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The crew opens the day still worked up over Mike McDaniel's 4th-and-1 gamble in Madrid before shifting to Jimmy Butler's low-key Miami appearance and Bam's quiet jab, with Leroy stepping in to diagnose the Dolphins' slow starts. Tobin then goes on a full rant about Steve Kerr, recoils at a bizarre birthday message from Skip Bayless, and faces more disbelief over his infamous snake tale, all while Brittney jumps in with her Dancing With the Stars breakdown and the show reacts to fresh sound from Mahomes, Rodgers, and Spo. Hour three brings “evidence” of Tobin's barely-audible boo aimed at Jimmy Butler, more interrogation about his snake saga, and a spirited round of Goosies or No Goosies that sends him spiraling when Leroy insists he doesn't hate Aaron Rodgers. The show closes at peak chaos: Tobin celebrating Vice Night at Kaseya Center, Spo's thoughts on beating the Warriors, and a round of laughs at Leroy's expense after AI slander leaves him salty—all while the silly sauce hits maximum strength.
Tobin and Leroy are still not over Mike McDaniels decision to go for it on that 4th and 1 in Madrid, just enjoy the win and bye week guys! Last night Jimmy Butler made his “return” to Miami but did not play. The guys break down his irish goodbye and Bam's subtle shade. A caller needs answers to the Dolphins struggles at the start of the game, and Leroy is there to save the day.
Alyssa Curnutt and Lindsey Jo join Jason Cassity and The Broke Agent to discuss how to get 42% more engagement on Instagram, content to post around the holidays, and why carousels are the new reels. They also cover two marketers of the week, one highlighting POV content and one giving their "unpopular opinion."
Tại Hội nghị Khí hậu lần thứ 30 của Liên Hiệp Quốc COP30 được tổ chức tại Belem Brazil giữa tháng 11/2025, vấn đề « chuyển đổi công bằng » sang nền kinh tế xanh trở thành một yêu sách phổ biến. Ngay từ những ngày đầu hội nghị COP30, khắp các hội trường, người ta có thể thấy các nhà hoạt động xã hội đeo huy hiệu mang dòng chữ « BAM ». Giai điệu BAM được các nhà hoạt động xướng lên để thu hút sự chú ý của công chúng. Dòng chữ BAM cũng có mặt khắp nơi trên đường phố, trong các cuộc tuần hành của xã hội dân sự, của các cộng đồng thổ dân, những người tranh đấu vì môi trường, khí hậu đến từ khắp nơi trên thế giới. BAM, chữ viết tắt của Cơ chế Hành động vì Chuyển đổi công bằng toàn cầu Belem (Belém Action Mechanism for a Global Just Transition), được coi là khẩu hiệu hành động của những người ủng hộ công lý khí hậu tại COP30. « Chuyển đổi công bằng » là gì ? Vậy chuyển đổi công bằng cụ thể có ý nghĩa gì ? Selma Huart, thuộc tổ chức quốc tế Oxfam chi nhánh tại Pháp, phụ trách cổ vũ chống các bất bình đẳng về khí hậu, giải thích : « Chuyển đổi công bằng nghĩa là thay đổi mô hình kinh tế hiện nay, để hướng tới rời bỏ các nhiên liệu hóa thạch, bảo vệ đa dạng sinh học, đồng thời phân bổ công bằng những nguồn lực và lợi ích có được từ quá trình chuyển đổi này. Ý tưởng chính ở đây là, nếu bạn càng có nhiều quyền lực để hành động, bạn càng nên đóng góp nhiều hơn, còn nếu bạn là người dễ bị tổn thương, bạn càng cần được bảo vệ nhiều hơn. Ví dụ như, nếu một công ty dầu mỏ lớn kiếm được hàng tỷ đô la lợi nhuận, đồng thời lại góp phần đáng kể vào việc làm Trái đất nóng lên, thì đúng là họ nên đóng góp nhiều hơn vào việc tài trợ cho quá trình chuyển đổi sinh thái. Ngược lại, nếu một người dễ bị tổn thương sống trong một tòa nhà kém hiệu quả về năng lượng và bị ảnh hưởng nghiêm trọng hơn bởi các hậu quả của biến đổi khí hậu, thì đúng là họ cần phải được bảo vệ. » Mở rộng ý nghĩa : Từ quyền lợi của người lao động đến công lý khí hậu… Khái niệm chuyển đổi công bằng liên quan đến sinh thái bắt nguồn từ phong trào bảo vệ người lao động Bắc Mỹ trong thập niên 1970. Giới nghiệp đoàn đòi hỏi là người lao động làm việc trong các ngành công nghiệp gây ô nhiễm phải đóng cửa, cần được đền bù, hỗ trợ. Đại diện tổ chức Oxfam France cho biết thêm về sự mở rộng ý nghĩa của « chuyển đổi công bằng » : Khái niệm chuyển đổi công bằng bắt nguồn từ phong trào nghiệp đoàn bảo vệ người lao động. Vào thời điểm đó, việc đóng cửa các mỏ, dẫn đến việc sa thải, đã khiến các nghiệp đoàn lo lắng. Giới nghiệp đoàn đã lên án quá trình chuyển đổi này là bất công và đề xuất các giải pháp để bảo đảm rằng quá trình chuyển đổi sinh thái sẽ không chống lại người lao động, mà sẽ có lợi cho họ. Giờ đây, ý tưởng này được mở rộng. Chuyển đổi công bằng không chỉ có nghĩa là bảo vệ người lao động mà còn bảo vệ người dân và vùng lãnh thổ dễ bị tổn thương trước biến đổi khí hậu. Chuyển đổi công bằng trở thành một vấn đề quốc tế. » Đọc thêm - COP30 : Trung Quốc gia tăng áp lực với các nước giàu trong việc đóng góp tài chính khí hậu « Chuyển đổi công bằng » dần dần vượt xa ý nghĩa bảo vệ quyền lợi của những người lao động bị sa thải. Năm 2009, tại Hội nghị Khí hậu của Liên Hiệp Quốc ở Copenhagen (COP15), Liên hiệp các nghiệp đoàn quốc tế ITUC (International Trade Union Confederation) đã đề xuất với Liên Hiệp Quốc gắn liền « chuyển đổi công bằng » với một hiệp ước có tầm vóc về khí hậu, hướng đến một nền kinh tế ít sử dụng năng lượng hóa thạch. 10 năm Hiệp định Paris: « Chuyển đổi công bằng » bị coi nhẹ trong Hành động Khí hậu Trong một thời gian dài, các hội nghị khí hậu của Liên Hiệp Quốc tập trung vào việc hướng đến giảm năng lượng hóa thạch, trung hòa về khí thải gây hiệu ứng nhà kính, mặt xã hội nói chung và các hậu quả nói riêng của chính sách khí hậu bị gạt ra bên lề. Đến năm 2015, tại hội nghị ở Paris, khi cộng đồng quốc tế đúc kết được Hiệp định về khí hậu (COP21), vấn đề « chuyển đổi công bằng » chỉ dừng ở chỗ : cộng đồng quốc tế đồng ý « xem xét các yêu cầu cấp thiết của việc chuyển đổi công bằng với người lao động và tạo ra việc làm tử tế và có chất lượng, phù hợp với các ưu tiên phát triển của đất nước » (Lời nói đầu của Hiệp định). Vấn đề « chuyển đổi công bằng » bước vào bàn đàm phán kể từ Hội nghị khí hậu tại Ba Lan năm 2018 (COP24). Tại COP27 ở Ai Cập và COP28 ở Các tiểu vương quốc Ả Rập Thống Nhất, vấn đề tiếp tục được đưa ra đối thoại, nhưng không có thỏa thuận nào được đúc kết. Lời hứa suông, những chuyển đổi bất công, « chủ nghĩa thực dân khí hậu »... Theo giới bảo vệ môi trường, kể từ Hiệp định Paris 2015, mỗi lần hội nghị về khí hậu là một lần các nhà lãnh đạo lại nhắc lại điệp khúc về chuyển đổi sinh thái chỉ có thể thành công nếu đi liền với những chính sách công bằng với người lao động, với dân cư các khu vực bị ảnh hưởng do tác động môi trường, do chuyển đổi mô hình kinh tế. Nhưng tình hình đã không mấy thay đổi. Ngay trước thềm COP30, hiệp hội quốc tế ActionAid International công bố một báo cáo về chuyển đổi công bằng, cuộc chiến khí hậu và vấn đề tài chính (Climate Finance for Just Transition: How the Finance Flows / Tài chính cho chuyển đổi công bằng : Dòng tiền được đầu tư như thế nào), cho thấy chỉ có 3% viện trợ khí hậu quốc tế được dành cho các cộng đồng đang chuyển đổi. Báo cáo dựa trên các dự án giảm khí thải, do hai quỹ khí hậu đa phương lớn nhất thế giới đầu tư (với 178 dự án từ Quỹ Khí hậu Xanh do Liên Hiệp Quốc hậu thuẫn và 466 dự án từ Quỹ Đầu tư Khí hậu, do Ngân hàng Thế giới và các ngân hàng phát triển khu vực thành lập). Ông Bert De Wel, điều phối viên chính sách khí hậu toàn cầu của Liên hiệp các nghiệp đoàn quốc tế ITUC, nhận định: dữ liệu cho thấy « tài chính khí hậu được quyết định bởi nhu cầu của các nhà đầu tư thay vì những người bị ảnh hưởng bởi tình trạng khẩn cấp ». Đọc thêm : Khai thác đất hiếm : Mặt trái của công nghệ chuyển đổi năng lượng Bên cạnh việc tài chính khí hậu cho « chuyển đổi công bằng » không đến với người lao động, một vấn đề nghiêm trọng khác là quá trình được quảng bá là chuyển sang nền kinh tế xanh, chuyển sang năng lượng tái tạo hướng đến giảm phát thải, trên thực tế đang gây ra những tổn thất trầm trọng về môi trường và con người, đặc biệt ở các nước phương Nam. Đơn cử một ví dụ về lithium, thường được gọi là « vàng trắng » rất cần để sản xuất bình điện cho ô tô, là nơi mà châu Mỹ Latinh chiếm gần một nửa trữ lượng thế giới, nhưng các công ty khai thác địa phương sẽ chỉ giữ lại 0,02 euro cho mỗi euro giá trị hàng hóa thành phẩm. Chưa kể đến việc môi trường bị tàn phá, sức khỏe người lao động và dân cư tại chỗ bị ảnh hưởng nặng nề. Đây là thực tại mà một số tổ chức như Oxfam lên án là quá trình « chuyển đổi bất công », chỉ phục vụ cho lợi ích của một thiểu số rất nhỏ, và gọi đó là « chủ nghĩa thực dân khí hậu (colonialisme climatique) ». Mạng lưới dân sự quốc tế thúc đẩy BAM, hơn 130 nước phương Nam hưởng ứng « Chuyển đổi công bằng » sang kinh tế xanh, điều cấp bách và là nhân tố căn bản quyết định cuộc chiến khí hậu có thành công hay không, đã rất bị coi nhẹ trong hành động khí hậu quốc tế. Trong bối cảnh giới bảo vệ môi trường, giới bảo vệ quyền lợi người lao động bị đẩy vào chân tường, dường như đã có một nỗ lực vượt bậc. Kể từ đầu năm nay, mạng lưới lớn nhất trong lĩnh vực khí hậu Climate Action Network International (CAN) đã quyết liệt vận động cho việc thông qua tại Hội nghị COP30 ở Belem, Brazil, « Cơ chế Hành động vì Chuyển đổi công bằng toàn cầu Belem » (BAM). Tại dịp hội nghị ngay trong đại ngàn Amazon, lá phổi của hành tinh, đã có không khí đồng thanh tương ứng, đồng khí tương cầu. Ngày 10/11, hơn 1.000 tổ chức - nghiệp đoàn, nữ quyền, thanh niên, cộng đồng bản địa, nông dân nhỏ, luật sư môi trường, v.v. — từ 100 quốc gia, đã công bố một bức thư ngỏ « gửi tất cả các quốc gia thành viên » của Hội nghị Khí hậu Liên Hiệp Quốc, kêu gọi biến « lý tưởng chuyển đổi công bằng thành hiện thực ». Cơ chế Hành động BAM, do CAN đề xướng, là nội dung chính. Ngày 11/11, yêu sách BAM nói trên đã được nhóm G77+Trung Quốc, gồm 133 quốc gia phương Nam và Trung Quốc, ra tuyên bố ủng hộ. Thách thức số 1 : Trả lãi nợ, gọng kìm siết chặt các nước phương Nam Để biến « chuyển đổi công bằng » sang kinh tế xanh thành hiện thực, vấn đề tài chính là số một. Trả lời RFI, ông Mathieu Paris, phụ trách về vấn đề nợ của CCFD Terre solidaire, Hiệp hội hỗ trợ những cộng đồng dễ bị tổn thương nhất chống lại các bất công, nêu bật vấn đề nhức nhối này : « Năm 2024, các quốc gia Nam Bán Cầu đã phải dùng hơn 900 tỷ đô la để trả lãi cho các khoản nợ. Giờ đây, chúng ta đang nói về 300 tỷ đô la tiền tài trợ cho khí hậu, nhưng một phần lớn số tiền này sẽ lại chỉ được sử dụng để trả nợ chứ không được đầu tư vào cuộc chiến khí hậu ». Chuyển đổi mô hình năng lượng là một trong ba lĩnh vực chính của cuộc chiến khí hậu. Hai lĩnh vực còn lại là đầu tư để thích nghi với biến đổi khí hậu và để đền bù các tổn thất, thiệt hại không thể vãn hồi cho các nạn nhân. Với cả hai lĩnh vực nói trên, bất công đang ngự trị. Để thích ứng với biến đối khí hậu, cần đến ít nhất 1.300 tỉ đô la/năm, tại COP29 năm ngoái, các nước phát triển mới chỉ chấp nhận chi ra 300 tỉ đô la, và đây mới chỉ là lời hứa. Quỹ đền bù tổn thất được chính thức thành lập là điều đáng hoan nghênh, nhưng cho đến nay mới chỉ có cam kết vài chục triệu đô la, trong lúc tổn thất được ghi nhận là nhiều trăm tỉ/năm, và con số sẽ còn tăng vọt do Trái đất nóng lên nhanh chóng. Không thể « chuyển đổi công bằng » nếu không từ bỏ than-dầu-khí Trong lúc tiền rất thiếu cho cuộc chiến khí hậu, tiền vẫn được tiếp tục rót ồ ạt vào các ngành năng lượng hóa thạch. Tổng thống Brazil, quốc gia chủ nhà COP30, nêu bật bất công ghê gớm này : khi dòng tiền hiện tại « không tôn trọng các nguyên tắc phát triển bền vững », « năm ngoái, 65 ngân hàng lớn nhất thế giới đã cam kết đầu tư 869 tỷ đô la cho ngành dầu khí », « việc chi cho vũ khí chống khí hậu gấp đôi số tiền chi cho cuộc chiến vì khí hậu, đang mở đường cho thảm họa khí hậu ». Chuyên gia về khí hậu người Brazil, ông Marcio Astrini, tổng giám đốc Đài Quan sát Khí hậu, nhấn mạnh đến việc để đạt được mục tiêu chuyển sang nền kinh tế xanh, việc « loại bỏ nhiên liệu hóa thạch » cần tạo đột phá ngay tại COP30. Trả lời ban tiếng Brazil đài RFI, đầu tuần lễ thứ hai của COP30, ông nhấn mạnh: « Chúng ta sẽ có một tuần lễ làm việc, khi các nhà hoạch định chính sách chủ chốt tham gia các cuộc thảo luận với một chương trình nghị sự phong phú, mang hy vọng là sẽ có được một tuyên bố chung về những điểm quan trọng nhất, nhưng cần luôn ghi nhớ rằng : Hội nghị này chỉ thực sự tạo nên sự khác biệt, thực sự đặc biệt, nếu nó thúc đẩy vấn đề loại bỏ nhiên liệu hóa thạch. Đây là trọng tâm của chương trình nghị sự về khí hậu, bởi đây là nguyên nhân của ba phần tư cuộc khủng hoảng khí hậu. Và chính về vấn đề này, chúng ta cần một phản ứng mạnh mẽ và có phối hợp từ các nước ». Tinh thần « Mutirão » Brazil trong bối cảnh quốc tế chia rẽ trầm trọng Hội nghị khí hậu COP30 tại Belem, Brazil, đang diễn ra. « Chuyển đổi công bằng » là kết tinh đòi hỏi của đông đảo các nước và xã hội dân sự toàn cầu. Theo một số nhà quan sát, cho đến đầu tuần lễ thứ hai của COP, đã có hơn 120 quốc gia ủng hộ một « Mutirão Pact », hướng đến giã từ các năng lượng hóa thạch đúng lúc và công bằng, và các phương tiện tài chính thích đáng cho các nước phương Nam. Đọc thêm - Trump - Putin: Bóng ma tận thế hạt nhân và thảm họa năng lượng hóa thạch « Mutirão », trong tiếng nói của một dân tộc bản địa rừng Amazon, chỉ các nỗ lực hợp tác, vượt qua các lợi ích khác biệt vì cái chung, được Ban tổ chức sử dụng làm khẩu hiệu chính thức. COP30 diễn ra trong bối cảnh đặc biệt, khi nước Mỹ của Donald Trump rút khỏi Hiệp định Paris, các nỗ lực cổ vũ cho năng lượng hóa thạch từ phía nhiều thế lực đường như ngày càng trở nên quyết liệt hơn, liệu cuộc họp tại rừng Amazon với tinh thần Mutirão có giúp cộng đồng quốc tế vượt qua được các bất đồng, đạt được một số đồng thuận đầu tiên cho phép biến lý tưởng « chuyển đổi công bằng » thành hiện thực ?
El mayor enemigo de tus ventas no es la competencia es la comodidad de creer que ya lo sabes todo cuando acompañan los resultados.Y es un grave error.Hoy el mercado avanza más rápido que nunca.La diferencia ya no está en vender más… ...sino en vender de forma más inteligente.En este episodio te mostraré cómo puedes transformarte o transformar a tu equipo comercial en verdaderos asesores estratégicos, capaces de:→ Detectar necesidades ocultas antes que el cliente.→ Generar confianza y autoridad en cada conversación.→ Cerrar acuerdos sin presión, desde la influencia y el valor.Hablaré de tácticas concretas que enseño a equipos como el tuyo y que están elevando su ticket medio, reduciendo los ciclos de venta y ganando clientes de calidad en muy poco tiempo.Y si te interesa la oferta que hay al final y quieres que convierta a tus comerciales en un equipo de alto rendimiento, es tan sencillo como reservar una reunión conmigo y hablamos.Agenda una reunión conmigoY aquí tienes toda la información de mi patrocinador de esta temporada:El mejor hosting en español
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0:00 ... Show open ... Ross introduces the panel and dedicates show #199 to Chris Boucher of the Celtics who wears jersey #99. 1:20 ... Nico Harrison is out as Mavericks general manager ... the timing was odd but Harrison was a "dead man walking" after the dismal Luka Doncic/Anthony Davis trade, which has been a disaster for the Mavs. Dallas would probably like to trade Davis but who will take this talented but fragile big man? 8:04 ... Willie Green is out as head coach of the New Orleans Pelicans ... he was the victim of poor front office moves, the inability of Zion Williamson to avoid injuries, and the fact that new GM Joe Dumars didn't hire him. 14:46 ... The Miami Heat are playing good ball despite missing Bam Adebayo and Tyler Herro, but Bam's skill set is sorely missed and even though it's a deep team, they need these two guys back. Newly acquired Norman Powell has played really well for Miami and helped keep them afloat. 18:02 ... The LA Clippers are the oldest team in NBA history and injuries are taking a huge toll. Bradley Beal is gone for the season, Kawhi Leonard is injured once again, and now Derrick Jones Jr will miss six weeks. The ship is sinking. 23:50 ... Victor Wembanyama will be out 2-3 weeks with a calf strain. By the time he returns, he will be in double figures for games missed and if he misses more than 17 games, he will not qualify for postseason awards. The team is well ahead of schedule in its progress, so the team will likely prioritize his health over any individual awards. 28:26 ... Orlando's Paolo Banchero has a left groin strain and while his teammates like Franz Wagner and Desmond Bane have stepped up, Banchero's rugged play defines the Magic's style and if he is out for an extended period, the Magic will be in big trouble. 32:05 ... Teams whose stock prices are up: the Oklahoma City Thunder ... they can't be stopped. 36:34 ... Stock Up: the Atlanta Hawks ... but Trae Young's future in ATL may be in doubt 39:50 ... Stock Up: the Phoenix Suns ... Phoenix is making naysayers like us look very bad 42:33 ... Teams whose stock prices are down: the Indiana Pacers ... injuries have decimated this team 45:47 ... Stock Down: the Milwaukee Bucks ... and now Giannis may miss action, but at least Ross composed a special poem about Kyle Kuzma. 49:33... Stock Down: the Chicago Bulls ... if the season had ended on October 31st, they'd be a legendary team, but November has been unkind to the team. 52:46 ... Stock Down: the Portland Trailblazers ... has the Tiago Splitter honeymoon come to an end? 55:47 ... Ross wraps it up and says goodbye TRT 56:08 Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.
Send us a textWe break down Virgil Ortiz Jr.'s brutal finish of Erickson Lubin, then sprint through Benn–Eubank 2, a Mexico card full of sleepers, and a Riyadh lineup stacked with real stakes. Predictions fly for Mason–Noakes, Bam's unification, Haney–Norman, and a monster main event in Benavidez–Yarde.• Ortiz Jr. dismantling Lubin with body work and pivots• Boots ringside, Texas business, and respect for Errol Spence• Benn outworking Eubank amid weight and rehydration questions• Richard Torres Jr. power plus sportsmanship in Mexico• Espinoza's volume at 126 and Top Rank's broadcast limbo• Abdullah Mason vs Sam Noakes step-up and 12-round questions• Jesse Bam Rodriguez vs Martinez style and activity advantages• Haney vs Brian Norman Jr. game plans, distance, and the hook• Benavidez vs Yarde power, maturity, and angles at 175• Rumors and news: Joshua vs Jake Paul, Keyshawn, PacquiaoPlease like, follow, subscribe, leave a comment, and roast us if you mustTHE SPAR-INN ON YOUTUBE
In this longform Hidden Killers deep dive, Tony Brueski steps inside one of the most misunderstood parts of the Barry Morphew story: the people who still believe Barry may not be guilty. Not fringe voices, not internet noise — real supporters shaped by real moments in this case that left lasting questions. This episode isn't about defending Barry Morphew or attacking the state. It's about understanding how a group of people watched the investigation unfold, saw a prosecution collapse, and formed a worldview that has held firm even as new evidence has emerged — including toxicology findings, the BAM sedative questions, the needle cap, and the discovery of Suzanne's remains. Tony unpacks how early missteps by investigators created a vacuum that supporters stepped into. He explores why the daughters' unwavering support carries emotional weight for so many, and how the lack of an early crime scene, inconsistent digital data, shifting investigative theories, and the dramatic dismissal of the first case shaped the psychology behind Morphew's innocence movement. This is not a verdict. This is not advocacy. This is a rare, balanced look at the mindset behind the loyalty — what they see in the evidence, what they question, why they hesitate, and why they believe the state must meet a higher standard before taking someone's freedom forever. If you want a deeper, more human understanding of this case — especially of the people whose voices rarely get treated fairly — this is the conversation. New episodes daily covering the biggest true crime cases with real experts, fresh analysis, and sharp, emotionally grounded storytelling from Tony Brueski. #HiddenKillers #BarryMorphew #SuzanneMorphew #TrueCrime #TonyBrueski #ColoradoCase #JusticeSystem #CourtWatch #CrimeAnalysis #PodcastClip Want to comment and watch this podcast as a video? Check out our YouTube Channel. https://www.youtube.com/@hiddenkillerspod Instagram https://www.instagram.com/hiddenkillerspod/ Facebook https://www.facebook.com/hiddenkillerspod/ Tik-Tok https://www.tiktok.com/@hiddenkillerspod X Twitter https://x.com/tonybpod Listen Ad-Free On Apple Podcasts Here: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/true-crime-today-premium-plus-ad-free-advance-episode/id1705422872
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In this longform Hidden Killers deep dive, Tony Brueski steps inside one of the most misunderstood parts of the Barry Morphew story: the people who still believe Barry may not be guilty. Not fringe voices, not internet noise — real supporters shaped by real moments in this case that left lasting questions. This episode isn't about defending Barry Morphew or attacking the state. It's about understanding how a group of people watched the investigation unfold, saw a prosecution collapse, and formed a worldview that has held firm even as new evidence has emerged — including toxicology findings, the BAM sedative questions, the needle cap, and the discovery of Suzanne's remains. Tony unpacks how early missteps by investigators created a vacuum that supporters stepped into. He explores why the daughters' unwavering support carries emotional weight for so many, and how the lack of an early crime scene, inconsistent digital data, shifting investigative theories, and the dramatic dismissal of the first case shaped the psychology behind Morphew's innocence movement. This is not a verdict. This is not advocacy. This is a rare, balanced look at the mindset behind the loyalty — what they see in the evidence, what they question, why they hesitate, and why they believe the state must meet a higher standard before taking someone's freedom forever. If you want a deeper, more human understanding of this case — especially of the people whose voices rarely get treated fairly — this is the conversation. New episodes daily covering the biggest true crime cases with real experts, fresh analysis, and sharp, emotionally grounded storytelling from Tony Brueski. #HiddenKillers #BarryMorphew #SuzanneMorphew #TrueCrime #TonyBrueski #ColoradoCase #JusticeSystem #CourtWatch #CrimeAnalysis #PodcastClip Want to comment and watch this podcast as a video? Check out our YouTube Channel. https://www.youtube.com/@hiddenkillerspod Instagram https://www.instagram.com/hiddenkillerspod/ Facebook https://www.facebook.com/hiddenkillerspod/ Tik-Tok https://www.tiktok.com/@hiddenkillerspod X Twitter https://x.com/tonybpod Listen Ad-Free On Apple Podcasts Here: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/true-crime-today-premium-plus-ad-free-advance-episode/id1705422872
If you feel like there's more rudeness in the world, you're not alone. According to John O'Brien, psychologist and author of "Rudeness Rehab," there's a pandemic of incivility. O'Brien says we're seeing bad behavior everywhere, from the streets to the workplace to even the operating room. As part of our Osher Author Talk series, host Henry DeVries talks with O'Brien about the physical and mental toll of experiencing rudeness. O'Brien says we have the power to be our own superhero when dealing rude and difficult people. He calls his approach BAM, which stands for breathing, active listening and mindfulness. Series: "Osher UC San Diego Distinguished Lecture Series" [Health and Medicine] [Humanities] [Show ID: 40599]
If you feel like there's more rudeness in the world, you're not alone. According to John O'Brien, psychologist and author of "Rudeness Rehab," there's a pandemic of incivility. O'Brien says we're seeing bad behavior everywhere, from the streets to the workplace to even the operating room. As part of our Osher Author Talk series, host Henry DeVries talks with O'Brien about the physical and mental toll of experiencing rudeness. O'Brien says we have the power to be our own superhero when dealing rude and difficult people. He calls his approach BAM, which stands for breathing, active listening and mindfulness. Series: "Osher UC San Diego Distinguished Lecture Series" [Health and Medicine] [Humanities] [Show ID: 40599]
If you feel like there's more rudeness in the world, you're not alone. According to John O'Brien, psychologist and author of "Rudeness Rehab," there's a pandemic of incivility. O'Brien says we're seeing bad behavior everywhere, from the streets to the workplace to even the operating room. As part of our Osher Author Talk series, host Henry DeVries talks with O'Brien about the physical and mental toll of experiencing rudeness. O'Brien says we have the power to be our own superhero when dealing rude and difficult people. He calls his approach BAM, which stands for breathing, active listening and mindfulness. Series: "Osher UC San Diego Distinguished Lecture Series" [Health and Medicine] [Humanities] [Show ID: 40599]
If you feel like there's more rudeness in the world, you're not alone. According to John O'Brien, psychologist and author of "Rudeness Rehab," there's a pandemic of incivility. O'Brien says we're seeing bad behavior everywhere, from the streets to the workplace to even the operating room. As part of our Osher Author Talk series, host Henry DeVries talks with O'Brien about the physical and mental toll of experiencing rudeness. O'Brien says we have the power to be our own superhero when dealing rude and difficult people. He calls his approach BAM, which stands for breathing, active listening and mindfulness. Series: "Osher UC San Diego Distinguished Lecture Series" [Health and Medicine] [Humanities] [Show ID: 40599]
If you feel like there's more rudeness in the world, you're not alone. According to John O'Brien, psychologist and author of "Rudeness Rehab," there's a pandemic of incivility. O'Brien says we're seeing bad behavior everywhere, from the streets to the workplace to even the operating room. As part of our Osher Author Talk series, host Henry DeVries talks with O'Brien about the physical and mental toll of experiencing rudeness. O'Brien says we have the power to be our own superhero when dealing rude and difficult people. He calls his approach BAM, which stands for breathing, active listening and mindfulness. Series: "Osher UC San Diego Distinguished Lecture Series" [Health and Medicine] [Humanities] [Show ID: 40599]
If you feel like there's more rudeness in the world, you're not alone. According to John O'Brien, psychologist and author of "Rudeness Rehab," there's a pandemic of incivility. O'Brien says we're seeing bad behavior everywhere, from the streets to the workplace to even the operating room. As part of our Osher Author Talk series, host Henry DeVries talks with O'Brien about the physical and mental toll of experiencing rudeness. O'Brien says we have the power to be our own superhero when dealing rude and difficult people. He calls his approach BAM, which stands for breathing, active listening and mindfulness. Series: "Osher UC San Diego Distinguished Lecture Series" [Health and Medicine] [Humanities] [Show ID: 40599]
If you feel like there's more rudeness in the world, you're not alone. According to John O'Brien, psychologist and author of "Rudeness Rehab," there's a pandemic of incivility. O'Brien says we're seeing bad behavior everywhere, from the streets to the workplace to even the operating room. As part of our Osher Author Talk series, host Henry DeVries talks with O'Brien about the physical and mental toll of experiencing rudeness. O'Brien says we have the power to be our own superhero when dealing rude and difficult people. He calls his approach BAM, which stands for breathing, active listening and mindfulness. Series: "Osher UC San Diego Distinguished Lecture Series" [Health and Medicine] [Humanities] [Show ID: 40599]
If you feel like there's more rudeness in the world, you're not alone. According to John O'Brien, psychologist and author of "Rudeness Rehab," there's a pandemic of incivility. O'Brien says we're seeing bad behavior everywhere, from the streets to the workplace to even the operating room. As part of our Osher Author Talk series, host Henry DeVries talks with O'Brien about the physical and mental toll of experiencing rudeness. O'Brien says we have the power to be our own superhero when dealing rude and difficult people. He calls his approach BAM, which stands for breathing, active listening and mindfulness. Series: "Osher UC San Diego Distinguished Lecture Series" [Health and Medicine] [Humanities] [Show ID: 40599]
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Revamping your financials is as easy as … Kiera shows off her savvy financial skills by sharing what it takes to know what's being spent in your practice. Her spreadsheet tips will answer such questions as: What can be cut? How can you make sure your overhead is in check? What do you need to produce? And much more. Want a sample spreadsheet to get started? Email hello@thedentalateam.com. Episode resources: Subscribe to The Dental A-Team podcast Schedule a Practice Assessment Leave us a review Transcript: Kiera Dent (00:00) Hello, Dental A Team listeners, this is Kiera and I hope you're just having an amazing day. Like a great, great, great, incredible day. ⁓ just, today's topic is one that makes me excited and it's so dry and boring, ⁓ but I love it. And I'm like, that's probably a buzzkill for the podcast, but you know me, one of my core values is fun. And Dana, shout out to Dana, DanyDane over there. ⁓ She gave me one of the best compliments. We do a thing on Wednesdays called core value shout out in our company. And I will tell you if you do not have this in your company, I would strongly advise you do this. What we do is every single Wednesday, our company goes and our whole team says that this is our favorite. You guys, we have gone from a very small team to a much larger team and we still do this. So just know small teams, big teams, it is doable and it is very relevant and very essential. And I think it just goes so well. I am okay to take a little bit longer on this morning huddle because of how good it is. so core value shout out is where we just randomly will pick somebody and then it's popcorn after that. So they'll choose the next person. So for example, we would start and I would say, okay, Shelbi starting today and everybody chooses somebody on the team and they highlight them for a core value and it has to be a core value. It has to be something specific. And so Dana gave me one of the greatest compliments. She said, Kiera, she said she wanted to give me the core value of fun, because fun is really one of our core values. And she said, I want to give it to you for fun, because she said a lot of times topics that are so hard ⁓ or things that people wouldn't necessarily find fun. She said, you just know how to sprinkle the fun and the confetti and the glitter and make things that are hard or something that teens wouldn't want to do or doctors wouldn't want to do. you make them really fun. And honestly, that has stuck with me. It is a few days later since she gave me that compliment and I'm still remembering it. So not only is core value shout out day amazing, it also helps you just enjoy and to have like, to be happier. ⁓ It also infuses core values into your company. And I'm excited and grateful that I'm able to bring fun things to the podcast, a dry topic. I hope I've teed this up enough to where you're excited about it. But this is, think, the discipline side of business of owning a dental practice that you need to do. And this is really, think, for office managers or billers and doctors. And this is something that I think will give you so much confidence. it came actually from our doctor mastermind. We have ⁓ a private doctor only mastermind that we run every single month. It's a virtual one. And then we do an in-person one ⁓ that's more for doctor and leadership teams. But our monthly one, call it Think Tank, and it's on the first Tuesday of every month. And a doctor was saying, she's like, I just don't know where to cut. I said, send me your PNL and tips like, and she's going to want your credit card statement and she's going to want all your stuff. And while yes, I am obsessive on this. have helped family members. I've helped offices. I've helped myself. something that I will like toot my own horn on it. I actually think I'm very talented with money, with saving, with figuring out solutions and helping people understand where you can cut. This podcast also came about because this morning on my, ⁓ Shelbi Britt and I were meeting and we were literally going through. our finances to see where could we maybe squeeze the tube of toothpaste a little bit more, where could we maybe change a few things. And I think that that's just so relevant and so helpful. And so this is something I do in my day in day out life. It's something that I think for you to go from chaos and lack of financial clarity to confidence is something that I really want to just bring to the table today on the podcast. If you're new to Dental A team, welcome. We are obsessed about helping you have your best life and ⁓ doing it in a fun, easy way through dentistry. And so helping you with our yes model. So you as a person getting your life, your vision, all of that in place, then moving into earnings. So ⁓ financially, that's the piece today. And then using those financial pieces. So your analytics, your PNL, your overhead to also help us figure out what systems and team development need to go into place to make sure you have this thriving practice. Because honestly, I believe that being successful, being a successful dental practice does not have to be hard and it can actually be easy. So that's what we're here for today. ⁓ With that. So today it's going to be like, how do you actually like figure out your costs? So I did this a long time ago and then I like met a lot of really smart financial people. I'm not a financial advisor. I will throw that out there. So just make sure you talk to them and you have your, ⁓ like you chat with them of what's best for your state, but I will teach you how I do it. This is annoying. It's a little cumbersome, but people love to hear like, how do you actually do this? I'm always like, how do people get like jacked? Like how do they work out? Like. me like what time do you work out like what do you do for your nutrition and just so I understand the full landscape and then I'm going to pick and choose of what's going to work well for me that I'll actually implement so hopefully that will be effective for you today as well. So this is what we do. I have a spreadsheet that I have for monthly costs. We do this with all of our clients too. So if you're like, this feels too hard, don't worry, join the Dental A Team. We'll help you get it put together. So we have a monthly cost. And what I do is on the monthly costs, and this is probably my most visited spreadsheet of my entire company. And I'm super excited because we're bringing in another team member who does financial. Forecasting and has a whole background in finance. So my method might get revamped to 2.0 and there's always another layer. But what I have is I have on our monthly costs, I have all the salaries and all of the pay. Now for offices, I do include doctor pay. Again, I'm not a CPA and I do believe that doctors should be paid. So I put in either your W-2 salary and or your doctor compensation of 30%. Now I do lose numbers. So our consultants are paid very similar to how doctors are paid. ⁓ And so you can get a general idea. So mine are general ideas. It's not my highest month. It's not my lowest month. It's the average is what I've selected to do for these costs. So again, this spreadsheet will not be absolutely perfect, but I think it's a really great tool to figure out what can I cut? How can I make sure my overheads in check? What do I need to produce? How do I basically figure out my BAM, my bare ACE minimum in a company? And so that's what we're gonna be looking at. So with that, I first list all the salaries and... I want everything in there. And then what I have is a current. So I'm gonna have a current and then I'm also going to have like a future. So for example, if you're planning to hire somebody, but they're not hired yet, that's something that you're going to wanna know, what is my cost now? And what is going to be the future cost? Because those two things are actually different numbers. And so for me, it's really helpful so that I can look at you guys honestly. When I started this, had like three team members and now we have tons of team members on there and outsource people and virtual assistants. And ⁓ the list just gets bigger and bigger and bigger. I can go back and I can look at things that we've done before. And so mine's on Google Sheets. And again, we've built one of these and I'm even happy to share, reach out, Hello@TheDentalATeam.com. But this is something, so I go through all the salaries. And then for me, ⁓ if you do health insurance or you do a health stipend or whatever it is, you add that in. as well, but then what I do, and again, talk to your CPA, see what your payroll tax are. For me, I just estimate 10%. I always like to air higher. So you will notice in all of my projections and everything I do, I'm going to always air higher than it actually is rather than lower. And so just looking at that, just so you know, that's how I do. So my CPA told me 10%, we have business in four different states. I think we're actually up to five now. So I estimate high, no matter what state they're in, I just do a 10%. So I'll do my total salaries of the month, an estimated 10 % payroll. And then I've got that in there, my total payroll. Then we have our health stipends or health insurance, our 401k costs in there, how much it costs me per user, what the 4 % is. I actually go grab people's salaries and their bonuses, put it in there. So I have a pretty good idea. Then what I do is I check every single month to see based what I have here, is that close? to what I'm actually paying or is it not? I know some of you might be like, well, here, I just get it from my CPA, I get a P &L. I agree, but this is a good checks and balance between my CPA and myself. And also when I'm trying to project and forecast, can I add people in? How much is this gonna have? Where can I cut? If I can see it all line itemed out, it's actually for me at least much easier for me to see what are all my costs and where can I squeeze the tube of toothpaste to get a little bit more ⁓ toothpaste out of that tube or a little more juice out of the lemon. So that's what I have. And then what I have down below is like outsource. So if you've got VAs or you've got ⁓ different people that are contractors or things like that, I have that in there and that one EBS and flows mostly that hangs in my marketing department. That's where I have a lot of those. And then also VAs and EAs that'll be in there that are virtual assistants that are through other companies. So they're not running on my payroll, but they are down there. Like I have some consultants on there. I've got some coaches on there that will be in that section for me. But those again are not up in that payroll section because I'm not paying that. payroll tax on them and I'm also not 401k on them, but that helps me see how much am I paying in outsourced resources to see should I cut that, should I keep that, how much do I have on the top, is my payroll heavy. You also can break this down by department. So you can see how much am I paying in my hygiene department, are they offsetting, how much am I paying my doctor department, my front office department, all those different departments. If you want to get even more granular, you can. And then below that, I have all of the office expenses and this is something really great. This year Britt she ⁓ 2.0'd us and she put in their end of year expenses because there's a lot of things that I just pay at the end of the year that are annual subscriptions that will save money on but the reality is I should probably be saving that money throughout the year, right? Because every single month there would be an expense allocated if I didn't pay it annually. So we should be adding that in so we're saving for that. We're preparing for that for the end of the year. We have different things in there. So like all of our subscriptions that we have you might have Netflix, you might have Audible, you might have Canva for marketing, ⁓ ChatGPT if you're paying for those subscriptions, anything. And I'm constantly updating this like as you hear ChatGPT and how many do we have for that? ⁓ We use our project management software is on there. I also know that every single month I have a budget allotted for employee gifts and anniversaries. And so we have an allotment of how much we spend. I do double check this, but I try to break it down. Also I have in there my merchant fees and how much my merchant fees are on average. ⁓ And I literally list everything out. So whether it's personal, because like Audible and my phone, I do have those on there. Those are personal things for me that do run through the business, but there's still business expenses that will need to be on there. ⁓ And then we've got our bookkeeping and our accounting or CPA, our lawyers, all of that in there. If you have vehicles that your CPA said is okay for you to run through, all of that, your rent, your mortgage, your supplies, your internet, all of that in there. to where at the bottom of this list, you can get a complete grand total for the month. And what's really awesome about that, you can actually break it apart so you can have doctors where they're not in there. This then tells you basically your BAM, your bear ace minimum. And then what we can do from there is we can figure out what you need to produce to be able to hit. So hopefully all that was like not too much. just rattle, I'm like literally looking at my spreadsheet as I'm telling you this, all of that. Then below that, we're gonna wanna also add in debt services because debt services are also going to hit your cashflow side of it. So when you have these two tools together, then you can figure out what's bam, my bare ace minimum, what's my overhead and then what can I cut and then what do I need to produce? Then we can figure out what we need to produce with block schedules. There's like a whole other zone, but back to the client's question. She said, I don't even know what to cut. So today me and our leadership team, we were going through this and we literally looked to see, okay, what's on our office expenses? And I know this sounds so dumb and so like trite. but I think it's the discipline of knowing how to do this because you better believe when I'm looking at my monthly expenses, which are outlandish and they're very high. When I look at this, saving 40 bucks a month is not like, it's truly a literal spit in the bucket. But when I think about it, it's $40 here, it's $20 there. It's just like your credit card statement at the end of the month. I'm always shocked at how much is on there and it's $20 on Amazon here, $30 over here. $20 there and all those $20, $30 purchases add up to multiple thousands of dollars every single month. So when we look at this, I look at every single office expense and I'm like, okay, is Adobe something that we need? And this was actually a catch that we had. I was like, we're paying $65 a month for Adobe. Do we still need the entire suite? The answer is no, we don't. We only need it for a small thing. And then we started thinking like, softwares are evolving. So we're like, does G Suite ⁓ actually cover that? Or... does another one of our subscriptions cover it? Because so many times our subscriptions that we're paying are like duplicates of something else. G Suite has expanded and I'm like, do we still need to use boomerang? I use boomerang all the time. I love boomerang so much, but I'm like, has G Suite evolved to where they have something comparable to it that we could cut the boomerang is 120 bucks a month for us. And Shelbi was like, wait, not all of our team members, like our marketing team does not use boomerang. They're not doing client facing emails. They rarely are in their inbox. They're in Slack all the time. she's like, what if we reduce the number of people on boomerang that would actually cut our costs down. So again, it's this like fine tuning revolving through it looking, do we need this? Could we reduce this? Do we need to, are all the people that were still on there, do we still need to pay for all those people? Could we change it to this? Are we still gonna be here for that? And you go through and you literally ask, is this a want, a need, or is there a better way that we could spend our money on this? And again, I know it sounds so dumb. Like this, this is not fun. This is not something that I'm excited to share with you on a podcast, but I'm so excited because the discipline of doing this, the doctor, the reason it came up is because she wants to sign up for AI, ⁓ Pearl or Overjet. Back and forth, we talked about it at length of which one's better. This is why I love our Dr. Mastermind. And it's about $130 a month. And she just like, I'm so sick of these subscriptions. And I'm like, well, go get rid of Netflix or go get rid of one of these things or don't have all the beverages in the in the refrigerator, maybe just choose one of them. Like there's so many things like, but this is where you look at your list because you have your entire list in front of you. And my office expenses right now, and this is where I look at my credit card. I look at every single thing on there. Right now we have 39 different things that we pay for of monthly subscriptions or annual subscriptions, different things. It's got our insurance policies on there. And then what I can do is I can come in and assess and say, okay, of all these high expenses, like if I need to cut expenses very quickly, I could look to see, all right, my highest hitters are XYZ. This one's $500, this one's $1,000. Do I still need these? Are we still using them? Is there a cheaper competitor that I could switch to? Where am I at? And all these things. What I love about this is it helps you just look to see where your money's going because at the bottom it has a grand total. And then what's nice is I then can look to see, is this grand total what my CPA is telling me I'm spending every single month? Do they line up? And if not, where's the discrepancy and where is it? I also can look at future things. if I'm going to be increasing or I'm going to be adding team members or we're going to be looking to add say another subscription or another piece, what is that going to change my monthly amount? And am I okay on my production and collection side to be able to afford it? So many people are like, I talked to my CPA to see if I can afford it. And I want to just say that yes, it's great to have a CPA there. It's also better to know instead of being like a parent child. if you can spend it. I want my CPA to give me my books, my reconciliation. I want them to talk to me about my tax strategy, but I don't want them to be the ones telling me, can I afford something or can I not? I wanna go to them and say, I know I can afford this. This is what I think. Do you think it's a good idea? Then I'm counseling with them rather than being told. And this goes for all of my executive board. I want to know as much as I possibly can. So that way when I show up, like even financial advisors, even my... My lawyers, like I do a lot of research before I go into those because I don't want to just blindly follow. I want to actively participate. So we're making the best decisions. I believe they're all in the best interest. I don't believe my CPA telling me to do something or not to do something is the end all be all. I feel like we are great at counseling together. They give me their opinion. I know the numbers. They know the numbers. We know where the business is going. And then my job is to make the best decision for the business and for myself. So this is where I just really obsessed because right now I'm looking and I'm like, wow, what I'm currently paying based on bringing in some new hires, we're gonna do a $30,000 increase. And I look at that I wonder, is that wise? Is that what I wanna do? Is that what we as a business wanna do? Is that smart for the business? Or is it something like, then I get to sit here and I get to innovate and we get to think of like, what other ideas could we do? That's why I went down the list, because I wanna hire some more people. It's a little premature for these hires. So I was like, okay, let's go back to the list. Let's look at the list. Like where could I like cut some costs to see, could I free up any cash in other areas or do we need to make different decisions? Or is it like, I need to put a pause on hiring that person for a little while until the business gets to X amount and then we can bring on those different hires. So when you look at this, that's how I do it. I use this spreadsheet. I'm not kidding. I I hold, I can tell you exactly because what's great on Google Sheets is they can literally tell you all the different versions. Okay. So let's just go back to, I'm going to go, this is embarrassing. I'm going to go to June. Okay, so I'll just go back a few months for you guys. I logged into this spreadsheet of the monthly costs. June 5th, June 10th, June 16th, June 19th, June 24th, June 24th, again, June 25th, July 2nd, multiple times, July 7th, July 8th, July 9th, July 10th, 15th, 16th, 17th, 18th, 24. The only reason it stopped there is because I went out of town August 3rd, August 6th, August 7th. As you can see, I'm in this spreadsheet almost daily. If not every other day. That's insane. I mean, I can go back to April. I can go back to March, February, January, December, December. I'm in here all the time. November, October of last year. I'm just going down. October. I was in there 10 because that's when I started to do projections. So you better believe I was in there a lot more during that time. October. There's about 20 entries September. So when I tell you this is a tool, that I have found that works so insanely well. Clients love it. Cause then we're like, our overhead's high. We can go over to our costs and say, why is it high? What is causing this? I'm looking at people's loans that they have and I'm like, do you really use the Seric? Do we need to continue to use this? Are we using all these different like plan Mecca and all these other loans that we have on the practice? Are we still using that? And if so, that's fine. But let's at least know where our money's going. so then we can make better decisions of do we wanna continue that? And so hopefully, like I said, it's not a fun topic. Like it is, this one, if you can't tell, the passion, the fun, like it's really fun for me to look to say like, okay, where is it? This is where I decided it was time for us to close our headquarters down in Reno. We used to have one, but I was looking for how can I cut costs? Where can I, because for me, I'd rather not spend it on a physical location. I'd rather buy, like spend that money on different softwares that are gonna make us more efficient, being able to hire better employees. Like I'd rather reallocate those dollars to something that's gonna benefit the company more. And so for you, just feel like this is such a great tool to help you truly know where your money's going, know where you can cut. And like I said, I do this for personal. I'm like, all right, give me all your costs. Give me your credit card. We're gonna look at every single thing. And then like, what could we do differently? I mean, my cell phone, let alone, I used to pay almost a hundred bucks a month for my cell phone. It's now, hold please. I'll tell you the exact amount. Cause I can tell you it's literally right here. Um, it is a telephone right here, $35 a month. And I used to pay 95, but that was once again, like Verizon got a competitor. have a sister company called visible. I could even get it down to 20, but I didn't want to like drop that far. But we went from 90 to 35 and there was no change or disruption. I watched it for several years. I had people do it, then made the change. Is there a better company out there for X, Y, or Z? Is there a better processing company? And I know again, this seems annoying. But annually around September, October is when I start to do projections and I start to look at everything. Cause I'm looking at costs. What could I cut? But monthly, daily, I'm looking to see who can I hire? Where can I do things? Change it, adjust it. And what's amazing is when doctors and OMS have this tool available, now you're like, can we afford to hire this person? You can answer with confidence rather than hoping and praying you're going to be able to make it. Just like what I used to do. was like, let's just hope and pray we're going to hire them and hope it works out. now I can have way more confident decisions. And like, think as a business owner, being able to have confident, like one of the strongest things you need to do as a business owner is be able to make decisions. And I think the second piece to that is being able to make more confident decisions, utilizing tools like this one that I'm sharing with you. So if you want help, reach out, Hello@TheDentalATeam.com. Like I said, I love to put this together for clients. I love to give them the tools and resources to where they can actually be here and know. And also I say if you're here, Like go get your credit card, list everything out that you're spending money on. Look at your P &L, see if it matches up, see if you can figure it out. And this was something that's been evolved over the course of honestly, probably eight years. I started it when I was really new into the business. I made this myself because I'm like, I don't even know where my money's going. How am I supposed to be able to make decisions? And I could not figure out why my overhead was so high. Now I can tell you exactly this is what we're spending every month. This is why we're spending it. This is what we want to do. This is where we're going. These are the numbers that we need to do. It just gives you so much confidence, clarity. And so that's why I just love to share it and to help you. ⁓ I believe, like we said in the yes model, you as a person need to know where your vision is. Then we need to have your earnings and your profit where it needs to be. And then we need to figure out the systems and team development to support all of those pieces. And that's what we love. It's what I'm obsessed with. So reach out, ⁓ even if you're like, I don't know. I don't know if I'm a good fit. Let's just have a call. It's literally no commitment, no stress. just clarity and confidence to get you the momentum that you deserve. So reach out Hello@TheDentalATeam.com. Go fall in love with numbers and spreadsheets. And as always, thanks for listening. I'll catch you next time on the Dental A Team Podcast.
In May 2020, on Mother's Day, Suzanne Morphew disappeared after leaving for a bike ride near her Salida, Colorado home. Her husband, Barry Morphew, told investigators she never returned — but beneath the surface was a story of secrets, tangled relationships and a forensic trail that would span years. The first murder charges against Barry were filed in 2021 — then dismissed in 2022 amid prosecutorial misconduct and investigative errors. Many thought the case was over. But when Suzanne's remains were discovered in September 2023 in a remote shallow grave, new evidence emerged: a rare wildlife tranquilizer mixture known as BAM (butorphanol, azaperone, medetomidine) found in her bones, phone and truck telemetry gaps, and the claim that Barry was the only private citizen in the region with access to that drug. In June 2025, a grand jury in Colorado's 12th Judicial District indicted Barry for first-degree murder. The state says this is the break they've waited for; the defense says it's a recycled narrative built on speculation. In this video we walk through: the newly-released forensic findings and how they changed the case what the prosecution now says happened — from tranquilizer to grave to indictment the defense's counter-arguments: contamination, missing weapon, precedent of a failed case the emotional fallout: Suzanne's daughters, the community watching, the husband who insists he's innocent what's next: upcoming hearings, potential trial timing, and how this case reflects on the justice system Whether you're a longtime follower of true-crime or coming in fresh — this story is about more than who did it. It's about how evidence is built (and rebuilt), how time changes a case, and how truth sometimes hides in the crevices of data, memory and motive. #BarryMorphew #SuzanneMorphew #TrueCrime #ColdCase #AnimalTranquilizer #BAMdrug #ColoradoCrime #JusticeDelayed #Podcast #HiddenKillersStyle Want to comment and watch this podcast as a video? Check out our YouTube Channel. https://www.youtube.com/@hiddenkillerspod Instagram https://www.instagram.com/hiddenkillerspod/ Facebook https://www.facebook.com/hiddenkillerspod/ Tik-Tok https://www.tiktok.com/@hiddenkillerspod X Twitter https://x.com/tonybpod Listen Ad-Free On Apple Podcasts Here: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/true-crime-today-premium-plus-ad-free-advance-episode/id1705422872
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In May 2020, on Mother's Day, Suzanne Morphew disappeared after leaving for a bike ride near her Salida, Colorado home. Her husband, Barry Morphew, told investigators she never returned — but beneath the surface was a story of secrets, tangled relationships and a forensic trail that would span years. The first murder charges against Barry were filed in 2021 — then dismissed in 2022 amid prosecutorial misconduct and investigative errors. Many thought the case was over. But when Suzanne's remains were discovered in September 2023 in a remote shallow grave, new evidence emerged: a rare wildlife tranquilizer mixture known as BAM (butorphanol, azaperone, medetomidine) found in her bones, phone and truck telemetry gaps, and the claim that Barry was the only private citizen in the region with access to that drug. In June 2025, a grand jury in Colorado's 12th Judicial District indicted Barry for first-degree murder. The state says this is the break they've waited for; the defense says it's a recycled narrative built on speculation. In this video we walk through: the newly-released forensic findings and how they changed the case what the prosecution now says happened — from tranquilizer to grave to indictment the defense's counter-arguments: contamination, missing weapon, precedent of a failed case the emotional fallout: Suzanne's daughters, the community watching, the husband who insists he's innocent what's next: upcoming hearings, potential trial timing, and how this case reflects on the justice system Whether you're a longtime follower of true-crime or coming in fresh — this story is about more than who did it. It's about how evidence is built (and rebuilt), how time changes a case, and how truth sometimes hides in the crevices of data, memory and motive. #BarryMorphew #SuzanneMorphew #TrueCrime #ColdCase #AnimalTranquilizer #BAMdrug #ColoradoCrime #JusticeDelayed #Podcast #HiddenKillersStyle Want to comment and watch this podcast as a video? Check out our YouTube Channel. https://www.youtube.com/@hiddenkillerspod Instagram https://www.instagram.com/hiddenkillerspod/ Facebook https://www.facebook.com/hiddenkillerspod/ Tik-Tok https://www.tiktok.com/@hiddenkillerspod X Twitter https://x.com/tonybpod Listen Ad-Free On Apple Podcasts Here: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/true-crime-today-premium-plus-ad-free-advance-episode/id1705422872
In the November livestream, we started with a market "vibe check" on the recent AI stock sell-off, debated the "AI bubble", floated a hot take on Apple's "wait and license" strategy, and answered live questions from viewers. We also announced the Q3 portfolio contest winner.01:58 Market Vibes and Stock Performance10:29 AI Revolution and Market Speculations25:41 Brookfield Asset Management and Sentinel One Insights34:13 Exploring the Cybersecurity Landscape34:58 The Impact of Cybersecurity Outages37:42 SanDisk and the AI Boom41:43 Investing Unscripted Portfolio Contest45:58 Reflections on Stock Picks and Market Trends56:17 Political Implications on the Stock Market59:44 Closing Remarks and Future PlansCompanies mentioned: AAPL, AMZN, BAM, BN, CRWD, GOOGL, META, S, SNDK, TSLA*****************************************Join our PatreonSubscribe to our portfolio on Savvy Trader *****************************************Email: investingunscripted@gmail.comTwitter: @InvestingPodCheck out our YouTube channel for more content: ******************************************To get 15% off any paid plan at fiscal.ai, visit https://fiscal.ai/unscripted******************************************Listen to the Chit Chat Stocks Podcast for discussions on stocks, financial markets, super investors, and more. Follow the show on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or YouTube******************************************2025 Portfolio Contest2024 Portfolio Contest2023 Portfolio Contest
Boo! She's back. Sister/co-host Kerry's back and up to her old tricks on Outlook this week. A lot to cover again on this Mixed Bag episode. Kerry teases her new audio description company she's part of that will be revealed on the next show, but first her and brother co-host Brian discuss the state of podcasting today, along with other social media trends and where to take Outlook. As we share about our fall so far, Brian reveals recording of some music with his band at a local studio, The Sugar Shack, as the weather grows cold, announcing something upcoming of his own. Kerry tells of a chronic grief about missing colours, like the colours of the changing leaves. She still has all the other senses this time of year. Halloween brings the end of October and the end of Bam. Blindness Awareness Month is still on for a little while longer, as Brian shares about ODEN (Ontario Disability Employment Network). Their theme for this one is Inclusive Employment Across Canada: Building a Workforce Without Barriers. Barriers oh barriers, that's all we keep hearing about, that barriers are recognised, but then what? Where are we headed with all of this? We're sharing trailers of documentaries today, where we demonstrate why audio description is so needed, The Alabama Solution and Marlee Matlin: Not Alone Anymore, but what would it be like if you could only hear them? We debate documentaries not saying their names in the trailer. As No Kings just happened, we discuss oppression in prisons, shown on The Alabama Solution dock. Fighting defeat, apathy, we do not submit prematurely. This week Kerry explains about her team's most recent project on deaf actress and activist, Marlee Matlin, starting with the trailer, mostly sign language. On Marlee Matlin: Not Alone Anymore, Kerry learned, through working to add audio description to it, how adding AD and ASL can produce something that flows well together. As Brian lets slip something controversial, we learn all sorts of things about Marlee's life, through this PBS documentary. Kerry explains, again, what extended audio description is as we lead up next week to the official announcement. And some tips about our tips, white cane tips. Go Jays! Note: At one point Kerry said translator when she meant intervener.
Great news regarding Bam's injury but while he's out (even if for just a game) Spo has no other options... he has to play Kel'el.
In hour two, thankful to see Bam avoided a major injury. Kel'el Ware vs Jokic was a nightmare. Oronde Gadsden joins the show to discuss the Dolphins removing a Pop-A-Shot machine from the locker room and his take on Jaylen Waddle as the WR1 of the roster moving forward.
De heffingen van president Trump zijn ineens onzeker geworden. Het Amerikaanse Hooggerechtshof moest tijdens een hoorzitting oordelen of die tarieven wel deugen. Ondanks dat Trump een meerderheid van de (conservatieve) rechters achter zich heeft, zijn ze bepaalt niet op zijn hand.De uitspraak is er nog niet, maar volgens veel deskundigen ziet het er niet goed uit voor de president. Dat zijn tarieven van de baan zijn. Slecht voor hem, maar goed voor jou? We bespreken het deze aflevering uitgebreid.Ondertussen maakt Maersk, de Deense vrachtvaarder, zich geen zorgen over de handelsoorlog. De internationale handel gaat gewoon door, blijkt uit de kwartaalcijfers. Hebben we het ook over AirFrance-KLM. En dan voornamelijk over 'de blauwe trots'. KLM presteert namelijk nog steeds niet goed en dat begint toch wel op te vallen. Opvallen doet Meta, maar dan in negatieve zin. Uit gelekte documenten blijkt dat het bedrijf miljarden verdient aan frauduleuze advertenties. Meta moet zich nu waarschijnlijk schrap zetten voor boetes of strengere regels van de toezichthouder. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Omer Reshid joins Jason Cassity and The Broke Agent to discuss Instagram's new “competitive insights,” five ways to increase reach from Head of Instagram Adam Mosseri, Gen Z content that's crushing right now, and the marketer of the week.
Ahold Delhaize overtreft de verwachting van analisten. De winst én omzet vallen in het derde kwartaal hoger uit. Het bedrijf gaat daarom (opnieuw) eigen aandelen inkopen. Voor 1 miljard euro. Ook investeert het supermarktbedrijf in AI. Deze aflevering hebben we het over die stap. Gaat het Ahold verder helpen? De marges verbeteren nu al, maar kunnen misschien nóg meer groeien. Hebben we het ook over de Amerikaanse shutdown. Dat is nu officieel de langste uit de Amerikaanse geschiedenis. Al 36 dagen zit de boel daar op slot en een einde is nog lang niet in zicht. Wij proberen te kijken wat dat betekent voor de Amerikaanse economie, voor de beurs en voor jou als belegger.Een shutdown die de beursgang van The Magnum Ice Cream Company in de war schopte. Die werd vertraagd, maar er kwam vandaag toch goed nieuws. Op 8 december gaat de ijsjestak alsnog naar de beurs van New York, Londen én Amsterdam! Kwartaalcijfers zijn er ook van Toyota, Novo Nordisk en Wolters Kluwer. We vertellen je waar je op moet letten. Waarom de cijfers van McDonalds zo goed zijn én over een Nederlands beursbedrijf dat mogelijk het Damrak gaat verlaten.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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BAM! 2025 - coming to you live on location. Yep, October is more recognisable for being Breast Cancer Awareness Month, but while Blindness Awareness Month is less familiar to some, it sounds better, more straightforward, rolling off the tongue as acronym than BCAM. This week on Outlook, with the start of a new month…October, we're highlighting BAM even though, we always say, every month is BAM for us. On this BAM Mixed Bag episode sister/co-host Kerry is streaming live and on route, but luckily makes it back to “the flat” still within the first half of the show, a major Uk cellphone service is down which made it difficult to get a cab back from the furniture warehouse. But luckily, freezer deal was found (with help from Barry's assistant AI as he terms his co-processor) and service from the store's sales guy was excellent (lovely British chap) who didn't necessarily know how to assist two blind people, yet was all the things we ask anyone to be when interacting with the public. BAM getting off to a pretty good start after last week's nightmare (see previous Outlook for more on what not to do. It's really not that much different from how to assist anyone else, just be willing to listen to our guidance, as we know what we need as blind people). It's Thanksgiving for brother/co-host Brian back in Canada, but it's also Columbus Day in the States (Indigenous Peoples Day in approximately 30 states now) and we're discussing this update/correction on which one is preferable, along with celebrating our lovely mother's birth, and thankfully the cab finally arriving to take Kerry and BF Barry home is hardly noticeable in the background. We're comparing Canada and The States as baseball rivalries intensify in October. Some things are, as “American as apple pie” while we're talking thankfulness (which should be as obvious as “Apple cake” with details of what Historian Heather Cox Richardson says about Columbus Day's origins, years of colonial subjugation, and the difference in definitions that can become glaringly clear in 100 years. Outlook On Radio Western stands on the foundation of Diversity and we're talking definitions of all of this, plus on things like BAM or World Sight Day, from orgs like the National Federation of the Blind (NFB) or the Foundation Fighting Blindness (FFB) and using a daytime TV infomercial about “blind children in poorer countries” and how helpless images make it seem. While no country should think itself above another like how even the Canadian National Institute for the Blind (CNIB) tries to raise money by using Canada's blind people and cute images of guide dogs to elicit pity and donations. The NFB thinks of BAM more from the standpoint of independence which often, to them means employment, but though we reject another definition that's all about the patronising angle of everything we do as inspirational, we lay out the harmful impacts of something like the messaging from World Sight Day's promotional material. While the International Agency for the prevention of blindness (the IAPB) is focusing on eye health around the world, some organisations and charities and nonprofits go about fundraising in reckless ways. Brian is riding the fader live in the studio while Kerry was out tracking down monkey nuts (but shhh Mom is listening), returning by cab and sharing how drivers often struggle (as sighted as sighted can be) to find the address, Kerry foreshadowing a recent struggle with such things plus one of Marlee Matlin's similar experiences with those of us who have our sense of hearing which Kerry heard on a recent audio description project. That's why our mom recently painted Kerry's garage door bright red and put up a huge house number, Barry in the process of doing something similar for those drivers who might as well be blind behind the wheel, Brian using the example of Uber drivers trying to find the door into the University Community Centre (UCC) where we record our show out of. We use the Pin The Tail On The Donkey example of disorientation to make the point that these are just more additions of those tropes that are harmful to us blind people and those that are simply the truth of our current reality. Multi sensory, multi media, and interactive - from a recent work experience she had doing cultural consulting and quality control for Toronto's version of the Nuit Blanche festival, she then tells of another Canadian connection (as we call it) when out during a Saturday pub night for many in neighbouring Belfast. Instead Kerry and Barry chose to attend a local boy's return performance, Brian Kennedy (Canada has Cory Hart while Northern Ireland has BK), to the classic Black Box Theatre as he played some Joni Mitchell covers including “Woodstock,” (not the same Woodstock but still). So on this one Brian with an “I” and Kerry with a “y” are talking the Dominos that have to fall in our lives with dealing with how sometimes sighted people can and do suck which adds up the blocks of frustration and fatigue as Kerry shares a bit about a recent visitor experience at Belfast's Titanic Museum and how baseball radio broadcasts put us on an equal playing field (baseball metaphor there for you). BAM! It gets someone's attention at least and we're thankful for our mother, apple cake instead of pumpkin pie, and the Toronto Bluejays beating The Yankees and moving on to take the American League championship, from east to west and north to south - BAM begins.
The Clippers get their first back-to-back of the season against two teams that will not make it easy, fun! Chuck talks the spooky win vs the Pels, what the Clippers need to avoid vs the Heat, and tries to get optimistic about the game against the Thunder
In This episode I'm joined by Bam and we answer your questions about living in Bangkok, which rooftops to check out, what foreigners do to make money in Thailand, and how to avoid alcohol (but still have a good night out).
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Milk worms, silkworms, and webs - oh my! It was a Silkworm September. From Chicago to Northern Ireland, where are we now? Some find it amazing we get out much at all. This week on Outlook - sister/co-host Kerry's recovering from another sickness and makes good use of the “mute” button, brother/co-host Brian is raving about his double Silkworm dream trip, and BF (3rd co-host Barry) he's researching all the things transplant patients can't take for symptom relief. For this Mixed Bag episode, Brian's sharing about his latest travel stories and adventures of music community gathering together in Chicago. He's making new friends, having merch made truly accessible and inclusive, and sharing a few clips of the songs that brought him to the States to begin with, for the second time this year. Kerry's back with Barry, in his flat, and on the sofa with guide dog Oyster as Barry relays a recent dreadful story, as September moves into October's Blindness Awareness Month, of the truly taxing and trying horror of being manhandled by ignorant people in public and community spaces who put their hands on you first and ask questions “never." As we go into BAM (as we call it) there's very little “awareness” of Blindness by the public. As the saying goes: when someone closes a door, they close another, and put up a sign which helps no blind person ever. September is also Pain Awareness Month, on the last day of September it's the National Day For Truth and Reconciliation, and we're here for all of it with music for our final show for our Outlook anniversary month as we talk church acoustics, assault, doubling down, and much much more. The Silkworm and Dianogah music featured in this episode was lifted from the following videos: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-FKQFKTP1iE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cQOUj_bWykg https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XmKxMODNpz8
Beginning on November 12 at BAM, Third World Newsreel will screen some of the group's most iconic work from the late 1960s and early 1970s – another era where young people's dreams of forging a more just world crashed against a system that didn't want to change.
BAM! De meest verse Pupcast ooit is opgenomen! Deze week schuift er eindelijk weer een gast aan, en het is niemand minder dan Samuel! Martin en Simon verhoren hem over waar hij nu mee bezig is, zijn mening over moeilijke games en wat hij vindt van Ron zijn Ninja Gaiden 4-review. Ook bespreken ze de engste games ooit en worden er machtig mooie verhalen verteld over het slagveld in Battlefield Redsec! Snel kijken dus, baklap!00:00 Intro00:40 Samuel is terug!03:45 Hoe gaat het met Martin?06:35 En met Simon?10:45 Wat is jouw engste game? (Brief 1)13:20 Het wekelijkse Simon-zijspoor15:45 Terug naar de engste games21:50 Het nieuwe magazine!30:10 Veer in Simon zijn socialmedia-reet34:40 Moeilijke games (Brief 2)40:30 Battlefield Redsec (Battle Royale)50:50 De Ninja Gaiden 4-discussie01:02:25 South of Midnight en Cronos: The New Dawn01:10:35 Pupquiz01:25:20 Outro
They are the world's greatest martial artists, competing for the Ultimate Prize! TSUNAMI, Hien Nguyen, THE DIRECTOR, Isaac Florentine, RED DRAGON, Chris Casamassa, LADY LIGHTNING, Christine Banon-Rodrigues, THE BAM, Willie Johnson, THE MACHINE, Hakim Alston! Their quest? Reach full Dragon Belt then go for the Dragon Star itself! The World Martial Arts Council and The Urban Action Showcase & Expo present WMAC MASTERS! We got to chat with some of the stars and martial artists of this 1995 TV series that was part WWE and part Mortal Kombat but ALL martial arts. Filmed at Universal Studios, WMAC Masters introduced a whole generation to theDRAGON STAR'S 8 points on how a true martial artist would live: Discipline, Courage, Forgiveness, Compassion, Honor, Wisdom, Loyalty and Respect. Relive some of the memories of this show and its impact on pop culture! NEW MERCH AND KUNG FU DRIVE-IN COFFEE HERE! https://kungfudrivein-shop.fourthwall.com/ https://brewdragoncoffee.com/collections/poison-clan SUPPORT THE KUNG FU DRIVE-IN PODCAST WITH A KO-FI: https://ko-fi.com/kungfudrivein The Brightest Stars Shine at the Drive-In! SPONSORS: www.tinboxsolutions.com
Summary del Show: • Wall Street sube mientras los inversionistas celebran resultados corporativos y esperan la Fed. • $PYPL salta 15% tras integrarse con ChatGPT de OpenAI y elevar su guía anual. • $CCJ y $BAM anuncian un acuerdo nuclear de $80B con el gobierno de EE.UU. • $UBER invierte en las próximas IPOs de conducción autónoma de $PONY y $WRD.
On this episode of the World's Greatest Action Sports Podcast, Chris and Todd talk about Revel Ruckus Full Send Festival, Arizona surf scene, Bruce Irons, Noa Deane, Chris' costumes, Blistar, "Stimulant", Christian Fletcher on the QS, couple gets married at Big Snow, important industry news, snow industry gossip, Gabriel Medina fooled us all, soft tops for babies, Halloween Hellbomb, Halloween Hellbomb riot, Electric Acid Surfboard Test with Mikey "Freestyle" February, Playboy's April Playmate of the Month is a surfer/filmer/model/wife of famous surfer, Zeb drops line of clothing with Burton, Bridge Jumps and Hill bombs with Andrew Fiene, Bam's new flick, all your questions answered, and so much more. Presented By: Ride1Up @ride_1up Sun Bum @sunbum One Wheel @onewheel New Greens @newgreens Spy Optic @spyoptic Hansen Surfboards @hansensurf Bachan's Japanese BBQ Sauce @trybachans MachuPicchu Energy @MachuPicchu.Energy Pannikin Coffee And Tea @pannikincoffeeandtea Bubs Naturals @bubsnaturals Mint Tours @minttours Die Cut Stickers @diecutstickersdotcom Vesyl Shipping @vesylapp VEIA @veiasupplies
Join Mike Baer for a high-energy conversation with Herbert Severin, the new CEO of Marketplace and Development Enterprises (MDE), a pioneering professional services firm supporting the global Business as a Mission (BAM) movement. Herbert shares his powerful personal story of transitioning from traditional church ministry to the marketplace, realizing his true calling to be a minister in the business world.Discover MDE's critical role in the BAM ecosystem, providing a "soup-to-nuts" support system for entrepreneurs and Disciple Making Employees (DMEs) in least-reached countries. Herbert explains MDE's three tiers of volunteer support—Bam Team Managers, Faculty Advisors, and Missional Mentors—who provide essential business, technical, and spiritual accountability to combat the high attrition rates and isolation faced by practitioners in the field.Herbert lays out an exciting vision for the future, including creating scalable "BAM in a box" models and acquiring businesses to rapidly increase opportunities for called leaders. This episode is a vital call to action for anyone who senses a divine invitation to use their business skills for the Kingdom and a profound reminder that you don't have to navigate the entrepreneurial journey alone.Connect with Mike: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/third-path-initiative/posts/?feedView=all Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/thirdpathinitiative Website: https://thirdpathinitiative.com/Connect with Herbert: Email: info@buildmde.com Website: https://buildmde.com/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/buildmde LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/marketplace-and-development-enterprisesInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/buildmde/
If we would examine ourselves, we would declare that we are people who make many mistakes... and sadly, oftentimes, the mistakes we make are the same ones we've made in the past. Sometimes we think we have it figured out, and BAM! We fall for the same trick, presented in a different way. Or what about this one: the temptation is presented the same way, but we think we're "strong" enough to handle it. No matter how we arrive there, we fall victim to cycles. But all praises to the Most High God—He has come to break those chains of bondage! Focus: Romans 7:24 All Verses Covered: Romans 7:19-25, 12:2, 1 Corinthians 2:11-14 Original Air Date: October 23, 2025 We have bible studies via Zoom every Monday at 7 pm Central Standard Time. Here is the meeting link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/86546164133?pwd=R3IwVTdJN3E1Wm1kU2JNOU1ZZlVJdz09 Access all of our messages: https://www.jmsbible.com/messages Got a topic you want us to cover in our Facebook live streams? Fill out our form here: https://www.jmsbible.com/requests. We go live every Thursday evening at 6:30 pm central time. Join us LIVE on our Facebook page to ask questions and get live answers! Even if you disagree with something we say, mention it to us so we can see what the scriptures say! If you have any questions about a specific scripture or topic and would like for us to discuss it on our Facebook live streams, please contact us at https://www.jmsbible.com/contact. We are open to any and all questions or concerns. If you would like to donate, our CashApp tag is $JoyStorm12. Thank you for all of your support! Joy in the Midst of the Storm Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/JMSBible/
What if you could create a marketing funnel that works for you while you sleep? Today's guest, Patrick Riddle, is here to show you how to turn cold traffic into cash with a high-converting funnel. Patrick is a seasoned entrepreneur and the CEO of a multi-million-dollar educational publishing company. After getting his start in real estate, he shifted to the info product space, where he's helped thousands of students grow their businesses using smart marketing strategies. But Patrick's strategy isn't just about driving traffic or having a good offer. It's about owning the customer journey from start to finish. He explains how to create front-end offers that bring in the right leads and then maximize profit with smart back-end partnerships, allowing you to scale without risk. We're talking recurring revenue, software upsells, and affiliate partnerships that pay you long after the first sale. Plus, he reveals why email marketing is still king and how you can take advantage of the most underutilized tool in your marketing arsenal to grow your business. Tune in to learn how to turn your funnels into money-making machines and stop leaving cash on the table. — This episode is part of the 8FE (8-figure entrepreneur) series, where we talk to entrepreneurs who have already passed the million-dollar mark. — Key Takeaways: 00:00 Intro 02:22 The impact of AI on the info product space 03:32 Building a marketing funnel that actually works 05:25 Patrick's winning business model 18:17 Building an all-star team 21:58 Order bumps and upsells 28:10 Scam reviews, reputation management, and compliance 38:46 Becoming a CEO 53:08 Advice for aspiring entrepreneurs 56:56 Outro — Additional Resources:
Pam Harris, Exploring the Power & Purpose of Number Strings ROUNDING UP: SEASON 4 | EPISODE 4 I've struggled when I have a new strategy I want my students to consider and despite my best efforts, it just doesn't surface organically. While I didn't want to just tell my students what to do, I wasn't sure how to move forward. Then I discovered number strings. Today, we're talking with Pam Harris about the ways number strings enable teachers to introduce new strategies while maintaining opportunities for students to discover important relationships. BIOGRAPHY Pam Harris, founder and CEO of Math is Figure-out-able™, is a mom, a former high school math teacher, a university lecturer, an author, and a mathematics teacher educator. Pam believes real math is thinking mathematically, not just mimicking what a teacher does. Pam helps leaders and teachers to make the shift that supports students to learn real math. RESOURCES Young Mathematicians at Work by Catherine Fosnot and Maarten Dolk Procedural fluency in mathematics: Reasoning and decision-making, not rote application of procedures position by the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics Bridges number string example from Grade 5, Unit 3, Module 1, Session 1 (BES login required) Developing Mathematical Reasoning: Avoiding the Trap of Algorithms by Pamela Weber Harris and Cameron Harris Math is Figure-out-able!™ Problem Strings TRANSCRIPT Mike Wallus: Welcome to the podcast, Pam. I'm really excited to talk with you today. Pam Harris: Thanks, Mike. I'm super glad to be on. Thanks for having me. Mike: Absolutely. So before we jump in, I want to offer a quick note to listeners. The routine we're going to talk about today goes by several different names in the field. Some folks, including Pam, refer to this routine as “problem strings,” and other folks, including some folks at The Math Learning Center, refer to them as “number strings.” For the sake of consistency, we'll use the term “strings” during our conversation today. And Pam, with that said, I'm wondering if for listeners, without prior knowledge, could you briefly describe strings? How are they designed? How are they intended to work? Pam: Yeah, if I could tell you just a little of my history. When I was a secondary math teacher and I dove into research, I got really curious: How can we do the mental actions that I was seeing my son and other people use that weren't the remote memorizing and mimicking I'd gotten used to? I ran into the work of Cathy Fosnot and Maarten Dolk, and [their book] Young Mathematicians at Work, and they had pulled from the Netherlands strings. They called them “strings.” And they were a series of problems that were in a certain order. The order mattered, the relationship between the problems mattered, and maybe the most important part that I saw was I saw students thinking about the problems and using what they learned and saw and heard from their classmates in one problem, starting to let that impact their work on the next problem. And then they would see that thinking made visible and the conversation between it and then it would impact how they thought about the next problem. And as I saw those students literally learn before my eyes, I was like, “This is unbelievable!” And honestly, at the very beginning, I didn't really even parse out what was different between maybe one of Fosnot's rich tasks versus her strings versus just a conversation with students. I was just so enthralled with the learning because what I was seeing were the kind of mental actions that I was intrigued with. I was seeing them not only happen live but grow live, develop, like they were getting stronger and more sophisticated because of the series of the order the problems were in, because of that sequence of problems. That was unbelievable. And I was so excited about that that I began to dive in and get more clear on: What is a string of problems? The reason I call them “problem strings” is I'm K–12. So I will have data strings and geometry strings and—pick one—trig strings, like strings with functions in algebra. But for the purposes of this podcast, there's strings of problems with numbers in them. Mike: So I have a question, but I think I just want to make an observation first. The way you described that moment where students are taking advantage of the things that they made sense of in one problem and then the next part of the string offers them the opportunity to use that and to see a set of relationships. I vividly remember the first time I watched someone facilitate a string and feeling that same way, of this routine really offers kids an opportunity to take what they've made sense of and immediately apply it. And I think that is something that I cannot say about all the routines that I've seen, but it was really so clear. I just really resonate with that experience of, what will this do for children? Pam: Yeah, and if I can offer an additional word in there, it influences their work. We're taking the major relationships, the major mathematical strategies, and we're high-dosing kids with them. So we give them a problem, maybe a problem or two, that has a major relationship involved. And then, like you said, we give them the next one, and now they can notice the pattern, what they learned in the first one or the first couple, and they can let it influence. They have the opportunity for it to nudge them to go, “Hmm. Well, I saw what just happened there. I wonder if it could be useful here. I'm going to tinker with that. I'm going to play with that relationship a little bit.” And then we do it again. So in a way, we're taking the relationships that I think, for whatever reason, some of us can wander through life and we could run into the mathematical patterns that are all around us in the low dose that they are all around us, but many of us don't pick up on that low dose and connect them and make relationships and then let it influence when we do another problem. We need a higher dose. I needed a higher dose of those major patterns. I think most kids do. Problem strings or number strings are so brilliant because of that sequence and the way that the problems are purposely one after the other. Give students the opportunity to, like you said, apply what they've been learning instantly [snaps]. And then not just then, but on the next problem and then sometimes in a particular structure we might then say, “Mm, based on what you've been seeing, what could you do on this last problem?” And we might make that last problem even a little bit further away from the pattern, a little bit more sophisticated, a little more difficult, a little less lockstep, a little bit more where they have to think outside the box but still could apply that important relationship. Mike: So I have two thoughts, Pam, as I listen to you talk. One is that for both of us, there's a really clear payoff for children that we've seen in the way that strings are designed and the way that teachers can use them to influence students' thinking and also help kids build a recognition or high-dose a set of relationships that are really important. The interesting thing is, I taught kindergarten through second grade for most of my teaching career, and you've run the gamut. You've done this in middle school and high school. So I think one of the things that might be helpful is to share a few examples of what a string could look like at a couple different grade levels. Are you OK to share a few? Pam: You bet. Can I tack on one quick thing before I do? Mike: Absolutely. Pam: You mentioned that the payoff is huge for children. I'm going to also suggest that one of the things that makes strings really unique and powerful in teaching is the payoff for adults. Because let's just be clear, most of us—now, not all, but most of us, I think—had a similar experience to me that we were in classrooms where the teacher said, “Do this thing.” That's the definition of math is for you to rote memorize these disconnected facts and mimic these procedures. And for whatever reason, many of us just believed that and we did it. Some people didn't. Some of us played with relationships and everything. Regardless, we all kind of had the same learning experience where we may have taken at different places, but we still saw the teacher say, “Do these things. Rote memorize. Mimic.” And so as we now say to ourselves, “Whoa, I've just seen how cool this can be for students, and we want to affect our practice.” We want to take what we do, do something—we now believe this could be really helpful, like you said, for children, but doing that's not trivial. But strings make it easier. Strings are, I think, a fantastic differentiated kind of task for teachers because a teacher who's very new to thinking and using relationships and teaching math a different way than they were taught can dive in and do a problem string. Learn right along with your students. A veteran teacher, an expert teacher who's really working on their teacher moves and really owns the landscape of learning and all the things still uses problem strings because they're so powerful. Like, anybody across the gamut can use strings—I just said problem strings, sorry—number strengths—[laughs] strings, all of us no matter where we are in our teaching journey can get a lot out of strings. Mike: So with all that said, let's jump in. Let's talk about some examples across the elementary span. Pam: Nice. So I'm going to take a young learner, not our youngest, but a young learner. I might ask a question like, “What is 8 plus 10?” And then if they're super young learners, I expect some students might know that 10 plus a single digit is a teen, but I might expect many of the students to actually say “8, 9, 10, 11, 12,” or “10, 11,” and they might count by ones given—maybe from the larger, maybe from the whatever. But anyway, we're going to kind of do that. I'm going to get that answer from them. I'm going to write on the board, “8 plus 10 is 18,” and then I would have done some number line work before this, but then I'm going to represent on the board: 8 plus 10, jump of 10, that's 18. And then the next problem's going to be something like 8 plus 9. And I'm going to say, “Go ahead and solve it any way you want, but I wonder—maybe you could use the first problem, maybe not.” I'm just going to lightly suggest that you consider what's on the board. Let them do whatever they do. I'm going to expect some students to still be counting. Some students are going to be like, “Oh, well I can think about 9 plus 8 counting by ones.” I think by 8—”maybe I can think about 8 plus 8. Maybe I can think about 9 plus 9.” Some students are going to be using relationships, some are counting. Kids are over the map. When I get an answer, they're all saying, like, 17. Then I'm going to say, “Did anybody use the first problem to help? You didn't have to, but did anybody?” Then I'm going to grab that kid. And if no one did, I'm going to say, “Could you?” and pause. Now, if no one sparks at that moment, then I'm not going to make a big deal of it. I'll just go, “Hmm, OK, alright,” and I'll do the next problem. And the next problem might be something like, “What's 5 plus 10?” Again, same thing, we're going to get 15. I'm going to draw it on the board. Oh, I should have mentioned: When we got to the 8 plus 9, right underneath that 8, jump, 10 land on 18, I'm going to draw an 8 jump 9, shorter jump. I'm going to have these lined up, land on the 17. Then I might just step back and go, “Hmm. Like 17, that's almost where the 18 was.” Now if kids have noticed, if somebody used that first problem, then I'm going to say, “Well, tell us about that.” “Well, miss, we added 10 and that was 18, but now we're adding 1 less, so it's got to be 1 less.” And we go, “Well, is 17 one less than 18? Huh, sure enough.” Then I give the next set of problems. That might be 5 plus 10 and then 5 plus 9, and then I might do 7 plus 10. Maybe I'll do 9 next. 9 plus 10 and then 9 plus 9. Then I might end that string. The next problem, the last problem might be, “What is 7 plus 9?” Now notice I didn't give the helper. So in this case I might go, “Hey, I've kind of gave you plus 10. A lot of you use that to do plus 9. I gave you plus 10. Some of you use that to do plus 9, I gave you plus 10. Some of you used that plus 9. For this one, I'm not giving you a helper. I wonder if you could come up with your own helper.” Now brilliantly, what we've done is say to students, “You've been using what I have up here, or not, but could you actually think, ‘What is the pattern that's happening?' and create your own helper?” Now that's meta. Right? Now we're thinking about our thinking. I'm encouraging that pattern recognition in a different way. I'm asking kids, “What would you create?” We're going to share that helper. I'm not even having them solve the problem. They're just creating that helper and then we can move from there. So that's an example of a young string that actually can grow up. So now I can be in a second grade class and I could ask a similar [question]: “Could you use something that's adding a bit too much to back up?” But I could do that with bigger numbers. So I could start with that 8 plus 10, 8 plus 9, but then the next pair might be 34 plus 10, 34 plus 9. But then the next pair might be 48 plus 20 and 48 plus 19. And the last problem of that string might be something like 26 plus 18. Mike: So in those cases, there's this mental scaffolding that you're creating. And I just want to mark this. I have a good friend who used to tell me that part of teaching mathematics is you can lead the horse to water, you can show them the water, they can look at it, but darn it, do not push their head in the water. And I think what he meant by that is “You can't force it,” right? But you're not doing that with a string. You're creating a set of opportunities for kids to notice. You're doing all kinds of implicit things to make structure available for kids to attend to—and yet you're still allowing them the ability to use the strategies that they have. We might really want them to notice that, and that's beautiful about a string, but you're not forcing. And I think it's worth saying that because I could imagine that's a place where folks might have questions, like, “If the kids don't do the thing that I'm hoping that they would do, what should I do?” Pam: Yeah, that's a great question. Let me give you another example. And in that example I'll talk about that. So especially as the kids get older, I'm going to use the same kind of relationship. It's maybe easier for people to hang on to if I stay with the same sort of relationship. So I might say, “Hey everybody. 7 times 8. That's a fact I'm noticing most of us just don't have [snaps] at our fingertips. Let's just work on that. What do you know?” I might get a couple of strategies for kids to think about 7 times 8. We all agree it's 56. Then I might say, “What's 70 times 8?” And then let kids think about that. Now, this would be the first time I do that, but if we've dealt with scaling times 10 at all, if I have 10 times the number of whatever the things is, then often kids will say, “Well, I've got 10 times 7 is 70, so then 10 times 56 is 560.” And then the next problem might be, “I wonder if you could think about 69 times 8. If we've got 70 eights, can I use that to help me think about 69 eights?” And I'm saying that in a very specific way to help ping on prior knowledge. So then I might do something similar. Well, let's pick another often missed facts, I don't know, 6 times 9. And then we could share some strategies on how kids are thinking about that. We all agree it's 54. And then I might say, “Well, could you think about 6 times 90?” I'm going to talk about scaling up again. So that would be 540. Now I'm going really fast. But then I might say, “Could we use that to help us think about 6 times 89?” I don't know if you noticed, but I sort of swapped. I'm not thinking about 90 sixes to 89 sixes. Now I'm thinking about 6 nineties to help me think about 6 eighty-nines. So that's a little bit of a—we have to decide how we're going to deal with that. I'll kind of mess around with that. And then I might have what we call that clunker problem at the end. “Notice that I've had a helper: 7 times 8, 70 times 8. A lot of you use that to help you think about 69 times 8. Then I had a helper: 6 times 9, 6 times 90. A lot of you use that to help you think about 6 times 89. What if I don't give you those helpers? What if I had something like”—now I'm making this up off the cuff here, like—“9 times 69. 9 times 69. Could you use relationships we just did?” Now notice, Mike, I might've had kids solving all those problems using an algorithm. They might've been punching their calculator, but now I'm asking the question, “Could you come up with these helper problems?” Notice how I'm now inviting you into a different space. It's not about getting an answer. I'm inviting you into, “What are the patterns that we've been establishing here?” And so what would be those two problems that would be like the patterns we've just been using? That's almost like saying when you're out in the world and you hit a problem, could you say to yourself, “Hmm, I don't know that one, but what do I know? What do I know that could help me get there?” And that's math-ing. Mike: So, you could have had a kid say, “Well, I'm not sure about how—I don't know the answer to that, but I could do 9 times 60, right?” Or “I could do 10 times”—I'm thinking—“10 times 69.” Correct? Pam: Yes, yes. In fact, when I gave that clunker problem, 9 times 69, I said to myself, “Oh, I shouldn't have said 9 because now you could go either direction.” You could either “over” either way. To find 9 I can do 10, or to find 69 I can do 70. And then I thought, “Ah, we'll go with it because you can go either way.” So I might want to focus it, but I might not. And this is a moment where a novice could just throw it out there and then almost be surprised. “Whoa, they could go either direction.” And an expert could plan, and be like, “Is this the moment where I want lots of different ways to go? Or do I want to focus, narrow it a little bit more, be a little bit more explicit?” It's not that I'm telling kids, but I'm having an explicit goal. So I'm maybe narrowing the field a little bit. And maybe the problem could have been 7 times 69, then I wouldn't have gotten that other “over,” not the 10 to get 9. Does that make sense? Mike: It absolutely does. What you really have me thinking about is NCTM's [National Council of Teachers of Mathematics'] definition of “fluency,” which is “accuracy, efficiency, and flexibility.” And the flexibility that I hear coming out of the kinds of things that kids might do with a string, it's exciting to imagine that that's one of the outcomes you could get from engaging with strings. Pam: Absolutely. Because if you're stuck teaching memorizing algorithms, there's no flexibility, like none, like zilch. But if you're doing strings like this, kids have a brilliant flexibility. And one of the conversations I'd want to have here, Mike, is if a kid came up with 10 times 69 to help with 9 times 69, and a different kid came up with 9 times 70 to help with 9 times 69, I would want to just have a brief conversation: “Which one of those do you like better, class, and why?” Not that one is better than the other, but just to have the comparison conversation. So the kids go, “Huh, I have access to both of those. Well, I wonder when I'm walking down the street, I have to answer that one: Which one do I want my brain to gravitate towards next time?” And that's mathematical behavior. That's mathematical disposition to do one of the strands of proficiency. We want that productive disposition where kids are thinking to themselves, “I own relationships. I just got to pick a good one here to—what's the best one I could find here?” And try that one, then try that one. “Ah, I'll go with this one today.” Mike: I love that. As we were talking, I wanted to ask you about the design of the string, and you started to use some language like “helper problems” and “the clunker.” And I think that's really the nod to the kinds of features that you would want to design into a string. Could you talk about either a teacher who's designing their own string—what are some of the features?—or a teacher who's looking at a string that they might find in a book that you've written or that they might find in, say, the Bridges curriculum? What are some of the different problems along the way that really kind of inform the structure? Pam: So you might find it interesting that over time, we've identified that there's at least five major structures to strings, and the one that I just did with you is kind of the easiest one to facilitate. It's the easiest one to understand where it's going, and it's the helper-clunker structure. So the helper-clunker structure is all about, “I'm going to give you a helper problem that we expect all kids can kind of hang on.” They have some facility with, enough that everybody has access to. Then we give you a clunker that you could use that helper to inform how you could solve that clunker problem. In the first string I did with you, I did a helper, clunker, helper, clunker, helper, clunker, clunker. And the second one we did, I did helper, helper, clunker, helper, helper, clunker, clunker. So you can mix and match kind of helpers and clunkers in that, but there are other major structures of strings. If you're new to strings, I would dive in and do a lot of helper-clunker strings first. But I would also suggest—I didn't create my own strings for a long time. I did prewritten [ones by] Cathy Fosnot from the Netherlands, from the Freudenthal Institute. I was doing their strings to get a feel for the mathematical relationships for the structure of a string. I would watch videos of teachers doing it so I could get an idea of, “Oh, that move right there made all the difference. I see how you just invited kids in, not demand what they do.” The idea of when to have paper and pencil and when not, and just lots of different things can come up that if you're having to write the string as well, create the string, that could feel insurmountable. So I would invite anybody out listening that's like, “Whoa, this seems kind of complicated,” feel free to facilitate someone else's prewritten strings. Now I like mine. I think mine are pretty good. I think Bridges has some pretty good ones. But I think you'd really gain a lot from facilitating prewritten strings. Can I make one quick differentiation that I'm running into more and more? So I have had some sharp people say to me, “Hey, sometimes you have extra problems in your string. Why do you have extra problems in your string?” And I'll say—well, at first I said, “What do you mean?” Because I didn't know what they were talking about. Are you telling me my string's bad? Why are you dogging my string? But what they meant was, they thought a string was the process a kid—or the steps, the relationships a kid used to solve the last problem. Does that make sense? Mike: It does. Pam: And they were like, “You did a lot of work to just get that one answer down there.” And I'm like, “No, no, no, no, no, no. A problem string or a number string, a string is an instructional routine. It is a lesson structure. It's a way of teaching. It's not a record of the relationships a kid used to solve a problem.” In fact, a teacher just asked—we run a challenge three times a year. It's free. I get on and just teach. One of the questions that was asked was, “How do we help our kids write their own strings?” And I was like, “Oh, no, kids don't write strings. Kids solve problems using relationships.” And so I think what the teachers were saying was, “Oh, I could use that relationship to help me get this one. Oh, and then I can use that to solve the problem.” As if, then, the lesson's structure, the instructional routine of a string was then what we want kids to do is use what they know to logic their way through using mathematical relationships and connections to get answers and to solve problems. That record is not a string, that record is a record of their work. Does that make sense, how there's a little difference there? Mike: It totally does, but I think that's a good distinction. And frankly, that's a misunderstanding that I had when I first started working with strings as well. It took me a while to realize that the point of a string is to unveil a set of relationships and then allow kids to take them up and use them. And really it's about making these relationships or these problem solving strategies sticky, right? You want them to stick. We could go back to what you said. We're trying to high-dose a set of relationships that are going to help kids with strategies, not only in this particular string, but across the mathematical work they're doing in their school life. Pam: Yes, very well said. So for example, we did an addition “over” relationship in the addition string that I talked through, and then we did a multiplication “over” set of relationships and multiplication. We can do the same thing with subtraction. We could have a subtraction string where the helper problem is to subtract a bit too much. So something like 42 minus 20, and then the next problem could be 42 minus 19. And we're using that: I'm going to subtract a bit too much and then how do you adjust? And hoo, after you've been thinking about addition “over,” subtraction “over” is quite tricky. You're like, “Wait, why are we adding what we're subtracting?” And it's not about teaching kids a series of steps. It's really helping them reason. “Well, if I give you—if you owe me 19 bucks and I give you a $20 bill, what are we going to do?” “Oh, you've got to give me 1 back.” Now that's a little harder today because kids don't mess around with money. So we might have to do something that feels like they can—or help them feel money. That's my personal preference. Let's do it with money and help them feel money. So one of the things I think is unique to my work is as I dove in and started facilitating other people's strings and really building my mathematical relationships and connections, I began to realize that many teachers I worked with, myself included, thought, “Whoa, there's just this uncountable, innumerable wide universe of all the relationships that are out there, and there's so many strategies, and anything goes, and they're all of equal value.” And I began to realize, “No, no, no, there's only a small set of major relationships that lead to a small set of major strategies.” And if we can get those down, kids can solve any problem that's reasonable to solve without a calculator, but in the process, building their brains to reason mathematically. And that's really our goal, is to build kids' brains to reason mathematically. And in the process we're getting answers. Answers aren't our goal. We'll get answers, sure. But our goal is to get them to build that small set of relationships because that small set of strategies now sets them free to logic their way through problems. And bam, we've got kids math-ing using the mental actions of math-ing. Mike: Absolutely. You made me think about the fact that there's a set of relationships that I can apply when I'm working with numbers Under 20. There's a set of relationships, that same set of relationships, I can apply and make use of when I'm working with multidigit numbers, when I'm working with decimals, when I'm working with fractions. It's really the relationships that we want to expose and then generalize and recognize this notion of going over or getting strategically to a friendly number and then going after that or getting to a friendly number and then going back from that. That's a really powerful strategy, regardless of whether you're talking about 8 and 3 or whether you're talking about adding unit fractions together. Strings allow us to help kids see how that idea translates across different types of numbers. Pam: And it's not trivial when you change a type of number or the number gets bigger. It's not trivial for kids to take this “over” strategy and to be thinking about something like 2,467 plus 1,995—and I know I just threw a bunch of numbers out, on purpose. It's not trivial for them to go, “What do I know about those numbers? Can I use some of these relationships I've been thinking about?” Well, 2,467, that's not really close to a friendly number. Well, 1,995 is. Bam. Let's just add 2,000. Oh, sweet. And then you just got to back up 5. It's not trivial for them to consider, “What do I know about these two numbers, and are they close to something that I could use?” That's the necessary work of building place value and magnitude and reasonableness. We've not known how to do that, so in some curriculum we create our whole extra unit that's all about place value reasonableness. Now we have kids that are learning to rote memorize, how to estimate by round. I mean there's all this crazy stuff that we add on when instead we could actually use strings to help kids build that stuff naturally kind of ingrained as we are learning something else. Can I just say one other thing that we did in my new book? Developing Mathematical Reasoning: Avoiding the Trap of Algorithms. So I actually wrote it with my son, who is maybe the biggest impetus to me diving into the research and figuring out all of this math-ing and what it means. He said, as we were writing, he said, “I think we could make the point that algorithms don't help you learn a new algorithm.” If you learn the addition algorithm and you get good at it and you can do all the addition and columns and all the whatever, and then when you learn the subtraction algorithm, it's a whole new thing. All of a sudden it's a new world, and you're doing different—it looks the same at the beginning. You line those numbers still up and you're still working on that same first column, but boy, you're doing all sorts—now you're crossing stuff out. You're not just little ones, and what? Algorithms don't necessarily help you learn the next algorithm. It's a whole new experience. Strategies are synergistic. If you learn a strategy, that helps you learn the next set of relationships, which then refines to become a new strategy. I think that's really helpful to know, that we can—strategies build on each other. There's synergy involved. Algorithms, you got to learn a new one every time. Mike: And it turns out that memorizing the dictionary of mathematics is fairly challenging. Pam: Indeed [laughs], indeed. I tried hard to memorize that. Yeah. Mike: You said something to me when we were preparing for this podcast that I really have not been able to get out of my mind, and I'm going to try to approximate what you said. You said that during the string, as the teacher and the students are engaging with it, you want students' mental energy primarily to go into reasoning. And I wonder if you could just explicitly say, for you at least, what does that mean and what might that look like on a practical level? Pam: So I wonder if you're referring to when teachers will say, “Do we have students write? Do we not have them write?” And I will suggest: “It depends. It's not if they write; it's what they write that's important.” What do I mean by that? What I mean is if we give kids paper and pencil, there is a chance that they're going to be like, “Oh, thou shalt get an answer. I'm going to write these down and mimic something that I learned last year.” And put their mental energy either into mimicking steps or writing stuff down. They might even try to copy what you've been representing strategies on the board. And their mental effort either goes into mimicking, or it might go into copying. What I want to do is free students up [so] that their mental energy is, how are you reasoning? What relationships are you using? What's occurring to you? What's front and center and sort of occurring? Because we're high-dosing you with patterns, we're expecting those to start happening, and I'm going to be saying things, giving that helper problem. “Oh, that's occurring to you? It's almost like it's your idea—even though I just gave you the helper problem!” It's letting those ideas bubble up and percolate naturally and then we can use those to our advantage. So that's what I mean when [I say] I want mental energy into “Hmm, what do I know, and how can I use what I know to logic my way through this problem?” And that's math-ing. Those are the mental actions of mathematicians, and that's where I want kids' mental energy. Mike: So I want to pull this string a little bit further. Pun 100% intended there. Apologies to listeners. What I find myself thinking about is there've got to be some do's and don'ts for how to facilitate a string that support the kind of reasoning and experience that you've been talking about. I wonder if you could talk about what you've learned about what you want to do as a facilitator when you're working with a string and maybe what you don't want to do. Pam: Yeah, absolutely. So a good thing to keep in mind is you want to keep a string snappy. You don't want a lot of dead space. You don't want to put—one of the things that we see novice, well, even sometimes not-novice, teachers do, that's not very helpful, is they will put the same weight on all the problems. So I'll just use the example 8 plus 10, 8 plus 9, they'll—well, let me do a higher one. 7 times 8, 70 times 8. They'll say, “OK, you guys, 7 times 8. Let's really work on that. That's super hard.” And kids are like, “It's 56.” Maybe they have to do a little bit of reasoning to get it, because it is an often missed fact, but I don't want to land on it, especially—what was the one we did before? 34 plus 10. I don't want to be like, “OK, guys, phew.” If the last problem on my string is 26 plus 18, I don't want to spend a ton of time. “All right, everybody really put all your mental energy in 36 plus 10” or whatever I said. Or, let's do the 7 times 8 one again. So, “OK, everybody, 7 times 8, how are you guys thinking about that?” Often we're missing it. I might put some time into sharing some strategies that kids use to come up with 7 times 8 because we know it's often missed. But then when I do 70 times 8, if I'm doing this string, kids should have some facility with times 10. I'm not going to be like, “OK. Alright, you guys, let's see what your strategies are. Right? Everybody ready? You better write something down on your paper. Take your time, tell your neighbor how….” Like, it's times 10. So you don't want to put the same weight—as in emphasis and time, wait time—either one on the problems that are kind of the gimmes, we're pretty sure everybody's got this one. Let's move on and apply it now in the next one. So there's one thing. Keep it snappy. If no one has a sense of what the patterns are, it's probably not the right problem string. Just bail on it, bail on it. You're like, “Let me rethink that. Let me kind of see what's going on.” If, on the other hand, everybody's just like, “Well, duh, it's this” and “duh, it's that,” then it's also probably not the right string. You probably want to up the ante somehow. So one of the things that we did in our problem string books is we would give you a lesson and give you what we call the main string, and we would write up that and some sample dialogs and what the board could look like when you're done and lots of help. But then we would give you two echo strings. Here are two strings that get at the same relationships with about the same kind of numbers, but they're different and it will give you two extra experiences to kind of hang there if you're like, “Mm, I think my kids need some more with exactly this.” But we also then gave you two next-step strings that sort of up the ante. These are just little steps that are just a little bit more to crunch on before you go to the next lesson that's a bit of a step up, that's now going to help everybody increase. Maybe the numbers got a little bit harder. Maybe we're shifting strategy. Maybe we're going to use a different model. I might do the first set of strings on an area model if I'm doing multiplication. I might do the next set of strings in a ratio table. And I want kids to get used to both of those. When we switch up from the 8 string to the next string, kind of think about only switching one thing. Don't up the numbers, change the model, and change the strategy at the same time. Keep two of those constant. Stay with the same model, maybe up the numbers, stay with the same strategy. Maybe if you're going to change strategies, you might back up the numbers a little bit, stick with the model for a minute before you switch the model before you go up the numbers. So those are three things to consider. Kind of—only change up one of them at a time or kids are going to be like, “Wait, what?” Kids will get higher dosed with the pattern you want them to see better if you only switch one thing at a time. Mike: Part of what you had me thinking was it's helpful, whether you're constructing your own string or whether you're looking at a string that's in a textbook or a set of materials, it's still helpful to think about, “What are the variables at play here?” I really appreciated the notion that they're not all created equal. There are times where you want to pause and linger a little bit that you don't need to spend that exact same amount of time on every clunker and every helper. There's a critical problem that you really want to invest some time in at one point in the string. And I appreciated the way you described, you're playing with the size of the number or the complexity of the number, the shift in the model, and then being able to look at those kinds of things and say, “What all is changing?” Because like you said, we're trying to kind of walk this line of creating a space of discovery where we haven't suddenly turned the volume up to 11 and made it really go from like, “Oh, we discovered this thing, now we're at full complexity,” and yet we don't want to have it turned down to, “It's not even discovery because it's so obvious that I knew it immediately. There's not really anything even to talk about.” Pam: Nice. Yeah, and I would say we want to be right on the edge of kids' own proximal development, right on the edge. Right on the edge where they have to grapple with what's happening. And I love the word “grapple.” I've been in martial arts for quite a while, and grappling makes you stronger. I think sometimes people hear the word “struggle” and they're like, “Why would you ever want kids to struggle?” I don't know that I've met anybody that ever hears the word “grapple” as a negative thing. When you “grapple,” you get stronger. You learn. So I want kids right on that edge where they are grappling and succeeding. They're getting stronger. They're not just like, “Let me just have you guess what's in my head.” You're off in the field and, “Sure hope you figure out math, guys, today.” It's not that kind of discovery that people think it is. It really is: “Let me put you in a place where you can use what you know to notice maybe a new pattern and use it maybe in a new way. And poof! Now you own those relationships, and let's build on that.” And it continues to go from there. When you just said—the equal weight thing, let me just, if I can—there's another, so I mentioned that there's at least five structures of problem strings. Let me just mention one other one that we like, to give you an example of how the weight could change in a string. So if I have an equivalent structure, an equivalent structure looks like: I give a problem, and an example of that might be 15 times 18. Now I'm not going to give a helper; I'm just going to give 15 times 18. If I'm going to do this string, we would have developed a few strategies before now. Kids would have some partial products going on. I would probably hope they would have an “over,” I would've done partial products over and probably, what I call “5 is half a 10.” So for 15 times 18, they could use any one of those. They could break those up. They could think about twenty 15s to get rid of the extra two to have 18, 15. So in that case, I'm going to go find a partial product, an “over” and a “5 is half a 10,” and I'm going to model those. And I'm going to go, “Alright, everybody clear? Everybody clear on this answer?” Then the next problem I give—so notice that we just spent some time on that, unlike those helper clunker strings where the first problem was like a gimme, nobody needed to spend time on that. That was going to help us with the next one. In this case, this one's a bit of a clunker. We're starting with one that kids are having to dive in, chew on. Then I give the next problem: 30 times 9. So I had 15 times 18 now 30 times 9. Now kids get a chance to go, “Oh, that's not too bad. That's just 3 times 9 times 10. So that's 270. Wait, that was the answer to the first problem. That was probably just coincidence. Or was it?” And now especially if I have represented that 15 times 18, one of those strategies with an area model with an open array, now when I draw the 30 by 9, I will purposely say, “OK, we have the 15 by 18 up here. That's what that looked like. Mm, I'll just use that to kind of make sure the 30 by 9 looks like it should. How could I use the 15 by 18? Oh, I could double the 15? OK, well here's the 15. I'm going to double that. Alright, there's the 30. Well, how about the 9? Oh, I could half? You think I should half? OK. Well I guess half of 18. That's 9.” So I've just helped them. I've brought out, because I'm inviting them to help me draw it on the board. They're thinking about, “Oh, I just half that side, double that side. Did we lose any area? Oh, maybe that's why the products are the same. The areas of those two rectangles are the same. Ha!” And then I give the next problem. Now I give another kind of clunker problem and then I give its equivalent. And again, we just sort of notice: “Did it happen again?” And then I might give another one and then I might end the string with something like 3.5 times—I'm thinking off the cuff here, 16. So 3.5 times 16. Kids might say, “Well, I could double 3.5 to get 7 and I could half the 16 to get 8, and now I'm landing on 7 times 8.” And that's another way to think about 3.5 times 16. Anyway, so, equivalent structure is also a brilliant structure that we use primarily when we're trying to teach kids what I call the most sophisticated of all of the strategies. So like in addition, give and take, I think, is the most sophisticated addition. In subtraction, constant difference. In multiplication, there's a few of them. There's doubling and having, I call it flexible factoring to develop those strategies. We often use the equivalent structure, like what's happening here? So there's just a little bit more about structure. Mike: There's a bit of a persona that I've noticed that you take on when you're facilitating a string. I'm wondering if you can talk about that or if you could maybe explain a little bit because I've heard it a couple different times, and it makes me want to lean in as a person who's listening to you. And I suspect that's part of its intent when it comes to facilitating a string. Can you talk about this? Pam: So I wonder if what you're referring to, sometimes people will say, “You're just pretending you don't know what we're talking about.” And I will say, “No, no, I'm actually intensely interested in what you're thinking. I know the answer, but I'm intensely interested in what you're thinking.” So I'm trying to say things like, “I wonder.” “I wonder if there's something up here you could use to help. I don't know. Maybe not. Mm. What kind of clunker could—or helper could you write for this clunker?” So I don't know if that's what you're referring to, but I'm trying to exude curiosity and belief that what you are thinking about is worth hearing about. And I'm intensely interested in how you're thinking about the problem and there's something worth talking about here. Is that kind of what you're referring to? Mike: Absolutely. OK. We're at the point in the podcast that always happens, which is: I would love to continue talking with you, and I suspect there are people who are listening who would love for us to keep talking. We're at the end of our time. What resources would you recommend people think about if they really want to take a deeper dive into understanding strings, how they're constructed, what it looks like to facilitate them. Perhaps they're a coach and they're thinking about, “How might I apply this set of ideas to educators who are working with kindergartners and first graders, and yet I also coach teachers who are working in middle school and high school.” What kind of resources or guidance would you offer to folks? Pam: So the easiest way to dive in immediately would be my brand-new book from Corwin. It's called Developing Mathematical Reasoning: Avoiding the Trap of Algorithms. There's a section in there all about strings. We also do a walk-through where you get to feel a problem string in a K–2 class and a 3–5 [class]. And well, what we really did was counting strategies, additive reasoning, multiplicative reasoning, proportional reasoning, and functional reasoning. So there's a chapter in there where you go through a functional reasoning problem string. So you get to feel: What is it like to have a string with real kids? What's on the board? What are kids saying? And then we link to videos of those. So from the book, you can go and see those, live, with real kids, expert teachers, like facilitating good strings. If anybody's middle school, middle school coaches: I've got building powerful numeracy and lessons and activities for building powerful numeracy. Half of the books are all problem strings, so lots of good resources. If you'd like to see them live, you could go to mathisfigureoutable.com/ps, and we have videos there that you can watch of problem strings happening. If I could mention just one more, when we did the K–12, Developing Mathematical Reasoning, Avoiding the Trap of Algorithms, that we will now have grade band companion books coming out in the fall of '25. The K–2 book will come out in the spring of '26. The [grades] 3–5 book will come out in the fall of '26. The 6–8 book will come out and then six months after that, the 9–12 companion book will come out. And those are what to do to build reasoning, lots of problem strings and other tasks, rich tasks and other instructional routines to really dive in and help your students reason like math-y people reason because we are all math-y people. Mike: I think that's a great place to stop. Pam, thank you so much for joining us. It's been a pleasure talking with you. Pam: Mike, it was a pleasure to be on. Thanks so much. Mike: This podcast is brought to you by The Math Learning Center and the Maier Math Foundation, dedicated to inspiring and enabling all individuals to discover and develop their mathematical confidence and ability. © 2025 The Math Learning Center | www.mathlearningcenter.org
Leroy decides to leave nothing up for mystery when he decides to take care of his dental hygiene on camera. The gang (particularly Tobin) is pumped about the NBA being back on NBC. A quibble breaks out when Leroy proclaims that he would be a great deli manager at Publix … the gang is appalled. Tobin dips into his mixed bag as we hear a Mariner scream, get goosies from Spo, and Bam won't be on the Heat by the end of the season?
Tobin kicks off the show by declaring it a brand new day—choosing to forget the weekend's Miami sports heartbreaks and move forward with fresh vibes. The crew recaps last night's sports slate, but quickly gets derailed when listeners prematurely flood the phone lines for Heat ticket giveaways, sparking an impromptu bit. Leroy challenges Tobin on whether the Miami Heat are really more than a Play-In team, and while Tobin believes, only time will tell. Mike McDaniel gets fiery when asked about Tua's status for the week, and the crew dives into another unhinged edition of “Damage is Done,” featuring everything from Dolphins takes to submerged vehicles and European adventures. Things get even weirder as Leroy starts brushing his teeth live on camera, prompting disgust and disbelief. The return of NBA on NBC has everyone hyped, but a heated debate breaks out when Leroy claims he'd be an elite deli manager at Publix—something no one else on the show is buying. Tobin opens his mixed bag with a Mariner scream, Spo goosies, and a bold claim that Bam won't finish the season with the Heat. Finally, David “The Hockey Hornet” Dwork joins to talk Panthers' recent struggles and urges fans to stay patient, but even he gets dragged into the ongoing deli drama that Leroy just can't let go of.
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He lost $40 million in 2008... and built a real estate empire from the rubble. Today's guest, Levi Benkert, went from running coffee shops to flipping houses, losing $40 million in the 2008 crash, relocating his family to Ethiopia to run an orphanage and start businesses, and then returning to the US to build a thriving Class B industrial real estate empire in Texas. He breaks down the mindset shifts, lessons from failures, and disciplined strategies that turned what looked like a disaster into the comeback story of the century. If you've ever wondered how to recover from a huge setback, this episode gives you the playbook straight from someone who's done it. Tune in to hear Levi's journey from collapse to empire... and why the lessons he learned can help anyone in business or life. — This episode is part of the 8FE (8-figure entrepreneur) series, where we talk to entrepreneurs who have already passed the million-dollar mark. — Key Takeaways: 00:00:00 Intro 00:01:55 Understanding interest rates and market cycles 00:04:08 The Chatham forward curve 00:11:36 Levi's early business ventures 00:16:42 Fear and feelings in business 00:19:09 Transitioning to property development 00:27:05 Institutional lending 00:32:12 Losing $40M during the 2008 crash 00:41:49 Building an orphanage in Ethiopia 00:49:22 Building a beef farm in Ethiopia 00:57:51 Moving back to the US and starting Harbor Capital 01:03:15 Industrial real estate and fundraising 01:11:16 Advice for aspiring entrepreneurs 01:13:53 Outro — Additional Resources:
Today on Good Follow: Ros Gold-Onwude and Angel McCoughtry celebrate the Aces' championship and bring back Ros' Roses! Giving their flowers to their favorite storylines and moments from the championship series. Was this the Aces' greatest championship? We can't deny A'ja's greatness, right? How impactful was Jewell Loyd for the Aces? How crazy was NaLyssa Smith's season? Of course, they mention the Bam and A'ja love story! Then, DraftKings S.E.R.V.E.S. partners with the Larry Fitzgerald Foundation to raise funds and awareness for breast cancer research. Lastly, Ros and Angel break down Angel Reese's money moves and why she is resonating with young women. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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