RJ Zimmerman has been sober from alcohol, drugs, gambling and other addictive substances and activities for 8 years. He started the “Untapped Keg” podcast to address and create a community of people who are trying to life a fuller life without the barriers that certain substances and activities can create. But also included in that community are people who want others to live according to what is best for them and choose to indulge in certain substances and activities within reason and responsibly. He talks about a culture that all but requires people to partake lest they suffer exclusion and how it makes living a sober life by choice that much more difficult. He talks about the importance of connection with one’s self as well as family and friends.
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Nonprofits can sometimes be at a loss to paint a detailed picture of the impact they’re making. “Just HOW and HOW MUCH are we helping our constituents and our community?” Maryfrances Porter of Partnerships for Strategic Impact can help answer that question and many more. Nonprofits often don’t know what they know and think that the mission is enough. By using detailed data they can learn so much that it can lead to evolution and adaptation of that mission and sometimes even changing the nature of the mission itself.
https://impactstorycoaching.com/
https://www.facebook.com/impactstorycoaching
This episode was originally broadcast on WRIR‘s local music show (one of them anyway) River CIty Limits, which runs every Saturday evening at 5 and hosted by a revolving line-up of DJs. This episode of RCL features new music from Bucket, Cream Dream, Jonathan Vassar, DUST~, McKinley Dixon, Crucial Rip, Horsehead and Honest Debts and more local music that’s not as new. It also features a single by Deau Eyes, the recent winner of the Newlin Prize for Richmond area music.
Much of the music played on River City Limits and the Studio B RVA podcast can be found on my Bandcamp page. As much of the music as possible played on both shows is purchased.
Full playlist:
BUCKET – World Turned Upside Down – NEW
CREAM DREAM – No Answer – NEW
twain – King of Fools
JONATHAN VASSAR – A Thousand Miles a Minute – NEW
DUST – Gourmetsh – NEW
McKINLEY DIXON – Run, Run, Run (Kitchen Table Session) – NEW
CRUCIAL RIP – Violent Retribution – NEW
Erik Larson – Nomen Est Omen none
DEMONS – Inauguration Day
PYRAMID MASS – Wars
GNAWING – Gimme Tinnitus – NEW
SPOOKY COOL – I Lick The Sweat off Your Back
V.E. – I Started A Joke -Bee Gees cover
SAMMI LANZETTA – The Bordlerline
DEAU EYES – Make Some Time -won the Newlin Award
STRAWBERRY MOON – You, Me, and Mystery
PPIRANHA – Placate
PRABIR TRIO – Brahma and Vishnu and Shiva
CANARY OH CANARY – Dreamshark
HORSEHEAD – Grains of Sand – NEW
HORSEHEAD – Quitter – NEW
WKNDR – Color of Your Love
HONEST DEBTS – Not So Sure – NEW
MISTER EARTHBOUND – Animal
BEARSTORM – Why We Can’t Have Nice Things
ANTHONY CURTIS – Saturnalia
EARTHLINK – Dark Path
ATOM EVE ECLIPSE – Majestic
Greg Hofbauer of Hofbauer Consulting helps businesses and nonprofits overcome tech challenges thereby helping them reach customers and supporters which leads to growth. These days he’s leaning more into the nonprofit side of things which is where our conversation leads.
I got a request to hear an old episode of Studio B. It’s from when it was still on terrestrial radio on XL 102 (which became 102.1 THe X, then became XL 102 again and is now ALT 102.1 I believe).
This episode is from 2016. The playlist and player is below. Thanks for listening and supporting local music!
SLEEPWALKERS – Breaking My Heart
-Greenwood Shade
-touring with The Lumineers
DAVID BROOKINGS – Sand In The Hourglass
-End Of An Error
-Davey Guitar
-from Richmond, no win Cali working for Apple
-came back to play at Hardywood with some of his old bandmates
MATT BOLEA – Move On
-Clarity
SELMA HIJACK – Friends
LUCY DACUS – I Don’t Wanna Be Funny Anymore
-No More
-Egghunt Records (DC)
-touring with Houndmouth in April
-lots of good press
LUCY DACUS – Pretty Girl
-Girls Back Home
-previous release
HORSEHEAD – Last Word Wins
-Casual Dracula
-at The Camel March 26
LEAGUE OF SPACE PIRATES – Elegant Universe
-Precognitive Universe of Emergent Desire
THOSE MANIC SEAS – Outlier
BARONESS – Chlorine And Wine
-Purple
-originally from Lexington Va
-single
GRITTER – Welcome To The Sinkhole
-Welcome To The Sinkhole
-“Vultures” due out in April
KEPONE – Jimmy Spit
-Kepone (97)
-reunited to play the GWAR-B-CUE
CANNABIS CORPSE – From Wisdom To Baked
-From Wisdom To Baked
Local music on WRIR 97.3 fm Independent Radio every Saturday from 5-7pm with a revolving group of hosts. If you missed it you can listen at wrir.org or at studiobrva.com.
The River City Limits episode from 1-7-23:
Bio Ritmo – Bionic Boogaloo (re-release, orig released 2006)
Flashlight Tag – Remains
Gold Connections – Around Your Eye
Thunderchief – Evil Woman
Merciful Zero – A Show
Murdersome – Smoke and Mirrors
Lance Bangs – Trust Fall
Ten Pound Snail – Glass Skin
Weekend Plans – Slide
B4nk M4chin3 – Downtown Expressway
Byzantine – Red Skies (The Fixx)
Erik Larson – Drop In The Bucket
Benjamin Mauch – Shallow History
Dust – Je Ne Sais Quoi
Burma Jam – Crunch
Ett Eko – Modern Content
Frames – Brewery
Junnie Mac – Monument Ave
Lonely Rooms – Just Say When
Midlife Pilot – Day Trip
Noah Page (feat. PJ Sykes) – Black Like Love
Piranha Rama – PLACATE
Spooky Cool – I Lick The Sweat Off Your Back
Strange Cut – Say What You Will
Throttlerod – On The Mountain
TVLPA – The Eyes
V.E. – I Started A Joke
WKNDR – Color of Your Love
Melinda (Mindy) Conklin has worked in the health and wellness industry for 30 years. She has a master’s degree from Virginia Tech in Human Development and a master’s degree in Counseling from Virginia Commonwealth University.
Melinda lost her young husband to colorectal cancer in 2011. After her loss, she left her career as a mental health clinician and she founded Hitting Cancer Below the Belt – a Richmond, Virgina based nonprofit organization dedicated to colon health and colorectal cancer prevention.
Melinda’s personal and professional experience in the field of mental, emotional, and physical wellness has prepared her to identify community needs and has produced a strong skill set which encompasses the ability to create and bridge resources which positively impacts community health. Hitting Cancer Below the Belt (HCB2) began serving the Richmond community in 2013 and continues to expand its messages and services across the Commonwealth of Virginia.
Laurel Marr’s website states that the term “doula” is a Greek word that means “a woman who serves”. While traditionally associated with childbirth, a doula is also someone who assists in a variety of ways with the end-of-life process, supporting the patient, family, caregivers and loved ones. In this conversation we discuss when it might be a good idea to enlist the services of a doula, when it might not be and some of the things we might not consider with which a doula could help. Learn more about Laurel and doula care on her website at www.lmdoulacare.com
Today’s episode is a recap of the 3rd Annual Go Forward Together Ride. It was recorded at Final Gravity Brewing, the start/finish line for the ride and site of the after party. The after party actually became the main event as we had to cancel the ride due to remnants of Hurricane Ian rolling in and a state of emergency having been declared. Safety is always the #1 priority. Participating in the discussion are :
-Andrea Starr – Executive Director of the Forward Foundation
-Dan Cherkis – Forward Foundation cyclist advisory board and ride leader of the Carytown Bicycles Saturday morning group ride
-Tim Mullins – Market Manager Atlantic, Specialized Owned Retail
-Bryan Oprel – General Manager Carytown Bicycle Co., Specialized Owned Retail
-and me, Jay Smack – Forward Foundation cyclist advisory board and host and producer of the Good Eye Podcast.
Go Forward Together Ride
The Forward Foundation
Carytown Bicycle Company
Final Gravity Brewing
For a complete list of sponsors and media partners go to goforwardtogetherride.com
B4NK MACHIN3 – Days Like These (new)
-members of The Seymores, Dynamic Truths, Coral, Fudge, Dark Little Rooms.
Merciful Zero – Melonite Kingdom
No Filter Through the Vortex
Live at The Camel Wed. Sep 21
WITH: Darkness Is Falling, The Saturn Death Cult, Earth Dog Mothership
EVENT: https://www.facebook.com/events/643944286930430
MercifulZero.com
At Another Round Bar and Grill Oct 8
Omen Stones – Black Cloud (new)
-Erik Larson (ATP, AVAIL, Lord By Fire) – drums, Ed Fierro (Tel, Desert Altar) – bass, Tommy Hamilton (Druglord) – vocals, guitar
Ryan Kent (with Chris Farmer) – Dying Comes With Age (new)

