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BONUS: Why a Former Chess Champion Thinks Your Leadership Is Stuck in the Opening Game John Whitt spent 30 years managing billion-dollar construction portfolios in corporate America — sleeping five or six nights a week in hotel beds, traveling the country, winning at someone else's game. Then he walked away. In this episode, he breaks down what chess taught him about business phases, why generosity outperforms hustle in the long run, and how the "pause factor" keeps leaders from burning out while scaling their impact. From Corporate Construction to Coaching — The Move That Changed Everything "I spent 5, sometimes 6 nights a week, sleeping in a hotel bed, traveling around the country, and it really wasn't good for my sanity, it wasn't good for my family. And then the company decided to move from Southern California to Dallas, and so that was like the — I'm not going to Dallas move, and it's time to start something else."   John's corporate career was successful by every external measure — managing $500 million construction portfolios at companies like CB Richard Ellis. But the lifestyle was hollowing him out. He'd been thinking about leaving for a while when the relocation to Dallas forced his hand. Through behavioral assessment work, he discovered coaching was where his strengths naturally pointed — it had been his primary leadership style all along. In 2010, he invested in a Focal Point coaching franchise, which gave him the tools and training without having to reinvent the wheel. Combined with 30 years of corporate relationships, it was enough to launch. His reflection on the transition is simple: "The cool thing about coaching is that we're just helping people." The Chess Game of Business — Opening, Middle, and End "The way the chess game is played at the higher levels has influenced my way of thinking essentially for the rest of my life. The opening is where you're getting started — startup business, takes a lot of hustle, a lot of energy. But then the transition happens to the middle game, where you have to think a lot more strategically, and tactically with the right move in the right order, because the wrong order will not get you the results you're looking for."   John played in the United States Chess Championships in 1976, and the framework stuck. He maps business growth to three chess phases: the opening (startup hustle, high energy, you do everything), the middle game (strategic delegation, building systems, hiring people with an ownership mindset), and the end game (transitioning assets and resources to serve the life you actually want). The danger zone is the opening-to-middle transition. Founders and leaders get trapped being the go-to person for everything — solving everyone else's problems during business hours and doing their own work after hours and on weekends. The middle game demands a different skill: learning to operate on the business instead of always in it. And it can't happen overnight — you have to prioritize what to change, in what order, or it gets jumbled up. Accomplishing Goals Through Others — The Magic of Discretionary Effort "The magic is accomplishing goals through other people, because when you do that, you're going to do big things. As an individual, you can only do so much. There's only so many hours in a day."   John keeps coming back to one idea: if you're doing it all yourself, your impact is capped at 24 hours. The real unlock is getting other people to give their discretionary effort — that extra gear where someone stays 20 minutes longer because they care, or thinks about the project at home because they're genuinely excited. Discretionary effort isn't something you can demand. It comes from inspiration. John frames it through WIIFM — "What's In It For Me?" — everybody's favorite radio station. Leaders who skip that question get compliance. Leaders who answer it get mountains moved.   The flip side is equally important: many leaders have never been on a high-performing team, so they don't know what they're missing. They accept compliance as normal. Others are smart and capable but lack the relationship skills to inspire. John's point is clear: leadership through inspiration is a learnable skill, not an innate trait. Generosity as Strategy — Time, Talent, and Treasure "Generosity always — I mean, this is unequivocal — always gives you better long-term results. If you plan to be generous, if you say this is who I am and I will do the work that's necessary to be generous, then you will always get better long-term results."   John's 4-Facet LifeShine Generosity Process puts generosity at the center of leadership — an unusual move in a world that defaults to performance metrics and execution frameworks. His argument is that generosity isn't soft. It's strategic. The framework starts with unique identity (who are you?), then moves through three dimensions: time, talent, and treasure. Most people think generosity means writing a check. John says time and talent are far more powerful. A leader who invests the time to communicate vision and inspire the team is being generous — and that generosity compounds into better team performance, stronger relationships, and less burnout over time.   The risk, though, is over-giving. Agile coaches and scrum masters who tie their identity to the work are especially vulnerable — they give so generously at work that they burn out when results don't match expectations. That's where the plan matters: define the life you want, build the business or career to serve that life, and stay disciplined about boundaries. The Pause Factor — How Leaders Protect Their Thinking "You gotta learn to say pause. That's a great idea, I understand what you're saying, we need to spend a little more time on that — so let me schedule some time later. Because right now, if I spend all that time, it's not going to get my best thinking, it's not going to get my best response."   People bring problems to leaders constantly — personal problems, business problems, urgent and not-urgent mixed together. The instinct is to solve immediately. John teaches leaders the "pause factor": acknowledge the importance of what someone brings you, then schedule dedicated time to address it properly. This isn't avoidance — it's quality control for your own thinking. When you're distracted and rushed, you give worse answers. When you pause, you also create space to ask: is this mine to solve, or does it belong to someone on my team?   John extends this to how teams bring problems: train people to come with clarity — here's the problem, here's the challenge, here's some potential solutions. That way the leader can triage effectively in a short time instead of getting pulled into an unstructured conversation that eats an hour. About John Whitt John Whitt is a leadership strategist with 30+ years of business transformation experience, from managing $500 million construction portfolios at companies like CB Richard Ellis to coaching small business owners. He's the author of Checkmate!: Winning Tactics for Translating Ideas Into Money and creator of the Whole Life Leadership experience.   You can link with John Whitt on LinkedIn.  

BONUS: Why the People Track Exists — And What It Will Help You See at GAS26 The Global Agile Summit kicks off on May 4th, and the People track is one of the most loaded lineups this year. In this episode, track co-hosts Pete Oliver-Krueger and Alina Thapliyal share the story behind the track, the sessions they're most excited about, and why — in a world increasingly focused on technology and AI — the people dimension is more critical than ever. The Story Behind the People Track "Every transformation still comes down to how people feel, how they communicate, how they work with each other, how decisions are made, and how leaders can create a space and conditions for them to thrive."   The People track isn't new to the Global Agile Summit — it's been part of the event for several years, sometimes combined with the Product track. But this year, the volume and quality of submissions made it clear that the topic deserves its own dedicated space. Alina frames it in terms of the VUCA world we operate in: volatility, uncertainty, complexity, and ambiguity make the people dimension more important, not less. Pete picks up the thread with a sharper edge — as AI and technology increasingly dominate the conversation, it's easy to lose sight of the people creating, designing, using, and selling the products. That tension is exactly why he wrote Shift: From Product to People with his co-author Michael. The book exists to pull practitioners out of product-as-a-thing thinking and into product-as-people thinking. Product as a Thing vs. Product as People "When we lose sight of the people around the product is when things start to suffer."   When Pete reviewed the track submissions, he noticed a telling pattern — a divergence that confirmed the track's reason for existing. Many submissions talked about product as an artifact, focused on deliverables and outcomes, with no connection to the humans involved. Then there was a second group that immediately saw themselves in the People track. Pete explains the dynamic: we all start by caring about people and solving problems, but at some point we pick a solution and the work of getting it done becomes all-consuming. The task becomes the goal and the people become objects. Unless we consciously leave space to think about relationships and human dynamics, we drift into laser focus on things. The sessions in this track are designed to be the antidote. Marcus Bullock's Keynote — A People-First Success Story "It's so inspiring to just listen to it and think that I can also do it. We can give people a second chance. We can focus on what's good and increase the good, rather than focus on what's bad."   Both Alina and Pete highlighted Marcus Bullock's keynote as a must-watch. Marcus, CEO of Flikshop, started from a deeply difficult place and built his way to leading a business and empowering others. What makes his story stand out isn't the arc from adversity to success — it's the honesty. Pete, who has known Marcus for over 15 years, points out that Marcus's story includes genuine ups and downs, and his people-first approach is what helped him weather all of them. Alina was struck by the energy Marcus brings and his focus on amplifying what's good in people rather than minimizing what's bad. It's a message that resonates whether you lead a team of five or an organization of five thousand. Usability Theater — The Courage to Shut Up and Listen "Take a product, give it to a customer, and don't say anything. Just let the customer try it, let the customer experience the product. We need to have the courage to shut up."   Alina's second highlight was the session on usability theater, where the core idea is deceptively simple: put your product in front of a customer and resist the urge to explain anything. No "look what we did here," no guided tour. Just observe how people actually interact with what you've built. It takes real courage, Alina says, because our instinct is to showcase and defend our work. But the insights you gain from silence and observation are worth far more than the comfort of narration. This is one of those sessions that sounds simple but could change how you run your next product review or demo. Agency — Breaking the Permission Loop "There is a necessity to understand ourselves and have some of this confidence, but that's true for everybody, even our leaders. They may be stuck in permission loops with their own bosses."   Tara Scott's session on agency and breaking the permission loop touched a nerve for both hosts. Alina shared that in companies she's worked for, drawn-out decision processes wasted resources and drove people to leave. Tara's session tackles how to empower people to actually make decisions. Pete adds a crucial nuance: the permission loop isn't just a top-down problem. Leaders are stuck in their own permission loops too. Everyone in the chain faces the same challenge, and the solution can't be found in a vacuum — it requires understanding where each person is coming from and building flexibility across the team and organization. If this topic hits close to home, Tara is also doing a live Q&A during the summit. Neurodiversity, Jeff Patton, and the Full Lineup "Every time I have a conversation with Jeff Patton, it just goes in all kinds of directions, and I have so much fun."   Pete flagged two more sessions worth watching. The neurodiversity session with Anita promises to open up a topic that deserves more airtime in the agile community — how different minds experience and contribute to team dynamics. And Jeff Patton, whose conversations with Pete apparently never follow a straight line, brings his signature blend of product thinking and people awareness. The full track covers a wide range: trust, leadership, inclusion, decision-making, neurodiversity. As Alina puts it, these topics are universal — they're about human behavior, and that's valuable in any field where you work with people. A New Lens for Monday Morning "I think people can take away from the track the ability to see other dynamics in their workplace that maybe they currently aren't spending a lot of time paying attention to, or didn't even realize were there."   When asked what attendees will walk away with, both Alina and Pete landed on the same metaphor: a new lens. Alina described it as a better understanding of how human dynamics shape culture and performance, paired with practical tips that can be applied immediately — no theory, just real-life stories from real practitioners. Pete took the metaphor further, comparing it to putting on night vision goggles. After watching these sessions, you'll start noticing dynamics you'd been walking past every day — relationship patterns, permission loops, communication gaps. And with that new visibility comes influence. You'll realize you have more ability to shape your environment than you thought, simply because you can now see what was always there. About Pete Oliver-Krueger Pete Oliver-Krueger is an Executive Coach with the Library of Agile, and co-author of the book "Shift: From Product to People", a novel that tells the complex story of how leading "people-first" is required to solve tomorrow's biggest problems.   You can link with Pete Oliver-Krueger on LinkedIn, and visit Pete OK's website at https://www.shiftingpeople.com/. About Alina Thapliyal Alina Thapliyal is the Scrum Master for a team within the public sector. Her aspiration is to become an agile coach. She grew up in Romania and has been living in Germany for 13 years. She loves jogging, reading and actively listening to people's life stories.   You can link with Alina Thapliyal on LinkedIn.

BONUS: Why a Distinguished Engineer Stopped Reading Code — Lights-Out Codebases and the End of the IC Philip Su has spent two decades at the highest levels of software engineering — Microsoft, Meta (where he reached Distinguished Engineer, IC9), OpenAI, and now building his own product solo with AI. In this episode, he makes a provocative case: the individual contributor role as we know it is over, code reviews are becoming a liability, and the best engineers are already managing AI agents instead of writing code themselves. From Amazon Warehouse Floors to OpenAI "Every day at work, I lifted six tons of packages with my arms. No one learned my name. And it was the structure — the ability to leave work behind when I clocked out — that pulled me out of a spiral."   Philip's path through tech is anything but typical. After scaling Facebook's London engineering office from a dozen engineers to 500+, he stepped away from Big Tech entirely. During Peak 2021, he worked the floor at Amazon's flagship warehouse south of Seattle — 11-hour shifts, processing 15,000 packages a day. He documented the experience in his Peak Salvation podcast, exploring depression, the divide between the wealthy and the working class, and the maddening inefficiencies inside one of the world's largest employers. That experience reshaped how he thinks about work, systems, and what actually matters when you strip away titles and stock options. He later joined OpenAI as an individual contributor — going from leading hundreds of engineers to writing code again — before leaving to build Superphonic, an AI-powered podcast player. No More Code Reviews: The Lights-Out Codebase "We'll one day be scared, positively petrified, to use any mission-critical software known to have allowed human interference in its codebase."   Philip borrows the concept of "lights-out" from data centers that run with zero human workers and applies it to codebases. A lights-out codebase is one where no human ever sees or edits the code. He's already built two apps this way — Tanya's Snowfield and OTD: On This Day — without looking at a single line of code from repository creation through production release. His argument is not just about efficiency. Code reviewers are becoming the bottleneck. The volume of AI-generated code is already too high for humans to keep up, and the same LLM that wrote the code often catches bugs that another instance of itself introduced. Philip has been running both Codex and Cursor as PR reviewers on GitHub, and has been surprised by how often they identify issues in both human- and AI-generated code. He believes we are approaching a threshold where human intervention in codebases will be seen as risky and irresponsible — not the other way around. AI Killed the Individual Contributor "You're not building the thing anymore. You're pondering and tweaking the machine that builds the thing."   In his widely discussed essay "AI Killed the Individual Contributor", Philip argues that maximizing productivity with AI now requires engineers to spend their time on what are essentially management tasks: setting priorities, resolving conflicts, delegating to agents, reviewing output, and giving feedback. The IC role isn't disappearing because AI codes better — it's disappearing because the highest-leverage use of an engineer's time has shifted from writing code to orchestrating the systems that write code. Right now, it feels like managing a team of barely competent interns. But Philip expects that to change fast. Soon it will feel like managing high performers who are faster and more capable than you — and the engineers who thrive will be the ones who learned to let go of the keyboard and focus on judgment, direction, and taste. Building Solo with AI: The Superphonic Experiment "20x productivity means we have 20x fewer PMs than we need."   Philip is putting his thesis to the test with Superphonic, an AI-powered podcast player he's building essentially as a solo founder. What would have required a team two years ago, he now ships alone — leveraging AI agents for coding, testing, and review. But the productivity multiplier creates its own problems. When you can build 20x faster, the bottleneck shifts from engineering capacity to product judgment. You need to know what to build, not just how to build it. Philip's reference to The Mythical Man-Month is deliberate: adding more people (or agents) doesn't solve the fundamental challenge of building the right thing. The hardest part of being both the architect and the manager of your AI agents is knowing when the model breaks down — when you need to step in and do the work yourself rather than delegating. What Teams Get Wrong About AI Integration "There is a lot more that can be done to increase the quality of AI output even if all progress on foundation models stops."   For Scrum Masters and agile coaches helping teams adopt AI tools, Philip's warning is clear: don't treat AI as just another developer on the team. The integration requires rethinking how work is structured, how quality is assured, and what it means to be an engineer. Teams that bolt AI onto existing workflows without changing the underlying process will get marginal gains at best. The ones that redesign their workflows around AI capabilities — including accepting that humans may not need to review every line of code — will see transformational results. Philip's practical advice: do the work yourself first. Understand what the AI is doing before you delegate wholesale. The engineers who skip this step lose the judgment they need to manage the output effectively. About Philip Su Philip Su is a Distinguished Engineer (IC9) who scaled Facebook's London office from a dozen engineers to 500+, served as site lead at OpenAI, and now builds Superphonic — an AI-powered podcast player. He writes about the future of software work at Molochinations on Substack. LinkedIn   You can link with Philip Su on LinkedIn.

BONUS: Why 98% of Innovation Fails Before It Reaches a Single Customer Lorraine Marchand has spent three decades helping organizations innovate in environments where failure carries real consequences. In this episode, she shares the frameworks, stories, and hard-won lessons from her time at IBM Watson Health and beyond — starting with the summer her father handed her a stopwatch and a problem to solve at a diner. The Sugar Cube That Started It All "At the age of 12, I learned that problem solving was fun. It was really safe to experiment, and it turned out to be lucrative, because we earned some revenue and royalties from our sugar cube."   Lorraine's innovation journey began with her father — a serial inventor who challenged his kids to identify and solve real problems. One summer, he took Lorraine and her brother to the Hot Shops Cafeteria in the Baltimore-Washington area with stopwatches, graph paper, and 3-color pens. Their assignment: figure out what was slowing down table turnover. After three days of observation and interviews with waitresses, busboys, and the manager, they discovered that sugar packets were the culprit — granules spilling over the table and floor during cleanup. Their solution, the Sugar Cube, was prototyped, sold to the manager, and eventually adopted across the chain — which later became the Marriott Corporation. The lesson stuck: innovation starts with observing problems close to the core, not chasing abstract ideas in a vacuum. Inside IBM Watson Health: Customer Co-Creation Over Engineering Brilliance "We have fallen in love with our solution. And we have not done our true problem-solving dissection and customer research to make sure that we're solving a problem that a customer wants to pay us to solve."   At IBM Watson Health, Lorraine worked with 250 world-class engineers building solutions for the biggest names in life sciences — Johnson & Johnson, Pfizer, Sanofi, Medtronic. The process started with "garage sessions" where the team would tackle problems directly with a reference customer. But a recurring tension emerged: engineering would want to take what they learned from one customer, disappear into a room, build the perfect solution, and then hand it to marketing to sell. Lorraine had to repeatedly pull them back. A reference customer is an N of 1 — solving their problem doesn't guarantee a marketplace need. The discipline was to keep the customer in lockstep at every stage and continuously open the aperture, bringing in more customers and more feedback to validate that the solution would work at scale. The Innovation Mindset: Four Components That Matter "Thinking outside of the box means that you step outside of your box and you step into someone else's box."   Lorraine identifies four components of the innovation mindset: problem solving, insatiable curiosity, embracing change, and welcoming diversity. The diversity piece is where most teams fall short. Homogenous groups become echo chambers — smart engineers designing from a technology perspective rather than a customer use perspective. The most innovative organizations Lorraine has worked with embrace cross-functional, multidisciplinary teams where engineering, marketing, and customer experience all have a seat at the table. No idea is a bad idea at the brainstorming stage — the down-selection comes later through structured evaluation. The Golden Ratio: Why 10% Drives 70% of Future Growth "Five years later, 70% of your growth will come from that 10% that you invested in innovation. So there's an inverse correlation to where you're investing and where that growth is going to come in the future."   Lorraine points to the Golden Ratio framework popularized by Sergey Brin at Google: invest 70% in core business, 20% in adjacencies and new markets, and 10% in net new, transformative ideas that might not work out. The data across companies over the last 15 years consistently shows that the 10% bet on innovation generates the majority of future growth. Companies that invest 100% in core and a little in adjacency stay stuck in single-digit growth. Making innovation a strategic imperative — with dedicated budget and dedicated talent — is what separates companies that break out from those that stagnate. Experimentation Done Right: Problem Statement First, Prototype Fast "You have to have a really solid problem statement. It has to be clear, measurable, significant, and actionable."   Good experimentation follows the scientific method. It starts with problem deconstruction — using first principles, the series of whys, or reframing to break down the problem until the statement is sharp enough to act on. From there, brainstorm solutions, down-select to the most promising one based on customer input, and build a minimal viable product. Lorraine emphasizes minimal — test the smallest feature possible, get it in front of customers quickly, capture the feedback, and loop it back into the next iteration. The continuous loop of learning is where real progress happens. The Watson Health Pivot: When the Customer Changes Everything "Even for me, it wasn't until we got this in the customer's hands and we were able to see how it was going to function in real life that we had the aha moment."   At IBM Watson Health, Lorraine's team was developing an algorithm for a large medical device company working on pain intervention. The software used a patient's mobile phone to detect mobility issues — how quickly they got up from a chair, how easily they opened a jar — and determine when to deliver pain relief through the device. The engineering was elegant, the reference customer loved it. But when they put the solution in the hands of actual physicians and patients in their homes, they discovered they were off track in how the tool would function in real life. The pivot was dramatic: instead of the medical device company, they partnered with a pharmaceutical company that used the algorithm to guide patients on when to take pain-related medication. The entire end customer changed — because they did the work of testing with real users. Reframing Failure as Learning "If failure's in your operating system, you're not going to try these experiments, and you're not going to be willing to get it wrong."   Lorraine's book No Fear, No Failure examines the strategic failure that holds companies back from innovating. One of the five C's in her framework is chance — the willingness to take calculated risks. The key is reframing experiments from "did we get it right or wrong?" to "what can we learn?" When teams set learning objectives for each experiment — what can I learn about this tool, about the customer, about how this works in practice — they remove the fear that prevents action and replace it with a process that compounds knowledge over time.   About Lorraine Marchand   Lorraine Marchand helps senior leaders innovate in high-cost-of-failure environments. An award-winning author, keynote speaker, and innovation advisor, she brings 30+ years of experience, including work at IBM Watson Health. Her book, No Fear, No Failure, offers practical frameworks for learning and growth without undue risk.   You can link with Lorraine Marchand on LinkedIn and find more of her work at LorraineMarchand.com.

BONUS: Why the Spotify Model Didn't Work (Even at Spotify) Imagine a company that spends a year building an iPad app—and on launch day the product owner says: "Now it'll be interesting to see IF anyone uses it." In this episode, Marcus Hammarberg and Tore Fjaertoft share why organizations keep installing frameworks like software, why it still doesn't work, and what they've learned from places like Spotify about treating your way of working as a product in itself. When Copying Without Adopting Becomes the Norm "It becomes more about following whatever this framework tells you to do, rather than to understand what the problem you're trying to solve is all about."   Marcus and Tore met at a consultancy in Malmö and within 15 minutes realized they shared the same frustrations—despite coming from opposite directions. Marcus comes from the ground up as a software developer and coach, while Tore works top-down with leadership teams on product organization design. Both had worked at Spotify and both had seen organizations copy famous frameworks and models without adopting the underlying mindset. The telltale sign, as Tore describes it, is when people focus on compliance rather than being pragmatic—following the manual without questioning whether the way they're working is actually serving the organization. As Marcus frames it through Cynefin, product development lives in a domain where best practices don't even exist—only emergent practices that you discover by trying things out. Treat Your Process Like a Product "The easiest way for us to explain things has been: take the mindset you use for your product, and then use that same mindset when you're approaching how you set things up and how you work internally."   The core idea Marcus and Tore keep returning to is deceptively simple: see the way you operate as a product in and of itself. Just as a digital product is never finished—you ship it, observe how customers use it, and evolve accordingly—your operating model should follow the same cycle. Tore explains that the "customers" of your process are your employees: they need less friction, more empowerment, and the ability to spend more time on work that actually moves the needle for users. Marcus connects this to the lean concept of True North—a shared direction that everyone understands, so that every experiment and process change moves the organization closer to what matters. He contrasts this with the three Agile transformations he participated in that all had the same misguided tagline: "get more out of our development organization." As Marcus points out, even the AI DORA report shows developers feeling more productive individually—but is individual productivity really the goal? The Factory Floor Story: Empowerment Needs Alignment "Everyone down here knows that anything we do needs to be the best in the world, in every step."   Marcus shares a powerful story from a Swedish lorry factory where workers changed their workstation instructions several times a day—written on a whiteboard with a pen, not locked in a manual. When asked how they got everyone to engage in continuous improvement, the factory managers didn't understand the question. Every worker on the floor knew they were building the most expensive lorry in the world, and they wanted it to stay the best. That shared purpose drove improvement without mandates.  But Marcus is quick to add the counterbalance: empowerment without alignment leads to local optimization. The factory combined local metrics with overarching flow metrics, so everyone could see how their station fit into the whole chain. Marcus and Tore distill this into three interconnected principles: empowerment to enable people to change how they work, alignment to steer toward shared outcomes, and collaboration to prevent teams from optimizing in isolation. From Static Frameworks to Dynamic Ways of Working "We realized that Spotify didn't use the Spotify model. They moved on, because they see the way they work as a continuously evolving approach."   Tore reveals one of the most striking lessons from their Spotify experience: the company that accidentally created "the Spotify model" had already moved beyond it by the time the rest of the world started copying it. The reason? Spotify treated its way of working as something that continuously evolves—not a static blueprint to install and follow. Marcus adds a practical example from Spotify: on your first day, you got access to the company's key metrics. Everyone knew the True North—at the time, increasing monthly active users—and every process change, every experiment, every team decision was oriented toward that outcome. The contrast with organizations that "install" a framework and then wonder why it doesn't work couldn't be sharper. As Marcus puts it: "We tried process X, it didn't work. We tried process Y, the opposite, and that didn't work either. Why doesn't the process work?" The answer is that the "how" must emerge over time, guided by a clear "why." Always Know Why You're Doing What You're Doing "I don't want anyone to work on anything if you don't know why."   Tore shares a policy from a product management colleague at Spotify: every single day, everyone on his team should be able to articulate not just what they're working on, but why—and the "why" could not be "because person XYZ told me to." It had to connect to the company's purpose and users. Marcus takes this even further, recounting how he once stopped productivity at an entire company by telling developers: don't work on anything unless you know why. Nobody could continue. The uncomfortable silence that followed became a powerful catalyst for change. With an 80% failure rate for product experiments being the industry standard, packaging that risk into year-long projects is a recipe for the iPad app scenario they opened with. The alternative is to build the organizational muscle for rapid experimentation—cheap hypotheses, fast feedback, and the humility to let outcomes guide the way forward.   Self-reflection Question: When was the last time you asked your team—or yourself—"why are we doing this?" and got an answer that connected to a real business or user outcome rather than "because the framework says so"?   About Marcus Hammarberg and Tore Fjaertoft Marcus Hammarberg is a product and software coach and consultant who has seen product organizations from the inside and from the trenches. He works at Humane, part of the ADRA consulting collective, and has experience from Spotify, Tradera, and multiple Agile transformations across banks and insurance companies.   Tore Fjaertoft is a product organization advisor who works with leadership teams on how product thinking actually scales in large, complex companies. He works at Above, also part of the ADRA consulting collective, and has experience from Spotify and Volvo Cars.   You can link with Marcus Hammarberg on LinkedIn and Tore Fjaertoft on LinkedIn.

BONUS: Why the Human Architect Still Matters—AI-Assisted Coding for Production-Grade Software How do you build mission-critical software with AI without losing control of the architecture? In this episode, Ran Aroussi returns to share his hands-on approach to AI-assisted coding, revealing why he never lets the AI be the architect, how he uses a mental model file to preserve institutional knowledge across sessions, and why the IDE as we know it may be on its way out. Vibe Coding vs AI-Assisted Coding: The Difference Shows Up When Things Break "The main difference really shows up later in the life cycle of the software. If something breaks, the vibe coder usually won't know where the problem comes from. And the AI-assisted coder will."   Ran sees vibe coding as something primarily for people who aren't experienced programmers, going to a platform like Lovable and asking for a website without understanding the underlying components. AI-assisted coding, on the other hand, exists on a spectrum, but at every level, you understand what's going on in the code. You are the architect, you were there for the planning, you decided on the components and the data flow. The critical distinction isn't how the code gets written—it's whether you can diagnose and fix problems when they inevitably arise in production. The Human Must Own the Architecture "I'm heavily involved in the... not just involved, I'm the ultimate authority on everything regarding architecture and what I want the software to do. I spend a lot of time planning, breaking down into logical milestones."   Ran's workflow starts long before any code is written. He creates detailed PRDs (Product Requirements Documents) at multiple levels of granularity—first a high-level PRD to clarify his vision, then a more detailed version. From there, he breaks work into phases, ensuring building blocks are in place before expanding to features. Each phase gets its own smaller PRD and implementation plan, which the AI agent follows. For mission-critical code, Ran sits beside the AI and monitors it like a hawk. For lower-risk work like UI tweaks, he gives the agent more autonomy. The key insight: the human remains the lead architect and technical lead, with the AI acting as the implementer. The Alignment Check and Multi-Model Code Review "I'm asking it, what is the confidence level you have that we are 100% aligned with the goals and the implementation plan. Usually, it will respond with an apologetic, oh, we're only 58%."   Once the AI has followed the implementation plan, Ran uses a clever technique: he asks the model to self-assess its alignment with the original goals. When it inevitably reports less than 100%, he asks it to keep iterating until alignment is achieved. After that, he switches to a different model for a fresh code review. His preferred workflow uses Opus for iterative development—because it keeps you in the loop of what it's doing—and then switches to Codex for a scrutinous code review. The feedback from Codex gets fed back to Opus for corrections. Finally, there's a code optimization phase to minimize redundancy and resource usage. The Mental Model File: Preserving Knowledge Across Sessions "I'm asking the AI to keep a file that's literally called mentalmodel.md that has everything related to the software—why decisions were made, if there's a non-obvious solution, why this solution was chosen."   One of Ran's most practical innovations is the mentalmodel.md file. Instead of the AI blindly scanning the entire codebase when debugging or adding features, it can consult this file to understand the software's architecture, design decisions, and a knowledge graph of how components relate. The file is maintained automatically using hooks—every pre-commit, the agent updates the mental model with new learnings. This means the next AI session starts with institutional knowledge rather than from scratch. Ran also forces the use of inline comments and doc strings that reference the implementation plan, so both human reviewers and future AI agents can verify not just what the code does, but what it was supposed to do. Anti-Patterns: Less Is More with MCPs and Plan Mode "Context is the most precious resource that we have as AI users."   Ran takes a minimalist approach that might surprise many developers:   Only one MCP: He uses only Context7, instructing the AI to use CLI tools for everything else (Stripe, GitHub, etc.) to preserve context window space No plan mode: He finds built-in plan mode limiting, designed more for vibe coding. Instead, he starts conversations with "I want to discuss this idea—do not start coding until we have everything planned out" Never outsource architecture: For production-grade, mission-critical software, he maintains the full mental model himself, refusing to let the AI make architectural decisions The Death of the IDE and What Comes Next "I think that we're probably going to see the death of the IDE."   Ran predicts the traditional IDE is becoming obsolete. He still uses one, but purely as a file viewer—and for that, you don't need a full-fledged IDE. He points to tools like Conductor and Intent by Augment Code as examples of what the future looks like: chat panes, work trees, file viewers, terminals, and integrated browsers replacing the traditional code editor. He also highlights Factory's Droids as his favorite AI coding agent, noting its superior context management compared to other tools. Looking further ahead, Ran believes larger context windows (potentially 5 million tokens) will solve many current challenges, making much of the context management workaround unnecessary.   About Ran Aroussi Ran Aroussi is the founder of MUXI, an open framework for production-ready AI agents, co-creator of yfinance, and author of the book Production-Grade Agentic AI: From brittle workflows to deployable autonomous systems. Ran has lived at the intersection of open source, finance, and AI systems that actually have to work under pressure—not demos, not prototypes, but real production environments.   You can connect with Ran Aroussi on X/Twitter, and link with Ran Aroussi on LinkedIn.

In this in-depth episode of Hidden Wisdom, Meghan Farner shares five core practices that accelerate spiritual growth, drawn from her own lived experience of awakening, healing, and deepened relationship with God.Moving beyond passive obedience and performative religion, this episode invites listeners into spiritual adulthood—where personal accountability, direct revelation, embodied healing, and courage replace fear-based faith. Meghan explores what it truly means to inquire of the Lord, pursue spiritual rebirth, reframe repentance as healing, and release the subtle fears that keep us spiritually stalled.Grounded in scripture, personal revelation, and esoteric Christian wisdom, this conversation is for seekers who want a lived experience of the divine, not just belief—without dismantling family, community, or faith. If you're longing for faster growth, deeper discernment, and a more embodied connection to God, this episode offers a clear and compassionate path forward.00:00 – 02:30 | Introduction, context, and why spiritual growth can accelerate02:30 – 05:20 | Why faith expansion doesn't require burning everything down05:20 – 07:30 | Why Meghan reflects on growth, timing, and spiritual maturity07:30 – 15:35 | Practice 1: Personal accountability & reclaiming spiritual authority15:35 – 24:40 | Practice 2: Inquiring of the Lord & direct revelation24:40 – 25:40 | Asking courageous questions & trusting God will answer25:40 – 31:40 | Practice 3: Spiritual rebirth, awakening, and sanctification31:40 – 34:50 | Awakening vs justification vs sanctification34:50 – 40:45 | Practice 4: Repentance as healing, integration, and remission40:45 – 46:10 | Eternal law, embodiment, and becoming a pure vessel46:10 – 51:50 | Practice 5: Releasing fear (deception, isolation, the body, God)51:50 – 54:30 | Bonus: Why seekers get stuck—and how to keep going54:30 – 56:50 | Dark nights, integration, and growing grace for grace56:50 – 58:20 | Final invitation: sanctification, embodiment, and continuing the journey Join the Contemplative Prayer + Meditation Q&A with Meghan and Phil McLemore, on February 16th at 7pm MT. Register here! Hidden Wisdom initiates truth-seekers into the Mysteries, guiding listeners toward a lived experience of the Divine that awakens and transforms faith—without dismantling family or community. This podcast is perfect for women (and men) exploring faith renovation, spiritual awakening, Christian mysticism, sacred wisdom, and embodied spiritual growth. Pursue your Journey: ✨ Hidden Wisdom App – Coming Spring 2026! Pathway programs, community, library, events and more! Join the waitlist for updates, sneak peeks, and discounts!

Welcome to the first episode of 2026 on The Talent Development Hot Seat Podcast! Join host Andy Storch for a solo deep dive into the six (plus a bonus!) biggest trends shaping talent development this year and beyond.In this episode, Andy Storch shares actionable insights and strategies informed by countless conversations with industry leaders—and even some innovative advising from his custom ChatGPT! Discover what organizations, L&D teams, and individual professionals MUST focus on to thrive in a rapidly evolving workplace.What you'll learn:Why "AI readiness" is about more than just tools—and how to create a growth mindset for tech adoption.The shift from roles to skills: How to actually execute as a skills-based organization (not just talk about it).Career ownership as the new retention strategy—in a world where promotions are slower and organizations are flatter.Coaching at scale: Managers as key drivers of employee engagement, performance, and growth.How L&D professionals can move from content creators to strategic business advisors.The essential role of personal brand—why visibility and reputation inside organizations are now business assets.BONUS: Why human skills will be the ultimate differentiator in a tech-dominated future.This episode is packed with real-world examples, practical frameworks, and resources for anyone responsible for talent development—or those simply interested in owning their career amid change.Grab the quick one-sheet summary of these 2026 trends at:https://talentdevelopmenthotseat.com/Hit ‘Subscribe' for more expert discussions, practical strategies, and future-focused talent development insights!Talent Development, L&D, Learning and Development, Andy Storch, Future of Work, AI Readiness, Career Ownership, Coaching at Scale, Skills-Based Organization, Personal Brand, Employee Engagement, HR Trends, Workplace Innovation, Human Skills, Strategic Advisor, Talent Management, Leadership Development, Career Growth, Professional Development, Organizational Culture, Retention Strategies, Corporate Learning, Amazon, Allstate, BetterUp, ATD PressConnect with Andy:Website: https://andystorch.com/LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/andystorch/My books: https://www.amazon.com/stores/Andy-Storch/author/B08NF9QPFY?ref=sr_ntt_srch_lnk_2&qid=1767699536&sr=8-2&shoppingPortalEnabled=true

A new season starts off with the same stale storylines...vague details about Kyle's relationship confusion, Dorit's frustrations with PK, Erika's continued indifference to Tom's fate, his wake of devastation, and her ongoing legal troubles, and Boz's unexplained eagerness to be Dorit's bestie. The season will include two new housewives, with Rachel Zoe resurrecting her successful BravoTV career and starting strong by catching us up on her life, family, businesses, and the reasoning behind her recent separation. Fellow RH newbie, Amanda Frances, will make her debit in episode two. Throughout, remnants of the Fox Force Five clique seem to find pleasure in Sutton's misfortunes, bringing up the loss of Garcelle and Avi several times before Erika also body shames her. It wasn't a season premier that left a feeling of excitement or anticipation, quite the opposite, but in that way it was certainly memorable. BONUS: Why recent backstage Bravocon info from former BH housewife, Crystal Kung Minkoff, is as bad for Bravo as it is my rage.All opinions are personal and not representative of any outside company, person, or agenda. Information shared is sourced via published articles, legal documents, press releases, government websites, public websites, books, public videos, news reports, and/or direct quotes and statements, and all may be paraphrased for brevity and presented in layman's terms.Wanna support this independent pod? Links below:BuyMeACoffee - https://www.buymeacoffee.com/BBDBVenmo @TYBBDB Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Wednesday Headlines: Anika Wells refers her own expenses to the independent watchdog, Toyah Cordingley’s killer sentenced to life in prison, another death linked to a 000 failure, Donald Trump launches attack on European leaders and threatens to ditch Ukraine, and thousands of fans miss the start of Lady Gaga’s Brisbane show due to a technical glitch. Take part in The Briefing survey HERE. Deep Dive: A world-first social-media ban cutting off Australians under sixteen has now taken effect, with the government framing it as a necessary pushback against harm and addiction. Critics argue it’s a blunt overreach built on shaky evidence that unfairly limits young people’s rights - including fifteen-year-old Noah Jones, who’s taking the fight to the High Court. In this episode of The Briefing, Chris Spyrou speaks with Noah about why he’s opposing the ban and what he believes a smarter response would look like.BONUS: Why this teacher is in favour of the social media ban is out now. Follow The Briefing: TikTok: @thebriefingpodInstagram: @thebriefingpodcast YouTube: @TheBriefingPodcastFacebook: @thebriefingpodcast See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Feeling stuck in the gap between where you are and where you know you could be?This week, Joey and Christy unpack the danger of discouragement - why it slows your inputs, kills momentum, and what to do today to flip it. You'll hear real stories (Christy almost quit for a year, the Airbnb pitch that finally hit on follow-up #5, and a creator who pitched North Face 50+ times) plus fresh wins from Round 14 of the Creativ Rise Mastermind to prove progress is possible.You'll learnCount the No's: Reframe rejection and make “no” the scoreboard that gets you to yes.Audit Your Inputs: Cut shallow, scattered effort and double down on what actually moves revenue.Quit Something Weekly: Trim the habits, beliefs, or busywork that keep you stuck.Bonus: Why growth isn't linear (hockey-stick) and how community speeds the curve.If discouragement is the “starter drug” to everything falling apart, this episode is your three-step prescription to get back to encouraged, consistent, and closing.Free Tools & Trainings:→ Pricing Calculator: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠creativrise.com/pricingcalculator⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠→ Productivity Course: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠creativrise.com/productivity⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠→ $10K/Mo Creator Workshop Replay: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠creativrise.com/workshop⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠→ Money Management Training: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠creativrise.com/moneytraining⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠→ Fix Your Inquiry Form: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠creativrise.com/inquiryform⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Listen & Subscribe:→ Apple Podcasts: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠apple.co/creativrise⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠→ Spotify: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠open.spotify.com/show/creativrise⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Follow Along:→ Instagram: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@creativrise⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ | ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@joeyspeers⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ | ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@christyjspeers⁠

Feeling a little crazy in today's Christian dating world? You're not alone. In this rapid-fire Q&A, we're tackling your most-requested questions—friend zone confusion, age gaps, dating in your 30s when options feel scarce, jealousy while “just talking,” and whether marriage in college is wise. Expect Biblical wisdom, practical boundaries, and hopeful encouragement rooted in God's timing.

In this episode of No Vacancy Live, Anthony Melchiorri and I sit down with Charlie Lopez, VP & Managing Director of ETC Hotels, the group behind the iconic Casa del Mar and Shutters on the Beach in Santa Monica. Together, we explore what true luxury means in today's hospitality climate — and why it's more relaxed, more local, and more personalized than ever.

What if the real key to scaling your mortgage business isn't doing more—but doing the right things better?   In this episode, I break down three critical lessons from a coaching session I did with a $100M producer. Whether you're funding $10M or just trying to fund your first 10 files, these lessons will help you work smarter—not just harder. If you're serious about growing your business without burning out, this episode is for you. We'll cover: Protecting Your Superpower - Why doubling down on what you're best at—and removing everything else—is key to scaling. Hiring the Right People - You don't have a people problem—you have a fishing-in-the-wrong-pond problem. Here's how to fix it. Designing Your Ideal Workday - How to plan not just your income goals, but your time, energy, and lifestyle three years from now. Bonus - Why most brokers unintentionally trap themselves—and the mindset shift needed to build a real business, not just a busier job.   Follow Scott on Instagram: www.instagram.com/scottpeckford/ I Love Mortgage Brokering: www.ilovemortgagebrokering.com Find out more about BRX Mortgage: www.whybrx.com Join my newsletter! I Love Mortgage Brokering is in partnership with Ownwell. To learn more, visit: ownwell.ca

Description:Is Donald Trump trying to torch the stock market to save America? This week, we dive into the viral conspiracy-meets-strategy theory that's splitting Wall Street and Washington: Did Trump's team leak a secret plot to weaponize tariffs, tank stocks, and trigger a deflationary spiral—all to slash U.S. debt and slash grocery bills?We'll unpack the jaw-dropping claims (crashing markets to help the poor?!) with economists, traders, and former White House advisors. Does this explain his tariff flip-flops and bond market obsession? Or is it just another political mirage?

The final episode of Season 5 for the Real Housewives Of Salt Lake City culminates in a flurry of chaos. From lengthy debates about Mormon standards, to attempting to follow Britani's train of thought, to dissecting micro-penis talk, this reunion covers a lot of bases. A highlight of the episode is that the longstanding Alibaba and alleged threesome feud between Whitney and Lisa finally comes to a head. BONUS: Why this, and so many HW reunions, remind me of Sartre's 'No Exit'All opinions are personal and not representative of any outside company, person, or agenda. Information shared is cited via articles, legal documents, press releases, government websites, public videos, news reports, and/or direct quotes and statements and may be paraphrased for brevity. Wanna support this independent pod? Links below:BuyMeACoffee - https://www.buymeacoffee.com/BBDBVenmo @TYBBDB Get ad-free listening with a Patreon membership Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Boo! Welcome to the spookiest bunch of episodes about behavior analysis that you ever did see. First, we trick your podcast feed with a recording of our presentation at last year's Thompson Center conference all about school attendance problems. After that, it's guests, guests, guests as we talk with Dr. Erin Leif about promoting client rights, talk with Dr. Cory Whelan about conducting skill based treatment, and then respond to BCBA ethical questions with Shayna Gaunt and Shira Karpel from “How to ABA”. And an update on behavior analysis from around the globe. Well, from Australia, Canada, and Massachusetts at least. Plus: the return of the Beer-haviorist! Articles for October 2024 Promoting Client Rights w/ Dr. Erin Leif Leif, E.S., Subban, P., Sharma, U., & Fox, R. (2023). “I look at their rights first”: Strategies used by Australian behaviour support practitioners' to protect and uphold the rights of people with disabilities. Advances in Neurodevelopmental Disorders. doi: 10.1007/s41252-023-00355-0 Leif, E.S., Fox, R.A., Subban, P. & Sharma, U. (2023). ‘Stakeholders are almost always resistant': Australian behaviour support practitioners' perceptions of the barriers and enablers to reducing restrict practices. International Journal of Developmental Disabilities, 69, 66-82. doi: 10.1080/20473869.2022.2116908 Skill-Based Treatment w/ Dr. Cory Whelan Slaton, J.D, Davis, M., DePetris, D.A., Raftery, K.J., Daniele, S., & Caruso, C.M. (2024). Long-term effectiveness and generality of practical functional assessment and skill-based treatment. Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 57, 635-656. doi: 10.1002/jaba.1090 Rajaraman, A., Whelan, C.J., Jessel, J., & Gover, H.C. (2024). Promoting safety while addressing dangerous behavior via Telehealth: A clinical case investigation serving the family of an autistic adolescent living in India. Clinical Case Studies. doi: 10.1177/15346501241243103 (ETHICS) Discussing Ethical Scenarios w/ How To ABA Britton, L.N., Crye, A.A., & Haymes, L.K. (2021). Cultivating the ethical repertoires of behavior analysts: Prevention of common violations. Behavior Analysis in Practice, 14, 534-548. doi: 10.1007/s40617-020-00540-w Glodowski, K.R., Hockenberry, N.L., Anthony, D., & Hinckley, C. (2024). Disseminating ethical applied behavior analysis within a human-service organization: A tutorial. Behavior Analysis in Practice. doi: 10.1007/s40617-024-00966-6 Zayac, R.M., Van Stratton, J.E., Ratkos, T., Williams, M., Geiger, A., & Paulk, Amber. (2021). A preliminary assessment of the qualities and behaviors of exemplary practitioners: Perspectives from U.S.-based behavior analysts. Behavior Analysis in Practice, 14, 342-351. doi: 10.1007/s40617-020-00522-y BONUS: Why behavior analysts should study attendance: The example of school refusal. Parry-Cruwys, R., Parry-Cruwys, D., MacDonald, J. (2023, September 14-15). Why behavior analysts should study attendance: The example of school refusal [Conference presentation]. Thompson Center for Autism Conference 2023. St. Charles, MO, United States.

Hey Bessie, send us a text message!MATURE CONTENT WARNING. "Opinions are like assholes, everybody has one."Eeyy, welcome to our assholes. mga Bes!!!!Our Top 5 Controversial Conversations for August 2024!5. Carlos Yulo, nauna pang makakuha ng ginto kesa sa mga Tallano gold aspirants!4. Bagong 'teleserye' sa GMA featuring an actor at dalawang independent contractors, nagsimula na!3. Leonardo Da Vinci at Sta. Queteria, nag-cameo nga ba sa opening ceremonies ng Paris Olympics?2. Mamser, itinutulak na bilang maka-bagong pronouns!1. Up, up, down, down, left, right, left, right, B, A chromosome test, natuklasan!Bonus: Why we think you should stop saying "Respect is earned!" at ang sagot namin sa mga nagsasabing "Entitled na kayo mashado!" This project has marked chapters.Language: Tagalog, English Support the Show.The Balut Kiki Project is an international award-winning podcast being a winner at the Asia Podcast Festival Awards held in Singapore.Follow/subscribe and, review and rate us on Spotify, ApplePodcasts, Podchaser. Connect with us on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter. Thank you, Pixabay. Advertise with us - Email: balutkiki@gmail.com. *Our podcast does not offer professional medical, sexual, or mental health advice. Our show aims to express truths about our personal experiences in dealing with issues we discuss. If you are undergoing depression or having suicidal thoughts, please go to these links: NCMH (PH) or Find a Helpline (worldwide). It's okay to ask for help.

We're live with FCC Commissioner Brendan Carr who is sounding the alarm over what appears as FCC fast tracking of billionaire leftist George Soros' purchase of 200 Audacy radio stations. And what about Biden's $42 BILLION high speed internet  plan? Wait for it. Then Josh Hawley lights up Boeing's CEO and asks for his resignation. *BONUS Why are there 200K more registered voters in Michigan than there are eligible voters?

 For all the swamp creatures shrieking that re-electing Donald Trump will not just threaten democracy but DESTROY it, the UniParty has done a dandy job of that already. It's becoming increasingly clear to Black voters, suburban voters, and even Gen Z voters that the weaponizing of power to silence, bankrupt, cancel and imprison is standard operating procedure in Joe Biden's America. We talk about the busy primary weekend leading into tomorrow's Super Tuesday. PLUS the one place Nikki Haley finally scored a primary win yesterday is the exact nexus of Biden Suck. (BONUS: Why many big-dollar CNN hosts worried about being canned next.)

The YAMcast bros are in festive spirits: Ugly Christmas Sweater reveals & comp (vote thru Dec31) Elf antics vs. Nativity mayhem Life & Ministry Updates 8hr waits for In-N-Out Burger Q1/2 resource series BONUS: Why does Easter Float? Who wore the "Ugly Christmas Sweater" best? Jeremy went vintage & tried harder. Chris was cutting edge & disappeared. Kenny got dark with gingerfied lactose intolerance. Let the people to decide... Rate the YAMcast bro's efforts 1-3 in the UCS23 "Get Ugly" Poll utilizing the this yule-tide criteria as a guide: 1) Ch-Rizz-mas Theme 2) Story Content 3) Creative Effort #yamcast #youngadultministry #youngadultministrypodcast #uglychristmassweater #tistheseason #holidaysweater #gingerbreadman #grinch #snowman #milkboarding #eightpoundsixouncenewbornbabyjesus #yuletide #chrizzmas Music Credits Redneck 12 Days of Christmas By Jeff Foxworthy The 12 Days After Christmas Song  by Dee Hoty --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/yamcast/message

BONUS - Why a Free Press Matters: Yevgeny Simkin's Mission with Samizdat OnlineDavid sits down with Yevgeny Simkin, the visionary founder of Samizdat Online, an anti-censorship platform reshaping the dynamics of information flow in autocratic regimes. Join us as we explore the dire need for uncensored news and the role of technology in breaking down barriers. Yevgeny delves into the importance of a free press, the challenges of battling propaganda, and the mission that drives him to empower individuals across the globe. If you're passionate about truth, technology, and the fight against censorship, this episode is a must-listen.Key Takeaways:The critical role of a free press in maintaining a free society.How Samizdat Online is tackling the issue of censorship head-on, providing access to uncensored news.The technology behind Samizdat Online and its impact on information dissemination.Insights into the challenges faced when battling autocratic propaganda.The potential for reshaping perspectives and fostering transparency through accessible information.Episode Highlights:The parallels between Samizdat Online and historical self-publication mechanisms.Yevgeny's perspective on the role of social media giants in the censorship landscape.The connection between technology, accountability, and freedom of information.Yevgeny's vision for a world where information is accessible to all, regardless of political boundaries.Support the showShow Notes:https://outrageoverload.net/ Follow me, David Beckemeyer, on Twitter @mrblog. Follow the show on Twitter @OutrageOverload or Instagram @OutrageOverload. We are also on Facebook /OutrageOverload.HOTLINE: 925-552-7885Got a Question, comment or just thoughts you'd like to share? Call the OO hotline and leave a message and you could be featured in an upcoming episodeIf you would like to help the show, you can contribute here. Tell everyone you know about the show. That's the best way to support it.Rate and Review the show on Podchaser: https://www.podchaser.com/OutrageOverloadMany thanks to my co-editor and co-director, Austin Chen.

Are you ready to jump into music production?Here's everything you need to know to become a successful music producer.▶️ Get the gems you need to start creating beats and earn a passive income. Watch the free workshop, it's less than 30 minutes. The Producers Blueprint ▶️ https://www.aspireproducerslab.com

Are you ready to jump into music production? Here's everything you need to know to become a successful music producer.▶️ Get the gems you need to start creating beats and earn a passive income. Watch the free workshop, it's less than 30 minutes. The Producers Blueprint ▶️ https://www.aspireproducerslab.com

Were you thinking about contributing to a Roth IRA last year but never get around to it? Good news! It's not too late to make your Roth IRA contributions for 2022. In fact, David encourages most people to make, and even max out, this contribution. So, if you haven't made your 2022 Roth contributions, now's your chance. If you're looking for ways to invest, this is often a good place to allow your investments to grow tax-free. David explains the ins and outs of contributing to a Roth IRA, who can benefit from it, and why it's not too late to contribute 2022 dollars even though we're already well into 2023. Here are five things you'll want to know about Roth contributions: It's not too late to contribute for 2022. (3:15) Tell the custodian it's a 2022 contribution. (4:29) Should I max out my contribution? (5:55) Am I eligible to make a Roth contribution? (7:15) Am I too old to contribute to a Roth? (10:25) Bonus: Why to use a Roth instead of a bank. (11:43) For additional resources or to contact David, visit us online at http://coveryourassetskc.com or call 913-317-1414.

In this episode of The Legal Creatives Podcast, we explore how legal ops and project management strategies help lawyers work better and deliver quality results to clients. Our guest is Hannah Gentry, Legal operations and project management professional from the USA now based in the UK who shed light on her journey creating systems and processes for actors in the legal industry, as well as take us through some effective tips for improving efficiency while managing risks more effectively. We also discuss best practices to implement some of the principles of Legal Project Management and Legal Operations.

BONUS: Why people do bad things: a shadow work analysis of sexism, racism, homophobia, toxic workplace culture and how you can help change the world. Today's bonus episode is a BIG one. Please be aware that the topics I speak on may feel triggering, uncomfortable and upsetting, however, this is the truth of why I see shadow work is SO important and will help change the world if we do this work. Take a breath, notice if your mind wants to shut down because you start feeling like a ‘bad person' and remember that you're not, you're just a human - and this is the point of this work, to notice, and integrate so it doesn't run you. Tune in to learn: What happens when we suppress our shadow Why we suppress it Examples of how it can play out covertly and overtly Why your work REALLY matters If you want to test your own unconscious bias (what I discussed during the episode) please follow this link: https://www.diversityaustralia.com.au/services/test-your-own-unconscious-bias/ If you want to do shadow work with me, join IGNITE: https://completebycaitlin.com/ignite Please share this episode and work with people - it's here to change the world.

Bonus: Why is emotional intelligence essential for leaders? Because it allows them to better understand their team, empathize with them, and motivate them. If you're looking to become a successful leader, it's important to develop your EQ skills! Partner with me! https://www.patreon.com/fuelpasionpodcast Visit our website: https://www.fuelpasionpodcast.com Buy me a coffee! https://www.buymeacoffee.com/fuelpasion2 --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/fuelpasion/support

This is the fourth episode in the entrepreneurial conditioning series. In this episode, you will learn how you can condition your family and friends to build a robust support system around you. You will learn: What is family and friends conditioning? How to clear their possible misconception about your journey? How can you educate them to give you the best possible support? Why should you expand your circle of friends to build a stronger support system around you? (Bonus) Why is it important to invest daily in your relationships with your family? If you haven't filled out the entrepreneurial conditioning assessment yet, you still have a chance to do so. It is FREE btw :) https://www.mohamedfahmed.com/workshop-ers

If you've ever thought your body just isn't made for losing weight, this episode is for you. Deepak takes you through what metabolism is, how you burn calories while even just lazing around, and what you can do to lose more weight at rest.  Bonus: Why is a marathon called a marathon and where did that distance of 42 km come from? Related links: TDEE Calculator: https://tdeecalculator.net/ A cult.fit blog post on calorie cycling: https://blog.cult.fit/posts/calorie-cycling-a-flexible-alternative-to-daily-calorie-counting Have feedback or ideas for the show? We'd love to hear from you! Email: onerep@curefit.com Twitter: twitter.com/cultfitofficial Instagram: instagram.com/cultfitofficial Say hi to your host! Twitter: twitter.com/chuck_gopal Instagram: instagram.com/chuckofalltrades Consult with expert coaches at cult.fit: https://www.cult.fit/fitness/cult-transform

Lynda is back with a BANG! This Episode is a BONUS WHY on the Lynda with a Why podcast series. On this episode Lynda talks about how Mammy guilt took over her and podcasting had to take a backseat. She talks about how her son being a late talker brought back the anxiety that she had after she first gave birth. This is an honest and heartfelt bonus why and we wouldn't expect anything from Lynda. 

Happy (late) New Year! After some much needed R&R, I caught up with Carron Brown, Vice President of Creative at Warner Media on the top 5 lessons she wish she knew in her 20's. It's ok to start from the bottom with your goals (5:35) Don't be afraid to be broke in your 20's (7:40) Quiet your mind and allow your soul to speak (12:00) Have a personal board of directors (17: 11) Going slow can help you get to your goals faster (24:30) BONUS: Why you should charge what you're worth (33:00)

Good morning and welcome to your Tuesday dose of Your Daily Meds.Bonus Review: What are some functions of the Hypothalamus.Answer: It does a few things -Control of water balanceTemperature regulationControl of anterior pituitary hormones (neuroendocrine function)Production of posterior pituitary hormones (more neuroendocrine function)Appetite and satietyRole in behaviour and emotionsQuick Question:In the physical examination of the neonate, which of the following describes a common newborn rash, manifesting as pustules with an erythematous base, often with a widespread distribution?Erythema toxicumMiliaPustulesLanugoNaevus simplexHave a think.Scroll for the chat.Ethics Case:You are a motivated little Emergency Department Doctor.You have just met a 15-year-old female who attempted suicide last night by swallowing button batteries.The girl was brought to the Emergency Department under the Mental Health Act’s Emergency Examination Authority, so if she had tried to leave during the morning, she would have been detained. But she had not tried to leave, she was calm and cooperative.Her parents are completely uncontactable.You know that these button batteries are very corrosive so you erect x-ray the abdomen.The batteries are still in the region of the stomach. They are potentially retrievable endoscopically before they can cause harm.You discuss all this with your ED Consultant, then you call the Gastroenterologist on call.“Sure!” she says, “If you could consent her for the Endoscopy, I’ll do it on my morning list within the next couple of hours.”You discuss the risks of Endoscopy and Sedation with the young girl versus the risks of leaving the batteries in situ and watching and waiting.The girl is receptive to your explanation, she seems to be able to understand, retain, consider, use and communicate her wishes and consents for Endoscopy.You take the signed consent forms to the Day Procedure Unit.“No”, says the Nurse in charge. “She is under sixteen - you will need to contact the Child Guardian.”Now, I ask you. What are your thoughts here?Do you punch on with this Nurse, or do you go and jump into the pre-recorded telephone cue of another government bureaucracy?Or do you do something else?Scroll for the chat.Bumpy Babies:Erythema toxicum is a common newborn rash manifesting with pustules with an erythematous base. The rash can have a widespread distribution that may change over a period of several hours. Differentiating infected lesions can be accomplished by microscopic examination of the vesicle contents which contain eosinophils in cases of erythema toxicum. Milia occur particularly over the neonatal nose and are small sebaceous cysts that disappear by several months of age.Pustules may be present from birth in congenital candida infection or may appear later with Staphylococcus aureus skin infections. Erythema toxicum is a more common differential diagnosis. Lanugo is the fine downy hair covering the skin of the shoulders, upper arms and thighs of the neonate. It may be more evident in premature babies.Naevus simplex, birth marks, are superficial vascular naevi commonly found on the occiput, over the eyelids or between the eyebrows of the neonate. They tend to fade over several months, often disappearing in the second year of life.What To Do…?:Well, you could calmly explain the concept of Gillick Competence to the Nurse.But that did not go down so well.You could tell on that Nurse to your boss.That works better.But the best result was to have the Gastroenterologist, the actual proceduralist doing the procedure, to consent the patient again in Endoscopy suite, just to be sure.Remember, just because you happen to be a medico-legal-ethics nerd, doesn’t mean that other people are. And when you are having a busy day in the ED, you can’t be having stand up arguments citing decisions from the House of Lords when you have other jobs piling up.Remember more that people who have tried to kill themselves can still have capacity to make the decision for life saving or condition-altering treatment. Like it or not.Because capacity is context-dependent. And someone with “…sufficient understanding and intelligence to understand fully what is proposed” has capacity to make their decision, wether you agree with that decision or not; regardless of arbitrary age cutoffs.(Also, just quietly, a 103-year old fellow with an acute delirium on top of his dementia very likely does not have capacity to consent for an Endoscopy……..even though he is over the age of sixteen…but I didn’t drop that bomb…)Anyway this was a real case. So there.Bottom line: People that have done silly things are still autonomous individuals (once particular conditions that would actively hinder their autonomy have been excluded) so are free to make their own decisions, in so far as they have the capacity to do so.Bonus: Why is it that the posterior pituitary has neural connections with the hypothalamus, but the anterior pituitary has vascular connections with the hypothalamus?Answer in tomorrow’s dose.Closing:Thank you for taking your Meds and we will see you tomorrow for your MANE dose. As always, please contact us with any questions, concerns, tips or suggestions. Have a great day!Luke.Remember, you are free to rip these questions and answers and use them for your own flashcards, study and question banks. Just credit us where credit is due. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit yourdailymeds.substack.com

Good morning and welcome to your Wednesday dose of Your Daily Meds.Bonus Review: Where does Vitamin K come from? Where is it absorbed? Why is it called Vitamin K?Answer: We need dietary Vitamin K. We get most of our dietary Vitamin K from leafy green vegetables and meats. Large amounts of menaquinone (Vitamin K2) is produced by bacterial action in the colon - unfortunately Vitamin K absorption does not occur in the colon. Some of the bacterially-produced Vitamin K is absorbed in the terminal ileum where there are some bile salts present. But, again, we need dietary Vitamin K.The absorption of dietary Vitamin K is from the small intestine. Remember that Vitamin K is fat soluble and so needs bile salts so that it can initially be solubilised into micelles which facilitates absorption into the circulation (via chylomicron form in the lymphatics).So, in patients with obstructive jaundice and an absence of bile salts in the small intestine, Vitamin K absorption will be impaired. They might even need some intravenous Vitamin K.Or what about the intubated malnourished patient with terminal ileitis from Crohn’s Disease. He has normal small bowel bile salts but no dietary Vitamin K? And naturally that little bit of bacterially produced Vitamin K are not going to be absorbed in the terminal ileum…let’s watch his INR go up…Also the ‘K’ in Vitamin K comes from the German ‘Koagulation’…Case:Consider the following ECG:What is the correct rate, axis and interpretation, respectively?100/min; normal axis; left bundle branch block120/min; normal axis; atrial flutter120/min; left axis deviation; atrial flutter with ectopic beats120/min; normal axis; atrial fibrillation with rapid ventricular rate100/min; right axis deviation; sinus rhythmHave a think.Count some little squares and look at the squiggles.Scroll for the chat.Investigation:A 25-year-old male is being worked up for an obstructive respiratory condition. Which of the following respiratory function test results would be most indicative of asthma.(FEV1 = forced expiratory volume in 1 second; VC = vital capacity; TLCO = carbon monoxide transfer factor; KCO = carbon monoxide transfer factor per unit lung volume; TLC = total lung capacity; RV = residual volume) FEV1 ↓↓; VC ↓; FEV1/VC ↓; TLCO →; KCO →/↑; TLC →/↑; RV →/↑ FEV1 ↓↓; VC ↓; FEV1/VC ↓; TLCO →; KCO →; TLC ↑; RV ↑FEV1 →; VC →; FEV1/VC →; TLCO →; KCO →; TLC →; RV →FEV1 ↓↓; VC ↓; FEV1/VC ↓; TLCO ↓↓; KCO ↓; TLC ↑↑; RV ↑↑FEV1↓; VC ↓↓; FEV1/VC →/↑; TLCO↓↓; KCO→/↓; TLC ↓; RV ↓(And where down arrow means decreased, sideways arrow means normal/stable etc…)Have a think.Remember those flow-volume curve/loop things.More scroll for more chat.Rapidamente:This ECG shows atrial fibrillation with rapid ventricular rate. The rate is approximately 120/min and with clear atrial fibrillation as P waves are not seen. The QRS complex is narrow at approximately 80ms. The axis is normal. Note there is mild horizontal ST depression in V4, V5 and V6 which is likely rate-related, not due to ischaemia.Vitality:Answer a) is most suggestive of asthma. The greatly reduced FEV1 is suggestive of airflow obstruction, as in asthma and COPD. To differentiate asthma from chronic bronchitis and emphysema, it is important to note the carbon monoxide transfer capacity, greatly reduced in emphysema, and the TLC and RV, which is not necessarily increased in asthma, unlike chronic bronchitis.Thus, answer a) is most suggestive of asthma;answer b) most suggestive of chronic bronchitis, answer c) is most likely a normal respiratory function test result; answer d) is suggestive of emphysema; and answer e) is suggestive of pulmonary fibrosis.In the case of asthma, lung function tests should be repeated after administration of a short-acting beta-2-adrenoreceptor agonist, such as salbutamol, to observe for any reversibility, such as a large improvement in FEV1 (eg 400mL). Bonus: Why are newborn infants susceptible to Vitamin K deficiency?Answer in tomorrow’s dose.Closing:Thank you for taking your Meds and we will see you tomorrow for your MANE dose. As always, please contact us with any questions, concerns, tips or suggestions. Have a great day!Luke.Remember, you are free to rip these questions and answers and use them for your own flashcards, study and question banks. Just credit us where credit is due. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit yourdailymeds.substack.com

Click here to register for our FREE class teaching you the three step nutrition process that can help you go from surviving to thriving in motherhood. In today's BONUS episode Alyssa bridges the gap between her passions and explains why she does what she does and what it means for you. Follow along @the.mama.well and […] The post BONUS: Why this all matters appeared first on Mama and Me RD.

In this episode, we talk about television's latest super cop, Mare Sheehan, from the critically acclaimed show, "Mare of Easttown" that has TV fans on a binge. We spend many happy moments talking about how Kate Winslet brought on her star power and (women power) to show a middle-aged woman cop, fighting the bad guys on the street and the triggers of her past. We also talk about other badass female cops from television including Catherine Cawood of "Happy Valley", Stella Gibson of "The Fall", Vartika Chaturvedi of "Delhi Crime" and Ellie Miller of "Broadchurch". These women are complete professionals, sensitive family members, tiny bit scary and downright awe-inspiring. Bonus: Why do we always ask the world from women? Related links: Read up on Mare of Easstown and Kate Winslet here. The Fascinating, Maddening End of The Fall by The Atlantic. Review: Happy Valley by Variety.

This episode explores the ideas of Michael Taussig, an anthropologist who wrote The Devil and Commodity Fetishism, a classic in the field of Marxist anthropology. We will discuss how indigenous Andean belief systems adapted and resisted those imposed by Catholic colonizers, and its relevance to political struggle in Bolivia today.Bonus: Why the Devil of the Mines always has a boner.Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/shitgetsweird)

After over a year of (mostly) avoiding controversial topics, Yoel and Mickey dive in to talk about orthodoxy, dissent, and "cancel culture." Does the narrowing of acceptable views make us dumber or does it represent a drawing of new moral boundaries that make us more kind? How does the silencing of dissent lead to self-censoring? Why does it appear like some people are given more permission to dissent than others? Is cancel culture leading to a right-wing backlash? Bonus: Why was the podcast account suspended from Twitter?

Full-Time Forex Trader's Way Of Doing Things In episode 243 of the Desire To Trade Podcast, I interview full-time trader Raghee Horner to discuss her way of doing things in trading. Her entrepreneurial spirit and dedication is part of what allowed her to see a lot of success in her trading career. Let's get started!!! >> Watch the video recording! In This Episode, You'll Learn... Who is Raghee Horner and what she does 00:38 How Raghee evaluates what market to trade and when to trade it 02:21 Should you trade the same strategy in all markets or adapt your strategy to each market? 03:45 How Raghee would recommend starting learning to trade 05:00 Trading forex in 4 hours a week 07:30 Looking at the charts all day to "never miss a trade" vs optimizing times for trading 11:17 How to choose the time of the day to trade 13:45 What are Raghee's ideal setups 15:36 Simplifying your trading to improve your trading 17:31 How did Raghee change her mindset for trading 18:49 The importance of building the right trading mindset (be a great professional gambler) 24:12 Raghee's experience with trading mentors 26:30 How Raghee Horner makes her trading journal for maximum value 31:26 Bonus: What are the currencies and trades Raghee is looking at right now 34:36 Bonus: Why is the USD going up in the current situation 36:08 How to find Raghee Horner 38:36 And much more! What is one thing you are going to implement after listening to this podcast? Leave a comment below, or join me in the Facebook group! Resources Mentioned Raghee Horner’s Books Thirty Days of FOREX Trading: Trades, Tactics, and Techniques Forex Trading for Maximum Profit: The Best Kept Secret Off Wall Street Forex on Five Hours a Week: How to Make Money Trading on Your Own Time Raghee Horner’s Book recommendations The Mental Keys to Hitting: A Handbook of Strategies for Performance Enhancement Moneyball: The Art of Winning an Unfair Game The Champion’s Comeback: How Great Athletes Recover, Reflect, and Reignite The Champion’s Mind: How Great Athletes Think, Train, and Thrive Edgewonk (trading Journal) DesireToTRADE's Top Resources DesireToTRADE Forex Trader Community (free group!) Complete Price Action Strategy Checklist One-Page Trading Plan (free template) Recommended brokers: Pepperstone (special signup offer) AxiTrader (use our link to get a special bonus) SCM (Scandinavian Capital Markets) Desire To TRADE Academy About The Desire To Trade Podcast Subscribe via iTunes (take 2 seconds and leave the podcast a review!) Subscribe via Stitcher Subscribe via TuneIn Subscribe via Google Play See all podcast episodes Where to Find Raghee Horner? Simpler Trading RagheeHorner.com Twitter Youtube   What is one thing you are going to implement after listening to this podcast episode? Leave a comment below, or join me in the Facebook group!

I share with you how you can make more money! S U B S C R I B E : https://www.youtube.com/user/RafaelEliassen?sub_confirmation=1 Coaching with Rafael: https://www.erafael.com/ #Money #MakingMoney #MoneyTips #BusinessAdvice #BusinessCoach #BusinessCoaching #SuccessfulBusiness #BusinessSuccess #SuccessfulLife #PersonalDevelopment #SelfImprovement #SelfHelp #Motivation #Motivational #MotivationalSpeaker #MotivationalSpeech How can I become more financially free? Are you tired of worrying about finances all the time? Would like some more cash in your hand? If yes, then keep reading. I am not going to talk about a get-rich-quick scheme or a course. There are really 2 things you need to work at, to make sure you are someone who is always going to be capable of earning money. #1 What do you believe about you? If you have the belief that if somebody hired you or bought your product then they are the ones losing; Then, of course, nobody wants to hire you or buy from you. But if you genuinely believe that whoever doesn’t hire you is actually missing out on amazing experience and a lot of breakthroughs, that’s powerful. I made this shift and all of a sudden everybody wanted to work with me. You have real value and if somebody doesn’t hire you they are the ones missing out. Take that in. Bonus: Why-why-why? Why should they hire or buy? It’s much more powerful than what or how. #2 Sharpen your skills Yes, of course, you have to be good at what you do. So do you take 1–2 hours every day to work on your skills? I try to become a better coach every single day. The first part explains how to get the job and this how to keep the job. If you can master these two, your financial future will be brighter than ever before.

Part 3 - The Finale of The Best Fishing Trip Ever or Worst Ice Fishing Trip Ever - It really depends who you're with how how you face each challenge, each day! This 3 part series will recap our ice fishing experiences / trips Jan 9th - Jan 13th 2020. Sit back, grab some snacks, this is going to be a ride! You might even learn something on this series, we sure did!Bonus: Why do dog farts smell so bad?Upcoming events:Holes 4 Heroes - Saturday, Feb 1stIce Castle Classic - Saturday, Feb. 8th

Would you rather have Josh Donaldson or Kris Bryant? How about Nolan Arenado? Our guest today is Matthew Trueblood, who writes for Baseball Prospectus. He shares his reasons including the price, the glove, and the way we think about aging curves. Derek Wetmore hosts. A fascinating listen for Twins fans who want the club to make the plunge with The Bringer of Rain, Josh Donaldson. Bonus: Why the Twins should think twice before sprinting to the trade window and paying with their entire farm system at this point in their success arc.

It's the final countdown..... But not the last episode of the show! It's a tour de force today as the show goes nuts for the moment we've all been waiting so long for - launch! The news doesn't stop as we cover the AMA, preparing for the madness that will be launch, the race to kill Ragnaros, and finish off our 'why your class rocks...and sucks' series with Shaman, Paladins, and Priests. Finally, the episode ends with an important update and set of thank yous, as well a thank you from the fans, and an absolute must hear special audio rip from a video that I released last week.  WARNING: THE FINAL MINUTES MAY SET HYPE LEVELS TO 11. Calling Countdown #1 - WoW Dev AMA Breakdown w/ Lokth & Rhivix - 4:45 Calling Countdown #2 - Preparing For Launch w/ Ante, Ayle, Bawlsosteel, Lokth, & Partypooper- 40:35 Calling Countdown #3 - The Race To Rag w/ Rhivix - 1:15:40 Calling Countdown #4 - Shaman w/ Ayle, Melderon & Orcbit - 1:32:00 Calling Countdown #5 - Paladins w/ Theloras & Sonosuke - 2:00:10 Calling Countdown #6 - Priests w/ Defcamp & Fahq - 2:32:15 An Update From Josh - 3:04:20 The Fans Say Thanks - 3:20:30 Bonus: Why is WoW Classic Important? - 3:31:00   Watch Josh's WoW Classic Launch Hype Video Here @ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OVUaloevCFM&t=1s   Also listen @ Spotify here (Spotify takes a couple of hours to upload after posting, check back later if not there): https://open.spotify.com/show/38mHWjscNorJr7OFeNu8X5?si=c6JKxJeSRCeLQPSIlKJL8w Or @ Apple Podcasts: https://itunes.apple.com/au/podcast/countdown-to-classic/id1352967778 Or @ Stitcher: http://stitcher.com/s?fid=174762&refid=stpr Join the Countdown To Classic Discord here: https://discord.gg/2xJAwNf Find Lokth on Twitch @ https://www.twitch.tv/lokth Find Ayle on Twitch @ https://www.twitch.tv/aylegaming And on the web @ https://classicwow.live Find Melderon on YouTube @ https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCGm8RmKIW0EF1RfmNFVr2-Q Find Orcbit on YouTube @ https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCPBNvbIQxM12SoaS5RuCjzQ Find Defcamp on Twitch @ https://www.twitch.tv/defcamp Please consider supporting Countdown To Classic on Patreon @ patreon.com/countdowntoclassic Or grab some awesome Countdown To Classic merch at Red Bubble @  https://www.redbubble.com/people/joshcorbo82?ref=artist_title_name&asc=u Or support the show with a tip at Ko-Fi @ https://ko-fi.com/Y8Y3D2TT Or simply show your support by leaving the show a review at Apple Podcasts or by telling a friend! Write in to Josh at feedback@countdowntoclassic.com or get in touch on social media: Follow Josh on Twitter @ https://twitter.com/count2classic?lang=en And on FB @ https://www.facebook.com/countdowntoclassic/ Subscribe on YouTube @ https://www.youtube.com/countdowntoclassic Find Josh’s movie podcast, The Sinner Files @ https://www.sinnerfiles.com/

TUNE IN TO LEARN:Why 1000-cal diet didn't work for Ann and why it won't work youWhy 95% of the people gain weight back, often with a "BONUS"Why "waiting" to end your "diet" is a clear sign of your future weight bounce-backHow to stop yo-yo weight gain and start building a solution to keep your ideal weight for lifeYour weight-plateau breakthrough coaching session schedule is HERE- Let's figure out what you do wrong, getting the weight back- Let's create an action plan to keep your ideal weight for life GET MY 10-DAY EMAIL HEALTH COURSE. THE FOUNDATION SERIES. SUBSCRIBE! Created by Angela ShurinaSupport the show (https://www.patreon.com/FoodSchool)

Join us, hosts Katie Allred and Josh Taylor, as we discuss why communications staff need to care about online giving software. The communications staff generally doesn't have a say in what financial software the church uses, but they should. In this podcast, we're discussing the benefits of using giving software, text to give, and more. BONUS: Why you should get over the processing fee. Our friends at Kindrid are being crazy generous. If you Tweet @_Kindrid and tell them why you need a church app, they’ll make sure you get one of those too. Did you hear that? Online giving AND a church app—FREE. Just tweet @_Kindrid and tell them why you need a church app. And for more information, click here! http://bit.ly/2YmEgFq

Up, up, and away! Join Alli & Kathryn as they blast past the atmosphere into extraterrestrial space. GHOST STORIES: Listener Blake shares their tale of a ghost chair. STRANGER THAN FICTION: Alli shares the story of Barney & Betty Hill, and she and Kathryn come to veryyy different conclusions. KEEP THE LIGHTS ON: The ghouls discuss that seminal classic, Alien. WITCH, PLEASE: Alli & Kathryn pay a visit to the Alamo Drafthouse to see the 40th Anniversary 4K version of Alien. BUMP IN THE NIGHT: Radio Silence. BONUS: Why cats in space?? Winona Ryder's SAG Awards face.

In this lecture, I layout and give Beatrice's response to the following major questions from the Sphere of the Moon: 1)If heaven is perfect, and above the earth, it cannot be made of matter, but how do I, Dante, move in heaven if I have a body which is made of matter? (1-97-99) 2)Why does the moon appear to have dark spots if it is in heaven, and heaven is perfect? (2.49-51) 3)How do humans take what they see with their senses and then understand what they see with their intellects? (4.43-61) 4)What makes an oath unbreakable? What are the parts of an oath, and under what conditions may an oath be broken? (5.13-15) 5)If a vow is broken by the force of another, why would I be blamed for breaking the vow? (4.19-21) 6) Bonus: Why do souls not long for a higher place in paradise? (3.64-66) --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/alexander-schmid9/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/alexander-schmid9/support

Yoel and Mickey welcome author, journalist, historian, and bioethicist Alice Dreger to the show. Alice, who wrote Galileo’s Middle Finger, discusses how her upbringing, her academic background, and her own Galilean personality led her to piss so many people off in the service of serving both truth and justice. Can academics pursue both truth and justice? What is a Galilean personality? Do activists pollute science? Why did Alice refuse to be lumped in with the so-called Intellectual Dark Web? How can we improve the way newspapers work? Bonus: Why did Yoel and Mickey create an (Alice approved) drinking podcast? Special Guest: Alice Dreger.

You heard what you need for Lower Body...Here's what you need to have a balanced, strong upper body! BONUS*** Why does everyone do "Back & Biceps" and "Chest and Triceps" I'll explain! Do you have a question? Hit me up on Facebook, Instagram, or Twitter @gcalfitness

Yoel and Mickey take a deep dive into the so-called Intellectual Dark Web (IDW). What is the IDW and who are the prominent members of this group? Why do members of the IDW seem so cranky? Are members of the IDW actually being silenced, and given their massive popularity, who is silencing them? Is the IDW a positive and new development in our culture? Should the members of the IDW be concerned about some of their fans and followers? Bonus: Why did Yoel decide to have us drink the champagne of beers?

Patti and the Pottymouth laugh about new Yankees' skipper Aaron Boone and his experience-by-osmosis, the newest Angel Shohei Ohtani, the future of Manny Machado, and favorite first pitches. BONUS: Why did Joey Votto by Zach Cozart a donkey? LINKS Khris Davis' The Creature: https://www.theplayerstribune.com/khris-davis-oakland-the-creature/ First pitch to the groin: https://nesn.com/2017/08/red-sox-ceremonial-first-pitch-misses-plate-nails-photographer-in-groin/

In this episode, you’re going to learn the various theories on what happened to all the neanderthals, as well as what the current leading theory is.  You’re also going to learn a surprising fact about modern humans in relation to Neanderthals.  In the Bonus Why article, you’re going to learn just why it is that it hurts men in the [...] The post Podcast Episode #331: What Happened to the Neanderthals appeared first on Today I Found Out.

Let's go crazy! Marvel vs. Capcom hit arcades in Japan on this date in 1998. Was it better than its predecessors? Will Strider Hiryu leave Eurasia alive? What does Steve Urkel have to do with all this? Bonus: Why did TDiG vanish for a year? The answer is only a download away, true believers.