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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.

Most business owners hear "AI" and immediately think: we need that. Myles Harrison thinks the opposite — and he built a company around it. Myles is the founder of  Praktikai, a boutique data and AI consulting firm whose name literally means practicality. A veteran of Big Five firms like Accenture and PwC, he now helps business owners cut through the noise and ask the real question: is technology actually your problem? In this episode, Myles shares why a bajillion-dollar tech investment can still fail if your people and processes aren't aligned, what it actually looks like to be a "sober, pragmatic" voice in an industry obsessed with hype, and how the best consultants don't make themselves the hero — they make their clients look good. We also dig into: The three-part operating model that most AI projects get wrong Why Myles is still waiting on the paperless office before worrying about the Terminator The farming metaphor that reframes how we think about automation and knowledge work What burnout on the Big Five consulting track actually taught him about limits The airport moment that surprised him most about working with clients in person If you've ever wondered whether AI is actually the solution — or just the most expensive way to avoid fixing the real problem — this episode is for you. Timestamps 00:30 Welcome and introductions 01:15 What is Praktikai — and why "practicality" is the whole point 02:45 From Big Five consulting to accidental entrepreneur 04:30 How to know if you need a consultant: "what part of your job sucks the most?" 06:15 The operating model problem: people, process, and technology 08:10 Why complexity is not the same as excellence 09:45 What makes consulting gratifying — and why the goal is to make clients look good 11:30 Myles' bearish take on AI: signal vs. noise and the paperless office problem 14:00 The farming metaphor: automation, knowledge work, and what actually disappears 16:20 The next five years: under-promise, over-deliver, and do good work 18:00 Finding your limits: burnout, sleep, and what fast-paced consulting actually costs 20:30 The airport moment — what surprised Myles most about working with clients in person 22:30 Where to find Myles and PRAKTIKAI   Learn more about PRAKTIKAI and how Myles helps businesses cut through AI hype and focus on what actually moves the needle: prktk.ai Legacy Podcast: For more information about the Legacy Podcast and its co-hosts, visit https://businesslegacypodcast.com Leave a Review: If you enjoyed the episode, leave a review and rating on your preferred podcast platform. For more information: Visit https://businesslegacypodcast.com to access the show notes and additional resources on the episode.    

TikTok Shop is vanaf vandaag live in Nederland. Winkelen en scrollen vloeien daarmee nog verder in elkaar over. Wat betekent de komst van social commerce voor webwinkels, merken en consumenten? Te gast is Liam Tjoa, CEO van social media-marketingbureau GoSpooky, in BNR's Big Five van het nieuwe winkelen. Gasten in BNR's Big Five van het nieuwe winkelen -Liam Tjoa, CEO van social media-marketingbureau GoSpooky -John Lin, China-retail deskundige -Margriet Sitskoorn, hoogleraar Klinische Neuropsychologie aan de Tilburg University -Kitty Koelemeijer, hoogleraar Marketing aan de Nyenrode Business Universiteit -Martijn Snoep, bestuursvoorzitter van de Autoriteit Consument en Markt (ACM)See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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In het coalitieakkoord staan flinke bezuinigingen op de sociale zekerheid. FNV-voorzitter Hans Spekman kreeg al een deel van tafel, maar wil meer. Waar liggen de pijnpunten, en waar kunnen de vakbonden water bij de wijn doen? En waar vinden de vakbonden en de werkgeversorganisaties elkaar? Te gast is FNV-voorzitter Hans Spekman. 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 FNV Over Diana Matroos: Diana Matroos presenteert het programma BNR's Big Five, waarin ze vijf diepgaande interviews afneemt met hoofdrolspelers over actuele onderwerpen. Matroos neemt luisteraars mee in de levens van deze invloedrijke personen en laat hen hun succesverhalen, uitdagingen en toekomstvisies delen.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Polarisatie is misschien wel de grootste vijand van onze verzorgingsstaat. Hoe creëer je daar dan toch draagvlak voor in de samenleving? Dat bespreekt presentator Diana Matroos met Kim Putters, voorzitter van de Sociaal-Economische Raad in BNR’s Big Five van de Verzorgingsstaat onder Druk. 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 FNV Over Diana Matroos: Diana Matroos presenteert het programma BNR's Big Five, waarin ze vijf diepgaande interviews afneemt met hoofdrolspelers over actuele onderwerpen. Matroos neemt luisteraars mee in de levens van deze invloedrijke personen en laat hen hun succesverhalen, uitdagingen en toekomstvisies delen.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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.

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.

Terwijl in Den Haag de discussie over de AOW en WIA aan de orde van de dag is, werkte de staatscommissie tegen discriminatie en racisme aan haar eindrapport. De conclusie: de overheid discrimineert en discriminatie en racisme zijn in Nederland diepgeworteld en structureel van aard. Afgelopen maandag presenteerde voorzitter Joyce Sylvester de bevindingen van vier jaar noeste arbeid. Wat is de invloed van deze structuren op het leven van Nederlandse burgers en hoe kan de verzorgingsstaat gelijker, inclusiever en eerlijker? 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 FNV Over Diana Matroos: Diana Matroos presenteert het programma BNR's Big Five, waarin ze vijf diepgaande interviews afneemt met hoofdrolspelers over actuele onderwerpen. Matroos neemt luisteraars mee in de levens van deze invloedrijke personen en laat hen hun succesverhalen, uitdagingen en toekomstvisies delen.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Manifestation funktioniert nicht durch Wünschen, sondern durch dein Gehirn. In dieser Folge erfährst du, warum sich dein Leben trotz Vision Board und Affirmationen oft nicht verändert und was wirklich den Unterschied macht.Du sprichst deine Affirmationen, du hast dein Vision Board, du gibst dir Mühe, und trotzdem bleibt alles beim Alten? Dann ist diese Folge für dich. Wir schauen gemeinsam hinter die Kulissen der Manifestation, ohne Bullshit und ohne Hokuspokus.Du erfährst, was das retikuläre Aktivierungssystem in deinem Gehirn mit deinen Wünschen zu tun hat, warum dein Nervensystem über Erfolg oder Stillstand entscheidet und wie dein Human Design verändert, auf welche Art du am kraftvollsten manifestierst. Am Ende wartet eine kurze Übung, die du sofort umsetzen kannst.In dieser Folge geht es um Manifestation, Money Mindset, Nervensystem, Selbstentwicklung, Human Design und die Frage, wie du aus innerer Klarheit heraus ein Leben in Freiheit und Fülle erschaffst.Kapitel:Warum sich trotz Affirmationen nichts verändertDie Neurowissenschaft hinter Manifestation: dein RASDie drei Ebenen: Denken, Fühlen, NervensystemWie dein Human Design verändert, wie du manifestierstDeine Übung für genau jetztFreiheit, Fülle und der nächste SchrittDu willst tiefer gehen?Genau hier setzt "Homecoming" an, die App für alle, die nicht länger nach fremden Regeln leben wollen. In Homecoming findest du auf Basis deines Human Designs heraus, was der wahre Zweck deiner Existenz ist, was deine Big Five for Life sind, also die fünf Dinge, für die du wirklich hier bist, und wo deine inneren Schmerzpunkte sitzen, die dich bisher ausgebremst haben. Du bekommst keine allgemeinen Ratschläge, sondern eine Analyse, die so individuell ist wie dein eigenes Design. Finde den Sinn hinter deiner Existenz. Alle Infos findest du hier: https://www.qaura.de/products/homecomingÜber mich: Ich bin Jessica, Manifestorin, und ich begleite Menschen dabei, ihr Mindset neu auszurichten und ein Leben in Freiheit und Fülle zu manifestieren. Folge mir für mehr auf Instagram unter @die_manifestorin

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.

De verzorgingsstaat komt meer en meer onder druk te staan, onder meer te zien aan de huidige strijd rond de sociale zekerheid in de polder. Wat voor Nederland willen we zijn? Te gast is Martine Wolzak, politiek verslaggever bij het Financieele Dagblad, in BNR’s Big Five van de verzorgingsstaat onder druk. 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.

À l'approche de la Coupe du monde 2026, à laquelle la Reprezentace s'apprête à participer pour la première fois depuis 20 ans, RPI vous propose une nouvelle émission « 100 % foot tchèque ». Pour ce deuxième épisode, toujours en compagnie de Lazar Van Parijs, cofondateur du site Footballski.fr et co-auteur de l'ouvrage « À l'ombre du Big Five », ouvrage consacré aux « nations perdues du football » (dont la République tchèque...), nous vous proposons un passage en revue complet de l'effectif, des points forts et points faibles, du programme, des adversaires, des ambitions et des chances de cette sélection tchèque au Mondial.

À l'approche de la Coupe du monde 2026, à laquelle la Reprezentace s'apprête à participer pour la première fois depuis 20 ans, RPI vous propose une nouvelle émission « 100 % foot tchèque ». Pour ce deuxième épisode, toujours en compagnie de Lazar Van Parijs, cofondateur du site Footballski.fr et co-auteur de l'ouvrage « À l'ombre du Big Five », ouvrage consacré aux « nations perdues du football » (dont la République tchèque...), nous vous proposons un passage en revue complet de l'effectif, des points forts et points faibles, du programme, des adversaires, des ambitions et des chances de cette sélection tchèque au Mondial.

Het gesprek over de sociale zekerheid is nog lang niet voorbij. De polder moet verder onderhandelen. Minister Hans Vijlbrief wil al begin augustus een akkoord sluiten over de sociale zekerheid. Hoe haalbaar is dat? Wat is VNO‑NCW bereid in te leveren om eruit te komen? Te gast is de kersverse voorzitter van werkgeversorganisatie VNO-NCW, Coen van Oostrom. 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.

What are the five greatest sporting movies of all time?

The Best Picture Show - Episode 07 Quintin and Sush discuss the 100 Best Picture winners from the last century of filmmaking. They discuss every Oscar ceremony, the historical context of each film, and how the film has stood the test of time.  This episode they watch the seventh Best Picture winner: It Happened One Night. They discuss their thoughts on the Best Picture winner that swept the Oscars, making history as the first film to win The Big Five. Listen every week to hear their thoughts on every Best Picture winner of the Academy Awards.

Wie het publieke debat een beetje volgt, ziet dat polarisatie vaak de boventoon voert. Mensen met een scherpe mening voeren het hoogste woorden. Iets is OF zwart OF wit, voor grijstinten is vaak geen ruimte of aandacht. Hoe komt het dat nuance en twijfel wordt gezien als zwak en niet als een kans om elkaar beter te begrijpen? Hoe kan Nederland de stap maken van uitroepteken naar vraagteken? Dat wil ik deze week onderzoek in BNR's Big Five van het vraagteken. Te gast is Elke Wiss, schrijver, theatermaker, praktisch filosoof en columnist. Elke is van origine regisseur en theaterdocent, en is daarnaast oprichter van bureau De Denksmederij, een trainingsbureau voor praktische filosofie. Ze is auteur van boeken als ‘Socrates op Sneakers’; een filosofische gids voor het stellen van goede vragen en ‘Even tussen mij en mij’ over het onderzoeken van je eigen denken. Gasten in BNR's Big Five van het vraagteken: -Wendelmoet Boersema, hoofdredacteur van Trouw -Sicco de Knecht, directeur van het Nationaal Expertisecentrum Wetenschap & Samenleving -Ben Tiggelaar, gedragswetenschapper en leiderschapsexpert -Micha Wertheim, cabaretier en regisseur -Elke Wiss, schrijver, theatermaker, praktisch filosoof en columnistSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Neste episódio conversamos com Dr Ken Nischal que nos conta sobre sua vasta experiência na oftalmologia pediátrica e no estrabismo com casos desafiadores, síndromes raras, condução de cirurgias desafiadoras e muito mais! Uma conversa imperdível e muito enriquecedora!

In Episode 349 of You're Probably Right, I answer a question a lot of people ask but rarely answer honestly:What does the average man really want from a woman?Not the rich man.Not the celebrity.Not the womanizer.Not the man with endless options.The average working man.The regular man with bills, pressure, responsibility, fatigue, and limited room for error.This episode breaks down The Big Five:He wants a woman he does not have to mentally guard from the world.He wants to feel wanted for himself, not just chosen for what he provides.He wants a woman whose public image does not make him feel like a fool for choosing her privately.He wants a woman who knows how to be warm without being available.He wants a woman who listens without making him fight to be heard.This is not textbook talk. This is not theory. This comes from lived experience: relationships, marriage, workplace temptation, emotional boundaries, male attention, public image, and the things average men often feel but do not know how to explain.A lot of men are not asking for perfection.They are asking for protection around what they are trying to build.Let me say it for him.These are The Big Five.relationships, what do men want, average man, men and women, dating, marriage, love, commitment, loyalty, desire, respect, workplace boundaries, social media relationships, male perspective, modern relationships, relationship advice, emotional boundaries, You're Probably Right

Neste episódio conversamos com Dr Ken Nischal que nos conta sobre sua vasta experiência na oftalmologia pediátrica e no estrabismo com casos desafiadores, síndromes raras, condução de cirurgias desafiadoras e muito mais! Uma conversa imperdível e muito enriquecedora!

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

Met zijn voorstellingen slaagt cabaretier Micha Wertheim erin om zijn publiek vragen te laten stellen: over wat ze net hebben gezien, over zichzelf en over de wereld om hen heen. Maar hoe goed lukt dat nog nu we steeds minder bereid zijn om naar elkaar te luisteren? Gasten in BNR's Big Five van het vraagteken: -Wendelmoet Boersema, hoofdredacteur van Trouw -Sicco de Knecht, directeur van het Nationaal Expertisecentrum Wetenschap & Samenleving -Ben Tiggelaar, gedragswetenschapper en leiderschapsexpert -Micha Wertheim, cabaretier en regisseur -Elke Wiss, schrijver, theatermaker, praktisch filosoof en columnistSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Voor leidinggevenden is luisteren een van de allerbelangrijkste vaardigheden om goed onder de knie te hebben. Hoe zorg je ervoor dat je goed luistert en vervolgens ook de juiste stappen onderneemt met die informatie? En wat kunnen we leren van wereldleiders als Barack Obama? Te gast is Ben Tiggelaar, gedragswetenschapper, leiderschapsexpert en podcastmaker bij BNR, bekend van ‘De Ben Tiggelaar Podcast'. Gasten in BNR's Big Five van het vraagteken: -Wendelmoet Boersema, hoofdredacteur van Trouw -Sicco de Knecht, directeur van het Nationaal Expertisecentrum Wetenschap & Samenleving -Ben Tiggelaar, gedragswetenschapper en leiderschapsexpert -Micha Wertheim, cabaretier en regisseur -Elke Wiss, schrijver, theatermaker, praktisch filosoof en columnist Over Art Rooijakkers: Als presentator van BNR's Big Five voert Art Rooijakkers diepgaande gesprekken met vijf invloedrijke gasten over een actueel onderwerp. Rooijakkers staat bekend om zijn scherpe en kritische interviewstijl en weet zo de luisteraar een boeiende kijk te geven op de besproken thema's.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Twijfel is de motor van wetenschap. Waarom klinkt het in het maatschappelijk debat dan zo vaak als zwakte? En hoeveel ruimte zou er moeten zijn om iets niet te weten? Te gast is Sicco de Knecht, directeur van het Nationaal Expertisecentrum Wetenschap & Samenleving in BNR's Big Five van het vraagteken Gasten in BNR's Big Five van het vraagteken: -Wendelmoet Boersema, hoofdredacteur van Trouw -Sicco de Knecht, directeur van het Nationaal Expertisecentrum Wetenschap & Samenleving -Ben Tiggelaar, gedragswetenschapper en leiderschapsexpert -Elke Wiss, schrijver, theatermaker, praktisch filosoof en columnist -Micha Wertheim, cabaretier en regisseurSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Opiniemakers domineren tegenwoordig vaker het mediadebat met sterke meningen, waarbij vragenstellers soms in verdrukking zijn. Daarom maken we een week over het vraagteken, als ode aan de nieuwsgierigheid. Hoe gaat een gerenommeerd dagblad als Trouw om met de uitdagingen waar vragenstellers mee te maken hebben? Gasten in BNR's Big Five van het vraagteken: -Wendelmoet Boersema, hoofdredacteur van Trouw -Sicco de Knecht, directeur van het Nationaal Expertisecentrum Wetenschap & Samenleving -Ben Tiggelaar, gedragswetenschapper en leiderschapsexpert -Elke Wiss, schrijver, theatermaker, praktisch filosoof en columnist -Micha Wertheim, cabaretier en regisseurSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Après un match irrespirable, cadenassé par Arsenal, Paris a remporté la deuxième Ligue des champions de son histoire. « Big five » revient sur cette soirée mémorable et se demande quelle trace le PSG version Luis Enrique va laisser dans l'histoire. Un podcast présenté par Marie-Amélie Motte, avec Cédric Chapuis, Vincent Duluc et Thymoté Pinon. Hébergé par Ausha. Visitez ausha.co/politique-de-confidentialite pour plus d'informations.

14 mituri din psihologia populară pe care le crezi acum și de ce TikTok-ul te face să te simți „vindecat” în 30 de secunde, dar te lasă mai blocat ca niciodată. În acest episod separăm ce e viral de ce e valid. Demontăm pe rând cele mai răspândite mituri pop-psychology: creierul stâng vs. drept, testul de personalitate MBTI și efectul Barnum, abuzul de termenul narcisist, mitul catharsisului, „folosim doar 10% din creier", regula celor 21 de zile, cele 5 limbaje ale iubirii și cele 5 răni ale lui Lise Bourbeau. Contrastăm fiecare cu ce spun cercetarea și practica clinică, de la modelul Big Five la pseudoștiința fizionomiei. Apoi explicăm de ce ne agățăm de ele: economia cognitivă, nevoia de soluții rapide, efectul de bumerang și costul scufundării. Înveți cum să recunoști diagnosticele de buzunar, autodiagnosticarea și manipularea influencerilor care folosesc jargon psihologic ca autoritate falsă. Ascultă până la final ca să afli ce e adevăr, ce e bullshit și de ce contează diferența pentru sănătatea ta mintală.

What happens when a high-achieving, in-charge leader faces a challenge that can't be solved by sheer determination? In this episode, we sit down with Melissa Borowicz — CEO and owner of The Utech Group, organizational development expert, and co-author of Cracking the Rich Code — to explore what it looks like to face uncertainty through the lens of an ENFJ personality type. Melissa shares how her Big Five profile (94th percentile in adventurousness, 6th percentile in stress quotient) shaped her instinct to "always find a way" — and how an unexpected Multiple Sclerosis diagnosis in 2023 forced her to reckon with the shadow side of that same strength. We explore her development as a leader inside a second-generation family business, the tension between her natural independence and the need to receive support, and what she's learned about setting boundaries when your identity is built around achievement. In this episode you'll hear about: - What ENFJs look like under pressure — and what "laser beam eyes" and task-mode mean in practice - The difference between Interaction Styles (In Charge) and Essential Motivators (Catalyst) and how they showed up in Melissa's leadership journey - How her MS diagnosis accelerated both personal growth and organizational change - The framework she used to navigate life's most uncertain chapter — and why she wrote a chapter about it - Why "just do something" might be the most powerful advice for anyone stuck in uncertainty Whether you're a personality nerd, a leader navigating change, or someone facing something you didn't ask for, this episode will leave you thinking differently about how you're wired — and what your wiring reveals when life gets hard. Connecting the Dots is hosted by Steve Utech (Founder, illumyx) and Ryan Gracyalny (Director of Training & Development, The Utech Group). About Melissa Borowicz Melissa Borowicz is the CEO and Owner of The Utech Group, a second-generation family business specializing in organizational development, change management, and leadership training based in Green Bay, Wisconsin. With a master's degree in marriage and family therapy, Melissa brings a uniquely human lens to the complex dynamics of business — especially in family-owned companies navigating transition. Melissa is a co-author of Cracking the Rich Code, where she shares her personal chapter on mastering uncertainty and finding strength during her own Multiple Sclerosis diagnosis.

Kunstmatige intelligentie is cruciaal. Maar voor het bedrijfsleven levert het nog niet zoveel op. Waarom moeten we toch doorpakken en hoe? Felienne Hermans, hoogleraar didactiek van de informatica aan de Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam én docent informatica op de Open Schoolgemeenschap Bijlmer, is kritisch op de handvol techbro's die ons wereldbeeld sturen. Zij is te gast in BNR's Big Five van de AI-revolutie. Gasten in BNR's Big Five van de AI revolutie: -Willem Jonker, voorzitter van de AI Coalitie voor Nederland -Ben van der Burg, BNR's techcommentator -Erik Scherder, hersenwetenschapper en neuropsycholoog -Felienne Hermans, hoogleraar didactiek van de informatica aan de Vrije Universiteit AmsterdamSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Avant PSG-Arsenal ce samedi, « Big five » décrypte la méthode Luis Enrique, devenu quasiment imbattable en finale (15 victoires sur 18 disputées depuis 2014). Pourquoi l'entraîneur espagnol est-il animé par la volonté de marquer l'histoire ? Comment transmet-il son ambition et sa confiance à ses joueurs ? Comment s'y est-il pris pour les mener sur la route d'un deuxième sacre européen ? Un podcast présenté par Marie-Amélie Motte, avec José Barroso et Mélisande Gomez.Hébergé par Ausha. Visitez ausha.co/politique-de-confidentialite pour plus d'informations.

AI knaagt aan je geheugen. Je wordt er dommer en luier van. En daarom is hersenwetenschapper Erik Scherder er zo kritisch op. Hij is te gast in BNR's Big Five van de AI-revolutie. Gasten in BNR's Big Five van de AI revolutie: -Willem Jonker, voorzitter van de AI Coalitie voor Nederland -Ben van der Burg, BNR's techcommentator -Erik Scherder, hersenwetenschapper en neuropsycholoog -Felienne Hermans, hoogleraar didactiek van de informatica aan de Vrije Universiteit AmsterdamSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

De grote AI-makers waarschuwen zelf intussen steeds vaker voor hun eigen AI. De Paus waarschuwt ervoor. Moeten we de groei van AI in ons leven afremmen, of moeten we het juist helemaal omarmen? Te gast is techcommentator Ben van der Burg in BNR's Big Five van de AI-revolutie. Gasten in BNR's Big Five van de AI revolutie: -Willem Jonker, voorzitter van de AI Coalitie voor Nederland -Ben van der Burg, BNR's techcommentator -Erik Scherder, hersenwetenschapper en neuropsycholoog -Felienne Hermans, hoogleraar didactiek van de informatica aan de Vrije Universiteit AmsterdamSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

What do cheetahs, meerkats, elephants, and ravens have to do with personality? In this episode, Victoria explores the Big Five Personality Theory — one of the most widely recognized personality frameworks in psychology — and how these traits shape the way we think, work, connect, and respond to the world around us. Through honest conversation, personal reflections, and a few surprising assessment results, Victoria and producer Heather unpack where they land across the five major personality dimensions. Spring is finally here, so you know what this means… DISC as animals

We discussed the role of personality assessments in the workplace, what they do well, where they fall short, and how they should be used responsibly. We also broke down the science behind testing, the risks of misuse, and how organizations can apply these tools in a way that adds real value. In this episode: Nic Krueger, Tom Bradshaw, LindaAnn Rodgers, CT Sanders, Josh Strauss, Natasha Desjardins, Brendan Grech, Lee Crowson, Dr. Jagadesh Chander   I/O Career Accelerator Course: https://www.seboc.com/job Visit us https://www.seboc.com/ Follow us on LinkedIn: https://bit.ly/sebocLI Join an open-mic event: https://www.seboc.com/events   References   Krishnamurthy, R., Hass, G. A., Natoli, A. P., Smith, B. L., Arbisi, P. A., & Gottfried, E. D. (2022). Professional Practice Guidelines for Personality Assessment. Journal of Personality Assessment, 104(1), 1–16.  https://doi.org/10.1080/00223891.2021.1942020   Paradigm Personality Labs. (2024, October 22). When and how to use Big Five and MBTI personality assessment tools. https://paradigmpersonality.com/resources/big-five-and-mbti-personality-assessment-tools/   Serapio-García, G., Safdari, M., Crepy, C., Sun, L., Fitz, S., Romero, P., Abdulhai, M., Faust, A., & Matarić, M. (2025). A psychometric framework for evaluating and shaping personality traits in large language models. Nature machine intelligence, 7(12), 1954–1968.  https://doi.org/10.1038/s42256-025-01115-6   U.S. Office of Personnel Management. (n.d.). Personality tests. https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/assessment-and-selection/other-assessment-methods/personality-tests/  

De ontwikkelingen van kunstmatige intelligentie gaan sneller dan we ons kunnen voorstellen. Hoe snel gaat het? Hoe gaat ons leven veranderen? En wat is er nodig om Nederland en Europa wereldspeler te maken? Gasten in BNR's Big Five van de AI revolutie: -Willem Jonker, voorzitter van de AI Coalitie voor Nederland -Ben van der Burg, BNR's techcommentator -Erik Scherder, hersenwetenschapper en neuropsycholoog -Felienne Hermans, hoogleraar didactiek van de informatica aan de Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Jennie Nash shares a #amwriting “Write Big” session on letting go of “pick me” energy in publishing. On the day her new agent submits her new nonfiction proposal, Nash—author of 13 books with both Big Five and self-publishing experience—describes feeling calm because she's also “picking” her agent and potential publishers, clear on the value she brings and what she wants in a partner. She argues writers aren't limited to gatekeepers anymore and can give themselves permission and define success. Nash notes pick-me dynamics appear in workshops, writing groups, beta reads, and awards, and urges turning that outward grasping inward by choosing and elevating yourself and your project. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit amwriting.substack.com/subscribe

Welcome to the new era of the Octagram.In this foundational episode from December 2, 2025, C.S. Joseph reveals why 99% of people mistype themselves — and why every major personality system (MBTI, Enneagram, Socionics, Big Five) has been incomplete for decades. The missing piece? Gender.Traditional experts and MBTI YouTubers completely overlook how gender affects the psyche. Without the Octagram, accurate personality typing is literally impossible.✅ Octagram = Your Nurture (gender-aware) ✅ 4-Letter Type = Your Nature Together = 128 real personality combinationsTake the FREE gender-aware Octagram Personality Test: https://linktr.ee/csjosephAll links, resources, and Skool community: https://linktr.ee/csjosephTimestamps:0:00 - The Octagram Era Begins1:30 - Why 99% of People Mistype Their Personality3:45 - The Gender Gap Destroying Personality Typing6:20 - The 8 Octagrams Explained8:10 - 128 Personality Type Combinations9:40 - How to Finally Type Yourself AccuratelyThis marks the beginning of all new Octagram-based content. Everything released after December 2, 2025, follows this framework. Pre-2025 episodes are now archive material.Drop your Octagram result in the comments — I read every single one.Like, follow, and turn on notifications for more Ego Hacking content.#Octagram #MBTI #PersonalityTyping #GenderPsychology #Enneagram #Socionics #JungianPsychology

Een energiecrisis, hoge inflatie, stagnerende economie... flinke kluiven voor het minderheidskabinet van premier Jetten. En dat terwijl de coalitiepartijen het land weer in beweging wilden brengen. Welke keuzes zijn er tot nu toe gemaakt, en welke economische keuzes moeten er de komende tijd gemaakt worden? Te gast is Marieke Blom, hoofdeconoom bij ING en hoofd van ING Research. Gasten in BNR's Big Five van de slagkracht van het kabinet: -Mariken van der Velden, politicoloog en universitair hoofddocent politieke communicatie aan de Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam -Leendert Beekman, politiek verslaggever BNR -Ronald van Raak, voormalig SP-prominent, voormalig lid van de Eerste en Tweede Kamer en nu hoogleraar filosofie aan de Erasmus Universiteit en lid van de Raad van Openbaar Bestuur -Jelle Postma, oud-AIVD'er en oprichter van de stichting Justice for Prosperity -Marieke Blom, hoofdeconoom INGSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Arsenal a remporté ce mardi son 14e titre de champion, 22 ans après celui des Invincibles. Une consécration pour Mikel Arteta et ses joueurs, qui récompense près de 6 années de travail. « Big five » revient sur la saison des Gunners et questionne les critiques entendues sur leur jeu défensif. Un podcast présenté par Marie-Amélie Motte, avec Vincent Duluc et Pierre-Étienne Minonzio.Hébergé par Ausha. Visitez ausha.co/politique-de-confidentialite pour plus d'informations.

Adam Szetela, author of "That Book Is Dangerous!," discusses his investigation into the rise of self-censorship in the publishing industry, which he argues is being negatively transformed by social media and the culture wars in the United States. Mr. Szetela talks about the role played by the Big Five publishers, literary agents, sensitivity readers, and online pressure groups in the process. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Adam Szetela, author of "That Book Is Dangerous!," discusses his investigation into the rise of self-censorship in the publishing industry, which he argues is being negatively transformed by social media and the culture wars in the United States. Mr. Szetela talks about the role played by the Big Five publishers, literary agents, sensitivity readers, and online pressure groups in the process. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

EVEN MORE about this episode!Feeling lost or unsure of your purpose? There may be a deeper reason why.In this episode, Julie Ryan and John Strelecky explore how to find meaning, clarity, and direction by asking the questions that truly matter.John shares the life-changing decision that led him to leave his corporate career and travel the world—ultimately inspiring The Cafe on the Edge of the World, a story that has impacted millions. Together, they unpack the powerful questions at the heart of his work—Why are you here? Are you fulfilled?—and why so many people stay “pleasantly occupied” instead of truly living.You'll discover how defining your own “Big Five for Life” can reshape how you spend your time, energy, and attention, and why small shifts in awareness can open the door to extraordinary experiences. If you've been craving more meaning, direction, or freedom in your life, this conversation will challenge you to rethink what's possible—and inspire you to start living with intention today.Guest Biography:John Strelecky is a #1 bestselling author whose books—including The Cafe on the Edge of the World and The Big Five for Life—have sold over 12 million copies and been translated into more than 45 languages. Inspired by a life-changing moment in his early thirties, John's writing has resonated with readers worldwide, earning him recognition alongside thought leaders like Oprah Winfrey and Tony Robbins. Through his books, speaking, and global travels, he encourages people to live with purpose, clarity, and intention, inspiring millions to design lives aligned with what truly matters.Episode Chapters:(0:00:00) - The Journey to Purpose and Meaning(0:11:30) - Why Am I Here? The Question That Changes Everything(0:24:15) - The Big Five for Life Concept(0:36:45) - Pleasantly Occupied vs. Extraordinary Living(0:48:20) - The Cosmic Algorithm and Transformation(1:01:55) - Channeling, Creativity, and Divine Downloads(1:15:30) - Actors in Your Play: Reframing Difficult Relationships(1:28:10) - Sampling Life and Trusting Intuition(1:40:25) - Why We Incarnate and Collective Consciousness➡️ Subscribe to Ask Julie Ryan YouTube➡️ Julie's Intuitive Trainings✏️ Ask Julie a Question!

On this special 350th Episode of the show, the Big Five Project returns as we enter the year PC Tunney has been looking forward to for a very long time. 1997 is here and so to is the Attitude Era. More or less anyway. We begin what will surely be an epic run of episodes here on the Big Five Project with Royal Rumble '97. It was a night that saw the WWE return to a stadium as over 61,000 fans packed the Alamodome in San Antonio to see the boyhood dream come true all over again as Shawn Michaels reclaimed the WWF Championship from Sycho Sid. But it was also the night that saw "Stone Cold' Steve Austin capture the first of his three Royal Rumble wins, and the most controversial of all of them as Austin was eliminate, but the refs never saw it. Austin's victory would set off a wild chain reaction of events that would completely shift the landscape for WrestleMania XIII. In reality, the entire evening was a who's-who of huge players in WWF at the time, even if they still were not quite fully aligned with the gimmicks that would launch the industry into the stratosphere. It was an epic night in every sense of the word so come with us deep into the heart of Texas and celebrate as the Attitude Era begins to hit its stride with Royal Rumble '97!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

Pour sa dernière liste en tant que sélectionneur, Didier Deschamps n'a pas créé la surprise. Exit Eduardo Camavinga, bonjour Robin Risser et Maxence Lacroix, mais pas de joueur majeur oublié ou de retour fracassant. Est-ce la preuve que le sélectionneur a parfaitement réussi à réoxygéner son groupe comme il l'entendait après l'Euro 2024 ? Débat dans « Big 5 », après la conférence de presse. Un podcast présenté par Baptiste Binet, avec Pierre-Alexandre Conte et Loïc Tanzi. Réalisation : Léa Leostic.Hébergé par Ausha. Visitez ausha.co/politique-de-confidentialite pour plus d'informations.

Do you have a lingering desire to start a wildlife career, but feel like it might be too late for you? Or maybe you're working on a wildlife career, but it isn't working for you, and time just keeps passing by? You got the degree, but then life got in the way, and you even had to get a non-wildlife job to pay the bills…Well, I'm here to tell you that whether you're 25, 45, or older, a wildlife career IS still possible for you (and yes, I get by 25-year-olds who think they are too late), and this week's Fancy Scientist podcast episode really proves it! I interviewed Yellowstone Park Ranger Lynda Moore about her journey from radiologist to environmental educator and what it's really like to work in one of the most famous protected areas. Lynda first spent 28 years working in healthcare before deciding to return to school in 2017. She graduated with her degree in wildlife conservation biology in 2021, just two weeks before her 58th birthday! Now, she is working in one of the most coveted locations in the world for wildlife job seekers: Yellowstone National Park.Through our conversation, you'll learn how Linda navigated the challenges of being a non-traditional student and successfully landed a position with the National Park Service. She didn't let age hold her back or fears about ageism in the workplace. In fact, she embraced her past experiences and used them to her advantage, leveraging her work as a radiologist to her new career while focusing on new strategies to land her a park service job. You'll learn that Lynda emphasized networking and learning from others, building relationships with professors and graduate students while getting her degree. She shares how she willingly raised her hand for new opportunities, including counting bee behaviors in a lab and driving across the country for internships.You'll also get an insider's perspective on the fascinating, and sometimes dangerous, reality of working in America's first National Park. Lynda discusses her role as an interpretive ranger, educating the public on everything from the park's unique thermal geology to the "Big Five" wildlife species in the United States. She shares eye-opening stories about "babysitting" a 2,000-pound bison and the constant struggle to keep tourists at a safe distance from unpredictable wild animals.I also asked Lynda about the technical side of landing a federal job. She credits her success to having a mentor help her navigate the notoriously difficult federal resume process. You'll learn about the new federal resume requirements and how she transitioned from the "healthcare brain" to the "biologist brain," and how she carried over the work ethic and supervisory skills from her previous career that made her a standout candidate.After the interview, I break down the take-home points that you can apply to your own journey, regardless of your age. I explain how previous "unrelated" career experience can actually contain a variety of transferable skills for wildlife jobs, how to network with people who are decades younger (or older) than you, and how seeking outside help from professionals can help you navigate something like the frustration of the federal application system.If you've ever told yourself you're "too old," that "it's too late," or that "employers won't hire someone my age," Linda is living proof that the National Park Service, and the wildlife field at large, needs your experience and your passion! And even if you aren't working towards a wildlife career, in this episode, you'll be fascinated by what it's like to work inside one of the world's most iconic parks. Specifically, we talk about:Linda's steps from a 28-year career in radiology to becoming a Park Ranger at YellowstoneWhat it's like to go back to school in your 50s and graduate alongside your own daughterHow starting your career later in life can work to your advantage: using "adult money" and maturity can be a competitive edge in wildlife workBehind-the-scenes of working at Old Faithful and educating the public on thermal safetyWhy "interpreting" wildlife behavior is actually a safety talk in disguiseFascinating animal facts and the emotional impact of seeing a wolf in the wild for the first timeLynda's most impactful animal moment with Lucy the Orangutan at the National ZooPractical tips for federal resumes and navigating the shift from long-form to two-page limitsThe reality of seasonal life in temporary wildlife workThe importance of using informational interviews to learn the "hidden" requirements of jobsWhy you should never underestimate yourself before you even apply for a jobThe mindset shift needed to overcome imposter syndrome as a career switcherHow protecting the natural world starts with educating a single tourist or childJump Links:02:56 Meet Ranger Linda04:13 Career Switch Story05:36 Internships And Mentors07:38 Landing Yellowstone Job08:24 Seasonal Life Logistics10:41 Ranger Duties Explained13:32 Visitor Questions And History15:24 Expectations Versus Reality18:08 Wildlife Safety Lessons19:52 Craziest Tourist Encounters25:04 Bison Babysitting And Bears27:44 Choosing Biology Later32:23 Networking in School34:09 Ageism and Confidence37:06 Federal Resume Tips39:40 Unforgettable Animal Moments43:52 Teaching Predators Balance45:39 How to Get Hired49:32 Key Takeaways Wrap UpDream of being a wildlife biologist, zoologist, conservation biologist, or ecologist? Ready to turn your love of animals into a thriving career?

The Big Five answers the most pressing question of our time: what are the “Big 5” of any given category? Not the best 5. Not the top 5. Not anyone's favourite 5. But objectively, the Big 5. In each episode, Donovan Woods, Tom Power, and a celebrity guest tackle new topics and debate things like: what are the Big 5 farm animals? Types of hats? Slang terms for “butt”? Ways to cook a potato? Guys named Paul? Guests in this season include Vivek Shraya, Jordan Canning, William Prince, Lindsay Ell, Elamin Abdelmahmoud and more!More episodes of The Big Five are available wherever you get your podcasts, and here: https://link.mgln.ai/TB5xBN