Jay Flaunts His Ignorance. The Podcast.

You need more irreverant entymology in your life! Next event: This Saturday, July 21-22 2018 it’s Omaha Moth Night (and National Moth Week) at Indian Cave State Park in Falls City, Nebraska. And another event coming up October 6! 023.mp3 (1h36m 89MB) Links: Omaha Bug Symposium on FaceBook National Moth Week BioQuip Products, Inc. BugGuide.net iNaturalist app Moth Photographers Group Backyard Farmer Omaha Magazine article KVNO News: interview, article

In this very silly and pointless episode four of us play the Total Rickall Card Game. We enthusiastically recommend that game and Rick and Morty S2E4, from which it came. In the intro Brad explains why posting this episode at all is pointless. And why the Nintendo Switch Zelda: Breath of the Wild stamina bar is total BS. Who knows why anyone enjoys anything on the Internet? Mysteries abound. The Dude abides. total_rickall_1.mp3 (1h 29MB)

Don Herfert tells us about riding his motorcycle from California to Alaska and back in 2015. Also, years ago, he left his home in Arizona on his bike and “got lost.” For 17 months. I hope to be this alive when I’m in my 70s. :) 022.mp3 (57m 27MB)

Yay lots of religion and politics! Jay and his mom and dad talk about the book and movie “The Shack” after Jay rants about a frustrating conversation he had with a gentlemen recently. We also discuss a talk we attended in downtown Kansas City by Mark Gerzon, author of The Reunited States of America: How We Can Bridge the Partisan Divide. 021.mp3 (1h43m 49MB) Food Not Bombs The Reunited States of America by Mark Gerzon The Shack by William Paul Young

Jay’s brother Brad Hannah just started a new job as a Biomedical Technician. Fascinated, Jay asks Brad lots of silly questions about how his new job works and how it compares to his old job repairing instrument landing, weather, and other systems at airports in Colorado and other states. 020.mp3 (33m 16MB) CBET - Certified Biomedical Equipment Technician

Rebecca Stavick, private citizen, tells the genesis story of the civic hacking organization Open/Nebraska. We also discuss public libraries: their mission, potential, and budget concerns given the Trump administration 2018 budget blueprint. Later Rebecca tells her story about flying out to Washington DC with her mother for the Women’s March on Washington. 019.mp3 (1h14m 36MB) Apologies to Lora Mae Frecks who did all the data gathering work for the Open/Nebraska localboards project. 10m into this podcast, Jay incorrectly cites credit to the wrong person. Jay is an idiot and you should not listen to his blathering. :) Hi From The Other Side Institute of Museum and Library Services National Endowment for the Arts Women’s March on Washington Democratic Socialists of America

Jay’s grandfather, Earl C. Humphrey, served in the United States Navy during World War II. He was serving aboard the USS Houston CA-30, out to sea, when Japan attacked Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. In this special edition episode, Earl recounts his time as a prisoner of war (POW) working the Burma-Thai ‘Death’ Railway, and stories from the homestead in southeast Iowa. earl8.mp3 (1h 13m 35MB) Timeline: 1920 Earl was born near Glasgow, Iowa. 1942 March 1st, the USS Houston CA-30 was sunk by the Japanese Navy. Earl became a POW for 3 1/2 years. 1946 Earl married Macil Marine Stark, Jay’s grandmother. You’ll hear Marine occasionally in the background. Fact checking, adding some dates and names, washing dishes, occasionally vacuuming. :) 1980 Earl suffered his first stroke. His speech eventually mostly recovered, but you’ll hear some slurring in these recordings. 1982 Jay’s father (Jim Hannah) interviewed Earl. You’re listening to those recordings. 2000 Earl passed away in Independence, Missouri. We all m

Jay’s grandfather, Earl C. Humphrey, served in the United States Navy during World War II. He was serving aboard the USS Houston CA-30, out to sea, when Japan attacked Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. In this special edition episode, Earl recounts his time as a prisoner of war (POW) working the Burma-Thai ‘Death’ Railway. earl4.mp3 (48m 23MB) Timeline: 1920 Earl was born near Glasgow, Iowa. 1942 March 1st, the USS Houston CA-30 was sunk by the Japanese Navy. Earl became a POW for 3 1/2 years. 1946 Earl married Macil Marine Stark, Jay’s grandmother. You’ll hear Marine occasionally in the background. Fact checking, adding some dates and names, washing dishes, occasionally vacuuming. :) 1980 Earl suffered his first stroke. His speech eventually mostly recovered, but you’ll hear some slurring in these recordings. 1982 Jay’s father (Jim Hannah) interviewed Earl. You’re listening to those recordings. 2000 Earl passed away in Independence, Missouri. We all miss him. <3 2006 Marine passed away in Independe

Jay’s grandfather, Earl C. Humphrey, served in the United States Navy during World War II. He was serving aboard the USS Houston CA-30, out to sea, when Japan attacked Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. In this special edition episode, Earl recounts the sinking of the USS Houston CA-30. earl3.mp3 (48m 23MB) Timeline: 1920 Earl was born near Glasgow, Iowa. 1942 March 1st, the USS Houston CA-30 was sunk by the Japanese Navy. This episode is that story. 1946 Earl married Macil Marine Stark, Jay’s grandmother. You’ll hear Marine occasionally in the background. Fact checking, adding some dates and names, washing dishes, occasionally vacuuming. :) 1980 Earl suffered his first stroke. His speech eventually mostly recovered, but you’ll hear some slurring in these recordings. 1982 Jay’s father (Jim Hannah) interviewed Earl. You’re listening to those recordings. 2000 Earl passed away in Independence, Missouri. We all miss him. <3 2006 Marine passed away in Independence, Missouri. We all miss her. <3 Misc

Jay and Dave talk about minimum wage and the future of work. As jobs like drivers and cashiers (and eventually programmers and network engineers) are eliminated, what does the future of work look like? Do we need a social safety net? What form should that take? Univeral Basic Income, Living Wage and other terms are used, probably incorrectly. 018.mp3 (48m 23MB) Embedded below, 3 videos we referenced in the discussion.

Phil Brown writes The Farnam Prophet, a blog covering the Omaha metro and nearby news and politics. Phil and Jay talk about a wide range of topics: Nebraska TIF Report (Tax Increment Financing). A project of Open/Nebraska. Omaha World Herald editorials Leavenworth St - “the talk of Nebraska politics” Open Sky Policy Institute - active in TIF policy now? Heath Mello for Omaha Mayor Rethinking the Restaurant Tax 017.mp3 (49m 23MB)

Pokèmon Go didn’t exist a week ago, and is suddenly the #1 app in the world. Jay talks with Gabriel Fitzgarrald, a lifetime Pokèmon super fan about its Ingress heritage, its amazing impact on millions of people young and old suddenly getting tons of exercise, and game and social dynamics. Did you know the Westboro Baptist Church is a Pokèmon Go gym? No kidding. Yowzers. 016.mp3 (42m 20MB) Links: Pokèmon Go: Team Mystic Of Utah OpenWest 2016 - the computer conference we recorded at.

Jay’s first week living in an RV full time, camping at the Old Threshers Reunion campground. This year’s reunion is September 1st - 5th in Mt. Pleasant, Iowa. With over 2,000 exhibits & attractions you should not miss it. 30-35 thousand visitors attended in 2015. It’s an amazing event. Jay talks with Terry McWilliams, CEO of the association, who generously gave some of his time on a busy Thursday morning. Terry does local radio spots every week, so is much better at podcasting than Jay is. :) Jay’s parents and grandparents are from Mt. Pleasant. He has many years of fond memories attending the Old Threshers reunion with them, and was very excited to spend a week on the grounds. 015.mp3 (27m 13MB) Links: Old Threshers Reunion Tons of YouTube videos show off the amazing 1920s steam tractors and much more.

The OPS Board is 9 publically elected volunteers who oversee the $848M annual OPS budget serving 51,000 students. If you live in Distict 3, Alex would appreciate your vote this November. We talk about his motivations to run, how OPS works, and how to improve it. Also how PTAs/PTOs work, last October’s sex ed public meeting that turned ugly, and student population forecasting frustrations. Beyond school stuff, we also chatted about the Keystone XL pipeline, Open/Nebraska, and Jay’s imminent hobo lifestyle. 014.mp3 (1h 15m 36MB) Links: Alex P. Gates for OPS School Board - or on FaceBook Bold Nebraska Open/Nebraska

Ever ridden your motorcycle from Nebraska to the northern tip of Alaska and the southern tip of South America? Frank Tabor has. Listen in amazement to a few of his stories of thousands of miles on two wheels. 013.mp3 (1h 36m 46MB) Recommended reading: Two Wheels to Adventure by Danny Liska Riding South by Dr. Gregory W. Frazier Against the Wind, a Rider’s Account of the Incredible Iron Butt Rally by Ron Ayres Riding the World, The Biker’s Road Map for a Seven-Continent Adventure by Gregory Frazier The Last Hurrah, From Beijing to Arnhem 2005 by Des Molloy Obsessions Die Hard, Motorcycling the Pan American Highway’s Jungle Gap by Ed Culberson Helge Pedersen claims to have ridden through the Darien Gap Jay referred several times to: Two Wheels Through Terror, Diary of a South American Motorcycle Odyssey by Glen Heggstad

In response to episode 11, Dave Kerber (of episode 9) and Alec Larsen (of episode 0) join Jay to talk prohibition again, mostly focusing on guns. Is governmental prohibition of anything ever a good thing? 012.mp3 (2h 14m 64MB) NPR Planet Money: Accidents Of History Created U.S. Health System talks to “why is my health care tied to my employment?” NPR Planet Money: The Birth of the Dollar Bill “Before the Civil War, there were 8,000 different kinds of money in the United States.” Mother Jones on mass shootings Number of guns per capita by country List of countries by intentional homicide rate List of countries by firearm-related death rate List of countries by GDP (PPP) per capita Gun violence in the United States by state List of United States cities by crime rate (2012) COMPARING MURDER RATES AND GUN OWNERSHIP ACROSS COUNTRIES MURDER AND HOMICIDE RATES BEFORE AND AFTER GUN BANS

Jay and Hasani Hunter chat about all types of Prohibition: drugs, alcohol, guns, tobacco, gambling, prostitution. Does prohibition work? When is it a good / bad idea? Is Jay a massive hypocrite when it comes to drugs vs. guns? Jay even yapped about recent California legislation affecting transgender people under Title 9. Brace yourself. 011.mp3 (1h 16m 37MB) Jim Jefferies on guns - Australia vs. America Mother Jones on mass shootings Radiolab Presents: Invisibilia - Alix tells us a story about two very basic categories: boy and girl. We’ve heard lots of stories about the sometimes blurry boundaries between boy and girl, but Alix introduces us to someone who experiences those categories in a way that was totally, completely new to us.

Andre Simones, an agile coach and trainer with One80 Services walks Jay through Agile best practices, including effort estimation and velocity metrics known as Story Points. Jay thought Agile practices were only used in computer programming, but he was wrong! This episode might be fairly Inside Baseball, but we do a soft intro at the beginning, so hopefully anyone can listen, regardless of your level of experience in tech. :) 010.mp3 (41m 20MB) Omaha Agile Development

In early June Dave Kerber of Agape Red left all his material possessions behind, was dropped off in downtown Omaha, and lived homeless for a week. Where did he sleep? What did he eat? Who did he meet? 009.mp3 (1h 56m 56MB) Open Door Mission Food Not Bombs: Omaha Siena/Francis House Cherith Brook Catholic Worker House - Kansas City, Missouri, USA

Jay talks with Jim Hannah about humanity’s pressing need to eliminate nuclear weapons. 008.mp3 (1h 10m 34MB) August 9th 2015 will be the 70th anniversary of the atomic bombing of Nagasaki. The Community of Christ church will host the event spoken of in the podcast in Independence, Missouri USA. Richard Rhodes 1986: The Making of the Atomic Bomb. 2010: The Twilight of the Bombs: Recent Challenges, New Dangers, and the Prospects for a World Without Nuclear Weapons PeaceWorks KC Nebraskans for Peace