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This is the first show Stephen Liu co-hosted with me and we just generally discuss EV tech, can't go there without mentioning Elon Musk, some other clean energy tech issues, the recent Texas perfect storm and temporary collapse of their grid, Taiwan's economic and industrial contributions and the like. Buy a ticket and take the ride... We will go into deeper detail with specific segments of topics covered here and arrange some guests that can speak in some more depth and detail on EV, Clean energy, AI, Drone, robot tech,etc. in the near future.

Stephen Liu is a friend of mine here in Taichung, Taiwan. He has a very interesting life story and business background which in many ways parallels my own: manufacturing involving machine tools for export. Stephen also moved from his position on equipment sales to work for former customer Foxconn during their period of their and Apples steady growth together. Look forward to hearing more from Stephen and I on a new future podcast series in development where we'll focus on both environmentally & socially beneficial technologies from the East West perspective. Video cast will be up on new Youtube channel.

So the weekend after Thanksgiving a good time to reflect. i had been thinking about doing something to remember Mom since her passing on 7/2/20 of this year-declared a Covid 19 death. Mom had not been the healthiest-the picture above was at her 80th birthday party early this year. She looked pretty good, actually the best she had in a long time. Anyhow, the rest of what I want to say is in the podcast. Love you Mom-it wasn't always easy but it was always real. Wouldn't be here without you and I'll never forget that.

Socialybrium music permitted by Melvin Gibbs  who like me lived in Vandeveer Projects in Flatbush for a spell.

Today's podcast guest: Charles Blass is quite an interesting character. I originally met him thorough Melvin Gibbs on Twitter. This was back in the early days of twitter when you could see your "friends" friends in their stream and respond to conversations and meet new people. Charles was producing several musical projects at the time-new recordings in fact with Melvin Gibbs, The Burnt Sugar Orchestra, Socialybrium and others. He has been doing the Audio Gumbo Radio Show for a long time and does Sun Radio.

Charles and I talked for quite a while on many of his musical and cultural experiences (including Sun Ra, PFunk, Jef Lee Johnson, Jimi Hendrix) and contributions. Melvin Gibbs kindly provided permission to include the inclusion of music from Socialybrium: a special project between him, J T Lewis, Blackbyrd McKnight and the late legend: Bernie Worrell from PFunk, & Talking Heads fame.

Charles is currently involved in the Cicolab Project.

www.bbluesman.com

Sebastien is a software engineer that is originally from Reunion Island a French colony of Africa..Vistax is one of the 2 IPhone camera/photography Apps he's created; the other being Camera 1. I've been shooting exclusively on IPhone for several months now and using Vistax as my camera app and begin with one of their presets after capturing image. I've been quite impressed with the level of control and image quality in Vistax. So much so I thought I'd invite Sebastien on and find out more about his product and the man behind them.

Johnnie Crawford is quite a character; great photographer and passionate story teller on the images and people that are included. John's website is here and he is available for client work and also workshops and online webinars [email protected] .  We discuss these 7 images from Johnnie's Instagram collection: https://www.instagram.com/p/CFIKpCNH9B3/ https://www.instagram.com/p/CE93zXYHu0z/

https://www.instagram.com/p/CDhKKSKHMH3/ https://www.instagram.com/p/CC9JUAWniNm/

https://www.instagram.com/p/CCZDbb4nG7A/ https://www.instagram.com/p/CCg1PbjH10G/ 

Dan Whitley is a musician and the younger brother of Chris Whitley and uncle to Chris' daughter Trixie. The Whitleys  come from a couple of generations of artistic/creative talent. He had lots of great stories to share as well as some of his music 1 )Take My Life, 2) Shine, 3) The Killing Floor,4) The Way I Heal. http://www.danwhitley.com/ 

Jen Taylor is a genealogical research specialist. her interest began on her own family background which she has researched extensively and has filled out her family tress for multiple generations. I talk to her sharing my interest in conducting research on my family background and Jen takes u through what this kind of research entails and what kind of preparation you need to do before commencing. Jen can be reached on Twitter: @jentaylorsc1 or E-mail:  [email protected]

Taiaiake Alfred of the Kahnawake Mohawk tribe So. Quebec. He has written several books on indigenous rights, taught in different colleges on similar topics and serves as a consultant for several indigenous peoples for reclaiming, restoring and protecting their tribal rights and culture. he is also a former US Marine.

Have a good conversation with Cheryl Robbins Taiwan Indigenous culture specialist, tour guide, and author. Tribe Asia