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In this episode of Podsongs, host Jack Stafford is joined by the band ATLYS to discuss their project inspired by renowned dog trainer Linda Michaels. They delve into the unique, innovative methods of Linda, emphasizing her force-free dog training techniques and the development of the Hierarchy of Dog Needs. The conversation covers the band's classical roots, their evolution, and their boundary-pushing performances. They reveal insights into their creative process, including composing and recording their first original song inspired by Linda's work. Tune in to hear about the guests' dedication to animal welfare, the band's upcoming projects, and the premier of their new canine-inspired track.

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00:00 Welcome to Podsongs 00:08 Introducing Jinty McTavish and Atlas 00:37 Creating a Masterpiece: The Songwriting Process 01:49 Atlas: Breaking Classical Music Stereotypes 03:16 Life on Cruise Ships and Intensive Training 05:30 The Art of Looping and Live Performances 06:48 Composing the First Original Song 08:13 Inspiration Behind the Song: A Tribute to Animals 09:15 Interview with Linda Michaels: World Famous Dog Trainer 17:23 Linda Michaels' Journey and Philosophy 39:42 Discovering the World of Dog Training 41:00 Hands-On Experience with Dogs 43:59 Memorable Dog Training Stories 46:34 Understanding Dog Behavior and Communication 49:30 The Science Behind Dog Intelligence 53:31 Practical Tips for Dog Owners 01:13:18 Adopting and Fostering Dogs 01:18:16 Resources and Community Support 01:23:37 Conclusion and Future Plans

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www.atlysmusic.com

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Creating hope with every brushstroke, Max Frieder goes into refugee camps around the world to bring light into the darkest corners. Working with children who have experienced terrible trauma, to anyone with any doubt he shows that Art can change the world. In this inspiring and engaging episode, he talks to the musician Zea Stallings form the band The Copper Children. They discuss their shared history, personal journeys, and impactful work. Max, co-founder of Artolution, discusses his projects teaching art in refugee camps, while Zea shares insights on fostering community, creating social change, and the role of art in education and trauma recovery. They emphasize art's ability to develop leadership and resilience, making it a powerful tool for change. The episode concludes with a touching song, 'Art Can Change the World,' inspired by their dialogue.

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LYRICS

Art can change the world

Art can change the world

Paintbrush in a child's hand

See her universe expand

Color canvas with her love

Sharing joy and creation

Art can change the world

Art can change the world

Young man with his first guitar

Transported to worlds afar

Sharing songs with all the world

Melodies so magical

Art can change the world

I can change the world

Every moment is a chance to give

To someone who's hurting

Who's so deserving

Of a miracle

Art can change the world

You can change the world

Sculpture in refugee camps

Reminds us of our humanness

Come together as one blood

See what we're capable of

Art can change the world

We can change the world

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Episode 143 of Podsongs—the podcast where musicians interview inspirational people as inspiration for a new song— David Knopfler speaks to Lemn Sissay, British poet, author and broadcaster, as inspiration for a new song called 'On the Outside', which will be released as a single on 17th November 2023 Stream the song: https://ffm.to/on-the-outside ON THE OUTSIDE Never quite at home Always you’re alone Always on the outside Riding out the storm So where do we now start Where do we begin Never looking outside Always looking in Always on the outside And never quite at home Always on the outside And every Christmas you’re alone Waiting for the dawn Family full of strangers Barely holding on Always on the outside You know you must be strong Always on the outside And you’ll survive the storm And always you’ll belong Always you’ll belong Always you’ll belong https://knopfler.com/ https://www.lemnsissay.com // SUPPORT THIS CHANNEL // Newsletter, donations and download the song for €/$1 @ https://podsongs.com // LINKS // Website: https://podsongs.com Podcast episodes: https://podsongs.com/podcast-episodes Songs: https://podsongs.com/music Spotify artist: https://open.spotify.com/artist/32FYyRx1y1ex3jHHAgLMC7?si=4Nv7WW85SbSPZvCsj1o7Ig Spotify playlist: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/6sN1viy82HPiNTVX2YBxpq?si=1b84c2b9bdea4656 // SOCIAL // Twitter: https://twitter.com/podsongs Instagram: https://instagram.com/podsongs Facebook: https://facebook.com/podsongs

Robby Soave is an award-winning American journalist based in Washington, D.C. He is an editor at Reason. He enjoys writing about college news, education policy, criminal justice reform, and television. Soave has penned articles for The New York Times, New York Post, U.S. News & World Report, Newsweek, The Orange County Register, and The Detroit News. In 2016, Forbes named him to the 2016 "30 Under 30" list in the category of law and policy.  He won a 2015 Southern California Journalism Award for his commentary on Rolling Stone's investigative reporting on sexual assault at the University of Virginia in which he was skeptical on the subject. In 2016, Soave won the Alumnus of the Year Award at the International Students for Liberty Conference. He was also appointed to the D.C. Advisory Committee to the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights. Soave is a 2017-2018 Novak Fellow at The Fund for American Studies. He appears regularly on Fox News, CNN, and syndicated radio program.

LYRICS TO BOTH SONGS

1) THE LIBERTARIAN

At college he was cruelly isolated  
His ideologies set him alone
Republicans had fun and the best parties
While the alt-left ran the place to feel like home
All the were on the edges
With him in the middle

It was only years later
That he found his tribe
A group who's values
He recognised
They formed a circle

With him in the middle

He's a libertarian
And been set free
He says it loud, he sings it proud
"At last I've found my crowd

I'm a libertarian
And I belong
I'm coming up, I'm coming clean
This is what I believe

Yes to giving all a voice
Yes to more freedom of choice  
Yes to work, deregulation
Yes to peace with other nations

Yes to beauracratic reduction
Yes to the Virtue of Production
Yes autonomy, less authority
Yes to freedom's our priority

I'm a libertarian
The third way
Two parties is no choice
When we all need to have a voice

Libertarians
Become free
I'm coming up, I'm coming clean
This is what I believe

Yes to giving all a voice
Yes to more freedom of choice
Yes to work, deregulation
Yes to peace with other nations

Yes to beauracratic reduction
Yes to the Virtue of Production
Yes autonomy, less authority
Yes to freedom's our priority


2) HELICOPTER PARENTS

Helicopter parents
Bred generation Z to be
Fearful of most everything
Unconsciously

Helicopter parents
Lack basic bravery
Onto unsuspecting offspring they load
Their anxieties

Helicopter parents
The media's to blame
In their rush to ratings they pushed
Kidnapping claims

Helicopter parents
Were arrested if they didn't
Provide a home environment that was
Safety sufficient

The breakfast table
Bolstered the fable
Abduction from strangers
An everpresent danger

Who's bright idea was it
To breed the fear of it
Missing kids
On milk cartons

All of their descendants have
Panic in their veins
At the slightest provocation they feel
Emotional pain

These kids are adolescents at
University
And even Halloween costumes cause them
Anxiety

They're on anti-depressants
Cos the pressure is immense
Free speech needs to be constrained for
Their self-defence

Cos of their suppressants they need
Safety at all costs
They're asking to be treated in the
Way that they grew up

The breakfast table
Bolstered the fable
Abduction from strangers
An everpresent danger

Who's bright idea - was it
To breed the fear - of it
With missing kids
On milk cartons

Laura Nirider is a lawyer and the co-director of the Center on Wrongful Convictions of Youth.

Nirider represents individuals who were wrongfully convicted of crimes when they were children or teenagers and specialises in areas such as confessions and police interrogations.

Her clients include Brendan Dassey, whose case was profiled in the Netflix Global series Making a Murderer, and Damien Echols of the West Memphis Three, whose case was profiled in the documentary West of Memphis.

On her CV, Nirider says: "My responsibilities include representing wrongfully convicted youth, co-teaching a clinical course on wrongful convictions of youth, and directing the Center’s mission and work.

"Both my courtroom work and classroom work focus on police interrogations and confessions.

"I maintain an ongoing caseload of post-conviction cases involving individuals who were convicted as children or adolescents. The majority of my clients’ cases involve confessions."

FEATURED MUSICAL GUESTS: Big Little Lions are the award winning band from Cincinnati, OH and British Columbia, Canada. They were born out of a collaboration that won them a JUNO Award in 2014. Since then they have been cranking out infectious folk pop songs that are jam-packed with emotion and tight harmonies that sound like the product of two people working side-by-side instead of living in different countries.   They have released 5 albums to date, which have garnered them awards and nominations including the CFMA Ensemble of the Year. Their critically acclaimed music has appeared on the CBC’s Top 20 and featured on shows like q and Vinyl Cafe. The duo consists of Paul Otten and Helen Austin, both hugely prolific songwriters - their music has been placed in hundreds of movie trailers, ads, network TV shows and on MTV.

Their live show is quite the spectacle with Paul playing drums, bass and keyboard all while singing lead vocals. Helen, who is no slacker either, sings, plays guitar and foot percussion. They use every limb, and then some, to make two people sound like a full band.

Their music has been dubbed ‘a blissful marriage of new folk and sophisticated pop’, and is packed with emotion and tight harmonies. https://www.biglittlelions.com/

SONG LYRICS:

Don't say a word
You know they lie
The system is blurred
And so we fight
So don't say a word
You know they lie

They pulled it out of you
A story with no truth
over your head
They get up in your face
Tell you you'll be safe
If you say what they said

Don't say a word
You know they lie
The family get hurt
And so we fight

No shred of evidence
Victim of circumstance
Put you away
How do they sleep at night
Knowing it's not right
They know that they made you say

Don't say a word
You know they lie
Their power is earned
And so we fight
No alibi so they say what they like
Confuse, distort and deceive
See it's the law using their last straw
Tell me who they gonna believe

Don't say a  word
You know they lie
What have we learned
You know they lie
Just like a bad dream
You know they lie

Millions have seen
You know they lie
A life locked away
You know they lie

We hope and we pray

Binalakshmi Nepram is a humanitarian, author, and female activist for the advocacy of gender rights and women-led disarmament movements with the objective of arresting gun culture and bringing about peace for her home state of Manipur in particular and northeast India in general. For her contributions in this field to Manipur and northeast India she is known by the epithet "The Face & Voice of North East". Nepram has established many institutions such as the Control Arms Foundation of India (CAFI) in 2004, Manipur Women Gun Survivors Network (MWGSN), Manipur, and Secretary General Control Arms Foundation of India (CAFI). On the disarmament issue she opines, "You cannot shoot an unarmed person. This goes for both the State and non State actors... nonviolence will win at the end." Forbes named Nepram as one of its "24 Young Minds to Watch out for in 2015", and the Action on Armed Violence of London listed her among the top 100 influential people in the world actively pursuing a reduction in armed violence.

LYRICS:

When your own governments against you
War is all you've ever known
Corruption undermines everything
Votes are bought and sold

Armed gunmen drive through the streets
AFSPA says they do that you please
Your own military, is adversarial
Who do you turn to for peace?

There's nothing to say
Only to sing

Hing-min-ashi Eikhoi, Apun ba na yaiphare
Hingminashi Eikhoi

Hingminashi Eikhoi, Mit-kap thok-lo mayam
Hingminashi Eikhoi

Hingminashi Eikhoi, Apun ba na yaiphare
Hingminashi Eikhoi

No one sheds tears for Manipur
Or the forgotten North East of India
Hidden away, people shot every day
Quietly one by one

With bullets fired from Western-built guns
Who profits from peace?
Keep going no one will know
When will the winds of change blow?

There's nothing to say
Only to sing

Hing-min-ashi Eikhoi, Apun ba na yaiphare
Hingminashi Eikhoi

Hingminashi Eikhoi, Mit-kap thok-lo mayam
Hingminashi Eikhoi

Hingminashi Eikhoi, Apun ba na yaiphare
Hingminashi Eikhoi

Justin Wolfers is an Australian economist and public policy scholar. He is professor of economics and public policy at the Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy at the University of Michigan, and a Senior Fellow at the Peterson Institute for International Economics. Wolfers holds a Ph.D. in Economics (1997–2001) and an Master of Economics (2000), both from Harvard University, and a Bachelor of Economics from the University of Sydney (1991–1994). He had a Fulbright Scholarship.Wolfers attended James Ruse Agricultural High School (1985–1990). He is noted for his research on happiness and its relation to income. Wolfers moved to the University of Michigan as professor of economics and public policy beginning in fall 2012 with his partner, fellow economist Betsey Stevenson.

Prior to coming to the University of Michigan, Wolfers was associate professor of business and public policy at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. He is a contributor to the New York Times (where he writes for The Upshot blog) and the Wall Street Journal, and was an editor of the Brookings Papers on Economic Activity from 2009 through Fall 2015. Wolfers' research has explored the economics of sports, sports betting, prediction markets and the family.

Lyrics to the song: The Economics of Love

I've done a differential game model
On our partnership
the results are what you'd expect

Based on effort and appeal
Our love it is ideal
Cos we've both so heavily invested

But it's not the sunk cost fallacy
That keeps us together
It's the ongoing returns
And compounded interest

Not the sunk cost fallacy
Why we go on forever
It's a high-yield bond
vs a high-heeled blonde
I've learnt the economics of love

It's growing exponentially
A concave curve
Building on our saving reserve

With no signs of fragility
And maximized utility
Returns are much greater than cost

But it's not the sunk cost fallacy
That keeps us together
It's the ongoing returns
And compounded interest

Not the sunk cost fallacy
Why we go on forever
It's a high-yield bond
vs a high-heeled blonde
I've learnt the economics of love

The coefficient of variation
Of our love affair
Shows mutual benefits
Of which we're both aware

Perceived costs are low
Cost of separation is high
Net benefit's optimized

But it's not the sunk cost fallacy
That keeps us together
It's the ongoing returns
And compounded interest

Not the sunk cost fallacy
Why we go on forever
It's a high-yield bond
vs a high-heeled blonde
I've learnt the economics of love

We gave shelter to a touring cyclist and his beautiful husky. He is having a real adventure travelling around the world so I decided to interview him as well so you could hear about it. He writes books about his adventures, makes videos and posts about it on Facebook 

Lyrics to the songs:

DUMPSTER DIVING

For some time now I've had my eye on you
And to win your heart, I've made my mission to do
It's gonna have to be something special, cos you're widely desired

You're a healthy girl, who loves to cook and eat
And I know the way, that our hearts can meet
Together we'll create the biggest feast you've ever seen

I may be a poor man
But I've got a secret plan
To the banquet of your dreams.... Gonna take you...

Dumpster diving
Put you in the mood honey
Just look at all this food mummy
Dumpster diving

Bring a torch and gloves, and a crate to stand on
And when jump in choose something soft to land on
Then sink into the delights down below

It might look dirty, a bit of a mess
But open the black bags the food's sealed and fresh
All the food the supermarkets aren't allowed to sell

But before we go
There's one thing you need to know
Don't open the meat bag baby

Dumpster diving
Put you in the mood honey
Just look at all this food mummy
Dumpster diving

I know the bakery with same day bread
The cheesecake shop with an amazing spread
I'll take you to the finest spots all over   town

Some say it's risky, but you'll find it fun
If security come, get ready to run
It's not illegal, we're doing the world a favour

We'll finish by the florists, forget a spray
I'll make you a stunning bouquet
To end our perfect day

Dumpster diving
Put you in the mood honey
Just look at all this food mummy
Dumpster diving

Then we'll pack it away in the middle of the night
And   make love by the fridge light

Dumpster diving
Gonna make sweet love tonight
Dumpster diving
Gonna make it sweet tonight
Dumpster diving
Gonna make it sweet tonight
Dumpster diving


COFFEE LOVER

She drinks coffee I drink tea
I'm from England she's from Italy
She the caffeinated lover
That I've discovered

She flits about on her caffeine high
Gets any higher then I think she'll fly
I won't bring her down
I just want to hang around

We've got a deep dark roasted love

Cappuccino, Frappuccino, Macchiato, Espresso
Latte, Frappe, Americano, Cortado

She likes her coffee strong and black
I've learnt to make it like that
I wake her up with the aroma
I'll get my barista diploma

I bring it to her when she's still in bed
We cuddle up under the spread
And as the coffee gets stronger
I know our love goes longer

We've got a deep dark roasted love

Cappuccino, Frappuccino, Macchiato, Espresso
Latte, Frappe, Americano, Cortado

Coffee is the way to my lover's heart
Coffee makes her love me more

Coffee is the way to my lover's heart
Coffee is the thing that she adores

I've got to keep her up there
Keep her in the mood
I'm putting caffeine in her food
To preserve her altitude

Coffee is the way to my lover's heart
Coffee makes her love me more
Coffee is the way to my lover's heart
Coffee is the thing that she adores

Ece Temelkuran is a Turkish journalist and author. She was a columnist for Milliyet (2000–2009) and Habertürk (2009 – January 2012), and a presenter on Habertürk TV (2010–2011). She was fired from Habertürk after writing articles critical of the government, especially its handling of the December 2011 Uludere massacre. She was twice named Turkey's "most read political columnist". Her columns have also been published in international media such as The Guardian and Le Monde Diplomatique. A graduate of Ankara University's Faculty of Law, she has published 12 books, including two published in English (Deep Mountain, Across the Turkish-Armenian Divide, Verso 2010, and Book of the Edge, BOA Editions 2010). In 2008 she was a visiting fellow at the Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism, during which time she wrote Deep Mountain, Across the Turkish-Armenian Divide. Her books include Ne Anlatayım Ben Sana! ("What am I Going to Tell You!", Everest, 2006), on hunger strikes by Turkish political prisoners. She was awarded the Human Rights Association of Turkey's Ayşe Zarakolu Freedom of Thought Award in 2008.
Her first novel, Muz Sesleri ("Banana Sounds"), was published in 2010 and has been translated into Arabic and Polish. In 2019, she published a nonfiction book How to Lose a Country: The 7 Steps from Democracy to Dictatorship, about the rise of right-wing populism and how it operates.

LYRICS:

Beware of movements that arise
Painting heaven in the skies
Telling you that they alone have the solution
On the right, on the left
Many roads lead to theft
And they're one of the ways to lose your country

Beware of the new rationale
That boosts popular morale
And schizophrenic logic terrorises
There's a distorted narrative
Where the truth will never live
It's just one of the ways to lose your country

Beware of brazen shamelessness
It's a nasty business    
When people are acting up with immorality
Not humble or humane
Then chaos is soon to rein
And it's one of the ways to lose your country

Beware of appointments and dilutions
And attacks on institutions
When the judiciaries replaced with their own followers
A superfluous state
Will sign and seal fate
Another  of the ways to lose your country

Beware of model citizens
Who are anointed as the ones
To follow and emulate cos they are perfect
While the rest of us are left
To feel second class at best
It's just one of the ways to lose your country

Beware of laughter in the streets
As they mock their new elites
The only self-defence left is their humour
Some say it's just sequential
And at best inconsequential
But it's one of the ways to lose your country

A commentary on the last 12 songs created for the Podsongs project, with musicians Jack Stafford, Maurizio Sarnicola, Massimino Voza and Luigi Falcione. Go behind the scenes with the band to hear how they made the songs inspired by podcast interviews.