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Small College Basketball Announces Hall of Fame Class of 2020

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE May 15, 2020 Media Contact: Matt Ankenbrandt Sports Information Director │ Small College Basketball 616.780.1335 www.smallcollegebasketball.com

Small College Basketball National Hall of Fame 2020 Class Announced

Kansas City, MO – Small College Basketball and the National Hall of Fame Committee are proud to announce the National Hall of Fame Class of 2020. This year’s class is once again made up of some of the greatest coaches, players, and contributors to Small College Basketball. The 2020 Class includes the following members (Bios are found at the bottom of this release):

Players Eric Brand, Bethel (IN) Corey Crowder, Kentucky Wesleyan Kenny Davis, Georgetown College Andre Foreman, Salisbury Stan Gouard, Southern Indiana Andy Panko, Lebanon Valley Archie Talley, Salem College (WV) Dallas Thornton, Kentucky Wesleyan Larry Wilson, Nicholls State Coaches Roger Kaiser, West Georgia & Life Mike Lightfoot, Bethel (IN) Contributor A.O. Duer

Small College Basketball Founder John McCarthy had this to say about the National Hall of Fame Class of 2020:

"What an extraordinary group of inductees in the Class of 2020! Once again, our committee did a tremendous job of selecting a highly impressive and accomplished group of inductees. I have spoken to all of the inductees, and there is a tremendous amount of excitement and enthusiasm surrounding the Class of 2020. While each inductee is considered a legend or icon at their respective school, you wouldn't know it by talking with them. As a group, they are humble, grateful and high quality people. I'm proud to welcome them into the Small College Basketball National Hall of Fame."

The 2020 National Hall of Fame Class was selected by the distinguished Hall of Fame Committee including: Steve Knight, Don Landry, Mike Lightfoot, Danny Miles, Greg Moore, Jim Nelson, Doug Palm, Roy Pickerill, Gary Pine, Jim Poteet, Butch Raymond, John Rinka, Gary Stewart and Rick Zvosec.

For more information regarding the Small College Basketball National Hall of Fame please head to smallcollegebasketball.com

Small College Basketball National Hall of Fame Class of 2020 Bio’s

Eric Brand, Bethel (IN)

Eric Brand is the only player in Bethel history to play in four straight national championship games, winning three of them. Brand’s teams won the 1997 NAIA National Championship, 1998 NAIA National Championship, and 2000 NCCAA National Championship, while coming in second at the 1999 NAIA National Championships. Brand was named an NAIA Hall of Fame member in 2018, after being named to the NAIA All-Tournament teams in 1998 and 1999. He was named an NAIA All – American as a sophomore, NAIA Second Team All – American as a junior, and NAIA First Team All – American as a senior.

Brand set the NAIA National Championship game record with 38 points. Upon graduation had NAIA tournament records in rebounds and free throws attempted, top five in rebounds and free throws made. Was named Crossroads League First Team All-Conference three times. Brand is the all-time leading scorer in Bethel history (2,696), games played (157), consecutive games played (157), and double – doubles (68). He currently ranks second at Bethel in consecutive starts (118) and free throws made per game (4.197), third in career rebounds (1,313), victories (135), and conference victories (54), fourth in field goal attempts (1,712), and fifth in blocks (14).

The Bethel College standout was one of four Pilots to ever record a triple – double with 34 points, 18 rebounds, and 11 assists and was only the 23rd player to hit the 1000 point and 500 rebound milestones. Brand holds numerous single – season records at Bethel as well. He currently holds the single – season record in points (909), free throws made (282), free throws attempted (377), free throws made per game (7.42), free throws attempted per game (9.921), and double – doubles (26 twice, 98-99 and 99- 00). Brand is a member of the Bethel College Hall of Fame and has his jersey retired.

Corey Crowder, Kentucky Wesleyan

Corey Crowder was named the NABC Division II National Player of the Year in 1991, after finishing as the runner – up in 1990. He was a three time NABC All – American, receiving first team honors in 1990 and 1991, while being named second team in 1989. Crowder was a member of the 1990 NCAA National Championship team.

In 1991, Crowder took part in the NABC East – West All – Star game. He was a three time NABC All – Great Lakes Region First Team member from 1989-1991. Crowder was a two time Great Lakes Valley Conference Player of the Year (1990, 1991) and three – time All – Great Lakes Valley Conference First Team (1989-1991). In all four years of his career, Crowder was named to the NCAA Great Lakes Region Tournament Team and in 1990 he was named to the All – NCAA Championship tournament team. Crowder finished his career with 2,282 points, 245 three – pointers, 806 rebounds, 211 assists, and 155 steals. He was second in voting for the All – Century team by Kentucky Wesleyan fans and his number 23 jersey is retired.

Kenny Davis, Georgetown College

Kenny Davis was named an NAIA All–American from 1969, 1970 and 1971. He received First Team honors in 1970 and 1971, after being named to the Second Team in 1969. He is the last small college player to play on a USA Olympic team, as Davis was elected Captain of the 1972 U.S. Olympic Team by his teammates. He was also a member of the 1970 USA World University team and the 1971 USA Pan American team, thus becoming the only player in USA basketball history to play in the World Games, Pan American Games, and the Olympics. His 3,003 career points is still the all-time record at Georgetown College and ranks second as the most points scored in Kentucky college basketball history. Davis has been inducted into the Georgetown College Hall of Fame and the NAIA Hall of Fame.

Andre Foreman, Salisbury

Andre Foreman is the all-time leading scorer in the history of NCAA Division III basketball, finishing his career with 2,940 points, while also finishing his career with 1,315 rebounds. Foreman also set the NCAA Division III record for field goals in his career with 1,140. For his career, he averaged 27.0 ppg and 12.1 rpg. During his senior year (1991-92), he helped the Seagulls to the best season in school history with a 28-2 record, which also included a school record 27-game win streak. During his junior season, he led the country in scoring with 31.5 ppg. Foreman was a two-time First Team NABC All American (1990-91 and 1991-92), and was named as the 1991-92 NABC National Player of the Year. When he finished his career, he had set 17 Salisbury records, including career, season and game scoring, as well as career rebounds and steals, among many others. He led his team in scoring and rebounding all four years, and was named as the team’s MVP all four seasons. Foreman is considered the greatest player in school history and has been inducted into the Salisbury Hall of Fame.

Stan Gouard, Southern Indiana

Stan Gouard spent three seasons at Southern Indiana. He was the NABC NCAA Division II Player of the Year and first team All – American in 1995 and 1996. He led Southern Indiana to the 1995 NCAA Division II National Championship, the 1994 NCAA Division II Championship game appearance, and the 1996 NCAA II Great Lakes Regional finals. He was the Chevrolet Player of the Game in the 1994 title game.

Gouard averaged 17.2 ppg and 7.9 rpg in 13 NCAA II Tournament games, finishing his career at Southern Indiana ranked third in scoring (1,619 points) and fourth in rebounding (754). He shot 62.0 percent from the field and 54.3 percent from beyond the three-point line. Gouard also set Southern Indiana’s records for steals in a game (eight), season (66), and career (176).

Andy Panko, Lebanon Valley

Andy Panko was named NCAA Division III Player of the Year in 1998 and 1999. During his career he was named NABC First Team All – American three times. Panko is Lebanon Valley’s all-time leading scorer with 2,515 points and is 11th in NCAA Division III history. He averaged 23.1 points over his four year, 109 game career. As a senior, Panko averaged 26 points, which included a single – game school – record 58- point effort vs. Juniata. He also had three other games of 40 or more points in his career. Named Conference Player of the Year three times and led his teams to a pair of NCAA Tournament appearances. Panko is a member of the D3hoops.com Team of the Decade.

Archie Talley, Salem College

As a freshman in 1973, Talley averaged 22.8 ppg. As a sophomore he boosted his average to a league leading 29.4 in the West Virginia Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (WVIAC). During his junior season, Talley was the second leading scoring in the country with 34.9 ppg.

In 1976, Talley tallied four straight 50 point games in one week. After a 25-point outing snapped the streak of 50 point games, Talley finished his career scoring 30 or more points in twelve consecutive games. He connected on 49 percent of his shots from the field and still holds the NAIA single season record for shots attempted and shots made. Talley finished the 1976 season as the nation’s leading scorer with 40.8 ppg. He also set the NAIA record of 1,347 points scored in a single season, this is 34 points shy of Pete Maravich’s NCAA Division I record.

Dallas Thornton, Kentucky Wesleyan

Dallas Thornton was a four-year starter and competed on two NCAA Division II National Championship Teams (1966 and 1968), and one Third Place team (1967). Thornton was a starter in all 112 games he played for Kentucky Wesleyan. He was named Fist Team NABC All – American, Second Team Associated Press and United Press International All – American, and Third Team Converse Yearbook All – American.

In 1967 and 1968 Thornton was named to the NCAA Championship All – Tournament team. Thornton took part in the 1968 US Olympic Trials. He was chosen to Kentucky Wesleyan’s All – Century Team and the 1960’s Panthers All – Decade Team. Thornton is fifth in Kentucky Wesleyan history in points (1,929, seventh in rebounds (903), and ninth in career field goal percentage (49.0). Over his final three seasons, the Panthers finished with a record of 77-13. His number 23 jersey is retired at Kentucky Wesleyan. Thornton was drafted by the Baltimore Bullets in 1968 in the fourth round and drafted by the Miami Floridians in the fifth round. He played two seasons for the American Basketball Association with the Miami Floridians (1968-70). Thornton was a member of the Harlem Globetrotters for 15 seasons and started with Meadow Lark Lemon, Curly Neal, among others on their Europe and America tours.

Larry Wilson, Nicholls State

As part of Nicholls State from 1975-79, Larry Wilson was a three – time All – American. He was a four – time All – Gulf South Conference selection and a two – time GSC Player of the Year. Wilson was a three – time first team All – Louisiana (all classes) selection. He finished his career as the holder of 42 Nicholls State and GSC records. Wilson was only the 18th player in NCAA History, below Division I, to score 2,500 career points and hold a 25 ppg scoring average. He set the Nicholls State and GSC career records with 2,569 points and an 83.5 career free throw percentage. Wilson finished his career with 982 rebounds and led the GSC in scoring for four straight years. He averaged 27.0 ppg (third in nation) and 9.6 rpg in 1977, and 21.8 ppg and 9.2 rpg in 1976. Wilson Nicholls State to two GSC and two NCAA Regional Championships (1976 & 1979). In 1979, Wilson was the NCAA Division II representative in the NABC All – Star game. He was the 34th pick in the NBA draft by the Atlanta Hawks.

Roger Kaiser, West Georgia & Life

Roger Kaiser coached West Georgia for 20 years, winning the NAIA National Championship in 1974. In 1990, he started the basketball program at Life University and won the NAIA National Championships in 1997, 1999, and 2000, and led Life to two additional appearances in the National Championship game. Kaiser was the NAIA National Coach of the Year in 1997 and 2000, and was selected to the NAIA’s 75th Anniversary Team, one of only 15 coaches. He is a member of the West Georgia Hall of Fame, the Georgia Sports Hall of Fame, the Indiana Basketball Hall of Fame and the Georgia Tech Hall of Fame.

Mike Lightfoot, Bethel (IN)

Mike Lightfoot coached Bethel from 1987 to 2017, where he led the Pilots to three NAIA Division II Championships (1995, 1997, 1998) and four NCCAA Championships (1992, 1993, 2000, 2007), giving him a remarkable seven National Championships. His teams won 11 NCCAA Regional Championships and 10 Mid Central Conference Championships. Lightfoot was the fastest collegiate coach in basketball history to reach the 300, 400, and 500 win plateaus. During his career, Lightfoot was named NAIA Coach of the Year twice, NCCAA National Coach of the Year seven times, and Crossroads League Coach of the Year six times. He finished his career with a 794-285 career record and was inducted in the NAIA Hall of Fame in 2009.

A.O. Duer

A man affectionately known as “Mr. NAIA”, Duer spent a quarter of a century working to improve intercollegiate basketball and promote equality in college athletics. Duer pioneered the integration of basketball with the inclusion of an all-black school in the 1954 tournament. A member of the AAU and the U.S. Basketball Association Ethics Committee, Duer was appointed the executive secretary of the NAIA in 1949 replacing upon the death of Emil Liston and he led the movement to change the organization’s name to NAIA after it grew to more than 500 members. Duer remained as the director of the NAIA National Basketball Championship tournament through 1975. He was also a member of the U.S. Basketball Association Ethics Committee between 1960 and 1964 and also served on the Board of Directors of the U.S. Olympic Committee and the Basketball Hall of Fame...Duer coached 10 seasons at Pepperdine, posting a record of 176-102, including 8-4 in four NAIB national tournaments and 0-2 in one NCAA tournament. His 1945 team placed second and his 1946 team reached the semifinals of the NAIB tournament. In five of his final six seasons, he won 20 or more games including a record of 26-9 in the 1945-46 campaign. Duer continues to be honored to this day as the NAIA A.O. Duer Scholarship is awarded annually to one junior men’s athlete and one junior women’s athlete (regardless of sport) in recognition of their character and outstanding academic and athletic excellence. He was elected to the Basketball Hall of Fame in 1982 and the College Basketball Hall of Fame in 2006.

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Anti-Vaxxers Could Fuel Spike in Childhood Diseases: 'It Will Be Horrific'

— By Steve Friess | October 06, 2021 | Newsweek

A recent gathering in a Quality Inn ballroom in rural Bradley, Illinois, offered a glimpse—terrifying to most epidemiologists, thrilling to longtime vaccine "safety" activists—of America's growing political divide over vaccinations and its implications for the nation's health. Ostensibly, the meeting was a community forum about employer mandates for COVID vaccines that the organizer expected to draw 80 people in this overwhelmingly Republican exurb of Chicago. Instead, more than 300 people piled in, mostly to complain about the notion that anyone—a boss, a school, a government—could force them to take any vaccines at all. As one Libertarian county commissioner told the crowd: "I will fight for your right to believe in whatever god, medicine or way of life you choose."

The event is being replicated in some form or another in cities and towns across America, emblematic of a growing grassroots movement of people who believe that vaccine mandates—for COVID, yes, but increasingly for other diseases as well—are an affront to their personal freedom. That represents a marked shift from pre-pandemic times, when vaccine opponents typically based their reasoning on medical concerns and were largely comprised of a few religious sects and a small number of left-leaning activists seeking explanations for rising rates of autism. As the anti-vaxx mandate movement gains political traction, particularly on the right, medical experts fear it could not only cripple efforts to eradicate COVID but could also lead to a surge in long-conquered diseases, from mumps to whooping cough to smallpox.

"Those [more established] vaccines have had a long history of use, so there's certainly data that suggests that they're relatively safe. But it always has to be a choice of individuals. You can't have government forcing that on us" - Conservative group Action 4 Liberty president Jake Duesenberg

"There are some more conservative states where we are likely to see other non-COVID vaccine mandates under attack, and it is very worrisome," says Marcus Plescia, chief medical officer of the Association of State and Territorial Health Officials. "If we have some of these pediatric infectious diseases come back, it will be horrific."

Even before President Joe Biden's September 9 announcement of a litany of aggressive COVID vaccine mandates—covering an estimated 100 million Americans, including federal health workers and companies with more than 100 employees—evidence of changes in policy and sentiment toward such rules was cropping up, led by the right. This summer the Tennessee Department of Health, reportedly pushed by GOP lawmakers, directed its staffers to stop conducting "proactive outreach regarding routine vaccinations," including those for childhood diseases, HPV and influenza. Larry Elder, the top Republican vote-getter in the failed recall effort against California's Democratic Governor Gavin Newsom, told the Los Angeles Times editorial board in August, "I don't believe that the state should tell a parent whether or not a child should be vaccinated. That's an intrusion of state power." In Minnesota this month, the conservative group Action 4 Liberty, which boasts an email list of more than 100,000 recipients, began hammering a leading Republican candidate for governor for refusing to sign the group's "Stop Vaccine Mandates" pledge.

A group demonstrators hold signs as they protest against mandated vaccines outside of the Michigan State Capitol on August 6, 2021 in Lansing, Michigan. Emily Elconin/Getty

"Those vaccines have had a long history of use, so there's certainly data that suggests that they're relatively safe," the group's president, Jake Duesenberg, tells Newsweek. "But it always has to be a choice of individuals. You can't have government forcing that on us."

In all, some 22 percent of Americans now identify as "anti-vaxxers," defined as people who support vaccine refusal and "embrace the label as a form of social identity," according to a report by researchers at Oklahoma State University, Texas A&M University and others, published in the journal Politics, Groups, and Identities. Underscoring concerns of public health experts, the study also found identifying as an anti-vaxxer to be predictive of increased opposition to childhood vaccine requirements.

Meanwhile, signs are also mounting about the partisan nature of growing opposition to vaccines and vaccine mandates, and the shift from medical to libertarian reasoning. Asked in a survey by the Kaiser Family Foundation whether getting the COVID vaccine is a matter of "personal choice" or "part of everyone's responsibility to protect the health of others," more than 70 percent of Republicans saw it as a personal choice vs. just 27 percent of Democrats. And according to a Twitter analysis by Renee DiResta, research manager of the Stanford Internet Observatory, reported in The New York Times, even anti-vaxxers whose opposition in the pre-COVID era was focused on concerns about autism and toxins are now evolving their messaging to talk about freedom and "vaccine choice."

Paramedics transport a COVID patient in Houston, Texas, where the governor has banned vaccine mandates. John Moore/Getty

"The coalescing of previously distinct groups that are now more aligned on this issue of opposing vaccines is new," says Douglas Opel, a pediatrician at Seattle Children's Hospital and author of numerous papers on vaccine hesitancy among parents. "The politicization of the COVID-19 vaccine development and authorization process has been a concern of all of us on what that might mean for vaccine confidence and the sustainability of immunization programs generally."

The Road to Here

Until recently, mandates for vaccinations—which mostly surface when parents try to enroll their children in daycare facilities or schools—were a relatively uncontroversial, routine part of preventing the spread of mostly vanquished infectious diseases. Every state has such mandates, and all but six allow exemptions for reasons of either religious or "personal belief." In California, Connecticut, Maine, Mississippi, New York and West Virginia, only exemptions for medical reasons are acceptable.

All 50 states have vaccine mandates, typically dating back decades. Here, a young boy receives a smallpox vaccine as classmates watch circa 1967. United States Department of Health Education and Welfare/Getty

Opposition to such mandates in the decades before COVID included the likes of Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and the actress Jenny McCarthy, both liberal skeptics of vaccine science who promoted theories about widespread vaccine side effects that have been aggressively debunked and dismissed by the medical community. When the country experienced outbreaks of diseases such as measles—an illness that in 2000 was declared eradicated in the U.S. by the World Health Organization—the overall numbers were in the dozens or hundreds, which is relatively small. In California, where a 2014 outbreak was traced to Disneyland, and New York, where surges in 2019 were connected to insular Orthodox Jewish communities, lawmakers quickly voted to eliminate the ability of parents to opt out of vaccinations for religious or personal reasons.

Yet what scares epidemiologists now is that many conservatives who denounce vaccine mandates are eliding the medical questions of whether they are safe. Instead, says David Rosner, a Columbia University historian who specializes in the intersection of politics and public health, they're focusing on a political view that requiring them is wrong.

"We are at the beginning of a much more profound change that may lead to resistance to other vaccines but also may lead to disintegration of any sense of social obligation, social cohesion and social purpose," he warns. "It's part of the questioning of what the country is and what it represents. When you see this kind of breakdown and unwillingness to work together, even under the most obvious circumstances where we've had more than 650,000 people die, it feels like the beginning of a major dividing point."

Many opponents—like Elder and Ohio Senate candidate Josh Mandel, who likened vaccine mandates to the Gestapo—are themselves vaccinated for COVID-19 and aren't voicing criticism of the safety or efficacy of the shots themselves. They merely insist that it's not the government's role to force the shots on people, many of whom question the record speed of the vaccines' development, prefer to rely on natural immunity the body may develop after being exposed to COVID or believe a wide range of misinformation, from the myth that the shots contain microchips capable of tracking movement to concerns of potential harm to the reproductive systems of women of child-bearing age.

After receiving COVID shots this spring, Californians in Richmond wait in an observation area. David Paul Morris/Blooberg/Getty

"I am not against anyone getting the COVID vaccine, it's their choice," says Duesenberg, who declined to say if he is vaccinated against COVID. "From someone that's not in the medical profession, there are risky classes of individuals who, if they were to contract the COVID-19 disease, it could be very bad for them. There's a big argument for them to get the COVID vaccine. But for young, healthy individuals, that risk-reward is way different. I've heard even doctors ask why a young healthy person would get the vaccine when you don't know the long-term effects of it. Either way, it can't be the government's choice."

That notion, though, threatens to upend more than a century of bipartisan acceptance and judicial support for the government's ability to impose vaccine requirements. As recently as mid-August, in fact, Supreme Court Justice Amy Coney Barrett, a conservative, declined to block a requirement from Indiana University that all students and faculty be vaccinated for COVID. In doing so, Barrett upheld a ruling by the 7th Circuit Court of Appeals, featuring all Republican appointees, that said vaccine requirements "have been common in this nation" and citing a 1905 Supreme Court decision upholding a smallpox vaccine mandate.

Still, just because the practice is constitutional doesn't mean state legislatures must continue to mandate immunizations. Nor does it mean that local boards of health will continue to be stingy about allowing exemptions if the political winds shift in such a way as to make that position untenable. The outcome, experts say, could be significant regional differences in vaccine protections.

"It's hard to know how big that group of vaccine refusers could potentially grow, but it's very clear that they will be in pockets, that they will reside together in different communities, where then we will see increased rates of certain vaccine-preventable diseases, of whooping cough, of measles, potentially of COVID, of influenza—all vaccine-preventable diseases" as a result, says Mary Anne Jackson, dean of the University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Medicine and a former member of the National Vaccine Advisory Committee and the American Academy of Pediatrics Committee on Infectious Diseases.

GOP House colleagues look on as Maryland Representative Andy Harris, a doctor and vaccine mandate opponent, speaks at a news conference on the Delta variant this summer. Alex Wong/Getty

Factoring into the heightened risk is the very nature of viruses, which bide their time in asymptomatic carriers waiting for hosts whose defenses are down. Tara Kirk Sell, a public health expert at the Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security, says the outcome is that any drop in vaccination coverage in a locality could present opportunities for, say, chicken pox or rubella to sicken and spread to other vulnerable people in the community, including people too young or medically fragile to be immunized.

Tara Kirk Sell at a congressional testimony. House Science Committe

"There are strong reasons why we require vaccines in schools, because we want to make sure that kids don't end up with measles or mumps and we don't want them spreading disease throughout the community," says Sell. "It's extremely concerning that this whole concern about COVID-19 vaccines is spiraling out into those other necessary public health requirements."

Signs of Trouble Ahead

The Centers for Disease Control's data so far is of little use in assessing the impact of COVID politics on vaccination rates for other diseases. The compliance rate for the usual litany of childhood shots was more than 95 percent as of the agency's most recently published numbers, but that only goes through 2019—before the pandemic's onset.

Still, based on spot reports from different pockets of the country, the National Foundation for Infectious Diseases noted "an alarming decline in vaccination rates" last year that it says puts individuals of all ages at risk of contracting vaccine-preventable diseases. Miami-Dade County in Florida, for instance, saw a 60 percent drop in the number of children's vaccines administered in April 2020 vs. April 2019; in Michigan in May 2020, half of infants five months or younger were behind on their vaccines; in New York City, vaccine dose delivery fell 91 percent between March and May 2020. But experts attribute those drops in shots more to parents' fears of taking their kids to doctors at the height of the pandemic lockdown out of fear of contracting COVID than to raging vaccine hesitancy.

Anecdotally, however, many pediatricians see a baffling, troubling sea change. Joel Heidelbaugh, a physician who oversees family practice residents at the University of Michigan School of Medicine at a clinic in suburban Detroit, says he now sees parents who refuse vaccines for their children at least twice a week whereas such refusals pre-COVID occurred a few times a year.

"I saw a baby today who didn't get their first vaccine in the hospital because the parents didn't want to give it, and then I saw a 14-year-old for a sports physical who had not gotten the COVID vaccine and was due for an HPV and a meningitis vaccine but the mom declined both of those," Heidelbaugh says. "When I suggested that they get the COVID vaccine for the 14-year-old, Mom vehemently told me no and said she'd thrown out everything in her house that's made by Johnson & Johnson because she's against the COVID vaccine and thinks it causes more harm than good." (J&J makes one of three approved COVID vaccines in the U.S.)

To those who have long toiled in the movement to question mass vaccinations and their safety, though, such stories are encouraging. "We're seeing many more people than before the pandemic asking serious questions," says Mary Holland, chief counsel to the Children's Health Defense, a non-profit advocacy group founded by RFK Jr., son of the late California Senator Robert Kennedy, that recently organized protests around the country in response to mask and vaccine mandates. "Is it safe? Is it effective? Were the clinical trials adequate? Is there liability protection? What's happening to the people who have been injured or have died? We're certainly seeing a level of interest in the movement for vaccine safety that we didn't see before the pandemic, and we are happy to see that renewed level of interest and education."

Brian Hooker, a longtime vaccine skeptic and one of the most prominent researchers to push a debunked claim that childhood vaccinations cause autism, agrees. "It's quite astounding to have more than 20 percent" of the public say they're anti-vaxxers, notes Hooker, a bioengineer and chair of the math and science department at Simpson University, a small Christian private college in Redding, California. "And that's not just specific to the COVID vaccine. This is something that is really, really new."

US President Joe Biden give remarks on COVID-19 response & vaccinations in the State Dining Room of the White House on June 18, 2021. Demetrius Freeman/The Washington Post/Getty

Proof Is Elusive

It's more difficult to persuade vaccine-hesitant parents like those he's encountering than it used to be, Heidelbaugh says, because their political views make them unreceptive to medical information that contradicts whatever they've heard from conservative or social media.

"I try to explain what they're due for, what vaccines we recommend, I'm happy to give literature on each of the vaccines so they understand what it's for and potential side effects," he says. "Then I explain to them the risks of being unvaccinated and tell them that there's a reason we have eradicated these diseases. And there's a reason we're starting to see some of these diseases which are preventable." Does that work? "Rarely," he says.

Sell believes this is the best approach even if it is increasingly futile: "It's much harder to debate political beliefs or values. For both sides, it is about protecting kids. You can't just come in and say, 'You're wrong,' because nothing turns someone off faster than that."

Another challenge vaccine proponents face is new data showing no recent uptick in various preventable childhood diseases over the past year when many children did not get their vaccinations on schedule. While the CDC doesn't have national numbers yet for 2020, it issued an alert in June to urge parents to catch up after analyzing data from 10 areas of the country and found, for instance, that the measles, mumps and rubella (MMR) vaccination rate dropped by an average of 63 percent among children 2 to 8 years old in 2020. Yet there was no corresponding outbreak of those illnesses and, in fact, some other childhood afflictions saw declines.

An EMS medic from the Houston Fire Department prepares to transport a Covid-19 positive girl, age 2, to a hospital on August 25, 2021 in Houston, Texas. John Moore/Getty

There are easy explanations for that outcome, experts say. Just as kids didn't go to doctors at the height of the pandemic lockdowns, they also didn't go to daycare or in-person school—and many wore masks and sanitized their hands when they did encounter friends and relatives—so they were cosseted from exposure to a variety of germs.

But activists like Holland nonetheless point to these declines as more proof that the sky won't fall if kids don't get their shots or don't get them on the schedule that epidemiologists and virologists insist is necessary for peak effectiveness. "We've published articles showing that infant deaths went down, Sudden Infant Death Syndrome went down during the pandemic," Holland says. (Most public health experts see no link between vaccines and SIDS; correlation doesn't equal causation.) "There are some positive associations for lower vaccine uptake that should be researched and followed up on. But instead, there's now a lot of emphasis on families catching up on their vaccines and staying with the regular schedule."

The Pushback Against Pushback

Pro-vaccine advocates say they have one important secret weapon in this battle: parents. Jackson says the overwhelming share do vaccinate and, she expects, will become more vocal if anti-vaxxers threaten the health of their kids and other loved ones. She predicts they will clamor for data on the percent of unvaccinated children in daycares and school classes, she says, and parents will make decisions about where their children go based on that information.

"There are some pediatric practices that now refuse to have kids in their practice whose parents have refused to vaccinate," she says. "That's a trend that the American Academy of Pediatrics worries about because those children also need quality providers. But pediatricians say they can't have situations where under-vaccinated children are sitting in my waiting room and could potentially bring in measles to a vulnerable population."

What's more, the cost of more frequent disease outbreaks on local health-care systems could make medical coverage more expensive for people in under-vaccinated areas. "In states that don't want to vaccinate, the insurance companies are going to either raise the premiums for all of us or they're going to have to put those states into a higher rate bracket because the risk pools in those states will go through the roof," predicts Connecticut State Representative Stephen Meskers, who earlier this year sponsored a successful measure that repealed the ability of parents to opt out of vaccine mandates based on religious or personal views. "It's not inexpensive to put people on ventilators and to have them in hospitals. So if you want to go that route, you're either going to let the hospital overfill or you're going to have to build better occupancy, and both of those have economic costs."

A shot of hope: A COVID vaccine manufacturing site in Germany: Recent data shows the shots are more than 90 percent effective in preventing deaths from the disease. Thomas Lohnes/AFP/Getty

Health economists such as Jonathan Kolstad of University of California at Berkeley back up this notion. He says, "If there's an increase in the cost of supplying healthcare in a certain area, we would expect in a competitive insurance market that premiums would increase."

Holland of the anti-vaccine-mandate Children's Health Defense believes her movement emerges from COVID in a much different, stronger place. She's less sure, though, that they can count on unqualified support from the GOP. "It's accurate to say that the Democratic Party is very aligned with the vaccine agenda, but I don't think you can say vaccine choice is cemented into the Republican party platforms," she says

And Meskers, the Connecticut State Representative, says much will depend on whether the COVID vaccines do stem the tide of the pandemic and whether the outcome differences between the vaccinated and unvaccinated remain so dramatically different. A recent CDC study found that unvaccinated Americans were nearly five times more likely than vaccinated people to contract COVID and about 29 times more likely to be hospitalized than fully vaccinated individuals; a separate study found the vaccines to be more than 90 percent effective in preventing deaths. But that could change.

"We run the risk of a breakthrough variant where the death rate picks up," Meskers says. "Are we going to get a breakthrough where the vaccine loses its effectiveness? If we do, we're going to go into another round of 'Well, the vaccine was never going to work.' And that's scary for what it will say to people about all the other vaccines out there."

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Minds Of Sin Podcast 049 - Steve Mulder [N.L]

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01. Chus & Ceballos vs. Richie Santana - Low Frequencies (Ramiro Lopez Remix) 02. The Southern - Facial 03. The Reactivitz - You Know 04. Ilija Djokovic - Lost Universe (Steve Mulder Remix) 05. Jason Fernandez - Get Closer 06. The Reactivitz & Sonate - Swoosha (Anthony Cardinale Remix) 07. Steve Mulder - Check This Out 08. Loco & Jam - Snap Shot 09. D-Unity - Our House (Steve Mulder Remix) 10. Kaiser disco - Ten Commandments (The Junkies 6ix Side Remix) 11. D- Unity - Tell You Something 12. Steve Mulder - Appoggiatura 13. Bas Albers - Coming (Conjunct Remix)

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thesaleswhisperer · 4 years

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Are You Holding Yourself Hostage, Dr Mark Goulston

http://www.thesaleswhisperer.com/blog/topic/podcast http://MakeEverySale.com

Everyone is listening for something

Give it to them and they'll lean towards you

Different than listening to you

Red Zone Communication, i.e. immediately relevant

How to think like Elon Musk

How to think like Steve Jobs

What you want to create is "Whoa. Wow. Hmm. Yes!"

Whoa: I can't believe..."could you say that again?"

Wow: that's astonishing

Hmm: that's too good to not use.

Yes!: sold

How to create "gotta have it."

Your bottleneck to success is having to do anything through people because people are messy

Execution is the key

People are afraid

Identify, stop, or get away from evil as soon as you see it

We're flawed humans

Buyers lie. Sellers lie. Why? We're all afraid. Why are we afraid?

Spoke in Moscow with Nobel Prize winner

Leading through change vs. leading through fear

It's tough to learn when you're afraid

Our minds and focus constricts when we're afraid

Give our people a non-fail tactic or tool to get immediate results

Make them curious to learn more

"The FUD/Crud Technique"

Imagine you're in a tiff with someone

You can't tell them to "calm down"

Let them vent

Look at them

Pause when they are done

Say, "hmmm"

"You seem frustrated and I think you're holding back." "I think you're frustrated, upset, and disappointed."

Peel those layers of the onion

"Give me an example." Don't get defensive.

Let them get things off their chest safely.

The upset point is the pivot.

They will calm down.

"What are you disappointed about?" "I can understand that, too."

"Let's discuss what we need to do so we don't have to go through this again."

FUD/CRUD in sales when you're getting push back

"Can I run something by you? It seems like things aren't going as well as we had hoped."

"When people think of sales, they think people are trying to pull something over on them. Where did we go sideways?"

Everyone is listening for something."

The title of his talk in Russia was "One One One Six"

What's the least you can say that will make people say "What's that? Tell me more!"

Buyers are listening for one one one six.

"May I make an observation? I think what you're listening for is one one one six."

"Will you regret saying yes one day, one week, one month from now?"

"You're also listening for if you're regret saying no one day, one week, one month from now."

"You might also regret saying no if your competitor buys from us and they lap you because of this."

"The six is if you say yes to the wrong thing and your boss comes to you six months later and shares the pain with you."

"You're also hoping the boss shares the success six months later."

"Can you fill me in on this? What does this look like to make you a star six months from now?"

"May I share an observation with you? You and I have much more in common than we do with your CEO? Your CEO has a cushion. We're judged much more harshly. I will not sell you anything that gets you into trouble."

Four keys to sales success

Go for a great outcome for both

Be aware of your own blind spots

Go from your here to their there, i.e. let go of your agenda

After you've given enough, give more, i.e. over-deliver

What is surgical empathy? Chris Voss talks about tactical empathy but he has an issue with that. You start to cry when you're not in hell alone, which helps you relax, which helps you think.

Men in business are emotionally shy

They'll feel transactional vs. feeling like you care

They feel like things could go out of control at any time

How to make cold calls successfully

Everyone is so tense so get them to laugh

How to use a pattern interrupt in cold calling

How to disarm people via "Talking to Crazy"

"Do you ever have one of those days and everything blows up in your face and you're hoping someone calls to put you out of your misery? Are you that guy?"

Don't beat yourself up. Get started and get good.

CEO of Kaiser Permanente said you have to forgive yourself when you get things wrong. If you don't, you won't take risks.

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theliberaltony · 7 years

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via Politics – FiveThirtyEight

Welcome to Pollapalooza, our weekly polling roundup. (Coming to you early this week thanks to the Thanksgiving holiday.) Today’s theme song: “Walk With You” from the television show “Touched by an Angel” in honor of the show’s star (and singer of the theme song), Della Reese, who passed away earlier this week at the age of 86.

Poll of the week

A Change Research survey released Thursday found Democrat Doug Jones leading Republican Roy Moore 46 percent to 43 percent ahead of Alabama’s special Senate election on Dec. 12. The survey is just one of many to show that the allegations of child molestation and sexual misconduct against Moore have really eroded his support. Not only that, but the first few polls released after the allegations became public on Nov. 9 may have understated his problems. He seems to have fallen even further since then.

The average of surveys fielded after the first accusations shows the race exactly tied:

Alabama Senate polls show a tight race since the allegations

Surveys taken after accusations of sexual misconduct against Roy Moore were first reported by The Washington Post on Nov. 9

POLLSTER DAYS SINCE ACCUSATIONS DOUG JONES ROY MOORE JONES MARGIN Opinion Savvy 0 46% 46% 0 Gravis Marketing 1 46 48 -2

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Change Research 2 40 44 -4

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Emerson College 2 40 49 -9

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JMC Analytics 2 48 44 +4

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Strategy Research 4 43 49 -6

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Fox News 6 50 42 +8

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Gravis Marketing 6 47 42 +5

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Change Research 7 46 43 +3

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Strategy Research 12 45 47 -2

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Average 45 45 0

That’s quite a turnaround from earlier polls, when Moore held a clear advantage. Indeed, we can see how the accusations were a game changer by looking at surveys from five pollsters who took polls both before Nov. 9 and since.1 Moore’s position fell, on average, by 9 percentage points from before the allegations to after.2

Jones has gained ground since allegations against Moore

Surveys from pollsters who polled before and after The Washington Post reported accusations of sexual misconduct against Roy Moore on Nov. 9

BEFORE ALLEGATIONS AFTER ALLEGATIONS POLLSTER LEADER MARGIN LEADER MARGIN JONES GAINS Emerson College Moore +22 Moore +9 +13 Fox News Tie 0 Jones +8 +8 JMC Analytics Moore +8 Jones +4 +12 Opinion Savvy Moore +5 Tie 0 +5 Strategy Research* Moore +11 Moore +6 +5 Average +9

*Includes only the first Strategy Research poll taken after the allegations were reported.

But the deterioration in Moore’s standing may be even greater than that.

Let’s take a look at the three pollsters — Change Research, Gravis Marketing and Strategy Research — that conducted at least two surveys after the allegations. Change Research’s first post-allegations poll, conducted Nov. 9-11, had Moore at +4 points. As we noted above, its Nov. 15-16 survey had Jones at +3. Gravis Marketing showed an identical 7-point shift toward Jones, going from Moore +2 on Nov. 10 to Jones +5 in its Nov. 14-15 poll. Strategy Research, meanwhile, went from Moore +6 in its poll ending on Nov. 13 to Moore +2 in its poll ending on Nov. 21.

In other words, it doesn’t seem like the allegations against Moore took a one-time bite out of his support. Instead, he seems to have experienced a steady decline in the polls.

That makes sense: After the initial stories about Moore, accusations from more women have come out concerning sexual misconduct. Those, in theory, could have caused additional voters — still on the fence after the first set of allegations — to move against Moore. It’s also probable that it took some voters a few days to hear about and process the first wave of allegations. There is precedent for this type of extended reaction. As I have previously pointed out, it took time for polls to fully manifest how much former Rep. Todd Akin’s “legitimate rape” statement hurt his standing in the 2012 Missouri Senate race.

If these later surveys in Alabama are a truer reflection of where the race stands, Jones may actually have an advantage. An average of Alabama polls conducted over the past week, for instance, gives Jones a 47 percent to 43.5 percent lead.

Either way, there’s still three weeks to go until election day. It’s possible that the trajectory of the race could change by then. There are also questions about what the partisan composition of the electorate will look like in a December off-year election — just how anti-Trump will it be? These factors make this race too uncertain to call. But it’s clear looking at the data that Moore’s chance of winning was severely damaged by the allegations of child molestation.

Other polling nuggets

The vast majority of Americans, 70 percent, told the Kaiser Family Foundation that Puerto Ricans affected by Hurricane Maria are not getting the help they need. That’s up from 62 percent last month and significantly higher than the 31 percent of Americans who feel Texans affected by Hurricane Harvey are not getting sufficient help.

The share of Americans who say prescription drug abuse is an extremely or very serious problem is up to 76 percent in the latest Pew Research Center poll. Back in 2013, it was 63 percent. Most of that increase comes from people with college degrees: They saw a 26-point rise, from 54 percent to 80 percent.

For the first time since Gallup began asking the question in 1953, a majority of Americans, 55 percent, said they had no preference between a male or female boss. Men were far more likely than women to say they had no preference (68 percent vs. 44 percent).

New Hampshirites are in favor of a new law “that requires those who register to vote within 30 days of an election or on Election Day to show proof that they live in the community” by a 54 percent to 20 percent margin, according to the latest University of New Hampshire survey. This includes 77 percent of President Trump’s voters but just 33 percent of Hillary Clinton voters.

Arizona Senate candidate Kelli Ward, who has the backing of Steve Bannon, holds a 42 percent to 34 percent advantage over potential Republican primary opponent Rep. Martha McSally, according to an OH Predictive Insights survey.

41 percent of Democrats think that Joe Biden “best represents the party and would make the best candidate against President Trump,” according to a Rasmussen Reports poll. Biden beat out Bernie Sanders (20 percent) and Elizabeth Warren (11 percent).

Men and women disagree over who should pay the bill on a first date. YouGov gave people five options: “the man,” “the woman,” “whoever initiated the date,” “they should pay for what they ordered” and “they should split the bill evenly.” The most popular choice among men at 40 percent was “the man,” while the most popular answer among women at 37 percent was “whoever initiated the date.”

A mere 31 percent of Americans who celebrate Thanksgiving told Marist College that they are eager to talk about politics at this year’s dinner. Most, 58 percent, are dreading it.

The percentage of Americans who are very or somewhat likely to do their Christmas shopping online this year is up to 65 percent, according to Gallup. That’s tied with shopping in discount stores and right behind shopping at department stores (72 percent). In 1998, the splits were 87 percent at department stores, 80 percent at discount stores and just 10 percent online.

Trump’s job approval rating

Trump’s job approval rating is at 38.2 percent, while his disapproval rating is at 56 percent. Last Friday, Trump’s approval rating was 38.1 percent to a disapproval rating of 55.7.

The generic ballot

Democrats hold a 46.8 percent to 38.8 percent advantage over Republicans on the generic congressional ballot. That’s down from last week, when Democrats were up 48.3 percent to 37.3 percent.

#IFTTT #Politics – FiveThirtyEight #politics #538 #Harry Enten

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sarosenna · 7 years

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My issue with Wonder Woman: WWI History

It says how much I enjoyed WW if this is my main issue. And I did, I really did. But for a movie that dealt with the question if mankind deserves to be saved, I don’t believe it discussed the time period it was set in.

The thing is, WWI is complex enough that the discussion of how it began is still ongoing, a century later. As someone who is still spending time on it (not just because my time is restricted to one period per week), let me tell you: it's taken us a considerable amount of time to work up to short-term causes of the war.

Steve’s comment of “good guys, bad guys” at the start of the movie very much bugged me. It’s fair enough to sum up the situation when you’re about to do battle, but this attitude was held throughout the movie. And it’s actually wrong, because WWI was not just Entente vs. Alliance. Everyone was at fault for the cause of it, and portraying Ludendorff as the villain (the villain, not a villain) is very black-and-white. And while it is fair enough that you would not give a history lesson to explain how society has come to this point, I really wish the other’s doubts about Diana’s belief that Ares was responsible for WWI was not subject to throwaway comments. At least sitting her down and giving her a run-down of the July Crisis, not in-depth but maybe a bit more substantial than saying “this is a lot more complicated than just one man” would have been nice. Would she then confront the issue of whether mankind deserve to be saved from what they do unto themselves straight away? Probably not. Could it still feed into her belief that Ares is the cause of all man’s evil? Yeah, it really could. Because at the heart of the causes of WWI (in my opinion) is the belief in your own country’s superiority and thus putting its needs above all else, and the belief that war was good and tied to foreign policy. This aggressive militaristic nationalistic approach is what led to Europe being what Bismarck described as “a powder keg and the leaders...like men smoking in an arsenal”.

I am not asking for historical accuracy, definitely not. But I think Steve’s “we are all to blame” speech would have been so much more impactful if it hadn’t been left so late. While I think Sameer and Chief’s struggles were eye-opening to Diana, they were a bit beside the point (I still loved how they discussed it, though). I’m just wishing they’d mentioned things like Gavrilo Princip, Oscar Pontiurek, internments of German people living in Britain (of all people interned, they were probably treated most harshly, but that’s just my opinion, don’t quote me there), France’s position (really a fascinating study), Kaiser Wilhelm II and Kaiser Franz Joseph. I would’ve really loved it if the movie had discussed how Germany having to take all war guilt was very, very wrong. Because, as Steve says, we are all to blame. Diana, as an outsider, has to come to terms with the grey areas of war, that’s what the movie is about. And WWI was the perfect setting for this. Making Ludendorff the villain just because he was probably the most prominent Nazi figure at the time did not do this grey area justice. And while I understood that having the celebrations at Trafalgar Square was a powerful, bittersweet ending, I would have also enjoyed seeing Diana disagree with the November Armistice and Treaty of Versailles, showing just how much of a proponent for peace she really is.

It’s a shame, because I think as a superhero movie it would have really done justice to this idea that mankind will be its own destruction, but we can all be its salvation. I think, as a superhero movie, it had an amazing opportunity to explore WWI, not events but the very likely experiences of ordinary people. However, I am aware that that is not the point of a superhero movie, and it definitely explains Diana’s roots. What are other’s thoughts?

#Wonder Woman #Diana Prince #Gal Gadot #Steve Trevor #Chris Pine

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Kathy vs TK's view of STUBER - Rated R

Kathy vs TK’s view of STUBER – Rated R

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STUBER – Rated R – 1 hr. 33 mins.

DIRECTOR: Michael Dowse

WRITER: Tripper Clancy

STARRING: Kumail Nanjiani, Dave Bautista, Mira Sorvino, Natalie Morales, Betty Gilpin, Karen Gillan, Jimmy Tatro and Steve Howey

When undercover detective Vic Manning (Dave Bautista) gets a tip on the rats he’s been tracking a long time, it seems that impaired vision…

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rickrosset · 5 years

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My Year of Media - 2019

1/1 - The Ballad of Buster Scruggs (2018); CFB: Sugar Bowl: Texas vs. Georgia; The Big Picture Podcast Episode ‘Hereditary’ with Ari Aster; Gucci Mans “Evil Genuis”

1/2 - A Star Is Born (2018); The Office (U.S.) Season 3, Episodes 10-12; The Big Picture Podcast Episode 90 with Bill Simmons and Episode 105 with Chris Ryan and Adam Nayman; Larry Wilmore: Black on the Air Episode 56 with Tommy Alter; 2 Chainz “Based On a T.R.U Story (Deluxe Edition)”

1/3 - Isle of Dogs (2018); The Bill Simmons Podcast Episode 463 with Kevin Clark and Kevin O’Connor; The Big Picture Podcast Episode 106 with Wesley Morris

1/4 - Leave No Trace (2018); Lessons of Darkness (1992); The Invitation (2015); South Park Season 22, Episode 1; Planet Money Podcast #886;

1/5 - Bob’s Burgers Season 5, Episodes 1 and 2; South Park Season 22, Episode 2; The Ryen Russillo Show Podcast 1/3/19 with Jeff Gundy; The Bill Simmons Podcast Episode 464 with Ryen Russillo

1/6 - Won’t You Be My Neighbor? (2018); NFL Playoffs: Eagles vs. Bears; South Park Season 22, Episodes 3-5; The Big Picture Podcast Episode 113 with Pawel Powlikowski

1/7 - CFB National Championship Game: Clemson vs. Alabama; Bob’s Burgers Season 5, Episode 3; KCRW’s The Business Podcast “Revisiting some favorite moments from the past year”; The Ringer NFL Show Podcast Episode 378

1/8 - The Bill Simmons Podcast Episode 465 with Cousin Sal

1/9 - Bob’s Burgers Season 5, Episode 4; The Big Picture Podcast Episode 98 “The Top Five Coen Brothers Films”; Dual Threat with Ryen Russillo Podcast Episode 19 with Bruce Feldman and Robert Mayes

1/10 - All Access: Pacquiao vs. Broner, Episode 1; Around the Horn Podcast 1/9/19; The Bill Simmons Podcast Episode 466 with Adam McKay and Sean Fennessey

1/11 - Villians Podcast Episode 8 “Chong Li from ‘Bloodsport’” with Shea Serrano, Kevin Clark and Jose Gonzalez; KCRW’s The Treatment Podcast with Eric Roth

1/12 - Showtime Boxing: ; Bob’s Burgers Season 5, Episode 5; NFL Divisional Playoffs: Colts vs. Chiefs; Miguel Essentials Playlist

1/13 - Patriot Act with Hassan Minaj Season 1, Episodes 1 and 2; NFL Divisional Playoffs: Chargers vs. Patriots; The Rewatchables Podcast ‘True Romance’ with Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey; The Bill Simmons Podcast Episode 467 with Joe House

1/14 - True Detective Season 3, Episode 1; Planet Money Podcast #690

1/15 - Frasier Season 1, Episodes 1 and 2; The Bill Simmons Podcast Episode 468 with Cousin Sal; The Ringer NFL Show Podcast Episode 383

1/16 - The Bill Simmons Podcast Episode 469 with Zach Lowe

1/17 - The Office Season 3, Episode 13; The Press Box Podcast Episode 560 with Jason Gay; The Daily Podcast Episodes 1/9/19 and 10/9/18

1/18 - The Ringer NFL Show Podcast Episode 386; Steely Dan “Pretzel Logic”

1/19 - Branded to Kill (1967); Frye Fraud (2019); Showtime Boxing: Garcia vs. Easter

1/20 - NFC Championship Game: Rams vs. Saints; Bob’s Burgers Season 5, Episode 5

1/21 - NBA Game (live): Kings vs. Nets; The Bill Simmons Podcast Episode 471 with Cousin Sal; Randy Houser “Magnolia”

1/22 - High Noon (2019 TV Show) 1/22/19; KCRW’s The Business Podcast Episodes with Nadine Labaki, Spike Lee and John David Washington

1/23 - The Office (U.S.) Season 3, Episode 14; The Bill Simmons Podcast Episode 470 with Aaron Sorkin and House; The Ringer NFL Show Podcast Episode 388

1/24 - The Office (U.S.) Season 3, Episode 15; The Press Box Podcast Episode 563; Planet Money Podcast #885

1/25 - The Rewatchables Podcast ‘Old School’ with Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan and Sean Fennessey; The Daily Podcast 10/9/18

1/26 - Mid90s (2018); Death of Stalin (2018); Bob’s Burgers Season 5, Episode 6; The Bill Simmons Podcast Episode 473 with She’s Serrano, Wesley Morris and Jason Gay

1/27 - Bohemian Rhapsody (2018); The Office (U.S.) Season 3, Episode 19; KCRW’s The Business Podcast with Lee Chang-dong and Steve Yeun;

1/28 - High Noon (TV Show) 1/28/19; The Daily Podcast 1/25/19

1/29 - Showtime Boxing: Pacquiao vs. Broner; High Noon (TV Show) 1/29/19; WTF with Marc Maron Podcast Episode 977 with The Beastie Boys

1/30 - The Bill Simmons Podcast Episode 474 with Steven Soderbergh

1/31 - The Press Box Podcast Episode 566; The Bill Simmons Podcast Episode 475 with Chuck Klosterman

2/1 - Velvet Buzzsaw (2019); The Bill Simmons Podcast Episode 476 with Sean Fennessey, Chris Ryan, Justin Verrier and Jason Concepcion

2/2 - The Professional (1994); Jeopardy Season 31, Quarterfinal Game 4; Dual Threat with Ryen Russillo Podcast Episode 22 with Kevin Clark and Chuck Klosterman; The Bill Simmons Podcast Episode 477 with Cousin Sal

2/3 - Super Bowl LIII: Patriots vs. Rams; The Big Picture Podcast Episode 121; Dexter Gordon “Our Man In Paris”

2/4 - Around the Horn 2/4/19; High Noon (TV Show) 2/4/19; The Bill Simmons Podcast Episode 478 with Cousin Sal

2/5 - High Noon (TV Show) 2/5/19; The Ringer NFL Show Podcast Episodes 390 and 396; The Daily Podcasts 2/5/19 and 1/30/19

2/6 - The Press Box Podcast Episode 569; The Rewatchables Podcast ‘The Warriors’ with Bill Simmons, Shea Serrano and Sean Fennessey

2/7 - The Director’s Cut: A DGA Podcast Episode 165 ‘Mid90s’ with Jonah Hill and Bennett Miller; The JJ Redick Podcast Episode 28 with Ben Winston

2/8 - The Bill Simmons Podcast Episode 480 with Ryen Russillo; KCRW’s The Business

2/9 - They’ll Love Me When I’m Dead (2018); Showtime Boxing: Davis vs. Ruiz; Power Season 1, Episodes 1 and 2; Bob’s Burgers Season 5, Episode 8

2/10 - The Big Picture Podcast Episode 125 “The Top 5 Steven Soderbergh Films”; Yusef Lateef “Eastern Sounds”

2/11 - Burning (2018); Bob’s Burgers Season 5, Episode 9; KCRW’s The Business Podcast with Dream Hampton

2/12 - The Bill Simmons Podcast Episode 479 with Spike Lee; Planet Money Podcast #891

2/13 - The Press Box Podcast Episode 572; The Daily Podcast 2/8/19

2/14 - The Bill Simmons Podcast Episode 482 with Kevin O’Connor, Mallory Rubin and Jason Concepcion; The Daily Podcast 1/28/19; White Reaper “The World’s Best American Band”

2/15 - The Ryen Russillo Show Podcast 2/14/19 with Jeff Passan; Around the Horn Podcast 2/13/19; Inspired by Three 6 Mafia Playlist

2/16 - Interpol, Carseat Headrest, Snail Mail (concert); “Shoot the Rehearsal: Behind the Scenes with Assistant Director Reggie Callow” by Rudy Behlmer

2/17 - Wayne’s World (1992); Bob’s Burgers Season 5, Episode 10, Jeopardy Season, Episode; How Did This Get Made? Podcast Episode 205 ‘Cellular’ with Ike Barinholtz and Erin Gibson; The Bill Simmons Podcast Episode 483 with Bob Arum

2/18 - Roma (2018); Eighth Grade (2018); RBG (2018); The Rewatchables Podcast ‘A Star is Born’ with Amanda Donbins, Sean Fennessey and Bill Simmons; The Bill Simmons Podcast Episode 484 with Ryen Russillo; Buzzcocks “Singles Going Steady”; Deftones “Gore”; The Sex Pistols “Never Mind the Bullocks, Here’s the Sex Pistols”

2/19 - The Director’s Cut: A DGA Podcast Episode 173 ‘Roma’ with Alfonso Cauron and Alejandro G. Inarritu; Planet Money Podcast #418

2/20 - The Office Season 3, Episode 21; The Press Box Podcast Episode 575

2/21 - First Reformed (2018); The Bill Simmons Podcast Episode 485 with Kevin Clark, Mallory Rubin, Sean Fennessey and Chris Ryan; KCRW’s The Business Podcast with Caleb Deschanel

2/22 - The Daily Podcast 2/19/19; Planet Money Podcast #893

2/23 - The Favourite (2018); Upgrade (2018); Going Mad: The Battle of FURY ROAD (2016 short); Dual Threat with Ryen Russillo Podcast Episode 24 with Chris Long; Yeah Yeah Yeahs “Show Your Bones”

2/24 - The 91st Academy Awards Show; KCRW’s The Business Podcast with Gloria Calderon Kellet; Planet Money Podcast #889; The Big Picture Podcast Episode 128

2/25 - The Office (U.S.) Season 4, Episodes 1 and 2; The Bill Simmons Podcast Episode 486 with Cousin Sal and House

2/26 - The Office (U.S.) Season 4, Episodes 5 and 6; KCRW’s The Business Podcast “Bonus Post-Oscars Banter”; Planet Money Podcast #892; The Daily Podcast 2/21/19

2/27 - Around the Horn 2/27/18; KCRW’s The Treatment with Adam McKay; Planet Money Podcast #890

2/28 - The Press Box Podcast Episode 578; The Bill Simmons Podcast Episode 487 with Ryen Russillo

3/1 - Desus and Mero Season 1, Episode 2; The Bill Simmons Podcast Episode 488 with Bryan Curtis and JackO; The National: Deep Cuts

3/2 - High Flying Bird (2019); Extras Season 2, Episode 2; Showtime Boxing: Lara vs. Castano; KCRW’s The Business Podcast with Dan Reed

3/3 - Climax (2019); Weezer (Teal Album); 2 Chainz “Rap or Go to the League”; Morphine “Yes”

3/4 - The Bill Simmons Podcast Episode 481 with Chris Bosh; The Daily Podcast 2/26/19

3/5 - High Noon (TV) 3/5/19; Planet Money Podcast #888; The Bill Simmons Podcast Episode 489 with Ryen Russillo

3/6 - High Noon (TV) 3/6/19; The Ringer MBL Show Podcast Episode 171; The Press Box Podcast Episode 586

3/7 - Patriot Act with Hassan Minaj Season 2, Episode 4; Planet Money Podcast #609; The Bill Simmons Podcast Episode 490 with Robert Mays and Alan Sepinwall

3/8 - The Daily Podcast 3/4/19

3/9 - Blue Ruin (2013); Power Season 1, Episode 3; Desus & Mero Season 1, Episode 3; Bob’s Burgers Season 5, Episodes 11, 12 and 13; The Office (U.S.) Season 4, Episodes 13 and 14; Arcade Fire “Everything Now”

3/10 - Coco (2017); Bob’s Burgers Season 5, Episodes 14 and 15; The Office Season 4, Episodes 10 and 11; KCRW’s The Business Podcast with Todd Douglas Miller; The Ringer NFL Show Podcast Episode 399

3/11 - Patriot Act with Hassan Minaj Season 2, Episodes 3 and 5; The Bill Simmons Podcast Episode 491 with Juliet Litman, Mark Titus, Kevin O’Connor, Hayley O’Shaughnessy and Danny Chau; Planet Money Podcasts #899 and #897; The Daily Podcast 3/8/19

3/12 - High Noon (TV) 3/12/19; The Kaiser Chiefs “Your Truly, Angry Mob”

3/13 - The Press Box Podcast Episode 589; KCRW’s The Treatment Podcast with Yorgos Lanthimos

3/14 - Desus & Mero Season 1, Episode 3; The Ringer NFL Show Podcast Episode 402; The Bill Simmons Podcast Episode 493 with Ryen Russillo

3/15 - Damage Control Podcast Episode 590; Quavo “QUAVO HUNCHO”

3/16 - PBC Boxing: Spence Jr. vs. Garcia; The Bill Simmons Podcast Episode 494 with Jason Gay and Bryan Curtis; Mastodon “Once More ‘Round the Sun”

3/17 - Venom (2018); KCRW’s The Treatment Podcast with Ludwig Goransson; Pennywise Essentials Playlist; My Favorite Songs Playlist

3/18 - High Noon (TV) 3/18/19; The Daily Podcast 2/19/19; One Shining Podcast with Titus and Tate Episode 101

3/19 - The Bill Simmons Podcast Episode 495 with Ryen Russillo

3/20 - KCRW’s The Treatment Podcast with Courtney Kemp; High Noon (TV) 3/20/19; The Press Box Podcast Episode 592

3/21 - FiveThirtyEight Politics Podcast “How Beto O’Rourke Could Win”; KCRW’s The Treatment with Courtney A. Kemp; Pantera “Vulgar Display of Power”

3/22 - Dual Threat with Ryen Russillo Podcast Episode 20 with Kevin Clark; The Daily Podcast “How New Zealand Banned Assault Rifles in Six Days”

3/23 - The Commuter (2018); NCAA Tournament Round of 32: Kentucky vs. Wofford; The Office (U.S.) Season 4, Episode 12

3/24 - Triple Frontier (2019); Bob’s Burgers Season 5 Episodes 16 and 17; The Bill Simmons Podcast Episode 496 with Kevin Clark, Dave Jacoby and Shea Serrano; KCRW’s The Treatment with Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross

3/25 - High Noon (U.S.) 3/25/19; The Big Picture Podcast Episode 136 with Rob Harvilla; Planet Money Podcast #900; The Daily Podcast “10 Years After the Financial Crisis” and “Special Edition: Robert Mueller Submits His Report”

3/26 - Desus & Mero Season 1, Episode 5; The Bill Simmons Podcast Episode 497 with Ben Stiller and Bill’s Dad

3/27 - The Bill Simmons Podcast Episode 498 with Ryen Russillo

3/28 - High Noon (TV) 3/27/19; The Bill Simmons Podcast Episode 498 with Ryen Russillo

3/29 - The Bill Simmons Podcast Episode 499 with House and JackO

3/30 - Thunderball (1965); Desus & Mero Season 1, Episode 6; The Office Season 5, Episode 1; Bad Religion “Suffer”

3/31 - Mad Max (1979); The X-Files Season 1, Episode 8; NCAA Basketball Elite 8

4/1 - The Office Season 5, Episode 2; The Bill Simmons Podcast Episode 500 with Bill Hader

4/2 - The Office (US) Season 5, Episodes 3 and 4; The Ringer NFL Show Podcast Episode 408; The Daily Podcast “Prosecuting R. Kelly” and “Israel’s Indespensible Prime Minister?”

4/3 - High Noon (TV) 4/3/19; The Bill Simmons Podcast Episode 501 with Ryen Russillo

4/4 - High Noon (TV) 4/4/19; Behind the Boards: Trent Reznor Apple Playlist

4/5 - The Bill Simmons Podcast Episode 503 with Colin Farrell, House, Chris Ryan and Ben Simmons

4/6 - The Legend of Cocaine Island (2018); The Office Season 5, Episode 5; NCAA Men’s Final Four: Virgina vs. Auburn; Arcade Fire “Funeral”

4/7 - Mad Max 2 (aka The Road Warrior - 1981); Future Hindsight Podcast Episode 5 with Beto O’Rourke; Pennywise “Pennywise”; Rancid “... And Out Come the Wolves”; Miguel “To Lo Dije - EP”

4/8 - NCAA Men’s Final Four Championship Game: Virginia vs. Texas Tech; KCRW’s The Business Podcast Episodes with Elizabeth Banks, Stephen Falk

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4/11 - The Bill Simmons Podcast Episode 505 with Chris Mannix and Stugotz; The Press Box Podcast Episode 601

4/12 - Sportscenter; Blink-182 “Greatest Hits”

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4/15 - High Noon (TV) 4/15/19; The Daily Podcast “The Moral Complexities of Working with Julian Assange”

4/16 - High Noon (TV) 4/16/19; The Bill Simmons Podcast Episode 507 with Ryen Russillo

4/17 - Sportscenter; Dual Threat with Ryen Russillo Podcast Episode 29; The Daily Podcast “The Rise and Fall of Carlos Ghosn”; Pennywise “Unknown Road”

4/18 - The Bill Simmons Podcast Episode 508 with Trevor Noah and Kevin O’Connor

4/19 - The Bill Simmons Podcast Episode 502 with John Skipper; The Ringer NFL Show Podcast Episodes 414 and 416; Future “HNDRXX”; Jenny Lewis “On the Line”

4/20 - Top Rank Boxing: Crawford vs. Kahn; The Mars Volta Essentials Playlist

4/21 - E:60 4/21/19; The Office Season 5, Episodes 10 and 11; Bob’s Burgers Season 6, Episode 1; Song Exploder Podcast The National “Sea of Love”; Tangerine Dream “Sorcerer Soundtrack”

4/22 - Bob’s Burgers Season 6, Episodes 2 and 3; The Office Season 5, Episode 12; KCRW’s The Business Podcast with Elise Pearlstein

4/23 - X-Files Season 1, Episode 20; The Office Season 5, Episode 13; Schitt’s Creek Season 1, Episode 1; The Bill Simmons Podcast Episode 510 with Ryen Russillo; The Daily Podcast “How Trump’s Protector Became Mueller’s Best Witness”

4/24 - The Office Season 5, Episode 14; Bob’s Burgers Season 6, Episode 4; Here’s The Thing with Alec Baldwin Podcast with David Simon; Dual Threat with Ryen Russillo Podcast Episode 31 with Danny Kelly and Kevin Clark; Bullseye with Jesse Thorn Podcast with Jez Butterworth

4/25 - The Office Season 5, Episode 15; Sportscenter; The Daily Podcast “The Terrorist Attacks in Sri Lanka”; The Song Exploder Podcast: Panda Bear “Dolphin”

4/26 - The Bill Simmons Podcast Episode 512 with Desus and Mero and Bill’s Dad; The Ringer NFL Show Podcast Episode 420

4/27 - How Did This Get Made? Podcast Episode 81 ‘Mortal Kombat’ with Cameron Esposito

4/28 - Initials S.G. (2019); Bob’s Burgers Season 6, Episode 5; The Office Season 5, Episode 16

4/29 - The Office Season 5, Episodes 17 and 18; The Ringer NFL Show Podcast Episode 422; KCRW’s The Business Podcast with Sally Wainwright

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5/3 - Avengers: Endgame (2019); The Bill Simmons Podcast Episode 514 with Jackie MacMullen and Brian Kenny

5/4 - John Wick (2014); The Office Season 5, Episodes 24; Bob’s Burgers Season 6, Episode 7; Dual Threat with Ryen Russillo Podcast Episode 30 with Josh McCown; The Daily Podcast “A Dictator’s Fall in Sudan”

5/5 - Anthony Jeselnik: Fire in the Maternity Ward (2019); Top Rank Boxing: Beterbiev vs. Kalajdzic; Kings of Leon “Only By the Night”; Backstreet Boys “DNA”; Me First and The Gimme Gimmes “Blow In the Wind” and “Go Down Under - EP”

5/6 - The Bill Simmons Podcast Episode 515 with Dan Devine and Shea Serrano

5/7 - The Office Season 5, Episodes 24 and 25; The Daily Podcast “The Senate Testimony of William Barr”; Planet Money Podcast #902

5/8 - Desus & Mero Season 1, Episode 10; The Bill Simmons Podcast Episode 516 with House

5/9 - High Noon 5/9/19; Planet Money Podcast #910; Bad Religion “Age of Unreason”

5/10 - The Office Season 5, Episodes 25 and 26; Oprah’s SuperSoul Conversations Podcast with Beto O’Rourke; Young Thug “JEFFREY”

5/11 - PBC Boxing: Williams vs. Hurd; Top Rank Boxing: Berchelt vs. Vargas; The Office Season 6, Episodes 1 and 2; Bob’s Burgers Season 6, Episode 7; Bloc Party “Silent Alarm”

5/12 - The Office Season 6, Episode 3; Trevor Jones and Randy Edelman “The Last of the Mohicans Soundtrack”; Steely Dan “Can’t Buy a Thrill”

5/13 - Bob’s Burgers Season 6, Episode 9; The Bill Simmons Podcast Episode 518 with Anthony Jeselnik, Bill’s Dad and Sean Grande; KCRW’s The Business Podcasta with Valentina Garza and Mike Royce; and then Dan Taberski

5/14 - NBA Western Conference Finals Game 1: Trail Blazers vs. Warriors; The Office Season 6, Episode 4; The Bill Simmons Podcast Episode 519 with Ryen Russillo; Bad Religion “Stranger Than Fiction (Deluxe Edition Remastered)”; Pennywise “Pennywise”

5/15 - The Daily Podcasts “1 Billion in Losses: A Decade of Trump’s Taxes” and “John Bolton’s Plan for Iran”

5/16 - The Bill Simmons Podcast Episode 520 with Ryen Russillo and Brian Koppleman; Inspired by Faith No More Playlist; Kendrick Lamar “DAMN.”

5/17 - Desus & Mero Season 1, Episode 14; The Bill Simmons Podcast Episode 521 with Zane Lowe and House; Jackson Browne “Running on Empty”

5/18 - John Wick: Chapter 3 - Parabellum (2019); Showtime Chanpionship Boxing: Wilder vs. Breazeale; The Office Season 6, Episode 5; Planet Money #407 and #912

5/19 - Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil, and Vile (2019); Bob’s Burgers Season 6, Episode 10; The Office Season 6, Episode 7

5/20 - The Office Season 6, Episode 8; The Big Picture Podcast Episode 156 with Chad Stahelski and Shea Serrano

5/21 - The Bill Simmons Podcast Episode 522 with Cousin Sal; The Director’s Cut: A DGA Podcast Episode 202 with Anthony and Joe Russo and Todd Holland; The Press Box Podcast Episode 621; KCRW’s The Business Podcast “Revisitng Bing Liu...”

5/22 - The Bill Simmons Podcast Episode 523 with Ryen Russillo; Bad Religion “All Ages”

5/23 - The Office Season 6, Episode 9; Larry Wilmore: Black in the Air Podcast Episode 65 with Michael Lewis; The Bill Simmons Podcast Episode 523 with Ryen Russillo

5/24 - Social Distortion “Social Distortion”

5/25 - The Office Season 6, Episode 10; Anti-Flag “Cease Fires”

5/26 - Bob’s Burgers Season 6, Episodes 11 and 12; KCRW’s The Business Podcast with Jemelle Hill

5/27 - The Office Season 6, Episodes 11 and 12; High Noon 5/26/19; The Bill Simmons Podcast Episode 524 with Daniel Epstein, Kevin O’Connor and Jonathan Tjarks; Queens of the Stone Age Essentials

5/28 - The Office Season 6, Episode 14; Bob’s Burgers Season 6, Episode 13; Seinfeld Season 5, Episode 8; The Daily Podcasts “A Direct Challenge to Roe v. Wade in Alabama” and “The Legal Vunerability of Roe v. Wade”

5/29 - Desus & Mero Season 1, Episode 15; High Noon 5/29/19; The Office Season 6, Episode 12; The Bill Simmons Podcast Episode 511 with Ralph Macchio and Michael Lewis

5/30 - The NBA Finals: Warriors vs. Raptors Game 1; The Office Season 6, Episode 15; The Press Box Podcast Episode 624

5/31 - Pearl Jam “Vs. (Expanded Edition)”

6/1 - Uncle Buck (1989); The Office Season 6, Episodes 16 and 17; Bad Religion “Stranger Than Fiction (Deluxe Edition Remastered); Juvenile Essentials Playlist; Bad Religion “The Empire Strikes First”

6/2 - The Godfather (1972); The Office Season 6, Episode 18; Weed Magic Issue #3 (comic book); Dropkick Murphys “Do or Die”

6/3 - Bob’s Burgers Season 6, Episodes 14 and 15; High Noon (TV) 6/3/10; KCRW’s The Business Podcast with Reginald Hudlin

6/4 - The Office Season 6, Episode 19; Bob’s Burgers Season 6, Episode 16; The Bill Simmons Podcast Episode 526 with House, Mallory Rubin and David Shoemaker

6/5 - The Bill Simmons Podcast Episode 527 with House, Kevin Clark and JackO; The Daily Podcast “What Actually Happened to New York’s Taxi Drivers”; Planet Money #917

6/6 - The Bill Simmons Podcast Episode 528 with Chuck Klosterman; Dual Threat with Ryen Russillo Podcast Episode 33 with Bruce Feldman and Kevin Clark; The Daily Podcasts “A New Way to Solve a Murder, Part 1: The Genetic Detectives” and “How a Secret U.S. Cyberweapon Backfired”

6/7 - The Bill Simmons Podcast Episode 529 with Ryen Russillo; The Ringer NFL Show Podcast Episode 416 with Dan Orlovsky; Rancid Essentials Playlist

6/8 - DAZN Boxing: Golovkin vs. Rolls (live); The Office Season 6, Episode 20; The Bill Simmons Podcast Episode 530 with Andy Ruiz Jr. and House

6/9 - Kill or be Killed Volume 1 by Ed Brubaker, Sean Phillips and Elizabeth Breitweiser (graphic novel); The Office Season 6, Episodes 21 and 22; KCRW’s The Business Podcast with Liz Feldman

6/10 - The Office Season 6, Episode 21 and 22; The Press Box Podcast Episode 626

6/11 - Bob’s Burgers Season 6, Episode 17

6/12 - High Noon (TV) 6/12/19; The Bill Simmons Podcast Episode 531 with Ryen Russillo

6/13 - The Office Season 6, Episode 23; The Bill Simmons Podcast Episode 531 with Ryen Russillo, The Daily Podcast “Part 1: The Battle for Europe”; Television “Marquee Moon”

6/14 - The Bill Simmons Podcast Episode 532 with Adam Scott; The Press Box Podcast Episode 628 with Alyssa Bereznak; Planet Money Podcast #918

6/15 - Top Rank Boxing: Fury vs. Schwarz; The Office Season 6, Episode 24; Bad Religion “All Ages”

6/16 - Train to Busan (2016); The Office Season 6, Episodes 25 and 26; The Ringer NBA Show Podcast Episodes 465 and 466; Queens of the Stone Age “ITunes Festival: London 2013- Ep”; Arcade Fire “Essentials Playlist”

6/17 - KCRW’s The Business Podcast with Simon Kinberg; Planet Money Podcast #919

6/18 - The Office Season 7, Episodes 1, 2 and 3; The Big Picture Podcast Episode 164 with Jim Jarmusch; The Daily Podcast Episodes “Hacking the Russian Power Grid” and “Why Hong Kong Is Still Protesting”; Travis Scott “Birds in the Trap Sing McKnight”

6/19 - The Big Picture Podcast Episode 165; The Daily Podcasts “Trump’s Re-election Rally”; Planet Money Podcast #913

6/20 - The Office Season 7, Episode 4; The Bill Simmons Podcast Episode 534 with Bryan Curtis and Kevin Hench

6/21 - KCRW’s The Treatment with Seth Myers; The Press Box Podcast Episode 630

6/22 - Fleabag Season 1, Episode 1; Bob’s Burgers Season 6, Episode 18; The Office Season 7, Episodes 6 and 7; AFI “Sing the Sorrow”; The Raconteurs Essentials Playlist

6/23 - The Beach Bum (2019); Patriot Act with Hasan Minhaj Season 3, Episode 6; The Office Seaon 7, Episodes 8 and 9; The Daily Podcast Episodes “The French Rebellion”, “Italy First” and “Poland’s Culture Wars”

6/24 - The Office Season 7, Episode 10; The Daily Podcast “Can Liberal Democracy Survive in Europe?”

6/25 - The Office Season 7, Episodes 11 and 12; The Bill Simmons Podcast Episode 535 with House and Michael McDonald

6/26 - Desus & Mero Season 1, Episode 18; The Bill Simmons Podcast Episode 537 with Michael K. Williams and Marc Stein

6/27 - The Office Season 7, Episode 13; The Press Box Podcast Episode 633; A-Trak “Dirty South Dance (Remixes) - EP”; A$AP Ferg “Trap Lord”

6/28 - The Press Box Podcast Episode 633; Pavement “Slanted & Enchanted”

6/29 - The Office Season 7, Episodes 14 and 15; The Beach Bum Original Motion Picture Soundtrack; Showtime Boxing: Charlo vs. Adams

6/30 - Freejack (1992); The Office Season 7, Episodes 16-18; How Did This Get Made? Podcast Episode 68 ‘Over The is Top’ with Bobby Moynihan; The Daily Podcast “The Democratic Debates”; The Black Keys “Let’s Rock”

7/1 - The Office Season 7, Episode 19; The Bill Simmons Podcast Episode 539 with House; KCRW’s The Business Podcast with Alex Holmes and Tracey Edwards

7/2 - How Did This Get Made? Podcast Episode 181 ‘Freejack’ with Jessica St. Clair and Phoebe Robinson; Deftones Essentials Playlist

7/3 - The Daily Podcast “Joe Biden’s Record on Race”; Planet Money Podcast #922

7/4 - Annabelle Comes Home (2019); The Rewatchables Podcast ‘No Country for Old Men’ with Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan and Bill Hader; The Bill Simmons Podcast Episode 540 with Ryen Russillo

7/5 - The Office Season 7, Episode 21; Dual Threat with Ryen Russillo Podcast Episode 35 with DeMaurice Smith and Eric Winston

7/6 - The Ritual (2017); Showtime Boxing: Charlo vs. Trout; The Office Season 7, Episode 22; Sublime “Second-Hand Smoke”; The Press Box Podcast Episode 635

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7/8 - Last Week Tonight with John Oliver Season 6, Episode 17; The Bill Simmons Podcast Episode 541 with Chris Mannix and Marc Stein

7/9 - The Office Season 8, Episode 2; Planet Money Podcast #416; The Daily Podcast “What Iran Is Learning From North Korea”

7/10 - Pennywise Essentials Playlist

7/11 - Midsommar (2019); The Office Season 8, Episode 3; High Noon (TV) 7/10/19

7/12 - Casino (1995); The Bill Simmons Podcast Episode 543 with Kumail Nanjiani and Cousin Sal

7/13 - Zombieland (2009); Bob’s Burgers Season 7, Episode 1; The Big Picture Podcast Episode 169 with Ari Aster and Chris Ryan; Kings of Leon “iTunes Live from Soho”

7/14 - The Office Season 8, Episode 4; The Daily Podcast “United States vs. Jeffrey Epstein”

7/15 - The Office Season 8, Episodes 5 and 6; The Daily Podcast “Waiting for the Immigration Raids”

7/16 - Mindhunter Season 1, Episode 2; The Office Season 8, Episode 7; The Ringer NFL Show Podcast Episode 425 with Cody Alexander

7/17 - Mindhunter Season 1, Episode 3; Planet Money Podcast #924; The Bill Simmons Podcast Episode 544 with Zach Lowe; Reignwolf “Hear Me Out”

7/18 - The Office Season 8, Episode 8; The Press Box Podcast Episode 639; Planet Money Podcast #925; KCRW’s The Business Podcast with Reginald Hudlin and Caleb Deschanel; Linkin Park: Influences Playlist

7/19 - The Daily Podcast “The Political Crisis in Puerto Rico”

7/20 - The Firm (1993); PBC PPV Boxing: Pacquiao vs. Thurman; The Office Season 8, Episodes 9 and 10; Bush Essentials Playlist;

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GRAPS AND CLAPS REVIEWS 'FUTURESHOCK TAPPED III' - TAPPED WITH A VENGEANCE

Hello and welcome everyone to this edition of Graps and Claps this time taking me on a short journey to the Piccadilly area of Manchester for Futureshock Wrestling’s Tapped III event at the Fairfield Social Club for what will be in the first in a line of special Wednesday night events which seems a regular thing now in the British Wrestling sphere with many a midweek show taking place up and down this land, with the now defunct Lucha Forever being the innovator of said ‘midweek graps’.

Getting into Manchester for 6pm, I swiftly made my way to The Piccadilly Tap to meet up with some of the Graps gang (Steve, Ben, Andrew and our Geoff) for a couple of pints before walking around the corner to the venue. Only two pints before the show which included in the Piccadilly Tap – a pint of Marble/Heart & Craft Macchiato Porter (5.1% £5.80) that smelt coffee like but only tasted a smidgen like it’s supposed flavour which was maybe cancelled out due to it being a cold keg drink.

It was then a walk across the road to the Store Street Craft Beer Bar which is adjoined to the Double Tree by Hilton, so it is basically a glorified hotel bar offering supposed ‘Craft’ beer from Brightside Brewery and JW Lees plus the usual Craft legends called Foster’s and Heineken – they will literally stick the word ‘Craft’ to bloody anything nowadays. Anyways the £4.60 pint of Brightside IPA passed as a solid 6.5/10, but I did feel sorry for Ben who bought a £6.50 pint of Goose Island IPA which is an example of hotel bar prices. Décor though in this place is welcoming but it is certainly one place where you would only visit to have 1 pint and nothing else if especially you are on your way to the Apollo as it is very sparse in good pubs on that route.

Drinks done, it was time to get to the venue – whilst on the way my mate Andrew was telling me about a recent Kaiser Chiefs gig he had been to that wasn’t all it was cracked up to be with lead singer Ricky Wilson having a reet bad night on the mic. Arriving into the Fairfield Social Club I would estimate the audience to be around the 150/200 marker with many people taking in the fantastic ale selection (around 16 on tap on this evening anything ranging from £3.50 - £6 a pint), plus the food selection from Vasos Kitchen offering fries with different Indian style toppings including a Keema Option for £7.50 and a Masala option for £4 that I frequented – very fragrant in smell and a taste that certainly packed a punch but was well worth the price to fill a corner in my tummy!

Taking our seats at the back near the commentator’s desk which wasn’t being used, as Rob Halden and Matthew Richards decided to do their commentary from the couches near the bar watching on monitors from G-Man video editing lair – probably the best option as our singing would have deafened their ears in the first match between Angst Strongman – Big Joe and one of our personal favourites Sugar Dunkerton who was making his debut in Futureshock in what was if I am right in thinking – his 1 year anniversary wrestling in the UK since his debut on a cold Leeds Afternoon.

Early on in this match there were many chants aimed at Joe’s stature and also the Sugar chant was in full force thanks to his adoring fan club (us lot) meaning that his debut instantly got off to a great start with this response. As we eventually got into the action, we had Joe showing off his strength as Squatted Sugar but in turn after 3 squats, Sugar had him locked in a sleeper which left Joe laying on the floor. This lead to Sugar trying to quieten the crowd so he could pin Joe whilst he was asleep, but a big shout from the Nordic Alarm Clock on the outside woke Joe up at the two count.

Once Joe was back awake, he laid a beatdown to Sugar but Sugar was only playing possum during this as he fired back with a Pimp Slap to Joe then a DDT for a 2 count. As the match reached its conclusion Joe used his strength to power up Sugar to hit a fireman’s lift then a Vader Bomb for a 2, but when he went to the other side of the ring to hit a splash, Sugar rolled to the other side of the ring and offered Joe to jump anyways which he duly did after much persuasion from Thomas Wolfe on the outside and Sugar inside the ring, sadly for Joe there wasn’t enough distance on the dive and no water in the pool as he went SPLAT! Sugar took advantage of this by rolling up Joe for the 3 count to get the popular victory to start proceedings. In terms of Comedy style wrestling these two were a match made in heaven with the charismatic Sugar and the ever improving Big Joe who has his character down pat – just all around entertainment that you can’t ask much more of!

Second match now with the Futureshock Women’s title on the line with a clash of goodies as the Champion, Lana Austin took on her protégé of sorts – Hollie who was looking to possibly get the shock victory and maybe a championship by the end of this match even in her early infancy as a wrestler. The early feeling out process ended up with Hollie getting the best of it, but once Lana got into her stride she did so with hard forearms to the face. Hollie though came firing back with a couple of knee shots to get near falls. As the match was going on though, out came two newcomers to Futureshock (but already two regulars in WrestlePro), that being Alexis Falcon and Taonga who came to keep a watching eye, but they would soon get involved by attacking Lana from behind as the referee wasn’t watching.

When they chucked Lana back in, they willed Hollie to pick up the scraps but her conflicting head got the better of her as she refused to pin Lana so instead Taonga and Alexis took offence to this and came in the ring to attack both Lana and Hollie to cause the No Contest – BOOOO!!! So it looks like we have a possible tag match for a future show with Hollie & Lana taking on Taonga and Alexis Falcon which is a good thing to see as it is a change from the monthly Queen Bees vs Lana & Partner match we have got often in Futureshock recently. Match wise with Lana and Hollie it was a decent follow up from the first match and hopefully we possibly get to see it again in the future.

A special bonus match now as the sirens rang out in the Social Club with the appearance of the Futureshock Champion Crater, much to the disgust of some in the crowd (my friend Mike especially). His opponents for the evening were not 1, not 2, but 3 opponents with the appearance of Karl Stoxx, Tom Thelwell and PCW favourite Philip Michael who got a good reception from the crowd even though this was his debut in the promotion – probably due to his familiarity on the North West scene. Sadly, though for the three lads, it didn’t turn out great as Crater smashed his way through them in quick style, despite them getting in little offence like double dropkicks to try and knock the big fella down. Crater soon finished it by hitting a double choke slam to 2 of them and putting a foot on the other to bring an end to proceedings. After the match though we had an appearance from Crater’s nemesis Henry T. Grodd who came out to spear Crater to the chants of ‘Grodd! Grodd! Grood! to once again stake another claim to a title shot against Crater in the future. To be honest though I do feel at this stage that the crowd are certainly behind a Grodd victory against Crater more than a John McGregor one!

Half time Main Event now, with The Young Guns (Ethan Allen and Luke Jacobs) taking on the makeshift team of Sam Bailey and James Drake – this was due to Zack Gibson being unable to compete due to Injury. Gibson though did get on the mic before the match to explain why people were asking – Why are Gibson and Drake friends again in Futureshock after a 9-month feud? To their credit they explained it as more of a friendly tiff between great friends/colleagues – which I am glad they have explained it (They must have read my comments about the lack of explanation at the Stockport show). Just to report – no chants of ‘NXT’ on this occasion! They did promise the Guns though in the future that they would eventually get a match against the Grizzled Young Veterans with possibly some gold on the line – but we shall just see!

Anyways with Gibson’s chatting out of the way, we got down to business with the Young Guns on top early with Jacobs first working on Bailey, then dissecting Drake. Ethan Allen then tagged in but was soon beaten down by both Bailey who hit a big superplex to young Ethan and then Drake followed up on Ethan with a Back Breaker to the boos of the crowd. The continuous beat down carried on to Ethan, that was until he got the hot tag to Luke who came in like a house on fire flooring both Bailey and Drake. It was interesting to see during this that Ethan was selling excellently on the ring apron from the beating – just the little things like that shows that this lad could be headed to the top. With Ethan back to full health, himself and Luke hit a Big Back Cracker double team to get a 2 fall, also in the home stretch we had Drake & Bailey hit their version of the Vets finisher which I will name for the purpose of this occasion – ‘The Ticket to Bailey’s House’ for a 2 count.

With the Guns on top though, Luke was ready to finish off James Drake, but from behind Zack Gibson waffled poor Luke to leave him in prime position for Drake to hit the 450 to get the win in a fantastic tag match, but sadly for the Guns another one in the loss column – which I do hope for their sakes they can pick up some wins soon!

Back from the break, we returned with Adrenaline Title action with No Limit after CJ Banks and Joey Hayes (Champion) went to a 15-minute Time Limit draw in Stockport, which has led to this match where the winner of the match will then go on to face Chris Ridgeway in Prestwich on the 23rd February. The early bulk of this match was CJ showing his dominance beating down Joey, including winning the best of the exchanges on the outside as they fought near the bar. Back in the ring though, both Joey and CJ went hold for hold for a good 20 minutes, that eventually ended in both guys’ double pinning each other much to the annoyance of the crowd who wanted an outright winner – so for the Prestwich show we now have a Triple Threat match with CJ vs Joey Hayes vs Chris Ridgeway for the Adrenaline Title.

Couple of things to point out from this match, included a post-match beat up of Joey from CJ, plus my overriding opinion of this match the day after and also on the evening, was that this was a good wrestling match but it did suffer from crowd heat and not one to be a toss as I am not a wrestler, but this always seems to be CJ Banks downfall as a baddie – when he is on the offence especially as he was against Joey, he doesn’t attempt to jaw jack with the crowd to get them to boo him, he just goes straight into the next manoeuvre with no response. CJ is a good wrestler but he is as bland as anything.

Second to last match as the time was coming up to 9:30pm and with our Geoff wondering if he should go home as he had work at 6am in the morning, but he decided against this. In this match we had two up and comers on the North West scene with JJ Webb taking on Callum Corrie, with the latter trying to making 2019 his own, like he did in the latter part of 2018 in GPW. Corrie had the bulk of the crowd noise for him with chants of ‘Sandy Beach’ and ‘Callum Corrie’ blaring in his ears and it was this support that got him over the finish line in this match as he hit poor JJ with a DDT to pick up the 3 count in a good under 10-minute scrap that kept the audience’s attention throughout the match.

After the match though, this loss got too much for JJ who attacked Callum and then locked in a Crab to make Corrie moan like buggery, so this feud is going to continue so happy days as these are two good young up and comers.

Main event time now with John McGregor trying to prove he has what it takes to dethrone Crater in March, by testing himself against former Futureshock Heavyweight Champion Ashton Smith who was looking himself to get back on track after a quiet couple of months in the promotion due to WWE commitments - plus as ever it was good to belt out a rendition of ‘All of the Lights’ once again as Ashton made his way down to the ringside area.

A bulk of this match was very much Ashton being the aggressor as he beat down the much smaller McGregor, but John over these last couple of months is showed those fighting qualities from underneath that helped him win the Legacy Tournament, especially his match vs Zack Gibson where he was excellent. With John fighting through, he looked like he was ready for the loss as Ashton hit a GTS then a ‘Roll of the Dice’ for an agonising 2 fall that had the crowd on the edge of their seats but John managed to somehow recover from this as he hit a Jumping DDT to Ashton to get the 3 count in around 15 minutes in a very good main event.

After the match though, Ashton got on to the mic to say to congratulate John on the win, but then the pleasantries stopped at that when he said bluntly to John that ‘You are not ready for Crater off that performance’! – Which instantly I think puts in the crowd’s head that the Gentleman is not good enough to beat Crater in March, but this writer though thinks differently and can see him pushing Crater all the way, but with the threat of Grodd I can see John ultimately failing – we shall see!!

Show done, it was time to leave but not before having a quick chat with Ashton, ring announcer Neil and also Sugar Dunkerton who as ever was a gentleman to chat to. Overall as a show it was a good 2 ½ hours of entertainment with the Young Guns vs Sam Bailey/James Drake, Dunkerton/Big Joe and the Main Event being matches you should check out on Futureshock’s On Demand service.

Next time we will be at Futureshock will be the 23rdFebruary in Prestwich for the visit of PAC who will be taking on Soner Durson. Next time you will be hearing from me will be for Breed Wrestling’s debut show in Sheffield on Sunday 10th February – so as ever go and give this a share, likes and retweets and spread the word. So until then – BYE !!!!

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