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The boys return to a topic that was visited in one of the first ever editions of The Weekly List. This week Danny suggested a Road Trip show, and Rich agreed immediately, even thought he had already done a Road Trip Show in August of 2019. Why? Because Rich and Danny have been on a […]

Amanda dives into Jay-Z's Grammy acceptance speech, questioning whether it was appropriate for him to criticize the Grammys while accepting an award. The Voting and Venting segment opens the floor for listeners to share their thoughts on anything related to voting. The 60-Second Headlines keep you informed about current events, including Toni Braxton and Cedric The Entertainer's upcoming Las Vegas residency, U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin's public appearance, Killer Mike's Grammy night, and a partnership between the African American Film Critics Association and Delta Air Lines for Black History Month. Blackurate News takes a serious turn with the Level 3 travel advisory for Jamaica, cautioning Americans about increased violent crimes. Amanda humorously comments on the advisories and challenges the perception of safety in the United States. Listen, Laugh, and Learn on The Amanda Seales Show! If You Have A Comment Leave Amanda A Message At 1 855-Amanda-8 That's 1-855-262-6328 FOLLOW ALONG AS WE COVER:   (2:55) - POP CULTURE JAY-ZIT'S THE AMANDA SEALES SHOW, I'M AMANDA SEALES… AND NOW IT'S TIME FOR BLACKURATE NEWS… STORY 2Not sure if y'all saw the GRAMMYs, but one moment everyone's still discussing is Jay Z's acceptance speech while accepting the Dr. Dre Global Impact Award. Let's hear it. So, we're gonna break down some of the points in his speech. WAS IT WRONG FOR JAY-Z TO USE THIS TIME TO CRITICIZE THE GRAMMYs WHILE ACCEPTING A GRAMMY? DOES HE GET CREDIT FOR ADVOCATING FOR BEYONCE (ESPECIALLY IN FRONT OF BLUE IVY)? DOES BEYONCE MAKE GOOD ALBUMS  OR GOOD SINGLES? BECAUSE RICH, OUT-OF-TOUCH WHITE PEOPLE ARE ON THE BOARD VOTING SHOULD BLACK FOLKS BOYCOTT THE GRAMMYS? (8:26) - VOTING AND VENTINGIT'S THE AMANDA SEALES SHOW, I'M AMANDA SEALES… IT'S TIME FOR – VOTING AND VENTING! THIS IS YOUR OPPORTUNITY (AND MINE) TO VENT ABOUT ANYTHING RELATED TO VOTING– CONTEMPLATING WHO SHOULD GET YOUR VOTE? VEXED ABOUT CERTAIN LAWS BEING VOTED ON IN YOUR CITY? WE WANNA HEAR ABOUT IT! IT'S TIME TO VENT. LET'S GO TO THE PHONE LINES. 1 855 AMANDA 8. · WHAT DO YOU WANT TO VENT ABOUT TODAY? CALLER #1 (11:35) - 60 SEC HEADLINES STORY 1Toni Braxton and Cedric The Entertainer will soon be hitting The Strip together, as the pair are set to co-headline a new residency in Las Vegas. It will run this April thru July. STORY 2:  U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin made his first public appearance since he was hospitalized over complications of a procedure to treat prostate cancer.  He apologized for his lack of disclosure, and is now urging Americans particularly Black men to take care of their healthSTORY 3: Michael “Killer Mike” Render was released on his own recognizance on Sunday night after being arrested following his win of three Grammy Awards during the pre-televised portion of the event. STORY 4: The African American Film Critics Association, has  announced a groundbreaking partnership with Delta Air Lines to curate a unique collection of films celebrating Black History Month. (14:51) - HAPPY BIRTHDAY!TINASHE THE LATE BOB MARLEY THE LATE NATALIE COLE THE LATE RONALD REAGANCOMING UP THIS HOUR IN BLACKURATE NEWS: THE UNITED STATES HAS UPDATED THE TRAVEL ADVISORY FOR JAMAICA DUE TO WHAT THEY SAY IS AN UPTICK IN UNSAFE CONDITIONS. IN CELEBRATION OF BLACK HISTORY MONTH WE'VE ALSO GOT A MOMENT IN BLACK HOOD HISTORY. PLUS, THE BIG UP/LET DOWN… WHICH TODAY INVOLVES A CRITIC, A TIP AND AN APOLOGY. (17:27) - BLACKURATE NEWSIT'S THE AMANDA SEALES SHOW! I'M AMANDA SEALES… AND NOW IT'S TIME FOR SOME BLACKURATE NEWS. STORY 1: The U.S. State Department issued a Level 3 travel advisory for Jamaica, urging Americans to exercise “increased caution” due to an increase in violent crimes.  According to the text, incidents such as home invasions, armed robberies, sexual assaults, and homicide are common in the country and sexual assaults are frequent, including at all-inclusive resorts. News Nation travel editor Peter Greenberg said “The good news is, in most cases, these crimes are not crimes committed or targeted at travelers or tourists. They're gang versus gang crimes, much like we've seen in Mexico over the last 15 years. And the same applies to Jamaica.” Gotta be careful with ANY messaging coming from the U.S. What should be the travel advisories for people coming to America ? Be careful existing while Black.. Or gay… or non-Christian. DC and the Bay Don't leave anything on your seats in Atlanta. Actually, if you can take the seat out of your car, do it.  American tourism has really ravaged our caribbean countries Jamaica's can't even use the beach. Hawaiians don't want us there Just ‘cause we're in the diaspora doesn't mean you won't get jacked. Travel SMART. (21:48) - A MOMENT IN BLACK HOOD HISTORYIt is Black History Month, but in this segment, we're taking a different approach than repeating the same BHM talking points. This is your “MOMENTS IN BLACK HOOD HISTORY,” a tribute to little known historical facts that originated in the HOOD. Kool Aid was invented by a white man in 1927, but it was the Black community that transformed Kool Aid FLAVORS into COLORS.  It was a summer day in the South. The Black mother standing inside the kitchen with a squeaky screen door, said to her Black child, “Go make me some Kool aid, to which the child replied, what kind?”  Black mother said– RED Koolaid, and the rest is history. The child instantly knew his mother's desires. The words “cherry or strawberry” Kool Aid haven't been uttered since. Thanks to Black people for the popularization of Kool Aid flavors! (23:49) - BIG UP, LET DOWNIT'S THE AMANDA SEALES SHOW! I'M AMANDA SEALES… AND NOW IT'S TIME FOR!... THE BIG UP, LET DOWN. BIG UP -to food reviewer Keith Lee for defying the “black people don't tip” stereotype. ·         Keith visited the Sweetly Seasoned food truck in Dallas.  He told the owner to charge his card for $4,000.  He decided to bless the owner, her son, and two individuals doing hair outside the truck He expressed that $1K should go to a barber, another $1K to a woman doing braids, and the rest to Kim Viverette (owner) and her son to help their business. BIG UP TO KEITH for leading by example and tipping, ‘cause some of us HATE TIPPING and will find any reason not to. Will order up the whole menu, Hennessey Mimosas, seafood towers, but get “cheap” when it's time to tip.  Update: the owner has apologized as she did not honor Lee's request and instead kept the entire $4K  LET DOWN - JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE FOR IMMATURELY AND EMBARRASSINGLY LIVING UP TO HIS OWN SONG TITLE  “SELFISH”  Justin Timberlake told a New York City audience he'd “like to take this opportunity to apologize — to absolutely f---ing nobody,” just days after Britney Spears said she was sorry about comments in her book  It was a profane non-apology to an Irving Plaza crowd right before he sang the 2013 hit "Holy Grail," a Jay-Z track he is featured on.  THIS WAS A SELFISH, SELF-CENTERED MOVE, BECAUSE YOU AIN'T JAY-Z, JUSTIN!  I CAN THINK OF A FEW PEOPLE YOU NEED TO APOLOGIZE TO!  Britney Spears Janet Jackson Michael Jackson (28:14) - CALLERIT'S THE AMANDA SEALES SHOW! I'M AMANDA SEALES… THANK YOU FOR LISTENING! AND IF YOU MISSED ANYTHING, YOU CAN CHECK OUT OUR DAILY PODCAST AVAILABLE WHEREVER YOU GET YOUR PODCASTS! PLUS WE ARE ALWAYS TAKING YOUR CALLS ON OUR TOPICS. OR MAYBE YOU WANNA SHARE SOME THINGS YOU LEARNED THIS WEEK. CALL US ANYTIME AT, 1 855 AMANDA 8 … THATS 1855 262-6328 …  LET'S GO TO THE PHONE LINES. (30:03) - COMING UPWE'LL LET YOU VENT ABOUT VOTING. BY THE WAY, WE'RE STILL TAKING YOUR CALLS FOR VOTING AND VENTING… 1 855 AMANDA 8. WE'VE ALSO GOT TO TALK ABOUT NBA STAR… MICHAEL PORTER JR.  WAIT TILL YOU HEAR WHAT HE SAYS ABOUT LIGHT SKINNED PEOPLE. AND THE SQUAD IS HERE FOR HOW BLACK DO YOU FEEL? (32:59) - POP CULTUREThis clip on the internet caught my attention and dissension. Listen to what NBA player, MICHAEL PORTER JR. had to say about light-skinned brothers TO some darker-skinned brothers on the PIVOT podcast. Yep. Here's what Van Lathan had to say in response. AND HERE'S WHAT I HAVE TO SAY. ACTUALLY, I HAVE A THEORY ABOUT THIS. Amanda: Yup I been talking bout this. All these shows and commercials it's always a biracial couple. Yt men who perpetuate yt supremacy have never truly cared about their women other than for power purposes so it would come as no surprise that they would consciously present images of yt women with black men as a method of dismantling the black family, black identity, and obtaining opps to further their yt supremacist agenda. Clarence Thomas Ben Carson Tim Scott (37:30) VOTING AND VENTING 39:53 - HOW BLACK DO YOU FEEL TODAYHOW BLACK DO YOU FEEL TODAY?! AMANDA  TJ  SUPREME (43:31) – We'll go to the phonelines. (44:38) - IT'S TIME TO LISTEN, LAUGH and LEARN… WITH THE WORD OF THE DAY… THE WORD OF THE DAY IS: EMOTE TO EXPRESS EMOTION IN A VERY DRAMATIC WAY.. OR OBVIOUS WAY In a Sentence: Jay-Z was slick emoting about Beyonce never winning a GRAMMY for Album of the year.  Dudes know they be EMOTING on these podcasts! But in a relationship… nothing. (46:45) - POLITICIANS SAY THE DARNDEST THINGSWhile on Fox News… Trump was asked… If things are so bad, how come the stock market is on a roll? And this is what he said: (49:49) – THANKS FOR LISTENING FOLLOW THE SHOW ON ALL SOCIALS: @Sealessaidit @Amandaseales If You Have A Comment Leave Amanda A Message At 1 855-Amanda-8 That's 1-855-262-6328See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Ladies and gentlemen, please meet Daniel G. Moir. Because Rich doesn't know much about today's music, his best friend and kindred spirit, makes his first appearance on the Weekly List to explain what is about to happen on the Grammy telecast.

Rich & Johnny return in 2021 with a lengthy chat with Michigan poster/flyer historian legend Jack Bodnar. Intense insight to a heavy scene! Here are some post scripts from the talk via Jack himself: Jack Bodnar talks more about The Brewery days in LansingBy Jack Bodnar, January 18, 2021   I don’t know about you but when talking about the past, especially personal events that happened nearly 50  years ago, I often walk away wishing I had said this or that instead, and that I had been clearer. In my conversation with Rich and Johnny, I think I got most of it right but what follows are additional insights that  might clarify a few things.   Terry O’Connor was the (brilliant and whimsical) Brewery graphic artist…he died of cancer in the Florida Keys a few years back. Even though he spent his career as a graphics artist, mostly for Michigan State University, his three-year Brewery and Brewery-related output (1972-1975), which came at the end of the Classic Rock Art era (1965-1976), easily puts him in the Top Four pantheon of Michigan superstar rock artists, joining Gary Grimshaw, Carl Lundgren, and Ozone (Chris Frayne, Commander Cody’s brother).    O’Connor created 30-35 Brewery concert posters. No one knows for sure how many, not even Terry when he was still alive. Many of the posters were printed in ridiculously small print runs of 50-100, which is why most people at the time and post-1975 have never seen them. This was compounded by the fact that shortly after The Brewery changed concepts to the Silver Dollar bar in April 1975, Terry’s basement, where he stored his Brewery original art and “reference” posters, was flooded and all was lost. A true tragedy.     Terry never realized how great his Brewery art was. It was just a blip on his radar, something he did for a short time in his youth. Even though his output was low compared to the likes of Grimshaw and Lundgren, Terry’s consistent, eye-popping creativity and use of vibrant color would rank him high on the national rock art scene if people could see his work. Hopefully, this will happen eventually, thanks to the twenty-some-odd O’Connor posters that are part of my collection at Michigan State University.   I referred to Sloe Gin and Blue Motorcycle (the latter sometimes called Blue Hawaiian) drinks at The Brewery. The latter was basically a blue Long Island Iced Tea…blue curacao, gin, vodka, and rum. Many of the female patrons ordered them and they were deadly. On Tequila Nights, The Brewery sold a lot of Tequila Sunrises, yet another powerful drink that was ordered predominantly by the ladies. The guys tended to order straight tequila shots, as well as Tequila Sunrises on Tequila Nights.   In our conversation, we kept referring to “Goose Lake.” Hopefully, most people know we were referring to the 1970 Goose Lake International Music Festival (7-9 August) in Grass Lake, MI, which attracted more than 200,000 mostly-stoned fans. It is recognized as the last great rock music festival of the Sixties Rock era.    During our conversation, I offered a couple of unfortunate exaggerations when referring to multiple items in my collection. For the sake of hyperbole, I said I might have 5,000 Goose Lake Festival poker chips, which were the festival entry tickets. This is not true, though my collection does have close to a thousand of them, which is still a lot given they don’t turn up very often.    Also, when referring to multiples, I said I had 30-40 copies of some underground newspapers (like the seminal and tough-to-find Warren-Forest Suns), which is true, but many of my underground issues number only in single digits. For instance, my collection has only one of Creem #5 (only a handful exist for some reason), plus the original cover art by Detroit artist Matthew (Matthew Radofsky).   Rich referred to a Brewery Seger poster at East Lansing’s The Curious Bookshop, something he had mentioned to me when he interviewed me for a Lansing City Pulse article on the Brewery a few years back. However, I think at the time Rich said it was a Brewery Iggy/Stooges poster. I assumed Rich were homing in on it, so I butted out, which is what I normally do/did when somebody mentions something to me and they are still “working on it.” I wonder what became of that poster, Rich?    Rich also told me about some other Brewery posters that were on display for a short while at East Lansing’s Flat, Black & Circular record store. Because Rich said he was not in pursuit of these posters, I was able to acquire seven Brewery posters, six of them I did not have. Two of the posters were badly wrinkled from a poor mounting job, so I sent them to a reputable poster restoration house in Brooklyn, NY. Of course, shortly after receiving them, the restorer went belly-up and it took me a year of pleading to get them back. The posters were indeed restored (nicely) when returned, thankfully.    And yes, in hindsight, The Brewery did do a lot of very effective print advertising, especially in The State News, Michigan State University’s campus newspaper. Among other ad placements, Brewery co-owner Paul Kacer and Terry O’Connor somehow came up with the brainy idea of running vertical 2”-wide one column ads (white Brewery-logo typeface on distinctive black background) that ran the entire margin of a page. These ads absolutely popped off the newsprint.    Also, in our conversation, I said that word-of-mouth was the most effective form of advertising for the Brewery once it hit full steam but Kacer never relented on covering all his bases through print and radio. I just wish he had let O’Connor create more posters with bigger press runs. Paul didn’t realize how significant these posters were and that it would have cost only a fraction more to print 200-500 posters instead of a paltry 50-100. No one is brilliant across-the-board.   After their three-year Brewery stint, two of the three Brewery owners, Paul Kacer and Bruce Wahlin returned to their “straight” restaurant business roots for the rest of their careers, where they were quite successful (again). Pre-Brewery, they had been partners in the very profitable Grand River IHOP and not-so-profitable Stables bar/restaurant operations across the street. Then post-Brewery, they created the Pantree breakfast-centric restaurant in the old East Lansing post office building on Abbot (now Dublin Square Irish Pub) and at a second location in Ann Arbor on Liberty Street, before finally going their separate ways out-of-state.    The third Brewery partner was Rick Becker, who bought out Kacer and Wahlin in April 1975 and repurposed The Brewery as the Silver Dollar bar, which ran for 20 years. The building was demolished by 2000, replaced by a bagel store.   Dave DiMartino and I split The State News concert review scene in 1973-74. Dave would go on to be editor of CREEM magazine and has been a legendary music writer for decades. I also made writing my career after I left East Lansing but not in the entertainment field. I gravitated to public relations, advertising, and training instead.   It was daunting to cover all the great acts that came through East Lansing on a weekly basis while I was at MSU. DiMartino covered most of the big venue rock gigs and did the record reviews, while I covered most of the blues, jazz, and folk acts, as well as the exploding bar scene. The Brewery alone usually brought in one to two name bands a week. I wound up having an “On Tap” column at The State News and moonlighted at the Lansing State Journal, supplying local entertainment coverage.   Sonny Terry (harp) & Brownie McGhee were the two bluesmen I couldn’t remember when talking about East Lansing’s Alley Eye bar.     

Rich Gibson, the newly elected State's Attorney for Howard County joins the lawyers for a tasty beverage.  Part 2!!! Rich has a long career as a prosecutor.  He started out in Prince George's County and then spent 12 years in the Baltimore City State's Attorney's Office handling murders, shootings, and major investigations before being elected to the top job in his home county.  He has a ton of experience and will bring that experience and knowledge to his new job in Howard County.   We're very excited because technically Rich is our first repeat guest.  Due to some technical issues which we've solved with new recording gear, part of that episode was lost and a 2nd part episode will be in the "archives" and should be aired soon.  Because Rich was such a good sport about coming back on, we decided to allow the guest to select the beverage.  Rich is a true beer aficionado and hopefully his Ellicott City hometown brewery is up to par!  This week we are very excited to, for the first time, sample 2 beers from Ellicott City's own Manor Hill Brewery. Top topics include a deep discussion into the life of an elected politician and how Rich's new job differs from what his expectations were.  Plus what his plans are for the Howard County SAO. This week the guy's discuss (across both episodes): Rich Gibson as Howard County's SA I Can't Believe It's not Baltimore: Shoplifter applies for a job Jussie Smollett - diving deep through the eyes of prosecutors and defense attorneys.  What happened, why, and where does this case go?  Will the Chicago DA lose her job? Manor Hill Brewing is a family owned and operated.  Their CMO, Corey was kind enough to send us some great tasting notes on the beers that we are sampling, which is quoted below, and can be found (some) on their website.  I cannot thank him enough for getting back to me so quickly.  If you haven't been to any of their restaurants before, I would strongly encourage you to support local businesses!!! As far as the brewery, we truly are a family-owned and operated organization, with me(Corey), my wife, her sister, and their parents all actively involved in the day-to-day of our farm, brewery and three restaurants.  We are a working farm with cattle, chickens, crops, and more.  Our story has its roots in craft beer (via our first restaurant, Victoria Gastro Pub) and farming (the home to our brewery).  We are Maryland's largest production farm brewery and can be found throughout MD, DC, and DE.  We have a pretty diversified portfolio of beers ranging from traditional styles (pilsner, amber, IPA, porter) to newer/trendier styles (smoothie ales, sours, barrel aged stouts).  Best of luck on the podcast and hope you are able to make it out for a visit sometime. Today we're sampling two beers.  First is the Manor Hill IPA.  Manor Hill's flagship beer.  Second is the Hayes Creek, which is new and a summer ale. Manor Hill IPA is our our flagship beer and we've been brewing it since day 1 (June 2015).  It's also our best seller.  Our vision for that beer (and many of our IPAs) is to use hops for aromatics, not just for bitterness.  So the beer is going to smell good before you even take a sip.  It's also considered more juicy than bitter due to the dry-hopping from the mosaic hops. Hayes Creek is brand new to our lineup this spring/summer intended to be a warm weather seasonal (meaning it will be available in Spring/Summer from here on out).  It is slightly tart and very refreshing.  The name derives from one of the small waterways behind our farm and is also the middle name of one of the owners, which is a cool tidbit! Lawyers on the Rocks features Jeremy Eldridge, Kurt Nachtman and Adam Crandell. This triumvirate of lawyers will give you their unsolicited opinion on everything legal and illegal, while enjoying a handcrafted cocktail. Lawyers on the Rocks is sponsored by the Law Office of Eldridge, Nachtman & Crandell, LLC and produced by Up Next Creative, LLC.  

Rich Gibson, the newly elected State's Attorney for Howard County joins the lawyers for a tasty beverage.  Rich has a long career as a prosecutor.  He started out in Prince George's County and then spent 12 years in the Baltimore City State's Attorney's Office handling murders, shootings, and major investigations before being elected to the top job in his home county.  He has a ton of experience and will bring that experience and knowledge to his new job in Howard County.   We're very excited because technically Rich is our first repeat guest.  Due to some technical issues which we've solved with new recording gear, part of that episode was lost and a 2nd part episode will be in the "archives" and should be aired soon.  Because Rich was such a good sport about coming back on, we decided to allow the guest to select the beverage.  Rich is a true beer aficionado and hopefully his Ellicott City hometown brewery is up to par!  This week we are very excited to, for the first time, sample 2 beers from Ellicott City's own Manor Hill Brewery. Top topics include a deep discussion into the life of an elected politician and how Rich's new job differs from what his expectations were.  Plus what his plans are for the Howard County SAO. This week the guy's discuss (across both episodes): Rich Gibson as Howard County's SA I Can't Believe It's not Baltimore: Shoplifter applies for a job Jussie Smollett - diving deep through the eyes of prosecutors and defense attorneys.  What happened, why, and where does this case go?  Will the Chicago DA lose her job? Manor Hill Brewing is a family owned and operated.  Their CMO, Corey was kind enough to send us some great tasting notes on the beers that we are sampling, which is quoted below, and can be found (some) on their website.  I cannot thank him enough for getting back to me so quickly.  If you haven't been to any of their restaurants before, I would strongly encourage you to support local businesses!!! As far as the brewery, we truly are a family-owned and operated organization, with me(Corey), my wife, her sister, and their parents all actively involved in the day-to-day of our farm, brewery and three restaurants.  We are a working farm with cattle, chickens, crops, and more.  Our story has its roots in craft beer (via our first restaurant, Victoria Gastro Pub) and farming (the home to our brewery).  We are Maryland's largest production farm brewery and can be found throughout MD, DC, and DE.  We have a pretty diversified portfolio of beers ranging from traditional styles (pilsner, amber, IPA, porter) to newer/trendier styles (smoothie ales, sours, barrel aged stouts).  Best of luck on the podcast and hope you are able to make it out for a visit sometime. Today we're sampling two beers.  First is the Manor Hill IPA.  Manor Hill's flagship beer.  Second is the Hayes Creek, which is new and a summer ale. Manor Hill IPA is our our flagship beer and we've been brewing it since day 1 (June 2015).  It's also our best seller.  Our vision for that beer (and many of our IPAs) is to use hops for aromatics, not just for bitterness.  So the beer is going to smell good before you even take a sip.  It's also considered more juicy than bitter due to the dry-hopping from the mosaic hops. Hayes Creek is brand new to our lineup this spring/summer intended to be a warm weather seasonal (meaning it will be available in Spring/Summer from here on out).  It is slightly tart and very refreshing.  The name derives from one of the small waterways behind our farm and is also the middle name of one of the owners, which is a cool tidbit! Lawyers on the Rocks features Jeremy Eldridge, Kurt Nachtman and Adam Crandell. This triumvirate of lawyers will give you their unsolicited opinion on everything legal and illegal, while enjoying a handcrafted cocktail. Lawyers on the Rocks is sponsored by the Law Office of Eldridge, Nachtman & Crandell, LLC and produced by Up Next Creative, LLC.  

Rich Polt started his legacy video company in 2016; three years later, it's growing by leaps and bounds. Rich Polt left a lucrative career as owner of a public relations firm to pursue his passion—helping people record their legacy stories on film. And he did it all without knowing a thing about movie-making. It started with a personal project called Talking GOOD, where Rich interviewed change-makers with the power to inspire others. The epiphany came when Rich went off-script to ask his interviewee a highly personal question, something he didn't normally do. The man cried, and so did Rich. That was all Rich needed to understand the power of sharing stories. Acknowledge Media brings the same high production values of documentary filmmaking to the world of legacy preservation. Listen as we discuss: how Rich gave himself a year of working for free to build up his portfolio some of the mistakes he made as a novice interviewer (hint: get comfortable with your inteviewee's emotions!) the benefits of having regular meetings with his mentor, Mike O'Krent of LifeStories Alive (and soon-to-be guest on this podcast) the three phases of any legacy video project Because Rich had so much great stuff to share, we're breaking this podcast into two parts. In this episode, we get into the specifics of phase one of his projects. Rich gives a breakdown of the 2-3 hour session he spends with the interviewees before the cameras make their appearance. He uses this conversation to create a detailed roadmap for the recorded interview. A few tips: In order to keep the storyteller from launching into an anecdote during this first conversation, Rich asks them to name the stories that come to mind with a headline. He includes it in his notes, a reminder or tag to include that topic in his recorded interview. As part of phase one, he sends the storyteller's adult children a questionnaire, which includes the following questions: What are the stories you want to hear? What are the red flag topics that may be difficult for your parents to talk about? What are the things you've always wanted to ask but never have? Rich then creates a spreadsheet with questions, pouring in the answers to those he already knows, examining the whole to find the narrative shape that will guide him during the recorded interview. Stay tuned for part two of our conversation, where Rich discusses the recording and editing processes.

Rich Shramm is a dad who has ADHD, whose kids also have ADHD.  Turns out, there's an app for that.  Because Rich created the iGotThis app.  As Rich says, "iGotThis is a task-focused, life management solution".  It helps kids build their self-esteem by supporting their success. And, helps parents monitor and support their kids through life’s daily productivity challenges.     We discuss how the app supports kids in staying on track, and helps parents keep track of things. (It can even help you plan for things that are a year away!)  But this episode is about more than the app.  We also discuss the emotional impact ADHD can have on those who have it (even if we don’t call it the Wall of Awful), how small failures can lock up our kids’ potential, and how breaking tasks into smaller chunks supports success. This is not a commerical.  I was not compensated in any way for this episode.  I just wanted to share an exciting new tool with you. Learn more about iGot This by going to their website, https://www.iGotThis.com/  If you dig it, sign up for a FREE 15 day trial at https://www.iGotThis.com/signup. Once you've signed up , you can download the free app from the Apple app store or Google Play store and sign in with your newly created account. And, as usual, I can be found at www.ADHDessentials.com.   Let me know what you thnk of today's episode by emailing me at Brendan@ADHDessentials.com. And if you'd like to be in the upcoming coaching groups, the email above is good for that too!  

Kingdom Hearts talk begins around the 27 minute mark. Rich and Jake spend a lengthy intro memorializing the once great and now dead Marvel Heroes, only to finally roll into the final run of our play-through of Kingdom Hearts 2. Plot finally kicks into overdrive! Kairi finally has some more screen time! Ansem reports! Did you read them? We didn't (at first anyway)! Do you like bosses finally getting hard? Because one half of Damn Chocobo does! Do you like endgame side content?!?!? Do you like arguably way too detailed descriptions of what we did to level up the various Forms??!!? Well buckle up because you're getting it anyway! Do you like Sephiroth? Because one of us apparently really really still digs that mamas boy! Because Rich apparently really likes grinding out optional side content - much to the chagrin of Jake. All this and lots and lots of wonderful JRPG and Disney drama, pulling at your heart-strings and testing your limits of dis-belief aaaaaall on that wonderful but small world (after all) we call Daaaaaaaaaaaaamn Chocobooooooooo! Music for this episode - Intro: Darkness of the Unknown Rock Remix by Sasukeshika Outro: Say10 by Marilyn Manson

Kingdom Hearts discussion begins around the 23 min mark.   Hope you have a comfortable seat, folks. Because Rich and Jake return once again for another overwhelmingly long episode featuring Sora, Donald, Goofy and the rest of the Disney and Final Fantasy misfits featured in the wonderful and ridiculous Kingdom Hearts 2. Donald "doing it", Pete being one sad bastard, Jake's strong... feelings... on realistic characters in Kingdom Hearts, lion form Sora's keyblade wielding skills, the long awaited return of Clown Strife, and Tifa greeting people int he traditional manner (with random punching and kicking walls) await on the next horrifyingly spine tingling fall season nightmare we call DAAAAAAAAAAAAMMMN CHOCOBOOOOOOOOO!!!!! Music for this episode - Intro: A Friend Like Me (Sim Gretina Remix) by Sim Gertina Outro: Black Rain by Creeper

I would share his exact quote, but he dropped 3 F-bombs… On this special late night episode Russell talks about some cool things that happened to him today including helping Ryan at Hardcore Closer who did his first webinar and made his entire investment back. He also mentions the book he's writing called The Three Funnels. Here are 3 other cool things to listen for in this episode: What things helped Russell have a good and exciting day. How Rich Schefren helped Russell with webinars and basically saved his business and life. And how Russell has been able to repay Rich for the things he has done. So listen below to hear why Russell had such an amazing day. ---Transcript--- Hey everyone, this is Russell Brunson and welcome to a Late Night Marketing Your Car. Hey guys and gals, and everybody else hanging out with us today, hope you're having an amazing time. It's been a little while since I've been doing podcasts and Marketing In Your Car because things have been so crazy busy. I'm stuck in traffic right now heading home, which my house is like 5 minutes from my office, but the traffic is still here so I thought we should hang out and just talk about some cool stuff. Because I really had a good day today for a couple of different reasons, and I just through it would be fun to talk about it with you guys. Hope you don't mind. One exciting thing is Ryan over at Hardcore Closer, he joined our inner circle program a little while ago. Which as you know, is not a small investment. He paid $25,000 to get in, and he was nervous, and all these things. I kind of showed him the business model I thought he should be doing. He went and executed on it, and he's just a doer, he ran with it and did his first webinar today. I got a Vox, and I would show it to all you guys or let you listen to it because it was really exciting, but he dropped the f-word 4 times in about 3 seconds, so I'm not going to forward it because I don't want to hurt anyone's ears. He basically said, “Russell, I did my first webinar.” He said, “$20,000. I made my money back in the very first effin webinar. I effin love you.” Something, something, something. It was awesome. That makes your day when some dude invests $25,000 and within in 2 weeks before the first meeting even happens, he get his money back. Now he's got 364 days now of coaching for free, and we're just going to keep growing it and blowing it up. I'm super proud and excited. That was fun to hear. It was awesome. That was cool. What else? What else? Oh, so I've been writing this new front end book. Not a book. I'm calling it a book, but it's not. Maybe it's a report, or a manifesto, or somewhere in between. I'm trying to relaunch our continuity program and I wanted to make a really good offering. I want something really unique and exciting, and so I'm writing this book called The Three Funnels. I think I might have mention this to you guys before, but basically in our business three funnels make about 85 to 90% of all of our income. Instead of teaching all the flashy flare, let's talk about the fundamentals, and that's what this book was about. Here's the fundamentals. I didn't go into to amazing details. It's really exciting all the cool stuff I pulled out, like here's our funnels, here's our stats on every single page. Here's what you should be looking at. Here's this. Here's that. Anyway from our three core funnels, which are Tripwire, Webinar, and High Ticket Funnel. I'm really proud of that, and I finished it today. It's been this project that's been annoying me. You know how you have the projects that in your mind there's so much pain associated with it and you don't want to do them? That's how this has been. There was so much pain. I have all these other things I need to get done, but this one I had to get done because it has to be done, and then I have Brittanie, who does the all the design and publishing, she needs it, and then we got to get it printed, and then shipped all within like the next week and a half, two weeks. It's like I had to get it done, so the last like three days I've been locked down, and I finished it today. I know you guys probably felt that where you finished a book or finished something, and it's just like relief, just gone. It's over and you can now move on to other stuff. That was exciting. Also, one of my friends, Rich Schefren, some of you guys may know him, he actually helped me out a lot a couple years ago. If you are a Marketing In Your Car fan, you know all of my ups and downs. I'm pretty honest with you guys. We had built up this big company, 100 employees, and then the whole thing crashed around me. I think one of the earlier podcasts I told that story, and maybe I'll tell it again someday for the newbies. Anyway, it was a horrible experience and a lot of pain and suffering on my side, and fear, and everything. I didn't know what I was going to do when I grew up, and I still had people working for me I was trying to support, and all these things. I'm trying to figure out, “What should I do?” At the time I was like, “Who's really having success right now in this new economy and with the things that changed and all the new things?” I was looking around and one of the people that was crushing it right then in that moment was Rich Schefren and he was doing it through automated webinars. I didn't have one yet. I didn't even know how to do one. I called him and I was like, “Hey man, can I fly out and just pick your brain for a day?” He said, “Yes.” I'm so grateful for that. I flew out there and he gave me a day of his time for free and it was awesome. I went back afterwards, we launched a webinar that literally saved my business, probably saved my life in some ways. Paid off all of our debts, paid off the tax, the government, and a whole bunch of other just scary things, and it was awesome. I always feel like I've owed him for that. The initial deal was if we promote his webinar he'd do that, and we did do that. I felt more than that because it was big for me. One of the few people at that time who really helped me make a big shift that I needed, and so I'm just always grateful for him. Anyway, he's been kind of going through a shift in his business and business models trying to figure out … He's got kind of this new stuff he wants to sell and trying to figure out the right process to sell them, and he's been struggling. I saw him in London actually, and he spoke, and he didn't sell very well. I feel like some of the things that I've learned over the last few years, especially through the Perfect Webinar … For those of you who have gone through the Perfect Webinar training, I felt like I knew, and I might be wrong, but I felt like I knew what was wrong with is presentation, and his pitch, and his offer, and stuff like that. We spent an hour on the phone today and really pulled as much as I could out of his brain and I figured … Because Rich's stuff is always amazing. He's so smart it doesn't make sense to average humans sometimes, right? That's the hard part. It's trying to figure out how do we make this simple so that everyone wants to buy it because the stuff's amazing. The fulfillment always amazing stuff, but it's like the selling, so he went through and walked and talked through everything. I asked a bunch of questions and I pulled out what I think was right, and we restructured the offer, the webinar, the pitch, and I'm really proud of it. I sent it all to him. I recorded a bunch of videos showing how I'd pitch it and I hope that it's something that's going to benefit him. It felt good to be able to kind of return the favor. You know when you have someone that does something big for you and you don't know how to repay that favor? Because it's kind of like, how do you repay that? Right? I'm just happy that I got to be part of that today. Hopefully it will help. If not, that's fine, but I felt like some of the gifts that God's given me in the last few years I was able to kind of repay him and that felt good. All these good things are happening today, which is awesome. Then we just booked, I think, our final speaker for the Funnel Hacking event. He's got to sign the contract and then I can announce that too, but we got some amazing, amazing, crazy keynote speakers coming. Just all sorts of fun, awesome stuff's happening. As you can probably tell I'm excited. I'm excited because cool stuff we're doing, cool stuff our students are doing, cool things we're doing with our partners, and just everything's good. I'm having a good day, and I'm heading home, and it's going to be awesome. Hope you guys are all having a good time. Sometimes on this show we share my ups and my downs, and everything. I just wanted to share with you guys an up because I'm happy and I hope that you guys are as well. If you're not, I was looking at the things that made me happy today. One was obviously the book, which was the me project. Which kind of is, but it's also something I'm trying to create to serve. The other two were all things we're doing for other people, and so … Anyway, if you're struggling, you're not happy or whatever, I think I heard Tony Robbins say this, but start serving someone else around you and you can't help but make things better. Anyway, that's it guys. I'm almost home. I'm go inside see my kids, have a good time. I appreciate you all listening and caring enough to tune into the podcast. Make sure you guys are coming to Funnel Hacking Live. It's going to be amazing. We're about to announce all the lineup and I know tickets will sell fast, so do not delay. With that said, we love you guys. We appreciate you guys, and we are excited to keep serving you. Like I said before, you are an audience worth serving and just grateful to be in a spot and have an opportunity to be where I'm at to help you guys. Thanks again, and we'll talk soon.

I would share his exact quote, but he dropped 3 F-bombs… On this special late night episode Russell talks about some cool things that happened to him today including helping Ryan at Hardcore Closer who did his first webinar and made his entire investment back. He also mentions the book he’s writing called The Three Funnels. Here are 3 other cool things to listen for in this episode: What things helped Russell have a good and exciting day. How Rich Schefren helped Russell with webinars and basically saved his business and life. And how Russell has been able to repay Rich for the things he has done. So listen below to hear why Russell had such an amazing day. ---Transcript--- Hey everyone, this is Russell Brunson and welcome to a Late Night Marketing Your Car. Hey guys and gals, and everybody else hanging out with us today, hope you’re having an amazing time. It’s been a little while since I’ve been doing podcasts and Marketing In Your Car because things have been so crazy busy. I’m stuck in traffic right now heading home, which my house is like 5 minutes from my office, but the traffic is still here so I thought we should hang out and just talk about some cool stuff. Because I really had a good day today for a couple of different reasons, and I just through it would be fun to talk about it with you guys. Hope you don’t mind. One exciting thing is Ryan over at Hardcore Closer, he joined our inner circle program a little while ago. Which as you know, is not a small investment. He paid $25,000 to get in, and he was nervous, and all these things. I kind of showed him the business model I thought he should be doing. He went and executed on it, and he’s just a doer, he ran with it and did his first webinar today. I got a Vox, and I would show it to all you guys or let you listen to it because it was really exciting, but he dropped the f-word 4 times in about 3 seconds, so I’m not going to forward it because I don’t want to hurt anyone’s ears. He basically said, “Russell, I did my first webinar.” He said, “$20,000. I made my money back in the very first effin webinar. I effin love you.” Something, something, something. It was awesome. That makes your day when some dude invests $25,000 and within in 2 weeks before the first meeting even happens, he get his money back. Now he’s got 364 days now of coaching for free, and we’re just going to keep growing it and blowing it up. I’m super proud and excited. That was fun to hear. It was awesome. That was cool. What else? What else? Oh, so I’ve been writing this new front end book. Not a book. I’m calling it a book, but it’s not. Maybe it’s a report, or a manifesto, or somewhere in between. I’m trying to relaunch our continuity program and I wanted to make a really good offering. I want something really unique and exciting, and so I’m writing this book called The Three Funnels. I think I might have mention this to you guys before, but basically in our business three funnels make about 85 to 90% of all of our income. Instead of teaching all the flashy flare, let’s talk about the fundamentals, and that’s what this book was about. Here’s the fundamentals. I didn’t go into to amazing details. It’s really exciting all the cool stuff I pulled out, like here’s our funnels, here’s our stats on every single page. Here’s what you should be looking at. Here’s this. Here’s that. Anyway from our three core funnels, which are Tripwire, Webinar, and High Ticket Funnel. I’m really proud of that, and I finished it today. It’s been this project that’s been annoying me. You know how you have the projects that in your mind there’s so much pain associated with it and you don’t want to do them? That’s how this has been. There was so much pain. I have all these other things I need to get done, but this one I had to get done because it has to be done, and then I have Brittanie, who does the all the design and publishing, she needs it, and then we got to get it printed, and then shipped all within like the next week and a half, two weeks. It’s like I had to get it done, so the last like three days I’ve been locked down, and I finished it today. I know you guys probably felt that where you finished a book or finished something, and it’s just like relief, just gone. It’s over and you can now move on to other stuff. That was exciting. Also, one of my friends, Rich Schefren, some of you guys may know him, he actually helped me out a lot a couple years ago. If you are a Marketing In Your Car fan, you know all of my ups and downs. I’m pretty honest with you guys. We had built up this big company, 100 employees, and then the whole thing crashed around me. I think one of the earlier podcasts I told that story, and maybe I’ll tell it again someday for the newbies. Anyway, it was a horrible experience and a lot of pain and suffering on my side, and fear, and everything. I didn’t know what I was going to do when I grew up, and I still had people working for me I was trying to support, and all these things. I’m trying to figure out, “What should I do?” At the time I was like, “Who’s really having success right now in this new economy and with the things that changed and all the new things?” I was looking around and one of the people that was crushing it right then in that moment was Rich Schefren and he was doing it through automated webinars. I didn’t have one yet. I didn’t even know how to do one. I called him and I was like, “Hey man, can I fly out and just pick your brain for a day?” He said, “Yes.” I’m so grateful for that. I flew out there and he gave me a day of his time for free and it was awesome. I went back afterwards, we launched a webinar that literally saved my business, probably saved my life in some ways. Paid off all of our debts, paid off the tax, the government, and a whole bunch of other just scary things, and it was awesome. I always feel like I’ve owed him for that. The initial deal was if we promote his webinar he’d do that, and we did do that. I felt more than that because it was big for me. One of the few people at that time who really helped me make a big shift that I needed, and so I’m just always grateful for him. Anyway, he’s been kind of going through a shift in his business and business models trying to figure out … He’s got kind of this new stuff he wants to sell and trying to figure out the right process to sell them, and he’s been struggling. I saw him in London actually, and he spoke, and he didn’t sell very well. I feel like some of the things that I’ve learned over the last few years, especially through the Perfect Webinar … For those of you who have gone through the Perfect Webinar training, I felt like I knew, and I might be wrong, but I felt like I knew what was wrong with is presentation, and his pitch, and his offer, and stuff like that. We spent an hour on the phone today and really pulled as much as I could out of his brain and I figured … Because Rich’s stuff is always amazing. He’s so smart it doesn’t make sense to average humans sometimes, right? That’s the hard part. It’s trying to figure out how do we make this simple so that everyone wants to buy it because the stuff’s amazing. The fulfillment always amazing stuff, but it’s like the selling, so he went through and walked and talked through everything. I asked a bunch of questions and I pulled out what I think was right, and we restructured the offer, the webinar, the pitch, and I’m really proud of it. I sent it all to him. I recorded a bunch of videos showing how I’d pitch it and I hope that it’s something that’s going to benefit him. It felt good to be able to kind of return the favor. You know when you have someone that does something big for you and you don’t know how to repay that favor? Because it’s kind of like, how do you repay that? Right? I’m just happy that I got to be part of that today. Hopefully it will help. If not, that’s fine, but I felt like some of the gifts that God’s given me in the last few years I was able to kind of repay him and that felt good. All these good things are happening today, which is awesome. Then we just booked, I think, our final speaker for the Funnel Hacking event. He’s got to sign the contract and then I can announce that too, but we got some amazing, amazing, crazy keynote speakers coming. Just all sorts of fun, awesome stuff’s happening. As you can probably tell I’m excited. I’m excited because cool stuff we’re doing, cool stuff our students are doing, cool things we’re doing with our partners, and just everything’s good. I’m having a good day, and I’m heading home, and it’s going to be awesome. Hope you guys are all having a good time. Sometimes on this show we share my ups and my downs, and everything. I just wanted to share with you guys an up because I’m happy and I hope that you guys are as well. If you’re not, I was looking at the things that made me happy today. One was obviously the book, which was the me project. Which kind of is, but it’s also something I’m trying to create to serve. The other two were all things we’re doing for other people, and so … Anyway, if you’re struggling, you’re not happy or whatever, I think I heard Tony Robbins say this, but start serving someone else around you and you can’t help but make things better. Anyway, that’s it guys. I’m almost home. I’m go inside see my kids, have a good time. I appreciate you all listening and caring enough to tune into the podcast. Make sure you guys are coming to Funnel Hacking Live. It’s going to be amazing. We’re about to announce all the lineup and I know tickets will sell fast, so do not delay. With that said, we love you guys. We appreciate you guys, and we are excited to keep serving you. Like I said before, you are an audience worth serving and just grateful to be in a spot and have an opportunity to be where I’m at to help you guys. Thanks again, and we’ll talk soon.