MBA-P, Quiet Radicals, 2 great podcasts, and NotebookLM

Started part-time ‘MBA for Professionals’ program in January 2026 in Portland OR at satellite location.  My brain is stimulated!  Not 100% sure what to do with all the info yet, but I did Vision Board with VisionBloom workshop and Sneaky Pickle was born. Currently Sneaky Pickle is 'on hold' as passion project, first need to network with VC's / Incubators / Founders and get to know folks.

In my Organization Management class, we read Radical Change, the Quiet Way - by Meyerson.  I submitted an extended paper to rant about the misuse of the word radical, but that if we swap the word with revolutionary I was ok with it, and the 4 tools covered are excellent & I hope to use them all: disruptive self-expression, verbal jujitsu, variable-term opportunism, and strategic alliance building.

Random 'quiet radical' (aka Stealthy Revolutionary) disruptive self-expression update -

• This Ralph Nader Hour podcast was really interesting about dangers of unregulated AI - https://www.ralphnaderradiohour.com/p/ai-accountability . Was also interesting part about 'overusing AI in academia & side effects on students'. Wow! AI use has side effects!

We mentioned using NotebookLM (mobile app) for listening to school weekly reading materials. NotebookLM pretty amazing AI tech. I'm no expert, but I did tutorial videos & it can generate interesting material off the source code you give it. Free version offers a lot.

For non-school stuff, you can upload PDF's to a notebook & it becomes 'subject matter expert' on that content, so good for rules & regulations, manuals for all your home tech (good to incl SN's and warranties), etc.

**BEWARE - Don't give NotebookLM 'internal only' work docs or you could be breaking a work NDA / security policy.**

Also really glad to have heard about 9Pfeffer on Power podcasts and book(s).   Podcast episodes are short (20 mins each) and straightforward.  Some are more on professionalism and networking than 'power' per se, but they all hover around the subject.

• I liked Andrew Yang episode a lot (Ep #19 - Apr 25, 2025)

iPad music - amazingness continues

 Wow, making music on iPad is wild.  So good!!

Transit 2 just came out on sale for $10!  Got it.

https://apps.apple.com/us/app/transit-2-baby-audio/id6753751150

Transit 2 is not just multi-effects, its a multi-effect that is specifically focusing on transitions.  It reminds me of Turnado (iOS) but the UI is magic -- and Dark Mode!

Other recent acquisitions 

- GRFX - an audio mangler.  I was initially intrigued, but now I regret it bc its cool looking but Im not impressed by the audio output.

- Elpiano - got electronic piano synth by Klevgrand on sale.  Not sure I needed a piano synth, but it sounds cool & looks amazing.

- Hammerhead Drums - Wow, its simple and gets the job done.  Sequencer & instruments.  Classic plugin.

- Patterning 2 - $20 was $10 off sale.  Too expensive still IMP, but it is a sick drum instrument.

Got Synthmaster2 free on sale today.

Re-downloaded - Moog 15, Moog Model D, Figure, & Samplr.  Out of all, Figure is hands down my fav -- I use it, kids use it, its just so fun ... (Could've probably become much more, but its still pretty awesome as it is.)

- almost got Moomu (wild iOS modular synthesis app) after going to this amazing spot in Portland called ControlVoltage.net & messing with Eurorack craziness, but making music that way hurts my brain so I saved $hundreds there and scored Transit 2 for $10.  Woot!

...

Now that I've said all this, the tool Im using most on iPad (or Android phone) to make music is Suno Pro (paid).  OMG what a gamechanger.

- yes, I don't like that Suno & other AI co's sample all music & dont pay the artists.  This is clearly criminal breach of IP laws.

- Yes, talentless hacks are making tons of shit tracks with SUNO or other AI tools.

But ... the tracks I get make me feel good.

Will link a few recents:

Business of Freedom. - https://suno.com/s/AFwdObjRP4WfMsDY

Flashback on Slavery - https://suno.com/s/JeHacUx7B98hRBGC

Backflipped - https://suno.com/s/oUxEP0CSXvpQogfz

And for a few really different tracks:

Kaiju and Mecha - https://suno.com/s/KzuBK2s7iCVcuwTh

Evolutionary - https://suno.com/s/tMLk9U4NjVFDp8Rg

Mo Mo Sound Defex - https://suno.com/s/ESdrlYu4tcchndnC

... And so many more!

New podcast from Empire Files covers USA Secret Military drug-crazed criminal behavior - Seth Harp's new book, "The Fort Bragg Cartel: Drug Trafficking and Murder in the Special Forces". Shocking!

Sstuff to think about:

Coked-Up Executioners in the Pentagon's Secret Army w/ Seth Harp. 

Episode: https://soundcloud.com/empire-files/fortbraggcartel . 

Media: https://feeds.soundcloud.com/stream/2149647489-empire-files-fortbraggcartel.mp3 . -

- Sent from Podcast Republic. 

I am always interested to hear reporting on USA secret military, and obviously it is very rare.  Gary Webb reported on CIA Contra drug connection, and now Seth Harp exposes USA secret military activities based from Ft Bragg and now spread to Afghanistan, Iraq, and other hotbed countries where 'Operators' are murdering with the tacit blessing if the USA.

Give this podcast a listen and maybe you will learn something surprising?  I did not realize the pervasive drug and criminal behavior that is apparently rampant in these elite units.