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Welcome to The Pumped On Property Show Podcast, hosted by investors Ben & Simon Everingham.  On this podcast, you'll learn how to build your property portfolio with confidence and achieve financial freedom. Both Ben and Simon have made a lot of mistakes and learnt a lot of lessons the hard way on their journey to buying over $500,000,000 worth of investment property in Australia for themselves and their clients. Looking back, these mistakes have made them the investors they are today. In this podcast, we look at what a number of Australians leading property investors, economists and analysts have been saying about the market over the last month. At Pumped On Property we help investors build their property portfolios with confidence & achieve financial freedom. As a business, we've helped our clients buy over $500,000,000 worth of investment property in Australia. We believe you were born to be financially free and live a life filled with choices. The choice to spend more time with the people you care about, do meaningful work, help others, move better, travel the world, and become the best version of yourself. We look forward to helping you get there.  DISCLAIMER The viewer acknowledges and agrees that: (a) Pumped on Property (POP) is not a licensed financial services adviser, accountant, solicitor, builder, engineer, architect, town planner or property manager; (b) POP is a licensed real estate agent, which conducts business as a 'buyer's agent; (c) The information provided on this video channel is conveyed by POP as general information only, and is not tailored to the viewer's particular financial circumstances or expectations; (d) The information provided on this video channel cannot be relied upon by the viewer as giving any advice upon which the viewer might rely in making any decision concerning their financial circumstances or the sale or purchase of any real property; (e) The use of which the viewer may make of the information provided on this video channel is subject to the viewer seeking independent professional advice from legal, financial, taxation and accounting advisers before making any decision affecting their financial circumstances or the sale or purchase of any real property; (f) The information provided in this video channel, given it is general, is not suitable, or applicable, to the viewer's individual circumstances, needs, objectives or expectations; (g) In providing the information on this video channel, POP has made no representation, provided no advice, and given no warranty or promise, as to the suitability, or otherwise, of any investment in any real property;  (h) POP is unable to predict the short or long-term future of the global Australian financial market or the property markets and acknowledges that prices may rise, fall, or be stagnant for long periods and that POP has no control of the market or any returns to any investor in the market; (i) POP has made no representation, promise or warranty regarding the competence of any third-party service providers referred to on this video channel. I acknowledge that I have read and understood the disclaimer with respect to POP's services set out above, before accessing this video channel."

With Steam Next Fest demos and the Xbox Games Showcase, we've got a ton to talk about. Both Ben and Ed have been playing a bunch of demos, and thoroughly enjoyed the showing at the Xbox Games Showcase. Join us for a debrief and chatter about some really cool indies coming out in the next year or two. Plus, what you've been playing! 00:00:00 - Intro 00:06:27 - Sonic X Shadow Generations 00:13:48 - Tiny Bookshop 00:18:01 - Albatroz 00:22:14 - Dungeons of Hinterberg 00:27:23 - Demonschool 00:32:56 - EbiTapes 00:38:56 - REKA 00:44:37 - Aero GPX 00:50:57 - Fruitbus 00:56:34 - Minami Lane 01:02:45 - What you've been playing 01:06:15 - Xbox Games Showcase 01:29:50 - Outro   ▼ Swapping Joysticks ▼ ● All previous episodes available at http://swappingjoysticks.com

This episode contains: Everyone is here and accounted for, but earlier than usual. We talk about why. Steven played some Fallout Wasteland Warfare and watched the entire Amazon Prime Fallout series, because of course he did. Devon has been watching as well, Ben is still in progress. If you liked the show, you should play Fallout 4 (or maybe Fallout 76). Steven and Ben are watching X-Men '97 and if you're not, you're really missing out (Devon, looking at you). It's a mutant soap opera and we're here for it. Steven comments that it's not a Wolverine show, and that makes it different and makes it feel more X-Men-y. We chat about the Life/Death storyline in the show and in the comics. Ben is super excited to talk about Star Trek Discovery and it's latest time-loop episode.    Sweet Dreams Til Sunbeams Find You: 50 Years Later, This Apollo-Era Antenna Still Talks to Voyager 2. Deep Space Station 43 (DSS-43), an antenna located at the Canberra Deep Space Communication Complex, has been instrumental in space exploration for over 50 years. It is responsible for over 40% of all data retrieved by celestial explorers and is the only antenna capable of communicating with Voyager 2. DSS-43 was honored with an IEEE Milestone in March during a ceremony held at the Canberra Deep Space Communication Complex.  https://spectrum.ieee.org/apollo-era-antenna-voyager-2    This Week In Space: Astrophysicist explains science behind once-in-a-lifetime nova outburst that will light up the sky this year. The nova will create a "new" star in the night sky, and will light up sometime between now and September. It will be as bright as the North Star. We also talk about what a Type 1a supernova is.  https://phys.org/news/2024-03-astrophysicist-science-lifetime-nova-outburst.html  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Type_Ia_supernova    Book Club: The Long Game (The Far Reaches Collection) by Ann Leckie.  https://www.amazon.com/Long-Game-Far-Reaches-collection-ebook/dp/B0C4QPCYZ4  Steven and Ben both read the short story, while Devon completely forgot. Boo Devon. Both Ben and Steven enjoyed the story, but had a few little nitpicks. We also talk about where this segment is going in the future.  Next week: Void (The Far Reaches Collection) by Veronia Roth. 

Both Ben & Skin sent some weird videos this morning - we discuss a bad honeycomb situation and try to figure out what on earth Aroldis Chapman is doing.  Also, will Ben spend THIS much to see the Mavs take on the Warriors tonight?!

Recorded live at the Londoner in Dallas, Ben and Barry bring you the only English football pubcast with a Texas twist. This week we review manners with Barry, the EPL and talk with our brave guest Randy the Spurs fan. Both Ben and Barry have to deal with losses for their teams and take the piss out of each other. Join us!

With 11 days to go before the start of the 2024 College Baseball season, Dave and Nick are joined by Ben Upton of the 11.7 Podcast to make college baseball futures picks.Ranging from futures to win the College World Series, futures to make it to Omaha, futures to win the Golden Spikes Award (college baseball's Heisman Trophy) or futures to win a particular conference, the guys offer their futures picks.Based on their particular strategy and approach to betting college baseball futures, the guys give a bit of analysis and rationale behind finding value in a futures selection. They did not reveal which teams they had selected prior to hitting record.Both Ben and Dave coincidentally chose the same team to win the College World Series. (Hint: it's an SEC team that considers Omaha its second home.)Make sure to subscribe and share this podcast to spread the word around college baseball betting nation. Rate and review wherever you get your podcasts.Highlights include:

Weekly Show #7: The Episode All About Building A Successful Early Years TeamHappy New Year!! Welcome to the very first episode of 2024, and to kick things off Ben & Emily decided it would be a good idea to discuss the key components of what makes a successful early years team. Both Ben & Emily bring their 3 top tips for how to build a successful high performing team within the world of early years, as well as, discussing the merits of each idea and you can hopefully embed them within your settings. Why not kick off the new year by reflecting on your teams dynamics, culture and overall feel good factor and see if you can better implement or improve the ideas discussed! There's nothing worse than coming to work dreading the environment or culture you work in, so let's use 2024 as the year of meaningful change within your team!If you've enjoyed this podcast then make sure to check out www.theearlyyearsnetwork.co.uk for more educational content and access to our training and development platform

We released episode one of this podcast on June 11, 2012. Now, more than a decade later, we're celebrating the 500th episode of our show. In honor of this milestone, Victoria, Will, and Chad caught up with each of the past hosts of the show: Ben Orenstein, Chris Toomey, and Lindsey Christensen. We chatted about what they're up to now, what they liked and learned from hosting the show, their time at thoughtbot, and more! Follow thoughtbot on X (https://twitter.com/thoughtbot) or LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/company/150727/). Become a Sponsor (https://thoughtbot.com/sponsorship) of Giant Robots! Transcript: VICTORIA: This is the Giant Robots Smashing Into Other Giant Robots Podcast, where we explore the design, development, and business of great products. I'm your host, Victoria Guido. WILL: And I'm your other host, Will Larry. CHAD: And I'm your other host, Chad Pytel. We released episode one of this podcast on June 11, 2012. Now more than a decade later, were celebrating this: the 500th episode of our show. In honor of this milestone, Victoria, Will, and I caught up with each of the past hosts of the show: Ben Orenstein, Chris Toomey, and Lindsey Christensen. We chatted about what they're up to now, what they liked and learned from hosting the show and their time at thoughtbot, and more. First up: Ben Orenstein. Ben was the very first host of the show back in 2012 when he was a developer at thoughtbot. He is now the co-founder and Head of Product at Tuple, a remote pair programming tool for designers and developers. Ben, it's great to talk to you again. It's been a while since you and I talked. How have you been? BEN: I've been decent, yeah. It's fun to be back to my roots a little bit. I told some folks that I work with that I was coming back to the pod for the 500th Episode, and they were stoked. So, it's kind of a treat to get to be on these airwaves again. CHAD: What have you been up to since you left this show and thoughtbot? BEN: Well, I started a company. So, I was at thoughtbot for a while; I think it was seven years. And I eventually sort of struck out to start my own thing–had a false start or two here and there. And then, I ended up starting a company called Tuple, and we still exist today, fortunately. Tuple is a tool for doing remote pair programming. We started off on macOS and then wrote a Linux client. And we're launching a Windows client now. But it's sort of, like, screen sharing with remote control for developers who are actually writing code and want to have great, low latency remote control and who care about screen share quality and that sort of thing. I started that about five years ago with two co-founders. Today, we are a team of 11, I think it is. And it's been going well. Our timing was really great, it turned out. We launched a little bit before COVID. So, remote work turned into a lot more of a thing, and we were already in the market. So, that helped us a ton. It was quite a wild ride there for a bit. But things have calmed down a little lately, but it's still fun. I'm, like, really enjoying being a co-founder of a software company. It was what I've always sort of wanted to do. And it turns out it actually is pretty fun and pretty great. Although there are, of course, the ups and downs of business ownership. It is never quite as calm or relaxing as being an employee somewhere else. CHAD: You started Tuple instigated by...full disclosure: thoughtbot's an early customer of Tuple. We're still a customer. We use it a lot. BEN: Woo-hoo. I appreciate that. Thank you. CHAD: If I remember right, you started and were sort of instigated to create Tuple because there was a prior product that then Slack bought, and then it started to degrade. And now, it no longer exists in the same way that it did before. BEN: Yeah. So, there was this tool called Screenhero, which I actually started using -- CHAD: [inaudible 02:14] BEN: Yeah, first at thoughtbot. Some other thoughtboter introduced me to it, and we would use it for pair programming. And I was like, oh, this is nice. And then yeah, Slack kind of acqui-hired it and more or less ended up shutting the product down. And so, there was this gap in the market. And I would ask my friends, I would ask thoughtboters and other developers, like, "What are you using now that Screenhero is gone?" And no one had a good answer. And so, after a while of this thing sort of staring me in the face, I was like, we have to try to solve this need. There's clearly a hole in the market. Yeah, so we were heavily inspired by them in the early days. Hopefully, we've charted our own path now. But they were definitely...the initial seed was, you know, let's do Screenhero but try to not get bought early or something. CHAD: [laughs] How did you or did you feel like you captured a lot of the Screenhero customers and reached them in those early days? BEN: I think so. The pitch for it was sort of shockingly easy because Screenhero had kind of blazed this trail. Like, I would often just be like, "Oh, we're making a thing. Do you remember Screenhero?" And they'd go, "Oh yeah, I loved Screenhero". I'd be like, "Yeah, we're going to try to do that." And they'd be like, "Nice. Sign me up." So, it for sure helped a ton. I have no idea what percentage of customers we converted. And they were a pretty large success, so probably a small fraction, but it definitely, like, made the initial days much easier. CHAD: Yeah. And then, like you said, COVID happened. BEN: COVID happened, yeah. I think we had been around for about a year when COVID hit. So, we were getting our feet underneath us. And we were already, like, the company was already growing at a pretty good rate, and we were feeling pretty good about it. I don't think we had quite hit ramen profitable, but we were probably pretty close or, like, flirting with it. Yeah, the business, like, I don't know, tripled or quadrupled in a matter of months. We had a few big customers that, like, just told everyone to start using Tuple. So, we had, like, thousands and thousands of new users kind of immediately. So, it was a crazy time. Everything melted, of course. We hadn't quite engineered for that much scale. We had a really rough day or so as we scrambled, but fortunately, we got things under control. And then had this, like, very nice tailwind. Because we started the company assuming that remote work would grow. We assumed that there would be more remote developers every year. And, you know, it's probably maybe 5% of dev jobs are remote or maybe even less, but we expect to see this number creeping up. We don't think that trend will reverse. And so, COVID just, like, it just yanked it, you know, a decade in the future. CHAD: You haven't tripled or quadrupled your team size, have you? BEN: No. Well, I mean, I guess, I mean, we started as 3, and now we're 11, so kind of. CHAD: [laughs] Yeah, that's true. BEN: Expenses have not grown as fast as revenue, fortunately. CHAD: That's good. That's basically what I was asking [laughs]. BEN: Yeah, yeah. We're still a pretty small team, actually. We have only, like, four or five full-time engineers on the team at the moment, which is kind of wild because we are now, you know, we have three platforms to support: Linux, Windows, and Mac. It's a pretty complicated app doing, like, real-time streaming of audio, webcams, desktops, caring about OS-level intricacies. So, I think we will be hiring more people soon, although we haven't said that for a long time. We sort of have always had a bit of a hire-slow mentality to try to get the right team members and, like, feel a real pain before we hire someone into it. But we have been getting a bit more aggressive with hiring lately. VICTORIA: Well, I really appreciate Tuple. I installed it when I first started working here at thoughtbot. And we have random pairings with everyone across the company. So, I'll randomly get to meet someone halfway across the world who's working on similar projects. And I think they really enjoy that I have a tool they like working to share what they're working on. So, I want to thank you for that. And I'm curious about when you really started to scale during COVID, what were some of the technology architecture trade-offs you came across, and where did you land with it? BEN: Well, we got fairly...I don't know if it was lucky, but we...for a long time, for years, even through COVID, maybe the first four years of the company, all Tuple calls were purely peer-to-peer. And there was no server that we owned intermediating things. This was, like, kind of one of the keys of, like, not having expenses. The scale of revenue was we could have lots more calls happen. And it wouldn't cost us bandwidth or server capacity. To this day, still, for any calls with three or fewer participants, they're purely peer-to-peer. And this is nice for latency purposes because it just...we can find the most direct path to the internet between two people. It's also nice from our cost perspective because we don't need to pay to send that data. And that was hugely useful as call volume went up immensely. Didn't have to worry too much about server load and didn't have to worry too much about bandwidth costs. CHAD: Today, is there a central service that makes the initial connection for people? BEN: Yes, yeah, yeah. So, there is a signaling server. So, when you launch the app, you sign in, and you see, like, oh, which of my co-workers are online? So, there is actually a Rails app that handles that, actually, increasingly less the Rails app. We have now...I think it's a Go service that actually manages all those. I'm further and further from the code every year. Some of the technical questions might be a little bit beyond me, or I might have slightly out-of-date info. But back to the architecture question for a second, we did a pretty big refactor when we decided to go from just being a Mac client to supporting other platforms, where we split out a cross-platform real-time communication engine written in C++ so that we could use that for all of the heavy lifting, all the managing of the connections, and the tricky bandwidth estimation, and all this stuff, and use that across different platforms. And so, today, you have the cross-platform engine, and then on top of that is a, like, a less specific layer for each of the operating systems that we support. CHAD: So, you mentioned you're less and less in the code these days. So, what do you spend your time doing then? BEN: It's a mix of things. These days, it's basically mostly -- CHAD: Just cocktails on the beach, right? BEN: Cocktails, yes [laughs], cocktails on the beach, appearing on podcasts trying to sound important and impressive, yeah. Mostly product work. So, right before this, I just got off a call with some folks from The Browser Company. They are some of our first alpha users for our new Windows clients. So, I hopped on the call with them and, like, watched three of them install the product and inevitably run into some bugs. And, you know, chatted through those with the engineer that was working on it, prioritized some stuff, made some decisions about what's coming up next, and what we're going to ignore. So, mostly product work these days. For the first five years of the company, I was CEO, so I was doing kind of everything: marketing, and also hiring, and also product. About two months ago, I stepped down as CEO, and one of my other co-founders, Spencer, stepped up. And so, now my focus has narrowed to be mostly just product stuff and much less on the marketing or hiring side. VICTORIA: Yeah, you mentioned that it was a little more comfortable to be an employee than to be a founder. I don't know if you could say more about that because, certainly, a lot of engineers are smart enough and capable enough to run their own company. But what really informed your choice there, and do you regret it? [laughs] BEN: I definitely don't regret it. thoughtbot was a close second in terms of wonderful professional experiences. But running my own thing has been the most interesting professional thing I've done by a big margin. It has also been more stressful. And, Chad, I don't know if you remember, I think, like, maybe eight years ago, you tweeted something like, if you want to sleep well at night, and, like, value that, like, peace of mind, like, don't start a company or something. I have experienced that. CHAD: [laughs] BEN: A lot more, yeah, like waking up in the middle of the night worrying about things. It feels a little bit like the highs are higher; the lows are lower. Being an employee somewhere, it's like, if this company fails, I know I can go get another job, right? Like, you're a developer. You're extremely employable. But as the owner of the company, if the company fails, like, a huge chunk of your net worth is gone. Like, this thing you poured your life into is gone. It's way more stressful and traumatic to have that happen, or have that threatened to be happening, or just imagine that happening. So, overall, I have found the trade-off to be totally worth it. It's awesome to make your own decisions and chart your own path. And when it works, it can work in a way that being a salaried employee can't. So, I'm happy with those trade-offs. But I think that is a good question for people to ask themselves as they consider doing something like this is, like: is that the kind of trade-off that you want to make? Because it has significant downsides for sure. WILL: I am a big fan of Tuple also. I love it. It [inaudible 10:08] easy, especially with remote work. You hit the jackpot with COVID and remote work, so kudos for that [laughs]. Was there anything...because I know from our previous companies, about over...hopefully a lot more of the good stuff than the bad stuff. But was there anything that you learned? Because you were at thoughtbot for seven years. Was there anything that you're like, oh my gosh, I learned that, and it's helped me till this day while I'm running my company? BEN: Yeah, quite a bit, actually. I think it'd be hard to tease apart exactly which lessons, but I do...so I ran Upcase for thoughtbot and also FormKeep. So, I got a chance to kind of run a small division of the company, while still being a normal employee and, like, having not much of that risk. And I think that was a really wonderful opportunity for me to, like, practice the skills that I was interested in. Just, like, how do you market a thing? How do you design a product and have it be good? How do you prioritize user feedback? There were a ton of lessons from those days that I feel like made me better at running our company when we actually took a shot at it. So, there were, like, the specific things that I learned by the work I was doing there. But then just, like, I mean, I think I am the programmer I am today because of, like, the weekly dev discussions that happened. Like, spending so much time with Joe Ferris and, like, trying to copy as much of his brain as possible, like, really, like, imprinted on me as, like, a programmer. And also, just, like, a lot of the sort of cultural things from my time at thoughtbot of, like, you should be sharing the things you're learning. Like, writing blog posts is a great use of time. Like, doing open-source work is a great use of time. And maybe you can't directly trace how doing, like, working in public or sharing information benefits the company. It's hard to, like, attribute it from a marketing sense. But if you sort of have faith that in the large, it's going to work out, it probably will. That feels like a thoughtbot lesson to me, and I think it has served us really well; where I recorded a weekly podcast for a long time called The Art of Product. I'm recording a new podcast called Hackers Incorporated with Adam Wathan of Tailwind fame. And I don't ever think, like, hmm, how many new leads do we think we get per episode, and how many hours has that taken? What's the ROI? I just have this sort of reflex that I developed from thoughtbot time of, like, you should be putting stuff out there, or you should be giving back. You should help other people. And that will probably help your business and make it work in the long term. CHAD: That's a good lesson [laughs]. One of the other things, you know, while you were a host of Giant Robots, you were the first host. I remember, you know, encouraging you to be the first host, and I think we talked about that in one of the episodes along the way. But we also transitioned the format a little bit, especially as you started to work on products here; you know, it was more about the building of those products and following along with those. And one of the things that sort of half-jokingly defined, I think, your impact on a lot of products was pricing, experimenting with pricing, learning about pricing, increasing prices more than people were maybe comfortable doing so. How has that worked out with Tuple, pricing in particular? BEN: It's really hard to say. It's hard to know what, like, the other path would have been through the world-. We sort of decided from, like, the early days that we wanted to have, like, a fairly premium price. Like, we wanted to be the product that was really good and was, like, a little bit annoyingly expensive, but you still paid for it because it felt worth it. And I think people could debate in both directions whether we nailed that or not. We have had a price increase that we ended up rolling back. We went, like, a little too far one time and said, "You know what? I think we're a little bit over," and we reverted that. But I would say even today, we are still a fairly pricey product. I mean, I'm pretty happy with how the company has done. I can't prove to you that, like, if the price were half what it is, we would have, you know, better success or not. CHAD: I think it'd be very hard to make the argument that if it was half that, you would have double the number of customers. BEN: Yeah, that's probably not true. CHAD: Not with the customers that you have, who are companies that will pay for products that they use as much as Tuple. BEN: Yeah, I'm happy serving the kind of companies, and they end up being mostly tech companies that really value developer happiness. When their developers come to them and they say, "We don't want to pair over Zoom. We like this thing. It's better. It feels nicer to use," they say, "Okay," and they buy the tool for them. There are places where that's not the case. And they say, "We already have a thing that does screen sharing. You're not allowed to buy this." We don't invest a lot of time trying to sell to those people or convince them that they're wrong. And I'm pretty happy serving sort of the first group. CHAD: So, you've mentioned that you've still been podcasting. To be honest, I didn't realize you were starting something new. Is it live now? BEN: It is live now, yeah. CHAD: Awesome. Where can people find that? BEN: hackersincorporated.com. It's about the transition from developer to founder, which is kind of what we've been touching on here. Yeah, hopefully, the audience is developers who want to start something or have started something who are maybe a little bit further behind progression-wise. And it's kind of, like, I have some lessons, and Adam has some lessons, and, you know, we don't think that we're experts. But sometimes it's useful to just hear, like, two people's story and sort of see, like, what seemingly has worked for them. So, we've been trying to share things there. And I think people will find it useful. VICTORIA: I was going to ask you for a lesson, maybe give us a little sample about how would you advise someone who's built a product and wants to market it, and it's targeted towards developers since you mentioned that previously as well. BEN: Yeah, in a way, the question already contains a problem. It's like, oh, I built the product; now how do I market it? It's a little bit indicative of a very common failure mode for developers, which is that. They sort of assume, okay, after you make the product, you then figure out how you're going to market it. And marketing is sort of a thing you layer on later on when you realize that just, like, throwing it on Twitter or Product Hunt didn't really work. When we started building Tuple, I was out there marketing it already. So, I had two co-founders, so this is a luxury I had. My two co-founders were writing code, and I was out doing stuff. I was recording podcasts. I was tweeting about things. I was making videos. I was giving conference talks. And I was getting people to hear about our product well before it was done. In fact, I was even selling it. I was taking pre-orders for annual subscriptions to the app while it was still vaporware. So, I would say, like, you basically can't start marketing too early. If you start marketing early and no one really cares, well, then you don't really have to build it probably. I would actually even go a little further and say, like, I started marketing Tuple before we had a product available. But in reality, I started marketing Tuple seven or so years before that when I started publishing things through thoughtbot. It's like when I was traveling around giving talks about Ruby, and when I was making screencasts about Vim, and when I was running Upcase, I was, over time, building an audience. And that audience was useful for thoughtbot, and it also was useful for me so that when I left, I had something like 10,000 Twitter followers or something, a few thousand people on our mailing list. But there were a lot of developers that already sort of knew me and trusted me to make fairly good things. And so, when I said, "Hey, I've made a new thing, and it's for you," I really benefited from those years of making useful content and trying to be useful on the internet. And in the early days, we had people sign up, and they would say, "I don't even really think I'm going to use this. But I've learned so much from you over the years that I want to support you, so I'm going to pay for a subscription." VICTORIA: I like your answer because I think the same thing when people ask me, like, because I am an organizer for Women Who Code, and I know all these great people from showing up for years in person months over months. And so, then people will ask, "Oh, how do I recruit more women in my company?" I'm like, "Well, you got to start showing up [laughs] now and do that for a couple of years, and then maybe people will trust you," right? So, I really like that answer. WILL: How has your relationship with Chad continued to grow since you left? Because seven years at the company is a lot. And it seems like you're still on really, really good terms, and you're still friends. And I know that doesn't happen at every company. BEN: I mean, it was tough deciding to leave. I think, like, both of us felt pretty sad about it. That was the longest I'd ever worked anywhere, and I really enjoyed the experience. So, I think it was tough on both sides, honestly. But we haven't kept in that much touch since then. I think we've emailed a handful of times here and there. We're both sociable people, and we sort of get each other. And there's a long history there. So, I think it's just easy for us to kind of drop back into a friendly vibe is sort of how I feel about it. CHAD: Yeah. And the way I explain it to people, you know, when you're leading a company, which Ben and I both are, you put a lot of energy into that and to the people who are on that team. If you're doing things right, there's not really hard feelings when someone leaves. But you need to put in a lot of effort to keep in touch with people outside of the company and a lot of energy. And, to be honest, I don't necessarily do as good a job with that as I would like because it's a little bit higher priority to maintain relationships with them, the people who are still at thoughtbot and who are joining. BEN: What you're saying is I'm dead to you [laughter]. That's CEO, for you're dead to me. CHAD: No. It's just...no hard feelings. BEN: Totally. CHAD: I think one of the things that has been great about the show over the years is that we haven't been afraid to change the format, which I think has been important to keeping it going. So, there is sort of; in fact, the website now is organized into seasons. And I went back and re-categorized all the episodes into seasons. And when the seasons were made up of, like, sort of the format of the show or particular hosts...when we started, it was just an interview show, and it was largely technical topics. And then we started The Bike Shed, and the technical topics sort of moved over there. But it also went with your interests more under the product and business side. Then you started working on products at thoughtbot, so it started to go even more in that. And I think Chris joined you on the show, and that was sort of all about those topics. BEN: Yeah, that makes sense. I think if you don't let the hosts kind of follow their interests, they're going to probably burn out on the thing. It's not fun to force yourself, I think, to record a podcast. CHAD: Yeah. And then when you left, you know, I took over hosting and hosted by myself for a while, went back to the interview format, but then was joined by Lindsey for a little while. We experimented with a few different things: one, interviews, but then we did a whole, just under a year, where we followed along with three companies. And each month, we would have an interview episode where we talked to them, all three companies, about the same topic. And then, we also did an episode with just Lindsey and I talking about that topic and about what we learned from the startup companies that we were following along with for the year. And now we're back to interview freeform, different guests, different topics. It seems like we're going to stick with that for a little while. But, obviously, as Will and Victoria have said, like, we'll probably change it again in some way, you know, a year, two years, three years from now. VICTORIA: Yeah, and I'm definitely bringing my interest around DevOps and platform engineering, so you'll see more guests who have that focus in their background. And with that, sometimes my interview style is more; how do I ask a question that I can't read from your developer docs and that I might not understand the answer to? [laughs] That's kind of where I like to go with it. So yeah, I'm really excited about...it's probably one of my favorite parts of my job here at thoughtbot because I get to meet so many interesting people. And, hopefully, that's interesting to everyone else [laughs] and our guests, yeah. BEN: Totally. Well, I dramatically underestimated how awesome it would be to meet all kinds of cool people in the industry when I started the podcast. I didn't truly connect in my head, like, wait a second, if I have a 45-minute conversation with, like, a lot of prominent, awesome people in our field, that's going to be really interesting and useful for me. So, I think, yeah, it's nice to be in the hosting seat. VICTORIA: And it's so surprising how I'll meet someone at a conference, and I'll invite them onto the podcast. And the way it winds up is that whatever we're talking about on the show is directly relevant to what I'm working on or a problem that I have. It's been incredible. And I really appreciate you for coming back for our 500th Episode here. CHAD: Ben, thanks very much again for joining us, and congratulations on all the success with Tuple. And I wish you the best. BEN: Thank you so much. Thanks for being a continuing customer. I really appreciate it. CHAD: Next, we caught up with Chris Toomey, who had a run as co-host of the show with Ben throughout 2016. CHRIS: Hi there. Thanks for having me. So, we're talking with all of the past hosts. I know you joined the show, and you were on it with Ben. And then you moved over to The Bike Shed, right? CHRIS: Yeah. So, I had co-hosted with Ben for about six months. And then I think I was transitioning off of Upcase, and so that ended sort of the Giant Robots “let's talk about business” podcast tour for me. And then, I went back to consulting for a while. And, at some point, after Derek Prior had left, I took over as the host of The Bike Shed. So, I think there was probably, like, a year and a half, two-year gap in between the various hostings. CHAD: Are you doing any podcasting now? CHRIS: I'm not, and I miss it. It was a lot of fun. It was, I think, an ideal medium for me. I'm not as good at writing. I tend to over-edit and overthink. But when you get me on a podcast, I just start to say what's in my head, and I tend to not hate it after the fact. So [chuckles], that combination I found to be somewhat perfect for me. But yeah, lacking that in my current day-to-day. CHAD: Well, what's been taking up your time since you left? CHRIS: I had decided it was time to sort of go exploring, try and maybe join a startup, that sort of thing. I was sort of called in that direction. So, just after I left thoughtbot, I did a little bit of freelancing, but that was mostly to sort of keep the lights on and start to connect with folks and see if there might be an opportunity out there. I was able to connect with a former thoughtbot client, Sam Zimmerman, who was looking to start something as well. And so, we put our act together and formed a company called Sagewell, which was trying to build a digital financial platform for seniors, which is a whole bunch of different complicated things to try and string together. So, that was a wonderful experience. I was CTO of that organization. And I think that ran for about two and a half years. Unfortunately, Sagewell couldn't quite find the right sort of sticking point and, unfortunately, shut down a little bit earlier in this year. But that was, I would say, the lion's share of what I have done since leaving thoughtbot, really wonderful experience, got to learn a ton about all of the different aspects of building a startup. And I think somewhat pointedly learned that, like, it's messy, but I think I do like this startup world. So, since leaving Sagewell, I've now joined a company called August Health, which has a couple of ex-thoughtboters there as well. And August is post their Series A. They're a little bit further along in their journey. So, it was sort of a nice continuation of the startup experience, getting to see a company a little bit further on but still with lots of the good type of problems, lots of code to write, lots of product to build. So, excited to be joining them. And yeah, that's mostly what's taking up my time these days. CHAD: So, I know at Sagewell, you made a lot of technical architecture, team decisions. It was Rails in the backend, Svelte in the frontend, if I'm not mistaken. CHRIS: Yep, that's correct. CHAD: You know, hindsight is always 2020. Is there anything you learned along the way, or given how things ended up, that you would do differently? CHRIS: Sure. I was really happy with the tech stack that we were able to put together. Svelte was probably the most out there of the choices, I would say, but even that, it was sort of relegated to the frontend. And so, it was a little bit novel for folks coming into the codebase. Most folks had worked in React before but didn't know Svelte. They were able to pick it up pretty quickly. But Inertia.js was actually the core sort of architecture of the app, sort of connected the frontend and the backend, and really allowed us to move incredibly quickly. And I was very, very happy with that decision. We even ended up building our mobile applications, both for iOS and Android. So, we had native apps in both of the stores, but the apps were basically wrappers around the Rails application with a technology similar to Turbolinks native–if folks are familiar with that so, sort of a WebView layer but with some native interactions where you want. And so, like, we introduced a native login screen on both platforms so that we could do biometric login and that sort of thing. But at the end of the day, most of the screens in the app didn't need to be differentiated between a truly native mobile app and what like, mobile WebView would look like. So, we leaned into that. And it was incredible just how much we were able to do with that stack and how quickly we were able to move, and also how confidently we were able to move, which was really a nice thing. Having the deep integration between the backend and the frontend really allowed a very small team to get a lot done in a short time. CHAD: Does that code live on in any capacity? CHRIS: No. CHAD: Oh. How does that make you feel? [chuckles] CHRIS: It makes me feel very sad, I will say. That said, I mean, at the end of the day, code is in service of a business. And so, like, the code...there are, I think, probably a couple of things that we might be able to extract and share. There were some interesting...we did some weird stuff with the serializers and some, like, TypeScript type generation on the frontend that was somewhat novel. But at the end of the day, you know, code is in service of a business, and, unfortunately, the business is not continuing on. So, the code in the abstract is...it's more, you know, the journey that we had along the way and the friends we made and whatnot. But I think, for me, sort of the learnings of I really appreciate this architecture and will absolutely bring it to any new projects that I'm building from, you know, greenfield moving forward. VICTORIA: I'm curious what it was like to go from being a consultant to being a big player in a startup and being responsible for the business and the technology. How did that feel for you? CHRIS: I would say somewhat natural. I think the consulting experience really lent well to trying to think about not just the technical ramifications but, you know, what's the business impact? How do we structure a backlog and communicate about what features we want to build in what order? How do we, you know, scope a minimal MVP? All those sorts of things were, I think, really useful in allowing me to sort of help shape the direction of the company and be as productive of an engineering team as we could be. CHAD: A lot of the projects you worked on at thoughtbot were if not for startups, helping to launch new products. And then, a lot of the work you did at thoughtbot, too, was on Upcase, which was very much building a business. CHRIS: Yes. I definitely find myself drawn in that direction, and part of like, as I mentioned, I seem to be inclined towards this startup world. And I think it's that, like, the intersection between tech and business is sort of my sweet spot. I work with a lot of developers who are really interested in getting sort of deeper into the technical layers, or Docker and Kubernetes and orchestration. And I always find myself a little bit resistant to those. I'm like, I mean, whatever. Let's just...let's get something out there so that we can get users on it. And I am so drawn to that side, you know, you need both types of developers critically. I definitely find myself drawn to that business side a little bit more than many of the folks that I work with, and helping to bridge that gap and communicate about requirements and all those sort of things. So, definitely, the experience as a consultant really informed that and helped me have sort of a vocabulary and a comfort in those sort of conversations. WILL: How did Upcase come about? Because I know I've talked to numerous people who have gone through Upcase. I actually went through it, and I learned a ton. So, how did that come about? CHRIS: I think that was a dream in Ben Orenstein's eye. It started as thoughtbot Learn many, many years ago. There was a handful of workshops that had been recorded. And so, there were the video recordings of those workshops that thoughtbot used to provide in person. Ben collected those together and made them sort of an offering on the internet. I think Chad, you, and I were on some podcast episode where you sort of talked about the pricing models over time and how that went from, like, a high dollar one-time download to, like, $99 a month to $29 a month, and now Upcase is free. And so, it sort of went on this long journey. But it was an interesting exploration of building a content business of sort of really leaning into the thoughtbot ideal of sharing as much information as possible, and took a couple of different shapes over time. There was the weekly iterations of the video series that would come out each week, as well as the, like, longer format trails, and eventually some exercises and whatnot, but very much an organic sort of evolving thing that started as just a handful of videos and then became much more of a complete platform. I think I hit the high points there. But, Chad, does that all sound accurate to you? CHAD: Yeah, I led the transition from our workshops to Learn, which brought everything together. And then, I stepped away as product manager, and Ben took it the next step to Upcase and really productized it into a SaaS sort of monthly recurring billing model and took it over from there. But it still exists, and a lot of the stuff there is still really good [laughs]. CHRIS: Yeah, I remain deeply proud of lots of the videos on that platform. And I'm very glad that they are still out there, and I can point folks at them. VICTORIA: I love that idea that you said about trying to get as much content out there as possible or, like, really overcommunicate. I'm curious if that's also stayed with you as you've moved on to startups, about just trying to get that influence over, like, what you're doing and how you're promoting your work continues. CHRIS: I will say one of the experiences that really sticks with me is I had followed thoughtbot for a while before I actually joined. So, I was reading the blog, and I was listening to the podcasts and was really informing a lot of how I thought about building software. And I was so excited when I joined thoughtbot to, like, finally see behind the curtain and see, like, okay, so, what are the insider secrets? And I was equal parts let down...actually, not equal parts. I was a little bit let down but then also sort of invigorated to see, like, no, no, it's all out there. It's like, the blog and the open-source repos and those sort of...that really is the documentation of how thoughtbot thinks about and builds software. So, that was really foundational for me. But at the same time, I also saw sort of the complexity of it and how much effort goes into it, you know, investment time Fridays, and those sort of things. Like, a thoughtbot blog post is not a trivial thing to put up into the world. So many different people were collaborating and working on it. And so, I've simultaneously loved the sharing, and where sharing makes sense, I've tried to do that. But I also recognize the deep cost. And I think for thoughtbot, it's always made sense because it's been such a great mechanism for getting the thoughtbot name out there and for getting clients and for hiring developers. At startups, it becomes a really interesting trade-off of, should we be allocating time to building up sort of a brand in the name and getting ourselves, you know, getting information out there? Versus, should we be just focusing on the work at hand? And most organizations that I've worked with have bias towards certainly less sharing than thoughtbot, but just not much at all. Often, I'll see folks like, "Hey, maybe we should start a blog." And I'm like, "Okay, let's just talk about how much effort that [laughs] actually looks like." And I wonder if I'm actually overcorrected on that, having seen, you know, the high bar that thoughtbot set. CHAD: I think it's a struggle. This is one of my [laughs] hot topics or spiels that I can go on. You know, in most other companies, that kind of thing only helps...it only helps in hiring or the people being fulfilled in the work. But at most companies, your product is not about that; that's not what your business is. So, having a more fulfilled engineering team who is easier to hire—don't get me wrong, there are advantages to that—but it doesn't also help with your sales. CHRIS: Yes. CHAD: And at thoughtbot, our business is totally aligned with the people and what we do as designers and developers. And so, when we improve one, we improve the other, and that's why we can make it work. That is marketing for the product that we actually sell, and that's not the case at a SaaS software company. CHRIS: Yes, yeah, definitely. That resonates strongly. I will say, though, on the hiring side, hiring at thoughtbot was always...there was...I won't say a cheat code, but just if someone were to come into the hiring process and they're like, "Oh yeah, I've read the blog. I listen to the podcast," this and that, immediately, you were able to skip so much further into the conversation and be like, "Okay, what do you agree with? What do you disagree with? Like, let's talk." But there's so much. Because thoughtbot put so much out there, it was easy to say, like, "Hey, this is who we are. Do you like that? Is that your vibe?" Whereas most engineering organizations don't have that. And so, you have to try and, like, build that in the context of, you know, a couple of hour conversations in an interview, and it's just so much harder to do. So, again, I've leaned in the direction of not going anywhere near thoughtbot's level of sharing. But the downside when you are hiring, you're like, oh, this is going to be trickier. CHAD: Yeah. One of the moments that stands out in my mind, and maybe I've told this story before on the podcast, but I'll tell it again. When we opened the New York studio, it was really fast growing and was doing a lot of hiring. And one of the people who had just joined the company a couple of weeks before was doing an interview and rejected the person was able to write an articulate reason why. But it all boiled down to this person is, you know, not a fit for thoughtbot. Based on what they were able to describe, I felt very confident with the ability or with the fact that they were able to make that call, even though they had been here only a couple of weeks, because they joined knowing who we were, and what we stand for, and what our culture and our values are, and the way that we do things, and all that kind of thing. And so, yeah, that's definitely a huge benefit to us. VICTORIA: I've certainly enjoyed that as well, as someone who hires developers here and also in meeting new companies and organizations when they already know thoughtbot. That's really nice to have that reputation there, coming from my background—some really more scrappier startup kind of consulting agencies. But, you know, I wanted to talk a little bit more about your podcasting experience while you're here. So, I know you were on both The Bike Shed and Giant Robots. Which is the better podcast? [laughter] So, what's your...do you have, like, a favorite episode or favorite moment, or maybe, like, a little anecdote you can share from hosting? CHRIS: Well, I guess there's, like, three different eras for me in the podcasting. So, there's Giant Robots with Ben talking more about business stuff, and I think that was really useful. I think it was more of a forcing function on me because I sort of...Both Ben and I were coming on; we were giving honest, transparent summaries of our, like, MRR and stats and how things were growing, and acted as sort of an accountability backstop, which was super useful but also just kind of nerve-wracking. Then, when I joined the Bike Shed, the interviewing sequence that I did each week was just a new person that I was chatting with. And I sort of had to ramp them up on, hey, here's a quick summary on how to think about podcasting. Don't worry, it'll be great. Everybody have fun. But I was finding each of the guests. I was sort of finding a topic to talk about with them. So, that ended up being a lot more work. And then, the last three years chatting with Steph that was by far my favorite. There was just such a natural back-and-forth. It really was just capturing the conversations of two developers at thoughtbot and the questions we would ask each other as we hit something complicated in a piece of code or, "Oh, I saw this, you know, article about a new open-source repository. What do you think about that?" It was so much easier, so much more natural, and, frankly, a lot of fun to do that. And, two, I actually do have an answer to the favorite podcast episode, which is the first episode that Steph was ever on. It was before she actually joined as a co-host. But it was called “What I Believe About Software.” And it was just this really great, deep conversation about how we think about software. And a lot of it is very much, like, thoughtbot ideals, I would say. But yeah, Steph came in and just brought the heat in that first episode, and I remember just how enjoyable that experience was. And I was like, all right, let's see if I can get her to hang out a little bit more, and, thankfully, she was happy to join. WILL: What was your favorite position, I guess you can call it? Because you say you like the mixture of business and, you know, development. So, you've been in leadership as development director, CTO. You've been a web developer. You've been over content, like, with Upcase. What was your favorite position [inaudible 16:43] you were doing, and why was it your favorite? CHRIS: The development director role feels like sort of a cheating answer, but I think that would be my answer because it contained a handful of things within it. Like, as development director, I was still working on client projects three days a week. And then, one day a week was sort of allocated to the manager-type tasks, or having one-on-ones with my team sort of helping to think about strategy and whatnot. And then, ideally, still getting some amount of investment time, although the relative amounts of those always flexed a little bit. Because that one sort of encompassed different facets, I think that's going to be my answer. And I think, like, some of what drew me to consulting in the first place and kept me in that line of work for seven years was the variety, you know, different clients, as well as, even within thoughtbot, different modes of working in podcasts or video. Or there was a bootcamp that I taught, a session of Metis, which that was a whole other experience. And so, getting that variety was really interesting. And I think as sort of a tricky answer to your question, the development director role as a singular thing contained a multitude, and so I think that was the one that would stand out to me. It's also the most, you know, the one that I ended on, so [laughs] it might just be recency bias, but yeah. VICTORIA: Oh, I love that. Is there anything else that you would like to promote on the podcast today? CHRIS: No, although as you ask the question, I feel like I should, I don't know, make some things to promote, get back into some, I don't know, content generation or something like that. But for now, no. I'm, you know, diving into the startup life, and it's a wonderful and engrossing way to do work, but it does definitely take up a lot of my headspace. So, it's an interesting trade-off. But right now, I don't know; if folks are online and they want to say hi, most of my contact information is readily available. So, I would love to say hi to folks, anyone that listened in the past or, you know, has any thoughts in the now. Would love to connect with folks. But otherwise, yeah, thank you so much for having me on. CHAD: In 2017, I took over from Ben as solo host of the show but was joined by Lindsey Christainson as cohost in 2019. After some time away from thoughtbot, Lindsey is back with us and we sat down to catch up with her. VICTORIA: Why don't you tell me about your current role with thoughtbot? LINDSEY: I am currently supporting marketing and business development at thoughtbot, as well as working as a marketing consultant for thoughtbot clients. VICTORIA: Great. And I understand that you had worked with thoughtbot many years ago, and that's when you also came on as a co-host of Giant Robots. Is that right? LINDSEY: Yeah, a couple of years ago. I left thoughtbot in spring of 2021. And I forget how long my stint was as a co-host of Giant Robots, but over a year, maybe a year and a half, two years? CHAD: Yeah, I think that's right. I think you started in 2019. LINDSEY: Yeah. Yeah, that sounds right. And Chad and I were co-hosts, I think, similar to the setup today in which sometimes we hosted together, and sometimes we were conducting interviews separately. CHAD: And then we sort of introduced a second season, where we followed along with a batch of companies over the course of the entire season. And that was fun, and we learned a lot. And it was nice to have consistent guests. LINDSEY: Yeah, that was a lot of fun. I really liked that format. I don't know; they almost were, like, more than guests at that point. They were just like other co-hosts [laughs] that we could rely on week in, week out to check in with them as they're working on early-stage companies. So, every time we checked in with them, they usually had some new, exciting developments. WILL: I really like that idea. How did y'all come up with that? CHAD: I'm not sure. I think a few years before I had taken over hosting of the show, and I forget...my memory maybe is that I went to Lindsey and said, "You know, let's do something different." But I'm not sure. Does that match your memory, Lindsey? LINDSEY: Yeah, I think there were two main drivers; one was I think you were feeling like you were having similar conversations in the interviews every time. Like, you couldn't get to a certain depth because every time you were interviewing someone, you were doing, like, the, "Well, tell me your founding story." And, you know, how did you raise funding? It kind of got a little bit repetitive. And then, on the side, the few we had done together, I think we both really enjoyed. So, we were thinking, like, what's the format in which the two of us could co-host together more regularly? Because I'm a pleasure to talk to [laughter]. I think you were like, I need to talk to Lindsey more. [inaudible 3:13] VICTORIA: What is your hosting style? How would you describe your approach to hosting a podcast? LINDSEY: I mean, obviously, it's a podcast about products and business. I think as a marketer, I am, you know, drawn a lot to the marketing side, so tending to ask questions around go-to-market audience, users. That's always just, like, a particular interest of mine. But then also, like, the feelings. I love asking about the feelings of things, you know, how did it feel when you started? How did it feel when you made this tough decision? So, that's another thing I think I noticed in my interviews is asking about some of the emotions behind business decisions. VICTORIA: And I like hearing about how people felt at the time and then how they felt afterwards [laughs]. And, like, how people around them supported each other and that type of thing. That's really fun. I'm curious, too, from your marketing background and having to do with podcasts like; some founders, I think, get the advice to just start a podcast to start building a community. But I'm curious on your thoughts about, like, how does podcasting really play into, like, business and marketing development for products? LINDSEY: Oh yeah. It's become definitely, like, a standard channel in B2B these days. I feel like that it's pretty typical for a company to have a podcast as one way that they engage their audience and their users. In marketing, you're really vying for people's attention, and people's attention span is getting shorter and shorter. So, like, if you have an ad or a blog, you're getting, like, seconds, maybe minutes of someone's attention. And whereas something like a podcast offers a unique channel to have someone's undivided attention for, you know, 30 minutes, an hour, and if you're lucky, you know, checking back in week over week. So, it became a really popular method. That said, I think you're probably also seeing the market get saturated [laughs] with podcasts now, so some diminishing returns. And, you know, as always, kind of looking for, you know, what's the next way? What's the next thing that people are interested in in ways to capture their attention? CHAD: What is the next thing? LINDSEY: I don't know, back to micro-content? TikTok videos -- CHAD: Yeah, I was going to say TikTok, yeah. LINDSEY: Yeah, you know, 10-30 seconds, what can you communicate? VICTORIA: I see people live streaming on Twitch a lot for coding and developer products. LINDSEY: Yeah, I think we've seen some of that, too. We've been experimenting more at thoughtbot with live streaming as well. It's another interesting mechanism. But yeah, I don't know, it's interesting. It's another form of, like, community and how people engage with their communities. So, it's always evolving. It's always evolving, and sometimes it's not. Sometimes, people just do want to get in a room together, too, which is always interesting. WILL: What has been, in your experience, the good the bad? Like, how do you feel about the way that it has shifted? Because I think you started in, like, 2000, like, kind of earlier 2000, 2005, something around there. And it was totally different than now like you're saying. Because I feel like, you know, Channel 5 30-second ad, you know, with some of the marketing depending on what you're doing, to now to where you're, like, you're paying influencers to advertise your product, or you're doing an ad. Or it's more social media-driven and tech-driven. What has been your opinion and feelings on the way that it has grown and evolved? LINDSEY: Marketing, in general, yeah, I graduated college in 2005 and started my marketing career. And yeah, you could, like, actually get people to click on banner ads back then, which was pretty [inaudible 07:14] [laughs]. WILL: I forgot about banner ads [laughs]. LINDSEY: I don't know, yeah. I don't know. In order for myself to not just get too frustrated, I think I've got to, like, view it as a game kind of. What new things are we going to try? You know, what do we see work? But it can really depend. And I've always been in B2B side of things. And consumer, I'm sure, has its own kind of evolution around how people engage and how they consume content and byproducts. But in B2B, you know, it can really depend on industry too. You know, I'm working with a client right now in the senior living space, and they're really big in in-person conferences. So, that's how people consume, get a lot of their information and, make connections, and learn about new products. So, it's been interesting to work in an industry that what might be considered, like, a little bit more old-school channels are still effective. And then just thinking about how you weave in the new channels with the existing ones without ignoring them. They might get information in conferences, but they're still a modern human who will then, you know, search online to learn more, for example. VICTORIA: It reminds me of a phrase I like to say, which is that, like, technology never dies; you just have more of it. There's just more different options and more different ways to do things. And some people are always, you know, sometimes you have to be flexible and do everything. CHAD: So, tell us more about what you did in between...after you left thoughtbot, what did you do? LINDSEY: I was heading up B2B marketing for a company called Flywire, which is headquartered in Boston but is a global company now. And they were just kind of starting their B2B business unit, which, as I mentioned, B2B is my personal specialty. I had been connected to their CMO through the Boston startup community. And yeah, I was helping them kind of launch their go-to-market for B2B. The industries they were in before...they got their start in higher education and then expanded in healthcare and found a niche in luxury travel, and then we were figuring out the B2B piece. But yeah, I was there for about a year and a half. They actually went public the second week I was there, which was an interesting [laughs] experience. I knew they were, like, on that journey, but it was kind of funny to be there the second week, and people were, like, "Congrats." And I was like, "Well, I definitely didn't have anything to do with it because I just finished my onboarding, but thank you," [laughs]. CHAD: One of the things that really impressed me when you joined thoughtbot was the way in which you learned about who we were and really internalized that in a way where you were then able to pretty meaningfully understand our market, our positioning in the market, and come up with new strategies for us. I assume that's something you're good at in general [laughs]. How do you approach it? How did you approach it when you joined Flywire, for example? And how was it the same or different than how you approached thoughtbot? LINDSEY: Ooh, yeah, that's a good question. And I appreciate that comment because it's difficult. But I think, yeah, with any new organization that I'm joining, you know, I think starting out with your kind of mini-listening tour of your key stakeholders across, you know, the different departmental focuses to get a sense of, what are the challenges? What are the opportunities? It's actually like, you know, it's the SWOT analysis, kind of trying to fill in your own mind map of a SWOT analysis of where the company is. What are the major hurdles you're facing? Where are people trying to go? What have they tried that's worked? What have they tried that's failed? But then, like, I think for the culture component, I think a part of that maybe is, like, feel, and maybe something that I do have a knack for. Again, maybe this is, like, you know, emotional intelligence quotient, where it's like, you know, but it's the company, you know, who is this company? What is important to them? How do they work and go about things? I know thoughtbot is certainly very unique, I think, in that arena in terms of being, like, a really value-driven company, and one where especially, like, marketing and business work is, like, distributed across teams in a really interesting way. You know, I'm sure the fact that it fascinated me and was something I could get passionate and get behind was something that also helped me understand it quickly. CHAD: I was excited that...or it was sort of a coincidence because I had reached out to you and without realizing that you had left Flywire. And Kelly, who had been doing a combined sales and marketing role, was going on parental leave. And so, it was fortuitous [laughs] that you were able to come back and help us and provide coverage, like, Kelly was out. LINDSEY: Yeah, it definitely felt like stars aligned moment, which, you know, I'm pretty woo-woo, so I believe in [laughter]...I believe in that kind of thing. You know, yeah, it was wild. It really did feel like your email came out of nowhere. And, you know, I mentioned it, obviously, to my partner and my friends. And they were like, "Oh, he definitely knows, like, that you left your last company." And I'm like, "I actually don't think he does [laughter]. I actually don't think he does." Yeah, and then we started chatting about me coming back to help. And it was great. thoughtbot makes it hard to work anywhere else [laughs]. So, I was happy to come back. I missed the team. CHAD: And one of the exciting things, and you've mentioned it, is you're not just doing marketing for thoughtbot now. We have started to offer your services to our clients. LINDSEY: Yeah, I'm super excited about this. And it's something I'd started thinking about. I had decided to take some time off between Flywire and my next thing and had started thinking about doing marketing, consulting. And as I'm doing that, I'm thinking a lot about how thoughtbot does consulting and, you know, wanting to emulate something like that. So, I started back up at thoughtbot. That wasn't part of the plan. I was just going to, you know, fill in for Kelly and help with marketing things. But then, you know, a good opportunity arose to work on a client, and I was really excited. When, you know, Chad, you and I chatted through it, we came to the conclusion that this was something worth exploring under the, you know, thoughtbot umbrella. And it's been a really great experience so far. And we now have brought on another client now. And if you're listening and need early-stage B2B marketing support, reach out to lindsey@thoughtbot.com. CHAD: Definitely. And Lindsey is pretty good, so you're going to like it [laughs]. LINDSEY: Yeah, you're going to like the way you look. WILL: Yeah, definitely. Because I can even feel your presence here, you know, coming back. Because even like, you know, the market where it's at now and some of the suggestions that, you know, you've been helping us. For example, like, I do a lot of React Native, and you're like, "Hey, you know, blog posts have done a lot of traction, you know, let's get some more blog posts out in the market to help with the traffic and everything." So, the question I have with that is, like, thank you for even suggesting that because it's, like, those little things that you don't even think about. It's like, oh yeah, blog posts, that's an easy transition to help the market, clients, things like that. But with the market the way it is, what has been your experience working during this time with the market? I don't know if you want to call it struggling, but whatever you want to call it that, it's doing [laughs]. LINDSEY: Yeah, I mean, the economy is difficult now. We also went through a really tough spot when I was here last time. During COVID, you know, we faced a major company challenge. And, I mean, I'll let Chad speak to it, but I would imagine it's probably one of the bigger, like, economic inflection points that you faced. Would you say that? CHAD: Yeah, definitely. The thing about it that made it worse was how quickly it happened. You know, it was something that you didn't see coming, and then, you know, about 40% of our business went away in a single month. That's the kind of thing that was a real shock to the system. I think the thing that made it difficult, too, was then the aspects of COVID, where we were no longer able to go into our studios. We were all working remotely. We were isolated from each other. And so, that made executing on what needed to be done in order to make the company survive additionally challenging. LINDSEY: Yeah, so I think, like, going through that experience, also, and seeing how the team and the leadership team rallied together to get through it. And then, you know, ultimately, I think 2021 and 2022 have, like, really good years. That was a really positive experience. And something I'll definitely take with me for a while is just, like, keeping a cool head and just knowing you have, like, really smart, talented folks with you working on it and that you can get through it. And just, like, doing some, I mean, we relied on what we did best, which was, like, design thinking, using design exercise to think about, like, how we might re-organize the company, or what other services we might try launching, or how might we re-package, you know, larger services into smaller more palatable services when people have, like, kind of tighter purse strings. So, that was, like, a great educational experience, and I think something we just continue to do now: be open to change, be open to changing how we package services, what clients we go after, and coming at it with, like, an agile, experimental mindset and try to find out what works. VICTORIA: I really appreciate that. And it aligns now with the new service we've developed around you and the marketing that you provide. And I'm curious because I've had founders come up to me who say they need help with marketing or they need to, like, figure out their marketing plans. So, say you've met a founder who has this question, like, what questions do you ask them to kind of narrow down what it is they really need and really want to get out of a marketing plan? LINDSEY: I've been thinking about this a lot recently. And, like, obviously, I see other marketing leaders in the market. Marketers like to talk about what they do on LinkedIn [laughs], so I get to...I read a lot about different people's approaches to this. And some people kind of go in and are like, okay, this is what you need. This is how we're going to do it, and they start executing on it. And I really do take a very collaborative approach with founders. I think they're, especially in early stage, they're your most important asset in a way, and a lot of their intuition around the market and the business, you know, it's gotten them to where they're at. And so, I think starting from the point of, like, taking what they view as priorities or challenges, and then helping them better explore them or understand them with my own marketing experience and expertise, to

Lilian suggests to Alice that the Grange Farm land could be a good acquisition for The Stables. Perhaps Harry might have an opinion? Alice admits he gave her his card, but she dismisses Lilian's urge to matchmake. By coincidence, Harry appears with treats for Sadie. Lilian launches into her idea of creating an equine wellness centre, while Alice is cagey, keen to end the conversation. Later, Lilian tells Alice off for being rude to Harry. Alice apologises and Lilian points out that spending a bit of time with him wouldn't be the end of the world. Alice rings Harry to apologise for her behaviour earlier. Harry tells her not to worry. Before hanging up Alice says perhaps she could still take him on that tour of The Stables sometime. On their way to Ruairi's birthday party, Kate justifies saying no to Alan's idea of church yoga sessions. Jakob tells her Alan's vetoed this year's Christmas tree to save money. Kate then rules herself out of volunteering to help produce a Christmas show. On arrival at the party, Jakob spots no-one else is in costume - Kate forgot to tell the others. Jakob feels like a prize idiot, dressed as a centurion. Both Ben and Alice try to make Jakob feel better, while later on Kate admits she was wrong about Jakob - he's a team player when it counts. Jakob then reveals he's helping Usha with the Christmas show and thinks Kate should help too, if she wants, whatever Peggy's position. Kate agrees to do it, just for Jakob.

Ben Samuels & Max Feigelson are current Deep Springs College students who have joined the podcast this week to discuss their experiences at the infamous Deep Springs College cattle ranch campus for cowboy philosophers and future world leaders.Both Ben & Sam attended Bard High School in New York City. In the podcast, they remark on the drastic differences between Deep Springs and most other institutions of higher education, including the academic rigor, diversity of perspectives, and the way in general that colleges market and promote themselves -- namely, the promotion of luxury experiences at many state schools.Bard Early College High School: https://bhsec.bard.edu/League of Nunnian Schools: https://www.deepsprings.edu/wp-content/uploads/TheLeagueOfNunnianSchools2023-09-18.pdfLearn more about Thoreau College and the microcollege movement: https://www.thoreaucollege.orgDriftless Folk School: https://www.driftlessfolkschool.org

This week, we are lucky enough to be joined by Ben and Mary Bridges from the YouTube channel This Messy Happy.   Both Ben and Mary are accomplished runners, living in Thailand they train and race regularly and always seem to have another goal on the horizon which they often share with their audience.    Join us on the trails, and find out just how simple it is for ordinary people to achieve extraordinary levels of health and fitness.   https://www.getoutinit.events/ - Our website; come check us out and sign up for our newsletter! You'll get bunches of fun freebies and up-to-the-minute info on our Get Out In It sports camps. Find us on: YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCO2NpPBc-irzTwu48_1ZSqA Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100091353277028  Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/getout_in_it/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/GetOutInIt Pinterest: https://www.pinterest.co.uk/GetOutInIt/ Spotify Playlist: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/0Fq9bhN4a8Hpcj33V3yVAP?si=e9f3aab856f24ca8    This Messy Happy: https://www.youtube.com/@ThisMessyHappy https://www.instagram.com/thismessyhappy/   Lion d'Or Cafe:  https://liondorcafe.com/  

Today's guests are Sandy Hartranft who is Ben Hartranft's mom, a Certified Diabetes Care and Education Specialist, Author, and Writer of "Swinging From The Chandelier: Finding Joy In The Journey Through Autism", which is a memoir taken from many journals! Ben Hartranft is a 25-year-old man who was diagnosed with Autism at age 2. Ben is an amazing fierce advocate and public speaker for Autism Awareness and research! Both Ben and Sandy started BEnergy1 Presentations. Ben is the CEO, President, and Chairman of BENERGY1 Presentations!Sandy discusses the book she wrote and how she came up with the title, the many challenges of dealing with Autism, doctors and the school system, and the guilt mothers feel when doctors blame us for our children 's diagnosis! The discussion when on to how important support groups are!Ben was on Ellen DeGeneres's Show, The Price is Right, and works part-time for the Philadelphia Eagles Game Day Staff. Ben discusses how he became a guest on Ellen DeGeneres's Show in 2018, his advocacy, and how he became involved with the Philadelphia Eagles! Ben had the extraordinary opportunity to carry the Lombardi Trophy to start the ring ceremony for the Super Bowl Champion Philadelphia Eagles. Ben also discusses the awesome Autism Advocacy that the Philadelphia Eagles does.We are providing further information: Guilt mothers feel when doctors blame them

We have some big news, the time has come for our first Le Run Down host Justin Pugliese to move on, good news for all of you, Justin has launched his own podcast, @justinstridepod. Give it a listen!While we begin our search for a new host for the show, our guest hosts emma.deguara and leslie woods interview pro wakeboarder, Ben Leclair for his second appearance on the pod. Catch the first episode #16 with Ben Leclair here. Heads up! Both Ben and Emma are francophones, so we go back and forth between French and English. I want to apologize in advance, if you're not bi-lingual, you may have trouble following along with the conversation. We will be publishing a video of the episode that will include subtitles.News:Register for the 2023 edition of Wings For Life World Run https://www.wingsforlifeworldrun.com/en/locations/montrealThe video we played at the start of our conversation with Ben is Natural Playground recorded in late 2016.The Q&A that followed the interview asked Ben how he edits videos with his injuries. Here is a video of Ben showing his editing setup.That's all for now, gotta run.

Taking on the challenge of a lifetime is more than just a physical triumph. Cycling 50 days, back-to-back, averaging a huge 285km per day to accomplish the goal of cycling around Australia, an incredible display of physical and mental endurance. Ben and Jay both originated in the UK, but have found themselves on the Australian shores for the past 6 years. Having both played competitive rugby growing up, they have continued their passion for physical activity throughout their adulthood, engaging in bodybuilding, powerlifting, weightlifting and a raft of other activities.January 2020 was a dark time for most of the globe with Covid-19 talking hold, travel was becoming more and more difficult, and the impending ‘lockdown' looked inevitable. It was in these circumstances that Boomerang Loop Australia was born. Both Ben and Jay have found inspiration from people performing incredible feats. Whether that means climbing 14 mountain peaks in 7 months, or Cycling the pan American highway in under 100 days. It was this inspiration that made them look to the biggest possible challenge that they could do within the foreseeable restrictions. This was cycling, 14,251km around Australia!It was known at the inception that doing this challenge would be difficult from a physical point of view, however it became very clear from the outset of the training that this was far more of a psychological battle, rather than a physical one. With Jay having struggled with his own personal mental health and Ben having witnessed the impact of mental health difficulties upon his loved ones, the connection to how this challenge could positively impact mental health more broadly became obvious. Keeping this at the forefront of their minds, Boomerang Loop Australia made contact with Mindful Australia to dedicate any of the challenge donations to support their incredible work within the community. ‘People go about their day to day struggling with their own personal mental health battles. What we did was nothing in comparison to what many are going through.' This lap of Australia is tested the boys like nothing else. It required immense physical capability, character and a steely resilience to succeed in their journey.To learn more or donate, visit: www.boomerangloopau.com.au/ To learn more about the work of Mindful Australia, visit: www.mindfullaus.org/ Black Dog Institute, visit: www.blackdoginstitute.org.au/Lifeline, visit: www.lifelinedirect.org.auDavid Goggins cookie jar analogy: www.youtube.com/watch?v=CEg1SG1TOr4Follow @boomerangloopau on instagram and facebook________________Follow us on social media!Instagram: @normlesspodcast YouTube: www.youtube.com/@normlessFacebook: www.facebook.com/normlesspodcast/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/norm...TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@normlesspodcastWebsite: normlesspodcast.simplecast.com________________Hayden Kelly, ESSAM, AES, AEP, MHPSHost of the NORMLESS podcastConnect with me on Instagram, Twitter, Facebook and LinkedIn ________________Want to support the show?The best way to show your support is by providing a review on the Apple Podcast app, Spotify or via our facebook page.You can also stay in the loop with the latest podcast updates, news and information by subscribing to our mailing list.

In this episode Jenessa and Ben Wait share on the power of discipline. Both Ben and Jenessa share keys on how to turn discipline into a desire through having faith and choosing to do things today that will shape who you become tomorrow. 

In this session we are speaking with Ben Watts and Jamie Pattison, both World Extreme Medicine faculty and retrieval/specialist paramedics. We wanted to both address and highlight the dangers of sudden cold-water immersion and do a deep dive into some of the pathophysiological pathways that occur. This is both in-light of recent events but also prospectively to promote discussion around the very real danger of cold-water immersion. Both Ben and Jamie have worked and indeed do work in the highlands of Scotland where temperatures frequently fall below zero. We know that upon water entry a series of physiological responses are evoked via cooling of the skin, superficial nerves and muscles in the limbs, and finally deep body tissue, all of which can result in hazardous outcomes. For further reading on this topic check out the articles below https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0022346812007166 https://www.bmj.com/content/350/bmj.h418.long https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(03)15057-X/fulltext https://www.wemjournal.org/article/S1080-6032(22)00141-7/fulltext https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0300957203002375

I sit down with college athletes Kolby Gartner and Ben Taxdahl to discuss their approach in achieving their highest athletic performance with recover work. Both Ben and Kolby play college sports and put in the time with their recovery to perform at a higher level. We dive into contrast therapy (cold plunge and sauna), earthing, circadian rhythm, breath work, compression therapy, mental focus and red light therapy.

Ben Moa grew up in California's violent gang world of the 90s. With few strong role models, he fell into gang life, drug use, crime, and more at the tender age of 9 years old. But he counts his first real miracle in life when he was arrested on a trip to Utah and spent the ages 12-16 in a correctional facility. He was given a chance to pick different role models and a different life focus, and he picked to become the best athlete he could be. While at the University of Utah for Football at the age of 18, he met and married his wife Christina. She did not understand the complexities of marrying a man shaped by gang life, but working together they have created an inspiring marriage and life. Both Ben and Christina share the start of their journey on the Relentlessly Resilient podcast, in this first part of a two-part series. Even though we live in challenging times we can become Relentlessly Resilient as we lean on and learn from one another's experiences. Hosts Jennie Taylor and Michelle Scharf are no strangers to overcoming adversity; Michelle lost her husband to cancer, while Jennie's husband Major Brent Taylor was killed in the service of our country. Their stories bond them together and now listeners can join them weekly as they visit with others enduring challenges and who teach us how they are exercising resiliency, finding value in their grief, and purpose in moving forward.  Listen to the Relentlessly Resilient Podcast regularly on your favorite platform, at kslpodcasts.com, kslnewsradio.com, or on the KSL App. Join the Resilience conversation on Facebook at @RelentlesslyResilient and Instagram @RelentlesslyResilientPodcast. Produced by KellieAnn Halvorsen.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Way back in episode 16 of the Bees with Ben podcast, Ben introduced Richard Noel as a dear friend, a lovely English chap, an ex-paramedic, a landscape gardener, and now passionate beekeeper with a full-time bee-oriented business. A few years back, Ben was lucky enough to stay with Richard for a week at his home in Corseul, a town in Brittany, northwest France, and during this period Ben was able to see the effects of varroa mites upon Richard's bees, and to gain some insight into Richard's management regime. It was only natural, therefore, that when varroa was discovered in Newcastle on the New South Wales coast last week that Ben immediately called Richard for his thoughts on this incursion, and out of that this extraordinary podcast episode was quickly organised (episode 95) which was also live-streamed on Richards YouTube channel. Ben starts by stating the current position with respect to the outbreak: two infested hives have been discovered and as at 6:00 p.m. on Sunday 26 June the movement of hives is prohibited throughout the state of NSW. Referring to this as a ‘lockdown' in one of several references that parallel Covid, Richard is immediately concerned about unregistered and feral hives - and the fact that he has heard there is a national park close to the site of the incursion. He also wants to know about winter temperatures in the region, since in Europe there is a ‘brood break' during which the mites cannot reproduce. This seems unlikely in Newcastle's climate. Richard says that ironically because Australia has healthy bees, we may also have healthy mites. He says there is no single correct answer, and if the outbreak spreads. There are so many issues raised by the possibility of a widespread outbreak in Australia including, for example, whether there is a list of approved mite treatments, and how these should be administered. The almond pollination season is only weeks away, and with the movement of hives in NSW prohibited, this billion-dollar industry is now in jeopardy. Richard emphasises the need for an arsenal of mite control measures, but says brood breaks are very valuable, and that oxalic acid is a ‘soft' treatment that is cheap, organic and effective. He says it is very difficult to produce queens able to reliably pass on VSH due simply to the genetic variation in the field, but that if you maintain strong, prolific colonies, you will go a long way towards keeping varroa at bay. Both Ben and Richard are agreed that Australian authorities must throw everything possible at this current incursion while they have the chance. Although Richard has never known life without varroa, he acknowledges that life would be very much easier without it. Australian beekeepers pondering a future with varroa will find this podcast instructive. YouTube link available here https://youtu.be/0KLsbeSTEL8

GHIT 0341:  The Tyler Stank After having better answers to several of our Dominating with Dawson's, it was only appropriate that we invited him onto the podcast.  We first met Tyler while iRacing and have since been paying attention as he has begun driving in the real world as well.  His middle name really is Ayrton and there can be no better reason to have him on the podcast, but he is also notably the first person to drive each of the three versions of mini truck in the 24 Hours of Lemons endurance races.  Stay tuned for several stories related to “driving” a car on iRacing with a French horn and other non-standard inputs.  We also interrupt the episode with the first ever Dominating with Dawson with a guest judge Tyler to address the best modifications to make your car faster.  Both Ben and Tyler get it wrong.  A link to the episode is: https://tinyurl.com/TheTylerStank If you would like to help grow our sport and this podcast: You can subscribe to our podcast on the podcast provider of your choice, including the Apple podcast app, Google music, Amazon, and YouTube etc. Also, if you could give our podcast a (5-star?) rating, that we would appreciate that very much.  Even better, a podcast review, would help us to grow the passion and sport of high performance driving and we would appreciate it. We hope you enjoy this episode! PS  If you are looking to stream or save your integrated telemetry/racing data with you video, Candelaria Racing Products Sentinel System may be the perfect solution for you.  We are amid installing the system in two of our cars.  If this sounds like something that may help you and your team, please use our discount code "GHIT" for a 10% discount during the checkout process at https://candelaria-racing.com/ PS2  Please do not forget that if you are looking to add an Apex Pro to your driving telemetry system, do not forget to use our discount code for all Apex Pro systems you will receive a free Windshield Suction Cup Mount, a savings of $40.  Just enter the code “ghitlikesapex!” when you order from https://apextrackcoach.com/ Best regards, Vicki, Jennifer, Ben, Jeremy, Alan, and Bill Hosts of the Garage Heroes In Training Podcast and Garage Heroes In Training racing team drivers

This month Heather and Ben spoke to Gabrielle Cantrall, the acting Solicitor in Charge of Family Law with LegalAid NSW, about Independent Children's Lawyers (ICL). These are the specialist lawyers the Court appoints to represent children in complex family law matters. LegalAid NSW is the body responsible for accrediting Independent Children's Lawyers in New South Wales, so Gabrielle is uniquely qualified to talk about their role and responsibilities. Both Ben and Heather are qualified Independent Children's Lawyers with many years combined experience working in this space. They are able to provide perspective on the day to day of working with and for children in family law cases. Topics covered include: •Understanding Independent Children's Lawyer's •What is an Independent Children's Lawyer? •What is a lawyer's role when acting as an ICL? •How does a lawyer qualify as an ICL? •When does the Court appoint an ICL? •The parents' role with an ICL: •Do parents get a say in who will represent their child? •Can parents sit in when an ICL meets with their child? •Does an ICL keep parents informed? •What if a parent is unhappy with their child's lawyer? •Acting as an ICL: •Does an ICL act on the instructions of a child? •How does an ICL form a view on what's in a child's best interest? •What experts does an ICL use to help them form this view? •What if a child has been told what to say to an ICL? •How does an ICL represent a child in Court? •What is the role of the ICL at the end of proceedings?

Quarterly Economic Outlook for UK Investors - Ben Nicholls interviews Sunday Supplement Author Adam Lawrence Guest host is HMO landlord Ben Nicholls of Bristol's KPA Lettings Ltd who interviews the author of The Sunday Supplement Adam Lawrence in this Quarterly Economic Summary and outlook for property investors. Adam goes deep into the economic data and explains why it is important to keep thinking about what's going on out there to make better decisions with your investments. It should be noted that Adam is a serial property entrepreneur and prolific investor in property with hundreds of deals under his belt. Both Ben and Adam can be reached via their LinkedIn profiles plus I would encourage you to get along to your local Partners In Property network event to meet them in person (or make a connection with one of the many interesting property people that are members). --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/my-property-world/message

This week we are joined by two incredible ladies, whose stories you won't believe until you hear them. Ell Pullin and Lotte Bowser are two friends brought together by the unimaginable loss of their partners, world champion snowboarder Alex ‘Chumpy' Pullin, and UK music agent Ben Kouijzer. Both Ben and Chumpy are known for their magnetic energy, their passion for life and music, and they have both left a huge imprint in the lives and hearts of everyone who knew them. Shortly after Chumpy's sudden death while out spearfishing in July 2020, Ellidy announced a miracle pregnancy with his baby after finding out about a procedure called postmortem sperm retrieval. After two rounds of IVF, Ellidy gave birth to Minnie Alex Pullin in October 2021.Lotte recounts her harrowing experience of when she flew to Mexico in October 2020 where Ben was undergoing alternative cancer treatments to try and save his life. One morning Ben was rushed into hospital and separated from Lotte after contracting Covid-19. Devastatingly, this was the last time she saw him alive. Lotte and Ellidy are also both experiencing cumulative grief, after losing their dads only a short time after their partners died. Their bravery and resilience is nothing short of admirable, and this conversation is one that we are both thankful to have been a part of. We received loads of questions from our community for Lotte and El and have tried to include as many as possible. We also discuss: What it's like to be young and widowedSudden death versus anticipatory griefThe power of asking for signs from the other sideCumulative grief (dealing with multiple losses)Different grieving styles – grieving on the go vs sitting with the feelingsWhat is postmortem sperm retrieval?Future relationships after the loss of your partnerPrepare to be inspired by these two incredible women.Links and further readingBuy Lotte and Ellidy's ‘Now, What?' Grief Workbook Connect with Lotte on Instagram at @lottebowserConnect with Ellidy on Instagram @ellidy_ Connect with usGrief is the price we pay for love, but it can be lonely. If you're grieving, join our private Facebook support group, Good Mourning Grief Community, here, follow us on Instagram at @goodmourningpodcast or drop us a line here.Thank you so much for listening, supporting, and spreading the word about Good Mourning. If you enjoy the pod and find it helpful, we'd love it if you could leave us a review on Apple Podcasts. And don't forget to subscribe so you don't miss any of the incredible guests we have coming up!

Given that there are several real estate conferences coming up (including the Intelligent Investors Real Estate Conference (IIREC)!), I thought it would be good to discuss this very topic with the host of one of the most popular real estate conferences in the US… Today, I'm joined by Ben Lapidus, CFO of Spartan Investment Group and the Host of the Best Ever Real Estate Conference ("Best Ever").  For those of you that don't know Best Ever is one of the few real estate conferences I try to attend each year. Both Ben and I know a thing or two about not only throwing a kick-butt event, but also what it takes to get the most out of in-person events as an attendee. Click Here to Listen Now If you are planning on attending IIREC 2022 or Best Ever Real Estate Conference this year, make sure to check this out! What are some of the key mistakes even producers make when setting their expectations for the event? What can attendees do to supercharge their experience, both from a networking standpoint, as well as their ability to get the most out of the How should event attendees and producers be contemplating the risks and uncertainty surrounding Covid-19? Whether you are attending an in-person event this year, or have an interest in throwing one, I'm sure you'll get a lot out of this episode. Click Here to Listen Now Resources mentioned in this podcast: 1. The Best Ever Conference 2. Spartan Investment Group Interested in investing in ATMs? Check out our webinar.   Please note that investing in private placement securities entails a high degree of risk, including illiquidity of the investment and loss of principal. Please refer to the subscription agreement for a discussion of risk factors. Tired of scrambling for capital?  Check out our new FREE webinar -  How to Ensure You Never Scramble for Capital Again (The 3 Capital-Raising Secrets). Click Here to register. CFC Podcast Facebook Group

After a bye week, Ben & CJ are back with their typical nonsense and college football predictions. Virginia Tech, Washington, Washington State and Duke are all looking for new coaches. Will Dan Mullen be out of a job soon? Both Ben & CJ agree one team is way overrated. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jason and Meaghan are enjoying improved communication after hitting a rough patch. Ben's feeling the impacts of season affective disorder. Both Ben & Jason share the highs and lows from their fitness journey. What ramifications should you consider when seeking mental health therapy? Does it have an impact on life insurance policies? https://www.docrich.com/insurance_cautions.shtmlDid Rudy Giuliani really use biased hyper right-wing material he read on Facebook as a major component of his defense case?  https://www.businessinsider.com/rudy-guiliani-says-he-got-election-fraud-evidence-from-facebook-2021-10What happens if you make a mistake on the job in correspondence with potential clients? Does it matter?-----You'll hear stories about real people who have dealt with depression, anxiety, addiction, self-doubt, or any other struggle they've faced on their journey through life. It doesn't matter where you are in your own story - there's something for everyone on this show!And if you need someone to talk to when it feels like things just aren't going well - reach out! We want nothing more than for every person who listens to this show to feel less alone in the world. If Threads has become a resource that you rely on, consider saying thanks by taking part in our Buy Me a Coffee supporter platform. You can buy us some coffee to keep the podcast going or monthly support so we never have to worry about running out of fuel! Learn more at www.buymeacoffee.com/threadspodcastThank you so much for listening to us! We appreciate each and every one of you. Can you do us a favor? Tell someone about this podcast if you enjoy it. Also subscribe, rate, and review us on Apple Podcasts or wherever you get our podcast from hereYou can find anything you would absolutely need from Threads Podcast here!This podcast was produced by Hey Guys Media Group LLC Are you looking to start a podcast? Need help with editing? Hey Guys can help! Check them out at Hey Guys Media GroupSupport the show (https://www.buymeacoffee.com/threadspodcast)

Due to a scheduling conflict Stef from Scottish And Scared had to postpone her appearance until later this summer...But what the True Believers get in return is an amazing deal...Ben Axe is a fellow podcast host on the Buzzsprout Network and dropped his first episode the exact same day as Phantom Phil...what are the odds???Also discussed in this episode:- Their mutual fascination with the paranormal at a young age- Both Ben and Phantom Phil bookend the episode by discussing their own past nightmares- How Ben took the initiative to become a paranormal investigator- What some investigators do that grind Ben's gears- Some of his favourite local haunted spots in his native Ohio- His own paranormal experiences and haunts throughout his life- Also...some unexpected pro wrestling talk...just becauseFind Paranormal Axetivities here:https://www.buzzsprout.com/920299

What are the relationship between Christianity, ancient paganism, and Western culture? Does mass secularization in the West presage a new pagan era? Where is “New Atheism” 15 years after its peak? These are just some of the questions Ben Bassett and I mull over. Bassett is an archaeologist but has a deep interest in ancient history. Three years ago he wrote: Progress and Polytheism: Could an Ethical West Exist Without Christianity? We also referenced Unbelievable? Is the God of the Bible a capriciously malevolent, misogynistic, sadomasochistic bully? Dan Barker vs Martin Kuhrt and The Harlot by the Side of the Road: Forbidden Tales of the Bible. Tom Holland's Dominion: How the Christian Revolution Remade the World and Ross Douthat's Bad Religion: How We Became a Nation of Heretics were also discussed. We live in a time of religious change. Both Ben and I believe it is important to look at the last great change in Western history to get a sense of the future.

Cursed be the ground for our sake. Both Ben and Charles it shall bring forth for us. For out of the studio were we taken, for the podcasters we are...and to the studio we shall return. Denzel Washington takes his turn as our apocalyptic shepherd as we walk out West. What Ben likes about no soap, is that he can smell hijackers a mile off; Charles grew up with that book, he knows its power, if you make him choose he'll kill you and take it.

The secret to lasting social change is to create compelling content that actually gets results. I’m joined by Ben Gilbarg of Big Picture Anthems to talk about where he spends his money, who he works with, and how he distributes his videos to maximize his client’s return on investment. Key Takeaways It’s more important to spend money on what’ll bring you the biggest return on investment. If that means investing in marketing, sales, branding, invest there rather than upgrading your equipment first. About Ben Gilbarg Ben Gilbarg is the Chief Creative Catalyst for Big Picture Anthems. Ben's been doing professional video at the intersection of youth development, community outreach, and social justice since 1998.  Through community events and video campaigns, Ben’s work has reached 3 million-plus people, and he has directly impacted more than 4,000 young people in his career through teaching, mentoring, and community programming.  Ben’s expertise in producing video campaigns is articulated by impressive results from 2016-2020 in which he produced 4 viral video campaigns, 2 national, and 2 locally in New Bedford, MA. He now resides in the SF Bay Area in Hercules, CA, with his wife, three children, and one grandson. Creating Videos for Social Change Ben Gilbarg joins me to talk about his video production company with a mission for social change and community impact. He explains how niching into this industry was not only the catalyst for creating lasting change but is also a financially viable business venture. He explains some of the best methods for distributing videos that maximize their reach, therefore making the most social impact. Ben’s secret: creating compelling content that gets those results. Ben’s motivated by his upbringing. Being “hood-adjacent” meant that he grew up learning what underfunded neighborhoods need to help bring about positive social change. Where to Invest Your Money Ben explains why it’s not about having the most expensive and high-tech equipment on the market that makes the most impact on a business’s success. If no one knows who you are, that tech investment is not well-spent money.  Instead, we both encourage you to invest in marketing and sales management first. Both Ben and I also invested in growing our team before our equipment. Having someone else in the roles that zap our energy was a game-changer for our business production value. What’s the best investment you’ve made for your business? What’s your unique niche and how has this helped grow your business? Let me know in the comments on the episode page.   In This Episode: Methods to increase video distribution and reach [16:00] What really matters when it comes to your equipment specs [24:30] Where you can better spend your money than investing in better gear [26:00] How hiring a person or team can improve your business production [30:00] How your upbringing can create a drive for social change [34:00] Why you should niche your business down [36:45]   Quotes “Essentially we want to bring all of the things we do under one roof because it all revolves around production, design, social impact, and community outreach.” [14:44] “When we’re spending money on gear, if there’s not an obvious return on that investment, then we really need to think twice on all of the things we can spend money on.” [25:48] “We need to present these opportunities to youth better if we want them to achieve. That’s really hopeful. When you have a niche and you can add something that’s missing.” [36:58]   Links: Join Grow Your Video Business on Facebook Storyblocks Core Use #byanymeansvisionary on Instagram and Twitter to engage with Big Picture Anthems Find Big Picture Anthems online Follow Ben Gilbarg on Instagram | Twitter | Facebook Follow Big Picture Anthems on Instagram | Facebook | YouTube   Additional Links: Check out the full show notes page Do you have something to share on this podcast? Fill out this form here. Be sure to take the Studio Sherpas survey for a chance to win some incredible prizes (if we do say so ourselves!) Stay up to date with everything we're doing at Studio Sherpas Tune in to our weekly Facebook Lives Follow Studio Sherpas on Facebook | Twitter | Instagram If you haven't already, we'd love it if you would take 1 minute to leave us a review on iTunes!

THE MOST A.D.D. podcast IN THE WORLD (world) (world) this week ben brings his comedian homie Joey Bender (@BenderJoey) and they realize that Neil Armstrong forgot his lines during the moon landing bc he saw a hot alien, they reminisce about being home alone during a Zoro burglary and they nail down that Joey looks like QB #6 on Madden create-a-player. Both Ben and Joey agree the show Next is MTV's Mona Lisa, if you know your Apple ID you're a serial killer and MCL cafeteria is a treatment center for knee injuries. They go #ViViViViral and do #DaysOfTheWeek but you already knew that

THE MOST A.D.D. podcast IN THE WORLD (world) (world) this week ben brings his comedian homie Joey Bender (@BenderJoey) and they realize that Neil Armstrong forgot his lines during the moon landing bc he saw a hot alien, they reminisce about being home alone during a Zoro burglary and they nail down that Joey looks like QB #6 on Madden create-a-player. Both Ben and Joey agree the show Next is MTV's Mona Lisa, if you know your Apple ID you're a serial killer and MCL cafeteria is a treatment center for knee injuries. They go #ViViViViral and do #DaysOfTheWeek but you already knew that

Episode 2 Welcome RPG Ramblings, a weekly show exploring various details of the TableTop RPG hobby through discussions with interesting people. For this episode, Tim Shorts and Ben Laurance are back each providing additional insight to their success at producing RPG Content. In the first segment, Ben discusses the creation of his Zine Through Ultan's Door; a trippy, extra-dimensional plane of existence intended for characters to serendipitously tumble into. Going back into Ben's early gaming experiences, it becomes clear that Through Ultan's Door was inevitable. For $5 you can pick this zine up at Drivethrurpg.com or his store front at Through Ultan's Door dot bigcartel.com. Tim Shorts gives us a deep dive into running a successful Kickstarter for Hunters of Death and what it takes to fulfill a 600 orders. Hunters of Death is $5 at Drivethrurpg.com. Both Ben and Tim are prolific writers and their blogs are well worth reading. Links to those blogs, as well as contact information is found in the show notes. It is time to get rambling. Show Notes: ———————————————————————————————— RPG Ramblings Podcast: https://anchor.fm/jeffrey-jones6 Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/2804349736447278 Tim Shorts Twitter: @gothridgemanor Blog: http://gothridgemanor.blogspot.com Podcast: https://anchor.fm/gothridgemanor Hunters In Death PDF: https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/328232/Hunters-in-Death Ben Laurance Twitter: @benlaurence1 Blog: Mazirian's Garden - http://maziriansgarden.blogspot.com Storefront: https://throughultansdoor.bigcartel.com Itch.io: https://ben-laurence.itch.io Drive Thru: https://www.drivethrurpg.com/browse/pub/13761/Through-Ultan039s-Door From the Vats (free) PDF: https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/151451/From-the-Vats Mentions: BigCartel Storefront: https://www.bigcartel.com French Paper Company: http://www.frenchpaper.com -------- Jeff Jones Twitter: @I_Am_Jeffrey Itch.io: https://jeffrey-a-jones.itch.io DriveThru: https://www.drivethrurpg.com/browse.php?author=Jeffrey%20A%20Jones Intro and Outro Music: Jungle Juice by Wataboi from Pixabay.com/music Sound Effects: https://sound-effects.bbcrewind.co.uk --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/jeffrey-jones6/message

In this episode of the Social Lights Podcast, podcast host and Social Mediology founder Kate vanderVoort chats with Ben Teoh & Emma Carbone, founders of Bricks N Bytes. Bricks N Bytes was created in response to COVID restrictions to continue providing kids and parents a way to discover more about Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths (STEM), how to be creative with Lego and, find fun educational apps. About Ben Teoh and Emma Carbone Ben and Emma are from the City of Marion Libraries in South Australia. After being forced to close all the libraries because of COVID, they started thinking “what can we offer to families” as many kids will be at home and parents will need a little bit of support. After some research exploring what parents needed, what are the challenges they were facing with home schooling, they found the best approach was to create Bricks & Bytes. Established to build community groups where the kids can learn to create things with Legos and offering resources to parents on STEM related educational programs for their children. They also provide opportunity for hosts and business previously associated with the libraries to engage and support their audience. Both Ben and Emma love to work in a place where they can give back to people and provide something that often encourages and supports them. BIG IDEA 1 “We are all about the community, about supporting them and providing them with all the services that we have.” (6:40)  Ben and Emma notice that in many homes, families will have and use iPads and many other electronic smart devices, they came the conclusion that they needed to create something fresh that allowed them to engage with both kids and parents. Their STEM show has had positive feedback from the audience and only continues to grow. At the beginning they started just on Facebook, but within couple of months they have expanded onto YouTube and now also Instagram. The focal point of Bricks & Bytes is their live shows, where they build Legos and explore educational topics to connect with their audience. Their emphasis has always been to support and provide for community by any medium possible. Ben and Emma talk about how they try to bring a special guest on to the show from time to time, this is often someone from the science community. In the past they have had guests that have explored topics such as insects, rocket science, marine biology, and drones. All with the purpose of providing kids with an avenue to be creative and learn about the many different topics that can be explored within the STEM community. One of their key programs is the App of the week. This initiative was created specifically with parents in mind. It was to give parents a resource to discover new fun educational games that can be played with their kids.  BIG IDEA 2 “It’s fun to get that engagement with people.” (12:32) They mention that it has been a very interesting journey, where they have learnt a lot about technology and social media, and how they can use these platforms to engage with people. What really surprised them and gave them encouragement and motivation was all the support and the positive impact that they are having with their audience. They made a point mentioning that they don’t like to pre-record what they are going to say, as they believe this is the best way for them to be completely genuine and the kids love when they make mistakes building Lego. In this whole process they have made many good relationships with external people and parents are very happy to see that their kids are having fun and learning. Ben and Emma so far have used Facebook as their preferred social media platform. They have created groups where people of all ages can chat and post videos of the Legos they have created. This community has really helped the program grow and expanded, as it promotes inclusiveness and the ability share and contribute information for all to use. BIG IDEA 3

The boys are back! After some time off, Ben and Ryan are here again delivering you the best takes and news around the NFL today! On this episode the boys order some Chipotle as they play the game. Mild, Medium, or Spicy! Both Ben and Ryan give you 1 mild take, 1 medium take, and 1 very spicy take on things going on in football today! leave them a comment, rate 5 stars, and tell your friends about this one! You won't want to miss it!  --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/splittheuprights/support

As we’ve all experienced, disruption can come quickly requiring nimble thinking and the ability to pivot. As we continue navigating these unchartered territories, marketers must remain resilient and focus on adaptability and reinvention. But, with all the change, it can be hard to know what direction to take and what strategies to put into place to adapt to the ‘new normal’. That’s why this year we’re focused on “Resilience and Reinvention” with programming designed to help marketers adapt to rapid change and find creative solutions to reinvent the way we do things. Key Topics -Adjusting & Adapting Marketing Strategies -Marketing Challenges -Marketing Strategies -Virtual Networking -AMA WM 2020/2021 Programming Ben Kaluski & Adam Clarke We’re excited to have with us two of our very own AMA-WM board members, Ben Kaluski and Adam Clarke. Both Ben and Adam are going to share with us a little about our upcoming season as well as how they’re seeing resilience and reinvention play out in the marketing space. This season, we’re welcoming Ben as the new AMA-WM President – he’s been with AMA for three years now and has served on the board helping with sponsorships and collegiate relations. In his day job he is the Director of Business Development for Freshwater Digital, a Grand Rapids digital signage and media company. We’re also excited to have Adam, our VP of Programming back with us this year and on today’s podcast. Adam is the President at 1 Bold Step, a Marketing Operations Agency in Grand Rapids. Detailed show notes, links and resources can be found at: www.amawestmichigan.org/EP25

In this episode, Ben and Stephen discuss their own personal weaknesses as well as having the capacity to evaluate and improve upon them. Both Ben and Stephen show some vulnerability and listen to each others views on how to grow through focussing on improvement.

In this episode, Adam connects to Ben Cross, a fellow creator. Ben goes live with Love + Relo 5 times per week with mobility leaders from around the world. Both Ben and Adam discuss the beginnings of their social media projects, including how they came up with the name, but also where they plan to take Mobility Connect and Love + Relo in the future.Ben's show can be found on LinkedIn, Youtube and Facebook. You can also find behind the scenes content from Love + Relo on Ben's Instagram page all under Ben Cross, Love + Relo.Hopefully in the coming months both Ben and Adam can connect again as two creators from the mobility industry.

This episode is the usual mix of taking the piss, back slapping and little gems of info they that the Pro & Protege drop along the way!This time, we are talking about Kettle Sours, and then we move into adding fruit into beers. Both Ben and Dave are very experienced with these styles...Dave sips on a Blood Orange Gose while we chat, and Ben has been messing around with these styles in his Pro-Sumer home brew set up for years. He even served a mulberry sour at his wedding that Dave may of may not have over indulged on!Stuff we cover in this:How some brewers use Inner Health Plus tablets in their beer!The things you need to know about brewing kettle sours;How Akasha brew their kettle sours and how they were inspired by Anderson Valley;How there is a bit of a difference about how you should handle your fruit in the home shed, as opposed to the commercial brewery;Why keeping oxygen out of your beers is an absolute must - purge, purge, purge;How you can experiment in your brew shed with split ferments;And what fruit the boys would never use in a fruited beer!Some great stuff in this, enjoy the fun!

Today's Ben and Dana; The Draft: People you want to punch in the face, non-political edition. Both Ben and Dana get three picks and YOU get to decide who picked the better team. Check out their social media pages and vote on Twitter and Facebook. $1000 MINUTE: Joe from Lino Lakes played today for our NEW Grand Prize of $1000 in gift cards from Yumi Sushi, La Grolla, Hope Breakfast Bar and Handsome Hog. Listen tomorrow morning at 7:35 to play! www.yumisushibar.com/ www.lagrollastpaul.com/ www.hopebreakfast.com/ www.handsomehog.com/ The Trend: Another giant retailer mandates masks: https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2020/07/15/walmart-masks-required-shoppers-sams-club-covid-19/5442415002/ The Twins were on the field playing baseball: https://www.fox9.com/sports/twins-intrasquad-game-at-target-field-feels-like-real-baseball-ends-in-3-3-tie Minneapolis Police use drones to catch topless women at the beach: https://www.kare11.com/article/news/local/breaking-the-news/beachgoers-react-to-golden-valley-police-using-drones-for-surveillance/89-7410defc-b8a7-4dc2-8641-762a0886c259 Wheel of Meat: Thanks to Nelson's Meats in Saint Louis Park! Find out how you can win all the meat from where Ben and Dana grab theirs. https://nelsonsmeats.com/ We'd love to hear your story every morning on Go 96.3. Call 651-989-9696! Have questions, comments or concerns? Email Ben@gomn.com or Dana@gomn.com... Never, ever the bosses. Snitches get stitches! Thanks for listening to Ben and Dana Make Mornings Suck Less on Go 96.3/Twin Cities!

Shiloh and Ben discuss the journeys of the sons of Mosiah as they take the message of the gospel of Jesus Christ to the Lamanites. They discuss the myth of cosmology in how it relates to establishing authority, and how this may have been a familiar tool and understanding to convince King Lamoni of the incorrect traditions of his fathers. Both Ben and Shiloh want to know more about Abish, and Shiloh resolves to ask Mormon (at some point in eternity) why we have so much about geography and Nephite coinage in the Book of Mormon but we're left wanting to know more about Abish and the Zion-type people in 4th Nephi. King Lamoni and his household, as well as Lamoni's father and his household, tastes of the love of God, as it is the love of God that leads to conversion.

This week Ben is joined by adult film star and competitive eater, Nadia White. Both Ben and Nadia let their freak flags fly and we love it! Btw Ben's safe word is Jumbo Shrimp.

Today, a special announcement: I would like to introduce you to the Patterns Video Podcast.  Ben Woznicki and I have been working on this project for nearly six months and it is finally time to stop starting and start shipping (that’s an agile joke).  Our idea is to share patterns (hence the name) for how teams and organizations can release sooner with higher confidence. Both Ben and I have helped a lot of different organizations. We've seen things that work well, seen things that work poorly, seen some things that do both, and unfortunately some things that would make your hair stand up. The effective patterns are what we are here to share as well as provide space for you to interact and learn. All of the videos will be on the shorter side. Our typical format will include: A brief review of the basic idea that we're talking about. Discuss the problems the idea is trying to solve and introduce any controversy on the topic. Provide an approach to use the concept within specific contexts (think hints and tips) The history of the idea. Finally, common challenges when using the idea and antidotes to those challenges. At least in the short term, we are going to deliver the video content in two ways: SPaMCAST Podcast feed.  This will be a medium resolution version that is better for commutes or just listening while you jog. Patterns Podcast YouTube Site. This will be a full 1080p version of the video (those get large) for those interested in the full impact of Ben’s cinematic multicamera video techniques.  All of the videos will be short and conclude with a call to action. We will begin delivering every two weeks. While Ben and I like to talk, we want to hear from you because your perspective will help us learn and grow. Contact us at: Tcagley@tomcagley.com @tcagley on twitter benwoznicki@gmail.com  @benwoz on twitter

We kick off with a chat on hard seltzers and what the point of them is as Lucy drinks Wild Basin from Oscar Blues, alongside this Aadil cracks open Pollys White Noise and ben drinks Brew Yorks Big Eagle 2020. We then chat online board games, monopoly and dropped internet in the time of Corona. Lucy has played Journey to the Savage Planet, Cloudpunk and Down in Bermuda and gives her thoughts. Both Ben and Aadil open another beer both drinking Dank Money from S43 Brewery. We finish on Bens review of The Shattering and talk of Aadils initial thoughts on Gris.

We kick off with a chat on hard seltzers and what the point of them is as Lucy drinks Wild Basin from Oscar Blues, alongside this Aadil cracks open Pollys White Noise and ben drinks Brew Yorks Big Eagle 2020. We then chat online board games, monopoly and dropped internet in the time of Corona. Lucy has played Journey to the Savage Planet, Cloudpunk and Down in Bermuda and gives her thoughts. Both Ben and Aadil open another beer both drinking Dank Money from S43 Brewery. We finish on Bens review of The Shattering and talk of Aadils initial thoughts on Gris.

As fundraisers we’re having to solve a range of difficult new problems, often with more pressure for results and without the support of a nearby team. In this episode you’re going to hear answers to some questions to do with corporate fundraising during the pandemic. We decided to share an excerpt from a live Group Coaching call Rob Woods runs for the Bright Spot Club because it proved really helpful to the members. (In case you’ve not heard of it, the club is an online training, coaching and inspiration membership for fundraisers.) In this session, our fundraiser members asked coronavirus-related questions including: ‘how do you respond to companies wanting to offer pro bono and other help, at a time when its hard to find out from colleagues how the charities’ strategy has changed’, and ‘how do you keep a potential supporter inspired, and indeed ask for a partnership, in spite of the lockdown getting in the way’. Another question is ‘should we carry on with our new business strategy during these chaotic months for both the charity and companies?’ To offer advice and encouragement, Rob is joined by the hugely experienced corporate partnerships fundraiser, Ben Swart of the NSPCC. If you like Ben’s ideas, I’d really recommend you also listen to Episode 19, in which we help you find a way to get more conversations, even (and especially) during the pandemic. Both Ben and I would love to hear your feedback and are always grateful if you’re able to share the podcast with other people you think it may help. We’re both on Linked In and our twitter names are @benswart and @woods_rob. For details of the Bright Spot Members Club where you can see the whole interview, go to www.brightspotmembersclub.co.uk/join or for the episode notes go to www.brightspotfundraising.co.uk To avoid missing out on future episodes, please subscribe to the podcast today.

The dynamic duo of Robbie Landis and Ben Morse are back once again for another episode of the Other Identity. The Other Identity is a podcast dedicated to exploring the culture birthed by comic books. From the pages themselves to the silver screen, superheroes invade every part of our lives. This week they walk you though Comic Crossovers 101. This week on the Other Identity it's all about comic crossovers and why they are simultaneously the best thing about comics and the worst. Ben takes us through some of the basics of what crossovers are and what new readers can expect from them. Both Ben and Robbie talk about some of the recent materials they've been reading including: Crisis on Infinite Earths, Civil War and War of the Realms. Robbie explains to Ben the cons of comic crossovers, but admits that sometimes it leads to better stories. Between the two of them they provide some recommendations on where to start if you're new to crossovers. Plus, Ben has a list of this own for the veteran comic fan who isn't afraid to jump in head first.

Ben Geurts is well known in Australia for for producing quality working dogs for law enforcement agencies. Both he and his business partner Jason Kelly have valuable experience and backgrounds in canine training. Because of this, they saw it as a good opportunity to unite into a business. Along with the business, Ben runs a sport dog group and general obedience as well. So not only is it a job, it's also a passion. Both Ben and Jason are located in the Perth region of Western Australian. For our USA or international guests, it's the part of Australia we tend to forget about. So if you are looking for quality training in WA, look for Ben and Jason in our details below. Further details If your looking for contact details and supporters of The Canine Paradigm, look no further. Below is a vast array of people and business's who stand by us and donate to our running costs. Our podcast guest Ben Geurts can be found at K9 solutions Australia Details on joining the IACP can be found here. If you're not in it you should be Glenn is found these days right here. Canine Evolution or Pet Resorts Australia Pat resides now at Operant Canine You can support our show and get extra content right here on our Patreon page. Everything goes into keeping the show running. You can get our full range of Merch at our Teespring store here You can also help us by spreading the word amongst the community or even suggesting a special guest to interview. If you need to find out how to listen to our show, go here We have a YOUTUBE channel that you can subscribe to now If you enjoyed the podcast, please review us on Itunes Support our supporters Narelle Cooke's raw feeding guide for pets here Birdy O'Sheedy can be found at Pause in life and at Paws in life Jason Firmin Einzweck Dog quip SHOW SPONSOR K9 Dynamics online store for all our listeners in USA and Canada SHOW SPONSOR Kylie Brights dog treats are right here at Brights Bites SHOW SPONSOR Jasmine Whiting is at Prime Canine Alex Edwards Refine your CanineEmma Murdoch Walk with me Ottawa Find out more about GRC dog sports here http://www.thecanineparadigm.com/2018/12/06/episode-55-positive-first/

Your hosts are here to share all they learned in preparation for this past weekend's limited Grand Prix in New Jersey. Both Ben and Ethan started day 2 at 8-1 and share stories from the weekend as well as their strategies for success in THB Sealed! Roundtable - https://magic.flooey.org/draft/show?id=B_VDvQPPIY0Mdkz0uGzm-7sNwbk

Ben talks about some of his improvements and things that he has learned the last week with PlayGroup. Meanwhile, Noah has multiple meetings setup with very nice bootstrappers in the space. Both Ben and Noah talk about how they are being sneaky checking out the competition and learning from what they are doing. Thanks for listening! Reach out to us if you have any questions or thoughts about the episode!

Both Ben and Dana said the Vikings would win Sunday but Ben lost the bet because of the tiebreaker so he took down almost an entire tank of helium on the radio. Believe it or not... Dana had never tried it before and now I think he's hooked. $1000 Minute: Nicole from Saint Michael played today for our new GRAND PRIZE! Two pair of tickets to the SOLD OUT Angel's and Airwaves Go Show tickets, backstage passes to meet Tom DeLonge and two rooms at the Radisson Red in Downtown Minneapolis. GET TO KNOW QUESTION: Dana has the Tattoo itch and is thinking about getting lyrics on his left forearm. He tells you some of his favorites, Ben suggests a few but I think we have a winner! Florida or Wisconsin: The craziest headlines always come from either Florida or Wisconsin. Dana will read a headline and we have to somehow decipher and guess where it happened. It's America's fastest rising game show! Monday Morning Mindbender: Ben and Dana start every week with an almost impossible trivia question... Today's was this, "The average person spends 16 months of their life doing this... What is it?" Thanks for listening to Ben and Dana Make Mornings Suck Less on Go 96.3/Twin Cities!

Derrick shipped a revamped version of StaticKit’s homepage and plans to add a payments section soon. He’s eager to conduct another round of customer development calls. If you want to chat about your experience with static sites and help shape product direction for StaticKit, schedule a call with Derrick on Calendly. (https://calendly.com/derrickreimer/statickit-chat?month=2019-11) Ben already utilizes a checkout option for Tuple and shares some of its challenges. Also, Ben announced and shipped the release of a highly requested and expected Tuple feature—ability to start a Tuple session without sharing your screen. Despite Tuple’s burst of free trial signups, Ben described a decreased conversion rate to paying customers. Both Ben and Derrick share how design matters, especially when upgrading or switching browsers and operating systems that make your app look like a scam and sketchy!

Ben and Tyler consider the psychological phenomena that surround sports from the perspective of athletes, individual spectators, and communities. Can sportsmanship transcend tribalism, corporatism, celebrity culture, and the hunger for success? What do war and sports have in common? How about politics and sports? Is the spirit of geometry best suited for sports and politics, or the spirit of finesse? Both? Ben and Tyler talk about all this and so much more.Original on YouTube: https://youtu.be/-Jch1CvhUIg

This week we discuss Bird of Passage and the excellence of itch.io, mention Celeste and Inside which have just become free on the Epic Games Store and go in-depth on Telling Lies the new FMV game from Sam Barlow. Both Ben and Aadil have a couple of beers this week. Aadil’s come from Stewart Brewing and a Cloudwater x Creature Comforts collab whilst Ben has two supermarket collabs from Brewdog x Cloudwater and Fourpure x Mothership.

This week we discuss Bird of Passage and the excellence of itch.io, mention Celeste and Inside which have just become free on the Epic Games Store and go in-depth on Telling Lies the new FMV game from Sam Barlow. Both Ben and Aadil have a couple of beers this week. Aadil's come from Stewart Brewing and a Cloudwater x Creature Comforts collab whilst Ben has two supermarket collabs from Brewdog x Cloudwater and Fourpure x Mothership.

Your favorite segment is back as the guys re-up your bank account once again. Both Ben and Michael finished well above .500 last season, and now Ricky is added to the fold. Don't miss their picks for Alabama-Duke, Clemson-Georgia Tech, and Oklahoma State-Oregon State among others.

Your favorite segment is back as the guys re-up your bank account once again. Both Ben and Michael finished well above .500 last season, and now Ricky is added to the fold. Don't miss their picks for Alabama-Duke, Clemson-Georgia Tech, and Oklahoma State-Oregon State among others.

Your favorite segment is back as the guys re-up your bank account once again. Both Ben and Michael finished well above .500 last season, and now Ricky is added to the fold. Don't miss their picks for Alabama-Duke, Clemson-Georgia Tech, and Oklahoma State-Oregon State among others.

Your favorite segment is back as the guys re-up your bank account once again. Both Ben and Michael finished well above .500 last season, and now Ricky is added to the fold. Don't miss their picks for Alabama-Duke, Clemson-Georgia Tech, and Oklahoma State-Oregon State among others.

In this special episode of The Bantercast, Ben and Michael discuss Michael's recent Ayahuasca experience that cured him of severe depression. Both Ben and Michael have had experience using psychedelics to heal anxiety, depression, and chronic pain, and offer listeners their best practices for using these substances. We would love it if you gave us a review on iTunes, and subscribed!!

Jason took a few driving courses so that basically makes him an expert. Both Ben and Jason recount their brushes with death behind the wheel, and Jason issues a sobering PSA to all you listeners who think "I can probably get another season out of these tires." Maker Minute: Corey Hosford

Have you moved out of your hometown? Are you considering moving? Both Ben and Becky have left their hometown of Thunder Bay. Ben left and came back after 2 years in England. Becky moved last year to Montreal, where she is settling for the foreseeable future. Hear all about what motivated them to leave Thunder Bay, as well as what they’ve learned from moving. There are also plenty of funny stories about adjusting to new and foreign lands. You can also read the episode transcript.

Jocelyn is away again this week, but fear not, for Ben The Mage is guesting on the podcast and we've got some fun wedding stories for you. That's right! Both Ben and Ryan were at the geek wedding of the year, hopefully you enjoy these fun memories from TABLE 6. As for video games, we […]

On this episode I am joined by my good friends Ben Wojtczak and Branden Nadeau. Both Ben and Branden have previously been guests on the show and both are extremely interesting and candid individuals. We discuss a wide range of interesting topics such as: being mindful of your flaws, taking ownership over your own self improvement, dealing with anxiety, psychedelics, what happens when you die, the fragility of life, Taoism, polytheism, and much more. I think open and honest conversations like this are important for people to hear. You can connect with Ben and Branden on social media.Ben: Facebook // InstagramBranden: Facebook // InstagramBe sure to follow FrogE Style Productions on social media for up to date information regarding the show:Facebook // Instagram // TwitterIf you would like to support the show please visit our Patreon Page. You will gain access to bonus content that you can only find there. Also please subscribe to our Youtube Channel for access to exclusive content as well

Dairy Work. With Raw Milk. How can we get over our fear of all natural? Welcome to an episode where a city girl learns the difference between black cows and brown cows and we demystify all the imagined dangers around one of the healthiest beverages you can drink, raw milk. Meet Ben and Kristen Beichler of Creambrook Farm dairy in Middlebrook, Virginia. What are the health benefits of raw milk anyway? Are they legit or a product of its rarity, more legend than fact? It's proven raw milk has more vitamins because any beta-carotene, omega-3 and 6, and other nutrients the cow eats from grass ends up in your belly. Cows digest these nutrients way better than you, but you end up with the benefits. In fact, some lactose-intolerant folks can actually handle raw milk! To me, it tastes better. It's more satiating. It feels like a complete thing in and of itself. But some folks still don't buy it. They subscribe to old beliefs leftover from the turn of last century, not understanding the production of raw milk is a lost art. Something practiced for centuries. But urbanization brought dairies to cities. Cities are dirty which causes disease. In the 1920’s raw milk was outlawed and pasteurization ruled. It’s only been in recent years states have realized times have changed. Modern raw milk dairies are complexes of biology and chemistry. This milk is clean, safe, delicious, healthy, and handled with care. Creambrook has its own farm lab and every ounce is tested to the milliliter. "When we offer raw milk for the first time, folks smell it first. Is it going to bite me?" Raw milk at Creambrook is taken straight from the cow and chilled to prevent bacterial contamination. Conventional pasteurized milk is heated. But milk is delicate and the process kills most beneficial aspects while also having a detrimental effect on flavor. And milk does have a flavor profile. Much like wine or cider, this beverage has terroir, reflecting the grasses and herbs eaten by the cows who gift it to us. This flavor profile changes with every season since the cows are constantly grazing on different things. Not only can the flavor change seasonally, taste can change from day to day depending on whether the paddock has more clover, more chicory or just plain grass. The story Ben tells about how he and Kristen got started is inspiring and thoughtful. Sure it’s hard work, but for anyone interested in pursuing this career, so rewarding and important. Pro tip: Work in dairy before starting your own. A lot. Then do it some more. Because even if you think you know how hard it is to run a dairy farm? Double that. Then get help from everyone you’ve ever met. Find mentors. Ask questions. Do your research. And don’t turn your nose up at conventional dairy methods. These folks have done this work for decades, a lot longer than you, and they can be important mentors with an infinite well of knowledge to pull from. Ben is the first full-time farmer in his family for five generations. Starting was literally Ground Zero. He trained at Polyface Farm with Joel Salatin for a time, working with chickens, turkeys, pretty much every farm position you could think of before settling on dairy. He and wife Kristen have operated a dairy for six years now and are committed to providing the highest quality product possible. Raw milk straight from the cow to you. "If it’s your dream, do it." Did you know when Ben and Kristen purchase cows they have to adapt them to grass-fed living? It's very difficult to find cows who have been fed on grass only. Grains are tougher on digestive systems and cows can't talk (that we know of ;) so any problems have to be worked through before the Beichlers can use the cow on the farm. Sillage is very acidic while grass is more neutral. Cows have four stomachs, so each one has to make the transition to adapt from a pre-mixed high-octane diet to just simple green grass. This might sound unnatural but for cows who have only eaten one thing, a transition has to happen. It's similar to changing out the McDonald's to kale overnight. The body adapts to what it's fed. But you don't want to push it to the breaking point. It takes two years to transition a cow. Imagine having to do that as a new business owner! Taking that extra step while taking the chance that it won't sink your business. Courageous. How much grass does a cow have to eat every day? How can Ben and Kristen tell when a cow isn't doing well? What does a mad cow look like? Not one who's sick but one who’s mad because you overslept? Why do Jersey cows have the Diva Disease? What does he recommend for new dairy farmers? What must they do before “Buying the Farm” so to speak? How is a dairy farmer like a brewmaster? And how is the farm industry threatened by farmers aging out as well as all the new development going on? "Go support your local farmer." To enjoy Creambrook Farm raw milk, simply sign up for a herd share. Just like owning a piece of Google or Apple, you will own a portion of the herd. Milk is the dividend. Shares are offered full and half portions, billed every four weeks, with shares dropped off weekly at a multitude of drop-off locations all over the region. Get out to Farm Day. Sign up for a cheese class. Both Ben and Kristen are so friendly and charming. The perfect spokespeople for such a healthy, tasty product. When I look at my coffee now and raw milk isn't in it? I get frowny. It's good stuff people. Get you some! SHOW NOTES – Links to resources talked about during the podcast: Subscribe to This Podcast. Stay Edacious! - Come on, after this episode? You know you want to. Subscribers get new episodes instantly, while non-subscribers have to wait a few hours or days depending on the iTunes gods. Never miss a chance to be edacious! Subscribe to the 3dacious newsletter! - The Top 3 listings for food writing, events, and food I forked delivered weekly to your inbox with minimal fuss in a nice and neat to-go package. Leave a review about Edacious! - Click the link, then "View in iTunes" then "Ratings and Reviews". Whether you think it's great, or not so great, I want to hear from you. I might just read your review on the air! Whoa! #famousforahotminute This episode is sponsored by Teej.fm and listeners like you who donated their support at Patreon, who wants every creator in the world to achieve a sustainable income. Thank you.

Your hosts Ben and Smokey take you on a truly horrific journey.Hear their opinions on urban legends, sex phones, lawnmowers and why all children are terrifying.Oh and on this episode? Both Ben and Smokey burst into song. Oh yes.

Your hosts Ben and Smokey take you on a truly horrific journey. Hear their opinions on urban legends, sex phones, lawnmowers and why all children are terrifying. Oh and on this episode? Both Ben and Smokey burst into song. Oh yes.

This is a very special episode of Open Invitation! This marks the our first guests of the season, Ben and Daniel, along side Omar and TJD on the show. We discuss Warriors Dynasty, Kawhi Rumors, Lakers Future and more. Both Ben and Daniel (twin brothers) are die hard Warriors fans, while Omar and TJD are die hard Laker fans. As you can imagine, things get heated and the debates get REAL! If you want to be the next guest, you know you have an Open Invitation! Subscribe to the show on iTunes/Apple Podcast and Soundcloud! Rate, Like and Review! Follow Omar on Twitter @OmarSarouli03 and IG @omarsarouli Follow TJD on Twitter at @itjd and IG @tyjodu Follow Ben on Twitter @BenTheBucket35 and IG @ bjazuk35 Follow Daniel on Twitter and IG @LethalLefty32

Ben Buchanan and Matt Lloyd. Pivoting Careers, Motion Design, 2D, 3D, Community, Education and more. Both Ben and Matt moved into Motion Design later in their careers. Host Blair Walker discusses the challenges and rewards of doing so. They share how they have done so to become successful freelancers.   Show Notes: Compiled by Matt Lloyd 01.00 - Ben and Matt introduce themselves 03.30 - Ben has been a TA for School Of Motions Design Bootcamp 05.00 - How Ben reached out to Rich Nosworthy for tips on what to learn 06.50 - How Ben’s brother’s connection to Matt Von Trott eventually landed him a meeting with Jonny Kofoed of Assembly 08.25 - Matt’s biggest mistake early on: not understanding the importance of connecting with people when building a career 09.20 - Motion designers seem to be “falling over themselves” to help each other. See Matt’s blog about this. 12.00 - How doing tutorials can boost your confidence in the early stage of learning motion design 14.00 - FXPHD students’ reels tended to stand out because of the emphasis there on creating your their work using techniques they’d learned. 17.00 - How Matt started out learning C4D: Vertex Pusher Hrvoje Srdelic 22.35 - How passion for animation is palpable to people doing the hiring 24.00 - School Of Motions Animation Bootcamp course 27.00 - Finding the time to work on motion design around having a family 29.10 - Ben’s latest reel 33.00 - Ben and Matt talk about their plans for the future 36.30 - Ben is looking to create something “scalable” for the future, so he doesn’t have to be seeking freelance gigs “at 55”   37.16 - Pro Video Picks: Blender which is undergoing a huge upgrade thanks to the Blender Codequest   For Ben’s picks, see below 39.15- Inspirational Video: Looking Out My Back Door by  Ariel Costa Forms in Nature Anchor Inside Out Cosmos Laundromat Jamie XX Gosh Official Music Video   41.07 - Sources of Inspiration: Vimeo Dribble Mimicry, accents, voices, language   45.06 - Who should we have on the show? Sean Kennedy Mathijs Luijten   43.04 - Follow Lee Online: Ben: Ben.buchanan.io Matt: twitter, inkmotor.com   Pro Video Podcast Online: Blair Walker - Twitter Pro Video Podcast - Slack Pro Video Podcast - Facebook Group Pro Video Podcast - Twitter Pro Video Podcast - Website

As part of his new business journey, Derrick requested that customers schedule time to talk with him about Level, a team communication and management tool he is developing. Luckily, about 40 people signed up, and he has completed 14 of these calls. What are his customers saying? They confirm main pains they feel with current tools and are very willing to share their frustrations with existing tools. Derrick has not been surprised yet about their answers. In Ben’s world, he is spending time on slinging and reading about Haskell. He is full of questions. Both Ben and Derrick are learning a lot every day, which is fulfilling and exciting. Today’s Topics Include: Level will not be a project management tool, but may have some project management capabilities Derrick’s list of initial questions for customers: What is their company and role within it; the size of their team; what tools they use and when they adopted them; and the balance between chat, email, and project management in their organization Derrick also asks customers: Why are they interested in Level? What problems do they want it to solve? What’s working well for them with Slack, and what’s not? What aspects of Slack do they use and don’t use? Ideas for improvement have come from Derrick’s customers Continuous integration is the clear winner for usefulness Gauging willingness to switch to another tool, such as Level Customers expressed using Level on a pilot basis for specific teams or projects and in coordination with at least one other tool Being unable to post asynchronous, long-form discussions is a pain point for some customers Paying for a tool would not be a big deal Derrick plans to kick off his building Level series and build mock-ups for customers to view Positive use of minimalist user interfaces Debating whether to offer a pre-payment option for Level Ben uses Ansible for the deployment of Haskell code Ben is seeking a Dev Ops person to hire - must have strong opinions and can fix stuff SaaS Renaissance? More developers are starting SaaS companies - a trend already on the way out? Level will be SaaS but with an open source core Tools SaaS companies will want to have and buy Not Built Here Syndrome: Engineers who outsource non-essential parts to someone else Pricing Pages as a Service: Shopify’s checkout page feels natural but still represents the company Avoid rebuilding stuff If you’re enjoying the show please give us your ratings and reviews in iTunes. Links and resources: Ben Orenstein Website (http://www.benorenstein.com/); Twitter (https://twitter.com/derrickreimer) Derrick Reimer Website (http://www.derrickreimer.com/) Basecamp (https://basecamp.com/) and Getting Real (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCdx5Dk3EWTe2i8YDA7bfl6g) Haskell (https://www.haskell.org/) Programming in Haskell book (https://www.amazon.com/Programming-Haskell-Graham-Hutton/dp/0521692695) C Programming Language (https://www.amazon.com/Programming-Language-2nd-Brian-Kernighan/dp/0131103628) by Brian Kernighan and Dennis Ritchie (K&R for C) Ruby on Rails (http://rubyonrails.org/) Ansible (https://www.ansible.com/) Drip Salesforce (https://www.salesforce.com/) Product Hunt (https://www.producthunt.com/) GitLab (https://gitlab.com/)and Discourse (https://github.com/discourse/discourse) Stripe Atlas (https://stripe.com/atlas) Andrew Culver’s Bullet Train (https://twitter.com/i/moments/906824077612109824?lang=en) Adam Savage: One Day Builds (https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLKqXxhKj-VjqKzdBYPeqQUM2No2Ps7qU3) MicroConf 2018 (http://www.microconf.com/)

We talk changing difficulty levels and going through old games, and new ones with the new ‘Story-mode’ in Horizon. We then talk about dream jobs tasting beers, and testing video games. It’s Gluten-free week here at Tanked Up. All beers this week are gluten-free for all you celiacs out there. Both Ben and Aadil start off with the “Mikeller” ‘I Wish’ IPA. Ben follows it up with ‘Fantasma’ IPA from “Magic Rock”. Aadil has the “Brewdog” ‘Vagabond’ Pale Ale.

We talk changing difficulty levels and going through old games, and new ones with the new 'Story-mode' in Horizon. We then talk about dream jobs tasting beers, and testing video games. It's Gluten-free week here at Tanked Up. All beers this week are gluten-free for all you celiacs out there. Both Ben and Aadil start off with the "Mikeller" 'I Wish' IPA. Ben follows it up with 'Fantasma' IPA from "Magic Rock". Aadil has the "Brewdog" 'Vagabond' Pale Ale.

In this episode, the Lyoko Warriors learn what Ben (and superstar actor Nicolas Cage) have known all along: bees are bad news. We'd torch the whole lot of 'em, if they weren't a crucial part of the ecosystem on which we all depend. Crafty beasts. Also featured: weird tangents about clowns and Sonic the Hedgehog. But we assume you all know what you're getting into by now. Apologies for the sound quality in this episode! Both Ben and Mary need to be more disciplined about turning their external microphones on. Ben, specifically, in this instance.  Questions? Comments? Email us at rttppodcast@gmail.com or follow us on Twitter at @rttppodcast. Cover art by the very skilled Ingram! Find their work at @ingramcomix or www.ingramcomix.com. Opener: "Un Monde Sans Danger" by Franck Keller and Ygal Amar Outro: "S'envoler" by Herman Martin, Serge Tavitan, and The Subdigitals

I had the great pleasure of talking to Ben Yendall of Tales from the Hydian Way and Trina Shessel from the Northern Nerdcast on stage at the Needle on May 12 during NorthwestFest's LunchPods series. Both Ben and Trina have cultivated a community around their podcasts, and are members of Edmonton's growing and increasingly connected podcasting community. They shared a lot of excellent insights about how and why they got into podcasting, and what they have learned about "community" in all (or at least many) senses of the word. I also talk a bit about the Alberta Podcast Network, which is now officially in the works thanks to funding from ATB Financial. This episode is also available in iTunes, on Google Play, on SoundCloud or on Stitcher. You can hear even more about the Alberta Podcast Network, and ask me anything about it, at the next Edmonton Podcasting Meetup on May 28 at 1 p.m. at Variant Edition Comics and Culture. Register here to attend.  Some other links mentioned in the show: The Northern Nerd Network's YouTube channel; Ben's other podcast, Heroes of the Hydian Way; The Tales from the Hydian Way Patreon campaign; The meetup where Ben and Trina offered advice to The Broadcast; Two big Doctor Who podcasts made in Edmonton: Radio Free Skaro and Verity!; The Chicago Podcast Cooperative, a model for the Alberta Podcast Network; Local examples of using music on podcasts: CKUA's Capital City Records podcast, Kat Griffiths's Start the Music, Cups N Cakes on Mixcloud;  Local examples of live phone-ins: The View Up Here, Northern Nerdcast on Google Hangouts; Chris Sikkenga and Paul Deleeuw's Montreal Sauce; My Edmonton podcast roundups; Castria, where award-winning podcasters help you make yours (and help me make mine); The Needle Vinyl Tavern, great hosts for the inaugural LunchPods series. Some of the other LunchPods sessions have made their way into various feeds: Northwestfest Panel, featuring Paul Matwychuk of Trash, Art, and the Movies, Erin E. Fraser and Matt Bowes of Bollywood is for Lovers and JP Fournier of The Movie Jerks; Mind the gap: How podcasting can fill a news void on women and politics: Alex Zabjek and Trisha Estabrooks of The Broadcast talk to Scott Fralick about podcasting as a vehicle for journalism. NorthwestFest is over for this year, but you can see who won the awards, and mark your calendar for more nonfiction fun in May 2018. Seen and Heard in Edmonton is brought to you this week by Taproot Edmonton, a source of curiosity-driven stories about the city, cultivated by the community.  This month Taproot published Mack Male's popular list of summer festivals and events. If you're looking for something to do over the next few months, Taproot has you covered. Taproot is a member-supported site — our stories are free for all to read, but members gets to participate in the stories from the beginning, and we have more perks coming. If you'd like to get in on the ground floor of a new way of doing and funding local journalism, join us. Musical credits: Beethoven’s Sonata No. 1 in F Minor, Op. 2 No. 1, played by Daniel Veesey, from freemusicarchive.com.  

Ben Peters is a caddy at San Francisco Golf Club, amatuer golfer who reguarly competes in national amateur championships, and founder of the instagram account @sfgolfhawk. Johnny O’Leary is a Level 2 Apprentice at Half Moon Bay Golf Links.   Both Ben and Johnny had competed in an NCPGA event earlier in the day at Contra Costa Country Club. Our discussion includes detailing how we got into golf, what we look for in good golf architecture, and the unspoken rules of caddying at an exclusive country club. Enjoy!

On this episode of MakingChips, we welcome two very special guests to the show. Meghan West and Ben Mund of CNC Software Inc., the developers of Mastercam CAM software. Meghan serves as President of the company, and Ben is the Senior Marketing Analyst. Both Ben and Meghan talk to us about their respective positions with CNC Software Inc., their takeaways from IMTS, exciting new technology in manufacturing, and we get a preview of Mastercam’s latest user interface. In Manufacturing News, we recap Penny Pritzker's Keynote address at IMTS 2016.   Episode Structure: [02:45] - Manufacturing News [08:00] - Welcome Meghan West and Ben Mund [09:01] - Takeaways from IMTS [11:41] - Mastercam's Reseller Network [14:25] - Ben’s Role at Mastercam [16:08] - Exciting New Technology [19:40] - Practical Application of Additive [21:50] - Continuous Innovation [23:40] - Mastercam’s New Interface [27:40] - Breaking out of your Comfort Zone [30:00] - Conclusion of Episode Mentioned in this Episode: Manufacturing News Mastercam  We Want to Hear From You, The Metalworking Nation: jim@makingchips.com jason@makingchips.com ryan@makingchips.com Telephone: (312) 725-0245

Both Ben and Jelly have worked from home for many years, so they explore the benefits and disadvantages of remote working. Together, they discuss the things you need to do to ensure stuff actually gets done, what your team can do to help you succeed, and why you’d even consider this in the first place.

Ben and Alex are joined this week by Dan Page and Joe Blakeston of Opposable Games who come by to drink all our Wiper & True craft beer. Both Ben and Alex played a small portion of ‘Salvaged’ Opposable Games current in development project and give their impression on it. Joe discusses his time in The Witcher 3 and Dan talks about Shadow of Mordor and EVE Online. We pulled out the big guns with the beers this week and exclusively drink Wiper & True. These are Blossom Amber Ale, Mosaic Pale Ale, Citra IPA and Milk Shake Stout. To finish we chat about Steam Greenlight and early access games. Both tools Opposable Games are looking to use with Salvaged. […]

Ben and Alex are joined this week by Dan Page and Joe Blakeston of Opposable Games who come by to drink all our Wiper & True craft beer. Both Ben and Alex played a small portion of 'Salvaged' Opposable Games current in development project and give their impression on it. Joe discusses his time in The Witcher 3 and Dan talks about Shadow of Mordor and EVE Online. We pulled out the big guns with the beers this week and exclusively drink Wiper & True. These are Blossom Amber Ale, Mosaic Pale Ale, Citra IPA and Milk Shake Stout. To finish we chat about Steam Greenlight and early access games. Both tools Opposable Games are looking to use with Salvaged. Tanked Up 13 – Episode ‘Friday' 13: Salvaging Wiper & True

This episode is for anyone and everyone who might be thinking about making a scary job transition, attempting a big career change, or leaving a full-time job to pursue a passion or start a business. Both Ben and I have made somewhat drastic career changes in the past 5 years or so--Ben within his same field and mine in a totally different field--so in the first half of the episode, we share those stories and experiences with you. In the second half of the episode, we discuss what we learned from these big transitions and we each share 3 tips for those who might want to make a similar transition or shift gears in some way. You can learn more and view the shownotes on StarrStruckBlog.com. If you have any questions that you want us to answer in Episode #20, the last episode of Season #1, tweet your question to @starrstruckblog OR email marycatherine@starrstruckblog.com. Thanks for listening!   

Both Ben and Scott spent years listening to Car Talk, one of their favorite auto shows. Join the guys as they pay homage to Car Talk in this special episode. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://news.iheart.com/podcast-advertisers

  This week on Build Your Utopia, we had an incredible guest in Darieth Chisolm. Her story is truly inspirational. Ben and Josh were both incredibly impacted by her story. More people should take chances like Darieth in improving their lives and creating more time with their loved ones. Love is what makes the world worth living. At the end of the day, the people that you love are the most important attributes of every man and woman's life. Both Ben and Josh share stories were they called their own shots. Ben, for example when he was younger, was thinking about joining the military while he was in high school. The recruiter kept stressing with him that you need to study and go to these pre-ASVAB classes. Ben refused. Ben also stated that he was going to score very well. He called his shot. When he took the ASVAB, he scored amongst the top of testers. The recruiter had nothing more to say. Josh called his shot when he decided in January of 2013 to start his own company. He didn't know what he was in for at the time. All he knew is that there was opportunity and he believed in himself. The rest is history and now ICE Accelerate Marketing Automation Services is now a leading Infusionsoft Certified Consultancy. In addition, Ben and Josh also discuss how challenges drive them. Ben is bored in his role and has just about mastered it at a local Fortune 100 company. Josh is constantly being challenged in business and although it is stressful at times, he loves the challenges his business presents to him. Build Your Utopia has been magnetic with audiences so far! The show has had over 1200 downloads in less than 30 days, which is amazing. This is all thanks to you. The podcast has not been easy at times. Josh and Ben both share some of their own personal challenges that they deal with every week in running a thriving Podcast. Thanks goodness for Automated Processes from ICE Accelerate! Which brings to light just how easy it is, especially with automation driven by software like Infusionsoft, to start up a business now. For our followers, we challenge you to think outside of the box and take advantage of the opportunities in front of you. Listen to the end of the episode to find out some resources that can unlock this goal for yourself. The barriers to start a business have dropped monumentally in today's digital age. On a closing note, all of our successful guests up to this point have talked about having Gratitude. During this week as you spend it with your loved ones, chowing down on Thanksgiving dishes, remember everything that you are thankful for. Not only is this food for the soul but it also fuels the positivity that you create for yourself, giving you your best energy to accomplish wonders. Utopian Quote of the Show "Pen and paper is where the genesis of a business comes in." - Josh Marsden Thanks for listening in. If you haven't yet, go subscribe to our show in iTunes Stitcher. As always, a special thank you to The Strand for our intro and outro music!

Both Ben and Adam had the chance to speak with one of the stars of USA's new comedy series “Benched”, the one and only Jay Harrington. We talked about his role in the new show as well as some of his past roles including ABC's “Better Off Ted”.

Don shared that he’s been flogging the podcast mercilessly during his recent travels. The guys then launched straight into the Bug Trivia segment, highlighting Clostridium perfringens, which can be a big problem particularly for meat processors who need to cool large cuts of cooked meat quickly (to meet the FSIS performance standard). Carl Custer’s notes indicate that it was infamous for causing gas gangrene. During cooking of meat the spores germinate and these can grow incredibly fast if the rate of cooling is inadequate. Luckily it generally doesn’t cause death, but can cause a potentially fatal disease called pig-bel especially in countries where cooked meat is held at room temperature for long periods of time. Ben has developed some food safety infosheets for this organism, including this one detailing an outbreak linked to a school event. The guys then turned their attention to baked goodies and that some things on the Internet are not true. Don referred to one of those typical urban legend emails warning people to discard their out-of-date pancake and cake mixes for risk of causing anaphylactic allergic reactions. Turns out that there is some truth to the matter as you can see from Snopes and this scientific article “An unusual case of anaphylaxis. Mold in pancake mix.” While there are some incorrect aspects to the story, Don would always advise people to not use food that has passed its best or sell by date because of the lower quality (the dates are there for a reason). The conversation then turned to canning as Ben, the self-proclaimed Canning King of Wake County NC, recently received a question about canning mushrooms. While the email appeared to be about quality, Ben’s concern was Clostridium botulinum (see bug trivia in FST 39) and hence he elevated this email to an 11 on the 1 to 10 scale. So, Ben passed on information on canning mushrooms from the National Center for Home Food Preservation. Don was also dealing with canning questions and was worried about people fiddling with established jam recipes for fear of a repeat of what happened in Cowichan with watermelon jelly. Ben then went on a Salmonella-fuelled hazelnut caper – he was grumpy about the lack of supplier information provided by the CFIA, although Lynne Terry from The Oregonian managed to find it out. Ben felt this information could be important to other distributers who would be able to make better decisions (provided they had the right food safety culture). Don noted that weenie public health folk, such as Dr. Eric Wilke, had Doug all fired up. Dr Wilke’s antics at the press conference turned serious foodborne illness outbreak into bizarre theater. Not cool, dude. The Salmonella outbreak from Fayetteville Hotelon the I-95 reminded Don of FST 11 and the guys discussed some of the ill-informed responses of public health officials after food borne illness outbreaks. Don and Ben then turned their attention to needle tenderized beef, which was prompted by the MeatingPlace opinion about this Consumer Reports article. While James Marsden was against labeling of mechanically tenderized beef, Canada has already moved to such a labeling requirement, although Doug had some questions about it. Ben had managed to find some research on cooking inoculated and mechanically tenderized beef, although the debate about it is ongoing. Both Ben and Don would prefer to have this type of product clearly labeled, although their preference is for naturally tender and flavorsome beef cuts (such as MSA graded beef). In the after dark the guys talked about Don’s upcoming trip to Brazil and Denmark, and Ben's trip to Nebraska.