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Bill Whitney joins Jenny at the PrevenTable for a lesson on Recovery Community Organizations, independent centers focused on helping individuals achieve long-term recovery. Bill and his wife, inspired by their own recovery journeys and the feature documentary “The Anonymous People,” opened their own RCO in Georgia after witnessing the success of peer driven models. He tells the backstory of the RCO's founding, plus discusses his goal to reduce barriers to recovery.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
Alex Cooper from Call Her Daddy launches her own network called “Unwell” and media habits of Gen Z, nope, Apple was not censoring, Rob breaks down Glenn Beck's RSS feed (although the takedown was all about a trademark issue. MacWhisper! Podcast Audio Quality Grader, Squadcast joining Descript and all kinds of libsyn PR releases! Chuck Cargile as New Chief Financial Officer, Libsyn's Advertisecast signs Exclusive Ad partnership with Beautiful Stories from Anonymous People podcast! Predictive Contextual Targeting for Enhanced Podcast Advertising Precision and Effectiveness And stats! Geographic and user agent! Audience feedback drives the show. We'd love for you to contact us and keep the conversation going! Email thefeed@libsyn.com, call 412-573-1934 or leave us a message on Speakpipe! We'd love to hear from you! SIGN UP FOR OUR NEWSLETTER HERE! Quick Episode Summary (3:17) PROMO 1: 7sumwhere (3:37) Rob and Elsie conversation (5:17) Libsyn welcomes Chuck Cargile as new chief financial officer (8:40) Libsyn's Advertisecast signs exclusive partnership with Beautiful Stories From Anonymous People (10:52) Best practices for getting your podcast artwork ready (16:10) Apple did not censor Glenn Beck (19:10) MacWhisper! (21:01) Follow up for Feedswaps (26:39) PROMO 2: The Strokecast, the PFO episode (27:33) Alex Cooper from Call Her Daddy launched her own network called "Unwell" (29:17) The media habits of Gen Z (33:00) Oh! A way to grade your podcast! (34:12) Squadcast joins Descript (35:08) When a podcast doesn't update on 3rd party apps (39:02) The difference between evergreen and timely (41:07) Libsyn introduces predictive contextual targeting (46:34) Promo 3: The Next Feed (48:56) Stats! Geographic and user agents (53:45) Where have we been and where are we going! Featured Podcast Promo + Audio PROMO 1: 7sumwhere PROMO 2: The Strokecast, The PFO episode PROMO 3: The Next Feed Where have we been and where are we going Thank you to Nick from MicMe for our awesome intro! Podcasting Articles and Links mentioned by Rob and Elsie Leave us voice feedback! Libsyn CFO Announcement 08.10.23 PDF AdvertiseCast Beautiful Anonymous Exclusive - PDF Chris Gethard 'Beautiful/Anonymous' Podcast Inks Libsyn Deal - Variety Glenn Beck on X: "I have a feeling these “issues” with @Apple and others will keep happening the more we're over the target. https://t.co/RvATfZdUzJ" / X Rob @ podCast411 (Go Flyers - Chiefs) on X: "@glennbeck @Apple @theblaze Hi Glenn - I looked at your RSS feed raw code - and I can see the issue - this is not an apple conspiracy - it is just something broken with your feed. Have your team email me rob at libsyn dot com - Nothing that Apple podcast team did wrong just a tech issue on your side." / X Was Glenn Beck censored by Apple Podcasts? Host of 'Call Her Daddy' podcast taps TikTokers Alix Earle, Madeline Argy for new media company - Tubefilter Podcast Grader by Streamlit SquadCast Joins Descript: Now you can record, edit, and publish all in the same place - SquadCast.fm
Alex Cooper from Call Her Daddy launches her own network called “Unwell” and media habits of Gen Z, nope, Apple was not censoring, Rob breaks down Glenn Beck's RSS feed (although the takedown was all about a trademark issue. MacWhisper! Podcast Audio Quality Grader, Squadcast joining Descript and all kinds of libsyn PR releases! Chuck Cargile as New Chief Financial Officer, Libsyn's Advertisecast signs Exclusive Ad partnership with Beautiful Stories from Anonymous People podcast! Predictive Contextual Targeting for Enhanced Podcast Advertising Precision and Effectiveness And stats! Geographic and user agent! Audience feedback drives the show. We'd love for you to contact us and keep the conversation going! Email thefeed@libsyn.com, call 412-573-1934 or leave us a message on Speakpipe! We'd love to hear from you! SIGN UP FOR OUR NEWSLETTER HERE! Quick Episode Summary (3:17) PROMO 1: 7sumwhere (3:37) Rob and Elsie conversation (5:17) Libsyn welcomes Chuck Cargile as new chief financial officer (8:40) Libsyn's Advertisecast signs exclusive partnership with Beautiful Stories From Anonymous People (10:52) Best practices for getting your podcast artwork ready (16:10) Apple did not censor Glenn Beck (19:10) MacWhisper! (21:01) Follow up for Feedswaps (26:39) PROMO 2: The Strokecast, the PFO episode (27:33) Alex Cooper from Call Her Daddy launched her own network called "Unwell" (29:17) The media habits of Gen Z (33:00) Oh! A way to grade your podcast! (34:12) Squadcast joins Descript (35:08) When a podcast doesn't update on 3rd party apps (39:02) The difference between evergreen and timely (41:07) Libsyn introduces predictive contextual targeting (46:34) Promo 3: The Next Feed (48:56) Stats! Geographic and user agents (53:45) Where have we been and where are we going! Featured Podcast Promo + Audio PROMO 1: 7sumwhere PROMO 2: The Strokecast, The PFO episode PROMO 3: The Next Feed Where have we been and where are we going Thank you to Nick from MicMe for our awesome intro! Podcasting Articles and Links mentioned by Rob and Elsie Leave us voice feedback! Libsyn CFO Announcement 08.10.23 PDF AdvertiseCast Beautiful Anonymous Exclusive - PDF Chris Gethard 'Beautiful/Anonymous' Podcast Inks Libsyn Deal - Variety Glenn Beck on X: "I have a feeling these “issues” with @Apple and others will keep happening the more we're over the target. https://t.co/RvATfZdUzJ" / X Rob @ podCast411 (Go Flyers - Chiefs) on X: "@glennbeck @Apple @theblaze Hi Glenn - I looked at your RSS feed raw code - and I can see the issue - this is not an apple conspiracy - it is just something broken with your feed. Have your team email me rob at libsyn dot com - Nothing that Apple podcast team did wrong just a tech issue on your side." / X Was Glenn Beck censored by Apple Podcasts? Host of 'Call Her Daddy' podcast taps TikTokers Alix Earle, Madeline Argy for new media company - Tubefilter Podcast Grader by Streamlit SquadCast Joins Descript: Now you can record, edit, and publish all in the same place - SquadCast.fm
Hello folks - dropping in real quick to give a recommendation for a podcast I think fans of this show will like called Beautiful Stories From Anonymous People. The host Chris Gethard is the OG of call-in shows and this podcast has been a huge inspiration for Therapy Gecko. Every week Chris talks to one anonymous caller about absolutely anything over the course of an hour, and he can't hang up no matter what. Listen to his show here or anywhere else you get podcasts: https://www.earwolf.com/show/beautiful-anonymous/ The episode featured in this clip is 121 Prison Bound.
Greg Williams blew the lid off of anonymity with his ground-breaking film The Anonymous People. Join youlearnyouturn as we discuss the need for the recovery community to level up even more, in the face of unprecedented substance use and mental health crisis. Greg goes deep into the need for systemic restructuring. We spent time on financial incentives and reimbursement. We address the need to move SUD services into mainstream healthcare settings. NO MORE blindly sending people off to rehab with false hope. If substance use disorder is a healthcare issue, let's treat it like a healthcare issue.
Ask A Question: saythatpodcast@gmail.com thebridgechicago.tumblr.com/ask (Anonymous) People talk about the generation “that God is calling to XYZ” or that “will break this or that”. Does God do things through generations? Is that a thing? (16:38-30:17) When something bad happens in my life, my first instinct is to look for a reason. Something I could have done different or how it could have been planned for. But sometimes there's no real reason and a bad thing just happened. But I hate that so much. How do I deal with that? (30:20-43:57) How do you talk about your thoughts on life as a person of faith with non-believing friends without sounding like you are making a sales pitch? (44:01-1:01:11) Closing Song: I Come To You (Jed Brewer)
The Jacksonville Sheriff's Office is investigating a case where a woman was shot and then dropped off at a local hospital overnight Wednesday. She died hours later. Her family identified her as #AniyahWomack, 19. Redding said Womack was supposed to be starting a new job on Wednesday. Womack's sister told News4JAX she was the life of the party and didn't deserve to be left at the hospital alone. The family is asking for prayers and for anyone with information to come forward and call JSO. If you'd like to contribute to Womack's funeral costs, you can do so on her family's GoFundMe page. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/leah-gordone/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/leah-gordone/support
Comic, writer and podcast host Chris Gethard (Beautiful Stories from Anonymous People) returns to talk about meeting Tony in person, insecurity, ripping his pants, fatherhood, being a volunteer ambulance driver, how to handle worrying your kids will be bullied, his friendship with Colt Cabana, sodas, fast food orders, the neighborhood he grew up in and so much more. We also answered your questions and did a round of JMOE and HGFY. Products I Use/Recommend/Love: http://amazon.com/shop/alisonrosen Check us out on Patreon: http://patreon.com/alisonrosen Buy Alison's Book: Tropical Attire Encouraged (and Other Phrases That Scare Me) https://amzn.to/2JuOqcd You probably need to buy the HGFY ringtone! https://www.alisonrosen.com/store/ Try Amazon Prime Free 30 Day Trial
Are you intentional about the language you choose to talk about recovery? The same phrases that feel accurate and comfortable in some situations can be misunderstood by a wider audience. Does being a non-drinker mean a person is sober? Does sobriety always equal recovery? Today's show aims to help you find the right words to accurately reflect your recovery perspective. In this episode: Jean reads from her book UnPickled Prepare to be Alcohol-Free: Tips and Insights to Ease the Transition (2022) Greg Williams, director of The Anonymous People (2014) documentary Greg William's Bubble Hour interview is available via Patreon The Bubble Hour S9E10: Ruby Warrington, Author of Sober Curious and The Sober Curious Reset Sober Curious by Ruby Warrington The Sober Curious Reset by Ruby Warrington "Addictionary" recovery language from Recovery Research Institute Learn more about The Bubble Hour and listen to the archives at www.thebubblehour.com Support Tiny Bubbles and The Bubble Hour by joining us on Patreon: www.patreon.com/thebubblehour or Buy Me a Coffee See all books by Jean McCarthy: www.jeanmccarthy.ca/books Purchase Take Good Care: Recovery Readings Inspired by The Bubble Hour at https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1999299981/ Visit Jean's Blog UnPickled www.unpickledblog.com (please note that some links may be affiliate referrals that afford a small commission to this podcast at no additional cost to purchasers)
Earl Lind, Ralph Werther, and Jennie June were all pseudonyms of the same person, who wrote what are sometimes described as the first autobiographies of a transgender person ever published in the West. Research: “Lost transgender memoir from 1921 discovered by Drexel researcher” (2010, October 13) retrieved 13 March 2023 from https://phys.org/news/2010-10-lost-transgendermemoir-1921-drexel.html Book Notes. “The American Journal of Psychology, Vol. 30, No. 2 (Apr., 1919).” https://www.jstor.org/stable/1414118 Ellis, Havelock. “Eonism and other supplementary studies.” F.A. Davis. 1928. Gearhardt, Nan. “Rethinking Trans History and Gay History in Early Twentieth-Century New York.” QED: A Journal in GLBTQ Worldmaking , Vol. 6, No. 1 (Spring 2019). Via JSTOR. https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.14321/qed.6.1.0026 Joseph, Channing Gerard. “Who Was Jennie June?” OutHistory. 10/10/2022. https://outhistory.org/exhibits/show/wwjj/wwjj2 Lind, Earl. “Autobiography of an Androgyne.” Edited by Alfred W. Herzog. The Medico-Legal Journal. 1918. https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/67711/pg67711-images.html Meyerowitz, Joanne. “Thinking Sex with an Androgyne.” GLQ: A Journal of Lesbian and Gay Studies, Volume 17, Number 1, 2011. Via Project Muse. https://muse.jhu.edu/article/409154 Peterson, Jules-Gill. “Histories of the Transgender Child.” University of Minnesota Press. 2018. Ralph Werther - Jennie June. “Boy – But Never Man.” The American Journal of Urology and Sexology. Volume 15. No. 3. March 1919. https://archive.org/details/americanjournalo1519unse/ Ralph Werther - Jennie June. “Protest from an Androgyne.” The American Journal of Urology and Sexology. Volume 15. No. 7. July 1919. https://archive.org/details/americanjournalo1519unse/ Ralph Werther - Jennie June. “The Fairie Boy (An Autobiographical Sketch).” The American Journal of Urology and Sexology. Vol. 14. No. 10. October 1918. https://archive.org/details/americanjournalo1419unse Ralph Werther - Jennie June. “The Female Impersonator.” The American Journal of Urology and Sexology. Volume 15. No. 6. June 1919. https://archive.org/details/americanjournalo1519unse/ Ralph Werther - Jennie June. “The Girl-boy's Suicide.” The American Journal of Urology and Sexology. Vol. 14. No. 11. November 1918. https://archive.org/details/americanjournalo1419unse/ Ralph Werther - Jennie June. “The Sorrows of Jennie June.” The American Journal of Urology and Sexology. Volume 15. No. 4. April 1919. https://archive.org/details/americanjournalo1519unse/ Schroth, Peter W. et al. “Perspectives on Law and Medicine Relating to Transgender People in the United States.” The American Journal of Comparative Law, 2018, Vol. 66. Via JSTOR. https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.2307/26497456 Shaheen, Aaron. “Strolling through the Slums of the Past: Ralph Werther's Love Affair with Victorian Womanhood in ‘Autobiography of an Androgyne.'” PMLA , October 2013, Vol. 128, No. 4 (October 2013). Via JSTOR. https://www.jstor.org/stable/23489164 Werther, Ralph. “The female-impersonators.” Edited by Alfred W. Herzog. The Medico-Legal Journal. 1922. https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/70019/pg70019-images.html Werther, Ralph. “The Riddle of the Underworld.” Via OutHistory. https://outhistory.org/exhibits/show/earllind23/manuscript See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Ask A Question: saythatpodcast@gmail.com thebridgechicago.tumblr.com/ask (Anonymous) People were talking about how the Grammy's and Super Bowl halftime show were “satanic.” Are people being serious with that? Why are people so weird about this stuff? (14:10-31:11) Bonus thematic relevant emergency! (31:16-42:05) https://relevantmagazine.com/current/buzzworthy/priest-who-temporarily-died-says-he-went-to-hell-and-they-play-rihannas-music-to-torture-people/ How would you define woke ? Is it a term as a Christian we should be associated with? I've heard different definitions and even some have suggested quite dark origins of the phrase so I'm really unsure whether it's something I should use or relate to? Thanks! (42:10-57:34) Closing Song: Don't Chas Shadows (Lee Younger)
Laurie Dhue appeared to have it all — a successful career as a broadcast journalist, a beautiful apartment over Central Park, a great family, and lots of friends. But she had what she thought of as a “naughty and thrilling” secret — a cocaine addiction. Join us as she shares with Gabe her motivation for getting clean, how she did it, and what she is up to now. To learn more -- or read the transcript - -please visit the official episode page. Guest Bio Laurie Dhue is Chief Brand Officer at Recovery Education and Applied Learning (REAL). One of the nation's leading recovery advocates, Laurie is in long-term recovery from alcohol misuse and drug addiction. She has worked closely with the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP), the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), Faces and Voices of Recovery (FAVOR) and the National Council on Alcohol and Drug Dependence (NCADD). Laurie has spoken on behalf of many national recovery organizations including the Hazelden Betty Ford Foundation and the Caron Foundation. Laurie has had the distinct honor of speaking at the White House in 2014 and 2017 on behalf of ONDCP. She was also a featured speaker at the inaugural UNITE to Face Addiction national rally in Washington, DC in 2015. Laurie appeared in the award-winning 2013 documentary “The Anonymous People” and the Emmy-nominated 2017 documentary “Reversing the Stigma,” produced in conjunction with OASAS (New York State's Office of Alcoholism and Substance Abuse). Prior to her work in the recovery field, Dhue enjoyed a distinguished career as an award-winning national news anchor who hosted shows on all three major cable news networks: CNN, MSNBC, and Fox News Channel. Her 25 years in news has included interviews with numerous world leaders, politicians, entertainers, and prominent newsmakers as well as extensive reporting from the Middle East during the War on Terror. Dhue joined forces with REAL to give addiction a face and voice, helping crush the stigma surrounding the disease, further proving that long-term recovery is possible. She travels coast to coast giving speeches, emceeing events, and moderating panel discussions, as well as offering commentary in national media. Inside Mental Health Podcast Host Gabe Howard is an award-winning writer and speaker who lives with bipolar disorder. He is the author of the popular book, "Mental Illness is an Asshole and other Observations," available from Amazon; signed copies are also available directly from the author. Gabe makes his home in the suburbs of Columbus, Ohio. He lives with his supportive wife, Kendall, and a Miniature Schnauzer dog that he never wanted, but now can't imagine life without. To book Gabe for your next event or learn more about him, please visit gabehoward.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Greg Williams is the award-winning filmmaker of feature length documentaries, The Anonymous People (2014 PRISM Award for Outstanding Documentary) and Generation Found. In 2015, he produced the historic Unite To Face Addiction Rally on the National Mall when tens of thousands of people from around the world gathered to end the silence surrounding addiction. This was the first time major musicians, politicians, actors, athletes, models, journalists, authors, and advocates joined together in unison, to solve the most urgent health crisis of our time. The event was memorialized in a PBS special, The Concert To Face Addiction, that Greg produced. He also produced the launch event and companion TV special for the release of the first-ever Surgeon General's Report on Alcohol, Drugs, and Health, Listen: Facing Addiction In America when Viacom aired the special simultaneously on 11 of its cable networks, which was seen by millions. Greg is a health policy consultant and communications specialist, providing strategic oversight and direction to numerous initiatives. Most notably, Greg manages the Alliance for Addiction Payment Reform, a national collaboration aimed at improving outcomes for patients, payers, and health systems, and served as a managing editor of the Addiction Recovery Medical Home Alternative Payment Model. Greg has over a decade of experience working with non-profits and government agencies on addiction. As person in long-term recovery from addiction himself, Greg's work has been dedicated towards creating positive changes in access to quality health care and recovery supports for the over 40 million Americans with a substance use disorder. Greg is the award-winning filmmaker and producer of three feature length documentaries: The Anonymous People, Generation Found, and Tipping The Pain Scale. In 2015, he executive produced the historic UNITE to Face Addiction Rally on the National Mall when tens of thousands of people including from around the world gathered alongside major musicians to end the silence surrounding addiction. He also produced the 2016 launch event of the first-ever Surgeon's General Report on Alcohol, Drugs, and Health: Facing Addiction in America as well as the 2021 Recover Out Loud concert event in partnership with Google, iHeart Radio, and Variety. His work has been featured in the New York Times, Washington Post, ABC World News, LA Times, and countless other news outlets. He also serves as a member of the United States of Care's Voices of Real Life advisory group. Greg received his master's degree in addiction public policy and media production from New York University.
Greg Williams is the award-winning filmmaker and producer of three feature length documentaries: The Anonymous People, Generation Found, and Tipping The Pain Scale. In 2015, he executive produced the historic UNITE to Face Addiction Rally on the National Mall when tens of thousands of people including from around the world gathered alongside major musicians to end the silence surrounding addiction.
Roxanne Konz is a Master's certified and PhD candidate Addiction Specialist. Based on a few of our episodes, specifically Nathan Kasselder & Heather Kittelson, we wanted to make sure we touched on the advocacy of getting help. Roxanne's ability to give addiction recovery a face is unique as she has her own story of drug and alcohol abuse. It was so very refreshing to hear the recovery side of addiction and all the good people and activity in this area. Highlights from the show: Personal Journey with long-term recovery from drugs and alcohol. Is Addiction/Mental Health Nature or Nurture? “Folks who are suffering with addiction are not bad people trying to be good they are sick people trying to get well.” Breaking the chain of generational addiction The Biggest gateway to addiction is TRAUMA Definitions of Trauma Levels of Care and Treatment Tenure The 500 Pound Phone Both the person battling addiction and the family it affects need love and compassion. Annual Medical Check but no Annual Brain Check? Substance abuse treatment programs that have inpatient and outpatient treatment options near the Sioux Falls area: Hazelden Betty Ford Foundation Locations throughout the United States. https://www.hazeldenbettyford.org/ Keystone Canton, SD and Sioux Falls, SD https://www.keystonetreatment.com/ Avera Behavioral Health Sioux Falls, SD https://www.avera.org/locations/profile/avera-behavioral-health-hospital-sioux-falls/ The national website to locate substance abuse or mental health treatment along with medication assisted treatment providers: https://www.samhsa.gov/ Two more websites to access treatment services where you can sort by insurance type or sliding scale fee services for those without insurance as well as by zip code: https://www.psychologytoday.com/us https://www.findhelp.org/ Various support group resources: Alanon (family support) https://al-anon.org/ Celebrate Recovery Meetings (faith-based recovery meeting) https://www.celebraterecovery.com/ Wellbriety Meetings (recovery meetings based in Native American spirituality) http://whitebison.org/wellbriety-online-meetings/ Alcoholics Anonymous Meetings https://www.aa.org/find-aa Narcotics Anonymous Meetings https://www.na.org/ SMART Recovery Meetings (not spiritual or religious) https://www.smartrecovery.org/ The documentary referenced was "The Anonymous People" which you can find on Amazon. Sioux Falls Finest Ryan - Augustana Football & Sioux Falls Parks and Recreation (goaugie.com) (https://www.siouxfalls.org/parks) Ben - Great Bear Resort (greatbearpark.com) --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/mandate/message
Greg Williams is a person in long term recovery. Early on in his journey he witnessed challenges w/ others finding and sustaining recovery and became frustrated with people not looking at the real problems and issues, but rather making a lot of excuses. While in film school, Greg learned that in order to make a good documentary you needed access to unique subject matter. It was out of his access to positive, solution oriented stories that his passion for making documentaries about recovery was born.Greg has spent his career highlighting addiction recovery stories through a series of projects, including documentaries, concerts and live events. He produced the documentaries The Anonymous People, Generation Found and most recently, Tipping the Pain Scale alongside the immensely talented, Jeff Reilly.On this episode of the podcast, we talk with Greg about all of his projects and we get his perspective on the community response to the addiction crisis. Greg has been a part of some groundbreaking events focused on ending the stigma of addiction and has documented the courageous people who use their personal stories to participate in the democratic process and effectively change the public opinion about addiction.**Turning Point of Tampa and the Hazelden Betty Ford Foundation are co-hosting a screening of Tipping the Pain Scale in celebration of National Recovery Month. Please check the show notes for more information on that exciting event**Tipping the Pain ScaleWatch the Trailer - Tipping the Pain ScaleWatch the Trailer - The Anonymous PeopleWatch the Trailer - Generation FoundHigh Watch MediaGlobal Exchange 2022Victory High SchoolNarcanwww.tpoftampa.comwww.thepointisrecoverypodcast.comwww.facebook.com/TurningPointofTampawww.twitter.com/TurningPointTPAwww.instagram.com/turningpointtpawww.youtube.com/user/TurningPointofTampawww.linkedin.com/company/turning-point-of-tampa-inc
Geth speaks with a woman about bringing her queerness and spirituality into alliance. She opens up about being part of a church that did more harm to her than good and finding a higher purpose.
The McShin Foundation was founded in 2004 by husband and wife duo John Shinholser and Carol McDaid to fill a void they saw in the care of Richmonders seeking recovery. John left a lucrative painting business to start the foundation and Carol is a veteran lobbyist for mental health and drug policy at the federal level. Hatcher Memorial Baptist Church opened their doors to McShin, offering office space when no one else was receptive to the idea of a recovery organization. From two offices in the basement of a church, McShin has grown into the organization it is today, including a 15,000 square foot recovery center and over 100 recovery residence beds in Richmond and the surrounding areas. Both in long-term recovery themselves, John and Carol continue working daily to combat Substance Use Disorders and help people start their recovery journey.Check out the McShin Foundation here https://mcshin.org/BIO:John Shinholser is the President of The McShin Foundation, which was founded in 2004 and named for its two co-founders, John and his wife Carol McDaid. It is Virginia's largest full service Authentic Recovery Community Organization.John is a United States Marine Corps veteran and successful entrepreneur. He served as President of SAARA (substance abuse and addiction recovery alliance) of Central Virginia Affiliate and is a former board member of SAARA of Virginia. He served on the board of directors of Rubicon, Inc. for 14 years, Virginia's most comprehensive substance abuse treatment facility.In 2005, Shinholser received the national America Honors Recovery Award from the Johnson Institute. In 2005, he and his wife Carol also received the Caron Foundation's Outstanding Alumni Award. In 2006, he the Virginia state office of substance abuse services Award of Virginia for Significant Contributions to the Field of Substance Use Disorder Recovery, typically given to professionals Shinholser was the first recovering community member to receive this.Under John's leadership McShin won the Recovery Community Organization of the year Award for the United States, The Joel Hernandez Award presented by Faces and Voices of Recovery in June of 2011. McShin also won the national SAMHSA (Substance Abuse and Mental Health Service Administration) Recovery Month 2011 Flicker Award. McShin also won the SAMHSA special event of the year award in 2014. McShin is 1 of only 19 nationally CAPRSS accredited RCO's. Most recently, in 2021 McShin was recognized by the Virginia General Assembly for its pioneer work in recovery in House Resolution NO.738.John has been featured in Addiction Professional Magazine and other local papers across Virginia, the U.S. and U.K. He also has been in news broadcasts and national documentaries including The Anonymous People.John is an appointed citizen member of the 2008,2009,2010 Virginia General Assembly Joint Senate /House sub-committee on substance abuse (SJ77). John was a member of Henrico County Drug Court Advisory Council and an Honorary Deputy of Richmond City Sheriff Office. John co-wrote the Recovery Coach Manual, the first nationally utilized peer training manual. McShin was the first National Alliance of Recovery Residence in Virginia. John and Carol participated in the first U.K. recovery walk to help launch The Living Room in Cardiff, a Recovery Community Center. John has presented in correctional facilities in 42 different states.John and Carol reside in Hanover County, Virginia. He has been in recovery since August 10th, 1982.
Danielle Lassiter, a supervisor of Supply Chain Solutions at Broad River Retail sits down with Charlie to discuss the ins and outs of her role; the challenges with Supply Chain during the pandemic; and how problem-solving creatively has become one of her number one skills. As a member of Broad River Retail's Anti-Racism Committee (the ARC), Danielle also discusses her role on the ARC and how she is bringing awareness to the DEI space within the company. Episode resources: Danielle's current books: "Eat That Frog!" by Brian Tracy - https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/95887.Eat_That_Frog "City on Fire" by Garth Risk Hallberg - https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/24189224-city-on-fire Danielle's favorite podcasts: Throughline on NPR - https://www.npr.org/podcasts/510333/throughline Code Switch on NPR - https://www.npr.org/podcasts/510312/codeswitch Beautiful / Anonymous: Beautiful Stories from Anonymous People - https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/beautiful-stories-from-anonymous-people/id1090147504 Danielle's recommended to-do list program from Microsoft: - https://todo.microsoft.com/tasks/ Charlie's book recommendation: "Win the Day" by Mark Batterson - https://www.markbatterson.com/books/wintheday/ This episode on Youtube: https://youtu.be/64ioCCQyh3Y We hope you enjoy this episode and subscribe to our podcast for a new story each week. Visit www.StoriesfromtheRiver.com for more episodes.
Danielle Lassiter, a supervisor of Supply Chain Solutions at Broad River Retail sits down with Charlie to discuss the ins and outs of her role; the challenges with Supply Chain during the pandemic; and how problem-solving creatively has become one of her number one skills. As a member of Broad River Retail's Anti-Racism Committee (the ARC), Danielle also discusses her role on the ARC and how she is bringing awareness to the DEI space within the company. Episode resources: Danielle's current books: "Eat That Frog!" by Brian Tracy - https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/95887.Eat_That_Frog "City on Fire" by Garth Risk Hallberg - https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/24189224-city-on-fire Danielle's favorite podcasts: Throughline on NPR - https://www.npr.org/podcasts/510333/throughline Code Switch on NPR - https://www.npr.org/podcasts/510312/codeswitch Beautiful / Anonymous: Beautiful Stories from Anonymous People - https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/beautiful-stories-from-anonymous-people/id1090147504 Danielle's recommended to-do list program from Microsoft: - https://todo.microsoft.com/tasks/ Charlie's book recommendation: "Win the Day" by Mark Batterson - https://www.markbatterson.com/books/wintheday/ This episode on Youtube: https://youtu.be/64ioCCQyh3Y We hope you enjoy this episode and subscribe to our podcast for a new story each week. Visit www.StoriesfromtheRiver.com for more episodes.
So if you've listened to the podcast before I talked about in one episode about how i got this book and almost never read it but one night I just felt moved to go to my shelf get it and start reading it and it was just what I needed at that time its a collection of quotes and I enjoyed it dearly when I opened the book I saw the former owner had annotated it and I started to as well and I wanted to read some of the quotes that stood out to me and what they meant to me and how I think they applied to my life in hopes that it will reach others who are at the same point and needed this information as well! “A genius is one who shoots at something no one else can see, and hits it.”- Anonymous “The belief that youth is the happiest time of life is founded on a fallacy. The happiest person is the person who thinks the most interesting thoughts, and we grow happier as we grow older.” William Lyon Phelps “Making the simple complicated is commonplace; making the complicated simple, awesomely simple, that's creativity.” - Charles Mingus “There is no exercise better for the heart than reaching down and lifting people up.” - John Andrew Holmer “Getting an idea should be like sitting down on a pin; it should make you jump up and do something” - E.L. Simpson “To get nowhere, follow the crowd.” - Anonymous “People who drink to down their sorrows should be told that sorrow knows how to swim.” - Ann Landers “Losing an illusion makes you wiser than finding a truth.”- Ludwig Borne “I have the greatest if all riches: that of not desiring them.” - Eleonora Duse “The world is moving so fast these days that the man who says it can't be done is generally interrupted by someone doing it.” - Elbert Hubbard “To wish to progress is the largest part of progress.” - Lucius Annaeus Seneca (1ST century A.D) “If you are not part of the solution, you are part of the problem.” Eldridge Cleaver --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/al4s/message
RMA-Episode 71 Show Notes: Is anonymity in recovery a good thing, or does it stand in the way of the effort to de-stigmatize addiction? The movie Anonymous People purports to answer that question, and it is the topic of discussion on today's episode. According to the filmmakers of this groundbreaking 2013 documentary, deeply entrenched social stigma and mass participation in widely successful anonymous 12-step groups have kept recovery voices silent and faces hidden for decades. The vacuum created by this silence has been filled by sensational mass media depictions of addiction that continue to perpetuate a lurid public fascination with the dysfunctional side of what is a preventable and treatable health condition. Mike and Nat discuss the movie and debate with the Monksters whether the disease model of addiction is helpful or hurtful to people in recovery. Plus, the week in review, Recovery in the News and the Week in Weird on a semi-anonymous, bat outta hell, sober-curious episode of Recovery in the Middle Ages. LINKS: Anonymous People Recovery News: https://www.soberliningsplaybook.com/ Recovery in the News: I'm Tired of Explaining Why I Don't Drink Lawmakers want to strengthen access to non-religious substance abuse treatment services The Week in Weird: World's Largest Potato JOIN THE RECOVERY IN THE MIDDLE AGES PATREON AND SUPPORT THE SHOW!! LISTEN TO RMA ON YOUTUBE PLEASE leave us a 5 star review on I-Tunes if you're enjoying the show and SUBSCRIBE to get the latest episodes. You can reach us by email at: MikeR@middleagesrecovery.com Natx@middleagesrecovery.com Send comments, complaints, death threats, ideas and requests to be interviewed. We'll talk to anyone! Check out the website: Www.middleagesrecovery.com While you're there, buy a T-Shirt and support your favorite recovery podcast. Visit MiddleAgesRecovery.com and tell us your story of your struggles with alcohol and drugs. Fill out the “tell us your story” Form on the website, write your recovery or using story and we will read it on the air! (Anonymity guaranteed). FOLLOW US ON TWITTER Join the Facebook Page! Exciting things are happening there! We also have a Facebook Group! Request to join the group. It's a private space for continuing the discussion of what Nat and Mike talk about on the podcast. Hope to see you there. If you're in trouble with substance abuse and need help, reach out. There are thousands of people who have put problems with addiction in their rear-view mirrors and you can be one of them. While we neither endorse nor condemn any particular program, the sheer number of available AA and NA meetings suggest that reaching out to those organizations would be a good first step on the road to recovery. https://www.aa.org/ https://www.na.org/meetingsearch/ Marijuana Anonymous (just in case): This Naked Mind Addiction Recovery Podcast
Welcome to A Way Through, a podcast brought to you by Archway Academy! The purpose of this podcast is to remind you that though you may not see it now, something different is possible; Recovery is possible! **The views and opinions expressed by our guests are those of the individual and do not necessarily reflect those of Archway Academy. Any content provided by our student co-host(s) or guests are of their opinion and are not intended to reflect the philosophy and policies of Archway Academy itself. Nor is it intended to malign any recovery method, religion, ethnic group, club, organization, company, individual, or anyone or anything. This week, Sasha Coles, LMFT, LPC, is joined by Filmmaker and Long-Term Recovery Advocate, Greg D. Williams. Managing Director of Third Horizon Strategies, and Generation Found, Greg and fellow Director, Jeff Reilly use the gift of storytelling to convey what it's really like to recover from drug and alcohol addiction. Throughout the conversation, Sasha and Greg also talk about how independent film can be used to create positive change within communities and why starting the conversation around adolescent recovery matters. A Way Through invites you to join in on the conversation and hear stories of triumph, self-discovery, and healing. Be sure to subscribe to A Way Through to stay updated on each new episode and leave a review of the show! Topics Discussed: Connecting through the Power of Storytelling through Documentaries Focusing on the Life of Recovery vs. the Depths of Addiction The collective experience of taking action towards Youth Recovery Reducing the stigma behind Adolescent Addiction Additional Resources: Generation Found Film: http://generationfoundfilm.com High Watch Media: https://www.highwatchmedia.com The Anonymous People: https://www.kinolorber.com/film/view/id/1546 Tipping the Pain Scale: https://www.tippingthepainscale.com Connect with Archway Academy: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/archwayacademyhtx/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/archwayacademy/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCVBgxwG5CC6qBcJ3U6KcK5Q Contact Archway Academy: If you or a student you know needs help, visit the website, or call the number below to schedule a tour. We are here to help. Address: 6221 Main Street Houston, TX 77030 Call: 713.328.0780 Email: sasha.coles@archwayacademy.org Website: https://www.archwayacademy.org About Archway Academy: Welcome to A Way Through, brought to you by Archway Academy, "Where Education Meets Recovery." Archway is a sober high school located in the sunny heart of Houston, Texas. We meet the individual educational needs of teens recovering from Substance Use Disorder with care, compassion, respect, and rigor. Archway is the largest recovery high school in the nation. We are here to remind you that though you may not see it now, something different IS POSSIBLE - This is a Way Through. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/archway-academy/message
Award-winning documentary filmmaker Greg Williams has been telling the story of addiction and Recovery for years through his work in “Anonymous People,” “Generation Found,” and now “Tipping the Pain Scale.” Greg joins us with the question,” can compassion tip the scale,” once and for all?-------------------The Behavioral Corner Podcast is made possible by Retreat Behavioral Health. Learn more - https://www.retreatbehavioralhealth.com
E26 Do the Thing & Then You Get the Energy to do the thing |IBGR | Donna Kunde & Londina Cruz “Discipline is like a muscle. The more we train it, the better we become in developing it.” - Anonymous People have written extensively about how to be successful. The problem is that we live in a microwave society that wants to see results in 30 seconds or less. In addition, culture says we should do what we feel and wait for inspiration. Emerson says to do the thing and then we get the energy to do the thing. Motivation gets us started but discipline gets us across the finish line. In order to get in motion, consider these ideas Think about the consequences of not acting Focus on doing the right thing just for today Make yourself accountable to someone else, especially in your weak area TAGS: IBGR, IBGR Network, Donna Kunde, Londina Cruz, take action, take action now, take action, action, how to take action, we'll take action, how to take action in life, how to take action consistently, take action to achieve your goals, take action now achieve your goals
Greg Williams is an award-winning filmmaker who happens to be on the youturn advisory board and joins us for a second podcast episode. Greg is always working to reduce the stigma surrounding substance use disorder and has always been open about his recovery. He is passionate about collegiate recovery programs as that is where he began his journey. He produced the groundbreaking film the Anonymous People and has worked on a new film that is out now called Tipping the Pain Scale. The theme from the film is "Addiction isn't a choice. Compassion is." At youlearnyouturn, we couldn't agree more. https://www.tippingthepainscale.com/https://thirdhorizonstrategies.com/meet-the-team/greg-williams/
Every week, Chris opens the phone line to one anonymous caller, and he cant hang up first, no matter what. From shocking confessions and family secrets to philosophical discussions and shameless self-promotion, anything can and will happen! Theme song by Shellshag
Looking for the best comedy podcasts? Earwolf Presents showcases our talented hosts and our favorite episodes from the Earwolf universe! Let us surprise you! Here is Beautiful Anonymous with Chris Gethard and be prepared for strip clubs, pickles and dad's getting murdered, that's what these bros bond over. In one of the most chaotic episodes ever, two callers are on the phone thousands of miles away while their buddy joins Gethard on stage at Ant Hall in Detroit! Find us at @earwolf anywhere you listen to podcasts www.earwolf.com See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Joe and Amy sit down with Tom Coderre, former state senator from Rhode Island and current Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary for Mental Health and Substance Use for SAMHSA. We discuss what SAMHSA defines as “recovery”, the new ONDCP director and the spike in overdose deaths. Tom was featured with Joe in “The Anonymous People”.
Phil Valentine is the Executive Director for the Connecticut Community for Addiction Recovery (CCAR). He has been an integral component in this Recovery Community Organization since January 1999. An accomplished author, trainer and presenter Phil is widely recognized as leader in the new recovery advocacy movement. Phil is known to carry the message of recovery through storytelling, humor and wit. In 2006, the Johnson Institute recognized his efforts with an America Honors Recovery award. In 2008, Faces and Voices of Recovery honored CCAR with the first Joel Hernandez Voice of the Recovery Community Award as the outstanding recovery community organization in the country. In 2009, the Hartford Business Journal named him the Non-Profit Executive of the Year. He appears in the documentary “The Anonymous People”, a groundbreaking video that CCAR had the privilege of supporting. In 2015, Phil thruhiked the Appalachian Trail, a journey of 2,189 miles and carried the message of recovery the entire way (#AT4Recovery). People consistently seek Phil's experience and expertise on a variety of topics – Recovery Community Organization development, Recovery Community Center development, peer recovery support services, recovery coaching, advocacy and others. Numerous authors have included his perspective in their writings; for example, Bill White, Christopher Kennedy-Lawford, Dr. John Kelly, Bud Mikhitarian and Melissa Killeen. Early in his career, Phil spearheaded CCAR's effort to build a statewide network of Recovery Community Centers that feature innovative peer recovery support services like telephone recovery support, All-Recovery groups and Recovery Works! employment services. Most recently, CCAR implemented the Emergency Department Recovery Coach project with dramatic, positive results. Phil was instrumental in the development of CCAR's highly-acclaimed videos and served as CCAR's point man for the first seven “Recovery Walks!", annual walks held for those in support of recovery from alcohol and other drug addiction. He has designed and facilitated several trainings and currently, Phil has focused his training efforts on the CCAR Recovery Coach Academy©, Ethical Considerations for Recovery Coaches©, Spirituality for Recovery Coaches© and Professionalism for Recovery Coaches©. Phil established his recovery since December 28, 1987 and believes being public about his own recovery from alcohol and cocaine addiction helps eliminate the discrimination surrounding addiction and recovery. He strives to “soften the community” to recovery. A University of Connecticut graduate, he previously worked as a community counselor in a detox/residential treatment setting and in the field of prevention. He is married and has five children. His favorite hobbies are hiking, kayak and surf fishing, European football and movies.
Gretta Cohn is the founder and CEO of Transmitter Media. Gretta's experience runs the gamut of all things audio, from public radio and ringtones, to producing chart-topping podcasts. We discuss her time touring with the band Bright Eyes, being hired as the first production executive at Midroll Media and Earwolf, and starting her own podcast company with only $7,000 of savings. Subscribe to our newsletter. We explore the intersection of media, technology, and commerce: sign-up linkLearn more about our market research and executive advisory: RockWater websiteFollow The Come Up on Twitter: @TCUpodEmail us: tcupod@wearerockwater.com--EPISODE TRANSCRIPT:Chris Erwin:Hi, I'm Chris Erwin. Welcome to The Come Up, a podcast that interviews entrepreneurs and leaders. Gretta Cohn:I thought I would take the more productive path, the one where I didn't leave podcasting and I made this decision in December of 2016 to myself and then spent the next couple of months just tucking away money. And when I say I saved money before starting the business, I saved $7,000. Chris Erwin:This week's episode features Gretta Cohn, the founder and CEO of Transmitter Media. Now, Gretta's experience runs the gamut of all things audio. From being a touring cellist with the band, Cursive, to teaching radio workshops at NYU, to working in audiobooks, ringtones, and most recently podcasts. And Gretta's done some groundbreaking work along the way like turning Freakonomics Radio into an omni channel media brand, launching the number one podcast show, Beautiful Stories from Anonymous People and helping build Howl, which eventually became part of Stitcher. But Gretta's career transformed in 2017 when she decided to do podcasting on her own terms. So with only $7000 of savings, Gretta founded Transmitter Media and quickly began producing premium podcasts for clients like, TED, Spotify, and Walmart. Today, Gretta is focused on scaling her Brooklyn based team and creating more, as she describes, beautiful things. Chris Erwin:Gretta's love for her craft and team is so genuine and her story is a great example of how sheer will and passion are the ultimate enablers. All right, let's get into it. Chris Erwin:Tell me a little bit about where you grew up. I believe that you grew up in New York City. Is that right? Gretta Cohn:Well, I grew up in the suburbs, so I grew up on Long Island. My mom is from Queens and my dad is from Brooklyn and there is a sort of mythology of their meeting. My mom's dad was a butcher in Queens and my dad would always tell us that they didn't have toothpaste growing up and he'd go over to my mom's house and just eat. Yeah, they moved out to Long Island after they got married. Chris Erwin:Nice. And what part of Long Island? Gretta Cohn:Initially I grew up on the eastern end in the town called Mount Sinai and then when I was 13 in a very traumatic move at that age we moved to Huntington, which was more like smack in the middle of the island. Chris Erwin:My cousins are from Huntington. That's where they grew up, but then I think they moved to Lloyd's Neck shortly after. Why was that move so traumatic at 13? Gretta Cohn:I think it's that really formative age where you are sort of coming into yourself as a human, as a teenager and I remember writing my name on the wall in the closet because I wanted to leave my mark on that particular house that we grew up in. But then we moved and I made new friends and it was fine. Chris Erwin:Everything is scary at that age. It's like, "Oh, I have my friends and if I move to a new high school or middle school, I'll never have the same friends again." Gretta Cohn:My best friend at the time, Alessandra, never to be talked to or seen again. Chris Erwin:What was the household like growing up? Was there interesting audio from your parents? I mean, I think you mentioned, remind me, your father was a butcher and your mother was... Gretta Cohn:No, no. Those are my grandparents. Chris Erwin:Those are your grandparents. Got it. Gretta Cohn:Yeah. No. My parents were both teachers in the education system. My dad was a teacher his whole career life. He taught shop and psychology classes and computer classes. And my mom ended up being a superintendent of the school district on Long Island. She got her start as a Phys Ed teacher and then became an English teacher and worked her way up to superintendent. The sort of interest in audio they instilled in me and my two brothers extremely early. We all started learning to play string instruments at the age of three through the Suzuki method. Chris Erwin:The Suzuki method? Gretta Cohn:Yeah. Which is like an ear training style of learning music. So you essentially at three years old, you cannot possibly understand how to physically play an instrument and I remember a lot of time spent in those early group lessons just hugging the cello and singing this song, I love my cello very much, I play it every day and crawling up and down the bow with spider fingers, that's what they called it because your fingers kind of looked like spiders crawling up and down the bow and we all started playing string instruments at that age. I played cello and then the brother who came after me played violin, and the brother who came after him also played cello. Chris Erwin:Wow. And did you parents play instruments as well, string instruments? Gretta Cohn:No. My dad loves to say he can play the radio. Chris Erwin:I respect that. Gretta Cohn:I think they are educators, they are really invested in the full education of a person and so I think that they thought it was a good teaching discipline and it certainly required a kind of discipline. I can recall really fighting against practicing because I had to practice probably every day and I would rebel and not want to do it, but it was not really an option and I'm glad that ultimately I was pressed to continue to play because playing music has played such a huge part of my life. Chris Erwin:Clearly. It led you, which we'll get to, into founding a podcast production company and network and so much more. So very big impact. But, I get it. I began playing the alto saxophone in fourth grade and my twin brother was playing the clarinet and it was lessons with Mr. Slonum every week, an hour of practice every day and it was, when you're putting it on top of sports and homework and academics, it's a lot and it's intense and there's moments where you really don't want to do it and it's not fun and then there's moments where you're very thankful for it. And I think a lot of the more thankful moments came later in my life, but if you can get some of those early on, it's meaningful. When you first started playing, did you really enjoy it or was it just like, uh this is what I'm just supposed to do? Gretta Cohn:I remember enjoying it. I remember in particular being able to do little recitals every so often and I know there are photographs of myself in recital that I've seen even recently and there is such a joy in that and I think that showing off something that you've done and your family claps for you, it's a good job. Ultimately, what it feels like to play in a group, in an ensemble, it's pretty magical. I played in orchestras starting in grade school all the way up through college and there is something really amazing about the collective and your part and you can't mess up because it's glaringly obvious if you're the one out of the section of 12 cellists whose got their bow going the wrong direction or the wrong note playing. But it's also really beautiful to play in a group like that. Chris Erwin:Yeah. It's a special team sport, right? You rely on other people and people rely on you. When it comes together, it's an absolutely beautiful event, for you and the audience. Gretta Cohn:Yeah. I also played soccer growing up, speaking of team sports. Chris Erwin:Okay. What position? Gretta Cohn:I was defense. They would enlist me to run around and shadow the most powerful player on the other team. I don't know why, but I remember that. Chris Erwin:I was very similar. I started out as a recreation all-star like a forward and then got moved to right fullback, which is defense. That was my soccer career. All right. So interesting. So yeah, speaking of studying music, I think that when you went to university, you almost went to study music at a conservatory but you ended up going to Brown instead. What were you thinking, because were you going down a path where it's like, "I want to be in audio, I want to create music." What was your head space there as you started to go through advanced education, beginnings of your career? Gretta Cohn:I remember collecting fliers for conservatories. I was interested in conservatory, I think though that as I began to really think about what that would mean, I don't know that I was thinking really broadly, like oh... No one at 17 or whatever really has a full picture of what those choices ultimately mean but I'm glad that I didn't go to music school. I was always the worst player in the best section. So I remember I was in the New York Youth Symphony and I was definitely not the best player in that section, but it was really hard to get in. One summer I went and studied at the Tanglewood Institute in Boston, which is, again, extremely competitive and hard to get into but I was definitely not the best player there. Gretta Cohn:And I think that thinking about what it would mean to devote oneself entirely to that, I had other interests. I wasn't so completely focused on being a performer that it didn't ultimately feel like it would make a lot of sense because I wanted to study history, I wanted... And obviously, you go to conservatory, you have a well-rounded education ultimately, I would imagine, but it's not where I think I ultimately wanted to go. That was not the direction I ultimately wanted to go. Chris Erwin:Yeah. It's a really big commitment going from good to great, but I mean, you are great. You are getting into these elite orchestras but to be the first chair, that's a level of dedication practice that's really tough. It's funny, I actually read a David Foster Wallace article about the sport of tennis and he played and he was very good and I think he could have even gone pro, but he's like, "I'm good, I put in enough hours and I have fun with it, but for me to go to the next level..." He's like, "It's not fun to me and I don't want to do that." It's not for him. So you make a decision and you go to Brown. What's your study focus at Brown? Gretta Cohn:I ultimately was in the American Studies Department, but I had a special sort of crossover with the music department so I took a lot of music classes, I took a lot of American Studies classes which is basically like cultural history, social history, history through the lens of various social movements or pop culture, which I think is really fascinating and I wound everything together so that my senior thesis was about cover songs and the history of sort of copying and the idea of creating various versions of any original work and the sort of cultural history and critical theory lens of it, but also just I selected three songs and I traced their history over time from a performance perspective but also from like, how does this song fit into the narrative of music history? Chris Erwin:Do you remember the three songs? Gretta Cohn:I think I did Twist and Shout. Chris Erwin:Okay. Gretta Cohn:I Shall Be Released and I can't remember the third one. But I had a lot of fun writing it and I really liked the bridging between the music department and the American Studies department. And strangely, there are so many journalists who came up through American Studies. There are several producers on my staff who were American Studies students in college. I think it just gives you this permission to think about story telling in the world from just this very unique cultural vantage points. Chris Erwin:Did you have a certain expectation where you had an idea of what that story was going to be over time or were you surprised and as you saw how the narrative played out with the original song and recording and production and then the covers, anything that stands out of like, "Oh, I did not expect this, but I found this very fascinating."? Gretta Cohn:I don't really remember at this point. Chris Erwin:Sorry for putting you on the spot, it's such a long time ago. Gretta Cohn:The thing was like more than 100 pages and it's probably a door stopper now at my parents house. I remember that I put a big picture of a mushroom on the last page. John Cage wrote a lot about mushrooms and so I wove some of his work into the thesis but this idea that the mushroom takes the dirt and crap and stuff that's on the forest floor and turns it into this organic material, the mushroom. So yeah, I don't remember the specifics. Chris Erwin:Yeah, no. All good. My thesis was on the Banana Wars and that is... It's not even worthy of being a door stopper. That's just straight to the trash. But I did, for a music class, I think I did break down a song by the Sex Pistols. Gretta Cohn:Cool. Chris Erwin:I can't remember specifically which one, but I think I dove deep into the lyrics and I think I was pretty disappointed. I expected to find more meaning and have more fun with it, and I think it was maybe my young mind, I couldn't go deeper than I thought I could. Anyway... So fast forward to 2001 and as I was going through your bio, this really stood out and it hits close to home. You become a cellist for some alternative rock bands including Cursive, The Faint, and Bright Eyes. And I just remember The Faint, I think a song from 2008, The Geeks Were Right. I remember listening to that shortly after college. So tell me, what was that transition going from university to then moving, I think you moved to Omaha out of New York to play in these rock bands? Gretta Cohn:So when I was in college, I continued to play in the school orchestra, but I also met some friends who became collaborators and we would just improvise in the lounge like, bass drums, guitar and cello. And that was really freeing for me. Growing up on Long Island, I had such easy access to New York City and for whatever reason, I was really given a lot of freedom to... I would take the Long Island Railroad into Manhattan and go to concerts all through high school, like rock concerts. Chris Erwin:What was some of your earliest concert memories? Gretta Cohn:Purposely getting to an Afghan Whigs show and planting myself in the front row because I wanted to be as close as possible to the stage. So I used to go to concerts all the time and I was really, really interested in... I wasn't only a person who thought about classical music at all and so I met this group of people and formed this little group together and so I was playing music in college, eventually joining a band mostly with locals in Providence and we became the opening act for a lot of bands that were coming through. Chris Erwin:And what type of music were you playing, Gretta? Gretta Cohn:It was arty rock. Chris Erwin:Arty rock. Okay. Gretta Cohn:Yeah. Some of it was instrumental, but then some of it was like pop. I think one of the bands that I was in was called The Beauty Industry and it was probably a little bit reminiscent of Built to Spill and The Magnetic Fields and a little bit like Poppy. So in that band we would serve as the opening act for a lot of artists that were coming through and through that I was able to meet the folks from Saddle Creek from Omaha, Nebraska. And I didn't know that I made an impression on them, but I did and after I graduated I moved to New York. I didn't really know exactly where I was headed. I got a job working in the development office at Carnegie Hall and I didn't love it. We had to wear suits. And one day the folks from Omaha called my parents home phone and left a message and asked if I would come out and play on a record with them and I did. Chris Erwin:When you got that message, were you ecstatic, were you super excited or were you just confused, like, "Hey, is this real? What's going on here?" Gretta Cohn:Yeah. I think I was like, "Huh, well, that's interesting." Like, "I didn't expect this." So Cursive is the group that invited me out to record. Just sort of like come out and record on our album. And I didn't actually know Cursive. I had met Bright Eyes and Lullaby for the Working Class when I was at Brown, but I hadn't met Cursive and my best friend, who is still one of my best friends was a Cursive fan and dumped all of their CDs and seven inches in my lap and was like, "You need to listen to them, they are so good." So I did and I sort of gave myself a little Cursive education and then I started to get really excited because I felt like there was a lot of interesting potential. Yeah. Gretta Cohn:Moving out there was not an easy decision. It was very unknown for me. I love New York City and I always imagined myself here and I had never been to the Midwest so I didn't know what my expectations were and I didn't... Also at that time Cursive was a fairly well-known band but it wasn't understood that I would move out there and that would be my job, right? I was moving out there to join this community and play in Cursive and do Cursive stuff, go on tour, record records, but at that point there was no promise like, "Oh, I'm going to live off of this." And so I went to a temp agency and I did paperwork in an accountant's office and- Chris Erwin:While also performing with Cursive? Gretta Cohn:Yeah. Yeah. I will also say though, after the first year, things really took off after The Ugly Organ and I would say at that point I was no longer working in the temp office and we were going on long tours and when I came home in between stretches on tour, I was recovering from tour because it's quite exhausting and working on the next thing with the bands. Chris Erwin:Were you touring around nationally? Any international touring? Gretta Cohn:Yeah. National and international. We went all over the States, Canada and then European tour is like often... Cursive was very big in Germany so we would spend a lot of time in Germany, Scandinavia. We went to Japan once. Chris Erwin:What an incredible post university experience! Gretta Cohn:It really, really was incredible. Chris Erwin:Playing music because of a skill that you formed very early on and then working in New York at Carnegie Hall and a job that you weren't too excited about and then you just get this serendipitous phone call. And you started listening to Cursive records in seven inches and you're getting more and more excited and all of a sudden you're traveling the world. That's like a dream scenario. Gretta Cohn:Yeah. It was pretty dreamy. And I think I recognized at the time. I mean, those first tours, we were sleeping on... I had my sleeping bag and we would be sleeping on hardwood floors, end up in like a row and someone's apartment in like Arlington. And I remember some of those first tours internationally, like in Germany, you would play the show and then everyone would leave and they would shut the lights off and we would just sleep on the stage. And in the morning the promoter, like the booker would come back and they would have bread and cheese and fruit and coffee. And it was just this beautiful... But we were sleeping on the stage. Chris Erwin:I mean, you're all doing it together. So it was cool. Right. You just were a crew. Gretta Cohn:Yeah, yeah. It was great. I loved it. I really, really loved it. Chris Erwin:I look at your work timeline between 2001 to 2010, which includes, you're a touring international artist, but then you do a lot of other things in audio. Like you study with Rob Rosenthal at the Salt Institute, do some time in Studio 360, and then you go to radio and then audio books. So what are the next few years? How does this audio adventure start to transform for you? Gretta Cohn:While I was in Cursive, there were other parts of me that I felt needed feeding and so I started writing for the local alternative weekly in Omaha. And I was doing like book reviews and reviewing art shows and doing little pieces, which sort of opened up to me, this understanding that journalism was something that I was really interested in. And while I was still essentially based in Omaha and still, essentially based out of Saddle Creek, I came back to New York for a few months and did an internship at The Village Voice because I just really wanted to sort of start exploring these paths of what would potentially come next. I didn't necessarily think that I was meant to stay in Omaha like for the rest of my life. When I first moved out there, I thought, "Oh, I'll give it a few years. See how it goes and then probably come back home to New York." Gretta Cohn:And then things really took off and so I didn't want to leave. And I was really having a great time and loved it and loved everything that I was doing. And I think that at the time that chapter was coming to a close, it was sort of like naturally coming to a close and I wasn't entirely sure what I wanted to do next. I was interested in journalism, I was interested obviously in... still thinking about music and audio although I think I needed a break from music after that time. Like when you're so intensively working on something like that, you just need a minute to let everything kind of settle. Chris Erwin:Yeah. It's all encompassing. Right. You're just living, breathing, eating music and the band. It's a lot. Gretta Cohn:Yeah. So I took a couple of years and started to figure it out. Actually, something that's not on your list is I worked at a ringtone company for a bit. Chris Erwin:It is audio based. So I'm not surprised. So yeah, tell me about that. Gretta Cohn:It was just a job that I got. Actually, looking back now, I think that it was a company that was founded by two classical musicians. They mostly had contracts with major record labels and I remember turning Sean Paul's Temperature into a ringtone in particular. It was just like chopping things into little eight seconds and looping them and mastering them and- Chris Erwin:Were you doing the technical work as well? Gretta Cohn:Not really, you spend time in the studio and so you learn and you pick up things. I wasn't recording the band, but that was the first time that I got my own pro tools set up and so I had my own pro tool setup, like was using it for my own little projects at home, but I was not technically involved with the making of any of the records that was on now, except for playing on them. Chris Erwin:Yeah, you were dabbling in pro tools then pretty early on. Gretta Cohn:Yeah, yeah. I had the original Mbox, which is like this big plastic, weird alien looking object with just like a couple of little knobs on it. I finally got rid of it a couple of years ago. I held onto it for a long time and now you don't even need it. Chris Erwin:So you're dabbling and then I know that you spend time as a producer at The Story with Dick Gordon, North Carolina, and then you went to audio books. Is that when things started to take shape for you of knowing kind of what you wanted to do? Gretta Cohn:I think as soon as I went to Salt to study with Rob Rosenthal is when I knew that that's what I wanted to do. I took a few years after Cursive to kind of reset a little bit and then I started working at the ringtone company and began to have conversations with people about where all my interests collided. Like I loved working in sound, storytelling and journalism were really important to me. I don't think at that point that... There was a whole lot that I was exposed to apart from NPR, This American Life and Studio 360 were sort of the major outlets for audio storytelling that I understood and spent time with. And I just remember having a meal with someone who I don't recall his name, but he's done a lot of illustrations for This American Life and public radio outlets and he was like, "There's this place, it's called salt. You can learn how to do this there." And so I just decided that I was going to step down this path. Right. Chris Erwin:Yeah. And Salt is based in Maine, is that right? Gretta Cohn:Yeah. So I moved to Maine for six months. I was very excited. I got a merit scholarship to go there. Chris Erwin:Oh wow. Gretta Cohn:Yeah, and I basically... There's so many fundamentals that I learned there that I use every single day now still. I think Rob Rosenthal is absolutely brilliant and he has trained so many radio producers. It's insane. Chris Erwin:Of all the learnings from Rob, just like what's one that comes to mind quickly that you use everyday? Gretta Cohn:I don't know that this is one I use every day, but it's one that's really stuck with me, is he really counseled to be really mindful when thinking about adding music to a story. He used the phrase, emotional fascism. Essentially, if you need to rely on the music to tell the listener how to feel, then you haven't done your job in sort of crafting a good story. So like the bones of the story, like the structure, the content, the sort of stakes intention and the character you've chosen, like all of that have to clear a certain hurdle and then you can start thinking about adding music, but if you're relying on the music to sort of create tension or drama or emotion, then you've kind of missed something. Chris Erwin:Yeah. That's very interesting. What a great insight! I like that. Emotional fascism. Gretta Cohn:I'll never forget. Chris Erwin:So after the Salt Institute, what's next? Gretta Cohn:I got an internship at WNYC at Studio 360. At that time the internship system at New York Public Radio was like largely unpaid. I think I got $12 a day. So I interned I think three or four days a week and then I had like two other jobs. Chris Erwin:Just to make ends meet, to make it work. Gretta Cohn:Yeah. I worked at a coffee shop, like most mornings. And then I worked at a Pilates studio many afternoons and on the weekends. So it was like a lot, I was really running at full steam, but I really enjoyed the internship there. And then that was my first real glimpse into what it was like to work in a team to make impactful audio storytelling and I learned a lot there too. The team there was really amazing. Yeah. So Studio 360 was fantastic. And then a friend of mine had found out about this gig at The Story with Dick Gordon. It was a short term contract producer role, like filling in for someone who was out on leave. And I got the job and I moved down to Durham, North Carolina, and found an apartment, brought my cat and worked on that show for a few months, which I think was a pretty crucial experience to have had, which helped open the door into WNYC. Chris Erwin:Why's that? Gretta Cohn:So this was in like 2008, 9 and there weren't like a whole lot of opportunities in the audio storytelling space. Like your major opportunities were at public radio stations and public radio stations were highly competitive. It didn't have a lot of turnover. They understood that they were the only game in town if this was the career path that you were interested in going down. So having had a job at a radio station on staff on a show was such a huge opportunity. I don't know that I was like chomping at the bit to leave New York or move to Carolina, although I loved it there. And I had friends who lived there that I knew from the Saddle Creek community. So it was really great. I moved down there and I didn't have to... I can't recall ever feeling lonely. Right. Like I immediately had this community of people, which was amazing, but that gig was only three months. Gretta Cohn:And so I came back to New York and basically spent the next couple of years banging on the door to get back into WNYC, which is when I went to the audio books company where quite a few radio producers worked. Like that's how I found out about it. There were folks who had passed through Studio 360 or elsewhere. And my boss at the audio books company is David Markowitz, who is now currently working in the podcasting department at Netflix. And he previously was at Pushkin and at Headspace and he... So he and I, although our paths crossed at that moment, because our paths have continued to cross over and over again since that time working together with the audio books company. Audio books wasn't my passion, but while I was there I got the idea to pitch the podcast to the audio books company, which they agreed to let me do. And so I had this outlet to just do a little bit of experimenting and to grow some skills and also have just like an outlet to doing this kind of work that I wanted to be doing. Chris Erwin:Had you ever pitched a project or an idea before to any place that you worked at? Gretta Cohn:I pitched stories to Studio 360, but to pitch an idea for something that had not existed before, no. Chris Erwin:It becomes, I believe, The Modern Scholar podcast, is that right? Gretta Cohn:Yeah. You've done like a really deep research. Chris Erwin:Look, it helps to tell your story. Right. So you pitch, and then you get the green light, which must feel validating. It's like, okay, this is a good idea, but now it's got to be more than a pitch, you had to execute. Was that intimidating or were you like, "No, I'm ready to go I got it." Gretta Cohn:I was ready to go. They had an audio book series called The Modern Scholar. Professors would come in and record like 10 hours worth of like Italian history. And so what I did was just have a one hour interview with the professor who was the author of this series and talk about their work, go into detail on something really specific. I will say at that time that like I applied for a mentorship with AIR, the Association of Independence Radio, they gave me a mentor and I had like a few sessions with him and it was great. Like I had someone... I had an editor, right. I wasn't totally on my own kind of like muscling through. And so he really sort of helped refine the ideas for that show and that was a great help. So I'm lucky that I was able to get that. Chris Erwin:What I'm really hearing Gretta is that you moved around a lot and participated in and developed all these different music and audio communities around the US and even the world from like Omaha and international touring and Scandinavia and Europe, and then the Salt and Maine and North Carolina and New York and more, and I'm sure, as you said, with David Markowitz, that these relationships are now serving you in your current business. So it feels like that was like a really good investment of your time where the networking was great, but you also learned a lot and were exposed to a lot of different thinking and ideas. Is that right? Gretta Cohn:Absolutely. Definitely. Yeah. Chris Erwin:After dabbling around a bit for the first decade of the 2000s, you then go to WNYC and you're there for around six years, I think 2008 to 2014. And you work on some cool projects. You're the associate producer at Freakonomics and you also work on Soundcheck. So tell me about what made you commit to WNYC and what were you working on when you first got there? Gretta Cohn:At the time there weren't a lot of options for people doing this work. And WNYC obviously is an incredible place where really amazing work is done, really talented people. It basically was like the game in town, right? Like there weren't a lot of other places where you could do audio storytelling work in this way. There was a pivotal moment that I think could have gone in a different direction, but I had applied for a job at StoryCorps and I applied for the job at Soundcheck. Chris Erwin:What is StoryCorps? Gretta Cohn:They have a story every Friday on NPR that's like a little three minute edited story and it's usually like two people in conversation with each other. It's highly personal. And they're very well known for these human connection stories. It's I think influenced in part by oral history and anthropology, but it's basically this intimate storytelling. And I did not get that job, although I was a runner up and the person who did get the job is now one of my closest friends. But at the same time was an applicant for Soundcheck and I did get that job. And I think it was... That was the right path for me because I have such a passion for music. Right. My background kind of really led me to have an understanding of how to tell those stories. Chris Erwin:What is the Soundcheck format? Gretta Cohn:It changed over time. But when I joined Soundcheck, it was a live daily show about music and really open, like wide open as far as what it covered. So in any given episode, you could have like Yoko Ono there for an interview, you could have the author of a book about musicals from the 1920s, and then you could have like a live performance from Parquet Courts. So it was really wide ranging and varied and super interesting. And there's so much about working on a daily show that's I think extremely crucial to building up chops as a producer because every single day you have a brand new blank slate, you have to work extremely quickly and efficiently. Working in the live setting can create so much pressure because not only are you keeping to a clock, like the show went from like 2:01 to like 2:50 every day, and there had to be certain breaks and you have an engineer and you need the music to cue in a certain place. Gretta Cohn:And so you're like, "Cue the music." And you're whispering to the host like, "Move on to the next question." You're like this master puppeteer with all these marionettes and it's pretty wild. It's really fun, super stressful. You go off stage and it's like- Chris Erwin:It sounds stressful. Gretta Cohn:You can't fix it. You just have to move on and you learn a lot. Chris Erwin:It feels like something, you do that for maybe a couple of years or a few years and then it's like, ah you need a break from that. It's amazing that people who work in like live video or live radio for decades, like kudos to the stamina that they build up. Gretta Cohn:And that's exactly what happened is I needed a break from it. And that's when I went to Freakonomics. Chris Erwin:Got it. Before we go into Freakonomics, you also helped create Soundcheck into an omni-channel media brand where you were launching video and live events and interactive series. Was that something that had been happening in the audio industry or were you kind of setting a new precedent? Gretta Cohn:Our team was tapped to reinvent Soundcheck. So it had been this live daily show for quite some time and I think that WNYC wanted to reshape it for a variety of reasons. So we were sort of tasked, like we pulled the show off the air and kind of went through this like sprint of re-imagining, what the show could be, how it would sound, what it would do. And actually, I remember that I pitched this video series that was a lot of fun. I can't remember the name of it now, but we worked with a local elementary school and we would have three kids sitting behind desks and we would play them clips from pop songs- Chris Erwin:Whoa. Gretta Cohn:... and they would review them and- Chris Erwin:That's a really cool idea. Gretta Cohn:... it was awesome. It was so much fun. We did a lot of live performances and I started producing sort of like more highly produced segments and storytelling for Soundcheck at that time, because there was more space to try and figure that out. Ultimately, what it turned into was like a daily delivery of a show that I think ultimately resembled the old show in many ways, but it was not live anymore. And there were all these other tasks. I also created a first lesson type series for Soundcheck at that time where we would like stream a new album before it came out and I would write a little review. It was really fun. When we pulled the show off the air and we were tasked with re-imagining it was like a sandbox that you just kind of could plan, which was great. Chris Erwin:It's a wide open canvas that you can paint to how you desire. I get that why you were burnt out after that. So then you change it up and you become an associate producer at Freakonomics and you work with the fame, Stephen Dubner and Steven Levitt. How has that experience? Gretta Cohn:It was great. It was challenging. I think that show has incredibly high standards and there's a particular kind of brain that I think works extremely well at that show. At the time, there were two of us who were the producers of the show, myself, who has this background in music and in production. And then the other producer was an economist who had been freshly graduated from economics school. And so we were this pair and I think what ultimately happened was that where I shown where these like human stories and where he shown was like distilling econ papers into sort of understandable stories. And so I think the two of us together really complimented each other. One of my favorite episodes that I worked on was about the Nathan's hotdog contest and one of the sort of like champs who had come up with a particular system for how to win- Chris Erwin:Dunking them in water and all that stuff. Yeah. I remember watching some of those segments online. In a minute they put back like 47 hotdogs. It was something crazy. Gretta Cohn:Yeah, it's wild. Chris Erwin:After Freakonomics, you decided to depart for Midroll and Earwolf. What was the impetus for that? Gretta Cohn:My time at Freakonomics was sort of like naturally coming to a close. I think that while my strength was in this sort of human sort of storytelling, I think the show needed someone who had a little bit more of that like econ background. And so I started to look around the station at WNYC, of other places where I could land, right? Like I'd moved from Soundcheck to Freakonomics, like what would be the next place for me to go? And I couldn't find it. I spent a little bit of time in the newsroom helping to look for a host for a new health podcast and I had conversations with people around the station about various other shows. I think I talked to the folks on the media and this producer, Emily Botein, who ultimately founded the Alec Baldwin podcast and a host of other really great shows there, but it didn't seem like there was space or a role that really made sense for me as far as like the next step is concerned. Gretta Cohn:At that time, Erik Diehn who's now the CEO of the Stitcher empire was in the finance office, I think at WNYC and he left to go to Midroll/Earwolf. Chris Erwin:I didn't realize he was also WNYC. Bannon was also WNYC who's now the chief content officer over there? Gretta Cohn:Mm-hmm (affirmative). Chris Erwin:Wow. It was a feeder to that company. Gretta Cohn:Yeah. So Erik Diehn left WNYC and I remember the note that went around, he's going to this company, Earwolf/Midroll. And I was like, kind of filed that away. And then it was probably a few months later that they put a position, they were hiring for a producer. And I sort of leapt at the opportunity. I thought that the shows on Earwolf were awesome. I had not worked really in comedy. Although I think that there's so much crossover in Soundcheck. We really had a lot of license to have basically like whoever on the show, like I booked comedians, I booked authors. Like I booked anyone who had a passion to talk about music, which is like 90% of the world. And so I think that that was really of interest to them. And I had a couple of conversations with Erik and the job was mine. I mean, I went through- Chris Erwin:You make it sound very easy. Gretta Cohn:... a proper vetting and interview process. And there were other candidates, but they gave it to me. And I was really, really excited because I think I was ready for a fresh start and I was ready for something new, something a little bit unknown. I think that I tend to find... Typically, I think if you look over the course of my life, like every few years, I'm like, "Okay, what's the next thing?" And I think that I still feel that way except now I have this entity of Transmitter in which to keep iterating and playing, but I was just ready for the next thing. And it was at that time, a really small company, I was the first New York based employee, like Eric was living in New Jersey. So it doesn't count as a New York employee. There was no office. Chris Erwin:I remember that Jeff Ullrich was the founder and it was bootstrap, didn't raise any venture capital and started I think in the early 2000s, if I remember correctly. Is that right? Gretta Cohn:I don't know the dates, but that sounds right. Chris Erwin:Okay. A little context for the listeners. And Earwolf is a comedy podcast network. So there's a slate of comedy shows and Midroll was the advertising arm of the business that would connect advertisers with the podcasters. But no, please continue. So you're the first New York hire. Gretta Cohn:Yeah. Which was really exciting to me. I was the first producer hired by the company. They had a few really amazing audio engineers out in LA who ran the recordings and they did editing, but there had never been a producer on staff. So it was really this like wide open field. And Jeff at that time, I think had taken a step back from the company, but the moment that I was brought in is when the idea for Howl came into the picture and Howl was a membership subscription-based app that has now turned into Stitcher and Stitcher Premium, it was folded in, into Stitcher and Stitcher Premium. But at the time there was like this real push to create a subscription-based app with like a ton of new material. And one of my first jobs was to work extremely closely with Jeff to figure out what was going to be on this app, who were we going to hire to make material? What producers, what comedians, what actors? There was an enormous spreadsheet, like one of the most enormous spreadsheets that I've ever spent time with. Gretta Cohn:So that was my first task and alongside, which was to sort of from a producer's perspective look at this later shows on Earwolf and start to think about what would a producer bring to the network? What would a producer bring to the hosts, to the way that things were made, to new ideas to bring to the network? And so those two things were sort of happening concurrently. Chris Erwin:The producer role was not defined. You're the first producer there. So it's you coming in saying, "Here's how I can enhance the slate. Here's how I can enhance the content strategy of where we're headed concurrently with we're launching Howl, which needs a lot of content, both from partner podcasters and probably owned and operated and then filling..." So creating a new slate, that's going to fill that. That's going to make people want to buy the membership product or subscription product, which are big questions that Spotify and Netflix and the biggest subscription platforms in the world have huge teams to figure out. And it's like you and Jeff, and maybe a couple more people? Gretta Cohn:There was one developer. Chris Erwin:Wow. Gretta Cohn:It was intense. It was a lot of work. I remember because at that time too, I was the only New York based person. Eric was in New Jersey. I think Lex Friedman came along. He was either already there or came along shortly thereafter, also based in New Jersey. Chris Erwin:And Lex was running sales? Gretta Cohn:Yes. And he's now with ART19, but there was no office. I was working from my kitchen table, much like I do now. It was great. I think what really excited me was like the open field of really sort of figuring out what everything was going to be and it was like off to the races. Chris Erwin:So I actually reached out to a few people that we mutually know to just get like, oh, what are some stories I can have Gretta talk about from the early Midroll/Earwolf days. So I reached out to Adam Sachs who was also on this podcast earlier. He's a childhood friend of mine that was also the CEO of the company when it sold the scripts, as well as Chris Bannon, who I consider one of the most like delightful humans on the planet. I think he was the chief content officer while you were there and he still is now under Eric as part of this new Stitcher Midroll combined empire. And what Chris said is that, like you mentioned Gretta, no office for the first six months and that you were taking meetings, I think in sound booths as well. And that when you finally did get an office, it was so small that you were taking turns sitting down. Gretta Cohn:Yeah. Well, we put our own furniture together. I learned so much from my years at Earwolf that have completely guided and shaped a lot of how Transmitter kind of came into being. Yeah, we put all of our furniture together ourselves in this first office. Chris Erwin:That's good training for you launching Transmitter where it's lean budgets, you're funding from your savings. You probably had to set up your own furniture yourself too. So that DIY attitude persists. Gretta Cohn:Yeah, yeah. And it was exciting. Whereas a place like WNYC is this like well oiled machine, it's also like a big ship that in order to turn 30 people have to be sort of moving things around and like, is the sky clear? There are just like so many little tiny steps that have to be taken to make a decision. Whereas what working at that early stage at Earwolf meant was like you can just make decisions, you just do it. Eric and I went around to see like five different offices. We decided together, "Oh, let's take this one on Eighth Avenue." This is the furniture. All right, let's put it together. I remember walking into the office when the furniture was first delivered and it was extremely dusty and we were wearing dust masks and trying to figure out where's the studio going to go? And it was just really exciting. It's really exciting to sort of pave your way and build something from the ground up. Chris Erwin:I like what you're saying too, is that you can just get things done very quickly. And that's actually one of the things that Bannon brought up about working with you is you guys launched good shows I think in just a matter of a few months or less, like Bitch, Sash and Beautiful Stories from Anonymous People, which was a number one hit on iTunes. And that now making shows like that, if you're at a bigger company with all the bureaucracy and the approvals can take over a year, but you guys were getting stuff done fast, there was no alternative choice. Gretta Cohn:Yeah, we were working very quickly. Chris Erwin:So I'm curious to hear like Beautiful Stories from Anonymous People. That's like an iTunes topper. Was that the first big podcast hit that you had in your career? Gretta Cohn:I would say so. Yeah. I'm trying to remember what if anything came ahead of it, but I'm fairly certain that some of my first meetings after joining the team at Earwolf were with Chris Gethard and working with him on sort of early prototypes of Beautiful Stories from Anonymous People. And he's a remarkable person. He's a brilliant comedian. He's such a good human being. He's an amazing collaborator. And yeah, it was the two of us for a while just, I think the first call that we took, which was sort of just the prototype, the pilot for the show. We're like, "We don't know what's going to happen. Is anyone going to call?" And yeah, I mean, it was really awesome working on that show. And also it was such a departure from the kinds of projects that I had worked on previously, which were extremely buttoned up like very highly produced in the sense that every single step that you took in the process was regimented, right? Like making a Freakonomics episode, making an hour of Soundcheck, thinking about that live daily experience. Gretta Cohn:Like you can't have a minute on the clock that's not accounted for in making those things. And here's a show where we just open a phone line and see what happens for an hour. And it's so freeing to be sort of separated from that regimentation and working with Chris Gethard, I think taught me that you can make something that's really compelling and that's really good. And it was highly produced. Like a lot of thought went into it. There's a lot of post-production, but it didn't need to be the kind of thing where like every single minute of that hour was a line on a spreadsheet. And I love that show. I think that we're all like voyeurs of other people's experiences. Right. And I think it's super interesting the way that people are willing to call and sort of like bare their souls to Chris and working on that show was fantastic. Gretta Cohn:And it was really gratifying and really rewarding when we realized that people were paying attention and they were going to listen. And for that to be one of the first projects of my tenure at Earwolf was great. It was great. Chris Erwin:That's awesome. What a cool story! Bannon even mentioned you work on, I think Casey Holford's Heaven's Gate, which is now an HBO Max series. I think that just came out this week or something, some big projects. All right. So look, in 2015, Midroll/Earwolf sells to Scripps, EW Scripps. Then I think in 2017 is when you start Transmitter Media. I'm curious to hear that after this fun sprint at Midroll and the sale and launching the shows and launching Howl and Wolfpop and all the things, what got you thinking about becoming a founder, which is a very different experience than what you had done for the first 10, 15 years of your career? Gretta Cohn:So after the sale, I think that Adam Sachs kind of offered me the opportunity to reshape my role a little bit. So I had been overseeing the Earwolf shows, developing and producing brand new shows and Howl was in the rear view at that point for me, I believe. I think this is like a classic situation. They're like, "We're going to split your job into two, which half do you want?" And I was like, "This is great." Because it had been a lot to be developing new shows, to have this sort of slate of shows at Earwolf requiring my attention. And I picked the path of new development and that's when they went out and found someone to executive produce the Earwolf network. And in my new role, I needed to build a team and a division. Gretta Cohn:So I had to hire really quickly about six producers to form a team. And there wasn't really a human resources and so it really fell on me to read every application that came in and kind of vet all of the candidates and begin that process of selecting who to talk to. And I probably spent about six months just interviewing. I think that I learned a lot from that process and I think it developed in me like a little bit of an eye for how to spot talent and people that I want to work with, but it also was like supremely exhausting. And at the same time, I think that the company was in a real state of renewal and flux and change following the sale to Scripps, which I think is probably common in any situation where a company is acquired by a company that has a different POV, like maybe doesn't understand podcasting, has its own goals that are separate from what the goals had been at Earwolf. Gretta Cohn:So there were just a lot of strategy shifts that I did my best to kind of keep up with, but ultimately found myself thinking like, "Well, if I were setting the strategy, what would I do? If I were re-imagining sort of the direction that this company was going in, what would I do?" And I looked around and Pineapple Street had been around for a few months, maybe six months. And I went and had some chats with them about sort of like what they were doing and what they wanted to do. And I went over and had a chat with the folks at Gimlet thinking like maybe there would be a place for me there, but ultimately out of my conversations with all of those people, was this kind of clarifying feeling that there was something that I wanted to do and that I wanted to do it differently. I would say it was definitely like burnout that kind of led me to thinking about what I wanted to do next, because it felt like where I was at was like a little bit unsustainable. It was scary. Gretta Cohn:I definitely spent a month sort of quaking with fear on the couch. Like, is this something that I'm going to do? What does it take and what do I need and are there like, long-term consequences that I can't really think of yet? Because I'd always had a job, right? Like I always worked for someone else and enjoyed the freedom, frankly, that that gives you, right? Like you show up, you do the work and then you leave and you can go and take care of whatever. So I just spent a lot of time thinking about it and talking to friends, my close friend who gave me the Cursive records back in the day has run a press, a small press for nearly as long as I've known him. And it's a small non-profit, but it requires the same levels of sort of like entrepreneurship and sort of like- Chris Erwin:Discipline in a way. Gretta Cohn:Yeah. Discipline. That's exactly the word. And so I talked to him a lot about he figured out what he was doing. My brother has had his own post-production business for film for more than five years, so I went for dinner with him and talked about... His business relies on film clients who come to him with a movie that needs mixing and sound effects and sound design. So we talked about that and my husband was acquiring a business. He purchased a retail shop in our neighborhood around the same time too. So there was like a lot of this around me where I had just a lot of conversations about this and I decided to do it. I decided that like the fear was not a good enough reason to not do it. And my alternate path to be quite frank was to leave podcasting because I just couldn't see where my next step was going to be. Gretta Cohn:And so I thought I would take the more productive path, the one where I didn't leave podcasting and I made this decision in December of 2016 to myself and then spent the next couple of months just tucking away money. When I say that I saved money before starting the business, I saved $7,000. Like this is not an enormous coffer of like startup money, but it was enough to pay for an office space and to pay for myself for a couple of months to just see what would happen. And I gave extremely early notice at Midroll and I started to look for clients before I left. So I set it up so that by the time I finally left Midroll in the end of March of 2017 and walked into my office, my new office for Transmitter Media, on the 3rd of April of 2017, I already had clients. So this also gave me that added security of like, "I'm not just walking into this empty pit of like who knows what? Like I have work to do." Chris Erwin:Look, that's just like an amazing transition story, but a couple of things stand out. One it's like double entrepreneur household. A lot of couples that I talk to will say, one will start a new venture business that's risky while other has like W2 salaried income. But your husband had just bought a local retail shop in the neighborhood. You were launching Transmitter Media. So you were smart about mitigating risk of landing of clients in advance. Yeah, it's a lot to take on. And the second thing I heard that I think is really interesting is you felt that there was no path for you to stay in podcasting unless you started your own business. So it's either get out and do- Gretta Cohn:It felt that way. Chris Erwin:Yeah. Get out and do something totally different or commit and go deeper with this incredible network and skillset that you've built up for a decade and a half and start your own thing. You committed to it. And yeah, whether it was meager savings of $7,000, it was enough. And you had the confidence. And I think in the early days, confidence is everything that you need. Tell us about what is Transmitter Media or what was it at that point? Gretta Cohn:Transmitter Media was born as a full service creative podcast company, meaning primarily working for clients who needed podcasts production. And it's really 360 ideation. There's like a paragraph that explains what they want the podcast to be and then we figure it out from there. Like it's quite rare that someone comes in the door and they have like a fully fleshed out idea for a show that has all the episodes outlined and the guests and then this and then that. So it's really starting with a kernel of an idea, figuring out how to make it, what it needs, what's the format and executing it all the way up to launch and continued production. And I think that I saw what Pineapple Street was doing. I respect Jenna and Max from Pineapple Street so much. Gretta Cohn:And it felt like the right model, essentially doing what film production companies do or in a way kind of like what advertising agencies do. You have clients, your clients have a story that they want to tell and as a production company, you figure out how to tell it and how to tell it really well. And I think that for me, having a focus on craft was really important quality over quantity and taking the time to really figure out creatively, what does something need was how I stepped into it. Chris Erwin:Clearly as the industry is growing, in terms of more audio listenership, more brands wanting to figure out the space and still early, I think in 2019, the ad market for audio was like 750 million. So you started the company is like two to three years before that, when you look at the total advertising landscape, which is like over, I think, 600 billion globally. But brands are leaning in, they want to figure it out and you have a knack for audio storytelling, and then you commit. And so who are some of the early clients you work with? I think they were Walmart and Spotify. And what did those first early projects look like and had you had experience working with brands before? Or was it like, "All right, I have a skillset, but I kind of got to figure this out on the fly too."? Gretta Cohn:So it was Walmart, Spotify and TED I think were the three sort of major clients at the very beginning. I hadn't worked directly with brands. I understood working with other media institutions. I understood working with hosts. I also understood developing new shows because that's what my team did at Midroll, Stitcher, Earwolf. Before I left, an entire year of just coming up with ideas and piloting them and throwing them at the wall and kind of running them through PNLs and doing all of that. And so I understood all of that. So we have worked directly with brands, but with Walmart, it was running through an advertising agency full of really great creative people and so we were interfacing more with them. And I think that I learned through them a little bit more about how to work with a client like Walmart. Gretta Cohn:But I think also that everyone we were working with at that time was also trying to figure it out for themselves in a brand new way. So we've now been working with TED for over three and a half years, but at the time the show that we developed with them, WorkLife with Adam Grant, I think was their first sort of step into the sort of slate of podcasts that they have now. They had TED talks daily. It was sort of concurrently like I know what the steps to take and the people that I am making these podcasts for don't, they've never done it. And so I think I learned a lot in those first few projects about how to deliver, how to communicate what we're doing clearly. But it's not like I hadn't already done that before. Like I had the skills, it's just was like refining them and putting them into this really particular box. Chris Erwin:Yeah, just a little bit of a different application. Makes sense. Gretta Cohn:Yeah, exactly. Chris Erwin:When we were talking about having to build a development team at Midroll and Earwolf that you said that you had like a unique sense of how to identify good people. So then you start building your own team at Transmitter and it seems that you've built a pretty special team there. So what was your, like when you think about, if I need great people to make Transmitter a success, what type of people were you looking for and what has like your culture become at your company? Gretta Cohn:I love my team so much. I agree. I agree I think they're really special. I think independent thinkers, people who have a really unique creative spark, people who surprise me. Right. I think that what I learned in doing all this interviews at Midroll was like, I prepare a lot for interviews, kind of much like you prepared for this. I would do deep dives. I would listen to a lot of work from the people who were coming into... had applied for the roles. I also like over the years, there are certain producers who I'll just kind of keep in touch with, or follow their work and be excited by their work and hope that one day they might like to come work at Transmitter. And so I also am really keen on people who have a collaborative spirit. So an independent thinker who's down to collaborate, who doesn't necessarily need to put their fingerprints all over everything and it's like cool if their fingerprints kind of merge with other people's fingerprints and we've got this really sort of group dynamic where we're really, everyone is contributing towards something. Gretta Cohn:And people own projects, people own stories, people own episodes, but ultimately, I think that we have a very collaborative team environment. And we're also a group of people who like to celebrate our successes, even like the teeniest tiniest ones. And so we spend a lot of time like talking about the things that go well and I think that creates a lot of pride in work. And I'm interested in working with people who have that same sense of craft as I do. It's not necessarily about perfection, but it's about doing really good work, making something sound as good as it can possibly be. We have an episode that on Monday I got an email about, saying, "This is in its final edit. I'm not looking for any big edit changes. I'm only looking for a notes on music." And I listened to it and I was like, "Ah." Chris Erwin:Is this from a client? Gretta Cohn:"How did they get editorial note?" Chris Erwin:Yeah, was this a client email or internal? Gretta Cohn:No, it's internal. I have a big editorial note and here's why, and I know that you thought you were almost done, but it's going to be so much better because of this. And typically as a group, we come to that agreement very quickly that it's going to be better and our goal is to make work that sounds very, very good. Chris Erwin:I think that's how you build a great company and also become successful and are fulfilled in that. Like yesterday's win or yesterday's excellence is today's baseline and you just keep upping the threshold. My team calls me out for doing that all the time, but I always say, "Yeah, I hired you guys because men and women, you're incredible and I'm going to hold you big." And that makes for a fun work environment. And it's all in our mutual best interests. So I like hearing you say that Gretta and you just talked about celebrating wins often. What is like a recent win that you guys celebrated, big or small? Gretta Cohn:I mean, earlier today we recorded an interview where the host was in a studio in DC, our guests was in her home under a blanket fort in New Jersey. We had a little bit of a technical mishap before it started. One of the newer producers on our team was managing that. And I know that that could have been a situation where she got so stressed out that she could have been paralyzed by the overwhelming sort of urgency of overcoming this technical mishap, but she was calm and she kept us informed of what she was doing and she figured it out and the interview started late and it went long, but that was fine. And you got to give someone a thumbs up for that. Like that was hard and you figured it out. Gretta Cohn:And another recent win is we are about to launch season two of our podcast, Rebel Eaters Club and we have a promotions team working for us this time, we're making new artwork and we've got the episodes of the season in production. It's just exciting for me when all the pieces start to come together and we're like a month away from launch and it's not done and it will get done. But right now it's just this like ball of energy and that feels very exciting. Chris Erwin:This is your first owned and operated podcast where- Gretta Cohn:Yes. Chris Erwin:... your business has helped create audio stories for a variety of different brands and marketers and publishers and now you're investing in your own IP, which is really exciting. And so what is the general concept of Rebel Eaters Club for people who want to check it out? Gretta Cohn:Rebel Eaters Club is a podcast about breaking up with diet culture. Chris Erwin:Ooh. Gretta Cohn:Yeah. Our host is, her name is Virgie Tovar, and she's sort of one of the leading voices on breaking up with diet culture because it's extremely harmful. It is a huge industry. It's a debilitating thing that is, fat discrimination is something that's like not very often discussed, but such a huge sort of point of discrimination in our culture. And I have learned so much from this podcast, it's funny, it's a weird,
Today's episode is a conversation with Recovery Advocate and leading addiction recovery blogger, Beth Wilson. Beth has been in the Recovery Community for many years and now selflessly contributes to the New Recovery Advocacy Movement as an integral part of ManyFaces1Voice.org and FacesAndVoicesOfRecovery.org. With her background as a seasoned journalist, Beth is also the ghostwriter for The Anonymous People's Greg Williams. Her blog, BHereToday.com with its tag line, “Be present. Find peace. On purpose”, will come through loud and clear through this thoughtful and focused advocate for addiction recovery. Beth will share her recovery journey generously and transparently in her now 24th year of living here, now and proud of it.
Today's episode # 36 is about The New Recovery Advocacy Movement via a conversation with author, educator and father of the movement, William L. White. Bill has worked full time in the addictions field since 1969 as a street worker, counselor, clinical director, researcher and well-traveled trainer and consultant. He has authored or co-authored more than 400 articles and 17 books on the subject of addiction. His book, Slaying the Dragon – The History of Addiction Treatment and Recovery in America has featured him on such celebrated programs as Bill Moyer's PBS special, Close to Home: Addiction in America and the Showtime documentary, Smoking, Drinking and Drugging in the 20th Century. Bill is also featured on Greg William's critically acclaimed, feature documentary, The Anonymous People. Bill White's sustained contributions are an ongoing treasure for Recovery Advocacy.
Greg Williams, producer of The Anonymous People discusses his inspiration for making this most important and controversial feature documentary. Greg says, “This is not about me, it's about the 30 people in the film and the 50 people extensively interviewed representing 2/3 of the American public who are directly and indirectly affected by addiction. Greg upholds a call to action for recovering people everywhere to speak up to help stop the guilt, shame and stigma associated with addiction and addiction recovery. In this win-win approach and his first effort at creating a feature documentary of this far-reaching importance, Greg unapologetically and effectively investigates how anonymity might just be part of the problem. Listen to this important and sober conversation and most definitely find and see, The Anonymous People in a neighborhood theater or venue near you beginning September 2013. More questions? Visit, TheAnonymousPeople.com, facebook.com/TheAnonymousPeopleMovie and ManyFacesOneVoice.org.
A discussion with Chris Gethard, the creator behind Beautiful Stories from Anonymous People, or Beautiful/Anonymous for short. The premise of the podcast is this: 1 phone call. 1 hour. No names. No holds barred. Every week, Chris opens the phone line to one anonymous caller, and he can’t hang up first, no matter what. And the result is truly the name of the podcast: beautiful stories from anonymous people!
How to Exchange Your Anxious Heart for a Peaceful Heart Podcast #415 Anxiety, or overwhelm, can make your spirit feel crushed, and your life feel stuck. I know, I've lived that life. In this podcast episode we are going to pull back the curtain on what living with anxiety looks like and talk about some effective ways to help alleviate and manage the anxiety on a daily basis that has worked for me and for my students. God invites us into a life of peace - and He can take our anxious heart and exchange it for one that is peace-filled. Let's talk about how we can step into that together in this conversation. Get the full show notes at www.trishblackwell.com/415 In this episode of The Confidence Podcast, we'll be talking about: My anxiety story - something I've never really shared beforeThe differences between what anxiety says and what peace says5 effective daily habits that have helped my anxiety REVIEW OF THE WEEK: StrengthSeeker, 5 stars Trish - I truly feel that God led me to discover your podcast and your virtual friendship! In June I was struggling in a 25-year marriage to the father of our four kids. I couldn’t find the strength to make a change that could deeply impact our whole family. I also had a boss who had started marginalizing and demeaning me daily in my already stressful career. Between work and home life I felt like I was getting beaten down 24/7. It was exhausting and it was breaking me. Even thought I have strong spiritual life and great group of Christian friends I needed a cheerleader. I needed confidence. I "randomly" discovered your coaching and it was exactly what I needed. The first episode I listened to was "How to Have Difficult Conversations" and I was hooked. I was able to work with my husband to decide that divorce was the best thing for our whole family. We're in the thick of the process now and your weekly pep talks are getting me through. I love the way you blend faith-based statements with real life relevance. I especially like the way you provide a number of tips or steps to accent your coaching message. For busy women like me I find myself replaying those tips constantly. When I wake up on Tuesdays I’m always more energized - it's Trish Day! I listen to you on my commute into work and it sets the course for the rest of the week. Thank you for cheering me on! You are amazing. BONUS PODCAST EPISODES - EXCLUSIVELY AVAILABLE FOR OUR PATRONS. Accessing the Power of Confidence Straighten Your Crown, Child of GodHaving Confidence Talking to God and Reading His WordGetting Rid of GrumblingTrusting God to ProvideFinding Confidence in What God Says About You Not a patron yet? You can support the show - and get 2 bonus monthly podcasts per month, for just $5. Get started at https://www.patreon.com/TheConfidencePodcast?fan_landing=true Quotes on Anxiety: I just give myself permission to suck…I find this hugely liberating. -John Green No need to hurry. No need to sparkle. No need to be anyone but oneself. -Virginia Woolf “Stress is an ignorant state. It believes that everything is an emergency. Nothing is that important.” —Natalie Goldberg “Anxiety does not empty tomorrow of its sorrows, but only empties today of its strength.” —Charles Spurgeon “Anxiety is a thin stream of fear trickling through the mind. If encouraged, it cuts a channel into which all other thoughts are drained.” —Arthur Somers Roche “Just when the caterpillar thought the world was ending, he turned into a butterfly.” —Anonymous proverb “Do what you can, with what you’ve got, where you are.” —Theodore Roosevelt “Anxiety’s like a rocking chair. It gives you something to do, but it doesn’t get you very far.” —Jodi Picoult “Life is ten percent what you experience and ninety percent how you respond to it.” —Anonymous “People become attached to their burdens sometimes more than the burdens are attached to them.”
In this episode I have a discussion with Jesse Wysocki of the McShin Foundation. This foundation was featured in the documentary "Anonymous People" which was produced by Faces & Voices of Recovery. Find out more at mcshin.org.
Host: Coach Guest: Tedi Gillespie Air date: Sep 21 2020
School strike week 110. Today was the global day of climate action, and people striked in over 3100 places! I went to the front of the parliament house in Stockholm-Sweden to strike for the climate (as I usually do). This time I wanted to share with you some of my conversations with people. We talked about why they are here and striking? What is their image of a future city?Follow Urbanistica Urbanistica Instagram Urbanistica Facebook Urbanistica Youtube channel Mustafa Sherif Linkedin Visit Mustafasherif.com for collaborations Note ! The sound quality of #UrbanisticaPodcast s' episodes that are recorded during #COVID19 time might not be perfect. Due to the online recording and the use of different types of microphones by guests and #MustafaSherif. Thank you so much for understanding and listening.Stay safe ! Get bonus content on Patreon See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
Greg Williams blew the lid off of anonymity with his ground-breaking film The Anonymous People. Join you learn, you turn as we discuss the need for the recovery community to level up even more, in the face of unprecedented substance use and mental health crisis. Greg goes deep into the need for systemic restructuring. We spent time on financial incentives and reimbursement. We address the need to move SUD services into mainstream healthcare settings. NO MORE blindly sending people off to rehab with false hope. If substance use disorder is a healthcare issue, let's treat it like a healthcare issue.
Marc Burrows and Michael Crouch are joined via Zoom by national recovery advocate and founder of the McShin Foundation, John Shinholser. John is best known for his appearances in the independent documentary, "The Anonymous People". www.mcshin.org www.challengesinc.org
说出来笑死你！老外爱屯纸竟是这个原因！！抗击疫情，封城宅家。这些操作让我们不得不准备好在家的必须用品。口罩，酒精，方便面，还有粮食等，都在我们外出扫货的必备清单上。不过自从外国疫情开始，到现在的大规模爆发，老外们最爱屯的竟然是手纸！ 这种蜜汁操作让我们确实不太能理解。为什么老外在疫情期间爱屯纸？今天我们就来扒一扒这些深层的原因。Niki Edwards, School of Public Health and Social Work, Queensland University of Technology:Niki Edwards，昆士兰理工大学，公共卫生与社会工作学院：When people hear about the coronavirus, they are afraid of losing control. And toilet paper feels like a way to maintain control over hygiene and cleanliness.当人们听说冠状病毒，他们害怕失控。而且厕纸感觉是一种保持卫生和清洁的方式。Brian Cook, Community Engagement for Disaster Risk Reduction project, University of Melbourne:Brian Cook，墨尔本大学，社区参与和减少灾害风险项目：A lot of people likely also use toilet paper as a tissue, and therefore imagine themselves needing a lot if they have the flu or a flu-like illness.很多人可能也把厕纸当纸巾用，因此会想象他们自己如果得了流感，或类似流感的疾病，需要很多纸巾。David Savage, Newcastle Business School, University of Newcastle:David Savage，纽卡斯尔大学，纽卡斯尔商学院：They're buying what they need and one of the items is toilet paper.I think we're noticing the toilet paper more than the other things because toilet paper packs are big items that take up a lot of shelf space.他们在买他们需要的东西，其中一件是卫生纸。我想和其他东西相比，我们更加注意到卫生纸是因为卫生纸是个大件物，占了很多货架空间。Anonymous匿名网友People might be confusing the coronavirus with the norovirus-a different virus which causes diarrhea.人们可能把冠状病毒和诺如病毒混淆，诺如病毒是一种引起腹泻的病毒。When people hear about the coronavirus, they are afraid of losing control. And toilet paper feels like a way to maintain control over hygiene and cleanliness.A lot of people likely also use toilet paper as a tissue, and therefore imagine themselves needing a lot if they have the flu or a flu-like illness.They're buying what they need and one of the items is toilet paper.I think we're noticing the toilet paper more than the other things because toilet paper packs are big items that take up a lot of shelf space.People might be confusing the coronavirus with the norovirus-a different virus which causes diarrhea.
说出来笑死你！老外爱屯纸竟是这个原因！！抗击疫情，封城宅家。这些操作让我们不得不准备好在家的必须用品。口罩，酒精，方便面，还有粮食等，都在我们外出扫货的必备清单上。不过自从外国疫情开始，到现在的大规模爆发，老外们最爱屯的竟然是手纸！ 这种蜜汁操作让我们确实不太能理解。为什么老外在疫情期间爱屯纸？今天我们就来扒一扒这些深层的原因。Niki Edwards, School of Public Health and Social Work, Queensland University of Technology:Niki Edwards，昆士兰理工大学，公共卫生与社会工作学院：When people hear about the coronavirus, they are afraid of losing control. And toilet paper feels like a way to maintain control over hygiene and cleanliness.当人们听说冠状病毒，他们害怕失控。而且厕纸感觉是一种保持卫生和清洁的方式。Brian Cook, Community Engagement for Disaster Risk Reduction project, University of Melbourne:Brian Cook，墨尔本大学，社区参与和减少灾害风险项目：A lot of people likely also use toilet paper as a tissue, and therefore imagine themselves needing a lot if they have the flu or a flu-like illness.很多人可能也把厕纸当纸巾用，因此会想象他们自己如果得了流感，或类似流感的疾病，需要很多纸巾。David Savage, Newcastle Business School, University of Newcastle:David Savage，纽卡斯尔大学，纽卡斯尔商学院：They're buying what they need and one of the items is toilet paper.I think we're noticing the toilet paper more than the other things because toilet paper packs are big items that take up a lot of shelf space.他们在买他们需要的东西，其中一件是卫生纸。我想和其他东西相比，我们更加注意到卫生纸是因为卫生纸是个大件物，占了很多货架空间。Anonymous匿名网友People might be confusing the coronavirus with the norovirus-a different virus which causes diarrhea.人们可能把冠状病毒和诺如病毒混淆，诺如病毒是一种引起腹泻的病毒。When people hear about the coronavirus, they are afraid of losing control. And toilet paper feels like a way to maintain control over hygiene and cleanliness.A lot of people likely also use toilet paper as a tissue, and therefore imagine themselves needing a lot if they have the flu or a flu-like illness.They're buying what they need and one of the items is toilet paper.I think we're noticing the toilet paper more than the other things because toilet paper packs are big items that take up a lot of shelf space.People might be confusing the coronavirus with the norovirus-a different virus which causes diarrhea.
说出来笑死你！老外爱屯纸竟是这个原因！！抗击疫情，封城宅家。这些操作让我们不得不准备好在家的必须用品。口罩，酒精，方便面，还有粮食等，都在我们外出扫货的必备清单上。不过自从外国疫情开始，到现在的大规模爆发，老外们最爱屯的竟然是手纸！ 这种蜜汁操作让我们确实不太能理解。为什么老外在疫情期间爱屯纸？今天我们就来扒一扒这些深层的原因。Niki Edwards, School of Public Health and Social Work, Queensland University of Technology:Niki Edwards，昆士兰理工大学，公共卫生与社会工作学院：When people hear about the coronavirus, they are afraid of losing control. And toilet paper feels like a way to maintain control over hygiene and cleanliness.当人们听说冠状病毒，他们害怕失控。而且厕纸感觉是一种保持卫生和清洁的方式。Brian Cook, Community Engagement for Disaster Risk Reduction project, University of Melbourne:Brian Cook，墨尔本大学，社区参与和减少灾害风险项目：A lot of people likely also use toilet paper as a tissue, and therefore imagine themselves needing a lot if they have the flu or a flu-like illness.很多人可能也把厕纸当纸巾用，因此会想象他们自己如果得了流感，或类似流感的疾病，需要很多纸巾。David Savage, Newcastle Business School, University of Newcastle:David Savage，纽卡斯尔大学，纽卡斯尔商学院：They're buying what they need and one of the items is toilet paper.I think we're noticing the toilet paper more than the other things because toilet paper packs are big items that take up a lot of shelf space.他们在买他们需要的东西，其中一件是卫生纸。我想和其他东西相比，我们更加注意到卫生纸是因为卫生纸是个大件物，占了很多货架空间。Anonymous匿名网友People might be confusing the coronavirus with the norovirus-a different virus which causes diarrhea.人们可能把冠状病毒和诺如病毒混淆，诺如病毒是一种引起腹泻的病毒。When people hear about the coronavirus, they are afraid of losing control. And toilet paper feels like a way to maintain control over hygiene and cleanliness.A lot of people likely also use toilet paper as a tissue, and therefore imagine themselves needing a lot if they have the flu or a flu-like illness.They're buying what they need and one of the items is toilet paper.I think we're noticing the toilet paper more than the other things because toilet paper packs are big items that take up a lot of shelf space.People might be confusing the coronavirus with the norovirus-a different virus which causes diarrhea.
Hi, friends welcome to the Season 2 of The Crush Story Podcast(TCS Podcast) where we discuss the love stories of anonymous people and ask them different questions about the relationship and everything regarding that. Today we interviewed Johnny Bhai about his love story and how he did the planning to impress his crush. We also have asked many questions to Johnny Bhai. This is a very fun podcast and we hope you will also enjoy this podcast. Catch us on Instagram to get behind the scenes and awesome content of The Crush Story Podcast. Instagram(@thecrush_story): https://www.instagram.com/thecrush_story .
Josh Klinghoffer came over to Marc’s house just days after receiving the surprising news from the Red Hot Chili Peppers that his time with the band was over. He talks with Marc about John Frusciante’s sudden RHCP reunion and being the odd man out. But he also talks about what it’s like to develop as a solo artist under the name Pluralone after may years of feeling like he was hiding in other people’s projects, including well-regarded collaborations with Bob Forrest, the Butthole Surfers, Jon Brion, Beck, PJ Harvey, Danger Mouse and more. This episode is sponsored by Beautiful Stories from Anonymous People and ZipRecruiter.
Hi, friends welcome to the Season 2 of The Crush Story Podcast(TCS Podcast) where we discuss the love stories of anonymous people and ask them different questions about the relationship and everything regarding that. Today we interviewed Johnny Bhai about his love story and how he did the planning to impress his crush. We also have asked many questions to Johnny Bhai. This is a very fun podcast and we hope you will also enjoy this podcast. Catch us on Instagram to get behind the scenes and awesome content of The Crush Story Podcast. Instagram(@thecrush_story): https://www.instagram.com/thecrush_story .
Tom Coderre is a former US Senator who was progressively losing everything to addiction until a humiliating arrest lead him to recovery in 2003. Tom thought his life was over, but little did he know it was just beginning. Today, Tom can't believe how his life has transformed. He was featured in the film, The Anonymous People, and works on the frontlines as a positive face and voice in recovery. Tom is a passionate, politically aware advocate who is also a humble traveler, son, brother and uncle trying to make a difference. Tom Coderre is a living example how a person can go from drowning in hopeless addiction to thriving in long-term recovery. Don't miss this incredible story! For the show notes and links in this episode go to omarpinto.com/252. Join our Facebook Private Group - theshairpodcast.com/group Transform Your Life! Get One-on-One Coaching with Omar Pinto Get a FREE session. BOOK NOW. Join The SRC - SHAIR Recovery Community For only $1 today! Customize a recovery pathway that works for you. LEARN MORE.
A confessional-style comic, Chris Gethard is unafraid to mine his past. He talks about cramming the entire set of his TV show, “The Chris Gethard Show,” into the back of his car’s trunk, and how he pulls off hour-long phone calls with strangers every week on his podcast, “Beautiful Stories from Anonymous People.” Amidst a tumultuous cultural change, Gethard also discusses the current state of comedy and his HBO special, “Career Suicide,” which chronicles his history with depression and anxiety.
Hi, friends welcome to the Season 2 of The Crush Story Podcast(TCS Podcast) where we discuss the love stories of anonymous people and ask them different questions about the relationship and everything regarding that. Today we interviewed SK Bhai about his love story and how he struggled to get his true love and preserve it and a rollercoaster ride of challenges in his life. We also have asked many questions to SK Bhai and taken two questions from our listeners on this topic. This is a very fun podcast and we hope you will also enjoy this podcast. Catch us on Instagram to get behind the scenes and awesome content of The Crush Story Podcast. Instagram(@thecrush_story): https://www.instagram.com/thecrush_story .
Chris Bannon is chief content officer at Midroll Media and Stitcher. He was formerly vice president of Content Development and Production at WNYC. Chris launched the popular Stitcher premium content service that now includes more than 15,000 hours of programming and has led development of many new Stitcher and Earwolf podcasts, including “Katie Couric,” “Beautiful Stories from Anonymous People,” “Stranglers,” “Bitch Sesh,” “LeVar Burton Reads,” “Dear Franklin Jones,” and “Heaven's Gate.” At WNYC, Chris served as program director and oversaw many of the most popular series, including “Studio 360,” “The Brian Lehrer Show” and “The Leonard Lopate show, among others. He earned three Peabody Awards. As WNYC vice president of content development, he led the teams that created “Freakonomics Radio,” “Here's the Thing with Alec Baldwin” and “Death, Sex & Money.” If you enjoyed this episode, please consider to rate, review, and subscribe on Apple Podcasts/iTunes. It takes less than 60 seconds and it really makes a difference. Rate, review, and subscribe at HardyHaberland.com/iTunes.
Chris Bannon is chief content officer at Midroll Media and Stitcher. He was formerly vice president of Content Development and Production at WNYC. Chris launched the popular Stitcher premium content service that now includes more than 15,000 hours of programming and has led development of many new Stitcher and Earwolf podcasts, including “Katie Couric,” “Beautiful Stories from Anonymous People,” “Stranglers,” “Bitch Sesh,” “LeVar Burton Reads,” “Dear Franklin Jones,” and “Heaven's Gate.” At WNYC, Chris served as program director and oversaw many of the most popular series, including “Studio 360,” “The Brian Lehrer Show” and “The Leonard Lopate show, among others. He earned three Peabody Awards. As WNYC vice president of content development, he led the teams that created “Freakonomics Radio,” “Here's the Thing with Alec Baldwin” and “Death, Sex & Money.” Brought to you by Haberland Group (HaberlandGroup.com) and Hardy Haberland's Programs (HardyHaberland.com). This podcast is brought to you by Haberland Group. Haberland Group is a global provider of marketing solutions. With multidisciplinary teams in major world markets, our holding companies specialize in advertising, branding, communications planning, digital marketing, media, podcasting, public relations, as well as specialty marketing. If you are looking for a world-class partner to work on marketing programs, go to HaberlandGroup.com and contact us. This podcast is also brought to you by Hardy Haberland's Programs. Hardy provides educational programs for high performers who want world-class achievement, true fulfillment, and lasting transformation in their lives. He also provides consulting for established brands and businesses that have generated a minimum of $3 million in annual sales. If you need a catalyst for transformation and a strategist for success at the highest level, go to HardyHaberland.com and apply. If you enjoyed this episode, please consider to rate, review, and subscribe on Apple Podcasts/iTunes. It takes less than 60 seconds and it really makes a difference. Rate, review, and subscribe at HardyHaberland.com/iTunes.
Greg Williams is the millennial filmmaker who directed and produced a feature film about recovery entitled The Anonymous People. Greg's first drink was at age 12. He and friends scored some gin from their parents' liquor cabinet. Consistent sobriety wouldn't come for many years following a near-fatal car accident. He was able to go away to college with the help of finding on-campus recovery fellowships. Now, as a filmmaker, he has endeavored to pull back the curtain on the faceless suffering and daily accomplishment of people in recovery from addictions.
This week we listened to the call in sort of self help/ story telling/ comedy podcast Beautiful Stories from Anonymous People, sometimes shortened to simply Beautiful/Anonymous. It's a show hosted by Chris Gethard and the premise is simple, an anonymous person calls in and Chris talks to that person for an hour. We listened to Deafhttps://www.earwolf.com/episode/deaf/and A Hero's Journeyhttps://www.earwolf.com/episode/a-heros-journey/Here's the video I referenced featuring Pearl Jam and a sign language interpreter. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JBcPlX5BCRANext week we'll review Black Out with Remi Malekhttps://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/blackout/id1447513097As always, please rate and review on iTunes. https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/making-doug-listen-to-podcasts/id1436049146
This week another financial advice podcast! Dave Ramsey is a well established radio show host who has a debt free attitude toward personal finance. He's a man who pushes the financial advice of God and Grandmas. That's right his financial plans are divinely inspired, or so he claims. We listened to two episodes of his showFollow the Formula Hard Work plus Focushttps://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/follow-the-formula-hard-work-focus-hour-2/id77001367?i=1000437166697andStep One: Commit to No More Debt:http://daveramsey.ramsey.libsynpro.com/thurs-hour-3-13Next week, we listen to Beautiful Stories from Anonymous People with Chris Gethard a call in show where Chris Gethard talks to an anonymous stranger about anything, for a full hour.Deafhttps://www.earwolf.com/episode/deaf/andA Hero's Journeyhttps://www.earwolf.com/episode/a-heros-journey/And per John's request the episode of The Chris Gethard show featuring Jason Mantzoukas and Paul Scheer.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nwi_kE0gy94
THE DAILY ARTICLE FOR APRIL 25, 2019 Some of the announced candidates for president are people whose stories we don't yet know well. Today's podcast explores ways anonymous people change the world and calls us to use our influence to impact the culture. ABOUT THE DENISON FORUM The Daily Article is a daily biblical commentary on the news of the day by Dr. Jim Denison. If you would like to learn more about the Denison Forum, please visit DenisonForum.org. You can always email us at comments@denisonforum.org. And, if you feel called to support the Denison Forum financially, you may give here.
Hi friends, welcome to the Crush Story Podcast where we discuss the love stories of anonymous people and ask them different questions about relationship and every thing regarding that. Today we interviewed SRJ about his love story and how he need to have 15 girlfriends in 5 years only. We also have asked many questions to SRJ and taken two questions from our listeners on this topic. Listeners who asked the questions: 1) Gopal 2) SK This is very fun podcast and we hope you will also enjoy this podcast. Catch us on Instagram to get behind the scenes and awesome content of The Crush Story Podcast. Instagram(@thecrush_story): https://www.instagram.com/thecrush_story
Rae got to talk to a big podcast inspo of her's, Harry Nelson who produces the podcast "Beautiful Stories from Anonymous People" also known as "Beautiful/Anonymous", which also happens to be Rae's favorite podcast! Listen to this episode to see how these two got connected and to learn all about the podcast world. Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/TYP2KA)
The key to success, Gethard says, is failure. He knows this from experience. While he’s now the host of his own truTV talk show and the weekly podcast Beautiful Stories from Anonymous People, he also suffered the humiliation of having his Comedy Central sitcom cancelled after just seven episodes. But he didn’t just bounce back from this and other missteps. Rather, he used the frustrations and disappointments as tools to discover who he really is, what he most wants, and how he could get it. As he shows in this engaging and funny collection of stories, failure is inevitable and it’s also empowering—a necessary, if messy, step to the better things we can be.https://www.politics-prose.com/book/9780062691415Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Comedian Chris Gethard illustrates his personal and professional manifesto "lose well" with hilarious and ultimately empowering tales about his own missteps, misadventures, and public failures from the cancellation of his Comedy Central sitcom after ten episodes to rediscovering his comedic voice and life’s purpose on a public access channel. He recalls how getting miscast in a school production of Bye Bye Birdie changed his life, the time he invited a heckler on stage during his comedy set, and why the host of a rival cable access show tried to sue him for "violating her Constitutional rights.” He discusses his love for Andy Kaufman, ponders whatever happened to cable access tv, and shares some of the wonderfully weird things he got away with on The Chris Gethard Show. Plus, Chris reveals how he handles political differences on his show Beautiful Stories from Anonymous People and talks about "the worst scumbag he ever met." Order Chris Gerhard's book Lose Well on Amazon, Audible or wherever books are sold. Subscribe to his podcast Beautiful Stories From Anonymous People on Apple Podcasts or wherever you like to listen and follow Chris Gethard on Twitter at @ChrisGethard. Today's episode was sponsored by National Security Agency Career Recruitment and Espresso Monster. Visit Kickass News at www.kickassnews.com, subscribe to Kickass News on Apple Podcasts, and follow us on twitter at @KickassNewsPod.
Carol and Jessica talk about dealing with grief and early sobriety together. Carol talks about choosing one-on-one therapy as her main source of healing from addiction, and working on childhood trauma as a recovering adult. She shares the real-life tools that helped her get through her first year sober, and lists off tons of resources for our listeners, including movies, books, podcasts, and blogs. She also gives newly sober people a reason to redecorate (hint: it's all about creating new spaces, literally and figuratively). See below show notes for all of the great resources Carol mentions. Show Notes: Books: Drink by Ann Dowsett Johnston Websites: Tell Better Stories by Erin Shaw Street Unpickled Laura McKowen's I Fly at Night Podcasts: The Bubble Hour podcast Since Right Now podcast Home podcast Rich Roll podcast Movies The Anonymous People (movie) My Name was Bette (movie)
Chris Gethard is comedy's favourite underdog. He is the fine wine that other comedians cannot recommend enough. His years of study as an improviser at the UCB Theatre in New York have made him a great listener and a truly empathetic storyteller. During this interview in advance of his appearances at JFL42, Chris gave Andrew Lizotte some of the most emotionally open and thoughtful answers of his career -- all while driving! Chris is a ringmaster of chaos. The man loves a sincerely weird experience. His beloved program, The Chris Gethard Show -- which has run on NYC cable access and a pair of basic cable networks -- is best described as if early MTV went truly punk and had no artistic censorship. His podcast, Beautiful Stories from Anonymous People, gives you honest and thoughtful looks into the lives of complete strangers. Chris also released an HBO stand-up special last year, Career Suicide, which gets us to laugh and understand his struggle with mental health. He is a complex and interesting man. If this interview jumps around a bit, it's only because there is so much to talk about.
I get the logic of labeling, but I'm just tired of it. Not only the oldies, but the new ones too. Initially I called myself an alcoholic, but no more, it's not who I was or am. I was a person who got a lot of things done, really well, the old "high functioning" drinker. But, I was also a person struggling with how to cope with life, who hid it well, until I couldn't any longer...really didn't want to. How about we gather all this incredible energy for AF & DF recovery and take a lead from the documentary The Anonymous People and practice a new way!
With a new logo at the helm the ladies both checked out new podcasts that had them learning about the porn industry, yes, the porn industry, and what it would mean to never be able to conjure up old memories. Warning, this one is not for the youngins! 0:00 Intros 1:16: Drink of the Week: Amie: 4 Front IPA, Victory Brewing Co Erika: Chianti 2:30: Obsession of the week Erika: New logo by Be Amazed Media Amie: Oprah for President 8:06 Amie Recap: The Butterfly Effect Podcast 25:47: Erika Recap: Beautiful Stories from Anonymous People, Picture a Sunset (12/12/17) 38:53: Podcast Pop Ups Amie: Potterless, Ep. 1 12/24/16 Erika: Ologies Podcast, Minisode: Fallology Amie: Coffee Convos with Kail Lowery & Lindsie Chrisley Erika: Four Finger Discount Podcast ***SOCIAL MEDIA***@PodcastRwd on Insta and Twitter@erikajarvis on Insta and Twitter@imamierandolph on Insta and TwitterTag us in your posts with #itsaboutpodcast and send us your recommendations and what you want to hear us recap at PodcastRWD@gmail.com
Chris Gethard, host and creator of the popular “Beautiful Stories from Anonymous People” podcast, recently joined host Jenna Flanagan at the Now Hear This podcast festival to talk about how he gets perfect strangers to tell him their secrets and the hunger for human connection. Gethard also shares his thoughts on why comedians make good podcasters and on vulnerability in our otherwise curated social media driven world. MetroFocus airs 7 nights a week on the tri-state region's local PBS stations THIRTEEN, WLIW21 and NJTV. Get the full schedule here: metrofocus.org/tv-schedule/ Get more stories like this at metrofocus.org Like us on Facebook: facebook.com/MetroFocus/ Follow us on Twitter: twitter.com/metrofocus Join the conversation with #MetroFocus
I heard about Greg Williams' work long before I was introduced to him. And when we finally spoke, I knew it was important for the state of recovery to connect with him further, both for my own understanding and for others benefit. Greg is a down to earth person in long-term recovery. I hope that our paths of recovery advocacy cross in real life someday. Greg Williams, Co-Founder of Facing Addiction, is a person in long-term recovery from addiction, and the award winning documentary filmmaker of The Anonymous People and Generation Found. Greg has a Masters degree in addiction public policy from New York University, and over a decade of experience working with non-profits and government agencies on addiction. Greg served as the Campaign Director and one of the executive producers of the historic UNITE to Face Addiction rally on the National Mall on October 4, 2015 (B.A. Quinnipiac University; M.A. New York University). To Connect with Facing Addiction: * Website: www.facingaddiction.org
Ronna & Beverly come at you LIVE from The Bell House in New York to get in deep with comedians Chris Gethard and Rachel Dratch! First, we hear about the girls' sojourn through the nation's capital, and then they talk to Chris about his parentage of a goat in college and the most surprising calls he's received on his podcast Beautiful Stories from Anonymous People. Later, they find out from Rachel who the biggest schmuck was at the SNL 40th Anniversary party followed by a debate over the most convenient way to raise a tiny Jew. This episode is brought to you by Squarespace (www.squarespace.com code: SHALOM).
Special EP: We interview comedian Chris Gethard about his podcast Beautiful Stories from Anonymous People. We talk the Smiths, play impressions and learn about This American LifeAlso, Tristan was off this week, he was murdered and set on fire, while celebrating his birthday.
Mitchell, with 30 days since his last drink, shares his story How to quit drinking Do not drink. Replace the beverage in your hand with a Popsicle or a ginger beer Watch the movie Leaving Las Vegas and then watch it again Listen to every Third Eye Blind Song ever written Do not watch the movie Beer Fest Go to 90 meetings in 90 days Get a sponsor or an accountability partner Think about joining Café RE www.recoveryelevator.com/cafere Have you ever asked yourself, “Do I have a drinking problem?” Well think no more because that’s your answer Remember that alcohol is pure shit Affirmations - your unconscious mind is way ahead of you when it comes to viewing alcohol ads and advertisements. You constantly need to affirm to yourself that you will not be drinking. Change everything: where you get your haircut, the color of your walls, and probably most of the friends you hang out with. Tell the people closest to you that you will no longer be drinking. Create accountability = the most important thing on this list. You cannot quit drinking with willpower because willpower is finite and exhaustible. You might last a week or a month or a year, but eventually you will drink again. Find a higher power. This higher power could literally be a pigeon sitting on a power cable. I hate to break it to you, but you cannot do this alone. You are going to need a community of like- minded individuals. Whether this community is online, in person or your next-door neighbor, you are going to have to connect with other like-minded individuals. Did I mention that alcohol is shit? If you are just starting this journey, you do not know any answers yet. Please put the cotton in your mouth and start listening. If you ever say the words to yourself “I think I got this” you’re f@#$%@. Those are the three most dangerous words an alcoholic can say. Always give yourself an exit strategy. Drive your own car, scooter, skate board or hover board. It is right around that time when your friends start getting tipsy that the danger zone approaches and I’m not talking about the Top Gun soundtrack. Look at yourself in the mirror. What do you see? Do you like it? Do you want to change what you see? Ask yourself if you are reaching your full potential in life. Most likely if you are drinking that answer is no. Your dead relatives would not be proud. If you were thinking about quitting drinking for someone else, you’re f@#$%! You have to quit drinking for yourself. Do not beat yourself up. In fact, tell yourself that you are a rock star. Sure you might be an average guitar player who will never tour with Aerosmith, but you are worth it, you are damn worth it. You may find yourself quite bored without alcohol which is why you need to pick up new hobbies such as yoga, jogging, archery, or stamp collecting. Stamp collecting to me sounds extremely boring but you get point. You need to get outside of your mind and fast. The best way to do this is to help others. For example: Mrs. Jones's lawn across the street is in desperate need of care. That could be the perfect job for you. If you think you’ve hit rock bottom, unfortunately I’ve got bad news for you. Every bottom has a trapdoor that can lead to much greater pain and suffering. The good news is that when you do reach a bottom there is something called a conduit. That is when your higher power is there to help you get sober. Do not put too much emphasis on what this higher power is. It could be the pigeon on the powerline or it could be the wind bristling between the pine trees. Educate yourself. Knowledge is useless unless you do something with it. There are a tremendous amount of great podcasts out there about recovery. Read books preferably not while drinking. “This Naked Mind” by Annie Grace is one of my favorite books. Also a book called “Beyond the Influence” by Katherine Ketchum is fantastic. If you think you are alone in your drinking, you are dead wrong. There are millions struggling with alcohol and if you connect with some of them you will find that what you have in common is incredible. Start to develop a recovery portfolio. Jam pack this recovery portfolio full of books, a list of contacts, AA meeting schedules, etc. Get out of your comfort zone. I can tell you with 100% certainty that sobriety is not located inside of your comfort zone. Friends that try to convince you that sobriety is located inside your comfort zone are not your friends. La Croix soda water is your best friend. Do not beat yourself up because alcohol has done a good job of doing just that. Get up. Get up again. Get up again. Then get up 15 more times. Eventually this will stick and booze will be something of the past. Start writing a journal. Start writing about what you’re thankful for. Start writing about what your goals are in life and if your current path is leading you to those goals. Alcoholics Anonymous. Get outside your comfort zone and go to a meeting. Stop making excuses. No wimps allowed! The stigma is total BS. In 1956 the American Medical Association classified alcoholism and addiction as a disease. Why we are still talking about this today is a mystery. Come out of the closet as somebody with a drinking problem. I can guarantee you with 100% satisfaction that more good than harm will be the result. Keep in mind that alcohol is ethanol with a couple of additives added to it to make it palatable. Alcohol in its purest form tastes like raccoon piss. Tell yourself that alcohol doesn’t actually help you relax. What it’s doing is slowing down your brain faculties. You are literally thinking slower when drinking alcohol. Watch the show “The Anonymous People” on Netflix. This is a very powerful documentary. For one week straight write down any triggers that make you drink alcohol. This is 7 straight days of putting pen to paper. Acceptance is your best friend. It doesn’t matter if you have been sober for a week or you are drinking while listening to this podcast, you must accept the current circumstances that you are in and find a way to be content in them. There is no chance of getting sober if you are not honest with yourself and others. Do not turn recovery into a game of leap frog. You cannot skip the steps to getting sober, but you can speed up the process. On a piece of paper, write down all of the people that you hold resentments towards. In another column write how you are a part of the problem. Read this to a trusted companion and get ready for major light bulbs to illuminate. This might seem contradictory to some since the word anonymous is in the word Alcoholics Anonymous, but being silent about your drinking problem only does you harm. You need to tell your loved ones, your friends, your family and any other people you care about in regards to your goal to stay sober Develop a network of people who also share the same common goal to not drink. I’m not talking about Mr. Rogers on the television. Alcohol kills more than any other drugs combined – that’s 3 million people each year! SHOW NOTES [ 16:57 ] Paul Introduces Mitchell Mitchell – I have 1 month of sober time and I feel great. I am originally from Michigan, 31 years old and am the lead pastor of my parish. I am married with a 3 year old boy. I enjoy playing music, the outdoors and anything Disney! [ 20:00 ] When did you realize that you did not drink normally? Mitchell – I was 22 years old when I had my first drink. I drank through college but stopped for 7 years when I started my pastor role. I started drinking again to alleviate anxiety and depression. When I took an actual inventory of my drinking, I found that I was drinking every day. I never took a day off. [ 22:49 ] Is there any history of alcoholism in your family? Mitchell – It is not talked about much but I am sure it is there. [ 23:00 ] Paul and Mitchell discuss the 7 years he did not drink. Mitchell – I really did not think about it much at the time. I was busy building my parish. Before I knew it, I was drinking on Fridays and then every day again. [ 23:49 ] Did you ever put any rules in place to moderate your drinking? Mitchell – Rules never worked for me. Something situational always came up that gave me the excuse to drink. Alcohol was my “go to” tool. [ 24:26 ] Did you have a rock bottom? Mitchell – I didn’t have a severe rock bottom but I would try and a break from drinking. I had to keep drinking more and more in order to get the same effect. The drinking would cause me to make unhealthy choices like eating everything in sight. [ 26:00 ] How important has your HP been for you? Mitchell – God gives me hope. My relationships with others, being a lead pastor, and my relationship with God can be just as stressful as it is helpful. Alcohol was my escape from thinking about God, even as I served him. [ 27:10 ] Have you ever felt let down by God? Mitchell – It was very challenging leading new community and I would look forward to those drinks at night. [ 28:05 ] How did you get sober? Mitchell – I signed up for the RE group on Facebook. This took some initiative. I also went on a diet and this reduced my cravings significantly. I love being helpful to others and surrounding myself with people who “get it.” [ 31:42 ] Have you had any withdrawals? Mitchell – nothing really physical, but I have been edgy and irritable. [ 33:04 ] How are you living life on life terms? Mitchell – It is OK for life to be nuts. You do not have to escape it. You are strong enough to deal with things that come your way. [ 34:06 ] How is the best way to pray? Mitchell – You need to be confident in your God. Just talk openly and honestly to him like you would do with a friend. [ 35:00 ] What advice would you give to your younger self? Mitchell – Do not take that first drink. Alcohol is addictive to everyone. It is not safe. [ 37:28 ] How has your relationships changed? Mitchell – I am more present for my wife and child. I enjoy being in the moment instead of rushing through things in order to get back to my drinking. [ 38:07 ] Tell me about a day in the life of Mitchell? Mitchell – I will continue to reach out to others. I also do a lot of reading in order to consistently remind myself of what alcohol did to me. [ 39:03 ] Rapid Fire Round What was your worst memory from drinking? my son found an empty beer can and was bopping the family dog with it Did you ever have an “oh-shit” moment? I was on vacation and took a good look at myself in the mirror. I looked like I was pregnant, my belly was so swollen What’s your plan moving forward? staying accountable and feeding myself with knowledge What’s the best advice you’ve ever received (on sobriety)? you have to do the work, “you don’t got this” What are your thoughts on relapse? Don’t beat yourself up. Keep going. What has been your proudest moment in sobriety? making it this far You might be an alcoholic if…. you have a beer bottle opener that looks like a fake handcuff in your car *****You are the average of the 5 people you hang out with the most**** Resources mentioned in this episode: Recovery Elevator Retreat Connect with Cafe RE- Use the promo code Elevator for your first month free Sobriety Tracker iTunes Sobriety Tracker Android Sober Selfies! - Send your Sober Selfie and your Success Story to info@recoveryelevator.com “We took the elevator down, we gotta take the stairs back up, we can do this!”
This is the episode where Jesse and Kevin finally talk about The Iron Giant. You can follow us on Twitter @unprepped We don't have a Facebook page. Links Science fiction author: Theodore Sturgeon TV show: Glee Headcanon TV show: Stranger Things Latest installment in the overgrown behemoth of the Marvel cinematic universe: Captain America: Civil War Back to Pandora: Why Has ‘Avatar’ Been Forgotten Just Five Years After Its Release? Kevin's "Best Superhero Movie": Mystery Men Jesse's "Best Superhero Movie": The Incredibles Film: The Iron Giant Movies with Mikey's The Iron Giant episode Play: Sleep No More Podcast: Chris Gerhard's Beautiful Stories from Anonymous People
Comedian and Jersey boy Chris Gethard wasn't quite ready to host one of the hottest and most popular podcasts around. As he explains to Adam Sachs on this episode of The Wolf Den, he thought there would be some time in the first few months to feel it out. Instead, getting featured on This American Life attracted a massive audience to his show, Beautiful Stories from Anonymous People, who stuck around because of the singular mix of openness, honesty and empathy with which Chris treats the callers to his show. He talks about how the concept for the podcast evolved with the help of producers Gretta Cohn and John Delore, and how he was also surprised by the effusive feedback he's received from listeners and fans. Chris also reflects on how making the podcast is different from his Fusion television show, “The Chris Gethard Show,” and how Beautiful/Anonymous fits into his desire to find happiness in making things. Finally, he doles out some tough love advice for aspiring podcasters, and anyone pursuing creative endeavors.This episode is sponsored by Podcast Movement.
Bonus: Beautiful/Anonymous with Chris Gethard - On a bonus improv4humans, Matt Besser presents the new show from i4h regular Chris Gethard. Welcome to Beautiful Stories from Anonymous People! Every week, Chris Gethard opens the phone lines to one caller, for one hour, and he can't hang up, no matter what. In this debut episode, Chris talks to a true underdog in Texas who has both a fascinating family history and a pent-up passion.
On a bonus improv4humans, Matt Besser presents the new show from i4h regular Chris Gethard. Welcome to Beautiful Stories from Anonymous People! Every week, Chris Gethard opens the phone lines to one caller, for one hour, and he cant hang up, no matter what. In this debut episode, Chris talks to a true underdog in Texas who has both a fascinating family history and a pent-up passion.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
A sneak peek at Chris Gethard’s new show “Beautiful Stories From Anonymous People,” coming to Earwolf on March 15th! 1 phone call. 1 hour. No names. No holds barred. That’s the premise behind Beautiful Stories from Anonymous People, hosted by comedian Chris Gethard (the Chris Gethard Show, Weird New York and one of Time Out’s “10 best comedians of 2015”). Every week, Chris opens the phone line to one anonymous caller, and he can't hang up first, no matter what. From shocking confessions and family secrets to philosophical discussions and shameless self-promotion, anything can, and will, happen! Subscribe now and you won't miss a thing.
Overview: This week I share why I’m so upset and really more of why I’m doing The Addiction Support Podcast. I naively thought that by doing this podcast, I’d be starting a conversation. A conversation about how addiction needs to be treated like a disease and not like a crime or a moral issue. Turns […] The post ASP 003: Why I’m Upset, The Anonymous People, And The Empowerment Ride 2016 appeared first on Addiction Support Podcast.
On this week’s show Denise reintroduces us to Greg Williams, the writer and producer of the film The Anonymous People, a film about the over 23 million Americans living in long term recovery from addiction to alcohol and drugs. With people sharing their stories of recovery it is hoped that there will be less stigma. You can hear about … Read more about this episode...
Actor and Environmentalist Ed Begley Jr. discusses his sobriety and his battle with alcoholism. Also, Greg Williams from the documentary "The Anonymous People" calls in.
Also in the episode, Paul discusses the must see The Anonymous People, which is a documentary about recovery.
A year ago, in September 2013 we interviewed Greg Williams and discussed his ground-breaking film, "The Anonymous People", which had just begun showing in theaters through a "theatrical-on-demand" format where individuals were able to request a showing at their local theater and then invited their communities to view the film. Word of this life-changing film spread quickly throughout the recovery community and screenings are being held all over the country and the world. Join us as we talk to Greg about the changes he has seen as a result this powerful film. Greg Williams is a person in long-term recovery from alcohol and other drugs since age seventeen. He is a health policy advocate, and award-winning documentary filmmaker who specializes in the creation of compelling and purposeful content. At age 30, "The Anonymous People" is Greg’s first independent feature-length film. His new film is bringing lasting solutions to the screen for one of America’s top health problems. "The Anonymous People" has already received widespread critical acclaim and a variety of industry awards.
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More than 23 million Americans are living in long-term recovery from the disease of addiction. The powerful, positive, spiritual, social, and economic impact on families, communities, and the workplace is impressive. Documentary filmmaker Greg Williams shares how he decided to bring this reality into view through his new film The Anonymous People that opened in New York City on September 17. Learn more about Greg and the movie at www.theanonymouspeople.com
Documentary called The Anonymous People brings up issues of anonymity as a spiritual principle. Discussion of a proposed "New Recovery" Movement.
Dude, let’s go rally. Ben Bass, Executive Director of The Recovery Alliance of El Paso, and Chairman of the Board of Texas Recovers flies in from El Paso, and we talk about the Big Texas Rally for Recovery this Saturday here in Austin, on the South steps of the Capitol, from 3-5 PM. Also, we get into a little about the new movie The Anonymous People and erasing the stigma around people in recovery.
We are very excited to have Greg Williams, Creator of the full length documentary film The Anonymous People on our show! The Anonymous People is a documentary film about the over 23 million Americans living in long-term recovery from alcohol and other drug addiction. Social stigma have kept recovery voices silent and faces hidden for decades. Courageous addiction recovery advocates have come out of the shadows and are organizing to end discrimination and move toward recovery-based solutions. The Anonymous People story is told through the faces and voices of citizens, leaders, volunteers, corporate executives, public figures, and celebrities who are laying it all on the line to save the lives of others just like them. Learn more about the Anonymous People by going to the website HERE, and/or liking their Facebook page HERE.
This week Denise talks about the concept of anonymity in reference to the recovery and addiction community. Greg Williams, this week’s guest, is the producer of the film The Anonymous People, a feature documentary film about the over 23 million Americans living in long-term recovery from alcohol and other drug addictions. Entrenched social stigma have […] The post Addicted to Addicts: Survival 101 – The Anonymous People appeared first on WebTalkRadio.net.
Speak up, RecoveryPeople. Our stories have power! So says Faces and Voices of Recovery, the nation’s leading advocacy organization for people in recovery. Today’s guest, Pat Taylor,the Executive Director of Faces and Voices of Recovery, talks about advocacy (pointing to resources from the Alliance for Justice and their advocacy project Bolder Advocacy), the America Honors Recovery awards (which was streamed and will soon be available on-demand), and the hot new film, The Anonymous People. Plus... Do you live in a sober house? Are you an alumni or house manager? Or are you recovery community stakeholder? If so, you won’t want to miss Pat explaining why the way we talk about recovery housing matters. This is the subject of an upcoming webinar series Faces and Voices of Recovery has created in collaboration with the National Alliance for Recovery Residences, Oxford House and the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration All this and more on this episode of RecoveryPeople
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