Hi together, I am Chaba singer. I'm the CEO of the hybrid app in technologies GMB age Where do I have to and We have lighter than air systems lighter than air drones that are Carrying data collecting payloads like leaders radars hyper spectral cameras and so forth and We send already today the collected data in year real time to the World Wide Web to visualize the data or Interpret the data so the problem that we solve is Actually gravity we can carry everything very long time against gravity and as you know aerial data is often expensive short-time low resolution and Sometimes also too short So for example, if we compare ourselves with micro satellites We have a much higher resolution that we can bring our of course have lower costs Lower risks and we also know that satellites pollute our orbit and if we compare our systems with Airborne carriers like for example weather balloons. They are not agile enough Or if we compare with piloted systems, then they are too risky have also higher costs Or if it if we compare our systems with drones Then it's the flight time and also actually the risk to crash our systems cannot crash So what we did to solve this problem is we combined the three flight concepts balloon Helicopter and airplane and mainly their advantages to a new flight concept That is a hybrid airplane and with this combination of the abilities and features of the system become at we arrive at a cybernetic Hovering cybernetic carrier that is 10 times longer in the air can climb up to 10 kilometers altitude and carries three times higher payload capacity Then other systems in the same range and this more green and more sustainable and After we invented the cybernetic Computer in the state of suspension the hovering computer. What comes next next is of course the software our software and our Market related when market specific software kits allow our systems already today to provide hovering cybernetic data gathering or also Data interpretation on board for example, and we have a full connectivity With multi-channel communication on board a full linux Distribution is in the air over hours and with this Linux distribution, of course we can do many many things like for example also provide a full connectivity At lowest emissions lowest noise levels lowest electromagnetic signature and this opens up Specific software kits for AI for IOT and big data related Software and this is all based on our georeference redundant data streams Since we exist the foundation of the company was in 2017 we are a bootstrapping startup We sold more than 20 systems and had more than hundred flights for proof for proof of concept projects We can carry many many different payload types and these payload types allow us to focus not just on one market segment the systems had already all of today's IT interfaces for other hardware Like the sensors I described at the beginning and we have actually three systems in the market the age arrow zero with 500 grams payload capacity the age arrow zero plus with one kilogram payload capacity and the age arrow one with three kilogram payload capacity staying in the air over hours collecting data if we compare our systems with other Devices then we can compare our systems with drone types fixed wing or Multicopter drones there We see that maybe we can be in the same affordable range, but when it's about the endurance We can of course be stronger and if it's with piloted systems, or if it's with satellites Iro starts or weather balloons there we have by far lower costs and This opens up for us a market segment, which is actually in this area like shown in the picture Our usp's can be shown in such screen slide And yeah, just like said high altitude flights Low noise level We are the only ones who are allowed to fly over crowds our systems cannot crash and we have for all these Regulatory issues like for example drone flights over crowds or also next to traffic, but also tattered balloon Systems also Iro's all better balloon systems. We have all certifications in Europe Here you see a little bit of our road map actually what we are doing our short-term target is to Sustainably commercialize the lighter-than-air technology Which is not done yet and then come to a terrestrial atmospheric satellite types for connectivity earth Observation and based on this to also bigger systems So scaling in size Here in this video that hopefully starts Maybe it's possible to start the video from the screen So here you see actually a video that is not running. It's running. Thank you. Um, this is proof-of-concept in the tattered balloon mode over three hours in the air what we show here you can only do with a helicopter and The data is already Interpreted as you saw with labeling of different classifications like There was a drone there were UAV and also different people which were counted in the picture The same again, please in this video you see how we collected for the German police bit more down Yes, perfect Here in this video you see how we collected 4k video again over three hours from the highway by Munich and then we generated with our partners Full 3d model that is a dynamic 3d model and in this 3d 3d model we also Learned how the cars are driving out of the photogrammetric data of the Collected raw data the collected raw data you see here in the model in this video You also see the carrier system that was collecting the data and then now you see that we could generate a Dynamic 3d model fully synchrone related to the collected raw data. This is for example important for autonomous driving Scenarios for smart cities scenarios. Our next step is To bring stitched models 10 kilometers times 10 kilometer For example to model a whole city and to bring for example for the developers of autonomous driving and smart cities a real Scenario to work with Summing up our systems the current systems are flying up to five kilometers altitude and Already described they compete depending on the market segment with satellites chest nas Helicopters weather balloons or drones Here you see a little bit. What is everything already integrated in our system? Here for example, one is able to understand We have something like this dog from Boston Dynamics just in the state of suspension We have a board computer With many Zenzers you see on the onboard electronics that there are more Zenzers in the system like in an iPhone and also maybe like in a drone and Our systems already today communicate over the iridium network over satellites and also over The mobile network in a redundant way. That means we always know where our systems are Maybe here in February. You remember that the spy balloon from China Was shoot over the US there The command center did not know where the system is or it was not controllable in our case We always know when where our systems are and we can control them furthermore We of course work on civil civilian applications Not just hardware is in our system or the software is already Integrated as a bootstrapping startup Of course, we could not do that much like Apple with the iPhone or like DJI with the drones But still we are relatively far already and the software comprises already an own Robot operation system. We call it age error operation system. We have already remote control to fly our systems in Irozo mode beyond visual line of sight And also to track the data and to send the data in your real-time time to the worldwide web to Timestamp based databases to visualize the data that we collected Here you see also a little bit so we could make the breakthrough in telemetry in autonomy in avionics and navigation Also as already described the IOT software is ready for proof-of-concepts to work together We don't build the payloads the payloads we buy or we Collaborate with the Producers of different payloads like lead us rad ass Hyperspectral cameras proton magnetometers and so forth and of course we can integrate all of these payloads into our system We are more or less enabler Let's say if your payload is the queen then we have the hovering Bentley in an autonomous way for it As you see also in this picture there you see already some samples where the data is sent To the worldwide web and there is also you see already the solar cells to go for 24 7 operation Actually age arrow is a Relative of ingenuity it was shown first time at NASA in Houston in 2012 to Public audience and this was after the presentation of ingenuity that just lifted off two years ago On Mars and yeah while NASA developed the ingenuity for Mars our company hybrid airplane technologies GMB age develop the age arrows for our planet and earth observation and planet protection mainly Please again, I would be happy if you could start the videos On the left side you see our technical state in 2017 There already you see how the inertial measurement unit already operates how we remote control the system over mobile radio Radio modem and maybe also on the right side the video Here you see the system in idle zone mode one of the first tests that you can imagine How such a system is gliding over kilometers hundreds of kilometers and many many hours So at the end bringing it all together be improved the endurance Brought up a flight concept that is more green and more sustainable with higher payload longer flights and fully digital and Actually, we come by the three flight concepts where you see this green Triangle each of the corners are the flight concepts and the whole area of the triangle is our new invention Also, as you can imagine, this is a disruptive technology because the many variable Sensors and also the variations in software techniques out of these a huge band of possibilities rise up Beat for catastrophic events for our governmental partners who use our systems instead of Helicopters to collect the data and to send it to the relevant ground stations for forest fires floods earthquakes border protection and so forth or also when it's about big events demonstrations, but also Yeah refugees and crowds who need help We can bring a mobile network for example in the tattered balloon mode Our freedom to operate is secured with issued patents in 10 European countries USA and Canada And we have also a strong team and they are all ready to work also for ace of shares We are at the moment in a fundraising. We are very proud on our board Which comprises also board members for volocopter and yeah, thank you so much for your introduction for your attention


Welcome Trainers to another Intraday Wave Analysis session with me, Patrick Mulligel. We're looking at the Cadmium on the 4-hour time frame. We have a 9-hour wave cycle development. We have an internal 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 to come up at 88.35. We look like we're putting in a... I'm looking for, I guess, B-Wave high here at 59. I'm looking for an 580. Watching for bullish and low position from here. An ideal Wave 5 89.30. Wave 1 equality. The potential reversals validate this. This is 70. As always, trade the map at most important risk. Until next time, thanks very much.


Ravens get on the phone right now. Get on the phone right now Let's create a a one million dollar deal of the one million base salary with some nice incentives for the Andre Hopkins to become a Baltimore radio, but anyway before we get into that team keep it clean What's going on? St. Graven here with another video and in this video Look man, I as a raven fan, I ain't gonna give my hopes up I know it probably ain't gonna happen Because I know and I know Ravens got a plethora of wire receivers. They got they got a good amount right now But hey, it wouldn't hurt wouldn't hurt. It would it couldn't hurt It could not hurt at all and you I mean Lamar asked and Before you couldn't afford it. You told him you couldn't afford it But now you can afford it. You know what's crazy? We talked about this offseason how um With the whole Lamar thing and and the Andre Hopkins and Odell Beckham, Jr How that that would be something if Both could happen if there could be a way where they could make both of those moves happen and before it really just Wasn't a thing and I mean right now. It's kind of still not necessarily a thing But the fact that the Andre Hopkins got released that makes it a thing and it really makes it a thing for all other 31 NFL teams Especially beyond the Ravens. There's some teams that may have more money to offer the Andre Hopkins, but The Andre Hopkins has said himself it came directly from him. He ain't got to be the highest paid money ain't everything It's funny how things have turned with the Andre Hopkins in the Cardinals because Obviously leading up to the draft There was all these rumors and all this speculation and whatnot about the Andre Hopkins possibly being traded where he was gonna Be traded to who knew we didn't know but a lot of us felt like he was gonna be traded from everything that we continued to Hear over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over So the draft comes and goes and then after the draft the Andre Hopkins post the video who said I was going anywhere Who said I want to go anywhere? So it's like oh the Andre Hopkins was kind of shutting everything down But then and the I am athlete interview from just a couple of days ago And I said it when we did a recap of that interview with Brandon Marshall And Ashley Nicole Moss and shout out to the both of them too But I talked about how during that interview when you listen to the Andre Hopkins Over and over and over and over and over again. He sounded so non-committal to the Arizona Cardinals He sounded so non-committal to the Cardinals He did not sound like he Was part of the team there was some time there were a couple times where he said we when I think Somebody talked about them having the best defense like hit them having a good defense I think he said we then but Most of the time just accept that one part He just really sounded very non-committal to the team sounded non-committal to the new GM Sound of non-committal to Kyla Murray just sounded non-committal to them overall But we see why now man, maybe that that interview was the straw that broke the camels back Maybe that was it. Maybe what maybe the Cardinals GM saw that interview. They said, oh, really? Oh, really? That's what you want to say about me. Okay. I got you but Some of the questions that were asked like Brandon Marshall and they asked oh, so what are you looking for in your next team? what are you looking for and He could have been like if he was committed to the Cardinals He could have been like, oh no with the Cardinals on I'm just looking for more consistency I'm looking for them to be more consistent as a team as a franchise as an organization But no, he talked about things that he was looking for with his next team As far as the the franchise like the front office and whatnot the team themselves, but Yeah, man, and even when even even when When he was asked, oh, what would top five quarterbacks that you would like to see yourself catching passes from Right then and there he could have been like, oh, I got one right now already Calamari And he could easily slip them in there being like, oh, I will say Calamari because he was hurt So I didn't get to catch all my passes from him last year because he got hurt But when he gets healthy, that's what I'm looking for to catch my passes from the most He could have said that but he didn't so again very non-committal because the five quarterbacks He said Josh Allen Jalen Hertz Lamar Jackson Oh Patrick Mahomes and Justin Herbert and the order was Allen Hertz or Alan Mahomes Alan Hertz, whatever. It don't even matter order. Those were the five that he said but um now This opens up an opportunity for everybody literally everybody Well, except the Cardinals and with the Texans I will see he talked about how he still lives in Texas He still lives in Houston, but would he go back there? so um As much as I would love I would y'all know I would love for my Ravens to get the Andre Hopkins I love the Andre Hopkins I don't foresee it happen. I don't think it's gonna happen I would love for it to happen And I know it would be overkill because the Ravens signed Odell Beckham, Jr. To get Rashad Bateman back They drafted Zay flowers in the first round still got DuVernay signed Nelson Aguilod is offseason But to add the Andre Hopkins to it would be a dream if this was mad and I would do it in a heartbeat I would do it in a second right away But hey, we'll see But if I got to go based off of my expectation see before when he was gonna be traded I Expected him to go to the Beals, but now that he's released.  I think he's going to I mean those are the two teams I think he will go to bills of the chiefs because especially the chiefs Because they they got to be looking at this like DeAndre Hopkins is available. He's on the market and we can create our own and this is ready for any team But we can create our own contract for DeAndre Hopkins. Oh, man. That's a no-brainer This is no brainer Like what and think about this like the Chiefs last year. They just won a Super Bowl with Juju Smith Schuster with McCall-Hartman With MVS and it ain't no shot at those guys those guys are all skilled individuals But you you want a Super Bowl with them imagine what you could do to DeAndre Patrick Mahon's it really Patrick Mahon's in the receiver Patrick Mahon's at DeAndre. Oh, that would be nasty in a good way but Yeah, this is this is something right here But yeah bills bills are certainly another team too now with the bills I'm not sure what the status with Stefan Diggs right now I know here and she didn't show up for voluntary remember that word voluntary OTA's But I know Stefan Diggs been very cryptic with the bills over the past well recently This off-season really heading into this off-season to so I don't know I don't know because I would think like bills are a team that they they've been a team that's similar to the Chiefs They willing to take that chance on anybody and they they love to keep adding talent. They never have enough talent So those would be the two teams that I will watch out for the most But the one that I would want it to happen for the most would be full of my cuz again. Hey Who knew something like this is gonna happen? Who knew something like this is gonna happen? Cuz again going back to that report Lamar said can y'all get Odell Beckham, Jr. and DeAndre Hopkins Ray was like, oh no, we get we get Odell. We got him boom. There you go DeAndre Hopkins another story and they were able to create their own contract for Odell Beckham, Jr. Even though that contract they gave Odell whoo, they pay that boy a lot of money That's all right, everyone with it, but you got it. You got a chance. You got a chance Hey, hey I mean What can I say? So we'll see what happens anyway to keep it clear. I love y'all I appreciate y'all and just like DeAndre Hopkins. DeAndre Hopkins is when it comes to him being Arizona Cardinal I'm out


The radical. Fundamental principles of freedom, rational self-interest, and individual rights. This is The Iran Book Show. All right, everybody. Welcome to the Iran Book Show on this Thursday. It's only this afternoon already. A little late for a news update, but best time of the day. All right, let's jump right into the news update. And that is, it looks like Republicans and Democrats have come together. It sends a chill down my spine when I say that Democrats and Republicans together. I mean, is there anything more scary than bipartisanship? Is there anything more scary than when Republicans and Democrats agree with one another? In this case, Democrats and Republicans have agreed to take your hard-earned money. 1.7 trillion of your hard-earned money. Actually, it's not just your money. It's not just your money right now. They've agreed. They've come together and agreed, you know, bipartisan fashion, to put you into debt, to put all of us into debt, to spend a lot more money than they're taking in. They've agreed on 1.7 trillion dollar budget for next year. 1.7 trillion. That's a thousand billions, which is a thousand millions. It's a thousand, thousand millions. It's a million millions. 1.7. Did I get that math right? I think I got it right. I mean, do you have any doubt that if we start peeling away... I mean, just take your income and think about how many times that goes into 1.7 trillion. I mean, all of our income, our lifetime income, even if you make good living, is a rounding error on a 1.7 trillion dollar budget. I mean, how many people do you think pocket the rounding error? I think quite a few pocket the rounding errors in their budgets over there. And is there any doubt that if we start peeling away at the details of this 1.7 trillion dollar budget, if we start peeling away a little bit at them, that we will discover just BS upon BS upon BS of things that the government is going to spend money on, thousands of them, thousands of items in this budget that are completely ridiculous, completely absurd, that if we all knew about it, we would argue against them, even the status among us. Is there any question at all that it's completely corrupt to try to ramp through 1.7 trillion dollars worth of spending in just a few days and get everybody to vote on it? Again, you've got senators who are voting on amendments. They want a little bit of this and a little bit of that and a little bit of here and a little bit of there. And of course, you know, you've got 1.7 trillion. Republicans are going to vote for this. Significant number of Republicans, probably 10 to 20 Republicans are going to vote for this. 1.7 trillion dollar budget is going to pass. And the Republican has an amendment that says something about extending section 42. And there's a risk that the amendment would actually pass because some Democrats are going to vote for it to extend section 42. But if the amendment passes, the budget will fall because it won't get the 60 votes required to pass. So what they've done is they're offering two different amendments about immigration, but they've rooted it in such a way that it's guaranteed that both of them will fail. And if they fail, then the budget can, I mean, all of this, all of the stuff, because not a single one of those senators, not a single one of them cares one iota about what's actually in the 1.7 trillion dollar budget. Not one of them gives one iota about how your money is being spent. Not one of them cares about the size of government, the level of debt and what it's doing to our economy today, what it's doing to economy tomorrow, what it's doing to economy 10, 20 years in a not one single one of them cares about this. But what they care about is the theater. What they care about is their little amendments to show that they care about the current pet topic, the current pet issue. That's what they care about. And they care about of the 1.7 trillion. The only thing I hear Republicans complain about, including people like Massey and Paul, the only thing I hear them complain about is the 40 billion dollars going to Ukraine. I haven't heard anybody come out with a statement as one, as Rand Paul did when he was first senator. He's so mealy-mouthed today as compared to what he was. I don't know what was it 10, 15 years ago when he first became senator. I remember the first time he became senator, the first year he was senator. Rand Paul proposed cutting 500 billion dollars off of next year's budget. One time, not over 10 years, one time. And he got two other senators to vote with him, I think. It was Ted Cruz and Lee and Senator Lee. How the times have changed. How the times have changed. They've all become different versions of status. It's all of them. Nobody, nobody is talking about. Nobody is talking about now cutting, spending. Yeah, they're all going to vote against the 1.7 trillion, but they're going to do it quietly. And they're going to propose amendments that have nothing to do with the 1.7 trillion. And they're going to be loud about the 40 billion in spending, in the money going to Ukraine, because that's the issue of the day. And to hell with the fact that the government's bankrupting all of us, tell the fact that it's causing us to have lower economic growth, lower standard of living. It's increasing poverty in America, or at least sustaining poverty in America. It's destroying us, the government involvement in every aspect of our life. None of that matters. Oh, but we can't give, you know, the 40 billion in Ukraine, that I'm willing to, I'm willing to really make a big stink over. Not following my sword, God forbid. It's going to pass anyway. But, you know, it's unbelievable what passes for politics in Washington, D.C. It's unbelievable what these clowns are doing and in the way they're behaving. Nobody cares, right? Nobody cares. You know, nobody's talking about what they used to talk about. Republicans used to talk about social security reform, talk about Medicare reform. You know, Paul Ryan, the so-called sellout, proposed a budget once converting Medicare into a voucher system. I mean, real innovations, real things that would have a real positive lasting impact. No, now all they can talk about is a tinker here and a tinker there, and let's go make a big stink about illegal immigrants, because that I know my voters care about.  Remember those signs in the Tea Party? Keep your hands off of my Medicare. So this is the world in which $1.7 trillion is going to be voted on tonight in a rush session, both in the Senate and the House. They're going to do their amendments. They're going to do their theater. We're going to get the theater to get out of the way. We know what the voter's going to be. They're going to pass the budget. Biden will sign it, avoid a government shutdown, and we'll all be happy because everything continues like it always has. No, we don't have to think. We don't have to be challenged. We don't have to, you know, we don't have to consider trade-offs. We just spend everything like we did last year, maybe a little bit extra, throwing a little bit extra. In the meantime, our economy is teetering on the precipice of a recession. The Federal Reserve is trying fanically to figure out how to stop inflation. They're doing it through means of central planning, which are going to result in some devastating outcomes. And the federal government is pretending that there's no issue. They can just continue to spend, and spend, and spend, and spend, and nothing will ever happen. All right. David, thank you for the support. Anonymous user, thank you for the support. Really appreciate it. You can use the Super Chat feature to ask questions. Please do. We've got a goal for each one of these morning, afternoon shows of $250. We are only 10% there. So we've got a way to go. All right. Zelensky.  Got a lot of standing ovations. The speech was, I don't think, was anything special, but it certainly wasn't philosophical. It certainly didn't go to the root cause of what is going on. Over there, it didn't go to the root cause of war, or to the root cause of what Russia is doing. It didn't describe motivation to Russia. It didn't quite, I think, emphasize the degree of evil that Russia is and its impact. But I thought it was probably effective for what he wanted. I think his main goal was to say, look, I'm not asking you to send troops, but I am asking you to send weapons. And I'm not asking you, and this was an important line, I thought in the speech, I'm not asking this as a form of charity. So I thought the speech was amazingly non-explicitly altruistic. He said in the speech, your money is not charity. It's an investment in the global security and democracy that we handle in the most responsible way. So his argument is, look, Putin's a threat.  He's a threat to you Americans, even if you can't identify it directly. We are fighting the wolf for you. This is not charity. This is an investment in your future. This is an investment in your security.  He has an opposition on both the far left and in some Republican quarters. I mean, it's bizarre how the world has changed. The Ukrainian cause 10 years ago, and certainly anytime before that, going back to the Cold War, would have been a Republican cause. His biggest allies would have been Republicans. And it's the Republican party's growing flirtation with authoritarianism, i.e. Putin, Orban, people like that will get to Orban in a little bit, that assoured them on it. They don't want to be fighting Putin because they like Putin. So it's a Republican party's flirtation with authoritarianism and the positives of authoritarianism which are leading them to question this. And it's the Republican party's, which is interesting, the Republican party's move away from American exceptionalism, move away from, and this is entrenched in the national conservatives, move away from the idea of liberty and freedom as universal values, move away from the idea of authoritarianism and dictatorships as universal evils, and, you know, let each country do as it will, not just from a foreign policy perspective, but from a philosophical perspective as well. It is really tragic to see how weak the Republican party is now on foreign policy. It's not that they have a, well, only do things in our own national self-defense and will be rigorous about it. No, now it's almost a form of anti-Americanism, a rejection of anything that America does overseas. And partially it's because America is not worthy, particularly not if Biden is president. So it's pretty disgusting to see, I mean, I find it disgusting, really disgusting, to see the Republican response as Zelensky. I think Zelensky, I've said this from the beginning of the war, Zelensky is a hero. He is the most heroic political figure in the world right now. I think he's the most admirable political figure in the world right now. He is fighting for his country's survival. He's fighting for his country's sovereignty. Against a brutal dictator who initiated, started a horrific war. He has been an exceptional, exceptional war president. The most exceptional, I think, since FDR and Churchill. This is a great man at this moment in the way he's handled himself since the beginning of the war. And for people not to recognize that and for people to poo-poo him and to make fun of him and to libertarians and conservatives, I find that disgusting and horrific. And again, revealing of the true nature of paleo-libertarians and these paleo-conservatives. And that is that they sympathize, and the same goes with Elon Musk, that they sympathize with authoritarianism, they sympathize with the dictators, they sympathize with the strong man, the Vladimir Putins of the world. So, horrible. Anyway, he gave a good speech for what it was. It was shallow, it was empty, but that's what politicians do. Again, I think the key that he wanted to express was, we're fighting this war partially for you, invest in us. He literally says, I'm not asking for American troops. Where's that section? See if I highlighted it. Maybe I did not. He says, I'm not asking for American troops, I'm just asking for weapons. We can manage running those weapons. Which is interesting because he's going to get one Patriot missile battery. I did not realize this, but I was reading this morning. Do you know how many people it takes to man a Patriot missile battery? Patriot missiles are ground to air missiles that can knock out of the sky. The missiles that the Russians are firing. It can't do much. I don't think with artillery shells, but it can get the missiles. It can get drones and it can get airplanes. It's particularly good on airplanes and on missiles. You can have other systems it can get. But do you know how many people it takes to run one Patriot missile system? 90, 90. That is a stunning number. It's a stunning number. 90 people to run one. They're not going to get that Patriot battery system up and running until the spring. 90. It's going to take months of training. It is an unbelievably complex system that's going to require massive training. One system is eight batteries, I think. I don't know exactly how it breaks down and there must be a back thing and coordinate it all. But one battery system like that could go a long way for defending Kiev and stopping missile attacks on Kiev. It couldn't cover the whole airspace of Ukraine though. Ukraine is a big country. All right. I love it when people say Russia is not fighting for real. If Russia fought for real, they'd win. It's the same people who said Russia is going to win this like that. It's going to be a few minutes. Give me a break. The only thing Russia has not deployed, the only thing Russia has not deployed, the only aspect in which Russia has not fought this for real is they have not deployed nuclear weapons.   A Ukrainian with Western armory could devastate. And if the West actually opened up and gave them all the arms that they wanted, the Ukrainians would crush the Russians. Russia is not and never has been. I don't think even in the Soviet era it had numbers, but it had the most awful equipment in the West was years ahead of it. I'd say since the 80s the United States and the West and not just the United States because the whole West develops sophisticated systems are decades ahead of Russia in terms of developing weapon systems, decades ahead of the Russians developing weapon systems. The Russians have never been able to integrate advanced technology into their weapons systems and you can delude yourself all you want about Russian strength. I don't know what the incentive is to delude yourself about that. I guess it's a lover Putin without a shirt on that is a man's man. But the difference between me and you is I fought against Russian equipment. I fought against T-72s. I fought against these weapons systems.  All right. Quick update on FTX. FTX is the crypto exchange. The CEO of Alameda and Sam's co-founder have both cut deals with the government. They have both pled guilty to numerous counts of fraud and then they have both cut deals with the government to get later sentences in exchange for them helping them out in the prosecution of Sam Bedford Freed. Those of you who thought that, you know, that SBF was going to get off easy because I don't know he's given money, you know, you're delusional. The fact is he's being brought and going to be prosecuted in the southern district of New York, district and yet he is going to spend time in jail. He is, you know, the fact that they flipped on him and they flipped on him so quickly and so early, you've got to know that the feds have a solid case against him. And yeah, he's going to jail for fraud. It couldn't happen to a more, you know, what is it? Anyway, his altruism will be, you know, tested, I guess, in jail. We'll see how that works for him in there. Will he survive jail? I don't know. I mean, usually for fraud cases, they put you in pretty low security kind of jail like what's his name, the big pyramid scheme guy. But anyway, he'll be in a low security jail. I'm sure he'll survive it. The question is how long will he have to be there? And what toll will it take on him made off? And of course, there's going to be made off as the guy I was thinking of. But of course, there's going to be, I mean, we'll see what kind of ripple effects there are from all of this and where it all goes. All right, let's see. Yeah, quickly, I should have flipped these two topics because Oban is more interesting. Oban, who has become, Victor Oban, who is the president of Hungary, the country, not Hungary for food, but Hungary, the country. You know, Oban, who is the darling of the American right these days, is the darling of the conservative movement. They've even had a CPAC, the conservative big conference in Hungary to show how much they love this guy. Oban, of course, Hungary is a part of the European Union. And Oban is struggling right now. He's struggling primarily because he, the Hungarian economy is really doing badly. It is, I can't find the article. Anyway, it's running 22% inflation. It's got real growth issues. It's not doing well. And of course, the reason it's got 22% inflation, and this is part of the whole mythology of the evil of the euro, is because it's not part of the euro. So the Hungarian, Hungary has its own national currency. It's not part of the euro. And of course, once you have your own national currency, and you've got a strong man at the top, when you get into a bit of economic challenges, a little bit of economic problems, what do you do? You print money. You stop printing money. So money rains down.  So Hungary has high inflation.  And it basically survives, and I'd say thrives, because if you look at growth, the Hungarian economy grows. But how does it grow? The economy is not very good, and it's got this high inflation, and what's going on? And by the way, it's got this pretty bad economy, in spite of the fact that it has really good tax rates. It's got flat taxes, low taxes. It's got one of the lowest corporate tax rates in the world. Oban is thinking of lowering taxes.  But anyway, the emphasis is on low taxes, but because of corruption, because of centralization under Oban, because of government regulations and controls, and because they have kept their own currency and therefore print their own money, their economy is in problem. But the reason it grows, their ability to actually sustain the economy, is a consequence of the fact that they get tens of billions of dollars from the European Union. Basically, they are one of those countries that are subsidized by, let me think, Germany.  And then they are countries that take money out of the system. Hungary is a country that takes money out of the system. And it is squabbling with the EU. It is fighting with the EU. It's interesting, Oban is one of Putin's biggest allies in Europe, and yet he has not stopped the European Union for imposing sanctions on Putin. Why? Because he knows that if he had sided with Putin explicitly and stopped what he's done is he's not voted against him, he's not voted for them, which is fine. But if he votes against them, they stop. Why is he not voting against them?  Blue states do subsidize red states. That's a reality. California pays much more into the federal government. California taxes pay much more into the federal government. Then California draws out of the federal government. And Mississippi, Alabama, spend a lot less into the federal government and they take out much more than the federal government. If you look at blue state versus red state, it's pretty overwhelming. Although Florida now flipping red maybe changes that but not dramatically. And that's a real issue, right?   And to admire Hungary has, Roland says Hungary has a 27% VAT. It's the VAT, value added tax, the highest in the world. So he can present the world, this conservative, right, with flat tax and low corporate tax but the highest VAT in the world. I actually, if he eliminated corporate taxes, which he can't now because there's a minimum of 15% corporate tax that he signed onto as part of the European Union, but if he eliminated income tax and just had a VAT, that would be like a sales tax replacing an income tax and I would be all over that. I would rather have a situation where you pay only sales tax and no income and corporate taxes, but that's not going to happen. Anyway, I just want to point out that the conservatives love a president who runs a country that is economically, compared to the Czech Republic for example, no comparison, Czech Republic way ahead of Hungary, in terms of real economic growth and a lack of reliance on those other... By the way, it's not like red and blue states because red and blue states, they all, you know, they all are part of one federal government. There is no federal government in the EU. In the EU it's just straight subsidies. It's just straight subsidies, right? Just straight subsidies. Maybe we should think about why it is that blue states are as productive as they are and why it is that so many red states are not. Maybe that's worth thinking about. All right. Okay, one last quick story just because you did the cocaine yesterday. This is just a story I ran into today on the dispatch. Interesting, right? Drug Enforcement Agency announced this week it seized about 50 million fentanyl tablets of approximately 1,000 pounds of fentanyl powder in 2022. By their calculation enough of the synthetic opioid to produce 379 million potentially fatal doses. Hey, we could all commit suicide in the entire United States with that amount. The 50 million tablets seized were approximately doubled what the DEA captured in 2021 and a record 107,000 Americans died of drug overdose in 2021 but could be significantly higher for 2022. So this drug explosion is not just with regard to cocaine. It's obviously, as we know with fentanyl, the incentives to produce more and more of the stuff, the incentive to bring it into the country, to try to get people to use it, only go up as we make it illegal and round up all this stuff that is now not going to make it to the market. All we do is make it greater incentive for violence, greater incentive, higher prices, therefore even more incentive for violence. Drug policy in this country is an absolute disaster and all the enforcement and all the war on drugs that has been going on now since Nixon declared a war on drugs in the early 1970s has done zip, zilch, nothing other than kill a lot of people as a part of a massive war on drugs. So this is totally, totally horrific time to stop it and you can't have wars at the end of the day on inanimate objects. Not ones that are going to be successful anyway. Oh, there's Oban. I knew Oban was somewhere. All right, let's see. Okay, we have some time for super chat questions. We, about $150 short of our goal. Let's start with Adam who started us off early today. He said, Zalinsky misses the essential of the war because he does not know, I ran, solved what Marcy Shaw considers the unsolved problem of modern politics applied philosophy. Yes, I mean, I think from the little, I know, I've seen a Marcy Shaw. I mean, the big problems are basically the efficacy of reason which I ran solved and unless you solve that problem you keep falling into the trap of collectivism and collectivism is the cause of war. It is Russian collectivism as I've documented which is the cause of this war, Russian mysticism and Russian collectivism was the cause of this war. But, you know, it's not philosophical and nobody in our political realm today is going to identify collectivism as the cause of this and other wars. Nobody in our political world is going to blame Putin for being a mystic. Nobody in our world is going to identify the rejection of reason and a full understanding of reason as the fundamental problem that is, I think, driving people towards collectivism today. That's a philosophers to solve. It's been solved by I ran, but almost nobody knows. Nobody knows that. Again, I thought the speech was, given what it was, pretty good.  It was written for Congress, it was written for the American people. Again, it was written to convey that this is not a sacrifice for America. Whether it is or it isn't, you can make the argument. But it was written to make the case that it was not. Dwight, thank you, really appreciate that. Dwight has brought us and Barry. Wow, Barry, thank you. So Barry, $100, Dwight, $50. I think we're basically, we basically got to our $250. Oh, $1.30 short. I'm sure somebody will step in and cover our $1.30 short. Thank you guys, really appreciate it. Bree asks, is Russia a real-life example of the society depicted in Atlas Shrugged? Productive people running for the hills, the cronies in power whistling past the graveyard, and the few good people trying to hold it together? Yeah, I mean, I think that's right, but I think every society that's falling apart is that. I mean, one of the real phenomenons in Russia right now is the massive brain drain that's happening in Russia. The tens of thousands of Russia's best engineers, anybody who can really find a job outside of Russia, is fleeing Russia. You know, most of them have gone to places like, you know, because they don't have visas and they don't have the ability to move, but if anybody can work remotely, anybody can find a job, has left and doesn't want to go into the army, and tens of thousands, if not hundreds of thousands, particularly young men have gone to Georgia. By the way, I will be in Budapest, I think, in March, giving a talk, so that'll be interesting, given how much I despise Orban to see what kind of response we get there. They really, a significant percentage of the population they love, so it'll be good to be speaking there. And I'll also be in Tbilisi, where I expect to see a lot of Russians, so it's going to be really interesting. I know that some of you on the chat have, don't think it's of any value to actually have firsthand experience, let's say with weapons or at war, or talking to people or traveling around the world. I know because you know better about the state of the world than anybody who actually goes and sees the world. But I will be spending four days, three days in Georgia, giving a bunch of talks, doing seminars over there, we've got a whole program. I expect there'll be a number of Russians there, so it'll be really interesting. They're also going to Kazakhstan, which they can get into without a visa. And then, I think the United States is missing, as usual, a fantastic opportunity to offer visas to these young Russians and bring them here. We need the workforce. We need the engineers. We need those people. So, you know, let's bring them over to the United States. Unfortunately, that's not going to happen. Yeah, the great nation of Kazakhstan, it turns out, is better than staying in Russia. Kazakhstan right now is home to hundreds of thousands of Russians who have fled the amazing Russia, Putin's paradise that you adore, Edward, and that many on the right adore, and they'd rather live in the dumpster called Kazakhstan, because Russia is so horrific. The Russian economy is spiraling downwards. The standard of living quality of life is declining significantly and will continue to decline as 2013 continues. Yeah, it's not pretty for Russia. So, the people are running for the hills. Some people are staying, trying to hold it together. Hard to tell where the oligarchs are. It'd be interesting to see if they're in Russia. Many of them have homes in Dubai. They're a wonderful place in Dubai. They'd rather be in Dubai than Russia. Some of them have homes in Israel, the Jewish oligarchs. So, it's going to be interesting to see where they actually are. We don't know. Maybe we can use that jet-tracking thing. You're not supposed to do it on Twitter, but maybe somebody else will allow it to track the oligarchs jet, and we can see. So, yes, we, at the shrug, but that happens in every civilization that collapses. Gail, it says, I thought it was refreshing that Zelensky used the victory word. The U.S. has removed it from the vocabulary. Absolutely. Absolutely. He used it several times. He's used it throughout from the beginning. Again, I am a huge admirer of Zelensky. Again, as a political leader, I don't think there's anybody on the world stage today that comes close to his courage and to his ability to motivate his people and look what they've done. I mean, what they've done on the battlefield is astounding, and the casualties on the Russian side are truly, truly horrific. You've probably got 100,000 Russians who are dead or injured, or more than 100,000 dead and injured. Those are big numbers, big, big numbers. A lot of families ripped the shreds over this war for what? For nothing, for nada. And Ukrainians have taken casualties, I think, less than the Russians on the one hand, but also they know why they're fighting. They're fighting for their homes. They're fighting for their freedom. What are the Russians fighting for? For Putin's grandiosity. For Putin's mysticism. Michael says, would cursing and profanity exist in an objective world, given how benevolent and wonderful the world would be, why would people ever feel the need to swear? I mean, bad things are still going to happen to you. Things, you're going to be frustrated by stuff.  I don't know. I mean, it depends. Some profanity is useful in particular context. So, yeah, I don't think it's a world without it. I think it's a world without a lot less of it, but it's not a world without it. Liam says, Alex, interview with Jordan Peterson has up to half a million views. Have you had a chance to watch and review it yet? No, I haven't. At some point, I will. Michael, never tell the truth to people who are not worthy of it. Well, I get the sentiment dangerous. Dangerous. Robert Baez says, $10 for your comment about Putin. I can't remember which one. The one I called him a thug. I mean, I called Putin a thug for the first time on my first visit to Russia in a Q&A at the talk I gave in St. Petersburg. And when I called him a thug, you could literally sense the level of tension and fear in the room rising as everybody took a step back and said, in a sense, said, Iran, you're not supposed to say, you and Russia, you can't say that. You can't say. Anyway, I've been back to Russia. I've said worse things than Putin being a thug in Russia. I don't think I'm going back anytime soon. But there you go. Michael says, is that an example of any communist country lasting more than 80 years or a fascist country lasting more than 10? Well, it depends how you define fascism exactly. Authoritarianism generally is short-lived in a world where there are examples of liberty, particularly places that have any kind of western, western I view kind of western influences, western being reason individualism, the impact of reason individualism. Josh, thank you for the support. Kenny, thank you for the support. Enric, thank you for the support. You have a question, so I'll get to that. And then John, thank you again. Let's see, so I don't think so, but I don't know that that means anything because communism fascism at core terminology are brand new. They haven't existed for that long. Italian fascism, did it last only 10 years? Yeah, 30s to 40s, yeah, maybe. Colt, I usually am against international aid. I think we give what we give, Ukraine is worth it, just to stop evil. But just to see the pro-Russian goons cry a river. I sympathize with the idea of watching these Russian cronies try to justify Russia, try to say, oh, no, Russia's much stronger than this. You don't know what you're talking about in Russia. And talk all this, and then when they ultimately shone Russia's complete failure, they'd have some kind of rationalization about it. It's just fun to watch them go, it tangle themselves into 4D chess in order to justify, in order to try to stay pro-Russia. So, yes, I'd spend 40 billion on that.  If we got rid of all the garbage, then, yeah, we can have a real serious debate about how much to give to Ukraine. But of all the garbage out there, this is not a high priority. As I said, Rand Paul presented a budget to Congress. They cut 500 billion. I'd like to see that. And then we can talk about the 40 billion. Michael says, did you not work in a UC system long enough to collect a pension? No, and I never worked in the UC system. And we didn't have a pension. I worked at Santa Clara University, which is not part of the UC system. We had 401Ks, or what they're called, 4-3-Bs. And, yeah, I saved some money in a 4-3-B, and that's tucked away somewhere. Roland says, oh, yeah, that's the VAT of 27%. Thanks, Roland. Mr. Muffin, what do you think of Republican Jim Jordan? I think he sold out, like so many Republicans in the quote, freedom caucus. He sold his soul to Donald Trump. And I used to like Jim Jordan before that. But since he sold his soul to Donald Trump, he's become more of a populist, less of a real freedom-oriented Republican. I don't respect him anymore. I mean, that number of those, Lee from Utah, Johnson from Wisconsin, these are senators, even Rand Paul to some extent, they all sold their soul during the Trump years. And I don't think they've done anything to suggest that they've regained it. Anyway, could COVID shutdowns have stimulated the cocaine increase? Certainly could have. You know, there's no evidence that COVID increased suicide. Actually, during the COVID period lockdowns, it actually decreased suicide rates, and the number of theories of why that happened. But certainly I think the COVID shutdowns probably have an impact on increased drug use. Yeah, we need to, tomorrow maybe I'll talk a little bit about what's going on in China right now, because that is really interesting. It's really interesting what's going on in China. I mean, COVID is sweeping through the country. Almost everybody has it, and it's having real impact. Well, it says, most Hungarians, I know, actually hate Orban. I guess his fan base are not the kind of people I associate with. I think that's right, because I think he actually does win elections, and I do think he has a majority of the Hungarians. But it might not be your friends and my friends. And we'll see who's inviting me to give the talk. I'm not sure if they're pro-Orban or anti. I don't know if they know what they're getting themselves into. We'll find out. Michael says, if we had five-year-on books doing five-year-on-book shows, it's a wrap. We win it five years. No, we don't. I mean, five-year-on-books each having 34,000 subscribers is what? It's nothing. It's a blimp. It doesn't even register. You'd have to have somebody who's more popular than your own book by a big margin. You'd have to have five Jordan Petersons on our side to make a difference. And a lot of those 34,000 would be the same people listening to the show. So what have you gained? All right, everybody. I will thanks again for all the superchatters for allowing us to reach our goal. And thank you for all of you for being here. Don't forget to like the show before you leave. Don't forget to share material that you enjoy and you like. Don't forget to comment on shows. Any interaction with the shows helps the algorithm. So thank you, guys. I will see you all tonight. What am I doing? Tonight, I'm interviewing Don Watkins. It should be a lot of fun. We're going to talk about ambition. What it means to be ambitious? How ambition manifests itself? What is the virtue of ambition? But we'll talk a lot about a lot of other things, I'm sure. I've got at least one question already that somebody has sent in that I'm going to ask Don, that I think Don has a good answer for. It has to do with Emmanuel Kant. So you might, those of you who are interested in Kant and questions about Kant, Don did a whole thing about Kant, I think, a few months ago. So he's kind of a good person right now to ask, because I think it's fresh in his mind. But you can ask Don about anything. I mean, Don has pretty wide knowledge. Thursdays are going to be interview days. Next week on Thursday would be Tara Smith. You know, and we're going to have a bunch of people I just heard today from Jean Maroney. She'll be back later next year. We're going to have, we're going to do something on life extension with an objective scientist who does work on life extension. We'll have that in early January.  And hopefully, you know, we'll get back to that. I started that a couple of years ago, kind of slipped away. Now we're going to do it every, every, every Thursday night will be an interview. As long as I can get people. We'll get all your favorites back. We'll get Gina, hopefully back and Greg and on car and heavy bin swanger. And we're going after all of them. So I hope, I hope you enjoyed. I hope you join us tonight, 7pm East Coast time. It'll be a lot of fun. Bring your questions. Think about things you'd like to ask Don. Also make it, maybe we can make it a lighthearted. It is, it is Christmas after all. It's the season bring over. Yes. We'll have Ben Bear on. We'll have all these guys on. And but, but yeah, I'm looking forward to, to all of you bringing your questions and just participating and having a good time. All right everybody. Thank you for the support in particular. Thank you for Barry and thank you to Dwight for really taking us over the top. Thank you for everybody else. And I will see you tonight, 7pm East Coast time.


daydreaming. It's something that a lot of us do when we get bored maybe you're sitting in a boring meeting at work or maybe you're in a boring class at school and your mind starts to wander a little bit but there's actually a form of mental illness associated with daydreaming and it's called maladaptive daydreaming and that's exactly what we're going to be talking about in this video. What is up everybody? This is Chris from the Rewired Soul where we talk about the problem but focus on the solution and if you're new to my channel my channel is all about mental health. I am always trying to make videos to help you improve your mental and emotional well-being and sometimes I just like to increase awareness and educate people about different mental illnesses out there so maybe you can get the help that you need or maybe you can help somebody that you know so if you're into that kind of stuff make sure you subscribe ring that little notification bell because I make a ton of videos so this is very interesting I love learning about mental health like in all ways I like learning about new disorders that I didn't know about I like learning about different treatment methods and stuff and my girlfriend actually told me about this one which is called maladaptive daydreaming and one of the reasons that I've never heard of it is because it's not in this little guy all right for those of you who don't know this is the diagnostic statistical manual all right this is what doctors psychiatrists therapists and things like that they use as kind of like this framework to diagnose different mental illnesses so if you fit certain criteria they'll look to this book and say okay do they fit in here so this is actually something that is not inside the DSM so let's talk about it a little bit what is maladaptive daydreaming or like excessive fantasizing so this is daydreaming to to pretty much cope with life to cope with stress for some people this can go to extremes which I'll touch on pretty soon but let's talk about what causes maladaptive daydreaming so it's important to kind of look at this in kind of the same realm as depersonalization and derealization so most of the people who have maladaptive daydreaming like I don't want to say struggle with it because for some people it's a useful tool you know what I mean but for most people who have maladaptive daydreaming they were the victim of some sort of trauma okay so we're talking about childhood trauma whether it was verbal physical emotional sexual abuse those types of things right it could have been a trauma later in life usually people who struggle with this it's it's usually when they have extreme amounts of stress so this can be common like when people experience different triggers kind of like PTSD so look at this in the realm of PTSD as well as depersonalization and derealization so basically people would be PTSD they can depersonalize or they can derealize when they get triggered right they can separate from their bodies it feels like nothing's real or feels like they're they're like a robot and they don't really have any kind of like attachments or emotions and am I even myself okay so this is something that people with PTSD struggle with but maladaptive daydreaming is something else so what is it basically it's it's daydreaming to an extreme so this can last for hours and hours and hours on end and for some people this is a useful tool right it helps them cope with their stress it helps them deal with different triggers in their lives and things like that so this can be a useful tool in certain situations like say for example you're a young person like this is something a lot of young people struggle with is just being stuck in a bad household right maybe you have alcoholic or drug addict parents maybe somebody in the house is abusive or things like that or maybe you're an adult and you're stuck in a not so great living situation that has a lot of stress like sometimes with this daydreaming it's creating an entire narrative right this entire story and fantasizing about where else you would rather be or what you would like to become and things like that like this is where I kind of look at it as a benefit like maybe it helps you like visualize your goals and what you want to do like my recommendation for that is like write this stuff down and then like maybe take small steps to achieve that goal because people are creating this scenario like anywhere else they would rather be now let's talk about the the struggle right of maladaptive daydreaming so like when I was reading up on this like there were some articles where people would do this for like five six seven eight hours a day right now this is where mental illness you know is is an issue because if you if you could imagine if a third of your day wait is that a third no it's a fourth of your day is spent in this like daydreaming state like you're gonna have issues at work or at school or taking care of your family or taking care of yourself like you are losing these large chunks of time so that can be a problem right so they one of the videos I was watching on this saying there's no treatment for it which is not really true um what I would assume if you went to a therapist right and you talked about how you are struggling with this like maybe you're watching this video like oh hey I have this issue maybe I'll talk to a therapist about it is they would try to get you to do a lot of different grounding techniques right or like dialectical behavioral therapy to bring you back to the now to bring you back to the moment so for example like a lot of dialectical behavioral therapy is based around mindfulness and mindfulness is constantly coming back to the moment so over time as you strengthen this skill and ability you start to notice when your mind starts to wander and you're like oh this maladaptive daydreaming is happening I'm going to bring it back down same thing if anybody's struggling with depersonalization or derealization or anything like that so there are treatments that can work with it so I don't believe if anybody says oh well since it's not in the DSM there's no treatment for it that's baloney you would use similar techniques that you would use with somebody who struggles with PTSD it might even be helpful to find a therapist who specializes in something called EMDR therapy EMDR therapy is extremely beneficial to for people who struggle with PTSD all right so I was really happy to make this video thank you to my lovely girlfriend for introducing me to this topic and if you can relate to some of these symptoms or if you think somebody can relate to it you know I will provide some resources down below like just read a book about dialectical behavioral therapy or there's a link to better help online therapy if you didn't know that is an affiliate link so when you use that link and use better help online therapy it also helps support the channel it's an amazing amazing app or website however you choose to use it basically you fill out a questionnaire it matches you up with a perfect therapist in your state and like you don't even have to leave your house and it's very easy like me I know like I'm way more comfortable talking to people through messages or things like that so this might be a great option for you and even if you don't use better help like and you have insurance or something like go find your own therapist but better help does have a sliding scale so if you make less money then your cost will actually be cheaper so if you want to check out better help make sure you check down in the description as well as in the comment section I'll post it in there I'll also post a great book about dialectical behavioral therapy down there if you want to check that out all right believe in the other comments down below if you ever struggled with this or you currently struggle with this like when I heard about this I'm like do more people struggle with this like I don't even know so let me know down in the comments below all right but that's all I got for you for this video so if you like this video please give it a thumbs up and again if you are new I'm always making videos to help you out with your mental and emotional well-being make sure you subscribe and ring that notification bell and a huge thank you to everybody supporting the channel over on patreon you are all amazing and if you want to check out the rewired soul merch shop we got some awesome shirts and coffee bugs in there and click or tap right over there all right thanks so much for watching I'll see you next time


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of nature decided that today I focus on music and music only. We had the CEO and founder of Jumbo Sounds Records but right now in studio with me is a recording and performing artist Kali. She has an EP out going by the name different definitions of love but one she's here to share a story with us. Thank you very much. Your camera is number four. Like I always do, I give people an opportunity to list all their credentials before we can carry on. Okay so I'm a singer, songwriter, live performer and co-producer. Co-producer? All right what is the definition of a co-producer? So it means like you just assist with the production of the songs so if I feel like there's something else that needs to be added I'll add it myself or I'll just tell the producer to add it. All right today is entrepreneurship Tuesday, hustle Tuesday on white in the morning and music is your hustle for sure. Yes. You even went to school for it. I did. All right so many people are doing it as a side thing right but for you you decided to take it to school and further study it. What is this, what was the impact of taking your music to school? What was the difference going in and out of school? I think when I studied it helped me learn different concepts of what I was doing and go into the music at a very deep level and also you know the same music is a language so you learn how to speak it and I feel like I learned how to I guess speak that language better when I went to school and I studied it and I was around people who have the same dreams and the same passions so it was really cool. You learn how to also work with other musicians in the industry and I think that's really important. It's a skill that you need to have. It's a skill that you need to have. All right performance. Performance is a very important aspect in the music business. You are recording and performing artists. What is the power of a powerful performance according to you? I think a powerful performance to me is when you can really connect with your audience and also being a strong vocalist because I feel like a lot of musicians nowadays are more recorded artists and they rely a lot on auto-tune and you know all of those things that happen in the magic in the studio and the effects but when you can actually sound just as good as you do live then on your records I think that's really a 10 out of 10 performance for me. 10 out of 10 performance for you. All right talking about the business aspect of the music after taking it to school what was the next step for you because I see a lot of people go to school and then look for a job or start a business or start a startup somewhere. What was the next step for you transforming this from something you actually love and study to a business? For me it was more like how can I do this full-time. That was my main goal is like how can I create an income doing what I love because that's what we all want to do at the end of the day. So for me I started now recording and writing my own songs because I needed to put out content so that was my initial focal point was to now get myself in the studio get myself surrounded with the right people produce content quality content and then now create a fan base not just locally but globally as well. All right for many artists who are in it for the money I don't know what you're in it for the approach is always the market first what does the market want and then I go to the studio and make what the market wants but for the artists who are passionate about their craft they tend to say I make what I love and put it out there I don't care how it's going to resonate with the people which approaches it. I'd say the second one because even for me I didn't have the mentality of oh I'm making this album for people it was more for myself like for my own expression and if people connect with it then that's all and well but for me music is such a personal thing that I think that's what makes someone successful also at the end of the day is when you can really put your heart and soul into your music and then release it to the world. All right ever since Masimaira then we transitioned to a different age of R&B we had the Antonew souls we have the Sauti souls and the Ben souls and and all the souls that exist and the Sautes that exist in the country. Do you think there's a space for R&B in the country right now? I definitely do. I think that you know there's this whole approach of you only have to sit to Afro beats because you're in Africa or you only have to make this kind of music or you only have to sing in this language but I think that's where the problem is it's because we want to be global artists but we don't want to do global genres and so I think there is a space now for African artists to delve into these different genres so that we want to see us winning we want to see us on BET we want to be winning Grammys but how can we do that if we only limit ourselves to only specific genres? So people are used to yeah and what people I love all right we are on social media Y254 channel on Twitter Y254 and the school channel on Instagram and Y254 on Facebook hashtag is Y in the morning hashtag is entrepreneurship Tuesday and mine is at it's very more so you can interact with me directly what is yours Cali? All of my social media is at I am Cali music. All right a fan is asking do you get compared to Caligraph Jones that is from from a fan out there who's watching um do you get confused Yeah I mean there are many Cali's I know there's Jua Cali there's Caligraph Jones so for mine's just straight up Cali and then at least I'm female too so that that also helps All right where's the name from? So my full name is Mui Cali so I just kind of self-explanatory there's no need to spread the story all right so talking about the music as a business so I'll take you back you released an EP and once you're done recording the rollout process is a different ball game it is how was the rollout process for it? So basically what you have to do is register yourself as a singer or songwriter so that you make sure that you get your royalties because that's also a really big part of it is you want to create an income when you get radio play if your songs are on streaming um so that was like the main priority on getting your songs on all streaming platforms so it's available to now multiple people around the world and then now you focus on marketing yourself and the you know creating hype and creating buzz and being like oh she's dropping something you know and then you release it and you see how the world takes it. Is this something you studied in school or you just winged it? I did take a business management course even though I was focused on performance there was the business side of it and I really did want to know. Was it one of your favorite classes? I wouldn't say it was one of my favorites but it was knowledgeable I needed to know what I was getting myself into because I know also some record labels they have you know different record deals and so to look through I think it's really important so that you don't get cheated in the music industry. All right you signed a label that is based in Australia yes they're distributing your music as we speak yes you affiliated to other management deals in Nairobi right now and your your aim is to take the music worldwide. Yes it is. All right how did you get into this deal and what did you learn going into this deal? With my record label so I had a graduating recital which is where now you basically have a mini concert and you still get like marked on it and graded and so at this concert they invite a lot of people in the industry to come and watch and so that's when I got scouted by my label and they really liked my performance and so they were interested in now working with me and then that's how I ended up getting signed to them. All right so you get a call from a label exec obviously they presented some papers do you? Yes. All right did you read the papers? Of course I even had to go through them with a lawyer just to make sure I was getting the percentages that I deserve as an artist so yeah you really have to look through the nitty gritty because one clause can literally change your life. All right so you know your contract quite by what? I don't know. You know most of it. All right so many artists tend to be doing independent stuff right now as we speak because streaming sites have made it possible for artists to be independent and just push the movement and maybe sign distribution deals with measure labels. What was it that made you get into a record deal when artists of your generation or of our generation say we can do it ourselves? That is the message they're preaching I saw chance there was saying the same thing the other day that is the message young artists are preaching but you chose to go the other direction. Well the thing is for me I also was that kind of person that's just like I can do it myself I really don't need a whole label to do all this stuff for me because like you said it's so easy nowadays but the label I'm signed to is independent and it also gave me a lot of freedom to do like what I want to and kind of be in control of my music whereas other labels are a bit more controlling of the artists so I made sure I could have my freedom and then they could also help me because I figured out that as much as you can do a lot by yourself when you have a whole team helping you it actually makes a huge difference. Wonderful the last questions of the interview probably the last two are always opinion based and I'd like to get your opinions on a few topics in there. If you're in touch with the Kenyan music scene number of ciphers dropped that the week which one could be your favorite? A number of ciphers oh like different artists dropping different songs and stuff like that yeah different freestyle ciphers so we had calligraphic drones dropping the the Cali Catel one right we had Kevo Keif was dropping the 31 cipher we had Ocari Nali dropping another one we had people dropping dropping dropping which one could could have been your favorite I'd like there was one that King Kaka did with four female rappers it had to be that one it was so good I couldn't help it I loved it it had to be that one so King Kaka carried the week for it yes yeah all right so the next one is your you have your phone with you right now it's in my bag it's over there yeah all right the music player on your phone which artist would I fan on your um you would find Jenae Aiko, Ella May, Ariana Grande, um Daniel Caesar and then also like a bit of old school like Brandy, Monica, um Tamiya it's so many but very R&B based people yeah all right so uh another another we are going to be playing your music towards the end of the show you have two videos on youtube please remind them your youtube channel um Masuiya my youtube channel is youtube.com slash I am Cali Music all right I am Cali Music you can find that on social media as well uh but before we play the music we have a question on our facebook uh for entrepreneurship Tuesday or hustle Tuesday and the question is which uh transaction mode do you prefer card mobile money or cash um why probably like what I use the most or your preference the one that would make life easiest for you I think card card is the one for you yeah all right reason being I think because when I was in Australia I used to use my card so much and it was just so much better to carry a card instead of all this cash all right yeah all right so there she's saying it card works for keep your your views or your comments about this particular question on facebook coming uh we'll be very happy to read them even if not today we are always happy to receive your feedback so keep them coming on our facebook that is at Y254 and we have Cali in studio she has two videos on youtube so far of her latest EP she's going to pick the one that we are going to play uh which one I know this is hard to play for rights with your kids but just pick one for us uh you can go ahead and watch attention because attention is on the EP attention is on the EP yes all right one last time I'll give you a chance to tell them how they can interact with you and your last message to the girl child since I saw you were really passionate about them yes um so thank you guys for having me on the show um you can find me at I am Cali music on all social media platforms and to my women in the industry keep doing your thing honestly um and just keep being yourselves and yeah that's all I can say keep being yourself yeah Cali said it you can find an EP on every streaming platform uh the name of the EP different definitions of love part one but fun so we're looking to see part two yes all right different definitions of love is on every streaming site uh by Cali you can head to uh youtube channel um Cali I am Cali music yes I am Cali music uh support support support and enjoy Kenyan music we have come to the end of our entrepreneurship Tuesday uh third day on why and the morning you can find me at it's my own social media tomorrow is Queens Wednesday we are celebrating all the queens out there so you don't want to miss it and today we still have a lot of shows lined up for you from uh the bounce in the evening to the rest of them so you don't want to change the dial you don't want to you don't want to take the dial rather we change the channel see you tomorrow


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There's a Lawler Chrome Jason Domingo or Boyle Jason Dominguez got a Benny first paper Bean Grayson Rodriguez foil mess of junior Henry Davis first Donald a Tommy mace a true blue first foil foil at Howard Cubs Come on auto You might be asking for a lot after that red and orange For an auto too, but hey Williams first Well, but Nancy Cooper Kenny first Frillick for Seattle Jackson Joe first Got foil or all this Martinez people are pretty good on him that first Job oh Jackson job Carter Jensen there we go Marcel Meyer on the foil nice hit their red socks I think it's just tough a lot of times too because like pictures. Yeah Casey Marcel Meyer first we've got Ben Kodurna on the first foil. So I'm Natty Doing good so far. I'm Natty Colton Calcer. There we go See him. Yeah trend of old foil Theo Harry Ford first and a Cooper Bowman on the foil. There you go Couple packs left in this one Alan Bowman. 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I said raise Joe Adele rookie of the year we've got purple first auto of Louis Santana you go Astros Santana on the first purple auto they would show the darn score We've got fuchsia first Dodgers of Troy to 199 Bobby with junior futurist Jared Kelnick refractor Bobby with junior top 100 Be cool if we all went to like a race game. Yeah Rookie to your favorites Jimenez talent pipeline Trevor Larnack Prefer baseball and that's saying something Nick and Zala's Adley Ruchman, or I mean, I'd still go refractor Xavier Edwards. They'll be fun I've never been to one. We've got atomic Tyler Freeman And paper they're actually pretty cheap too. Yeah, I gotta go with real first though. He's been trying to get me to go His friends go quite a bit Got Ricky to your favorites Kronoworth. We've got speckle first auto of Jake Vogel to 299 You go Dodgers love speckle autos They just pop sign that really big too The Dodgers Chris G with the Dodgers Austin Martin top 100 got lime green to 399 Lee over Pabuero pirates Corbin Carroll futurist Francisco Alvarez wonder Franco top 100 nice when they're race One brat is live over on the late game and doing some gaming breaks. Definitely check that out. Oh, yeah.  Oh, yeah, pulling some nice cards. Go check it out. Hop in a break or two We've got your dawn than the yellow paper to 75 Castro starting heat up here We've got speckle Edward Cabrera Marlins out of 299 CJ Abrams Ronald Acuna Jr. Refractor Don't know where the heck that came from Gevrick you the air favorites Louise Garcia first auto for the cubbies. We've got a Riley Thompson picture for the Cubs Varshotop 100 last pack here Marco Luciano futurist Brett Beatty prepositional promise dentmers They've got atomic first of a Dean so reyes tigers And paper We'll do 2022 Bowman jumbo next Prop my pillow up here Like me working on my posture to sit like this Which is probably why my back hurts a little bit too process. You're so used to being hunched over. Yeah That and being what next Saturday, I'll be eight months. You believe that Oh Getting more and more nervous. Yeah Austin Martin just backwards on that one please Jordan Got green of Hilberto Hernandez to 99 race Invicta Leover Poguero first refractor auto to 499 Taj Brally Hold a true blue of him earlier in our case break race Zachary bean refractor Destructing canvas shows sounds interesting Sean Jackson co-ar rookie refractor Kalman eras backwards again Brady house Henry Davis Adams Invicta Gabriel Arias Matt Manning rookie refractor rookie refractor rookie to year Joe Ryan Jason Dominguez Shane Boss We have vibrations to a trace we need a Felix of Valerio first auto brew crew There you go brewers nice hit there John and with brewers Mackenzie Gore refractor We have Julio rubber you guys on the speckle of 299 nice hit Mariners Paper torque Bowman 3d torque high-fives rally green Fracture paper rookie the year Bruhan purple paper of Corea at a 199 classes vibrations Jordan Walker Panada Angels on the yellow on many diamond a 75 Alexander Ramirez woman 3d Julio Rodriguez Marcelo Meyer Pedro Leone paper Rookie refractor Jarendra It's got speckle first auto to 299 Elijah cable Officially made his appearance debut at LSC. 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I don't see like a game-used patch of Out of 99 there you go Phillies Martinez purple Josiah great rookie Nats Pete Alonso purple Curelaw Barlow purple Lindor Playing your nerd game which one is that?  How does he get called just purely in accurate more than anything? But that's crazy borders each year one day for us was break-in. We were opening. I think it was WDB select random textile and And We've got gold pure power Hank Aaron to 50 nice one there braves There's a wrestler named big boss man. He's like big boss man. That's what I get called around late in sports cards I go all right relax nerd boy Rookie new bar. We've got border Shane Bieber. I ever tell you about the time I got told to go back in the kitchen. Oh Yeah Original on that one, huh? Jacob to ground blue for the Mets. We've got gold to 50 Charlie Blackman Rockies rookie Kyle Moller gold for the Braves a Jake Flaherty auto Cardinals Got Liam Hendricks on the pulsar not number white socks and Reese Hoskins Phillies Really Back-to-back products of my absolute favorite packaging you had right This one isn't nearly as bad though. Yeah, I think this one is bad, but I would actually prefer All right, here we go Sterling time him and his rookie Alex Kiriloff rookie Louise Garcia rookie start off some nice rookies there first auto A's Tyler Soderstrom Don't bar show rookie and Tyler Stevenson rookie.  We've got gold to 50 rookie for the Cubs Braylon Marcus We got refractor auto out of 150 Kobe Mayo Orioles on the second auto Cohey, Arihara, Rocky and Joey Bart rookie Louise Garcia rookie Xavier Edwards is the first base. I think that we've seen in this box If you should have 75 Christian Robinson for the D-backs Speckled a 99 Reed Deppmers angels Andrew Vaughn rookie and a Christian posh a rookie And only one base card Louise patina rookie Tariq school ball rookie Joe Adele rookie. We've got a Carson Tucker auto Cleveland Casey Mye's rookie and Alvin Kevin Alcantara Back here Alvarez Clark Schmidt rookie William Contreras rookie. We've got Calvin out. Why do you think Calvin Kevin Alcantara? Yeah, Yankees six-toe rookie and a Bobby Dahlback rookie very solid box of Bowman Sterling there Tons of nice rookies. All right, we're gonna go bowman chrome sapphire and then end with definitive. I Know it's not right. I like it because he's good, but True All right, here we go again. Oh every one of these cards will be sleeved and soft-loaded Martina's wander. Yeah, Kevin Newman Was a Ramirez yellow Lou Bob or that's gold to 50. 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Just a little filler Alright, we've got 12 out of 15 Alex Bregman for the strokes Patch of Aaron Nola Philly's 28 out of 50 28 out of 50 Wow that oh my gosh this next one too Buddy There you go beautiful eater We'll make that one of course now. We've got one out of ten nasty patch here red socks little JD Martinez Nice three color patch And we've got dual auto here for the Mets we've got Darryl Strawberry and Pete Alonso 18 out of 35 Solid box and definitive so far We've got gold frame out of 30 red socks again a Carly a Stratsky 30 of 30 bookends Red socks with another nice head there nice. Yes Got rookie Otto Astros out of 50 29 of 50 Chas McCormick and again red socks killing it out of definitive 18 of 25 Xander Bogarts There you go Boston with what three hits out of that. Yeah, congrats on that one. Wow All right, I'll do a quick recap here for you. I saw I was sweating it dude. Thank you, man That's it. Cheers whoo dual strawberry Alonso That is 18 of 35 Mets Calvin Kevin Alcantara Yankees Carson Tucker Cleveland Reed Depmur's two of 99 speckle angels Kobe Mayo a refractor through 133 150 Orioles Tyler Sotterstrom for the A's Steve Carlton That is pulsar 63 of 99 Phillies Elijah cable for the Cardinals 95 out of 299 the Lario first auto Todd Bradley 390 out of 499 rays Riley Thompson Cubs Jake Vogel 136 out of 299 Dodgers Louise Santana purple first 85 to 250 Strauss Chas McCormick Ricky Otto 29 out of 50 Astros Aranola patch 28 out of 50 Phillies 12 out of 15 patch Alex Brangman for the Astros We also had Carl Yastremsky on the gold frame 30 of 30 red socks zander Bogart's auto 18 out of 25 red socks For our magged and encased cards. We had the jack leherty Cardinals Gold Kyle Moeller rookie Otto that is 47 out of 50 red first of austin love five of five Cardinals Beautiful color match on that one John Kenzie. No, well refractor Otto for 17 out of 499 guardians Beautiful orange cracked ice rookie Otto Jonathan India for the red that was 13 Out of 25 big hit there as well The genie Martinez one of 10 patch Otto red socks and then the captain himself Derek Jeter patch Otto 4 out of 10 Out of definitive Beautiful hit very nice 10 boxer there. We've got some basketball coming right up