Podcasts about Alphas

What's the smell in the air? Is it fresh coffee grounds, or the earth after rain? No, it's something a little... wolfier?  Ficlets, it's time to foray into the omegaverse! This episode looks at the trope from its inception to modern day, with our discussion examining the trope's worldbuilding, allegories of oppression, and lasting power in fanfiction spaces. Works discussed in this episode:  - "burning (like a tire fire)," by brushedbymelancholy (Formula One RPF) — fanfiction - "HeavenScent," by an incompletelist (Red, White, and Royal Blue) — fanfiction - "I ain't no lady, but you'd be the tramp," by tehdirtiestsock (Supernatural RPF) — fanfiction - "Alphas, Betas, and Omegas: A Primer," by norabombay — meta - "The nonnies made them do it!" by netweight — meta

It is Ashe's golden age birthday (47, an even MAGA number) and the ladies open with the most on brand baroque dinosaur and clown birthday card from Archangel Michael, leaf photo challenge submissions that look professionally lit, and a coffee photo challenge fail that Ashe is fully embracing. Ashe then digs into the history of her own birthday: James Madison introducing the Bill of Rights in 1789 (the part she would never let them change), George Orwell's 1984 published in 1949 with a passage about lack of understanding keeping people sane, and the 1967 attack on the USS Liberty. Christy takes the professor chair for mad as a hatter, which turns out to come from actual mercury poisoning in seventeenth century French hat makers and not Lewis Carroll's Alice in Wonderland. Ashe walks through CannCon's research on Smartmatic and how its Venezuelan code lives on inside Dominion and Sequoia, the LA Spencer Pratt election circus, and Trump walking off Kristen Welker's barn set after she demanded evidence the media already knows exists. Cristina from Rise Attire joins to debut The Crystal Veil, her first short film and the start of Dauntless Tales, a stylized AI fantasy series in the spirit of Dark Crystal and Legend, with a Guy Fawkes knight, an allegory for a different psyop in every episode, and a reminder that our kids need to see good guys win.

The content we ultimately consume when we "doom-scroll" is called brain rot, and it is often used to describe low-effort, hyper-addictive videos that flood our feeds and eat up hours of our attention spans. While Gen Z and Alphas are usually called out for consuming this content, it seems like the older generation may have also fallen victim to this phenomenon. On The Agenda, Hongbin Jeong speaks to Dr David Teo, Senior Consultant Psychiatrist and Deputy Medical Director at Connections MindHealth to find out whether ‘brain rot’ is genuinely damaging our ability to focus, and the extent of the impact beyond just the youths.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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The ladies open with coffee splash photo challenge fails, including Jackie's noble attempt at a witch's cauldron and Ashe's lone half melted ice cube while Christy's iPhone 17 Pro Max once again outclasses everyone. They tease the Freedom 250 GART in Deadwood, complete with red, white, and blue welcome dinner plans and a renewed hope that Zach Payne and only Lance actually grow mullets. Christy takes the professor's chair for the idiom hands down, which turns out to come from horse racing and not, sadly, a dramatic courtroom gesture, just in time for Napoleon Solo to win the Preakness in a suspicious bit of comms. Ashe walks through her in person visit with Tina Peters two days after Governor Polis granted clemency, unpacking what is actually going on with the weaponization of government, why this case was never about elections despite the headlines, what Tina actually misses (her 97 year old mother, a real steak, a salad with actual tomatoes), why she will not see her dog Minka until she is certain she is not leaving her again, and why people who say she did nothing wrong are missing the same point as people who call her a threat to democracy. Christy closes with how to swallow gel caps without choking and how to unlock a child safety cap forever.

Zach sits down with Adam Roach and Dana Gentry, a married couple from Charleston, South Carolina, who have spent nearly a decade building what might be the most strategically intentional relationship he has ever heard described on the show. Both are high-achieving entrepreneurs on their second marriages, and they arrive with real tools, real failures, and a refreshing lack of pretense about how hard it was to get here.The conversation opens with Dana sharing that her first book, Restore: 90 Days to Intentional Living, just landed at number 14 on the USA Today bestseller list, which sets the tone for everything that follows. These are people who do not drift. From their annual January planning retreat to vision boards presented to the whole family, their approach to marriage looks less like a feeling and more like a decision they make over and over again. Adam, a communication-focused coach who played tennis in college, describes how they identified early on, with the help of a therapist, that they were both alphas and would need to figure out who takes the lead and when. That single insight has shaped the way they handle conflict, celebrate each other's wins, and divide the emotional labor of their relationship.Some of the richest material surfaces around what it actually means for two competitive, driven people to stop trying to win and start trying to keep the ball moving. Adam draws a vivid parallel from the tennis court: in a match between two alphas, one will always dominate. But if the goal becomes keeping the rally alive, the whole game changes. Zach builds on this with his own framework for conflict, noting that the problem is never really about winning the point but about whether the relationship is the court or the casualty. The episode closes with two practical tools that listeners can use immediately: the feel it or fix it check-in before someone unloads on their partner, and Zach's version, do you want to be helped, hurt, or hugged.Key TakeawaysSecond marriages can thrive when both partners are honest about what went wrong the first time and intentional about not repeating itWhen two alpha personalities share a relationship, they need to decide who leads in which lane. Defaulting to whoever is more passionate or skilled in a given area works better than trying to win every roomThe seven-day rule: no more than seven days apart without one of you flying to the other. Proximity protects connection, especially when both partners travelBefore your partner starts venting, ask: do you want me to feel this with you or help you fix it? That one question changes the entire conversationZach's version: do you want to be helped, hurt, or hugged? The alliteration is easy to remember and the question is hard to skip"Vegetable soup" conversations, where grievances from five different fights get stirred into one, are a sign you did not release the last point before serving the next oneVision boards are not just personal. Adam and Dana make them as a family, present them to each other, and stay genuinely invested in each other's goals, not just their ownSeeing your partner as a true equal, not just a legal partner, is a prerequisite for the kind of mutual support that makes ambitious two-career marriages workGuest InfoAdam Roach is a communication-focused entrepreneur and relationship coach based in Charleston, South Carolina. He is the founder of I Love Coaching Co., a coaching community, and brings a background in competitive tennis to his frameworks for conflict, communication, and resilience in relationships.Instagram: @adamrroach Website: https://ilovecoachingco.com/ Dana Gentry is an entrepreneur, speaker, and newly minted USA Today bestselling author. Her first book, Restore: 90 Days to Intentional Living, published February 3rd and hit number 14 on the USA Today bestseller list during launch week. Her work centers on helping people stop drifting and start living with intention across faith, business, and relationships.Instagram: @danaggentry Book: Restore: 90 Days to Intentional Living, available on Amazon and wherever books are sold. https://restoredevotional.com/See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

It's episode 69, hey hey, and the ladies are not going to mention it. Jackie shares the pet photo challenge submissions including her bird who tried to drink her reflection water, and Ashe tells the proper version of Caleb's eighth birthday in Manhattan involving the Intrepid, Spider-Man dropping web from the rafters, Dylan's Candy Bar, and one harrowing taxi near miss. Christy unpacks the British idiom getting the sack, complete with a 1525 Zach spelling and the mental image of a Victorian raccoon hauling its belongings out the door. Ashe walks through a packed week in history covering Alan Shepard going to suborbital space (allegedly), Bobby Sands and the idea that everyone has a part to play, the Roger Bannister sub-four-minute mile, the Channel Tunnel, the Chinese Exclusion Act and its modern TPS parallels, the Lusitania, VE Day, Coca-Cola's first glass at Jacobs Pharmacy, Olympic boycotts as psyop fuel, Ben Franklin's Join or Die cartoon as the first political meme, the end of the Civil War, the Schuman Declaration as the birth of globalism, the transcontinental railroad golden spike, and Deep Blue defeating Kasparov as the original AI fear porn rerun we are still being sold today. Plus Gart updates and why all roads lead to Mark Elias being upset.

The ladies kick things off with $5,000 sterling silver mint juleps, a full jar of fucks, and a pet photo challenge featuring a baby bird whose mother is auditioning for grounded mom of the year. Ashe takes us through a weird week in history covering the Kontiki voyage, the liberation of Dachau, the fall of Saigon, George Washington begging not to be president, Thomas Jefferson rationalizing the Louisiana Purchase, CERN releasing the worldwide web (and the eternal reminder that if it's free, you're the product), the Empire State Building, Bush's mission accomplished disaster, the King James Bible, Gone With The Wind, Kent State, and the Haymarket Affair. Christy explains why a blue moon used to mean something absurd or impossible centuries before astronomers got involved, and somehow that means Ashe owes everyone dinner on May 31. Then Michelle takes the wheel for a whole segment on intentional dressing, why we hide behind clothes, finding your three power pieces, dressing for your body shape, and the radical idea that anxiety lives in the waiting and confidence shows up after you take the step. Plus: Brian rage quitting over the spelling of Grogu, and a wiener dog t-shirt origin story.

SERIES 7: Better With Age. It takes courage to reinvent yourself professionally, yet it becomes a necessity for many people over 50. Bestselling author Kathy Lette and publishing exec Jane Curry share their hilarious experiences of pushing through career blocks and tiresome ageing stereotypes. Brought to you by Australian Seniors, in partnership with RSPCA. Join Jean Kittson for the seventh season of DARE: The Time of Your Life (formerly Life’s Booming), called Better With Age. Australians are actually living longer, healthier lives, and reshaping what older looks like. So in this series, we are chatting with over 50s who are rewriting the ageing rule book, from career pivots to second acts. This episode celebrates the Reinvention Generation, and explores how we can continue to push through career blocks and debunk tiresome stereotypes as we age. Is it because that's just how we're wired? Or is it to prove that our best work is still ahead? Kathy Lette is an internationally bestselling author of more than 20 books, which have been translated into 20 languages. Her latest bestselling book, The Sisterhood Rules, takes readers on a rollercoaster ride that proves that from pain comes healing, from honesty comes forgiveness, and that nothing is more important than your sisters. Jane Curry is a highly experienced publishing executive, and managing director of Simon and Schuster, Australia and New Zealand. Jane is also the founder of Ventura Press, which she established to champion older female (and male) authors. Watch DARE: The Time of Your Life on YouTube Listen to DARE: The Time of Your Life on Apple Podcasts Listen to DARE: The Time of Your Life on Spotify For more information visit seniors.com.au/podcast Produced by Medium Rare Content Agency -- TRANSCRIPT Jean Kittson: Welcome to a new season of DARE: The Time of Your Life, formerly Life’s Booming, brought to you by Australian Seniors, in partnership with RSPCA. Hello I'm Jean Kittson, and this season is called Better With Age. We're flipping the script and showing how ageing is NOT a dirty word, rather it’s your time to live your life to its fullest. Australians are actually living longer, healthier lives, and reshaping what older looks like. So in this series, we are chatting with over 50s who are rewriting the ageing rule book, from career pivots to second acts. This episode celebrates the Reinvention Generation, and explores how we can continue to push through career blocks and debunk tiresome stereotypes as we age. Is it because that's just how we're wired? Or is it to prove that our best work is still ahead? To help us answer such questions is Jane Curry, a highly experienced publishing executive and newly-appointed managing director of Simon and Schuster, Australia and New Zealand. Jane is also the founder of Ventura Press, a company she started as a way of championing older female authors, many of whom only turned to writing later in life. And joining Jane is the fabulous author and beloved friend Kathy Lette. Her career has pushed boundaries from the get go, when she left school at 16 to write her debut novel, Puberty Blues. It had parents wringing their hands while teens lapped it up. And it was later turned into a movie and a TV series. She's gone on to pen more than 20 bestselling books, including her latest, the Sisterhood Rules, which has topped bestseller lists worldwide, and it's funny, fabulous and always empowering. Jane, Kathy, it's wonderful to have you both in the studio to speak about yourselves and your work. Kathy Lette: …and about you and your amazing work and your incredible life. Jean Kittson: Oh, do go on! Kathy Lette: My comic goddess right here before us, Jean. Jean's broken so many boundaries with her comedy. Jean Kittson: Oh Kathy, you’re amazing, and she's a long, long time beloved friend. And as you, in your words, you are my human wonder bra… Kathy Lette: …uplifting and supportive. I'd also say we are each other's big pair of knickers. We've got our asses covered. Jean Kittson: Mm-hmm. That's right. I can always, I mean, Kathy's the best friend you could possibly have. And don’t we all need… Kathy Lette: …Ditto. Jane Curry: …Don’t we all need female friendships, they keep us all going. Jean Kittson: You, Kathy. Kathy Lette: Yes. Jean Kittson: On a more serious note about, you have covered, you have written about all aspects of life from puberty to marriage, childbirth, menopause. Often based on your own experiences, you've inspired and entertained and soothed millions of readers, including your latest book, the Sisterhood Rules, which I absolutely love and should be a manual for any woman breaking up or any older woman wanting a bit of spice in her life, really. Kathy Lette: Haha, great, ha ha. Jean Kittson: But, um, when your previous publishers said to you. That nobody wants to read about middle-aged women. And they dropped you after 19 books in 17 languages. Kathy Lette: Yes. Jean Kittson: Bestsellers. Kathy Lette: Mm-hmm. Jean Kittson: And you went on to write the Revenge Club, another bestseller. I mean, how did you do that? Kathy Lette: I went to see my agent and said, I wanna write a book about four middle-aged women who take revenge on the men who've sidelined them and ruined their careers. And he was like, yeah, I dunno. Yeah, middle-aged women just aren't that sexy. And then I went to see my publisher at the time and my publisher was like, Hmm, middle-aged women. We know they exist, but nobody wants to go there. Jane Curry: Oh my goodness. Kathy Lette: And I looked at books written about women my age, like Anita Brooklyn novels, for example. And there was about sad, depressed, lonely women who wilt away and die in their flats and get eaten by their cats. Now I don't know any women like that. All my women friends are like Jean. They're swinging off a chandelier with a cocktail between their teeth. But when they, when they first said that to me, then my publisher dropped me. I thought, gosh, maybe I have passed my amuse-by date. And just for a moment, I did, I did have a real crisis of confidence. But then of course I'm an Aussie girl and we, Aussie girls are made of stern stuff Jane Curry: Dig deep. Kathy Lette: So I thought, nah, he's wrong. They're both wrong. So I got a new, I got a gay agent and I got a new publisher, Bloomsbury, and the book went to number-one on the bestseller list, which was the best revenge. It's called the Revenge Club – success! So yeah, it was so exciting. And also, I love writing about women this age because our hinterland is huge. You know, we've had the marriages, the divorces, the breakups, the promotions, the back stabs. We've raised the kids. We've looked after our aged parents as Jean did so, so devotedly. We've got so much to talk about and so much to share, and so much wisdom. Just at the time, society hands us the old invisibility cloak and puts us out to career pasture. It's not just me imagining that we, women my age, are given the cloak of invisibility. A few years ago, MI5 said they wanted to hire middle-aged women as spies because nobody sees us. Jean Kittson: Oh. Kathy Lette: Soak that up. And I remember the governor of the board of the Bank of England. He said, not long ago, that the economy was going through a menopausal phase. Sluggish. Jean Kittson: Oh. Kathy Lette: And I was like, tell that to Oprah Winfrey and Nicole Kidman, and Cate Blanchett… Jane Curry: Michelle Obama… Kathy Lette: …all the other people. Michelle Obama, all these other menopausal and postmenopausal women. So the sexism is sewn into our psyche. We really have to fight hard against that. And thanks to Jean and others of our generation. We've taken the stigma out of menopause. But the next big feminist hurdle for us is sexist ageism, because we get treated in a different way to men our age and, and we really have to rail against it. Because we're now prime, we're in the peak of our productivity. Jane Curry: But also we've all had to witness when the BAFTAs was on, every time we see these women who are completely transformed because they're not allowed to age in public. Kathy Lette: Mm. Jane Curry: So that's the standard. Yes. I mean, we are fortunate in where we're in the book business, so it's brain first in our business and always has been. Kathy Lette: Better to be witty than pretty. Jane Curry: Yeah, yeah – witty than pretty. And I remember a friend of mine who is actually a cosmetic surgeon, he said to me that it, you know, it's the women who are, have always been beautiful, that have had that sense of power when they walk into a room and they turn heads because of their beauty, they're the ones that find it harder to age. Kathy Lette: Well, it's a diminishing asset. Jane Curry: Yes. So whereas, you know, when you're in the book business as I've been, and Kathy, the entertainment book, um, you know, women of letters, we do have that our brain is our superpower. Kathy Lette: Yeah, yeah. Jane Curry: And then what we look like comes after that. Yes. Jean Kittson: It's hard to fight it though, isn't it? Kathy Lette: It is hard to fight it, Jean Kittson: …especially when you are performing and… Jane Curry: Oh yes. Well, in this new job I've just got, I got tapped on the shoulder to run Simon Schuster. So the first thing I found was all the, the settings on Zoom and teams. Because I’m reporting to the UK and I'm having meetings in the US all the time and sometimes I first thing in the morning, like 7.30 in the morning. So I'm like, where's the filter. Jean Kittson: Where’s the sparkle wand! Jane Curry: You know, we used to laugh when I worked at Macmillan. You know, we used, you know, there's fabulous filters that Jackie Collins had on all their photographs. Kathy Lette: Oh my gosh, yes. In fact, I've had lunch with Jackie Collins a few times with Joan Collins. Joan and Jackie, I mean, the double whammy. Jean Kittson: Yes. Jane Curry: Talk about sisterhood. Kathy Lette: Sensational broads. But, um, Joan Collins will move everybody around the table till she's got the right lighting. And isn't she clever? You know that when you do, when you're filming, they have that big silver thing that reflects the [light], why can't we have a dress made out of that? Jean Kittson: Well, why can't we! Kathy Lette: Or shoes? Jean Kittson: Because we don't care, Kathy. We don't care. Kathy Lette: We don't care. Jane Curry: Often we’re rushing from one thing to the next. Kathy Lette: Don't care. We don't care. But Jean, see, Jean and I don't do, don’t do any of that Botoxing stuff. Jane Curry: No. Nor do I. Kathy Lette: I think men should just read between my lines, the books, the babies, the hours of fun-loving flirtation. But it does get hard to resist it whenever all the other women… Jane Curry: …I think that's the thing when… Kathy Lette: …look much younger Jane Curry: that, right, what they call in the, you know, in data they call it benchmarking. So like any set of data figures in my world, you know, you benchmark against what was the bestseller. And so it's sort of benchmarking when you're talking about sales and all of that. But it's benchmarking with what we look like. So you sort of benchmark against, we, I think we're very critical of ourselves, because you look at another woman who's the same age and they've had the facelift and they've had everything done. And then look, I momentarily worry about it. And then honestly, you, I look at my to-do list and I think, no. Jean Kittson: Yeah, and I've got two daughters, so I don't want to be that role model. I've always said it's not what you look like, it's what you feel like, you know? Kathy Lette: Yes. Keep the lights low. Greatest beauty aid known to woman for all time. You know, what's happened in Hollywood, the pediatric, um, technicians there. The doctors noticed that the babies were not hitting their developmental milestones. And they were saying, is it because they're, they're having too much, um, carcinogens in their smoked salmon? I'm thinking, no, it's Botox. Because babies look at your face, like when you go, I love your little baby. The baby goes and you go, ah… If you've had Botox and you're going, ‘I love you’, and the baby's going, ‘uh’, you’re going, ‘uh’. They're not learning anything. Jean Kittson: Absolutely. Jean Kittson: You should write a research paper on that. They should do it. Kathy Lette: This is hysterical, isn't it? I know. Jean Kittson: I was told not to go, I mean. Not to go grey because I wouldn't, in the gig economy, I wouldn't get work. Apparently the research shows that if you, that men don't like actually working with women with grey hair. Kathy Lette: …Because it reminds them of their mothers, is it? Jean Kittson: …Maybe they feel that they… Kathy Lette: …it's ageing them… Jean Kittson: Have to defer or - No, not defer… Kathy Lette: …but they can have grey hair. Jean Kittson: They can have grey hair. So there are some interesting facts their. Kathy Lette: I was gonna say, part of the problem is that we never see women who look like us. 85% of people on British and Australian television over 50 are men. So the women just get immediately sidelined and put out to career pasture when they get one grey hair and one wrinkle. We should be saying, we wanna see ourselves reflected. Don't, don't disappear us. Jean Kittson: You know, Jane, you would see, um, this in the industry. You've seen this before. What happened to Kathy? Have you? Jane Curry: Oh, yes, because a lot of decisions are made on data. You know, they'll say, oh, and particularly I think people got very frightened when social media arrived. They got very frightened that they had to chase people with massive Instagram following. Oh, yes. And then there was this sort of Sally Rooney phenomena where everybody wanted a ‘Normal People’. And that was that emerging, you know, Kathy Lette: Irish writers… Jane Curry: …Irish and, and all that sort of coming of age story that, and we are, we are just, we move as a pack, the publishing industry. So once there's one Normal People, you can guarantee the next year there'll be 10 Normal People. And that's a book for people that haven't read it, that was published by Sally Rooney. It was a debut novel and you know, it was one of the zeitgeist novels. Kathy Lette: She became a publishing phenomenon. Jean Kittson: In terms of ageism in comedy, it's just a general feeling that I think women, first of all, women in comedy has been really hard from the start and you really have to push and it's a much more sort of natural environment for men because they're confident and some, some comedians can go on and and not even have thought about what they're going to say, they're just so confident. Kathy Lette: Yeah. Jean Kittson: When I was starting out in comedy, I would be starting out with other, the few women that were around in the 80s and we'd be in pubs and we'd go on stage and everyone would be drinking and eating their pizza, and no one would listen and the women would come off and going, oh my God, I'm just not funny. I haven't got good material. I stink. I can't do this. The men would go out there and they would get exactly the same reaction. People are just drinking and they'd come back and they'd go, that audience wouldn't know a joke if it was up them. They're just so freaking hopeless, and they'd just blame the audience and women would blame themselves, and I don't know where that comes from, but I think it can become more pronounced as you get older and there's slowly, more and more diminishing things that happen to you Like walking into a butcher and the butcher saying, hello, young lady, and you think I'm too, I'm too young to be called a young lady. You know, I not old enough. That's something that they would say to your grandmother, Hello, young lady, and expect you to like that. Expect it to be a compli–– Jane Curry: …A pat on the head. Jean Kittson: …Yeah, a pat. It's so patronising. Kathy Lette: Yeah. There's also this, it's an inbuilt prejudice against women that were not funny, and I, I was at a dinner party in London once and, and the hostess made a really good joke and the husband and men didn't pay any attention. The husband just went, oh, you know, embarrassing women can't tell jokes. And I was like, that's because we marry them. It made everybody laugh at him and that did take away his power. So just lean into that, that verbal ability that women have, you know, we’re more verbally dexterous. So use it like, develop what I call the black belt and tongue-fu! Quiplash, you know! Jean Kittson: Yeah, that's fantastic. Don't censor. Good comeback. Kathy Lette: Yes. Yeah. Good comeback. Jean Kittson: I know, I think we are getting stronger and we shouldn't, we shouldn't, um, suppress our strength as we probably have to keep peace, you know, with the family. That's right. With our work to balance everything. Yeah. You suppress a lot of who you are. Jane Curry: My eldest always says to me. Mum, you're overthinking. And that's the best mental health advice or whatever we do. We do overthink, Kathy Lette: But I think women should just or never go… You're underdressed if you go out at night without a couple of good one-liners tucked up your trouser leg. Jane Curry: That's really good advice. Kathy Lette: Because if, if you whack it back… Jane Curry: yes, Kathy Lette: …and make other people laugh at them, you completely take away their power. Jean Kittson: Well, you've got so many good one-liners, so you're like a one-liner factory. Jane Curry: I've got, I've gotta lift my game. Jean Kittson: Ah, yeah, exactly. So do I. So when your publishers said that ridiculous thing that nobody wants to read about middle aged women… Kathy Lette: …mm-hmm… Jean Kittson: Did you ever doubt yourself and think that I might have to reinvent myself in any way? Kathy Lette: I did. I, just for a moment, I lost confidence and I thought maybe I have passed my amuse-by-date. But then I looked around at my own female friends and I thought, they're so wonderful. They're all, you know, swinging off a chandelier with a toyboy between their teeth. I wanna write about these women. But I think as a writer, I'm always reinventing because I cannibalise my own life. My mother's a teacher and I think I've got a bit of her teacher gene that I always write the book I wish I'd had when I was going through something. So from, to the girls in Puberty Blues, you know, to teach them that they were more than a life support system to, to a pair of breasts, you know, to girls dating and, and then to motherhood and, and marriage and divorce and menopause, and raising an autistic child, raising a teenager, you know, now this post-menopausal second act. So I'm always reinventing because I'm, I'm changing. You know, women are used to change. We've got so much change going on in our lives. So, yeah, I think it comes naturally to women. So if you are reinventing yourself post menopause, you know, it's just, it's almost like situation normal. We're always constantly changing. And even divorce, I don't see divorce as a failure. I just see it as a change. Jean Kittson: Yes. Kathy Lette: You know, life is long from honeymoon to tomb to be like 80 years so, just if you need to reinvent, you know it's okay, and it comes more naturally to women. So don't be afraid of change. Change is good. But I would say women this age, this is a coming of age time. Jane Curry: Yes. Kathy Lette: Because we're the first generation who are economically independent. We've got the, the rock of fuel of HRT, we've got the chutzpah and the the courage to say what we are thinking. We are reinventing ourselves, having a sensational second act. Because I always say this time of your life, for women, is the best because post menopause, you know, you've, you've got no, you don't have to worry about period cramps or pregnancy scares. You've got all that tampon money to spend, you know… Jean Kittson: …and kids are grown up. You've got all that crystallised experience, as they call it. Kathy Lette: Yeah. I wanna know what you think of this, Jane. Because I accidentally invented – I hate the term – chick lit… Jane Curry: …I know what you're going to say… Kathy Lette: …I accidentally invented it in the 70s with Puberty Blues.. Jane Curry: Yes. Yes. Chook-lit. Kathy Lette: And then, then when I wrote Mad Cows and Fetal Attraction, I sort of invented Mummy-Lit. Jane Curry: Mm-hmm. Kathy Lette: And then when I wrote Nip and Tuck, that was nip-lit. And I'm like, I need a new genre for women our age. And I, and I thought, well, post 50, you get that fabulous, ‘Oh, feck it I'm 50’ gene, where you no longer care what people think about you. So I was thinking. What about, I-don't-give-a-s***-lit? Mm-hmm. Jane Curry: That's brilliant. Jean Kittson: Oh, good. You got the tick from a publisher! Kathy Lette: Wouldn't that be a good. And imagine we’re at Booker Prize and they go, ‘And now in the genre of I-don't-give-a -s***-lit. Yeah. Jane Curry: You know, in Hollywood, all the entertainment [industry] is catching. If you think of the Thursday murder club, that was Richard Osmond, of course, he's an older man, so he can get away with it. But you know, the adaptation with Helen Mirren and you know, those amazing actors. So Kathy Lette: Yes Jane Curry: So there is starting to be balanced… Kathy Lette: But that's even older. That's, that's when they're in the retirement home. I'm talking about this moment. Yeah, just postmenopausal, where we're the publishers are saying it's not sexy, it's not attractive. It's right when you're older, for some reason there's a jump to the Judi Dench. Jane Curry: It’s called the silver dollar then. Kathy Lette: Yeah. Jean Kittson: Oh yes. The silver dollar. Kathy Lette: Well, what about the postmenopausal dollar? Yes. You know who thinks reading books? It's women our age. Jane Curry: Well, actually, I always say to any publisher, go to a writer's festival. It's all women, of a certain age. Our age Jean Kittson: Over 50. Jane Curry: Over 50. Yeah, filling the audience. Jean Kittson: Yes, Kathy Lette: I'm on book tour right now for the sisterhood rules and I'm going around the country. It's been to Perth. I've been doing them in Sydney and Melbourne, and I'm about to go up, up to Queensland and I meet, I get to meet the readers, which is so fabulous. It's my favorite thing. Wonderful. And they're, they're women of a certain age. They bring me up little, little kind of anecdotal, doggy bags, a little story they've saved up for me about who their husband had an affair with or how they got revenge or whatever it is. And they're so funny and they sometimes they cry as well. Yeah. They'll have a cry and they'll tell me something very personal that's happened to them. And we have a hug and they're all so interesting. I wanna go out on a girl's night out with all of them all the time. Jane Curry: Yes, we be… Kathy Lette: …and yet they're written off. Jane Curry: Yeah, I was thinking a lot about it getting ready this morning and yeah, as, as you get older, you look back at how society's structured and it is so sort of primally structured around power and money and… Kathy Lette: …which has predominantly been male… Jane Curry: …which is predominantly male. So I've, so then I thought, so you've got, as a woman, you've got two ways of doing that. You can either become, marry into that and become the trophy wife and be terrified that they're going to leave you. So there's that way of attaching yourself to money or there's the other way of doing it, which is the way I did it, was to make it yourself. Kathy Lette: Yes, exactly. So always a better option. Jane Curry: So that was my option. So that's why I've sort of admired those other women from afar because I've never been part of their world. Even at university, I was never part of that world. I, we as, women, have to decide very early on, I think it's innate, I don’t know whether you make an actual decision, how you're gonna fit around that, those two binaries, power and money. But as women. It's not naturally given to us. So we have to decide. Even in the corporate world, that means we've got to constantly keep up with that. Kathy Lette: …Appearances. Jane Curry: …Appearances or… Kathy Lette: …Trophy mustn't be tarnished. Jean Kittson: Well, that's right. That's right. It's a big role to fill for the whole of your life. Trying to live up to that. Yeah. Sorry. There was a billboard saying, um, many years ago, which was a brilliant billboard saying, which I had a picture of a young woman, don't marry a millionaire. Become a millionaire. Kathy Lette: But when I, when I give talks in schools to girls, which I do often, I always say to them, choose your partner carefully. Because if you wanna be an alpha, alpha female in having a big career, if you choose an alpha man, guess who's gonna be the one who has to pull back when the child's sick or whatever. But if you choose a beta male, someone who'll adore you, not bore you and do all your chores for you, who wants to put you on a pedestal and will probably polish it while you're up there. You know, you've gotta have a much bigger and better and more satisfying career. So just, I've, I've been married to two Alphas whom I adore, but I've, I've now gotta beta boyfriend and beta’s, beta’s better. You know, like my fa— The women who are very successful in British television, for example, Sandy Toksvig, Sue Perkins, Claire Balding, are all gay. What do they have wives? Yeah, wives, and I've kind of got a male wife now and it, and it's fabulous. I highly recommend it. Jean Kittson: That's a really good, Jane Curry: That's funny because Kathy's just in from Perth. I'm just in from Brisbane. My overnight bike from Brisbane is just on the floor of my bedroom, just and so yeah, that's, we don't have wives. Kathy Lette: No, that's what need Jane Curry: We need, we need the backup. Jean Kittson: Yes. So what would you say to people or at who are already over 50 and who are confronting this ageism? I mean, how do, how do they manage it? What should, because the confidence… I'll tell you a quick story. A friend of mine's a teacher and she retired. She was a brilliant teacher, still is. She was doing some casual work and she, uh, went to the person organising the casual work at the, at the secondary college. She'd been working. At for 20 years and said, I'm really liking the casual work. You know, any casual work you can throw my way, that'd be good because I'm finding it hard to live on the pension. And he said, ‘Ah, I don't know. There's a lot of younger casual teachers around and they've got more longevity and productivity than you have.’ You don't need productivity and longevity to be a good teacher. Kathy Lette: No. Jean Kittson: For a developing mind. Kathy Lette: She needs to teach him that lesson. I hope she got up on the table and tap danced. Jean Kittson: You used to say, Kathy, in television, it doesn't matter what you, um, uh, what age you are, as long as it, you don't look at, that's what the producers used to say. Kathy Lette: Oh, yes. They're saying you've passed your use by date. Well, guess what? Tesco, a big supermarket chain in Britain, just took use-by dates off the food, because they said, make up your own mind. And I think the same should be done for women. Jean Kittson: Exactly. Kathy Lette: Take our use-by date off, judge us on our performance and our enthusiasm and our flexibility and our knowledge and our… Jean Kittson: Exactly. Kathy Lette: …sense of humor. And we're, we're individuals. You know,. what you have to do to survive the second act is go a lot of girls' nights out, a lot of laughter and, and sisterly camaraderie and um, strength in numbers, you know, and just boost each other up, give each other work. Like really put the, put your hand down and, and pull women up behind you. Jane Curry: Yeah. Kathy Lette: But in this, in the Sisterhood Rules, I've put lots of rules in the beginning about sisterly solidarity, like love and loyalty and sticking to each other like a nylon dress in a heat wave. And it also encouraging women to think big, like don't tell men you want their seats on the bus. You want their seats on the board. Like, think big. We're too, we don't have big enough ambitions for ourselves. Husbands come and go, but um, the sisterhood lasts forever. That's the most important rule I will share with you. Jean Kittson: I agree totally. It's really important to have people you can ring up when you're feeling really down and just have a chat with them and then they lift you up and that's so important. And I, I wonder if you'd want to talk about when you gave up publishing — I mean, when you left your job and opened your own publishing company, did you have a mentor then or, well, who was supporting you? Jane Curry: Amazing timing to ask me that. because I'm just about to go to the London book Fair and I got my first job in publishing in London and my boss, who must be now in her eighties, is still an absolute mover and shaker. Kathy Lette: What's her name? Jane Curry: Kit Van Tulleken. She's the mother of the Van Tulleken twins. Kathy Lette: Great name. Jane Curry: The Van Tulleken twins. Who are those… They're doctors that sell millions of copies of their books. Twins, identical twins. Jean Kittson: Oh, you've written about twins. Kathy Lette: Yeah. Jane Curry: Yeah. So they, she had the corner office when I was literally sitting in a corridor at about age 22 or 23, and there she was in the corner office and her two boys would come in after school. And I just looked up and thought she was my absolute role model. Kathy Lette: Oh, great. Jane Curry: And I'm seeing her in the London book fair. Kathy Lette: Nice. Jane Curry: And then I think it's important for other women who are, you know, working. I have a coach, I have a business coach, so I see her once a month and she sorts my head out – not a psychologist, but business wise. So where we have our natural weaknesses and we, you know, she'll always say you've – she's the ones that send, sends me those texts when I'm saying, I've got this difficult discussion, or I, you know, or different, you know, different emotions that you're taking to meetings just to take the emotion out of it and rely on the business. So I think that's important for people as who are working, because we are older, so we do have the capacity to sort of resource ourselves. So rather than have a cleaner, I'd rather have a business coach. Jean Kittson: Yeah. Oh, absolutely. That's such a good… Kathy Lette: …To clean out your, your, your brain. Yes. We do a lot of mentoring in England to younger women through the Women of the World Festival. We mentor young girls at school. We go in the wheel, we go, you know, the, you know the millennial wheel? Jane Curry: Oh yes. Kathy Lette: And we're in different pods and we go around in a pod with a group of girls, and then the next time we get off and get in another pod. So it's, we make it fun, but it's also very helpful for them And it's good for me. I learn a lot from them as well. Jane Curry: Yeah. One of the things I've learned going back into corporate after about 10 years of running my own business is, you know, the young women that we employ, you know how they're much more in their power than I ever was at that age. Jean Kittson: Oh, definitely. Jane Curry: When I was getting divorced, my lawyer turned around and said, are you okay? And I said, yes. I think looking at the kangaroo and the emu on the coat of arms thinking, how on earth did I end up here? Um, but then I said afterwards, I said, how do you do that every day? And he said, take the emotion. There's no emotion in it for me, Jane. I take the emotion out of it. And I've always remembered that advice. So take the emotion out of things. Even the most difficult business transaction, you know, when you've, particularly in publishing, you're dealing with creative people, you know, but take the emotion out of it. Look at the bare bones of the business transaction. Put the emotion in at the beginning and the end. But when it comes to actually achieving an outcome that is to the satisfaction of both parties, take the emotion out of it. So, channeling my divorce lawyer! Kathy Lette: When I got divorced, I remember saying – I knew they charged by the hour – so I used to go in and say, no adjectives, no adverbs, no anecdotes. Just get straight to the facts! But getting back to the mental thing, I just like to say that I, I do wanna encourage all women to always help other women. And when I published, when I wrote Puberty Blues as a teenager, that was rejected by about 10 publishers. Then I saw Anne Summers had written a piece in the paper about, um, gang rapes in Queensland or something. I thought she'll get this surfy brutality that goes on, and I sent her some of the manuscript and she sent it to a small feminist publishing group called McPhee Gribble in Melbourne. And the rest is history. So that was an absolute perfect example of the sisterhood supporting each other. Jean Kittson: And getting it, understanding each other. Kathy Lette: Understanding each other. That's right. Jean Kittson: And what they're going through and the importance of talking about it. Kathy Lette: We just need more women in power. Why can't, why can't women just run the world just for a year? We say to the men, go play golf. Do whatever you like. Just go for a year, just let us take over. We can't do a worse job than you've done and see what we could achieve. Jane Curry: Well, fortunately COVID has given us flexible work conditions. We couldn't get it beforehand, but most of my staff now, we've got nearly a hundred people and it's fantastic. So we've got lots of young mothers on the payroll. Jean Kittson: Oh that's great Jane Curry: And they work, you know, it's great. I've re and I think it took COVID to allow the bosses… Kathy Lette: Yes. Jane Curry: …the patriarchy, to see that working from home is, it can work. Kathy Lette: Because that's another big sexist trope. You know, that society expects women to raise children as though we don't work as well. Jane Curry: That's why I started my own business. Yes. Because when I told my boss I was expecting. The very first thing he said to me was, well, you can't work part-time. That's what he said to me. And I was the managing director at the time, and I actually miscarried that baby. So it gave me a little window to get out from under. So that's when I went to Macmillan because Ross Gibb, who's just retired from publishing, he said over lunch at Machiavelli's – because publishing still has a few lunches – I told him the story and he said, Jane, you can work part-time for me. He's lovely any day. Kathy Lette: He lovely. He was my publisher for a while. Jane Curry: So that's why I went to Macmillan. Because people say, why did you go from being a managing director to being a publisher? And I did that because Ross said, you can work for me any day. He saw the value of female talent. Kathy Lette: Yeah. Yes. Jane Curry: So I had a fantastic year, few years. What about seven years at Macmillan whilst I had my two boys. I'm like, Kathy Lette: See, revenge, revenge! Fabulous. I think the reason women are drawn, I've them… Jean Kittson: …outlive them! Kathy Lette: I think the reason women are drawn to revenge is it's sweet, but totally non fattening – fabulous. Jane Curry: It is, it is. So Ross Gibbs – we do have our allies. Kathy Lette: We do, we do. And it's been important to say that… Jane Curry: …yes… Kathy Lette: …that of course there are great men who do support us and want the best for us. But we need more, we need more men, at the barricades. I've been saying the same feminist things – Jean and I have been saying the same thing through our comedy since we were teenagers, and we still don’t have equal pay. So we need men to get on the barricades with us and say, enough, you know, we, we need equality, we need it now. And I often say, some men challenge me when I'm on tour and they'll say, you know, you feminists are asking for too much. And I'm like, are we, are we really asking for too much equal pay? We'd like men to help us more around the house, which is in their interest. Is it scientifically proven? No woman ever shot a husband while he's vacuuming. We'd like them to do the odd sensitive thing with snow peas in the kitchen, because the weight to a woman's heart through her stomach. Not aiming too high. Jane Curry: Because I've got boys who are now in their 20s, so I've looked at it through that, you know, men's mental health, they don't want to always be the strong and the tough ones. Kathy Lette: No. Feminism works for men as well. Jane Curry: Yes. That's the thing. Exactly. They're allowed to have emotions… Kathy Lette: …and not have the pressure to be the breadwinner and all of that. Jane Curry: Yeah. So I see it, you know, having raised boys as a feminist, you know, to make sure that we can have open discussions. And, yeah, I'd like to think that they're well on the way to being good allies. But yeah, it is a brutal world out there. So I just think we do have to look out for each other and I'm really thrilled to be working with young women, again. Jean Kittson: To sum up this fantastic conversation, which could go on for hours, um, how would you, uh, what is the main message you like to say to people over 50 who are confronted by ageism or sexism, and how do they find it in them, the courage to stop that voice going, maybe I am too old. Kathy Lette: Well, I would say carpe diem, like there's no tomorrow. You know, tempus is fugiting – if not now, when, and you know. One of my mottoes is adventure before dementia. Not that I'm making light of that terrible disease, but you never know what's around the corner. So there's no time to waste. Be… have as much fun and frivolity. Be as outrageous as you can possibly be because you know, this is your last big hurrah. You know… Jean Kittson: Be assertive now! Kathy Lette: Yes, don't have any qualms. Just, you know, tap dance on that tabletop. Jane Curry: When I've had moments of self-doubt, I get moving. Not necessarily tap dancing, but get active, lift weights, go to the gym, run, walk the dog – dark clouds, gather. That's what I'd say if I was in that frame of mind and wondering how the world was going to greet me, I'd take the world on and get active, get those endorphins flowing. Because then you feel so much better. Kathy Lette: And also lean into the sisterly comradery. Jane Curry: Yes. Kathy Lette: Go out with your girlfriend as often. Which Jean and I do. Jean Kittson: Yes. Find beautiful women like yourselves and ring them up or have a glass of champagne. Kathy Lette: Yes. The human wonder bras uplifting, supportive, and make each other look bigger and better. Which is what Jean has done for us today. Thank you. Jean Kittson: Oh no, you two have, you've both been fantastic been great fun. Thank you so much. What a great conversation. Kathy Lette: Thank you Jean. Jean Kittson: Thanks. Kathy Lette: Sisterhood rules. ALL: Sisterhood Rules! Jean Kittson: Thank you to Kathy Lette and Jane Curry. You've been listening to DARE: The Time of Your Life, brought to you by Australian seniors. Please leave a review and share this show with someone you know. Visit seniors.com au/podcast for more episodes. I’m Jean Kittson. Thank you. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The ladies are back with cough attacks, sun-peeling leprosy jokes, and a Michael Jackson biopic recap that somehow leads to a tutorial on stop, drop, and roll. Ashe takes the wheel for a packed This Week in U.S. History segment covering the Ludlow Massacre, Columbine, John Adams getting big mad about being VP, the Battle of San Jacinto, Apollo 16 (allegedly), the Oklahoma Land Run, the Easter Rising, and the ten-day John Wilkes Booth manhunt that ended in a tobacco barn. Along the way, the crew unpacks the post-mass-trauma push from both political sides to either disarm citizens or suspend civil liberties, and why both responses serve a globalist agenda. They dig into the AI dilemma and reality collapse, debunk a fake Melania video in real time, and revisit the wildly inaccurate 1970 Earth Day predictions about mass starvation by 1985. Christy closes things out with the idiom of the week, bottoms up, and the surprisingly shady Royal Navy recruiter origin story involving a shilling, a beer, and a one-way ticket to a saltwater subscription. Plus a birthday surprise, line dancing, and resting Brian face.

Er war der „Puck-Professor“, der in drei europäischen Top-Ligen abräumte und in Schweden als punktbester Legionär den Ton angab. Doch Dieter Kalts wichtigste Waffe war schon immer das Wort. Beim Podcast Festival der Kleinen Zeitung erklärte der heutige Business Coach  warum Alphas für den Erfolg unverzichtbar sind, wie man in 180 Sekunden das Chaos besiegt und warum man im richtigen Moment einfach mal die Klappe halten muss.

Hosted by Ashe in America, Christy Lupo, Jackie Espada, and guest Cristina from Rise Attire, this episode blends humor, creativity, and community updates while spotlighting independent business and upcoming Badlands events. Cristina shares what Rise Attire is bringing to GART, including new gear, designs, and a behind-the-scenes look at upcoming projects like a short film and future product drops. The conversation weaves through lighthearted segments like the camera roll challenge, idiom breakdowns, and “this day in history,” alongside ongoing anticipation for Nashville and community meetups. The hosts keep things fun and engaging while highlighting the importance of supporting parallel economy brands, staying creative, and building real-world connections through shared experiences.

In Episode 64 of Alphas Make Sandwiches, Ashe in America, Christy Lupo and Jackie Espada  are joined by Michelle from Tamaracgarden.com and they continue the conversation around food, self reliance, and the realities of stepping outside the conventional system. The discussion centers on what it actually looks like to take more control over your food and lifestyle, breaking down the gap between idealized homesteading and the day to day reality of doing the work. The hosts explore the tradeoffs, the learning curve, and the mindset shift required to move away from convenience and toward intention. They also touch on broader food system concerns, why more people are questioning what they consume, and how small, consistent actions can create meaningful change over time. Rather than presenting perfection, the conversation stays grounded in what is realistic, sustainable, and worth pursuing. It is an honest look at the process of reclaiming independence in a world built for convenience.

https://teachhoops.com/ The 20-40-60 Rule is a strategic framework designed to help coaches manage the "emotional math" of a long season. It breaks down your roster and your focus into three distinct categories to ensure you are maximizing both your current wins and your future potential. The Bottom 20% (The Culture Builders): These are the players who may not see the floor often in high-stakes games, but they dictate the "vibe" of your locker room. If your bottom 20% are disengaged or "poisonous," your top 80% will eventually rot. You must coach these players with as much passion as your starters, because they are the "scout team" that prepares your champions for Friday night. The Middle 40% (The Development Engine): This is the "swing" group. These players are your primary rotation pieces and future starters. Your success in January and February depends on how quickly you can move players from the "Middle 40" into the "Top 20." This group requires the most "Rep Density" in practice to bridge the gap between their current skill and their required production. The Top 20% (The Performance Drivers): These are your "Alphas"—the players who will take the big shots and guard the opponent's best threat. Your job with this group is "Management and Empowerment." You don't need to over-coach their talent; you need to coach their Leadership and Accountability. To win the "Mid-Season Grind," you must master "Segmented Feedback." Use your TeachHoops member calls to "audit" your time management: are you spending 90% of your energy on the Top 20% while the Middle 40% withers away? A championship program is built when the "Middle" feels valued and the "Bottom" feels connected. By applying the 20-40-60 Rule, you ensure that every player in your gym—regardless of their ppg—has a "Job Description" that contributes to the mission statement. Finally, use this rule to Manage Parent Expectations. When you can clearly articulate to a family where their child sits in the 20-40-60 framework—and more importantly, what the specific "Roadmap" is to move from one bracket to the next—you remove the "Mystery" that leads to "Drama." Transparency is the ultimate "de-escalator." When everyone knows the "Math of the Roster," the focus returns to the "Hardwork of the Team." 20-40-60 rule in coaching, basketball roster management, team culture, player development, high school basketball, youth basketball, coach development, athletic leadership, basketball strategy, "Trust Equity" in sports, basketball IQ, program building, championship habits, coaching philosophy, character development, coach unplugged, teach hoops, basketball success, mental toughness, leadership standards, coaching legacy. SEO Keywords Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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In Episode 63 of Alphas Make Sandwiches, Ashe in America, Christy Lupo and Jackie Espada are joined by Michelle from Tamarac Garden for a practical and encouraging conversation about growing your own food and getting started at home. Michelle walks through her journey building Tamarac Garden, sharing how she approaches seed starting, garden planning, and raising backyard chickens. The discussion focuses on what beginners actually need to know, including how to avoid doing too much too fast and why small, consistent steps matter more than perfection. The episode also explores the growing interest in food quality and self reliance, with a focus on understanding where your food comes from and how simple systems can make home production sustainable. From eggs to vegetables, the conversation highlights how accessible this lifestyle can be when approached the right way. It is a grounded, informative episode that breaks down the basics while making the idea of growing your own food feel realistic and doable.

Summary   In this conversation, Dave Rossi and Marcus Farris explore the profound differences between power and force, particularly in the context of masculinity and emotional health. They discuss the confusion many men face today regarding their identities and motivations, emphasizing the importance of transitioning from anger-driven actions to sustainable, passion-driven living. Rossi shares insights from his personal journey, highlighting the significance of vulnerability, healing, and self-discovery. The discussion also touches on the archetypes of masculinity, the impact of societal expectations, and the necessity of clarity in understanding one's purpose in life. Ultimately, the conversation encourages listeners to embrace authenticity, recognize their core selves, and navigate the complexities of human existence with grace and awareness.   Guest Links https://daverossiglobal.com/ IG/TikTok: @daverossiglobal Alphas Die Early: https://a.co/d/07VgucaI   Chapters   00:00 Understanding Power vs. Force 02:40 The Confusion of Masculinity Today 03:52 Transitioning from Anger to Sustainable Motivation 06:25 Breaking Traditional Masculine Norms 06:55 The Evolution of Masculinity 09:30 The Persona and Its Consequences 12:30 Identifying the True Self 15:18 The Mind-Body Connection 17:34 The Role of Beliefs in Perception 19:17 Archetypes of Masculinity 22:23 The Omega Path: Authenticity Over Performance 24:41 Lessons from Personal Experience 27:46 From Achievement to Authentic Living 30:15 Coping vs. Healing 32:22 Finding Clarity in Healing 35:42 The Importance of Vulnerability 37:22 Navigating Emotional Expression 40:19 The Balance of Needs and Boundaries 42:00 Understanding Dependency vs. Codependency 44:37 The Inner Work of Self-Discovery 47:10 Rediscovering the Core Self 50:36 The Journey of Surrender 51:58 Purpose Beyond Vocation 54:56 The Power of Choice and Control 58:29 The Role of Clarity in Life 01:01:15 Living with Reverence for Life 01:02:49 The Complexity of Human Existence 01:04:59 The Paradox of Life and Death 01:07:12 The Importance of Emotional Regulation 01:09:46 The Nature of Betrayal 01:11:45 Transforming Pain into Growth 01:13:45 The Power of Perspective 01:16:16 Conclusion and Resources 01:18:34 Understanding Post-Traumatic Growth   To contribute to the the Post-Traumatic Growth of Veterans click here. To learn more about Mission 22's impact and programs, visit www.mission22.org or find us on social media. IG: @mission_22. Tiktok: @_mission22

In Episode 62 of Alphas Make Sandwiches, Ashe in America, Abbey Blue Eyes, Christy Lupo and Jackie Espada welcome special guest Annie Hunt from Willow Wind Farms for a lively conversation that blends farm life, natural products, and a behind-the-scenes look at small scale production. Annie shares stories from the farm, including the excitement of baby goat season and how goat milk becomes the foundation for handcrafted skincare products. The conversation explores the realities of producing clean products, the difference between authentic farm made formulas and mass market versions, and why ingredient transparency matters. From freeze drying goat milk to comparing commercial lotion ingredients with truly natural formulations, the hosts and Annie break down how thoughtful sourcing and careful formulation can elevate everyday products. The episode also highlights the challenges and rewards of building a farm based business while staying true to quality and transparency. It is part farm tour, part skincare deep dive, and entirely the kind of conversation that only happens when Alphas get together.

In Episode 61, Ashe in America, Abbey Blue Eyes, Christy Lupo and Jackie Espada take listeners on a whirlwind ride through war headlines, surveillance dolphins, ancient Greek bean ballots, and surprisingly deep fashion wisdom. The show opens with reactions to President Trump's late night “war” announcement before pivoting into everything from Russian military dolphins to whether Brussels sprouts are genetically engineered propaganda. The ladies welcome new sponsor Patriot Protect and share their experiences signing up, then dive into this week's photo challenge and prepare for Nashville with line dancing tutorials and rhinestone cowboy dreams. Jackie resets winter moods with homemade bacon mac and cheese and practical tips for beating seasonal slump. Abbey delivers a surprisingly thoughtful breakdown of how to dress elegantly at any size, focusing on fit, fabric and confidence. Ashe closes with a wild but true America 250 story about President John Tyler surviving a naval disaster that ultimately led to marriage. History, humor, hot takes and homemade cheese sauce. Just another week at Alphas.

Episode Notes First there's a lot of non-DS9 chat, sorry. Who Mourns for Morn: Quark has been holding Morn's seat via holo-Morn. But Morn has... died? The entire station shows up to his wake. Morn leaves everything to Quark, which is... nothing. Except for a painting of a matador. And a mud bath. And a naked woman. And a rumor of 1000 bricks of gold-pressed latinum. Quark gets threatened by the most Coen Brothers goons ever. Morn was... a prince? So many short cons. It's not latinum, it's just... worthless gold. Odo and Quark have boyfriend telepathy. One Little Ship: Time to do SCIENCE. Kira is genre aware and thinks it's hilarious to shrink members of the command crew. Nog covers for Worf. Intergenerational conflict among the JemHadar. Itty Bitty Photon Torpedoes. Maybe the Founders put a little too much Cardassian in the new Alphas. BabSpace9 is a production of the Okay, So network. Connect with the show at @babylonpod.page Help us keep the lights on via our Patreon! Justen can be found at @justen.babylonpod.page Ana can be found at @ana.babylonpod.page, and also made our show art. Both Ana and Justen can also be found on The Compleat Discography, a Discworld re-read podcast. Jude Vais can be found at @jude.athrabeth.com. His other work can be found at Athrabeth - a Tolkien Podcast and at Garbage of the Five Rings. Clips from the original show remain copyrighted by Paramount Entertainment and are used under the Fair Use doctrine. Music attribution: Original reworking of the Deep Space 9 theme by audioquinn, who stresses that this particular war crime is not their fault. This show is edited and produced by Aaron Olson, who can be found at @aaron.compleatdiscography.page Find out more at http://babylonpod.page

Share your lol moments of the episodeLet's talk about Alphas, big schlongs, and bad husbands, baby! This week, we're recapping the legacy sequel 28 Years Later. This movie is full of emotion, comedy and a really interesting plotline! We had a ton of fun watching and recapping this for you guys, so tune in to hear everything that happens in the newest installment of the classic franchise!Socials:Follow us on Instagram, TikTok and Threads @scaredybratspod

In Episode 60 of Alphas Make Sandwiches, Ashe in America, Christy Lupo, and Jackie Espada dive into a fast-moving conversation that blends cultural commentary with sharp political analysis. The trio reacts to the latest Supreme Court developments surrounding tariff authority and President Trump's response, unpacking what the ruling means for executive power and long-term strategy. They also explore media framing, public perception, and the emotional temperature of the current political climate, questioning how narratives are shaped and why certain stories gain traction while others fade. The discussion touches on institutional trust, voter concerns, and the broader tension between reform and resistance. As always, the hosts balance serious topics with candid humor and personal reflection, challenging listeners to think critically while staying grounded. Ep. 60 captures the spirit of women who are paying attention — unafraid to question headlines, examine motives, and speak plainly about the cultural and political battles unfolding in real time.

We made it to the season finale of Teen Wolf, but will the pack make it out? In 3×24 "The Divine Move," the pack go toe-to-toe (and claw-to-sword) with the Oni, but controlled this time by Void. They're taking every territory on the board — the Sherriff's station, the animal clinic, the hospital — and by the time they get to the school, our pack's had about enough.While Derek and his small gaggle of ex-Alphas go face-to-face with Void and the Oni, Scott, Stiles, Lydia, and Kira head inside, and right into a winter garden of horror. There's flashbacks, there's an attempted ritual sacrifice, there's the birth of the Muderpod™, and no one can tell what's real.Does Void-slash-The Nogitsune get transformed and irrevocably dusted? Does Isaac trap its weird, firefly soul in a box made of Nemeton wood? Does Derek get attacked in his own home by someone who was supposed to be dead and have a coma-esque dream that's eerily inspired by An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge?Suppose you'll have to listen and find out.xoxo,Fandom on the Rocks

In Episode 59 of Alphas Make Sandwiches, Ashe in America, Abbey Blue Eyes, Christy Lupo, and Jackie Espada unpack the week's cultural and political headlines with sharp commentary and personal perspective. The conversation moves through trending media narratives, public reactions to controversial moments, and the broader implications of how stories are framed and amplified online. The hosts examine the emotional temperature of the culture right now, discussing accountability, double standards, and the growing divide between public perception and lived reality. They reflect on how social pressure influences speech, relationships, and community, while emphasizing the importance of discernment and courage in a rapidly shifting landscape. With candid exchanges, moments of humor, and thoughtful critique, Ep. 59 delivers a grounded discussion rooted in the specific events and commentary covered in this episode's conversation.

In Episode 58 of Alphas Make Sandwiches, Ashe in America, Abbey Blue Eyes, Christy Lupo, and Jackie Espada gather for a candid, free-flowing conversation centered on friendship, resilience, and choosing joy in the midst of cultural and personal pressure. The discussion moves between humor and sincerity as the hosts reflect on community connections, shared experiences, and the importance of showing up authentically — even when it's uncomfortable. Throughout the episode, the panel talks about navigating criticism, staying grounded in values, and leaning into laughter as a form of resistance. They touch on everyday life moments, audience interactions, and the strength that comes from women supporting one another without competition or pretense. The conversation emphasizes personal growth, self-acceptance, and maintaining perspective when the world feels heavy. Warm, unscripted, and affirming, this episode highlights the power of camaraderie, honesty, and choosing connection over cynicism — reminding listeners that joy itself can be an act of defiance.

This episode of Alphas Make Sandwiches kicks off with Groundhog Day chaos, falling iguanas in Florida, and a deep dive into the strange tradition of “painting the town red,” tracing the phrase back to 19th-century British aristocrats and elite excess. The hosts share camera-roll challenges, night photography tips, and audience submissions before pivoting into U.S. history, including the founding of Rocky Mountain National Park, the Challenger and Columbia disasters, and a thought-provoking discussion on the constitutional consequences of the 13th Amendment's ratification. The conversation shifts to cultural commentary with reactions to awards-show spectacle, celebrity activism, and public expressions of faith, including Jelly Roll's acceptance speech. The panel also explores Victorian-era curse words, blasphemy laws, and creative alternatives to modern profanity, blending history with humor. Rounding out the show are hands-on segments featuring crystal-growing crafts, Super Bowl snack ideas, sourdough recipes, and Badlands community banter, making this episode equal parts cultural analysis, history lesson, and laid-back Monday hang.

Texans / NFL free agency! What do the Texans do at interior D-Line? What do the Texans do with interior OL?? Alphas on offense, anywhere! RBs? Biggest need offensively in H-Town!

In Episode 56 of Alphas Make Sandwiches, hosts Ashe in America, Christy Lupo, Jackie Espada, and Holly Kester come together for a candid conversation centered on perspective, personal growth, and navigating opposition with clarity and confidence. The discussion touches on speaking up despite discomfort, recognizing internal and external resistance, and learning how to stand firm without losing compassion. The hosts reflect on lived experiences, relationships, and moments of self-realization, weaving humor and honesty throughout the conversation. Themes of accountability, resilience, and self-trust emerge as the group explores what it means to step into one's voice while remaining grounded. Episode 56 captures the heart of the show: thoughtful dialogue, supportive camaraderie, and real conversations about showing up authentically in an often challenging world.

SHOW US SOME LOVE BY SUBSCRIBING TO OUR PATREON! patreon.com/KeepingUpWithTheNerds   We partnered with Dubby to bring you your new favorite energy drink!  Check out dubby.gg and use code "KEEPUPNERD" for 10% off your next order.   28 Years Later strikes again... 1 year after the first movie was released. Can lightning strike twice with this surprising but expected sequel? Well, that's why this issue dropped, no? The Nerds are back to discuss some zombie, but not zombie action, and if this movie is even worth a watch. There a decent size of humanity in this schedule, or is it swinging its massive dog like the Alphas in this movie?   This Issue is Brought to You by: Bryan Quevedo, Rene Bravo & Nick Valero   Podcasts can also be found here! YouTube: https://tinyurl.com/y6luw7uq Spotify: https://tinyurl.com/y4q64run Apple Podcasts: https://tinyurl.com/y4ztkn2o   Follow us on our socials! Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/keepingwiththenerds/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/KeepitNerds Ask us questions and leave us a like and comment! Don't forget to subscribe and leave a follow!

In Episode 55 of Alphas Make Sandwiches, Abbey Blue Eyes, Christy Lupo, and Jackie Espada are joined by Cristina from Rise Attire and Michelle from Tamarac Farm for a wide-ranging, candid conversation that kicks off the new year with humor, honesty, and real-life perspective. The panel reflects on personal responsibility, mindset shifts, and building healthier routines, including discussions around keto, sugar, fasting, and cleaning up the pantry to remove temptation. Along the way, they break down the meaning behind the phrase “son of a gun,” share laughs over family dynamics and everyday struggles, and emphasize taking ownership of your choices without expecting others to accommodate them. The episode wraps with community updates, including GART ticket announcements, reinforcing the show's blend of lifestyle talk, personal growth, and unapologetic authenticity.

In today's episode, I'm sharing my latest article, "Regaining the American Dream for Zoomers: What the Government Can Do." I argue that the classic American Dream—of hard work leading to independence, family, and community—is slipping away from Generation Z amid skyrocketing debt, collapsing marriage and birth rates, and cultural decay. While prayer and personal virtue are essential, I lay out bold government steps we can take right now: incentivizing traditional marriage and family formation, ending predatory high-interest lending, and creating mandatory civil service programs to build skills, discipline, and confidence in young people without burying them in college debt. This isn't just policy—it's about saving our civilization and restoring real opportunity for Zoomers, Alphas, and beyond.Order Against the Waves: Againstthewavesbook.comCheck out Jon's Music: jonharristunes.comTo Support the Podcast: https://www.worldviewconversation.com/support/Patreon:https://www.patreon.com/jonharrispodcastSubstack: https://substack.com/@jonharris?X: https://twitter.com/jonharris1989Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/jonharris1989/TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@jonharris1989Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jonharrispodcast/Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/conversations-that-matter8971/donationsAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Ashe in America, Abbey Blue Eyes, Christy Lupo, and Jackie Espada settle into a conversational episode focused on balance, daily life, and the lighter side of community discussion. The show opens with reflections on staying informed without becoming consumed by the news, followed by personal updates, including creative projects and platform challenges. A central segment features “idiom of the week,” breaking down the phrase “son of a gun,” its historical origins, evolving meanings, and playful modern use, sparking humor and back-and-forth among the hosts. The conversation then drifts into food and health topics, including experiences with dairy, raw milk laws, enzymes, and how regulation intersects with everyday choices. Throughout the episode, the hosts weave in family stories, jokes, chat interaction, and candid exchanges, maintaining an informal, unscripted tone that emphasizes connection, curiosity, and shared conversation over structured commentary.

In Episode 53 of Alphas Make Sandwiches, Ashe in America, Abbey Blue Eyes, Christy Lupo, and Jackie Espada come together for a relaxed, conversational episode centered on community discussion, shared experiences, and current topics shaping daily life. The episode unfolds as an open roundtable, with the hosts moving fluidly between personal updates, audience interaction, and commentary on recent events. Throughout the show, the conversation remains informal and unscripted, with humor, reflection, and candid dialogue guiding the pace. The hosts engage directly with chat participation, respond to questions and comments, and share perspectives rooted in lived experience rather than formal analysis. As the episode progresses, discussion naturally shifts between lighter moments and more thoughtful exchanges, reinforcing the community-driven nature of the show. The episode closes with continued engagement, appreciation for the audience, and reminders about upcoming programming, maintaining the familiar, welcoming tone that defines Alphas Make Sandwiches.

Leider nicht nur, aber natürlich auch in der Musikbranche gibt es dieses Phänomen der Alphas, derjenigen, die am lautesten trommeln und damit dann die größte Aufmerksamkeit bekommen. Was selten Rückschlüsse zulässt auf die Qualität ihrer Songs. Und dann gibt es Personen wie unseren heutigen Gast, nicht nur hier, im kleinen Hörbar-Kosmos, hält man ihn für einen der besten Musiker des Landes, gesegnet mit einer unverwechselbaren Stimme, Talent und Phantasie. Der Singer/Songwriter Francesco Wilking hat so viel davon, dass er es immer schon auf verschiedene Projekte verteilen musste: Die Band Tele zum Beispiel, Die Höchste Eisenbahn oder die wundervolle Crucchi Gang. Geboren wurde Francesco Wilking 1974 in Freiburg als Sohn eines Bremers und einer Römerin. Früh wuchs der Wunsch nach einer eigenen Band, die erste bestand dann auch gleich aus zehn Leuten. Die Projekte, mit denen es weiterging, und zwar recht erfolgreich, wurden schon genannt. Und auch als Solo-Artist ist Francesco gefragt. Gerade heute zum Beispiel, hier, mehr Leute würden auch gar nicht ins Studio passen. Aber das ist wirklich nicht der Grund. Wirklich. Playlist: Blur – The Universal Tele – Mario Die Höchste Eisenbahn – Vor jedem Anfang Angelo Branduardi – La Fiera des Est Beatles – A day in the Life De La Soul – In The Woods Phoenix – Run Run Run Crucchi Gang – Quello che sei Diese Podcast-Episode steht unter der Creative Commons Lizenz CC BY-NC-ND 4.0.

Alphas Make Sandwiches Ep. 52 brings a full house of energy as Ashe in America, Abbey Blue Eyes, Jackie Espada, Christy Lupo, and a lively cast of returning Alpha guests pack the screen for a wild, hilarious, heartfelt, and unexpectedly deep show. With nine women in one episode, the crew jokes that you “literally can't sit with us,” leaning into the fun, mischief, and unpredictability that only this group can deliver. The ladies introduce themselves, share where to find their work, and talk about everything from The Chosen and faith journeys to The Great American Restoration Tour, community, and building real-life friendships through Badlands. There's plenty of love for sponsors, Willow Wind Farm life updates, goats, scrunchie beanies, and Soft Disclosure product news, plus warm New Year wishes as the Alphas wrap up the holiday season with gratitude, laughter, and sisterhood.

Alphas, Chads, Mogging to up your SMV, jelqing... wtf does this all mean? Ash tells you alll about it in ASH GOES DOWN THE RABBIT HOLE! Hang out with her one on one as she explains the manosphere, and a popular trend amongst young men on TikTok and in incel forums in the manosphere, looksmaxxing. Recommended listening order for max context on this insane rollercoaster of a rabbit hole:THIS EPISODE!!TSFU Ep. 175- 4CHAN: Incels, Trolls and WTF ScrollsTSFU Ep. 183- 8CHAN: Incels, Trolls and WTF Scrolls, Continued... (COMING TOMORROW)TSFU Ep. 179- GOVERNMENT FCKERY: QAnon (Part I)- Maybe They're Not So Qrazy After-AllTSFU Ep. 179- GOVERNMENT FCKERY: QAnon (Part II)- Maybe They're Not So Qrazy After-All-To hear all 25 episodes of Ash Learns the Bible, plus early access to regular content, and ad-free versions of all 600 episodes in our catalog, visit our Patreon!-If you'd like to support my escape to Indonesia, check out the GOFUNDME :)  -Audio editing by Dallas Hernandez.-Ready for a virtual game night?! Head over to our Discord!

In this festive and free flowing Christmas episode, the Alphas Make Sandwiches crew leans fully into the chaos of the season with laughter, stories, and unexpected deep dives. The show opens with holiday banter, Christmas traditions, and reflections on family celebrations before rolling into themed segments, photo challenges, and viewer submissions. A standout moment features a creative and humorous presentation from special guest Tattooed Teacher, who delivers an “Elf Intelligence Agency” briefing that explores Elf on the Shelf traditions through psychology, culture, and satire. The conversation moves through holiday drinks, games, decorating, childhood memories, and the strange ways modern traditions evolve. The episode blends humor with thoughtful discussion on parenting, truth, tradition, and childhood innocence, all while keeping the tone light, festive, and unmistakably Alphas. It's a Christmas episode that captures the joy, absurdity, and heart of the season... Badlands style.

Ashe in America, Abbey Blue Eyes, Christy Lupo, and Jackie Espada welcome Michelle McAninch of Tamarac Garden for a grounded, practical conversation centered on gardening, food sovereignty, and reconnecting with the land. Michelle shares her experience building and maintaining a productive garden, walking through seed starting basics, soil health, seasonal planning, and common mistakes new growers make. The discussion highlights the importance of growing food with intention, adapting to local conditions, and building resilience through small, manageable steps. The hosts ask thoughtful questions about sustainability, family involvement, and how gardening ties into broader themes of independence, stewardship, and wellness. Warm, informative, and encouraging, this milestone episode blends hands-on knowledge with community-driven conversation, offering listeners both inspiration and actionable insight for cultivating their own gardens and reclaiming a deeper connection to food and self-sufficiency.

In this powerful episode of The Alpha Male Coach Podcast, Kevin takes brothers deep into the heart of awakened relationships - what he calls Alpha relationships - and reveals why most modern partnerships are built on misunderstanding, incompleteness, and unconscious need. Broadcasting from Tulum, Mexico, Kevin opens with reflections on the land, the energy, and the sense of peace that reconnects him to a timeless part of himself. From that grounded presence, he pivots into the core teaching of today's episode: what happens when two awakening beings encounter one another in relationship.Kevin explains the fundamental distinction between beta relationships - rooted in lack, need, codependency, and the ego's belief in incompleteness - and alpha relationships, which arise from wholeness, recognition, and conscious connection. Most people aren't falling in love, he explains; they're falling into need. They're entering relationships trying to fill a void within themselves. Two half-filled cups pouring into each other, emptying and refilling, never realizing the fullness must first come from within.But when two alphas meet - two awakening individuals who know who they are, who have remembered their true nature - everything changes. Alphas do not need each other. And it is the absence of need that creates the presence of true freedom, genuine intimacy, effortless communication, and deep mutual respect.Kevin reveals how awakened communication differs from ego communication: alphas aren't defending positions, playing games, or seeking validation. They're playing, exploring, listening, and learning from each other. They can fully disagree without conflict because neither identifies with the mind or its opinions. Silence becomes meaningful. Differences become invitations to expand. Mystery becomes celebrated rather than controlled.The episode dives into emotional mastery within awakened relationships - why alphas don't create drama, don't cling, don't possess, don't manipulate, and don't collapse into fear of abandonment. Kevin reminds us that only children and animals can be abandoned. Adults cannot. An alpha knows he is whole, complete, and unbroken - no matter what another person chooses.Kevin then explores physical intimacy, describing the spiritual and tantric depth that emerges when two alphas meet in sexual connection - not for validation, conquest, or escape, but as a conscious dance of awareness, play, and presence.He also speaks about conflict, growth, generosity, separation, and the natural rhythms of coming together and moving apart. In awakened relationships, there is no clinging. Space is not a threat. Change is not fear. Love is attraction and freedom, breath in and breath out.Ultimately, Kevin reminds brothers that after awakening, life still looks the same on the outside - chop wood, carry water - but the inner world transforms completely. Relationships don't change; the one who is in the relationship changes.This episode closes with the profound truth: when two alphas recognize each other, a field of consciousness is created that affects everyone around them. A relationship becomes not two separate beings in love, but love recognizing itself.Elevate your alpha, brothers.

Steiny & Guru believe there is something between Jeff Kent & Jimmy Butler when it comes to competition. Plus, the Warriors front office was ranked where in the latest GM poll?

In this festive episode of Alphas Make Sandwiches, Ashe in America, Abbey Blue Eyes, Christy Lupo, and Jackie Espada welcome Annie from Willow Wind Farm for a warm, funny, and wildly creative holiday show. From Christmas challenges, tree photography tips, and bow-tying tutorials to gift-wrapping hacks, Universal Studios' Grinch antics, and chaotic celebrity eggnog attempts, the ladies dive headfirst into the season. Annie shares the story behind Soft Disclosure and the intentional, American-made process behind each product while the hosts showcase holiday cocktails, charcuterie creations, and self-care tips for surviving the winter rush. It's a sparkling blend of laughter, crafts, cozy farm life, behind-the-scenes moments, and a whole lot of Christmas spirit, the perfect companion for anyone decking the halls Badlands-style.

Ashe in America, Abbey Blue Eyes, Christy Lupo, Jackie Espada, and Mrs. Rise Attire bring maximum girl chaos in this wildly funny, holiday-recovery episode of Alphas Make Sandwiches. The show opens with toddler meltdowns, tech issues, and Jackie's ongoing war with her lungs before spiraling into Thanksgiving confessions, over-cooked turkeys, and the group unanimously agreeing that hosting is a crime against mothers. Christy introduces her idiom of the week, Abbey recounts a migraine-inducing shopping disaster, and Mrs. Rise shares her not-so-peaceful attempts at Christmas decorating. The crew veers into bad hair days, school drop-off anxiety, forgotten appointments, broken nails, laundry shame, teen attitudes, and the eternal battle between moms and grocery stores. With nonstop laughter, relatable disaster stories, and unfiltered honesty about the beautiful mess of womanhood, this episode is peak AMS energy...loud, real, and absolutely hilarious.

Ashe in America, Abbey Blue Eyes, Christy Lupo, and Jackie Espada return for a hilariously chaotic episode of Alphas Make Sandwiches, starting with tech trouble, backseat kids, and Jackie's coughing fits before diving into holidays, gift shopping, and the eternal battle between “girl math” and real budgets. Abbey shares her panic over last-minute Thanksgiving hosting, Ashe rants about customer-service nightmares and missing packages, Christy brings the idiom of the week (“Know your onions”), and Jackie delivers a migraine-survival segment packed with electrolytes, oils, and pressure-point hacks. The girls spiral through topics like buggy Amazon drivers, 200-item carts, late-night anxiety, CleanTok cleaning obsessions, lip-flip Botox disasters, church outfits, Soft Disclosure skincare, and stomach-virus horror stories, punctuated by barking dogs, rogue children, and relentless giggles. It's peak AMS energy: unfiltered, funny, chaotic, and comfortingly relatable.

Ashe in America, Christy Lupo, and Jackie Espada steer an Abbey-less episode of Alphas Make Sandwiches through a packed pre-holiday whirlwind. The ladies unveil their upcoming “holiday extravaganza” lineup featuring Shipwreck, the Rise Attire Base Queen, Michelle from Tamarack Garden, Annie from Soft Disclosure, and the Tattooed Teacher. They celebrate the start of the season with sponsor spotlights, hair-care confessions, and plans for a giant all-girls OnlyLands panel between Christmas and New Year's. Jackie announces the winners of the GART scavenger hunt, the crew recaps the weekend's karaoke moments and panel highlights, and Ashe dreams up a mock grand-jury event for the next GART, complete with jury selection chaos. Christy jumps into the idiom of the week (“take the high road”) and a history segment featuring Ruby Bridges and the wild life of investigative legend Nellie Bly. Jackie closes out with a practical migraine-survival guide for the holidays, hydration hacks, magnesium, essential oils, pressure points, and more, while Soft Disclosure makes an unofficial cameo through jokes, ad reads, and skincare worship. A cozy, chaotic, funny, and full-hearted episode that embodies the AMS sisterhood.

Abbey Blue Eyes takes the Alpha helm solo while the rest of the crew heads to Cocoa Beach, delivering a cozy, hilarious, and surprisingly educational Alphas Make Sandwiches. From building sheds in rainy Alaska to going off-grid and self-sustaining, Abbey ties real-life homesteading to freedom, capitalism, and the value of hard work. She then treats listeners to a mini Shark Week special, diving deep into shark history, mythology, and pop culture, from ancient legends and the invention of the Turtle submarine to how Jaws shaped shark propaganda and modern marine research. The conversation flows into culture and comedy, including the girls' iconic GART photo shoot, beauty hacks like lymphatic massage, ‘80s hair talk, and the joy of being real women in a world gone synthetic. Funny, smart, and full of heart, Abbey's solo show is the perfect blend of girl power, history, and hilarity, proof that even alone, an Alpha still shines.

Ashe in America, Abbey Blue Eyes, Christy Lupo, and Jackie Espada welcome Michelle from Tamarac Garden for a lively and enlightening conversation about natural health, hormones, and holistic living, with plenty of laughs along the way. The ladies debut the “Lily Pad Cam,” share their adventures making elderberry syrup (and turning it into a cocktail), and dive into Michelle's wisdom on perimenopause, herbal remedies, and how modern toxins affect women's health. Between beauty hacks, FUPA photo poses, and hilarious off-topic detours, the crew blends humor, heart, and empowerment in equal measure. From homemade tinctures to the truth about Bath & Body Works candles, this episode is a cozy mix of sisterhood and self-care, Badlands style.

Ashe in America, Christy Lupo, and Jackie Espada serve up laughs, learning, and a little chaos in this jam-packed episode of Alphas Make Sandwiches. With Abby out sick, the trio dives into pop culture challenges, hilarious chat banter, and the origins of the phrase “pulling your leg.” Things take an unexpected turn when Ashe shares her weekend at Annie's Willow Wind Farm, complete with alpaca antics, a “women's prison” pen, and an in-depth look at the wool industry and Soft Disclosure's all-natural product line. From adorable baby animals to wild reproductive science, the story is equal parts educational and hysterical. The crew also introduces Buttercup, the farm's newest puppy mascot, and previews Annie's upcoming guest appearance to discuss sustainable American wool and handmade skincare. It's wholesome, witty, and delightfully unfiltered, classic Badlands charm with a farm-fresh twist.

Mind the Game returns for its third season as hosts LeBron James and Steve Nash dive even deeper into the game they love. In this episode, LeBron and Steve imagine what it would be like if they were teammates in their primes. Then they get into what goes into LeBron's offseason at this age (spoiler... it's a lot of golf). Then the guys dive into their main subject of the episode which is, when two alphas must adapt to each other. Steve discusses playing with Amar'e Stoudemire and Dirk Nowtizki while LeBron talks about playing with Dwyane Wade, Kyrie Irving and Anthony Davis. And finally, the guys dive deep into the Lakers upcoming season, what they expect and how impressed they've been with Luka Doncic in Euroleague.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

I've forever been a champion and aficionado of the re-emergence and love of all things holy, fuckable and wild: The alpha male. There's been so much noise and distortion over the past decades on “toxic masculinity”. The only thing toxic about masculinity is the absence of it. In this interview with Ben, our Well-F**ked All Star we also spoke to last week in part 1 of our conversation, he speaks on his journey to define and embody the modern alpha male. In this episode: 9 qualities of the modern alpha male The price of admission to true masculinity Are alpha males born or made?The vulnerable and tender masculineKeeping your woman well-f**ked: an essential alpha male characteristicTHE #1 trait of an alpha maleIf you're ready to tap into your alpha Supercock energy in all areas of your life, check out my Sexual Mastery for Men Salon! In my 8-week online program for men, you'll learn:Orgasms without ejaculation: every man canHow to last longer in bed and have complete controlHow to use your sexual energy as a power source, increasing your vitality, confidence and cash flowOrganically grown cock: boost your length, girth and strengthOrgasmapedia: the guide to all female orgasmsOwning your dominant, divine and dark masculine energy. Alphas for everyone. Everything you need to level up in your sexual mastery and dominate in your life!Signup now. 

In the past few years, videos from a new kind of camp have begun circulating the internet. They feature men participating in a variety of bizarre activities: from aggressively digging holes under floodlights, to collectively wailing in a pool of water. These are man camps, where men can pay up to $18,000 to undergo extreme boot-camp-like conditioning in the name of reclaiming their masculinity. This week on Endless Thread, host Ben Brock Johnson and senior producer Dean Russell, dive into the past, present and future of man camps. Show notes: Learning 'how to be a man' in the Californian desert: Man Camp (The Guardian)