Guest host Mike Chmielewski interviews LaMarr Anderson and Jeff Smeek talk about the Rebarchek Farm at the Alaska State Fairgrounds.

How can one be successful? Success is the result of accepting the process of daily discipline and what it expects of you. If you shun the process, you stunt the growth. There is something undeniably powerful about combining your intuitive inheritance with your deductive reasoning skills. It's both the catalyst and the sustaining factor of your evolution. Join Mike and Will and their special guest, musical therapist extraordinaire, Darien Santana, as she breaks down the importance of therapy, the programming of our children, common sense for adults, great coffee, and what it takes to go from having a strong dislike of school, to obtaining a master’s degree in something you love and can share with the world. Hosted by Michael Santana and Will Molina A Soulful Elevation of Mind Conversations that encourage the discipline of purposeful thinking.

New Zealand has long been known for its progressive policies, including efforts to correct and address historical wrongs against its indigenous Māori population. But as Ali Rogin reports, a new right-wing government has reversed many of those policies and triggered mass protests in the Pacific nation. PBS News is supported by - https://www.pbs.org/newshour/about/funders

Arbeidskraft fra utlandet har lenge vært viktig for sysselsettingen i Norge. I tillegg fremstår Norge som et attraktivt land å reise til for å arbeide - ikke bare for lønnsbetingelsene alene, men vi har jo blant annet også et veldig fint trygdesystem. En stor fordel med arbeidsinnvandring og utenlandske pendlere, er at vi får tilgang til flere fagspesialister på tvers av landegrensene. Vi i Simployer opplever at arbeidsgivere og lønnsmedarbeidere stiller mange spørsmål rundt dette, og rundt behandlingen av skatt og arbeidsgiveravgift på utenlandske arbeidstakere. I denne episoden kommer to av Simployers økonomirådgivere, Øivind og Madelene, med gode tips til hvordan man håndterer dette noe kompliserte regelverket. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Join us as Rakhi from EventBeep, a Shark Tank success, shares her inspiring journey of building a 4.5 lakh student community. Backed by Ashneer Grover and Aman Gupta, she overcame personal challenges to replicate tier 1 college ecosystems for tier 2 and 3 students. Discover how she bridged educational gaps, gamified learning, and built mentorship networks. Tune in for actionable insights on transforming education in underrepresented areas!

In this episode, Sachin interviews Joshua B. Lee on all things about developing your connections on LinkedIn and why LinkedIn delivers the audience you want better than any other social media platform. Josh opens with vulnerability and builds on his strengths as he teaches principles for human connection online. Listen to learn more about H2H relationships on LinkedIn and how you can grow your authority there.   Key Takeaways: [1:00] Sachin introduces today’s guest, Joshua B. Lee, the Dopamine Dealer on LinkedIn. He’s one of the most positive, caring, compassionate human beings. He will talk to us about making our interactions and marketing more human. Sachin welcomes Josh to Perfect Practice.   [2:20] Sachin met Josh at a variety of masterminds, including Archangel with Giovanni Marsico, Amber Spear’s Mimosa mastermind, and Genius Network with Joe Polish.   [2:43] Josh and Sachin were introduced by Kevin Thompson. Josh talks about Sachin taking time to show up for so many. We change the world for the better through enriching, transparent conversations about what’s going on.   [4:00] Josh is the Dopamine Dealer on LinkedIn. His approach online is to treat other humans how his mother taught him to treat them. That allows him to start conversations that turn into relationships that open massive opportunities.   [5:24] Josh says when he acknowledges someone for something they take for granted, compliments them, or asks about them, they get a little dopamine hit. This puts them into a flow state, allowing them to have a conversation. It’s like going from the door to sitting on the couch.   [5:48] With the dopamine bond, it’s two friends having a conversation. It’s not about sales, it’s about coming together to create opportunity, allowing the byproduct to be whatever it might be.   [6:34] Josh and Sachin were part of the mastermind and Kevin Thompson brought them together. In recent years, Josh has built many ventures; now he focuses on LinkedIn.   [7:11] LinkedIn has been going for 20 years, longer than any other social media platform! It made a shift when Microsoft bought it. People are on it to add value and get value.   [8:21] It’s a platform to add value to other educated individuals who are business decision-makers, who generate a revenue scale that’s a lot higher than that on any other social media platform. On LinkedIn, you can create a massive change.   [8:39] Josh adds that he’s not competing against half-naked influencers selling sunglasses. He calls the people he works with thought leaders with influence. They put information out there.   [9:01] Josh gets massive reach on LinkedIn. There are a billion people on LinkedIn. Four million of them are active. Those four million get access to 10 billion content impressions weekly.   [9:17] Josh says there’s no other platform he can win on with the right people who are ready to take action with people that he wants to be able to talk to.   [9:29] Josh sees OpenAI as the future of business and search in the next year or two.   [10:13] Josh designed one of the first MySpace ads that a lot of social media ads are based on today. There’s a conditioning on social media to like, comment, share, post, and be caught up in a pattern we don’t even think about.   [10:57] We take these things for granted. There’s so much in this world that we take for granted and don’t pay attention to. How do we connect humanly on a platform like LinkedIn?   [11:43] Use messages like, “Hey Sachin, I saw you looked at my profile. I just want to reach out and say thank you. Too often we don’t appreciate that. I’d love to find out what pushed you to look me up.”   [11:55] Or, “I saw you liked my recent post. I just want to reach out and say thank you. Too often we don’t appreciate that. I’d love to find out what pushed you to engage with my content.” You're trying to start a conversation by thanking them for something they take for granted.   [12:07] It’s a stop-gap in the pattern. It allows them to be able to hear you now and be able to have that true conversation. Josh hates cold calling and cold emailing, but these people looked at his profile or his content. It’s an opportunity, let’s explore.   [12:26] People like Sachin post amazing content on LinkedIn. If you like a post, comment on it, thank the poster for it, and compliment it. Start with “Thank you.” Don’t make it about you. [13:28] Josh points out how it feels when there’s a warm reaction to something you post on LinkedIn. It opens up the opportunity to engage.   [14:09] Josh’s advice for a practitioner to be in service on LinkedIn: Start with your profile. Build the right profile, fully fleshed out, not just with your resume but with your career journey. Most people don’t look past your banner and title.   [14:36] Titles don’t attract. Use a headline with an XYZ statement: “I help (support) X to do Y so they can have (achieve) Z.” X is your ideal client or tribe. It starts there. Use your profile to tell people where you’ve been, where you are, and where you’re going. It’s a storyboard of your life.   [16:01] The more you talk about where you’ve been, the gap between you and your audience gets smaller. “You worked at Chili’s? Me too!” Now you have commonality and connection.   [16:50] The next step is to share content that backs up that you’re the authority in your space. Better to be an authority than an expert. In the world of AI, everyone’s an expert. Be the authority that people go to every day.   [17:40] Use the 10-20-70 rule of content. Ten percent personal, showing you’re human. Twenty percent, stories of what your company has done for people. Seventy percent, educate and aggregate value for your audience. Become a destination site as the authority in your field.   [19:10] If you say, “Hey, here’s 50 pages, and here are the 10 lines of it you need to pay attention to now,” that’s how you need to show up on LinkedIn every day. Educate them enough that if they have a problem or issue, they’re going to come to you for the solution.   [19:45] After profile and content, what next? You have to be active about drawing in your audience. Josh uses LinkedIn’s CRM system, Sales Navigator to identify his audience better than any other social media platform. [20:18] It costs $100 U.S. per month. With the relationship you can build with one person, it should give you, if not 10X, at least $100 in value every month. You can only reach out and connect with 400 people a month. Monday through Friday, that’s 20 people per day.   [20:47] Use Sales Navigator to identify your exact audience, click on the button, “Active on LinkedIn the last 30 days,” to get a pretty tight audience. Engage on their content, reach out, connect with them, and draw your ideal audience in to look at your profile and content.   [21:09] When you’re having that conversation with them in the DMs, you create that opportunity and make that relationship deeper.   [21:24] It takes Josh’s clients 30 to 45 days to get in the human algorithm, rebuild their LinkedIn profile, get content going, and have that in place, to start messaging. Josh helped a client have a relationship conversation within seven days of engaging with someone’s content.   [22:20] Most people fail here by talking about themselves. Josh’s Mom taught him when you meet someone new, compliment them. It’s nice to be nice. Do that on LinkedIn. Give endorsements. You’ll get thanks. Get their mindset, to know them better.   [24:01] Ask if they consider themselves an entrepreneur, or a business owner with an entrepreneurial mindset. Entrepreneurs are early in their careers. Being an entrepreneur is exhausting. Business owners are more established with a team and a growth mindset.   [24:40] They might answer they work for someone else. However they answer, it allows you to provide value. If the answer isn’t what you’re looking for, you can still leave them with value.   [24:59] Josh shares an example. He helped Dan Sullivan and Benjamin Hardy relaunch the book, Who Not How with a free plus shipping book offer, even though they weren’t aligned.   [25:14] Josh has done it in seven days, but it can take longer, depending on a person’s LinkedIn profile and content. As you continue to have 400 conversations a month, it keeps growing, creating more opportunities.   [25:59] Sachin’s updating his LinkedIn profile during this call. Josh says Giovanni Marsico did, too. Josh was also on Evan Carmichael’s podcast and Evan did it, too. Make your profile human. There are people who do things similar to you but they’re not you.   [27:34] Josh points out that he is sharing his knowledge with Sachin and influencing him to take action. It’s essential to be a thought leader with influence. The power is yours. You can do it straight from LinkedIn better than from any other platform out there.   [28:12] Josh has a book, Balance is Bullsh*t. He was very successful but he didn’t feel it. He was miserable, and money was his driver when it should have been a byproduct. He reset his life at age 36 and wrote about it. He was going to be a life coach!   [30:40] Josh realized quickly that he wasn’t a life coach. Instead, he realized he had to humanize the way he was online and be able to shift and change his marketing. He paired his marketing background with where he was trying to go.   [31:16] He didn’t write the book for anyone else but himself, to see where he had messed up. He changed his life for himself and his family and kids. He hopes it will inspire someone else.   [31:35] Josh is the Dopamine Dealer of LinkedIn because he took the time to share his story and change for the better.    [32:21] On average, Josh posts on LinkedIn three times a week. He doesn’t have to create tons of overwhelming content. Each post is 200 to 400 words. Each post is from him. No matter how many companies he has, the commonality is him, so they are all one profile.   [33:10] Start with that humanity and make a human connection, not a B2B or B2C connection, because a human being runs every company, so it’s all H2H. Josh’s content is about entrepreneurship, LinkedIn, and how to use AI as a tool to empower us, not as a replacement.   [34:00] In Josh’s content, he’ll do one picture with some content, with the picture being real and raw, not overproduced, a PDF as a carousel, each page being a cell, and a 30-to-60-second video. LinkedIn is diving deeper into video to draw people in. Write for fifth graders.   [36:44] Josh summarizes: Be you, using 10;20;70, think about the three pillars of content that make up you, and create content that is relevant today, that someone can take in and process.   [37:17] Another tip: Watch the LinkedIn news feed. Josh looks for the top news. If you can add value to a news story, use the story to create new content, and do it every week. You’ll get more visibility and be highlighted by the LinkedIn editorial team, which will get you more opportunities.    [38:58] Everyone’s human. They’re not all talking about business and they all have health concerns. Josh talks about his health issues. He dealt with a panic issue this weekend and Sachin offered him support. A health practitioner needs to post about health issues.   [39:28] Josh recently posted about men’s mental health and male suicide. Men and women need support. Share what you wish someone would have shared with you. Talk to people like human beings. LinkedIn looks for people who add value and give actionable steps on LinkedIn.   [40:20] Josh states that as a practitioner, you have more power on LinkedIn than most people. You’re not just another person selling them something but you’re there to educate them on what might be going on in their life that they’re scared to talk about.   [41:16] Is there shadow-banning on LinkedIn? Josh hasn’t seen it yet. He shares an example of an actress friend who posts on the subject of child trafficking on Instagram and gets 200 views, but if she posts herself half-naked she gets views. LinkedIn wants value, not half-naked videos.   [42:01] Josh had the same conversation with a recovering alcoholic. Post for the family members of someone with an alcohol problem. People are scared of being vulnerable. Understand what audience you are talking to, the direct audience or the people around them.   [42:56] You may need to shift how you write your content and whom you’re writing it to, to reach the audience you want to reach. They will DM you.   [44:09] Likes and comments are just vanity metrics. They don’t mean anything. People ask Josh how he attracts his KPIs. In the conversations. If a post with few likes spurs one or two conversations, you’ve won. Another post can be viral but spark few conversations.   [44:44] Change your perspective. Are you being polarizing enough to push someone to love you or be pushed to engage with you? Indifferent content not only wastes your time but also the readers’ time.   [45:35] Sachin saw on his LinkedIn profile that his wife had posted. She had attended Josh’s training last week in the community and she was inspired to work with LinkedIn as a new channel for her to a new audience. Sachin thanks Josh for that.   [46:21] Josh shares what he can to add value to the world and not just monetize it. He tried to change the world on his own and nearly killed himself. The only way that we can change this world and make it a better place is for all of us to rise together and share that knowledge.   [46:59] Sachin’swife’s posts are getting indexed highly on Google as the MOZ SEO score for LinkedIn on Google is 100/100. OpenAI and Microsoft index LinkedIn for the next level of search. People who leverage content from profiles to newsletters to articles, show in all three.   [47:38] That’s an opportunity coming to you rather than you spending energy to go find it. Spamming a lot of people is a waste of energy. Engagement gives you energy.   [48:01] Sachin thanks Josh and asks for links. Find JoshuaBLee on LinkedIn but don’t send that blank connection request! To connect with Josh tell him why you listen to Sachin, and why you love him, his wife, and the community. That gives Josh a better relationship with Sachin!   [48:34] You can check out Josh’s website at StandOutAuthority.com but he’d rather have that conversation with you that builds that relationship and creates an opportunity for both of you.   [48:42] Sachin thanks Joshua B. Lee for sharing knowledge so openly and willingly. He’s looking forward to connecting with Josh again.   Mentioned in this episode Perfect Practice Live Joshua B. Lee Archangel Academy with Giovanni MarsicoAmber Spears’s Mimosa Mastermind Genius Network with Joe Polish Kevin Thompson Dan Sullivan Balance is Bullsh*t: How to Successfully Integrate Work & Life, by Joshua B. Lee   More about your host Sachin Patel How to speak with Sachin Go one step further and Become The Living Proof Perfect Practice Live [email protected] To set up a practice clarity call and opportunity audit   Books by Sachin Patel: Perfect Practice: How to Build a Successful Functional Medical Business, Attract Your Ideal Patients, Serve Your Community, and Get Paid What You’re Worth The Motivation Molecule: The Biological Secrets To Eliminate Procrastination, Skyrocket Productivity, and Get Sh!t Done   Tweetables:   “That’s the only way we’re truly going to be able to change this world for the better, is to be able to have enriching conversations that are 100% transparent.” — Joshua B. Lee   “There are a billion people on LinkedIn right now. Only about four million of them are active on a regular basis but those four million are getting access to 10 billion content impressions weekly.” — Joshua B. Lee   “One thing I realized, especially post-COVID, was there’s much in this world that we do take for granted, that we don’t pay attention to.” — Joshua B. Lee   “Likes and comments are just vanity metrics. They don’t mean anything. … How do you attract your KPIs? On the conversations.” — Joshua B. Lee   “The only way that we can truly change this world and make it a better place is for all of us to rise together and share that knowledge.” — Joshua B. Lee   Joshua B. Lee on LinkedIn StandOutAuthority.com  

The Supreme Court has swept aside long standing legal precedent in its ruling overturning the Chevron doctrine, majorly curtailing the power of federal agencies to interpret the laws they regulate. The decision is expected to have far-reaching implications on everything from the environment to healthcare. Geoff Bennett took a closer look with Andrew Mergen. PBS News is supported by - https://www.pbs.org/newshour/about/funders

"I am as powerful as my unspoken I'll walk with you if you take my hand show you the kind of magic that make sorrows light up the night or love showering in the rain, I am all of you and more." Poetry Writing Month (April) is a very up close and personal time for me as a writer. Today, when I join this community event with poets worldwide, all I can have is powerful and overflowing emotions. I hope you will like my journey. Here is to poetry and more. 

Hey Podcast Family!!  Welcome to an insightful episode of the Brothers In Company Podcast presents Creators Conversation. In this episode, we feature Angel Brown, a licensed social worker specialized in trauma-focused therapy for individuals living with HIV-AIDS and others at risk. Angel speaks candidly about her experiences in the field of social work, imposter syndrome, and her efforts to provide resources to underserved community members. Raised in Johns Island, South Carolina, Angel pursued her education diligently, paving her way from Catawba College to USC while raising her daughter. Her journey is one of perseverance and determination. We also broach the topic of mental health stigmas, particularly in the African American community, and the barriers it creates for those seeking help. Angel discusses the importance of therapy, promoting better mental health awareness and debunking stereotypes related to mental health and HIV in the African American community. Her innovative ideas and compassion make her an inspiring voice in social work, mental health, and therapy. In the further course of our discussion, we talk about the critical need for diversity in the medical field and its impact on patient experiences and outcomes. Our guest share personal stories, advice, and encouragement for those considering careers in the medical field. One core segment of the conversation focuses on HIV/AIDS education and awareness, especially in black communities. It stresses on regular testing, safe sexual relationships and the importance of breaking stigma to foster understanding and acceptance. This compelling episode concludes with a discussion on the significance of being aware of one's HIV status and maintaining open communication about sexual health with partners. It's an episode full of deep insights, personal experiences, and valuable advice aimed at sparking change in the medical field. Check out Brothers In Company Podcast at https://brothersincompanypodcast.com/ and listen on Podbean, Apple Podcasts, Spotify and all other major podcast platforms.   Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BICpodcast Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/bicpodcast  X: https://www.twitter.com/BICpodcast  TikTok: tiktok.com/@brothersincompanypodcast  Store: https://www.brothersincompanystore.com  BIC Podcast linktree 

In this episode the physical disc of Indy 5 is finally available to preorder, Official IndyCast correspondent Mitch Hallock reviews Gentle Giant's Map Room set, Ron is back with more Indy trivia and Indiana Mic speaks with Clinton Mills!

Welcome to Episode 20 of Off Street: The official podcast of the Marshall Financial Investment Team. In today’s episode, Adam and Sean begin by discussing the odd share price reaction to NVDA’s earnings beat, and why 2023 has been a hard year for active stock pickers. The pair then discuss stories related to misunderstandings about the current state of the labor market, deceptive sales pricing from large retailers, and why healthy people are getting full body MRIs. They finish with workplace related “Uncorrelated” stories about the most popular sick day of the year and the interesting details of the CIA's annual Pedometer Challenge.Please see the links below for our disclosure.Podcast Disclosure: https://www.marshallfinancial.com/off-street-podcast-disclaimer/

The number of migrants and refugees who are dying at sea while crossing the mediterranean is at a four year high.  Nearly 2,000 people are confirmed to have died in the medditeran thus far in 2023, although the real number is likely higher. In one tragedy alone, about 600 people drowned off the coast of Greece in June.   The most popular migrant route in recent months has been from Tunisia to Italy. That was where the MSF/Doctors Without Borders Rescue Ship the Geo Barents was patrolling in early August when it came acorss a crowded migrant boat that had been adrift for days. My guest today,  Margot Bernard of MSF, describes this rescue operation in detail. And through her account of this rescue, explains how policies of European countries are contributing to a surging number of deaths at sea.  Please support our unique brand of humanitarian journalism by getting a paid subscription on Apple Podcasts/supporting through Patreon/ or via Substack https://www.globaldispatches.org/  

What’s on your mind, unicorn? 🦄 Send me a text!Have you ever tried hypnotherapy? Are you curious about it, or maybe even a bit wary of it?For many reasons, including that "wary" feeling many folks have about hypnosis, I'm super excited to have an expert come on the podcast to speak about this final piece of the Untethered Practices series.Welcome back to the podcast life coach and certified hypnotherapist, Tarla Makaeff, who has allowed me to dive deep with her on an "ask me anything, hypnotherapy." In this episode, she shares what hypnotherapy is, why someone might use it, how it's done, and when it can be supportive. She also takes time to candidly break down some of the misconceptions about hypnotherapy.As for my own hypno experience, I've personally leveraged this practice in my own untethering journey, and it has helped me delve into my subconscious and reprogram some old beliefs and behaviors that were not coherent with my current and conscious values, motivations, and beliefs. Like all the other practices discussed in this series, I'm an advocate for reaching out to an expert who can guide you through it – if and when it feels supportive to you.Would love to hear if you've tried hypnotherapy, and what you think about it if you have! My email and social links are below. To learn more about Tarla and her self-love coaching, you can listen to Season 3, episode 22 where she shares more about her passion for supporting women in business. Meet Tarla MakaeffTarla Makaeff, the Copy Queen and founder of the Iconic Copy course, is a published author, digital course creator, online business and life coach, and certified hypnotherapist, who helps creative, heart centered women start their own purpose filled business online and scale their brand with copy that converts. She’s helping hundreds of entrepreneurs craft their business strategy and messaging for ultimate growth, while increasing their self-love along the way.She has been featured in numerous online publications including LA Weekly, New York Weekly, Bloomberg, Influencive, Influencer Daily, and more.Before starting her online business, she worked in marketing agencies writing for Hollywood studios and Fortune 500 companies which led to her meteoric rise as a 7 figure freelance copywriter. Her mission is to empower women to go after their wildest dreams and become forces in this world so they can make the impact they desire. She lives in Los Angeles with her two beloved puggles, Bentley and Jaden.Website: www.TarlaMakaeff.comInstagram: @TheTarlaMakaeffSupport the showMark your calendar for January 8th, 2025—it’s the annual Word of the Year Party! This is where we come together, set intentions, and choose the word that will guide us toward more meaning, more creativity, and more joy in the year ahead.It’s totally free! To register, go to JenLiss.com/2025 Support the pod: Share an episode and tag Jen on IG @untetheredjen Follow/subscribe to get updates of new episodes Leave a review! Music created and produced by Matt Bollenbach

Finally! We’re getting to the masterpieces. If Shakespeare had died before this one, do you think this podcast would exist? No! You wouldn’t even have heard of Shakespeare.   For hundreds of years after release, critics of this play thought it was just too bloody and depraved. Does it still have its power to shock? Join us for a bloody tale of fratricide, seduction, propaganda and some of the best speeches in Shakespeare.   Make sure to subscribe and share this podcast! Comments and questions can be sent to [email protected]   Sources The Oxford Shakespeare: Richard III (Oxford University Press) Shakespeare: The Critical Heritage, edited by Brian Vickers (Routledge)

Join us as we chat with Fariba Zaminiyan - VP of Advanced Media and Advertising @ TiVo.  In this episode, we chat about the first-party data and the death of cookies, thoughts on political advertising, the importance of deterministic data, and so much more! Timestamps:  0:00 Intro   0:50 Introducing Fariba Zamaniya  5:43 Political Segments And Channels In 2022  15:46 Advertising Week NY 2022  20:57 Why Aren't Streaming Services Teaming Up?  30:00 What's In Your Tech Stack?  32:41 Political Targeting On Facebook  39:00 Preparing For Holiday Advertising  41:50 Closing Remarks    Connect with BDEX:  Web: https://www.bdex.com LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/bdex/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/BDEX Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/bdex_llc/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@bdex_llc Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/2kwq8e3PurHw29VFkzwUpY?si=3496c487c6364985  #DeconstructingData #Technology #Data

Energy access is key to creating a sustainable future, eliminating poverty and improving health. Kenya is at 80% of Kenyans having access to energy, mostly due to their incredible renewable energy production. Geothermal is playing a major role in making Africa a hotspot for learnings, innovation, economic development, sustainable development, better quality of life and so much more. Can Geothermal help Africa become a major economic hub for energy, green hydrogen and beyond? Come listen in to my conversation with Jesse Nyokabi, a Green Energy Pacesetter and ImPPPact Global Alliance Ambassador for Kenya as we talk about the Sustainable Development Goals and how Kenya is leading the way for Africa with regards to Geothermal. ImPPPact Global Alliancehttp://www.impppact.org/Jesse Nyokabi https://www.linkedin.com/in/jesse-nyokabi-en297/Jesse's book recommendation Beyond Entrepreneurship by Jim CollinsJRG Energy www.jrgenergy.comGRChttps://grc2022.mygeoenergynow.org/CORE Knowledgehttps://www.linkedin.com/company/core-geothermal/Nick Cestari https://www.linkedin.com/in/nick-cestari-48059268/ 

Pakistan's Prime Minister Imran Khan resigned on April 10th, following a no-confidence vote in Parliament. The former cricket star turned politician had served as Prime Minister since 2018,  but in recent months he had increasingly fallen out of favor with Pakistan's powerful military establishment, which has long been a dominant force in Pakistani politics.  My guest, Michael Kugelman, is Senior Associate for South Asia at the Wilson Center.  We kick off discussing how Imran Khan leveraged his celebrity as one of the greatest cricket players of all time to a career in politics. We then discuss how he governed as Prime Minister and the circumstances that lead to his downfall. Finally, we have an in-depth conversation about how this political transition in Pakistan may impact US-Pakistani relations and regional dynamics between Pakistan, India and China.   

Casey Harmon, Technical Support Lead at Computer Spa, LLC, joins the program to discuss the importance of cybersecurity for businesses and organizations and reveals tips for protecting your network against cyber threats. Discover some of the most common forms of cyberattacks and how to protect against them. 

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Nearly half a million people in the US are in jail right now without being convicted of a crime, simply because they can't come up with the money to pay cash bail. To try and fix this system, public defender and activist Robin Steinberg asked a straightforward question: What if we paid bail for them? In conversation with TED Radio Hour host Manoush Zomorodi, Steinberg shares how her nonprofit The Bail Project -- which uses a revolving fund to post bail for those who can't afford it -- is scaling up their efforts across the country and rolling out a new community-based model to fight mass incarceration. (This ambitious plan is part of the Audacious Project, TED's initiative to inspire and fund global change.)

Air Date 3/10/2020 Today we take a look at Democratic Socialism and how to explain it because socialism and the freedoms it provides are a lot more American than we tend to think.  Be part of the show! Leave us a message at 202-999-3991 MEMBERSHIP ON PATREON (Get AD FREE Shows & Bonus Content) EPISODE SPONSORS: Clean Choice Energy SHOP AMAZON: Amazon USA | Amazon CA | Amazon UK SHOW NOTES Ch. 1: Democratic Socialism Explained with Spencer Cox - Washington State Indivisible Podcast - Air Date 5-16-19 Spencer Cox discusses what democratic socialism means in action. Ch. 2: Move Over Socialism Democrats Need to Reclaim the Word "Freedom" - Thom Hartmann - Air Date 3-18-19 Among Democrats, there is a big debate about the word Socialism but should Democrats be talking about the word freedom instead? Ch. 3: Bernie Sanders' Socialism is As American as The Post Office - The Benjamin Dixon Show - Air Date 1-23-20 Ben Dixon breaks down a clip from MSNBC and what they get wrong about democratic socialism. Ch. 4: Jackson Mississippi's Socialist Mayor Chokwe Antar Lumumba - Backstory - Air Date 4-26-19 A conversation with the mayor of a southern town looking to make it the most radical in the nation Ch. 5: Capitalism vs Socialism - Progressive Faith Sermons - Air Date 9-1-19 "Socialism" has become a political scare word used to frighten voters away from progressive programs intended to expand health care coverage, make higher education available to lower-income families, and to raise the minimum wage to a living wage. Ch. 6: Who’s Really Afraid of Socialism? - Deconstructed - Air Date 2-6-19 To discuss America’s long-held resistance to socialism and its current rise in popularity, Mehdi Hasan is joined by Washington Post columnist Elizabeth Bruenig. Ch. 7: Astra Taylor on Socialism, Democracy and Liberalism - Jacobin Radio The Dig with Daniel Denvir - Air Date 7-5-19 The world is changing and we need to make the world work for more people. If we do nothing the world will end, but we have so much to gain. A promised land is just beyond the horizon. Ch. 8: Talking Democratic Socialism with Bhaskar Sunkara - Hear the Bern - Air Date 6-25-19 Bernie Sanders gives a democratic socialist speech and Bhaskar Sunkara helps break it down. FINAL COMMENTS Ch. 9: Final comments on the lasting effects of propaganda and the coming revolution MUSIC (Blue Dot Sessions): Opening Theme: Loving Acoustic Instrumental by John Douglas Orr  PolyCoat - The Cabinetmaker Blue Jay - Feathers Astrisx - Bodytonic Yarrow and Root - The Bulwark These Times - The Pine Barrens Tripoli - Pecan Grove Contrarian - Sketchbook Voicemail Music: Low Key Lost Feeling Electro by Alex Stinnent Closing Music: Upbeat Laid Back Indie Rock by Alex Stinnent SHOW IMAGE "Medicare for All Rally," Molly Adams, Flickr | License | Modifications: Cropped & increased contrast   Produced by Jay! Tomlinson Visit us at BestOfTheLeft.com Support the show via Patreon Listen on Apple Podcasts | Google Podcasts | Spotify | +more Check out the BotL iOS/Android App in the App Stores! Follow at Twitter.com/BestOfTheLeft Like at Facebook.com/BestOfTheLeft Contact me directly at [email protected] Review the show on Apple Podcasts, Stitcher and Facebook!

Ulrich Boser, author of "Learn Better" and "The Leap", discusses the latest research on the science of learning strategies and reveals how you can help your teen to adopt proven study techniques for accelerating academic performance with less effort.If you've enjoyed Talking to Teens, we'd love if you could leave us a five-star rating, and if you have time, a review! Full show notesWhen a teenager is constantly getting bad grades or failing to grasp course material, it’s hard to watch as a parent. It’s difficult to see them struggle to learn as well or as fast as their peers. We especially don’t want our kids to fall behind or get discouraged. Poor learning skills in the teen years can negatively impact grades, but failing to improve those skills can lead to greater disadvantages further into adulthood. This is why learning strategies for teens are so important! We want our kids to be happy, well-adjusted members of society, not those struggling to keep up.Luckily, there are tried and true learning strategies for teens that can guide our kids towards being more effective learners. Our guest today is Ulrich Boser, the author of the book Learn Better: Mastering the Skills for Success in Life, Business, and School, Or, How to Become an Expert in Just About Anything. In the episode, Ulrich shines light on common misconceptions most people have about learning and several great learning strategies for teens we can use today.Ulrich writes from the heart, as the inspiration for the book came from his own childhood. He struggled a lot in school, as he needed to repeat kindergarten and was placed into special education classes. Due to his difficulty keeping up with class, he always assumed he was going to be less successful than the classmates who excelled beyond him. However, as he began thinking critically about the process of learning itself, he discovered how he could become much more capable of retaining knowledge. He took his ideas about learning strategies for teens and put them into the book.Ulrich describes a serious problem we have in today’s education system. He says we tend to sort people into two categories: good learners and bad learners. We shouldn’t be doing this, however, as research shows that we all have pretty much the same learning abilities. Rather than labeling them as unintelligent, we should be providing individualized learning strategies for teens who struggle in school.One of the many learning strategies for teens that we discuss is the importance of physical learning. For example, we can greatly benefit from using hand motions to remember pieces of information. Although it may look peculiar, try helping your teen create a tapping motion that goes along with the information they are expected to memorize. Then, have them perform that same hand motion while being tested. This surprising technique can help them recall information much faster and with more accuracy.Quizzing is another one of the effective learning strategies for teens I loved hearing about during this interview! Quizzing means testing your teen on the material they are learning. This is already a popular technique, so it’s good to know that it’s actually helpful. In fact, Ulrich says it’s one of the most effective techniques you can use! Even better, says Ulrich, is having teens repeat ideas to themselves without notes. If you can recall the information at hand without any reference, you will be more successful in remembering it for the long term.Practicing new learning strategies doesn’t mean your teen isn’t smart already. Instead, it shows that they are dedicated to learning and adapting, even when things are challenging. Albert Einstein, one of the most brilliant men in history, struggled with basic tasks like tying his shoes and telling time. He had to learn certain strategies to adapt, and it was likely the development of those strategies that helped him become the brilliant innovator we all know. By researching and understanding learning strategies for teens, our kids can be just as brilliant as Einstein!When it comes to learning strategies for teens, it’s good for them to distribute their learning over long periods of time, as Ulrich notes. As we’ve been told over and over, cramming for tests doesn’t work. If they try to learn everything in one night, their brains will simply not retain the information very well. Instead, by spreading out their studying over long periods of time, they can give their learning a boost.Speaking of long term planning, Ulrich and I discuss how planning and goal setting can be helpful learning strategies for teens. This is especially true for teenagers in the modern day who have to juggle more than just school. Most teens are also involved in sports, extracurriculars, college applications, social media, complicated social circles, or a million other things. Ulrich speaks on the idea that if they’re feeling stressed and overwhelmed, teens simply don’t learn as well. By planning and setting specific deadlines for themselves, they can help section out their responsibilities so we’re not exhausted.Along with sharing strategies for success, Ulrich also debunks common learning strategies that don’t work as well as we think they do. For example, Ulrich mentions research on reading has shown that highlighting certain phrases doesn’t help our brains retain information. The widely-accepted theory of learning styles (visual, written, or auditory), is also not scientifically accurate. These are very common misconceptions, and it’s important to learn that they are not effective learning strategies for teens. Instead, focus on quizzing, physical learning, and other scientifically-backed methods Ulrich shares in our conversation.Ulrich says that our behaviors as parents have a significant influence on our teen’s behaviors through a psychological process called “modeling.” Modeling means, if we exhibit good learning strategies, our teens will do the same. For example, research shows that parents who are math anxious--meaning doing math makes them uncomfortable to the point where they avoid it--are likely to pass the same tendency onto their children.Additionally, Ulrich encourages parents to share their own experience of struggling with learning to help kids contextualize and understand their own difficulties. If you can talk to them about what you’ve been through, they won’t feel so embarrassed or discouraged about their own struggles. Maybe you’ve always found writing essays particularly hard, but because it was difficult for you, you adapted and learned new strategies. By sharing this breakthrough with your teenager, you might help them adapt for their own situation.Also in this episode, we discuss:Other methods of learning that are surprisingly effective, such as using analogies and talking to yourselfWhy it’s positive to “think about thinking”How to ensure that our teenagers will do the right thing, even when no one is watchingWhat my brother has learned about education from running a tutoring company How receiving or providing tutoring can help your childrenHow to gain back the trust of a teenager once it’s been brokenHow technology plays a role in learningThese ideas about learning and other learning strategies for teens are discussed in today’s episode. Ulrich is not only a great author, but a great speaker, conversational...

You would not really know it from the headlines, but more irregular migrants and refugees are arriving to Europe via Morocco than are arriving to Italy via Libya or to Greece via Turkey. In fact, as the numbers of migrants arriving to Europe declined overall in 2018, the migrant route from Morocco to Spain experienced a sharp increase.    On the line with me to explain why the Morocco-to-Spain route has become so popular, and what this change in migration routes says about Europe's shifting attitudes towards migrants and refugees is Joe Wallen.   Joe Wallen is a freelance foreign correspondent for the Telegraph newspaper, the Guardian and al Jazeera. He's reported extensively from sub-saharan migrant communities in Morocco who seek to make the journey across the straight of Gibraltar. In the process,  he has reported on human rights abuses that are being visited upon this community by both traffickers and Moroccan security forces backed by the European Union.    We kick off with a discussion of the evolving migrant routes from Africa and the middle east before having a longer discussion about the current situation in Morocco. 

Jason Guriel is a poet and critic whose work has appeared in such publications as Poetry, Slate, Reader's Digest, The Walrus, Parnassus, Canadian Notes & Queries, The New Criterion, and PN Review. His poetry has been anthologized in The Best Canadian Poetry in English, and in 2007, he was the first Canadian to receive the Frederick Bock Prize from Poetry magazine. He won Poetry's Editors Prize for Book Reviewing in 2009. His essays and reviews are collected in The Pigheaded Soul (The Porcupine's Quill, 2013). Guriel lives in Toronto, Ontario.    We met at the Toronto Public Library on College in rooms where the Osborne Collection is kept. The collection was donated in 1949 by the English librarian Edgar Osborne in recognition of the Library's outstanding service to children.   We talk among other things about The Pig Headed Soul, the key to being a good critic, poems not poetry, obsessing, 'The Case Against Reading Everything', Carmine Starnino, 'culture' writing, confessional criticism, pop culture essays, the adoration of poet Peter Van Toorn, 'world class' poet Robyn Sarah, the importance of pleasure, thoughts the culture wont allow itself to have, "I don't care about your Life', literary community, honesty in criticism, response to reviews, Chris Wiman, Clive James, Michael Hoffmann's Behind the Lines, William Logan, Jill Bialoski and plagiarism, the Griffin Prize, dirty money, and diapers. 

There is a tragedy unfolding in the Mediterranean sea. Migrants trying to reach an Italian island off the coast of Libya are dying by the boatload, and Europe is turning a blind eye. Just this week, the UN Refugee Agency estimated that over 300 people have died already this year taking this perilous journey. Meanwhile, an Italian search and rescue operation that saved thousands of people last year has been shelved. John Dalhuisen of Amnesty International is on the line to discuss this crisis, what Europe and Italy could be doing to stop it, what is compelling these migrants to make this dangerous journey, and why this ongoing tragedy is about to get much worse.