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The Onion PodcastThe Onion PodcastEpisode 28: New Vidalia Seed from CrookhamOn this episode Dave Alexander visits with Lyndon Johnson from Crookham Company. They discuss new Vidalia varieties that Crookham has developed.2025-05-2717 minThe Onion PodcastThe Onion PodcastEpisode 27: USDA Grants Available for Your Next Energy ProjectOn this episode Dave Alexander is joined via zoom by David Funk with Zero Emissions Northwest (ZEN). They discuss the costs associated with energy usage, and how to bring those costs down through various methods and specifically using grants from the USDA.2025-05-1229 minThe Potato PodcastThe Potato PodcastEpisode 53: USDA Grants Available for Your Next Energy ProjectOn this episode Dave Alexander is joined via zoom by David Funk with Zero Emissions Northwest (ZEN). They discuss the costs associated with energy usage, and how to bring those costs down through various methods and specifically using grants from the USDA.2025-05-0530 minHistory ImpossibleHistory ImpossibleTrump 2.0: Making America Progressive AgainThe question of who President Donald Trump resembled in history is one that has become almost a cliche, mostly thanks to its ideological Rorschach quality, especially during his first term and in the years leading up to his second. This has become far less of a debate, thanks largely to the man himself actually citing his influences.This was what I decided to tackle in an essay I wrote for my friend David Josef Volodsko in his publication, The Radicalist. A couple of weeks later, I am happy to bring to all of you the audio adaptation of th...2025-04-1857 minThe Potato PodcastThe Potato PodcastEpisode 52: Foliar Disease Control in PotatoesSmarter strategies for stronger crops.On this episode Dave Alexander speaks with:Jonathan Adamson, Vive Regional Sales ManagerSteve Eskelsen, Vive Western Technical Sales AgronomistJoe Hill, JH consulting ownerMark Ward, potato grower2025-04-0931 minThe Potato PodcastThe Potato PodcastEpisode 51: Washington-Oregon Potato Show 2025 Part 2On this episode, Dave Alexander is continuing his exploration of the Washington-Oregon Potato Conference. We’ll hear from Jenny Durrin Gentry with PVMI, Shaun Lough with Agri Sciences Biologicals, and Kristof Pieters with Dewulf2025-03-1115 minThe Potato PodcastThe Potato PodcastEpisode 50: Washington-Oregon Potato Show 2025 Part 1On part 1 we hear from: Shane Wright with Northwest Norkotah, Bryan Henning with Ag World, Craig McCloskey with Bluefield Seeding Solutions, Brent Rosman with Syngenta, and Emily Merk with NAPSO2025-02-2617 minHistory ImpossibleHistory ImpossibleMother's Wrath, Mankind's Bargain (The Los Angeles Fires of 2025)In this episode of History Impossible inaugurating 2025 and the sixth anniversary of the show, we will be looking at the Los Angeles Fires of 2025 but from an extended, historical, and probably overly philosophical lens. Because as it turns out, natural disasters are a constant of the human experience and create some of the greatest extremes, and reflecting on what afflicts us now alongside what has afflicted us in the past can provide at least some clarity (or, in my case, closure).The destruction faced by Los Angelenos in 2025 is not too dissimilar from many examples of destruction in...2025-02-131h 50History ImpossibleHistory ImpossibleA Revulsion of Feeling: The Arab Revolt and Collective IdentityThis is the first installment of something that doesn’t really have a name; the Grad School Files? That sounds a little like a bad Netflix show. I’ll take suggestions, but in the meantime, we can simply define this as it is: the first adaptation of one of my academic papers from graduate school into an honest-to-goodness episode of History Impossible. The first thing I want to say is that it was more difficult than I expected to adapt an academic paper into a podcast than I expected. The material is all there, but speaking in formal academic language mana...2024-12-301h 31The Onion PodcastThe Onion PodcastEpisode 26: Ecorobotix ARA Sprayer2024-12-1129 minHistory ImpossibleHistory ImpossibleThe Question of GenocideThis episode of History Impossible is an adaptation of the historical polemic I wrote on the one-year anniversary of October 7th, 2023, examining the interpretation of genocide, as applied to the current war between Hamas and Israel, and to the devastation wrought against the Bosnian Muslims by their Serb counterparts in the early 1990s. This episode touches on some extremely upsetting and dark material, including descriptions of child death, mass killing, and rape, so please consider yourself warned if that sort of thing is something you might want to avoid.This episode will serve as a polemical counterpart to...2024-12-061h 04Cornerstone Church TrafalgarCornerstone Church TrafalgarDavid AlexanderDavis Alexander missionary to Peru for Baptist Mid Missions. David shares his work and a message from gods word.2024-11-2059 minHistory ImpossibleHistory ImpossibleThe Elites Who Would Play God (w/ CJ Killmer of Dangerous History)In this newest special episode of History Impossible, I sat down to discuss a super-light topic, one not fraught with intense controversy and tragedy, with my long time friend and podcasting comrade, CJ Killmer, of the Dangerous History Podcast: that is, the topic of eugenics! More accurately, we discussed a particular man in that noteworthy field who CJ discussed on his second-most recent episode (as of this writing; the 12th and newest epic installment of the Woodrow Wilson series he’s been working hard on just released), Dr. Edwin Katzen-Ellenbogen.This man’s storied career included being a pion...2024-09-091h 34History ImpossibleHistory ImpossibleWhy Hajj Amin MattersThe following is the audio version of the recent essay addendum to the most recent episode of History Impossible, “The German Voice of Islam.” Thank you to everyone who has taken the time to read and listen and, when at all possible, support my work. Please consider becoming a patron or paid subscriber to History Impossible at whatever level you feel comfortable.History Impossible has been made possible by the following generous supporters on Patreon, Substack, and PayPal. Please consider donating today to help keep me free and this show alive:David AdamcikRajan AthulR...2024-08-1237 minHistory ImpossibleHistory ImpossibleThe Muslim Nazis: The German Voice of IslamThe Third Reich’s so-called war on the Jews was not one that they fought alone.In fact, their war had been being fought for decades before Hitler even took power, perhaps even a full generation. The fight began in the late 19th century in Jerusalem, within the office of the mufti of that city. He was an elderly, serious man who, unlike everyone around him, believed he could read the tea leaves and explain where these land sales to an ever-increasing number of Jews was supposedly heading (despite the fact that he himself was also taking part in...2024-07-226h 02The Potato PodcastThe Potato PodcastEpisode 49: Potato Breeding 1012024-07-1629 minMusic Production PodcastMusic Production PodcastDavid Alexander - Audio Engineer, Producer, MusicianDavid Alexander is an audio engineer, producer, and musician originally from Portland, Oregon and now based in Los Angeles. He has over 20 years of experience working in all genres, with roots in the subcultures of hardcore and punk. David shares his unique blend of technical skills and creative philosophy on social media. Listen on Apple, Spotify, YouTube Links: David Alexander's Site - http://davidalexander.lol David's TikTok - https://www.tiktok.com/@davidalexander2k9 David's Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/davidalexander2k/ Brian Funk Website - https://brianfunk.com Music Production Club - ht...2024-07-051h 53The Potato PodcastThe Potato PodcastEpisode 48: Are Chinese Drones A Security Threat?2024-06-1322 minThe Onion PodcastThe Onion PodcastThe Onion Podcast 25: Are Chinese Drones A Security Threat?2024-06-1222 minHistory ImpossibleHistory ImpossibleThe Soviet Who Saved the World (w/ The Eastern Border)In this special conversational episode of History Impossible, we’re joined again by friend of the show and friend of mine, Kristaps Andrejsons of The Eastern Border podcast (which will also host this conversation on its feed!), who was kind enough to grace the shores of the United States for a visit, specifically Texas. Specifically, we turned to his recent special wedding episode where he discussed the eponymous “man who saved the world,” Stanislav Petrov, who, according to erroneous headlines from publications like the Atlantic a number of years ago, saved the world by “doing absolutely nothing.” Kristaps is here to disabuse...2024-04-291h 21History ImpossibleHistory ImpossibleOppenheimer and the Nuclear QuestionHey all, I hope you’re doing well.I have for all of you the audio adaptation of the essay I wrote last year in response to my seeing the magisterial Oppenheimer, and given its newly Oscar-anointed status, I figured now would be the best time to get this out as a bonus as you all patiently await the return of the Muslim Nazis series (it’s still coming, worry not!). In this, we cover, mostly from my own memory (but supported by sources), the various reasons the United States might have dropped the atomic bombs on H...2024-03-3155 minThe Potato PodcastThe Potato PodcastEpisode 47: Plant Health: This is Not Your Grandpa's Farm2024-03-0833 minHistory ImpossibleHistory ImpossibleClosing the Holocaust Knowledge GapHey everyone. The following is an ad-free bonus audio essay that follows up on the recent conversation I had with the History Underground's J.D. Huitt, where I make some corrections and then provide some deeper context to my thinking about how we might fix the Holocaust Knowledge Gap via education. I will let the episode speak for itself, but I want to thank all of you for your constant support of the show and your patience as I work on the longer episodes.History Impossible has been made possible by the following generous supporters on Patreon, Substack...2024-03-0746 minThe Onion PodcastThe Onion PodcastEpisode 24: IVI and Restrain2024-03-0610 minThe Onion PodcastThe Onion PodcastEpisode 23: Meet the new NOA PresidentOn this episode Dave Alexander chats with Jared Gutierrez the new president of the National Onion Association2024-02-2924 minThe Potato PodcastThe Potato PodcastEpisode 46: Updates on the Potato Industry from the WA/OR Trade ShowOn today's episode Dave Alexander walks around the trade show at the Washington/Oregon trade show.First he visits with Dragon-Line’s Monty Teeter. Next he chats with Kathleen Beach from the Washington Department of Natural Resources. Then he discusses the Ellips optical sorter with Sean Gervais. And finally, he talks with Eric Evans from Agri-Stor.2024-02-2817 minHistory ImpossibleHistory ImpossibleThe Holocaust Knowledge Gap w/ The History UndergroundIn this newest special installment of History Impossible, we’re joined by long-time friend of the podcast and friend of mine, J.D. Huitt, the man behind the incredible History Underground channel over on YouTube, probably one of the best historical travel and educational content creators in the game (who has more than earned his 600,000 subscribers). Both J.D. and I were DMing on Twitter/X recently, sharing our discomfort with the seeming spike we’ve been seeing of not just ignorance about the Holocaust—what we thought was one of the best known event of the 20th centur...2024-02-231h 31The Potato PodcastThe Potato PodcastEpisode 45: New Products and Updates from the Eastern Idaho Ag ExpoDave Alexander with Potato Country magazine visited the trade show at the Eastern Idaho Ag Conference and caught up with some vendors to talk about what’s new for this year. We’ll hear from Logan Equipment, the Ag World Golf Classic, Corteva, Greentronics, Vive and Picketa Systems.2024-02-1230 minHistory ImpossibleHistory ImpossibleThe Perfect Tie: The Election of 1876 (w/ Richard Lim of This American President)“I scarcely ever passed a week under such depression of spirits. […] It is terrible to see the extent to which all classes go in their determination to win. Conscience offers no restraint; nothing is so common as the resort to perjury unless it is violence. In short, I do not know who to believe: if we win, our methods are subject to impeachment for possible fraud; if the enemy wins, it is the same thing exactly. Doubt, suspicion, irritation go with the consequence, whatever it may be.”—Lew Wallace, retired Civil War general, 1876Many people will call out...2024-02-051h 04The Potato PodcastThe Potato PodcastEpisode 44: Idaho Grower Talks Potatoes USA2024-01-0221 minHistory ImpossibleHistory ImpossibleBalkan Inferno: The Bosnian DreamSometimes, the best way to understand everything a people have gone through is to understand a dream.This is how many nations frame themselves and their own origins. No matter the context, there is always truth in the idea that before there was a nation, there was a dream. And that dream, however morally sullied by the ugliness of reality, consequences, and choices, can never and should never be discounted, even with the nations who have had their dreams frustrated for so long. In fact, the truth of that dream can be seen in those realities, consequences, and...2023-12-304h 05History ImpossibleHistory ImpossiblePogroms and StudentsHey everybody. Now that I’ve finished up the notes and script for the conclusion of the “Balkan Inferno” trilogy (which will lead us right back into the thick of the “Muslim Nazis” series), I’m hard at work putting all of that together. In the meantime, please enjoy (as much as one can enjoy such a subject—I really do say that a lot, don’t I?) this bonus episode that slightly tweaks and expands my recent Substack post, “Pogroms and Students.” This episode covers relatively current events regarding the escalation of anti-Semitic incidents—especially in the United States, where i...2023-11-251h 03History ImpossibleHistory ImpossibleThe Greatest Blunder in Palestinian History w/ Oren KesslerThe recent Substack post and episode of History Impossible about the significant three root historical causes of the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict has largely been well-received. What I didn’t expect is that one of the main sources I used for that episode would be willing to speak with me in greater depth about the massively underrated Arab Revolt of 1936-1939. In this episode, we’re joined by the scholar, political analyst, and writer Oren Kessler, whose 2023 book Palestine 1936: The Great Revolt and the Roots of the Middle East Conflict should be included as required reading for anyone interested or invested in what...2023-11-071h 02History ImpossibleHistory ImpossibleIsrael, Gaza, and Three Root CausesWhen you talk about history for a living, the contemporary world often has opportunities to make your knowledge more relevant. What knowledge actually possessed here about Israel and Palestine is likely more limited than some, I'd like to think that there is still some I can share to help clarify the conversation a little, at least when it comes to the notion of truly root causes to this ongoing conflict whose 2023 flare-up is the worst it's been in a long time, if not ever.In this special dispatch of History Impossible--which is being treated as a proper episode--we're...2023-10-311h 47History ImpossibleHistory ImpossibleAffirmative Action and the Making of a TokenThis is a bonus episode (a bit bigger than one might expect) that adapts and, more importantly expands, an essay I wrote for my friend and editor Jamie on his American Dreaming Substack. I seriously need to thank him for letting me write something so…I dunno, controversial? Combative? Anyway, whatever, so THAT under his publication’s name).This does use a very contemporary and contentious issue as its launchpad, and while some might see this as impolitic or even inappropriate, my history-addled brain only allowed me to see, hear, and read what I see, hear, and read and...2023-10-101h 15History ImpossibleHistory ImpossibleIs The Holocaust Unique?Hey all. This is an adaptation/audio version of an essay I recently wrote for my friend and editor Jamie Paul’s American Dreaming Substack, in which I examine the uniqueness of the Holocaust as both a genocide and historical event. If you like what you hear and want to hear me delve more into this subject, I’ll try to delve further into it in a future special episode like this one. But in the meantime, please enjoy. And thank you very much for all of your patience as I try and juggle all the projects I have on tap...2023-09-1930 minHistory ImpossibleHistory ImpossibleBalkan Inferno: The Heritage of HorrorCONTENT WARNING: This episode contains persistent graphic genocide violence and cruelty, especially in its first 75 minutes. Listener discretion is advised.In this part of the ongoing Balkan prelude to our return to the "Muslim Nazis" series, we are about to descend into the depths of hell. This was by design by the murderous Ustashe regime that took power after the invasion and dismemberment of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia by the Fuhrer of the Third Reich, Adolf Hitler. What happened next was a nightmare beyond the the imagining of most modern, comfortable nations in the 21st century...2023-09-055h 18The Potato PodcastThe Potato PodcastEpisode 43: What are hybrid potatoes and will they be on your farm?2023-08-3027 minThe Potato PodcastThe Potato PodcastEpisode 42: IPC Partners with American Diabetes Association2023-03-2021 minThe Onion PodcastThe Onion PodcastEpisode 22: Can Biologicals Work in Large-Scale Agriculture?2023-03-0319 minThe Potato PodcastThe Potato PodcastEpisode 41: Can Biologicals Work in Large-Scale Agriculture?2023-03-0119 minThe Potato PodcastThe Potato PodcastEpisode 40: What Does Sustainability Mean to You?2023-02-1021 minThe Onion PodcastThe Onion PodcastThe Onion Podcast 21: Farm Stress and What You Can Do About It2023-01-1025 minThe Potato PodcastThe Potato PodcastEpisode 39: Managing Farm Stress2023-01-0326 minThe Potato PodcastThe Potato PodcastEpisode 38: Using Ethylene Gas to Stop Sprouting2022-12-2119 minThe Potato PodcastThe Potato PodcastEpisode 37: Will the Issues Growers Faced in 2022 Continue in 2023?2022-12-0624 minThe Potato PodcastThe Potato PodcastEpisode 36: Reduce Storage Shrink2022-09-2817 minThe Potato PodcastThe Potato PodcastEpisode 35: Protecting Potato Quality During Storage2022-09-1317 minThe Onion PodcastThe Onion PodcastEpisode 20: PNW Seminis Onion Experience +We took a road trip to Payette, Idaho to attend the PNW Seminis Onion Experience +. The Onion Experience is not a typical field day. Many Seminis varieties were on display, but also Carbon Robotics and Parabug were invited to show off their new technology.First, Scott Hendricks, Seminis onion breeder, discusses new yellow varieties Hatchet and Almanzoro, which are now available and what is coming in the next couple years.Then, Dennis Atkinson talks about specialty crops that can be used as alternative crops....2022-09-0123 minThe Onion PodcastThe Onion PodcastThe Onion Podcast 19: Yesterday and TodayOn today's podcast Dave sits down with Kay Riley to discuss how the onion industry has changed over the course of his 43 year career. 2022-07-1322 minThe Onion PodcastThe Onion PodcastThe Onion Podcast 18: Boise or BustWhy you should come to the National Onion Association Summer Convention in Boise, Idaho July 6-9.Greg Yielding, NOA Executive Vice President joins the podcast again with updates on the convention.2022-06-0125 minThe Onion PodcastThe Onion PodcastThe Onion Podcast 17: High-Tech Scouting Options: Satellites vs DronesWhat is the best scouting option for your farm? On this episode, Dave talks to Joe Bogle, Digital Ag Solutions Marketing Lead at Syngenta. Joe gives pros and cons of satellites vs. drones and tells us about new Cropwise.Inspiration for this podcast is from this Syngenta Thrive article: https://www.syngenta-us.com/thrive/production/aerial-imagery.html2022-05-1730 minThe Onion PodcastThe Onion PodcastThe Onion Podcast 16: New Onion VarietiesNew varieties are available from Bayer Vegetable Seeds and Nunhems!On this episode, Richard Navarrete from Bayer Vegetable Seeds tells us about Hatchet and Almanzoro.Then, Sarah Beaver with BASF Nunhems talks about new Glorioso.2022-05-0414 minThe Onion PodcastThe Onion PodcastThe Onion Podcast 15: New Onion Disease Found in UtahIs new onion disease coming to your fields?It’s too soon to say, but Fusarium proliferatum has been found in Utah. Last seen in Idaho in 2014, it was only a one-year problem.On this episode, Claudia Nischwitz with Utah State explains what she found and then onion grower Curtis Marble tells us he lost 40% of his yellow onion crop in 2021 due to the new disease.2022-04-2012 minThe Potato PodcastThe Potato PodcastEpisode 34: High-Tech Scouting Options: Satellites vs Drones2022-04-1329 minThe Onion PodcastThe Onion PodcastThe Onion Podcast 12: Decrease Storage Loss by Over 40 PercentWe spoke with Victoria Marsh of Crop Vitality at the 2021 Pacific Northwest Vegetable Association conference.2022-04-0615 minThe Onion PodcastThe Onion PodcastThe Onion Podcast 13: Greg Yielding NOA Executive DirectorWe spoke with Greg Yielding at the Idaho-Malheur County Onion Growers Association Trade Show2022-04-0619 minThe Onion PodcastThe Onion PodcastThe Onion Podcast 14: Treasure Valley Show and Grower John WongThis episode has two parts. First Dave speaks with Rick Waitly, the Executive Director of the Idaho Onion Growers Association. Then we speak with John Wong the Committee chairman of the Hall of Fame Award Committee of the Idaho and Malheur County Onion Growers’ Associations.2022-04-0617 minThe Potato PodcastThe Potato PodcastEpisode 33: Automation and AutonomyToday we are talking with Byron Duffin, Brand President for Double L Global. Double L builds potato planters, harvesters, bulk beds, pilers and a whole host of equipment.2022-03-3025 minThe Potato PodcastThe Potato PodcastThe Potato Podcast 32: Nematode Management with Biologicals2022-03-0122 minFoundersFounders#232 Alexander the GreatWhat I learned from reading Alexander the Great: The Brief Life and Towering Exploits of History's Greatest Conqueror--As Told By His Original Biographers by Arrian, Plutarch, and Quintus Curtius Rufus. ----Get access to the World’s Most Valuable Notebook for Founders at Founders Notes.com----[1:28] Heroes: From Alexander the Great and Julius Caesar to Churchill and de Gaulleby Paul Johnson (Founders #226)[2:16] Each was brave, highly intelligent, almost horrifically self-assured, whose ambitions knew no bounds.[2:46] He was a man of formidable achievements. He was highly creative. He...2022-02-171h 02The Potato PodcastThe Potato PodcastThe Potato Podcast 31: New IPC CEO Jamie Higham2022-02-1511 minThe CIO WhisperersThe CIO WhisperersThe Importance of Company Culture - with Shamim Mohammad, EVP, CIO and CTO at CarMaxThe car retail industry is an over trillion-dollar marketplace, and CarMax sits comfortably at the top when it comes to used cars. How do they remain successful? According to their Executive Vice President and Chief Information and Technology Officer Shamim Mohammad, it’s all about focusing on the customers and bringing integrity and honesty to the industry. When Shamim says “people first,” he doesn’t just mean customers. CarMax’s employees are at the core of the company’s success. In this week’s episode, Dan Roberts and Shamim talk about company values, becoming a digital company, and how to remain a su...2021-11-0348 minThe Potato PodcastThe Potato PodcastEpisode 30: Robotic Weeders Don't Call in Sick2021-10-1520 minThe Healthcare Policy Podcast ®  Produced by David IntrocasoThe Healthcare Policy Podcast ® Produced by David Introcaso240th Podcast: Brian Alexander Discusses His Recently Published, "The Hospital: Life, Death and Dollars in a Small American Town" (June 22nd)In The Hospital, Mr. Alexander provides an account of Bryan, Ohio's Community Hospitals and Wellness Centers (or CHWCs) hospital’s efforts to stay solvent between 2018 and 2020.  The work, in many ways is a companion to Nick Freudenberg's "At What Cost, Modern Capitalism and the Future of Health (I interviewed Prof. Freudenberg on May 20th), is particularly timely because rural hospitals, that serve roughly one in five Americans, are closing at a record rate.  For example, 136 have closed since 2010 and currently over 500 are at risk of closing.   The demise of rural hospitals is largely due to decades of poor-to-dire economic circum...2021-06-2334 minThe Potato PodcastThe Potato PodcastEpisode 29: In-Furrow Nutrients: What You Need, What Works, Nano and Molecular Technology2021-03-3026 minThe Potato PodcastThe Potato PodcastEpisode 28: Buyan Ranch Talks Going Viral2020-12-0925 minThe Potato PodcastThe Potato PodcastEpisode 27: Soil Health2020-11-2030 minInside Outside InnovationInside Outside InnovationEp. 206 - Alex Osterwalder, Co-founder of Strategyzer & Author of The Invincible Company on Building Innovative CompaniesInside Outside Innovation is the podcast that brings you the best and the brightest in the world of startups and innovation. I'm your host, Brian Ardinger founder of Insideoutside.io, a provider of research, events, and consulting services that help innovators and entrepreneurs build better products, launch new ideas, and compete in a world of change and disruption. Each week we'll give you a front row seat to the latest thinking, tools, tactics, and trends, in collaborative innovation. Let's get started. Interview TranscriptBrian Ardinger:  Welcome to another episode of Inside Outside Innovation. I'm your h...2020-06-3050 minInside OutsideInside OutsideEp. 206 - Alex Osterwalder, Co-founder of Strategyzer & Author of The Invincible Company on Building Innovative CompaniesInside Outside Innovation is the podcast that brings you the best and the brightest in the world of startups and innovation. I'm your host, Brian Ardinger founder of Insideoutside.io, a provider of research, events, and consulting services that help innovators and entrepreneurs build better products, launch new ideas, and compete in a world of change and disruption. Each week we'll give you a front row seat to the latest thinking, tools, tactics, and trends, in collaborative innovation. Let's get started. Interview TranscriptBrian Ardinger:  Welcome to another episode of Inside Outside Innovation. I...2020-06-3050 minThe Potato PodcastThe Potato PodcastEpisode 26: Washington Potato Grower Adam Weber2020-05-1331 minThe Potato PodcastThe Potato PodcastThe Potato Podcast 25: Group Ag, Allan Equipment, Ceres Imaging, Parkland Varieties, SQM, Ag World Golf ClassicOn this episode, Dave Alexander walks around the trade show floor of the Washington/Oregon Potato Conference looking for new and interesting products. 2020-03-1825 minThe Potato PodcastThe Potato PodcastEpisode 24: Compelling Creations at Potato Expo '20On this episode, Dave Alexander walks around the trade floor of the Potato Expo looking for new and interesting products. 2020-02-1826 minSpread Great Ideas: The PodcastSpread Great Ideas: The PodcastAndrei Ivanou: Inside Belarus, Europe’s Last DictatorshipAndrei Ivanou, a Belarusian native, and I sit down to learn more about the fascinating, oft-forgotten country of Belarus.  Belarus has the dubious honor of being the longest-running European dictatorship thanks to their leader, Alexander Lukashenko, who seized power in 1994 following the power vacuum that was created by the fall of the USSR.  A military man, Lukashenko is often referred to as бацька (“dad”) by Belarusians because he oversees everything and dominates the country.   If you’re like me before this episode, you don’t much about Belarus - or even where it’s located.  (Hint: It’s sandwiched predominantl...2020-01-1528 minThe Potato PodcastThe Potato PodcastEpisode 23: A Giant Potato Drops from the Sky on New Year's Eve2019-12-2021 minThe Potato PodcastThe Potato PodcastThe Potato Podcast 22: Colorado Potato Beetle & White Mold2019-11-1221 minIt\'s a Good LifeIt's a Good LifeHow to Be More Purposeful #178“Your purpose won’t show up one day; it shows up day by day.” – Brian Buffini Many people have no sense of purpose because they don’t know what they want or how to get it. In this episode, Brian teaches how to get more meaning and fulfilment from your business and your life. You’ll learn why people fail, how to discover your major purpose with a FREE worksheet “Finding Your Definite Major Purpose”, and to start living more purposefully. By the end of this episode, you’ll have everything you need to figure out what you really want, p...2019-10-1528 minIt\'s a Good LifeIt's a Good LifeHow to Be More Purposeful #178“Your purpose won’t show up one day; it shows up day by day.” – Brian Buffini Many people have no sense of purpose because they don’t know what they want or how to get it. In this episode, Brian teaches how to get more meaning and fulfilment from your business and your life. You’ll learn why people fail, how to discover your major purpose with a FREE worksheet “Finding Your Definite Major Purpose”, and to start living more purposefully. By the end of this episode, you’ll have everything you need to figure out what you really want, p...2019-10-1528 minThe Potato PodcastThe Potato PodcastEpisode 21: Fillers and Binders? No! Potatoes!2019-10-1530 minThe Potato PodcastThe Potato PodcastThe Potato Podcast 20: Food Bullying Removes Choice in the Store and on the Farm2019-10-0220 minInside OutsideInside OutsideEp. 166 - David Bland, Co-Author of Testing Business Ideas & Founder of Precoil on Rapid ExperimentationDavid Bland is the Founder of Precoil and the Co-Author of Testing Business Ideas, along with Alexander Osterwalder. David talks with Brian Ardinger, Inside Outside Innovation Founder, about risk, generating evidence through experimentation, and listening to customers. David’s new book is a field guide for rapid experimentation. Through tactical examples, it describes what he’s seen with various teams and testing in the market. It also describes product and backend business model testing, in addition to 44 experiments organized from low strength of evidence to high strength of evidence. Key Points - Think about risk - I have this risk...2019-09-2417 minInside Outside InnovationInside Outside InnovationEp. 166 - David Bland, Co-Author of Testing Business Ideas & Founder of Precoil on Rapid ExperimentationDavid Bland is the Founder of Precoil and the Co-Author of Testing Business Ideas, along with Alexander Osterwalder. David talks with Brian Ardinger, Inside Outside Innovation Founder, about risk, generating evidence through experimentation, and listening to customers. David’s new book is a field guide for rapid experimentation. Through tactical examples, it describes what he’s seen with various teams and testing in the market. It also describes product and backend business model testing, in addition to 44 experiments organized from low strength of evidence to high strength of evidence. Key Points - Think about risk - I have this risk. Should...2019-09-2417 minThe Potato PodcastThe Potato PodcastEpisode 19 Harvest Timing - Are Your Tubers Physiologically Mature? Plus: Storage Tips2019-09-1828 minThe Potato PodcastThe Potato PodcastEpisode 18: Top Ten Tips with Nora Olsen2019-08-2126 minThe Potato PodcastThe Potato PodcastEpisode 17: To Hemp or Not to Hemp2019-07-2335 minThe Potato PodcastThe Potato PodcastEpisode 16: Wash. 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