipped, how did they know which of the three were to intercept it? Yeah, that was kind of wrenching. That was an angry text to yours. I was just angrily texting. Like it was your fault that I was losing all my teases. Yeah, he just threw into three guys on one of the biggest plays of the game. Complete panic throw.
Veteran on the Move
A highlight from Bank of America Military Affairs with Lindsey Streeter
"Army veteran Lindsey Streeter leads the Military Affairs Strategy at Bank of America. He joined the Bank of America family in 2016 upon retiring from the U .S. Army as a highly decorated command sergeant major with 31 years of military service. He's been a leading voice in Bank of America's commitment to recruit, develop, and retain military talent, and Lindsey was recently named 2023 Veteran of the Year by the Military Times. Coming up next on Veteran on the Move. Welcome to Veteran on the Move. If you're a veteran in transition, an entrepreneur wannabe, or someone still stuck in that J -O -B trying to escape, this podcast is dedicated to your success. And now, your host, Joe Crane. As a member of Not -for -Profit, Navy Federal puts members at the heart of every single thing they do. Find out more at navyfederal .org. Alright, we're talking with Army veteran retired command sergeant major Lindsey Streeter, who leads the Military Affairs Strategy at Bank of America. Also, the 2023 Veteran of the Year by Military Times. Wow, what an awesome award there and great title. So, Sergeant Major Lindsey, thanks for being here today. Before we get to talk about all the great things Bank of America is doing for hiring America's veterans, take us back, tell us what you did in the Army. How many years was it, 33, 34? Hey, Joe Crane, I'll tell you what, man. I appreciate the opportunity to be on the show here today. And yeah, it was just a little north of 31 years that I did. Started out as a logistician, was an Army parts guy. Spent a lot of time in aviation units, you know, chasing Black Hawk helicopters around, trying to keep them flying, and I did that for 10 years, and then I transitioned over into recruiting command where I absolutely found my niche there as an Army recruiter. Ran a couple of recruiting stations, found a lot of success running those stations, a lot of promotions that came along with that, and ascended into leadership in recruiting command, ran the Army recruiting school, ran two companies as a first sergeant, and I was tagged to go to the Sergeant Major's Academy. Came out of the academy and pinned on Command Sergeant Major and headed up to Nashville, Tennessee, to head the Nashville recruiting battalion there and part of the command team there. Did that for about three and a half years, and then the Army saw fit to bring me out into training and doctrine command to run a leadership academy to round out my career, so I served as the commandant of the NCO Academy down here at Fort Stewart, Georgia, where I retired and then smoothly transitioned over into Bank of America. Yeah, so Bank of America was your first job out of the Army? It was. It was. I had a soldier that had worked for me about nine years earlier, and he had been with the bank about a year and a half, and he called me one day. I was driving home trying to contemplate whether or not I was going to retire or take another position in the Army, a nominal position as a sergeant major, and I got a call asking me to send him a resume. I believe there's a little divine intervention at play there because I prayed a prayer for some guidance with regards to transitioning, and I got the phone call and I quickly crafted a resume and sent it in, and said he something that was profound to me. He began to talk about the company, but he knew me very well, and he said to me that you fit here at this company, and I don't believe there was any more profound of a statement that could have been said to me. I think when veterans are transitioning, they're oftentimes looking for an organization that they believe they'll go there and do good, but where do you fit? Well, within that organization, and my colleague believed that from what he knew about me and my traits of character, there'd be a perfect marriage with me coming to Bank of America, and I thank goodness that he gave me that call. Yeah, no kidding. I mean, talk about using your network. I mean, a guy I know used to work with him in the Army. He's there. He brought me in. I'm good. I mean, that's how you get a job right there, but let's face it. Most guys aren't that lucky. I mean, you know, especially nine years before you're eight, you've actually kept in touch with him, and it worked, but ultimately that's the golden goose right there. Yeah, that's the formula. I think if they know you and then they know the organization, it automatically triggers in their mind where to stop on the Rolodex when they begin to seek referrals to bring it to the company. So I was thankful that he thought of me, and he got it right. Absolutely. Now, over the years I've heard a number of things with Bank of America, and before we hit the record button, I was talking with you about, over and over we talk about transition and getting out and getting a job. A lot of us want to go into entrepreneurship, run our own business, but let's face it. Some of us, if you're the main breadwinner, you've got to go get a JOB in the meantime and work on something on the side. So transitioning and getting a job as you get out of the military is definitely something you still end up having to do even though you want to run your own show. And some folks think, oh, you're retiring. You're a member of the Paycheck of the Month Club. What stress do you have, man? You already got a check coming in, whatever. Sometimes it's harder to find a job when you're retired from the Army because you're older, you're stuck in your own ways, you've never done anything else with the Army. You're kind of boxed in, and companies are looking at you like, well, what can you do for me? You spent almost all of your adult life in the Army. It can be much more difficult to convince a company that you can still speak civilian and you're able to put on a suit and you're able to show up to work and blend in, and sometimes it is harder, you know? Yeah, Joe, you really touched on a few things that I found were a challenge, and we continue to, as we invite new talent into the company, to work on these veterans with those attributes of assimilation, as I call them, demonstrated assimilation. You know, less than 1 % of the country serves, and so we're scared when we go in, but we're absolutely horrified when it comes time to take the uniform off and to depart. And, you know, so you're entering a realm of the 99 % that did not serve, and so what you owe to them is not for them to bend to you, but for you to bend and mold and become one of them and to really demonstrate that. And I believe it begins with being humble during your interview, especially as a senior leader in transition. You know, a lot of times we want to boast about our leadership ability and leadership demonstrate capability because of our past and those things that are contained within our resume. And those companies, if you can lead, they're going to afford you an opportunity to lead, but what they want to know is can they trust you with their brand and reputation of this company? Can you get here and humble yourself enough and be vulnerable enough so that they can hang some skills on you and you can demonstrate business acumen and how to dress and how to really work in a collaborative environment that's demanded by corporate America? And so I thank goodness I had some coaching and some grooming to help me with those things, and I work for a company that spends a lot of time trying to get that right. And what we do is we've invested into the scaffolding that's required to ensure that our veterans smoothly transition. So we charged ourselves with not just joining a crowd of being veteran friendly, but we wanted to demonstrate that we're veteran ready, and we did that by, or we do that by being meticulous in our selection process up front. We want to give the veteran the best opportunity to succeed at the company, and we do that by matching up their skill sets with an opening in the company. So we want to get this right fit piece fixed from the beginning. And then we want to make sure that the living room is straight inside the house. And so we have a robust ERG in our military support and assistance group that helps us with onboarding of our veterans, and we pair them up with a more tenured and seasoned veteran, and they hold their hands for about the first 90 days that they're here just to get them through the fits and jerks of assimilation. And it's a soft space, right? It allows them to ask the stupid questions to match a pair of loafers with a belt, you know, to understand which color suit pattern that they need to wear. And so it's those sorts of things that they feel like they can feel safe and feel welcome while they're going through that transition. And what we're hopeful is that what we're seeing is that it closes the back door, and we know that because we survey them. We use employee satisfaction surveys, and we gauge the morale and the motivation of our veteran cohort that way. And so we're proud of that work that we put into those challenging times. And the other thing is that, you know, we have a problem with our resumes and bridging the gaps, bridging our skill sets. And so we know that, we understand that, and we try and take that into account when we're placing talent that those resumes may have gaps in them, that they may be missing pertinent information. And so we've invested in a veteran recruiter that helps us to look at those resumes in detail and tell the story that the veteran's resume may not be telling. Absolutely. Hold that thought. We're going to take a quick break. We'll be right back.
Latina to Latina
A highlight from How Reyna Noriegas Year of Responsibility Ushered In a Year of Rebirth
"Ladies, gentlemen, welcome to the colorful world of Skittles. Skittles brings you a jolt of five fruity flavors in every bite, giving you the chance to taste the rainbow like never before. Break free from the ordinary day -to -day with the help of Skittles chewy candy. Skittles is a must in my candy jar, movie snack, even my secret to an afternoon pick -me -up. And I don't even care who knows it. Add a splash of joy to your day with Skittles. There's nothing better than fruity fun that tickles your taste buds. Taste the rainbow. If you have seen Reyna Noriega's colorful and vibrant artwork grace the covers of Science It might be hard to believe that she almost forwent a career in the arts completely. We talk about what pulled her back, the year of responsibility that gave way to the year of rebirth, and her powerful message about ignoring the rush and the trends in the service of building something meant to last. Reyna, I am such a fan. Thank you so much for doing this. Thank you so much for having me, Alicia. All right. So you and I both have Cuban dads. Your mom is Bahamian. You grew up in Miami. How does the Caribbean then show up in your home? It's everywhere to the point where I'm spoiled and I didn't realize that not everyone lives like this. You know, from the meals to just the presence of just joy and music and how all of that is kind of like ingrained in how we interact, how we celebrate. It was such a vibrant upbringing. As an Afro -Caribbean Latina, I don't need to ask if you saw representations of yourself in the media because you and I grew up consuming the same media. We know how few and far between that was. And I think the damage that does is hard to quantify. What happens to a kid when you don't see yourself reflected back at you? Yeah, I sometimes mention like this cognitive dissonance that existed within me that I thought that my blackness came from my Bahamian mother when my abuelo is Afro -Cuban from Havana. You know, so like I'm seeing it. I'm seeing Celia Cruz and I'm seeing my family and it's not clicking. Well did you talk about race in your house? Not, I mean, I think there were definitely conversations, but not really with identity. I know that my abuela was very proud of her husband and that she had chosen to marry a black Cuban, probably against what was the norm at that time and what was accepted. And so that was vocalized, but they always joke with me. Like as a kid, I would say that I'm light black. Like that was my terminology. And so it's just like, you figure it out along the way. Reina, you go to FIU, you get a bachelor of arts in psychology, you minor in visual arts and English. What was the plan at that point? The plan was to figure it out and make my family proud. I discovered that I loved art and I was good at art in high school, but up until that point, I was just a scholar. So I was getting the highest test scores and the highest grades. When I made the decision to apply to colleges for visual arts, I was really happy about that. And I thought, you know, like, this is so fun. This is so great. And I chickened out during my orientation when they, yeah, FIU announced that they were doing a psychology pre -med track. And obviously it's every parent's dream to have a child that's a doctor. It wasn't forced on me, but it was definitely something that I was aware of. Like that would make my parents proud if I was a doctor. And I think the mind is really cool. I could do this. So I approached psychology for that reason, because it was like, if I ever decide that I want to do pre -med, I could do this. I don't want to cut people open. So this is a good way to still do both. And then I was like, you know, art, art is not a sure thing anyways, so I'll just keep it as a minor and I'll have it just in case. That's not how it panned out. It's only a few years after chickening out, taking the safer, more secure path that you really end up pulled back into the arts. What is it that happens in 2017 that you're able to commit yourself fully to a life in the arts? I think I saw throughout college that, you know, obviously as a psych major, I was supposed to do internships and all types of things to complement that. But every time an internship would come up for the arts, like that's what I was pulled towards. And so I did our Basel internships and things like that. And it just, I felt so free and I felt so much joy there and I felt so much possibility that it kept calling to me. And after I graduated in 2015, I got the opportunity to be a high school art teacher. And that was just supposed to be like a buffer period until I got my master's in behavioral psychology and figured out what direction I wanted to take. And all of that. And it just like, it really reinvigorated my love for the arts and the possibilities. And over time I experimented with different materials. When I became an art teacher, the courses were digital drawing base. And so that is where I learned illustration. I had not tried illustration before that, but I had to learn really quickly for my students and to appear like I knew what I was talking about. And so it was a great kind of like push. Like I didn't have time to say like, oh, I like this. I don't like this. I'm scared of this. It was like, you're teaching high school kids digital art and they expect you to know it. So you can go in there as a very young teacher and look like you don't know what you're talking about, or you can go in there confidently. Like, you know everything about it. And so it was pretty much like overnight. I had to teach myself Adobe Illustrator and some other like drawing apps that I could go through with my students. And yeah, it evolved from there.
Thinking Crypto News & Interviews
A highlight from BIG CRYPTO NEWS! XRP LEDGER NFTS SURGE! POKEMON NFTS POLYGON MATIC, $115 MILLION CRYPTO FUNDING
"Welcome back to the Thinking Crypto Podcast, your home for cryptocurrency news and interviews. If you are new here, please hit that subscribe button as well as the thumbs up button and leave a comment below. If you're listening on a podcast platform such as Spotify, Apple or Google, please leave a five star rating and review. It supports the podcast and it doesn't cost you anything. Well, folks, we've got some very big news around NFTs and I know some of you may not like NFTs or you've been burnt by NFT rug pulls, but NFTs are going to be part of the token economy that we are headed to. We've been talking about this for years and it's not so much the artwork or random Twitter users or crypto YouTubers and so we're launching NFTs, but rather big brands using NFTs. They already have a mass following, a lot of consumers and customers and so forth, and they are unlocking or helping you to unlock experiences and include exclusivity for certain services and products with NFTs. So here's the headline. Got to catch them all. Official Pokemon NFT trading cards take Polygon Matic by storm. So Pokemon obviously has a huge following to game the cards and much more. So the transition to the blockchain, the tokenization of these cards absolutely makes sense. People already trust the brand, right? They have established themselves as not being a scam. So NFTs here make sense. And once again, when this is pulled into the movie industry, the music industry and concerts and so forth, it's going to unlock a lot of unique experiences. And of course, there's a secondary market that you can resell these NFTs. And obviously I'm bullish on Polygon folks as the layer two scaling solution for Ethereum. So official Pokemon cards in the form of non fungible tokens are being minted over Polygon, taking the layer two scaling solution by storm in a lengthy thread on the social media platform X digital asset consultant, Sammy. ETH says that digital card boosters of the popular Nintendo franchise are being opened over the Matic blockchain and have already sold out by the hundreds. Some of them seeing 10 X increases in price, according to Sammy. ETH, the booster packs are randomized and initially cost $5 each. Some of them containing high grade cards that could be worth about $500. Here's a quote. Each pack costs $5 and had a chance of receiving one of any of the pre -disclosed cards. The randomization is executed fully on chain for transparency. Possible cards include PSA nine graded cards from 2000 with valuations of $500. So essentially folks, if you know anything about collectibles and trading cards and look, I, I collected, uh, Pokemon cards back in the nineties. And I have some, I think they're probably worth some money. That whole trading process and grading and, you know, getting the exclusive cards is going on chain folks. So I hope you see what's happening here. The of evolution many markets and the move into the being fully immersed on the internet and, you know, with a digital experience. So this is very bullish and you may say, well, I, Tony, I don't care anything about Pokemon who cares, right? Who cares about squirtle and Charizard and Pikachu. I get it. Look, I don't still, you know, follow Pokemon. I still have the cards that I hope maybe it will be worth some money as time goes by. But the point is it's going on the blockchain of the tokens. Many of you hold that's utility, and this is a big brand. This is a trusted brand, right folks. So this is what I'm looking for from an adoption standpoint. And it's one of the reasons specifically around polygon and Matic that I hold the Matic token, because I see polygon getting a lot of adoption from big brands. So to purchase the packs, investors can use either the stable coin USDC or a credit card. However, Sammy dot ETH says the packs now have a floor of around $50. Here's a quote to buy the packs. You can either use USDC on polygon or pay with a credit card. Anybody with zero crypto knowledge could acquire the packs. The floor is now $50, a solid 10 X from the mint price. Folks, this is bullish. In my opinion, the adoption, once again, not the NFTs specifically or their topics, but the big established brands minting NFTs and different things on the blockchain. That is what I'm looking for as an investor in these tokens. Now here's another example. The XRP ledger just set a brand new record when it comes to NFTs. So many of you may recall the XLS 20 update that rolled out about a year ago in October of 2022, which allowed the ability for NFTs to be fully functional on the XRP ledger. And we've seen a lot of adoption. So XLS 20 added the native non fungible tokens to the XRPL, allowing any XRP ledger account to generate own and trade an NFT on the XRP ledger. The standard in introduces native non fungible tokens to represent assets that are each unique, as well as opportunities to enumerate transfer and keep such tokens. Since the introduction of the NFT capabilities, the blockchain has grown dramatically and NFT activity continues to expand. According to Bithom statistics, 1 .9 million NFTs have been minted since the launch of XLS 20. A total of 29 ,584 accounts currently own over 1 .65 million NFTs. The amount of over 1 .28 million NFTs was transferred or sold. On its official X account, Bithom reported these statistics in celebration of NFT day. And here's the tweet with all the statistics. So really great to see this is happening on the XRP ledger. Obviously, it's happening on multiple blockchains. But folks, whether once again, you hold any NFTs or not, this is part of the future. But once again, we want quality, not bullshit, right? Because there have been a lot of scams, a lot of issues. The NFTs actually have to have utility. And that's the key to unlock exclusivity, additional experiences and much more. Now, quick word from our sponsor, and that is Uphold, which makes crypto investing easy. I've been using Uphold since 2018. They have 10 plus million users, 250 plus cryptocurrencies, and they're available in 150 countries. You can also trade precious metals and 37 national fiat currencies on this platform. You can easily swap between all three. So if you'd like to learn more about Uphold, please visit the link in the description. Now we have some very big news around crypto funding. And I like to look at this news because it gives me an insight into what investors are investing in, who's raising capital, maybe some of the TradFi incumbents coming in, right? And this is important news because that capital will be deployed in the market. So Blockworks, they usually do a weekly crypto funding roundup. They said crypto funding startups raise $115 million across gaming, custody and institutional services.
Blue Collar Bitcoin Podcast
A highlight from BCB128_TIM NIEMEYER: History Echoes Bitcoin
"You know, the phrase Bitcoin fixes this, I really think it incentivizes this because what you're talking about is incentive, take these incentives away. What is there to do? Free societies lead to an increased quality of life for that very reason. Controlled societies lead to a decreased quality of life for that very reason. This is the Blue Collar Bitcoin Podcast, a show where average Joe firefighters explore the most important monetary technology of the 21st century. We talk Bitcoin, we talk finance and we talk shit. Welcome back into the Blue Collar Bitcoin Podcast. This week, Josh and myself dance sit down with Tim Niemeyer. Tim is the co -host of the Lincoln Land Bitcoin Meetup in Springfield, Illinois. He has a background in technology. He was a U .S. Air Force avionics technician. His degree is in psychology and his day job is as an elementary school teacher. He also loves history and he just authored a book titled History Echoes Bitcoin. Those of us who have spent any time studying Bitcoin recognize that it's like a sprawling, gorgeous cave. One small entrance leads to larger and larger chambers, each one blowing your mind more than the one before. What you thought was just some bizarre and useless internet money morphs into a species altering idea that could foundationally improve human cooperation. During this chat and in his book, Tim does a marvelous job leading us into the Bitcoin cave and exploring how Bitcoin's design and incentives mirror a variety of powerful and recurring patterns throughout history. Bitcoin's a big idea and history illuminates why. Speaking of history, one thing it teaches us is that too much trust in other human beings can leave you exploited and broke. We recommend that you keep at least a portion of your net worth in an asset you can fully control. And when it comes to Bitcoin, that requires you embark on self custody. We both use the cold card and there's a reason why this device has stood the test of time and is used by a large percentage of hardcore Bitcoiners. It's because it fucking works. It's reliable, ultra secure, easy enough to use, but still gives you room to grow if your technical aptitude and appetite increases. You can use code BCB that's BCB for a delectable discount on the cold card or visit the cold card link down in the notes for discounts on a bunch of their products, including the block locks. Couple of other quick shout outs and codes if they're helpful for you. If you do plan to attend Bitcoin Amsterdam coming up quick here in early October or Bitcoin 2024 in Nashville next July, take 10 % off your tickets with code BCB. These ticks aren't getting any cheaper, ladies and gents, so jump on it if you do plan to attend. Also open enrollment is upon us. If you have healthcare needs or healthcare bills and want to save money while supporting people rather than large insurance companies, check out crowd health at join crowd health .com and use code blue. That's code blue for a big discount on a three month trial period. Lastly, do us a huge favor folks. Can you just sit back, relax and strap in for a cosmic and occasionally comical romp with Tim Niemeyer. Tim, welcome to the show, man. You wrote the book History Echoes Bitcoin and I'm reading this book and I love history and obviously we love Bitcoin. So it's a great book and it reminds me, and I think you should take this as a high compliment. I don't know if you guys, either of you guys have read this book called Lessons of History by Will Durant. It's a short, it's very similar to yours and it's like short essays on different topics. This book is phenomenal and the fact that your book reminded me of it is I think high praise and if anyone hasn't read either of these books, you should read them both. Thank you very much. Thank you for helping me by the way. Appreciate that. Yeah, we're delighted to have you. It's a fun, interesting, very important angle. This kind of book and this theme that we're going to explore today really peels back the magnitude of Bitcoin. Like there's probably a newcomer or two out there listening that's like, I thought this was just some stupid quickly passing fad of fake internet money. And this is the kind of book that's saying, no, this whole decentralized protocol thing we call Bitcoin, it's hitting on some of the deepest, most powerful and important threads that date back through the history of our species. I mean, even if Bitcoin doesn't work, I think we learn a lot from Bitcoin. Obviously the three of us think Bitcoin is going to work, but my takeaway from reading this book is just a healthy reminder when I finished it. Bitcoin is a really, really big fucking idea. Absolutely. I mean, from what you're saying, it makes me think of the phrase in Bitcoin zoom out. So many in Bitcoin, we tend to hyper focus on the little things on the details of the code or whatever, the 21 million, this that, but when you zoom out far enough, you see how all of these ideas, all of the properties that are expressed in Bitcoin, they've been with us kind of throughout history. We've been wanting to be free of asking for permission or being censored or whatever. When you zoom out far enough, you're forced for the trees kind of thing. You're able to see how this all kind of comes together. 100%. Before we go too deep, let's rewind for a second. Who the hell are you? What do you do? You kind of have a little bit of an interesting story. We've never had anyone on here that's teaching music to kindergartners, Josh. So, Tim, who are you? Introduce yourself. I'm Tim Niemeyer. I'm from central Illinois. I grew up around here. My father was a farmer. I did a few years on that and I was thinking either do I want to be a farmer my whole life or do I want to see the world? So I ended up going in the Air Force, spent a couple of years in Japan, traveled around a little bit. And then after tour of service, I decided to go to college, got into psychology, got into elementary educating.
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The Bible in a Year
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"And secondly, <Speech_Male> that the jubilee <Speech_Male> year you'd <Speech_Male> be restored to <Speech_Male> freedom. <Silence> You'd be <Speech_Male> <Advertisement> restored to freedom. <Silence> <Advertisement> We <Speech_Male> can look back on this <Speech_Male> and say, that's so <Speech_Male> backwards and <Speech_Male> so I don't <Speech_Male> get it. That makes <Silence> sense. <Speech_Male> But whenever we <Speech_Male> read the Bible, we have to read <Speech_Male> it in context. <Speech_Male> And the context <Speech_Male> here <Speech_Male> is <Speech_Male> <SpeakerChange> these are people. <Speech_Male> Who <Speech_Male> we knew absolutely. <Speech_Male> What it was <Speech_Male> like to be slaves, <Speech_Male> not just like <Speech_Male> <Speech_Male> not slaves where you got your <Speech_Male> freedom later on. They <Speech_Male> knew what it was like to <Speech_Male> have harsh <Speech_Male> taskmasters. <SpeakerChange> <Silence> It's <Speech_Male> got us saying, okay, <Silence> I'm <Speech_Male> helping you grow. <Speech_Male> Some <Speech_Male> allowing this now, <Speech_Male> but even how <Speech_Male> I'm allowing this <Speech_Male> has restrictions. <Speech_Male> You are not to be harsh <SpeakerChange> taskmasters <Speech_Male> and <Silence> <Speech_Male> and people get <Speech_Male> their freedom. <Silence> On <Speech_Male> that year of restoration that <Speech_Male> year of jubilee <Silence> oh <Speech_Male> gosh, in such a <Speech_Male> gift, again, because <Speech_Male> why? Because <Speech_Male> <Speech_Male> the plus one theory <Speech_Male> of education <Speech_Male> or God is helping <Speech_Male> these people <Speech_Male> move from <Speech_Male> level two to level <Speech_Male> three. <Speech_Male> Level three <Speech_Male> to level four from <Speech_Male> level four to level 5, <Speech_Male> but here we are. <Speech_Male> A lot of times as 21st <Speech_Male> century westerners and we <Speech_Male> look at this and we think <Speech_Male> that's crazy. Well that's <Speech_Male> <Advertisement> because God has <Speech_Male> already brought us a level 14 <Speech_Male> or whatever <Speech_Male> level we're at right now <Speech_Male> where we understand that <Speech_Male> this is problematic <Speech_Male> and got us <Speech_Male> saying, yes, <Speech_Male> it is. But <Speech_Male> we have to start <Speech_Male> somewhere. And <Speech_Male> what these people who <Speech_Male> knew what it was like to be slaves, <Speech_Male> we also, <Speech_Male> they also have to know <Speech_Male> what it's like not to be slaves. <Silence> <Speech_Male> Therefore, <Speech_Male> every 7th day rest <Speech_Male> because you're not a slave. <Speech_Male> Every 7th year <Speech_Male> rest because you're not <Speech_Male> a slave, and every <Speech_Male> 50th year, every <Speech_Male> 7 weeks of years, <Speech_Male> rest <Speech_Male> and <Speech_Male> set free, because <Speech_Male> you are not <Speech_Male> meant to be slaves. <Silence> <Speech_Male> The Bible <Speech_Male> is not meant to be straightforward <Speech_Male> to the Bible is <Silence> <Speech_Male> oftentimes an account <Speech_Male> of reality. <Speech_Male> And it's not always <Speech_Male> the best. It's not <Speech_Male> always the easiest. It's not <Speech_Male> always no straightforward, <Speech_Male> but it is <Silence> true. And <Speech_Male> it Even if <Speech_Male> we have to read between the <Speech_Male> lines to understand what <Speech_Male> it is that God is allowing <Speech_Male> and what it is that God is <Speech_Male> saying and what it is <Speech_Male> that God is trying to <Speech_Male> teach us today. <Silence> <Speech_Male> Let's keep praying for each other because <Speech_Male> sometimes we run into <Speech_Male> some of these Bible passages <Speech_Male> that we don't get. <Speech_Male> And whenever we do that, we <Speech_Male> just say, okay, lord, let <Speech_Male> me be humble before you <Speech_Male> help me to understand <Speech_Male> this. And if I'm <Speech_Male> not clear enough, <Speech_Male> meaning me father bike, if <Speech_Male> I'm not clear enough, <Speech_Male> look it up. <Speech_Male> <Speech_Male> Because I will <Speech_Male> not have all the answers. We're <Speech_Male> just doing our best <Speech_Male> to try to do <Speech_Male> this podcast every <Speech_Male> episode. In under 30 <Speech_Male> minutes or so, which <Speech_Male> means that I failed today. <Silence> <Advertisement> But <Speech_Male> <Advertisement> we're here, which means <Speech_Male> <Advertisement> we've also succeeded. <Speech_Music_Male> <Advertisement> Let's pray for each <Speech_Music_Male> <Advertisement> other. My name's father Mike. <Speech_Music_Male> <Advertisement> I can not wait to see <Speech_Music_Male> <Advertisement> you tomorrow. <Speech_Music_Male> God bless.
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"I will command my blessing upon you in the 6th year, so that it will bring forth fruit for three years. When you sow in the 8th year, you will be eating old produce until the 9th year. When its produce comes in, you shall eat the old. The land shall not be sold in perpetuity. For the landed mine. For you are strangers and sojourners with me, and in all the country you possess, you shall grant a redemption of the land. If your brother becomes poor, and sells part of his property, then his next of kin shall come and redeem what his brother has sold. If a man has no one to redeem it, and then himself becomes prosperous and finds sufficient means to redeem it, let him reckon the years since he sold it and pay back the overpayment to the man to whom he sold it. And he shall return to his property. But if he has not sufficient means to get it back for himself, that what he sold shall remain in the hand of him who bought it until the year of jubilee. In the year of jubilee, it shall be released, and he shall return to his property. If a man sells a dwelling house in a walled city, he may redeem it within a whole year after its sale, for a full year he shall have the right of redemption. If it is not redeemed within a full year, then the house that is in the walled city shall be made sure in perpetuity to him, who bought it, throughout his generations. It shall not be released in the jubilee. But the houses of the villages which have no wall around them shall be reckoned with the fields of the country. They may be redeemed, and they shall be released in the jubilee. Nevertheless, the cities of the levites, the houses in the cities of their possession, the levites may redeem at any time. And if one of the levites does not exercise his right of redemption, then the house that was sold in a city of their possessions shall be released in the jubilee. For the houses in the cities of the levites, are their possession among the sons of Israel. But the fields of common land belonging to their cities may not be sold, for that is there a perpetual possession. And if your brother becomes poor and can not maintain himself with you, you shall maintain him. As a stranger and a sojourner he shall live with you.
School Year
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"Opportunity to teach kids like hey sometimes you see the key to success is just reading the instruction. I just read the instructions. And you might see that. Maybe some of these answers can be used more than once. A lot of kids. Don't read instructions and they think they can only use one answer one time you know because he can use more than one time that's important. It also serves a vocabulary bill. Reinforce the value of learning vocabulary which can then emphasis though. There's all kinds of things you So that's that's how that's how i start. Michael started the door. Warmth and passion positively and then engagement deeper dives medicaid nation. Test building skills literacy building scales. Go encouraging kids to go deeper encouraging kids to take risks and then ultimately leaving them with something that they can take away the they can actually use this warm up again as they prepare for a test and i let them have let them keep them or if they're online they have access to them and say that's what you really need to review if you can if you can answer all those questions without looking in the book you're probably in great shape. You probably understand the content enough to really be well. I and so Multiple things are happening. Multiple values are being achieved. A multiple successes are possible. And that's that's my. That's my little speech foy today. I really hope that that helps. And i'd love to love to know what you do if you are a teacher or if you're thinking about or if you're struggling about being a teacher please drop me a line at history dojo at gmail.com and let me know what you do. I would love to know it. And if you're having any difficulty and you want to bounce some ideas off me semyon email you know and and and i am available by appointment to to work with anyone. Who's struggling as a teacher. But if you want if you want some help i i am available professionally to to give help to anyone as a as a as a teacher if you want to To work with me please. Let me know i would love to give back some of what i've a from this wonderful crazy career that each and that is enough out of me for one time and i certainly hope that you enjoyed this and they'll be back to listen again. Please subscribe if you can and you probably have heard that be are supported by our Patrons on petri on dot com slash history dojo at patriot dot com slash. Speedo joe you can become a supporter of this podcast and really let me know that. It's it's valuable to you. This is something that helps you and you can do it at any level of support from one dollar to five dollars to whatever dollar amount supports your bud. You know really what helps me is that it helps you. And that's really one way for me to know them and it also helps to defray some of the costs of hosting these painful subscriptions for these posted online for you to accidents so please consider becoming a supporter at patriae on dot com slash. That's enough out of me for one time. Thanks so much for listening. And i look forward to having you subscribe and i will be back again thanks everybody..
School Year
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"Right. it's okay because it doesn't count right. I can reinforce what we're doing and say it's okay to get things wrong leading. The students know that this is a safe space. This is a place where we can get answers. Raw and learn and stumble and struggle because the struggle is where progress really happened. And that's great so student gets a right again. Praised student gets it wrong again. Pray and then. I give him the answer right. Yes that's the right answer. No the answer. Is this or somebody else told me the answer. Yes that's the right so now we've got the right answer and here's where i can also add more double benefit were bonus because all right so we're doing the launch. We're doing the warm up. We've done a multiple choice question. Let me let me share something with you about this question. Let me give you a thirty second to sixty second mini lecture on why. This question is import adding more content. More understand hitting them not just or not just with writing but also with spoken word learning right and they're being connecticut at the same time because they're writing things down so i'm getting multiple learning styles going. I'm giving them deeper content. I'm teaching them medical condition. I'm teaching. I'm giving them positive rates. All of this is what's happening with the first three minutes of quests so that little mini lecture that thirty second to sixty second and yes i'll admit sometimes it's longer than sixty seconds when you're a teacher. Sometimes you talk too much. And i'm no different than any other teacher. But that can lead to an additional quest back me that can lead to additional like a question about that really what or can lead to a spark of interest right. I'm showing them how to use his how to make connections in his explain significance in his. And here's the other kicker right. If you wanna call triple benefit. I suppose it. It offers an opportunity for example. If there's a question and then there's the answer give be an example of that answer. And i won't just say give me an example of that said i will give you something if you give me an additional piece of information in you go taper. Can you go farther. Can you tell me an example of what you just told me. And i sit in on the hill about this. I'll give you a gold star in my heart forever. If you can tell me an example of what right so there it is that goldstar heart forever kids always. Oh my gosh. she's gonna give me something extra. Is it extra credit. Well yeah i kind of in my heart forever so no. It's not actually a point in your grade book but it's actually all we all really respect. You and i'll praise you all applaud. You which to some kids is worth more than a point migrate so getting the kisco further. Applauding the kids when they do or helping the kids if they don't go. I giving them that exam so three or four multiple choice questions. Maybe there's a short answer. That is the launch. That is the warm up. Maybe it's a critical thinking question. Maybe there's a pair pair share activity there but really. That's what happens in the i i to ten minutes glass right and we're already after when that's done we are deep into the history thing we are warmed up ready to go and they've already gotten more information than they would have gotten if they had just on the homework assignment and we did nothing out of already achieved multiple objective in that with student engagement student communication. You know formative assessments I could even make it a summit of assessment. But i wouldn't recommend it as you know. We don't wanna play gotcha with kids early morning. But you know it's like all of that can be done in the first ten minutes of glass and it really helps to then launched them into what's going to happen and that's what i would hit them with the agenda right after we after we do the law after that warm up then i go over the agenda and i can you know maybe explain how that launch the next to our agenda or if there's something in the lesson for that day i can always draw back to that agenda that warm up exercise you know and sometimes my objective for the class that day. We'll be one of the answers to the question in the launch in the warm up and And there in lies a great chance to achieve successor. Leon is nothing. Gets kids more excited than than achieving success. In the first five to ten minute by the idea being that you know you wanna you wanna get excited. You want to get them engaged and willing to learn willing to learn. A lot of kids aren't even willing to learn some time but if you can make it positive safe engaging deeper thinking citing fast paced in the first ten minutes it's going to be better than otherwise better than if you don't right. That's that's definitely something to think about And like i said there's a variety of ways you can do this it doesn't have to be one way and I you know you could do you pull out an old test. You know maybe kids got you know you just took a test and a lot of kids got question raw. Then make that the. Make that the warm the next day right. What's the answer this question that we all got this year. You know and then you know they might remember. Oh yeah elvis stuff where they think they got it right on the test but they didn't get it right on the test so you can talk about why things are right or wrong. You can talk about how you might answer question. What makes it difficult question when what are some of the pitfalls or the things that kids often get no wrong because they misunderstand there. I've even had warm up exercises where the instructions are a key to reading and to succeeding on the on the law on the up. And if you don't read the instructions you get it wrong. Boom another.
School Year
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"Or more each depending on debt. So the co if it's a three or four multiple choice questions i to do that too for a number of reasons Alpes three or four multiple choice questions from the test bank of the textbook that i use in. Us history class and give it to the kids. Ryan are posted online. I'll give up his. And i'll tell you know do your best. You should be able to answer these questions. If you read the and i'll give them five minutes and during that five minutes that's when i do my housekeeping chores right. Attendance email less second phone call and after those few minutes. I'll give him a one minute. Heads up hey. We're going to go over it and one minute. Kids are usually pretty intently. Trying to figure out the answers some of them are even looking them up in the book. Oh no how can they do that. That must be cheating now. It's not cheating. no not cheating. I want them to use the book and want them to look up the answers if they don't because that's all it's all about getting to learn tricking them into learning right and if they are looking things up in the book then on notice that this yeah okay so so and so is not reading well enough or not reading it all. Maybe i need to reach out to so and so and see if they need my help. You know these visual clues might more data picking up more data in informal assessment right so after five minutes of four multiple choice questions. I then get the whole class back together. And i could do one of two things i can have them. Share their answers with each other so that they're teaching each other the answers and that's good interaction for the kids gives me a chance to maybe talk one on one with students or or two who are struggling right to check in with the kids who i know will struggle and it gets the kids talking with each other always good if if i don't want to drag it out if i have a lot of stuff to do in a short amount of time maybe i don't do the pair share right with their neighbor. I'll just go over the answers with now. This is this is where things get a little conflict and really value. Tell the kids when it over the answers right now. Mark down the answers you get right but circle the answers you get wrong and marked on. The radio meant i. Emphasize do not erase the wrong answer and write down the right one mark which ones are right record the right answers and make sure you doubly note the ones you got wrong because there in lies the learning therein lies the learning of what they do not know i tell them you know. These are review sheets. Here's the here's here's the second valuable valuable thing about a launch or a up is that they're actually going to become test review sheets for whatever test we might have going down the road right. And since i pull the questions from the test bank And i might even use these same questions on the test. The kids know the. Hey wow this is something. I got to pay attention to. I've got their attention right. And they're thinking about his and it's like three minutes into the class and they've already done some and shared some in thought about some big went so they know to mark down the wrong answers so that they know what to study from and it also saves me time. I don't have to make a review sheet. Because i've been giving them review sheets every debt another win for me over the ans- and In this case. I could a randomly ask kids right all. I read out question. Read out the possible answers to multiple choice. If it's bill in the blank whatever and then i'll ask so and so hey what's up you don't know let's get an or raise your hand if you can answer and if nobody raises their hand. This is my chance for to say okay. This is a learning opportunity. Is a learning awareness moment for all of us because nobody raised their hand. Answer this question so that means. Nobody in. The room knows this answer. This is when we all need to make sure we know for the test. I'm teaching them study skills. I'm teaching them how to work in class to prepare for their for their test on the road and teaching them how to make sure that they know what so the next thing i do and i think you'll really like this is is also a double benefit off to me and the student and before i tell you i just want to let you know one more thing. This podcast is sponsored by my supporters on patriotic dot com at patriot dot com slash. History dough. job. You can find a archival all of the episodes from the school year as well as articles and podcasts not available on my blog history dojo dot wa if you want early access to learn more about my tips and tricks on teaching or just want to read an article that you might not find anywhere else on say the spying in world war two war how some of the most powerful americans self to finance the nazi party with all that is available for you on history doj vote at each dot com slash history doj. So please support the word by becoming patriarch of our of our podcast at any level that suits your budget one dollar to five dollars to ten dollars up. We've got a level support that will need whatever level of support you can off and it really goes far to making this podcast happened. It didn't give me the encouragement to know that the audience wants more and it makes me super proud to think that people are wanting to support this work because they find it valuable so become a patriot. Supporter of history doe. Does the school year at patriotair dot com slash history doj. Thanks so much. So i was just about to tell you how what i'm about to do has a double benefit. Both the students enemies. So we've already gone over already. Been at the question of acid is if they know the answers with the incident or the answer i tell them this is when they gotta remember at the pay close attention to and then suppose i ask a kid and he knows the israeli tells me the right answer boom. There's of great moment for me to praise him or her in front of every student in the class whatever pronoun the sudanese him her whatever. Great opportunity for me to start with the positively right off the bat. Positively really helps launched the class. It's a really great would want the room. Everyone here is welcome and the kids are doing a great work. And you gotta right. you're awesome. You're a hero. Oh if you didn't get it right now if he she or whatever personal pronoun the student wants us doesn't get it right. This is a chance for you to be.
School Year
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"And to and You know who i was i was more caught up. I think using the first day first moments of every class who kinda get the housekeeping chores dot. There's a law that you have to do when that bell rings you know. Teachers are required to make sure that the kids are in the room that they're sitting down their cell. Phones aren't out when i first started. They didn't have cell phones out. They didn't have iphone But you know today teach to me sure. There are no ear buds in oftentimes. There's a hat policy. That might be a dress code policy that you have to go through. There might be moments of drama or teenage emergencies that have to be dealt with at the beginning. Who therefore you can't be in front of the class or so much going on and then of course there's attendance. There might be announcements. That need to be made seating rearrangements that need to be handled for a quick phone call from the office usually comes into the beginning of class because somebody needs to go down to see their counselor or somebody's later somebody whatever so. There's a lot that happens in the first five minutes and part of the trick to making a successful warm up is to realize that that is normal that that chaos is to be expected and to anticipate that and to have this routine laid out so that students will be engaged with the material. While i'm running around like chicken with my head cut off trying to make sure that every email phone call or attendance record gets submitted or responded to talk right and so warm up helps me but it also helps them right it gives it gives me a breather to deal with all of that housekeeping while. The students aren't just sitting there looking at those ceiling right or or or doing something. They should do right. So it's a management tool in that sense but it's also a cognitive start right so over time it has come that i've begun to use those mon those warm up mumps to reconnect the students to things that they did before right that they did before Signs that they had done it could be previous test. It could be a previous discussion. It can be the very thing the last thing we did in our previous or it could just be something from the five to ten pages. They read for trying. Keep my homeworks homework. Assignments pretty pretty close pretty short. And i'll probably do another episode of homework. Homework means to me So go into detail on that but in the class usually begins right to the bell rings to start the day or to end the last class and i usually like to brite my students at the door. This is really when the warm up. And i'll have a a have the warm up ready to go off for them in the past or when the in the door opens up. I greet the students as they come in. Say hello to them in lively and energetic because they're usually not lively or energetic they're usually like oh my god my life is so hard and oh my god the drama. Oh my god the to the the outrage. Oh i hate you hate her. Oh i hate him. You know teenage right teenage angst and so just trying to be a positive happy face you know. This is a happy space. You're coming into. This is a teacher who cares about you. Who greets you at the doors as a low. Maybe even uses your name. You know that's another thing So that there's that connection so that there's that no where and so the kids come into the room and these days you know they. They typically have a warm up waiting for them and there'll be an an alert to that being posted on board either projected or written on the board there is A launch as i call launching them into the less or a warm up for lack of better term that they need to do right away and these days. I'm posting the on line because we've moved almost everything online for covert. The kid is absent. They can still have access to everything even if they're not in school so everything's gone on lot but in the past. I haven't had these things you know posted online for them and they work just as well right so In the past. I've actually greet the kids at the door and then passed out. The launch passed out the warm. You know when. I used to actually make copies of things in past not today no copy because obviously were inchoate so What i have done in the past is really quite interesting. It's all designed to have multiple uses for the students multiple uses for this and for our infamy. And before i can go into that i just wanted to tell you one thing i if you've missed any of the episodes of school year you're in luck. You can find an entire library of all of the episodes of school year available for free on history though dot law going over there and see what we've got. I also post a lot of other interesting articles that i've written on history which you might find interesting as well. I've written about diverse. The women's rights movement the gay liberation movement the revolutionary war. The loss spy planes ordered the time that we accidentally dropped three nuclear bombs on spain. All these things. Which i find interesting you might wanna take a look at. I suggest you go to history. Dojo dot logan if you wanna be alerted to anytime that a new episode of school year or a new article for me out. Subscribe at history doj dot block. And then you'll be sure not to miss anything so going over to his job dot block and see what you like. Thanks right so thank you for listening to that. But you know what i wanted to tell you was that when i when i hand out these papers or a handout or a host on line. What a launch. His warm up his The students will then look it and it's typically questions that are based upon the reading that they did the night before. This is a great way for me to see if they are doing the homework because if they can answer these questions you and then then they're probably reading and if they can't answer these questions than i can see that they are aren't reading. It's way that they're going to communicate with me without even knowing without them even knowing that their community. And i can do this by you. Know walking around the room and looking to see what they're writing Are they answering the questions or are they just guessing are they not engaging at all and i can make mental notes these things and help them eventually or re reachout say. Hey i noticed. You really weren't engage with the launch Over the so. That's one way to now. The questions themselves They vary right. It can be anything from just one just a question. I pulled out of the textbook right. It could be one of those questions that they put in. The margins techs to do that. It could be a question. I got from the end of the section. You know one of those critical thinking questions that has often in a standardized text book. Everything stellar unbelievably difficult. You can be just something simple. Might simply based upon what they did for homework or something we were talking about last time lap to make it really right as of course you know if they weren't paying attention last time class answer it now that's an important piece of. I want to know they missed the whole lesson last time right so now i can. I even throw up you know. The for the for the warm-up could be the objective question from my lesson plans from the previous class and have them expressed that in their own words and then after a few minutes. I'd go around. And i'd ask right so you know and i can draw names at random to do this. I can just a volunteers. Its first period probably have to draw names at random if its last period. I could probably just do volunteers. The kids can be sleepy or.
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"Who's interested in teaching might in teacher themselves or someone who you to the professional anyone who's curious to know more about what it takes to survive in a classroom over the course of the school year. Join me for a walk through the school. Learning how i do it and hopefully you'll share with me how you do it and how you kids to learn what it's like to be teacher and how we might get more people interested in what i think is perhaps one of the most affiliates and wonderful professions. There is to join me for school. Hi everybody this. Is tyler russ your host for school year. A podcast about my experience is a teacher in a public school. After twenty years of teaching and Lots of learning in the process. I feel like maybe some of the things that i do on a daily basis might actually be of interest or help to somebody else's starting out. We're just curious to know more about what it's like the a teacher egg public school so this episode today is one that i think you'll really enjoy. It's one that. I have been thinking a lot about recently as i have now reached the end of the third week of school for the year and things are starting to kind of settle in. Today's topic is going to be on warm ups. and how do you start a successful class To make sure that you know you with the way you start will lead to good andy. Reid successful productive learning for the students against the moment. The bell rings whether or not there in the room. And how do you launch the class. How do you. How do you warm the students up. How do you get the conversations going on whatever topic you're teach i from one teach social studies. I teach Us history. And i teach government. Econ that's an eleventh grade. Us history class and a twelfth grade economics class right now. In a few months it'll become a twelfth grade government class as their semester long courses but each one requires me to get the kids into that frame of mind so that they can actually learn to the best of their ability and so today. I'm gonna to talk a little bit. About how i go about doing that. How my process has changed over time. What's worked for me. What hasn't worked for me. And what i'm thinking about doing in the future so please join me for the warm up and how it works for me in the classroom but i. If you're enjoying this gas please feel free to go on over to history. Doj dot law. That's where i post articles and other podcasts. That i've recorded on a variety of top. Think you'll like it of written about things as diverse as the cold war. The revolutionary war women's history give the gay rights movement electoral politics impact donald trump a whole host of other topics to please check it out. See what she liked. And if you do a subscriber have to give your email which. I will never sell the anyone. And you'll be alerted whenever there's new podcast or a new article that folks go right now. I'm doing a lot of these teaching. And so if you wanna get the of reminded of whenever i find host these please check it out by subscribing history dojo dot. Okay so today everybody. I'm talking a little bit about how you start your class and how i start. My class has changed a lot since i first walked in that room over twenty years ago And you know i'm sure. A lot of people have have seen changes in the ways. The teachers go about their pedagogy How they go about structuring their class. Getting the learning going. And and i i want to start this conversation but saying that. I don't have any Any monopoly on how you do. I have the one way that students should be introduced to the classroom to the to the lesson to the to the learning and to the in they begin to engage with. What have what. I'm going to offer you today. Is is just what i do. And it's imperfect it doesn't always work but it works enough that keep doing it. And i see the impact and i explain how it impacts the students as well so i'm going to go into a little bit of what i've done before what i'm doing now at and how that might help so today You should probably know that. I started out this of in this job over twenty years ago. I think this is actually my twenty first year in teaching and as a result when i first started as i'm sure many of you who are veteran teachers who listen to this podcast. You probably don't do anything like you did the very first year or two years of teaching. They say that most teachers. I think it's over fifty percent quit after the first five years. If you can make it past the first five years you might have what it takes it easier because you know those first years are a really challenge because you are flailing avowed trying to find something that will work and to develop your own practice and a lot of people you realize in those first five years that it's a lot and maybe there are things that they would rather do. That don't require them to do so much. In order to achieve some sort of success their job maybe maybe teachers who stick with it after the five years it really gluttons punishment and and just accepted that maybe i like you know in about in failing more than i succeed because those successes are just so sweet when you actually find something that works well and it really turns a kid onto what you're trying to teach them. Those are the moments that teachers really. It paid more than any other profession. Those are the those are the most when you know you have actually reached a child. And you've made a difference in their thought process in their view world and they're experienced in life because of some little thing that you did that made a difference with right so warm ups can be just that and they're not you know there's lots of ways you can reach. Children students learners. The warm up is just the first thing that you can trot. So when i first started doing it. I would come into class early as many teachers do. And on the board. I would put A quotation of the day a quotation of the day. Or today this day in history in on i spent a lot of time trying to find good quotations or mom or things that happened in history that would be of interest to put on the board And i found that. I was doing this a lot. More self.
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"This is a small measure of equity at appreciation and compassion. So that's that's part of the grade book the in the last couple of minutes i have for today for today's episode on the grade book I just wanted to maybe talk a little bit about. What's going to happen the next couple of days because on on monday the next couple of days on monday I will actually be meeting my students for the first time in a very very excited about that. I'll be meeting my students on monday. And i'm not planning to do any any curriculum on monday. What you're not gonna teach your class. No i am gonna teach my class. I'm just not gonna crack. Open the textbooks right away. See one of the things should maybe devote my. No a future podcast. This is the first days are really important for creating connection establishing environment routines and to get to know them on a personal level and the them let them know me in a way. That's not just about history in that way we can establish that teacher student relationship and that That learning environment in which great things can happen. Trust has to be established first. Communication has to be established. I participation community. All of these things happened in the first few days so One of the things. I'm thinking i do eat on monday. In addition to seating charts and attendance and emergency procedures and blah blah blah blah is. I'm i've got my room set to go. I've spent a lot of time setting it up. I've got my walls covered in things from history. Controversial statements profound images of heroes and heroines from out throughout history and it is a feast for the eyes. Let me tell you. That's not not an accident that i try and give them an enormous amount of things to look at and on monday. I think after. I do all of the rigamarole with attendance etc etc. I'm just going to say. Hey look look around. The room might look around. Take a take a minute. Don't talk to anybody. Just look around the room. Read what you can think about what you see and if there's something that you like if there's something that you find interesting then i'll let me know what. What do you like or don't like about what you see in this room. What what interests you. What offends you what What part sparks curiosity and that is a good launch point for us to talk a little bit more and reveal a little bit more about ourselves along the way so. That's that's my hope. There my my last hope of course is a plea to you to to to like this podcast. Who subscribe to this. Podcast and to support this podcast. My this podcast is supported by those who support me on patriot. Dot com slash. History doj where you can become a supporter of this podcast at any level from a dollar to as much as you can give and that allows me the resources and the time to put out to you my thoughts about teaching and to hopefully hear from you as well because on pitcher dot com slash is rideau. Joe you can communicate with me and tell me what you like. Let me know what you want to hear more about. You can also drop me. Those thoughts and comments at history. Joe and g mail dot com. And i would love to hear something from you about what you'd like to know. More of what goes our subject. That i can speak to or is there something disagreement so please. Please let me know about that. History joe at g mail dot com. That's h. i. S. t. o. r. y. d. j. o. at gmail.com and patriotic dot com slash history belgium. Check it out. Please be a supporter and spread the word. And let me know on that you did. I greatly appreciate that. I appreciate you for coming and listening and record to sharing with you again next week. So thanks for attending. Thanks for showing up to the school year. This is big tyler. Rust your host for the school year and i grateful and i won't talk to you again soon. Thanks so much..
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"If not every student has lain awake. I laid awake at night pondering. You know their their their self worth over the letter that they are labeled with based upon a teachers evaluation of their schoolwork a. b. c. d. f. Now as we get older in his. You probably figured out those lenders. Don't mean anything actually. They really are very subjective. Regardless of the subject that one is teaching or one is a student of to to to grade. Students definitely is not a purely scientific or don't only data driven exercise nor should it be because of course education is in simply with the numbers. Reflect where we're dealing with people here young people people who are developing minds that are different at the end in the are at the beginning and how they measure up obviously is subjective. This is not something that is the same at the beginning that is it is at the end. And so how you measure achievement and understanding comprehension mastery. What are your whatever it is. You're measuring has somehow fit into. The standard is grading system that schools use everywhere which colleges then buy into and students by into society somehow buys into in we give awards based upon chart a future course of life because of our past success. So it's very problematic. The point i'm trying to make you know the grade book is a source of a lot of problems and and few answers and doesn't really reflect. Necessarily what a student is learning has learned and can do in the future as they start a my year I always have to sit down and on a computer somewhere. Open up the grading program that the district supplies to all teachers in this day and age. You know these are how we keep grades back in the day. Obviously teachers had little grade books. They would carry around with and right student's names and numbers in. It's basically the same thing now but just online but one of the things you have to do at the start of the years you have to establish what how you're going to measure right How you're gonna fit your observations your student data into your grade book and you know it in past years you know. I've i've adopted the grading standards that have been already preloaded into the great books. What what is it. Hey hey minus b. Plus now and so forth based upon percentages That somehow are reflected in the assessments. That i've created and given a number value to right obviously again. The problem is obvious. But what has what. I've done in the past is i've obviously been You know thinking about how these numbers can be. You know changed to reflect my own understanding of what is excellence. And what is needing more work or what is failure. And so one of the has to do with the start of the year. I look at the standardized grading values for an abc in d. And i adjust them so that there are larger margins for students to achieve the next highest or lowest grade because one of the one of the things and this is something that any any teacher will tell you a happens is that a student will come to you at the end of the year or the end of the semester and they will present to you the statistical data not not as an adult would just sort of saying. Look i have an eighty nine point four five six in your class. Can you round that up to a ninety and again it's just a bizarre discussion around a half. A percentage point of of what a student represents in their achievement over the course of months in my room and whether or not i will give them that. Half percentage point so that they can have the next highest letter grade which then will then open up more doors and opportunities for them down the road. It's really ridiculous. And so i don't like to have those discussions obviously I avoid those discussions by allowing for my grades to Reflect a much lower Entry points so from what. I mean but this might A the difference between an a minus and a b. plus is not the difference between an eighty nine and ninety right with an eighty nine being a b. Plus a ninety. Being a minus. I don't want that to be a problem. So i lower it. I actually make. I think an a minus is something like an eighty nine and p pluses something like an eighty eight meaning that you know if a student comes to me and says oh i haven't i haven't eighty nine point five. Well yeah great. You have an a already so don't worry and that throws them and If a student comes to me and says oh. I have an eighty eight and can you give me an eighty nine so i can get a ni- an a it'd be like well you know no because You wouldn't get that in any other class. i've already kind of given The lowered the bar for you to get an a. Or i would just give them the a you know. I mean i think what new has be. A part of this. Discussion is what grades really mean really depends on the perspective of the teacher giving the grade then if when i look at a kid if a kid is a worked hard as an honest broker has put forth when i feel to be authentic. His authen his or her authentic self into their work and has achieved in struggled and grown over time than sure among meaningless half percentage point here or there is entirely okay and you know again as educators or a students over his parents we have to understand that you know what is an a for one student is not necessarily an a for another student. there's a a great standup of wanna call him a A slam poet Who has talked about what teachers do and He said something that i'll never forget. He said that as a teacher. I can make an a minus feel like a slap in the face and make a c. plus feel like the congressional medal of honor. I think about that right. So if a student gets an a. Minus right that might reflect the this is the student who can produce amazing. Work has the the ability to really be outstanding on a regular basis and just decided to not not give their best and as a teacher while the work maybe outstanding. The students effort the students focus the students. Buy into that assignment. Maybe wasn't reflective of their best work..
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"If you hadn't heard as a lot of haters a lot of people have opinions about justin bieber or about bt s and It's one way for me to connect with the kids and a fun. Lighthearted way the silly way because i i will tell them how much i quote unquote love justin bieber and they just laugh. They can't believe an eye joke. I play it off. I played really seriously. No no no. He's like he's my spirit. Animal right on. I'll i'll actually talk to justin across the room. You know and the kids will die laughing at this. When i you know i i. If students are doing their work all as it. Just justin what. Can i do get these students to do their work or just. Please help me right now. i'm not gonna make it And they'll just totally center them again. It'll take us out of any sort of stressor drama of the moment. When i when i called down the power of justin bieber upon our class and so i i i recommend. I suggest that you find some sort of silly thing to put into your classroom as well. Oh another another little another little silly thing i do. Is i on my desk. I have a framed picture very small five by five by five. Something like that three by five a framed picture of leonardo dicaprio and you might think leonardo dicaprio has nothing to do with history. Why is he in my classroom. Leonardo dicaprio was in the movie. Titanic and the movie titanic movie. A lot of these young people have seen or heard of her. Then they know leo from his other films as well. I mean guys international superstar. But i have a picture of young leo on his desk because he is hot. And that's how. I say to the kids and that and they find that to be so funny so silly and i just tell them how much i loved leonardo dicaprio. How hot he isn't that movie and they just think that is the funniest thing and so do little funny things like this. That aren't serious and And break the ice and make you make you into a comic relief right. I guess in terms of setting up your classroom. You have to think about your sitting up yourself right. You have to be able to to be the butt of the joke to be the silly guy to be the clown because it can't be all serious all work all the time and when you set up your classroom you wanna think about how what what type of. What type of mechanisms do i have around the room that i can use in a in a in a situation to kind of you know. Make it light hearted for the students to to make a fun environment. Even though i may be talking very serious things are asking them to do very difficult work. What what do i have around the room that can you know. Lighten it up a little bit. And so i have justin bieber. I have bts leonardo dicaprio so others. That and i have a number of other little item site around the room like have bobbleheads You know collected bobbleheads. From over the years. I have a bobblehead of of Harry truman a bottle head. A bobblehead of theodore roosevelt anna bobble head of donald trump. Even though i am go say i am absolutely not a fan of donald trump whatsoever. But he's part of the history and in a bobblehead donald trump is about the most trumpian thing. I can stand to have around me. So i have that right. I have that little bobbleheads. I have lots of little figurines. Mean nothing but they add color and they add interest to the room. And i even have an american flag tri folded ride solely in a folded up. You know like a properly folded. American flag and i have one of those because i inherited it from a relative and for that reason. It's very very important to me. But here's how. I use it right in my classroom to elicit students and to lighten the mood right to elicit responses for my students and to lighten the mood my classroom. I will ask them questions about. Us history and an. I'll pick up the flag in a hold to my chest. You know like like a near to my heart and If students start to pick up on some of the negative elements of us history. Some of the negative things in the american government is done or you know the you know social suffering through the economy. Anything anything that's really bad story. But i really want to dive deeper. And i wanna get a discussion going. I'll pick up that flank. I'll look really concerned. And i'll see them. Your this is unbelievable. I can't imagine that this happened and this this this makes me feel like america's so bad and and this is such a crime and this is such an outrage an atrocity who can defend my country. Who's who's going to stand by here and not say anything when these comments are being made right again. It's not about the student that made the comments about the comments themselves right and of course they get what i'm doing right. I'm i'm being being very dramatic overly dramatic and And is silly at the same time but what. I'm really trying to say. Who wants to debate this. Who can are af- who can offer the counter argument to this sad story. How might we see it in a different way. Which is what. I'm trying to get them to do think critically see things in a different way. So i i do that. I do silly things like that and it works. So there's a lot more than i can share about this. I hope that this. Maybe i walked through. We'll talk more about things that are in my classroom and how i teach my class. But i think i've had a lot of your time today and i don't want to feel on beleaguer you too much and i want you to come back for more. Please come back for more an if you enjoyed this. Podcast pleased if that subscribe but and give us a thumbs up if you like You can also support our work in this. Podcast is supported by patrons on on dot com slash history. So if you are. Enjoying benefited from anything that i shared view this time please consider becoming a subscribe. We have any amount you want to be fair for one dollar a month to. It's much as you want to give. Please consider supporting this fogcast school you by going to patriot dot com slash. This rideau joe and If you want to you an email or then mobile your your support you can send it to history dojo at g mail dot com email for this podcast of course jehovah history doj joe dot blog where articles and this podcast also available team and and blueberry where you the transcript as well for today's positive so thank you very much for listening this. This has been episode. Three of school near my name is tyler. Roster host issue board certified teacher with over twenty years extremists in the classroom and today we talked about setting the thanks so much and have a great night..
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"I put a mobile. I recommend that as well now. Let's talk about setting up a classroom when you talk about sitting classroom right. Obviously there's things on the wall that very important I put my desk in a corner. And i try and make it easy for me to access but not so easy for a student to walk over to right because i. I don't like to do a lot of work with a student at my desk right. And this is again my approach and there's a lot of teachers who do it differently and that's okay I do not like to have students behind my desk. That's why i like to keep papers. That's where i like to keep in my bag my lunch all that stuff. My my personal stuff. So i kind of angled in the corner so that a student would have to go really you know around to to get into it. I could see that. Or you know. And i can kind of keep them away from that And i have a. I have a podium right next to desk where i begin my class from an on. My podium I you know. I keep my attendance sheet psychic extra pence. I keep extra pencils for the kids. I keep the popsicle sticks for calling on students at random. They love the popsicle sticks. All let me now. Let me tell you And you know maybe we can talk about popsicle sticks another another episode but on the podium. I have a lot of other visual stimuli. Because it's all i got this. I got this from another teacher. Years ago i would say at least ten now And it was falling apart when i got it. I mean it's made of real bare. Bones would like in apply flimsy plywood and and bad nails so to keep it from falling apart. I started a slap bumper stickers on it and i started with I started with bumper stickers. That i got it fourth of july rally right in my town on the fourth of july the the local republicans and the local democrats show up and they put out a table near the parade route and they try and encourage people to join the republicans and the democrats and they give out bumper stickers. So high grabble right and i grabbed him from both tables and if there is a third party or a fourth party that shows up i grabbed those two right. I'm not not trying to be biased. Turning although just having bumper stickers from political parties has gotten me accused of bias. I don't know how. But you know. So i slapped those on there as a way to keep the podium from falling apart and also to kind of get kids into thinking that maybe there's a connection between history and government and politics and society right so And as the years go on these bumper stickers reflect past political campaigns that Most people probably wouldn't remember anymore candidates that you might not remember like john hickenlooper right. Who ran for president in two thousand sixteen right. I mean people don't make the primaries they still have bumper stickers and sometimes it's kind of interesting and message to a kid is like. Hey maybe i can run for. President are i could run for local office. I can run for town council right. So i've got bumper stickers political candidates but also got a messages about you. Don't use your cell phone. I've got messages like you know pro pro women messages you know like Feminism is the radical idea that a woman is a is a human being these types of things just a lot of color. A lot of a lot of messages that Hopefully good kids thinking and excited and maybe even asked me about right so The nature of my subject matter. Of course you know that. I deal with history. I deal with politics ideal society and current events and so in a if it sounds like it may be biased. Well you know kids have their opinions and their you know. The part of my job is to get them to express their opinions and to make them into arguments ryan and so the bumper stickers posters all the stuff in my rumor designed to provoke to elicit and guide opinions into well framed evidence-based critical thought. That's what i'm about so the desks. And here's a big one right when you sit what i'm setting up a classroom. I've tried just about every type of setup for the chairs and the desks in the room. And i've tried circles. I've tried islands. I've tried you know everything and what it has come to be my Most effective setup is just straight up. Rose right just rose. No islands. No curves no circles. No no large tables for just a desk and a chair kid in the data in the chair at the desk and doesn't sound exciting and it certainly is not creative. But it's a tool of classroom management. That i use and again let me say for like the third or fourth time on this podcast. This is just how i do it. It is not wrong to do it another way. And if it works for you a different way than great this is works for me right and it works for me because oftentimes i find. It's less distracting if the kids are in rows and it leads to less Less fees for the students to just pop up and walk around the round the room right which can totally disrupt not only that student but a number of other students. Somebody gets up and starts walking around the room right. There are times. I want them to work together. There are times. I want them to work alone. There are times. I want them to listen to me. There are times. I do want them to get up and walk around the room but i want to be in charge of those times. I wanna be able to orchestrate to manage the that movement. And i have found for me to manage that movement of my students. It works best for me to have them in straight up ropes and so. I've put my desks into. I think i have that five different rows of about six desks. perot maybe. maybe they're six rows. Actually because i've got something like thirty seven desks in my room right now. I certainly hope. I don't have thirty seven students but if i do i'm ready for that and so That allows me to move as a single. You know thought body moved through the rows without them being able to move your easily through the rows and keeps them feel kinda looking at a certain point and i do a lot of instruction from the front of the room And i'll talk about how. I structure every class in another podcasts. Until you won't lead you through. How i do a whole class right now but i do have routines that i follow and And this this desk set. Up is one way that i maintain classroom management The other thing is that. I have by the door. Right of this is of course Exactly catty corner or directly diagonal from my desk right. The front door is is on the opposite side of the room diagonally from or catty corner from my desk. And my coding where i often you know will will be positioned if i'm talking or making a whole class message now. The reason for that is because above the door. When you walk in. You don't see it but when you turn around it's right there above the door. I have my boy band posters. that's right. I have boy band posters in my room. me You know middle aged white male has boy band. Posters have have justin bieber. I have Let's see. I have five seconds of summer and i have a s bts. And i think. I have one more i forget. Now why do. I have boy band posters above the door in my room Because it's silly because it's stupid because it gets the kid's game giggle And of course. They have an opinion about this right because justin bieber..
School Year
"year" Discussed on School Year
"She up there on the wall. And of course. I have maryland scattered around the room in a number of different pictures and postcards as well because i consider her to be of historical significance as well on i would explain than marilyn monroe of course was a movie star. Married to arthur miller. Joe dimaggio had an affair with john kennedy with robert kennedy and And made a huge huge impact upon the social history of the united states through her films and her iconic imagery. And i would say that if you were to look at pop icons today like madonna or britney spears or miley cyrus. They're all channeling. The original maryland in some way shape or form. That connick blonde was really her invention. That is being carried for today. And that's something i would tell a student. That's why i put her on the wall. But i also explained that she may have played the ditsy blonde but in fact she was one of the smartest actresses in hollywood and one of the highest paid actresses as well and she would often use the sexism hollywood to her advantage. Would you know she might be discounted in the minds of men in hollywood big producers. Who might nothing. She understood what was going on but she was very savvy very smart but she played it very very silly so that she could be underestimated and i thought that i think that's a very important way for a maybe a young girl or adolescent teenager to understand that you know while the world may be run by certain rules. It doesn't necessarily mean that you can't use those rules to your own advantage. Even though you may be a male dominated situation so maryland is on the wall but another figure that appears repeatedly in my classroom is of course malcolm x. and facility because of course his enormous importance in history and the fact that he's a often left out of most history books and that in that absence at black erasure is something that i think is some maybe more understood today than it was twenty years ago when i started but malcolm x. is definitely one who needs to be understood for his criticism his advocacy and his activism. And i have him all around the room. So another thing that i've got and go through all the images because i have i have bumper stickers and postcards and photographs of you know charles lindbergh and the lusitania so i won't go through hall of the images on the wall but One thing that. I do have which i recommend for all teachers noggin. I'm not telling you what she gotta do. I'm just telling you what i do. And i recommend this because it's been a very valuable thing to me very personally and professionally valuable. So as i was unpacking in setting up my room. The first thing i do i did is that i i. I took out all the photographs. That i have collected over the course of twenty odd years of teaching and i collect photographs from my students. I asked them for photographs of them specifically at their prom. I say you don't have to take a fancy photo. You don't have to pay for a photo but if you give me a photo of you is what i tell my students if you if you give me a photograph of you dressed up so nicely at your prom junior usually junior but sometimes senior. Excuse me the junior prom picture. I always so grateful. Because i would be able to to keep it and remember you years after you've graduated now that's really important understand because if you have not taught you you have to send that students will calm and students will go and and and sometimes leave and come back and visit you and i guarantee you won't remember them. I guarantee you so many faces so many students come through your room and leave and and it's just it's impossible to remember them all now. This is why. I collect the photographs. Because i can remember them that way. You know especially because the ones who want to be remembered we'll give me their photo and and i write their name and i ride the year th. They gave it to me on the back so that i can remember them and i do. It's it's quite amazing actually and And a lot of stories come flooding back from these individual photographs of students who've given me their photos over the years And i put them on the wall. And i'd probably got about two hundred or three hundred at this point And some are some are with like twenty kids in him. Some are just one child one one young person and And i put those on the wall behind my desk i. They've all so they've got my back. That's that's kind of what. I tell the students that these are the kids. They've they've stayed with me. And i would love any child who wants to give me their photograph to give it to me because i if they want me to remember them. I wanna remember them. And that's a bond that that that's a legacy and that's i think more of a legacy than most teachers can realize because they're not. I'll tell you this right now. They're not gonna put your name on the building. They're not gonna put a wing devoted to you when you end this crazy career with the last day you teach the last day you walk out of that building. That's it in a couple years after that they won't even remember the utah there anymore. Sir swear it's it's i mean there might be some teachers who remember you but you know two or three years down the road. All the kids will be gone. Who you taught and there won't all the kids who are in. That school won't even know that you were there so your legacy is really the students. Your legacy is really in the students that you remember in that. Remember you and there's going to be a lot more than remember you than you remember them. Let's just natural right because there's there's thirty some odd kids or more in a class you're going to teach five six classes a semester You're gonna you're gonna see a couple of hundred kids before five hundred kids a year if you teach a lot. Maybe you join two hundred kids a year but multiply that by twenty years you talking some big numbers right and there's only one of you and there's a lot of them so i put those pictures on the wall and it always is a walk down memory lane. It always floods me back memories. And i can't believe i can't. Oh and gosh. It's been ten years since i saw that person. That's that's important because it reminds me of how far i've come as a teacher and how much time has passed and how things have changed ride. It's easy to get just caught up in the in the unbelievable avalanche. That is the daily life of a high school teacher. Things happening constantly coming at you and after a while you can handle that but if you don't pause and take stock and step back and see the larger context you might forget about all the lies that you're involved with all these people whose lives are at this moment in front of you and it's an important moment them right. Data lessons is an important time. A young person's life had you are part of that experience. They will not forget. So you know it's helpful for me not to forget so i put a couple of things about myself on the wall. You know i. I have obviously my students pictures but i put up. I put up Medallions from long distance races. That i've run i've done if i've done some running. I've done some triathlons in my time. I just to stay fit. And i put those on the wall just so if could ask i can tell them something about me right. I don't like to spend a lot of time in class talking about myself because nobody came here to learn about me. They came to learn about history. But you know if they ask about. Hey what's that all about. I can tell me i did. I did this traffic lawn. it was cool in that. Maybe that that sparks a little more of a connection with a kid. So i put some things about myself on the wall Something else that. I put in the room. I have a mobile ride a hanging from the ceiling and has absolutely nothing to do with history but it hangs from the ceiling and everybody notices it it adds it adds motion to the room. It adds it adds another focal point for their is when they come in and it creates The crates drama creates It creates art in the center of a room. That isn't really devoted art although we do talk about so.
School Year
"year" Discussed on School Year
"Me you know that you want to have everything set up in advance. You wanna be thinking about the long term thinking about the short term the first days the first routines the first communications the first handouts these all these things are what keep teachers awake at night. But if you're a veteran of this of this a craft the new probably have established a pretty good first day routine and a classroom setup that works for you so this is just my set up. This is just how i do it. And i wanna make sure that everyone understands that. I'm not telling anybody that they have to do it. This way that my way is not the best way. This is the best way for me. And that's the really important understanding about teaching. Which i think a lot of people especially politicians don't really understand. Is that you know. There's no one way to do this. And we always hearing about how you know. Teachers need to do it. This way And that's usually a politician looking to get votes You're talking about the evils of teachers and the evils of schools. And that's just that's fine for them to but I think if you've ever spent five minutes in a classroom you realize there's no more many many ways. There's one way to do this thing. And that's why teaching is an art and every teacher is themselves an artist so for me. This is a the way. I have come to do it over the course of twenty plus years. I was actually. I think this is my twenty second year in the classroom. I'm starting my twenty second year in the classroom while and the things that that. That's something. I was thinking about today as i was setting up my room because i was putting up things on the wall that i've collected over the years and i realized my says that was a long time ago that i did this or i'll i'll get into details of how my mind was reeling from the passage of time As i was setting up the classroom that i think is maybe a healthy part of any teachers for preparation for the new school years that you start to think about. What have i done before. And how long has it been. That i've been doing this. And why do i keep this. And should i keep doing this. Same thing so This is This is the the school year episode three. I'm really glad that you're here and today we're going to be talking about setting up the classroom so I i have a philosophy about setting up the classroom. And that if i anyone who walks into a classroom this is this is my philosophy. Anyone who walks into a classroom should know within about ten seconds. What is being taught in that classroom whether or not. There's a student in there or not. It should be obvious from the layout of the classroom. The things that are on the while the things that are visible immediately upon entering the room. Just what goes on in that room right now. Me sound obvious. Obviously if i were to walk into a chemistry classroom it would be very different than if i were to walk into a spanish classroom or an english classroom math classroom based upon what i would see in this first ten seconds and so with that being my guiding philosophy. I try to give lots of lots of hints. Lots of clear communication about the fact that i am a us history and a government economics teacher might teach the eleventh and the twelfth grade in social studies. I teach history. Us history to the eleventh graders. And i teach government and economics to the twelfth graders and so the walls of my room reflect that focus the layout of my room reflect salat about who i am as a teacher in the way i approach what i teach for my students based upon what i know to be an effective way to manage the classroom and that you know setting at the classroom is really understanding classroom management which i know too. Many new teachers is often one of the things that new teachers worry about the most. How am i going to handle thirty. Plus students to adolescent students in a room for fifty five sixty five seventy five minutes however long it may be for you and to a new teacher. That can be very daunting to veteran teacher. It's like okay. Here's what we're going to do that after that. We're going to do this and after that. We're going to do this but to a new teacher. Classroom management is essential because it allows you to lay out a structure and allows you to form a A means of communication and a way of maintaining attention and behavior in a room that could easily go all over the place. Because you never know what. Teenagers will do so When i walk into my room all righty see on the walls. An enormous number of visual stimulation Stimuli in i put up pictures. I put up postcards. I put a bumper stickers. I put up you know buttons. I put up a mobile hanging from the middle of my room. I have huge posters and photographs and and jackdaw dov pictures from history and and questions and art and all kinds of stuff right and that is to excite a young learner. That this is not just. Open your book and fill in the blank and listened to the rid video. This is an actual place of stimulation of curiosity of of learning new things that you might not know in having questions asked that you might never have asked before so i start with that by by creating a space and environment in the room that invites students to look more to to to think about and maybe laugh about and be awed by what they see pictures and in words in questions so You know if you were to stand in the middle of my room you would see. Obviously there is a big whiteboard. This comes standard in many classrooms. There's obviously big whiteboard up in front of the room. And that's of course where a lot of you know. Things are going to change and be be added and and written up but all around. That whiteboard are posters. And i have. I have a number of different posters. That i put on the wall and some of my favorites would have to be mohammed ali. I have more than i think. More than five. Different images of muhammad ali scattered around my room. Some are big posters of him fighting in the ring and others are are just small postcards of him. You know in a statement that he made his. The man is ultimately endlessly quotable Mohammed ali is a great example of of something that can turn it onto history because they might think histories all about names dates and places. But hey here's mohammed. Ali heavyweight fighter heavyweight champion of the world and antiwar activist member of the nation of islam and a critic of the united states. The man was definitely a historical man of historical importance in many many ways And that would be something that i would explain to a student. If they were ever to ask. Why is muhammad ali on the wall. But you know. I don't really get ashville. Why muhammad ali's on the wall. I think a lot of a lot of my students come in understanding why muhammad ali is on the wall of what i do get asked a lot about is why is marilyn monroe on the wall and i have a huge picture of marilyn monroe in front of the room above the white boards. Smile and out of the kids With her beautiful face and she's just up there smiling way in the kids always asking a why is.
School Year
"year" Discussed on School Year
"Had not involving says. I relate song my experiences in the classroom and offer some insights tips. That i've picked up over the of my career so get welcome to the school year. This is maya for document a number of different things that keep coming up. I think about every year. I go through a regular school year. Now this being episode three. We've already covered a few things. Like what happens to teach during the summer months as you lead up into a new school year and you think about things and i..
My Marvelous Year
"year" Discussed on My Marvelous Year
"It was something i was reading alongside x. Men i think actually maybe the first ghostwriters story. I probably read was like a marvel holiday. Special kind of ghostwriter wakes tiny story and I remember just falling in love with it. This was a comic. That was high whenever i was a kid. I think I was like seven whenever those came out. So i wasn't quite reading comics yet but a few years down the line i started picking up Danny ketch ghost rider series. And of course that. It's it's a series that leaves off on a cliffhanger right because it started as kind of like a darling of like the comic book press back when it was like wizard magazine right and then Towards the end they were like this is the worst comic being out by marvel From what. I remember the creative team change like a little bit but not a lot. I think that like those same artists maybe was still on it. And i don't remember but Basically i just remember that the series ends on a cliffhanger and it took ten years for them to put out the final issue right so this was like to me. It was a weird series In some ways but it was also a really good series. I remember it was totally any ten year. Old right you know in the ninety s would probably love ghostwriter. When i read them back i find their honestly and i can understand why i was reading that. Yeah for sure. And i do appreciate to that. Like ghost rider in this relaunch. So he launches with the new number one issue in one thousand nine hundred series. It's written by howard mackie. We've got hurt here by heavier. Secretaries inks by mark teixeira colors by gregory right and Ghost rider immediately. It establishes the idea as a legacy character which is something that marvel has had a harder time with. I think than Dc although certainly the nineties is kind of the era of legacy like when we look on the dc comics side of things. This is when we get new. People filling in for batman. We get all sorts of different superman. During the death of superman event right and goes rider. We get instead of them. Going back to the well of johnny blaze. You know which is a character. That i'm i'm i'm more interested in now. He is in the landscape but like in his heyday in those early runs. I just can't quite get into that series but relaunches here saying okay. We're going to do it with this. Young teenage danny ketch who was like scared of everything to do with the ghost rider like his personality off the bat is. He's not the brave one. He's not the hero quote unquote. He's a little more peer park. Rish joan debuted expect a little. What rick jones sure. Yeah not as not as cool calm collected. I don't know if you can sing as well as rick but But no he's he's going to take over as the spirit of vengeance and i think sarah to your point in terms of like i don't know can often be uses pejorative saying like..
My Marvelous Year
"year" Discussed on My Marvelous Year
"For your own special access to our spreadsheet You're going to be a complicated email. You'd ask If you really want to like not the best way to do it probably point you in the right direction Yeah i think those are all the way you can find the issues and what's coming up next week. What are we doing next week. Fantasy gullit west which are genuinely might be like it. It's it's i. Think i think actually of course might be the first comics that i read when i got marvel unlimited. I watched an infinity war. And i was like i'm gonna get into marvel comics and i'm going to start with infinity gauntlet so thanos quest might be the first comics. I read a marble and limited. I love those two issue rule. I'm really looking at my favorite damn comics. I would set. Don't know said anything us. I i really hope. They live up to my wildly high expectations and memories. Bertha knows baby silver surfer and thanos quest so yup some some silver surfer silver surfer. Graphic novel called the enslavers and the guardian an end. We got mentioned which we just did a moment ago. But jim stalin's back. Maybe jim starlings bow in heaven seen him a big wait. I've been like looking through early. Nineties comics in. it's like jim starlings all over it in not only jim startling but like fan of adam warlock like adam going series throughout the early nineties like gets like fifty plus issues. Yeah funny when you think about it like because if somebody asked me like a wins thanos era. I'd be like oh seventy five to seventy nine right like the starling everywhere in really it's really. It's like ninety over saturate for sure right like kind of know though. I think that's the power of starling but all right we'll we'll talk about it. We're going to do an original graphic novel. That i read recently was not on the old my this year last silver surfer the enslavers written by stanley with art by keith pollard. That wants it. it's an interesting one. I won't say it's great but it's interesting stanley. The manly perhaps a you've heard of and then we're going to do the relaunch guardians of the galaxy. That's right baby. Not just two thousand eight special nineteen ninety guardians of the galaxy launch. This is interesting interesting when read interesting. Wanna talk about for a number of reasons. I'm excited about nine thousand ninety. Because i think we have three guests lined up for the rest of the year I'm not mistaken. I'm very excited to get some guess back. It's been a minute since we've had good interest. Good good all of them. What do you think about jim lee. I think that's the first question we ask each book or each genuine. Give us your thoughts. Yeah it'd be genuinely curious to heal. And they're and they're going to be a wide variety of like 'cause some people you know like you might have come to him in the nineties. You might have come to him. Like you said like batman hush the in dc. Maybe it's the new fifty two average. Emily right. people are gonna have all sorts of. He's been huge artists forever across different properties. You know like if you'd asked me just comics reader in twenty twenty briefing earlier like two thousand eighteen like. Hey what do you think of jim lee. I'd be like it would have been a totally. Dc colored perspective. I wouldn't read his marvel stuff in many ways right so i would have been like. Oh yeah like batman hasha when i read it super early mccown that and don't you know this is also. It's a totally unfair..