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Boost Your Catering Sales: Top Restaurant Strategies You Need! Which would you prefer: Finding ten customers where each of them orders ten pizzas from you? Or Get one catering deal from one company that orders ten 6" pizzas at once? In today's episode of Making Dough Show, we're diving into the power of catering to boost your restaurant's sales. If you're looking to grow your catering sales, having a solid strategy is crucial. Here are seven expert tips to help you maximize your catering revenue: 1. Always Be on Time and Provide Accurate Orders: Timeliness and accuracy are non-negotiable in catering. Ensure your deliveries are prompt and correct to build trust and reliability with your clients. 2. Create a Menu Offering That Stands Out: Research to identify gaps in the market and tailor your offerings to meet those needs. Develop the best menu items, pricing, and packages that differentiate you from competitors. 3. Stay Professional: Confirm orders in advance. Initiate courtesy calls to reassure clients. Make the process easy and seamless. Follow up with clients to ensure satisfaction. Consider sending thank you cards or gifts. 4. Make It Personal: Build rapport with your clients by gathering intel about their events. Personalized service can lead to repeat business and long-term relationships. 5. Provide an Excellent Presentation: Ensure your food, packaging, and staff presentation are top-notch. First impressions matter, especially in catering. 6. Conduct Food Drops: Target businesses within a 3-5 mile radius of your restaurant. Offering samples can introduce your services to potential clients. 7. Pursue Partnerships and Long-Term Relationships: Building strong partnerships can lead to consistent catering opportunities. Focus on developing long-term relationships for sustained growth. Subscribe to the @makingdoughshow for more restaurant management and marketing strategies to help your business thrive. Don't miss out on our expert tips to elevate your restaurant's success! LET'S CONNECT: SUBSCRIBE to our YouTube Channel: https://bit.ly/2sif5kX SUBSCRIBE to our Podcast: https://anchor.fm/makingdoughshow CONNECT on Linked-In: https://www.linkedin.com/in/hengamstanfield/ #restaurant#restaurantmanagement#restaurantmarketing #restaurantmanager#makingdoughshow == DOWNLOAD for FREE: The RESTAURANT MANAGER SCORE SHEET at https://mds.mykajabi.com/restaurantmanagerscoresheet Watch: 8 PROVEN Tips to INCREASE Your Restaurant's ONLINE ORDERS https://youtu.be/FK-RH5H4j0o Watch: 5 Common Restaurant Complaints and How to Handle Them Like a Pro https://youtu.be/wmkoFgHVWac
On this episode of Chasing Fruit Flies, Jess and Clay get random as always. Starting the episode they talk about Quiet on Set-Episode One-Rising Stars, Rising Questions. Then get interrupted they back to the documentary on Max and then they transition into teen stars and then into Teen Mom and they express their love for Kail Lowry... She a real OG. Then they finish it off with their randomness of the week and silliness of the week as well. Always Be a Big Deal and Chase Fruit Flies!! XOXO Kind Friends --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/alwaysbeabideal/message
In this week's punchy episode of Gig Gab, you're in for a treat as Dave Hamilton sits down with Dallas Taylor, the maestro behind Twenty Thousand Hertz and Defacto Sound, exploring the intricate stories behind the world's most iconic sounds. As they dive deep, Dallas shares his philosophy on respecting […] The post Always Be…Respecting Your Audience — Gig Gab 422 (with special guest: Dallas Taylor) appeared first on Gig Gab.
In this episode, I share my coaching journey including the experiences, books, trainings, and key moments that have helped learn to serve my clients powerfully one on one and in group settings. Reach out: www.brianrussellphd.com and brian@brianrussellphd.com Here are the many resources mentioned: Books that Shaped Me: Every book has the potential to teach you something about coaching. Refuse to read simply as a means for gathering mere information. The key is to apply insights and lessons from your reading into actual tactics/action steps and questions. Learn to read books as a means to helping yourself and others experience transformation. I've read hundreds of books over the last 13 years that have helped me to develop into the person and coach that I am today. The following books are the curated few that I personally recommend because they authentically helped me to grow personally and taught me ideas and practices that I've integrated into my own style of coaching and into the programs that I presently offer. Check out www.deepdivespirituality.com to see my coaching programs. Classical Resources Epictetus, Discourses and Selected Writing https://amzn.to/40Euc7T Seneca, Letters from a Stoic https://amzn.to/3G4UBCa The Best of the Best Jack Canfield, The Success Principles: How to Get From Where You Are to Where You Want to Be https://amzn.to/45ZIYXU Gay Hendricks, The Big Leap https://amzn.to/479z0Vc ____ The Genius Zone https://amzn.to/47wCXCX Rich Litvin, The Prosperous Coach https://amzn.to/3MHaimW James Hollis, Finding Meaning in the Second Half of Life https://amzn.to/3ulgf2k Richard Rohr, Falling Upwards https://amzn.to/3SzKT27 Modern Writers: John Maxwell, Thinking for a Change https://amzn.to/3QQ4okO ----and Failing Forward: Turning Mistakes into Stepping Stones for Success https://amzn.to/49GxvPV John, O'Neil, The Paradox of Success: When Winning at Work Means Losing at Life https://amzn.to/47B9CHB Keith Ellis, The Magic Lamp: Goal Setting For People Who Hate Setting Goals https://amzn.to/47eAH3e Napoleon Hill, Think and Grow Rich https://amzn.to/40Evcc9 Lencioni, The Five Dysfunctions of a Team https://amzn.to/3SIVojK ----and The Five Temptations of a CEO https://amzn.to/47io9Z3 Dan Sullivan, Always Be the Buyer: Attracting Other People's Highest Commitment to Your Biggest and Best Standards https://amzn.to/3SIce2g, ----The Gap and the Gain: The High Achievers Guide to Happiness, Confidence and Success https://amzn.to/3ukWeJu, -----Who not How https://amzn.to/3ubpHp1 Richard Bandler, How to Take Charge of Your Life: The User's Guide to NLP https://amzn.to/ Tony Robbins, Awaken the Giant Within https://amzn.to/49GYfju Shirzad Chamine, Positive Intelligence: Why Only 20% of Teams and Individuals Achieve Their True Potential and How You Can Achieve Yours https://amzn.to/3SOms15 Training: I've worked personally with the following coaches who have helped me: Glenn Gutek, Mark Danzey, Brooke Castillo (group program), Robert Glover (group), and Sid Agarwal Here are some links to additional trainings (free and paid programs that I have found helpful): Saboteur Training. www.positiveintelligence.com. NLP: https://www.purenlp.com/ 10 Day Intensive in Orlando in 2018 with Richard Bandler (one of the two co-founders of NLP) and his associates John and Kathleen LaValle. I have a couple of Bandler's books listed above. The intensive was pricey but hands on and fun. Tony Robbins. I own all of his programs except for his ones on health and relationships. They are listed here: https://store.tonyrobbins.com/collections/breakthrough-app?_ga=2.16994681.1779309796.1699805656-502128627.1699805656 Jim Rohn. I own several of his CD programs. Most of these are now available on YouTube. Search Jim Rohn and enjoy a true master of his craft. Rich Litvin. https://richlitvin.com/ search on YouTube and watch him coach. Seth Godin. Listen to his speeches on YouTube and/or search for interviews on Podcasts. Podcasts: 10x Talk with Dan Sullivan and Joe Polish. Capability Amplifier: Mike Koenigs and Dan Sullivan The Big Leap Podcast: Gay Hendricks and Mike Koenigs I Love Marketing Podcast: Joe Polish and Dean Jackson John Maxwell Leadership Podcast The Life Coach School Podcast with Brooke Castillo How to Make Money as a Life Coach: Stacey Boehman The Watering Hole: A podcast for coaches Lists of Questions: Brian's 31 Transformational Questions https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLzah82ipRosYS-EcmXsyWBd6rlEwPobiK Tim Ferriss, 17 Questions that Changed My Life https://tim.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/17-Questions-That-Changed-My-Life.pdf Rich Litvin, 121 Powerful Questions for Coaches and Leaders https://richlitvin.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/Rich-Litvin-121-Powerful-Questions.pdf *Links to Amazon are affiliate links.
I saw a comic from Kendra Little recently, which reminded me of my first SQL Server crisis. I got hired as a contractor to support a large Novell network. In my first chance to work with SQL Server, a new database server running SQL Server 4.2 on OS/2 1.2 was installed on our network to support a new data entry application. This was mandated by a government legal change on Jan 1. As the junior person, I was supporting the installation by corporate developers on Dec 31 at 5 p.m. We finished getting things set up, ate dinner, and then I watched the developers do some smoke testing and prepping the application and database servers for go-live at midnight. It was exciting to me as a young professional to be part of this deployment. Read the rest of Don't (Always) Be a Hero
A big thank you to all who contributed and joined in for our live 400th episode. We've got guest videos, guest appearances, and we go through the alphabet 3 different times. What more could you want? We highly recommend watching this one on YouTube! Watch on YouTube! Intro (00:00) Listener Messages: Chris (08:00) Wesley - Non-echo version of the video https://youtube.com/shorts/-xn1Hdufqdo (09:00) Just the headlines: (10:30) Apple hits 1 billion paid subscriptions Woman's AI bionic arm is fitted after Tube near-death experience US scientists repeat fusion power breakthrough for a second time US Air Force builds $5B climate-resilient ‘base of the future' with robot dogs and AI security Spyware maker LetMeSpy shuts down after hacker deletes server data Threads user count falls to new lows, highlighting retention challenges Excel's esports revolution is coming back to ESPN this week Your Picks of the Week: Chels Video - Earth Breeze Laundry Sheets - Non-echo version of the video https://youtu.be/niYrN1gw3NE (12:45) Mike Video - UDisc disc golf app (16:11) Eliot video - Fashionit U Micro Speaker (17:50) Jared Video - Channel 3 Gaming (20:10) Isla Live - Littlest Pet Shop, Tweety Bird, Kitty and Bunny, Toothless (22:25) The Always Be's w/ help from ChatGPT (30:20) Finale, kind of: Todd Video (48:45) Find us elsewhere: https://notpicks.com https://www.notnerd.com https://www.youtube.com/c/Notnerd https://ratethispodcast.com/notnerd https://www.tiktok.com/@notnerdpod https://www.twitter.com/n0tnerd/ https://www.instagram.com/n0tnerd https://www.facebook.com/n0tnerd/ info@Notnerd.com Call or text 608.618.NERD(6373) If you would like to help support Notnerd financially, mentally, or physically, don't hesitate to get in touch with us via any of the methods above. Consider any product/app links to be affiliate links.
Tales from the stage, the power of adaptation, and the ins and outs of a performer's life are the backdrop for this week's stories. Dave and Paul reminisce about their recent gigs, highlighting the value of resilience when faced with onstage hiccups. Paul's recent gig cancellation due to health is […] The post Always Be…Perfecting Your Craft — Gig Gab 392 appeared first on Gig Gab.
In this thought-provoking video, we explore the powerful concept of "Always Be the buyer" and its application to lease renewal negotiations. Learn how this mindset framing technique, derived from Strategic Coach, can transform your approach as a tenant. Discover the advantages of shifting from a seller's validation-seeking position to a buyer's empowered position. By adopting the buyer's mindset, you gain access to a wide range of options and leverage during lease negotiations.Unlock the true potential of lease renewal negotiations by watching this video. Embrace the buyer's mindset and witness the transformation in your ability to secure the best lease terms and maximize the value of your tenancy. Don't miss out on this opportunity to gain a competitive edge in the commercial real estate market. Subscribe now to our channel for more insightful content on lease negotiations and tenant empowerment. Always Be The Buyer Flipping the Script - 00:25 Creating Leverage - 1:30 Creating Alternatives - 2:30
Aujourd'hui, nous allons nous pencher sur l'une des plus grandes protest song soul de tous les temps, un disque qui a été le point culminant de la carrière de son chanteur et auteur-compositeur, et qui est devenu un des hymnes du mouvement des droits civiques. Mais nous allons également nous pencher sur le côté sombre de son créateur, et sur les événements qui ont conduit à sa mort prématurée. Plus que la plupart des autres épisodes, celui-ci nécessite un avertissement. Sam Cooke, “A Change is Gonna Come” The Soul Stirrers, “Touch the Hem of His Garment” Dale Cook, “Lovable” Harry Belafonte, “Jamaica Farewell” Bill Haley and the Comets, “Mary, Mary Lou” L.C. Cooke, “Do You Remember?” The Soul Stirrers, “Stand By Me, Father” Jackie Wilson, “I Know I'll Always Be in Love With You” Little Anthony and the Imperials, “I'm Alright” Sam Cooke, “Wonderful World” Sam Cooke, “Chain Gang” Johnny Morisette, “I'll Never Come Running Back to You” Sam Cooke, “Cupid” Sam Cooke, “The Riddle Song” Ersel Hickey, “Bluebirds Over the Mountain” Buddy Knox, “Party Doll” Bobby Darin, “Splish Splash” The Shirelles, “Only Time Will Tell” The Valentinos, “It's All Over Now” Muhammad Ali, “The Gang's All Here” Bob Dylan, “Blowin' in the Wind” Paul Robeson, “Ol' Man River” Sam Cooke, “A Change is Gonna Come” Sam Cooke, “Little Red Rooster” Sam Cooke, “Blowin' in the Wind” Womack and Womack, “Teardrops”
Episode 1972 - Wow today was a show of shows! Ted does an anointed first segment on choices. Why is Trump erroneously seen as a Christ figure? Always Be careful from a security standpoint. The circus politics continues unabated. Why can't we hear Ghislaine MaxWells evidence? Sex trafficking is real. Fentanyl on car doors? Best green show in weeks. High energy must listen show!
Welcome to the Becoming The Change Podcast. Each daily reading focuses on a different quote on how we can best apply it to our own moral compass and one of the five areas in Social Emotional Learning: Self-Awareness, Self-Management, Social Awareness, Relationship Skills and Responsible Decision Making. Thank you for listening and we hope you … Continue reading Becoming The Change Podcast (Episode 672): Always Be Kind →
High Performers Can't Be PerfectTry as you might, being a perfectionist is likely out of reach.As a high performer, you may know tips and techniques that put you ahead of the competition. However, if we think we're perfect we can be setting ourselves up for failure.Tune in to find out what real-world events inspired today's show. And how you can perform a self-check on your growth and progress. Also, learn how to avoid believing you're perfect and what traps you'll sidestep by doing so. Chapters[00:54]Career Growth Made Easy was shared at several central Florida high schools.[01:46]Communication was a key topic in recent discussions at high schools. [02:14]Answer the question "Are You a Silent Superstar?" by listening to CGME episode 123.[03:20]Many of us don't take time for personal development. Find out if you are 1 of 32 by checking out episode 4.[04:33]Self-growth is the key to being a high performer. Who do you know that's an SME (Subject Matter Expert)?[06:15]Lessons Learned and Best Practices can help you achieve new heights by identifying areas of improvement.[08:00]Learn a little bit about SWOT analysis and how applying it in your life can grow you for the better. [12:18]Even high-performance "Can't Always Be On".[13:48]Craig recalls working as a locksmith early in his career and how one training event touched his life.[17:00]The statement "I am an expert locksmith!" drew some interesting feedback. [18:50]You can strive for perfection, but you may never achieve it!Mentioned LinksCGME: Ep 123 Are You a Silent Superstar?CMGE: Ep 004 Are You 1 of 32 - Time for Personal ImprovementCGME: Ep 081 You Can't Always Be "On"
Tyler Childers "Angel Band (Jubilee Version)"Dr. John "Right Place Wrong Time"Yola "Love All Night (Work All Day)"The Marvelettes "Playboy"Jake Xerxes Fussell "Winnsboro Cotton Mill Blues"Bonny Light Horseman "Summer Dream"R.E.M. "Nightswimming"Mercy Dee "Sugar Daddy"3rd Secret "Rhythm of the Ride"Vic Chesnutt "Concord Country Jubilee"Randy Travis "On the Other Hand"Eilen Jewell "79 Cents (The Meow Song)"Randy Travis "There'll Always Be a Honky Tonk Somewhere"Clem Snide "Don't Be Afraid of Your Anger"Valerie June "Fade Into You"Cedric Burnside "Step In"Sugar Pie De Santo "Soulful Dress"Two Cow Garage "The Little Prince and Johnny Toxic"Ramones "I Wanna Be Sedated"Drivin N Cryin "Scarred But Smarter"Son Volt "Tear Stained Eye"Junior Kimbrough "Old Black Mattie"Etta James "Tell Mama"Lee Morgan "The Lion and the Wolff"Matt Woods "Lucero Song"Lucero "Bikeriders"Dolly Parton "Don't Let It Trouble Your Mind"David Wax Museum "Born With a Broken Heart"Aimee Mann "Humpty Dumpty"Gillian Welch "Dark Turn of Mind"Bobby Charles "Street People"Swamp Dogg "Did I Come Back Too Soon (Or Stay Away Too Long)"Wayne Shorter "Charcoal Blues"Steve Earle "Guitar Town"Will Johnson "Cornelius"Neil Young "Ambulance Blues"Billy Joe Shaver "Old Chunk of Coal"Shaver "I Want Some More"John Moreland "Blacklist"Mance Lipscomb "Back Water Blues"
The breath found me. My philosophy around breathwork is that it is opening us up to be conduits for life, love, and spirit to flow through us. - Gwen Payne Are You Stressed Out Lately? Take a deep breath with the M21™ wellness guide: a simple yet powerful 21 minute morning system that melts stress and gives you more energy through 6 science-backed practices and breathwork. Click HERE to download for free. Is Your Energy Low? Get more superfoods to improve your energy, digestion, gut health plus also reduce inflammation and blood sugar. Click HERE to try Paleovalley's Apple Cider Vinegar Complex + Save 15% with the code 'JOSH' *Review The WF Podcast & WIN $150 in wellness prizes! *Join The Facebook Group Wellness + Wisdom Episode 471 Founder of, “Breath is Prayer” and “Inspired Sedona”, Gwen Payne, shares what skills every breathwork facilitator needs, her own breathwork training experience + why she's a student for life, why death can be our greatest advisor and how to listen to your own authentic guidance system. What actually blocks people from letting go of their stress, anxiety, and negative emotions? By the end of this episode, you will have a full understanding of how ancient breathwork turns your body into a conduit for healing depression and generational pain. Listen To Episode 471 As Gwen Payne Uncovers: [1:30] What's Blocking Our Ability to Move Past Anxiety? Gwen Payne Inspired Sedona Gwen's Gift to You! How Josh and Gwen met for the first time in Sedona, Arizona when he went there to do a training with Carrie. What it's been like for Gwen to be back in Austin, Texas after about 40 years since she last visited it. The fact that Gwen was actually conceived in Austin and that's why it felt like home for her when she visited it in 1983. Unpacking how we can allow ourselves to be and feel more free in our skin. How growing up in a Mediterranean culture where differences are celebrated allows Gwen to see how homogenous American culture and identity are all over the country. What Gwen's 'Breath is Prayer' medicine is and how it helped Josh let go of held-back emotions. Why experience is vital if you're going to facilitate and hold space as you lead a breathwork ceremony. The fact that the average adult is only using 30% of their lung capacity. Why sometimes people are so triggered and afraid by the idea of doing the inner work that they don't even begin it. Exploring the deeply embedded thought in our psyche that everything we need is outside of ourselves when that isn't true. Why we are so afraid to authentically express ourselves out of fear of being punished. [10:40] The Core of Behavioral Dysfunction What microtrauma is and how Josh did it to himself when he would watch porn or not speak his truth when he was a child. Why energy from trauma doesn't just go away; it transmutes. Unpacking the core of dysfunction: being out of alignment with our natural way of being. Why freedom is something that we already have and how we can unblock ourselves to obtain it. The moments of freedom that Gwen has experienced and witnessed in others while doing breathwork. Why just doing breathwork is not enough; the release it gives us is fleeting and so it must be practiced consistently to help us feel free and in alignment. The fact that it takes 90 seconds for an emotion to move through us + what it is about our psyche that blocks them. Going beyond the intellectualization of our healing to focus on somatic healing. 249 SOMA Breath For Less Stress: Niraj Naik 410 Mark Divine | Positive Neurodiversity: Kokoro Spirit, The 5 Mountains For Inner Peace, & How To Fulfill Your Potential Why Gwen was the only breathwork teacher that made Josh feel like he could teach other people. [20:00] The Art of the Breath: What Skills a Facilitator Needs What to expect when working with Gwen both in groups and private sessions. The embodied learning that people go through when they do Gwen's breathwork facilitator program. Differences between feeling ready to practice breathwork compared to facilitating a session. What the best training she ever did was and why she did trainings for 3.5 years before becoming a facilitator. The Passion Test by Janet Bray Attwood - The Passion Test Common breathing mistakes we're making without even realizing it including holding our breath (especially exhales) for extended periods of time. The fact that more and more people are turning to breathwork as we experience more stress as a collective. How to go about selecting a breathwork program according to Gwen. Why it's so important to be a facilitator who creates such a safe space for participants that no matter what comes up, they can be there and support the people participating in the session. What usually comes up for people when they do breathwork and why trauma is present in various ways from crying and shaking to laughter or coughing. Gwen's own intense breathwork moment with a client and why it could've been an ego stripping or something from his past being let go. [34:20] We'll Always Be a Student of Life Josh Trent: Solocast | Healing The Father Wound, 100+ Hours Fasting, Vision Questing + Being Alone With Mother Nature's Wisdom The best way to use breath to assist an emotion as it makes its way through the body in 90 seconds. Why having an open mouth during breathwork makes such a difference because there is a lot of control held within the jaw. The fact that we can never fully become a master at anything until we accept that we are a student. Gwen's thirst for always growing, learning, and becoming an even better breathwork facilitator and trainer. Her experience growing up in North Africa in an atheist/agnostic household and why it was the most educational and informative experience for her. Why both Josh and Gwen feel like they didn't find the power of breathwork, it found them. The fact that Gwen's great aunt was a spiritual teacher ever since her early 20s and how that influenced her mother. What a Sufi retreat is and what most people get wrong about sufism. Where and when Gwen was first introduced to breathwork for the first time in her life. [45:00] How to Listen to Your Own Authentic Guidance System Gwen's experience attending Stanford and the pressure she felt to go since her parents both went there and chose the professor career route. The trauma that Gwen experienced in her upbringing and why being there with her parents while they were in hospice impacted her heart the most and that's when she really found her grit. Her experience being a single mother and fighting for her children in different ways. How breathwork and other inner work practices have helped her shift her trauma and difficult experiences into something that has made her stronger. Why she strongly believes that we all need mentors and even multiple ones to help us develop. Paleo(Fx) Who she turned to for help and support when she didn't receive that from her family. Why a person cannot do something like what Gwen does without going through a continuous healing process themselves. [55:30] The Breath is Prayer Experience 311 Mark Wolynn | It Didn't Start With You: Ending The Cycle of Inherited Trauma 366 Mark Wolynn | How To Heal Generational Trauma: The Thoughts, Feelings, Patterns & Behaviors Formed Before You Were Ever Born The vomiting response Josh had during a breathing ceremony that Gwen guided the night before and why he believes that happened. What to expect during a Breath is Prayer experience with Gwen. Why it's not uncommon for people to feel nauseous, dizzy, or even feel the need to go to the bathroom during a breathwork ceremony. The fact that Josh is still feeling the powerful medicine from last night's breathwork practice. How deep early childhood programming leads to our subconscious not wanting to feel and unpack our emotions, especially those we need to heal. [1:01:00] Why Death Can be Our Greatest Advisor Exploring the concept of death and how sometimes Josh and Gwen have experienced unique "death-like" out-of-body sensations during breathwork and for Josh also Ayahuasca ceremonies. Why the idea of death as her advisor has been a philosophy for Gwen for many years. The powerful exercise she did in which she was told death was coming and she had to prepare by writing letters to people and her own will. Lessons that death has taught her about how to be and live her life. How her grandmother's illness with polio and needing to walk with crutches showed up for Gwen in her epigenetics, beliefs, and healing journey. The deeply imprinted belief Gwen had at one point that she could not trust life. Molecules of Emotion: The Science Behind Mind-Body Medicine by Candace B. Pert The Biology of Belief by Bruce Lipton How Family Constellations has expanded to the Systemic as well (such as the soul of a business for example) or the Collective to find out where energy is being blocked or not properly healed. [1:10:00] How Breath Exposes What's Already There Mindbody University What fascinated Gwen about breathwork the most to become a facilitator. How she has combined breathwork with the passion test, hypnotherapy, and epigenetic trauma. The incredible fact that we are breathing the same breath that our ancestors did. How you can combine breathwork with other healing modalities such as Family Constellations. The power of just doing a regular if not daily 3-10 minute breathwork practice. Gwen's powerful practice that she always does at the end of each of her own breathwork practices. Why Gwen says that "Breathwork doesn't bring anything new, it just exposes what's already there." Gwen's gift to the audience including an online breathwork ceremony recording. What Gwen believes is the meaning of her being a breathwork facilitator and life coach in Sedona. Why she believes we should all be striving to be the most authentic version of ourselves. The fact that it's just so much easier to trust a healer who is open about what they themselves are working on like in Gwen's case. What wellness means for Gwen with all of her life and work experiences. Power Quotes From The Show Letting Go of Our Collective Fear of Emotion "Collectively, we have such a profound fear of emotions. If people were to really go in and sort of take a magnifying glass approach at some of the beliefs that they hold in their body that have been imprinted on them, not that they consciously think these thoughts but they have them: 'If I feel this I will die,' or 'If I feel this I will go crazy,' or 'If I feel this I will never come back from it,' and on and on. So, people just fight it tooth and nail and the truth of the matter is if we could open up and allow that energy to flow through us, it's pretty easy. It might be intense but it's pretty easy." - Gwen Payne We're Only Using 30% of Our Lung's Capacity on Average "Do you know how little people are breathing? 30% is what the average American adult is said to breathe of their functional lung capacity. Only 30% is essentially starvation mode for the cells of your body and for your brain. You are literally living in survival mode and I don't think as a society we can help but feel anxious and depressed. If there is one thing I would encourage people to do, it's to breathe more." - Gwen Payne How Breathwork Unlocks Our Essential Nature "In breathwork, one of the things that I find so impactful is that concepts become viscerally experienced, and then it's an embodiment. In that moment of embodiment, there's nothing else that we're focusing on outside of ourselves; nothing. It's part of our essential nature. Those are the moments of freedom that I have experienced and witnessed in others. It's an experience of tuning the world out and letting go of what energies we have been carrying, releasing, bringing our attention inwards, and only then can we really experience that freedom." - Gwen Payne Links From Today's Show Inspired Sedona Gwen's Gift to You! 249 SOMA Breath For Less Stress: Niraj Naik 410 Mark Divine | Positive Neurodiversity: Kokoro Spirit, The 5 Mountains For Inner Peace, & How To Fulfill Your Potential The Passion Test by Janet Bray Attwood - The Passion Test Josh Trent: Solocast | Healing The Father Wound, 100+ Hours Fasting, Vision Questing + Being Alone With Mother Nature's Wisdom Paleo(Fx) 311 Mark Wolynn | It Didn't Start With You: Ending The Cycle of Inherited Trauma 366 Mark Wolynn | How To Heal Generational Trauma: The Thoughts, Feelings, Patterns & Behaviors Formed Before You Were Ever Born Molecules of Emotion: The Science Behind Mind-Body Medicine by Candace B. Pert The Biology of Belief by Bruce Lipton Mindbody University Researchers Now Know Just How Many Thoughts You Have in a Day Destroy Negativity From Your Mind With This Simple Exercise Shop the Wellness Force Store breathwork.io Paleovalley – Save 15% on your ACV Complex with the code ‘JOSH' Seeking Health - Save 10% with the code 'JOSH' Organifi – Special 20% off to our listeners with the code ‘WELLNESSFORCE' Drink LMNT – Zero Sugar Hydration: Get your free LMNT Sample Pack, you only cover the cost of shipping Feel Free from Botanic Tonics – Save 40% when you use the code ‘WELLNESS40' PLUNGE - Save $150 with the code "WELLNESSFORCE' MitoZen - Save 10% with the code "WELLNESSFORCE" Activation Products - Save 20% with the code "WELLNESSFORCE" Essential Oil Wizardry: Save 10% with the code 'WELLNESSFORCE' Cured Nutrition – Get 15% off of your order when you visit wellnessforce.com/cured + use the code ‘WELLNESSFORCE' M21 Wellness Guide Wellness Force Community Leave Wellness Force a review on iTunes Gwen Payne Facebook Instagram YouTube About Gwen Payne Founder of, “Breath is Prayer” and “Inspired Sedona”, Gwen intuitively employs a combination of Breathwork, The Passion Test, Family Constellations, Hypnotherapy, Coaching, Yoga, and Dance to guide and support people in coming home to their true nature and remaining consciously connected to their essential truth. Gwen was born in Italy, grew up in Tunisia, and attending boarding schools in Europe throughout high school before moving to United States to attend Stanford University. Gwen credits her diversity and cultural experiences as the most formative education of her life – one that provided her unique vision and perspective upon which she draws in her work. Gwen's Passion for Breathwork At the age of 21, Gwen stumbled across breathwork when she took part in her for spiritual retreat. She has remained passionate about it ever since. When she found a breathwork school years later, it's solidified her journey with the breath and her calling to share its power. Certifications: - B.A French Studies, Stanford University - Breath work/counseling hypnotherapy certificate, BodyMind Academy - Breath of Love Facilitator - Alchemy of breath facilitator and mentor - Passion test facilitator - Self-love facilitator - Family constellations facilitator - Kundalini yoga instructor - Erotic blueprints coach Work with Gwen In your work together, Gwen invites clients to explore their inner landscapes, to step into their most authentic, empowered self, and to choose a path that honors themselves and their purpose. As a result, Gwen's clients experience real transformation and learn to live truly inspired purposeful lives.
On this special episode, we are joined by Jesse Cole, Owner of the Savannah Bananas baseball team, author, and speaker. Jesse Cole is the founder of Fans First Entertainment and owner of the Savannah Bananas. His teams have welcomed more than one million fans to their ballparks and have been featured on MSNBC, CNN, ESPN and in Entrepreneur Magazine. The Bananas have been awarded Organization of the Year, Entrepreneur of the Year, Business of the Year and won the CPL Championship in their first year. Fans First Entertainment has been featured on the INC 5000 lists as one of the fastest growing companies in America. The Savannah Bananas currently have sold out every game since their first season and have a waiting list in the thousands for tickets. Jesse released his first book “Find Your Yellow Tux – How to Be Successful by Standing Out” in January of 2018 with a World Book Tour…at Epcot. Cole has been featured on over 500 podcasts and is an in-demand keynote speaker all over the country sharing the Fans First Experience on how to stand out, be different and create raving fans of both customers and employees. Topics of discussion: 1. ALWAYS BE caring, different, enthusiastic, fun, growing and hungry 2. C.A.R.E. - Communication, Accountability, Recognition, Empowerment 3. The 3 Ms - Moments, Matter and Meaning 4. Focus on being the O.N.L.Y. and most Fan (in our world couple or client) First company. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/weddingbusinessgrowth/message
On this special episode, we are joined by Jesse Cole, Owner of the Savannah Bananas baseball team, author, and speaker. Jesse Cole is the founder of Fans First Entertainment and owner of the Savannah Bananas. His teams have welcomed more than one million fans to their ballparks and have been featured on MSNBC, CNN, ESPN and in Entrepreneur Magazine. The Bananas have been awarded Organization of the Year, Entrepreneur of the Year, Business of the Year and won the CPL Championship in their first year. Fans First Entertainment has been featured on the INC 5000 lists as one of the fastest growing companies in America. The Savannah Bananas currently have sold out every game since their first season and have a waiting list in the thousands for tickets. Jesse released his first book “Find Your Yellow Tux – How to Be Successful by Standing Out” in January of 2018 with a World Book Tour…at Epcot. Cole has been featured on over 500 podcasts and is an in-demand keynote speaker all over the country sharing the Fans First Experience on how to stand out, be different and create raving fans of both customers and employees. Topics of discussion: 1. ALWAYS BE caring, different, enthusiastic, fun, growing and hungry 2. C.A.R.E. - Communication, Accountability, Recognition, Empowerment 3. The 3 Ms - Moments, Matter and Meaning 4. Focus on being the O.N.L.Y. and most Fan (in our world couple or client) First company. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/weddingbusinessgrowth/message
Manifest Your Desires and Always BE in the Right Place at the Right Time
Manifest Your Desires and Always BE in the Right Place at the Right Time
Oh, the notorious ABC (Always Be Closing) acronym…a mantra that it's time to sunset. But what's a good alternative? Margaret and Bryan share their take on the ABC mindset and collaborate on their own “Always Be..” acronyms to prioritize instead.
Bennie Fowler III is a retired NFL Wide Receiver, Super Bowl Champion, former Michigan State Spartan, and now an entrepreneur and leadership coach and consultant.In this episode, Bennie Fowler and Manuel Amezcua talk about the importance of relationship capital and how to build relationship capital with the right people. They talk about Bennie's transition from pro sports to the business world and how being a PRO makes success more predictable in any situation. Lastly, Manny and Bennie chat about Bennie's future, what's in store next, and how Bennie goes about making decisions on where he is going to invest his time. Listen to Episode 34 of At The Podium with Manuel Amezcua, NFL WR Bennie Fowler III, What it Means to Always Be a PROABOUT BENNIE FOWLER IIIFrom undrafted free agent to Superbowl Champion and 8-year veteran of the NFL, Bennie Fowler supports Executives, Leaders and Organizations to step into the infinite potential through the power MVP Leadership. Bennie Warren Fowler, III, the founder and president of Infinite Potential LTD, is an eight-year veteran of the National Football League. He began his career as an undrafted free agent signed by the Denver Broncos in 2014. Bennie was a member of the 2016 Denver Broncos Super Bowl 50 Championship Team and may be best remembered for having hauled in the final pass of soon to be Hall of Famer Peyton Manning. Currently, Bennie is a member of the San Francisco organization. Bennie has 13 plus years of experience working with and being around high-performing teams and individuals.Over the past two years, Bennie has worked with over 200 small business owners and CEOs while still being a part of the National Football League. As a certified executive and leadership coach, certified through Co-Active Training Institute, Bennie has completed over 300 hours of coaching using his MVP Leadership method framework (Mindset/Vision/Performance). The framework and tools used, including the Quantum Endeavors coaching model, have a 100% client-company re-engagement rate and a 100% client assessed growth rate. Bennies services include executive leadership coaching, the development of high-performance teams and cultures, as well as training and coaching for wellness and resilience and motivational speaking.LISTEN / SUBSCRIBE TO THE PODCASTApple Podcasts: https://apple.co/31iAcsoSpotify: https://spoti.fi/3d7VUSx* * * * *CONNECT WITH MANNYPodcast: At The Podium with Manuel AmezcuaFinancial Planning Practice: Podium Risk ManagementWebsite: https://podiumriskmanagement.com/Instagram: http://instagram.com/detroitmannyLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mannyamezcua/NEW TO THE PODCAST?At The Podium with Manuel Amezcua features interviews with the most innovative minds in business, sports, and entertainment to uncover the habits, disciplines, and mindsets that lead to success.
The Word of God Devotional and Evangelical Ministries Friday, March 18, 2022 “Always Be on Guard!” Meditation Scripture I Peter 5:8
The Word of God Devotional and Evangelical Ministries Friday, March 18, 2022 “Always Be on Guard!” Meditation Scripture I Peter 5:8
Ads on Disney+, and new parental controls thanks to Netflix’ Marvel TV shows. Reavon released the universal disc player their fans asked for. And Tom toughs it out with a bad back, no punches pulled! Pictures shown in this episode:https://flic.kr/s/aHBqjzF3X1 00:00:00 – IntroNo quick movie review from Rob this week, but Tom watched Always Be […] The post AV Rant #798: Going Easy appeared first on AV Rant.
What you will learn in today's episode: As we start a new year and look over all the goals we have set for 2022 January can sometimes bring certain feelings for entrepreneurs and self-employed individuals. The feeling we are talking about is PANIC or for some anxiety. Why does this seem to set in at the beginning of each new year? Maybe you are looking at a blank business tracker and the worry of replicating the previous year's volume is looming over-head. Maybe you have set high goals for yourself and negative self-talk and doubt are getting in the way of creating your business plan. Whatever the case may be today we are discussing ways to get out of this cycle and move your business forward. Banish negative self talk for good Ideas to Always Be in Contact with clients - ABCs of Real Estate Importance of developing a 4 category business plan How manifesting and slowing down can push you to new heights Let's Connect: Instagram: instagram.com/movinguppodcast/ Facebook: facebook.com/TheWilsonGroupRealEstate podcast@wilsongrouprealestate.com Learn about Studio Bank: studiobank.com
Chuck Edwards - "Downtown Soulville" - 45 Music behind DJ: Lloyd Glenn - "Sleigh Ride" - 45 Mable Scott - "Mr. Fine" - 45 Jessie Mae - "Don't Freeze on Me" - 45 Ko Ko Taylor - "(I Got) All You Need" - 45 Doris Payne - "You Better Mind" - 45 Music behind DJ: John Lemon Quintet - "Doing the Doo" - 45 Nella Dodds - "Honey Boy" - 45 Earl Cosby - "Ooh Honey Baby" - 45 Isley Brothers - "Little Miss Sweetness" - 45 Billy Kennedy - "Sweet Things" - 45 James Stuart & the Dynamics - "Sweet Woman" - 45 Music behind DJ: Wayne Powell Octet - "Tutzy" - 45 Eddie Banks - "Sugar Diabetes" - 45 Sugar Pie DeSanto - "Good Timin'" - 45 Sidney Barnes - "You'll Always Be in Style" - 45 Johnny Sayles - "I Can't Get Enough (Of Your Love)" - 45 Big Ella - "Too Hot to Hold" - 45 Music behind DJ: Panic Button - "Lovin' Horns" - 45 Dicky & Billy - "I Got a Feeling" - 45 Gary Ferguson - "I Can't Hide It" - 45 Sandy Gaye - "He's Good for Me" - 45 Joe Tex - "Show Me" - 45 Music behind DJ: The Martinis - "Holiday Cheers" - 45 Louis Armstrong - "'Zat You, Santa Claus?" - 45 https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/111058
You Can't Always Be "On"Regardless of your work ethic and your stamina, you can't always be "on" 24/7. Our bodies need breaks and rest. If we push too hard for too long, we could hit burnout. That can eventually lead to health issues. It's important to recognize the signs of when enough is enough.Accept feedback from peers who are concerned you're been giving too much. When you hear certain trigger words or recognize burnout warning signs, make sure to take some time off to recharge.When you do, make that disconnection both physically and mentally. Listen to today's episode to find out what some of the warning signs are and how to properly disconnect from work so you can truly refresh.Chapters[00:48]Regardless of where you work or what you do, you can't always be on.[01:43]Taking breaks from work is great, but make sure you mentally recharge and refresh, too![02:20]Extreme workloads can negatively affect your health.[04:10]We can't run at peak performance all the time, otherwise, it will drain our batteries.https://craigancel.com/podcast/38[06:20]What have you been fueling your body with recently?https://craigancel.com/podcast/39[06:52]Most companies are machines, the machines will keep taking if you keep giving.[08:35]To truly disconnect from your job, you need to mentally detach from your job. Be extra careful if you're working from home![12:51]Join the Career Growth Made Easy Facebook group today!http://www.facebook.com/groups/careergrowthmadeeasy/Mentioned LinksNEW: Career Growth Made Easy Facebook Group - Join today!NEW: Free Guide - The Basics of Project ManagementCGME: Episode 38: Things That Rob Your EnergyCGME: Episode 39: What Do You Fuel Your Body With?EXCITING ANNOUNCEMENTThe exclusive Career Growth Made Easy Facebook group has just launched!Just us today: http://www.facebook.com/groups/careergrowthmadeeasy/Sign up today and get your exclusive member benefits.~ Craig
Episode 138 of the weekly Mom's Spaghetti Podcast with host Keith Cohen's favorite new music from the week, along with special guest Caleb Hearn! All songs can be found on the Spotify or Apple Music playlist "Meant To Be" (https://open.spotify.com/playlist/1pzkb2oy2E4GtbEKkYVBOZ ~or~ https://music.apple.com/us/playlist/meant-to-be/pl.u-DdANa7eIal97g6J)2:12 It's Always Been You -- Caleb Hearn5:01 Eye Of The Storm -- Caleb Hearn7:48 If We Break Up -- Caleb Hearn11:08 Brown Eyes, Brown Hair -- Caleb Hearn14:10 Silhouette -- Caleb Hearn17:01 Idk -- Caleb Hearn, Brayden George19:57 Best Part Of Me -- Caleb Hearn22:00 You Know -- Caleb Hearn24:52 Always Be 2.0 -- Caleb Hearn28:06 Livin It Up -- Young Thug, A$AP Rocky, Post Malone30:04 Sweet & Sour -- Nic D31:28 Without You -- Chelsea Cutler32:54 Easy -- Chelsea Cutler34:20 SO GOOD -- Grady35:22 But I Don'T -- JESSIA36:24 Faking Love -- Anitta, Saweetie37:28 Undeniable -- Kygo, X Ambassadors39:01 Do It Over -- WizTheMc40:19 Let Somebody Go -- Coldplay, Selena Gomez42:00 Easy On Me -- Adele43:39 Sunday -- KYLE45:09 Summer's Over -- Jordana, TV Girl46:33 Hate The Game -- Young Thug47:43 Love You More -- Young Thug, Gunna, Jeff Bhasker, Nate Reuss49:22 Simple Man (Rock Version) -- Shinedown #tbt2021 Leftovers (all the songs featured in 2021): https://open.spotify.com/playlist/25fHYiRQvl6CYCu2MHFIs3?si=q_5SV4-ZQFeTv181pOu7MAThe Kitchen Sink (all songs ever featured on Mom's Spaghetti): https://open.spotify.com/playlist/4QXGN0pFMSlUHaD1vfw6zk?si=yMTeoP8JTR-ZeT_Iyx23mQ See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
BRX Pro Tip: Always Be Curating Stone Payton: [00:00:00] Welcome back to Business RadioX Pro Tips. Lee Kantor and Stone Payton here with you. Lee, I can remember one of the most entertaining movies that dealt with the topic of sales. It was this Glengarry Glen Ross and Alec Baldwin talked about ABC, Always Be […]
If DJ NYK's music has entertained you over the years, then please take a moment to VOTE for him & help him represent INDIA in this year's 'Top 100 DJs' of the world polls : https://lnk.to/votedjnyk/ Tracklist : 01. Shaan - Tanha Dil (DJ NYK Deep House Remix)02. Hairat (Anjaana Anjaani) - DJ NYK & Aftermorning Remix03. Makhna (Drive) - DJ NYK MashupMashed with Always Be by Arielle Maren & Elypsis04. Roobaroo (Rang De Basanti) - DJ NYK MashupMashed with djimboh - Think You Are05. Ik Junoon (Zindagi Na Milegi Doobara) - DJ NYK Remix06. Illahi (Ye Jawani Hai Deewani) - DJ NYK Mashup07. Mashed with 1986 by Steve Brian
For our 99th episode of the Quality Goods podcast, they guys are thrilled to introduce their first international guest to all of you good people. Anson and Chris had the great pleasure to chat with Sydney, Australia based singer and recording artist Anjo. Anjo has been a passionate singer since she has been able to walk, and she has recently been making waves down under with her new single Always Be, and she has big plans to keep the music and content coming. They've got to thank our friends at Eastbound for connecting them to an amazing artist overseas, and continuing to fuel their musical chats, because it never gets old. So if you're into artist development, connecting with folks in faraway places through social media, music, or any shade of those things, you'll definitely dig this conversation about creativity. Listen to Anjo's Music: Anjo on Spotify Follow Anjo: @angelinebarion Episode powered by: thegeniusbrand.com - 15% off with code 'QUALITY' --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/qgpod/support
Find us: Head to our community page to register & join the MindfulCommerce community as an expert, brand or merchantInstagram: @mindfulcommerceFacebook @MindfulCommerceContact Us - info@mindfulcommerce.ioWhere to find One Circular World:One Circular World - WebsiteWhere to find Claire Potter:Claire Potter - Email: claire@clairepotterdesign.com Where to find Recurate:Recurate Where to find Adam Siegel:Adam Siegel - Email: adam@recurate.com Links Mentioned in Episode:University of Sussex - Product DesignGlobal Ghost Gear Initiative (GGGI)Surfers Against SewagePatagoniaPatagonia - "Don't Buy This Jacket" AdLoopFairphoneMud JeansRent The RunwayCradle to Cradle - bookEllen MacArthur FoundationLimeLoopPeak DesignLa LigneRe-Ligne - La Ligne's Resale MarketplaceBrass ClothingJackaloTotem Brand CoLululemon Resale LaunchShownotes:Krissie Leyland 0:00 Hello, and welcome to The MindfulCommerce Podcast, a place where we talk to ecommerce brands and service providers and developers who care about protecting our planet. I'm Krissie!Rich Bunker 0:11 I'm Rich, and we're your hosts. This podcast is an extension of the MindfulCommerce Community. Krissie Leyland 0:18 The MindfulCommerce Community is a safe place for ecommerce brands and experts to connect, collaborate and explore opportunities to work together to unleash the power of ecommerce as a force for good. Rich Bunker 0:30 You can join by going to mindfulcommerce.io and clicking "Community". See you there!Krissie Leyland 0:35 Hello, this is the second episode of our series where we upload our special panel events with our ecommerce and sustainability experts. This event is all about the circular economy: why ecommerce brands should get involved and how can they go about it in the easiest and most efficient way possible with our incredible guest speakers Claire from One Circular World and Adam from Recurate. Claire is from One Circular World, which is an educational resource exploring the circular economy – not just for business managers, politicians or policymakers, but for all of us, including those in the ecommerce world. And Adam is from Recurate. Recurate enables a beautifully integrated resale marketplace directly on ecommerce stores. So this means you can very easily integrate a secondhand store directly on your website, which is great for your brand and great for the planet. If you're a regular listener, follow us on social media or have gone through our incredible Sustainability Framework, you'll know that I talk about Recurate a lot, so this was a long time coming. So thank you, Adam and thank you Claire, so so much for taking the time to deliver your knowledge to us. Thank you to those who attended the event live and thank you lovely listeners for being here with us on the podcast. So if you enjoy this event, you'll love being in our community. We are introducing live training events in our community group, so it's a great time to get involved if you want to learn about growing your ecommerce business in the most sustainable and positively impactful way. You can join the community for free by going to mindfulcommerce.io and clicking on "Community". I'll also link to the direct link to join on the show notes. Okay, let's get right into it and let's go over to the event. Enjoy.Claire Potter 2:50 Good afternoon, everybody. Hi! Thank you so much for having me. We're gonna be talking about circular economy, and what can basically people do with it, particularly from a commerce perspective. Firstly, I'm going to give you a quick, quick introduction to me. So like many of us, I wear many different hats. I run a design studio, I identify as a designer, I trained as an interior architect, and I specialized in eco sustainable ways of working that eventually became a circular economy way of thinking. That was founded in 2008. Also I'm a lecturer at the University of Sussex, and I'm the head of the product design course at University of Sussex. Mostly because of my interference, I suppose we've become quite a sort of a hub for circular economy learning with regards to products, and how it can become an integral part of the educational process because our product designers are making all the stuff that we have in the world. So that's another day job. As far as volunteer stuff, I'm actually the working group coordinator for the Global Ghost Gear Initiative, which is a bit of a mouthful, but basically this is end of life fishing nets, stuff that's been abandoned, lost or discarded. And this is a global thing. So we've got members of the GGGI that are really little organizations like me and my design studio, all the way through to governments. So it's really far reaching and an amazing set of people doing incredible stuff globally. On a more load local scale... I'm based usually down in Brighton, in Lincolnshire. I'm actually based down in Brighton & Hove and I'm one of the regional reps for Surfers Against Sewage, which again is a volunteer role and I'm the plastics person. As I say: disclaimer, I don't surf but I can snowboard and I know nothing about poo, but I know a lot about plastic. So that's basically the stuff that I do for Surfers Against Sewage: leading beach cleans, educating people about plastic, in particular marine plastic, and that's been my specialist nerd niche, as I call it for the last year 12 years. Then everything sort of came together with One Circular World, which is the hats that I'm wearing today and I'm going to talk to you a little about that in a second. But how does all of that knit together: it all knits together because of design – because everything we have in the world is designed from our systems to our stuff. The way that we behave has been designed and influenced in multitude of different ways. A lot of that can be influenced in a good way, I think through behavior change, circular economy thinking, and the value of the products and the materials we have in our lives, regardless of whether there's something that is relatively short term or something that lasts for a very, very long time. So basically, I deal with people and I deal with stuff. That is the sort of the top line of everything I do. I know a lot of you have probably joined this and know a lot about the circular economy but just in case you're not too sure about the terminology, this is the kind of way I explain it to most people: It's basically how the natural world works. So if you think about it, you can have a leaf, that leaf will get eaten by Caterpillar, the caterpillar gets eaten by the bird, the birds sadly dies, that bird falls to the floor, it composts, and then it ends up nourishing the earth itself and allowing a tree to grow more leaves, which can then be eaten by more caterpillars. So you can see here that even though I've put this in a line, it's a system that works in a circle, or a loop in a way, because it's a little bit more complex than that. So whatever is at the end will eventually go back to the beginning. But we don't work in that way. We're the only species on the planet that creates any kind of waste, which is quite staggering. So we work in this linear way: we dig things up, we make something, we sell, we buy things and then it gets to the end of its life, regardless of how long that life is. It mostly ends up in landfill, or ends up in incineration. Sometimes it gets recycled, but it works in a linear way. Not all of our systems work in that cyclical way, just like nature does. So if in doubt, when you're thinking about the circular economy, because it can be pretty complicated, we're going to dial into a few bits of that in a second, think about how nature works. Does nature do this? If it doesn't, then it probably isn't part of a circular system. So another way of calling it is "cradle at the beginning to the grave at the end": it's a linear lifeline. Now I have a bit of an issue with the word sustainable but it is genuinely the word that most people associate with green living, eco living & sustainable living. But if we think about that linear model we just looked at, in the truest sense, that isn't a sustainable way of working. Because we have finite resources & we have finite amount of carbon we can put up in the atmosphere. We're really reaching the limits. So to sustain that way of working into the future, it's going to be hard, if not impossible. This is why I tend to try to not use the word sustainable when I'm teaching because I really need to tell the students, "they need to shake up the system a bit and make the system better."So a lot of people go, "Amazing. Well, that's the reduce, reuse, recycle, isn't it? We've been doing that for a long time." Well, not quite, because we've got the linear economy, the cradle to the grave, stuff gets made stuff goes to the bin/ Then we have the recycling economy, which is better, you can see the bin I've drawn is a lot smaller. But it means that things might take a little bit longer, but invariably, they get to not being a greater quality, or they get broken, and variably they just end up in the bin anyway. But the idea with a circular economy is that we don't have a bin at all. Everything goes round in a circle, or loop. It isn't as neat and tidy as this but it goes round and round and round, sometimes in the same form, ie a plastic bottle to a plastic bottle, sometimes in different forms like a fishing net, all the way through to a carpet tile, for example. But it gets transformed in different ways or it's the same thing again, it goes round and around. And it is a lot more complicated than just making stuff. We have what we call a hierarchy of actions and this is a really important thing to think about when you are understanding how to engage in a circular economy either as an individual or as a brand. So we have the reduce, reuse, recycle in this spectrum here and you can see the biggest one we have is reduce. We need to reduce a lot of things that were buying, using and consuming so quickly. We have got recycling there and we got rubbish, which is basically at the very end. But we've got reusing the stuff again, and again, we've got longevity, we've got repairing, which is part of reuse. So if you have something that needs to last a long time, you might need to amend it to be suitable for how your life has changed. It might be that it needs repairing as it goes along and we know that so many of our products are not designed to be repaired. They are produced with snap fittings, which means that you can't really easily get into them, they break as you try to get into them. It might be we can't get parts. So the way that our stuff has been designed has meant that circularity in the sense has become much, much harder. So that's something we're trying to shake up in the educational system. We do have recycling, of course, but recycling is a destructive process, ie the thing needs to be dismantled, taken to pieces, smashed apart, melted before it can be turned back into something, which of course takes energy. Then we have recovery, which is a fancy word for incineration with energy that is taken from the incineration process. Then hopefully, if we've got a biological waste, we might be rotting it, turning it into compost. And at the very, very, very bottom: we have rubbish, which might be landfill. As you can see here, this is the hierarchy of what we want to be doing: rubbish at the very bottom, and actual reduction at the very, very top.But when we really think about circular thinking, you get even fancier little sketches like this one, which is called the butterfly system or the butterfly sketch. You can see here we've got each of those different hierarchies that we've just looked at but we've sort of split them into halves. So we've got us, as the people in the middle & at the bottom. Then at the very top, we've got our linear system. So we're grabbing the stuff out, we're manufacturing our things, we're distributing, selling our things to us, but instead of it going to the grave at the very bottom, the landfill incineration, it gets split into two elements. So technical materials, which is everything synthetic. Metals go into that as well. Everything that's biological is everything that's organic, not in the certified sense, but in the sense that it's been grown. I just want you to take five seconds to look around your room now and look at every single thing in that room. You will not be able to find anything that is an either a technical material, or a biological material. So where I'm sitting at the moment, I'm sitting at a table, and it's got a wood core. So that's very much a biological material, but it has a plasticized top to it. So that's a technical material. So some things might be pure. I've also got a cotton tea towel looking at me. So that's pure cotton. But we might have something that's a mixture of the two just like this table. So you might have something that's purely technical material, synthetic, like a plastic, something that's biological, like this tea towel that's looking at me, or we might have something in the middle. But each of these things can be split. And we could be thinking about how we might be reusing them, how we might be repairing them, how we might re manufacture them, or at the very end recycle them. Hopefully, the recycling goes into some kind of remanufacture stage. So nothing really drops through the bottom. If this is a big sieve, all of our stuff is sitting in the sieve and nothing's falling through the gaps at the bottom. It's a landfill, or incineration. As soon as we start to mix things together, just like this table I'm sitting at, it makes it harder to reprocess. So when we're thinking about circular systems, we really want to try and keep them as pure as possible to either being a biological material, or either being a technical material if we can. This is basically how circularity works. It's a series of systems that interconnect and crossover in a multitude of different ways. I'm happy for you guys to have these slides as well, because these are all my little doodles in here. It makes it much easier to look back in it when you're thinking about this. So if we go back to our hierarchy of actions, I want to look at a few examples of how different brands are doing really great stuff in different stages. I have a few hero brands that I talk about. Some you might agree with, some of you might disagree with. Yeah, really happy to chat about this. One of my favorite brands is Patagonia and they've been going for a long time. I actually had a very interesting conversation with a friend who wondered whether Patagonia were doing the good stuff, because they needed and wants to do the good stuff, or whether they understood that the good stuff would make them money. In some ways, it's kind of a bit of both because business makes money. Circular economy has economy in the second half. It's not done for fun. It's done for business. So this is something we really need to understand: that you can be a business and work in an ethical manner. Really you should be, there's no question about it. But when we look at the refuse and the reduce, which is the first two of our hierarchy of actions, we can see that this is something that Patagonia did quite a few years ago now, which was the ad that they ran in the New York Times, just before the Black Friday events. And it said, "Don't buy this jacket." Now, that isn't the sort of advert you'd usually see around Black Friday, it would be like "buy this thing", "this thing that you own isn't good enough anymore", "this is how you should upgrade it" & "this is what you spend your money on". Patagonia went the other way and went, "We don't want you to buy this jacket, unless you really need it. We don't want you to buy this jacket unless you pledge to actually repair it and keep it going for as long as possible." So it's almost like you were entered into a contract that you were saying, "okay, I take ownership, and I take stewardship of this jacket." It isn't something that is just a throwaway item, because you understood that the brand wants to help you keep it going for longer. Patagonia do this, they have one of the largest repair facilities in the US and they will help you find a second market and Patagonia stuff holds its value really well, because it's good quality. So this is one brand that's working really well in the kind of the refuse and the reduce sections. Yes, they're massive. But this doesn't mean to say that smaller brands can't do similar things as well. When we get to reuse, we can look at systems like Loop. Now Loop again, originated in the US, and it's just come to the UK. And it's functioning through Tesco, which is really interesting. Loop is a deposit return scheme, but it's actually maintained by the Loop manufacturers themselves. So the interesting thing with refill stores, and I'm sure wherever you are, there's probably somewhere you can go and get a refill of beans, pasta etc. But it's not really a branded item, it's a generic item of pasta, rice, etc because quite often we're not really wedded to any particular brand when it comes to these kind of items. Whereas when it comes to some other things like your deodorant, your ice cream, your tomato ketchup, some people will only buy a particular brand. Now, how did you get somebody who was that wedded to a particular brand to engage with the reuse system because it's very much you go to the shop, you buy it, you use it, it ends up in recycling. Loop bridges the gap: you basically do your shopping as you would do, usually you pay slightly more for your items. But those items come packaged in glass, in stainless steel, and in refillable packaging, and then when your next delivery arrives, you can put your empties into a Loop box and they go back for refilling. So you're getting the actual items in a reusable container, which looks pretty awesome. It doesn't have any leaching of chemicals from the plastic into the item as well which some people are concerned about. But it means that you're able to get your Heinz tomato ketchup, or your Haagen dazs ice cream or something that you really are wedded to. So again, this is a massive example. If you run a business that has any kind of item that is used up, is there a way that you can try get that packaging back to be able to refill it for your customer. There's huge amount of benefits for this because you have to buy less packaging, because you're not giving away the packaging with your item. It also means that you're taking responsibility for that packaging as well, which is actually a really great thing in the eyes of the consumer. So there's lots of wins, if you can incorporate any kind of reuse system into whatever business model you have.As we said earlier, repairing is something that we used to be able to do, there were screws that held things together. Now, if you want to try and get into your iPhone, you need special tools to get into your iPhone because Apple doesn't want you to get into it. But there are lots of companies that are challenging this and Fairphone is one of the best examples of repair. So the Fairphone is designed to be taken to pieces and to be upgraded. So it's sort of every 18 months or so when your telephone provider rings you up and say hey, you're entitled to a free upgrade. Nothing's free. By the way, if it's free, it means somebody else is paying along the way. And all they want is for you to carry on paying your monthly subscription. If you own your handset, you're not making them any money anymore. The way that Fairphone works is that they don't really want you to have a new phone. If you want to upgrade your camera. Great, buy the camera module, take it to pieces, plug your new camera module in and then you can send the old one back to them. So it's an upgradable system, not the entire handset like we have with most of the other manufacturers. So if you have anything that's electronic that will get out of date batteries get old, they wear out. Is there a way that you can take it to pieces which makes it actually easier for you to be able to repair it as a manufacturer, as a producer. But it definitely means that other people are empowered to want to keep it going for longer. As we said, circularity means keeping stuff in the loop for as long as possible before it gets towards the bottom of that sieve, and could potentially fall through the bottom. Redirection. eBay is the best example of redirection. We've had booth fairs, charity shops, anything that means that you are giving something a different life in a different way, with a different owner. But what is interesting from retailers is that it hasn't really been tackled much. It has been very much a person to person or business to business kind of model. But IKEA has literally just launched their circular system, which means that they will take back your old IKEA furniture, and they will help redistribute it. So this is second hand IKEA furniture. Yeah, of course it has to be in working order, it can't be falling to pieces. That is one criticism of some IKEA furniture, that it is designed to be put up and kept up. It's not designed to be put up taken to pieces put back up again, etc. But a lot of IKEA stuff is very solidly made, whether you like it or not. So it is actually great to be actually redistributed. A lot of IKEA furniture isn't seasonal, it doesn't come in and out of fashion, so you find the same thing for years and years and years. It has got quite a utilitarian way of being designed, which means that it's great for redirection. If it's in good condition, why not distributed to somebody that needs it? So this has just been launched, I had a bit of a hold because of COVID. But it's just been launched in the UK. It's be interesting to see how it goes. Hopefully really well. Renting is something we don't really think about. We rent, hotels, Airbnb, we rent cars. But we've never really think about renting clothes. This is something very circular. Sometimes it's you rent something for a small amount of time like a tuxedo or a prom dress. But there are actually companies like Mud Jeans, which allow you to lease your piece of clothing and at the end of that lease period, you can send it back to either be leased to somebody else, to be purchased by somebody else or re processed, if it's completely smashed to pieces. As the founder of Mud Jeans likes to say, they don't weather an age their genes, which is what happens in a lot of brand new jeans, they go through multiple processes to make them look weatherbeaten and worn with holes in the knees. He's like, "Lease the jeans from us and you do the wearing out for us. So if it's a brand new jeans, you know, go climb a mountain in them and rip them for us." It's a really interesting model, it makes you understand a little bit more about fast fashion. So even if you're a clothing retailer , it doesn't mean to say that you can't engage in a rental way of working. Mud Jeans is one of the best examples working at the moment how this is going to work.Here's a quick wrap up for you: Consumers do want change. About one in three consumers that were polled just last year, said that they had stopped purchasing certain brands because they either had ethical or sustainability related concerns about them, which is you know, a fair chunk. One in three, that's a fair chunk. And actually it was the lack of simple information that people found is a barrier to making choices and good choices. So again, about a third said that this is the reason they haven't changed their behavior. People want to change but a good chunk of people don't know enough. So if you can be really clear about what you're doing, the benefits, you could capture quite a large and growing amount of people across a lot of sectors.A quick word of warning: don't ever greenwash. Be very truthful about what you're doing, be very truthful about the lengths that you've gone to, but also the steps you still need to take. Don't make anything sound better than it actually is. Through social media you can be called out very quickly if somebody finds some little loophole that you're trying to misdirect people to. This happens a lot with big brands. And so just be truthful, people really do value the truth. So really, when it comes to thinking about anything about making your business models more circular, it is very complicated, for sure. But always be honest about what you're doing and what you want to do. Always be clear about the steps that people need to take to engage with you and to become more circular in their own way of living. Take responsibility, whether that's through rental, through that deposit return, or even allowing customers to send things back to you packaging wise or the product wise as well. And ultimately create value. If you're creating value for the your customer and you're showing that you're creating value for the planet, you are certainly going to keep those customers for as long as possible. This is what Patagonia has always done and you have brand evangelists for Patagonia. So really, always strive to be more circular and always do the very, very best that you can. So here's a lot of details. If you do want to get in touch, you can find us on all the usuals and website, onecircular.world. Drop me an email, say hi on Instagram. I'm on clubhouse as well, as you can find me on there occasionally getting up on stage and yabbering away about anything circular. It's been really lovely to present to you guys. Any questions? I'd be delighted to help hopefully,Ayesha Mutiara 25:40 Wow thank you, Claire. I love hearing you speak. It's no wonder to me that your lecturer. I wish I could have you narrate everything in my life. I would love that and I definitely learned a lot. So yes, before we get into the questions, I see some people joined us since before we started Claire's presentation. So please feel free to share your contacts in the chat. Especially if you didn't sign up through Eventbrite, then please share your contacts so we can keep you in the loop. Other than that, we will open up the floor. Now if anyone has any questions, please make sure to unmute yourself so that Claire can hear any questions that you may have for her. I think this is a sign that you just explained everything so clearly. No one has any questions... Hi Janice!Janice Wong 26:31 Oh, hi Ayesha. Hi, Claire. I'm sorry, my technical difficulty... I unmuted a little later than I wanted but thank you so much for this presentation. Oh, my gosh, you broke down complicated thoughts and information in such a digestible way and I really appreciate it. Claire, I have a question surrounding your thoughts on the current culture of how some customers think that, "Okay, when I'm going for sustainability, everything has to be perfect. Everything has to be sustainable." And I think as a startup ecommerce owner, I don't have the capital to to offer that, even though that's my goal of where I'm heading to. What are your thoughts on how I can explain to my customers that I'm working towards it? I think I am having this self doubt, or I'm feeling guilty of calling myself a person of sustainability, but not kind of being able to offer that, if that makes sense.Claire Potter 27:43 Yeah, that makes a huge amount of sense. And actually, the Eco anxiety we've seen absolutely explode over the last sort of few years of people saying, "These Instagram/Pinterest, perfect, beautiful, sustainable, oh my god, I live such a wonderful life." That's not reality. We all have the times we forget our reusable cup. You know, even though this is literally my life, and what I live and breathe and teach and love. We all have things. It's like we can't be perfect all the time. So that's the main thing is to really communicate is that nobody's perfect but we are all striving. If you are striving to reach a particular goal, so for example, have only 100% home compostable packaging, great. How would you communicate that to your customers? Say this is the end goal, this might be somewhere that we would love to be at the end of our second year or third year. The other thing is to think about what would make the biggest impact for you and for your customers now. Packaging is a great one. If you're sending anything out the thing that people get really aggravated about is packaging. So even though on your scale of things that you think is most important might not be packaging, if you think about it from that customer experience perspective, that might be the thing that is their biggest bugbear, ie what do they do with this bit of packaging once once they receive it in their home? Actually I've got something. My friend got a new job. So I've got a really lovely brand of donuts. I met this guy through clubhouse, and they sell keto doughnuts, which sounds amazing. So basically, they were like guilt free, apparently. But what was lovely about the package is that the instructions and the different bits and pieces information about the doughnuts came on paper that was really small. It wasn't big, it was really small bit of paper, and it was seeded paper and it quite clearly said we need to tell you all this for legal reasons it was about ingredients and stuff, but we know you don't need to keep it. So basically here's some paper that you can compost. You can grow seeds. And it was a lovely little thing because I was like that is amazing. I have to do this, but they're gonna make sure this bit of paper is as good as this bit of paper can be. It was a lovely experience opening that, of course the doughnuts were insane as well, but that little thing was just a really lovely touch because it made me think that they thought beyond just their ingredients in their doughnuts. They thought about everything that was being packaged as well. So think about that your customer experience, whatever that might be, whether it's face to face, whether it's virtual, and be really clear and upfront about what you can do now, as well as the way you love to be in one year, two years, five years, whatever your vision might be. And get people involved in your journey through your social media, on your website & keep people up to date, the good stuff, and the stuff that's not going so well as well. Always Be honest. Janice Wong 30:43 Thank you so so much.Ayesha Mutiara 30:47 Great. That's such a great question as well as an equally great answer. Actually, we have another two questions and maybe we can try to answer these quickly before we move on. They're from Steven, who always has great questions. First of all, he asked, "Will Loop scale?" and two, "Are there efforts in the zero waste retail world to standardize on reusable containers (that you can use at multiple locations)?"Claire Potter 31:20 Both really good questions. So will Loop scale? Hmm. They've scaled very quickly in the US. What I also thought was interesting when they came to UK is, I automatically thought putting the stereotypical "who would be the consumer that would buy into this type of system" well I thought they would have gone with Waitrose & Ocado, that kind of target market. They didn't, they partnered with tesco, so a much wider customer base, which I think was a really great strategic choice. It's introducing a system to a very wide customer base and maybe people that, as I say, aren't the stereotypical will only buy organic kind of consumer. So I have real high hopes that this could be something that scales as long as people are able to swallow that quick & small cost at the beginning, which is the effectively the deposit. So you do pay a little bit more for products in the outset. That is going to be the barrier and quite often with anything that is ethical, sustainable, eco, you know, however you want to label this type of product, it does come with a higher cost, because our upfront costs are more. Our labor is more, and our packaging might cost more. It is a higher cost. So that's the only thing that might be the barrier for a large scale at the moment. But as everything, the bigger it gets quite often the cheaper it can become. With regards to the zero waste retail world, this is a really tricky one as well, because some places will only allow you to wrap things in paper bags, and then weigh them at the counter. Some things that some stores, particularly smaller ones do, particularly in Brighton, is allow you to put your own containers and put their own stickers at the bottom. So effectively it zeros your container and if you're going back to the same stores, again, you can use that. I haven't seen anything as yet. But it would be really helpful because again, this is a barrier for a lot of people wanting to bring their own containers not understanding the system. Iit would be great to have that as a more standardized system. We will wait and see. It's something that definitely should be tackled. Ayesha Mutiara 33:27 Great, fantastic. So with that, Adam, I would like to give you the floor. Now it is your turn to give us your lovely presentation.Adam Siegel 33:35 Well, thank you Ayesha. Actually, do you mind if I ask a question to Claire before I jump in? Claire, if you're still there? It looks like you just jumped off camera. I had a question and I was curious to hear your answer before I jump in, which is specifically with regard to rental. I had been thinking a lot about clothing rental, a couple of years ago and eventually I got turned off of it. I'm actually not certain of the environmental benefits relative to just outright purchasing an item, especially a used item. So I guess I I'd be interested in your, your thinking about the benefits of rental.Claire Potter 34:21 Yeah, I mean, the benefits of rental take a lot of weighing up. When you say about environmental cost, it's getting the item to the person who's recovering the item from the person & it's cleaning the item. Now because of COVID we've seen a lot of people being a lot more hesitant about something that is owned or being used by somebody else and quite rightly so. So that is put a little bit of a pause and a lot of rentals. But what we have seen is more people being interested in in the rental of very high ticket items, stuff that they would like to wear once or twice but don't maybe want to or cannot afford to actually own. So this is like the prom dresses & the event dresses... Yeah, when we have events, remember that, everybody? We actually used to go and see people in real life. So... that's the kind of way of working. I think it's where it will continue to get much, much bigger like Rent the Runway, which is a US example, we've got other ones around the world as well. What has been interesting with Mud Jeans is that even though it's sort of leasing rental, they're much at the lowest scale. It's still expensive as an item, but it's allowing access for people over a period of time to get something that's a higher ticket, maybe a 150 pound pair of beautifully made organic Italian jeans. If you can't spare 150 quid at the outset, then it's spreading the cost effectively but then it is also rental in the sense that you can send it back. So that is a new way of working that is really started to grow, and is continuing to grow. I think I'm with you. Clothing rental is something that we've had forever and it hasn't really changed too much. So it's an interesting one to watch but it's one that one that I weigh up more than maybe some of the others scrape point.Adam Siegel 36:04 Yeah, in my mind, maybe there's two different types of rental and we can switch over. But there's the occasion where, and I think that makes sense: you don't need to buy a ball gown, if you're only ever going to wear it once makes more sense to rent it so that multiple people can enjoy it. But then in the US we'd start we started to see the growth of monthly subscription rentals. Rent the Runway was pioneering it, where you'd get different items every month and to me, it just seemed like the the costs of the transportation associated with it, as well as the packaging, as well as the cleaning and everything else kind of outweighed the environmental benefits. And it also promoted this culture of, you know, continually wearing new items. Claire Potter 36:57 Yeah, it does, it scratches the itch of fast fashion that some people have but ultimately, you're not changing the behavior, it just means that you're getting something on subscription, rather than just buying it and, chucking it off for a month, which is unfortunately, what a lot of people still do. So should we be scratching that itch in a better way? Or should we just put in something and making that itch just disappear?Adam Siegel 37:17 Yeah, great way to put it. Well, very good to meet all of you this morning. I am representing from this side of the pond. So it is still morning for me for another 20 minutes. Very cool to be here because I recognize a lot of your names from the community, the slack community in particular, but haven't had a chance to see some of you yet. So, glad to be here. Claire, that was an awesome presentation and it makes me wonder what the heck I'm doing here. I'm not sure there's anything more to present. But I was trying to furiously change my presentation as I was listening to yours, to see if there's something new that I could add as well. So I'll share my screen and go through the presentation rather quickly. I'd say that I think what you did was lay a really good foundation for how to define circular economy, which of course is the objective of this call. But then all dive a little bit more into the like actionable or practical steps that small and mid sized brands can take to engage or begin to engage in circularity. I really like what you said at the beginning of your presentation, Claire, defining the difference between circularity and sustainability. I'll try to highlight some of those differences through the examples that I share. I also really liked your hero brands at the end. And I have a few other hero brands that I'll share as well, just for examples, maybe on a smaller scale, that might resonate with some of the folks on the line.So first, I'll just start with myself: Who am I and why do I have relevant experience to talk about this subject? You know, I started my journey in sustainability, I think maybe a good bit later than you Claire. But for me, it was 2006 or 2007 maybe at that point where I read the book called Cradle to Cradle. If anyone's familiar with that, it's basically an early Bible for circularity, you know, thinking about how you can keep materials and products in circulation for indefinitely. I was an engineer at that point and it's written from sort of an engineer's point of view so it it really resonated with me. At that point, I was going back to get my MBA, so I spent two years focused on sustainable business and really understanding corporate sustainability and corporate social responsibility. In 2010, I was hired into the trade association here in the US, that represents the largest retailers and brands. My role over the course of eight years was to build and then lead their sustainability and ethical production program. So I had a chance to lead industry collaborations on issues like conflict minerals, worker safety and human trafficking, as well as a number of environmental issues like renewable energy generation, waste and recycling toxics, and chemicals and products. Of course, over that time, circularity was becoming a bigger focus. There's plenty of organizations that are working on circularity, but one of the premier ones that seem to come to prevalence over that time was the Ellen MacArthur Foundation so we had the chance to work with them as well as a number of others. Then specifically, with regard to circularity, one of the programs that we spun off was a global case competition, where we would get MBA students from around the world to engage in circularity challenges, and then ultimately bring the winners to Montreal, Canada. So that started about five years ago and is still going today. So let me just get into things. I'll just say, that if you're a business, the trends are clear: engaging in sustainability and circularity are going to be beneficial for you. I think Claire said it well, but consumers are certainly interested in increasingly so, especially with younger consumers. They actively look for the term sustainability or circularity in the products they sell. Again, it's important to be honest and straightforward about it so you can't greenwash. But customers are looking for this, and that's one of the biggest drivers of change in the corporate world. These business models are becoming a lot more prevalent, as well. I tend to think about circularity from the perspective of individual products. I'm sure a lot of you are familiar with a lifecycle analysis or lifecycle assessment and that would generally measure the environmental impacts associated with different stages of a product's life. We're looking at a linear system right here, a product's linear lifecycle, and what we tend to find, now this is over generalized because you have to look really on a product by product basis, but especially with fashion, you'd find that there's two lifecycle stages that provide the biggest impacts: One is the raw materials and you can think about like cotton, for instance, that requires a significant amount of water, fuel and chemical inputs to produce so there's a lot of embedded environmental costs associated with that. Then the second biggest, often tends to be the use of that product. The rationale, again this might be obvious is that you wash your your items a number of times, often in hot water, and it takes a significant amount of energy to to generate that, that heated water. So you know that this provides them a framework for us to think about how we can find the biggest opportunities for reduction. We'll talk about a few of these over the next several minutes but the short of it is, if you can find ways to reduce the raw material inputs, by using recycled material, for instance, as opposed to virgin resources, then that can significantly reduce the impacts at that stage. At the use stage, of course, the individual can wash in cold water wash less frequently, the additional benefit of that is that the product will last longer.If you can find ways to keep items in circulation, rather than rather than needing to dispose of them or recycle them, then that has the potential to significantly reduce the impacts across the board. So let's talk about a few of these. First is materials, you know, I already mentioned this. There's several types of materials, Claire went into it as well. Circular materials would be those that are recycled and recyclable and I think there's probably more that we could add to it as well like, repairable. So if you can if you can find and and design products that use recycled content as much as possible while keeping the quality of the item, and are made in such a way that they can be recycled, then that would ensure that those materials stay within the system. When you're engaging your suppliers, there's really three key questions that you should be asking them because, of course, not all of us have control over our supply chains, but you can still have influence over them. The first is: what's in the product? You know, if you're designing the product, you're likely deciding what's in the product, but there are certain categories of products where you're not that decision maker. And so you need to make sure you know, as well as ensure again, that as much recycled or non virgin content as possible is in it. Second, where does it come from and then third is how it's made. So this is more generally a framework around sustainable production, but it can certainly be applied to circularity. With regard to packaging & the growth of ecommerce, and that's my focus now, there's been a significant increase in packaging as it relates to ecommerce deliveries. So there's the traditional cardboard packaging that's recycled or recyclable and often recycled. That's good. But if you think about Claire's hierarchy, it's not great, that will ultimately go to landfill, and often sooner rather than later. There are new packaging systems that are coming around that are being developed. The one that I have in the middle there is called LimeLoop and it's made out of recycled material. I believe it's a PVC material but that means that it is extremely durable and can be used a number of times. LimeLoop actually rents these out to retailers and brands, who will then use them for their deliveries and returns. Then when they are beginning to scuff or tear, they would then be returned to LimeLoop who will use reuse as much material as possible.Then also thinking about a different level of the hierarchy, there are some new materials that are being developed now made out of natural contents like mushrooms. That's an interesting one and the benefit, of course, to that is that they can rot. I like that hierarchy, they can they can go into compost bins. So shipping is one of the most important legs in the lifecycle of a product. And depending on how you're shipping your product has a drastic influence on the carbon impacts associated with it. Now this is what I would call a linear impact because you know, you can't recycle transportation, you have to deliver it. But as much as possible, you can, you know, reduce the length of shipping and find a mode of shipping that reduces the impact to the greatest degree. Of course, where we're really focused today is circularity. So again, Claire showed that great butterfly diagram, but I'll try to distill this for small and medium sized brands to think about like how can we specifically engage in circularity and taking this linear system and making it more circular? You know, we already talked about resale and reuse and I'll give you a few specific examples of that. That is top of the hierarchy because you can use the product as is without necessarily requiring any recycling operations or handling of the product so there's there's no degradation. Refurbishing: there are some brands now that are doing some really cool things by allowing customers to send in their items to be refurbished. Or, over the course of resale to refurbish products to to increase the resale value of the items. For post consumer recycled content, of course, if an item does eventually end or get to the end of its useful life, then then there are ways to keep the materials in circulation rather than requiring virgin materials. Then there's pre consumer recycling of course and rental which we just discussed. So here are my hero brands, just a few examples to kind of make this concrete. I didn't say it but the work that I do now is very specific. It's with direct to consumer brands, ecommerce brands, and allowing them to enable peer to peer resale directly on their website. We chose resale because it's at the top of the hierarchy. You know, if you have something that's stored under your bed or in your closet or garage, or wherever it might be, then it's not being useful right now. And we want to get that item back into circulation so that somebody else can enjoy that item, rather than having to buy a new item. So one of the brands that we really love that are certainly pioneers in this space is Peak Design. They're based in San Francisco but they sell globally, they have higher end camera accessories like this everyday backpack. It's primarily geared for photography enthusiasts and professional photographers and they just implemented with us this great option to buy used. So if you don't like this item, you can buy it new. It's kind of expensive for a lot of people so there's also USD options available directly on their website as well. This is where it gets you. For all of their items, they have peer to peer listings. So that's one there's 29 listings currently available between $100 - $240. If you were to click into it, you can see all of the different conditions of the items, the colors of the items, and then it would be shipped directly from the first customer to the second customer. We launched with La Ligne recently as well, they have a program that they call Re-Ligne. This is a higher fashion brand based out of New York. The great thing about them, it's beautifully on brand, this is a great visual experience for cost for customers who want to buy pre owned, instead of going to a place like eBay. That frankly is just not a great experience but all of these now are pre loved items. So items that the first customer is looking to sell to second customer.We work with a brand called Brass Clothing. They're based in Boston. This is not our work, this is just their own awesome work for takeback. They offer their customers several times per year the option to buy this bag. It's just a bag, but I think they charge something like 18 USD, they'll send this bag to you, you fill it up with whatever you want and then it ships directly to a clothing recycler. The awesome thing about that is just that it makes it super simple and they actually get tons of interest, you'd be amazed. They get tons of interest. This is a brand that I came across a couple of years ago called Jackalo. They primarily focus on kids clothing, and have this awesome trade up program where you can send your items back to them. They'll clean them, they'll upcycle them and they'll give you a $15 discount on your next purchase. Then, they have a beautifully designed webpage, if you have a chance to go to it where you can see all of the upcycled kids items. Totem Brand Co is also a US clothing brand focused on outdoor fashion. They have implemented the LimeLoop program. But what I think is especially cool is that it's not just that they send it, it's that they create an experience around it and use it as a way to educate the consumer. So anyway, I'll skip the summary since we only have a couple of minutes left and and open it up for questions.Ayesha Mutiara 53:59 Thank you. Thank you, Adam. That was such a great way to kind of go more in depth from the groundwork that Claire laid out for everyone in the first half. So yes, does anyone have any questions for Adam?Steven Clift 54:14 Alright, so I got to come in here. Hey Adam, nice to see you. So my big question is, will efforts like resale circularity... Do you think this is going to be brought to more consumers via new upstart brands versus the big established corporate brands that are already kind of there? Obviously you want both, right? but I sort of feel like there's maybe we need to better understand how will this help upstart brands breakthrough by being more circular?Adam Siegel 54:54 Well, I'll say now I've had a chance to work with the large brands in my last role and now small and mid sized brands. I'll say that the small and midsize brands are always the pioneers, you know that they're the ones that are willing to be more innovative and try things differently. You know, their legal teams are not as big so they they don't have as much to worry about in terms of legal risks and that sort of thing. So, you know, that's almost always the case. But I do believe or I'm already seeing that large brands are engaging in circularity, some of Claire's hero brands like IKEA, and Patagonia, of course, Patagonia isn't pioneering this, but IKEA as well. But then, you know, here in the US or Canada, Lululemon just announced a resale program. They're certainly huge and we're talking with a number of large brands about implementing resale with them as well. So it'll go that way for sure. That said, almost always the case that smaller mid sized are the pioneers.Ayesha Mutiara 56:03 There are a lot of fans of Patagonia here. Peter was just saying his applause for Patagonia in the chat. But yes, definitely, for sure, fans. I hope that of all the hero brands that were mentioned today, basically a spike in their sales, hopefully. We can continue to show them that there is a demand and a desire to support brands who participate in these kind of practices. 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Episode 122 of A History of Rock Music in Five Hundred Songs is a double-length (over an hour) look at “A Change is Gonna Come” by Sam Cooke, at Cooke's political and artistic growth, and at the circumstances around his death. This one has a long list of content warnings at the beginning of the episode, for good reason... Click the full post to read liner notes, links to more information, and a transcript of the episode. Patreon backers also have a ten-minute bonus episode available, on "My Guy" by Mary Wells. Tilt Araiza has assisted invaluably by doing a first-pass edit, and will hopefully be doing so from now on. For this episode, he also did the re-edit of the closing theme. Check out Tilt's irregular podcasts at http://www.podnose.com/jaffa-cakes-for-proust and http://sitcomclub.com/ Resources No Mixcloud this week due to the number of songs by one artist. My main source for this episode is Dream Boogie: The Triumph of Sam Cooke by Peter Guralnick. Like all Guralnick's work, it's an essential book if you're even slightly interested in the subject. Information on Allen Klein comes from Fred Goodman's book on Klein. The Netflix documentary I mention can be found here. This is the best compilation of Sam Cooke's music for the beginner, and the only one to contain recordings from all four labels (Specialty, Keen, RCA, and Tracey) he recorded for. Patreon This podcast is brought to you by the generosity of my backers on Patreon. Why not join them? Transcript Before I start this episode, a brief acknowledgement -- Lloyd Price plays a minor role in this story, and I heard as I was in the middle of writing it that he had died on May the third, aged eighty-eight. Price was one of the great pioneers of rock and roll -- I first looked at him more than a hundred episodes ago, back in episode twelve -- and he continued performing live right up until the start of the coronavirus outbreak in March last year. He'll be missed. Today we're going to look at one of the great soul protest records of all time, a record that was the high point in the career of its singer and songwriter, and which became a great anthem of the Civil Rights movement. But we're also going to look at the dark side of its creator, and the events that led to his untimely death. More than most episodes of the podcast, this requires a content warning. Indeed, it requires more than just content warnings. Those warnings are necessary -- this episode will deal with not only a murder, but also sexual violence, racialised violence, spousal abuse, child sexual abuse, drug use and the death of a child, as well as being about a song which is in itself about the racism that pervaded American society in the 1960s as it does today. This is a story from which absolutely nobody comes out well, which features very few decent human beings, and which I find truly unpleasant to write about. But there is something else that I want to say, before getting into the episode -- more than any other episode I have done, and I think more than any other episode that I am *going* to do, this is an episode where my position as a white British man born fourteen years after Sam Cooke's death might mean that my perspective is flawed in ways that might actually make it impossible for me to tell the story properly, and in ways that might mean that my telling of the story is doing a grave, racialised, injustice. Were this song and this story not so important to the ongoing narrative, I would simply avoid telling it altogether, but there is simply no way for me to avoid it and tell the rest of the story without doing equally grave injustices. So I will say this upfront. There are two narratives about Sam Cooke's death -- the official one, and a more conspiratorial one. Everything I know about the case tells me that the official account is the one that is actually correct, and *as far as I can tell*, I have good reason for thinking that way. But here's the thing. The other narrative is one that is held by a lot of people who knew Cooke, and they claim that the reason their narrative is not the officially-accepted one is because of racism. I do not think that is the case myself. In fact, all the facts I have seen about the case lead to the conclusion that the official narrative is correct. But I am deeply, deeply, uncomfortable with saying that. Because I have an obligation to be honest, but I also have an obligation not to talk over Black people about their experiences of racism. So what I want to say now, before even starting the episode, is this. Listen to what I have to say, by all means, but then watch the Netflix documentary Remastered: The Two Killings of Sam Cooke, and *listen* to what the people saying otherwise have to say. I can only give my own perspective, and my perspective is far more likely to be flawed here than in any other episode of this podcast. I am truly uncomfortable writing and recording this episode, and were this any other record at all, I would have just skipped it. But that was not an option. Anyway, all that said, let's get on with the episode proper, which is on one of the most important records of the sixties -- "A Change is Gonna Come": [Excerpt: Sam Cooke, "A Change is Gonna Come"] It's been almost eighteen months since we last looked properly at Sam Cooke, way back in episode sixty, and a lot has happened in the story since then, so a brief recap -- Sam Cooke started out as a gospel singer, first with a group called the Highway QCs, and then joining the Soul Stirrers, the most popular gospel group on the circuit, replacing their lead singer. The Soul Stirrers had signed to Specialty Records, and released records like "Touch the Hem of His Garment", written by Cooke in the studio: [Excerpt: The Soul Stirrers, "Touch the Hem of His Garment"] Cooke had eventually moved away from gospel music to secular, starting with a rewrite of a gospel song he'd written, changing "My God is so wonderful" to "My girl is so lovable", but he'd released that under the name Dale Cook, rather than his own name, in case of a backlash from gospel fans: [Excerpt: Dale Cook, "Lovable"] No-one was fooled, and he started recording under his own name. Shortly after this, Cooke had written his big breakthrough hit, "You Send Me", and when Art Rupe at Specialty Records was unimpressed with it, Cooke and his producer Bumps Blackwell had both moved from Specialty to a new label, Keen Records. Cooke's first appearance on the Ed Sullivan Show was a disaster -- cutting him off half way through the song -- but his second was a triumph, and "You Send Me" went to number one on both the pop and R&B charts, and sold over a million copies, while Specialty put out unreleased earlier recordings and sold over half a million copies of some of those. Sam Cooke was now one of the biggest things in the music business. And he had the potential to become even bigger. He had the looks of a teen idol, and was easily among the two or three best-looking male singing stars of the period. He had a huge amount of personal charm, he was fiercely intelligent, and had an arrogant selfishness that came over as self-confidence -- he believed he deserved everything the world could offer to him, and he was charming enough that everyone he met believed it too. He had an astonishing singing voice, and he was also prodigiously talented as a songwriter -- he'd written "Touch the Hem of His Garment" on the spot in the studio after coming in with no material prepared for the session. Not everything was going entirely smoothly for him, though -- he was in the middle of getting divorced from his first wife, and he was arrested backstage after a gig for non-payment of child support for a child he'd fathered with another woman he'd abandoned. This was a regular occurrence – he was as self-centred in his relationships with women as in other aspects of his life -- though as in those other aspects, the women in question were generally so smitten with him that they forgave him everything. Cooke wanted more than to be a pop star. He had his sights set on being another Harry Belafonte. At this point Belafonte was probably the most popular Black all-round entertainer in the world, with his performances of pop arrangements of calypso and folk songs: [Excerpt: Harry Belafonte, "Jamaica Farewell"] Belafonte had nothing like Cooke's chart success, but he was playing prestigious dates in Las Vegas and at high-class clubs, and Cooke wanted to follow his example. Most notably, at a time when almost all notable Black performers straightened their hair, Belafonte left his hair natural and cut it short. Cooke thought that this was very, very shrewd on Belafonte's part, copying him and saying to his brother L.C. that this would make him less threatening to the white public -- he believed that if a Black man slicked his hair back and processed it, he would come across as slick and dishonest, white people wouldn't trust him around their daughters. But if he just kept his natural hair but cut it short, then he'd come across as more honest and trustworthy, just an all-American boy. Oddly, the biggest effect of this decision wasn't on white audiences, but on Black people watching his appearances on TV. People like Smokey Robinson have often talked about how seeing Cooke perform on TV with his natural hair made a huge impression on them -- showing them that it was possible to be a Black man and not be ashamed of it. It was a move to appeal to the white audience that also had the effect of encouraging Black pride. But Cooke's first attempt at appealing to the mainstream white audience that loved Belafonte didn't go down well. He was booked in for a three-week appearance at the Copacabana, one of the most prestigious nightclubs in the country, and right from the start it was a failure. Bumps Blackwell had written the arrangements for the show on the basis that there would be a small band, and when they discovered Cooke would be backed by a sixteen-piece orchestra he and his assistant Lou Adler had to frantically spend a couple of days copying out sheet music for a bigger group. And Cooke's repertoire for those shows stuck mostly to old standards like "Begin the Beguine", "Ol' Man River", and "I Love You For Sentimental Reasons", with the only new song being "Mary, Mary Lou", a song written by a Catholic priest which had recently been a flop single for Bill Haley: [Excerpt: Bill Haley and the Comets, "Mary, Mary Lou"] Cooke didn't put over those old standards with anything like the passion he had dedicated to his gospel and rock and roll recordings, and audiences were largely unimpressed. Cooke gave up for the moment on trying to win over the supper-club audiences and returned to touring on rock and roll package tours, becoming so close with Clyde McPhatter and LaVern Baker on one tour that they seriously considered trying to get their record labels to agree to allow them to record an album of gospel songs together as a trio, although that never worked out. Cooke looked up immensely to McPhatter in particular, and listened attentively as McPhatter explained his views of the world -- ones that were very different to the ones Cooke had grown up with. McPhatter was an outspoken atheist who saw religion as a con, and who also had been a lifelong member of the NAACP and was a vocal supporter of civil rights. Cooke listened closely to what McPhatter had to say, and thought long and hard about it. Cooke was also dealing with lawsuits from Art Rupe at Specialty Records. When Cooke had left Specialty, he'd agreed that Rupe would own the publishing on any future songs he'd written, but he had got round this by crediting "You Send Me" to his brother, L.C. Rupe was incensed, and obviously sued, but he had no hard evidence that Cooke had himself written the song. Indeed, Rupe at one point even tried to turn the tables on Cooke, by getting Lloyd Price's brother Leo, a songwriter himself who had written "Send Me Some Lovin'", to claim that *he* had written "You Send Me", but Leo Price quickly backed down from the claim, and Rupe was left unable to prove anything. It didn't hurt Cooke's case that L.C., while not a talent of his brother's stature, was at least a professional singer and songwriter himself, who was releasing records on Checker Records that sounded very like Sam's work: [Excerpt: L.C. Cooke, "Do You Remember?"] For much of the late 1950s, Sam Cooke seemed to be trying to fit into two worlds simultaneously. He was insistent that he wanted to move into the type of showbusiness that was represented by the Rat Pack -- he cut an album of Billie Holiday songs, and he got rid of Bumps Blackwell as his manager, replacing him with a white man who had previously been Sammy Davis Jr.'s publicist. But on the other hand, he was hanging out with the Central Avenue music scene in LA, with Johnny "Guitar" Watson, Eugene Church, Jesse Belvin, and Alex and Gaynel Hodge. While his aspirations towards Rat Packdom faltered, he carried on having hits -- his own "Only Sixteen" and "Everybody Loves to Cha-Cha-Cha", and he recorded, but didn't release yet, a song that Lou Adler had written with his friend Herb Alpert, and whose lyrics Sam revised, "Wonderful World". Cooke was also starting a relationship with the woman who would become his second wife, Barbara. He'd actually had an affair with her some years earlier, and they'd had a daughter, Linda, who Cooke had initially not acknowledged as his own -- he had many children with other women -- but they got together in 1958, around the time of Cooke's divorce from his first wife. Tragically, that first wife then died in a car crash in 1959 -- Cooke paid her funeral expenses. He was also getting dissatisfied with Keen Records, which had been growing too fast to keep up with its expenses -- Bumps Blackwell, Lou Adler, and Herb Alpert, who had all started at the label with him, all started to move away from it to do other things, and Cooke was sure that Keen weren't paying him the money they owed as fast as they should. He also wanted to help some of his old friends out -- while Cooke was an incredibly selfish man, he was also someone who believed in not leaving anyone behind, so long as they paid him what he thought was the proper respect, and so he started his own record label, with his friends J.W. Alexander and Roy Crain, called SAR Records (standing for Sam, Alex, and Roy), to put out records by his old group The Soul Stirrers, for whom he wrote "Stand By Me, Father", a song inspired by an old gospel song by Charles Tindley, and with a lead sung by Johnnie Taylor, the Sam Cooke soundalike who had replaced Cooke as the group's lead singer: [Excerpt: The Soul Stirrers, "Stand By Me, Father"] Of course, that became, as we heard a few months back, the basis for Ben E. King's big hit "Stand By Me". Cooke and Alexander had already started up their own publishing company, and were collaborating on songs for other artists, too. They wrote "I Know I'll Always Be In Love With You", which was recorded first by the Hollywood Flames and then by Jackie Wilson: [Excerpt: Jackie Wilson, "I Know I'll Always Be in Love With You"] And "I'm Alright", which Little Anthony and the Imperials released as a single: [Excerpt: Little Anthony and the Imperials, "I'm Alright"] But while he was working on rock and roll and gospel records, he was also learning to tap-dance for his performances at the exclusive white nightclubs he wanted to play -- though when he played Black venues he didn't include those bits in the act. He did, though, perform seated on a stool in imitation of Perry Como, having decided that if he couldn't match the energetic performances of people like Jackie Wilson (who had been his support act at a run of shows where Wilson had gone down better than Cooke) he would go in a more casual direction. He was also looking to move into the pop market when it came to his records, and he eventually signed up with RCA Records, and specifically with Hugo and Luigi. We've talked about Hugo and Luigi before, a couple of times -- they were the people who had produced Georgia Gibbs' soundalike records that had ripped off Black performers, and we talked about their production of "The Lion Sleeps Tonight", though at this point they hadn't yet made that record. They had occasionally produced records that were more R&B flavoured -- they produced "Shout!" for the Isley Brothers, for example -- but they were in general about as bland and middle-of-the-road a duo as one could imagine working in the music industry. The first record that Hugo and Luigi produced for Cooke was a song that the then-unknown Jeff Barry had written, "Teenage Sonata". That record did nothing, and the label were especially annoyed when a recording Cooke had done while he was still at Keen, "Wonderful World", was released on his old label and made the top twenty: [Excerpt: Sam Cooke, "Wonderful World"] Cooke's collaboration with Hugo and Luigi would soon turn into one that bore a strong resemblance to their collaboration with the Isley Brothers -- they would release great singles, but albums that fundamentally misunderstood Cooke's artistry; though some of that misunderstanding may have come from Cooke himself, who never seemed to be sure which direction to go in. Many of the album tracks they released have Cooke sounding unsure of himself, and hesitant, but that's not something that you can say about the first real success that Cooke came out with on RCA, a song he wrote after driving past a group of prisoners working on a chain gang. He'd originally intended that song to be performed by his brother Charles, but he'd half-heartedly played it for Hugo and Luigi when they'd not seen much potential in any of his other recent originals, and they'd decided that that was the hit: [Excerpt: Sam Cooke, "Chain Gang"] That made number two on the charts, becoming his biggest hit since "You Send Me". Meanwhile Cooke was also still recording other artists for SAR -- though by this point Roy Crain had been eased out and SAR now stood for Sam and Alex Records. He got a group of Central Avenue singers including Alex and Gaynel Hodge to sing backing vocals on a song he gave to a friend of his named Johnny Morisette, who was known professionally as "Johnny Two-Voice" because of the way he could sound totally different in his different ranges, but who was known to his acquaintances as "the singing pimp", because of his other occupation: [Excerpt: Johnny Morisette, "I'll Never Come Running Back to You"] They also thought seriously about signing up a young gospel singer they knew called Aretha Franklin, who was such an admirer of Sam's that she would try to copy him -- she changed her brand of cigarettes to match the ones he smoked, and when she saw him on tour reading William Shirer's The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich -- Cooke was an obsessive reader, especially of history -- she bought her own copy. She never read it, but she thought she should have a copy if Cooke had one. But they decided that Franklin's father, the civil rights leader Rev. C.L. Franklin, was too intimidating, and so it would probably not be a good idea to get involved. The tour on which Franklin saw Cooke read Shirer's book was also the one on which Cooke made his first public stance in favour of civil rights -- that tour, which was one of the big package tours of the time, was meant to play a segregated venue, but the artists hadn't been informed just how segregated it was. While obviously none of them supported segregation, they would mostly accept playing to segregated crowds, because there was no alternative, if at least Black people were allowed in in roughly equal numbers. But in this case, Black people were confined to a tiny proportion of the seats, in areas with extremely restricted views, and both Cooke and Clyde McPhatter refused to go on stage, though the rest of the acts didn't join in their boycott. Cooke's collaboration with Hugo and Luigi remained hit and miss, and produced a few more flop singles, but then Cooke persuaded them to allow him to work in California, with the musicians he'd worked with at Keen, and with René Hall arranging rather than the arrangers they'd employed previously. While the production on Cooke's California sessions was still credited to Hugo and Luigi, Luigi was the only one actually attending those sessions -- Hugo was afraid of flying and wouldn't come out to the West Coast. The first record that came out under this new arrangement was another big hit, "Cupid", which had vocal sound effects supplied by a gospel act Cooke knew, the Sims twins -- Kenneth Sims made the sound of an arrow flying through the air, and Bobbie Sims made the thwacking noise of it hitting a target: [Excerpt: Sam Cooke, "Cupid"] Cooke became RCA's second-biggest artist, at least in terms of singles sales, and had a string of hits like "Twistin' the Night Away", "Another Saturday Night", and "Bring it On Home to Me", though he was finding it difficult to break the album market. He was frustrated that he wasn't having number one records, but Luigi reassured him that that was actually the best position to be in: “We're getting number four, number six on the Billboard charts, and as long as we get that, nobody's gonna bother you. But if you get two or three number ones in a row, then you got no place to go but down. Then you're competition, and they're just going to do everything they can to knock you off.” But Cooke's personal life had started to unravel. After having two daughters, his wife gave birth to a son. Cooke had desperately wanted a male heir, but he didn't bond with his son, Vincent, who he insisted didn't look like him. He became emotionally and physically abusive towards his wife, beating her up on more than one occasion, and while she had been a regular drug user already, her use increased to try to dull the pain of being married to someone who she loved but who was abusing her so appallingly. Things became much, much worse, when the most tragic thing imaginable happened. Cooke had a swim in his private pool and then went out, leaving the cover off. His wife, Barbara, then let the children play outside, thinking that their three-year-old daughter Tracey would be able to look after the baby for a few minutes. Baby Vincent fell into the pool and drowned. Both parents blamed the other, and Sam was devastated at the death of the child he only truly accepted as his son once the child was dead. You can hear some of that devastation in a recording he made a few months later of an old Appalachian folk song: [Excerpt: Sam Cooke, "The Riddle Song"] Friends worried that Cooke was suicidal, but Cooke held it together, in part because of the intervention of his new manager, Allen Klein. Klein had had a hard life growing up -- his mother had died when he was young, and his father had sent him to an orphanage for a while. Eventually, his father remarried, and young Allen came back to the family home, but his father was still always distant. He grew close to his stepmother, but then she died as well. Klein turned up at Cooke's house two days after the baby's funeral with his own daughter, and insisted on taking Cooke and his surviving children to Disneyland, telling him "You always had your mother and father, but I lost my mother when I was nine months old. You've got two other children. Those two girls need you even more now. You're their only father, and you've got to take care of them." Klein was very similar to Cooke in many ways. He had decided from a very early age that he couldn't trust anyone but himself, and that he had to make his own way in the world. He became hugely ambitious, and wanted to reach the very top. Klein had become an accountant, and gone to work for Joe Fenton, an accountant who specialised in the entertainment industry. One of the first jobs Klein did in his role with Fenton was to assist him with an audit of Dot Records in 1957, called for by the Harry Fox Agency. We've not talked about Harry Fox before, but they're one of the most important organisations in the American music industry -- they're a collection agency like ASCAP or BMI, who collect songwriting royalties for publishing companies and songwriters. But while ASCAP and BMI collect performance royalties -- they collect payments for music played on the radio or TV, or in live performance -- Harry Fox collect the money for mechanical reproduction, the use of songs on records. It's a gigantic organisation, and it has the backing of all the major music publishers. To do this audit, Klein and Fenton had to travel from New York to LA, and as they were being paid by a major entertainment industry organisation, they were put up in the Roosevelt Hotel, where at the time the other guests included Elvis, Claude Rains, and Sidney Poitier. Klein, who had grown up in comparative poverty, couldn't help but be impressed at the money that you could make by working in entertainment. The audit of Dot Records found some serious discrepancies -- they were severely underpaying publishers and songwriters. While they were in LA, Klein and Fenton also audited several other labels, like Liberty, and they found the same thing at all of them. The record labels were systematically conning publishing companies out of money they were owed. Klein immediately realised that if they were doing this to the major publishing companies that Harry Fox represented, they must be doing the same kind of thing to small songwriters and artists, the kind of people who didn't have a huge organisation to back them up. Unfortunately for Klein, soon after he started working for Fenton, he was fired -- he was someone who was chronically unable to get to work on time in the morning, and while he didn't mind working ridiculously long hours, he could not, no matter how hard he tried, get himself into the office for nine in the morning. He was fired after only four months, and Fenton even recommended to the State of New Jersey that they not allow Klein to become a Certified Public Accountant -- a qualification which, as a result, Klein never ended up getting. He set up his own company to perform audits of record companies for performers, and he got lucky by bumping in to someone he'd been at school with -- Don Kirshner. Kirshner agreed to start passing clients Klein's way, and his first client was Ersel Hickey (no relation), the rockabilly singer we briefly discussed in the episode on "Twist and Shout", who had a hit with "Bluebirds Over the Mountain": [Excerpt: Ersel Hickey, "Bluebirds Over the Mountain"] Klein audited Hickey's record label, but was rather surprised to find out that they didn't actually owe Hickey a penny. It turned out that record contracts were written so much in the company's favour that they didn't have to use any dodgy accounting to get out of paying the artists anything. But sometimes, the companies would rip the artists off anyway, if they were particularly unscrupulous. Kirshner had also referred the rockabilly singer/songwriter duo Buddy Knox and Jimmy Bowen to Klein. Their big hit, "Party Doll", had come out on Roulette Records: [Excerpt: Buddy Knox, "Party Doll"] Klein found out that in the case of Roulette, the label *were* actually not paying the artists what they were contractually owed, largely because Morris Levy didn't like paying people money. After the audit, Levy did actually agree to pay Knox and Bowen what they were owed, but he insisted that he would only pay it over four years, at a rate of seventy dollars a week -- if Klein wanted it any sooner, he'd have to sue, and the money would all be eaten up in lawyers' fees. That was still better than nothing, and Klein made enough from his cut that he was able to buy himself a car. Klein and Levy actually became friends -- the two men were very similar in many ways -- and Klein learned a big lesson from negotiating with him. That lesson was that you take what you can get, because something is better than nothing. If you discover a company owes your client a hundred thousand dollars that your client didn't know about, and they offer you fifty thousand to settle, you take the fifty thousand. Your client still ends up much better off than they would have been, you've not burned any bridges with the company, and you get your cut. And Klein's cut was substantial -- his standard was to take fifty percent of any extra money he got for the artist. And he prided himself on always finding something -- though rarely as much as he would suggest to his clients before getting together with them. One particularly telling anecdote about Klein's attitude is that when he was at Don Kirshner's wedding he went up to Kirshner's friend Bobby Darin and told him he could get him a hundred thousand dollars. Darin signed, but according to Darin's manager, Klein only actually found one underpayment, for ten thousand copies of Darin's hit "Splish Splash" which Atlantic hadn't paid for: [Excerpt: Bobby Darin, "Splish Splash"] However, at the time singles sold for a dollar, Darin was on a five percent royalty, and he only got paid for ninety percent of the records sold (because of a standard clause in contracts at that time to allow for breakages). The result was that Klein found an underpayment of just four hundred and fifty dollars, a little less than the hundred thousand he'd promised the unimpressed Darin. But Klein used the connection to Darin to get a lot more clients, and he did significantly better for some of them. For Lloyd Price, for example, he managed to get an extra sixty thousand dollars from ABC/Paramount, and Price and Klein became lifelong friends. And Price sang Klein's praises to Sam Cooke, who became eager to meet him. He got the chance when Klein started up a new business with a DJ named Jocko Henderson. Henderson was one of the most prominent DJs in Philadelphia, and was very involved in all aspects of the music industry. He had much the same kind of relationship with Scepter Records that Alan Freed had with Chess, and was cut in on most of the label's publishing on its big hits -- rights he would later sell to Klein in order to avoid the kind of investigation that destroyed Freed's career. Henderson had also been the DJ who had first promoted "You Send Me" on the radio, and Cooke owed him a favour. Cooke was also at the time being courted by Scepter Records, who had offered him a job as the Shirelles' writer and producer once Florence Greenberg had split up with Luther Dixon. He'd written them one song, which referenced many of their earlier hits: [Excerpt: The Shirelles, "Only Time Will Tell"] However, Cooke didn't stick with Scepter -- he figured out that Greenberg wasn't interested in him as a writer/producer, but as a singer, and he wasn't going to record for an indie like them when he could work with RCA. But when Henderson and Klein started running a theatre together, putting on R&B shows, those shows obviously featured a lot of Scepter acts like the Shirelles and Dionne Warwick, but they also featured Sam Cooke on the top of the bill, and towards the bottom of the bill were the Valentinos, a band featuring Cooke's touring guitarist, Bobby Womack, who were signed to SAR Records: [Excerpt: The Valentinos, "It's All Over Now"] Klein was absolutely overawed with Cooke's talent when he first saw him on stage, realising straight away that this was one of the major artists of his generation. Whereas most of the time, Klein would push himself forward straight away and try to dominate artists, here he didn't even approach Cooke at all, just chatted to Cooke's road manager and found out what Cooke was like as a person. This is something one sees time and again when it comes to Cooke -- otherwise unflappable people just being absolutely blown away by his charisma, talent, and personality, and behaving towards him in ways that they behaved to nobody else. At the end of the residency, Cooke had approached Klein, having heard good things about him from Price, Henderson, and his road manager. The two had several meetings over the next few months, so Klein could get an idea of what it was that was bothering Cooke about his business arrangements. Eventually, after a few months, Cooke asked Klein for his honest opinion. Klein was blunt. "I think they're treating you like a " -- and here he used the single most offensive anti-Black slur there is -- "and you shouldn't let them." Cooke agreed, and said he wanted Klein to take control of his business arrangements. The first thing Klein did was to get Cooke a big advance from BMI against his future royalties as a songwriter and publisher, giving him seventy-nine thousand dollars up front to ease his immediate cash problems. He then started working on getting Cooke a better recording contract. The first thing he did was go to Columbia records, who he thought would be a better fit for Cooke than RCA were, and with whom Cooke already had a relationship, as he was at that time working with his friend, the boxer Muhammad Ali, on an album that Ali was recording for Columbia: [Excerpt: Muhammad Ali, "The Gang's All Here"] Cooke was very friendly with Ali, and also with Ali's spiritual mentor, the activist Malcolm X, and both men tried to get him to convert to the Nation of Islam. Cooke declined -- while he respected both men, he had less respect for Elijah Mohammed, who he saw as a con artist, and he was becoming increasingly suspicious of religion in general. He did, though, share the Nation of Islam's commitment to Black people pulling themselves up by their bootstraps and presenting themselves in a clean-cut way, having the same vision of Black capitalism that many of his contemporaries like James Brown shared. Unfortunately, negotiations with Columbia quickly failed. Klein believed, probably correctly, that record labels didn't have to do anything to sell Sam Cooke's records, and that Cooke was in a unique position as one of the very few artists at that time who could write, perform, and produce hit records without any outside assistance. Klein therefore thought that Cooke deserved a higher royalty rate than the five percent industry standard, and said that Cooke wouldn't sign with anyone for that rate. The problem was that Columbia had most-favoured-nations clauses written into many other artists' contracts. These clauses meant that if any artist signed with Columbia for a higher royalty rate, those other artists would also have to get that royalty rate, so if Cooke got the ten percent that Klein was demanding, a bunch of other performers like Tony Bennett would also have to get the ten percent, and Columbia were simply not willing to do that. So Klein decided that Cooke was going to stay with RCA, but he found a way to make sure that Cooke would get a much better deal from RCA, and in a way which didn't affect any of RCA's own favoured-nations contracts. Klein had had some involvement in filmmaking, and knew that independent production companies were making films without the studios, and just letting the studios distribute them. He also knew that in the music business plenty of songwriters and producers like Leiber and Stoller and Phil Spector owned their own record labels. But up to that point, no performers did, that Klein was aware of, because it was the producers who generally made the records, and the contracts were set up with the assumption that the performer would just do what the producer said. That didn't apply to Sam Cooke, and so Klein didn't see why Cooke couldn't have his own label. Klein set up a new company, called Tracey Records, which was named after Cooke's daughter, and whose president was Cooke's old friend J.W. Alexander. Tracey Records would, supposedly to reduce Cooke's tax burden, be totally owned by Klein, but it would be Cooke's company, and Cooke would be paid in preferred stock in the company, though Cooke would get the bulk of the money -- it would be a mere formality that the company was owned by Klein. While this did indeed have the effect of limiting the amount of tax Cooke had to pay, it also fulfilled a rule that Klein would later state -- "never take twenty percent of an artist's earnings. Instead give them eighty percent of yours". What mattered wasn't the short-term income, but the long-term ownership. And that's what Klein worked out with RCA. Tracey Records would record and manufacture all Cooke's records from that point on, but RCA would have exclusive distribution rights for thirty years, and would pay Tracey a dollar per album. After thirty years, Tracey records would get all the rights to Cooke's recordings back, and in the meantime, Cooke would effectively be on a much higher royalty rate than he'd received before, in return for taking a much larger share of the risk. There were also changes at SAR. Zelda Sands, who basically ran the company for Sam and J.W., was shocked to receive a phone call from Sam and Barbara, telling her to immediately come to Chicago, where Sam was staying while he was on tour. She went up to their hotel room, where Barbara angrily confronted her, saying that she knew that Sam had always been attracted to Zelda -- despite Zelda apparently being one of the few women Cooke met who he never slept with -- and heavily implied that the best way to sort this would be for them to have a threesome. Zelda left and immediately flew back to LA. A few days later, Barbara turned up at the SAR records offices and marched Zelda out at gunpoint. Through all of this turmoil, though, Cooke managed to somehow keep creating music. And indeed he soon came up with the song that would be his most important legacy. J.W. Alexander had given Cooke a copy of The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan, and Cooke had been amazed at "Blowin' in the Wind": [Excerpt: Bob Dylan, "Blowin' in the Wind"] But more than being amazed at the song, Cooke was feeling challenged. This was a song that should have been written by a Black man. More than that, it was a song that should have been written by *him*. Black performers needed to be making music about their own situation. He added "Blowin' in the Wind" to his own live set, but he also started thinking about how he could write a song like that himself. As is often the case with Cooke's writing, he took inspiration from another song, this time "Ol' Man River", the song from the musical Showboat that had been made famous by the actor, singer, and most importantly civil rights activist Paul Robeson: [Excerpt: Paul Robeson, "Ol' Man River"] Cooke had recorded his own version of that in 1958, but now in early 1964 he took the general pace, some melodic touches, the mention of the river, and particularly the lines "I'm tired of livin' and scared of dyin'", and used them to create something new. Oddly for a song that would inspire a civil rights anthem -- or possibly just appropriately, in the circumstances, "Ol' Man River" in its original form featured several racial slurs included by the white lyricist, Oscar Hammerstein, and indeed Robeson himself in later live performances changed the very lines that Cooke would later appropriate, changing them as he thought they were too defeatist for a Black activist to sing: [Excerpt: Paul Robeson, "Ol' Man River (alternative lyrics)"] Cooke's song would keep the original sense, in his lines "It's been too hard livin' but I'm afraid to die", but the most important thing was the message -- "a change is gonna come". The session at which he recorded it was to be his last with Luigi, whose contract with RCA was coming to an end, and Cooke knew it had to be something special. Rene Hall came up with an arrangement for a full orchestra, which so overawed Cooke's regular musicians that his drummer found himself too nervous to play on the session. Luckily, Earl Palmer was recording next door, and was persuaded to come and fill in for him. Hall's arrangement starts with an overture played by the whole orchestra: [Excerpt: Sam Cooke, "A Change is Gonna Come"] And then each verse features different instrumentation, with the instruments changing at the last line of each verse -- "a change is gonna come". The first verse is dominated by the rhythm section: [Excerpt: Sam Cooke, "A Change is Gonna Come"] Then for the second verse, the strings come in, for the third the strings back down and are replaced by horns, and then at the end the whole orchestra swells up behind Cooke: [Excerpt: Sam Cooke, "A Change is Gonna Come"] Cooke was surprised when Luigi, at the end of the session, told him how much he liked the song, which Cooke thought wouldn't have been to Luigi's taste, as Luigi made simple pop confections, not protest songs. But as Luigi later explained, "But I did like it. It was a serious piece, but still it was him. Some of the other stuff was throwaway, but this was very deep. He was really digging into himself for this one." Cooke was proud of his new record, but also had something of a bad feeling about it, something that was confirmed when he played the record for Bobby Womack, who told him "it sounds like death". Cooke agreed, there was something premonitory about the record, something ominous. Allen Klein, on the other hand, was absolutely ecstatic. The track was intended to be used only as an album track -- they were going in a more R&B direction with Cooke's singles at this point. His previous single was a cover version of Howlin' Wolf's "Little Red Rooster”: [Excerpt: Sam Cooke, "Little Red Rooster"] And his next two singles were already recorded -- a secularised version of the old spiritual "Ain't That Good News", and a rewrite of an old Louis Jordan song. Cooke was booked on to the Johnny Carson show, where he was meant to perform both sides of his new single, but Allen Klein was so overwhelmed by "A Change is Gonna Come" that he insisted that Cooke drop "Ain't That Good News" and perform his new song instead. Cooke said that he was meant to be on there to promote his new record. Klein insisted that he was meant to be promoting *himself*, and that the best promotion for himself would be this great song. Cooke then said that the Tonight Show band didn't have all the instruments needed to reproduce the orchestration. Klein said that if RCA wouldn't pay for the additional eighteen musicians, he would pay for them out of his own pocket. Cooke eventually agreed. Unfortunately, there seems to exist no recording of that performance, the only time Cooke would ever perform "A Change is Gonna Come" live, but reports from people who watched it at the time suggest that it made as much of an impact on Black people watching as the Beatles' appearance on the Ed Sullivan Show two days later made on white America. "A Change is Gonna Come" became a standard of the soul repertoire, recorded by Aretha Franklin: [Excerpt: Aretha Franklin, "A Change is Gonna Come"] Otis Redding: [Excerpt: Otis Redding, "A Change is Gonna Come"] The Supremes and more. Cooke licensed it to a compilation album released as a fundraiser for Martin Luther King's campaigning, and when King was shot in 1968, Rosa Parks spent the night crying in her mother's arms, and they listened to "A Change is Gonna Come". She said ”Sam's smooth voice was like medicine to the soul. It was as if Dr. King was speaking directly to me.” After his Tonight Show appearance, Cooke was in the perfect position to move into the real big time. Allen Klein had visited Brian Epstein on RCA's behalf to see if Epstein would sign the Beatles to RCA for a million-dollar advance. Epstein wasn't interested, but he did suggest to Klein that possibly Cooke could open for the Beatles when they toured the US in 1965. And Cooke was genuinely excited about the British Invasion and the possibilities it offered for the younger musicians he was mentoring. When Bobby Womack complained that the Rolling Stones had covered his song "It's All Over Now" and deprived his band of a hit, Cooke explained to Womack first that he'd be making a ton of money from the songwriting royalties, but also that Womack and his brothers were in a perfect position -- they were young men with long hair who played guitars and drums. If the Valentinos jumped on the bandwagon they could make a lot of money from this new style. But Cooke was going to make a lot of money from older styles. He'd been booked into the Copacabana again, and this time he was going to be a smash hit, not the failure he had been the first time. His residency at the club was advertised with a billboard in Times Square, and he came on stage every night to a taped introduction from Sammy Davis Jr.: [Excerpt: Sammy Davis Jr. introducing Sam Cooke] Listening to the live album from that residency and comparing it to the live recordings in front of a Black audience from a year earlier is astonishing proof of Cooke's flexibility as a performer. The live album from the Harlem Square Club in Florida is gritty and gospel-fuelled, while the Copacabana show has Cooke as a smooth crooner in the style of Nat "King" Cole -- still with a soulful edge to his vocals, but completely controlled and relaxed. The repertoire is almost entirely different as well -- other than "Twistin' the Night Away" and a ballad medley that included "You Send Me", the material was a mixture of old standards like "Bill Bailey" and "When I Fall In Love" and new folk protest songs like "If I Had a Hammer" and "Blowin' in the Wind", the song that had inspired "A Change is Gonna Come": [Excerpt: Sam Cooke, "Blowin' in the Wind"] What's astonishing is that both live albums, as different as they are, are equally good performances. Cooke by this point was an artist who could perform in any style, and for any audience, and do it well. In November 1964, Cooke recorded a dance song, “Shake”, and he prepared a shortened edit of “A Change is Gonna Come” to release as its B-side. The single was scheduled for release on December 22nd. Both sides charted, but by the time the single came out, Sam Cooke was dead. And from this point on, the story gets even more depressing and upsetting than it has been. On December the eleventh, 1964, Sam Cooke drove a woman he'd picked up to an out-of the-way motel. According to the woman, he tore off most of her clothes against her will, as well as getting undressed himself, and she was afraid he was going to rape her. When he went to the toilet, she gathered up all of her clothes and ran out, and in her hurry she gathered up his clothes as well. Some of Cooke's friends have suggested that she was in fact known for doing this and stealing men's money, and that Cooke had been carrying a large sum of money which disappeared, but this seems unlikely on the face of it, given that she ran to a phone box and called the police, telling them that she had been kidnapped and didn't know where she was, and could they please help her? Someone else was on the phone at the same time. Bertha Lee Franklin, the motel's manager, was on the phone to the owner of the motel when Sam Cooke found out that his clothes were gone, and the owner heard everything that followed. Cooke turned up at the manager's office naked except for a sports jacket and shoes, drunk, and furious. He demanded to know where the girl was. Franklin told him she didn't know anything about any girl. Cooke broke down the door to the manager's office, believing that she must be hiding in there with his clothes. Franklin grabbed the gun she had to protect herself. Cooke struggled with her, trying to get the gun off her. The gun went off three times. The first bullet went into the ceiling, the next two into Cooke. Cooke's last words were a shocked "Lady, you shot me". Cooke's death shocked everyone, and immediately many of his family and friends started questioning the accepted version of the story. And it has to be said that they had good reason to question it. Several people stood to benefit from Cooke's death -- he was talking about getting a divorce from his wife, who would inherit his money; he was apparently questioning his relationship with Klein, who gained complete ownership of his catalogue after his death, and Klein after all had mob connections in the person of Morris Levy; he had remained friendly with Malcolm X after X's split from the Nation of Islam and it was conceivable that Elijah Muhammad saw Cooke as a threat; while both Elvis and James Brown thought that Cooke setting up his own label had been seen as a threat by RCA, and that *they* had had something to do with it. And you have to understand that while false rape accusations basically never happen -- and I have to emphasise that here, women just *do not* make false rape accusations in any real numbers -- false rape accusations *had* historically been weaponised against Black men in large numbers in the early and mid twentieth century. Almost all lynchings followed a pattern -- a Black man owned a bit of land a white man wanted, a white woman connected to the white man accused the Black man of rape, the Black man was lynched, and his property was sold off at far less than cost to the white man who wanted it. The few lynchings that didn't follow that precise pattern still usually involved an element of sexualising the murdered Black men, as when only a few years earlier Emmett Till, a teenager, had been beaten to death, supposedly for whistling at a white woman. So Cooke's death very much followed the pattern of a lynching. Not exactly -- for a start, the woman he attacked was Black, and so was the woman who shot him -- but it was close enough that it rang alarm bells, completely understandably. But I think we have to set against that Cooke's history of arrogant entitlement to women's bodies, and his history of violence, both against his wife and, more rarely, against strangers who caught him in the wrong mood. Fundamentally, if you read enough about his life and behaviour, the official story just rings absolutely true. He seems like someone who would behave exactly in the way described. Or at least, he seems that way to me. But of course, I didn't know him, and I have never had to live with the threat of murder because of my race. And many people who did know him and have had to live with that threat have a different opinion, and that needs to be respected. The story of Cooke's family after his death is not one from which anyone comes out looking very good. His brother, L.C., pretty much immediately recorded a memorial album and went out on a tribute tour, performing his brother's hits: [Excerpt: L.C. Cooke, "Wonderful World"] Cooke's best friend, J.W. Alexander, also recorded a tribute album. Bertha Franklin sued the family of the man she had killed, because her own life had been ruined and she'd had to go into hiding, thanks to threats from his fans. Cooke's widow, Barbara, married Bobby Womack less than three months after Cooke's death -- and the only reason it wasn't sooner was that Womack had not yet turned twenty-one, and so they were not able to get married without Womack's parents' permission. They married the day after Womack's twenty-first birthday, and Womack was wearing one of Sam's suits at the ceremony. Womack was heard regularly talking about how much he looked like Sam. Two of Cooke's brothers were so incensed at the way that they thought Womack was stepping into their brother's life that they broke Womack's jaw -- and Barbara Cooke pulled a gun on them and tried to shoot them. Luckily for them, Womack had guessed that a confrontation was coming, and had removed the bullets from Barbara's gun, so there would be no more deaths in his mentor's family. Within a few months, Barbara was pregnant, and the baby, when he was born, was named Vincent, the same name as Sam and Barbara's dead son. Five years later, Barbara discovered that Womack had for some time been sexually abusing Linda, her and Sam's oldest child, who was seventeen at the time Barbara discovered this. She kicked Womack out, but Linda sided with Womack and never spoke to her mother again. Linda carried on a consensual relationship with Bobby Womack for some time, and then married Bobby's brother Cecil (or maybe it's pronounced Cee-cil in his case? I've never heard him spoken about), who also became her performing and songwriting partner. They wrote many songs for other artists, as well as having hits themselves as Womack and Womack: [Excerpt: Womack and Womack, "Teardrops"] The duo later changed their names to Zek and Zeriiya Zekkariyas, in recognition of their African heritage. Sam Cooke left behind a complicated legacy. He hurt almost everyone who was ever involved in his life, and yet all of them seem not only to have forgiven him but to have loved him in part because of the things he did that hurt them the most. What effect that has on one's view of his art must in the end be a matter for individual judgement, and I never, ever, want to suggest that great art in any way mitigates appalling personal behaviour. But at the same time, "A Change is Gonna Come" stands as perhaps the most important single record we'll look at in this history, one that marked the entry into the pop mainstream of Black artists making political statements on their own behalf, rather than being spoken for and spoken over by well-meaning white liberals like me. There's no neat conclusion I can come to here, no great lesson that can be learned and no pat answer that will make everything make sense. There's just some transcendent, inspiring, music, a bunch of horribly hurt people, and a young man dying, almost naked, in the most squalid circumstances imaginable.
Last week we looked at ‘the God in Charge’ – it was but a skimming over the amazing truth that God is God, He is Boss, and He is in control. In the days of Noah, when every imagination of mans heart was only evil continually – He was in charge; when His people were in slavery in Egypt and they cried out for help in their oppression – He was in charge; When Jesus was nailed to a Cross after going through a mockery of a trial with trumped up accusations – He was in charge; and today… with a political climate that is the ‘hotbed’ of discussion; an atmosphere that is antagonistic to Jesus Christ; and a world that appears to be losing the principals of common decency – God IS and will ALWAYS BE in charge!! Thus, in light of this first lesson (that God is God & He is BOSS); we look at this second lesson that our Sovereign God is also the God who SAVES. To watch the whole service click on the link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hp5iKhg6Jdk Have a blessed day brothers & sisters!
Procrastination is a natural human habit and tendency, but you don't have to be its slave. 5 Myths About Procrastinating TeensMyth #1 My Teen is Lazy. Myth #2 Procrastination is a Character FlawMyth #3 Procrastination Will Ruin My Teen's Life Myth #4 My Teen will ALWAYS Be a ProcrastinatorMyth #5 Procrastination is a HUGE Problem5 Truths About Procrastinating TeensTruth #1 Procrastination is Part of Being HumanTruth #2 Your Teen Can Learn How to Stop ProcrastinatingTruth #3 Your Teen Can Procrastinate and Still Be SuccessfulTruth #4 There Could be Countless Reasons Why Your Teen ProcrastinatesTruth #5 Procrastination is Simply a Coping Tool, Often with BenefitsWhat Your Teen Will Learn in this Masterclass!How to separate facts from thoughtsThoughts like "I'm not smart enough," or "I can't do this" will hold you back in your efforts. Facts like "Test on Thursday," are manageable when we are in control of our thoughts. Managing emotionsIt's okay to feel overwhelmed and bored when you understand how to process them. Emotions are less unpleasant when we manage them. Our emotions don't manage us when we manage them. How to create homework protocolsCreate a simple plan for the time between school and bed. This plan will empower you to both get things done and do the things you want. This will empower you for doing hard things as an adult. How to motivate yourselfNo one can motivate you but YOU!What you choose to think and believe will create your motivation or lack of motivation. What to do when you've fallen off the wagonToo many times when we fall off the wagon, we choose to give up. There are ways to use past mistakes to empower you. It's never too late to get back in the driver's seat. Call to ACTION!Join Joey Mascio and me on a Lead Your Life Masterclass Q&A call.Lead Your Life Masterclass Info
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We continue our chat with Keith Kessinger starting off with some stories about Jerry Reed, BB King, and religious experiences in music. (0:32) FastFret and Keith talk amps and gear and learning to play double bass on the drums. (4:59) (8:04) (You'll Always Be in love With) Glam Metal bands – Keith Kessinger The boys discuss Rush. (10:32) Keith shares a Jamie Brown (Roxanne) and Ronnie James Dio/Vinnie Appice story. (12:58) Keith's time in Disco Inferno. (16:39) Roxanne, George Lynch and Jake E Lee stories. (24:00) Singing and songwriting. (28:16) Top 40 radio, Dirty Honey and Badlands. (32:00) The boys teach Keith some Canadian geography as they talk about bands skipping New Brunswick when touring and that time dressed as Kenny Rogers.) (35:08) We talk Vinnie Vincent and Ian McKaye. (40:52) (49:36) Face of Pure Gold – Keith Kessinger You can find Keith Kessinger's YouTube page, which is jam packed with snippets from his entire music career. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCdwHbYppbm5qNAKpzG_hV1Q music #hollywood #vanhalen #hotforteacher #roxanne #imagineworldpeace #jamiebrown #georgelynch #jakeelee #badlands #geography #songwriter #vinnievincent #ianmckaye Website: www.seanmcginity.ca Meet The Geeks: http://mtgcomic.thecomicseries.com/ @seangeekpodcast on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook @fastfretfingers on Instagram @ToddGeeks Tech Talk on Facebook @therealmeetthegeeks on Instagram
We continue our chat with Keith Kessinger starting off with some stories about Jerry Reed, BB King, and religious experiences in music. (0:32) FastFret and Keith talk amps and gear and learning to play double bass on the drums. (4:59) (8:04) (You'll Always Be in love With) Glam Metal bands – Keith Kessinger The boys discuss Rush. (10:32) Keith shares a Jamie Brown (Roxanne) and Ronnie James Dio/Vinnie Appice story. (12:58) Keith's time in Disco Inferno. (16:39) Roxanne, George Lynch and Jake E Lee stories. (24:00) Singing and songwriting. (28:16) Top 40 radio, Dirty Honey and Badlands. (32:00) The boys teach Keith some Canadian geography as they talk about bands skipping New Brunswick when touring and that time dressed as Kenny Rogers.) (35:08) We talk Vinnie Vincent and Ian McKaye. (40:52) (49:36) Face of Pure Gold – Keith Kessinger You can find Keith Kessinger's YouTube page, which is jam packed with snippets from his entire music career. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCdwHbYppbm5qNAKpzG_hV1Q #music #hollywood #vanhalen #hotforteacher #roxanne #imagineworldpeace #jamiebrown #georgelynch #jakeelee #badlands #geography #songwriter #vinnievincent #ianmckaye Website: www.seanmcginity.ca Meet The Geeks: http://mtgcomic.thecomicseries.com/ @seangeekpodcast on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook @fastfretfingers on Instagram @ToddGeeks Tech Talk on Facebook @the_real_meet_the_geeks on Instagram Support this podcast
We continue our chat with Keith Kessinger starting off with some stories about Jerry Reed, BB King, and religious experiences in music. (0:32) FastFret and Keith talk amps and gear and learning to play double bass on the drums. (4:59) (8:04) (You'll Always Be in love With) Glam Metal bands – Keith Kessinger The boys discuss Rush. (10:32) Keith shares a Jamie Brown (Roxanne) and Ronnie James Dio/Vinnie Appice story. (12:58) Keith's time in Disco Inferno. (16:39) Roxanne, George Lynch and Jake E Lee stories. (24:00) Singing and songwriting. (28:16) Top 40 radio, Dirty Honey and Badlands. (32:00) The boys teach Keith some Canadian geography as they talk about bands skipping New Brunswick when touring and that time dressed as Kenny Rogers.) (35:08) We talk Vinnie Vincent and Ian McKaye. (40:52) (49:36) Face of Pure Gold – Keith Kessinger You can find Keith Kessinger's YouTube page, which is jam packed with snippets from his entire music career. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCdwHbYppbm5qNAKpzG_hV1Q music #hollywood #vanhalen #hotforteacher #roxanne #imagineworldpeace #jamiebrown #georgelynch #jakeelee #badlands #geography #songwriter #vinnievincent #ianmckaye Website: www.seanmcginity.ca Meet The Geeks: http://mtgcomic.thecomicseries.com/ @seangeekpodcast on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook @fastfretfingers on Instagram @ToddGeeks Tech Talk on Facebook @therealmeetthegeeks on Instagram
You Can't Always Be the Hero in Dentistry Episode #268 with Dr. Chad Duplantis See the video, show notes, quotes and links at https://www.actdental.com/268 “Know thyself,” declared some wise folk before our time. This age-old saying carried on for millennia and still holds relevance — especially in dentistry! And to teach you the importance of knowing your limits, knowing your motivations, and knowing yourself as a dentist, Kirk Behrendt brings in Dr. Chad Duplantis, a key opinion leader in restorative and aesthetic dentistry. He shares his 20 years of insight and learnings to help you establish the foundations for a successful practice. Tune in to Episode 268 of The Best Practices Show for his tips and advice! Main Takeaways: - You can't always be the hero. Ask for help! - Find mentors! And don't always wait for the mentor to find you. - Work in the best interest of the patient. - Know your limitations. - Enjoy what you're doing. - Build a great experience for your patients. - Understand why you do what you do. - Immerse yourself in education beyond dental school. Quotes: - “If you start realizing that, yes, you are going to fail at times — and that's okay; you're going to make mistakes — and not everybody is going to like you, then you're going to have a successful practice, or at least the foundation for a successful practice.” (05:09—05:22) - “If you focus your practice around the patient rather than yourself, that's another key to success.” (09:03—09:09) - “Don't just rely on what dental school taught you. Start taking some advanced classes in these procedures that you may want to do.” (11:38—11:44) - “I do not enjoy molar endo, and I cannot do it in a time-efficient manner. So, you know what? It goes elsewhere.” (12:55—13:02) - “In order to succeed in any business, you have to be an effective communicator. (14:01— 14:08) - “It's all about building a great experience for your patients. And part of that experience is the technology you have, but it's also part of knowing what you can do really well and what you can't.” (18:59—19:10) - “People don't buy what you do. They buy why you do it.” (19:24—19:27) Snippets: - Dr. Duplantis' background. (02:18—03:11) - Lessons learned from practice. (03:47—05:22) - Importance of finding mentors. (05:56—09:28) - Being a “jack of all trades” in practice. (10:17—12:32) - Enjoy what you're doing. (12:39—13:23) - Evolution of a dentist. (13:54—16:53) - His influences. (17:40—19:53) - Seattle Study Club Symposium. (21:00—23:31) - His topic at Seattle Study Club. (23:41—24:35) - Evolution of materials in dentistry. (24:51—25:48) - Benefits of Seattle Study Club. (26:25—28:06) - Advice for young dentists. (28:43—31:14) Reach out to Dr. Duplantis: - Dr. Duplantis' email: drduplantis@gmail.com - Facebook group: Dentists IN the Know https://www.facebook.com/groups/365320961113815/ - Visit Dr. Duplantis' website: https://www.fossilcreekdental.com/chad-c-duplantis-d-d-s - Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/toothdoc_dup/?hl=en Don't forget to register for the Seattle Study Club Symposium! Further Reading: - Simon Sinek, author of "Start with Why and The Infinite Game"
Comfort Zone mix 234 1. If You Want It. 박혜진 Parkhyejin 2. Knowledge. KUDD 3. Rebirth. Komorebi (Change Request Dreamstrumental) 4. Only We Know What Is Talking About. Paperkraft 5. We'll Always Be (solo). Paperkraft 6. Internet. DJ Outan 7. ABC. 박혜진 Parkhyejin 8. Tears Drop. Baltra (Hokkaido Dance Club) 9. Amanacer. OWANJ 10. Silence. Angèle & Damso (3 S remix) 11. Give. Trudge 12. Tease. Prok I Fitch Feat. Kyozo 13. Ask Myself. Nutty (Hood Politics) 14. Defend Your Planet. The Advent & Zein Ferreira 15. Something For Midnight. DCM 16. Too Much. Nasanieru 17. Give It Up. Keene Angst 18. Saku. (feat. Clara La San) BICEP 19. Sorrow. Innellea 20. Lovegame. GVRL Mixed Genre, Ambient, House, Nov 25 2020
Growing up in a small town in Georgia, Jeremy Stover had no clue his life would turn to music. What he knew was that the emotion he felt when he heard good music was transformative and later realized he wanted to be a part of the industry. Listen as he and Andy chat about his formative years, what drew him to Nashville, and why he's now been drawn to developing artists and producing music. It wasn't until Jeremy was in college that he realized how drawn to the music industry he truly was. He was there to learn more about the textile industry, so that he could take over his family's business, and what he found was an undying love of the artistry of songwriting. He left college with his sights set on Nashville and determined to make his mark. His first internship put him in the path of some of the greats in country music and he's been writing for them ever since. Jeremy is a delight to listen to. His passion for writing music is evident, not only in the songs he's written and co-written, but also in the way he discusses the craft. But it's his passion for up and coming artists that truly sets him apart from the crowd. Listen as he shares the stories behind some of thel huge songs he's written and why they are so impactful. He also talks about the difference between writing love songs and songs that are more reflective of life experience. This was an amazing conversation! Show Highlights: [00:10] Jeremy Stover is a hit songwriter and producer out of Nashville. [01:14] A big thanks to Lesly Simon for introducing Andy and Jeremy. [02:00] Learn more about Jeremy's upbringing and early days. [04:01] Did he have any connection to music early on? [06:37] What was his experience with music growing up? [09:19] Who were his rock influences? [11:14] What was his first entry into being a musician and songwriter? [15:27] Hear more about his early experiences in Nashville. [17:08] How did he begin to establish himself? [21:21] What was it like when he got his first #1 hit song? [23:16] Why he decided to build his own company. [25:53] How much of lyric writing is craft? [27:43] Reflective songs can be so much more powerful than love songs. [31:06] Learn more about “The Ones That Didn't Make It Back Home.” [35:35] What's the story behind “We Didn't Have Much?” [38:32] Will he still consider using Zoom to write with artists who aren't in town? [39:07] What are some of the biggest challenges of being a songwriter? [40:09] Hear about Jeremy's recent writing retreat experience. LINKS & RESOURCES Jeremy Stover: http://www.redcreativegroup.com Instagram: @countryjeremyst Songs discussed during the interview: How I'll Always Be https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XSbnrPSuwQY The Ones That Didn't Make It Back Home https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WHvx5D-zDfo We Didn't Have Much https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WyQrBGPxdK8 Mentioned During the Interview: Episode 10 Lesly Simon: General Manager Pearl/Gwendolyn Records for Garth Brooks and Trisha Yearwood Follow The Music Makers: The Music Makers on Instagram The Music Makers podcast theme song was written and produced by Andy Kushner with help from the rhythm section and horn players of the band, SoundConnection: Elliot Jefferson, Lamonte Silver, Keith Hammond, Roy Lambert, Joe Herrera, and Craig Alston. Sponsor: Kushner Entertainment Check out Andy's Other Podcast: The Wedding Biz
BOOTS & SADDLE - October 13, 2020 1. Are You Teasing Me - Margie Bowes (Single - 1960) 2. Walking the Floor Over You - Ernest Tubb (Live from the Lonestar Cafe) 3. Since I Met You Baby - Freddy Fender (20th Century Masters - The Millennium Collection: The Best of Freddy Fender) 4. Walls of Time - Tessy Lou and the Shotgun Stars (Somewhere in Texas - 2015) 5. She's All I Got - Johnny Paycheck (She's All I Got - 1971) 6. Wait a Minute - Jo Anne Campbell (Single - 1957) 7. (I'm Gonna Get Over This) Some Day - Logan Ledger (Logan Ledger - 2020) 8. It Won't Be Long - Rachel Brooke (The Loneliness In Me - 2020) 9. Ride On - David Quinn (Letting Go - 2020) 10. Sing a Song - Gus Clark & The Least of His Problems (Single - 2020) 11. Carryin' on This Way - Dale Watson (Carryin' On - 2010) 12. Who'll Be The First - Scotty Campbell (Smokin' and Drinkin' - 2008) 13. Caked Joy Rag - Robbie Fulks (50-Vc. Doberman - 2009) 14. Pretty Little Poison - Robbie Fulks feat. Lucinda Williams (Let's Kill Saturday Night - 1998) 15. These Two Eyes - Jake Hooker (The Outsider - 2009) 16. Honky Tonk Chapel - Tyler Lance Walker Gill (Tyler Lance Walker Gill - 2020) 17. So Far from Cool - Ansley Oakley (Single - 2019) 18. Hank's Checkout Line - Nick Shoulders (Okay, Crawdad. - 2019) 19. I'm Gonna Be a Country Girl Again - Buffy Sainte-Marie (I'm Gonna Be a Country Girl Again - 1968) 20. El Arracadas - Vicente Fernández (El Ídolo de México - (1973) 21. It's Gonna Take a Little Bit Longer - Charley Pride (A Sunshiny Day with Charley Pride - 1972) 22. Miss You - Slow Leaves (Shelf Life - 2020) 23. It Never Rains - Noel McKay (Sketches of South Central Texas - 2015) 24. Bad Liver and a Broken Heart - Zachary Lucky (Single - 2020) 25. High on Style - John Guliak (Fisherman, Farmer, Fool - Part 2 - Farmer - 2020) 26. Always Be a Texan - The Merles (Middle of the Night - EP - 2020) 27. The Long Road - Brittany Brooks (Lend Me Your Hand - 2020) 28. It Had to Be You - Mike T. Kerr (Spring Garden Bandstand - 2020) 29. In the Palm of Your Hand (Mono Single Version) - Buck Owens (Buck 'Em! the Music of Buck Owens (1955-1967)
Scripture Referenced:2 Corinthians 12:9-10 - TPT9 But he answered me, “My grace is always more than enough for you,[a] and my power finds its full expression through your weakness.” So I will celebrate my weaknesses, for when I’m weak I sense more deeply the mighty power of Christ living in me.[b] 10 So I’m not defeated by my weakness, but delighted! For when I feel my weakness and endure mistreatment—when I’m surrounded with troubles on every side and face persecution because of my love for Christ—I am made yet stronger. For my weakness becomes a portal to God’s power.Mental Health Resources in the Cayman Islands:The Counselling CentreAddress: 2nd Floor Apollo West, 87 Mary Street, George Town.Phone: +1 (345)-949- 8789Email: counsellingservices@gov.kyBethseda Counselling CentreAddress: Unit 4,68 Mary Street,George Town, Grand CaymanPhone: 345-946-6575/cell 923-6488Website: www.unitedchurch.org.ky/bethesdaEmail: bethesda@candw.kySong of Encouragement: Kim Walker-Smith - You'll Always Be
You asked, Dr. Nolte answers. In this "Ask Me Anything" episode, Dr. Nolte answers all your burning questions. Previous pods that are mentioned in this episode: George Washington is Still, and will Always Be, the Greatest President: https://anchor.fm/blind-politics/episodes/George-Washington-is-Still--and-will-Always-Be--the-Greatest-President-7242020-eh6j38 How Conservatives Can Join the Conversation on Race, and Why They Should: https://anchor.fm/blind-politics/episodes/How-Conservatives-Can-Join-the-Conversation-on-Race--and-Why-They-Should-6162020-efgcs7 Pivot to China, with Special Guest Josh Hastey: part 1, https://anchor.fm/blind-politics/episodes/Pivot-to-China--with-Special-Guest-Josh-Hastey-2182020-eatmju part 2, https://anchor.fm/blind-politics/episodes/Pivot-to-China-with-Special-Guest-Josh-Hastey--pt--2-2212020-eb0572 China Strategy after Coronavirus with Professor Josh Hastey: https://anchor.fm/blind-politics/episodes/China-Strategy-after-Coronavirus-with-Professor-Josh-Hastey-5192020-ee9njo
In this episode, I discuss some ways I homeschool our son. Listen all the way until the end to hear some of the literature books we'll be reading together. Thanks for the support. Like, Share, Subscribe. Be Honest, Be Loyal, Be True & Always, Always Be you. Be Great
Psalm 34 - His Praise will Always Be on My Lips --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/lifewithin/support
Today Doug Sauer, Sheila Mahler, and Lisa Eaton discuss having confidence when fear tries to stop us from following our chosen path. Sometimes anger is a good clue that somethings going on inside ourselves that we must turn to God for direction. Always Be curious and have compassion for others even in the hardest times. The antidote to fear is turning to God, and relying on the Holy Spirit to guide us in the right direction.https://www.instagram.com/@thewaymindbodyspiritFacebook - The Way
Former NFL RB Justin Forsett shares with Pro Mindset host Craig Domann his attitude of “Do What I Do”, “Why Not Me?”, “Make Room” and “Always Be the Exception” even though scouts, coaches and fans doubted him and underestimated him. Justin is former 7th round NFL Draft selection of the Seattle Seahawks in 2008 out of Cal Berkeley. He played college football with Aaron Rodgers and Marshawn Lynch. He is now a successful entrepreneur. He played for nine seasons for seven NFL teams including the Seattle Seahawks, Indianapolis Colts, Houston Texans, Jacksonville Jaguars, Baltimore Ravens, Detroit Lions, and Denver Broncos. His best NFL season came in 2014 as a member of the Baltimore Ravens when he was selected to the Pro Bowl. When Justin retired after nine NFL seasons, he explained in one of his retirement interviews "Against all odds, critics, and naysayers, I accomplished something great," he said. "Scouts measured my height and said I was too short. They measured my 40-yard dash and said I was too slow. They looked at my build and said I wouldn't last. But they couldn't measure my heart, my faith and my perseverance."The versatile playmaker added: "I am living proof that dreams come true and God answers prayers, and I thank God every day for the opportunity to live out my dream."He is currently an entrepreneur and the founder/CEO of Hustle Clean. His business has been featured on Shark Tank, Fox, CBS, NBC and Cheddar. The Company’s products, including an on-the-go shower collection called ShowerPill which consists of a novel body wipe proven to kill 99.9 percent of germs, have taken off with availability at over 1,000 locations including Target, Crunch Fitness, Pharmaca, and UFC Gyms. His investors and advisors include many professional athletes including Jonathan Stewart, Steve Smith Sr., Ronnie Lott, Kyle Juszczyk and Prince Amukamara. Justin’s company mission is to inspire and empower people to live their best lives. He believes that the cornerstone of this mission includes his commitment to give back. He and his company have been on the ground to offer needed help during the crisis at Flint Michigan, Hurricane Harvey (Texas) and Puerto Rico for Hurricane Maria.
Broadcast Live on www.jungletrain.net 12-2pm GMT Sunday 24 May 2020 1. Juxt - (un)loved (Forthcoming) 2. J Majik - My Love (Infra Red, Forthcoming Album, Always Be)(2020) 3. Decibella - Be True (AKO)(2020) 4. Sully - Run (Uncertain Hour)(2019) 5. Ms Dos - Delta (Spandangle Selections)(2019) 6. Run Tings & Liftin Spirits - Come Easy (Suburban Base)(1995) 7. DJ Enfusion - Sudden - Innerscience 001 (2020) 8. Unknown Soldier - Crack Bottle (Haters Inc)(2019) 9. Tessela - Hackney Parrot (Special Request VIP)(Houndstooth)(2013) 10. Mahakala - Tomahawk VIP (2020) 11. Aeon Four - Wither (Straight Up Breakbeat)(2019) 12. Enjoy - Sincere Whispering (AKO Arcade)(2019) 13. Harmony - When You Hold Me (Deep Jungle)(2020) 14. Pulse - New York (Creative Wax)(2019) 15. Steve C & Monita - Brighter Tomorrow (Skeleton)(2019) 16. Machinedrum - Rise n Fall (dBridge remix)(Ninja Tune)(2014) 17. Steve C & Monita - Razors Re-Lick (Skeleton)(2019) 18. Optimystic - Stakes Out (Forthcoming) 19. Kid Lib - Dolphin Scanner (Fresh86)(2018) 20. Creep Woland - Medieval Draw (Astral Black)(2020) 21. KeeZee - Beyond The Atmosphere (Broken Beats)(2016) 22. Marcus Intalex - Universe (Metalheadz)(2001) 23. Marcus Intalex & SPY - Celestial Navigation (Soul:R)(2011) 24. Dub One - Combination Style (AKO Beatz)(2019) 25. DJ Crystl - Warpdrive Remix (Dee Jay)(1993) 26. Section X Flashback - The Return (Locked Up)(2019) 27. dgoHn - Lost and Found (Astrophonica)(2019) 28. Etch - Yo Yo Riddim (Bun The Grid)(2016)
Broadcast Live on www.jungletrain.net 12-2pm GMT Sunday 24 May 2020 1. Juxt - (un)loved (Forthcoming) 2. J Majik - My Love (Infra Red, Forthcoming Album, Always Be)(2020) 3. Decibella - Be True (AKO)(2020) 4. Sully - Run (Uncertain Hour)(2019) 5. Ms Dos - Delta (Spandangle Selections)(2019) 6. Run Tings & Liftin Spirits - Come Easy (Suburban Base)(1995) 7. DJ Enfusion - Sudden - Innerscience 001 (2020) 8. Unknown Soldier - Crack Bottle (Haters Inc)(2019) 9. Tessela - Hackney Parrot (Special Request VIP)(Houndstooth)(2013) 10. Mahakala - Tomahawk VIP (2020) 11. Aeon Four - Wither (Straight Up Breakbeat)(2019) 12. Enjoy - Sincere Whispering (AKO Arcade)(2019) 13. Harmony - When You Hold Me (Deep Jungle)(2020) 14. Pulse - New York (Creative Wax)(2019) 15. Steve C & Monita - Brighter Tomorrow (Skeleton)(2019) 16. Machinedrum - Rise n Fall (dBridge remix)(Ninja Tune)(2014) 17. Steve C & Monita - Razors Re-Lick (Skeleton)(2019) 18. Optimystic - Stakes Out (Forthcoming) 19. Kid Lib - Dolphin Scanner (Fresh86)(2018) 20. Creep Woland - Medieval Draw (Astral Black)(2020) 21. KeeZee - Beyond The Atmosphere (Broken Beats)(2016) 22. Marcus Intalex - Universe (Metalheadz)(2001) 23. Marcus Intalex & SPY - Celestial Navigation (Soul:R)(2011) 24. Dub One - Combination Style (AKO Beatz)(2019) 25. DJ Crystl - Warpdrive Remix (Dee Jay)(1993) 26. Section X Flashback - The Return (Locked Up)(2019) 27. dgoHn - Lost and Found (Astrophonica)(2019) 28. Etch - Yo Yo Riddim (Bun The Grid)(2016)
Broadcast Live on www.jungletrain.net 12-2pm GMT Sunday 24 May 2020 1. Juxt - (un)loved (Forthcoming) 2. J Majik - My Love (Infra Red, Forthcoming Album, Always Be)(2020) 3. Decibella - Be True (AKO)(2020) 4. Sully - Run (Uncertain Hour)(2019) 5. Ms Dos - Delta (Spandangle Selections)(2019) 6. Run Tings & Liftin Spirits - Come Easy (Suburban Base)(1995) 7. DJ Enfusion - Sudden - Innerscience 001 (2020) 8. Unknown Soldier - Crack Bottle (Haters Inc)(2019) 9. Tessela - Hackney Parrot (Special Request VIP)(Houndstooth)(2013) 10. Mahakala - Tomahawk VIP (2020) 11. Aeon Four - Wither (Straight Up Breakbeat)(2019) 12. Enjoy - Sincere Whispering (AKO Arcade)(2019) 13. Harmony - When You Hold Me (Deep Jungle)(2020) 14. Pulse - New York (Creative Wax)(2019) 15. Steve C & Monita - Brighter Tomorrow (Skeleton)(2019) 16. Machinedrum - Rise n Fall (dBridge remix)(Ninja Tune)(2014) 17. Steve C & Monita - Razors Re-Lick (Skeleton)(2019) 18. Optimystic - Stakes Out (Forthcoming) 19. Kid Lib - Dolphin Scanner (Fresh86)(2018) 20. Creep Woland - Medieval Draw (Astral Black)(2020) 21. KeeZee - Beyond The Atmosphere (Broken Beats)(2016) 22. Marcus Intalex - Universe (Metalheadz)(2001) 23. Marcus Intalex & SPY - Celestial Navigation (Soul:R)(2011) 24. Dub One - Combination Style (AKO Beatz)(2019) 25. DJ Crystl - Warpdrive Remix (Dee Jay)(1993) 26. Section X Flashback - The Return (Locked Up)(2019) 27. dgoHn - Lost and Found (Astrophonica)(2019) 28. Etch - Yo Yo Riddim (Bun The Grid)(2016)
Broadcast Live on https://www.facebook.com/dissonancebristol for Dissonance' first livestream event, on Friday 22nd May 2020. The line-up was: 20:00-21:00 R-Hawk 21:00-22:30 ADM 22:30-00:00 Endo 1. DJ Ruffkutt - Heavyweight Vol 2 AA (Heavyweight)(1994) 2. Dead Man's Chest - Haunted Dub (DMC & Jossimar's Ruffneck Version)(Western Lore)(2019) 3. Justice & Metro - The Hump (Coco Bryce Remix)(Modern Urban Jazz)(2019) 4. Dust-e-1 - Rims (Collect-Call)(2018) 5. Sonar Circle - In Deep (Reinforced)(2000) 6. Soul Control - Dillinja (V)(1998) 7. J Majik - Velocity (Taken from Forthcoming album, Always Be)(2020) 8. Tim Reaper - Sounds of Life (Bustle Beats)(2015) 9. Dwarde & Tim Reaper - Mini Cheddars (Dalston Chillies)(2020) 10. Dub & Wheel - Nuh Watch (Cool n Easy)(2015) 11. GY96 - Let You Walk Away (Omertà)(2020) 12. Harmony - Cali Sound (Deep Jungle)(2020) 13. Double O - Hunterman (117)(2013) 14. Creep Woland - Imposter Syndrome (Astral Black)(2020) 15. Jonny L - Common Origin (XL)(1997) 16. Kid Drama - Shutter ft Consequence (Exit)(2016) 17. Photek - Ni Ten Ichi Ryu (Science)(1997) 18. Soundbwoy Killah - Oh Baby (Warehouse Rave)(2018)
Broadcast Live on https://www.facebook.com/dissonancebristol for Dissonance' first livestream event, on Friday 22nd May 2020. The line-up was: 20:00-21:00 R-Hawk 21:00-22:30 ADM 22:30-00:00 Endo 1. DJ Ruffkutt - Heavyweight Vol 2 AA (Heavyweight)(1994) 2. Dead Man’s Chest - Haunted Dub (DMC & Jossimar’s Ruffneck Version)(Western Lore)(2019) 3. Justice & Metro - The Hump (Coco Bryce Remix)(Modern Urban Jazz)(2019) 4. Dust-e-1 - Rims (Collect-Call)(2018) 5. Sonar Circle - In Deep (Reinforced)(2000) 6. Soul Control - Dillinja (V)(1998) 7. J Majik - Velocity (Taken from Forthcoming album, Always Be)(2020) 8. Tim Reaper - Sounds of Life (Bustle Beats)(2015) 9. Dwarde & Tim Reaper - Mini Cheddars (Dalston Chillies)(2020) 10. Dub & Wheel - Nuh Watch (Cool n Easy)(2015) 11. GY96 - Let You Walk Away (Omertà)(2020) 12. Harmony - Cali Sound (Deep Jungle)(2020) 13. Double O - Hunterman (117)(2013) 14. Creep Woland - Imposter Syndrome (Astral Black)(2020) 15. Jonny L - Common Origin (XL)(1997) 16. Kid Drama - Shutter ft Consequence (Exit)(2016) 17. Photek - Ni Ten Ichi Ryu (Science)(1997) 18. Soundbwoy Killah - Oh Baby (Warehouse Rave)(2018)
Broadcast Live on https://www.facebook.com/dissonancebristol for Dissonance' first livestream event, on Friday 22nd May 2020. The line-up was: 20:00-21:00 R-Hawk 21:00-22:30 ADM 22:30-00:00 Endo 1. DJ Ruffkutt - Heavyweight Vol 2 AA (Heavyweight)(1994) 2. Dead Man’s Chest - Haunted Dub (DMC & Jossimar’s Ruffneck Version)(Western Lore)(2019) 3. Justice & Metro - The Hump (Coco Bryce Remix)(Modern Urban Jazz)(2019) 4. Dust-e-1 - Rims (Collect-Call)(2018) 5. Sonar Circle - In Deep (Reinforced)(2000) 6. Soul Control - Dillinja (V)(1998) 7. J Majik - Velocity (Taken from Forthcoming album, Always Be)(2020) 8. Tim Reaper - Sounds of Life (Bustle Beats)(2015) 9. Dwarde & Tim Reaper - Mini Cheddars (Dalston Chillies)(2020) 10. Dub & Wheel - Nuh Watch (Cool n Easy)(2015) 11. GY96 - Let You Walk Away (Omertà)(2020) 12. Harmony - Cali Sound (Deep Jungle)(2020) 13. Double O - Hunterman (117)(2013) 14. Creep Woland - Imposter Syndrome (Astral Black)(2020) 15. Jonny L - Common Origin (XL)(1997) 16. Kid Drama - Shutter ft Consequence (Exit)(2016) 17. Photek - Ni Ten Ichi Ryu (Science)(1997) 18. Soundbwoy Killah - Oh Baby (Warehouse Rave)(2018)
Mark and Nic pick the 7th t” from each others record collection and talk about those albums. They also discuss what’s been going on in the last week/month, online web series, and Dave Montanye calls in to talk about the new Deviant Monday album. Music in this episode: Deviant Monday- Sateen Dura Luxe Deviant Monday- … Continue reading A.B.T.: Always Be Trollin’ →
"We're Never Be Famous" Podcast about stupid, fun - funny shit for you to listen to as you get away from the regular BS circulating your social media and news. Never take life seriously. Always "Be.Orginal."
R4R 32: Debuting Rule 1: Always Be on OffenseTim and Dave show how the new Catholic, new conservative plan must be to be on offense and how to implement this against evil globalists. PRE-ORDER "RULES FOR RETROGRADES, 40 Tactics to Defeat the Radical Left" here: ON Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Rules-Retrogrades-Tactics-Defeat-Radical/dp/1505115930/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=rules+for+retrogrades&qid=1580355947&sr=8-1On TAN: https://www.tanbooks.com/rules-for-retrogrades-forty-tactics-to-defeat-the-radical-left.htmlBUY RULES FOR RETROGRADES MERCH (mugs, shirts, stickers!) HERE:https://teespring.com/stores/rules-for-retrogradesAbout RULES for RETROGRADES:After almost three generations of radical popular culture, the fallow ground is now fertile for the cultivation—the re-flowering—of Christian culture. The West is now ready for the RETROGRADE programme of recovery. Please support TIMOTHY on Patreon:https://www.patreon.com/TimothyJohnGordonPlease support DAVE on Patreon:https://www.patreon.com/gordontheologyPlease follow us on Twitter:Tim: @TimotheeologyDave: @DavidRobertGor1CRUSADE CHANNEL RETROGRADES:Like our free show here on YouTube? Subscribe to Mike Church’s Crusade Channel for an exclusive 30 min R4R radio show 2x/week! Please click:https://t.co/poeh1ixaf0?ssr=true to subscribe!
Have you ever been a house band? If so, or if not, what does that concept mean to you? Listen as Paul and Dave talk through the whole idea of what a house band could be, and how different folks are iterating on that idea. What can you adopt from the house band concept for your shows? But first, none of these gigs happen without learning the songs first. Paul grills Dave on the process of prepping for his gigs using this past week's Mad Haus as a guide. But don't worry, these are universal lessons that Dave, Paul, and even you can apply to any gig for which you don't already know the tunes. That, plus a couple of geeky gear items as Cool Stuff Found make up this week's show. Enjoy... and always be performing! 00:00:00 Gig Gab 237- Wednesday, December 18, 2019 00:01:17 Feedback@GigGabPodcast.com 00:01:38 JH Audio Jodi-Vac 00:04:14 JH Audio Ambient FR Jerry Harvey on Gig Gab 00:07:16 SPONSOR: Circle Home Plus makes it easy to take childhood offline when needed, so they can focus on homework, chores, or bedtime. 00:09:00 Mad Haus Background 00:16:47 Mad Haus Prep Get specific rehearsal tracks (everyone on same page) Background listening for days, making loose notes as things come up, but generally just grokking Sit down with script and listen intentionally to each song, pausing, making notes Who starts the tune? How fast? What’s the feel (what does it remind you of instantly)? Mark cuts based upon lyrics. Describe end (or leave question mark for rehearsal/discussion) 00:24:34 Mad Haus Performance It’s all about trust and communication 00:29:05 Paul-How does a House Band work? House bands for open mic Bluegrass night Blues Jam (or other Jam) Live Band Karaoke The Wheel of Awesome 00:44:29 Always Be a House Band 00:48:18 Gig Gab 237 Outtro
Asian-American writer Jenny Zhang, author of « Sour Heart », is Kiffe ta race special guest for our first full english episode. How does it feel to be perceived as part of a minority in France and the US ? How are « hyphenated identities » dealt with in both countries ? Why is it so hard for French people to deal with race issues ? What does Jenny Zhang think of French « universalism » and « colorblindness » ? All three discuss these among other topics, such as the segregation of spaces (inner-city vs suburbs) in the US, « political correctness » or the « bamboo ceiling ».REFERENCES« Sour Heart » or « Âpre Coeur » in french (Jenny Zhang, 2019), Ali Wong’s Netflix Special « Hard Knock Wife », Crazy Rich Asians (Jon M. Chu, 2018), Crazy Rich Asians (Kevin Kwan, 2013), To All The Boys I Loved (Susan Johnson, 2018), Always Be my Baby (Nahnatchka Khan, 2019) starring Ali Wong and Randall Park, Jenny Zhang’s Instagram @jennybagel.CREDITS Kiffe ta race is a Binge Audio podcast hosted by Rokhaya Diallo and Grace Ly, edited by Quentin Bresson and Camille Regache, music by Shkyd, produced by Joël Ronez, David Carzon and Gabrielle Boeri-Charles. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
Sleepy Time Tales Podcast – Creating a restful mindset through relaxing bedtime stories
Always Be my Maybe will absolutely not bore you to sleep. But maybe my review and waffling will help you get some rest. Story 16:30 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iHBcWHY9lN4 Support this podcast Patreon I’m running a couple of time limited bonuses here. Up till the end of November all new $5 patrons will receive a postcard in the mail. So, if something touristy from Africa sounds appealing, sign up. Also, if the Patreon reaches $50 a month by the end of the November I will do a video episode! The video will be for Patrons, but audio will be released as a bonus for all subscribers later. Find it at patreon.com/sleepytimetales Audible partnership Treat yourself to a free audiobook to keep from Audible’s significant range, and help Sleepy Time Tales to keep the lights on and grow. Go to Audibletrial/sleepytime and sign up for a free 30-day trial. And please, let me know if you sign up so I can thank you on the show. Please Share If you’re enjoying the show, and finding it helps you sleep despite the stresses and strains of your life, the absolute best thing you can do is share it with your friends, families, acquaintances, cellmates etc. Anyone who needs a good night’s sleep might benefit. So please share it with the people in your life, whether in person or on social media. $5 Patrons Ali Fuller Jess Find The Show Website: Sleepy Time Tales Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/sleepytimetales Twitter: Sleepy Time Tales Podcast Facebook: Sleepy Time Tales Podcast YouTube: Sleepy Time Tales Music: http://loyaltyfreakmusic.com/ Music Patreon: https://tinyurl.com/loyaltyfreak
Listen to Stevie Dawn Carter, CEO of Always Be the Shark, talk about how to improve productivity in the workplace.
25: Tonight I reflect upon my social interactions of days gone by and how in the past, I tended to end up in the company of energy zapping people aka psychic vampires. Then I talk about how moving forward I hope to make more balanced, positive, nourishing friends. Original song by me - You’ll Always Be
During this episode, we speak with Ryan Schram, a leader in digital and influencer marketing and the Chief Operating Officer at IZEA Worldwide. Ryan speaks about the unique journey he and his colleagues took to disrupt an industry, form a new category and rise to the top. We discuss the celebrity influencers of today, the emerging role of the nano-influencer, as well as potential influencers of the future like artificial intelligence. Ryan highlights his ‘Top Three’ advisors and speaks about what it was like to grow up in a house that is filled with marketing and media juggernauts, what it’s like to work for, and partner with an industry visionary, and shares how spousal choice is critical for leaders beyond balancing work and home. And throughout the episode, Ryan shares several pieces of advice with the audience, including some of his most fundamental advice that was passed along at an early age from a Mad Men-esque character – Always Be Fabulous. About Ryan Schram As Chief Operating Officer, Ryan Schram provides day-to-day leadership and managerial oversight for IZEA – championing the needs of its team members, clients, partners, and creators around the world. Placing company culture and creativity at the center of his approach, Mr. Schram is responsible for the IZEA’s overall operational environment, including the Company’s client development, business development, marketing communications, human capital, and creator ecosystem organizations. He also leads the Company’s corporate business development growth strategy domestically and abroad. Schram was appointed to IZEA’s Board of Directors in November 2012. Nearing two decades of experience in the consumer marketing and technology space, Ryan has an established track record of driving growth, efficiency and profitability for leading- edge companies. In addition to his responsibilities at IZEA, Schram has been actively involved as a board member, advisor, and mentor in leading marketing technology companies, including TechStars Mobility, StageLeap, ProfitStreams, and Stratos. Prior to joining IZEA in September 2011 as the Company’s first-ever Chief Marketing Officer, Ryan served as Group Vice President at ePrize (now HelloWorld), the prominent digital engagement agency that was acquired by private equity firm Catteron Partners in August 2012. Previous to ePrize, Ryan held a variety of leadership positions at CBS/Westwood One and Clear Channel Media + Entertainment (now iHeartMedia). His work has been regularly featured in the Wall Street Journal, Fast Company, Entrepreneur, AdAge, and ADWEEK. A proud Spartan, Ryan is a graduate of the Eli Broad College of Business at Michigan State University (B.A., Management). Show Highlights Segment 1: Introduction 1:25 The Connecting World – a story built on data in a world built on humans. 3:59 The journey of a “self-aware nerd” through integrated marketing, sales enablement, and executive leadership. (iHeartRadio. HelloWorld. IZEA (NASDAQ: IZEA).) Segment 2: Brave Leadership & the “Top Three” 6:46 Ryan’s “Top Three”: Bill Burton – The professional product mover. Always “Be fabulous.” (Don Draper – Mad Men.) 16:14 Ryan’s “Top Three”: Ted Murphy – “The most dangerous man in the room” – a leader in the creator economy. 23:04 Challenging each other is central to any professional dynamic. 25:30 Ryan’s “Top Three”: Steve Schram – Hold yourself accountable for maximizing the gifts that you have. 32:51 Ryan’s “Top Three”: Jamie Schram – Being a business pair. 37:18 Hiring in the ‘shoulders up’ economy. Part 3: Industry Disruption & Transformation 41:11 “Always about the content, not the clutter.” 43:00 The roles of the macro influencers (celebrities & athletes) and the micro/nano influencers. 49:20 Bots and artificial intelligence as influencers. Part 5: Wrapping up 51:26 IZEA’s journey to going public. 54:30 Advice on going public (and beyond): “Be curious, be brave enough to realize that it’s like getting a graduate degree every 1-2 quarters in something totally different.” 59:02 “Don’t confuse your title for your importance and the value you can bring to the team members you serve.” (Servant Leadership). 1:00:51 “Failure is one of life’s great gifts.” – Ted Murphy 1:02:06 Follow IZEA and Ryan! (IZEAx 3.0. Influencer Insights.) Additional Information Contact Ryan: Ryan’s LinkedIn Ryan’s Twitter Contact IZEA IZEA’s Twitter IZEA’s Instagram IZEA’s LinkedIn Contact Gregg Garrett: Gregg’s LinkedIn Gregg’s Twitter Gregg’s Bio Contact CGS Advisors: Website LinkedIn Twitter
This morning's teaching comes from the book of Romans 1:1 - 5. We are starting a new series. It is called: N - New E - Evidence W - We S - See This morning's Sermon Points are as follows: 1.) The Gospel = GOOD NEWS A.) euaggélion - GOOD NEWS (NOUN) euaggelízō - ANNOUNCE GOOD NEWS (VERB) 2.) We may not ALL be called to the title but we ALL are CALLED to THE TASK A.) TITLE vs TASK Apostle - Sent ONEs with GOd's GOOD NEWS Prophet - Forth-Tellers of GOD'S GOOD NEWS Evangelist - ProclaimErs Of GOD'S Good News Pastor - SHEPHERDS/Overseers Of God's FLOCKS Teacher - INSTRUCTORS of GOD'S GOOD NEWS Ephesians 4:11 3.) The Gospel = GOOD NEWS A.) The Gospel also meant a reward for good news B.) The Gospel also meant an offering FOR good news 4.) OTHER GOSPELS? A.) BACK THEN Gospel of Augustus B.) PAX ROMANA (ROMAN PEACE) C.) The birthday of the god [Augustus] has been for the whole world the beginning of the gospel (euangelion) concerning him. - PRIENE CALENDAR INSCRIPTION 5.) There were OTHER GOSPELS in their Context There are OTHER GOSPELS in our context 6.) Genitive "CASE" NOUNS: Expresses the RELATIONSHIP between NOUNS most commonly used for showing possession or close association A.) The Gospel... - Of God - Of Jesus CHrist - OF matthew, mark, luke, johN, Paul... and YOU B.) The Gospel... - Of God (THE GIVER OF THE GOSPEL) - Of Jesus CHrist (THE SUBJECT OF THE GOSPEL) - Of Matthew, Mark, Luke, John, Paul... and YOU (The HUMAN PROCLAIMERS OF THE GOSPEL) 7.) How do we know when we are hearing the GOSPEL OF GOD? There MUST BE ... A.) N - Necessary E - Evidence W - We S - see B.) If the GOSPEL/Good News is based on YOUR circumstances, surroundings, or situations... it CANNOT be the Gospel/GOOD NEWS of GOD because it can CHANGE C.) If the Gospel/Good News is based on SOMEONE or something OTHER THAN CHRIST ... then it CANNOT be the Gospel/GOOD NEWS of GOD because it can CHANGE 8.) The GOSPEL/Good news of God must ALWAYS BE good News because God cannot change (Numbers 23:19, Hebrews 13:8, James 1:17) 9.) If the Gospel/Good News is only for a specific people group (excluding "Believers")... then it CANNOT BE The Gospel/ GOOD NEWS of GOD because GOD IS NOT PARTIAL (Acts 10:34) 10.) Even the "BAD NEWS" is GOSPEL/GOOD NEWS This weeks Rock Responses: ROCK RESPONSE #1 Proclaiming the gospel IS Proof that I believe in the Gospel. ROCK RESPONSE #2 The only Gospel that is Truly good News is the Gospel of God. ROCK RESPONSE #3 The Gospel OF GOD is more than just ETERNAL LIFE...it is LIFE! RV: Romans 1:1 - 5 (NASB) Ephesians 4:11 - 12 (NASB) Mark 1:1 (NASB) Numbers 23:19 Hebrews 13:8 (NASB) James 1:17 (NASB) Acts 10:34 (NASB) Todays teaching was brought through Rashad Cunningham.
He calls himself a "certified weirdo", and while, yes, that might be true, Chris Janson is also, without a doubt, a certified musical genius: at age NINE he learned to play music in less than a week... and he's been doing it ever since. He's written some pretty huge songs, too, including "I Love This Life" for Locash and "How I'll Always Be" for Tim McGraw...as well as "Buy Me a Boat" and "Drunk Girl" (among others) for himself. He's one of the youngest members of the Grand Ol' Opry ever...and his career is, really, just getting started. Hear the method to his madness, and the madness to his method, on this month's Write You a Song See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
My stand has no weakness. Today we talk about celebrating a birthday, Keanu Reeves being a bro, a kid screaming about 15$, the 1000$ Apple Stand, getting canceled, introducing the Chicago Minute, Always Be my Maybe, and Assassin's Creed Odyssey. TV is canceled.
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GameEnthus Podcast ep378: Kingdom Cloud or Invitational This week Brad (@Bgamer90) joins Mike (@AssaultSuit), Tiny (@Tiny415) and Aaron (@Ind1fference) to talk about: RetroMags, Sega Master System Visual Compendium, Fine Art Jigsaws, Aladdin, John Wick Chapter 3, Black Mirror 3, Always Be my Maybe, Kamp Koral, Spongebob Squarepants Battle for Bikini Bottom, Uncharted, Tom Holland, ThyGeekdomCon, See You Yesterday, Team Sonic Racing, Rocket League, Tetris Effect, Yoshi's Crafted World, AstroBot, Burnout Paradise Remastered, Rage 2, Castlevania Collection, Castlevania 64, Castlevania The Adventure, Shards of Infinity, AKANE, Blazing Beaks, Super Blood Hockey, Void Bastards, Slay the Spire, Tempurrra, Effie, Dungeon Mayhem, Perchang, Mystic Vale, Gato Robato, Team Sonic Racing Verlet Swing, Kao the Kangaroo, Speakeasy, PS4 SharePlay, Ouya, Final Fantasy X (Switch), Pokémon Utlra Moon (3DS), Shakedown Hawaii (Switch), South Park: tFbW DLC (X1), Castlevania Collection (Switch), Stadia, Hyperkin Ultra Retron and more. If you like the show please leave us an itunes, Google, Youtube or Stitcher review, a tweet, an email or a voicemail (202-573-7686). Show Length: 166 minutes Direct Download(right click to download) Show Links Follow Brad (@Bgamer90) Brad's Youtube Channel $25 3rd Party Switch Pro Controller Team GameEnthus on Extra Life Show Music Common - The Sixth Sense instrumental Q-tip - Let's Ride instrumental The Roots - Distortion to Static instrumental Blackstar - Thieves in the Night instrumental Breaks Intros and Anecdotes 2m 7sec Games We Played 48m 7sec E3 Predictions/Expectations 1h 55min Wrap Up/Outro 2h 38min New videos GameEnthus.com Youtube.com/user/GameEnthus Community Info Major Linux and Crew's Notcho Podcast Kiaun's Show The Analog Circle Podcast Gary and Dan's Show TheGamesMenRPG Open Forum Radio SingleSimulcast
Woah! This week, Gavin and Louie take an Excellent Adventure down through the film career of Keanu Reeves, take a trip to the River's Edge, through the Matrix, to the John Wicks and find out why he'll Always Be our Maybe. If you have any questions/comments/suggestions for the show, follow us on twitter @TheMixedReviews, like us on Facebook, or e-mail us at reviewsmixed@gmail.com Don't forget to subscribe to us on iTunes, Stitcher Radio, or Google Play Music.
Chuck Edwards - "Downtown Soulville" - 45 Music behind DJ: Plas Johnson - "The Loop" - 45 The Hollywood Flames - "Strollin' on the Beach" - 45 Lavern Baker - "Don Juan" - 45 Ray Agee - "Love Bug" - 45 Master Keys - "Tears" - 45 The Grandisons - "All Right" - 45 Music behind DJ: The Nite Caps - "Haunted Sax" - 45 Johnny Sayles - "My Love's a Monster" - 45 Shirley Lawson - "So Much to Me" - 45 The Crescents - "Come Back Baby" - 45 Cody Black - "I Am Particular" - 45 Sidney Barnes - "You'll Always Be in Style" - 45 Music behind DJ: The George Clinton Orchestra - "Baby I Owe You Something" - 45 The Debonaires - "Eenie, Meenie, Gypsaleenie" - 45 The Debonaires - "C.O.D. (Collect on Delivery)" - 45 The Debonaires - "Please Don't Say We're Through" - 45 The Debonaires - "Headache in My Heart" - 45 Pat Lewis - "Look at What I Almost Missed" - 45 The Parliaments - "That Was My Girl" - 45 Pat Lewis - "Warning" - 45 Johnny Goode - "Payback" - 45 Music behind DJ: The Soul Machine - "Bag of Goodies" - 45 Sidney Barnes - "The Ember Song" - 45 https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/82207
Cutting Through the Matrix with Alan Watt Podcast (.xml Format)
--{ "See Child Peter Picked, Groomed, then Off Flying Up Through Power Levels Without Hardly Even Trying A Secret Weapon of Bankers and the United Nations, Destroying where Tyrants Failed, Using Mass Migrations." © Alan Watt }-- Cold, Allergies, Heavy Aerial Spraying - Geoengineering - Symbol of the Pyramid - Gramsci, How to Destroy Everything that was Normal in Western Civilization - Madame Blavatsky, World Helpers, Feminism - Fabian Society Board, How to Destroy the Family Unit - We're Owned - Those in Charge of Money will Always Be in Charge of Governments - Fraudulent Banking System - Ancient Techniques of Controlling People - Aldous Huxley, Mike Wallace Interview - Clubs, Cartels, International Corporations - European Union, Common Purpose, Pick and Train Future Leaders who are Often Selected Before They're Teenagers - Globalization - Money is a Great Persuader for Most People - Psychopaths - Silent Weapons for Quiet Wars - Thermal Weaponry for Crowd Control - J. Ellul, Must Indoctrinate Children Very Early - The Diggers - Everything is Funded by the Taxpayer - There's No Such Thing as Democracy - Pre-WWII Germany, Living Space, Living with Nature - Genetically Modified Food - Foundations - Groups are Told What to Protest Against - Frankenfood - Canada's Crown Land - United Nations - EU Parliament - Nudge Units; Behavioural Insights Team - Maurice Strong Groomed by Rockefeller - Electric Cars, Agenda 21, No Private Vehicles - Don't Get Caught Up in the Emotive Topics Given to You - Peter Sutherland was U.N. Special Representative for International Migration, Chairman of Goldman-Sachs, Director General of World Trade Organization, EU Commissioner, Bilderberg, Trilateral - RIIA, CFR - Carroll Quigley said Leaders from All Parties were Picked - Erasmus - GATT - Sutherland Credited with Being Father of Globalization - Sutherland Promoted Establishment of the Global Forum on Migration and Development - Multiculturalism - Global Forum on Migration and Development - You'll Never Know What's Really Happening on the Large Scale that Affects Your Life - Aldous Huxley, You are Persuaded to Accept Things that Perhaps You Shouldn't - BIT, Behavioural Insights Team - E. Bernays on the Manipulation of the Masses. *Title and Dialogue Copyrighted Alan Watt - Oct. 21, 2018 (Exempting Music and Literary Quotes)
Joe and Jimmy are hanging out in the cigar shop talking about how to best prepare to lead a group of people in "devotions." Christians are often asked to lead a group in a "devotional," meaning, share something good from the word of God for those in attendance. But how can we do it well? The guys offer five pieces of advice to lead a group in better devotionals. And the guys introduce the Doctrine and Devotion "RANSOM" Bible Study Method. You can expect more on that in the future. Plus, why do fit people stretch so much in public, and why do people steal material from famous, current preachers? Five Principles to Help You Prepare and Lead a Devotional Talk 1. Always Be in the Word 2. Distill the Main idea 3. Address Points of Application (to your life, and then to others) 4. Keep it Brief 5. Be Confident and Don't Apologize
program Fred's Country 2018 w # 31: Today's Best & your All Time Favorites From the US, Texas & Canada 1st for Canadian Country in Europe Part 1: - Randy Travis, There'll Always Be a Honky Tonk Somewhere – Storms of Life – 1986/Warner Bros - Trevor Panczak, Cheap Shades - Where I Go to Come Back – 2017/TP - Emerson Drive, The Road - S – 2017/Big Star - Jason Allen, Smooth Talkin' Lady - Here's To You – 2017/Smith - Deryl Dodd, That's How I Got To Memphis – One Ride in Vegas – 1996/Columbia Part 2: - Aaron Halliday, Don't Feel Like Dancin' Tonight – This Ain't Just Another Road – 2018/AH - Mark Chesnutt, Oughta Miss Me by Now - Tradition Lives – 2015/Row - Bobby Wills, That's Why I Pray – Crazy Enough – 2014/Willin' Entertainment-MDM - James Lann, I'm From The Country – Ford – 2007/Ari-Tex Part 3: - Randall King, Her Miss Me Days Are Gone – Randall King - 2018/RKM Evreux * - Dustin Sonnier, Drinkin' Alone – S – 2018/DSM - Kenna Danielle, I-35 Reasons – Like a Tumbleweed - 2017/KDM - Buck Ford, I Just Want My Baby Back – Where I Wanna Be – 2016/BFM Equiblues * - Michael Peterson, The Most Beautiful Girl – Drink, Swear & Steal & Lie – 2018/37 Records Equiblues * Part 4: - Donny Lee, Country way of Life – Who I Am – 2017/DLM - Luke Bryan, Most People Are Good – What Makes You Country – 2017/Capitol - Curtis Grimes, Put My Money on That - Undeniably Country – 2016/Lonely River - Kevin Fowler, Beach Please – S – 2018/KFR - George Strait, Carrying Your Love with Me – Carrying Your Love with Me – 1997/MCA * Equiblues & Rodeo Festival >>> www.equiblues.com * Evreux >>> www.festival-country-evreux.fr
Right off the bat, Bill and I had a ton of stuff to talk about and covered many bases in this podcast. Bill is a master salesman who set record sales at several of the jobs he held. Now, he works for a Fortune 6 company and develops his team both personally and professionally. Bill and I reconnected when I came across a LinkedIn article he wrote; his first LinkedIn article to be exact. I felt like it was written by a veteran in the industry and left inspired and reflecting about his message and how I could apply it to myself. Together, Bill and I talked about everything from behaviors and their role in wealth and success, how to nail a job interview, what should be on your resume, the role our wives play in our success, how being openminded leads to opportunities and career advancement, and more. Bill also explains his mantra, "Always Be of Service" and how that has helped him succeed in his career and develop as a leader. If you aren't on LinkedIn, you can connect with Bill at BillSicheneder@yahoo.com.
Amorphic brought some groovy jams to the KCSU airwaves to with songs like “Rain,” “Valley,” and “Always Be,”during their on air live performance. Their music encompasses a wide range of genres including psychedelia, funk, fusion, and rock. The post KCSU Music: Live In-Studio With Amorphic appeared first on KCSU FM.
1. Jay FM – Come [Silk Music] [00:00] 2. Dan Sieg – Submood [Mango Alley] [4:18] 3. David Hohme – Soft Landing (Jody Wisternoff & James Grant Remix) [Anjunadeep] [11:45] Silk Selection: 4. Elypsis & Arielle Maren – Always Be … Continue reading →
Steve Cooper talks with singer/songwriter Jeffrey Gaines. Jeffrey's self-titled 1992 debut drew critical praise from far and wide, and put him on the musical map as an introspective folk-rock artist. The hookier, more rock-oriented Somewhat Slightly Dazed followed in 1994 and marked the end of his tenure with Chrysalis. In 1998 he returned with Galore, this time via the Rykodisc label. Always Be, released in 2001, contained a stripped-down cover of Peter Gabriel's 1986 hit In Your Eyes, a longtime staple of his concerts and a song he'd become associated with by many fans. Later that same year he was invited by producer Nile Rodgers to sing on the album We Are Family, which benefited victims of the 9/11 attacks in New York. Still riding some of the success of the In Your Eyes single, He paired up with producer Mitchell Froom to record 2003's Toward the Sun, his second release for Artemis Records. Throughout the next decade, he focused largely on touring both in the U.S. and Europe, releasing the acoustic Jeffrey Gaines Live in 2004 followed in 2012 by Live in Europe, which was captured during a tour supporting Joe Jackson. In 2018, 15 years after his last studio effort, he returned with his sixth album, Alright.
Episode 18: Always Be on Offense... And remind someone important to you that you love them. I'm this episode, we talk about making bad decisions, always being on offense, knocking people off their pedestals and loving your close friends. Listen Up!
1:30 Trooper Report 3:30 Story of the Week 8:15 "Always Be a Student" Chapter from Ego is the Enemy"
Bryce Jurgensmeier and Skyler Brunner answer that question to help you get your next video to go viral. G E T L I V E A L E R T S: thebusinessofvideopodcast.com WHY SHOULD YOU STRIVE TO GO VIRAL? Going viral can really do a lot of good for you, but do not get caught up in it. Going viral is a means to an end. Virality can reach the masses faster. Virality keeps going even after your marketing budget is spent! You are getting a major word of mouth traffic for good leads. AT WHAT POINT DO YOU KNOW WHEN YOUR VIDEO HAS GONE VIRAL? When your video goes BEYOND your normal reach. You are getting views and shares from people not part of your following. The more shares the more indication that your video is going viral because you can buy likes, but you cannot buy shares. It has to be about what people are sharing. For your video to go viral, make sure it is RELEVANT! HOW DO YOU CONSTRUCT A VIRAL VIDEO? Do research on the videos that are going viral and reverse engineer the video on how it went viral. There are 6 principles to follow when trying to construct a viral video. Platform Specific Authentic Relevant Emotion Newness & Wowness Factor Timely Do not plan a reaction to parts of your video because the audience will know, be true to your brand because they will see through it. You DO NOT want the viewer saying, "Wow that was a great video!" You WANT them saying, "Wow!! I have to share this with Johnny and Karen!" Find what the conversation is online and throw it in there. ALWAYS BE 100% HONEST! Honest about who you are and be honest with your viewers.
(This was originally posted on the Hubspot Sales Blog.) Closing the big deal. Every salesperson wants to do it, but few pull it off. That’s not because it can’t be done -- but because salespeople haven’t had the right process to follow. Until now. If closing a seven- or eight-figure deal seems like an impossible feat, then you are in luck. In a recent episode, I spoke with Gabe Larsen, VP of InsideSales Labs. Gabe has 12-plus years of revenue-generating experience and is famous for closing a $10 million deal in Saudi Arabia in his mid-twenties. This article breaks down Gabe’s process for closing big deals in five simple (but not easy!) steps any salesperson can follow. 1) Start Small & Earn the Right to Transform Their Business Very rarely will you start talking a net-new customer and drive a massive deal like this. It takes a lot of trust and hard work. Think of it as a three-phase process. First, solve the immediate problem at hand: This means that you are maintaining focus on providing value to the prospect rather than the deal size. Second, establish ROI: Highlight both qualitative and quantitative results. Your persistence to show this should be so clear that their entire company knows how great of a job you’ve done. Third, transform their entire business: Once you’ve established trust and credibility, you can identify the game-changing opportunities. 2) Lean On Your Entire Team According to Gabe, “anytime you close big deals, it has to be a team effort.” Many former athletes turn to sales to channel their competitive nature once they hang up their jersey. Just like your former football team, selling is a team sport, and everyone has a role in winning the championship. This includes Sales Ops, Marketing, Product, Sales Engineering, and the C-suite. It’s critical your team is on the same page when you meet with the client. As an AE, you are the quarterback of the deal, but if your marketing team doesn’t know which route to run, you’ll never drive the type of results management expects. 3) Always Be the Expert in the Room If you follow #2, you should have full support from your team. Despite this, you need to stay the expert in the room. This means that, to stick with the football analogy, you are the quarterback who leads your team and the customer in the right direction -- in every meeting, call, and email exchange. Gabe says, “Nobody is going to do it for you. You have to do it yourself.” As an example, he spends three hours every night from 10 p.m. to 1 a.m. reading and studying to better understand his customers and their world so he can be more consultative. 4) Control Value Perception Regardless of your prospect’s size, sticker shock is always a concern. Luckily, there are tried-and-true techniques to control the perception. Take Gabe -- he proposed a three-year deal at $3.4 million per year, which is easier to swallow than one $10 million chunk. The value is the same, but the perception is what matters. To nail this piece, understand the company’s logistics as early in the sales process as possible. You need to know how purchases are made, who is the actual “check-signer,” and their preferred billing method, among other details. 5) Have Patience As Guns N’ Roses would say, “All we need is a little patience.” Rome wasn’t built in a day, and neither was Gabe’s $10 million deal. In fact, his deal took four-plus years from the inception of the first purchase to the close of the final deal. There will be ups and downs, but staying even keeled will be vital if you want to close. This includes keeping your support team focused on the long game as well. One helpful tip to maintain focus during the long sales journey is to track incremental wins along the way. Each new milestone gets you one step closer to that final signature on the contract. As an old boss of mine used to say, “How do you eat an elephant? One bit at a time.” The Cheat Sheet If you’re struggling to close the big deal that you’r...
Always Be... 时常..... Always be understanding to your enemies, 时常去尝试理解你的敌人， Loyal to your friends. 并忠实于你的朋友。 Always be strong enough to face the world each day, 时常坚强地面对这个世界的每一天， Weak enough to know that you cannot do everything alone. 并虚心地告诉自己一个人的力量是有限的。 Always be generous to those who need your help, 时常慷慨地对待那些需要帮助的人们， Frugal with that you need yourself. 并自我处处节俭。 Always be wise enough to know that you do not know everything, 时常明智地提醒自己并非知晓一切， Foolish enough to believe in miracles. 并可爱的相信奇迹的出现。 Always be willing to share your joys, 时常乐意去分享你的欢乐， Willing to share the sorrows of others. 并乐意去和他人分享你的悲伤。 Always be a leader when you see a path that othe...
A Conversation with Bryan Eisenberg, Keynote Speaker New York Times Best Selling Author and co-founder of Buyer Legends Bryan Eisenberg is the co-founder of BuyerLegends. He is the co-author of the Wall Street Journal, Business Week, USA Today and New York Times bestselling books “Call to Action”, “Waiting For Your Cat to Bark?”, “Always Be […] The post How to use Customer Centricity to Dominate Retail appeared first on Custom Ecommerce Web Development.
Biologist Lynn Margulis gave us a new way to look at life—and perhaps, a new way to live it. She showed life doesn't evolve just through random DNA mistakes and competition. Instead, interdependence is the key. Cells are the baseline—not "selfish" genes. Loops and new relationships replace linear branches of life. Nothing is an individual: everything is a community. Every living thing is conscious of its surroundings. Evolution geographer James MacAllister was Lynn Margulis's graduate student, friend, swimming buddy, and assistant for 10 years, until her sudden death in 2011. He created animations of many of her discoveries, was her teaching assistant, and continues to digitize and represent her research. I met Jim at his home in Amherst, Massachusetts, where we talked about: -Old-school evolution thinking based on random DNA mistakes and competition (aka the Modern Synthesis or neo-Darwinism. Richard Dawkins, a neo-Darwinist, who often sparred with Lynn Margulis, once called her "Attila the Hen.") -Lynn's radically different work on how life evolves (aka symbiosis, biological relativity, systems biology) -How the Modern Synthesis doesn't do justice to the microbiome -How DNA is like a bundt pan -How Lynn and James Lovelock collaborated on Gaia Theory -How this view of evolution could change our outlook on how to live Keep an eye out for this new film, Symbiotic Earth: How Lynn Margulis Rocked the Boat and Started a Scientific Revolution. You can watch the trailer at http://hummingbirdfilms.com/symbioticearth/ Jim MacAllister's Environmental Evolution newsletter http://www.envevo.org/environmentalevolution.org/Home.html Music in this episode is "Always Be" by the Colin L. Orchestra, from Live at WNYU, used via a Creative Commons license.
Track List Jakwob – Blinding (Hybrid Minds Remix) Dub FX – Senorita (Makoto Remix) Crimson – Sentimental (Promenade Remix) Command Strange – Loveland Rowpieces – Sibyllic Malaky & Satl – For Your Love Msdos & DuoScience – Last Night Andrezz – Someone LSB – Mist Of You L-Side – Skylines Etherwood – You’ll Always Be […]
Ruin My iLife 08, Crashed Drives, A Day in the Life of Wiggly, The Theist's Nightmare, Always Be on Time, Your Letters, You CAN'T Keep the Commandments Thanks to the Earth and Mind Tricks. Opens with DEVO, closes with Aztec off Conscious by Trap Door.
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