Podcasts about Big Five

Hey, Brad Kearns here with some thoughts from my morning walk about the foundation of any excellent, well-rounded fitness program for peak performance, vitality, fat loss, and longevity. Did you know half of regular runners get an overuse injury every year, and 25% of regular runners are injured at any given time? In this episode, I explain why the modern endurance running approach is deeply flawed, why walking provides an excellent aerobic conditioning effect with minimal impact load or injury risk, and why it should be the foundation from which you launch your more ambitious fitness activities. I also share why resistance training is the missing link for many people, including Dr. Doug McGuff's “Big Five” workout, and why true sprinting—not long HIIT sessions—is the single best workout ever known to mankind in terms of return on investment for reducing excess body fat, promoting overall functional fitness, and supporting longevity. Research reveals that anaerobic muscle fibers decline at a rate of around 40% per decade without intervention, compared to roughly 10% for the aerobic system. That's why we have a critical obligation for longevity to hone the anaerobic system with brief, explosive maximum efforts. The three fitness laws are simple: move frequently at a slow pace, lift heavy things, and sprint once in a while. That is the winning ticket for true fitness, weight loss, and longevity. TIMESTAMPS: Brad emphasizes the importance of walking as an activity from which to launch your more ambitious fitness activities. [01:51] Steady state cardiovascular exercise and other extreme endurance exercises often create injuries. [03:01] Sprinting is the single best workout known to mankind! It's all about quality, explosiveness, power, lots of rest in between. [08:30] LINKS: Brad Kearns.com BradNutrition.com 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 B.rad Podcast – All Episodes Peluva Five-Toe Minimalist Shoes The Primal Blueprint 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.

Wofür stehst du morgens eigentlich auf? Nicht was du tust, das weißt du auswendig. Sondern der Grund darunter. Und wenn da erst mal Stille ist, dann ist diese Folge für dich.Viele von uns funktionieren nach außen perfekt und liegen abends trotzdem wach mit dem Gedanken: Ist das jetzt alles? Diese Leere mitten im funktionierenden Leben ist der Schmerz, über den kaum jemand spricht. Hier schauen wir ehrlich hin.Du erfährst, warum diese Leere kein Zeichen von Undankbarkeit ist, sondern ein ernstes Signal, was die Ohsaki-Studie mit über 50.000 Menschen über den Lebenssinn herausgefunden hat, und warum wir der Frage nach dem Wofür so lange ausweichen. Und du lernst die Big Five for Life kennen, die fünf Dinge, für die es sich bei dir wirklich zu leben lohnt. Am Ende bekommst du eine Übung, die dir einen ersten Zipfel deines Wofür in die Hand gibt.In dieser Folge geht es um Lebenssinn, die innere Leere, Sinn statt Funktionieren, Big Five for Life, Human Design und die Frage, wofür du eigentlich hier bist.Wenn dir diese Folge etwas gibt, folge der Show und aktiviere die Glocke, dann verpasst du keine. Neue Folgen jeden Dienstag.Geh tiefer: Genau dafür habe ich Homecoming gemacht. Auf Basis deines Human Design findest du heraus, wofür du hier bist, deine Big Five for Life und den einen Satz, der dein Leben trägt. Hier entlang: https://homecoming.qaura.de/Mehr von mir, mit Jessica, der Manifestorin und Gründerin von QAURA:Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/die_manifestorin/QAURA und Mentalparfüms: https://www.qaura.de/Impressum: https://www.qaura.de/policies/legal-notice

In this episode, Bradley sits down with Bob Ruffolo, founder of Impact, to talk about what drives customer acquisition now that buyers finish most of their research before they contact a company. Bob traces his path from freelancing during the recession, to building a top HubSpot partner agency, to merging with Marcus Sheridan and rebuilding the business as a coaching and training company.They discuss the zero moment of truth and why roughly 80 percent of the buying decision is complete before a company knows the buyer exists. Bob breaks down the Big Five content topics buyers care about most, why differentiation starts with a promise or guarantee competitors will not make, and what AI looks at when it recommends a single company to a buyer.This conversation moves beyond channel tactics and into how buying decisions actually get made. What does your market find when it researches your category? Are you answering the questions buyers ask before they are ready to talk? And if AI returns one company name in your market, what would make it yours? If you want a clearer view of how to earn trust before the first conversation, this conversation is for you.Visit https://workshop.blueprintos.com to register for the upcoming Above The Business workshop.ResourcesLearn more about Bob Ruffolo and Impact: impactplus.comPick up the book behind the system, Endless Customers: https://a.co/d/07MzFWx5 Check out the book Bradley references, The Road Less Stupid by Keith Cunningham: https://a.co/d/0iwqLCSl Check out the book Bob references, Traction by Gino Wickman: https://a.co/d/01royaHy Connect with Bob on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/bobruffolo/ Thanks to our sponsorsCoach P ConsultingCoach P found great success as an insurance agent and agency owner, leading a large and stable team of top-performing professionals. Today, he shares the systems, delegation strategies, and specialization methods he developed along the way. Gain access to weekly training calls and mentoring at:https://www.coachpconsulting.comBe sure to mention you heard about it on the Above The Business Podcast.Autopilot RecruitingAutopilot Recruiting helps small business owners solve staffing challenges by taking the stress out of hiring. Their dedicated recruiters work on your behalf every business day, optimizing your applicant tracking system, posting job listings, and sourcing candidates through social media and local communities.https://www.autopilotrecruiting.comMention Above The Business Podcast when you reach out.Direct ClicksDirect Clicks is built by business owners, for business owners. They specialize in custom marketing solutions that drive real results. From paid search campaigns to SEO and social media management, they provide comprehensive digital marketing support to help your business grow.Exclusive offer for listeners:https://directclicksinc.com/abovethebusinessGet a free marketing campaign audit and actionable recommendations.About Above The BusinessAbove The Business is hosted by Bradley Hamner, founder of BlueprintOS, and focuses on helping small business owners transition from Rainmaker to Architect by building systems, teams, and operations that scale.

Het jaar is nog maar halverwege, maar er ligt nu al een bewogen tijd achter ons. Vol politieke, maatschappelijke en economische uitdagingen, in binnen- en buitenland. Deze zomer laten we zes spraakmakende Big Five-thema's van de afgelopen tijd aan je horen. Deze week hoor je vijf kopstukken uit de wereld van de sociale media. Met vandaag: Lokke Moerel, privacy-advocaat en hoogleraar Global ICT Law aan Tilburg University. Meta, het moederbedrijf van onder meer Facebook en Instagram, is volgens een Amerikaanse jury aansprakelijk voor de verslaving die een jonge vrouw had opgelopen. Is dit een definitieve doorbraak tegen de macht van de Amerikaanse sociale media platforms? Te gast in BNR's Big Five van sociale media onder vuur -Kim van Sparrentak, Europarlementariër namens Pro -Steven Pont, ontwikkelingspsycholoog -Joe van Burik, Techjournalist bij BNR -Thekla Reuten, actrice en voorzitter & mede-oprichter van de stichting Smartphonevrij Opgroeien -Lokke Moerel, hoogleraar Global ICT aan Tilburg University en Senior of Counsel bij Morrison & FoersterSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Prophet Playoff Theory returns with one of our biggest episodes yet as we rank every NFL starting quarterback from 32 all the way to No. 1. Which QBs are overrated, underrated, and who just missed the elite tier? We break down the Browns' quarterback disaster and what the future holds in Cleveland (3:40). Then we dive into the development of the league's young signal callers, discussing what Year 2 could look like for Cam Ward, Tyler Shough, and Jaxson Dart, and whether they have what it takes to become franchise quarterbacks (23:02)Rashad explains why he's getting dangerously close to giving up on Jordan Love (39:00), while we debate just how high Caleb Williams' ceiling really is (44:10). We also ask if we're placing Justin Herbert a little too high in our rankings, or if he's finally ready to make the leap into the NFL's elite (49:40). Finally, we reveal a major shake-up at the top of our quarterback rankings as the Big Four become the Big Five, with another quarterback earning a spot in our top tier—a player we believe is building a résumé worthy of a first-ballot Hall of Fame career (54:33). Who landed where? Who will spark the biggest debate? Tune in and find out on Preach Kev Preach with Rashad.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/preach-kev-preach-w-rashad--2977392/support.

Het jaar is nog maar halverwege, maar er ligt nu al een bewogen tijd achter ons. Vol politieke, maatschappelijke en economische uitdagingen, in binnen- en buitenland. Deze zomer laten we zes spraakmakende Big Five-thema's van de afgelopen tijd aan je horen. Deze week hoor je vijf kopstukken uit de wereld van de sociale media. Met vandaag: actrice en moeder Thekla Reuten vertelt waarom zij haar kind geen smartphone geeft en dat bewust uitstelt tot in ieder geval 14 jaar. En waarom inmiddels tienduizenden ouders haar volgen. Te gast in BNR's Big Five van sociale media onder vuur -Kim van Sparrentak, Europarlementariër namens Pro -Steven Pont, ontwikkelingspsycholoog -Joe van Burik, Techjournalist bij BNR -Thekla Reuten, actrice en voorzitter & mede-oprichter van de stichting Smartphonevrij Opgroeien -Lokke Moerel, hoogleraar Global ICT aan Tilburg University en Senior of Counsel bij Morrison & FoersterSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Our first guest Robin Baker describes three big black cat sightings from the Forest of Dean and two pieces of his resulting artwork which include black leopards. Robin also explains his ‘Big Five' creatures of the Dean which feature in his artwork.Robin also explains the scowles of the Forest of Dean, a landform which inspired Tolkein's Lord of the Ring's Middle-earth landscape. The scowles are gullies in the woods, produced by ancient iron ore mining and now used as eerie backdrops to Star Wars and Harry Potter film scenes. These channels are also highly suited to big cats, for their routes and their ambush positions.Our second guest is Gary Ridley, back from episode 131. He fronted the recent Big Cat Investigator program in the BBC Our Lives series, available on I Player. Gary responds to podcast listeners' different feedback on the program. The program had an emphasis of the quest rather than the proof, and Rick and Gary discuss a key item which didn't make the final edit…   Word of the week:   scowles29 July 2026

Het jaar is nog maar halverwege, maar er ligt nu al een bewogen tijd achter ons. Vol politieke, maatschappelijke en economische uitdagingen, in binnen- en buitenland. Deze zomer laten we zes spraakmakende Big Five-thema's van de afgelopen tijd aan je horen. Deze week hoor je vijf kopstukken uit de wereld van de sociale media. Met vandaag: techourrnalist Joe van Burik. We spenderen bijna allemaal uren per dag scrollend op sociale media, vaak langer dan we zelf willen. En dus groeit de kritiek. Zullen sociale media platforms veranderen onder de maatschappelijke druk of is dat een illusie? Te gast in BNR's Big Five van sociale media onder vuur -Kim van Sparrentak, Europarlementariër namens Pro -Steven Pont, ontwikkelingspsycholoog -Joe van Burik, Techjournalist bij BNR -Thekla Reuten, actrice en voorzitter & mede-oprichter van de stichting Smartphonevrij Opgroeien -Lokke Moerel, hoogleraar Global ICT aan Tilburg University en Senior of Counsel bij Morrison & FoersterSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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

I spent last week in a cabin outside Ellijay, Georgia, a couple of hours north of here. I'd thought about doing something more epic with my one week away, driving out to Chaco Canyon or somewhere like it, and then realized I'd spend most of the week driving and arrive exhausted. So, a cabin. I went to work on the nonfiction book I've been close to finishing and then taking apart again more times than I care to admit.I brought a lot of music gear with me too, just in case the writing didn't go. Turns out that having only so much time is its own kind of help. I didn't play much.This week's episode came out of that.I want to talk to two people. The first has never written a book and can't get past the question of who am I to do this. No platform. A few hundred people on Facebook, half of them from high school. Write the thing and you're speaking into the wilderness. The second already wrote the book. It came out, it did fine or it didn't, and now they're quietly wondering whether it was worth what they gave it.Here's the honest part, and I think the honest version is more useful than the pitch. Books don't make people famous anymore. Even really good ones. That's most of the reason the Big Five look for authors who already have an audience, because they aren't in the platform-building business so much as the fire-to-it business. But a book is still a different form of distribution, and it reaches people who will never find you in a feed. Somebody they trust hands them a copy and says you should read this. That's a door your other work doesn't open.So the question I've landed on isn't whether you should write a book. It's whether you want to inhabit the identity of someone who writes. If you want somebody to read your one book, shouldn't they be able to see that you're a person who writes?I also get into why three-year and five-year plans have never worked for me, what David Perell's 250,000 subscribers actually took in years, why a book that doesn't sell in its first year is the moment most people quit and the wrong moment to do it, and my own fairly fragmented record of sticking with anything.The difficulty in life is the choice.If you're sitting on a manuscript, a proposal, or an idea you can't shake loose, Crossroads Publishing Group is my press. Editorial, design, print, ebook, audio, distribution. Take a look at crossroadspublishing.group and see what you think. If you decide it isn't for you, that's a real answer and a fine one.I also coach writers toward the harder part, which is hearing yourself into committing to the thing you actually want to do. That's a conversation, not a purchase.And I'm taking on a handful of new projects this fall. If you know someone with a book they keep almost writing, or a story you know is worth telling, send them my way or just send me their name. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit chadprevost.substack.com

Het jaar is nog maar halverwege, maar er ligt nu al een bewogen tijd achter ons. Vol politieke, maatschappelijke en economische uitdagingen, in binnen- en buitenland. Deze zomer laten we zes spraakmakende Big Five-thema's van de afgelopen tijd aan je horen. Deze week hoor je vijf kopstukken uit de wereld van de sociale media. Met vandaag: ontwikkelingspsycholoog Steven Pont. We proberen schermtijd te beperken, telefoons verdwijnen uit de klas, maar ondertussen groeit een hele generatie op met sociale media. Wat doet dat met hun ontwikkeling? We weten dat kinderen en jongeren steeds meer tijd op hun scherm doorbrengen, en maken ons daar collectief zorgen over. Maar wie moet kinderen beschermen tegen de impact ervan: ouders, scholen of de platforms zelf? Te gast in BNR's Big Five van sociale media onder vuur -Kim van Sparrentak, Europarlementariër namens Pro -Steven Pont, ontwikkelingspsycholoog -Joe van Burik, Techjournalist bij BNR -Thekla Reuten, actrice en voorzitter & mede-oprichter van de stichting Smartphonevrij Opgroeien -Lokke Moerel, hoogleraar Global ICT aan Tilburg University en Senior of Counsel bij Morrison & FoersterSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Was haben prunkvolle Fürstenhochzeiten, die Ballette Ludwigs XIV. und der Eurovision Song Contest miteinander zu tun? Erstaunlich viel, meint der brasilianische Forscher Raphael Reis Medeiros de Campos. Bei der Eurovision International Conference in Wien gewann er mit seiner ebenso originellen wie überzeugenden These den Science Slam: Der ESC lasse sich als eine moderne Form des barocken Hofspektakels betrachten. Zu Gast Dr. Eurovision Irving Wolther und Raphael Reis Medeiros de Campos. Ausgerichtet wird der Science Slam im Rahmen der Konferenz "Eurovisions", die "Dr. Eurovision" Irving Wolther seit 2018 gemeinsam mit Kolleg:innen jährlich am jeweiligen ESC-Austragungsort veranstaltet - heuer bereits zum neunten Mal, in Wien. 2027 steht die zehnte Jubiläumsausgabe an. Mehr zur Konferenz und wie man selbst mit einem Beitrag dabei sein kann, gibt's unter phonos.de/dreurovision und eurovisions.eu. Reis Medeiros de Campos' These im Kern: In der Barockzeit dienten aufwendig inszenierte Opern und Feste als politisches Werkzeug - zur Verherrlichung von Herrscherhäusern, zur sozialen Kohäsion des Adels und zur Zurschaustellung von Reichtum und Macht. Genau diese Mechanismen erkennt er auch beim Eurovision Song Contest wieder: von der Idee einer gemeinsamen "Europäischheit" über die wirtschaftlichen Unterschiede zwischen den "Big Five" und kleineren Teilnahmeländern bis zum nationalen Branding, wenn etwa Aserbaidschan mit der futuristischen Baku Crystal Hall ein Bild von Modernität vermitteln wollte. Auch bei der reinen Bühneninszenierung findet er Parallelen: Wasser- und Feuerwerkseffekte, aufwendige Kostüme und die Dramaturgie eines ganzen Song-Contest-Zyklus - von den Pre-Partys über die Halbfinali bis zum großen Finale - erinnern ihn an mehrtägige barocke Hochzeitsfeierlichkeiten mit Prozessionen, Bällen und Festspielen. Irving Wolther ordnet das Ganze wissenschaftshistorisch ein: Musik sei seit jeher ein Machtinstrument gewesen - von den barocken Hofkomponisten in Abhängigkeit ihrer adeligen Gönner bis zur heutigen Sorge, handgemachte Musik könnte im KI-Zeitalter bald zum Luxusgut werden. Reis Medeiros de Campos' komplette Präsentation gibt's zum Nachschauen: Baroque Spectacles and the Eurovision Song Contest Musik in dieser Episode (lizenzfrei verwendet): Jean-Baptiste Lully – Le bourgeois gentilhomme (Suite), XI. Marche pour la cérémonie des Turcs, performed by Advent Chamber Orchestra (Quelle: Musopen) Georg Friedrich Händel – Alcina HWV 34, performed by The London Baroque Orchestra (Quelle: Musopen) Claudio Monteverdi – L'Orfeo, DVD-Teaser von Les Arts Florissants (YouTube, Creative-Commons-Lizenz) Danach ziehen sich Alkis und Marco zurück und sprechen über die Neuigkeiten aus Sanremo: Die Rai hat einen eigenen ESC-Abend beim Festival 2027 bestätigt - inklusive einer neuen "Performance Night" und einigen Verschiebungen im gewohnten Ablauf. Alle Infos zum Festival gibt's auf der offiziellen Rai-Seite. Zum Abschluss reist Alkis in der kleinen Song Contest Geschichte zurück zu einem berühmten Opernsänger, der beim Eurovision Song Contest auftrat - und mit diesem Auftritt eine bis heute gültige Regeländerung auslöste. Ein Vorgeschmack gibt's hier. Creators: Marco Schreuder & Alkis Vlassakakis & Simon GraserMerci Chérie Online:www.MerciCherie.atFacebook: MerciCheriePodcastInstagram: mercicherie.atTikTok: @merci_cherie_podcastbluesky: @mercicherie.atBitte bewertet uns und schreibt Reviews, wo immer ihr uns hört.

Alaina (@molars.and.miles) is an Ohio mom of three, dentist, and expert trip planner who takes an annual couples trip with her husband and another couple. After traveling to 10 countries together, their latest adventure took them all the way to South Africa in April 2025—and this may have been their most unforgettable trip yet!In just eight days, they experienced three completely different sides of South Africa: vibey Cape Town with its incredible restaurants and breathtaking scenery, a dreamy night in the Franschhoek wine country, and a thrilling luxury safari where they saw the Big Five.Alaina shares how the safari experience actually works—from early-morning game drives and animals roaming just feet away to sunset happy hours in the bush, cozy lodge dinners, and the excitement of tracking lions, leopards, elephants, rhinos, and buffalo. Add in beautiful hotels, unforgettable meals, a wine tram, and plenty of spontaneous travel magic, and this trip was truly a foodie and adventure lover's dream.This episode is available to watch on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@kelseygravesIf you'd like to share about your trip on the podcast, email me at: kelsey@triptalespodcast.comBuy Me A Coffee: https://buymeacoffee.com/kelseygravesFollow me on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/kelsey_gravesFollow me on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@mskelseygravesJoin us in the Trip Tales Podcast Community Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/1323687329158879Link to Trip Tales podcast on Apple: Mentioned in this episode:- Alaina's Instagram: www.instagram.com/molars.and.miles and website: www.molarsandmiles.com- CAPETOWN: Cape Grace Hotel, Table Mountain, Time Out Market, Chapman's Peak drive, Boulders Beach, Simon's Town, "Just Mich" Tour Guide, Groot Constantia Wine Farm, Chef's Warehouse, Marble- FRANSCHHOEK: Babylonstoren (Cape Dutch Farm), Leeu Estates, Wine Tram- SAFARI: Hoedspruit Airport, Greater Kruger National Park, Kapama Private Game Lodge, Safari Game Drives, the Big FiveTrip Tales is a travel podcast sharing real vacation stories and trip itineraries for family travel, couples getaways, cruises, and all-inclusive resorts. Popular episodes feature destinations like Marco Island Florida, Costa Rica with kids, Disney Cruise Line, Disney Aulani in Hawaii, Beaches Turks & Caicos, Park City ski trips, Aruba, Italy, Ireland, Portugal's Azores, New York City, Alaska cruises, and U.S. National Parks. Listeners get real travel tips, itinerary recommendations, hotel reviews, restaurant recommendations, and inspiration for planning their next vacation, especially when traveling with kids.

Het jaar is nog maar halverwege, maar er ligt nu al een bewogen tijd achter ons. Vol politieke, maatschappelijke en economische uitdagingen, in binnen- en buitenland. Deze zomer laten we zes spraakmakende Big Five-thema's van de afgelopen tijd aan je horen. Deze week hoor je vijf kopstukken uit de wereld van de sociale media. Met vandaag: Kim van Sparrentak, Europarlementariër namens Pro. De belofte van sociale media was zo mooi: mensen dichter bij elkaar brengen, de wereld kleiner maken. Maar intussen zijn we verslaafd aan de eindeloze stromen van content en zijn we digitaal overgeleverd aan de Amerikanen. Hoe groot is de invloed van Amerikaanse techgiganten in Brussel? En hoe valt er tegen die macht op te boksen? En waarom is het verbieden van sociale media juist niet de oplossing? Te gast in BNR's Big Five van sociale media onder vuur -Kim van Sparrentak, Europarlementariër namens Pro -Steven Pont, ontwikkelingspsycholoog -Joe van Burik, Techjournalist bij BNR -Thekla Reuten, actrice en voorzitter & mede-oprichter van de stichting Smartphonevrij Opgroeien -Lokke Moerel, hoogleraar Global ICT aan Tilburg University en Senior of Counsel bij Morrison & Foerster See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Het jaar is nog maar halverwege, maar er ligt nu al een bewogen tijd achter ons. Vol politieke, maatschappelijke en economische uitdagingen, in binnen- en buitenland. Deze zomer laten we zes spraakmakende Big Five-thema's van de afgelopen tijd aan je horen. Deze week hoor je vijf kopstukken uit de wereld van de verzorgingsstaat. Met vandaag: FNV-voorzitter Hans Spekman. In het coalitieakkoord staan flinke bezuinigingen op de sociale zekerheid. Hans Spekman kreeg al een deel van tafel, maar hij wil meer. 'De rekening voor noodzakelijke investeringen, zoals defensie, mag niet worden neergelegd bij mensen die afhankelijk zijn van de sociale zekerheid; er zijn eerlijkere alternatieven', zegt hij. 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.

Do you keep doing brilliant work and getting warm reviews while the VP title goes to someone you outwork every single day? If you want to know how to get promoted from director to vice president, the answer is not working harder. It is becoming someone your senior leaders can already picture in that next chair.In this episode of the SisterSmart Leadership podcast, executive coach Jill Avey takes you inside one woman's year. The year she went from passed over to promoted. Hidden inside her story are the five things that actually separate directors from VPs. We call them the Big Five of Strategy®.You will learn why a promotion is a bet on your future rather than a prize for your past, what the feedback "be more strategic" actually means and how to let senior leaders watch you think so your best ideas stop staying locked inside your head.Jill also shares research from Yale, MIT and the University of Minnesota on 30,000 employees that reveals the real reason so many high performing women keep getting passed over for promotion.In this episode you will learn:Why being the most capable person on the team can keep you stuck at the director levelThe Big Five of Strategy® senior leaders look for when they fill a VP seat: grasp the present, shape the future, move the system, deliver the results and adapt to changeHow narrating your reasoning out loud changes how leaders rate your potentialWhy one gap in the five is enough to cost you a promotion cycle even when the other four are strongThree shifts you can make this week to become imaginable in the next chairChapters:

Het jaar is nog maar halverwege, maar er ligt nu al een bewogen tijd achter ons. Vol politieke, maatschappelijke en economische uitdagingen, in binnen- en buitenland. Deze zomer laten we zes spraakmakende Big Five-thema's van de afgelopen tijd aan je horen. Deze week hoor je vijf kopstukken uit de wereld van de verzorgingsstaat. Met vandaag: Kim Putters, voorzitter van de Sociaal-Economische Raad (SER). Polarisatie is misschien wel de grootste vijand van onze verzorgingsstaat. Hoe creëer je dan toch draagvlak in de samenleving? Gasten in BNR's Big Five van de Verzorgingsstaat onder druk: -Coen van Oostrom, voorzitter VNO-NCW -Martine Wolzak, politiek verslaggever bij Het Financieele Dagblad -Joyce Sylvester, voorzitter van de Staatscommissie tegen Discriminatie en Racisme -Kim Putters, voorzitter Sociaal-Economische Raad (SER) -Hans Spekman, voorzitter vakbond FNVSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Het jaar is nog maar halverwege, maar er ligt nu al een bewogen tijd achter ons. Vol politieke, maatschappelijke en economische uitdagingen, in binnen- en buitenland. Deze zomer laten we zes spraakmakende Big Five-thema's van de afgelopen tijd aan je horen. Deze week hoor je vijf kopstukken uit de wereld van de verzorgingsstaat. Met vandaag: Joyce Sylvester, voorzitter van de Staatscommissie tegen Discriminatie en Racisme. Onlangs presenteerde zij het eindrapport van de staatscommissie. De conclusie: de huidige aanpak van discriminatie in Nederland schiet tekort. Is de verzorgingsstaat er wel voor iedereen? En hoe is het institutioneel racisme aan te pakken? 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.

Volgens reizigersvereniging Rover moeten meer mensen met het OV reizen, maar wordt dit belemmerd door geplande bezuinigingen. Daarom schuwt Rover niet langer om met acties reizigers te betrekken in de politieke discussie. In ‘De top van Nederland’ een uitgebreid gesprek met Daan Zieren, de kersverse directeur van Rover. Presentator Art Rooijakkers vraagt hem of activisme inmiddels weer een optie is voor Rover en hoe de organisatie de betaalbaarheid van het OV probeert te verhogen. Over Rover Het in 1971 opgerichte Rover is een reizigersvereniging die de belangen behartigt van álle OV-reizigers en telt ruim 4000 leden. Sinds 1998 maakt Rover deel uit van het consumentenplatform Locov, waarin wordt overlegd met de NS en de overheid. Over Art Rooijakkers Art Rooijakkers is een Nederlandse televisiepresentator en programmamaker. Daarnaast is hij journalist en presentator bij BNR. Hij presenteert om de week ‘BNR’s Big Five’ en af en toe ‘BNR Zakendoen’ waar 'De top van Nederland’ onderdeel van is. Abonneer je op de podcast Ga naar ‘De top van Nederland’ en abonneer je op de podcast, ook te beluisteren via Apple Podcast en Spotify.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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Het jaar is nog maar halverwege, maar er ligt nu al een bewogen tijd achter ons. Vol politieke, maatschappelijke en economische uitdagingen, in binnen- en buitenland. Deze zomer laten we zes spraakmakende Big Five-thema's van de afgelopen tijd aan je horen. Deze week hoor je vijf kopstukken uit de wereld van de verzorgingsstaat. Met vandaag: Martine Wolzak, politiek verslaggever bij het Financieel Dagblad. De verzorgingsstaat komt meer en meer onder druk te staan, zie ook de huidige strijd rond de sociale zekerheid in de polder. Wat voor een Nederland willen we zijn? Gasten in BNR's Big Five van de Verzorgingsstaat onder druk: -Coen van Oostrom, voorzitter VNO-NCW -Martine Wolzak, politiek verslaggever bij Het Financieele Dagblad -Joyce Sylvester, voorzitter van de Staatscommissie tegen Discriminatie en Racisme -Kim Putters, voorzitter Sociaal-Economische Raad (SER) -Hans Spekman, voorzitter vakbond FNVSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

This episode is presented by Wispr Flow, a tool that turns voice notes into clear writing. I use it every day and recommend it to every writer I know. Try it for free at ref.wisprflow.ai/howiwrite Learn more about Alpha School at go.alpha.school/howiwrite David Shelley is on the show today and he's the CEO of Hachette, one of the Big Five publishers. In this conversation, I focused on two things. First, how should writers navigate the publishing industry? Second, how does the publishing industry actually work? Who better to learn from than someone at the top of the field? David has spent more than 30 years in book publishing, and his company sells roughly 220 million books every year, generating about $3.5 billion in annual revenue. About the host Hey! I'm David Perell and I'm a writer, teacher, and podcaster. I believe writing online is one of the biggest opportunities in the world today. For the first time in human history, everybody can freely share their ideas with a global audience. I seek to help as many people publish their writing online as possible. Follow me Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/how-i-write/id1700171470 YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@DavidPerellChannel Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/2DjMSboniFAeGA8v9NpoPv X: https://x.com/david_perell Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Welcome, writers and book lovers. The Bleeders is a podcast about book writing and publishing. Make sure you subscribe to the companion Substack: https://thebleeders.substack.com/welcomeToday's guest is author, writing coach, and sobriety expert Tawny Lara, the author of Dry Humping: A Guide to Dating, Relating, and Hooking Up Without the Booze.In this episode, Tawny pulls back the curtain on her publishing journey—from blogging and viral essays to finding an agent, switching from memoir to more journalistic nonfiction, completely rewriting her proposal, and ultimately selling her book. We get into querying, indie publishing vs. the Big Five, advances, audiobooks, and DIY book publicity. She also shares why every writer needs a newsletter, how she built an effective Substack strategy, the publicity tactics that landed her major media coverage, and why tapping into your existing network is often more powerful than chasing social media algorithms.Plus, Tawny explains how she sold a sobriety card deck to Penguin Random House, why rejection is an essential part of every publishing career, and the simple writing advice that transformed her creative practice.Subscribe to Tawny's Substack Beyond Liquid Courage. Follow her on Instagram @tawnymlara, and buy your copy of Dry Humping on Bookshop.org, Amazon, or wherever books are sold!Get your copy of Courtney's debut memoir Girl Gone Wild from ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Bookshop.org⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ or ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Amazon⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠.The Bleeders is hosted by Courtney Kocak. Follow her on Instagram @courtneykocak and Bluesky @courtneykocak.bsky.social. For more, check out her website courtneykocak.com.Courtney is teaching some upcoming classes you might be interested in:Midsummer Pitch Party: https://www.courtneykocak.com/store/midsummerpitchpartySo You Want to Start a Podcast?: https://writingworkshops.com/products/start-podcast-workshop-courtney-kocakEdit & Elevate: Revision Intensive: https://writingworkshops.com/products/edit-elevate-revision-intensive-zoom-seminar-with-courtney-kocakThe Multi-Passionate Writer's Life: https://writingworkshops.com/products/the-multi-passionate-writers-life-zoom-seminar-with-courtney-kocak12 Months to a Full Memoir in Essays Incubator: Write Your Memoir in a Year: https://writingworkshops.com/products/memoir-in-essays-incubator-nonfiction-writing-workshop-online-june-2026How to Build a “Platform” for Writers Who Shudder at the Thought: https://writingworkshops.com/products/how-to-build-a-platform-for-writers-who-shudder-at-the-thought-zoom-seminarStart a Newsletter to Supercharge Your Platform, Network and Business: https://writingworkshops.com/products/start-a-newsletter-to-supercharge-your-platform-network-business-zoom-seminarLand Big Bylines by Writing for Columns: https://writingworkshops.com/products/land-big-bylines-by-writing-for-columns-zoom-seminar

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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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.

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