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Setting Up and Owner Operator Business #business #owneroperators #trucking #podcast Many truck drivers think becoming an owner operator means buying a truck and driving down the road. Although that may be the core job it takes more than driving to be successful as an owner operator. Learn what you need to set up a business properly and we also hear from Stan Wlodarek from RS2000 Tax Consultants about what to think about from a tax standpoint.  Are you looking to become an owner operator? Get Bruce's workbook with ten steps to getting into the business of trucking.  Buy Bruce's book Running By The Mile outlining the 10 steps to becoming an owner operator.  https://www.lulu.com/shop/bruce-outridge/running-by-the-mile/paperback/product-20990198.html?page=1&pageSize=4  Also available on Amazon     Have you heard of RS2000 Tax Services offering accounting services throughout Ontario? The firm specializes in truck drivers, owner operators, and farm based businesses. Work with people who know exactly what operators in your industry require to be profitable. Learn more at www.RS2000tax.com or call 1-800-304-3986   This episode is sponsored by C.A.T. Transport offering flexible work options, pet friendly programs, and is one of the Best Managed Carriers in Canada. Learn more at www.cat.ca  or call 1-800-363-5313   This episode is sponsored by RIMS Transport who is looking for owner operators and drivers to  work cross border operations out of Hamilton Ontario. You can learn more about the opportunities at www.rimstransport.com   This episode is also sponsored by The Trucking Network which holds mega job fairs across the Country.  Join The Trucking Network for their next event in Brampton Ontario at the Pearson Convention Centre on March 2nd 2024 for their Mega Job Fair. Hundreds of Recruiters in the room and it is FREE to attend.  You can learn about all the upcoming events at www.thetruckingnetworkevents.ca    About the Show LISTEN TO THE PODCAST- The show is available at www.theleadpedalpodcast.com  , ITunes, Stitcher, Spotify, Tunein, iHeartradio, SoundCloud, and other popular podcast platforms. Thanks for listening JOIN THE LEAD PEDAL PODCAST FAN CLUB  www.TheLeadPedalPodcastFanClub.com  LISTEN TO LEAD PEDAL RADIO at www.LeadPedalRadio.com  The Lead Pedal Podcast for Truck Drivers talks all things trucking for people in the transportation industry helping them improve their business and careers. Interviews with industry professionals and truck drivers, trucking information, and other features on the industry are meant to be helpful for truck drivers and those in transportation. The Lead Pedal Podcast for Truck Drivers has main episodes released every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday with bonus material on other days. You can learn more about the host and show on our website and make sure to SUBSCRIBE to the show on your favourite podcast platform. www.theleadpedalpodcast.com  What does The Lead Pedal Podcast mean? The Lead (pronounced - Led) stands for acceleration or fast-track of your career or business. It is a play on words and we certainly are not here promoting speeding in the industry. We are hoping this information will help you become a professional driver faster than if you didn't know about many of these topics. Are you enjoying the show? If so we would appreciate you leaving us a rating and review on iTunes or on your favourite podcast platform. www.theleadpedalpodcast.com  Join The Lead Pedal Podcast Fan Club where are loyal fans get first chance at specials, discounts on merchandise and much more.The club is free to join and you can learn more at www.theleadpedalpodcastfanclub.com   

You know you've been thinking about this for a long time. You feel lost. Stagnated. Perhaps unseen. It's time for a change. It's time for you to start putting YOU first, and reclaim balance in your life. Reclaim YOU - inside and out!Our guest, Transformation Specialist Dionne Jones is all about that balanced life! Dionne is Founder and Owner of Age with Vibrancy, LLC, based in Cleveland, Ohio.   Age with Vibrancy, LLC  "meets women where they are, and takes them to where they deserve to be in their lives." Dionne takes the whole-body approach to helping women thrive. Get ready to strip away all of the self-doubt and negativity, and find YOU again! Thanks for listening, and subscribing to the Ageless Glamour Girls Podcast,  Luvvies! I appreciate you!   And here's to healthy aging and joyful living!

In this episode, Teri and Jen discuss how to start or scale a business and get the most out of referral partnerships. Listeners will gain insight into the importance of managing all tasks involved in running a business and taking care of themselves while doing so. They will also learn how to strategically ask for referrals, look at current clients, and collaborate with other professionals to gain the trust of potential customers.    [00:01 - 04:02] Opening Segment Join the Revenue Roadmap workshop! See the links below   [04:03 - 12:40] Who sees your client before you? Current clients are the number one people who see your clients before you do Develop a plan for asking for referrals Utilize collaborations and referrals to increase revenue and career opportunities Explore options and have conversations with potential referral partners Consider talking to an attorney to understand what is involved in a divorce Partner with financial planners to provide sound advice for couples   [12:41 - 18:32] Expand Your Network and Connect with New Clients Through Collaboration and Meaningful Conversations Connecting and collaborating with other businesses can help expand your reach Look for complimentary offerings or collaborations Make a list of 50 people to connect and collaborate with Look for suggestions on other platforms like Amazon Have meaningful conversations to see how you can connect and collaborate Allow yourself time and stay consistent in what you're doing   [18:33 - 19:38] Closing Segment Quotes:   “Figure out your strategy to expand your network by having your current clients connect you with people that already know and trust them because they are happy with how you've been able to serve them.” - Teri Johnson Join us for the Revenue Roadmap Workshop. Get ALL the details and get registered at keepingitpersonal.com/workshop.   

Fan or not, what's going on with the Super League is an ESSENTIAL case study for any and all sports fans. In this jam-packed episode we break it down with law students, professors, and lawyers from across the world to understand the true significance of these landmark events. Of note, this episode came together in a few hours thanks to the power of social media with guests from Manchester, to California, to Scotland, to Florida to Belgium to New York... “SPORTS LAWYERS ASSEMBLE!!!!!!!!!!!” The 2nd panel is full of legal experts to give you a masterclass on the complex legal and business issues at play. Meanwhile, the 1st panel is designed to explain the sports-specific elements of the Super League at a baseline level. Pick your starting point based on your current level of understanding— but between both you'll leave with a full understanding of the landscape and ready to follow all the fireworks to follow. *** The ROADMAP: Panel #1: The SPORTS Ramifications (9:46 - 46:21) - WHAT IS GOING ON?!? - Impact on Champions, Europa, and Domestic Leagues - Comparing to NFL, NBA, and March Madness - World Cup Chaos - GUESTS: Gregory Termolle (

Fan or not, what’s going on with the Super League is an ESSENTIAL case study for any and all sports fans. In this jam-packed episode we break it down with law students, professors, and lawyers from across the world to understand the true significance of these landmark events. Of note, this episode came together in a few hours thanks to the power of social media with guests from Manchester, to California, to Scotland, to Florida to Belgium to New York... “SPORTS LAWYERS ASSEMBLE!!!!!!!!!!!” The 2nd panel is full of legal experts to give you a masterclass on the complex legal and business issues at play. Meanwhile, the 1st panel is designed to explain the sports-specific elements of the Super League at a baseline level. Pick your starting point based on your current level of understanding— but between both you’ll leave with a full understanding of the landscape and ready to follow all the fireworks to follow. *** The ROADMAP: Panel #1: The SPORTS Ramifications (9:46 - 46:21) - WHAT IS GOING ON?!? - Impact on Champions, Europa, and Domestic Leagues - Comparing to NFL, NBA, and March Madness - World Cup Chaos - GUESTS: Gregory Termolle (

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Leadership. Is it something that teens can tackle with ease or is it best to leave it to the adults or the “bossy” people of the world? In this episode, we'll tackle teen leadership and how you don't have to be “the person in the charge” to be a leader. FEATURED GUEST: Saige Christen Resources Mentioned: Black Lives Advocacy Cause for Kids (Instagram) @bl.ackMovement The Leadership Playbook: Become Your Team's Most Valuable Player by Jamy Bechler ($15.99 on Amazon) Have a question/comment/concern? Send me feedback! Click and send me a voice message. Thanks! :) --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/teentalk-advicepodcast/message

Welcome to the first (unofficial) episode of TEEN TALK, a podcast dedicated to helping teens navigate the modern world. Resources Mentioned: The 7 Habits of Highly Effective Teens by Sean Covey ($14.39 on Amazon) Have a question/comment/concern? Send me feedback! Click and send me a voice message. Thanks! :) --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/teentalk-advicepodcast/message

Susan DuFault, ULLC, is a breast cancer survivor and a certified Life Coach dedicated to assisting people just like you to heal their hearts and learn to apply a variety of Spiritual Principles and helpful tools in order to live happier lives. A facilitator of support groups and a mentor, she has been privileged to coach clients for many years. Contact Susan at: susanraedufault@icloud.com https://www.meetup.com/HealingHeartsThroughLove/ https://www.facebook.com/dufaultlifecoach/ ☆☆Host, Helen Edwards: International Best Selling Book, Nothing Sexier Than Freedom is available on Amazon ☆☆ Have a question or want to leave a review? Find us...

An enthusiastic, and perhaps opinon filled, episode featuring Matt Barr. Matt spent a few years developing a very cool combo-centric co-op card game (say that a few times in a row!), which funded on Kickstarter on 2019. All of his backers now have their copies... except for 1... and he still has copies available for purchase on Amazon! The game has a website dedicated to the rules of the game, check it out HERE Want to see it on Amazon? Have a look at the entry and the comments with the link HERE To learn more about FunDaMental Games feel free to visit fundamentalgames.shop Introduction Music provided by: https://www.purple-planet.com

Cathy Frankel is a serial entrepreneur, mother, wife, and now Certified Flight Instructor. Listen how she overcame obstacles to pursue her dreams to becoming a pilot. ☆Host, Helen Edwards: International Best Selling Book, Nothing Sexier Than Freedom is available on Amazon ☆ Have a question or want to leave a review? Find us...

Join your host, Helen Edwards and Guest, Jean de Dieu Karera on this fun podcast of two friends reuniting after 8 years. Jean shares inspiration on how he stays focused and what it took for him to make the move from Rwanda to the U.S. ☆ My book, Nothing Sexier Than Freedom available on Amazon ☆ Have a question or want to leave a review? Find us...

Did you upgrade your Router?  If not you probably have been hacked by hacker groups have been hijacking DNS traffic on D-Link routers for months and I will get into that more today. Yet again, Facebook is in the news and again it is for their privacy and their cameras so i will discuss the implications of this. April 15 -- the date that looms over all of us each year. Have you considered the value of your Tax information to a criminal?  Today we will cover more on this and how you can protect yourself. The person who started this whole Walking Dead series has a brand new series that's coming out and she has some creepy thoughts about technology.  More on this Updates are important.  Guess who found out the hard way -- Yes that would be NYC IT.  Failure to update their systems brought the New York City wireless network down. So let's get right into it here. For all this and more tech tips, news, and updates visit - CraigPeterson.com --- Transcript: Below is a rush transcript of this segment; it might contain errors. Airing date: 04/20/2019 Home And Small Business Routers Hacked - NYC Wireless Down Due To Lack Of Updates - Fake Amazon Reviews Critical - Amazon Show The Feed Walking Dead Channing Powell Craig Peterson 0:00 Hey, everybody. We are getting going here. Of course, Craig Peterson. We're going to talk about some of the major tech stories. This week, we're going to talk about the hacker groups been hijacking DNS traffic on D-Link routers for months. Now, what does that mean to you? What can you do about it? How can you detect it? Facebook, the privacy kings, right? What's happening with Facebook and their really creepy portal? Yeah, it's kind of interesting, that little camera they have. Tax info, of course, April 15, time to file the personal taxes. What is happening? What's the cost? What's the value of your tax information online and why would they steal it? The founder, the person who started this whole Walking Dead series has a brand new series that's coming out. And she's got some creepy things to say about technology. And we've got the New York City wireless network down, I warned you. Don't say I didn't warn you guys about that and what's happening. So let's get right into it here. Craig 1:12 DNS has, of course, been one of the most important parts of our internet for very, very long time. Time was we had to maintain hosts tables, we had to know where everybody was, we had to do hop routing, we'd send it to somebody that knew more, they had a bigger map of the internet. So you know, we had upstream providers and we would send it to them, we were all connected together. And it was really quite a hodgepodge. So DNS came out. And the idea behind DNS isa dynamic name system was to allow us now to have one massive name database. Now it was designed in the times when the internet was a much more friendly place. We didn't have bad guys out there running around, we didn't have opposition parties who are trying to shut us down, denial of service attacks and and hijacking domains. Well, actually, we kind of did have hijacking domains. Had a couple stolen from me back in the day, but it was a much more genteel place. And DNS was designed for a cooperative system. So if you want to go to Google com, or http://CraigPeterson.com or anywhere online, you could use the name, it would go to this DNS system, who would then look up that name, it would come back with an Internet address, and then that address would be used to route your data. Does that make sense to you? I, you know, I hopefully I explained that right. And simply enough. The idea is that we can using DNS just use names because as humans aren't great at remembering all of these multi multi digit numbers. And it's gotten even worse now with IPV6, but we're not going to get into that right now. So what's been happening with our wonderful little hacker group here, while the modems here from D-Link, ARG, DS-LINK, SECUTECH, and TOTOLINK, and you can see them here on my screen. You'll find them on my website, just go to http://CraigPeterson.com/YouTube. And you can watch along here, but for the last few months, they've really been hacking a lot, I have the list of known routers that have this vulnerability that had been hacked. And this is based on a one of the security companies that went and had up, poke around, Troy Mercer's, the guy's name, Bad Packets, his name of the company. And he's saying there were three major waves, there is a wave, late December, early February, late March as well, in 2019. But these attacks are still going on, these hacks are still out there. And what they're doing is they're taking the DNS information that you would normally have in your router, and they are changing it to some of these malicious DNS servers. Now, I've got it up on my screen, I just pulled it up from this article, which you will also find on ZDNet, which is when we're talking about or right there and http://CraigPeterson.com, that's probably the easiest way to find it. And I send it out today in my show notes as well, my show notes email, but these are the addresses. So if you want to check right now to see if your router has been compromised, have a look for these addresses in your DNS settings. And the idea here is they change the settings on your router, it now provides those DNS addresses to your other equipment in your home or your office. So now when your other equipment tries to go somewhere online, they have the ability to intercept it, because they just say hey, yeah, Google isn't at 123 Main Street in Merrimack. No, no, no, it's at 1745 Lenin street in Moscow, and some how now your traffic in some going to Moscow? Well, in this case, right? This kind of looks like it's some Brazilian people. They're really trying to do this the most. But they've hijacked traffic that's been meant for Netflix, Google, PayPal, and some Brazilian banks. So the idea here is you try and go to one of these sites. And what do they require you to do? They require you to log in. Or maybe there's a cookie set in your browser that they can read and use to login. So they try and get you to login, get the information from you. And then now they've got your information, we already discussed why they want it. And we'll get into in just a couple more minutes too when we're talking about what's happening right now with your tax information. But they are using what are called bulletproof hosting providers, in case you're not familiar with that is these bulletproof hosting providers. And I'm going to stick their ASs here, up on the screen. If you're a total geek, you will find right there. There we go. Craig 6:01 There's AS's which are autonomous systems, part of the internet backbone. But bulletproof hosting providers will not provide information about their clients to law enforcement. And they try and prevent anybody from figuring out who their customers are. So these two hosting providers of the guys that are doing it, this has all happened before, there's a massive, malvertising operation. Sometimes they'll use these DNS attacks, in order to inject into the stream ads. We've had ISPs, legit ones here in the US who've been doing similar things. If you try and go to a site that doesn't have a DNS entry, guess what they're going to do? Craig 6:44 Yeah, they're going to send you to their site to their advertising. Craig 6:49 So that's what's been going on. If you are using any one of these routers button up on the screen, again, which are basically the D-Links, ARG, DS-LINK, SECUTECH, and TOTOLINK, as well as many others. Make sure you update them, upgrading them or replace them. And I went over this in quite a bit of detail in my most recent master course, about what is happening out there and what you need to be aware of. All right. Craig 7:21 So let's move on to our next article. This is something I warned everybody about last year. And then again, I warned everybody about just about a month ago. And as it turns out our friends at New York City, they kind of knew about it, too, but they didn't really do anything about it. And that is this New York City wireless network. And it is down due to a bug at least it has been down. They've been working on trying to get this thing back up online, which makes sense, right? Craig 7:58 And this has to do with failure to update. How many times have we talked about that being a real problem out there. And the failure to update in this case is all of our wonderful data that they're using to allow the police, fire departments and others to communicate. Now, the fire department is saying they got off of what's called NYC WIN which is their wide area internet. They got off of it a couple of years ago, they switched over to Verizon mobile data. And they're using that in order to communicate with the hospitals when they're transporting patients and things. But the transit officials can't remotely control 12,000 plus traffic lights, traffic cameras, NYPD license plate readers are down. This is according to the New York Post. It crashed on Saturday, April 6. Do you remember that date? Craig 8:55 Yeah, I warned everybody, right. Remember that one guy quoted him saying I am not going to be anywhere near an airplane on April 6th? Well, the the Department of it there New York City is paying Northrop Grumman about $40 million a year to run this network that cost them a half a billion to put in place and has been in service in for 10 years. And they never updated some of the core components. Why would you use GPS? Here's what's happening. Craig 9:28 The GPS, older GPS equipment had what's called a rollover event. They were using Okay, there's a little geeky but 32 bit counters, you remember the old 32 bit computers and you got upgrade you want 64 bit Windows and 32 bit Windows. Remember all that thing, while these older GPS units had 32 bit counters in them. And what that meant is come April 6th, they went from it's 5pm on April 5th to it's zero pm. It rolls back to zero, which goes back to the Epic, which I'm not sure what it wasn't GPS, and the Unix world it was 1970. But everything got messed up. So now all of a sudden, their traffic cameras, security cameras are all saying that they are down for maintenance because they are down and they're down hard. The same thing with license plate readers, not all of them, but the ones that were older, all are failing on them now. But they use GPS for the clocks. Now think about gridlock. Gridlock is a term that was invented in the city of New York. And what it meant was they have this grid laid out, right, it's all beautiful grid straight lines. And gridlocked meant that traffic couldn't move, because the lights weren't properly synchronized. And it was there for decades. And they they came up with that term. So they decided they had to synchronize all of the light so that traffic could flow properly. Well, traffic isn't flowing properly, because now the clocks that are in the light, the traffic lights that were using a clock coming from the satellites via the GPS signal. That GPS receivers not working, the clocks are now falling out of sync. Some of them I suspect pretty quickly falling out of sync. So now New York's in for more gridlock, hopefully, they'll get this fixed pretty quickly. But it's a very, very big deal. Police have been sent to spots with vehicle mounted readers where the readers are failing. And I kind of find that interesting, too, because you're talking about license plate readers really, that's a critical piece of infrastructure. I guess it is if you're trying to find people who owe money on parking tickets, but otherwise, and fire department and you New York with a patient care reports to hospitals, they've got that all fixed. They're saying they're all set and according to New York Post Northrop Grumman declined to comment is, is that a shocker? Is that a shocker to you as well? Craig 12:09 Yeah, of course, they're not going to comment on that sort of thing. Alright, so next up here, let's go to our fake Amazon reviews stories. This is just crazy here. Have you gone to Amazon? Have you used some of their review stuff? I know I have. And it's, it's you know, it's very handy. And I use it quite a bit, right. And that's kind of the stars that are that are on top of the page, and they put this up on the screen for you. Craig 12:42 And a five star reviews, can you trust them? Well this particular reporter from the Hustle, went underground and spent two weeks there and found out what was really happening. So gives a, actually, I'm not even sure what the name of the author of this article is. They don't mention their name, and they don't have credit. Okay, maybe it's Zachary Crockett, that might be it. Craig 13:11 So, here's what he said. He said he went to this private Facebook group, this underground Facebook group, and was chatting with this person named Lien Xi, an Amazon seller from Guangzhou China. And she offered him a deal. If he gave her a five star review. For her iPhone charger. Now he would need to buy the charger from Amazon. So that could be a verified purchase. And then what she would do is she would refund him via PayPal and pay him a $10 commission. So he was asking, Hey, isn't this illegal? And her response was? Well, that she didn't say no. She said what you will love is all she said right? So he looked up or product review. And you can see this on my screen here http://CraigPeterson.com/YouTube. http://CraigPeterson.com/YouTube.  Craig 14:09 But he found her iPhone charger on Amazon. And it had almost 4000 5-star reviews. Craig 14:19 Isn't that just amazing? Craig 14:21 Also got Amazon's Choice Label, which is very, very valuable. I know I use that. So when I'm looking on something on Amazon, I'm looking at the stars. And I'm looking at the Amazon's choice on the little black box that comes up. And then occasionally, depending on the price of the item, I'll scroll down to read the reviews. Well, apparently I'm not alone. And if you do the same thing, you're not alone, either. Because what it's saying here is 65% of us trust online reviews. 82% of American adults check the product reviews before making a purchase. I think that's low frankly, I think it's almost 100%. If you're an Amazon, right, it's probably 100%. But just generally shopping online is probably more like 82 I can see that. Craig 15:11 So research is showing that we're more swayed by a simple star rating than what the reviewers actually write. And I've got to also go Let me see pop hit head a little bit here. Some of these reviews and you might have seen stuff like this. I know I have. And it really upset me. You see reviews and he's saying this one product is looking at. this is another guy this guy named Tommy Noonan had 580 reviews, and every single one of them was five stars. But he recalls people would write things like I haven't tried this product but and then leave a glowing review. Well, does that smell like it's a setup, or what? It definitely does. Let me show you this here. Okay, on the screen again, http://CraigPeterson.com/YouTube. Facebook reviews are boosting a lot of products. And I've seen stats saying it's 20% all the way up to 60% of these are fake. But look at this, headphones, it saying the fake reviews, the average star rating is 4.89 out of five. And the real reviews are 3.99. So that's a difference for headphones. I'm almost a whole star. Craig 16:28 Isn't that amazing? So it's showing up as five stars almost when it should be four stars. Then what happened is there's a guy out there who's doing some research. Fakespot is where you'll find it. Fakespot.com. And they came up with some of these stats. And they are absolutely shocking. When you get right down to it here I'm going to bring this up. So it's my absolute full desktop view here. So you can see this whole thing and in more detail. But there it is, right headphones, cell phone accessories, pest control, car control, sexual wellness, pet supplies, all of these things, vitamins and supplements, by the way, kind of the bottom of the list. They they only have a differential between fake and real stars of the quarter star here, bottom line. And then there's another one I want to show you here too. This is the search on unreliable Amazon reviews. This is a chart again, that I've got up on, you'll see it on YouTube. But they are hosting, Amazon's hosting 1.8 million vendors and sellers who are selling nearly 600 million items that are generating about 9.6 million new product reviews every month. So really the the big deal here, the big question is, how can you tell when they are fake? How can Amazon tell? If you're talking about 10 million reviews a month, how can they tell? Well, there's some ways to do it. They're kind of trying to do it. But I've got to say I think they have a negative motivation in trying to do it. I'm not sure it's all it's cracked up to be. Because by having these people shipping products directly from China to Amazon's warehouses in bulk. So they ship 10,000, 100,000 of these things to Amazon warehouses, Amazon, then prepositions them in warehouses close to where they think there will be people that will be buying them. And then those people who are looking to buy them can get them very quickly, right? That's the whole idea behind it. Craig 18:38 Well, you're cutting out the middleman, instead of having somebody buy it from China, ship it to the US and then ship them in with smaller quantity used to Amazon, the Chinese manufacturers effectively are shipping it right to Amazon, who ships that right to you. So that's saving you a lot of money, which I would prefer recently called a disincentive. Right? I don't think Amazon's purposely trying to be, you know, hiding things from us. But be very careful out there. Because there's been a huge rush in the marketplace, there are dozens of products that are almost indistinguishable from each other. And frankly, that's exactly what what they're taking advantage of right now. With these fake reviews, how do they get their product well known while they just make themselves a fake little review, right? That makes it easy enough. Craig 19:30 So let me pull up our next little article. And this is fascinating. And I am totally looking forward to seeing this when it comes out. And this is from Yahoo, and right now they just had a film festival over in Cannes over in southern France. And Channing Powell, you might have heard that name before. She's the lady who founded, who started Walking Dead. And she's been thinking about what's happening with technology now and what's happening with technology in the future. And this is an article from Yahoo News that they picked up from AFP Wire. But she says she is terrified of what big tech might be up to. She has a new show called The Feed. And it's premiering in Cannes. And that's the just this week, by the way. And my birthday, by the way this week as well. It's premiering and Cannes this week, and it's all about a dystopian future now who hasn't heard about dystopian futures? Right? That's it's all normal. Well, what she's saying is Elon Musk, and Facebook are both trying to develop technology that can allow you to remotely control things. But The Feed, this new Amazon series goes a step further. Not only can you control things with your mind, but people you can send your feelings, what you're seeing, what you're smelling, everything you can send it to someone else in social media. So someone else can live your life. Well, what happens if someone's in the middle of that, a company, like a Facebook or whomever. And let's say they're malicious, and they modify that, or they they play with your mind and your emotions, because now they can send emotions to you. And the cells, the smells, and the the eyesight, everything to make it seem real well, that's what this is all about. And she says that Elon Musk right now is developing a neural lace computer that covers the entire brain that you would control with thought, okay. She also goes in and talks about what's been happening at MIT, they have something that clips on your ear, and will do some remote control stuff for you. She's saying she's 39 years old, by the way, so she's not quite a millennial. But she's very concerned, you know, we got our iPhones with us all the time, and people just can't leave them behind. They're checking Instagram constantly. So what's going to end up happening here? There's some companies already in Belgium, in Sweden that are implanting chips into people. When here's a direct quote from here to that I totally agree with, when somebody like Elon Musk, who's a radical libertarian, who's inside all of this development and understanding of it. When someone like Elon Musk is telling government that you need to regulate us and stop us from doing what we are doing, that is absolutely terrifying, absolutely terrifying. And frankly, we're at a tipping point now. The Chinese government has already started a social credit score, where they will now we reward you or punish you, based on social credit that starts January 1, 2020. Craig 23:10 That's the tipping point. I talked last week on my show about what has happened in Venezuela, they have purchased the Chinese social credit system, where now you have a national ID card that you sir, everything from banking through voting, they know how you voted, they know where your money's coming from. And if you're getting any money from the government, they can, will and do control it. So maybe we're already past the tipping point, she doesn't say that she says, you know, we're really close. But maybe we are already passed it. And and frankly, that's scary. That really scares me the bottom line. Craig 23:49 Alright, so we've got a couple more articles. And we've only got a couple more minutes. So let's get to those pretty quickly here. Craig 23:57 Let's get that up on my screen. And I'm going to let's see. So let's talk about this really quick. And this has to do with your taxes. You have of course been paying taxes for years, right? Just one of the two things that that is certain than life, death and taxes. So this is an article from Fox Business and I got it up on my screen, YouTube or excuse me http://CraigPeterson.com/YouTube. But we have our taxes out there. IRS is said to have the largest database in the world. And that doesn't surprise me. But here's how much it's worth. We filed W2s and 1040s. There's the business stuff that's out there. They are all available for purchase online. And you've heard these tips before use multi-factor authentication with your bank, right? Use a password manager, don't say passwords in your browser, file your taxes as soon as possible. So that with the bad guys file of false tax reporting your name, it's not going it's going to pop up a flag it's not going to go through. Don't give away personal information as you have to never transfer money based on an email, right? All the basic stuff. Well, here's how much your information is worth. I'm going to pull us up on the screen. Here we go right now. So basically, for $1,000, a hacker can purchase access to a US based bank account, file a fake return, claim the IRS refund and cash out through cryptocurrency exchange. And they will make more not 100% return on their thousand dollar investment. That's the bottom line here. So they're really are trying to do it. IRS is saying that there's 1.4 billion breach attempts every year, many of them are coming from nation states, which frankly, doesn't surprise me in the least. Why not? It's a good way to fund your operations when you get right down to it. Craig 26:05 And then we got one more article really quickly here. I couldn't believe it when our friends over at Facebook decided that they would go ahead, I just couldn't believe this, that they would go ahead and release a nice little creepy device. Craig 26:27 This is the Portal Have you heard about their Portal before? This is a device they were selling for 200 bucks and it had in at some pretty darn neat technology. And this technologies designed to be able to recognize faces in the room, follow faces. And you could call out to your family and friends you know really cool stuff that an article by our friends over at Boeing Boeing. Well, the bottom line is who wants to buy a telescreen from Facebook? Nobody trusts them. They were selling it six months ago for 200 bucks. Apparently, it hasn't been selling very well. And as part of Facebook's apology tour they've been doing for the last year, they dropped the price. So if you want Facebook to spy on you in your home, and track you and your face as you walk around the room, which is nice if you're cooking dinner and you're talking with someone and it's creepy if you're not, then go ahead for 99 bucks, you can get it right now as well. So that's it for today. Have a great week. We are putting these up online as well. You can see them at http://CraigPeterson.com/YouTube for all of the YouTube people who want to follow it and we're putting our security tips up there and other things as well. So it should be a good time for all. Keep an eye out and please do subscribe. Follow me over there http://CraigPeterson.com/YouTube. And I will be back next week right here. And I'll be here with Jack Heath on Monday morning and Jim Polito on Tuesday morning and an even more throughout the week. So keep an eye on my podcast and that's at http://CraigPeterson.com/iTunes. Take care everybody. Have a great week ahead. Bye bye.  ---  Related articles: 5-Star Phonies: Inside The Fake Amazon Review Complex Here’s How Much Your Tax Info Is Worth On The Dark Web NYC Wireless Network Down Due To Y2K-Like Software Bug Hacker Group Has Been Hijacking DNS Traffic On D-Link Routers For Three Months ‘They’re In Our Heads’: TV Series Tackles Big-Tech Nightmare Facebook Slashes Price Of Its Creepy Portal Home Surveillance Telescreen --- More stories and tech updates at: www.craigpeterson.com Don't miss an episode from Craig. Subscribe and give us a rating: www.craigpeterson.com/itunes Follow me on Twitter for the latest in tech at: www.twitter.com/craigpeterson For questions, call or text: 855-385-5553

Boozy Beginnings kicks off with a rocket, a superhero rattler and a translucent blonde.   Pod Guy has a Battleship Hack - and as he should, given that he is Gimmicky Game King. Space Goat Scienc  - Deep Time. You're in for a round of What Would you Do - Aliens and Survival of the Earth Want a Pod Couple T-shirt? Check out our website and place an order. PodGal is a huge fan of the super soft ones!  Hosts:PodGuy and PodGal Guests: Space Goat and Regina Twitter:@thepodcouple Email:thepodcouple@hotmail.com Facebook: www.facebook.com/ThePodCouple Instagram:@thepodcouple Website: www.thepodcouple.ca  T-Shirts for Sale Books:Presidential 21 on Smashwords and Amazon Have a great day - hope it just got a little bit better!

Boozy Beginnings kicks off with a dented bottle. Snowmageddon 2019 – the hill bests PodGal yet again And this time she gets a call from a Constable Sliding and spinning down the backwards Ice hemorrhoids, rut city , chipmunk cheeks and the loop de loop – careful not to pop out of that rut Phoning it in with Harland Williams – Guy Diamond – you're not gonna believe his set of skills.   Celebrity BB2 update #spoilers #tomgreen    A relapse from Being On Da Rag. Mental Floss Amazing Fact Generator Baby has a lotta bones Marie Curie's notebooks (stay away) #themotherofmodernphysics Pufflings The Pod Couple has troubles with dates – when exactly is their anniversary? Help! Bored Panda – Ghost Apple Want a Pod Couple T-shirt? Check out our website and place an order. PodGal is a huge fan of the super soft ones!  Hosts:PodGuy and PodGal Twitter:@thepodcouple Email:thepodcouple@hotmail.com Facebook: www.facebook.com/ThePodCouple Instagram:@thepodcouple Website: www.thepodcouple.ca  T-Shirts for Sale Books:Presidential 21 on Smashwords and Amazon Have a great day - hope it just got a little bit better!

The podcast kicks off with a boozy beginning. Yay 2019! Disney Princesses sure know how to party and reflect, but who are the ladies behind the Princesses?  Honest to Gawd, PodGuy's obsessed. The plight of the survival of The Middle Child – will they soon be on the endangered list? Did you know what the Living Room was once called the Death Room? SpaceGoat dazzles us with some history.  Patches and Pins – what's your preference? Could the patch be considered the gateway to the tattoo?  Alpaca Cat – gotta love her, but those decapitations at the beginning of the day have to stop! There's a  Red Snowman Tumbling Through Outer Space, an you're going to hear all about it in The Space Goat News.  PodGuy introduces a new segment - First World Problems. Quality Street Chocs – yay or nay? Need a new tie, a quality yet affordable tie?  Check out www.wearedapperties.com and use the promo code 'podcouple' to get free shipping.  We have ours and LOVE them. Want a Pod Couple T-shirt? Check out our website and place an order. PodGal is a huge fan of the super soft ones!  Have you checked out our Patreon? Come on! Give it a gander and leave us a tip! We appreciate it. Hosts: PodGuy and PodGal Guest: SpaceGoat Twitter: @thepodcouple Email: thepodcouplepodcast@gmail.com Facebook: www.facebook.com/ThePodCouple Instagram:@thepodcouple Website: www.thepodcouple.ca  T-Shirts for Sale Books: Presidential 21 on Smashwords and Amazon Have a great day - hope it just got a little bit better!  

Hell of a lot going on –  The Pod Couple's YVR adventure where they attend a Tenacious D Concert & experience a lot of firsts. The  adventure doesn't end there - there's craft beer, tiki bars, circus punks, failed ferries, being stranded in a lounge with no way home and so much more.  Once home they end up in a Storm Like No Other. Day one of the power outage was fun but by day 2 the novelty and shadow/light games had worn off, but boy, did they sleep well. Join us for story telling, adventure, improv and laughs. Pull up a chair, grab a drink and settle in. Pod Friends - we heart you. Need a new tie, a quality yet affordable tie?  Check out www.wearedapperties.com and use the promo code 'podcouple' to get free shipping.  We have ours and LOVE them. Want a Pod Couple T-shirt? Check out our website and place an order. PodGal is a huge fan of the super soft ones! Have you checked out our Patreon? Come on! Give it a gander and leave us a tip! We appreciate it. Hosts: PodGuy and PodGal Guest: Dougems Twitter:@thepodcouple Email: thepodcouple@hotmail.com Facebook: www.facebook.com/ThePodCouple Instagram:@thepodcouple Website: www.thepodcouple.ca  T-Shirts for Sale Books:Presidential 21 on Smashwords and Amazon Have a great day - hope it just got a little bit better!

Steamworks came to town and did not disappoint. Join The Pod Couple and Dougems as they sample the seasonal Christmas brews: The Salted Chocolate Porter and the Blitzen Christmas Ale. As a bonus - PodGal gets inventive. Need a new tie, a quality yet affordable tie?  Check out www.wearedapperties.com and use the promo code 'podcouple' to get free shipping.  We have ours and LOVE them. Want a Pod Couple T-shirt? Check out our website and place an order. PodGal is a huge fan of the super soft ones!  Have you checked out our Patreon? Come on! Give it a gander and leave us a tip! We appreciate it. Hosts:PodGuy and PodGal Guest:Dougems Twitter:@thepodcouple Email:thepodcouple@hotmail.com Facebook: www.facebook.com/ThePodCouple Instagram:@thepodcouple Website: www.thepodcouple.ca  T-Shirts for Sale Books:Presidential 21 on Smashwords and Amazon Have a great day - hope it just got a little bit better!

Space Goat joins The Pod Couple podcast on this Christmas themed episode. The question of to ‘Merry Christmas' or not comes up and PodGal conducts a social experiment whilst manning the Kettle drive.   And then there's that bag of nickles and dimes – Oh PodGuy - which brings SpaceGoat in worldly wisdom to inform us about CoinStar. PodGuy shares  the Christmas memory of Gasoline Cake There's talk of traditions such as Christmas Crackers, HOT TOYS for 2018,  perfectly titrated bottles, savory bits of life AND spoiler the best wedding gift of all – a bonafide carousel.   PodGal and Space Goat talk about some of their Christmas memories – PodGal has a surreal, sad experience and SpaceGoat remembers both happy and sad times. PodGuy talks about gunsticles, the Crud Christmas party ,  and his first real tree. Space Goat talks about ‘Joyeaux Noel' and The early days of Xmas – you know, from the days of the Roman Empire. The gang talks about Vancouver and Canyon Lights, Figgy Pudding and Eggnog without the Nog and so much more.  MERRY CHRISTMAS everyone. May peace be with you always. And, here's to a wonderful 2019 for us all – may it be filled with much happiness. Peace!   Need a new tie, a quality yet affordable tie?  Check out www.wearedapperties.com and use the promo code 'podcouple' to get free shipping.  We have ours and LOVE them. Want a Pod Couple T-shirt? Check out our website and place an order. PodGal is a huge fan of the super soft ones! Have you checked out our Patreon? Come on! Give it a gander and leave us a tip! We appreciate it. Hosts: PodGuy and PodGal Guest: SpaceGoat Music: Vexento – Where We Belong Twitter: @thepodcouple Email: thepodcouple@hotmail.com Facebook: www.facebook.com/ThePodCouple Instagram: @thepodcouple Website: www.thepodcouple.ca  T-Shirts for Sale Books:Presidential 21 on Smashwords and Amazon Have a great day - hope it just got a little bit better!

The Pod Couple and Jeff are hot off seeing ‘Ralph Breaks The Internet'.  Sadly, Ralph wrecks more than just the internet for Pod Guy, but Pod Guy gains a huge appreciation for the Disney Princesses!  The gang talks about the experience and also discusses Netflix's ‘The Ballad of Buster Scruggs'. There are SPOILERS! Need a new tie, a quality yet affordable tie?  Check out www.wearedapperties.com and use the promo code 'podcouple' to get free shipping.  We have ours and LOVE them. Want a Pod Couple T-shirt? Check out our website and place an order. PodGal is a huge fan of the super soft ones! Have you checked out our Patreon? Come on! Give it a gander and leave us a tip! We appreciate it. Hosts: PodGuy and PodGal Guest: Jeff Music: Vexento – Where We Belong Twitter:@thepodcouple Email:thepodcouple@hotmail.com Facebook: www.facebook.com/ThePodCouple Instagram:@thepodcouple Website: www.thepodcouple.ca  T-Shirts for Sale Books:Presidential 21 on Smashwords and Amazon Have a great day - hope it just got a little bit better!

Space Goat dazzles us with his Science, Pod Gal solves the mystery of why there are no mosquitos in Disney Land. The Gang talks Quantum Physics, The Quantum Eraser Experiment, tooth shards, sentinel chickens and blood monitoring, a Vancouver Adventure, PodGuy missing his stalker, Muppets and so much more. Need a new tie, a quality yet affordable tie?  Check out www.wearedapperties.com and use the promo code 'podcouple' to get free shipping.  We have ours and LOVE them. Want a Pod Couple T-shirt? Check out our website and place an order. PodGal is a huge fan of the super soft ones! Have you checked out our Patreon? Come on! Give it a gander and leave us a tip! We appreciate it. Hosts:PodGuy and PodGal Guest:Space Goat Music:Vexento – Where We Belong Twitter:@thepodcouple Email:thepodcouple@hotmail.com Facebook: www.facebook.com/ThePodCouple Instagram:@thepodcouple Website: www.thepodcouple.ca  T-Shirts for Sale Books:Presidential 21 on Smashwords and Amazon Have a great day - hope it just got a little bit better!

Hop to it – we are on a quest to find pumpkin pie in a bottle. Pumpkin Spice Ale by Yukon Brewing goes up against Ghost Rider Pumpkin Brown Ale by Fernie Brewing. Would ya' pound a bottle?! Need a new tie, a quality yet affordable tie?  Check out www.wearedapperties.com and use the promo code 'podcouple' to get free shipping.  We have ours and LOVE them. Want a Pod Couple T-shirt? Check out our website and place an order. PodGal is a huge fan of the super soft ones! Have you checked out our Patreon? Come on! Give it a gander and leave us a tip! We appreciate it. Hosts:PodGuy and PodGal Guest:Space Goat Twitter:@thepodcouple Email:thepodcouple@hotmail.com Facebook: www.facebook.com/ThePodCouple Instagram:@thepodcouple Website: www.thepodcouple.ca  T-Shirts for Sale Books:Presidential 21 on Smashwords and Amazon Have a great day - hope it just got a little bit better!

Join The Pod Couple and Dougems as they sample beers from across the pond. There's a couple of wits and a dark goat from Kuhnnhenn Brewery in Germany. And, make sure you listen to the end - there's even more liquid awesomeness as the gang samples a home brew from good friends of the show. Also, you are going to learn about tonka - no, not the truck - it's a spice! Who knew? A VERY special THANKS to Madeline and Felix for sending the brews home with Dougems. You can find Felix on Instagram. Follow him @flexklear. He posts a beer of the day.  Need a new tie, a quality yet affordable tie?  Check out www.wearedapperties.com and use the promo code 'podcouple' to get free shipping.  We have ours and LOVE them. Want a Pod Couple T-shirt? Check out our website and place an order. PodGal is a huge fan of the super soft ones! Have you checked out our Patreon? Come on! Give it a gander and leave us a tip! We appreciate it. Hosts:PodGuy and PodGal Guest:Dougems Twitter:@thepodcouple Email:thepodcouple@hotmail.com Facebook: www.facebook.com/ThePodCouple Instagram:@thepodcouple Website: www.thepodcouple.ca  T-Shirts for Sale Books:Presidential 21 on Smashwords and Amazon Have a great day - hope it just got a little bit better!

Hey come join us in The Chill Lounge. The Pod Couple and The Space Goat want to chill with you! PodGuy's listening to some Billy Idol at work and someone shares an intimate memory. ‘Rub the ring, rub the ring for good luck', says PodGal which leads to chat about ships to the colonies, superstitions, baring breasts, walking the plank and a boat full of goats. Pets - would you want to be one? PodGuy poses the brilliant question, ‘What does cocaine smell like'. Do you think sloths are cute?     Phoning it in with Harland Williams. Space Goat News – Elon Musk BFR Need a new tie, a quality yet affordable tie?  Check out www.wearedapperties.com and use the promo code 'podcouple' to get free shipping.  We have ours and LOVE them.   Want a Pod Couple T-shirt? Check out our website and place an order. PodGal is a huge fan of the super soft ones! Hosts:PodGuy and PodGal Guest:Space Goat Music:Vexento – Where We Belong Twitter:@thepodcouple Email:thepodcouple@hotmail.com Facebook: www.facebook.com/ThePodCouple Instagram:@thepodcouple Website: www.thepodcouple.ca  T-Shirts for Sale Books:Presidential 21 on Smashwords and Amazon Have a great day - hope it just got a little bit better!

Find out why everyone is throwing egg mcmuffins at space goat. Listen up seagulls!  PodGal wants a flashy flask – does that not defeat the purpose. A young PodGal leaves the zoo, hand in hand, with a stranger.  Parlez Vous Francais? What not to say when getting lost. Neighbourhood and vacation dogs, tequila and cigars.  Need a new tie, a quality yet affordable tie?  Check out www.wearedapperties.com and use the promo code 'podcouple' to get free shipping.  We have ours and LOVE them. Want a Pod Couple T-shirt? Check out our website and place an order. PodGal is a huge fan of the super soft ones!  Have you checked out our Patreon? Come on! Give it a gander and leave us a tip! We appreciate it. Hosts:PodGuy and PodGal Guest:Space Goat Music:Vexento – Where We Belong Twitter:@thepodcouple Email:thepodcouple@hotmail.com Facebook: www.facebook.com/ThePodCouple Instagram:@thepodcouple Website: www.thepodcouple.ca  T-Shirts for Sale Books:Presidential 21 on Smashwords and Amazon Have a great day - hope it just got a little bit better!

Odin Brewing's Galactic Space Dragon IPA vs Spinnakers Juice Monkey IPA with a bonus of - wait for it -  a RICE BEER, the Test Pattern IPA from Phillip's Brewing.     Want a Pod Couple T-shirt? Check out our website and place an order. PodGal is a huge fan of the super soft ones! Hosts:PodGuy and PodGal Guest:Space Goat Twitter:@thepodcouple Email:thepodcouple@hotmail.com Facebook: www.facebook.com/ThePodCouple Instagram:@thepodcouple Website: www.thepodcouple.ca  T-Shirts for Sale Books:Presidential 21 on Smashwords and Amazon Have a great day - hope it just got a little bit better!

Dave Peniuk is in da' house & that equates to a very entertaining podcast. Dave talks about his full feature: Camp Death 3 in 2 D tongue, chocolate, toothpaste, filming a commercial with TJ Dillishaw, Mission Impossible 6 – Fall Out, the beauty of Low Expectations, shit going down and so much more. There's a fun fact about a records that Death Camp 3 in 2D! set out to break! Bull's Milk   ICYMI the first time around, check out the hilarious improvisational Bull's Milk Segment! http://traffic.libsyn.com/thepodcouple/Trailer_Talk_Bulls_Milk_Taglines__More.mp3  Need a new tie, a quality yet affordable tie?  Check out www.wearedapperties.com and use the promo code 'podcouple' to get free shipping.  We have ours and LOVE them.  Want a Pod Couple T-shirt? Check out our website and place an order. PodGal is a huge fan of the super soft ones! Hosts:PodGuy and PodGal Guests: Dave Peniuk Music:Vexento – Where We Belong Twitter:@thepodcouple Email:thepodcouple@hotmail.com Facebook: www.facebook.com/ThePodCouple Instagram:@thepodcouple Website: www.thepodcouple.ca  T-Shirts for Sale Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/thepodcouple Books:Presidential 21 on Smashwords and Amazon Have a great day - hope it just got a little bit better!

The Pod Couple and special guest, Dave Peniuk, are hot off the viewing of The Meg – the summer science fiction thriller film that spans worlds!  Does The Meg outdo Bruce? Was casting Jason Statham as lead the right choice? Lots of fun discussion that you won't want to miss. Drinks:    Driftwood Brewery's Fat Tug IPA (from the can) & Steamworks Flagship IPA Need a new tie, a quality yet affordable tie?  Check out www.wearedapperties.com and use the promo code 'podcouple' to get free shipping.  We have ours and LOVE them. Want a Pod Couple T-shirt? Check out our website and place an order. PodGal is a huge fan of the super soft ones! Hosts:PodGuy and PodGal Twitter:@thepodcouple Email:thepodcouple@hotmail.com Facebook: www.facebook.com/ThePodCouple Instagram:@thepodcouple Website: www.thepodcouple.ca  T-Shirts for Sale Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/thepodcouple Books:Presidential 21 on Smashwords and Amazon Have a great day - hope it just got a little bit better!

It's a double feature - Dougems is in da' house with some German (an IPA and a Dunkle).  We finish up with a a Howe Sound Brewing Family Feud when two IPAs go head to head:  Hazy Daze North East IPA and Hopraiser West Coast IPA.  Survey says........ Need a new tie, a quality yet affordable tie?  Check out www.wearedapperties.com and use the promo code 'podcouple' to get free shipping.  We have ours and LOVE them.  Want a Pod Couple T-shirt? Check out our website and place an order. PodGal is a huge fan of the super soft ones!   Hosts:PodGuy and PodGal Twitter:@thepodcouple Email:thepodcouple@hotmail.com Facebook: www.facebook.com/ThePodCouple Instagram:@thepodcouple Website: www.thepodcouple.ca  T-Shirts for Sale Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/thepodcouple Books:Presidential 21 on Smashwords and Amazon Have a great day - hope it just got a little bit better!

Space Goat has broken loose! Hang on to your gills! Armed with abacus, slide rule and trigonometry, Space Goat does a Take Two of The Immortal Pattern. Mr. Quakers and his roommate drop in for a visit – a bit of advice – keep the Cap'n Crunch away and toss your labeller.  The duck and his roommate run out for a quick break (drinks me thinks) and the gang chats rectangular pupils, webbed feet and the duck's corkscrew penis. There's more Elon Musk Love, talk of the soccer team trapped in the cave and the way of future commuting. Dinner in TO and home in time   for bed. As always, when Space Goat is in da' house, it's a fun!  It's creative! Need a new tie, a quality yet affordable tie?  Check out www.wearedapperties.com and use the promo code 'podcouple' to get free shipping.  We have ours and LOVE them. Want a Pod Couple T-shirt? Check out our website and place an order. PodGal is a huge fan of the super soft ones!  Have you checked out our Patreon? Come on! Give it a gander and leave us a tip! We appreciate it. Hosts:PodGuy and PodGal Twitter:@thepodcouple Email:thepodcouple@hotmail.com Facebook: www.facebook.com/ThePodCouple Instagram:@thepodcouple Website: www.thepodcouple.ca  T-Shirts for Sale Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/thepodcouple Books:Presidential 21 on Smashwords and Amazon Have a great day - hope it just got a little bit better! Need a new tie, a quality yet affordable tie?  Check out www.wearedapperties.com and use the promo code 'podcouple' to get free shipping.  We have ours and LOVE them. Want a Pod Couple T-shirt? Check out our website and place an order. PodGal is a huge fan of the super soft ones! Have you checked out our Patreon? Come on! Give it a gander and leave us a tip! We appreciate it. Hosts: PodGuy and PodGal Twitter: @thepodcouple Email: thepodcouple@hotmail.com Facebook: www.facebook.com/ThePodCouple Instagram: @thepodcouple Website: www.thepodcouple.ca  T-Shirts for Sale Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/thepodcouple Books:Presidential 21 on Smashwords and Amazon Have a great day - hope it just got a little bit better! 

PodGal conquers an anxiety thanks to the Aviation Alphabet! The Son of Crud comes over and PodGuy has an update – who will walk away with the win? PodGuy's in the zone as PodFriend starts a whisper campaign. All is going well until someone starts to bleed out!  Slice Me Nice, shooters, so much fun, Club Crazy, KFC and sucking on the keg. Tequila, chants of ‘chug, chug, chug' result in a precarious situation for PodGuy who ends up in a back alley with a deodorant stick. He ends up with a  life hack. #podguylifehack  Phoning It In With Harland Williams.  BBQ Eddy needs a break. #phoningitinwithharlandwilliams Need a new tie, a quality yet affordable tie?  Check out www.wearedapperties.com and use the promo code 'podcouple' to get free shipping.  We have ours and LOVE them. Want a Pod Couple T-shirt? Check out our website and place an order. PodGal is a huge fan of the super soft ones! Have you checked out our Patreon? Come on! Give it a gander and leave us a tip! We appreciate it. Hosts:PodGuy and PodGal Twitter:@thepodcouple Email:thepodcouple@hotmail.com Facebook: www.facebook.com/ThePodCouple Instagram:@thepodcouple Website: www.thepodcouple.ca  T-Shirts for Sale Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/thepodcouple Books:Presidential 21 on Smashwords and Amazon Have a great day - hope it just got a little bit better!

By popular demand, Space Goat joins The Pod Couple, and we are pumped!  Pod Guy's doing some Binging and ends up on The Pod Couple's Facebook page. Check it out and listen along – it's a happening place: Weiner Water The Incredibles – strobing evokes stroking Can't sleep? Check out the Bob Ross app – ‘we're gonna have some fun, but don't over do it' What kind of bird would have nested in bob ross' hair. Is that a frog in that pelican's mouth? There's a dead mime in his bed Dolly Parton, Netflix, Ranker, Jolene, Jolene, Jolene, Jolene and, what is behind Dolly always wearing long sleeves? Space Goat seems to have a segment: real life Iron man, the soul loop and over all massive love for Elon Musk - he is a super hero! Buckle up as PodGuy relives a stressful drive to work involving a bike, a wipe out, a curb, and a bus driver! YIKES – first that PodGal has heard about it.   Space Goat has some deep, deep, heavy, heavy fascinating philosophical stuff involving patterns which ties into Pink Floyd, bubbles and a laser. Need a new tie, a quality yet affordable tie?  Check out www.wearedapperties.com and use the promo code 'podcouple' to get free shipping.  We have ours and LOVE them. Want a Pod Couple T-shirt? Check out our website and place an order. PodGal is a huge fan of the super soft ones! Have you checked out our Patreon? Come on! Give it a gander and leave us a tip! We appreciate it.  Hosts:PodGuy and PodGal Guest: Space Goat Twitter:@thepodcouple Email:thepodcouple@hotmail.com Facebook: www.facebook.com/ThePodCouple Instagram:@thepodcouple Website: www.thepodcouple.ca  T-Shirts for Sale Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/thepodcouple Books:Presidential 21 on Smashwords and Amazon Have a great day - hope it just got a little bit better!

Welcome to the Family Feud edition of TGIF Beer Wars. Guardian White IPA and Nocturnum Dark IPA, both from Strange Fellows Brewing out of Vancouver, BC, Canada are going head to head.  Who will emerge the victor? Listen in and find out as The Pod Couple and Super Taster Dougems sample Strange Fellow's offerings.  CHEERs and Happy Friday! Strange Fellows Brewing: https://strangefellowsbrewing.com Need a new tie, a quality yet affordable tie?  Check out www.wearedapperties.com and use the promo code 'podcouple' to get free shipping.  We have ours and LOVE them. Want a Pod Couple T-shirt? Check out our website and place an order. PodGal is a huge fan of the super soft ones!  Have you checked out our Patreon? Come on! Give it a gander and leave us a tip! We appreciate it. Hosts:PodGuy and PodGal Music:Family Feud Theme Song Twitter:@thepodcouple Email:thepodcouple@hotmail.com Facebook: www.facebook.com/ThePodCouple Instagram:@thepodcouple Website: www.thepodcouple.ca  T-Shirts for Sale Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/thepodcouple Books:Presidential 21 on Smashwords and Amazon Have a great day - hope it just got a little bit better!

Podgal kicks off the show with an update on her latest outing where everything went splendidly right. Yay! PodGuy likes inventing – what can we say. His newest idea seems a bit out there, what do you think? And, speaking of questions, Hey, Late Night Drinkers, why are you drinking so late – get that new hashtag trending #podcastandchill! A shout out to last week's guest Space Goat!  We want him back on the show!  #bringback #spacegoat   This leads to a discussion on Harry Potter on Broadway, the epic disaster of the Spiderman Play, the classic Spiderman cartoon and Italian Spiderman (check it out). PodGuy wants to open up marketing to anything and everything and PodGal tries to shut it down. Naturally, this falls into epic marketer, KISS, discussion.  Finally, we talk about the origin of the term Jumping the Shark. And, in there somewhere, is the Phoning It in With Harland Williams. Need a new tie, a quality yet affordable tie?  Check out www.wearedapperties.com and use the promo code 'podcouple' to get free shipping.  We have ours and LOVE them. Want a Pod Couple T-shirt? Check out our website and place an order. PodGal is a huge fan of the super soft ones! Hosts: PodGuy and PodGal Music:Vexento – Where We Belong Twitter:@thepodcouple Email:thepodcouple@hotmail.com Facebook: www.facebook.com/ThePodCouple Instagram:@thepodcouple Website: www.thepodcouple.ca  T-Shirts for Sale Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/thepodcouple Books:Presidential 21 on Smashwords and Amazon Have a great day - hope it just got a little bit better!

Mad Pooper Copy Cats, Naked Water Slide Update, a law breaking cab ride, PodGal's green pee, going behind the curtain, shopping cart judgement, PodGuy's hatred for white sauce and a creepy, high pressure music trivia promoter are some of the topics in this lively podcast…..been a week! We need you, our beloved listeners, to tell us what song you have heard so many times that it makes you cringe? PodGuy needs to know….he's got a few beefs – songs and cereal boxes. Hosts: PodGuy and PodGal Drinks: Conundrum Twitter: @thepodcouple Email: thepodcouple@hotmail.com Facebook:  www.facebook.com/ThePodCouple Instagram: @thepodcouple Books: Presidential 21 on Smashwords and Amazon Have a great day - hope it just got a little bit better!

You're in for a harrowing and hilarious ride as PodGuy recounts his Christmas Day drive that leads to some 'MacGuyering' beyond belief, and despite the conditions, ice hemmorhoids and all, he keeps it together and gets home safely. In retelling the tale he coins a new word, and perhaps it was on that very drive that a new catch phrase was born - Bingo Bongo - it's a Christmas Miracle.  PodGuy Got More Mail - first it was worry dolls and a mysterious letter. There's more and it's even concerning.   Ever thought about doing some naked water sliding?  Maybe that will take the edge off - a group in Calgary has rented out the Water Park!  Thanks Listeners  for your support and joining us on this wonderful journey. Cheers to an awesome 2018.  Hosts: PodGuy and PodGal Guests: Dougems   Need a new tie, a quality yet affordable tie?  Check out www.wearedapperties.com and use the promo code 'podcouple' to get free shipping.  We have ours and LOVE them. Want a Pod Couple T-shirt? Check out our website and place an order. PodGal is a huge fan of the super soft ones! Hosts: PodGuy and PodGal Guests: Dougems Twitter: @thepodcouple Email: thepodcouple@hotmail.com Facebook:  www.facebook.com/ThePodCouple Instagram: @thepodcouple Website: www.thepodcouple.ca  T-Shirts for Sale Patreon: Coming VERY soon! Books: Presidential 21 on Smash-words and Amazon Have a great day - hope it just got a little bit better!  

Justice League is finally here and it’s...well they made it didn’t they.We also get into the new trailers for Incredibles 2 and Rampage, new movies for Multiple Man and and Morbius The Living Vampire, that Lord Of The Rings TV show is happening, Fantastic Beats 2, Deadpool 2 trailer, Mario getting a film and the ongoing saga of Schrodinger's Bat.Justice League Easter Eggs: https://t.co/VlX43IycNVGamey Game Game: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T3Xiv9ZF-0cInternet Hate Machine: https://goo.gl/px5LNmI Love Green Guide Letters: https://goo.gl/dZyxGG8:20 Incredibles 2 Teaser9:58 Rampage trailer15:24 Multiple Man movie18:25 Morbius The Living vampire movie21:32 They’re making that LOTR show23:47 Fantastic Beast 226:32 Deadpool 2 trailer28:04 Super Mario movie29:57 Schrodinger's Bat34:16 Justice League Spoiler Free Review1:08 Justice League Spoiler Review1:39:42 What We Reading/What We Gonna Read1:41:54 Letters It’s Time For Letters Buy Justice League on Amazon? Have fun with it: https://amzn.to/2oWDZICThe Weekly Planet YouTube Channel: https://goo.gl/1ZQFGH Find our T-Shirts here: https://www.teepublic.com/stores/mr-sunday-movies See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Are you ready for another round of Ask Scott? As usual, Scott is fired up and ready to deliver another awesome episode! In an effort to provide even more value to the wonderful TAS community Scott likes to start these episodes with a thought of the week. On this episode of The Amazing Seller, he shares an inspirational quote from legendary NFL coach, Vince Lombardi, “Winners never quit and quitters never win.” Scott uses this quote to encourage sellers like you to stay in the game, don’t give up! If you want to reach that level of success that you dream of, you can’t get there if you quit. So stay at it and push through. You have all the resources of the TAS community here at your disposal to help you succeed, use it! Hear more insights from Scott on this episode! Getting started as your own manufacturer - good idea? Wouldn’t it make sense to cut out the middleman and act as your own manufacturer? Are there many private label type sellers out there who have adopted this approach? What risks and pitfalls are present when considering stepping out as your own manufacturer and supplier? On this episode of The Amazing Seller, Scott explains why he is cautious toward this idea and even leans toward encouraging sellers to stay away from this risky approach. If you want to know more about the risks involved and why you should think twice before you venture down this path, be sure to listen to this episode! Open Brand vs. Full Brand approach As you start out selling on Amazon you might be considering to start with an open brand concept or a full brand concept. Which one is the best when starting out? What are the benefits of each approach? On this episode of The Amazing Seller, you’ll hear Scott explain why he encourages new sellers to start off with an open brand approach. He also goes through the reasons why it is good to consider branching out to a full brand concept later on as you grow and expand your business. If you want to hear more about how open brand and full brand concepts work, make sure to listen to this episode! What Metrics to look for in the product research phase Are you ready to get started as a private label seller on Amazon? Have you been doing your research and think you are prepared for the next step? Before you jump in with both feet, make sure you have all the metrics and expectations in mind that will help set you up for success. On this episode of The Amazing Seller, Scott walks through his process in the product research and validation phase. You’ll get all the details he looks for as he considers which products to further pursue in order to maximize his profits. This is an episode you don’t want to miss! OUTLINE OF THIS EPISODE OF THE AMAZING SELLER [0:03] Scott’s introduction to this episode of the podcast! [1:30] If you quit, you can’t WIN! [3:50] Question #1: I want to act as my own manufacturer, what advice do you have? [9:30] Question #2: Is it better to start as an open brand or a full brand? Also should I expand to other platforms like Shopify? [17:00] Question #3: Do you have a resource that walks through the product research and product validation phase? RESOURCES MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE theamazingseller.com/ask theamazingseller.com/369 theamazingseller.com/296 theamazingseller.com/189 theamazingseller.com/Nc theamazingseller.com/Js Sellers Summit Michelle Love Shopify ClickFunnels Camelcamelcamel Keepa Google Trends

It’s that time again for another session of Ask Scott here on The Amazing Seller! This is a packed episode - make sure you grab a pen and paper as Scott jumps in to answer questions from TAS followers like YOU. On this episode, Scott shares about a personal trip to Canada, how to adjust to your buyer’s feedback, dealing with diminished PPC impressions, considering complicated products and so much more! Are you ready to dive in? Scott is fired up and ready to deliver - make sure you listen to this episode! A Surprise Trip to Canada Do you ever follow those “whims” that come across your mind? It seems like there are two types of people, those who just go for it and follow that whim where it will take them and those that kind of push it down and don’t give it another thought. Most business leaders fall into the first category - not ALL business leaders, but most. On this episode of The Amazing Seller, Scott shares a fun personal story where he followed a whim that took him and his son to a basketball game in Canada. You can tell, when Scott shares the story how much of a great time and fun memory it was for him and his son. Get inspired to follow those whims on this episode! Adjusting to Buyer’s Feedback What is your reaction when faced with criticism? Do you take it in and try to adjust in light of the new information or do you ignore it and plow ahead? Sometimes you need to ignore negativity and press on but when it comes to selling products online, you need to carefully consider your approach to the feedback that you receive. On this episode of The Amazing Seller, you’ll hear Scott explain how to adjust to feedback from buyers. He breaks down how you can bundle products and offer multiple variations so your customers can be satisfied with their purchase. If you’d like to hear Scott go into detail with this topic, make sure to catch this episode! Diminished Impressions with PPC What has been your experience with Pay Per Click when selling on Amazon? Have you found it to be a helpful tool or has it caused you a lot of headaches? PPC is one of those things that kind of act like a moving target, once you think you have it dialed in, it moves and you have to rethink your approach. If you are experiencing diminished impression after using PPC for a short period, don’t be discouraged! On this episode of The Amazing Seller, Scott explains how PPC works and how sellers like you should adjust your expectations when dealing with this tool. If you’ve wanted to understand how to utilize PPC with greater success, make sure to listen to this episode! Selling Complicated Products One of the greatest advantages of selling a complicated or some might say “risky” product is that there tends to less competition in that space. But, there is a reason for the low competition - there are a lot of factors and RISKS. This is a really tough spot to be in so proceed with a large amount of caution. On this episode of The Amazing Seller, Scott walks through the tricky nature of starting off with selling a product with such complexity. He also urges sellers like you to really consider if the product they are starting off with or getting ready to launch is on that you absolutely LOVE - if it’s not, then don’t proceed! To hear Scott go into further detail on this topic, make sure to catch this episode! OUTLINE OF THIS EPISODE OF THE AMAZING SELLER [0:03] Scott’s introduction to this episode of the podcast! [6:00] Question #1: How should I deal with selling a two piece outfit where people are complaining about the two pieces fitting differently? [12:00] Question #2: I haven't made any changes but my ads have essentially stopped getting impressions, what should I do? [19:30] Question #3: I have a question about lable laws. RESOURCES MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE Sellers Summit Ignite Ask Scott a question - HERE Stay updated on all TAS Live event - HERE Catch all TAS PPC resources - HERE Catch the TAS episode featuring Michelle Love - HERE Catch all the info on TAS workshops - HERE

Celebrate and Reflect on Milestones It’s tempting to just breeze past the little steps that you have taken on your journey toward success - DON’T! It’s very important to slow down to celebrate and reflect on the milestones you have reached along your journey. Naturally, it’s easier to celebrate victories but Scott encourages entrepreneurs like you to pause and reflect on the difficult hurdles you’ve overcome too. He has found that this simple practice of celebration and reflection has had a huge impact on his outlook on life and business. To hear Scott go further with this concept, make sure to catch this episode of The Amazing Seller! When is a good time to start bundling your products? Do you have a product that would pair really well with another product and is a perfect fit for bundling? Would it give you an advantage among your competitors? If so, you really should consider bundling your product. Instead of just having a bundled or unbundled product option, Scott encourages sellers to have three distinct SKU’s, one for the main product, one separate for the product that you want to add to the bundle, and then a distinct SKU for the two products bundled together. If you’d like to hear Scott explain this process in more detail, listen to this episode of The Amazing Seller! The process of getting ungated Are you trying to get into a gated category on Amazon? Have you been thinking about approaching this process in the near future? Then this episode is the one for you! Scott breaks down several different approaches to getting ungated and how you should handle this process. It can be complicated but if you have a product that you know will perform well, then go for it! Get everything you need to know about the process and other resources that will help you along the way on this episode of The Amazing Seller! Should you worry about US politics and how it could affect your business? It can be difficult to stay enthusiastic about the future and building your business when something like politics rears its ugly head. Many in the TAS community are a little concerned about US and China relations and how that will affect their business. On this episode of The Amazing Seller, Scott gives his take on the situation and how he encourages sellers like you to prepare for the future. If this has been on your mind lately, make sure to take the time and check out what Scott has to say - you don’t want to miss it! Don’t let CHANGE stop you from TAKING ACTION! Along with the changing political climate, many TAS followers have concerns about changes with Amazon, Facebook Ads, Google and more. How can you prepare for these changes? What steps can you take to ensure that you don’t get left behind? All these questions are valid but Scott encourages sellers like you to take a longer approach. The truth of the matter is, change is constant. Don’t let the many variables and confusing changes paralyze you from TAKING ACTION! Stay informed, gather the best information available to you but at the end of the day, you are responsible for your own success. OUTLINE OF THIS EPISODE OF THE AMAZING SELLER [0:03] Scott’s introduction to this episode of the podcast! [1:45] Celebrate and reflect on your Milestones! [3:00] TAS follower shoutout. [6:30] An update on TAS events. [8:30] Question #1: A question about bundling products. [17:00] Question #2: What is the process for getting ungated? [22:00] Question #3: With the current political climate, should we be concerned about sourcing our products from China? [30:00] Don’t let change paralyze you from taking action! RESOURCES MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE Stay up to date with the TAS FB Group - HERE Check out the TAS Live info - HERE Make sure to check out TAS Episode #189 - HERE Make sure to check out TAS Episode #212 - HERE Alibaba

Welcome to Episode #63 of the Zacks Market Edge Podcast. Every week, host and Zacks stock strategist, Tracey Ryniec, will be joined by guests to discuss the hottest investing topics in stocks, bonds and ETFs and how it impacts your life. In this episode, Tracey is joined by Maddy Johnson, host of the Friday Finish Line podcast and a Zacks writer, to talk about who is dominating the online retail space. Amazon was supposed to be the doom of all the retailers. But surprise! Most of them are still here and they’re now competing against Amazon in the online space. Over the last Cyber Weekend, while Amazon (AMZN) still saw the most online orders, Best Buy (BBY) was a surprising second. Remember when Best Buy was just going to be a “showroom” for Amazon? Have they turned the game around? Maddy and Tracey also discuss why Amazon hasn’t been able to put a dent in online sales of companies like Ulta (ULTA). (Psst, they have a secret weapon that Amazon doesn’t have.) But there are other retailers able to capture market share online and some still competing the old fashioned way. Online Game Changers 1. The home and furniture retailers like Home Goods which is owned by TJX Corporation (TJX), the parent of TJ Maxx and Marshalls. Additionally Tuesday Morning (TUES) is managing to compete in the home goods category with NO online selling presence at all. You must go to a store to purchase. Are they crazy? 2. Not usually thought of as part of retail, but the online travel companies sell that dream vacation. Very few people are going to a physical travel agent anymore to buy their trips. Expedia, Priceline and even Tripadvisor are all changing the way travel is bought. Has online shopping peaked yet? What else should you know about the online retails leaders? Tune into this week’s podcast to find out. Amazon: https://www.zacks.com/stock/quote/AMZN?cid=cs-soundcloud-ft-pod Best Buy: https://www.zacks.com/stock/quote/BBY?cid=cs-soundcloud-ft-pod TJ Max; https://www.zacks.com/stock/quote/TJX?cid=cs-soundcloud-ft-pod Tuesday Morning: https://www.zacks.com/stock/quote/TUES?cid=cs-soundcloud-ft-pod Ulta Salon: https://www.zacks.com/stock/quote/ULTA?cid=cs-soundcloud-ft-pod Follow us on StockTwits: stocktwits.com/ZacksResearch Follow us on Twitter: twitter.com/ZacksResearch Like us on Facebook: www.facebook.com/ZacksInvestmentResearch