Welcome to this episode of the Hawaii School Jazz Connection. I am your host, Wendell and Harris. My guest today is a saxophonist, producer and writer who is a native of Gary, Indiana and has taken jazz and gospel to the next level. He has performed with many artists to include Jennifer Hudson, Peter White, Marion Meadows, Kelly Price, the Clark sisters and the list goes on. Let's find out more about this amazing artist and welcome Mr. Reggie Foster Jr. to the show. Aloha Reggie, how are you? Aloha, Gwen, how are you? I am well. Thank you so much for being here today. I know it's what, like nine o'clock your time where you are in Gary, Indiana. Yes, but no, yep. The home of Michael Jackson? Yeah, the home of Michael, yeah. Jackson Five. Yes, the Jackson Five. Well, again, thank you so much for being here. And so let's get started, let's get to talking. Okay. How did you get into the music industry? What made you wanna play music? Well, my dad, my dad and his friends, they all were musicians, my dad was a sax player and originally I wanted to play bass and drums and so I started playing drums but I wanted to impress my dad and get a lot of attention from my dad. So I started playing the sax. So that's how it started. My dad plays sax, I wanted to impress him and do what he did. So that's how it all started. Now how old were you when you started? Oh, 15 years old. 15 years old when I started playing sax. Yeah. Oh, okay. Yeah. All right, now do you play any other richness besides the sax or besides the sax? I play drums, was actually my first instrument I played. Played it for a couple of years before I started playing sax.  Okay, all right. Yeah. Now what type of music did you guys listen to in the household? Gospel. In the beginning it was gospel. Gospel then after a while when I started hearing my dad practice, a lot, he was a David Sanborn fanatic. I mean, oh my God. So it was more so gospel, but then when I started practicing, it was definitely smooth jazz. And then my dad used to do a lot of tracks. That's why I used to listen to his music too. So gospel, I would say more so David Sanborn and my dad. That's what I used to listen to. Coming up in mid, go ahead. What's your favorite genre of music to listen to? As a musician, I know you play everything, right? Yeah. But what's your favorite? You know what? I'm gonna be honest with you. Gospel would be, I would say would be my favorite. I like to listen to it when I'm going to work and when I'm coming home. Cause like when I wind down, when I wind it down from teaching all day, it's, oh man. We just need something just to woo-sah. And so that would be pretty much what I listen to. I really listen to a lot of other music when I'm preparing. You wanna be honest. And so a lot of people listen to it just to, no, cause they liked it, but I started listening to other music when I'm preparing for something. So that's my routine. Now, where did you go to college to play? Did you play music in college? No, no, I just, my dad used to get on me and I'm gonna tell you the quick story too. I know you don't have a whole lot of time, but my dad used to get on me about reading music and I learned how to read just enough to learn. When I got to a point where I could hear and know how to play music, I quit, I had quit man at the while. And it was crazy. And I paid for it down the line. Ramsey Lewis gave me a call. Friends of mine were playing for Ramsey Lewis. I had an opportunity to play on the Urban Knights record. Wow. Oh yeah, it was Maurice Fistero, I got Roger, those guys, they were, they were kind of hooked me up with this, that they were looking for a sax player. So I was gone all day. I was, at this time I was, I had to be 19, maybe 19, 19 to 20 at this time. Maurice Fistero called me saying, hey man, where you been at, master, what you mean? He said, man, Ramsey Lewis was trying to call you. I said, really? I said, I didn't believe it for, I thought he was just talking trash. So I finally got Ramsey Lewis. My mom said Ramsey Lewis was calling. And so I asked the phone, Ramsey Lewis, he asked me, he said, hey man, I wanna see if you can work with us with the Urban Knights scene. And so I said, man, I would love to. He said, what kind of jazz do you, what kind of jazz do you listen to? So I played a couple of wrists from the Brecker Brothers and some Miles Davis, so like he said, okay, but he said, so do you read? I said, oh, I saw, I just bust, I said, no, I don't read. Now he got upset, actually really upset. So he said, how do you expect to make it in this world? If he can't read? And so I said, well, I said, well, I saw I could play your music, Mr. Rapture. That's how I decided I could do it. So he was thrown off about it. So I never really got a chance, but my ear, God bless him with such ear. There's nothing that gets past me, you know? But, you know, a lot of guys, some guys, they just want you to know how to read music because they want you to, sometimes not even. That is needed, but you know. Now, I like to always ask this of the artists that came that come on my show because the pandemic really put a lot of people, you know, it threw us all for a loop, right? Especially the entertainment industry and of course the musician. So during that time, what did you do to cope? How did you cope during that time? Well, I'm gonna switch you. I was still playing. That's actually when I was blessed to play with Jennifer Hudson. And when that happened, I was still playing, doing certain things. I did a lot of session work. A lot of people called me for session work and plus I was still working. You know, I was a school teacher so I was getting paid from that. So I was still moving. I did not slow down. So it was actually a blessing for me. You want to be honest. Yes, and well, that is a blessing. That is a blessing. And a note to my viewers, if you have not seen it, you need to go on YouTube and look up Jennifer Hudson and the 2020 Democratic National Convention, right? You will see a beautiful, beautiful rendition of a change is gonna come with Jennifer Hudson singing and of course, Mr. Reggie Foster Jr. in the background. And that looks like that was an amazing area where you were playing. Because just sounding that with her voice and the pianos and you playing. Yeah, it was beautiful. It was downtown Chicago. Oh God, I can't remember the video, but it was so beautiful. Fred Nelson, who was playing the other piano. Fred Nelson was the one that connected me and brought me in on that. He was before she passed, Aretha Franklin's musical director. And he was the one that gave me the opportunity to do it. And from then, she called me for a few other things. It was, it's been a blessing. Right, you also played for the late representative, John Lewis' career. Right, yeah, that was, yeah. Yeah, that was on CBS, Tyler Perry and Oprah Winfrey, they had hosted that, yeah. So you've been doing it. Yeah, I was like I said, I was pretty busy. God had really blessed. And like I said, I didn't miss a beat. And I did so much session work. There's so much session work. And that was one of the things that really was a blessing to help me get a lot of the work that I got. And like I said, plus I was working as well, I was doing virtual from home. And so I really, I did well, God bless me. I was really, I have no complaints about going through the pandemic.  Yes, yeah. What would you define as the most life-changing event so far in your career? You know, my father, my sister and my brother passed. And I got something from each one of the deaths. And I love them all like crazy, but this last one, my father, it really changed my mindset because maybe my father had a couple of conversations a little bit before he passed about handling business and changing my mindset about a lot of things. And just thinking about them just like, well, I just really want to do what I need to do before, you know, my time comes. I just want to just, you know, that was our conversation. But those, that's one of the things that stuck with me. One of the life-changing things was my mindset. And doing things different in my life and not just being a musician or being a businessman. And that's what my mindset is to be a businessman and a great musician, you know, but without the business being taken care of, like you just being a musician, just a hobby to me, for me. Anybody else, you know, but for me, it's just being a hobby without handling my business. That's been the drastic change for me. I would say, yeah. Now, there are a lot of saxophonists out there.  You guys are out there.  I mean- What sets you though, Reggie? What sets you apart from the other saxophonists? I want you to tell me what sets you apart from the others. Well, I would say what sets me up. I definitely, my music, I definitely do not want to sound like anyone else. Now, I would say that I reached toward, I used to reach at David Sanborn because my dad forced that down my throat as I was kid, but listen to my dad. My dad had a different tone from anybody. And so I really mimicked his style. He'd never had a sound like anyone else. And listen to other guys around me and I listened to other guys, the great saxophone players that are out there. I mean, so many other guys, but trying to, and I listened to Gerald Albright for one point in time. I had to stop listening to him because he is like one of the most amazing saxophonists out there is him and Kurt Wailam. I had to stop listening to those guys, but I just started writing my own stuff and just kind of just, people always say, listen to a reference. I don't like listen to references anymore. I just want to just try to find my own way. You know what I'm saying? So I think that's what sets me apart. I'm not trying to see what's really going on, but I just, I want to break my own vibe. You know what I'm saying? So that's kind of what I'm doing. Yeah. I think that's what sets me apart. That's the question. Yes. You stated earlier, because one of my other questions is, do you have another job? You stated earlier, you are a school teacher. Yeah. You're a music teacher. I know this because you talk, right? Yeah. How do you balance that working full-time?  It's so hard. It's so hard. And then you have to get ready to either, you might be doing a show, or you might have to come home to the studio and record. How do you do that? How do you do that? It's really hard.  It's really hard. It's like, because the school is so demanding.  I do after-school program as well. So it's hard. It's hard. But I thank God for the strength that it gives me to do this. It's rough, but I enjoy it all, you know, because I teach music at school, and then when I get off, I'm doing, I do. So I'm really enjoying it. You know, I ask God for it. So I'm not complaining. I ask him to get me busy. I want to be busy.  So, but it's real, it's not an easy task. I mean, it's definitely not an easy task. That's why I welcome. I'm so glad summer is here.   I get a little break. What is that, about a two month break? No, we go back August 1st. Oh, wow. August 1st. Yeah, it's just, oh my God. Yeah. Wow. Just a month and a couple of weeks. Yeah, so maybe. You have played with a lot of artists. Yeah. You collaborated with a lot of artists. Yeah. Who would be your dream collaboration? Oh, wow. David Sambro would be my dream. I've been watching him since I was a kid. You know what I did? My dad forced, I mean, he, my dad told me who I could listen to or who I could not listen to. And I was just his one particular sax player and he was a gospel sax player. And I'm not gonna name his name, but my dad would not allow me to listen to this. He took the CD from me and told me I could not listen to him. Yes. What? Yes, my dad, he was really serious about that. He did not allow me to listen to this particular sax player. So David Sambro at that time was the man for my father. And that's who I had to listen to. So David Sambro would be the guy. Next to the line would be Gerald and Kurt Weyland. Those two right there are my favorites, yeah. All right, well, let's get into a little bit of your music. You have an album out entitled Different Level. Right. And then you have some singles out. You have Transformation, Lifted, and Chances Are. And Chances Are is your latest single that's out. What was the inspiration behind that song? Chances Are. You know what? I wouldn't say depressed, but I got kind of a little low. You know, the way I wanted things to go with different levels and then go the way I, you know, the ignorance of me not understanding the business at that time. And so I just kind of just backed off of music. And I actually was going to throw the sax away. Buddy of mine kept me from doing the call. I was living in an apartment at the time. And a buddy of mine drove down and talked me out jumping off the ledge with my saxophone. But I don't know. You know, I just, how would I say it? What I said, I lost my thought just that quick. I'm so sorry. That's a question I lost my thought. It's OK. You had a long day. You don't have a place to work. And then you're coming here doing this interview. Oh, long day. Long day. Yeah, I'm so happy that you were doing this interview. I thank you. Long day. Yeah, I'm so, I thank you. What was the question again? I'm sorry, I lost my thought. I did. I lost my thought. I was heading to head somewhere and I lost my thought. Well, the question was, what was the inspiration behind the sax? Oh, yeah. So my guy, you know, I'm back. My guy talked me off the ledge. And so I didn't think that I would be playing again. And so when I wrote the song with a buddy of mine, they started with a friend of my name, Geared Body. And then we didn't do anything with his version. So I took the melody and co-wrote with multi-jewel. And it just, chances are that, you know, what are the chances of me getting back to doing this? I never thought I'd be playing music. And I mean, I was really, ah, but I made it back. And chances are that you're here. And I'm here. So that's how I got to that point. And so you're here. I'm not going backwards again. Yeah. Now, a question that I have, and I don't, I want, I always want to ask my artist, and I always run out of town. But you're the perfect one for this because you are a music teacher. And I know I grew up playing music in schools. Yeah. And right now there is a lot of funding has been taken away from the schools and for the arts and things like that. What do you think about that? And what do you think can be done? What can we, what can we do? Because the arts are very important. Music is very important. Yeah. I think it, to me, with parents and because a lot of times, seeing my boss and what goes on, you know, a lot of times it's not really up to them. So, you know, but I think if the parents would push, because I hear a lot of kids say, we don't even need this. It's not really that important. It's just music, you know. But I think if parents would push and say, look, we want music back up in the schools, I think that would help it a lot. I think that would help the situation a lot. And what I've seen, because you have some parents that think the music is cool and is needed. You have a lot of them that really does it, you know, from what I see in my area. But I think if the parents and then, and with us too, the teachers as well, you know, we all just, I mean, it's needed. I mean, I hear a lot of kids, a lot of kids, they're sad about things, I talk to them. They said, they always talk about what songs they listen to that lift them back up and that picks them back up even when they down. I mean, because these days and times, these kids are really going through a lot. And music is a healing situation. And a lot of people don't believe that, but music heals the soul, you know.  You know, it's one of the things that gets the preacher started. And when the preacher gets up, he takes it away. But music is a serious thing. And I think it could be a big healing for the kids in the community, you know. But like I said, we all, it takes the village, takes the village to do it. You know what I'm saying? We all have to get together and do it. You know, so I think that's what needs to be done. I think the parents and teachers, we all need to like do something and just say, hey, we need to put this back in. And that's why I'm glad that the school that I'm at, they're like really serious about music. And I'm really thankful for that because I wouldn't have a job. I wouldn't have a job if they weren't there, so. Awesome.  You wanna play us a little bit of something, something? Just a little something.  ["The Little Song"] Little song. Wow. Imagine if I come see you in concert. ["The Little Song"] Well, I hope we don't put you to sleep. No, oh, no, no, no. No, I appreciate it. Thank you, Gwen. I appreciate it. Never. Where can people, well, before I ask you this question, what advice would you give new artists coming into the industry? Because this industry is tough. We talk about this all the time. This industry is very tough. People think that this music industry is all glam and glit, but when you go behind the scenes. Yeah, it's tough. I will tell anybody, yeah, I will tell anybody. No matter what anybody says, keep pushing. Do not stop. Do not, like, it may, it's not gonna always look good. It's not gonna always be glamorous, but just keep pushing. Learn about the business. Do not just be a musician that just wanna just play.  They're gonna be making money. So learn about the business.  That's pretty much it. Learn the business, stay encouraged, and keep pushing. That's what I can guarantee if you, and study your craft.  Study your craft. Study your craft. Do not just think you're gonna be, like, playing because you did something in the studio. No, study your craft. Wow. Yeah, you'll make it. Now, where can we go to find out more about, what projects do you have coming up? Anything coming up that we need? Yeah, I have a few things coming up. I have some more singles coming out, but I got something special that I'm working on. I can't say nothing about it now. Yeah? Yeah, I can't say nothing about it now, but I have some things that's special that I'm working on that I have the opportunity to be a part of. And it's kind of big for me.  Chances are transformation lifted. You can go get those. But I do have some new music that's gonna be coming out this year.  It's gonna be exciting. I'm excited. I'm excited. I'm excited for you. I'm excited, I'm excited for you. Where can the viewers go to find your music? What's your website? RFJmusicquest.com. You can go, the single transformation's on there and you just go there, learn about me and my bios on there. You go learn about me. And that's gonna be changing up a little bit you'll be seeing some changes on that too. So that's where you go get that, yeah. All right. Well, I told you this 30 minutes was gonna go fast, didn't I? Yeah, it went by actually really fast. Really fast. Wow. Well, thank you so much, Reggie, for being here with me today. Thank you for having me. I enjoyed myself. Thank you, thank you. I'm looking forward to what you have coming out, for sure, cause I'm gonna be watching you. I'm definitely gonna be watching you for sure. Yep. Definitely. To my viewers, thank you for tuning in. Until next time, aloha, thank you. Thank you so much for watching Think Tech Hawaii. If you like what we do, please like us and click the subscribe button on YouTube and the follow button on Vimeo. You can also follow us on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter and LinkedIn and donate to us at thinktechhawaii.com. Mahalo.


So, one of the problems I've been trying to solve today is I've got these three monitors behind me. I have a triple monitor setup here at the office. You guys see I've got three monitors. Each of them have their own separate monitor stands, you know, the stands that came with the monitors. And I've got a triple monitor setup at my house too. But those triple monitors have a triple monitor stand, a triple monitor mount and stand. That way it's just basically one stand in the center that has three arms that hold the three monitors. That's what I wanted here at the office. So what I did is I ordered a triple monitor stand from Wally. This particular stand here, it's got good reviews over on Amazon, five star reviews and everything. And it's, the problem here is if I get far enough away from this desk, maybe you guys can see how deep this desk is. Well, you can't really tell, but you know, the middle monitors about halfway deep into that desk. That desk is a very deep desk. It's three foot wide. And to mount the Wally triple monitor arm using the traditional clamp mount method, you know, it clamps on the very back of the desk. You know, that's how it mounts to that desk.  That's a long way to be from your monitor, especially with my age and my eyes these days. That's twice as far as I want that monitor to be from me, which means I would have to I would have to change the font size on that monitor. Yeah, I'd probably have to double the font size just to be able to read it. And still, it wouldn't be a good experience. It's just, it would be too dang far away from me for my liking. So there is another option with the Wally triple monitor mount instead using the clamp arm. You can mount it directly in the center of a desk. All you have to do is drill three holes in a desk and you use three hex bolts that mount to the base, the middle arm of that triple monitor mount. And that would work perfectly for this wood top desk. The problem is I'm renting this office and this furniture, this desk was here in this office when I rented it. It's not my personal furniture. So I'm not going to do permanent damage to that desk by drilling holes in it. So what I did is I contacted my brother-in-law and he loves woodworking and building things and all of this stuff. And I told him my problem. I got this three foot wide desk. I have this triple monitor mount that needs to sit about halfway in the middle of the desk without drilling holes in it, right? So what he did is he built this wood base that then, of course, we put the three hex bolts through the bottom of the wood base where now I have this really cool mount. This is only a two foot deep desk. So it looks a little big on this desk, but it's going to look perfect on the three foot wide desk there. So what I'm going to do is I'm going to go ahead and move this mount over here and I'm going to go ahead and get those monitors mounted to this thing and show you guys what it looks like once it's all plugged in. So there it is all set up and I'm really happy with the way it turned out. The stain on the wood doesn't quite match, but you know what, nobody would really notice. I thought about just painting it solid black because black pretty much goes with anything. But I think the wood grain looks pretty cool. I do have to say I want to thank my brother-in-law. He put in a lot of time as far as building that wood frame. And of course I spent a couple of hours here today tearing down everything and putting all of this back together, but I'm really happy. I think this is a better look. Looks are just aesthetics, right? But just function and feel too, just not having individual monitor stands on the desk. I like this a little bit better. I need to work on the cable management right now. I just have cables running everywhere because I just wanted to get this thing put together and see how it looked, but I'm really happy. I know some of you guys are going to wonder, it's kind of a weird video because not everybody's going to have this kind of problem. Most people are going to be able to mount their monitors to either the back of the desk or if they've got a wood desk, they can just drill it. But I'm not the only one that had this problem. When I did a Google search, there were plenty of people that either had a desk that they couldn't clamp to the back or it was too deep like mine, or they couldn't drill because the desk wasn't made of wood like my desk at home. I've got a L-shaped desk or rather large L-shaped desk that's glass. You can't drill that. So what do you have to do? Well, you have to have some kind of stand that can actually sit on the desk and this rather large wooden U-frame here really fits the build and it's stable, secure, should hold the weight and I'm very pleased with it. Anyway, ran over. Peace, guys.


Hi, I'm Nicole, and welcome to the Produce Meets Simple Kitchen. We're your go-to resource for all things fruits and veg.  It is a jacket potato. So what is a jacket potato? Essentially, it's a baked potato topped with almost anything you like. In England, the typical toppings could include beans, baked beans with cheese, sometimes coleslaw, tuna with corn. There's lots of yummy things. Today we are going to top it with avocado, cherry tomatoes, some green onion, and cilantro. And then we will do the typical beans and cheese, just because it's my favorite. So, what you do is you take your russet potatoes, wrap them in foil, and bake them in the oven. We've left them cool slightly so that I can touch them here for the camera. But a lot of the time you will find it's a little bit of a game of hot potato.  The thing when you're cooking with potatoes that's really important to remember is that you want the right potato for the job. Russets are great for baking because they have a high starch content. So when they bake, you get that fluffy, delicious texture that we love. A red potato is not as great baked because it has a waxier consistency and it remains kind of more solid. All you would do is take a fork and sort of fluff that up, and then you take your avocado.  I'm going to just take a few tomatoes. And that's really important that I love about potatoes that they're actually excellent for you because the skin is really high in fiber. When you eat the whole thing, it really helps to keep you full for longer. Potatoes are also naturally gluten-free. They're fat-free. The other thing that's great to remember is that potatoes have a source of potassium, vitamin C, and are only 110 calories. So if you're looking for a healthy option, they're a great choice. The thing that you have to make sure is that you don't sew them up is loads of the fattening things like butter, mayonnaise, and sour cream. So that may not look completely perfect, but I know it's going to taste great. Okay, the second one, I'll just quickly show you, is my favorite, and it's the baked beans and cheese. So this is a great option for a weekday lunch. You could prep a load of potatoes on a Sunday night and then just pull them out and warm them up in the microwave if you like at work, or eat them cold.  Okay, that's it. Jacket potatoes. Remember, top them any way you like, and they make a great lunch or easy weeknight meal. Thanks so much for watching, and please like, comment, and subscribe for more Produce Me It's Simple. Bye!


This is covering the spread part of the Fandall podcast network Week five is looking like a fun one in the NFL because we start things off on a Sunday morning with a Decently fun London game between the bills and the Jags We got the 1 p.m. Games the afternoon slates has chiefs Vikings ramps Eagles both those games are pretty fun We were at things up with Cowboys versus 49ers at the end of the day. It's gonna be a fun We're gonna break down biggest games across Sunday today with Dr. Ed Fenn getting his read on those games and his favorite bets Over at Fandall Sportsbook. This is covering the spread right here on the Fandall podcast network and Fandall research My name is Jim Sonnis. I am a managing editor of digital media for Fandall research Joined here as mentioned by Dr. Ed Fenn You can find his work at the powerink.com and check him out on Twitter at the powerink Ed week five looking pretty juicy So far. How you doing today? I'm doing pretty well looking forward to another awesome week of NFL football and you know catching like four games and my NFL ticket YouTube TV all at once is they all go down to the wire and see all my bets do so Yeah, I'm looking forward to another weekend. Yeah, it's it's a lot of fun to watch things swing It's fun when it goes well Right, I haven't had one of those like disaster slates where things are going well And then the in the Scott Hanson calls the witching hour. They all go askew I haven't had that yet Which might mean that I'm due but we'll see how things play out for this week But yeah, it's been it's been fun so far I think that especially having good games in the afternoon will make Sunday even more fun There's also F1 on Sunday. There is NASCAR a cutoff race on Sunday WNBA finals game one and they'll be playoffs. 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Right, so it all goes back to some of the work that I did. I guess during the pandemic I asked the question how can you better predict interceptions when you take interception rate? And you look at how predictive it is how sticky it is from season to season. It's really not and What I ended up finding out that off season was that when you look at a bigger set of events You can actually do much better. So I look at the set of events That includes interceptions, but also includes pasts as defended. This is all tracked in the NFL play by play Pasts as defended as any time a defender gets a hand on the ball could be at the line of scrimmage Could be a defender in coverage And then also whenever a defender jars the ball loose It's also considered past defended um, so essentially interceptions and Passes as defended are essentially every time a quarterback puts the ball into a dangerous situation And so I quantify that by bad ball rates simply interceptions plus pasts as defended divided by past attempts And I found that to be about as sticky as any quarterback statistic gets So that's essentially what I'm using. Um, you can kind of use that to see players like Daniel Jones who had an incredible Interception rate last year. He had about a 1.1 percent interception rate Same as Jaylen Hertz and you you don't actually need bad ball rate analysis to just say that's completely Sustainable even for Patrick Mahomes who's actually been pretty bad this year. Uh, but that's your regress So, you know, Daniel Jones has been NFL average over the last couple seasons And I think it's actually a thing where, you know, he got better before day well got there His bad ball rate got significantly better And then it was about the same last year when Dave will came on but his interception rate plummeted That was unsustainable. So I made a big to-do about oh, Daniel Jones is going to regress That so far has looked pretty good And, you know, we've talked about this analysis before I had Carson Wentz regressing a couple years ago and he was awful um And now I am basically applying that to Interceptions per game And the market is always set at a half interception and then the price determines the You know, the weather is going to go over or under I'm even a little surprised that a lot of the bets end up going over a half interception.  I'm really surprised. It's been so one way The only under I've had all year was Zach Wilson Three through I don't know how many so Zach Wilson against the it was three picks against the cowboys I think all in the fourth quarter of the week before you recommended that one Right And so the price was absurd I forget what it was. It was absurd. I think it was plus 130 somewhere in there. I think you said no I think it was plus 150. Was it okay?  He's more likely to throw a pick than not right. It's just all how Uh, the price plays out. Um, you know, I had a lot of uh, a couple weeks going Had that some baker may feel to throw a pick And then he's thrown a bunch and then the price changes and you know, no more value last week, which made me very very sad um And so anyways, it's been going pretty well. I give this out to members of my site. Um And uh, so now I've been looking at Well, so, uh, you know, for example, like I at first I only trusted Quarterbacks, which I had a lot of statistics on right. So Guys that have been starters for the last three years. You're looking at thousands of past attempts and you know, we we know how good they are um at Keeping the ball out of dangerous positions Uh, so I'm getting a little bit more aggressive with it and looking at some of the Some of the players that perhaps don't have as many past attempts So tonight sam howl is actually pretty interesting. We don't have a ton of past attempts on him And you know, the NFL average is like 11.6 percent as an NFL average bad ball, right? I think he's somewhere in like 13.2 percent and Who knows, you know, he might be that bad. I mean, that's like jesson fields territory so he may be that bad at uh, at uh, throw the football and he you know, which would suggest He's very likely to throw a pick You know, I don't do that. I what I'll do is I say, okay Well, let's just assume he's NFL average take past attempts in the market figure out what the the price should be and I believe it was just slightly if you assume he's NFL average at Uh, throwing interceptions that you know, it'd be like 51. So In essence, like it's a slight lean because you can get like plus 100 plus one 105 or something on him to throw a pick Tonight on washington. So it's a lean a lot of a lot of the you know, the bets that I have been making have been Much bigger edge than that. Um, but definitely lean on how the night I had a lean on jerry golf last week Last thursday ended up winning. So it's kind of nice. Um, but yeah, that's basically my process you know, just like looking at underlying metrics and One of the big goals this year was to to get into props and and The most obvious thing was interceptions because I've done so much work already on it and and can really quantify it Um But uh, yeah, we'll be getting into other things But but interceptions has been fun and it's like, you know, whenever you have the over It's also nice too because once you throw it out once you throw the pick you're like, okay next game I'm just pretty great. Well, I think that um, it's interesting to talk about how That number specifically is going to be pretty predictive for quarterbacks because to me when I hear that it implies It might stabilize pretty quickly. So do you could you see yourself getting into betting these kind of props for like like cj stroud later on this year or Are you going to want more data before diving in on rookies who don't have that that that track record of bad ball data? Well, I mean, I make assumptions like it like I was talking about with how like uh, desmond ritter Uh heading into last week had one career interception and maybe 200 pass attempts, right? So his interception rate is looking great. Um, but that really affects the markets, right? Like his price was uh plus 154 To throw a pick. Yeah And you know, my argument was like to get to that price He has to be tajric mahomes, right? Which which he's most likely not and so like that was one that I like that was one that I had in my in five nougat saturday So yeah, so I'm not I'm yeah, I'm getting a little bit more aggressive in looking at some of these Kids that don't have as many pass attempts. You just make assumptions, right? Like most of these kids have really bad bad ball rates, which is not Which is expected, right? So let's know what happens. What happens when we assume their average What happens when they assume that we're we're patrick mahomes? Like And then we get a sense for if the market's off on it with the howl one Right now he is even money to go over a half pick that actually does mesh with like his play style Nate ties to the athletic described him as like a three true outcomes quarterback where it's a touchdown It's a sack or a pick like those are like the only three things that can happen on the same howl drop back It's like he has some impressive throws and like he actually can light it up. But also like He does put the ball in harm's way. It's not just like bad ball data saying that like that He's a film guy and he says the same thing So I think like if the numbers early say he has a high bad ball rate if your numbers say Complied out as a 51 percent. It's I mean, he's like neutral and we could probably assume he's a bit above that then Even money sounds kind of good Yeah, I will probably bet that before tonight just to have something fun tonight. Um, But yeah, I think that is right. Um, I had a bet on Jalen Hurts throw pick last week He didn't but it was a situation where Not only like the bad balls didn't look particularly bad But you felt like he was throwing deep and trying to force the ball to a j brown there was a couple of plays in which he was trying to go to a j brown and The defender was way closer to the ball than a j brown is a j brown. Yeah, yeah, which is fun You understand you can't bet on that happening Every single time long term, right? Right, right. So yes, so you certainly find quarterbacks that I believe are just kind of bed-ons as long as the numbers are remotely close to it Right, so I've talked about a couple Unfortunately Baker Mayfield's kind of out of that range right now We'll see whatever the price is but but Hurts is definitely definitely a quarterback I'm looking at like like what I saw last week definitely supports like okay. It didn't win, but right I'm still looking at I'm I will be looking at it this week Deep balls are good, but they're also good for interception props.  Yeah Yeah, like I don't blame them. I do the same thing But that that does mean there's probably value in the over on interception props there Burr, it's okay. So fun discussion there And I'm sure we'll talk more about interception props as the year goes along Let's talk though about that london game. We referenced earlier on We've got the jags taking on the bills right now The bills are five and a half point favorites at fan dual sports, but total in this game is 48 and a half and Ed the bills have lit the world on fire the past three games So the question here is can the jags keep things close enough to cover on a neutral site in london? Yeah, I mean I you know my numbers don't really think they can I'm putting this closer to four Uh, I actually think that might be a little bit over of an overestimate I think that jacksonville has the better travel situation this week They've been in london the whole week. Yes, they've been in london the whole week So buffalo is making like the I mean, I hate flying the you're personally like I hate it So they're making that trip the wrong way across the ocean and So, yeah, I think there's there's there's a lot still unpack here I mean, I think jacksonville their offense kind of looks the same as last year, which is good top 10 offense trevor laurence um, and I haven't really Thought too much of their defense, but in my numbers they have improved from last season They were 26 last season in my josted passing success rate They are 16th or somewhere near nfl average this year And I think with that offense if you get An nfl average defense like that's a good thing. Um, their pff coverage grades are really good looks like dairies williams and Tyson cambell are leaders in the secondary Uh, I'm a little hesitant to say just simply because uh, you know defensive programs tends to be more volatile than offense And uh, josh allen and company could certainly light them up But I do think they are better on that side of the ball. So I do have some, uh Uh, I do think jacksonville is pretty good. I would lean towards them in the game Um, but I actually have a better jacksonville bet that I'll tell you about a little bit later You know buffalo, uh looks like a super bowl contender It almost looks like they've forgotten about how they pissed that first game away against the jets not that i'm still angry about that but um You know, they look good on both sides of the ball He definitely worried that traveous white is out with the achilles terror, which is awful But I think they do get von miller back one of these days. So that that will certainly help They they do look like super bowl contenders. Um But I would I would lean jacksonville here Yeah, so von miller practicing this week Not sure if he'll play but then also on the jagside cam robinson the left tackle is back off a four game suspension for pedis So They get him back their offensive line has been kind of like a weak point They've also looked like a lot of weird drops. So you mentioned how the offense looked good. I think that they could be undersold by the numbers a bit too, especially when you account for robinson being back. So, um I've got this to write about five and a half, but I think that if I were to Think that one side were being underestimated. I would say it'd probably be more so jacksonville than buffalo for the factors mentioned there Let's shift now to the afternoon slain talk about the eagles at the ram's pretty fun game I think once again here with the eagles four and a half point favorites at vandal sportsbook Total in this game is 49 and a half and the eagles had Have looked a bit vulnerable at times this year. They're now facing a pretty feisty rams team on the road So how do you see this game playing out? Right, I really don't know Uh, you know, I I'm really surprised that we're sitting at week five in the season and my numbers are showing value on the eagles I have them by almost six in this game. Look the eagles were supposed to be One of those favorite type teams that the market was give the benefit of the doubt Maybe add a point or two the type of team that I would never expect to see value on with my numbers But as you mentioned, they've struggled, um, you know, really, uh, They don't look as good on defense. They're 27th in my adjusted passing success rates avante maddox. The cornerback is out Uh Some of the other cornerbacks their grades don't look their pff cover grades don't look as good as previous years They've got that job kid that's playing and doesn't particularly look good in the secondary Um, and then the rams were supposed to suck Right like so, you know, uh with kubernetes not playing and and no one expected anything of this rams team that was, you know You know the kind of conventional argument was that as matthew stafford and erin donald and very thin beyond that, but Uh, they've actually been really good. Um, when I look at all my adjusted quantities And put them together to get a sense of How teams are performed over four weeks? They're actually fourth in the nfl Which is kind of unbelievable Uh, just a side note the arizona cardinals were definitively supposed to be the worst team in the nfl They're actually 12. Yeah in by those by those rankings, which is you know, a miracle So I don't really know what to make of either philadelphia or the los angeles rams Uh, I mean, I guess I would lean philly, but I honestly have no desire to bet this at all Um, I think there's these these are two teams that I think I personally need a little few more weeks to figure out. So stay away from me Yeah, I I did wind up taking the rams earlier on this week. Um I'm not I'm kind of assuming cooper couple not play honestly just because like it sounds like the hamstring You know, he was limited practice wednesday I think he's a lot more banged up than jonathan taylor was so i'm not sure if he'll play necessarily so i'm not really accounting for him, but I don't know. I maybe i've just been like kind of swept up in how matthew stafford has looked But he did get banged up towards the end of last week's game. That could be a downside for them, but I I don't know. It's more so about i'm high on the eagles or sorry high in the rams and being low on the eagles I think the eagles be fine. Um, I think they're kind of in the same spot that the Bills were in after week one where it's like, oh, we could panic if we wanted to but why should we we've seen these this team With the same personnel on offense be very good. So yeah, they might get more push From the opposing side because the defense is struggling But I still have faith that hurts can figure it out that this offense can figure it out I just think that the rams are a bit undersold by this number so Interesting. I would push back a little bit on the eagles offense like they were good last year But I don't know if that set of players has the same track record that that buffalo offense has um, so and and I actually expect a lot of regression on for the eagles on offense And especially at a lot of Hertz's numbers. We've kind of seen that You know, we'll see if it persists. I'm not sure um, but I think there's more reason to doubt them than A team like buffalo. Yeah, I think that's probably fair too I expected their defense to regress this year because they lost a lot of like I know that they brought in jail in carter uh stuff like that But like they lost a lot of important guys on that defense too. So the defense Not collapsing but like struggling is not a huge surprise to me, but um, I don't know I I guess we'll see how that plays out. They also have a new playcaller Which could impact things on the offense side too to get, you know ramped up with that Let's finish up here by talking about the sunday night game. That is the cowboys going to uh, Santa claire to take on the 49ers right now the 49ers are three and a half point favorite total in this game is 45 and ed 49ers have been unstoppable so far this year, but they've done against Largely inferior teams. That's a good thing to beat up on bad teams But can they carry that over now to this game with the cowboys? Yeah, we'll see. I mean, there's certainly going to be regression in what's going on in san francisco They they're not possibly going to continue to be this good um My numbers had this, you know, san francisco by four So not really seeing any value on either side I do definitively believe that these are the two best teams in the nfc And uh, you know, we could see them in the nfc championship game to play In the super wall. I just think it's an awesome matchup. I'm so happy that it is uh, the sunday night game And uh, you know, it's not a prime time game in which I have to see aiden o'Connell. Maybe go out there and Man, that was bad last week and we might see him again on monday night, which i'm not looking forward to What I am looking forward to is these two teams, uh, you know, look if I showed you all my Know if I if I guess I don't want to regurgitate all my numbers I'd say these two teams are great. These two teams are great. There's there's nothing there, you know Let's just enjoy this game. I think it's gonna be a great game. Hopefully we'll get a close one Going down to the wire and we'll see some great football Yeah, I did take the 49ers money line earlier on that has since moved um It's minus 186 now I got it a bit ago because it's I don't show as much value anymore but I thought there was value then in large part because I was expecting the cowboy's offensive line to be banged up But now it looks like they might have all their dudes. Uh, so that'd be a big boost for this cowboy's offense So with where the market stands right now, I think it's a stay away I do agree with you too that these are the best two teams in the nfc. Let me see here actually Um, based on current health. I have san francisco one Dallas two Uh, that's scary. You have detroit three, but what can go wrong there and then philly four Uh, that's scary. I did take I did lay the points in Detroit when it was eight and a half too. So Oh, yeah, yeah Yeah, I mean that I mean that's that's also like I mean I I'm kind of having to eat some crow on detroit Like I kind of doubted the offense and the offense has been pretty good. So um And the defense I don't think I don't think they're good But they've been better than I thought they'd be like they've benefited from facing some pretty bad offenses I think outside of week one Um, so I don't think they're like good, but even Even with that account of four, I think they're at least better than expectations on that side of the ball too Yeah, and I think they have potential to be even better. I don't know if cam sultans been great But he's certainly upgraded over who they were thrown out last year. I don't know if Emmanuel Mosley's played But yeah, if he ever plays That would certainly help right like they actually invested in the secondary which has really been the the worst unit for that team for years so Yeah, I don't know. It's it's it's it's a weird world in which uh, the markets and numbers trust the detroit lines Like they were like the public team coming into this year like oh, everyone's over hyping the lions Like oh, we got a backpedal and lions like no, they're a good They're just a good team like it was as simple as that um, I get the inclination to fade uh, where the sentiment is going but Jared gots to a good man. Best quarterback in football Now ed earlier on you alluded to a jaguar's bet You like I'm assuming that's in the futures market. What do you see in over there? Yeah, so, uh, I have my member numbers and uh, I've been using the simulator over unabated and the basic idea here is look Then you have else sides is hard Why not look towards the futures market to see if we can get more value? And I put my numbers in to the simulator and actually if if you sign up for unabated this week You can actually get my member numbers In straight into simulators one click. Uh, they usually most weeks have my public numbers which are point spaced Um, but they have my member numbers this week So, uh, I simulated it out and you know, we're showing a lot of value for Jacksonville And the reason is really simple like they are a good football team My numbers have in 10th in the nfl right now and their, uh, opponents in the, uh, division are not as good I believe I have them in 26 27th and 28th exactly in the order that you you show there Um, Indianapolis and hueson are actually better than expected this pre season Uh, I I've actually been thinking back to Indianapolis and looking into them and they were 30th in my pre season numbers like bottom three type team I think that was unfair. Uh, even if you doubted anthony richardson I think it was a little unfair given when you look at what happened with that team last year um So both those teams are better, but they're still I mean, certainly bottom 10 teams in the nfl. I think Tennessee is certainly a bottom 10 team as well There's just a wide gap there. So, uh, I put the fair price of Jacksonville to win the division closer to 50 50 I think there's a lot of value in plus 150 here Uh, I would go and uh bet that right now Yeah, as you mentioned plus 150 for Jacksonville to win the afc south over at fan dual sportsbook Earlier on this week when I was looking at this market, uh, Tennessee was I think plus 190 They've lengthened to plus 210 most that going towards the Colts the Colts were five to one They're now down to plus 430. So it's very odd to see The I don't know if that's my word It's very weird to see the market shift towards Tennessee this week Against Indianapolis, but then have Indianapolis's division odds shortened here. So like Something's not right between one of those two But that's an opportunity to bet it right, so um Right, I mean, you know, I think anthy richeson has been pretty good And I think a lot of the people that uh, watch these games a lot more closely than I have Have been pretty impressed with how he was done And I just want to shout out uh, matt waldman who is a fantasy football kind of a tape grinder for college He has his rookie scouting portfolio. He was on my podcast in april Just raving about anthy richeson. He was his number one quarterback And uh, I remember him saying that he has an elite mind. He's an elite learner Uh, which is why I really liked him. He saw a lot of improvement in his play over the course of florida and he saw a lot of things on tape that He simply didn't see a lot before I think we're all seeing that in the nfl right now That doesn't mean he's gonna go out and kill it against Tennessee this week But the the potential is there and I think the potential is there for him to be better earlier than a lot of people expect uh, so Anyways props to matt waldman. So you should definitely follow his stuff If you look like a opponent adjusted numbers through a very very small sample both anthy richeson and cj stroud have been like a above league average, um For this year, which is amazing therapy. Yeah, yeah, especially for like richeson where the expectation was Like year one would be a wash and you'd be kind of be making more of a long-term investment Uh, I think both those guys have been awesome Um, I think that honestly Like the a of c south is a fun division when you have trevor lorence anthony richardson cj stroud That's a banger lineup We will not discuss the fourth team because their quarterback situation is a gd nightmare, but the other three teams are pretty fun Yeah, they are pretty fun.  It's it's wild That was his second game above 130. I think this year nico collins like shredding which i'm sure that like Is that confusing to you or is that not a surprise because I feel like he always had this promise in college of like being that Kind of guy just never looked up to it. What whether it be circumstances around or whatever it was He certainly had that promise in college. Uh, so in some sense. I'm not surprised, but I guess I'm a little surprised that stroud's doing this well just given the um, the expectations we had of the receivers that he's working with Yeah, um So in that sense, I'm surprised Yeah, uh, but nico collins balling out. So good to see that for uh, and arbor people as always That is all that we have here for this week on covering this or for today here on covering the spread back once again tomorrow We're going to talk about mfl week five player props But also Divisional round previews of the rob freve and pitching ninja picking his brain on the pitching staffs involved Into the next round of the mlb playoffs to get that as it is posted Make sure you are subscribed to covering the spread wherever you get your podcast and check us out on the fandal youtube page and fandal tv Plus and you've talked about your member numbers talked about Bad ball rate and stuff like that if people want to find those numbers and dig in a bit more Where can they go to do so? Well, I apologize. I put the bad ball numbers behind my pay wall So if you want that you're gonna have set up for membership On my site, but if you want to just kind of check things out, uh, I signed up for five Sorry, I signed up for my email newsletter. I send out five and I'll get saturday Uh, and I'll give you a taste for my analysis for these qb props the ridder prop over a half was was in there last saturday and um There'll probably be another one in there this saturday, but it's not just my stuff It's also other people's uh, that's jim's bets have been in there Uh, so check that out at the power rank dot com Also had uh, fabian zuma on to talk nfl this week on the football analytic show. He's an awesome guest Definitely we we went through a lot of teams in depth, which was pretty fun Uh, it's great to kind of get his insights. 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You see, I've been hanging around that pool room for a week or so, knocking off this one and that one, picking up enough to get by on. It was, let me see, four days ago. Thursday. This ballhead had Janet been sitting there a half hour or better, washing me practice. I'd seen him around before. I knew he'd get up and talk to me pretty soon. What's the matter? That's pretty good. Just luck. Don't kid me. I'm not. Do you like eight balls? Well, I'm willing to try anything. Well, play for a buck. I don't know. What's the matter? Have you got a buck? I'm looking at the way you picked out that cue. You must be pretty good. I'm no good at all. Let's hold off playing for a buck right now. Just a friendly game. Suit yourself. But you'll be sorry when you see how I play. I'm really no good.  He was a lollipop. If he'd thrown away the cue and used a baseball bat, he'd done better. Every shot I thought he was going to tear the felt right off the table. But I let him win the first four games, and I could tell he felt pretty good about it. I miskewed and passed up shots that a ten-year-old kid could have figured. I only had five bucks to my name, but I knew I was going to have at least 25 of his before I finished. Okay, this will only take a minute. Uh-oh. All of you. What's that wall?  Come on, boys. Let's not waste a lot of time. Hey, what's up? Looking for bags, I guess. Huh? Getting a road gang together. They like to pick up anybody who needs a shave. Uh-oh. Come on, all you two. Get over here. Right against the wall, boys. That's it. Let's knock off the chatter, huh? Just keep it quiet. I want identification on all of you. Driver's license, social security card, something that'll tell us what your name is, where you live and where you work. Take them out. Come on, boys. Hey, I'm in trouble. Huh? No address here. Oh, you are in trouble.  How many times have I got to tell you? Is your address Bonnie? 212-16? Yes, sir. What kind of work are you doing? I'm a bricklayer. Where do you work? Masters and construction companies. Why aren't you working today? I'm sick. Okay. Let's see it. Now I'm not the wallet, just the card. Carl Weisenbach? Yeah. You work, Carl? No, I just sort of passing through town. You can see I live in Philly. I can see. How do you live, Carl? I save my money. This one? Okay. Come on. Hey, you know what it's all about. Let's have it, buddy. James Scott? That's right, Sergeant. What's this Salt Lake City? Well, that's where I lived. He's with me now. We lived together at 516 Marion Dale, number 14. What's your name? Martin Collins. What kind of work do you do? I'm an electrician. Yeah. What do you do? I help him. I'm learning the trade. Here? In this place? Oh, guys got to relax, Sergeant. We just finished a big wiring job for an outdoor billboard outfit. Why? 17 days hanging by our toes on those things.  And this is our first day off since the beginning of last month. All right? You betcha. That's the truth, Sergeant. Okay. Here. You? Where do you work? Man, I own this place. That's where I work. Thanks, color. Don't mention it. Where do you work? Scotty. That's about the way it started. Collins turned out to be a little quicker than I first sized him up. I could have talked my way out of it, I guess, but then he just might have saved me 10 days for no visible means. After the cops talked everybody and hauled a few down, we went back to the table. Well, that's us. Hey, aren't you going to let me get even? You'd never get even with me, boy. What? Had me picked, didn't you, Scot? Just like that first drive you had right here on the same table three days ago. Why? Oh, you were going to let me win the first four. Then you were going to turn into a regular woolly hoppy and really let me have it. It had gone up from a buck to five then ten. Isn't that the way you're going to work it now, huh? Well, I'd just like to try for my three bucks again.  Who are you kidding? Oh, nothing. Okay. I had your pick. I could still give you a game, though. You've invented the game. You've been wasting your time. You have been wasting your time. Have I? Five, ten, fifteen bucks a day around here? Not bad, I'd say. How could you go for ten thousand bucks in one day, huh? Sounds good. But you'll have to lend me some overalls because I know I'm going to have to work real hard for that kind of money. We need a third guy. For what? You want to meet somebody? Sure. Why not?  John Barry. Hello. This is Jim Scott, John. Hiya. Come on in, Jim. Tell me where you come from. Salt Lake City. Nice place, Salt Lake. How long have you been in town? A week or better. What are you doing in this part of the country? Well, I don't know if I... It isn't going to hurt. You just answer questions, Scott. Go on. Tell him. Sit down, son. Thanks. I'd just like to know a little about the people I work with, that's all. Now, Jim, what are you doing here? Looking for work, I guess.  Do you know anybody in town? A couple of people. Who? A girl named Melva. We sort of got acquainted. A week in town and you already got yourself a girl. That's good, isn't it, mother? Very good, Jim.  You have a nice way about you. I don't see why not. Can you use a little money? Well, he said some about $10,000. That's not a little money. It might be a lot more than that, at least 10. Oh, sure. I could use it. What do I have to do? Hold up a bank? No, I'll do that part of it. You just helped me. Huh? Yes, it's a bank job. You ever hear of me, son? John Barry? No. Well, I'm the best in the business and I always pick good men to work with me.  I'd like to have you in on it. You'll probably go far in this world. Not sticking up a bank, I won't. I'll go to jail. That's what'll happen. I thought you looked him over, Marlon. I did, John. It's a surprise to me. Would you rather hang around those pool rooms the rest of your life? Well, I've never done anything like a thing. What have you done, son? 30 days. 90 days once and I didn't like it. Oh, I see. And I don't blame you. But no policeman's going to bother you on this. You aren't going to wind up in any jail. Nobody's going to jail. You do your part of it exactly the way I show you and you come out clean, safe, nice and rich. Now, how did that sound? Oh, it sounds pretty good. How about that girl, Melva? Yeah, that's her name. Is she pretty? Sure. Well, she likes you, Melva. How about that? Yeah, sure. Now, if you and I both know that one thing ladies understand is money. The more you have, the more they understand. It's the way they're built. Isn't that the way it is, Marlon? Sure is, John. And you know that too, son. Now, the money you get from this will help you a lot. Or maybe you wouldn't want to spend it on her. But then at your age, your good fling is something to remember all your life. A new car, nice place to live, things like that make this old world not such a bad place to live in. Maybe you'd even like to go into business. Well, I thought about that too. Sure you have. When the whole thing's over, you'll never see Martin here again. You'll never see me again. But you'll have a big package of money to remember us by to do with what you like. And I can tell by looking at you right now that you have some pretty good ideas on how to handle money. Now, isn't that right? Well, what do I have to do? I just pay attention to what you're told, Scott. Martin's right. Years from now, somebody might ask you or you just might want to tell them. You can say you were with John Barry on a bank drive. You can say you started when there was low needle and you wrote it all the way. Of course, you don't want to work with me. You can walk right out that door and forget where you ever talked about this. But when you read in the papers about how it went off and how much was taken, you will feel pretty silly passing it up. Now, if you can use the money and follow instructions, Martin and I would like to have you in us. Wouldn't we? Sure would. Well, when are you going to do it? Tomorrow afternoon. You want to help us tip over this bank? Don't you? What do you say? Ten thousand? Probably a lot more. Are you in, son? I'm in. Auto Lights is bringing you Mr. John Hodiak in The Big Heist, tonight's presentation in Radio's Outstanding Theatre of Thrills. Suspense.  Well, millions of motorists do, Sheriff. They all agree that for power, dependability, and convenience, you just can't beat the battery that needs water only three times a year in normal car use. And don't forget, it has a life longer than a Texas pan at all. 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This bird who built the Colfax National had a pretty nifty idea.  No parking problem. There's plenty of room all the time to get in or out. And I guess that's the main reason John Barry fixed it. Uh, just a minute, Scott. Huh? Relax. Well, I thought we were going in and look the place over. It's been looked over. I've been at it for the last eight months. Okay. See that guy in front, son? The one looking at us? He's looking over us, son. He's watching that big clock across the street. He always does. Huh?  There are clocks on all four walls of the bank that are right on the nose.  Now, in about 30 seconds, he'll rope off the front doors of the bank and no more customers will be allowed in today. You'll have to keep him busy out there tomorrow. You're worried about one guard out front? Well, what about all those tellers and clerks inside? Must be 25 of them. There's 33 people inside that bank. Well, who's going to keep them busy while I'm keeping him busy? Suppose one of them wants to turn into another. You're asking too many questions, Scott. Why don't you just listen? That's all right, Martin. I don't want to worry about anything. Son, there are only four tellers inside that bank who know it's being robbed. We'll be 10 blocks away before the rest of them find out. Yeah, but I can see five cages in there. That's right. We only have to worry about the first four. The fifth one won't be working tomorrow. He's a war veteran with a hero complex. The only one in the whole bunch will try for the alarm. But we're lucky. The poor man has a spinal injury. Every Friday afternoon, he leaves at two o'clock to go over to the veterans' hospital on Rainbridge Boulevard for outpatient treatment. They just close his case. Hey, you hurt bad? Anything in the spine is bad. Yeah. Now, did I tell you? The guards are open off the door. Two minutes to three by the bank clocks. Three o'clock by that one over there. You and I will park the car here tomorrow at five minutes to three. I'll already be inside the bank waiting for John. Martin goes into 245. I meet him inside at two minutes to three. Martin covers me while I walk the cases. At three, by that clock across the street, you'll go up to that guard and keep him busy. I don't want him to turn around or worry about anything that's going on inside. You understand, son? Yeah, yeah, sure. You'll have to keep him busy for at least three minutes. How? You talk pretty good, Scotty. That's why we picked you. Oh, Martin's right, son.  So, just so you're keeping busy. This time tomorrow, you'll be a pretty well-set young fella. Doesn't that make you feel good, son? I don't know where I got the notion that a bank robber always wore a dark suit and pulled a hat over his eyes. It was pretty hard to convince myself that an old guy, a fat guy, and me were going to heist the Colfax National. But when we got back to the hotel room, and John Barry began telling me all he knew about the insides and outsides of that bank and the people who ran it and the people who built it and the people who owned it, I began to get a lump in my throat for the bonding company. He had diagrams. He had blueprints. He knew the alarm system better than the Ginzo who put it in. And there's a certain safe company back in Ohio that had made him a vice president tomorrow for what he could tell him about their own time faults. But until eight that night, he kept me busy than a flea on a fat man telling me about everything. I felt pretty good about the whole thing. And I was just getting ready to go up to the room he rented for me when it happened. Here you are, son. Go ahead, son. Take it. It's yours. You didn't say anything about a gun. I thought all I had to do was talk to that guard. That's right, son. But I'm giving you this right now. I want you to have it. Well... 45. Fine piece, Ed. Is it loaded? Oh, yeah.  Big day tomorrow. Yeah. I guess you're right. Now, I'll tell you this right now. That gun was something I hadn't counted on. John told me I wouldn't have to use it. Just the same it worried me. You know, I just wasn't used to it. I went up to my room and tried to call Melva, but she was out. I lay down a while and I couldn't sleep somehow. And I just went for a walk, thinking about everything. And I had the gun with me, right in my pocket. It was almost midnight when I got back. I didn't go to my room. I went right to his. He was lying on top of his bed in the dark. But his eyes were wide open and he had all his clothes on. An old guy smoking his cigar. Listening to the radio in his window. Is that you, son? Yeah. Pretty music, eh? Very nice stuff that man wrote. Yeah. Look, John, I'm out. Out of the job, son? Yeah. Here's your gun back. I don't want it. I thought of just scramming out, but I wanted to tell you because you've been good to me today. I see. Mind if I ask you what made you change your mind about tomorrow? Well, I don't know what it was. I just decided not to, that's all. Got the coffee, John, eh? Ah, thought you were in bed, Scott. What? Scott says he isn't going with us tomorrow. What? That's right. And there's no sense in you getting steamed up about it. I'm just not going to do it. What's the whole thing in a shell hole? Look, Scott, we got to have you on this job. It's too late to get anybody else. John spent eight months laying it out. It's fixed for tomorrow afternoon. No, no, Martin, just a minute. Scott's a pretty good boy. We both know that. If he has a reason to back out and quit, it must be a pretty good reason. Isn't that right, son? Yeah. You see, Martin, he's thought it over. But John, if it doesn't come off the way we planned it, wait a minute, Martin. Son. What? I'd like to ask you again. Why? Oh, I just don't want it. Is it the gun, son? Is that it? I don't want to shoot nobody. Oh, well, no. Martin, have we ever shot anybody? No. You see, son? No sense of worrying about that. Now, Martin carried a gun for what? 11 years, Martin? At least. Never fired it. Martin, show him your gun. Sure. Say, practically rusted, isn't it? Now, I've carried one for 22 years. Never had occasion to use it at all. When I gave you that gun tonight, son, I just thought I was going to make you feel good, honestly. Well, you didn't make me feel good. I see that now. But believe me, I just gave it to you as a sort of insurance. You don't even have to carry it if you don't want it. But look here, you take it back. Go ahead. Keep it tonight. If you don't want to take it tomorrow, that's all right. Now, how's that? Well... You go upstairs and get a good night's rest, sir. You don't have anything to worry about. Tomorrow we'll all have a big breakfast and forget this ever happened. We left the hotel at 2.20. And we dropped Martin Collins six blocks from the Colfax mansion. He was to take a streetcar up there. After that, John Barry and I drove around to kill 12 minutes. At 2.45, we headed for the bank ourselves. And we pulled up in a lot at exactly seven minutes to three. You just thought I'd been through it, does know them the way I felt. And then, just like that, it started. You all right? Maybe I can't keep them busy for three minutes.  No, no, no. It's a good easy course. You can keep them busy. Talk to them. You know how to do that. But what if I can't? Now, look. That guard's name's Edward Jameson. He makes $68 a week standing there, looking at that clock across the street and telling people why they can't come in once he's put the rope up. That's the big moment in his life. It's the only thing he's got to live for. Play on that. Yeah, yeah, but suppose... Here. You forgot this. Oh, no, no, no. I left that back in my room. Yeah, I know. And so I brought it in case you might need it. Slip it inside your coat. Well... At a boy. You're right on time.  I don't want this thing, son. That man's got to be busy. If you can't keep him busy talking, you shove that thing right under his nose. It'll look terrible to him. Even bigger than it is, remember. He doesn't want to get all shot up. Good luck. Yeah. After hours. You mean it's three already? I'm afraid it is. There's the clock. Well, it must be fast. I got two minutes out. Yeah, I guess you're slow, sir. Well, you couldn't sneak me in, I suppose. Strictly against the house rules, no, sir. Well, look, one customer more or less isn't going to make any difference, is it? I'm sorry. Once the rope's up, I can let them out, but I can't let them in. Well, this sure puts me in a spot. Is it a deposit? No, I have a piece of property going through escrow now. I just found out the man I sold it to is declaring bankruptcy. Escrow's up at 10s at night, and I don't want him to have my property. Would you? I should say no. Well, look, if you could just let me in there to talk to the escrow people. I can get myself out of a lot of trouble. What do you say? Well, I think I can help you. Good. I'll appreciate it. Now, look, Mr. Evers, head of the escrow division, is here until five. Now, the operator isn't supposed to be here. I was looking over his shoulder, past him, inside the bank. I could see John Barry in front of one of the tellers' cages, helping himself to a bag full of money. Yes, sir. Martin Collins was standing right in the middle of the lobby. His right hand stuck down inside his coat box. Every one of the tellers were looking at him with a sort of wide eye like they couldn't believe it. Old John was nudging somebody in front of him, looked like a vice president, and they just kept going from cage to cage where he'd pick up the cash. Nobody made a move. I don't think any of the customers that were in there or anybody else outside the tellers knew the place was being robbed. Well, what is it? Aren't you going to call Mr. Evers? Huh? Well, what are you looking... Move back! Hey! Back! Or I'll let go!  Scotty, why'd you shoot him? He just went off! He just went off! Get out of here, boys! I didn't mean to shoot him. I didn't want to shoot him. You guys know that, don't you?  I didn't want to. Honest, I didn't want to. I didn't want to do any of this. You guys made me do it. You taught me to do it. That's what you did. And I'm going to tell him, too. I'm going to tell him everything you made me do, and then they won't do anything to me. Never mind what I do. All right. Over there. You got a gun on her. Wow. Hey! They're coming! That's right. And you can tell them anything you want. All right, all right. Put your hands up. Well... Suppose I should never have given him the gun, Martin. I suppose so, John. And I will open fire! Come on, son. Let's see what these police officers are on the talk about. This John Barry, and remember, he's the best. It looked like any old geezer you'd find filling prescriptions behind a drugstore counter or reading books in a public library on Sunday afternoons. But let me tell you, he had it. Every time he opened his mouth, he made sense. He was pretty good at that old chatter, too. In fact, I'd say he was just about that much better than me. Suspense. Presented by Autolight, tonight's star, Mr. John Hodiak. This is Harlow Wilcox, speaking for Autolight. And here, once again, is our star, John Hodiak. Well, John, it was good to have you back on suspense after a long absence. Thanks, Harlow. And thanks to Autolight for inviting me. Suspense is truly radio's outstanding theater of thrills. And I consider it a privilege to be a part of it. And, John, it's satisfying to be a part of the Autolight family, for Autolight is one of the great names in the American industry. Indeed it is, Harlow. World's largest independent manufacturer of automotive electrical equipment. Autolight family includes 98,000 distributors and dealers in the United States, and thousands more in Canada and throughout the world. Well, I wonder I find Autolight service wherever I go. Right, you are, John. And friends, remember, every Autolight product is backed by constant research and precision built to the highest standards of quality and performance. So, from bumper to tail light, you're always right with Autolight. Next week, the story of a man who had everything to live for and committed murder to prove it to himself. The story is called Joker Wild, and our stars will be Kathy and Elliot Lewis. That's next week on Suspense. Suspense is produced and directed by Elliot Lewis, with music composed by Lucian Morrowick and conducted by Lud Bluskin. The Big Heist was written for Suspense by E. Jack Newman. In tonight's cast, Herb Butterfield was John and Joseph Kearns Collins. Featured in the cast were Junius Matthews, Charles Calvert, Ted Bliss, Bert Holland, and Jerry Hausner. 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जेर लेरनर्स, welcome to the LMS program introduced by Krishnakanta Hendik State Open University. In this video, we will discuss the unit 5 of the paper, Sociological Theories, meant for the BA 2nd Semester Learners. Namaskar, Krishnakanta Hondikoi Rajjik Mukta Bishav Vidyalar, इं उन उस तान्तिलोए अपनालोग होकोलोगे स्वागताम जनाए स्वो. आजी हमी BA 2nd Semester बाभे निर्दारन करया, हमास्ताप्तिक तोक्तर पास नम्वर अद्यातीर भी होगे आलुसना करीम. After going through this unit, you will be able to understand some of the basic concepts forwarded by email-darkhyam like social fact, social solidarity, and division of labour. इं अद्याती अद्यान करी, आमी email-darkhyam में आप बर होगा, के दब वर हमास्ताप्तिक अबडारनर भी होगे आलुसना करीम, जेने हमाजिक तोक्ताप श्रम्वर भी भाजन आरु हमाजिक होगे अद्याती. But first of all, let us try to understand who was email-darkhyam. Email-darkhyam was a French sociologist and he was influenced by the works of various scholars like Sa Simmon, Augaskarth and Rousseau. And email-darkhyam was influenced by the structural functionalist perspective. Now, what is the structural functionalist paradigm? According to the structural functionalist paradigm, a society can be compared to an organism. Just as an organism has various parts and each part is dependent on each other, similarly a society also contains or comprises of different parts and each part is dependent on each other. But if email-darkhyam is related to different parts, then we can understand each other by email-darkhyam. Email-darkhyam is a French sociologist and he was influenced by the works of various scholars such as Rousseau, Sa Simmon, Augaskarth and Rousseau. And according to the structuralist paradigm, he was influenced by the works of various scholars Now, let us try to understand the subject matter of sociology. According to email-darkhyam, the subject matter of sociology is social facts. But what are social facts? Email-darkhyam is a French sociologist and he was influenced by the works of various scholars. But what is our culture? According to email-darkhyam, a social fact is a thing that is external and independent of the individual and it exercises constraint upon the individual. For example, marriage is a social fact because the institution of marriage is independent of our social existence. Whether we like or do not like, the institution of marriage continues to exist over years. It has attained this status due to the social acceptance it has received over the years. Again, one has to face constraint if one tries to go against this institution. These are the types of character and proof known because our social existence is dependent upon the individual. It is really fundamental to have goodbye to these. After marriage, she or a secretary of her job glossy, married, although a few of them just haven't committed a right. However,marriage, or ugly men will of different kind will suffer due to some such characters stuck.краї� Memorial so di screen인 Now let us try to discuss the rules of observing social fact .while studying any social fact, one needs to observe it objectively & without any miles & miles For example, if a natural scientist studies a stone or the ozone layer, he or she will try to understand by understanding or mentioning the scientific or the natural properties of the stone or the ozone layer. Similarly, a social scientist, while studying a social phenomenon, needs to undertake such an attitude. For example, if a natural scientist studies a stone or the ozone layer, he or she will try to understand by understanding the natural properties of the stone or the ozone layer. For example, if a natural scientist studies a stone or the ozone layer, he or she will try to understand by understanding the natural properties of the stone or the ozone layer. Now let us try to discuss the rules of explaining the social facts. While explaining the social facts, a researcher must explain the causes or the factors that led to the evolution of a particular social phenomenon. He or she must also take into consideration the function of that social fact in the present society. For example, let us take the context of marriage. If a researcher is trying to understand the marriage practices, he or she must first explain the causes that led to the emergence of marriage practices. Also, the researcher needs to explain the function of marriage in a particular society. If a person is trying to understand the function of marriage practices, he or she must first explain the causes that led to the emergence of marriage practices. Now let us try to discuss the types of social fact. According to Imail Durkheim, there are two types of social facts. One is normal social fact and another is pathological social fact. If a social fact occurs naturally in all the societies, then it is known as normal social fact. For example, crime. Crime is something that can be found in every society. In that context, it can be said as a normal social fact. But when the rate of crime suddenly increases, then it is said to be a pathological social fact. According to Imail Durkheim, there are two types of social facts. A normal social fact and a pathological social fact. In that context, if a social fact occurs naturally in all the societies, then it is known as normal social fact. That is not possible. But if a social fact occurs naturally in all the societies, then it is known as normal social fact. Another important concept forwarded by Imail Durkheim was social solidarity. Imail Durkheim tried to understand societies on the basis of the kind of solidarity that each society experienced. According to Imail Durkheim, there are two types of social solidarity. One is mechanical social solidarity and another is organic social solidarity. According to Imail Durkheim, in primitive societies, all people were engaged in similar kinds of work. For example, all the people will work in agriculture, they will make their house themselves and all other activities are done by them similarly. In those societies, people share similar kind of attitudes, beliefs and values. In such societies, any kind of deviation was not accepted. And therefore, the law in such societies were restrictive in nature. And the solidarity experienced by such society was mechanical in nature. But as population increased, people could no longer engage in similar kinds of work. Therefore, it led to division of labour. Different kinds of people were engaged in different kinds of work. For example, in modern societies, we can see that there are some people who are engaged in agriculture, different people are engaged in making clothes, different kinds of people are engaged in teaching, etc. In such societies, people are dependent on each other, but they may not share similar values and beliefs. In such societies, the law tries to improve the behaviour of the individuals. And therefore, the law is restitutive in nature. And in such societies, people experience organic solidarity. In Imail Durkheim, we can see that there are some people who are engaged in similar kinds of work. In Imail Durkheim, we can see that there are some people who are engaged in similar kinds of work. And therefore, the law is restitutive in nature. And therefore, the law is restitutive in nature. Therefore, the law in such societies was generally restricted in the society without using shifting standards or restrictions. 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