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Before you do anything else, pause this episode and go take the Big Five personality test at https://bigfive-test.com/ — it's free, open source, and it's the entire point. Dee Kei and Lu share their results live on the show, and if you don't know your own numbers, this episode won't hit the same.The Big Five — also called the OCEAN model — is the only personality framework that psychologists actually take seriously. Unlike Myers-Briggs and 16 Personalities, which studies have found are closer to horoscopes in predictive power, the Big Five is clinically validated, cross-cultural, and remarkably consistent over time. Dee breaks down exactly why — the difference in test-retest reliability, the Barnum Effect, and what it actually means to score on a continuous spectrum instead of being dropped into a binary personality type.From there, the episode gets into the part that's most relevant to anyone building a career in audio: what each trait actually predicts in a professional creative context. High neuroticism and how it maps to taking client feedback personally, spiraling on revisions, and undercharging to avoid confrontation. High conscientiousness and how it shows up differently in recording versus mixing workflows. The relationship between openness and musical taste — and why, despite what you might assume, personality and music preference are barely correlated at all.Then Dee and Lu read their actual results out loud — and it gets surprisingly candid. Lu's strengths and blind spots, including the gap between his external warmth and his internal sensitivity to criticism. Dee's near-perfect openness scores, his low cautiousness, and why his directness can sometimes outrun his warmth in ways people misread. The moment where the AI-generated analysis of Dee's personality is so accurate that he and Lu both go silent.It's equal parts psychology, self-awareness, and career development — wrapped in one of the more honest conversations the show has had.Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Het jaar is nog maar halverwege, maar er ligt nu al een bewogen tijd achter ons. Vol politieke, maatschappelijke en economische uitdagingen, in binnen- en buitenland. Deze zomer laten we zes spraakmakende Big Five-thema's van de afgelopen tijd aan je horen. Deze week hoor je vijf kopstukken uit de wereld van de verzorgingsstaat. Met vandaag: Coen van Oostrom, de kersverse voorzitter van werkgeversorganisatie VNO-NCW. De polder is nog lang niet klaar met onderhandelingen over sociale zekerheid. Minister Hans Vijlbrief wil al begin augustus een akkoord sluiten. Hoe haalbaar is dat? Wat is VNO‑NCW bereid in te leveren om eruit te komen? Gasten in BNR's Big Five van de Verzorgingsstaat onder Druk: -Coen van Oostrom, voorzitter VNO-NCW -Martine Wolzak, politiek verslaggever bij Het Financieele Dagblad -Joyce Sylvester, voorzitter van de Staatscommissie tegen Discriminatie en Racisme -Kim Putters, voorzitter Sociaal-Economische Raad (SER) -Hans Spekman, voorzitter vakbond FNVSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Het jaar is nog maar halverwege, maar er ligt nu al een bewogen tijd achter ons. Vol politieke, maatschappelijke en economische uitdagingen, in binnen- en buitenland. Deze zomer laten we zes spraakmakende Big Five-thema's van de afgelopen tijd aan je horen. Deze week hoor je vijf kopstukken uit de wereld van drones. Met vandaag: Wiebe de Jager, drone piloot en oprichter van nieuwssite Dronewatch. Drones droppen je bestelling voor de deur, kunnen gewonden van het front wegslepen, kunnen als eerste aanwezig zijn bij ongelukken... sky is the limit, als het gaat om het potentieel van drones. Maar ze zaaien ook dood en verderf. Hoe groot kan de rol van drones straks zijn in ons leven? En hebben we met drones niet een stuk technologie dat ons de pet te boven gaat? Gasten in BNR's Big Five over drones: -Stephan van Vuren, CEO droneplatform AirHUB -Patrique Zaman, oprichter van dronebouwer Avy -Mark Voskuijl, hoogleraar wapen en luchtvaartsystemen aan de Nederlandse Defensieacademie -Patrick Bolder, defensiespecialist HCSS -Wiebe de Jager, dronepiloot en oprichter van nieuwssite DronewatchSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Het jaar is nog maar halverwege, maar er ligt nu al een bewogen tijd achter ons. Vol politieke, maatschappelijke en economische uitdagingen, in binnen- en buitenland. Deze zomer laten we zes spraakmakende Big Five-thema's van de afgelopen tijd aan je horen. Deze week hoor je vijf kopstukken uit de wereld van drones. Met vandaag: defensiespecialist Patrick Bolder van het Den Haag Centrum voor Strategische Studies. Mysterieuze drones boven Europese vliegbases zorgden eind vorig jaar voor chaos en verwarring. Hoe groot is de dreiging die van drones uitgaat? En is 2,5 miljard euro aan anti-dronemaatregelen genoeg om ons te beschermen?See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Big Five Project returns to cover one of the threshold moments in WWE history as we continue to transition from the New Generation to the Attitude Era. On this episode, Dave and PC Tunney are thrilled to welcome Christopher Platt to the Big Five project for the very first time. On this installment, we review and analyze WrestleMania XIII. While certainly not the strongest of the Attitude Era WrestleManias, this March evening in Chicago, in 1997, would forever change the landscape of WWE. It was a night that saw the Undertaker win the WWF Championship for the first time in six years. It was also a night that saw a wild Street Fight between Chicago's favorite sons, the Legion of Doom, teaming up with Ahmed Johnson, to tangle with the Nation of Domination. On this evening, Rocky Maivia would make his WrestleMania debut and would share a WrestleMania moment with his father, Rocky Johnson. But, all of those pales in comparison to one of the greatest matches in WrestleMania history as Stone Cold Steve Austin and Bret "Hitman" Hart squared off in a brutal submission match, that would culminate in the most famous double turn in pro wrestling history. For most of us, it was a WrestleMania that was quite a but better than we recalled. Will you agree? Tune in and find out!Chairshot Radio Network Launched in 2017, the Chairshot Radio Network presents you with the best in sports, entertainment, and sports entertainment. Wrestling and wrestling crossover podcasts + the most interesting content + the most engaging hosts = the most entertaining podcasts you'll find! MONDAY - Bandwagon Nerds (entertainment & popular culture) TUESDAY - 4 Corners Podcast (sports) WEDNESDAY - The Greg DeMarco Show (wrestling) THURSDAY - Nefarious Means FRIDAY - DWI Podcast (Drunk Wrestling Intellect) SATURDAY - The Mindless Wrestling Podcast SUNDAY - 30 Mindless Minutes CHAIRSHOT RADIO NETWORK PODCAST SPECIALS Attitude Of Aggression Podcast: The Big Five Project (chronologically exploring WWE's PPV/PLE history), Unidentified History (Ufology), & Game Gone Wrong (Game of Thrones Universe) Chairshot Radio Network Your home for the hardest hitting podcasts... Sports, Entertainment and Sports Entertainment! All Shows On DemandAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Het jaar is nog maar halverwege, maar er ligt nu al een bewogen tijd achter ons. Vol politieke, maatschappelijke en economische uitdagingen, in binnen- en buitenland. Deze zomer laten we zes spraakmakende Big Five-thema's van de afgelopen tijd aan je horen. Deze week hoor je vijf kopstukken uit de wereld van drones. Met vandaag: Mark Voskuijl, hoogleraar wapen en luchtvaartsystemen aan de Nederlandse Defensieacademie. Drones bepalen het slagveld in Oekraïne én verschijnen boven onze eigen infrastructuur. Hoe kwetsbaar is Nederland op dit moment? En welke slagen moet Defensie maken om deze kwetsbaarheden tegen te gaan?Gasten in BNR's Big Five over drones: -Stephan van Vuren, CEO droneplatform AirHUB -Patrique Zaman, oprichter van dronebouwer Avy -Mark Voskuijl, hoogleraar wapen en luchtvaartsystemen aan de Nederlandse Defensieacademie -Patrick Bolder, defensiespecialist HCSS -Wiebe de Jager, dronepiloot en oprichter van nieuwssite Dronewatch See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Het jaar is nog maar halverwege, maar er ligt nu al een bewogen tijd achter ons. Vol politieke, maatschappelijke en economische uitdagingen, in binnen- en buitenland. Deze zomer laten we zes spraakmakende Big Five-thema's van de afgelopen tijd aan je horen. Deze week hoor je vijf kopstukken uit de wereld van drones. Met vandaag: Patrique Zaman, oprichter van dronebouwer Avy. Waar drones vaak worden geassocieerd met oorlog of bewaking, begon Patrique Zaman met een ander doel: levens redden op de Middellandse Zee. Maar hoever kom je met idealen in een keiharde wereld? Gasten in BNR's Big Five over drones: -Stephan van Vuren, CEO droneplatform AirHUB -Patrique Zaman, oprichter van dronebouwer Avy -Mark Voskuijl, hoogleraar wapen en luchtvaartsystemen aan de Nederlandse Defensieacademie -Patrick Bolder, defensiespecialist HCSS -Wiebe de Jager, dronepiloot en oprichter van nieuwssite DronewatchSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Het jaar is nog maar halverwege, maar er ligt nu al een bewogen tijd achter ons. Vol politieke, maatschappelijke en economische uitdagingen, in binnen- en buitenland. Deze zomer laten we zes spraakmakende Big Five-thema's van de afgelopen tijd aan je horen. Deze week hoor je vijf kopstukken uit de wereld van drones. Met vandaag: Stephan van Vuren, medeoprichter en CEO van AirHub, een platform dat overheden en hulpdiensten helpt drones veilig en legaal in te zetten. Drones zijn niet meer weg te denken, maar wie houdt er grip op wat er boven ons hoofd gebeurt? Hoe komen technologie, veiligheid en toezicht samen? Gasten in BNR's Big Five over drones: -Stephan van Vuren, CEO droneplatform AirHUB -Patrique Zaman, oprichter van dronebouwer Avy -Mark Voskuijl, hoogleraar wapen en luchtvaartsystemen aan de Nederlandse Defensieacademie -Patrick Bolder, defensiespecialist HCSS -Wiebe de Jager, dronepiloot en oprichter van nieuwssite Dronewatch See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Der Krügerrand – die älteste und meistgehandelte Goldanlagemünze der Welt. Von 35$ im Jahr 1967 auf über 10.000$ heute. Wir zeigen dir über 130 Raritäten aus Gold und Silber – manche nur 50 Mal auf diesem Planeten erhältlich. Und obendrauf verlosen wir eine Traumreise nach Südafrika ins 5-Sterne-Hotel inkl. Safari zu den Big Five.

On this episode of The Big Five, Howie and The Chief, Jason Dunstall, tackle one of Australia’s most hotly debated topics… the greatest bakery items of all time.

Succes, vrijheid, financieel onafhankelijk: veel mensen dromen ervan. Hoe bereik je dat? En maakt die status, geld en vrijheid je ook gelukkig? Te gast is investeerder en voormalig ondernemer Guido Witpen. Gasten in BNR's Big Five van sterk de zomer in: -Annemiek van Vleuten, voormalig profwielrenster -Elke Geraerts, doctor in de psychologie en CEO van Better Minds -Jaap Seidell, voedingswetenschapper en emeritus hoogleraar voeding en gezondheid aan de Vrije Universiteit -Ray Klaassens, oud-commando en presentator van Kamp van Koningsbrugge -Guido Witpen, investeerder ex-ondernemer en adviseur en commissaris bij verschillende bedrijvenSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Mentaal sterk blijven begint niet alleen bij jezelf, maar ook bij de mensen om je heen. Welke lessen in leiderschap kunnen we leren van het Korps Commandotroepen? Te gast is Ray Klaassens, oud-commando en presentator van Kamp van Koningsbrugge, in BNR's Big Five van Sterk de zomer in Gasten in BNR's Big Five van sterk de zomer in: -Annemiek van Vleuten, voormalig profwielrenster -Elke Geraerts, doctor in de psychologie en CEO van Better Minds -Jaap Seidell, voedingswetenschapper en emeritus hoogleraar voeding en gezondheid aan de Vrije Universiteit -Ray Klaassens, oud-commando en presentator van Kamp van Koningsbrugge -Guido Witpen, investeerder ex-ondernemer en adviseur en commissaris bij verschillende bedrijvenSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Waarom grijpen we steeds naar ongezonde snacks, terwijl we eigenlijk beter weten? Hebben we wel echt vrije keuze als het om eten gaat? En hoe kun je deze zomer gebruiken om blijvende, gezonde veranderingen in je leven door te voeren? Te gast is emeritus-hoogleraar voeding en gezondheid Jaap Seidell. Al tientallen jaren onderzoekt hij de relatie tussen voeding, gezondheid en ons gedrag. Gasten in BNR's Big Five van sterk de zomer in: -Annemiek van Vleuten, voormalig profwielrenster -Elke Geraerts, doctor in de psychologie en CEO van Better Minds -Jaap Seidell, voedingswetenschapper en emeritus hoogleraar voeding en gezondheid aan de Vrije Universiteit -Ray Klaassens, oud-commando en presentator van Kamp van Koningsbrugge -Guido Witpen, investeerder ex-ondernemer en adviseur en commissaris bij verschillende bedrijvenSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Matty Dalrymple talks with Kat Caldwell about WRITING BETTER CHARACTERS WITH THE BIG FIVE PERSONALITY, including what the five traits are and how they function as a spectrum rather than fixed categories; why a character's "need" is really about the unconscious ways their personality causes hurt to the people they love; how to use the Big Five as a diagnostic tool when your story feels like something's off; and why a satisfying character arc means growth and not a 180-degree reversal.   Interview video at https://www.youtube.com/@TheIndyAuthorPodcast/podcasts Show notes at https://www.theindyauthor.com/episodes-all and on Substack @TheIndyAuthor.   If you find the information in this video useful, please consider supporting The Indy Author! https://www.patreon.com/theindyauthor https://www.buymeacoffee.com/mattydalrymple   Kat is a novelist and short story writer and loves to teach fiction. She writes love stories in several genres including historical romance, contemporary romance, and contemporary fiction. Kat is the creator of the Pencils&Lipstick podcast, a podcast for writers with author interviews, craft talk and insight into the publishing world. In between conducting interviews for her podcast and writing, you can find Kat traveling the world, reading, or volunteering with her church—always with a cup of cold brew close by.   Matty Dalrymple is the author of the Lizzy Ballard Thrillers, beginning with ROCK PAPER SCISSORS; the Ann Kinnear Suspense Novels, beginning with THE SENSE OF DEATH; and the Ann Kinnear Suspense Shorts. She is a member of International Thriller Writers and Sisters in Crime. More at mattydalrymple.com. Matty also writes, speaks, and consults on the writing craft and the publishing voyage, and shares what she's learned on THE INDY AUTHOR PODCAST. She writes nonfiction books for authors; her articles have appeared in Writer's Digest magazine; and she is a Partner Member of the Alliance of Independent Authors. More at theindyauthor.com. She also guides professionals in building their presence through a sideline or second act through her platform From Expertise to Authority. More at theindyauthor.com/authority.

Hoe word je mentaal veerkrachtiger en waarom heeft Nederland een mentale revolutie nodig? Te gast is Elke Geraerts, doctor in de psychologie, auteur en CEO van Better Minds. Gasten in BNR's Big Five van sterk de zomer in: -Annemiek van Vleuten, voormalig profwielrenster -Elke Geraerts, doctor in de psychologie en CEO van Better Minds -Jaap Seidell, voedingswetenschapper en emeritus hoogleraar voeding en gezondheid aan de Vrije Universiteit -Ray Klaassens, oud-commando en presentator van Kamp van Koningsbrugge -Guido Witpen, investeerder ex-ondernemer en adviseur en commissaris bij verschillende bedrijvenSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Joining Elias on this morning's show were Jimmy Zoubris, Montreal businessman, longtime activist and former special advisor to Valerie Plante, and Anthony Koch, Former National Spokesperson for Conservative leader Pierre Poilievre and current managing principal at AK Strategies. Among the topics discussed were: Justine McIntyre will run for the Quebec Liberals this October after a month of speculation. The Liberals also announced a former CAQiste, ex-Minister Pierre Dufour, and a former Quebec Conservative, Ange Claude Bigilimana, are also joining their ranks. Canada's richest families are pulling even further ahead, according to a new report from Canadians for Tax Fairness. The soccer world is up in arms after FIFA decided to rescind a match suspension of a U.S player ahead of their match versus Belgium Communities across Ontario who are along the proposed corridor of the Alto highspeed track have planted “Stop Alto” signs in fear of losing their land.

Annemiek van Vleuten is een van de meest succesvolle Nederlandse wielrenners ooit. Haar hoogtepunten bereikte ze juist ná haar gruwelijke val op de Spelen van 2016. Hoe sta je op na tegenslag? Welke les kunnen wij daarvan leren? Annemiek van Vleuten is te gast in BNR's Big Five van Sterk de Zomer In. Gasten in BNR's Big Five van sterk de zomer in -Annemiek van Vleuten, voormalig wielrenster -Elke Geraerts, doctor in de psychologie en CEO van Better Minds -Jaap Seidell, voedingswetenschapper en emeritus hoogleraar voeding en gezondheid aan de Vrije Universiteit -Ray Klaassens, oud-commando en presentator van Kamp van Koningsbrugge -Guido Witpen, investeerder ex-ondernemer en adviseur en commissaris bij verschillende bedrijvenSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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Desinformatie en propaganda spelen een enorme rol in de oorlog tussen Rusland en Oekraïne. Hoe wordt taal ingezet als wapen en hoe vatbaar zijn Nederlanders voor propaganda? Vita Kovalenko, Nederlands-Oekraïense activist en raadslid voor D66 in Dordrecht, is te gast in BNR's Big Five van de patstelling in Oekraïne. . Gasten in BNR's Big Five van de patstelling in Oekraïne -Mart de Kruif, Luitenant-generaal bd in de Koninklijke Landmacht en voormalig commandant Landstrijdkrachten -Hubert Smeets, historicus en journalist, mede-oprichter van Raam op Rusland. -Jeroen Ketting, oprichter LifeLine Ukraine -Julia Soldatiuk-Westerveld, onderzoeker bij Instituut Clingendael -Vita Kovalenko, Nederlands-Oekraïense activiste, en auteur van het boek 'Waarheid onder Vuur' See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The difficulty in life is the choice. And every choice is a crossroads.This week's Working Writer roundup covers three stories that land on the same square, plus an announcement I've been sitting on.1. Simon & Schuster relaunched Pocket Books as a home for indie and hybrid authors.One of the oldest names in American paperback publishing, rebuilt around signing successful self-published writers to print deals. Their own words: “a home for forward-thinking writers, including bestselling indie and hybrid authors looking to amplify their reach.” Translation: New York is no longer asking who has a manuscript. It's asking who has readers. The room you build around your work isn't the consolation prize anymore. It's the asset.2. The industry is counting its robots.BISG and BookNet Canada opened their 2026 “AI in the Book Industry” survey (through July 17). Last year's round found about half the industry using AI, almost entirely in the plumbing: admin, marketing, data. Not the voice. I talk about where Crossroads stands: machines in the machinery, humans in the writing, audiobooks narrated by human beings. The flood of machine-made content drowns the generic. It can't drown a voice a reader trusts.3. Fourteen thousand librarians walked into Chicago.The American Library Association held its 150th annual conference: 14,801 registrants making plans for the future of reading. The quiet answer to “nobody reads anymore,” and a reminder that the professional middle (librarians, book clubs, spiritual directors, retreat leaders) is where books actually travel.And some news of our own: starting this Friday, I'm launching a new live series with Genesis the Greykid, fine-art poet and co-owner of Home, the bar at the corner of Fourth and Market in downtown Chattanooga. A crossroads city, a bar on an intersection, and conversations about the in-betweens: the hard choices, and the constraints (time, money) we build a creative life inside. It can be beautiful.If you're a writer with a message standing at your own crossroads, that's what we build at Crossroads Publishing Group. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit chadprevost.substack.com

Na ruim 4 jaar oorlog wordt er nog steeds niet onderhandeld tussen Oekraïne en Rusland. Welke van de twee partijen heeft hier nu het meeste baat bij? En hoe realistisch is het dat Oekraïne in de komende jaren al toetreedt tot de EU? Te gast is Julia Soldatiuk-Westerveld, onderzoeker bij Instituut Clingendael, in BNR's Big Five van de patstelling in Oekraïne. Gasten in BNR's Big Five van de patstelling in Oekraïne -Mart de Kruif, Luitenant-generaal bd in de Koninklijke Landmacht en voormalig commandant Landstrijdkrachten -Hubert Smeets, historicus en journalist, mede-oprichter van Raam op Rusland. -Jeroen Ketting, oprichter LifeLine Ukraine -Julia Soldatiuk-Westerveld, onderzoeker bij Instituut Clingendael -Vita Kovalenko, Nederlands-Oekraïense activiste, en auteur van het boek 'Waarheid onder Vuur'See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

LeBron James has told the Lakers to move on. Now the Golden State superteam is no longer a rumor. Covino & Rich break down the Big Four: LeBron, Anthony Davis, Steph Curry, and Draymond Green. Plus the Big Five with Jimmy Butler, why Miami and Giannis are still in play, and the one stat that proves wherever LeBron lands next is a real championship threat: he has won a title with every team he has ever played for.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Sinds het begin van de oorlog in Oekraïne, zorgt de stichting Lifeline Ukraine van ondernemer Jeroen Ketting al voor noodhulp. Hoe was het voor hem om Rusland, het land waar hij bijna dertig woonde en werkte te verlaten na de inval in februari 2022? En hoe heeft hij Oekraïne door de oorlog zien veranderen? Gasten in BNR's Big Five van de patstelling in Oekraïne -Mart de Kruif, Luitenant-generaal bd in de Koninklijke Landmacht en voormalig commandant Landstrijdkrachten -Hubert Smeets, historicus en journalist, mede-oprichter van Raam op Rusland. -Jeroen Ketting, oprichter LifeLine Ukraine -Julia Soldatiuk-Westerveld, onderzoeker bij Instituut Clingendael -Vita Kovalenko, Nederlands-Oekraïense activiste, en auteur van het boek "Waarheid onder Vuur"See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Oekraïne richt zijn aanvallen steeds vaker op de Russische olie-industrie. Maar hoeveel pijn doet dat het Kremlin werkelijk? En voelt de gemiddelde Rus daar iets van? Te gast is Hubert Smeets, Ruslanddeskundige en NRC-columnist, in BNR's Big Five van de patstelling in Oekraïne. Gasten in BNR's Big Five van de patstelling in Oekraïne -Mart de Kruif, Luitenant-generaal bd in de Koninklijke Landmacht en voormalig commandant Landstrijdkrachten -Hubert Smeets, historicus en journalist, mede-oprichter van Raam op Rusland. -Jeroen Ketting, oprichter LifeLine Ukraine -Julia Soldatiuk-Westerveld, onderzoeker bij Instituut Clingendael -Vita Kovalenko, Nederlands Oekraïense activiste, en auteur van het boek "Waarheid onder Vuur"See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

De frontlinie schuift al maanden nauwelijks op. Langs grote delen van het front is een ware killzone ontstaan: dankzij drones durft vrijwel niemand zich nog in het open veld te begeven. Zit de oorlog daarmee muurvast, of kan één van beide partijen alsnog een doorbraak forceren? Te gast is Mart de Kruif, voormalig Commandant der Landstrijdkrachten, in BNR's Big Five van de patstelling in Oekraïne. Gasten in BNR's Big Five van de patstelling in Oekraïne -Mart de Kruif, Luitenant-generaal bd in de Koninklijke Landmacht en voormalig commandant Landstrijdkrachten -Hubert Smeets, historicus en journalist, mede-oprichter van Raam op Rusland. -Jeroen Ketting, oprichter LifeLine Ukraine -Julia Soldatiuk-Westerveld, onderzoeker bij Instituut Clingendael -Vita Kovalenko, Nederlands Oekraïense activiste, en auteur van het boek "Waarheid onder Vuur"See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Award-winning novelist and founder of The Novelry Louise Dean on what separates storytelling from beautiful prose, planning a novel without killing the joy, and how to edit your own first draft. You'll learn Why learning to craft perfect sentences can quietly delay your path to publication. How a single shift from style to storytelling turns a promising writer into a published one. What treating each chapter like a short story does to the terror of a blank novel. The reason every novel is a moral journey (and why you have to throw rocks at your hero). A one-page planning method that steers a draft without smothering the joy of writing it. The one question every writer should be able to answer about their reader. Why your main character should never be a thinly veiled version of yourself. When you can't afford an editor, how to run a developmental edit on your own work. What to do in the month after finishing a first draft A five-part structure built for the long moral journey of a novel, and why three acts fall short. Resources & Links

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Joining Elias on this morning's show were Raphaël Melançon, political analyst for CTV Montreal and CJAD 800, and columnist for the Montreal Gazette & Lea Streliski, best-selling author, comedian and columnist. Among the topics discussed were We’ve been asking our panelists this question on the Big Five the last few days… Should there be an English debate? Politics and sport are colliding again at the World Cup. Iran's Football Federation is urging FIFA to ban any Pride-related ceremonies, promotions or symbols during today’s match against Egypt in Seattle Canada could soon be headed to Eurovision. CBC/Radio-Canada has become a full member of the European Broadcasting Union, clearing the way for Canada to eventually compete in the world's biggest song contest Prime Minister Mark Carney will announce the federal government’s plan to “restore” 24 Sussex Drive at 9:30am this morning

Veel Iraniërs kregen hoop dat er door de aanvallen op Iran iets wezenlijks zou veranderen in hun land. Is die hoop vervlogen nu het regime er gewoon nog zit? De van origine Iraanse jurist en mensenrechtenactivist Sander Terphuis vluchtte jaren geleden van Iran naar Nederland, en is sindsdien niet meer in het land geweest. Hoe wist hij het regime destijds te ontvluchten? Gasten in BNR's Big Five van Onrust in het Midden-Oosten -Tara Kenkhuis, Midden-Oosten correspondent -Martijn Kitzen, hoogleraar aan de Nederlandse Defensie Academie en Bijzonder hoogleraar Krijgswetenschappen aan de Universiteit Leiden. -Rem Korteweg, senior onderzoeker bij Instituut Clingendael -Abdou Bouzerda, Midden-Oosten deskundige, journalist en presentator VPRO podcast Achter de Frontlinie -Sander Terphuis, mensenrechtenverdediger en jurist, afkomstig uit IranSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The 90-Second Personality Test That Gives You a Tactical Edge in NegotiationsAre you tired of guessing what motivates your prospects or colleagues? In this episode, Wayne Weathersby introduces a quick, science-backed personality assessment method that takes just 90 seconds—and gives you an immediate edge in high-stakes conversations. Discover how behavioral science and cutting-edge analytics can transform your negotiation game.Key topics:The limitations of traditional body language and micro expression analysisHow a no-quiz, data-driven observation method worksThe five Big Five personality traits linked to decision-makingRapid-fire image recognition tools for instant personality profilingThe three tactical advantages: uncovering core drivers, decoding communication styles, mapping decision patternsPractical tips for applying personality insights in real-time negotiationsWhy traditional personality tests fall short in high-pressure scenariosThe importance of being tactical and leveraging science for resultsTimestamps: 00:07 - Introduction to the 90-second personality test 00:22 - Why busy entrepreneurs need fast insights 00:51 - The problem with traditional guesswork in reading people 01:21 - Micro expressions and their limitations 01:52 - How behavioral data analysis shifts the game 02:20 - The data-driven, no-quiz assessment method 02:45 - Linking behaviors to the Big Five personality traits 03:14 - Image-based pattern recognition for rapid profiling 03:42 - Using curated images to extract personality data 04:12 - How fast analytics provide an accurate personality profile 04:24 - The three-point tactical advantage explained 04:50 - Decoding core drivers for more effective pitches 05:20 - Mapping communication blueprints 05:51 - Understanding decision-making patterns 06:18 - Applying insights to manage negotiations and close deals 06:47 - Why this method outperforms traditional personality tests 07:18 - Call to action: adopting science-backed tools for professional successResources & Links:Big Five Personality Traits – Overview of the model that underpins the analysisUnderstanding Micro Expressions – Ted Talk on micro expressions and their limitationsPredictive Analytics in Negotiations – Scientific research on behavior analyticsBehavioral Assessment Tools – Modern tools for real-time personality insightsConnect with Wayne Weathersby:LinkedInTwitterBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/productive-not-busy-podcast-with-wayne-weathersby--6261465/support. Subscribe today and join a community that's growing stronger every week. The Productive NOT Busy Podcast isn't just a show—it's your playbook for creating momentum, building confidence, and living life on purpose.

The Big Five is the quintessential Montreal podcast, and the best way to get caught up on the top stories impacting the city. Every weekday, host Elias Makos and a roster of Montreal thought leaders debate and inform.

Hoe is Iran zo krachtig gebleven in de oorlog van Israël en de VS? En welke koers kunnen van het Iraanse regime in de toekomst verwachten? Te gast is Midden-Oostendeskundige Abdou Bouzerda, in BNR's Big Five van de Onrust in het Midden-Oosten. Gasten in BNR's Big Five van Onrust in het Midden-Oosten -Tara Kenkhuis, Midden-Oosten correspondent -Martijn Kitzen, hoogleraar aan de Nederlandse Defensie Academie en Bijzonder hoogleraar Krijgswetenschappen aan de Universiteit Leiden. -Rem Korteweg, senior onderzoeker bij Instituut Clingendael -Abdou Bouzerda, Midden-Oosten deskundige, journalist en presentator VPRO podcast Achter de Frontlinie -Sander Terphuis, mensenrechtenverdediger en jurist, afkomstig uit IranSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Terwijl er onderhandeld wordt tussen de Verenigde Staten en Iran over het eindigen van de oorlog in het Midden Oosten, zet de Amerikaanse senaat een rem op de oorlog. Betekent dat dat de internationale handel weer op gang kan komen? Te gast is Rem Korteweg, senior onderzoeker bij Instituut Clingendael, waar hij zich bezighoudt met de geopolitieke rol van Europa, internationale handel en veiligheidsvraagstukken. Gasten in BNR's Big Five van Onrust in het Midden-Oosten -Tara Kenkhuis, Midden-Oosten correspondent -Martijn Kitzen, hoogleraar aan de Nederlandse Defensie Academie en Bijzonder hoogleraar Krijgswetenschappen aan de Universiteit Leiden. -Rem Korteweg, senior onderzoeker bij Instituut Clingendael -Abdou Bouzerda, Midden-Oosten deskundige, journalist en presentator VPRO podcast Achter de Frontlinie -Sander Terphuis, mensenrechtenverdediger en jurist, afkomstig uit IranSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

What if sensitivity isn't a weakness at all — but a personality trait that deserves a place alongside the Big Five?In this episode, host Victoria Theriault explores the fascinating case for making sensitivity the sixth major personality trait. Drawing on the work of Dr. Elaine Aron, Dr. Lacey Parker, and other researchers, she unpacks what it really means to be a Highly Sensitive Person (HSP) and why sensitivity may have been misunderstood for far too long.Summer is here, so you know what this means… DISC as musical instruments

Iran is aan alle kanten onderschat. Hoe zit dat vanuit militair perspectief? En hoe lang gaat de weg naar vrede dan worden? Te gast is Martijn Kitzen, Hoogleraar aan de Nederlandse Defensie Academie en Bijzonder hoogleraar Krijgswetenschappen aan de Universiteit Leiden, in BNR's Big Five van de Onrust in het Midden-Oosten. Gasten in BNR's Big Five van Onrust in het Midden-Oosten -Tara Kenkhuis, Midden-Oosten correspondent -Martijn Kitzen, hoogleraar aan de Nederlandse Defensie Academie en Bijzonder hoogleraar Krijgswetenschappen aan de Universiteit Leiden. -Rem Korteweg, senior onderzoeker bij Instituut Clingendael -Abdou Bouzerda, Midden-Oosten deskundige, journalist en presentator VPRO podcast Achter de Frontlinie -Sander Terphuis, mensenrechtenverdediger en jurist, afkomstig uit IranSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Big Five is the quintessential Montreal podcast, and the best way to get caught up on the top stories impacting the city. Every weekday, host Elias Makos and a roster of Montreal thought leaders debate and inform.

In Zwitserland wordt druk onderhandeld tussen de Verenigde Staten en Iran. Komt vrede dichterbij of is het politiek theater? Waar ligt het perspectief voor, bijvoorbeeld, de mensen in Libanon? En wat moeten we in de kern van het conflict begrijpen? Te gast is Midden-Oostencorrespondent Tara Kenkhuis vanuit Beirut. Gasten in BNR's Big Five van Onrust in het Midden-Oosten -Tara Kenkhuis, Midden-Oosten correspondent -Martijn Kitzen, hoogleraar aan de Nederlandse Defensie Academie en Bijzonder hoogleraar Krijgswetenschappen aan de Universiteit Leiden. -Rem Korteweg, senior onderzoeker bij Instituut Clingendael -Abdou Bouzerda, Midden-Oosten deskundige, journalist en presentator VPRO podcast Achter de Frontlinie -Sander Terphuis, mensenrechtenverdediger en jurist, afkomstig uit IranSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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Brian Dukes is the Co-founder and Managing Partner at Exitwise, an M&A advisory platform that helps business founders prepare for and execute high‑value exits by assembling tailored advisory teams and guiding owners through complex sale processes. With over 20 years of operational and transaction experience, he began his career at a Big Five accounting firm. Later, Brian co‑founded Shift Digital through a joint venture with Ford Motor Company. Today, he leverages his deep industry insight to help entrepreneurs increase enterprise value and achieve transformative outcomes at exit.  In this episode… Every business owner dreams of a successful exit, but how many truly understand what it takes to get there? Selling a business isn't just about finding a buyer — it's about preparation, timing, and foresight. What separates a profitable, smooth transition from a missed opportunity?      Brian Dukes, an expert in mergers and acquisitions and exit planning, explains that early and structured preparation is key to closing the value gap. Organizing financials, understanding customer relationships, and building strong leadership teams are essential steps for a successful exit. Brian also notes that founders often underestimate the emotional and strategic aspects of the process. By taking deliberate steps now, business owners can increase valuation, reduce surprises, and achieve a more controlled transition. In this episode of Owner's Profit Playbook, Pat Mancuso sits down with Brian Dukes, Co-founder and Managing Partner at Exitwise, to discuss why preparation is crucial for a successful exit. Brian shares how to identify blind spots, increase enterprise value, and navigate buyer expectations. He also touches on timing, team dynamics, and forecasting strategies that protect value and ensure smoother transactions.

Pittsburgh International Airport (briefly) lost power during the big storm last week – something that wasn't supposed to happen because of our first-of-its-kind microgrid. With more bad weather on the horizon, host Megan Harris, executive producer Mallory Falk, and producer Sophia Lo explain how likely this is to happen again, and why PIT is usually the envy of other airports when it comes to backup power. We also discuss some legal updates involving Primanti's, our "Big Five" nonprofits, and ICE, plus Pittsburgh's role in discovering new dinosaurs. Notes and references from today's show: Primanti Bros. faces lawsuit over mural [TribLive] City of Pittsburgh quietly reverses course on legal challenges to tax-exempt properties [P-G] PODCAST: Why Doesn't UPMC Pay Property Taxes? [City Cast Pittsburgh] Death of Haitian immigrant ruled a homicide. ICE denies responsibility. [Public Source] Pittsburgh International Airport loses power after "extraordinary" storm causes surge, officials say [KDKA] Carnegie museum paleontologist co-leads discovery of a new dinosaur species in China [P-G] Bone To Pick: First T. Rex Skeleton, Complete At Last [NPR] 4 Ways To Have Dino-mite Fun This Summer in Pittsburgh [City Cast Pittsburgh] Learn more about the sponsors of this Tuesday, June 16th episode: Westmoreland Museum Athens County Visitors Bureau Become a member of City Cast Pittsburgh at membership.citycast.fm. Want more Pittsburgh news?  Sign up for our daily morning newsletter. We're on Instagram @CityCastPgh. Text or leave us a voicemail at 412-212-8893. Interested in advertising with City Cast? Find more info here. 

Semiconductors have moved from the background of the technology stack to the center of the AI economy. What used to be a specialized industry discussed mostly by engineers and investors is now shaping the speed, cost, and strategic direction of modern computing.In this episode of TechSurge, host Michael Marks speaks with Stacy Rasgon, Managing Director and Senior Analyst covering U.S. semiconductors and semiconductor capital equipment at Bernstein Research. Stacy has spent years analyzing the chip industry across cycles, but argues that the current moment feels different in scale: AI demand has created an unprecedented scramble for compute, memory pricing has surged, and companies across the stack are being forced to rethink capacity, architecture, and capital allocation.The conversation explains the 4 different kinds of semiconductor cycles—supply, inventory, product, and demand — and why Stacy believes the industry is currently in a demand cycle of unusual magnitude. The discussion also unpacks the distinction between DRAM and NAND, why high-bandwidth memory is becoming strategically central to AI systems, and how the physical realities of wafer capacity and silicon area are constraining supply in ways the broader market often misses.Stacy and Michael also discuss the hardware economics behind the current boom, with Michael pressing Stacy on why compute remains so scarce and how companies are improving performance through packaging and system design. Michael then moves the conversation beyond market headlines to the core business questions: who is actually paying for this compute, which use cases are generating real revenue, and whether AI spending is creating durable economic value or simply shifting costs elsewhere. Together, these questions highlight two of the episode's clearest insights: coding may be one of the earliest AI applications with meaningful willingness to pay, and inference, not training, is the real test of whether the current buildout becomes a lasting business or just another expensive wave of infrastructure.Stacy explains the concentration of power among the major wafer fabrication equipment players, the rise of ASICs as a meaningful share of AI silicon, Broadcom's rapidly expanding AI opportunity, and the growing role of Chinese companies as new entrants, especially in memory and semiconductor equipment. Along the way, the conversation asks the defining question facing the sector: is this just another semiconductor upswing, or the first true supercycle the industry has seen? Stacy believes that this might be the biggest supercycle he has seen in his career.Sign up for our newsletter at techsurgepodcast.com for updates on upcoming TechSurge Live Summits and future episodes.Links:Stacy Rasgon on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/stacy-rasgon-6924963Bernstein: https://www.alliancebernstein.com/corporate/en/home.htmlReferences Mentioned During the DiscussionNVIDIA Blackwell Platform: https://www.nvidia.com/en-us/data-center/blackwell-platform/High Bandwidth Memory (HBM) overview from Micron: https://www.micron.com/products/memory/hbmDRAM overview from IBM: https://www.ibm.com/think/topics/dramNAND flash overview from IBM: https://www.ibm.com/think/topics/nand-flash-memoryFurther ReadingMcKinsey on the semiconductor industry outlook: https://www.mckinsey.com/industries/semiconductors/our-insights/the-semiconductor-industry-in-2025Semiconductor Industry Association: 2025 State of the U.S. Semiconductor Industry: https://www.semiconductors.orgNVIDIA on the Blackwell architecture and AI infrastructure roadmap: https://www.nvidia.com/en-us/data-center/blackwell-platform/Broadcom AI investor materials and infrastructure commentary: https://investors.broadcom.comASML on lithography and advanced chip manufacturing: https://www.asml.com/en/technologyMicron on HBM and AI memory demand: https://www.micron.com/products/memory/hbmChapters[00:00:00] — Highlights[00:00:26] — Welcome to  the Episode[00:01:29] — Meet Stacy Rasgon[00:02:01] — Is This the First Real Semiconductor Supercycle?[00:05:33] — Inside the Strongest Memory Cycle in History [00:09:14] — Can Innovation Keep Up With AI Demand?[00:11:33] — Chiplets, Blackwell, and the New Economics of Compute [00:12:37] — What Could Signal the Cycle Is Slowing[00:14:26] — Vertical Integration at the Hyperscales [00:16:36] — The Difference between Apple and Meta[00:17:15] — What is Vertical Integration Being Done For?[00:18:15] — Will other bottlenecks develop as This Progresses? [00:21:13] — Oligopoly Pricing in the Market[00:22:22] — Any New Entrants into Memory?[00:23:46] — Why the Industry Must Pivot From Training to Inference[00:25:10] — Agentic Coding and the First Real AI Revenues[00:26:57] — Groq, Low-Latency Inference, and What GPUs Cannot Do Alone[00:29:28] —-Could The Smaller Companies All be Bought Up ?[00:30:19] — Why Semiconductor Equipment Matters More Than Ever [00:31:00] — How Semiconductor Equipment is Affected by the Cycle[00:32:55] — A Long Upcycle for Semiconductor Equipment Guys?[00:33:13] — The Big Five and the Rise of Chinese Equipment Players[00:34:24] — The Effects of Geopolitics[00:35:02] — Broadcom's Quiet AI Breakout[00:40:46] — ASICs vs GPUs and the Next Wave of Custom Chips[00:41:06] — Intel, Foundry Strategy, and the Long Turnaround[00:46:46] —-The Risks the Market May Still Be Underestimating[00:49:32] — Where Startups Still Have Room to Win[00:50:39] — What the Semiconductor Industry Could Look Like Next Year

How can horror writing help readers — and writers — work through psychological trauma? Why does cross-genre fiction take longer to find an audience, but pay off in the long run? Is running a direct sales store actually worth the inventory, postage, and learning curve? And how can SubStack work for fiction authors? With psychotherapist and award-winning author P.D. Alleva. In the intro, thoughts on why in-person conferences are still worth it, even when they are a challenge for sensitive introverts! and tips for making the best of conferences [Self-Publishing Show]. Today's show is sponsored by Draft2Digital, self-publishing with support, where you can get free formatting, free distribution to multiple stores, and a host of other benefits. Just go to www.draft2digital.com to get started. This show is also supported by my Patrons. Join my Community at Patreon.com/thecreativepenn P.D. Alleva is the award-winning author of horror, sci-fi, thrillers, and fantasy books. He's also a psychotherapist. You can listen above or on your favorite podcast app or read the notes and links below. Here are the highlights and the full transcript is below. Show Notes Why horror puts the human condition on display better than any other genre Emotional trauma as the silent psychological killer most people overlook The pros and challenges of cross-genre writing and finding your audience Practical lessons from running a direct store, including integration and signed-copy fulfilment How a 3 a.m. writing routine keeps the writing separate from the marketing and admin Serialising fiction on Substack, multiple newsletters, and avoiding paid subscriber promotions Why Facebook groups, TikTok Lives, and the three-to-one rule are working right now You can find P.D. at PDAlleva.com or on Substack. Transcript of the interview with P.D. Alleva Jo: P.D. Alleva is the award-winning author of horror, sci-fi, thrillers, and fantasy books. He's also a psychotherapist. So welcome, Paul. PD: Thank you very much. Thank you for having me. This is a great opportunity. I love doing interviews, and I love talking to great people. Jo: Oh, good. Well, first up— Tell us a bit more about you and how you got into writing and being an indie author. PD: So I've been writing since I was a kid, at least second grade and more than likely even before that. I've always had that creative itch. Getting into indie author publishing, I published my first book in 2011. At the time I was also operating my own business, which took up about 24 hours of my time every single day. Then I kind of got through that and sold that in 2016, and I'm like, you know what? The time has come. I'd always written books, poetry, short stories, but never really did anything with them because I just didn't have the time. So in 2017, that's when I really came out and said, all right, the time is now. Indie publishing was doing great. The one good thing I do love about Amazon is they allowed us to come out there and start showing our craft to people. So in 2017, I just started—let's do this. Let's write full time. Let's put books out there. Let's be creative. Let's really get those juices flowing. Plus, I was getting a little bit old, and I was like, now is definitely the time to do this. Since then I've been publishing consistently, and most of my books are horror books, but I dabble. I have a sci-fi series, and I'm starting to get into psychological thrillers too. I've got a new psychological thriller that'll be published in early 2027 called Girl on a Mission. For the most part, I'm definitely into the horror genre—books, short stories, all that good fun stuff. Jo: Right, so a couple of follow-ups. You said you're a bit old. Can you give us what decade you're in at least? PD: Well, I'm 51, so born in 1971. Jo: Oh, there you go. Same age as me. PD: All right, good. See that? So we're going head-to-head there. Jo: I don't think that's old at all. Also, you mentioned you sold your business in 2016. So what was your business before? Because I think business experience is so important. PD: Agreed 100%. So I'm a psychotherapist, and I had owned a treatment centre for mental health and addiction. That was started in 2011, and in 2016 is when it sold. Since then, my wife and I started a private practice. So I still, even to this day—well, about a year and a half ago is when I stopped. I specialise in trauma, PTSD, and addiction. Trauma mostly. Most of my caseload has always been trauma, PTSD, sexual abuse, psychological abuse, war-type trauma. I was doing that mostly individually since 2016 in private practice, and I'll still go into treatment centres and see patients there too, specifically for trauma. About a year and a half ago is when I started wanting to do writing 100% full time. I thought about becoming a professor, maybe going to college, but then I wasn't sure if I wanted to get into that full time, as far as a caseload and school and everything like that. So I decided to just do group therapy, group facilitation, and I've been doing that consistently since then. It may be 15 hours a week. I do love to give back, and to me, it's more what I teach. I specialise in neuro-linguistic programming, bilateral stimulation or EMDR, hypnotherapy, science of mind concepts, psychopharmacology, biological bases of behaviour—which is pretty much how your brain works—ancient wisdom, quantum physics. I do this in a drug addiction treatment centre mostly, also mental health. And of course, just living an addictive lifestyle is traumatic, too, in and of itself. So pretty much I'm teaching them. Behaviour modification is a big part of what I'm teaching during that time. You'll see that, too, if you read my books. There's two things you can figure out from my books. You can figure out how to murder people and get away with it, and two, you can figure out how to overcome trauma as well. The whole “murder people and get away with it” comes from my upbringing. I have a very sorted past, let's put it that way. My upbringing was very different than what most people grow up in. Jo: Oh, can you give us any more than that? Now everyone's like, “Oh.” PD: “What's going on with this guy, right?” So I grew up, let's say, quote unquote, “in an Italian New York family.” Jo: Okay. All right. PD: That might give people ideas, right? Jo: That's going to give people a lot of ideas. PD: If you've ever seen the movie Goodfellas, I kind of grew up in that atmosphere, and with even some of those people too. My family had connections to those people in that movie, which I find very funny. If you watch that movie with me, you get a very different perspective on what's going on in the movie. Jo: Wow. So you're an interesting guy with an interesting background, with a very interesting backstory job as well. Some people are like, “Well, of course he's writing horror because horror is just awful and full of slasher gore and all that.” I often have to say to people who don't read horror, “Look, it's not like that.” Maybe some of it is, sure. But most of it isn't. Could you talk about how reading and writing horror can also be psychologically healthy? How do these worlds intertwine for you? PD: Well, sure. It 100% can be healthy. Especially over the last few years, there's a trend going on out there right now where people are taking their trauma and putting it into a creative process through poems, short stories, and even novels. They're taking their trauma and giving it a face, like a monster, where people are overcoming that monster within the creative process. I always say that horror is the genre that puts on display, better than any other genre out there, the human condition. Why is that? When people are in a terrifying situation, you really see who they are. You get to the heart of the matter of who that person is by putting them in these horrific but undefinable situations where it's like, what are they going to come out as? That real true personality needs to come out, and that courage comes out. That's huge in horror, and I think horror gets such a bad name. Now, I know there's the extreme horror and the splatterpunk, and that has its kind of role too in what I'm saying, but that's where horror is getting its bad reputation out there with the over-the-top type of gore. For the most part, that's a small part of the horror genre. It's a subgenre for a reason. It has its readership, and that's fine. Nothing wrong with it. I read it all the time. I find a lot of joy in it, a lot of excitement. However, for the most part, any horror novel that is not completely with the gore and stuff like splatterpunk can be seen as a psychological thriller, and a lot of psychological thrillers can be seen as a horror novel. Look at books like The Silence of the Lambs, Red Dragon. That's horrific as well, but if you read the novel, it's in there. It just gets that bad rap right now, and it's not all gore. Most horror novels that I read today are psychological horror. It's tame on the gore, and the psychological aspect is there. I always see that psychological aspect—it's like psychological trauma. Most people, even in my industry, when people are out there and you mention trauma, PTSD, they're thinking about sexual abuse, physical abuse, or war-type trauma. The silent psychological one—I once wrote an article called “Emotional Trauma: The Silent Psychological Killer.” The one that's out there is the psychological trauma, the emotional trauma that is widespread. Most people go through that, and it could even be from parent to child, and most people don't understand that that's a traumatic experience. It's like a distortion of reality that you're experiencing that then creates a belief system in your brain, and you're constantly acting out that belief system. That's where the psychological component of horror really comes out. People breaking through that psychological belief system that was created through a traumatic experience by reaching courage and coming out through a horrific situation. Jo: Yes, it really annoys me, because with romance, of course people understand that romance is a huge genre. Something like a small town sweet romance is a world away from the bully romantasy, dark, or mafia. Mafia romance is a really big thing with very dark themes. I'm like, well, how can you understand that romance is a huge genre with all these different subgenres, and not think that horror or thriller or fantasy or sci-fi all have so many different subgenres within them? I personally read a lot of supernatural horror, but rarely the slasher gore kind of stuff. So I'm really glad you said that, and hopefully more people will open up a bit more. I did also want to ask you about what you write. You write all these different things. You write standalone—I mean, often horror is standalone—but you also have some series. How do you balance it? What are the benefits of cross-genre writing, but also the challenges of it? PD: Okay. So obviously I love cross-genre writing. To me, I use fantasy to explain the supernatural elements. I blend mostly a tad of fantasy to help explain the supernatural components in my supernatural novels. When I write sci-fi, specifically sci-fi, that has the fantasy element in it too, but there's also a tad of horror in there as well. It's just who I am. When I grew up, I had a lot of different influences. I had Star Wars on one side, and then I'm watching B-rated '80s slasher films on the other side. Those two mixes just kind of followed me throughout my life, and that's why I like putting them into my novels. As I tell my patients, don't limit yourself. Never limit yourself. If you're just limiting yourself to one genre, you're missing out on so much more that's out there. So I love the blend of mixing genres. It just gets my goat each and every time. It is a challenge though. I remember when I first started getting into indie publishing, I was never big into Facebook and social media up until I started becoming an indie author. Before that, with my type of upbringing, you don't advertise yourself. You don't advertise where you're going. That's a big no-no. So I always had this aversion to social media. I'll tell you a funny story. It was the late 2000s, probably 2006. I was a full-time single father at that time, and I was living in Florida. My family—brothers and sisters-in-law—were living in New York, and my sister-in-law said, “Get a Facebook account so we can see pictures of the kids.” I said, “Oh.” I didn't want to do it, but I said, “Okay,” so I did it. And I'm thinking, looking at this Facebook thing, “How do I put pictures on here?” So I figured out how to put pictures in folders. Then I phone called her, and I'm like, “Okay, so they're on there.” And they're like, “Well, where are they?” I'm like, “I put them in these folders. You can go and look at them.” She's like, “No, you've got to post them.” That to me was like, “I'm not posting pictures of my kids.” That was a big no-no. It didn't click. When I got on there finally in 2016, 2017, I'm like, “Okay, so I need to figure out social media. As an indie author, I need to be on there, so I need to get through this aversion and get on there.” I started noticing how people are so particular with their genres. If they're reading a romance, it had to be very specific with that exact type of romance, and if you deviated from it, they're not going to like it. So that was the challenge. I was like, “All right, number one, I'm not going to dilute myself” and say, “All right, take things out of my writing or out of my novel just so I could cater to a certain type of audience.” I'm like, “I'm not going to do that.” I know with me, myself, as a reader, I'll read everything. I don't limit myself to a specific genre. I'll read psychological thrillers. I'll read romance. I've been doing that all my life. So I'm like, if there's a person like me out there—and look at this, I just met like four other people who also read cross genres—then I know that there's at least another 30,000 people, and I know that at least then there's 300,000, then there's three million people out there. So just write the books that you're writing and find your audience. Now, that takes longer. So you've got to chip away. Chip away. You're going to find readers here and there, and then that reader kind of tells a few people about you, and then you've got a few more readers. Then you keep going, and you go on these Facebook groups, and you do a whole bunch of different things, and then you gather a few more readers. Then they're telling some friends, and then you've got more. The process takes a lot longer, yes, 100% agreed, but I would say be true to yourself and you can never go wrong. Jo: Yes, I agree. I write cross-genre as well, and I've browsed your collection. Golem was the one I was like, “Ooh, yes, I like that one.” I haven't read it yet, it's on my list. I think when you're cross-genre, my people come to my store as well, and it's like, “Okay, I'm interested in lots of things, but this is the one by this author that I'm interested in.” Whereas with other authors who only write one type of thing, then I might not like any of their stuff. So I think there are definitely pros and cons and different ways into our world. I also wanted to ask you about the differences in business. Obviously you ran this treatment centre and there were physical humans on all sides, and now you've got a business as an author. So what have you learned in business from what you used to do and what you do now? PD: Okay. You're right. The treatment centre industry is very different from what I'm doing now, but it's still people. Treat those people right, have integrity. If you say you're going to do something, follow through with it. My word is my bond type of thing. That definitely has fed into the writing and publishing industry that I'm in now in a huge way. Just connecting with people is, to me, the biggest part of it. I mean, treatment centres, you've got to connect with people. When I would market the treatment centre, where would I go? I would go to hospitals, residential facilities, detoxes, and talk to them about my programme and why they should be referring clients there. It's the same thing here. Why should you be reading my books? You get there through interviews like what I'm doing here with you. Other podcasts. You get there by doing Facebook Lives, TikTok. I haven't started TikTok Lives yet, but I actually love that platform. I'm falling in love with it. IG Lives, anything like that where you're talking to people and you're making a connection with those people. Through that, I've gathered so many different types of readers who are like, “Yes, I'll give this book a shot.” And then they read it and they're like, “Hey, this is really good, and I'm going to read another book.” With my books, I have very different books. Golem is my psychological horror novel. It's my slow-burn psychological horror novel, heavily inspired by Frankenstein and the Pygmalion myth. It's my first true horror book that I published. Then there's Jigglyspot and the Zero Intellect, which is inspired by B-rated '80s horror movies and the old grindhouse movies of the '70s, and it's mind manipulation. It's just wild and bizarre. And then The Sleepy Hollow Incident is my Gothic tale—it's like a dark romance mixed in with Gothic horror. So I always try to put something for everyone that's out there. To me, when I'm writing, it's got to be about depth, psychological depth. I always refer to my books to be like peeling layers off a Texas-sized onion. The more you read, the more in-depth you get into not only the characters, but the story. It's just something that comes out of me. It's part of me. That's the way I always have to do it. I always have to put that depth in there. To me, that's good storytelling. When I grew up, I read a lot of classic literature. Yes, Edgar Allan Poe, but also Dante's Inferno, Milton's Paradise Lost, The Hunchback of Notre Dame, the Brontë sisters. Keep going. Ray Bradbury, Ayn Rand, Daphne du Maurier, Shirley Jackson. Those to me are my books that I absolutely love. So there's a sweet science in today's fast-paced, social media type of world in marrying the depth of the old classic literature and the entertainment value that is required today for being an author. There's that sweet science behind it, and I love just hitting that nail on the head every time. Jo: So did you ever pitch traditional publishing, or have you thought about going that way? Because I also find that a lot of horror actually sits very close to literary. Like, I read a lot more literary horror than I do in some of the other genres. PD: Correct. So in the beginning, yes. Not in a long time. I maybe went to a couple of indie publishers, but as far as traditional, the Big Five publishers, I have an aversion to them for a big reason. I know people who have worked in that industry that have told me some pretty bad horror stories about those places. So I haven't sent anything to that type of place in a very, very long time. Maybe close to 20 years. Indie publishers, the small presses, yes, here and there, but even then, I'm always moving at a fast pace. So if I've got a book and I'm sending it out as a query letter, by the time that query letter is even read, I'm almost done publishing. I love that aspect of it. The control of my story, where I know where this character's going. And listen, I've got my beta readers, I've got my ARC readers. They're there to tell me, “Hey, maybe you should change this or change that.” Whether I take that advice or not, of course my editor too, is really up to me. I always put out the book that I know is the one I want to read. And to me, I haven't gone wrong in doing so. I know with traditional publishing, you sometimes get too many thoughts in the pot there. Let's put it that way. Jo: Okay, so coming back to being indie then. You mentioned Amazon earlier, but you have a store where you sell direct. Many authors are doing this now, but it can be a challenge. So what have you found are the pros and cons of your direct store? What's working? Any lessons there? PD: Okay. So I use a place called Big Cartel. They're the platform where the books are on. They're hosting my website, PDAlleva.com. The big challenge was actually just starting it. It was so overwhelming. How do I put this on there? At the time, I've got all these books, so how do I present them? I'm even going to be doing another revamp with it too, because I want better pictures—taking pictures of the books, stuff like that, instead of just having the covers on there. I also have a lot of shirts that I'm selling. So I think the biggest challenge is just getting on there and starting it. Then of course, you've got to learn a whole new platform, and the mechanics, and how people are going to be downloading, and how that's done on an e-book versus a print version of the book. So it's a huge learning curve that you've really got to put your focus on and give it time. What most people like in indie publishing is signed copies. It's a huge part of indie publishing, selling those signed copies. People love a signed copy, and that's primarily what my website is for. You can order signed copies from me. I also use a place called IngramSpark, and they're more like a distributor. They're used by everyone. They've been around for a very long time. Traditional publishing uses them too, and they're just distributing your novel. I'd say about a year ago, maybe two years ago, they started where you can sell your books on discount through them as well. So I have that on my website too, where you're just clicking on the book and you're pretty much going directly to their site and you're buying paperbacks and hardbacks at a discount. That's going well too. For the most part, people are definitely coming to my site because they want the signed copies. A good thing with indie publishing is limited editions, first print copies, special editions. That type of stuff really just takes off. People love to see that, especially in the indie community. You can sell them too. I go to a few different book conventions during the year, and the limited editions are there. Like I said, people love the signed copies. They love being a part of that and getting that signed copy. They treasure it, just like I treasure my books too. I'm not referring to my books that I've written, but books that I have as well. I love my e-reader, don't get me wrong, but I still prefer the physical copy—the paperback, and even more so than the paperback, the hardback. So people love those signed copies, and that's why I created the website, to sell on there for them. Jo: Yes, I mean, we're getting to a point now though where I think some people are questioning the pros and cons of it. For example, you doing the signed copies—I don't do that from my Shopify store because I don't want to hold stock and I don't want to deal with postage. So I only do it when I do a Kickstarter. I've just finished one recently, Bones of the Deep, and I'm going up to the printer, and I'm going to sign a couple of hundred copies and then they do the postage. That's the only way I'm willing to do it because of the pain of getting books to your house, signing them, getting them in the post. So how do you manage that practically? PD: Okay, so the inventory's there. I don't go and sign everything right away. I just keep the inventory. Once somebody buys the book, then I'll pull out the book, log it and all that good fun stuff, sign it, and then ship it out immediately. Here in my country, we get discounts at the United States Post Office because they're books. So they pass that shipping cost over to the reader too, so it's a little bit cheaper for shipping. I'll just take books once or twice a week over to the United States Postal Service and ship those books out. I don't sign them until I actually get that order. Jo: How many do you have in your house? It's the holding stock of all the backlist that is the problem. PD: Ooh, gotcha. All right. That's why I have a two-car garage. But here's the thing, I won't order 500 at a time. I'll order 20 at a time. Jo: Okay. Right. PD: When I see that inventory's getting low, I'll order another 20 at a time. Jo: And you get those from IngramSpark? PD: Correct. When the new one comes out, maybe at that time I'm just selling those, bringing those to conventions that I go to. Or maybe doing a sale on those books at that time to get rid of the inventory so it's not sitting around anymore. Jo: I think that's so important. Then like you mentioned, you do T-shirts or shirts. That is also really hard because of sizing. So is that all print on demand? PD: Yes. So I don't really hold the stock on the shirts. When I get an order, whatever the size is at that time, I go directly to the place and order it. I use a place called Sublimation Station that's here in Orlando. They do great all-over print T-shirts. They're fantastic. I just did one for The Sleepy Hollow Incident. So The Sleepy Hollow Incident is one long story, and it's broken up into four books. Each book has its own. The covers are fantastic. I use a lady named Cherie Foxley. She's a phenomenal cover designer. So the shirts are, like, book one is on the front of one shirt with book two on the back, and then the second shirt is book three on the cover and book four on the back. However, I can customise those. I just did a giveaway in my Facebook group and I let people know I could customise them, and she wanted book one and book four, so I just got that and sent it out to her. Now, if people go ahead and order that on the website, I can just order it right away from them, boom, and that place will get it shipped right then and there. Jo: Right, so they do the shipping. These are all sort of practical things that people need to answer because I feel like sometimes it's like, “Oh, yes, having a direct store is great,” but there's actually quite a lot of work that goes into it, isn't there? PD: There is. There's a lot of work. You're pretty much opening almost like your own brick-and-mortar store at that point. You just don't have walk-in traffic coming in—your traffic is all coming online. So there is a lot to it, but it's worth it. If you're a self-published author or even a small indie press, it's good to have. Because like I said, people love the signed copies. Jo: When you say it's worth it, is it worth it financially or just because you like to serve the customers in that way? PD: Both. Jo: Right. So it is financially worth it for you? PD: Yes. Jo: I was talking to a friend of mine and saying, are you valuing your time in terms of things like taking the books to the post office and stuff like that? Do you find it eats into your writing at all, or do you just manage it all separately? PD: No, I manage it separately. So I'm an early morning riser. I get up at 3:00 in the morning, and that's when I write my books or do editing or brainstorming. I'm about to write a new novella now called The Adam and Eve Story, which is actually based on a little-known CIA shelved book from the 1990s called The Adam and Eve Story as well. So I've been brainstorming that, and I was doing that this morning. I get up at 3:00 a.m. and I do my writing, and by the time the kids are up and by the time the wife is up, it's like 8:00 a.m. is rolling around and I'm pretty much done at that point. Then I have my days. Tuesday I'm completely working from home and I do my thing in the morning, and then the rest of the day is marketing, fulfilling orders, stuff like that. On the days when I'm going to do group facilitation, I'll of course still get up at 3:00 o'clock in the morning, and then I'll plan out the day. I've got an hour between this group and I can go ahead and do that, and I'm already there so it's not a problem. The post office is right around the corner. You kind of figure out all the logistics for yourself. There are some days, like on Monday, I don't facilitate groups until the afternoon, so I've got the whole morning to work on marketing and do other things, and fulfilment. Then of course Saturday's a big day for that too. Jo: Oh, that's good. I feel like people always need to know how to balance their time, but it sounds like you manage, because at 3:00 a.m., as you say, there's not much else to do other than write. You mentioned marketing, and you have a Substack, pdsalternativefiction.substack.com. Talk about that and serialising fiction and how Substack works. Because I feel like a load of people are jumping in but might not necessarily know how it works, especially for fiction. PD: Correct. It is becoming quite popular out there. I think the one before that was Patreon, and Patreon is pretty big for that too, kind of the same thing. I wanted to start something and just get the work out there. I was very interested when Amazon came out a few years ago with what was called Vella. They kind of started that. I was like, “This is kind of cool.” Couple chapters at a time. I'm writing the books anyway, so why don't we kick this off and see how it goes—a type of experiment. I had a lot of fun doing it. I started on October 4th, 2024. I've done four novels so far. One is still going, which is Volume 3 of my Dark Veil serie— that's a sci-fi series. I wrote three other novels. The Hypnotist, which is a thriller, heavy on the sci-fi and a tad of horror in there too. And then I wrote Girl on a Mission, which is my psychological thriller, and then Cat Fight, which is a horror novel—all within that time. I think I finished all three of those novels in January, and then the first week of February they were all pretty much done. Now what I'm doing is, I went paid recently on the Substack. It's like everything else that's out there—chip away, chip away. I fell into that hole where they say, “Hey, we can promote you and get people to sign up for your newsletter.” And I'll be honest with you, don't do it. It's not worth it. You spend money, and what happens is they're what I refer to as dead leads. They don't click. You wind up shuffling them off after three to six months, because they're just not clicking. Everybody gets a star rating, so you know—are they clicking, are they staying on, are they not? So I got rid of pretty much all of those people, and I'll never do that again. It's got to be done organically. That's why when you read my books, especially the new books, towards the end it'll say, “Sign up for my newsletter.” I do more with that newsletter too. If you're on the free tier, every month I do a monthly newsletter, which is just me talking about updates, things going on in the publishing industry, things going on with me. My daughter puts together a weekly Horror and Sci-Fi Chronicles newsletter, which gives what's going on in new releases in the industry—sci-fi, horror, books, movies, television. She does deep dives into industry tropes, historical tidbits, and a weekly quiz. I also do a monthly Terrors and Tales newsletter. I started this last year, and it was a quarterly newsletter. It's other authors who are new, upcoming, never been published before, looking to get published. It's a chance for them to be on the newsletter where they have a flash fiction story or poem or even a short story that I publish for them. It's called the Terrors and Tales newsletter. What happened is I would put out calls for submissions. And a place called Duotrope—I don't even know who these people are, but all of a sudden I got an email from them stating, “Hey, we found that you're looking for submissions, and we posted your link. We hope you don't mind.” I'm like, “No, of course I don't mind.” I got so many submissions from that one link. I'm like, “Okay.” Do I really want to deny people? I'm not like that. I want to help promote other authors. I know what it's like when you're new and upcoming, no matter what age you are, to say, “Hey, here's a platform for you to see your stuff in print.” Obviously, I read through them just to make sure they're up to a certain standard, but for the most part, if you submit, you're getting in there. With Duotrope, I'm like, I have enough here to put out one a month. So in May 2026, the first one goes out, and then I'll have one each month until December, and then who knows? In 2027 I might go back to quarterly. I might get enough submissions to just keep it going once a month. So that's the Terrors and Tales newsletter, and it usually comes out towards the end of the month—the last two weeks. I have nothing to do with it in terms of content. None of my stories are on there. None of my poems are on there. None of my flash fiction. It's all other authors, just for them to see their name in print, see their work in print, share it with their friends, and put something on their resume, and to encourage people to keep reading and keep the craft going. Jo: When you say in print, you don't mean in physical print? PD: Oh, I mean in the newsletter. I'm sorry. Jo: I think that's important, or you're going to get a lot more submissions, and you will need to do publishing contracts and all that kind of thing. I think that's the difficult thing with a Substack newsletter approach—it's difficult to know where to categorise it. Is it marketing? Is it publishing? It's all of these things, I suppose. A bit like this podcast, it's all kinds of things. In terms of Substack actually making money on its own or leading to book sales that make money, do you think it does serve that purpose? PD: I think I've gotten more book sales through it, and also ARC readers who are enjoying the books and giving reviews. As far as the paid tiers, that's kind of a little bit slow, and that's where I'm saying chip away at it. Keep it up there. Keep it going. Over time, you're going to build that type of audience where it's going to be like, “Hey, this is financially feasible for me to continue to do this.” That's the response that I'm getting out there. Jo: Yes. Before, you mentioned you were doing Facebook Lives and you're looking at TikTok, but— Is anything else working for you in book marketing? If people have a few books and they're like, “What is working for book marketing right now?”—what do you recommend? PD: Okay. For me, the thing that has made the most sense is making sure the reader knows the book is out there through some sort of social media. I've had really good success on TikTok since the beginning of this year especially. I started it about a year ago, year and a half ago, but then my father got sick and passed away, and it was a new venture and I put it off to the side. I really got the flavour going at the beginning of this year. February, March of this year. It seems to be going really well, and I've noticed an uptick in sales from just getting the videos out there and getting it in front of people's eyes. There's an event I'm going to in August called ShiverCon, which is a pretty big event. After that event, I'm going to look to see what type of inventory I have left over from the event, and I'm going to start doing TikTok Lives. I'm very comfortable being on camera. So I'm like, “Yeah, that seems like a good way to go.” I know there's a few other horror authors who are doing it and having good success with TikTok Lives as well. A guy named Jason Davis is doing really well with TikTok Lives, and a few other authors too. I'm like, “Yes, I could definitely do that.” I want to get up to a certain number of people, and I want these events. I'm going to one in July, and then ShiverCon in August. Once those are done, I'm going to have more time to do the TikTok Lives. As far as Facebook is concerned, what I've had really great success with on Facebook is being in the groups and meeting other authors. That's not always about my book per se, but whatever books I'm reading, I'm posting my reviews about those books in those groups and meeting readers. Then obviously, they always say the three-to-one rule. Post about three different books and then post about your own book, whether you're doing a sale or a new release or a re-release or whatever. I've found success through that just by interacting with readers. When they post a book, I'll comment, “Hey, I've read that book,” or, “Hey, that book looks really cool. I like the review.” Commenting on it so you start these relationships with people who are out there in these Facebook groups. I've recently started my own Facebook reader group. I kind of go with the same thing. Last night, we did a live reading for another author. I like other authors to be on there. I always like to think, what does the reader need? What do I want to see as a reader? I would love to hear live readings from authors. So I kind of learn about them, learn about the book, and get a live reading. To me, that's a good way to go. So I started that recently, and it seems to be going well. I've got a new folk horror coming out soon, and I put out a call for ARC readers and got a fantastic response from that. That kind of drives the sales anyway, because when you get those reviews, then people see it gives credibility to the book, and then other people see it, and then they're buying it too. So that comes from the groups. There's so many wheels to spin in this industry as an indie author when you're doing this, especially when you're doing 99% of it on your own. You've got to get out there. No one's going to know your book exists if you don't get out there and tell somebody about it. Jo: Brilliant. Well, tell us— Where can people find you and your books online? PD: All right. Perfect. So obviously I'm on Amazon like everyone. Most of my books are worldwide, so you'll find them in Barnes & Noble as well. And of course, if you want the signed copies or discount print books, I always lead people straight to my website, PDAlleva.com. Then, of course, if you go to my Substack, you'll get all the updates, and you'll get all the links to purchase or find out where they are on Amazon and Barnes & Noble and things like that too. Jo: Brilliant. Well, thanks so much for your time, Paul. That was great. PD: Thank you very much for having me. It was great chatting with you. The post Writing Cross-Genre, Selling Direct, And Serialising On SubStack With P.D. Alleva first appeared on The Creative Penn.

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Jeff Dudan's free digital copy of his bookhttps://podcast.homefrontbrands.com/en-us/discernment  One article. 45 minutes of writing. $40 million in revenue. That's not a headline - that's exactly what happened when Marcus Sheridan stopped hiding from the questions his customers were asking and started answering them honestly online. Marcus Sheridan is a globally recognized keynote speaker, bestselling author of They Ask You Answer and Endless Customers, and the founder of multiple businesses including Question First Group and Price Guide. He joins Jeff Dudan on the Unemployable Podcast to break down why 90% of businesses are making a catastrophic website mistake, how content consumption directly predicts close rates, what AI is doing to organic search and paid advertising right now, and the exact framework any home service or franchise business can use to generate more leads, build deeper trust, and close more deals. In this episode you'll learn: • Why businesses that refuse to talk about price online are being penalized by AI search • How reading 30 pages of content before a sales call drives an 80% close rate • The Big Five topics every buyer is searching for - and why most businesses avoid them • How a pricing estimator tool creates a 3x lead increase starting the same day it's added • Why 80% of customers now prefer to set appointments with AI rather than humans • The pride cycle - why successful businesses self-destruct and how to prevent it • How to use Claude Cowork as a daily business operator with zero coding experience • Why legacy sales training is actively destroying companies in 2025 and 2026 • The CarMax model and where frictionless, no-haggle business models are heading • Why AI visibility has replaced SEO rankings as the new battleground for leads Whether you're in home services, franchising, B2B sales, or building a personal brand, this conversation will immediately change how you think about your website, your sales process, and your content strategy.  Homefront Brands: https://www.homefrontbrands.com  Jeff Dudan: https://www.jeffdudan.com  Guest: MARCUS SHERIDAN  Guest YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/MarcusSheridan  Guest Website: https://marcussheridan.com/  Guest Socials: https://www.linkedin.com/in/marcussheridan/  Price Guide Software: https://priceguide.ai  Question First Group: https://questionfirstgroup.com  #ContentMarketing #InboundMarketing #SalesStrategy #AIMarketing #HomeServices #TheyAskYouAnswer #MarcusSheridan #Franchising #BusinessGrowth #LeadGeneration Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

In this Q&A episode, I answer questions about how to train for varied competitive distances without getting pulled in too many directions, explain my compelling stance on avoiding coffee (and NSAIDs), and give a plug for Dr. Doug McGuff’s “Big 5” total-body workout—a simple, highly effective way to stay strong with just one workout per week. I also share thoughts on how corporations like Whole Foods Market and PF Chang’s continue to sell plenty of crap despite their healthy reputations, discuss the magic of Zone 1 walking for building awesome aerobic fitness, and explain one of the best ways to tell if you’re doing too much strength training. Hint: you shouldn’t be getting sore. These are practical, everyday insights you can use right away to simplify your training, improve your health, and avoid some common mistakes. TIMESTAMPS: Jack, age 60, asks about his running goals. He says he is confused about what Brad says the parameters should be. [01:11] Jack has another question about coffee. Is having that stimulant in the morning helpful for your overall well-being as an athlete? [07:38] Another listener asks: Should I take my high intensity interval training, my strength training like Dr. Doug McGruff's Big Five and a basically walking approach to races? [15:45] Some comments from YouTube include this with Brad's comment: How long should you sprint to achieve all the health benefits? Brad's answer: All your entire life. [17:56] Monica initiates a discussion on the industrial seed oils being used rather than butter in restaurants and even Whole Foods and P.F. Changs. [18:50] Anthony asks about building up aerobic fitness by walking. Brad's response is thatthe aerobic base is built at the lower exercise intensities where your body has sufficient oxygen to develop and fine tune your mitochondrial function [27:00] Chad experiences soreness after trying to complete body weight exercises every other day to failure. Brad answers: If you have recurring soreness from your strength training regimen, you are most certainly overdoing it. [30:48] Dr. Doug McGruff's book, Body by Science, has a great regimen of five big workouts to do once a week. [32:22] Chad is also asking about his schedule for training. You want to have ebbs and flows in your schedule such that you have built in downtime and you always respect the importance of intuition and adjusting on the fly. [37:37] LINKS: Brad Kearns.com BradNutrition.com - 20% OFF Your First Order! B.rad Superdrink – Hydrates 28% Faster than Water—Creatine-Charged Hydration for Next-Level Power, Focus, and Recovery NEW: B.rad Real Rad Gummies - Creatine + Nootropics for Focus, Motivation, Performance, and Recovery! B.rad Whey Protein Superfuel - The Best Protein on The Planet! Brad’s Shopping Page BornToWalkBook.com B.rad Podcast – All Episodes Peluva Five-Toe Minimalist Shoes - Save 10% Body by Science We appreciate all feedback, and questions for Q&A shows, emailed to podcast@bradventures.com. If you have a moment, please share an episode you like with a quick text message, or leave a review on your podcast app. Thank you! Check out each of these companies because they are absolutely awesome or they wouldn’t occupy this revered space. Seriously, I won’t promote anything that I don't absolutely love and use in daily life: B.rad Nutrition: Premium quality, all-natural supplements for peak performance, recovery, and longevity; including the world's highest quality whey protein! Get 20% OFF your first order! Peluva: Comfortable, functional, stylish five-toe minimalist shoe to reawaken optimal foot function. Use code BRADPODCAST for 15% off! Jaspr Air Scrubber: Ultra high-performance air purifier - blows other air filters away! Save $200 on your unit with code BRAD. Get Stride: Advanced DNA, methylation profile, microbiome & blood at-home testing. Hit your stride the right way, with cutting-edge technology and customized programming. Save 10% with the code BRAD. Online educational courses: Numerous great offerings for an immersive home-study educational experience Primal Fitness Expert Certification: The most comprehensive online course on all aspects of traditional fitness programming and a total immersion fitness lifestyle. Save 25% on tuition with code BRAD! #bradpodcastSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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Topics covered:A field report from week one of Crossroads Publishing Group—what's coming in the door, what's surprising, what's confirming.What a hybrid press actually is. A working definition: a publisher where the author shares the financial risk via a fee (broadly $5K to $45K, depending on the engagement), in exchange for real editorial work, professional production, distribution under the press's imprint, and a higher royalty share than traditional contracts.Why the vanity-press confusion exists, and why it's no longer accurate to the category as it stands in 2026.The IBPA Hybrid Publisher Pledge—the trade-association standard the legitimate hybrid presses meet (and the vanity operations don't).Three case studies of serious hybrid presses: She Writes Press (founded by Brooke Warner, 2012; 500+ titles; Industry Innovator Award from the Book Industry Study Group in 2017; Warner is chair of the IBPA) Greenleaf Book Group (Austin; operating since 2003; 1,500+ titles; multiple New York Times bestsellers) Lucid Books (Texas Christian hybrid; 5,000 authors in 20 years of operation)Three structural reasons the hybrid category is growing while the Big Five contracts: * The agent and Big Five pipeline is capped (≈1,000 active US agents, 3-5 new clients each per year) * Platform requirements at traditional imprints have become unworkable for serious working writers * The math of a hybrid contract is often better for the author: The traditional advance reality in 2026: $5K-$25K for non-celebrity nonfiction, declining year over year, with the author doing the marketing anyway, on a 10-15% royalty, with the publisher owning the ISBN.Why this matters for The Difficulty‘s actual listeners — coaches, therapists, consultants, pastors, mission-driven leaders, retired executives in second and third acts, working professionals in midlife transition.Five questions to ask any hybrid press before you give them a dollar:One — Are they IBPA pledged? If not, why not? Two — What is the author royalty split, in a specific number, with accounting schedule? Three — What editorial work is actually included in the price — developmental, line, copy, proofreading; at what stage; how many rounds? Four — Where does your book actually go after publication? Real distribution (Ingram, Amazon, Bookshop.org, library channels like Baker & Taylor and OverDrive) or just a SKU on a website? Five — What is the editorial selection rate? A serious hybrid press turns books down.About Crossroads Publishing Group:Crossroads is a hybrid press for practitioner authors—coaches, therapists, consultants, mission-driven leaders, and working professionals with a serious book and a body of insight. Three main category lanes on the site. 80% net royalties to the author. IBPA-pledged criteria built into the model.Inquiry door: crossroadspublishing.groupCall to action:If you're a practitioner author with a serious book and the hybrid path sounds like it could be yours, visit crossroadspublishing.group to start the conversation. Feedback on the show is welcome — what episodes are speaking to you, what you'd like to hear more or less of. Get full access to The Descent at chadprevost.substack.com/subscribe