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- Lifestyle
- Yahoo
3 Hawaii Locals Share What They Want Travelers to Know About Their Culture
In this week's podcast episode of Lost Cultures: Living Legacies, we journey to Hawaii to explore the deep roots and living traditions of Kānaka Maoli, the Native Hawaiian may think you know Hawaii. But there's more to these stunning islands than white-sand beaches and breezy palm trees. Beyond the surf breaks and world-class sunsets, Hawaii has a complex story. Navigators were born here. There's an unmatched reverence for the land. It's a place once—and still—filled with warriors, working hard to fight for their cultural preservation. And as our guests share, Hawaiian culture isn't just alive on the islands—it touches the far corners of the world, too. In this week's episode of Lost Cultures: Living Legacies, we're exploring Hawaii through the voices of cultural practitioners, historians, and teachers, including Evan Mokuahi Hayes, a Hawaiian historian who returned to the islands in search of healing. He found it, unexpectedly, in a taro patch. 'Hawaii has this beautiful way of, even when you have nothing to give, it will meet you there,' he shares on the episode. 'It has a way of healing broken parts of you, essentially, and filling those empty spaces.' Related: 18 Basic Hawaiian Words and Phrases That connection to ʻāina—to land and Earth—runs deep for many. As Dr. J. Uluwehi Hopkins, a professor of Hawaiian history, explains on the episode, 'We have cosmogonic genealogies ... that say we grew right out of the land here, that the land itself is our ancestors.' The result is a worldview built on stewardship, not view was almost shattered in the late 1700s, when Western contact reshaped the islands' political and spiritual landscapes. "Our Hawaiian chiefs wanted to form a government that other nations would respect and therefore interact with in an equal way," Hopkins explains. "And the Hawaiian people actually didn't want land ownership, but the government enacted it because they realized that if we established land in a way that had an owner, if another foreign power came and took us over, they had to respect the landowners." This episode also explores the arrival of American missionaries in the 19th century, the rise of the sugar industry, and the illegal overthrow of Queen Lili'uokalani. 'She crafted this really wonderful, brilliant response in which she says, 'I will yield my authority until the U.S. president realizes the illegality of his own minister,'' Hopkins shares. Through it all, Hawaiian culture has endured, especially in hula. 'Hula is exactly what people see,' says Hokulani Holt, a kumu hula, or teacher of the art of hula. 'It is the visual representation of the words that you are hearing. You cannot have hula without words.' Holt adds, hula is not merely a performance; it is history in movement. To get to know Hawai'i on a new level, listen to this week's episode of Lost Cultures: Living Legacies. It's available now on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Amazon Music, Player FM, or wherever you get your podcasts. Read the original article on Travel & Leisure
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Travel + Leisure
a day ago
- Lifestyle
- Travel + Leisure
3 Hawaii Locals Share What They Want Travelers to Know About Their Culture
You may think you know Hawaii. But there's more to these stunning islands than white-sand beaches and breezy palm trees. Beyond the surf breaks and world-class sunsets, Hawaii has a complex story. Navigators were born here. There's an unmatched reverence for the land. It's a place once—and still—filled with warriors, working hard to fight for their cultural preservation. And as our guests share, Hawaiian culture isn't just alive on the islands—it touches the far corners of the world, too. In this week's episode of Lost Cultures: Living Legacies , we're exploring Hawaii through the voices of cultural practitioners, historians, and teachers, including Evan Mokuahi Hayes, a Hawaiian historian who returned to the islands in search of healing. He found it, unexpectedly, in a taro patch. 'Hawaii has this beautiful way of, even when you have nothing to give, it will meet you there,' he shares on the episode. 'It has a way of healing broken parts of you, essentially, and filling those empty spaces.' That connection to ʻāina —to land and Earth—runs deep for many. As Dr. J. Uluwehi Hopkins, a professor of Hawaiian history, explains on the episode, 'We have cosmogonic genealogies ... that say we grew right out of the land here, that the land itself is our ancestors.' The result is a worldview built on stewardship, not ownership. That view was almost shattered in the late 1700s, when Western contact reshaped the islands' political and spiritual landscapes. "Our Hawaiian chiefs wanted to form a government that other nations would respect and therefore interact with in an equal way," Hopkins explains. "And the Hawaiian people actually didn't want land ownership, but the government enacted it because they realized that if we established land in a way that had an owner, if another foreign power came and took us over, they had to respect the landowners." This episode also explores the arrival of American missionaries in the 19th century, the rise of the sugar industry, and the illegal overthrow of Queen Lili'uokalani. 'She crafted this really wonderful, brilliant response in which she says, 'I will yield my authority until the U.S. president realizes the illegality of his own minister,'' Hopkins shares. Through it all, Hawaiian culture has endured, especially in hula. 'Hula is exactly what people see,' says Hokulani Holt, a kumu hula, or teacher of the art of hula. 'It is the visual representation of the words that you are hearing. You cannot have hula without words.' Holt adds, hula is not merely a performance; it is history in movement. To get to know Hawai'i on a new level, listen to this week's episode of Lost Cultures: Living Legacies . It's available now on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Amazon Music, Player FM, or wherever you get your podcasts.
Refinery29
4 days ago
- Business
- Refinery29
A Week In San Francisco Bay Area On A $91,000 Salary
Welcome to Money Diaries where we are tackling the ever-present taboo that is money. We're asking real people how they spend their hard-earned money during a seven-day period — and we're tracking every last dollar. Today: a grant writer who makes $91,000 per year and who spends some of her money this week on 'Risk it for the brisket' baseball caps. If you'd like to submit your own Money Diary, you can do so via our online form. We pay $150 for each published diary. Apologies but we're not able to reply to every email. Occupation: Grant writer Industry: Higher education Age: 24 Location: San Francisco Bay Area Salary: $91,000 Assets: Checking: $14,000 (this is used for recurring bills as well as any spending throughout the month); Roth IRA: $27,000; brokerage account: $24,000 Debt: $0 Paycheck Amount (2x/month): $2,400 after deductions. Pronouns: She/her Monthly Expenses Housing Costs: I live with two other young women in a three-bed, two-bath apartment. Our total rent is $4,895 per month, of which I pay $1,800. This does not include utilities (which are included below). Loan Payments: $0 Gym Membership: $205 Horse Boarding: $630 Internet: $10 (my third). Electricity: $25 (my third). Utilities: $100 (my third). Netflix: $19 Amazon Music: $12 Amazon Prime: $15 Was there an expectation for you to attend higher education? Did you participate in any form of higher education? If yes, how did you pay for it? Education was a very high priority in my family. My parents are both highly educated and there was always an expectation to earn a four-year degree. There was also an expectation to attend graduate school at some point, although there was less of an emphasis on a graduate degree than on a bachelor's degree. I have a bachelor's and master's degree, both in public policy. Because of how much my parents prioritized and valued higher education, they paid the full cost of attendance for me to attend college and graduate school. Growing up, what kind of conversations did you have about money? Did your parent(s)/guardian(s) educate you about finances? Growing up, my parents emphasized the importance of saving money. They always reminded us that although we were comfortable financially, money was typically spent either on the essentials or put away in savings to be used on something meaningful later on. Along those lines, they also instilled in me the importance of using my money to give back to my community or to those in need, if I was in a position where I was financially able to. My parents often discussed with my sister and me which local organizations they donated money to and made sure we understood the value of donating extra money (and saving it) rather than spending it on luxury vacations, expensive cars, etc. My parents also educated me about finances — essentially all my financial knowledge comes from them. They helped me open my first checking account and credit card, and they explained how different accounts work, how to be smart about credit card usage, and so on. My dad also helped me open my brokerage and Roth IRA accounts and still sits down with me usually once a year to discuss investment strategy and help me invest money into both accounts. What was your first job and why did you get it? I worked at a summer camp teaching children and teenagers how to ride horses during the summer after my senior year of high school and before I started college. I had volunteered at the camp during several summers prior, and I finally reached the age where I transitioned into a paid staff member (18+) instead of a volunteer (15-17 years old). I wanted to have some spending money saved up by the time I started college. Even though my parents generously paid the cost of attendance, it was my responsibility to pay for transportation, entertainment, food that didn't come from the dining halls, etc — anything that wasn't captured in the cost of attendance. Did you worry about money growing up? No, growing up I was always under the impression that we had enough money to cover the necessities, plus more. I understood that my parents were smart about saving and had enough money put away that if any financial emergencies arose, we would be able to handle them. Do you worry about money now? Yes, I live in an extremely high cost-of-living area and don't make enough where I am able to pay all my expenses and save a good amount of money each month (which I consider to be very important, given what my parents taught me and how they saved money when I was growing up). I track all my expenses and try to budget but regardless, every month I barely save any money and don't have much room for unexpected and unplanned expenses. I've had a lot of unexpected or unplanned expenses come up recently, such as vet bills for my horse and medical bills for myself, but I don't have extra income each month to be paying for these expenses. Significant yearly raises and large bonuses at my job are very rare, so I know that there is almost no chance that I will be making more money all of a sudden. I am constantly worrying about what I'll do if I get hit with even more unexpected expenses, because I will not be able to pay for them and really want to avoid going into debt. At what age did you become financially responsible for yourself and do you have a financial safety net? I would say that I became almost fully financially responsible for myself around the time that I got my first career job (about a year and a half ago) and started paying my housing costs. Throughout college, my parents generously paid my housing costs, and in the half-year between graduating college and getting my first full-time job, I was living in a condo owned by my parents, so I didn't pay rent. Since I got my first full-time job, I've paid for everything myself except my phone bill (I'm on a family plan) and car insurance (which my parents pay for to ensure that I always have coverage). I know that if I lost my job, my parents would help with some basic living expenses (although I'd be expected to find a job in the interim, or use my savings to cover things like paying for my horse), so I do have a financial safety net, although I always do my best not to rely/fall back on that. Do you or have you ever received passive or inherited income? If yes, please explain. No. Day One: Monday 6:15 a.m. — On the days that I work from the office, I always wake up early to take care of my horse before work. I eat a quick breakfast, gather everything for my work day, and make it to the ranch by 7 a.m. to get my horse exercised and feed her grain and supplements. On this particular morning, I lunge her instead of ride for her daily exercise, since I was out of town over the weekend and hadn't ridden her in a few days. 8:30 a.m. — I arrive at work around 8:30 a.m. and spend about an hour going through emails and preparing for our weekly team meeting. After our team meeting, I have a pretty typical day of writing stewardship reports and working on grant applications. Around lunchtime, I walk with a coworker to a coffee shop nearby and discuss some work-related topics on the way, and she generously buys me a smoothie to enjoy on our walk back to the office. I leave work around 4:45 p.m. to get to the gym. 5:30 p.m. — I arrive at the gym for a workout class. I pay a monthly membership for an unlimited number of classes. I do CrossFit, and I always try to make it to one of the later afternoon classes. Class was pretty typical today — a mixture of running, lifting, and skill work. Each class is approximately one hour, so we wrap up around 6:30 p.m. I stick around to stretch and roll out, and socialize with other gym members, before I leave the gym around 7 p.m. 7:30 p.m. — I play in an outdoor sand volleyball league on Monday evenings on a team with several other young adults. Today we have a game at 7:30 p.m. It's warm out tonight, and still light when we started playing, which was a nice change from the darker and colder games that we'd been playing most of the winter. We don't play very well tonight, only winning one of three sets in our game, but it was nice to be able to enjoy the warmer evening by being outdoors. These games typically last about an hour, so I leave around 8:30 p.m. 9 p.m. — On my way home, I stop by the ranch again to feed my horse some extra hay — she's fed in the morning and afternoon by the feeders at the ranch, but I always stop by to give her a little extra at night so she doesn't go for too long of a period of time without eating. Horses are evolutionarily and biologically wired to be grazing almost constantly (before they were domesticated, they were constantly eating the grasses and other plants in the areas in which they lived and roamed), so I make sure that my horse has access to food as often as possible. Once I get home, around 9 p.m., I eat a quick dinner, shower, pack my lunch for tomorrow, and go to bed. 6:15 a.m. — I work from the office Monday through Wednesday, so I'm up early again to take care of my horse before work. I follow the same morning routine — eat a quick breakfast, gather everything I need for work and the gym, and head out the door to arrive at the ranch a little before 7 a.m. This morning, I do ride my horse, and we have a good ride before I have to leave for work. 8:30 a.m. — I arrive at work around 8:30 a.m., my typical start time. Today also is a typical workday, and it looks similar to Monday, although we don't have a team meeting in the morning. I have no meetings on my schedule today, and several of my coworkers who I usually eat lunch with are out sick or on vacation, so I just spend the day working on my stewardship reports and grant applications before leaving around 4:30 p.m. for the gym. 5:30 p.m. — Traffic is usually quite bad on Tuesdays, so it takes me about 45 minutes to drive to the gym, even though it's only about 10 miles from my office. I participate in both the 5:30 p.m. and 6:30 p.m. classes tonight — the 5:30 p.m. class was a specialty class where I was able to work on some particular CrossFit skills and movements that I need more practice with, and the 6:30 p.m. class was the workout of the day. It's a tough one, with lots of lifting and cardio. I stick around for a short amount of time to stretch and roll before leaving to go home. 8 p.m. — I stop at Costco to get gas after I leave the gym. Gas is really expensive in the Bay Area, and Costco always has the cheapest gas in the area, so I try not to buy gas from anywhere else. $48.27 9 p.m. — On my way home, I stop at the ranch to feed my horse and also to pick up dinner from an Asian fusion restaurant near my apartment. I order through DoorDash (for pickup), and because I have a gift card from a while ago as well as several promotions from DoorDash, I get my dinner for free. Once I get back home, I eat dinner, shower, pack my lunch for tomorrow, and go to bed. Daily Total: $48.27 Day Three: Wednesday 6:15 a.m. — Same morning routine as the previous two days — wake up early, eat breakfast, and ride my horse. Nothing unusual or exciting happened this morning (which is always a good thing with horses!) so I head to work as soon as I'm done riding. 8:30 a.m. — Today is a busy day, with four hour-long meetings on my calendar. I have my first meeting at 10 a.m. — a weekly one-on-one with my boss. We talk about the projects that I'm currently working on and she gives me several more projects to work on. After we finish our meeting, I go out for coffee with the newest hire on our team. We walk to a new coffee shop that just opened close to the office, and I try a cherry blossom latte (covered by my work). It was quite good. When I return to the office, I eat a quick lunch of leftovers from last night and get back to work before my afternoon meetings. I have two afternoon meetings with larger groups of colleagues, and use the last hour of my day to continue writing my reports until I leave for the gym around 4:30 p.m. 5:20 p.m. — I arrive at the gym shortly before my CrossFit class. It was another fun workout with lots of heavy lifting. I only stay for one class tonight and head home around 6:45 p.m. 7:15 p.m. — On my way home, I stop at the grocery store for a much-needed grocery trip. Since I've been out of town for the last two weekends, I haven't been grocery shopping in a while, and my fridge and pantry were empty. My grocery bill typically isn't quite this high, but because I have almost no food at home, I spend more than usual tonight. My cart is filled with a variety of items, including chicken, ground turkey, eggs, milk, cheese, lots of vegetables, yogurt, cottage cheese, and some other snacking foods. I buy enough food to make meals later this week and also next week, so I hopefully won't have to go back to the store for another two weeks. $161.14 8:15 p.m. — After leaving the grocery store, I go to the ranch to feed my horse her nighttime hay before going home. Once I get home, I throw a frozen dinner in the microwave (I'm too tired to cook anything that I bought tonight), put my groceries away, and clean up my kitchen. Once everything is tidied up, I shower and go to sleep. Daily Total: $161.14 Day Four: Thursday 7:30 a.m. — I finally get to sleep in today — I work from home on Thursday and Friday, so I often ride my horse in the afternoon, not the morning. I eat breakfast and start work earlier, shortly before 8 a.m., and work on my typical stewardship reports and other pieces of writing. Again, today is another typical workday without too many meetings or other things, so I'm able to be productive and wrap up several reports. 3 p.m. — I log off work early today because my horse has a chiropractor appointment. Yes, it sounds ridiculous, but horses do get chiropractic care, and they often benefit from it. I'd been noticing some stiffness in my horse's neck while we were riding so I scheduled this appointment to try to make her feel better. The appointment is quick (they'll send me a bill for this in due course), so I have time to take her out for her daily exercise before going to the gym. Since I am a little short on time, I lunge her again today instead of riding. 4:30 p.m. — I forgot my gym clothes so I have to drive home to grab them before going to the gym. I make it just in time for 5:30 p.m. class, which is another specialty class, this time focused on Olympic lifting. I also stay for the 6:30 p.m. class, which is an endurance class, so 45 minutes of cardio. I used to run competitively, so I really enjoy these classes. I hang around socializing for a while before heading home. 8 p.m. — On my way home, I stop, as usual, at the ranch to feed my horse. In addition to giving her extra hay, I take her out of her stall to let her graze on some of the fresh grass for about half an hour. Since she's not in a pasture right now, she doesn't have access to fresh grass, so I try to let her graze for about half an hour several times a week. Once she's had her fill, I bring her back to her stall and head home to make myself dinner, shower, and go to sleep. Daily Total: $0 Day Five: Friday 7:30 a.m. — I get to sleep in again since I'm working from home again. My morning routine is the same on Thursdays and Fridays, usually — a quick breakfast before starting work around 8 a.m. It's a light day at work because I finished several projects yesterday. I work on addressing edits to a few reports that my supervisor looked at and returned to me as well as wrapping up any outstanding tasks for several other reports. 12:30 p.m. — I decide to take my horse out in the early afternoon since I have a light day at work. Before I leave for the ranch, I check my personal email and see that the vet clinic has already sent me a bill for her appointment yesterday, so I pay that before going to ride. I try to make things quick today, since it's the middle of the work day. Once I'm done riding, I head home to finish up my work day. $349 4 p.m. — Traffic isn't as bad on Fridays so I leave around 4 p.m. to make it to 4:30 p.m. class at the gym. Friday is usually the last day of each week that I work out, and I take both weekend days off from a CrossFit workout, so I do both the 4:30 p.m. and 5:30 p.m. classes tonight. The first is another workout with heavy lifting and some cardio, and the second is another specialty class, again focused on Olympic lifting. This week of programming included a lot of lifting! 6:45 p.m. — I leave the gym and go back to the ranch to spend some more time with my horse. Since I took her out for a short ride earlier in the day, I decided to take her out for about 45 minutes to let her graze again. She's pretty focused on the food in front of her during this time, so I spend this time going through my personal email inboxes on my phone while keeping an eye on her. 8:30 p.m. — Earlier today, I realized that I had forgotten a couple items at the store last night (I should've made a shopping list, knowing it was going to be a large grocery haul). I stop at the grocery store on my way home to pick up strawberries, blackberries, cilantro, and frozen vegetables. Once I get home, I put my groceries away, do a little more cleaning in the kitchen, shower, and to go sleep. $27.70 Daily Total: $376.70 Day Six: Saturday 10 a.m. — My friend M. and I had made plans several days ago to go shopping on Saturday; the stores that we want to shop at are about 45 minutes away. He picks me up around 10 a.m. and we stop at Starbucks on the way. He pays for my drink. 12 p.m. — The first store that we stop at doesn't have what I need — I wanted to buy a new pair of riding boots, but this store didn't have a style that I liked in my size. Probably a good thing, considering that everything here was very expensive. 1 p.m. — The next store we stop at is so I can buy some food for my horse. I buy three bags of alfalfa cubes for $61.77 (to supplement her daily hay) as well as matching baseball caps for my sister and me — which I didn't plan to buy, but they caught my eye ($20). Buying bags of food is not too regular of an occurrence, as I don't give my horse too much extra in addition to her hay, so thankfully I don't spend that much money each month on extra food for her. M. buys a new grill at this store. $81.77 2 p.m. — M. and I stop at Panera Bread for lunch, and I cover both our meals since he paid for my Starbucks earlier in the day and also is driving his car. We both ordered from their you-pick-two menu. Panera is always my go-to when I need a fast but relatively healthy meal. $37.59 3:30 p.m. — We go to one more store to see if they had any shoes that I wanted to buy. I find a pair of nice riding boots, and they are on sale! I also decide to buy a new jacket for the colder winter days at the ranch, which I was not intending to buy, but it was on sale and looked like it would be very warm, so I decided to go for it. M. also buys a new pair of boots and several shirts. We both decide that we've spent enough money for the day, so we start our drive home. $144.84 5 p.m. — I finally make it to the ranch to take my horse out. I decide that she can use a day off (I usually give her one day off each week) so I take her for a long walk around the ranch instead of riding or lunging today. I also run into one of my friends at the ranch, who's helping take care of some other horses, so I help her finish up her horse chores before it's dark out. 8 p.m. — I'm finally done with everything horse related that I needed to get done today, so I stop by a friend's house for dinner. He cooked a delicious chicken pasta dish, which we eat and then hang out catching up for a while. I leave around 10:30 p.m. to go home, shower, and go to sleep. Daily Total: $264.20 Day Seven: Sunday 9 a.m. — Sundays are always a slow day for me. After I wake up and eat breakfast, I spend most of the morning going through my email inboxes that are not related to work and responding to emails that I missed during the week. I also spend some time cleaning my bathroom, vacuuming my room, and organizing my desk in my bedroom. 2 p.m. — I head over to the ranch to get my horse out. It's colder and windy today, which sometimes makes the horses act up, so I decide to lunge her today instead of riding. She's well-behaved, and I let her graze for about half an hour before putting her back in her stall. Someone else I know from the ranch had asked earlier in the day if I could fit a horse for hoof boots, so I do that quickly before I leave. 5 p.m. — On my way home, I stop at Target for shampoo, conditioner, and laundry detergent. These household items have become so expensive, so I don't like buying them until it's absolutely necessary, but I was running very low on all three, so it was time to spend the money. I'm trying to be smart about spending money only on the essentials, so this is one of the few times where I did not leave Target with ten times as much stuff as I intended to buy... $30.29 6 p.m. — Once I get home, I start meal prepping for the week and use up about half of the groceries that I bought earlier in the week. I make breaded chicken, a southwestern quinoa salad dish, a potato and vegetable dish, and egg bites. I planned to make banana bread but my bananas did not ripen quickly enough, so that will have to wait until next week. Meal prepping always takes me several hours, so by the time I am done and clean up the kitchen, it is time to shower, pack my food for work tomorrow, and get into bed. Daily Total: $30.29 The Breakdown Conclusion 'I'm surprised that I managed to keep my spending under $1,000, given that I paid vet bills and went shopping for myself (which I almost never do — maybe a few times per year). I'm also surprised at my food and drink spending. I made my semi-weekly grocery run (plus one extra small grocery run to buy a few things that I forgot) and bought food at a restaurant once, yet food and drink still made up nearly 25% of my weekly spending! I am pleased that there were a few days where I spent $0 or only made one purchase, which I think is pretty typical during an average week and also makes me feel confident that I am not spending money every day on impulse purchases or frivolous things. Writing this diary really opened my eyes to just how expensive the Bay Area is (see: food and drink spending) but also actually made me feel somewhat better about my spending habits and financial situation.' Money Diaries are meant to reflect an individual's experience and do not necessarily reflect Refinery29's point of view. Refinery29 in no way encourages illegal activity or harmful behavior. The first step to getting your financial life in order is tracking what you spend — to try on your own, check out our guide to managing your money every day. For more Money Diaries, click here. Do you have a Money Diary you'd like to share? Submit it with us here. Have questions about how to submit or our publishing process? Read our Money Diaries FAQ doc here or email us here.
Yahoo
6 days ago
- Business
- Yahoo
How two vets cracked the code to build serious wealth
You can catch Warrior Money on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Amazon Music, or wherever you get your podcasts. On this episode of Warrior Money, hosts Patrick Murphy and Dan Kunze take the mic solo to share their personal journeys from paper routes and military service to public office, venture capital, and building generational wealth. They reflect on the lessons learned through service, the power of long-term thinking, and why supporting veteran entrepreneurs is both a mission and a smart investment. It's an honest and purpose-driven conversation about money, legacy, and the hustle behind it all. Hosted by former Congressman Patrick Murphy and veteran investor Dan Kunze, Yahoo Finance's Warrior Money is a weekly vodcast dedicated to uplifting military veterans transitioning into civilian life. Through insights from fellow veterans and high-ranking officials, Murphy and Kunze are helping set vets up for success through financial education and inspiration. This post was written by Langston Sessoms. Welcome to Warrior Money. They showed devoted to supporting our brothers and sisters. I'm Patrick Murphy, and I'm Dan Kons. No guests this week. It's just us. So we figured it's a good time to share a little bit more about our own stories from military life to jumping on airplanes, to get into the civilian world, and taking on the highs and the lows and everything in between. So to kick back, let's get into it. Bottom line up this $100 million career mentality. Where did that come from? Well, first of all, it's like episode 30 and it's the first time I get to answer this question myself. So I got to buy myself a second to be able to answer it. Um, so ever since I've been aLittle kid, like I was, I started working when I was 9 or 10 years old. I've always had a long range view like I have a long range plan that's laid out. And I, I like totally agree that you can get lucky once. You might be able to get lucky twice, but sustained luckiness is only because you've planned, right? It's only, it's only because you prepared yourself. It's only because you put yourself in the right positions. It's only because you networked the right I, uh, I, I've kind of always constructed long term, I would say visions for myself and for my, my orientation, but like you said you set a goal for yourself. I want to make, I want my net worth to be $100 million over a certain period of time. That means that I've networked the right way. It means I've invested the right way. It means I've worked the right way, and it means I've done a lot of really good things, week I was so privileged to be in Napa Valley for a friend's birthday, and I just found out that some guy had a 200 year plan for his family, and I'm like, I'm, I'm not even, I gotta, I gotta get to a 200 year plan now, but it's like that embedded, that embedded planning process, just thinking about things over time is why is why I have it. Yeah, yeah, it's funny because I think in America we think about not even months, not even like a 4 year, youknow, we got a real-time we got a real-time ticker above us right now, right? And people forget that that's not how the rest of the world works. It's the Middle East or Asia, yeah, no, no, no, we've got long term dynastic thinking like, but what I think is interesting is that you have this $100 million dollar career mindset, right? And you have that even though you grew very wealthy, frankly, poor, no, I don't mean to be disparaging. You know, deliver newspapers when you're little, go to community college, you know, really bootstrapping your way, you know, up to live the American dream, and the army was part of that. Walk us through that story. Yeah, totally, um, I will, I'll never ever say that I felt like I grew up poor because like that's just not the way that I view that at parents were awesome and they worked their ass, their butts off to get to a better life for all of us, right? That's what, that's what we're all in time to do. But they were, they were working, they were either under my mom was probably underemployed and my dad had sporadic work, so it just was what it was. Out of necessity when I was when I felt out of necessity when I was 9 or 10 years old, I started a paper route, uh, they started paying me my first money and I was like, I really like this. So like my profession now is sales, investing and fundraising. Like I, I know how to do those things. So I make the joke, man, I've been asking adults for money since I was 9 years old. Like 1, 10,000 reps came really early for me, and you wouldn't tell me no, but give me money. Like I've heard that 100,000 times it doesn't, doesn't matter, bother me at like the um the starting work early, the building on this, having a longer term plan, all those sorts of things are really because I, I truly believe that it's a, it's a, it's an adult's job, but most most specifically a grown man's job to make your family and your family's legacy better than it was before. And that's that's that's what I do. That's why why I do what I do. Yeah. And so whether it's poor, lower middle class or I do think is that I think you and I both share that we're privileged in the sense that we grew up in America, right? And, and it's uh, it really truly can be a meritocracy now. People don't think it is, but the reality of it is if you plan your work and work your plan, you get after it. You mentioned something about sals and raising money, etc. because, you know, there's a lot of people say, oh, I have a $20 million fund or a $50 million fund, and they're not, they don't have any money behind it. It's just like their, their vision and that's you and I are venture capital partners together. Uh, we're part of two different ones that have raised over $250 million over 200 companies, mostly about 85% of them go to veterans. Why are you passionate about supporting your brothers to veterans to go into entrepreneurship? I mean, there's, so I had a really great conversation with one of the general partners that we were with last week in Austin or two weeks ago in uh I think it like the, the business, the business principle, like there's good investments and there's bad investments, and there's really good investments, right? So like a good investment starts and then you see that it's gonna be successful and you make more follow on bets on it, right? Like, so, so I, I want to make good investments all the time. I'd really rather like win more than lose. Like, I know you're gonna lose sometimes, but I really rather win a lot. And the right people to win with are generally the community that we came from. Like either you've either done it before community founders orI know that you've been trained to be resilient, have great, understand how to resolve conflict and all those great things, and that generally comes from the veteran, the veteran community, or at least I have experience coming from the veteran national security community. So I think in the near term it's just like a good, it's a good investment. So I'm like, I'm being purely selfish on that. It's a better investment than investing in other, other areas. I, I that's what it comes down. Yeah, and, and, and for those res, there's a lot of times with then I'll be like, hey TSSI best here, best there, and I'm like, I call my brother, right, 5000 here, 15,000 there. And then my son tracks, my son my son Jack, who's a freshman in high school, he's on the Robinhood app. I hear the Robin Hod happens for him, and I'll be like, Dad, I think we should do this or that. And I'm like, Hey, Uncle Dan, so I, I actually love, so I love investing. I love being part of this whole part of that career journey was I started as an intern at the same time I was working in politics, cutting out newspaper articles. I was an intern analyst at a hedge fund when I was 18 or 19 years old, and my job was to analyze small and microcap stocks. So I was like, I was doing the politics thing on one side and I was doing the the small microca stocks on the other side. I had no idea that that was going to like 20 years later, but it's been the core of what my professional career has been about. It's like, how do I invest? How do I make sure I work at the right places, then how do I influence the way national security and public sector works? Like that's what I do. And I love the fact that you invest now in do uses company. You're solving a pain point when you look at World War II generation, had the veterans start their own small business. Our generation, it's less than 5%.Let me go though, because we talked about being venture capital partners, but we also do business together, uh, especially in your previous work where it's about enterprise level sales. You know, I could talk about, you know, we both deliver newspapers, waiting tables, all that stuff, but what about enterprise?Deals, you know, you work at Gartner, you work at ServiceNow, um, and a bunch of other companies and what you've brought to the table and some we're talking about multi $100 million accounts that you've brought in that say a company like ServiceNow. Yeah, soit's umThere's an adage where if you got the the bigger the problem that you solve, the more just inherently, the more money you're gonna make or the more scale that's gonna be behind it. It's just, it's just the way that it works, right? And so, um, what everybody gets caught up in is the end goal, like the end the end contract or the end size or the end of whatever, but like every one of those stories patience and discipline to focus on the things that matter, right? So like oftentimes we get distracted by chasing the whale or chasing whatever that is, right? But when you're when you're talking about enterprise sales, or you're talking about a good investment, sometimes the absolute best action is no action whatsoever, and to be prioritized on a few of the things that actually move the often, and I can just I can differentiate this at this place like.I know when somebody's distracted by too many different things that they're not going to be able to focus for long enough on the thing or two, that's gonna really move a needle. I, I know it during a due diligence process. I know it in the review of a pipeline. I know it in the way that you're making investments. If you're trying to do everything all at once, you're not going to be successful. So I have had the privilege of working for some unbelievably awesome companies and I've, I've done very well financially at those best sales reps are the ones or the best enterprise sellers or the best organization growers are the ones that figure out a strategy and stay consistent over time and let that grow, which sounds very close to a $100 million career plan if you think about like just extracting that to different levels. Yeah, right, so let's flip it. Tell us, tell me about how we start working together. Tell the viewers, what, what's your recollection of you and I working together because we've been at this now for, for at least half a decade. Yeah, I, I will, I know this specifically, I'm not sure you remember this, but, um, there's, I was on the board of Big Brothers Big Sisters, and Marcus Allen, who's the guy from Philadelphia area, had just become the new CEO of the Philadelphia we were at an off site over the weekend. It was like his first kickoff session. And bythe way, we're both on the board and we wrote the Big Brothers Big Sisters, and I had a little brother for a while who's now in the army in Germany. And if you look at my clips on social media, you're gonna see that fuckir Daughtry is now doing my clips. So I'm gonna plug right there for him. But, but anyway, Marcus was sitting there and he wanted us all to introduce himself. And so this hotshot politician guy named Patrick Murphy is like 3 up. He introduces himself and then this hotshot bra brash 20 year old kid in law school introduces himself. And then I wanted to finish and say something else again. He like cuts me off. He's like, No, no, no, no, 111 thing for once. And so we went through this weekend, we went through this weekend of things and then, uh, we were in an elevator together and like, I think he just like busted my stones and in then fast forward to just before COVID, we got to see each other again in February of 2020. That's kind of when we started really starting to think about our work together. That was by that time, I had done my army time. I had done the law school thing. I'd done all the things that Iwanted to do. And I remember, you know, many times driving off the West Point with you and that's where the concept of this game. What part of the concept of this is like, how do we tell good endearing positive stories about veterans that aren' oriented to some sort of tragedy or some sort of problem. So yeah, yeah, I mean, I, I always boil it down because the army says keep it simple stupid, and I used to talk to me when he said that, right? But it's like you gotta shoot, you gotta move communicate, but communicate. It's well that's distribution and to be on the platform, yeah, I would find that's the biggest business platform in the world and to do what we do, you know, once that like that's a responsibility, yeah, because it's like some, so like, you know, there's a lot of things you can do spend a lot of energy and you don't get a lot of output, right? But having the ability to have leverage where $1 turns the many or one hour turns into 100 hours or one person turns into $100,000 like that level of leverage, that level of distribution is what we're all really what we're all really looking for, uh, when there's 1.4 million serving active service members plus all the other guardsmen and reservists, plus all the different programs, there' way to distribute to that quantity of people unless you're on a platform that allows you to actually distribute that scale. So like, and they're global, and they all have issues and there's so many different ways. So like you need scale and distribution for that. Yeah. And tell me, we've had 30 episodes together already. We're here once a week. Tell me one of your favorite guests that we've had and the stories they told. Yeah, I, I will say the consistency of everybody you need to find a level of purpose regardless of whoever the guest has been, has been the most I think messages that I've heard so far, like, no matter what we tell you in the transition, no matter what anybody tells you, no matter what you your next step to purpose is really important and as I reflect on my own life, the areas I felt a little lost or the times I felt a little lost were when I wasn't clear on my purpose. So it really resonates to me on that. Um, Maurice Filigen is, I, I, I really believe in mentors and I really believe in paying for mentors and I really believe in doing that. Moe was one of my mentors and I, I paid for some coaching years ago from him. And so, um, the way he's constructed his life to be able to satisfaction but also entrepreneurial, uh, freedom and creativity is really the way that I'm, I'm, I believe and I wanna model myself like I, I believe that we're all renaissance people or at least we have the ability to be renaissance people and blending a life of public service with corporate experience, with the ability to invest with the ability to coach my kid's baseball team is like that's what I want to have so you you can have it the only way to have it all is by prioritizing the right things at the right times. And that's why I really resonate with what what Moe's message was. Yeah, and that purpose driven life, you know, when you do keep it simple, I mean, I think you live your life. It's like God, country, family, right? And it's OK to provide for your family, whether it's a 20 year plan or a 10 year plan, but providing for them so they canhave, I tell you, I got a little chapter when I heard that somebody else had a 200 year plan. I got to get out to 250 years. America's 250th anniversary they're like, anyway, so. Yeah, yeah, that's awesome. All right, so we're gonna take a quick break. We're gonna talk about, um, you have 3 kids. We're gonna talk about next. Well, yeah, but why you pick me to be the godfather of your youngest son. We're gonna talk about you next. We'll be right back on where your money. Welcome back to Warrior Money. I'm Dan Kons with Patrick Murphy. Uh, roles are reversed for the second segment of the show, so I'm gonna do Bottom line out front. All right, Patrick, everything you've done since you've been a kid is oriented in some way to public service. Why, why does that matter to you so much? I, I just think it was ingrained, you know, my, my, uh, father, mother, I'm 3rd generation veteran, but my dad, you know, was a Navy enlisted veteran during Vietnam. Two uncles served in Vietnam. My mother was a Catholic nun.I joked that she dumped Jesus for Jack Murphy. I just did a sub stack on that. Um, but, you know, it was really about, you know, taking care of our neighborhood, you know, clean the house every Sunday before you go play sports. It was, you know, taking care of the elderly people that shuffled their steps for free, even though that was a side business, we did the elderly people for free. We delivered newspapers, you know, we cut their lawns, that kind of stuff. Uh, and I just feel like that's where it comes natural to me. Like that is like, what are you doing?You know, to live what the Bible says, having a servant's heart and give back. And that service comes in a lot of different forms. It could come from my time in the military or political public service, or even now helping other veterans, investing in their dreams and their companies andAnd it's not something like, you know, a lot of veterans we have to turn away, because this isn't, you know, when I do invest and when we do invest, it's not a charity. It's we have to believe in them and their extraordinary leadership to get things done. Yeah, you and I share a pretty, at least I think share pretty like origin story, right? Like, uh, blue collar folks, uh, kind of a blue collar start, a lot of different jobs. Can you tell me a little bit about your, your early life and then how you got to military service? Yeah, I'm blessed to have a great family, you know, I'm the youngest of three. my sister's done now 2.5 decades as a public school teacher. My brother's Air Force 2 deployments after 9/11 overseas, uh, is in public safety, you know, full then, uh, you know, for me it was, it was, it was you went to church at 6:30 in the morning with my mom or he delivered newspapers. So me and JJ Murphy got there roller skates or shopper cart, you know, we had 888 papers to deliver, you know, before school and, um, you know, to me that was, you know, that was the hustle, you know, and then on Sundays if my dad didn't have date work, you know, he'd be, he'd get the station wagon and we put the papers with the roller skates because we do it even faster and we had, I think on Sundays we were even more like 124 papers, butYou know, that brought me into, you know, wait, you know, bussing tables and waiting tables. And then in my senior year, now, listen, I, throughout the years I've learned, I've always been a hard worker, but working smarter is something I had to kind of learn. Um, and, you know, it probably wasn't smart for me in my senior high school to, you know, play hockey, but then also, you know, work 4 jobs and work the graveyard shift on Friday and Saturday nights, you you're a 60 year old senior in high school, you shouldn't be working the 11th night at 7 in the morning. But like, hey, I didn't know any better. I was making money and it was great, and it did frankly keep me out of trouble, and none of my colleagues didn't, um, you know, follow thatpath, um.I guess I have the benefit of knowing you so well, so I get to ask it kind of an unfair, what I consider to be an unfair question. Uh, you had this unbelievable opportunity to serve in the army, uh, for and have a career that was unbelievable. West Point, you, uh, went to Iraq, you went to Kosovo, you had this awesome in-service career, right?But then what I think is unbelievable is that you were inspired to run for Congress following, uh, following your time in army service. Why, why did you why did you do that? Like why of all the things you could do, and you had no money, like you were broke, why did you decide you wanted to do that? Yeah, I mean, well, listen, I always say to people like, even my military career was the teacher wants to play at age 27, like, like, and then to go to combat with the 82nd Airport Division, that was awesome. But when I was 19 when I joined the army, I said, I want to be an airborne Ranger. I want to be a paratrooper with the 82nd Airport division because my uncle was, you know, an 82nd Vietnam vet. And so like for me, like I listen, I did airborne air assault and then I was supposed to go to the Rangers squad. I didn't get the slot because I had to go to combat instead, right?So like, that'll always chat me a little bit, but at the end of the day, it's like I can't focus on, you know, and so I moved forward. For me, it's, it's simple. I was independent my whole life. Um, I wasn't a political science major. I wasn't a journalism major in college, but to me, you know, when I was teaching at West Point and, you know, really being with the best of the best, um, and, you know, people forget like there's 55,000 high school students that try to get those 1200 slots to West Point andUm, to be able to teach the next generation of leaders, it was an awesome experience and an awesome responsibility. Uh, I'm still friends with some of those students. You know, we've had some of my other students on here, uh, when I teach at Wharton, you know, on the show, but I would say,When I lost 19 men in Baghdad, um, you know, I know for the young cats that listen to our show that are still in the military, people forget, you know, our nation was attacked on 9/11, uh, by Osama bin Laden and al-Qaeda that was based in Afghanistan. And then within two years, we divert our attention to fight an unnecessary war in Iraq. Now, again, those of us who served in Iraq, served honorably, we did our job, butIt was a strategic mistake for America. You know, people forget, we, you know, we took out Saddam Hussein, who was not a great guy, but, you know, he was a Sunni leader that kept Iran with a Shia country in balance. It took off that balance. Iran got wrapped up, butYou know, when you had someone like Barack Obama come in as president, he was, he, and he came in on us. He said, if you make me the commander in chief, we're gonna devote resources to bring Bin Laden to justice because he's been, he was on the land for years and years and years. And we tripled the amount of forces in Afghanistan, brought bin Laden to justice. Now we probably should then start diverting to bring the troops home quicker than we did, but it is what it is. They're home now. But to me, that's why I got in that political public service. It's why I ran for Congress. We won by 0.6%.Um, and, and I didn't know if it was gonna be a two-year gig or a 20-year gig, but I said I'm gonna make every day count. You know, we did things like the GI Bill and some other stuff. And one of thecool things about being in power or having some level of power is that you can see a wrong and you can make it right, or at least try to make it right. Um, what is the, what is the, what is the thing that you saw when you were in Congress like that the, if the, if the students at West Point compelled you to run for Congress and those things, right?What was the wrong you saw in Congress that you're like, I gotta, I gotta fix this, uh, otherwise I won't behappy about it. Yeah, I mean, I think even in business, it's like politics like what pains are you solving, right? And so at first, my first term in Congress, I served two terms was, hey, we had 16% unemployment with veterans, 16%, and people forget that, right?So I co-authored, uh, with my roommate, you know, the post I and GI bill, right? And now that post and GI bill is 800,000 young Americans using that GI bill right now in America today, right? So phenomenally successful. The American taxpayer has got an incredible ROI on that. So I'm super proud about that. And then my second term, you know, we then President Obama gets so my first term was under President Bush. My second term was under President and, you know, I wrote the bill that repealed the hotel, you know, and that, that pain point was, yeah, yeah, I'm straight, but we kicked out 13,000 troops just because they were getting out for misconduct, you know, misconduct, if you're going straight, yeah, we'll throw you out. But just because of who they love, it was wrong. Um, and for me, you know, if I couldn't stand there as devout Catholic, as a, as a Christian, as a, as a combat veteran, the fight for those who didn't have a voice in Congress, um,You know, I knew that I would be embarrassed, you know, that my kids would read about me, my Wikipedia page. So for me, you know, we caught that bill, we got it done, got it done and, you know, to me it was important and then ushered in, you know, we hit recruitment goals years later and stuff like that. There's a, there's an adage that I have where it's just like once you see something you can't unsee it, right? You can't, you can't unsee the thing you've seen that that for me at least is like my growth stages of my life. Like once you start to do one thing and you see the next level, it's hard to go back to the previous level, right?So you saw in the arm, you saw in the army a whole lot of stuff, and you're like, I'm gonna go run for Congress. And then when you're in Congress, you see a whole lot of other stuff. And then uh 2010 comes around and it was, uh, I think it was 2010. It was a kind of a crazy election cycle. So then fast forward, you have this opportunity to get called back into service again as the Undersecretary of the army under what, what, what was that experience? Well, first of all, how do you get a call from the president to be like, Yo, like you should run the army. And then second of all, what was the job and what did that mean toyou? Yeah, when I was leaving Congress, you know, the President Obama, who I, who I loved and, you know, was, you know, basketball with him, etc. was early, was one of the first members of Congress to endorse him when he was down 38 points in a primary, right, and won the win. But, um, I would just say for me, I saw him, he said, hey Murph, I'm we're finishing these next two years out strong. I need you to come back he'd offered me a job really, and I said, sir, like, like, I don't need a job. Like I'm gonna be fine. I'm going back home to Pennsylvania. But he said, no, like this time like I need you need you, like, and so he goes, we'll make some changes to the Pentagon. I need your leadership. And so you can't say no to the president. And the next day, Dennis Madonna, who's his chief of staff, calls me and says, Patrick, hey Patrick, thank you. He goes, the president wants you to be the undersecret of the I will tell you I taught at West Point. I served in the Armed Services Committee, the Appropriation Committee. I didn't know the rank structured at the Pentagon because I never served in the Pentagon right so like I was like, is the Undersecretary bigger than the assistant secretary? So it goes like Secretary of the Army, Under Secretary of the Army, CCOO, and then it's like Assistant secretary. So, so, uh, you know, of course, you know, I'm right there looking at Google images like the rank structure of the, the flow chart, yeah, listen, I, and I, you know, I, we served, we have recruitment goals, 120,000 gen Z years in, um, and that was a phenomenal. That was probably the best job I've ever had. Uh, I love every day. I mean, every day is a blessing, but that was the, the stand in front of formation, uh, to lead, you know, men and women, people who are part of America's varsity team, United States Army was a pretty awesome. Uh, let's just make sure that everybody knows this. The United States Department of Defense is the largest employer in the world. It's a Fortune army is the 2nd largest employer in the world, and they're part of the Department of Defense and their fortune too. So that means that Patrick's budget when he was the undersecary of the Army was over 180 billion, is that right? And he was responsible for 4.5 the total service members between active guard and reserve, it was about 1.3 million, so about, about half a million, uh, active duty, another $5 million in the guard reserves, and then about 300,000 the 4.5 million is actually me going back to the civilian workout as well. Sorry about that. All right, well, hey, um, I'm gonna ask you 11 rapid fire question real quick. Uh, what is the money mistake that, what is the money that you know?What is the thing about money that you know now that you wish you knew when you were younger? Yeah, I think I've always been disciplined. I didn't realize about compound interest and even putting a little weight each month, no matter if you're a private first class captain or whatever. Starting early in that compound interest makes complete sense. And so I wish I did it younger. I'm doing it now. I'm making up, you know, I'm gonna be, I'm providing for my kids like, and, um, you know, I don't have the 200 year plan, but, you know, I have a plan that I'm executing on and I just was I started earlier, butUh, I've been blessed, brother, and I'm blessed to do the show with you. I think we're changing the world. We're trying to support our brothers and sisters out there that, that need to get good advice, uh, good advice from the world's experts, and that's who we bring in every week, and it's been an honor to work with you, brother. Awesome. Thanks, right, so that's our show. So listen, subscribe, review where your money on Apple podcast, Spotify, or wherever else you get your podcast or find us at Yahoo Podcast, or Yahoo Finance. I'm Patrick Murphy and I'm Dan Kons. We'll see you again next content was not intended to be financial advice and should not be used as a substitute for professional financial services. 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The Ivors 2025: Charli XCX scoops the evening's big award
U2 make history at the 2025 Ivors overnight, as Charli XCX continues her awards tour Sign up to our daily newsletter Sign up Thank you for signing up! Did you know with a Digital Subscription to Edinburgh News, you can get unlimited access to the website including our premium content, as well as benefiting from fewer ads, loyalty rewards and much more. Learn More Sorry, there seem to be some issues. Please try again later. Submitting... Charli XCX has picked up her latest award for brat at the 2025 Ivors overnight. The singer joined the likes of Lola Young, Self Esteem, Myles Smith and more who were honoured at the ceremony in London. There were also awards for Robbie Williams, Brandon Flowers and U2 - who make history after receiving the Fellowship of The Ivors Academy. Charli XCX continues her awards run after picking up a major gong at the 2025 Ivors, held at Grosvenor House in London last night (May 22, 2025). The hyperpop superstar was named Songwriter of the Year with Amazon Music for her ground-breaking work on the 2025 album, brat, which was lauded for 'redefining pop and becoming a cultural phenomenon.' Advertisement Hide Ad Advertisement Hide Ad Charli XCX, winner of the Songwriter of the Year award, poses in the winners room at the Ivor Novello Awards 2025 at Grosvenor House on May 22, 2025 in London, England. | Stuart C. Wilson/Getty Images In true self-deprecating fashion, Charli XCX used her acceptance speech to highlight how her songwriting differed from, for example, Bob Dylan, but affirmed that 'one thing I certainly do is commit to the bit.' History was also made at the Ivors as U2 received the Fellowship of The Ivors Academy. The fellowship recognizes U2's fearless innovation, emotional depth, and their singular, influential partnership that has united generations through their songwriting. In earning one of the highest songwriting honours in the United Kingdom, they became the first-ever Irish songwriters to be inducted into the Academy's Fellowship in its 81-year history. Robbie Williams was presented with the PRS for Music Icon Award, marking his fifth Ivor Novello Award. This honour recognized a songwriting career that has spanned decades, touched millions, and defined a generation with hits like Angels and Let Me Entertain You. Advertisement Hide Ad Advertisement Hide Ad Brandon Flowers received the Special International Award. As the frontman of The Killers and a solo artist, Flowers was recognized for crafting anthems that blend poetic melancholy with widescreen pop ambition, achieving an unbroken run of UK number one albums. The award was notably presented by fellow Ivors Academy Fellow, Bruce Springsteen. Self Esteem was also honoured with the Visionary Award with Amazon Music. This award celebrated her fearless, genre-defying songwriting that has reshaped modern pop, exemplified by her emotionally raw, unapologetically feminist, and musically adventurous work like Prioritise Pleasure. 2025 Ivors awards - full list of winners Songwriter of the Year with Amazon Music - Charli XCX - Charli XCX Visionary Award with Amazon Music - Self Esteem - Self Esteem Special International - Brandon Flowers - Brandon Flowers PRS for Music Icon Award - Robbie Williams - Robbie Williams Outstanding Song Collection - Kele Okereke, Russell Lissack, Gordon Moakes, and Matt Tong for Bloc Party - Kele Okereke, Russell Lissack, Gordon Moakes, and Matt Tong for Bloc Party Academy Fellowship - Bono, The Edge, Adam Clayton, and Larry Mullen Jr. for U2 - Bono, The Edge, Adam Clayton, and Larry Mullen Jr. for U2 Rising Star Award with Amazon Music - Lola Young - Lola Young PRS for Music Most Performed Work - Stargazing written by Peter Fenn, Jesse Fink, and Myles Smith - Stargazing written by Peter Fenn, Jesse Fink, and Myles Smith Best Television Soundtrack - True Detective: Night Country composed by Vince Pope - True Detective: Night Country composed by Vince Pope Best Original Video Game Score - Farewell North composed by John Konsolakis - Farewell North composed by John Konsolakis Best Original Film Score - The Substance composed by Raffertie - The Substance composed by Raffertie Best Song Musically and Lyrically - Mine written and performed by Orla Gartland - Mine written and performed by Orla Gartland Best Contemporary Song - Circumnavigating Georgia written and performed by Sans Soucis - Circumnavigating Georgia written and performed by Sans Soucis Best Album - Who Am I written and performed by Berwyn Do you have an event you'd like to share with us? You can now promote your What's On stories to us online via YourWorld at It's free to use and, once checked, your story will appear on our website and, space allowing, in our newspapers.
