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  • It Will Probably Be Okay: Journals

    This is the second in our series of off the cuff, spontaneous podcast journals. Our hosts (mostly Gabe) take a minute to ramble about something and see what comes out. Then they share it with you. *This time: The Credibility Bookshelf vs. Authenticity. *

    Links:

    • Want to look smart? Try a credibility bookshelf
    — Toss out your pantsuits, put aside your Ph.D.’s: In quarantine, the surest way to command expertise is to plop yourself in front of a bookshelf.
  • THE BACKGROUND
    • 7 min
  • It will Probably Be Ok: Journals

    Welcome to It Will Probably Be Okay: Journals.

    Off the cuff extemporaneous speaking with words and passion.

    This is a short journal entry on the impact that I see the ongoing COVID-19 panic having on the children I work with. Not specifically, but as a whole generation. I should probably emphasize that.

    This essay represents my own views and not the views of my employers or the liscencing board which hodls my professional credentials. Maybe if you're going to put this disclaimer on it, you shoudn't publish it.

    7 min
  • Outtake from S01E11

    No new epsidode this week. Sorry not sorry.

    However, we pay for this service so we figure we'd better use it. Also, we love our listeners. Season 2 of "It Will Probably Be Ok" is coming soon, but until then, I want you to enjoy this outtake from S01E11 A moral decision. It's got spoilers for the end of "Avengers: Endgame" but like, so did the 2020 Elections. **¯_(ツ)_/¯*

    Links:

    • That's NOT How Time Travel works! || Endgame YTP - YouTube
    — "I don't know why everyone thinks that, but it's wrong."
  • West Coast Avengers - Wikipedia
    • — The team is founded by the Avenger Hawkeye in response to a suggestion by fellow Avenger, the Vision, who at the time (as team chairman) wished to expand the Avengers' influence.
  • "No,I don't think I will." - Avengers:Endgame Movie Clip HD - YouTube
    • — "No,I don't think I will."
  • Spider-Man: New York's Hero (Fan Film) - YouTube
  • Worst Things Tony Stark Has Done In The MCU | ScreenRant
    • — Iron Man may be the central figure of the MCU, but Tony Stark has done some pretty awful things over the course of his many movie appearances.
    6 min
  • Episode 18: S01E18 Eeeeeeeeeeeelection 2020

    See what we did with the title there? We made it a Long Election. With all those E's. Aren't we clever?

    We didn't want to record a podcast about the Election. But on Nov. 5, we did anyway. Well, some of us did. And it didn't work out great.

    There were problems.

    1. There was no way to know how this one would age, but we knew it would age quickly.
    2. There was no way to know how we would feel about it later, but we knew we would feel differently.
    3. There was no way to know that Gabe's track would be recorded by the onboard microphone in the world's cheapest webcam and therefore, make the discussion section completely unlistenable.

      4. Portions of Gabe's side of the conversation section of this episode were re-performed in order to make them listenable.

      It's an unusal episode, but at least it's short.

      Links:

      • Anderson Cooper's 'Obese Turtle' Viral Anti-Trump Rant Watched Over 10 Million Times
    4. (8) #trumpmeltown - Twitter Search / Twitter
    5. Roll of American dollar banknotes tightened with band · Free Stock Photo
    6. Thursday Morning: The president versus democracy
      7. — This is a dark and dangerous moment for American democracy.
      21 min
    7. s01e17: Curfews Create Crime

      Let’s talk about Curfews. Spoiler: Curfews create crime.

      Heads up: I know swearing is not unusual for this show. But this one seems to have an extraordinary amount of swears. Just FYI. Lots of appropriately wielded grown-up language in this episode.*

      In this episode of It Will Probably Be OK, we put aside our lingering anxiety about that darn pandy and spend some quality time instead worrying about police brutality, white supremacy, and what you should do when someone orders you to go home. Let’s talk about Curfews. Do they Work? Are they simply an escalation of the police state? And what impact do they have on crime reduction?

      Mini Topics

      • Nick observes that in a 20-year-long mirror, the tradition of wearing a date’s underwear on the outside of their suit coat seems surprisingly weird.
      • Nkenge wants to talk about egg nog -- specifically how well egg nog holds it’s liquor.

        • From there, we forget to come home before dark. And oh, boy. It does get dark.

        Links:

        • Man in Black White and Red Stripe Polo Shirt Standing Beside Woman in Black Dress · Free Stock Photo
      • Grayscale Photo of Crime Scene Do Not Cross Tape · Free Stock Photo
      • Alvin Cole's family's reaction to the Mensah decision - YouTube
      • Brutality by Design: Wauwatosa shows that curfew policy is intended to terrorize civilian population | The Milwaukee Independent
      • COVID-19 causes ‘chronic’ cognitive deficits equivalent to brain aging 10 years
        • — Coronavirus can significantly impact brain function, causing mental decline equivalent to the brain aging 10 years, according to an alarming new study.
      • Why Juvenile Curfews Don’t Work | The Marshall Project
        • — How a ‘90s panic spawned an anti-crime measure that doesn’t make you safer.
      • Arrest Of Alvin Cole Mother Reportedly Caught On Video In Tosa | Wauwatosa, WI Patch
        • — "I can't breathe," Tracy Cole was reportedly caught on camera saying during arrest.
      • Alvin Cole's mother and sisters arrested after more protests over teen's killing by police, attorney says - CNN
        • — Tracy Cole, Taleavia Cole, Tayudah Cole and Tristiana Cole were taken into custody in Wauwatosa, just west of Milwaukee, attorney Kimberly Motley told CNN.
      • Curfews “Definitely Work”—If We Define “Work” as Increasing the Possibilities for Police Violence – Mother Jones
        • — Curfews “Definitely Work”—If We Define “Work” as Increasing the Possibilities for Police Violence
      • Roll of American dollar banknotes tightened with band · Free Stock Photo
        • 49 min
      • Episode 16: S01E16 The Great Escape

        Recorded on 10/20/2020

        With the pandemic rearing and the US teetering on fascism, how has that changed how you seek to entertain yourselves? What are you doing now that you weren't doing before the pandy? What were you doing before the pandy that you can no longer stomach now? This is somehow more than a recommendation show. It's also a reckoning of the things that no longer bring us joy with the things we're not ready to throw out. Eat Shit, Marie Kondo.

        Join three friends as they make recommendations for books, music, film, television, social media, hobbies that can help our listeners make a great escape from real life.

        Links:

        • nonplussed - Google Search
        — 1.
        (of a person) surprised and confused so much that they are unsure how to react.
        "he would be completely nonplussed and embarrassed at the idea"
      • Earth's Skies Are Violet, We Just See Them As Blue
        • — Why is the sky blue? It's a common question asked by children, and the simple answer is that blue light is scattered by our atmosphere more than red light, hence the blue sky. That's basically true, but then why don't we see a violet sky?
      • Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives | Food Network
        • — Friday's not the night for me for TV
      • Overdub: Ultra realistic text to speech voice cloning - Descript
        • — Overdub lets you create a text to speech model of your voice.
      • Disrupting ‘The Great Gatsby’ |
        • — The Great Gatsby is a widely taught text. For what reasons might teachers and schools include this text in their curriculum? What is the value in teaching this text? Do you have to teach this—why?
      • The Silmarillion - Wikipedia
        • — The Silmarillion (Quenya: [silmaˈrilliɔn]) is a collection of mythopoeic stories by the English writer J. R. R. Tolkien, edited and published posthumously by his son Christopher Tolkien in 1977
      • The Stand - Wikipedia
        • — The Stand is a post-apocalyptic dark fantasy novel written by American author Stephen King and first published in 1978 by Doubleday.
      • Life Kit : NPR
      • Accidental Tech Podcast
        • — Three nerds discussing tech, Apple, programming, and loosely related matters.
      • Heavyweight | Gimlet
      • Data asks Worf to take care of Spot - YouTube
      • Unjustly Maligned | "Star Trek: Enterprise" with Pete Mele (Episode 79)
        • — The spirit of Star Trek has seen the franchise reinvented, revisited, and even rebooted, for more than 50 years — but of all its incarnations, perhaps none is so maligned as “Enterprise”. Pete Mele joins Antony to defend Captain Archer from threats on all sides.
      • Here Comes Garfield - Wikipedia
        • — Here Comes Garfield is a 1982 animated television special based on the comic strip Garfield by Jim Davis. It was the first half-hour Garfield TV special.
      • The Format - Wikipedia
        • — Their style can be considered a mixture of indie, alternative, punk and folk music, with elements of 1960s and 1970s pop music.
      • In the Court of the Crimson King - Wikipedia
        • — In the Court of the Crimson King (subtitled An Observation by King Crimson) is the debut studio album by English rock band King Crimson, released on 10 October 1969 by Island Records.
      • Jesus Christ Superstar — Daemon Records
        • — THE JCS PROJECT WAS ORIGINALLY CONCEIVED IN THE VIVID IMAGINATION OF ATLANTA BAND, BIG FISH ENSEMBLE’S MICHAEL LORANT. WHAT STARTED AS AN IDLE CONVERSATION EVENTUALLY SNOWBALLED INTO A FULL–BLOWN AND RATHER ELABORATE RECORDING PROJECT.
      • PEN15 - Wikipedia
        • — PEN15 is an American cringe comedy streaming television series, created by Maya Erskine, Anna Konkle, and Sam Zviblema
      • Woman in Red and Black Dress Standing on Green Grass Field · Free Stock Photo
      • How to correctly wear a face mask to stop coronavirus spread | wusa9.com
        • — The CDC has recommended people wear masks when social distancing measures are difficult to maintain, but a mask can be less effective if not worn properly.
      • Man in Black White and Red Stripe Polo Shirt Standing Beside Woman in Black Dress · Free Stock Photo
        • 45 min
      • Episode 15: S01E15: Pandenostication

        Pandenostication is not a real word, but many people seem to be doing it right now. What is the future of our world post-pandemic? How will our thoughts and prayers manifest in a world that has completely solved the Covid-19? Will it be as embarrassing to be still fighting Covid-19 in 2022 as it was to run Windows 98 in 2010? Never name your product with the year it was created, folks. It’s automatically dated.

        Right now, it seems hard to believe, but someday, this pandemic will end. What does a post-pandemic world look like? On this episode of It Will Probably Be OK, we take a look at four aspects of society, and we are going to forecast how things might change in these areas after the pandemic is over, whenever that may be.

        But before we jump in, we must acknowledge that health experts say we are in for a very dark winter. Here in Wisconsin, we are currently the national epicenter of Covid-19. We are seeing record case numbers on an almost daily basis and will soon see the opening of a large field hospital on our state fairgrounds. While today, we think about the world post-pandemic, we are not there yet. Wash your hands, keep a safe distance, and avoid unnecessary outings.

        Links:

        • Queen's College, Barbados
        — As an effective school, we aim for excellence and accept nothing less than excellence.
      • Daniel | Daniel K | Free Listening on SoundCloud
        • — Daniel K
        Australia
      • Wisconsin coronavirus: State sets up field hospital for Covid-19 patients as surge overwhelms hospitals - CNN
        • — Wisconsin is opening a field hospital at the state fair park in response to an alarming surge in Covid-19 hospitalizations that is overwhelming hospitals, Gov. Tony Evers announced.
      • Where Is the Coronavirus Pandemic Headed? - The New York Times
        • — Donald, you recently sent me an email that pretty much stopped me in my tracks. Because in it, you said that you were optimistic about the course of the pandemic. And that is not a word that I associate with either you or the pandemic. And it immediately made me think that we needed to talk.
      • 10-10-220 Dennis Miller "Popcorn" - YouTube
        • — TV :30 Client: MCI Agency: MVBMS/NY Video remains the property of Telecom*USA, All Rights Reserved.
      • Insane Clown Posse - Miracles (Official Music Video) - YouTube
        • — Insane Clown Posse's music video "Miracles" from their smash album 'Bang Pow Boom'.
      • Quad City DJ's - C'Mon 'N Ride It (The Train) - YouTube
        • — Let's throw it back to 1996, the year Quad City DJ's dropped C'Mon N' Ride It, the same year the first ever Game of Thrones was published, and Dolly the cloned sheep was born.
      • Fugue state - Wikipedia
        • — Dissociative fugue, formerly fugue state or psychogenic fugue, is a dissociative disorder[1] and a rare psychiatric disorder characterized by reversible amnesia for personal identity, including the memories, personality, and other identifying characteristics of individuality.
      • Pokémon Gold and Silver Versions - Bulbapedia, the community-driven Pokémon encyclopedia
        • — Unlike earlier games, Pokémon Gold and Silver take place in the Johto region, west of the region that the original games take place in, Kanto. However, Kanto can be traveled to later in the games.
      • Panda Bear on Green Grass · Free Stock Photo
        • — Photo by Laura Woodbury from Pexels
      • Hand holding a glass ball · Free Stock Photo
        • 47 min
      • Episode 14: S01E014: Genuine MLM

        Sometime last May, Nick, Nkenge and Gabe talked for a while about Multi-Level Marketing.

        Mini-Topics:

        Nkenge: LinkedIn somehow gets the blame for a shady marketer's hamfisted attempt to put her in their downstream.
        Gabe: It's been 60 days of quarantein. (We were not kidding about this being recoded in May.)

        Links:

        • "Serial" (Main Theme) - Bad Dream - YouTube
      • Find the Best Scented Wax & Warmers. Home & Body Products | Shop Scentsy
        • — This is Gabe's Scentsy Lady.
      • Amway United States | Start Your Own Business | Become an Amway IBO | Amway United States
        • — †This statement has not been evaluated by the Food and Drug Administration. This product is not intended to diagnose, treat, cure or prevent any disease.
      • S1 E1: Wanna Swim in Cash? · The Dream
        • — There’s nothing as intoxicating as piles of money, unless the Feds are watching you count it.
      • Multilevel Marketing (MLM) Definition
        • — Multilevel marketing (MLM) is a strategy some direct sales companies use to encourage existing distributors to recruit new distributors who are paid a percentage of their recruits' sales.
      • Close-up of Human Hand · Free Stock Photo
        • — Photo by Pixabay from Pexels
        38 min
      • Episode 13: 13: Cheesy Action At A Distance

        _This episode was originally recorded and edited in May of 2020. _

        Is it Throwback Thursday already? No! This is one of those episodes that fancy podcasters record and put them in a bank for when things get wacky. Oh, in case you haven't been paying attention to the news, things are getting real wacky here in our home state of Wisconsin.

        So here's an evergreen episode, as evergreen as we're capable of making, anyway. Join us as we consider Cheesy Action Movies and why they make us feel so good.

        Links:

        • Wisconsin Supreme Court Invalidates ‘Safer at Home’ Order
        — On May 13, 2020, the Wisconsin Supreme Court issued its decision in Wisconsin Legislature v. Secretary-Designee Andrea Palm, et al. and declared the state’s Safer at Home Order unlawful, invalid, and unenforceable, creating a rush by local jurisdictions to issue orders to prevent the spread of COVID-19, resulting in uncertainty for businesses as to how to operate.
      • Humans are the real monsters
        • — So the Speculative Fiction protagonist is fighting one or more nonhuman entities, and is one of the major forces of his kind. Battling onward, the hero is hit with true horror: the villains aren't fighting their equals or lessers, but their own monsters, who see the hero hat through a history of violent characteristics and nefarious motivations.
      • The babysitter and the man upstairs - Wikipedia
        • — They explain that the calls were coming from inside the house, and that the unidentified prowler was calling her after killing the children upstairs.[
      • IGN's Top 25 Cheesy Action Movies - IGN
        • — Cheesy action movies stand apart from regular action films; cheeseball action movies revel in their ridiculous plots, corny one-liners, and absurd stunt sequences.
      • Bloodsport (film) - Wikipedia
        • — Bloodsport is a 1988 American martial arts action film directed by Newt Arnold. It stars Jean-Claude Van Damme, Donald Gibb, Leah Ayres, and Bolo Yeung.
      • Double Impact - Wikipedia
        • — Double Impact is a 1991 American action film written and directed by Sheldon Lettich, and written, produced by and starring Jean-Claude van Damme in a dual role as Chad and Alex Wagner.
      • Beverly Hills Cop - Wikipedia
        • — Beverly Hills Cop is a 1984 American action comedy-drama film directed by Martin Brest, written by Daniel Petrie Jr. and starring Eddie Murphy as Axel Foley, a street-smart Detroit cop who visits Beverly Hills, California to solve the murder of his best friend.
      • Hudson Hawk - Wikipedia
        • — The film was a huge critical and commercial failure in the United States, only grossing $17 million and earning three Razzies (including Worst Picture), but overseas it was better received and grossed $80 million for a worldwide total of $97 million.
      • Home - Chuck Norris
        • — Chuck Norris's webpage beat up your webpage.
      • Tango & Cash - Wikipedia
        • — Tango & Cash is a 1989 American buddy cop action comedy film starring Sylvester Stallone, Kurt Russell, Jack Palance and Teri Hatcher. Stallone and Russell star as Raymond Tango and Gabriel Cash respectively, two rival LAPD narcotics detectives, who are forced to work together after the criminal mastermind Yves Perret (Palance) frames both of them for murder.
      • The Filthy Guy
        • — Sammo Hung is a poor village orphan called 'Filthy Guy' for his unwashed / diseased head whose ambitious landlord's son becomes king and wants to kill him
      • Wu Tang Collection : SAMO HUNG in RETURN OF SECRET RIVALS - YouTube
        • — Samo Hung is a poor village orphan called 'Filthy Guy' for his unwashed / diseased head whose ambitious landlord's son becomes king and wants to kill him as a prophecy predicts Samo Hung will replace him. Eventually Samo Hung becomes the first Ming Emperor.
      • Baahubali 2 - The Conclusion | Official Trailer (Hindi) | S.S. Rajamouli | Prabhas | Rana Daggubati - YouTube
        • — The most awaited trailer of the year is finally here. After years of wait, the second instalment to the Baahubali series is ready to hit the theatres. It's bigger, better & grander.
      • Charles Bronson - Movies, Family & Death - Biography
        • — American film Charles Bronson was best known for playing tough-guy, vigilante roles in films like 'The Magnificent Seven' and 'Death Wish.'
      • Harold Faltermeyer - Axel F (1984) Beverly Hills Cop - Soundtrack - YouTube
        • — Song
        Axel F
        Artist
        Harold Faltermeyer
      • Cheese and Wine on Brown Wooden Chopping Board · Free Stock Photo
        • — Photo by Nastasya Day from Pexels
        43 min
      • Episode 12: S01E12: Stream It Now

        Music is a powerful and perhaps the most powerful medium in the world. It has the near universality of mathematics and the heart and soul of each and every culture that participates in it. Today on it will probably be ok, a genius, a buffoon, and a storyteller get out of our way so that our intrepid hosts can share the songs that mean something to them.

        It Will Probably Be OK also has a podcast! STREAM IT NOW!

        Minitopics.

        Nick tells us about the best ice cream he's ever eaten.

        Nkenge dislikes that "new construction" smell.
        Gabe plugs "You Are Not So Smart," the podcast, not the lifestyle-choice.

        Recorded Sept. 20, 2020

        All referenced recordings are copyright their respective artists and labels. And there are better recordings that these anyway.

        Links:

        • Pop Will Eat Itself - Moral Majority & Mad Bastards - YouTube
        — From the band's 1990 album 'Cure For Sanity', the opening tracks
        01 The Incredible P.W.E.I. Vs. The Moral Majority
        02 Dance Of The Mad Bastards
      • BIRDHOUSE IN YOUR SOUL - THEY MIGHT BE GIANTS ( Complete Original Video ) - YouTube
        • — John Flansburgh and John Linnell are They Might Be Giants
      • 189 - The Vaccine - You Are Not So Smart - Omny.fm
        • — In this giant episode, experts on vaccines, epidemiology, psychology, and science communication explain how we created so much confusion about COVID-19, and how we can avoid doing it again when a vaccine is ready for widespread, public distribution.
      • Homemade Cereal Milk Ice Cream - Lovely Little Kitchen
        • — If you are like me and have never been to New York to visit her famous Milk Bar Bakery, you might not know that Cereal Milk Ice Cream is a thing!  And what a beautiful thing it is!
      • Election Week Cold Open - SNL - YouTube
        • — It's almost four years later, RBG just passed tonight and this is the moment I keep thinking about. "I'm not giving up and neither should you." Amen.
      • The Famous Polka - TMBW: The They Might Be Giants Knowledge Base
        • — When played at a 1992 show in Milwaukee, WI, the venue's stage collapsed after about 75 people started dancing on it. Right before the song, Flans told the audience, "We would like to ask you for this one brief moment to disregard the fire laws. Feel free to just... come on up, and help us out with the Famous... Polka."
      • Shows/1992-10-05 - TMBW: The They Might Be Giants Knowledge Base
        • — Flans said something along the lines of 'we didn't mean for anyone to come up on stage!' and he let everyone know that the show was continuing in a few minutes. The rest of the band eventually came out and after they started to play for a little while, the lights dimmed back down.
      • Bob Marley Trench Town Rock - YouTube
        • — One good thing about music, when it hits you fell no pain
      • Don't Call it a Comeback - YouTube
        • — Mama Said Knock You Out
      • The Hold Steady- "Your Little Hoodrat Friend" - YouTube
        • — The Hold Steady
        Your Little Hoodrat Friend
        French Kiss Records
      • Music on The O.C. - Wikipedia
        • — The use of music on FOX drama The O.C. gained much acclaim.
      • Sigur Rós at Abbey Road Recording Ara Batur - YouTube
        • — Sigur Rós on the last stretch of recording hop into Abbey Road studios to record to record Ara Batur with a 67-piece orchestra and the boys choir from the Harry Potter soundtracks.
        47 min

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      This is a funny, sweet, sad storytelling podcast where a genius, a storyteller, and a buffoon attempt to reconcile their tastes and aspirations with the fact that, for now, and for reasons, they live…