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Join Sophie, Chloe, and Kimmy for their live episode at CAPCon 2024!  They talk about CAP's next mascot, the consequences of Kimmy's actions, game.starling.gay, where to host a convention, what makes a 'good Little', possible spinoffs of The Usual Bet, unconventional Little activities, and new rules and favorite rooms of CAPCon.  They also tell some almost-caught stories and Sophie also sings a song.  Make sure to join the SubscribeStar to vote on future bets and get exclusive mini-episodes! ^_^Find us on Twitter @TheUsualBetEmail us at theusualmailbox@gmail.comwww.subscribestar.adult/sophieandpudding ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

In this CAPcast, Mary Edgerton, MD, FCAP, talks with experts in the field of cancer research, diagnosis, and treatment: Lara Harik, MD, FCAP; Stephen Edge, MD, FACS, FASCO; Donna Gress, RHIT, CTR; Veronica Klepeis, MD, PhD, FCAP; and Eric Daley, MS, PA (ASCP). The group discusses how the CAP's Cancer Protocols are created and used, the difference between Cancer Protocols and electronic Cancer Protocols, and the future of synoptic reporting. More information about the CAP Cancer Protocols: https://www.cap.org/protocols-and-guidelines/cancer-reporting-tools/cancer-protocols. For questions, please email us at CancerProtocols@cap.org.

In this special CAPcast episode, CAP Foundation President Eva M. Wojcik, MD, FCAP, talks with CAP Foundation board member Sara Herbek, Esq, and CAP Board member Diana Cardona, MD, FCAP. They share their personal connections to the CAP Foundation and discuss advocating for your own personal health and the work the Foundation is doing for pathologists and patients. Learn more about and donate to the CAP Foundation: https://foundation.cap.org/

In this CAPcast, Mary Edgerton, MD, FCAP, talks with experts in pancreatic cancer research, diagnosis, treatment, and patient advocacy: Paula Kim, co-founder of Pancreatic Cancer Action Network (PanCAN); Ariban Maitra, MD, FCAP, Nilo Azad, MD; Ralph Hruban, MD; and, Fatima Zelada-Arenas, Senior Director of Research and Education at PanCAN. More information about the CAP Cancer Protocols: https://www.cap.org/protocols-and-guidelines/cancer-reporting-tools/cancer-protocols. For questions, please email us at CancerProtocols@cap.org. For more information about PanCAN, visit https://pancan.org/.

October has been recognized as Breast Cancer Awareness Month for nearly four decades. In this CAPcast, Mary Edgerton, MD, PhD, FCAP talks with Regina Barzilay, PhD, Ross Simpson, MD, FCAP, Timothy Law, MD, and Patient Advocate Rebecca Seago-Coyle. The group discussed what's on the horizon for breast cancer research, how it will impact patient outcomes, and the role of pathology data in these efforts. More information about the CAP Cancer Protocols: https://www.cap.org/protocols-and-guidelines/cancer-reporting-tools/cancer-protocols. For questions, please email us at CancerProtocols@cap.org.

September is Childhood Cancer Awareness Month. In this CAPcast, Mary Edgerton, MD sits down with pediatric cancer experts to talk about their work as it relates to the updated Pediatric Cancer Protocols released in September 2023. More information about the CAP Cancer Protocols: https://www.cap.org/protocols-and-guidelines/cancer-reporting-tools/cancer-protocols. For questions, please email us at CancerProtocols@cap.org.

August is Appendix Cancer Awareness Month. In this CAPcast, Mary Edgerton, MD sits down with Katie Hagen, MD to talk about appendiceal carcinomas and how the Cancer Protocols support patient care and treatment when it comes to GI tumors. More information about the CAP Cancer Protocols: https://www.cap.org/protocols-and-guidelines/cancer-reporting-tools/cancer-protocols. For questions, please email us at CancerProtocols@cap.org.

July is Sarcoma and Bone Cancer Awareness Month. Sarcomas are rare cancers in which malignant cells form in the bones or soft tissues. In this CAPcast, Mary Edgerton, MD sits down with Julie Fanburg-Smith, MD to talk about bone and soft tissue tumors and how the Cancer Protocols support patient care and treatment. Dr. Edgerton is the chair of the Pathology Electronic Reporting Committee and Dr. Fanburg-Smith is a member of the Cancer Committee. More information about the CAP Cancer Protocols: https://www.cap.org/protocols-and-guidelines/cancer-reporting-tools/cancer-protocols. For questions, please email us at CancerProtocols@cap.org.

Platelet refractoriness can be life threatening for thrombocytopenic patients. Penn State Health pathologist Melissa George, DO, FCAP, and pediatrician Sarah Kesterson, MD, authored the new Clinical Pathology Improvement Program course on this topic. In this CAPcast, they discuss how narrowing the differential diagnosis for poor platelet transfusion response is critical to guide appropriate management and product selection. To purchase this case, please visit the CAP's estore: https://estore.cap.org/OA_HTML/xxCAPibeCCtpItmDspRte.jsp?section=10139&item=848356&sitex=10020:22372:US

Just released, the new Color Atlas of Flow Cytometry offers a full range of hematolymphoid disease cases, highlighting disease categories and disease entities that may be difficult to diagnose in clinical practice. The new book can benefit students, medical technologists, and practicing pathologists, explains lead author, David Dorfman, MD, PhD, FCAP in this CAPcast interview. To purchase this book, please visit CAP's estore: https://estore.cap.org/OA_HTML/xxCAPibeCCtpItmDspRte.jsp?section=10044&item=747354&sitex=10020:22372:US

As Women's History Month 2023 wraps up, we're joined on this CAPcast by CAP President Emily Volk, MD, FCAP, and Lacey Durham, MD (@PathDoctorMD on TikTok). Dr. Volk and Dr. Durham talk about a variety of topics, including gender diversity in pathology, positive changes in health equity, and early career advice for women.

Join Sophie, Chloe, and Kimmy at CAPCon 2023!  They discuss some new CAPCon experiences and some big feelings.  They also answer a lot of questions, ranging from "how did you all meet?" to "what would you do with a Star Trek holodeck?".  There's also a strip show in there.  Make sure to join the Patreon to vote on future bets and get exclusive mini-episodes! ^_^Special thanks to everyone who came out to see us at CAPCon!  Special thanks to everyone who participated in the live episode, whether it was to offer questions or impersonate Kimmy!  And special thanks to all the fans who couldn't make it to the convention this year; we do these recordings because you are every bit as valid and important to us!Find us on Twitter @TheUsualBetEmail us at theusualmailbox@gmail.comwww.patreon.com/sophieandpudding ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

The AMA, CAP, state pathology societies, and state medical societies promote the interests and well-being of pathologists. In this CAPcast, Susan Strate, MD, FCAP, and Tiffani Milless, MD, FCAP, share reasons why pathologists should get involved in advocacy at both the state and federal levels. Their discussion serves as a preview to the Finding Your Place in Organized Medicine course, taking place at the 2023 Pathologists Leadership Summit. For more information, visit pathologistsleadershipsummit.org/.

Over the course of her nearly 30 years with the CAP, Mary Kennedy has played a pivotal role on the SNOMED team and in the development of the cancer protocols. In this CAPcast for Women's History Month, Mary talks about her career at the CAP, her experiences in the field of pathology informatics, and the opportunities she sees for pathologists in informatics and artificial intelligence going forward.

Eric Glassy, MD, FCAP, has just released a new volume of his popular Color Atlas of Hematology, which delves into the morphology, physiology, and pathophysiology of bone marrow. Like the first volume, this publication offers not only the morphology but vital statistics, illustrations, discussions, and photomicrographs, as Dr. Glassy explains in this CAPcast interview. To purchase this book, please visit CAP's estore: https://estore.cap.org/OA_HTML/xxCAPibeCCtpItmDspRte.jsp?section=10044&item=747355&sitex=10020:22372:US

In this CAPCast members of the New in Practice committee, Yasmeen Butt, MD, Neha Varshney, MD, and Jaclyn Rudzinski, MD, share tips to help early career pathologist prepare to conduct laboratory inspections

In this CAPCast, Dr. Megan Kressin and Dr. Leilani Valdes chair of the Council on Membership and Professional Development discuss the work of the professionalism and ethics project team and what it means to be a FCAP.

In this episode of the College of American Pathologist's CAPCast, Dr. Lisa Stempak, chair of the CAP's Continuous Compliance Committee explains the updates to Proficiency Testing requirements for laboratories performing predictive marker testing using IHC.

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Pathologists are responsible for developing safe and efficient blood selection policies for routine and emergency bleeding situations, in a variety of clinical scenarios and in different practice settings, explains Monica Pagano, MD, FCAP, in this CAPcast interview. Dr. Pagano is Medical Director, Transfusion Service Laboratory at the University of Washington Medical Center and led the development of a Clinical Pathology Improvement Program case-based course on this topic (https://capatholo.gy/3wglhvN).

April is Head and Neck Cancer Awareness month. The National Cancer Institute estimates that head and neck cancers comprise 4% of cancers diagnosed each year. In 2021, more than 65,000 people impacted by newly diagnosed head and neck cancers. These cancers are diagnosed more often in women and also more often among people over age 50. CAP Cancer Protocols play an important role in disease management, ensuring that all pathology reports contain necessary data elements to improve patient care. The CAP has nine protocols for head and neck related cancers (https://capatholo.gy/2OkNDkZ), as Raja Seethala, MD, FCAP, explains in this CAPcast episode. Dr. Seethala is Director of the Head and Neck/Endocrine Pathology Center of Excellence at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center. Dr. Seethala is also a member of the CAP Cancer Committee and Biomarker Committee serving as a subject matter expert on cancers of the head and neck.

The financial lifeblood of a pathology group relies on the efficiency of its billing operation. Assessing whether to insource or outsource a practice's billing operations is the focus of this CAPcast episode, which features a recording of a Practice Management Committee Roundtable Discussion moderated by Committee Chair Karim Sirgi, MBA, MD, FCAP. In this discussion, Dr. Sirgi talks to two pathologists--A. Joe Saad, MD, FCAP, who is Chairman of Pathology at Methodist Health System in Dallas, Texas and Sang Wu, MD, FCAP, Medical Director of North Dallas Pathology Services, as well as pathology practice advisory Al Harrison Sirmon. (This discussion was originally in June 2021.) For more Practice Management resources, please visit the Practice Management section of CAP.org: https://www.cap.org/member-resources/practice-management.

Integration of external laboratory test results without careful review could lead to significant patient safety issues, particularly as we move towards ever increasing usages of clinical decision support. These interoperability issues preclude artificial intelligence (AI) from reaching its potential, and instead introduce new risks pathologists need to be cognizant of, explains Monica de Baca, MD, FCAP. in this CAPcast interview. Dr. de Baca is moderating a panel discussion on this topic at the Pathologists Leadership Summit, which will be held virtually and in person in Washington, DC from April 30-May 3. The title of this panel discussion is "Towards Laboratory Data Democratization and Artificial Intelligence: Underlying Standards and What Pathologists Need to Know" and will be held on Sunday May 1, from 3:00-4:00 pm EST. For more information, please visit pathologistsleadershipsummit.org.

March is Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month. In 2022, the American Cancer Society's Cancer Statistics Center, estimates that more than 150,000 patients will be diagnosed with colorectal cancer in the United States, with more than 52,000 dying of the disease. Early detection through prevention and screening is proven to dramatically reduce fatalities from this cancer. The CAP Cancer Protocols help ensure that all pathology reports contain necessary data elements to improve patient care. In this CAPcast discussion, pathologists Lawrence Burgart, MD, FCAP, and William Chopp, MD, FCAP, members of the CAP Cancer Committee are joined by Manish Sharma, MD, an oncologist based in Grand Rapids, Michigan and the Associated Director of Clinical Research at START Midwest, to discuss the role that CAP cancer protocols have in diagnosing and treating patients with colorectal cancer. For more information on CAP Cancer Protocols, please visit https://capatholo.gy/2OkNDkZ.

In this CAPcast, New in Practice Committee members Drs. Alan Brown and Jaclyn Rudzinski discuss common financial challenges and issues for fellows and new attendings, including common pathology practice structures as well as the importance of balancing debts and savings. This episode is adapted from a New-in-Practice Committee Roundtable discussion originally recorded on Nov. 12, 2021. For more information on resources from the CAP New-in-Practice Committee, please visit CAP.org: https://www.cap.org/member-resources/new-in-practice.

Few pathologists receive training on laboratory IT issues, or how to manage a new installation. In this CAPcast, John Sinard, MD, FCAP, discusses the educational case he has developed to teach planning tools related to successfully implementing histology tracking software. Dr. Sinard founded the Pathology Informatics Program at the Yale School of Medicine.

The topic of workload distribution, whether linked to a pathologist's "productivity" and compensation or simply considered as a part of group dynamics and harmony, is often treated as a taboo subject or completely ignored by the leadership and individual pathologists alike. In this CAPcast, Moira Larsen, MD, MBA, FCAP, and Karim Sirgi, MD, MBA, FCAP, will discuss how to determine workload distribution while navigating the associated group dynamics. Dr. Larsen is currently the Physician Executive Director of MedStar Medical Group Pathology, which is part of MedStar Health, an integrated care delivery network in Washington DC and Maryland. Dr. Sirgi owns and manages Sirgi Consulting LLC, which offers expertise to medical groups in various aspects of practice management and leadership. Drs. Sirgi and Larsen will be leading a course on this topic at the Pathologists Leadership Summit (https://www.pathologistsleadershipsummit.org/), which will be held virtually and in-person in Washington, DC on April 30 through May 3.

Feedback is a key component of learning in any field of medicine and no less so in pathology. Giving feedback can be difficult because there is little training for it and many teachers fear emotional responses from learners. In this CAPcast, Nicole Riddle, MD, FCAP, discusses how to most effectively provide and receive feedback and the importance of SMART goals. Dr. Riddle will be leading a course on this topic at the Pathologists Leadership Summit, which will be held April 30-May 3 in Washington, DC. Learn more & register: https://www.pathologistsleadershipsummit.org/.

Trichomoniasis is the most common, non-viral, sexually transmitted infection. Pathologists providing laboratory testing for this infection should understand the advantages and disadvantages of the commercially available, FDA approved/cleared methods, explains Mayo Clinic pathologist Bobbi Pritt, MD, FCAP, in this CAPcast. Dr. Pritt led the development of the Clinical Pathology Improvement Program offerings on this topic (capatholo.gy/3x9XUCy).

As the COVID-19 pandemic continues, perinatal deaths remain an important question, particularly because the mechanism of death remains unclear. A new study just published in the Archives of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine (https://capatholo.gy/3JfXHTu) found that pathology abnormalities composing SARS-CoV-2 placentitis cause widespread and severe placental destruction that can result in still births. To the best that researchers could determine, all of the mothers in this study were unvaccinated. In this CAPcast, David Schwartz, MD, FCAP, lead author of the study, discusses the research and what conclusions pathologists and the public should take away from these findings, as well as the important epidemiological role that pathologists and the Archives of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine (archivesofpathology.org) have had in global outbreaks--from AIDS and Zika to COVID.

Pathologists play an important role in assisting biorepositories in obtaining and setting standards for quality samples for research. In this CAPcast, Dr. Rebecca Obeng discusses the range of services and resources that biorepositories can provide researchers as well as the benefits and value of accreditation for biorepositories. Dr. Obeng is a pathologist at Northwestern Medicine and the CEO of the Sub-Saharan Africa Healthcare Initiative, a non- profit organization working to improve pathology services in Africa. For more information on the CAP's Biorepository Accreditation Program, visit https://www.cap.org/laboratory-improvement/accreditation/biorepository-accreditation-program.

The laboratory director has a legal obligation to follow-up with all recalls that impact any test components or blood components used in the laboratory. While blood bankers are already on high alert for all blood component recalls, the impact from a medical device recall can be just as serious as a blood component recall. Per the CAP laboratory general checklist (GEN.20340), the laboratory manages notifications from vendors of defects or issues with reagents, supplies, instruments, equipment, or software that may affect patient care/client services. For example, there was a recent recall on waived blood lead testing lot numbers. The recall was classified as level I because use of the impacted lot numbers might have led to falsely low lead results. In this CAPcast, Matthew Krasowski, MD, FCAP, Chair of the CAP Toxicology Committee, discusses the laboratory's role in medical device recall, such as this recent incident, and how both CAP accredited laboratories and inspectors should respond to recalls.

February 4 is World Cancer Day, an international initiative focused on raising awareness of the importance of preventing, detecting, and treating cancer. World Cancer Day is led by the Union for International Cancer Control to support the goals of the World Cancer Declaration. This year, the focus is on Closing the Gap. In this CAPcast interview, CAP President Emily Volk, MD, FCAP, talks with Joseph Khoury, MD, FCAP, who is chair of the CAP's Cancer Committee and Mary Edgerton, MD, PhD, FCAP, Chair of the CAP's Pathology Electronic Reporting Committee about how the CAP and pathologists are working to improve access to quality care. For more information on CAP Protocols, please visit the Protocols & Guidelines section of CAP.org: https://www.cap.org/protocols-and-guidelines.

Evolving molecular technologies and genomic knowledge has significantly changed the diagnosis and management of T-cell malignancies. More and more clinical laboratories have adopted next generation sequencing platforms to assess clonality and to identify diagnostic and predictive biomarkers. However, current standard testing practices to diagnose T-cell lymphomas use clonality assessment by fragment analysis. This approach has low sensitivity and low specificity, among other limitations, explains Jinjuan Yao, MD, FCAP, a pathologist at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center and a member of the CAP Personalized Health Care Committee. Dr. Yao has written an article (“The Updates of Molecular Testing in T-Cell Malignancies", https://capatholo.gy/3tOznDY) about how using next generation sequencing techniques allows more accurate initial diagnosis, as well as high sensitivity for detecting minimal residual disease and therefore improving post treatment outcomes, as she'll explain in this CAPcast interview.

Document review is a critical component of any laboratory accreditation inspection. Driven by the need to innovate due to the ongoing pandemic, the CAP now offers laboratories a choice on whether they want to share documents in advance of their inspection whether it be in person or virtual. In this CAPcast, Adrienne Malta, the CAP's Director of Inspection Services will describe options for laboratories to share documents in advance of an inspection. Adrienne also provides insight into how her team of Inspection Assignment Specialists help the inspection team and laboratory navigate the laboratory's preference for document review during the inspection. For the latest information on CAP accreditation, please visit the Laboratory Improvement section of CAP.org: http://www.cap.org/laboratory-improvement.

Medical errors happen to all pathologists, and every pathologist wants to make sure that they never happen. Indeed, there are whole books on identifying and correcting errors that should be part of every lab's quality management plan and CAP accreditation is there to help pathologists prevent, catch, and correct errors. However what is often missed is the worry, mental effort and stress that pathologists who are new in practice feel regarding mistakes when they first started their careers. In this CAPcast, Drs. Richard Owings, Juanita Evans, and Yasmeen Butt discuss medical errors--how to confront and move on from them, as well as how to avoid them. Drs. Owings, Evans, and Butt are all members of the CAP's New in Practice Committee. Additional resources for pathologists who are early in their career are available on the New-in-Practice section of CAP.org: capatholo.gy/3btuncz.

There's a gap in the instructional texts for surgical pathology, such that residents preparing for pathology board exams or even practicing pathologists who need a refresher/reference texts lack sufficient information. In this CAPcast, Daniel Mais, MD, FCAP, discusses his recently published book, Surgical Pathology Review, which is focused on addressing these gaps. Visit the CAP's estore to purchase the book: https://capatholo.gy/3bLFLks.

One of the challenging aspects of transitioning from a pathologist in training to one who is new in practice is how to organize your workday. In this CAPcast, Yasmeen Butt, MD, FCAP, and Neha Varshney, MD, FCAP, discuss this topic from both a private practice and an academic practice perspective. For more resources for pathologists early in their careers, visit the New in Practice section under the Member Resources tab on CAP.org (https://capatholo.gy/3btuncz).

Distinguishing between type 1 and type 2 diabetes is critical, because delayed diagnosis of type 1 diabetes is associated with 20% or more risk of diabetic ketoacidosis, a major cause of death in children. Differentiating between type 1 and type 2 diabetes is also extremely important for choice of appropriate therapy. While the clinical presentation of a patient may not allow an unambiguous discrimination between type 1 and type 2 diabetes, the presence of one or more islet autoantibodies can support the diagnosis of type 1 diabetes, according to William Winter, MD, FCAP, the director of the UF Health Pathology Laboratories' Endocrinology Unit. Because islet autoantibodies can also predict the development of type 1 diabetes, once safe and effective therapies are available to prevent this disease, islet autoantibody testing will become routine in medical practice, as Dr. Winter explains in this CAPcast. Dr. Winter led the development of a Clinical Pathology Improvement Program or CPIP course on this topic.

The CAP's Accreditation Services is launching its Online Deficiency Response on December 20. This will impact the way the CAP's accreditation customers send the necessary documentation for any deficiencies cited during their inspection. In this CAPcast, Amy Daniels, the CAP's Technical Director of Accreditation Services, describes the new process for responding to deficiencies and how it impacts laboratories during the transition to the new process. For more information on this new CAP Accreditation Services Online Deficiency Response, please visit the Accreditation section of CAP.org (https://www.cap.org/laboratory-improvement/accreditation).

Precision oncology in the treatment of solid tumors is a rapidly growing field which involves testing for molecular biomarkers. Molecular biomarkers can be used to confirm a diagnosis, provide prognostic information, and select targeted therapies. Pathologists need a working knowledge of these biomarkers and assays used for their evaluation to optimize patient care, explains Jennifer Yoest, MD, FCAP, a pathologist at UH Cleveland Medical Center, in this CAPcast. Dr. Yoest, who led the development of a Clinical Pathology Improvement Program course on this topic (https://capatholo.gy/3187OsM), will also discuss how this knowledge will also help pathologists triage specimens and prioritize testing in situations where limited tissue is available, which is also known as tissue stewardship.

Amylase testing has long been used as a diagnostic tool for pancreatitis, despite amylase levels not being a definitive indicator of pancreatitis. Lipase offers a more useful diagnostic result, as its readings are a better indicator of inflammation of the pancreas, according to James Nichols, PhD, a member of the CAP Quality Practices Committee. Ordering a combination of amylase and lipase is a common practice, but the combination does not increase the sensitivity over a single test. Likewise, serial testing of lipase does not offer better monitoring or treatment. As part of the CAP Test Ordering Program, a new module (https://capatholo.gy/3Du78fr) provides information and resources for the pathologist to address unnecessary testing volumes in the laboratory while still providing effective patient care, as Dr. Nichols explains in this CAPcast.

Leading a laboratory involves both technical knowledge and softer skills: technical knowledge of testing and accreditation is needed along with the ability to manage people, perform risk assessment, and deal with finances and budgeting. Many pathologists leave training with the required technical knowledge but sometimes lack training and confidence in the “softer” skills. The CAP's Laboratory Medical Direction course is led by experienced laboratory directors who can help correct gaps in your knowledge and improve your ability to function as a lab director. In this CAPcast, leading pathologists Elizabeth Wagar, MD, FCAP, and Richard Scanlan, MD, FCAP, discuss the benefits of attending the course, which will be held March 31-April 1, 2022 in Chicago: capatholo.gy/2mVcxrh.

Cancer immunotherapy has revolutionized oncology through dramatically increased survival rates, even in late-stage disease. Some biomarkers are already covered in what has become routine testing in many laboratories, affording pathologists an opportunity to play a central role in developing and implementing these biomarkers in ways to improve patient care, explains Eric Walk, MD, FCAP, Chief Medical & Scientific Officer and Senior VP of Medical & Scientific Affairs with Roche Diagnostics, in this CAPcast. Dr. Walk recently wrote an article on this topic, which is posted on CAP.org under the Precision Medicine Resource Center: https://capatholo.gy/345u6dd.

Gavin has reached a success level that about 80% of people fail to reach in the real estate industry. Although only 21 years old, he has experience in many departments. His current success is stemming from being a referral agent. In this episode, Gavin will tell you all about how from the age of 17 in high school he stayed determined to reach financial freedom in real estate much like his family before him. Gavin outlines the importance of commitment and exploring all of your options before giving up on something. You won't want to miss out on this advice. 

This incredible interview is with the multi-talented artist, singer, producer, and DJ. Zack Gray. Zack shares his inspirational words of wisdom to anybody chasing a dream. He talks about the importance of being self reliable and being independent. Zack has the ultimate convo of an amazing voice and heart of gold! Zack loves to give back in any way he can to show others that anything you put your mind to, is possible. Tune in to hear Zack's story and learn the keys of becoming successful while being independent, working hard, and staying focused on a dream.

Blake Wynn is a walking example that age is not a factor in the world of entrepreneurship. Blake has had the entrepreneurial mindset all of his life. He started very early on at about 11 years old selling shoes where he then decided to take his hobby to social media. Blake quickly gained an audience that built up to over 400,000 subscribers. After Moving to New York he decided to use his network he had made to open up a sports agency. He works with about 15% of the NFL and is only getting bigger. Tune in to hear how Blake became successful at such an early age!

I sat down with Mike Waters owner of Phase 1 Sports. Mike tells his story on how he took the journey from athlete to entrepreneur. Mike played football early on and after not being able to sign any college offers out of high school because of academics, he found another way to stay connected to the game he loves. Tune in and hear Mike's story and the amazing points he makes for young entrepreneurs to succeed!

I sat down with Greg Phelps, CFP and owner of Redrock Wealth Management. We discussed the importance of investing early on, building a business from the ground up, the brighter side of capitalism, and so much more. Greg has worked for some of the biggest wealth management firms such as Morgan Stanley and Goldman Sachs. He also held the position of Regional Manager of Wealth Management at RSM McGladrey one of the largest accounting firms in the country. “The way they treated clients just wasn't right! Sell this! Sell that! They didn't care about solving problems, they cared about their own stock price and performance. It just wasn't right!”- Greg Phelps. Greg opened Redrock Wealth Management back in 2005 based on the belief that the relationship with a client is the key to earning trust. Furthermore, trust is the foundation of a great relationship. Greg has a vision and a passion to help people retire with “money confidence” in a memorable and purposeful strategy. He is happy to share his secrets and experiences to help guide YoungCaps in the right direction before heading to retirement. Tune in and get your notepads out, you won't want to miss a second!

Welcome to The Usual Bet, an 18+ ageplay discussion padcast (not a typo!). Join Sophie and Chloe as they team up with "Dear Jazzie..." to bring you an exclusive CAPcon dual-cast!  Thank you to all the wonderful personalities that appeared on the show, such as Personalias, 34Qucker, and PrincessCereal.Featuring Jazzie, podcast goddess and devastator of panties.  Support her at https://www.patreon.com/jasminestarshineSupport us at patreon.com/sophieandpudding ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★