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If you’ve been contemplating career change, this episode is for you! We spoke with the founder of Careergasm (yep, that’s the name!) and an awesome career coach Sarah Vermunt – about getting unstuck and finding your way to feel-good work. We talk about common fears and limiting beliefs when it comes to making career shifts, the impact of COVID and how to understand if you’re meant to be an entrepreneur. We also cover two important steps when it comes to career change – clarity and strategy. When in panic, our natural survival mode instinct is to jump into strategy and start applying for jobs without giving too much thought about what it is that we really wan to do. According to Sarah, when it comes to finding the work you love, upfront clarity work is 80% of success. Strategy should follow. Don’t miss new episodes! Make sure to subscribe to this podcast and follow @by_podcast on Instagram. ******************************************** RESOURCES MENTIONED: BY Episode 10: Why listening to your body will change your life BY Episode 17: Fallen Off Track?  How To Return To The Right Path Subscribe on your favorite channel or listen here: http://wavve.link/by_podcast/episodes Sarah has a bunch of freebies, including the Careergasm Crash Course that Olena first started out with.  Checkout her website: https://careergasm.com/

Patricia O’Connell interviews Joe Strechay, an entertainment media consultant for blindness and disability employment initiatives. They discuss Joe’s childhood, his interest in representation and inclusivity for persons with blindness, low vision, and disabilities, his career, and the opportunities in entertainment today for persons with low vision, blindness, or disabilities. The door is open but we have further to go.   Listen in to learn what your company can do to foster representation and inclusivity in your hiring practices and your products and services. Remember all your audience. Key Takeaways: [:21] Patricia O’Connell welcomes Joe Strechay to CEO Stories on This is Capitalism. [:50] Joe is in Toronto, Ontario, Canada in quarantine, preparing to get back to Season 2 of Apple TV+’s See. Joe was an associate producer on Season 1. He was in-charge of the blindness-related aspects of the show. He has been promoted to Producer. [1:15] See is a science fiction show set hundreds of years in the future, in a world with a small population and universal blindness caused by a viral apocalypse. It tells the story of a family with a set of twin children born with vision. [2:51] Joe grew up in New Jersey. Joe and his mother were both diagnosed with Retinitis Pigmentosa (RP), a degenerative eye condition. At 19, Joe was legally blind. Joe did not have the services that most people have in preparation for school, education, and life.[3:27] On leaving college, Joe sought help and was taught orientation and mobility (O&M), which is traveling with a white cane or with a guide dog, daily living skills, technology, and all the things that help you become a successful and independent individual who is blind. [4:13] As a child, Joe had an IEP for school, but his vision deteriorated gradually from the outer edge, eventually narrowing to a small spot, but within that spot, he could see clearly. By his first semester in college, he had lost most of his vision. He tried to get help, but no one was available to help him. [5:29] Joe did get some assistance from the Disability Student Services at East Carolina University where he was a college student. [6:10] At age 19, Joe had low vision, and was legally blind. It was like looking through a straw. When he was 18, a doctor told him off-handedly at the end of an appointment, “Yeah, you’ll probably be totally blind by the time you’re 25. Pay at the front. Have a good day.” [7:56] Joe’s career plan was to go into public relations and professional sports marketing. He had played a lot of sports growing up. Joe got involved in public relations with the East Carolina communications organization doing PR and marketing work for nonprofits in North Carolina. He enjoyed it. He sought internships and jobs. [8:35] Joe went to New Jersey and New York City to intern and finish his degree. He interviewed with pro hockey and basketball teams. He interned for a marketing firm that worked with the NFL, racing, pro golf, and more. Then, there was 9/11 and the economy dropped into a recession. There was no opportunity to be hired by the company. [9:27] Joe started to face the fact that he was visually impaired as he went on interviews. He was still learning the skills to become independent. He searched for any job to pay the bills. [9:44] He went in for a substitute teaching job at the Calais School. They offered him a teacher’s assistant position in physical education. Joe did that for two years. There were two students with visual impairments. Joe started working with them, which started him thinking about working with visually impaired individuals. [10:08] Joe was already getting services from the New Jersey Commission for the Blind and Visually Impaired. They talked to Joe about fields in education and rehabilitation of disabilities. Joe wanted to give people the opportunity for services that he hadn’t had. [10:29] Joe went to Florida State University in Tallahassee and studied visual disabilities and teaching people who are blind or low-vision how to travel, how to access their education, and to transition from school to employment. He wanted to make an impact for individuals. Employment became a passion for him.[11:14] With his media background, he started looking at portrayals of minority characters and blindness and disability in movies and on television. He did a study about minority and gender portrayals on the Disney Channel. Joe had always been obsessed with movies and television but hadn’t imagined working in the industry. [13:23] Joe found a job working in the U.S. and abroad advising around employment and services for people who are blind. As a hobby, Joe started writing about the portrayal of blindness and critiquing it in blog posts and articles. [13:55] Some media companies started contacting Joe’s employer for casting assistance for commercials and documentaries. Joe helped the writers’ room for three episodes of the USANetwork show Royal Pains, regarding a character who was blind. [14:35] Next, Netflix called about an anonymous project, Marvel’s Daredevil, for consulting around the main character. Most consultants around blindness issues for television or film are people who are sighted. Netflix interviewed and hired him for Season 1 as a show advisor. He advised on scripts and props and helped actors. [16:44] Joe teaches people on a show how to identify individuals. The first method is to put the person before the disability: a person who is blind (or low-vision) or a person who has a disability. The second method is for someone who chooses to identify as a blind person or a disabled person. Allow them to say how they choose to be presented. [17:55] Joe is a person who is blind. He is more than just his blindness. It just means he does things in a different way. He is not offended if you call him a blind person. [18:58] Joe found working on Daredevil very enlightening. After Season 1, he continued on his work with professionals serving the blind community. He became Director of the Bureau of Blindness & Vision Services for the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, and the Thursday before he started he got a call to help with Netflix’s The OA. Because of his new job, he commuted to work every weekend with them. [21:02] Joe enjoyed consulting but he had a full-time job. He kept getting offers that he turned down because they weren’t the right opportunity for him. He wasn’t looking for another job. [21:17] Joe got calls from the executives, directors, and creators of Peaky Blinders, Hunger Games, and other shows, about an opportunity they were developing with Apple. Joe started consulting and eventually chose to leave his employment running services for Pennsylvania and moved to British Columbia to start working and prepping. [22:15] The opportunity was for See. Joe started as a blindness consultant and the role grew. The executives believed in Joe and the work he did. He advised choreographers and actors. He had an assistant who audio-described for him what was going on. That is a personal assistant who helps with the organization, and describes the sets for Joe. [23:40] By Episode 3, Joe stood near the director. For Episodes 4 and 5, there was a new director, who told Joe to be next to him for every shot. He helped block every scene, figuring out what the actors might be paying attention to in the environment and thinking about things that should be included. [24:20] From the beginning, Apple was committed to hiring people who were blind or low-vision as actors and background performers. Joe became responsible for accessibility and assistive technology, including Braille labeling and signage for the employment office and accessible scripts. [25:42] Actors who are blind or low-vision bring authenticity. They have to be authentic to the world of See. A civilization built without vision for hundreds of years does not have eye contact. Personal space is different. There was a team of people working together to develop this world. [27:06] Apple is committed to making sure that persons who are blind are represented responsibly. Blindness is not all one flavor. It comes in shades and sizes. [28:37] There is a process from representation to inclusion. Joe studied that in his undergraduate work at ECU with Dr. Linda Kean in the communications department. First, Persons with blindness, low vision, or disabilities are presented as characters in the show. Then, they are provided professions of legitimacy and authority. Then they move into general character roles. [29:40] Joe would see himself represented in the media most often as a person with blindness lying in a bed in a hospital or walking by on the street. He wondered when he would be represented as a character. Apple TV+’s See is a story of a world almost entirely of people with blindness, as villains, heroes, warriors, lovers, parents, etc. [30:30] People with blindness are in the world doing great things. Joe’s friend, Erik Weihenmayer, summited Mount Everest, climbed an ice peak, and kayaked the Colorado River — totally blind. Joe has friends who are blind who work as mechanics, carpenters, and in all kinds of professions. [31:47] There are more portrayals of blindness and visual impairment and other disabilities in the media now than there used to be. Actors who are blind or low-vision are getting opportunities, and they are now being cast for their talents as well as their physical traits. [32:40] People who work on See move on to other shows and give more opportunities to persons with disabilities. Joe gives an example.[34:09] Allie Strucker played Ado Annie in a wheelchair in Oklahoma on Broadway and won a Tony Award for it. [36:29] Persons with disabilities are still under-represented in television and movies. Joe says “We don’t see ourselves as often, getting those opportunities within those portrayals.” The numbers are growing thanks to the work of a lot of people. [37:45] Meaningful representation in media matters, such as showing people who are blind or low-vision doing different types of professions, not just lying in a bed or walking by. There is a lot of disbelief and misconception about what persons with disabilities can do. Media changes perceptions.[38:48] The production of See has zero tolerance for disrespect for persons with blindness or disability. They have built an inclusive environment to make sure all cast members can get to difficult locations with the accommodations they need. [41:22] If you have a business, you want to have a company environment where people are comfortable to disclose their disabilities because they might need accommodations and tools to do their job successfully. 20% or more of your customers are persons with disabilities. Consider the whole population with your products or services. [44:53] If you’re not sure if your website is accessible, it’s probably not. You need testers who are blind or low-vision. Joe recommends working with Disability:IN and the Council of State Administrators of Vocational Rehabilitation. [47:28] When you hire a person with disabilities, accommodations are not a huge cost. Persons with disabilities stay longer in a job and get there on time. They put in the work. They make sure the quality of the work is up to specifications. They appreciate the opportunity. [48:19] Disability touches everyone in the world. October is National Disability Employment Awareness Month (NDEAM). [50:59] Patricia thanks Joe Strechay for being on the podcast, This Is Capitalism.   Mentioned in This Episode: Joe Strechay See Retinitis Pigmentosa Orientation and Mobility SkillsWhite CaneGuide Dogs IEP East Carolina University The Calais School New Jersey Commission for the Blind and Visually Impaired Florida State University Disney Channel Royal Pains USANetwork Marvel’s Daredevil The OA Apple TV+ Peaky Blinders Hunger Games Movies Dr. Linda Kean, East Carolina University Erik Weihenmayer mountain climber This is Us The Politician Away Fox Corporation Netflix The Old Man Ali Stroker Oklahoma! Revival Glee Paralympics Disability:IN Disability Equality Index Council of State Administrators of Vocational Rehabilitation National Disability Employment Awareness Month (NDEAM) American Printing House for the Blind

By Episode 90, the Legacy Music Hour was starting to gear up for their first live anniversary recording.  They entered the home stretch with this excellent freeplay setlist, a guest appearance by... The Legacy Music Hour was created by Brent Weinbach and Rob F. specifically for the purpose of talking about video game music from the golden age of gaming (16-bit and earlier).

>>> Mindset: Making productive magic happen This is the episode that puts together all the previous episodes and ideas into one full process overview… · We run through the four big Secrets of Productive Contracts · We step through six steps of how to make a Reverse Sandwich Contract™ which makes use of those four contract secrets In Episode 01 (Productive Contracts: Reverse Sandwich Contracts), we met our productivity powerhouse, the Reverse Sandwich Contract™. We learnt the basic concept and structure of a Reverse Sandwich Contract and why it makes for a tasty contracting experience. In Episode 02 (A contract is not a bit of paper), we started thinking digitally about how we work with contracts and contract users. By Episode 03 (Be a lazy lawyer) and Episode 04 (Delegate like Beyonce), we were starting to think like a lazy lawyer and keep a look out for minions so we can delegate like Beyonce. From Episode 05 (Triple O Productivity) all the way to Episode 10 (How to map a contract process), we covered a lot of productivity ground. We learnt how to apply Triple O Productivity to everything we touch – the contract document (Episode 06) and contract process (Episode 09) – to streamline our contract into a productivity producing beast. We learnt the SLAPP test in Episode 07 to streamline contracts and we tried to lose legalese from our contracts in Episode 08. Now, it is time to put all the secrets together and make our very own Reverse Sandwich Contract™. Let’s recap the Secrets of Productive Contracts 1. MAKE A REVERSE SANDWICH CONTRACT Useful and usable | Structure your contract for the future to get productivity wins on the board, fast. See Episode 01. 2. YOUR CONTRACT IS NOT A BIT OF PAPER Think digitally | Start thinking digitally to see your contract (and life!) for what it really is and what it can be. 3. BE A LAZY LAWYER Delegate like Beyoncé | Learn to automate and outsource. Always lookout for minions (human and robot) who can effectively do a contractual task, leaving you to increase your skills in higher value areas. See Episode 02. 4. TRIPLE O PRODUCTIVITY Apply TOP for your contract document and contract process Write for readability | Obliterate, Optimise and Outsource your contract document for massive productivity gains. SLAPP your contract into shape. Use the SLAPP system’s five key document angles to confirm your contract document is at its productive peak – Structure, Looks, Automation, Plain language , Pictures. >>> Be curious | Obliterate, Optimise and Outsource your contract process for an ongoing efficiency pay off. Don’t put lipstick on a process pig! Fix your contract processes. See Episode 05 (Triple O Productivity) all the way to Episode 10 (How to map a contract process) ***ACTIONABLE CHALLENGE*** Try the entire Reverse Sandwich Contract™ process in full. Choose a basic contract and follow the steps to see how much you can improve the productivity of your contract process and document. ***LINK*** Resources and links mentioned on this episode: > MANY :) Check the individual episode shownotes for details > Download the infographic for the high level Reverse Sandwich Contract overview > Check out the other templates and downloads on the Resources Page > Head to https://www.checklistlegal.com/podcast for show notes. > Theme music: Silent Partner, ‘Sway this way’ > Head to the Checklist Legal Resources page for access to the other templates and examples mentioned in the show.

Brian is joined by stand up comic Nora Gnabasik and comedy writer Nicholas Szabo to give our collective commentary of the BEST WORST Star Wars movie, The Phantom Menace! Full disclosure, this movie is long AF... Show Notes: 00:00:30:00- Intro 00:07:10:00- Racists In Space 00:09:20:00- “Is that… reeeegal?” 00:10:40:00- The raptors of the droid world 00:12:40:00- Kiera Knightly is Natalie Portman 00:17:00:00- Nora wants to jump McGregor’s bones 00:19:45:00- George Lucas’ writing method 00:21:30:00- How Nick gets out of a conversation 00:23:30:00- Nora psychoanalyzes everyone. 00:25:30:00- Star Jar Binks 00:29:30:00- You can’t rent Star Wars 00:30:30:00- Jar Jar stole his lines from the Olson Twins 00:32:00:00- Star Wars is for little boys in the future. 00:35:00:00- Rey’s character is just pandering to women 00:37:15:00- Padme may be a pedophile. 00:39:00:00- A New Hope’s deleted scenes 00:40:20:00- Was Luke Han Solo’s son? 00:46:45:00- They’re all slaves 00:48:00:00- Anakin’s mother has zero emotion 00:49:00:00- Qui Got Jinn is a hippie jedi 00:49:45:00- George cast Jake Lloyd after he watched Jingle All the Way 00:52:00:00- What was happening with Anakin’s mom? 00:57:00:00- Watto is the Fiddler on the junk yard 00:59:00:00- All these kids are lubing up 01:00:00:00- The Topher Grace cut 01:02:00:00- Qui Gon left for a pack of cigarettes and never came back 01:05:30:00- The basset hound infiltrates 01:09:00:00- The Force is a magnet 01:11:00:00- Rey is Darth Millennial’s sister 01:14:00:00- Rey is an Obi Wan 01:17:30:00- Ani is free but screw you mom 01:19:00:00- Kenobi was placing bets on the Skywalkers 01:20:00:00- John Williams is composing his ass off 01:21:00:00- Nora attempts to save the movie 01:22:30:00- The Star Wars universe never invented wheels 01:26:00:00- Nora plugs herself! Then has to go… 01:29:00:00- Brian realizes that Lucas screwed with the movie AGAIN 01:32:00:00- Floating senators are the future 01:33:30:00- E.T. is outraged on the senate floor 01:35:30:00- Yoda/ Dookoo fight vs. Kenobi/ Vader old people fight 01:38:00:00- Yoda’s voice explained 01:39:00:00- Mace Windu shows his true Samuel L. Jackson 01:40:30:00- Well done steak and ketchup 01:43:00:00- The rent is too damn high on Naboo 01:44:00:00- The theory of Sith Jar Jar Binks 01:50:30:00- Wait… why are they fighting? 01:53:00:00- Lucas was surrounded by yes men 01:53:30:00- Droids were more cost effective than slaves 01:55:00:00- A double sided lightsaber??? 01:55:30:00- George Lucas impressions are just Kermit the Frog impressions of Jimmy Stewart 01:57:30:00- When the producers watched it for the first time 01:59:00:00- Everyone was rotoscoped 02:01:00:00- What’s the function of the laser grid? 02:01:30:00- The worst VFX shot ever 02:02:30:00- Lucas didn’t read any of his dialog out loud 02:04:30:00- How did Qui Gon die from that? 02:06:30:00- Ima poof you 02:07:00:00- The callback to Return of the Jedi 02:07:30:00- The Death Star donut 02:08:00:00- The droids literally just fell apart 02:09:00:00- By Episode 3, George said “f**k it”. 02:10:30:00- None of these actors were in the same room 02:12:00:00- The medical tech in this universe sucked 02:12:30:00- They changed it???!!! 02:13:30:00- To train with me, we’re gonna have to cut your hair 02:14:00:00- We survived! 02:14:30:00- Links, thanks, and plugs for Follow Okie Show Show on facebook, instagram, and twitter-@okieshowshow Follow Nora Gnabasik- @itsanoragthing Follow Nicholas Szabo on facebook! Sponsored by www.ngpfilm.com Support this podcast

By Episode 3 we are hitting our stride, this is possibly our best show to date!! Be sure to check it out.