So, hello, and thank you to be here. I will improvise a little talk about my work, and I will show several things that I do. So this is a world called Visa01. It's a visa that you probably know here in the United States. It's key for people who have extraordinary abilities. And so I made a piece with that. This is called Certificate of Life. This is a paper that you can have in the Moroccan embassy in Paris. I go there with my identity card, and they give me this paper to prove that I am alive. And I can use it to prove my existence.  And it was shown in the National Center of Photography in Paris. This is details. OK. This is an installation of envelope that I did in Thailand, in Bangkok, in 2003. I made a little hole with screwdriver. It's a nine millimeter hole in the hole. And all the sand is falling down, falling in the envelope. I made it because at this time, there was a lot of paranoia against mail with the anthrax things. And also in Bangkok, there were a policy, a very violent policy against drugs. And they just showed the people who are consuming drugs or selling drugs. And when I arrived there for the show, they killed 1,500 people since in three weeks. So I decided to make this piece to talk about this context. This is two pieces. Decides to remain seized of the matter and another piece called Frame. I did it in 2003 when there is this big suspense about the Iraq war. It decides to remain seized. We can found it in the end of the resolution text of the UN Council. They ended most always like that. And it's sound like a false translation because it's mean nothing really precise. And in French too, it's mean nothing really precise. And I wanted to show that this Council is not so efficient in a war context or in a very sensitive context. This is called Snow in Arabia.  It's showing like that. It's from the iconography from the picture of the Mecca in Arabic Saudis. And normally it's the people who are turning around the cube, the black cube. And here there is just snow who is moving in a lot of sense and with a big disorder. This is a carpet I just cut inside and let only the frame. It's an installation of broken tea glass. This is a self-portrait called French Touch. French Touch self-portrait. Normally to have a French manicure, you have to put some white pencil on some clear varnish. But I have it naturally in my nails. So I found it funny in an integration context in France to be naturally integrated. This is a little river in a dead end in Paris. And I put this orange powder called Gaia. It's a synthetic powder and you use it to make the food orange. It's to give like an oriental touch for your meals. And I put it in the water. And I made several work with this powder. This is a square I put in a room, carpets everywhere. And I installed this square with, I don't know the word, it's a steel. You put it in between two rooms to separate. And it's 73 centimeters. So it's a minimal square, but it's not 1 meter square, but a 73 centimeter square. It's my way to work with this minimalist heritage, minimalist history. But I use it, I use minimal cultural materials to work with. And normally this dimension, it's using for apartments in very poor area called HLM in France. It's the standard format for a door in the poor apartment. It's a call boxes with sound. You can find it everywhere like that in Casablanca, Paris, Brussels, Berlin. It's the same kind of doors. A desert, sorry. It's a desert made with couscous semoule. So you can walk on it or not or make a round. But it looks like sand if you don't recognize it or if you don't smell the smell. This is costume. This is the French hymn called La Marseillaise. But I replay it in a destroyer of document paper. It's like a contemporary composition of music. And it's cardboard used for barbarian organ. I don't know if you know. You play it with humicron or something like that. It's a crate with the water of rain inside. It's like a fountain for an outdoor piece. It's a block of 2 kilo sugar. In Morocco, we found this kind of sugar. It's a block of 2 kilo. It's looked like a big phallus. And generally, it's a woman who used to broke it, to put in the teapot, and after to share tea with all the family. So it's the format of the sugar in Morocco. And it's called principle of economy one. It looks like sculpture, but you can really buy it like that. I just opened the paper and put it in the floor. And this is called principle of economy two. It's the standard sugar that we can find in France. But it's more individual because you can take your coffee or your tea alone. And it's not exactly the case in Morocco. So it was two. And it just flew in the floor. It's a video. It's, I film at the end of a demonstration in Paris. So you see the people very far and a lot of trashes in the street. And during 23 minutes, there is truck who are cleaning the street, the boulevard. So it's like a choreography, very complex. They come as I go, come back, make round. After 23 minutes, you found a very empty boulevard, like if nothing happened. So I like to work with what we can say a cultural heritage. But I used to work with very cliche or very banal materials like sugar, powder, couscous, carpets, documents, official documents. And here, it's a very simple material because you have five demonstrations per week in Paris, so it's very normal. But it's changed nothing in reality because they are just crossing. And after, it's like nothing happened. And for me, it's like my poor heritage of the French Revolution or 68. A sentence engraved in the wall. I took this sentence from administrative documents in the French prefecture of police. When you have to apply for new paper, for new resident paper, you have your space to be filled by the stranger, by the foreigner, and by the alien. Sorry, space to be filled by the alien. And in the other side, you have space to be filled by the authority. So I just used this sentence and I engraved it in a wall. It's very small, and I laid it like that. And after the exhibition, generally, it's another alien who just fill it with plaster and to prepare the new exhibition. But the sentence is still in the wall after, even if we don't see it. This is a piece I did in Romania called Santit, Les étrangers. Santit is entitled, but in French, it's also mean that without social posture or social position. Because when I was in Romania, all the people told me that there is no avant-garde. And one person finally told me after five times that Tristan Zahron, Marcel Yonco, the founder of the Dada movement, wasn't a Romanian. And I said, but it's right everywhere that they are Romanian. And they said, no, they are not Romanian, they are Jewish. So I was very shocked about that. And I started to, when I go back to Paris and work for the exhibition, I start to make some research about the avant-garde in Romania. And I discovered that there was a very strong avant-garde and a lot of reviews, magazines. And I read all the original. I found all the archive. And I start to show all the drawings, the poem, and everything. And when I start to read the biography of all the artists, I discovered that mainly all the artists from the avant-garde in Romania were Jewish. And that's exactly why they said that there is no avant-garde in Romania because they are not Romanian. So I come back to the museum there. And I work with 15 students. And we engrave it during two weeks, not during 10 days. And all the drawings, the poetry. And I found that a lot of artists from the avant-garde are Jewish from Romania, like Victor Browner, Isidore Izu, the latest fundator. Also a lot of poets, Paul Shilan, Gerasim Luka. I'm sorry for the accent, but it was very strong to discover that all these really famous and important artists for the history of this century was not considered by their own country as a citizen. And I chose to, I made no creation for this work. I just engraved it. And I reverse it in Linoleum because it was a technique used to print in the avant-garde magazine. Yes, in the magazine. But the only things I decided to create was a translation of the name Tristan Zara. Because it wasn't his real name. Tristan means Tristan and Isolt. But it also means sad, to be sad. And Zara in Romanian, it's a country. So I translated it as Trist en son pays. Sad is in his own country. And I'm sure that Zara, it's the name. I'm sure that Zara thought about that when he decided to find her name for his practice. This is a series of drawings using simple Islamic ornaments. But I make it as a freestyle. And so you can recognize some classical figure of cross. And this kind of ornament was, it was because the Islamic decides to, you cannot show your people or things like that because it's only God who can create people or images. And they develop this kind of symmetric ornament. So you have like a figure, and you can put it in symmetry. And like that, make an infinite drawing. And with this mechanism, you can touch the question of the absolute and be close from God. And it sees the theory of the ornament. And if me, I decide to replay it. But as a bad student, and so I make only mistakes. And like that, the question of absolute cannot work with my way to draw. I don't know if it's clear, but so I make several like that. So I think it's finished. So I'm sorry, because I don't feel very uncomfortable to talk about my practice because I work with very several materials. And it's also depend of the context, and it's hard to say it in a very short time. And I think so thank you.


so trust me i know i know that you are tired of hearing about the bs and trust me when i say this i am tired of talking about the bs and i wish i could tell you this is the last time the last time ever that i will have to talk about this but i don't know we'll see where the future goes all right i just put out a twitter thread and i wanted to put this on the record on my youtube channel so if any of you have been following this platform for a while um something that's come up a lot lately is youtuber burnout youtuber depression right a lot of talk about mental health and something i try to do with my channel is try to see what we can learn from these things how do we how do we learn from this so i've watched so many of my peers so many youtubers be burnt out become depressed all sorts of stuff right hell if i'm being honest we even saw recently the tragedy that just happened to etiquette right and i watched this and i'm like what can i learn from this and there's always commonalities you'll always hear the same thing when you watch these videos about burnout depression right people focusing on the numbers people not making content that they want to make right all of those things and people attach so much of their self-worth to these numbers and if i'm going to do that i'm setting myself up for failure and whatever i talk about on this channel what i'm trying to get everybody to do is no matter what content you're consuming i don't care if it's my videos i don't care if it's another youtuber i don't care if it's the news i don't care if it's a movie a tv show whatever it is i want you to look at it and say what can i learn from it right ask yourself do i want to be like this person or do i not want to be like this person whatever it is always look always watch that's something that has helped me exponentially in my life but the purpose of this video is much like i said on twitter like i would much rather i would much rather lose tens of more thousands of subscribers than have people here who don't believe in me who don't believe in my mission who don't believe what i have to say all right if they want to take the words of people who don't know me and assume i'm an awful person that's fine like something i learned in my addiction recovery right is that it does not matter if you are the most popular person on earth if you keep a bunch of crappy people in your life you are going to be miserable today rather than having a million friends i have a very small group of friends but let me tell you this they are ride or die all right they they know that i'm a human being they know that i'm gonna screw up they love me for who i am and when it comes to us being youtubers like that's who we need in our lives in these channels in these communities as well okay like this is a boundary that i'm setting up and like it's it's interesting too because you see people talk about the numbers all the time like when you watch other commentary channels or drama channels something that's always being brought up is social blade numbers social blade numbers social blade numbers like why are we basing someone's value or worth on social blade numbers like think about that for a second if we attach happiness to that thing to that number it's no different than people who try to attach their self-worth their value to money or things right and something i learned a long time ago that i hope a lot of you learn as well is this is something that will not make you happy in the long run all right but one of the reasons i'm making this is because trust me like a lot of you realize this i go through the comments i read a lot of them and the massive amount of hypocrisy and double standards again like i don't need people like that in this community all right and i hate to bring her up again but the fact the fact that so many fans of creep show art came to my channel right to talk about how i discussed taylor nicole dean if you don't see the hypocrisy in that like i don't know what to tell you creep show art literally made a video saying holy konrad a woman who went to a mental health hospital who was having ideation of self harm right this woman literally went to a mental health hospital and creep show art made an entire video talking about how this woman was using her mental health as manipulation but i make a video about taylor nicole dean saying that dating in early recovery is a bad idea but that's a problem like there is such a massive amount of hypocrisy and a lot of you watching this you're subscribed to drama channels you're subscribed to commentary channels i want you to think about that hypocrisy i want you to think about that double standard all right when tati westbrook and jeffrey star made all those allegations against james charles like jeffrey star accused james charles of things that are illegal disgusting and can stick with you for life and every channel was doing that do you think that affected james charles in any way shape or form of course it did he talked about that same thing with jacklyn hill everybody being upset about her lipsticks which rightfully so right but do you think she wants people talking about that as people who talk about commentary drama whatever it is we are taking things from the public spotlight we are not breaking into people's houses and taking their files these are all things that are public record and we're having conversations about it and here's the thing i would never tell people to not make videos about me i think like that is the most ridiculous thing like the audacity the audacity that we can have as creators saying we want the public spotlight we want to make money we want to be popular we want all of these things we want all the good but do not be critical of my behaviors like can you like i can't imagine that okay and i'm gonna end with this like if you want to stick around awesome because here's the thing i'm gonna talk about drama i'm gonna talk about news i'm gonna talk about movies and tv shows i'm gonna do my thing and see what lessons we can learn from them things that are in the public spotlight all right and i'm gonna be real i'm gonna be honest with it and i'm gonna make mistakes i'm gonna screw up i'm gonna continue to try to learn and grow and i get it sometimes i can come off harsh sometimes my tough love is a little too much and i miss the mark all right but i'm telling you this right now i'm always gonna be real and honest with you guys and yes like i said i'm gonna talk about drama i'm gonna talk about other youtubers just like every other commentary channel out there and i'm telling you this too i also have bills to pay so yes i'm going to monetize videos like other youtubers and yes i'm going to have merchandise like other youtubers yes i'm going to do something extra that a lot of youtubers don't do which is write books that i feel can help people all right these are all the things that i'm going to continue to do and if you don't stand behind that if you don't stand behind my opinions my ideas the things that i believe will help us improve our lives that's fine we all have different opinions like here's here's the other thing too like there's there's different people for everybody like when i found a sponsor i needed somebody who was tough on me i needed somebody who would keep me accountable i needed somebody who would tell me what i didn't want to hear right some people on the other hand need someone who's gonna hold their hand be their best friend and cuddle them okay we all need different things the thing that i want from you is to be very self-aware and know what you need do you need somebody who's going to beat around the bush and be very soft and light with you is that what you need or do you need someone who's gonna come out here and be real call you out on your bs also try to hold myself accountable and realize when i have some bs and do this thing together all right figure out what you want follow the creators who you like who you agree with but i just wanted to get this on the record like i want people who want to stay here who want to improve who want to be held accountable who want to take what they're consuming things that are in the public and learn from them if you don't want to learn from what's happening in the youtube community that's fine watch the drama channels watch the other commentary channels this isn't a knock on them i respect them i have many friends in the commentary community not so much in the drama community but what i try to do differently than anybody else is when you leave one of my videos i want you to take a step back and look at your own life and say huh maybe i'm doing some of those same things and maybe there's something i can learn and something i can prove upon so that's the point of my channel that's what i'm going to continue to do here so if you're down with that stick around with me but if not that's totally fine if you want to believe what others have to say about me without knowing me that's cool all right no no bad feelings between you and me okay but i hope if anything if anything that you take away from this video is start doing this in your own life all right it's not about the quantity of the friends you have it's the quality of the people that you keep in your life all right that's what i'm trying to do so i hope you could do the thing thanks for watching


Namaskaram, Sadhguru. The first question is from Lawanya.  A few people who claim their intellectuals on Twitter are making fun of this statement out of context. Can you clarify, is this really true that virus doesn't want to cause death?  It's only human beings who are known to do that. So they also don't do it by intent. Unconsciously they do it. Similarly, virus also does it unconsciously. It wants to live in you, but it overdoes its act.  Well, I must tell you this, I was seventeen years of age, by then, you know, I had measles, I had typhoid and relapse, I had smallpox, I have proof on my nose, all kinds of things, anything and everything young children or boys can get. But through all this, I never really... it never really put me down, even when I had typhoid relapse. Running high temperature, I was still playing games and doing things, where the only advantage was you didn't have to go to school. So I liked these things, whatever they called it. I really liked it because you didn't have to go to school, you were officially bunking. But when I was seventeen, I got a cholera. But I saw this damn thing. Within two hours after I realized I have this, it just knocked me down cold. Well, I'm like almost unconscious. I hear my mother, my grandmother all crying, oh, we lost the boy, we lost the boy. And my grandmother is feeling my nose, my God, nose has gone cold, he's finished. Everybody's crying and my father is like, he's a doctor, he's trying to do whatever he can. Then two more doctors came and really I was just passing out completely, just within two hours. But by next day evening I sat up, the second day I got up and started moving out, they said, you cannot move out and they locked me up in the room. But I said, at least let me be on the terrace so that I can move around a little bit. Then they let me be on the terrace. Then this bothered me some. Till now many things I had, I enjoyed them because they prevented me from going to school.  So I wanted to know something. These are not the days of internet and Google, you can just ask. So I went into the school library and inquired with the librarian and she gave me a book on pathogens. I had not heard that word till then because I rarely went to the biology class. So I read through this book, it had various kinds of things and what they do and everything. Then it was bothering me, how is this some little thing that I can't even see can take me off like this. Then I came and had a conversation with my father. He was an accomplished doctor.  What is this? Then he was telling me many things about what these things are that never left me. I even now remember every word that he said and what I read in that book also because this was an experiential challenge for me. It was a life threatening kind of stuff that happened to me. So I was not fearful but it was like being beaten in a hockey match or a cricket match, you know. That's a kind of feeling I have. So what are pathogens, whether it's bacteria or virus, there are many varieties of them. One thing is, right now for example corona, see it was living in the animals pretty well without killing any of them. Now it jumped onto the human being and it's still doing the same thing what it was doing in some other animal. But we are not able to withstand and we are collapsing. Well, that also has been clearly established now. Most human beings whose immune systems are good, they are recovering. But those who have a weaker immune system are unfortunately becoming victims of this. What does it say? It simply says that it wants to live but it lives so aggressively that we may die. Well, many scientists are talking about it but even what I read at that time, I was only seventeen. I wanted to remember this. Even then it was explained, I don't remember the author's name, otherwise I would have quoted this. Even then they clearly explained that most of the viruses and bacteria which enter us, who are within us right now, who are in many ways assisting our life process, not harming us, they were at one time could have been very harmful.  So they will mutate into something milder over a period of time and then learn to live with us. They were living with other animals comfortably. Other animals survived comfortably with them. They were also, this is the nature of life that one inside the other, one inside the other. So many life forms, trillions of life forms are all living enmeshed into each other. We are also that, trillions of bacteria and virus are living in this right now. But like for example, if you do a mantos test, Indians I'm saying, because right now in the last three, four weeks we are looking who is a foreigner, who is an Indian, and not because of any racial discrimination, we want to know where they came from. Did they come from Italy or China or where did they come from? See now Italy is ahead of China, very unfortunate situations. But these, like for example, if you do mantos test for Indians, almost all of us will fail mantos test. Mantos test is for tuberculosis bacteria. Almost all Indians will fail this test because all of us have substantial amount of tuberculosis bacteria in us, but we don't have tuberculosis as a disease. Well, so they came up with another name, they're calling it primary complex or whatever else that happens in children, but that shows some symptoms. All of us have this bacteria, we will fail the mantos test, but we have no symptoms of tuberculosis in us, because we have learnt to live with them, they have learnt to live with us. They know if they live too aggressively as we are living on this planet, right now they know they will lose their habitat, so they will mutate themselves to be milder life. So this is not some new rocket science, it's always been there, at least in the last hundred years it's been there. So, these people who claim to be intellectuals, well it looks like they didn't even go to their pre-university because I was in my pre-university at that time when I read this. It was part of our library, so it must have been probably in the textbook also, but I didn't read the textbook. Maybe these intellectuals did not even get to their pre-university. They think the qualification to be on Twitter is that they must have a bird brain. They think that's a qualification to tweet. Well, it's unfortunate, at a time like this, at a time like this when there is an imminent disaster waiting ahead of us, for the nation, for the world, to a point where countries are putting out their armed forces against their own people right now, you need to understand how serious that is. How serious is it that entire United States Army is out there to prevent their people from coming on the street? Indian police is out there on the streets, aggressively enforcing it. That's because they realize how serious a matter it is. But even at a time like this, these people cannot stand up and do something useful and positive for somebody around them. All they do is just this rubbish. They think they got a doctorate or they became doctors on the Twitter, avian doctors at least they should become.  All they have is their own vitriol spilling poison all the time. Well, I hope at least the virus will cure them of this poison. Now these few days, these few days of being with themselves, I hope they stand up and do something useful.  What is this problem? I know what is your problem. I don't want to address that now. Right now, there is an imminent disaster. If we do not handle this situation right, we are heading for a major disaster where millions of lives could just get wiped out. When the such a situation is there, all you can do is this. When I said this is not the time to go about criticizing our healthcare system or our health ministry, this is not the time. This is a time everybody stands up and does something, whatever little positive things we can do in our lives. Because this is not ordinary time. As a generation of people, we have never faced this kind of a situation. Let people understand this. We have never ever faced this kind of a situation. This is a bigger emergency than the wars you have had in your countries. This is a bigger emergency than anything that you have known. It can pass off without too much disaster if we behave responsibly and do the necessary positive action. This is what I request them also. It doesn't matter even if the size of their brain is that of a bird. Even birds can contribute, I'm saying.


Your Coca-Cola bottler presents Claudia based on the famous play and novels by Rose Franken Brought to you transcribed Monday through Friday by your friendly neighbor who bottles Coca-Cola Relax and while you're listening refresh yourself.   Not bad. Is that all? Well, for the two hours you spent in that beauty shop, I expected to see something quite breathtaking. Davey doesn't like breathtaking haircuts. He likes me to be my own sweet, simple self. I didn't know you were sweet, too. Oh, yes, I get it from you. Was I really the hairdresser's two hours? Yes, you were indeed. Tell me when you get tired. Oh, I never get tired. Well, I do, so I'll tell you. I feel wonderful. Am I supposed to feel wonderful just before I'm going to have a baby? I was like that. Mama, let's walk by the zoo. I'll show you David's favorite elephant. Tilly? Yes. David has been in love with Tilly since he was seven years old. Do you know that? I'm not surprised. We'd better cross the street while there's a red light. Mama, you do not have to hold my arm. I've crossed streets before. And don't think I haven't worried about them. There's the curb. I see it. Really? You think that having a baby is making me blind and dumb? Not blind. Very funny. It's only another half block to the zoo. I haven't been there since the day David and I came together for the first time. It was fall then. Leaves are turning red. Nice full green now. How does green is Easter? Nothing's as green as the green on our farm. The pride of ownership. I'm seeing the world through green colored glasses. I remember when David and I came to the zoo. We just moved into our first department. You were pretty lucky to find it. weren't we though? Just a block and a half away from you. It seemed like miles. Now we live in Eastbrook. It doesn't seem so far away somehow. Small wonder. Seeing as how I've been in Eastbrook almost as long as you have. Now we're back with you. Is it the clock that's gone all the way around to noon again? Did you think we'd own a farm when we moved out of your apartment, Mama? No more than you did. David's really happy on the farm.  I know. Here's the zoo, Mama. Oh, I wish David were along. We'll have to give his regards to Tilly. Does she recognize David? Oh, yeah. She bellows like crazy when she sees him. Throws her trunk around as if her were light as little belief. There she is. See? Right over there behind those bars. Children love Tilly. I can see why.  Hello, Tilly, Tilly, Tilly. See? She knows me. I think she thinks you're something to eat. Tilly, David sends you his regards. Look how happy she looks when I mention David's name. It seems to be a universal reaction. I think it's true about elephants. What is? But they never forget. Tilly, have you got a message for David? Don't tell me. I know. She's sending him her regards. You're smart, too. Now, come along.   Well, Mama's dragging me off. Goodbye. I hope none of those children heard you. I'd be embarrassed. Not at all. Children understand about elephants. Children and wise men. Now, do you want to take a taxi? I do not. I want to walk down to the pond. Oh, it's just a few yards further along. And what is at the pond? Children sailing boats. Nurses pushing baby carriages. There used to be something else at the pond. Go on. What reincarnation are we living through now? At the pond that David and I bought the herdy-herdy. One is enough. There's no reason why we should buy another, just for the sake of memories. We couldn't possibly buy another even if we wanted to. Poor old Dominic. He was so sad that day. Snow was snowing and the wind was winding. Winding? There was Dominic playing his hand organ for the last time. He hated to sell it to us, but he needed the money to go back to Italy since his monkey died. But his knights are having the hand organ, isn't it? Oh, marvelous. I don't know what we'd have done without it. Sing the baby to sleep with it. That's what I'll do. Somebody seems to have taken Dominic's place. It's funny. I'm sure Dominic never had a son. Herdy-herdy's are nice. You rarely hear them around New York anymore. It's a shame. Children were skating on the pond the day David and I were here together. It's June now. There's no ice on the pond. I can't believe it. There's no one I've ever seen before. We don't know who it is. It's Dominic. I thought he was in Italy. Well, he should be. He said he really wanted to be. It's the reason we bought his hand organ. And look, he's got another monkey with it. Maybe Josephine had a son. Dominic, hello, hello. Hello. Well, well, if she's not the lady with lovers of the good music. Dominic, what are you doing here? I thought you'd be sitting in the sun in Italy by now. Oh, lady, I used to know could go. You give it to me. The money's so nice. And the Dominic, he's a mind that's all to make him happy. He's a go to sail away to Italy. But what happened? Who is this sweet little monkey? That's the juice to the story, lady. Oh, it's just sweet. I'm a walker down at Third Avenue and I'm a passerby at the pet-to-shop.  She looked just like Josephine. She does. The same eyes, the same smile, the same sweet look. Dominic, I must say to myself, you got the money.  So I'm a buy the monkey. She's a caller, Josephine, the second.  I've always been rather fond of monkeys, thank goodness. At the end, when I have the monkey, I must say to myself, I must say, Dominic, she's almost the spring. The winter, she's go away. The snow, she's a melt. The sky, she's a blue. And the trees, they are green. It is just as beautiful in the spring in Manhattan, just like in Italy, no? No, yes. And at the Bambini, they come back in the park. And then Dominic, he's an ohi. They would be so sad. So Dominic, he's come back. And I'm glad, even if we're not here to listen to our music, it's nice to think of the children in the park all around you.  Everybody's waiting. And mama and I have to get home. I'm going to play. I'm going to play all the time because it gives to me joy in the heart and it makes the heaven of Jews a little bit closer. Please, lady, give my love to your husband. I will.  We are being blessed, Dominic. Goodbye. Goodbye. Arrivederci, signora. Arrivederci. Biovin vendica. Bye. Bye. I'm glad he didn't go to Italy. I think we need a few more Dominics around. Now, will you take a taxi? A second, mama. There's another place I'd like to see. Your father was a sentimental man, too. He was? Men don't like to admit it, do they, mama? There's nothing to be ashamed of. You're not. So why should I be? I'm not sentimental. I'm anything but. Oh, of course. Of course. Of course. Mama. Does anyone ever tell you that behind that crusty exterior of yours beats a sentimental heart? Nobody ever told me and nobody ever will. All right, mama. I won't tell you. Never again. Claudia, where are you dragging me now? We're out at the park. We're standing on Fifth Avenue. There are any number of taxes we could take. What's that across the street? A nice, shiny, new, yellow and green cab. What's that behind it? Well, you and David here, too. One night when David was feeling blue, we weren't married very long. I think we were still living with you. I remember the night. We took a walk. We came down Fifth Avenue, walked up all these steps, stood for a moment in this cathedral. The arch is vaulted high. It's dark. Do you mind, mama? I'd like to go in. David and I stood, and listened that night, too. For that moment, the world seemed simple again. You could look ahead and know whatever happened. We find the courage and the trust to believe in it. Is it about a cathedral, mama? The finest ones are not built of stone. I'd like to repeat that to David. Let's go home now. It's a good bit after half past six. Oh, I hope, David isn't home. He'll be frantic. Claudia! Claudia, is that you? He's home. And frantic. It's mama, too, David. Where have you two been? I've been frantic. Hello. I telephoned Dr. Rowland. He hadn't heard from you. I called the hospital. You weren't there. I was just about to call the police. David, darling, there's nothing to be excited about. We're fine. I thought certainly. The next I'd see of you would be an eight-pound boy. Oh, I'm sorry to disappoint you. Well, I am disappointed. I didn't know what had happened to you. Nothing happened. David, Claudia and I had a lovely afternoon. No. I'm glad you had. Didn't you? No. Oh. I certainly don't want to go through another half hour like this last time. I'm sorry, darling. How would you like it if I were about to have a baby and I'd disappeared off into the wild blue yonder nowhere? Well, now that's impossible. Well, you're just lucky it is. I'd serve you right if I did exactly the same thing that you did. Darling, listen, please. Don't be angry. We had such a lovely afternoon. Well, I'm not angry. I'm just a little upset, that's all. Well, don't be upset either. No, right. All right, I won't be upset. I'll even forgive you. Oh, good. I'll even forgive you so far as to say I'm glad to see you. Well, that's even better. I'm so glad to see you. I'll even ask you where you've been. Oh, David. I'm so glad you asked. Well. Well. Well? Well, where have you been? My darling, I've been with you. Many jobs are more exhausting in summertime because they generate so much heat. That's why cold coolers are particularly popular these warm days. What's true in factories and shops is just as true in your home. Take ironing, for instance. It might not seem particularly warm in mid-winter, but in mid-summer, that's a different story.  Keep it well stocked with Coke and you can stop when the spirit moves you to enjoy the pause that refreshes. Are you a zoo fan, Mr. King? Indeed I am, Mrs. Brown. I'm a special little giraffe, all my own. I enjoyed meeting David's elephants this afternoon and Dominic and the rest of Claudia and David's past. Now I just wish I knew a little more of their future. You'll know a great deal more about it tomorrow, Mrs. Brown. I will. Yes, indeed, because tomorrow begins the event you've all been waiting for so impatiently. You mean? All I can say is you'd better start packing Claudia's overnight bag and keep that hospital phone number handy. If this is a false alarm, Mr. King, I'll never forgive you. Well, you'll find out tomorrow. Till then, so long, Mrs. Brown. As I was about to say, every day, Monday through Friday, Claudia comes to you transcribed with the best wishes of your friendly neighbor who bottles Coca-Cola. So listen again tomorrow at the same time. And now this is Joe King saying, Au revoir. And remember, whoever you are, whatever you do, wherever you may be, when you think of refreshment, think of Coca-Cola. 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What's up everybody and welcome to another edition of the Falcons final whistle podcast I'm Scott Bayer and with me is Ashton Edmonds and Tori McElaney And we're coming to you pretty late in the evening on Sunday, October 9th after a 21 to 15 loss to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers that was Dramatic at the finish shall we say which fits right in with how the Falcons have played every other game so far this season But before we can get to the drama of that game We have to deal with some breaking news and that is coming in the story was broken by NFL Networks in Rappaport the Falcons have traded inside linebacker long time Falcons inside linebacker Deon Jones to the Cleveland Browns for late draft pick compensation Tori McElaney is going to dive into the details of all of that But we do feel like considering that Tori just wrote this story right before we got onto this podcast That that has to be the first order of business so so Tori kind of give fans who may not as May not be as up-to-date as you are About the details of this deal and how it can benefit the the Falcons moving forward Yeah, this is something that has really been in the works for a while now I feel like there's been speculation about Deon Jones feature in Atlanta Gosh since what like January February since last season ended I feel like this has been a topic of conversation Especially when the Falcons traded away Matt Ryan and then restructure Grady Jarrett and Jake Matthews contracts this offseason It was like alright Deon Jones has a whopper of a contract for years 57 million dollars That is really eating up a lot of cap space right now What are they gonna do a deal on that was a question that I feel like we asked every single week Over the course of this offseason and it finally got farther and farther along to where you get into training camp and Deon's not out there. They put him on IR with because he had a shoulder procedure Early in the offseason. He comes back plays a little bit in the Final preseason game for the Falcons and then the Falcons placed him on IR before the season Starts which when you put someone I on IR before this season starts That's four games you have to miss at minimum So this was the week if Deon Jones is gonna get activated if he was okay He could have been activated this week like how we saw Isaiah altar But that didn't happen and while all this is happening You also have to think about the cap ramifications the Falcons have one of the Largest dead cap hits in the league like the largest It's massive because you have to take into consideration that Matt Ryan's contract was 40 million dollars that is being taken up in dead money So you have that and then you also have a ton of money that still left over from the Julio Jones trade You have all of these things and so it really was kind of coming down to it where it was like Okay, what are the Falcons gonna do with Deon Jones? He's on IR There's still a ton of speculation as to what they were gonna do and finally we have an answer They have reportedly traded Deon Jones to the Cleveland Browns for like Scott what you're saying it's been reported that it is a late round draft compensation. So the Browns get Deon Jones and the Falcons seventh round 2024 draft pick the Falcons Relief are relieved of Jones and they get the Browns sixth round 2024 draft pick. I hope I said all of that accordingly Should free up some cap space Deon Jones contract had been restructured a little bit So I believe if this is if the numbers are correct The Browns will pay out his 1.39 million dollar salary in 2022 and that's kind of what they'll take on but that's kind of the The cliff notes version of a story that I feel like we have been talking about non-stop since January and February Yeah, really for so long and and you did get all the numbers, right? That was pretty impressive because there's a lot of information there And with all the dead money according to over the cap.com The Falcons are taking on with some IR additions. It's up to about 65 million dollars in in dead cap this year next year What's on the books according to otc is 293,000. Okay, so when they add Deon Jones's dead money to next year's cap, that's very livable That's nothing that's going to impede them too much And if you if you go back to the NFL scouting combine Terry fontano said that That he had a bunch of elephants in the room a bunch of contracts that that that he inherited as Tory mentioned jake matthews matt ryan um Great and who am I forgetting about great grady jared and and grady jared also and and he He uh, he tended to all of those Um with this trade and it does help them move on Um, and it does I think put to rest A long-standing story that had been going on forever. I think just if we're just talking about everybody moving on I think that's good for the falcons. I think that's good for deon jones I think who just kind of wanted to play and wanted a fresh start Um, and I think for them to get people will look at the draft pick compensation and say well, that's not very much That's not the point of this deal I think deon was willing to restructure and restructure and found himself At a place where he wanted to play again I was very clear that it wasn't going to be here and I think that while it comes kind of in the dead of night on Like right after week five at least we have some resolution because there were so much There were so many questions about what they were going to do with deon jones when he fully got healthy Um, he hasn't been around too much on the practice field Um, Tory's got her hand raised and then we'll go to ask. Yes. I would I was just going to say like this shouldn't Really come as a surprise to anyone considering what we have seen the falcons do over the course of this off season And that includes going out and getting rashaun evans that it also you talk about Drafting troi anderson as high as what they did and then also also go back to what arthur smith was talking about Literally a couple months ago in training camp when he was specifically asked about deon jones and he made the comment He was like it's not like if deon's fully healthy We're gonna pull michael walker or rashaun evans and put deon jones and he will have to he would have to Work for that starting spot back. I mean these were all topics of conversation that we have talked about Ad nauseam. I feel like for the last like Five six seven months however long it's been and now what you're talking about scott finally have a resolution that It makes sense. I think it's good for both parties. I agree with that And also it's just it's nice to kind of put a bow on this and be able to move on Yeah, definitely and and ashton you you're obviously new to this team and new to this market So you haven't seen deon jones play in person a lot, but but you have seen michael walker play You have seen rashaun evans play and and troi anderson talk about maybe the state of this inside linebacker group Now that deon jones is no longer A part of it in any way shape or form. Yeah, for sure I think michael walker rashaun evans and troi anderson have been the glue I would say to this the falcons defense through these Through these five first games or the first five games Michael walker's injury today Was definitely a big hit to the falcons defense. I would say especially late in the game, you know When the falcons were kind of making a comeback But I think the state of this linebacker group is is really good, you know rashaun evans He has played in the league for a couple years now michael walker, he's stepping up to the plate and I think You know, he's a leader on this defense and I think more players are looking to him for his leadership and for his play He's been making plays, you know all over the field like I said through these first five games And I think troi anderson is now getting acclimated to the league Um, he had a really a few nice plays throughout these first five games And I think today he did really good stepping in for michael walker, but um, I think this linebacker core is in a really good spot Yeah, and they use a second draft pick on troi anderson that they have a young guy and michael walker and rashaun evans has been really good So I I think they've set themselves up for the future Just one last note from me on on this deon jones Like situation is I feel like this was the last order of business for terry fauno and arthur smith and the falcons To kind of move on from the from the previous regime right all these contracts that they inherited some veteran players That had been maybe uh rewarded beyond what they were You know, at least some of them that were still getting paid And I think that now that was the final order of business or one of the last to really kind of turn the page And now terry and arthur can move into especially 2023 without a lot of this dead cap space with a lot of the guys they want to have around and then You know contracts that they've that they've been able to move on from so I think that that's an important thing Uh to write any last words on this are we ready to move on to this bucks game? I think I think we have talked about deon jones more than Anybody has on any podcast. I don't know if I I so I feel like we have hit Everything and anything we possibly could about deon jones. And you know, I will say this he um as much as I think The last couple of years Especially last year was not the deon jones that falcons fans New I think deon jones his career in atlanta should be commended. It was a really fantastic career. It's a proble career um Proble season. I mean, this is a guy who helped atlanta win games and so You talk about fresh starts I feel like it's kind of the same sentiment as when they traded away matt ryan and traded away julio jones And it's like you don't forget what they did for the falcons And you kind of hope the best for them as they as they move on because everybody right now is kind of getting to the point where it's like Okay, everybody's turning a page on on what was and now what terry and arthur want to do in atlanta now Yeah, I mean nothing in this or very rarely in this league does it end perfectly clean But I do think that time and separation will eventually Allow fans to be able to acknowledge all of the contributors to what was a very good run Um over over a couple seasons in atlanta um now moving on to this game somehow After everything that happened in this game Yeah, now it plays second fiddle to what we just discussed But nonetheless a 21 to 15 loss to the to the tampa bay buccaneers This is another one of the situations like we've seen With the falcons every time is that there there's a dramatic finish It comes down to to the fourth quarter of a game that's ultimately only separated by one score And yeah, um, there was a point where the falcons were down 21 points and then they came roaring back With shadows of week two against the rams and they couldn't finish the job then they couldn't finish the job here But let's get right to what everybody wants to hear about here is that the falcons were Did not have an opportunity to complete their comeback because after grady jared Sacked tom brady on third down with I don't have the time in front of you, but three minutes left um grady jared was flagged and penalized for a roughing the pass or penalty that extended the buccaneers drive the buccaneers drive ultimately continue downfield To the point that they were able to let the clock expire the comeback never happened and the call was Extremely controversial both when watching it live And afterward with what was said Yeah, not by the falcons. Okay, uh, grady jared declined to comment right after the game arthur smith stayed away from making any overt criticisms uh tom brady said I don't throw the flags And um, and and and let's get to the most important one here and i'll just read it Guys if you don't mind This is from pfwa cool reporter greg allman who covers the temporary buccaneers In an interview with referee jerome boger The question was about grady jared's roughing the pass or penalty that extended the drive and the reporter asked for clarification On what constituted roughing the pass or on that play Jerome boger said and I quote what I had was the defender grabbed the quarterback while he was still in the pocket And unnecessarily throwing him to the ground think about that phrase This is what I was making my decision based upon he was then asked Because the play was similar to an injury to my every quarterback to uh taggo taggo taggo vialoa Was it something that you had made a specific measure to try to watch out for takedowns on the quarterback like that And the referee said no not necessarily um His comment seemed to pour gasoline on a fire that extended not just throughout the falcons fan base, which was obviously Upset by it but also across the nfl landscape. This is going to be a conversation on good morning football on espn sport center And all over the place This was a major controversial call. I'm now editorializing for one second if I may I think the flag was incorrect I think it cost the falcons dearly as tori put it in her Excellent recap of the situation We have absolutely no idea if it would have set up Or if the falcons could have completed a comeback and beat the buccaneers They were down only six a touchdown and an extra point would have won it We don't know what what would have happened there, but we're talking about that call specifically I don't agree with the call that was made Yeah, it's it's really hard to go back and and watch it because watching it live you you kind of I mean, there's the emotion of the game and everything like that and the falcons are Roaring back and everything but then to go back and watch the replay it's really hard to watch the replay and I think Every feeling that not only falcons fans feel but I think the like people who are watching this play within the league at large Every feeling of kind of anger or frustration. I think it's very valid Because it I mean I I just myself. I don't agree with the call at all There's not a part of me that agrees with it, but it's the call that was made However, I also think that it it goes to show you When we were watching the game live and I don't think people saw this because We were in a tv time out because it was at the two minute mark and Grady Jarrett I have never seen Grady Jarrett as agitated and visibly frustrated as what he was He was pacing the field absolutely pacing up and down I don't think I saw him stop moving from the moment that flag was thrown until the end of the game and And it is really tough when you're talking about a player like Grady Jarrett who in that moment We're talking about a guy who for the last three weeks has come up with a sack when it mattered most and for that to happen on a Let's be honest kind of a technicality of the rule and it's a very like judge A very much like how you interpret the rule In the moment like that is very very frustrating and I honestly I I was kind of hoping when we went into the locker room post game and we go into this Um post game press conference with Arthur Smith.  I think as what a lot of people thought Um because it did feel kind of like that that you know, it's like screw the fines Who cares like that's I think the sentiment that a lot of people were thinking But that didn't happen at all What happened was as Arthur Smith comes out and he's very much like very adamant about not talking about it And like not really answering questions about it He answers the questions, but it's essentially like I haven't seen the film And I need to go back and watch it because I need to know how I need to coach that situation. It was very very like Buttoned up and then Grady Jarrett declining to do a post game interview Which is not something that Grady Jarrett like ever does. I think that should go to show you how Much he really cared about that moment Um, I personally don't think I could have gotten in front of a camera And been able to say something and not have gotten in major trouble And I think Arthur Smith, you know, we'll talk to him on Monday and I'm sure it'll come up again but Something that I want people to understand is like, yes Like you can kind of get like what like why didn't Arthur Smith like stick up for his guy It's like well, you don't know if you're gonna see this officiating crew again And if you burn that officiating crew like In the reputation that you could have like with officials at large, like that's a part of the conversation too It's not just about the money and getting fined or whatever It's about all of this stuff combined. And so it's a really tough situation I think for Grady Jarrett and Arthur Smith to be in to where they can't say like We don't freaking agree with this because there's no way that they freaking agree with it because it was ridiculous, but that's just me Like just just going on his field again, but for real it was very it was a very very frustrating moment And again, I think every emotion anger frustration is valid in those moments Ashton What were they saying on the broadcast after it happened and what was your reaction to it? Yeah, I mean watching it live it looked like a regular Grady Jarrett set, you know from the last three games, if I'm being honest um The the announcers on the broadcast, um, you know, I think they were trying to figure out what exactly was going on on the field um, because they kept replaying it they kept replaying it and Once the official call came that it was a roughing impassor Um, even the announcers didn't know exactly what was going on until they made the official call um, just because you know it compared to I guess to us hit and compared to Grady Jarrett's second time brady It was it was it was different all, you know throughout it was different all the way.  Um, but Watching it live it it looked like a regular sec. Um, and I was I was confused I could not agree with you all more about You know, I think the call was wrong, but Like Tory said, you can't really burn these bridges with the this officiating crew because you you might see them later on down that season. So I also With the refs were saying Yeah, and I also think um something that scott you were talking to kaleb huntley about in the locker room that I put in the story That I thought was really like well said it was he was like, you know, it looked like just another sack and he was like and He was talking about that moment and how in that moment the offense felt as confident as it had All game like that's a that's a part of this too is like the repercussions.  We were able to move the ball. You got ozzy in in the end zone. You got avry in the end zone It was a one score game. It felt different at that point. And so I think he even said I can't remember his exact quote, but it was something along the lines of like We felt good like getting the ball back or or something a lot scott. Do you remember what the quote was? um I don't actually No, you're good. You're good. I but it was just something along the lines of like we believe That if we would have gotten the ball back like we could have gotten the job done. I think it's kind of the gist of it Yeah, yeah, definitely and and and I think that that's We're like we're never gonna know if that's accurate But uh, nonetheless This is another one of these games that came down to the wire It did have a a controversial moment and the weird thing is Grady Jarrett will speak to the media again And he'll have some comments on it one way or the other and arthur smith will talk about it on monday And maybe nfl officiating through their twitter account or through a statement or something like that We'll we'll address this call at some point Nothing is going to make you feel better about it because not going to go back and change what happened You know, um, it's it's just not arthur As you pointed out sorry arthur smith getting upset in front of a mic uh of a microphone is not going to change the play The nfl admitting it was wrong. It doesn't do it like the nba does But that's not going to change the play It's not going to change the outcome the falcons are still two and three and I And I transitioned here kind of to our last overarching topic about something that I wrote about something that ashen wrote About that I think is an important part of this Right is that I thought okay Well, here's another example to write something or a column about How the falcons are fighters how they never give up how they're so close to to kind of completing some of these improbable victories and then in talking to jake matthews. He said Yeah, that's great. But we already knew we could fight But what was unacceptable and I think this is them leveling up It's not like oh, we we we we really tried hard This is we got to do better earlier So we don't have these problems late And I think that that was an important thing ashen wrote about with marcus mariotta talking about having to turn things on early The reason why I didn't know about the end of the huntly quote tori is because I was desperately searching another story to find a quote by lorenzo carter Who I thought was Was like pretty good on this topic as well You know and and and and and that's why I look at it Which is a word was too. Yeah, and and I think that I think it's good that these guys realize it's not like oh We came up just short It's actually You know something more than that lorenzo carter said we definitely have to clean it up and make more plays early in the game That might keep us from having to fight for our lives at the end And that's what's happening right is that they were down 21 And they need nothing short of a football Miracle, right? They're down 28 They're down 25 points to the rams and they need something crazy to happen to try to get back into it Well, if you didn't fall back that far you wouldn't have to climb so far to get back out of the hole that you dug Right, so I think that that's an important thing moving forward. I'll just talk about the defense, right? We and then ash and you can talk about it from the offensive side Defensively, we've seen that their strongest play has come in the fourth quarter over final drives I thought they did a really good job containing the run of the bucks But tom brady's quick passing game was an absolute killer too often They were getting the Tampa Bay in third downs, but they were third and manageable or third and short And they were being converted. They were uh, they were executing so many plays and I think that Eventually that that does wear on you eventually they did give up some touchdowns And it was just too much before they kind of kicked it in gear and shut things down In the fourth quarter. So ultimately I agree with Lorenzo I I agree with jake and I agree with what Ashton is going to tell you about what marcus said in that You can't start that flat against a quality team and expect to come out with a victory We said before we're not writing the falcons off of any game anymore They have shown us reason that they can that they can compete with anybody But that means competing all the time It doesn't mean only competing in the third in the fourth quarter. It means kicking it in earlier That didn't happen defensively ashton. What did you think of their offensive performance? Yeah, I mean So in the first the two first quarters alone the falcons had 89 total net yards compared to Tampa Bay's 297 net yards But marcus mario to hit it right on the head. They have to be better on the first and second downs They just weren't executing on first and second downs, which were Pretty which were you know that cost them a lot also the costly penalties that the offensive line the holding Just all of those different things combined just I would say Knocked off the momentum of the offense and I think um, you know, they're knocked off the and also you factor in Coppets and cordial Patterson not being in So you now have to rely on Caleb Huntley, Tyler, Tyler Algier Drake london young players to step up and carry a heavy load Um, and I think you know, they were just trying to figure it out as the game went on But it was just so many I think the falcons were kind of messing up themselves Going into the or throughout the course of this game And um, I think that's why the offense struggled throughout the first three quarters to be honest Yeah, Tori, what do you weigh into this whole thing as they try to apply kind of what they have learned From this game. I mean early on it seemed like it was going to be lopsided in every phase And then all of a sudden it wasn't in a hurry Yeah, I I mean I think going off of The the offensive performance I Through the first half was not really like upset by what we were seeing from the defense Like yes, they were giving up yards, but we have said time and time again If I said it once I said a thousand times already like this defense operates in a bend Don't break type of mentality as long as they're not as long as the buccaneers are not getting in the end zone You're all right For me, it really hinged upon what ashton was talking about on first and second down And how the falcons were consistently Not able to get in a third and short situation I mean I I'm going to have to go back and and look at it and see how many third and long situations They were in especially in that first half because when the falcons are in a third and long situation They get away from who they are Which we know is a physical run first team. That's who they want to be that's who Arthur Smith wants them to be and when you are in a third and 12 third and 10 third and nine You can't be that in that moment. And so I think for me, it's like that whole That's something that's going to be um Shameless plug like my notebook's going to be a lot about like the offensive operation when they get Maybe three or four yards off of a run on first down in comparison to when they don't when they have an Incompletion on first down. So these are all very like Minutes topics that we're talking about but in a grand scheme when you aren't converting at a clip On first and second down you're consistently putting yourself behind the sticks on third down It makes it a lot harder for this offense to operate the way that it wants to so That's my spiel. That's my two takes on it. Yeah, and and as we kind of wrap this thing up But I think that the the roughing the passer call will dominate headlines and discussion On radio and podcasts and television shows and all that type of thing For a while, but I think the latter part of this podcast the more The less Grabby topics. Yes or what the falcons really have to continue to work on and progress and improve at as They move through a difficult stretch where they face Um, the san francisco 49ers next week. They suffer the 49ers suffered a lot of injuries. They're starting safety They're starting cornerback their kicker and nick bosa all went down with injuries against carolina They're going to lick their wounds in west virginia before coming down to Atlanta That's going to be a big game and the Cincinnati bangles as well This is a very difficult three game stretch and they need to apply lessons that they learned against Tampa bay If they hope to go out there and beat the 49ers beat the bangles get back above 500 and really assert themselves as a team To be respected no matter who they're playing. So, uh, I think that's gonna wow, we went through a lot of stuff So much I think that's gonna wrap it all up for, um Tori ashton and me Please write review subscribe. Just another reminder if you're a falcons final whistle subscriber Please go over to the falcons podcast network Subscribe there. You can get all of our podcasts there in addition to falcons of focus and falcons audible I cannot wait to hear Dave archer And derek wrackley and dj shockley talk about this grady jarrett thing also one last thing big kudos to Dave archer, right? west West Durham west Durham Had some flight issues. Dave archer called this game by himself by himself a football game by himself That's unreal very difficult The man really worked his way through it analysis and play by play all of it without a whole a whole lot of notice That he was going to have to do that Big ups to uh, Dave archer. So anyway, thank you guys so much for joining in For subscribing for listening for giving us that five star review and we will talk to you after next week's game against the 49