The Long Road

The Long Road

Cultural UPlift and education with Ron Jones...because the road to educate and elevate is a long one. Ron Jones, MS, is a Historical Kinesiologist and educator. #thelongroadshow

Episodes

March 18, 2024 9 mins
Every morning our school says the Pledge of Allegiance and salutes the flag of Oklahoma...do people even know or care what this means anymore?

*References: Oklahoma Historical Society, KFOR, Symbol Genie, Indian Country Extensions, National Park Service, NativeTribe.info, Pipedia.org, Wikipedia  

*Photo by Ron Jones
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You have not lived as a strength coach or fitness trainer until you have taken a class of 3rd graders through the fundamentals of kettlebell training! This and some interesting observations about the "psychology of strength" for children.

*Photo by Ron Jones
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March 9, 2024 34 mins
Quick book review from a chapter towards the end of a 1915 book by William Martin Conway. The title of Chapter XVIII is "The Crowd at War." The book is about the social psychology and history of crowds and mobs and how they are organized in terms of hierarchical structures.

*Source: "The Crowd in Peace and War" by William Martin Conway
*Photo by Ron Jones
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March 8, 2024 13 mins
In our final episode in the juvenile delinquency series, we come back to North Tulsa's Greenwood and Black Wall Street district to learn about their secret sauce for preventing delinquency and how to properly raise children.

Learn more about math educator and curriculum writer Pocahontas Greadington

*Reference: "THEY CAME SEARCHING: How Blacks Sought the Promised Land in Tulsa" by Eddie Faye Gates (1997)
*Photo by Ron Jones
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February 26, 2024 18 mins
Today's episode expands on the last show's introduction to The Columbia Park Boys' Club of San Francisco which was THE most successful boys' club in the history of the United States. This episode highlights 12 key focus areas that built the ongoing success of the CPBC.

Source: "The Major And His Boys: The Story of Major Sidney Peixotto and the Columbia Park Boys' Club" by CPBC member James M. Hamill (1972)

Photo: Columbia Park Boys' ...
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February 25, 2024 2 mins
I've put together a useful handout listing all of my podcast access links to make it easier to find my show. Thanks for listening, and I hope it helps you.

The Long Road Podcast Access Links Handout

*Photo by Ron Jones
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February 25, 2024 16 mins
Today's episode exposes THE most successful boys' club in the history of the United States that virtually no one knows about today...listen to the show, then you'll know and also know how to start teaching and training our young boys to become proper men.

Source: "The Major And His Boys: The Story of Major Sidney Peixotto and the Columbia Park Boys' Club" by CPBC member James M. Hamill (1972)

Photo: Columbia Park Boys' Club Californi...
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February 17, 2024 18 mins
In Part V, we get deeper into the psychological parallels between the psychology of street gangs and modern digital delinquents in today's "Gamer Gangs" and how both are quite similar. We will also explore the direct connections historically between our corrupt politicians and street gangs and how gangs can be the nucleus for the larger street mob events too.

*Source: "the gang: a study of 1,313 gangs in Chicago" by Frederic M. Thra...
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February 12, 2024 14 mins
I spent the whole day and night watching the "Stupid Bowl" coverage because I was sick on the couch. I found some of it beyond repulsive and quite negative for our country...here are a few thoughts with some historical perspectives too.
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February 10, 2024 17 mins
More on the history of juvenile delinquency in America from the 1927 book by Frederic Thrasher...this time drawing some interesting parallels between the street gang psychology and the modern "Gamer Gangs" who have quite similar dysfunctions.

*Source: "the gang: a study of 1,313 gangs in Chicago" by Frederic M. Thrasher (1927 1st Ed.; 1963 Abridged Ed.)
*Photo: "RJ @ Santa Barbara County Bowl"
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February 1, 2024 13 mins
In our third segment studying the history of juvenile delinquency in America, we move from 1800s NYC into the early 1900s Chicago era where our focus is exclusively on boys and younger adult males and how "community disorganization" and mass migration patterns create social gaps for gangs to form.

*Source: "the gang: a study of 1,313 gangs in Chicago" by Frederic M. Thrasher (1927 1st Ed.; 1963 Abridged Ed.)
*Photo by Ron Jones
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January 27, 2024 30 mins
Today, a historical perspective on the US Government ordering Texas to basically "stand down" and remove their state of readiness thus allowing millions of unvetted people into our country. What does history say? How does the rising anarchy and chaos factor into historical cycles across the generations? Where is it headed with militarized law enforcement policies and actions? Brace for impact. Prepare.

If interested, listen to my pr...
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January 25, 2024 8 mins
Following up my show the other day on the useless efforts to keep fighting smaller brush fires...let's circle back to some solutions to the bigger problems of the rampant corruption destroying our country coming out of DC.

*Photo by Ron Jones
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January 23, 2024 39 mins
Today's show is about "THE PLAN" and how our wasted efforts on so many seperate "brush fires" will never extinguish the source of flame.
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January 22, 2024 19 mins
Continuing on my Juvenile Delinquency series looking at the history of delinquency in America, we further explore the Charles Loring Brace era of NYC during the latter 1800s. Today's episode focuses on the dangers of mass immigration's impact on crime along with the industrial skills taught to correct delinquency and help youth start productive lives through working.

*Source: "The Dangerous Classes of New York, & Twenty years' w...
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January 21, 2024 15 mins
This is the first part of a series exploring the history of juvenile delinquency in America from the mid-1800s into the early 1900s...big ideas on how to solve current problems are found in the history books...if you know where to look.

*Source: "The Dangerous Classes of New York, & Twenty Years' work among them" by Charles Loring Brace (1872)
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January 17, 2024 9 mins
Something threw off my chi today, so I needed to modify my daily 30 minutes of physical activity to make it softer to accomodate my lower energy level...a "scaling force" concept out of combatives but applied in a much different setting or way...I hope sharing it helps you. Take care. Keep moving.
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January 13, 2024 15 mins
Here are some added comments to my weekly article for our local newspaper. This week, I'm talking about the end of 2023 and the beginning of 2024 which has been full of violence and challenges. I expand into some fitness tips on "how to walk well with a Gliding Gait." If you want more on walking well, check out my YouTube video link below on "Gliding Gait" tips.

"Gliding Gait" Tutorial Video by Ron Jones

*Photo Credit: "RJ & Swor...
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January 7, 2024 14 mins
Here's a simple New Year's challenge for you that I used in corporate for years with a high degree of success. NO money is required. NO membership is required. I've shared the plan for free on this episode and the free handout link is below for more information. Make it happen. See y'all in 2024...

30X30 Challenge Handouts & Information: (FREE)

https://theleanberets.com/approved-resources/30x30-challenge/

Photo Credit: Ron Jones
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December 19, 2023 7 mins
Some amazing "Cowboy Wisdom" can get one re-centered in today's insane world where traditions and culture are being thrown to the wind.

*Source: "A Trail of Memories: The Quotations of Louis L'Amour (1988)
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