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Jonathan LittleWPH #555: How Did He Do THAT???
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Brock Wilson finds himself in a tough spot on the river against poker professional David Coleman during a $10,000 buy-in event at the 2024 U.S. Poker Open. Wilson’s pocket kings turn into a king-high flush, and he faces a value bet from Coleman with the ace-high flush. Will Wilson be able to use his years of poker experience to make the correct laydown?
Generally when you choose to make a continuation bet in multi-way pots you should always be looking to use smaller bet sizes. In tournament poker when you are the bi...2025-03-1400 min
The Poker Coaching Podcast with Jonathan LittleWPH #555: How Did He Do THAT???
pokerstrategy #highstakespoker #pokergo
Brock Wilson finds himself in a tough spot on the river against poker professional David Coleman during a $10,000 buy-in event at the 2024 U.S. Poker Open. Wilson’s pocket kings turn into a king-high flush, and he faces a value bet from Coleman with the ace-high flush. Will Wilson be able to use his years of poker experience to make the correct laydown?
Generally when you choose to make a continuation bet in multi-way pots you should always be looking to use smaller bet sizes. In tournament poker when you are the bi...2025-03-1400 min
PokerNews PodcastGolden Globes Rumor – Does this Famous Hollywood Actor Play Poker?In the 873rd episode of the PokerNews Podcast, which is the second episode of Season 16, Chad Holloway, Kyna England, and Mike Holtz talk about the surprise PokerStars shoutout by actress Elle Fanning on the red carpet of the Golden Globes, where she also revealed that one of the hottest actors in Hollywood is a good poker player. Kyna then shares her story about recently meeting a celebrity of her own in rapper Nelly and Mike offers up a Jose Canseco tale, plus an opportunity to win your way to Las Vegas as part of the "Vegas Vacation...2025-01-1035 minPokerNews PodcastGolden Globes Rumor – Does this Famous Hollywood Actor Play Poker?In the 873rd episode of the PokerNews Podcast, which is the second episode of Season 16, Chad Holloway, Kyna England, and Mike Holtz talk about the surprise PokerStars shoutout by actress Elle Fanning on the red carpet of the Golden Globes, where she also revealed that one of the hottest actors in Hollywood is a good poker player. Kyna then shares her story about recently meeting a celebrity of her own in rapper Nelly and Mike offers up a Jose Canseco tale, plus an opportunity to win your way to Las Vegas as part of the "Vegas Vacation...2025-01-1035 min
The Battles We PickCivic Strategist Caitie Whelan on "Giving folks the tools to make public policy for the people"Send us a textCivic strategist Caitie Whelan's professional mission is to level the playing field of public policy. As she puts it on her website, "If regular folks don’t know how to have a voice in policymaking, lobbyists do. And they are very good at shaping it for their special interests." Caitie's work helping clients climb the learning curve of policy change advocacy made her a great guest for the podcast.As she guides clients along the advocacy learning curve, Catie focuses on three core questions:Who has the power to do wh...2025-01-0730 min
Torah Smash! The Podcast for Nerdy JewsEpisode 69 - Die Hard Is A Chanukah Movie ...With Special Guest Arnon ShorrDecember 4, 2024Torah Smash! The Podcast for Nerdy JewsEpisode 69 - Die Hard is a Chanukah Movie …With Special Guest Arnon ShorrChanukah falls on Christmas Day this year, so what better way to celebrate this overlap than debating if the classic action film, Die Hard, is a Christmas movie or a Chanukkah movie? We review what makes a movie holiday specific, the subtle Chanukkah plotline, and the movie’s Jewish characters… one which may surprise you! Make sure that you cuddle on the couch with some latkes and gelt in the warm glow of your m...2024-12-0447 minJonathan LittleWPH #535: HUGE ERROR In A High Stakes Poker Tournament!!!!!
#pokerstrategy #highstakespoker #pokergo
Jesse Lonis and Shannon Shorr get into a battle of the blinds during an event at the 2024 U.S. Poker Open at the PokerGo Studio in Las Vegas. Shorr puts Lonis all-in on the river and after some thought Lonis reaches for his timebank chips. To his horror, he can’t seem to find them anywhere! They’ve gone missing and he has only 10 seconds left to make a decision for his tournament life or his cards will be automatically folded!
You shouldn’t always raise your strong hands such as broadw...2024-10-3000 minThe Poker Coaching Podcast with Jonathan LittleWPH #535: HUGE ERROR In A High Stakes Poker Tournament!!!!!
#pokerstrategy #highstakespoker #pokergo
Jesse Lonis and Shannon Shorr get into a battle of the blinds during an event at the 2024 U.S. Poker Open at the PokerGo Studio in Las Vegas. Shorr puts Lonis all-in on the river and after some thought Lonis reaches for his timebank chips. To his horror, he can’t seem to find them anywhere! They’ve gone missing and he has only 10 seconds left to make a decision for his tournament life or his cards will be automatically folded!
You shouldn’t always raise your strong hands such as broadw...2024-10-3000 min
The Battles We PickWhite nationalism researcher Hannah Gais on the overlap of hate groups and the GOPSend us a textThe Intelligence Project of the Southern Poverty Law Center is well known for tracking and exposing the activities of hate and extremist groups. So it was great to have one of their researchers, Hannah Gais, as a guest on the podcast. Discussing her work on White nationalist and Neo-Nazi groups, Hannah told me about the extremist voices and ideas that the MAGA Republicans have welcomed into their Party. As one example, Hannah gave the back story on the Holocaust-denier who appeared recently on Sean Hannity's show, arguing that America was on the wrong...2024-09-1145 min
This Day in Sports History1972 Munich Olympic MassacreThis Day In Sports History is part of the Sports History Network - The Headquarters For Your Favorite Sport's Yesteryear.EPISODE SUMMARYIn 1972, eight members of 'Black September' stormed the Olympic village, killed two members of the Israeli contingent and took nine hostages. A bungled rescue attempt on the 6th resulted in the deaths of the hostages and one Munich police officer. The 12 who died were: Moshe Weinberg , Youssef Romano, Yossef Gutfreund, David Berger, Zev Friedman, Eliezer Halfin, Mark Slavin, Amitzur Shapira, Kehat Shorr, Andre Spitzer, and Yakov Springer. The German police officer...2024-09-0507 min
The Battles We PickVeteran immigrant rights advocate Charles Kamasaki on the last comprehensive reform, and the nextSend us a textIt is often noted that the last time Congress enacted comprehensive immigration reform was in the 1980s. Charles Kamasaki was not only deeply involved in shaping that legislation as an advocate, but he's also written an authoritative history of the effort titled Immigration Reform: The Corpse That Will Not Die. Kamasaki has for several decades guided the work of the nation’s largest Hispanic civil rights and advocacy organization, Unidos US, formerly known as the National Council of La Raza. The Migration Policy Institute has been the sponsor and outlet for much of Cha...2024-08-0843 min
Twins Talk Tech LeadershipEpisode 84: Project the Right ImageWhen was the last time you thought about the impact of your organization’s brand? What about your own image? A strong brand and image builds trust and can leave a memorable impression; an impression that lends to what can be expected. This type of reputation translates into value. Lisa Shorr shares why it is important within the tech sector to know the strength of your brand. Lisa is a Speaker, Corporate Brand & Image Consultant and Owner of Secure Future Tech Solutions. Highlights include:Her journey into technolo...2024-07-3048 min
The Battles We PickCivic Power coauthor Sabeel Rahman on bringing affected communities directly into decision-makingSend us a textCornell Law School Professor Sabeel Rahman is coauthor of an important recent book, Civic Power, about the urgent need to revitalize American democracy with much closer links between government and those it's meant to serve. The only path to meaningful equity and true government "by the people" is to engage affected communities as genuine agenda-setting and decision-making partners. Putting the traditionally disempowered at the center entails a fundamentally new approach to reform. Sabeel and I discussed some of the traditional frameworks for reform such as civility or transparency—abstractions that skate rig...2024-07-2744 min
The Battles We PickAfrican social entrepreneur Lolo Cynthia on getting healthy sexuality education into schoolsSend us a textLolo Cynthia is an African reproductive health activist, social entrepreneur, and experienced communicator. She shared some of the negative experiences that led her to focus on healthy sexuality and talked about how she gets schools to open up to the curriculum on sex and relationships that she developed. Drawing on what she’s observed about various advocacy efforts, Lolo has clear advice to offer on the best way to develop narratives as the basis of your advocacy on. It was also interesting to hear Lolo's perspective on the dangers of having adv...2024-07-1947 min
The Battles We PickPEN America CEO Suzanne Nossel on the battle over free speech and book banningSend us a textSuzanne Nossel leads the US chapter of PEN, the international network of professional writers dedicated to promoting and protecting the basic right to freedom of expression. Suzanne's book on the subject is titled Dare to Speak: Defending Freedom of Speech for All. Recently she highlighted the broader global struggle between freedom and autocracy in a Foreign Affairs article on The Real Culture Wars. I asked Suzanne how we got here, how a society that had prided itself on commitment to democracy could have lost touch with those values. She pointed out all the...2024-06-2637 min
The Battles We PickMemphis Councilwoman Michalyn Easter-Thomas on her Driving Equality Ordinance to Save Black LivesSend us a textAfter Tyre Nichols was killed by Memphis Police officers who had pulled him over for a trivial traffic infraction, City Councilwoman Michalyn Easter-Thomas "had never seen so many CNN cars and trucks and people in my life trying to see what was the next step for Memphis." With all that interest and scrutiny, colleagues on the Council assembled a package of police reforms. For Councilwoman Easter-Thomas, most notable was a big gap in the proposed ordinance: no reforms of the types of pretextual traffic stops that led to Nichols' death at police hands.2024-05-0150 min
The Battles We PickPhilanthropic adviser Stephen Saloom on the unique and vital role of community foundationsSend us a textOne interesting angle on advocacy are the effort some people devote to prodding certain key players to get more involved. In sectors like philanthropy, there can be a reluctance because it seems too political. As founder of the Center for Community Foundation Policy Leadership, longtime criminal justice reform advocate Stephen Saloom has been focused on encouraging and supporting community foundations to advocate on their issues. As Stephen shared on the podcast, the strongest case for doing so traces back to these organizations' stated missions. Community foundations' missions typically commit them to t...2024-04-1352 min
The Battles We PickAdvocacy evaluation pioneer Sarah Stachowiak on emerging challenges for the advocacy fieldSend us a textFirst episode back after a hiatus of several months, so I needed a great guest. Sarah Stachowiak is CEO of the Seattle-based evaluation consulting firm ORS Impact and has been an important role model for me and helped steer me toward becoming an evaluation consultant. Sarah's firm not only does great work for clients, but they provide vital thought leadership through the excellent resources they publish. Sarah and her colleagues advise some of philanthropy's most influential foundations, giving them a broad overview of the work of making change. In our conversation, For instance, S...2024-03-1643 min
1049 Park Avenue: An Odd Couple PodcastHeather Randall InterviewWe are honored and delighted to welcome Heather Randall to the podcast. Heather was married to Tony Randall from 1995 until his passing in 2004 and they had two children together. Heather shares many stories passed down by Tony and those she lived through regarding: his early life in Tulsa, Oklahoma, career beginnings on stage and radio, becoming a star on Broadway and movies, The Odd Couple of course, The Tony Randall Show, Sidney Shorr TV Movie, Love Sydney his work establishing The National Actors Theatre where he and Heather met and his appearances on David Letterman. We also learn about Ton...2024-03-162h 07
Cinematography Salon2023: Year in ReviewAs the new year begins, hosts Peter Pascucci and Ava Benjamin Shorr welcome guests Oren Soffer, former co-host of the podcast, and David Kruta, founder of Cinematography Salon. In 2023, the Salon expanded its reach, successfully hosted gatherings on both coasts, with holiday parties, panels, master classes and networking events, enriching the community's understanding and appreciation of the filmmaking process. Together they discuss how current events, technological shifts, and how personal developments have influenced their work and outlook on the future of filmmaking, and point to emerging technologies, shifting narrative styles, and the growing importance of diverse voices in shaping...2024-01-0459 min
The Battles We PickEarly-career social worker Sadie Bender Shorr on using creative problem-solving to meet human needsSend us a textThis episode is a special holiday edition featuring a conversation with my daughter when they were home for Thanksgiving. Sadie Bender Shorr is in the early phase of a career in social work, currently working in the University of Arizona's counseling center and planning to begin studies next fall for an MSW. Social workers talk about the micro and macro levels—which translate, respectively, as service provision versus advocacy—and that's where we started our discussion. For instance health care reform makes a huge difference in opening possibilities for the uninsured thro...2023-11-2834 min
The Battles We PickAuthor Sasha Issenberg on how he chronicled the major social change of same-sex marriageSend us a textThis episode's guest is a journalist rather than an advocate, the author of one of the best books focused on advocacy work. Political reporter Sasha Issenberg's The Engagement tells the story of the 25-year fight for same-sex marriage, documenting the various efforts, strategies, course-adjustments, and outcomes from the perspectives of proponents and opponents alike. Sasha says he was drawn to the subject particularly because of the way same-sex marriage burst onto the agenda quite suddenly in the early-1990s—then coming to the fore as a hot-button topic in national politics. It...2023-11-1259 min
The Battles We PickVoting rights attorney Yael Bromberg on turning the tide on voter suppressionSend us a textElection law attorney Yael Bromberg is principal of her own firm and litigation practice. With a specialty in student voting rights, she serves as outside counsel to the Andrew Goodman Foundation—which works on college campuses around the country to promote student voting and is legacy of one of the activists murdered in Mississippi during Freedom Summer in 1964. Yael teaches election law at Rutgers University Law School and works with the Harvard Kennedy School’s William Trotter Collaborative on a multi-campus voting rights course drawing students from three historically black colleges and universities. Th...2023-10-2749 min
The Battles We PickVeteran advocate and evaluator Kathleen Sullivan and I review key points from the podcast's first ten episodesSend us a textTo mark the podcast being ten-episodes old, I invited close colleague and good friend Kathleen Sullivan of Fine Gauge Strategies to listen back to some of the most interesting points made by those first ten guests. Similar to the way she and I delve into our interviews for evaluation projects, I wanted to have Kathleen highlight the insights she gleaned from the guests—as well as draw connections to trends and perspectives in the evaluation field. We revisited Angela Bruce-Raeburn's account of how, after George Floyd's murder, international development practitioners and or...2023-10-2155 min
The Battles We PickStrategist and philanthropic adviser Richard Healey on cues progressives sould take from the military's strategic principlesSend us a textThe podcast's tenth episode was a reunion with the former executive director of the group where I was an intern right after college. Richard Healey was executive director of not only the Coalition for a New Foreign and Military Policy but also the Institute for Policy Studies as well as founding director more recently of the Grassroots Power Project. In fact, Richard's career as an organizer goes back six decades to his involvement in the civil rights and anti-Vietnam War movements. I was spurred to reconnect with Richard by his recent...2023-09-2055 min
Pro Politics with Zac McCraryRich Schlackman, Democratic Direct Mail PioneerSend us a textRich Schlackman is best known as a pioneer of all things direct mail - and he continues to hit the mail box and also spearheads important efforts as a GC and has expanded his reach to digital messaging. In this conversation, Rich talks his early activist roots at the '68 Democratic Convention and with names like Jane Fonda and Tom Hayden...why he gravitated to political direct mail in the mid 70s...how he took the "California Style" of mail national in the 80s and 90s...diving deep into his best practices and...2023-09-1255 min
The Battles We PickClimate action advocate Clarence Edwards' observations about how power works in WashingtonSend us a textClarence Edwards has worked on nearly every side of US foreign policy and politics—from presidential campaign finance to the State Department to the Council on Foreign Relations to lobbying Congress for groups like the Friends Campaign on National Legislation and Bono’s ONE campaign for global treatment and prevention of HIV/AIDS. Clarence even worked in the Washington embassy of one of America’s allies. As he says on the podcast, his career has been everything he’d hoped for as a Black kid in Baltimore reading World Book encyclopedias. Clarence a...2023-08-3056 min
The Battles We PickVeteran public interest lawyer Eileen Hershenov on homegrown threats to American democracySend us a textIn our conversation, Eileen Hershenov of the Anti-Defamation League kept coming back to the theme of advocacy's broadest challenge: to keep progressing and sustaining change over the long haul. As Eileen explained, the only way to sustain progressive organizing is by getting people involved in the effort. Having activists and leaders who are committed to seeking change is how we build progress upon progress.Eileen and I trace our career roots back to our first jobs after college, when we were colleagues at New York Public Research Interest Group (NYPIRG). It's r...2023-07-2952 minPro Politics with Zac McCraryChris Mottola, GOP Media Consultant, on Four Decades Making AdsSend us a textChris Mottola is in his fifth decade as a Republican media consultant, with nearly 400 campaigns under his belt - including seven presidential campaigns and working with eleven US Seantors and six governors. His client list includes the highest echelons of GOP names like Bush, Dole, McCain, Giuliani, Specter, Rubio, Pataki, Sununu, Frist & many more. In this conversation, we talk his nearly lifelong passion for film, the non-political techniques he's brought to his political work, what drew him into campaigns, lessons learned from some of the smartest operatives who preceded him, and the stories...2023-07-2554 min
The Battles We PickConsultant Terry Woodbury on how struggling rural communities can pull back from the brinkSend us a textWhen Terry Woodbury was fresh out of his masters program at Princeton Theological Seminary in the late-1960s, an internship with a wealthy Kansas congregation—essentially an experiment in changing local racial relations—sent him on a career path as a community organizer. Terry shares his story of facilitating dialogue between Black and White community members in Hutchinson, Kansas. Terry is white and was given a mandate to lead the process of forging relationships with black neighbors whom the congregation's leaders knew they were disconnected from. In today's terms, he catalyzed difficult conversations that...2023-07-1853 min
Community PossibilitiesShaping Debates and Decisions: Meet David ShorrSend us a textIn this episode, advocate, evaluator, city councilman, and recently new podcast host, David Shorr joins me on Community Possibilities. We met through our mutual colleague and friend, Kathleen Sullivan. Kathleen has the distinction of being my most popular episode to date. There is a lot of interest in advocacy, and David knows advocacy like few others. In this episode we talk about:· How does an issue become a decision? · How do community leaders and community-based organizations move an issue and set it up for a dec...2023-07-1454 minPro Politics with Zac McCraryAndi Johnson, Trailblazing Democratic Media Consultant & Partner at GPS ImpactSend us a textAndi Johnson, a partner at GPS Impact, is a veteran Democratic media strategist who has been a trailblazer as one of the first women in Democratic media. She's worked for leading Democratic political figures for over 30 years...names like Obama, Klobuchar, Leahy, Inslee, Bob Casey Jr, and many more. In this conversation, Andi talks growing up in a political family in Eugene, OR, how she somewhat accidentally found a path into political media, mentoring under the late Democratic admaker Joe Slade White, some of her favorite races she's worked on...from Ben Nighthorse...2023-07-0453 min
The Battles We PickFetal alcohol spectrum advocate Sandra Ionno Butcher on bringing diverse stakeholders together for shared goalsSend us a textSandra Ionno Butcher has been chief executive of the National Organisation for FASD for six and a half years—and active in efforts on behalf of the Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder for nearly a decade—after spending the bulk of her career advocating for nuclear disarmament. With Sandy having lived as an American in the United Kingdom for even longer, it was interesting to get her perspective on the United States' recent tumultuous politics / fascist threat. Sandy has had a long association with the Pugwash movement, a network of scientists founded by Al...2023-06-2054 min
The Battles We PickAnti-poverty advocate Gawain Kripke on the importance of flexibility and opportunism in advocacySend us a textPrior to launching his consulting firm Double Dogwood, Gawain Kripke spent the bulk of his career with Oxfam America, most of that time as policy director responsible for the organization’s advocacy efforts. That role put Gawain in many different advocacy contexts, including lobbying Congress for measures to help reduce global poverty. As we discussed on the podcast, it also gave him an appreciation for the judgment and instincts of elected political leaders. He called on advocates to heed the recommendations of their legislative allies when picking which policy changes to purs...2023-06-0952 min
The Battles We PickAmnesty International advocate Adotei Akwei on the inside game, outside game, and movement-buildingSend us a textAdotei Akwei is a seasoned and accomplished advocate who has worked for the American Committee on Africa, Human Rights First, CARE USA, and spent over 25 years with Amnesty International USA. Currently he is Amnesty's Chief Membership Collaborations Officer. That role with the organization represents a shift—one he sought out—toward movement- / power-building after many years of inside-game advocacy on human rights in Africa. The relationship between those two halves of the change-making profession is a core topic of the podcast, and we talked about the need to appreciate the differences betwee...2023-06-0557 min
The Battles We PickLabor leader Bob Walsh on relationship-building in advocacySend us a textRecently retired teachers union leader Bob Walsh shared many useful insights from his career going all the way back to politics on the college campus where we both went. As a student government leader, Bob was the farthest thing from the Tracy Flick stereotype. He was set on making a positive difference from the outset and learned lessons that he drew on for decades afterward.In discussing the all-important timing of advocacy and picking moments when issues are ripe for change, we talked about the politics of abortion rights and marriage...2023-05-2455 min
The Battles We PickDEI consultant Angela Bruce-Raeburn on confronting the development field with its systemic racismSend us a textWhen George Floyd's horrific murder prompted a reckoning with the America's pervasive racism, a nagging concern had been on Angela Bruce-Raeburn's mind for at least a decade over the racism she saw in the global development field. As a Black American who migrated from Trinidad and Tobago as a child, Angela felt it was time to highlight the problem in her profession via articles such as "The Hustle -- White saviors and hashtag activism." She also devoted herself full-time to helping make the field more diverse by starting the DEI consulting firm DiverseDEV. 2023-05-1851 min
The Battles We PickGeorgetown Law Human Righrs Institute Director Elisa Massimino on the need for advocates to balance chutzpah and humilitySend us a textElisa Massimino shared reflections from a distinguished career in human rights advocacy, including as CEO of one of the major organizations in the field, Human Rights First. Drawing from her 2020 Drinan Lecture on "Chutzpah and Humility: Twin Virtues for Changing the World" at Georgetown Law Center where Elisa teaches, she talked about the importance of recognizing the right moment for the right form of change to push. She views this as central to the work of advocacy. And she drew a sharp contrast between advocacy and demanding wholesale transformation: "We don't g...2023-05-1554 min
The End of the Island Rowing PodcastS8 Episode 4: WEHORR, SHORR & HORR ReviewFergus, Tom, Camilla and Ed rattle through three of the major tideway races as the head racing season draws to a close. A new world order in junior women's sweep? Can Shiplake win it all? Will anyone ever overhaul Thames and Brookes?All this and more in this week's episode.This episode is sponsored by Filippi.Filippi are one of the most instantly recognisable rowing boat brands in the world. Since inception in 1980, they’ve carried crews to over 400 medals at World Championship and Olympic level and have a network of dealers across th...2023-03-2143 minPro Politics with Zac McCraryCongressman David Price on a Lifetime in PoliticsSend us a textCongressman David Price served 34 years representing North Carolina's Research Triangle, leaving the House just this January. Beyond his time as an institution in the House, he's lived a remarkable political life...present on the Washington Mall during the MLK "I Have A Dream" speech...a Senate staffer witnessing key civil rights votes in the mid 1960s...a leading political scientist at Duke University...a Democratic Party leader who helped devise the primary reforms now known as "super delegates"...and an influential House member who's served across parts of five decades in the House...2023-01-2453 min