Podcast appearances and mentions of Charles Webb

You can now text us anonymously to leave feedback, suggest future content or simply hurl abuse at us. We'll read out any texts we receive on the show. Click here to try it out!Welcome back to Bad Dads Film Review! This week, we're sinking into the beautifully awkward and emotionally layered world of The Graduate (1967), a landmark in American cinema that captured the confusion and alienation of a generation—and still resonates today.Directed by Mike Nichols and based on Charles Webb's novel, The Graduate stars a breakout Dustin Hoffman as Benjamin Braddock, a recent college graduate adrift in a sea of expectations, ennui, and passive-aggressive dinner parties. Returning home to California, Ben finds himself stuck in a well-off suburban limbo, unsure of what to do with his future and utterly disconnected from the adults around him.Enter Mrs. Robinson (Anne Bancroft), the wife of his father's business partner and one of the most iconic seductresses in film history. Their affair is sultry, weirdly funny, and shot through with a tragic edge that gives the film its unique tone—equal parts satire, drama, and coming-of-age fable. Complications multiply when Ben falls for Mrs. Robinson's daughter Elaine (Katharine Ross), throwing everyone's lives into romantic chaos and sparking a messy, impulsive pursuit that culminates in one of the most famous closing shots in cinema history.Visually, The Graduate is striking—Nichols' inventive use of framing, reflections, and slow dissolves elevates the emotional subtext, and Simon & Garfunkel's folk-heavy soundtrack ("The Sound of Silence", "Mrs. Robinson") lingers in your head long after the credits roll. The music doesn't just underscore the scenes—it becomes a character in itself, echoing Benjamin's alienation and longing.But what really makes The Graduate endure is its tonal complexity. It's satirical, yes, but also melancholic. Benjamin isn't a traditional hero; he's self-absorbed, indecisive, and often unlikeable. Yet in that uncertainty lies the film's power—it taps into that restless moment between adolescence and adulthood where everything feels hollow, and rebellion can look like love, lust, or simply running away.Is the ending romantic or despairing? Is Benjamin a rebel or just another aimless rich kid? The Graduate leaves space for interpretation, and that ambiguity is what keeps it feeling alive, even decades later.So whether you're watching for the sharp dialogue, the iconic performances, or just to see Dustin Hoffman awkwardly floating in a pool of existential dread—this one's a classic for a reason.

Life Changes Show with Filippo Voltaggio and cohost Mark Laisure, with Executive Producer Dorothy Featuring Interview Guest, Chef Charles Webb, Voted #1 Private Chef in Chicago, Entrepreneur, World Traveler, Producer, and Host of #ChefonTour; and Performance Guest, Rama Duke, EDM and Rock Artist, Singer / Songwriter, on The Life Changes Show, Episode 822 Interview Guest CHARLES WEBB; and Performance Guest: RAMA DUKE

Charles Webb, Lead Antitrust Counsel at FedEx (NYSE: FDX)   When it comes to mergers and acquisitions, everyone loves to talk about synergies, growth, and market share. However, these enticing prospects can quickly dim if regulatory compliance risks are overlooked. While not the most glamorous aspect of M&A, compliance forms the bedrock that ensures deals are legally sound and smoothly executed.   In this episode of the M&A Science Podcast, Charles Webb, Lead Antitrust Counsel at FedEx, discusses how to manage regulatory compliance risks in M&A.   Things you will learn: • Different types of regulatory compliance risks in M&A • Applicability of antitrust framework to companies • The evolution of antitrust laws • The importance of avoiding Gun Jumping • Increased aggressiveness of antitrust regulators   ******************* This episode is sponsored by Grata. Grata is the leading platform for private market dealmaking. With innovative AI and diligence-grade data, Grata makes it easy to find and evaluate targets from the outside looking in. Win more with Grata.   This episode is also sponsored by DealRoom AI, the latest innovation from DealRoom designed specifically for M&A professionals. DealRoom AI automates the analysis and extraction of key information from due diligence documents, empowering teams to save up to 80% of their time on document analysis and focus on what really matters—closing the deal.  Ready to streamline your M&A process? Visit dealroom.net today.   ******************* Episode Timestamps 00:00 Intro 06:40 Different types of regulatory compliance risks in M&A 14:41 Applicability of antitrust framework to companies 20:47 Impact of HSR filing on the deal timeline 22:43 What does the HSR form look like? 24:56 How to land the narrative in a merger 28:25 The Origins of the Sherman Act 29:47 The Magna Carta of Free Enterprise 30:03 Fast forward 1914 30:36 Amendments and the Hart-Scott-Rodino Act 31:33 The evolution of antitrust laws 33:47 Risks during the waiting period 39:33 The importance of avoiding Gun Jumping 42:22 Best practices for internal communication during a deal 44:01 Understanding deal review risk in advance 46:11 What happens if a deal is rejected? 50:11 Increased aggressiveness of antitrust regulators 51:41 Real consequences for gun jumping 53:05 Balancing integration planning with gun jumping risks 57:43 The key to preparing for regulatory compliance 58:52 Craziest Thing in M&A  

This is episode 281 recorded on August 9th, 2024 where John & Jason talk to Charles Webb, Principal PM Manager for Data Warehouse in Microsoft Fabric, about Fabric, Data Warehouse, his history with Power BI & Dataflows, AI, college sports & business, his work in philanthropy and much more.

Send us a Text Message.In this episode of Brewstilled, were going beyond the taproom to discuss the topics that affect everyday people. The topic for this episode is the dangers of nihilism. My guest for this topic is Charles Webb who is a published author, and professor whose work has appeared in publications such as Psychology Today. In the past few years in since Covids arrival life has been upended with our everyday routines altered with some gone altogether. Such events have created a negativity that also created a rise in nihilism. Yet, nihilism is also a pandemic of its own that brings no benefits. I speak with Charles about the hazard's nihilism presents on one's own wellbeing and also one's own mental health. It's all here on Brewstilled. 

The U.S. Open Adaptive Surfing Championships World-Wide Tour, with a prize package of $200,000, kicked off last month and have events coming up in Hawaii and California in the coming months. Behind this effort is Stoke for Life founder Charles Webb, a paraplegic and world class adaptive surfer.

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Why don't we design our lifestyle and then build a practice around it? - Dr. Charles WebbWhat do you do when you're burnt out as a practitioner? In today's abbreviated episode, I ask Dr. Charles Webb, Founder of Freedom Practice Coaching, about the issues that successful medical practitioners may face, like feeling burnt out, under-revenue, or stuck. Dr. Charles Webb redefines the new breed of MDs by discussing how losing drive and passion in your career can occur when you chase external validation rather than changing your mindset. The traditional medical model is broken. Practitioners should embrace creating a new approach, similar to how Uber created a new model compared to traditional taxis. This episode gives valuable insight into the proposal of a new healthcare model focused on empowering patient health and lifestyle design by asking where patients want to go, rather than just treating their symptoms. Please join us. Listen to the full episode here: Becoming a New Breed of Doctor with Extreme Ownership with Dr. Charlie Webb | Limitless MD Ep 34OR https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/becoming-a-new-breed-of-doctor-with-extreme/id1606759882?i=1000563976248Resources:- Free community of high-performing physicians: the Physician Wealth Accelerator - https://limitless-md.mn.co/ - Check out my programs - https://vikramraya.com/programs/ - Group Coaching Now Open - https://www.freedom5doc.com/home58481126 Connect with Dr. Charles Webb:- Website: https://freedompracticecoaching.com/- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/freedompracticecoaching- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/freedompracticecoaching/- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FreedomPracticeCoaching/ Connect with Vikram:- Website: https://vikramraya.com - Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/vikramraya/ - Facebook:

Transcript: bit.ly/AIAe052Today's guest is Charles Webb, founder of the Stoke for Life Foundation. The main goal of the Stoke for Life Foundation is to bring awareness to the rehabilitative benefits of adaptive water sports through clinics and education. Charles Webb is a T 7-8 incomplete paraplegic, Charles is the first paraplegic to compete in an open water paddle race (2013 Battle of the Paddle). Charles is also the two time Western Surfing Association Adaptive Surfing Champion winning back to back titles in 2015 and 2016. He placed 2nd overall in the Surfing America 2016 U.S. National Adaptive Surfing Championship in his division. Charles Webb is an experienced inspirational speaker on many levels, from motivational corporate presentations to inspirational speeches at the collegiate, high school, or elementary level, Charles has shared the stoke whenever possible. Charles has also written numerous published articles in various magazines telling the stories of everyday people that continue to overcome and achieve despite high level disabilities or ailments. Through adaptive competition, motivational speaking, and inspirational writing Charles has found avenues to bring awareness to the adaptive watersports movement.Connect with Charles:Stoke for Life | SPREADING THE ALOHA SPIRIT THROUGH ADAPTIVE WATERSPORTSUS Open Adaptive Surfing | Elite World Class Adaptive SurfingAdaptive Surfing Professionals World Championship Tour Stoke for Life (@stokeforlife) • Instagram photos and videosAASP (@adaptivesurfingprofessionals) • Instagram photos and videosConnect with the Rocky Mountain ADA Center at RockyMountainADA.org or find us on social media. Don't forget to subscribe, rate and review us on Apple Podcasts, Stitcher, Spotify, or anywhere else you get your podcasts!

The Graduate, a 1967 film directed by Mike Nichols and based on a novel by Charles Webb, introduced the world to actor Dustin Hoffman and became one of the most beloved Hollywood comedies ever made. Telling the story of a disaffected college graduate who has an affair with an older woman and then falls in love with her daughter, the movie was nominated for seven Academy Awards (with Nichols winning for Best Director) and soon became a favorite of critics and college campuses everywhere. How does the movie hold up? Is the novel any good? Why did Roger Ebert fall out of love with it, finding it to be much less worthy at age 55 than he had thought thirty years earlier? And why did the author Charles Webb, together with the real-life inspiration for the movie's Elaine, end up destitute and living out of a VW bus? In this episode, Jacke takes a look at a classic film and what it means to grow old as art grows old too (or does it?). Help support the show at patreon.com/literature or historyofliterature.com/donate. The History of Literature Podcast is a member of Lit Hub Radio and the Podglomerate Network. Learn more at www.thepodglomerate.com/historyofliterature. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On this episode, Tara sits down with Chef Charles Webb, a world-renowned chef from Chicago, IL. Charles talks about what led him into the culinary profession. While he always felt that it was for him, his journey that led him there was an interesting one to say the least. 92 jobs later (including selling real estate in Brazil), Charles found his footing and quickly made a name for himself bringing him all around the world. Tune in to learn more about Charles and his series #ChefOnTour! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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It is not every day that one of the world's great mysteries gets solved. For 70 years, the identity of the Somerton Man, whose body was found on a beach outside of Adelaide, Australia, on December 1, 1948, has been frustratingly elusive. With no identification on him and many strange circumstances about his personal effects, speculation about his identity has run rampant. A spy? A time traveller? An alien? We know now with a high degree of certainty exactly who he was and what he was doing on that beach. We are joined by the University of Calgary's Dr. Lars Petersen to share how the mystery man's identity was finally determined and what we know about him and his life. New to the case? We recommend starting with Episode 141 – Solving the Somerton Man Mystery first, before listening to this episode. See more family photos of Charles Webb - the Somerton Man.

In questa puntata “onesta” parleremo con Sonia Ciampoli, voce storica del podcast e autrice di Misteri Svelati (Q24), del caso di Somerton man. Vedremo come si intersecano il frammento del Tamàm shud, il nome t. Kean, una malformazione congenita all'orecchio con le indagini svolte dalla polizia di Adelaide e le intuizioni di Derek Abbott. Una storia di senza nome come tante altre a cui le comunità di Reddit e Websleuths sono riuscite a ridare voce.Ospiti: Sonia CiampoliRedazione: Elisa Baioni, Diego Martin, Alex Ordiner, Chiara Vitaloni, Dasara Shullani, Enrico Zabeo, Cecilia Penelope ZambelliGrafica e Logo: Fabio MialichAltri riferimenti: https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caso_Jennifer_Fairgate Il caso di Jennifer Fairgatehttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Bergmann_case Il caso di Peter Bergmannhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isdal_Woman Il caso di Isdal Womanhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ve_JrmYsU0I Somerton man di Joe Scotthttps://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-11-04/somerton-man-face-race-suggests-carl-webb-is-in-swinburne-photo/101615552 Somerton Man face search suggests correct Charles Webb is in Swinburne football photohttps://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-08-02/carl-webb-brother-resemblance-to-somerton-man/101293788 Carl 'Charles' Webb's prisoner-of-war brother bears resemblance to Somerton Manhttps://www.websleuths.com/forums/ Forum Websleuthshttps://www.cicap.org/new/prodotto.php?id=3890 Misteri svelati (Q24), Viaggio razionale tra i classici dell'ignoto, di Sonia Ciampolihttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Somerton_Man Il caso di Somerton manSigla ed effetti: https://www.zapsplat.com/ ZapsplatMusiche: https://www.epidemicsound.com/ Epidemic SoundSeguiteci sui profili social del CICAP:Facebook: @cicap.orgTwitter: @cicapInstagram: cicap_it

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In this episode of Kasper On BI we are talking about Power BI. What is it? Who is datamarts for? How does it relate to Dataflows? What is coming, what...

Special Edition of the Explicit Measures Podcast! This episode we have Product Manager Charles Webb from the Microsoft team joining us with a discussion on Datamarts. Read More about Datamarts in Power BI: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/power-bi/transform-model/datamarts/datamarts-overview?WT.mc_id=DP-MVP-5002621 Get in touch: Send in your questions or topics you want us to discuss by tweeting to @PowerBITips with the hashtag #empMailbag or submit on the PowerBI.tips Podcast Page. Visit PowerBI.tips: https://powerbi.tips/ Watch the episodes live every Tuesday and Thursday morning at 730am CST on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/powerbitips Subscribe on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/230fp78XmHHRXTiYICRLVv Subscribe on Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/explicit-measures-podcast/id1568944083‎ Follow Mike: https://www.linkedin.com/in/michaelcarlo/ Follow Seth: https://www.linkedin.com/in/seth-bauer/ Follow Tommy: https://www.linkedin.com/in/tommypuglia/

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First, Carter covers the breaking news of the identity of The Somerton Man! Researchers have identified Charles Webb as the figure in the mysterious case, and one professor even found love along the way. Then, call the babysitter and put on your vintage Dior as Marissa unravels the disappearance of Joan Risch!

Episode #68. This week on the podcast, I am thrilled to be joined by Chef Charles Webb, owner of Avanti Gourmet Catering and creator and host of the docuseries #ChefonTour.  Charles is a Chicago native who grew up in both San Antonio, Texas, and Guanajuato, Mexico. He began his career in Wall Street after finishing his studies at The European School of Economics in Rome. Feeling unsatisfied in his career, he returned to the familiar realm of food and beverage doing the work that put him through college. It wasn't until witnessing 9/11 at the nearby SoHo street corner, Prince and Wooster that he decided to pursue what he loved.  He spent many years on a worldwide adventure living out his mission to follow his passion. He worked at establishments such as The Mercer Kitchen in NYC, Casas Brancas & Spa in Brazil, Noma in Copenhagen, and on mega-yachts in the Côte d'Azur. However, it was not until 92 jobs later and his return to Chicago, that he decided to become an entrepreneur. Charles launched Avanti Gourmet Catering in Chicago. Charles has built an award-winning catering business. His mission is to curate unforgettable, incredible moments for each guest at his table. He donates his time to One Goal Foundation and Lurie's Children Hospital. He is also the host and creator of #ChefonTour, an engaging, digital series built around culture, community, food, and art wrapped into travel. It captures the essence of 40 cities as seen by locals and at each destination, Charles brings together major influencers, food experts, and tastemakers to a special curated dinner.  In our conversation today, Charles shares how being resourceful and open to possibilities has allowed him to do work he loves. He talks about what working 92 jobs taught him and how that eventually led him to become an entrepreneur. Charles has such a positive energy and an incredible story.  Connect with Charles: Website Instagram Connect with Lupe: Website Instagram

Datamart is a new self-service capability included with Power BI Premium that reduces the time it takes to do custom departmental reporting, from weeks to minutes. In just a few clicks, both business users and analysts can easily create and access their own mix of data from dozens of the most common data types and services, all backed by Azure SQL that brings elastic scale and ad-hoc analysis to Power BI. Charles Webb, from the data team at Microsoft, joins Jeremy Chapman to show you a Datamart in action. ► QUICK LINKS: 00:00 - Introduction 00:43 - What changes with Datamart? 02:21 - See Datamart in action 05:34 - Analyst experience 06:32 - Complex requests 09:24 - Pull Data with T-SQL 12:01 - Where to get started ► Link References: For more guidance, check out https://aka.ms/DatamartDocs ► Unfamiliar with Microsoft Mechanics? As the Microsoft's official video series for IT, you can watch and share valuable content and demos of current and upcoming tech from the people who build it at Microsoft. ► Unfamiliar with Microsoft Mechanics? • As the Microsoft's official video series for IT, you can watch and share valuable content and demos of current and upcoming tech from the people who build it at Microsoft. Subscribe to our YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/MicrosoftMechanicsSeries?sub_confirmation=1 • Talk with other IT Pros, join us on the Microsoft Tech Community: https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/microsoft-mechanics-blog/bg-p/MicrosoftMechanicsBlog • Watch or listen from anywhere, subscribe to our podcast: https://microsoftmechanics.libsyn.com/website • To get the newest tech for IT in your inbox, subscribe to our newsletter: https://www.getrevue.co/profile/msftmechanics ► Keep getting this insider knowledge, join us on social: • Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/MSFTMechanics • Share knowledge on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/microsoft-mechanics/ • Enjoy us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/microsoftmechanics/ • Loosen up with us on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@msftmechanics

Life is about the journey, not the destination. Enjoy a BONUS [part 2] episode with Chef Charles Webb, who has gone through 92 jobs and dozens of countries in search of the lifestyle he loves.   In this episode, enjoy a freestyle conversation world-renowned #chefontour and Chicago's #1 Private Chef, Charles Webb.    This is not our normal engineering career conversation at The Happy Engineer Podcast, and that's on purpose. You may love the vibe of this lifestyle chat, or you may not. Either way, it's important that we continuously expand our mindsets and ask new questions.   What is truly possible for your lifestyle?    What is your biggest, boldest dream?    What would you do if you knew you could not fail?   So press play and let's chat… because food, travel, and leisure are about to open your mind (and mouth)!   ==========================   Ready for the next level in your career?   Book your FREE Coaching Session for podcast listeners at www.CareerClarityCall.com   ==========================   Rate, Review, and Follow   “I love Zach and The Happy Engineer Podcast.” If that sounds like you, please consider rating and reviewing my show! This helps me support more engineers -- just like you -- take the next step toward the career and life that they desire. On Apple Podcasts, click our show, scroll to the bottom, tap to rate with five stars, and select “Write a Review.” Then be sure to let me know what you loved most about the episode!   Remember, we only spread our message when you share this knowledge with others that need it. So if you enjoy this episode, please SHARE it on your social media and tag @OASISOFCOURAGE so I can say hi and thank you.    Also, if you haven't done so already, subscribe to the podcast. I'll be releasing a lot of new content including bonus episodes to the feed and, if you're not subscribed, there's a good chance you'll miss out. Subscribe now!   For more information on this episode, host Zach White, and The Happy Engineer go to:   https://www.thehappyengineerpodcast.com

Can you imagine having had 92 jobs, traveling to dozens of countries, experiencing yet another setback, and still showing up with passion to keep building your vision?   Would you consider passion a key ingredient of success leaders?   In this episode, meet world-renowned #chefontour Charles Webb. Chicago's #1 Private Chef, he has been trained through his adventurous spirit.    Chef Charles' career has taken him to Brazil, France, Denmark, Italy, Spain, New York City and beyond. He has rubbed elbows with grand consulates and bartered for spices in markets unknown to the world. He has seared fish in a fire built by hand in the Cayman Islands, roasted duck in Rio, and learned to speak six languages in between.    Chef Charles Webb holds a philosophy that every meal is a journey and should be shared, experienced and savored.   What does all this have to do with building an engineering career?   You're about to find out.   So press play and let's chat… it's time to ignite your passion for LIFE!   ==========================   Ready for the next level in your career?   Book your FREE Coaching Session for podcast listeners at www.CareerClarityCall.com   ==========================   Rate, Review, and Follow   “I love Zach and The Happy Engineer Podcast.” If that sounds like you, please consider rating and reviewing my show! This helps me support more engineers -- just like you -- take the next step toward the career and life that they desire. On Apple Podcasts, click our show, scroll to the bottom, tap to rate with five stars, and select “Write a Review.” Then be sure to let me know what you loved most about the episode!   Remember, we only spread our message when you share this knowledge with others that need it. So if you enjoy this episode, please SHARE it on your social media and tag @OASISOFCOURAGE so I can say hi and thank you.    Also, if you haven't done so already, subscribe to the podcast. I'll be releasing a lot of new content including bonus episodes to the feed and, if you're not subscribed, there's a good chance you'll miss out. Subscribe now!   For more information on this episode, host Zach White, and The Happy Engineer go to:   https://www.oasisofcourage.com

Welcome to 'Don't You Want Me?' - a podcast series taking a lighthearted look at the most relatable, intriguing and dysfunctional relationships in film.  In this episode, we're talking about the hugely influential and gigantic box office hit The Graduate from 1967, directed by Mike Nichols with a screenplay by Buck Henry and Calder Willingham, based on the novel by Charles Webb, this film was nominated for seven Academy Awards, winning Best Director for Nichols. Tonight we'll be pouring a scotch for Benjamin, played by Dustin Hoffman and Mrs Robinson, played by Anne Bancroft, before buying a burger for Elaine, played by Katherine Ross. Does this affair between Ben and Mrs Robinson really mean something, or might they as well have been shaking hands? Follow Don't You Want Me on Twitter @DYWMpodcast, Instagram @dywmpodcast and Facebook @DYWMpodcast  Recorded in August 2021. Edited by Rich Nelson Additional material written by Catrin Lowe  Theme music by Paul Abbott (on Twitter @Pablovich) Design by NOAKE (on Instagram @n_o_a_k_e) Rich can be found on Twitter @fantana275 Cat can be found on Twitter @KittyCostanza -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- For regular updates on future episodes of the podcast, guest appearances and events, subscribe to our monthly newsletter here https://www.getrevue.co/profile/dywmpodcast 

Guest preacher, Pastor Charles Webb, presents a challenging message during our missions conference on the idea of living Inside Out.Have you made a decision? Are you looking for help? We would love to connect with you at www.solidrockbc.net/connectionlink.Support the show (https://solidrockbc.breezechms.com/give/online)

Guest preach, Pastor Charles Webb, presents a challenging message on the idea of, "Why Me?"Have you made a decision? Are you looking for help? We would love to connect with you at www.solidrockbc.net/connectionlink.Support the show (https://solidrockbc.breezechms.com/give/online)

The Graduate - Ray Taylor Show Subscribe: InspiredDisorder.com/rts Binge Ad Free: InspiredDisorder.com/Patreon Show topic: A disillusioned college graduate finds himself torn between his older lover and her daughter.Director: Mike Nichols Writers: Calder Willingham (screenplay), Buck Henry (screenplay), Charles Webb (based on the novel by) Sponsored By:Patreon.com/InspiredDisorder $3 membership.*Binge full week of Ray Taylor Show (audio+Video)*Massive discount code for The Many Faces*Download raw photoshop filesInspiredDisorder.com/tmf The Many Faces - Original abstract ink portraits by Ray Taylor. Code: RTS for 25% OFF. StationHouseCoffee.com and @StationHouseCoffee on Instagram for premium small batch, single source coffee.InspiredDisorder.com/Ting $25 CREDIT! The best carrier. The best coverage.Same low rates, now with three coast-to-coast networks.Daily Podcast: Ray Taylor Show - InspiredDisorder.com/rts Daily Painting: The Many Faces - InspiredDisorder.com/tmf SUPPORT ON PATREON: Patreon.com/InspiredDisorder More links: InspiredDisorder.com/links

Episode 47: This week Kimbo chats with Chef Charles Webb an Influencer, Celebrity and World traveling chef that cooks with Cannabis!!! He tells us all about his experience being stuck in Brazil during the Pandemic as well as his exciting new tour around the world. #ChefonTour Follow Chef Charles Webb on his Journeys:www.chefcharleswebb.comSexy SustainabilitySustainable Cleaning Supplieshttps://www.cleancult.com/Meditate Masturbate Medicate1906 Cannabis Dropshttps://1906newhighs.com/ListenerSurvey: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1k10RQZi6Gsn9fDKObnmUbYy-QCu0D8uUtOCNZ79PDrc/viewform?ts=610ac4cb&edit_requested=true&fbzx=5176503505617733868Listen to the Podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher, Google Podcasts, Overcast, Amazon Music, and Radio Public.Instagram: @KimbologyPodcast Youtube: Kimbology PodcastTwitter: @kimbologyPTik Tok: @KimbologyFacebook: @KimbologyPodcast Email me your Q & A: KimbologyPodcast@gmail.com Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/kimbology/donations

Today, healthcare is led by big corporations whose primary concern is how to make money... and money is made off of sick people, not healthy ones. Doctors are trained to prescribe medication or surgeries instead of helping patients change their lifestyle. You know the drill. We barely get 5 minutes with them, and it’s all about what prescription we need and when they will schedule our next appointment. If you don’t have an understanding of how your body works, you are kind of in a place of slavery - meaning someone else is going to make decisions for you. Dr. Charles Webb joins us in this episode to explain that, if we really want to help people live well, lifestyle comes first.

The first episode of our season on the awesome movie year of 1967 features the highest-grossing film at the box office, Mike Nichols’ The Graduate. Directed by Nichols from a screenplay by Buck Henry and Calder Willingham (based on the novel by Charles Webb) and starring Dustin Hoffman, Anne Bancroft, Katharine Ross, William Daniels and Murray Hamilton, The Graduate grossed $104.7 million worldwide and was nominated for seven Oscars, winning one. The post The Graduate (1967 Box Office Champ) appeared first on Awesome Movie Year.

The Graduate! Dustin Hoffman! Mike Nichols! Simon and Garfunkel! Mrs. Robinson! Plastics! Elaaaaaaaaine.... The movie version of The Graduate is one of the most beloved films of the twentieth century...but have you ever read the book? Jacke hasn't! That's why he's so pleased to present a guest episode from the Overdue podcast, in which hosts Andrew and Craig dive into The Graduate by Charles Webb. Enjoy! OVERDUE is a podcast about the books you've been meaning to read. Join Andrew and Craig each week as they tackle a new title from their backlog. Classic literature, obscure plays, goofy children's books: they'll read it all, one overdue book at a time. You can find Overdue on Apple Podcasts, Google Play, Spotify or wherever you listen. For more information head to overduepodcast.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Where have you gone, Joe DiMaggio? Our podcast turns its lonely ears to you. Woo-woo-oooThe Graduate is a story about the ennuied Benjamin Braddock, the provocative Mrs. Robinson, and the affair they embark upon that upends their lives. The iconic 1967 film adaptation is perhaps more famous than Webb's book, but the novel does contain all of the classic lines and moments you remember. Even the wedding and the bus at the end!Our theme music was composed by Nick Lerangis.

Where have you gone, Joe DiMaggio? Our podcast turns its lonely ears to you. Woo-woo-oooThe Graduate is a story about the ennuied Benjamin Braddock, the provocative Mrs. Robinson, and the affair they embark upon that upends their lives. The iconic 1967 film adaptation is perhaps more famous than Webb's book, but the novel does contain all of the classic lines and moments you remember. Even the wedding and the bus at the end!Our theme music was composed by Nick Lerangis.

Every shopping experience is unique, and every shopper has specific wants and needs. That is one of the biggest struggles brands face in the world of ecommerce. How do you create a customer experience that resonates with and meets the needs of drastically different customers?This problem is magnified further when you run a marketplace that sells literally millions of different products to tens of millions of different users. eBay has 180 million active users, which, according to Bradford Shellhammer, means that there needs to be 180 million different eBays to meet each of those users’ exact needs. Bradford is the Vice President of Buyer Experience at eBay, and part of his job is to make every eBay user fall in love with their eBay experience.On this episode of Up Next in Commerce, Bradford explains what that looks like in practical terms, including how they approached a home page redesign, the importance of testing and experimentation, and the methods they have used to build trust among users.  Main Takeaways:Do You Trust Me?: Trust is an essential part of the buying experience, and these days, companies are finding more innovative ways to establish trust with users. In marketplaces, typical product reviews might not be the best way to build trust with shoppers, instead, you have to find alternative ways to connect with customers and intervene if something goes wrong. Please Rate And Review: Gathering feedback and information from users is a critical method companies use to improve their customer experience. Typically, brands will send out surveys or ask for feedback in an email, but there are better, more strategic and enticing ways to get the feedback you need. And sometimes that means utilizing channels you may not have traditionally relied on or creating brand new customer feedback channels yourself.Test, Test, Test Again: Nothing should be added to your website or brand experience unless it has been thoroughly tested. Both internal and external experimentation is necessary to ensure that when you make a change, or add something to your site, you already know that it is what your customers want and it works the way it was designed to work.For an in-depth look at this episode, check out the full transcript below. Quotes have been edited for clarity and length.---Up Next in Commerce is brought to you by Salesforce Commerce Cloud. Respond quickly to changing customer needs with flexible Ecommerce connected to marketing, sales, and service. Deliver intelligent commerce experiences your customers can trust, across every channel. Together, we’re ready for what’s next in commerce. Learn more at salesforce.com/commerce---Transcript:Stephanie:Welcome back to another episode of Up Next in Commerce. I'm your host, Stephanie Postles, co-founder of mission.org. Joining us today is Bradford Shellhammer, the Vice President of the Buyer Experience at eBay. Bradford, welcome.Bradford:Thank you. Thanks for having me. Excited to be here.Stephanie:Yeah, I'm really excited to have you on. eBay, such an awesome name brand. I'm excited to dive into all things eBay. I've been a long time buyer there. But first, I want to go into your background of what brought you to eBay? I see that you founded a couple companies, a couple ecommerce companies and I was hoping you can touch on that before we jump into eBay.Bradford:Yeah. I think it's super cool to talk about because it's actually super personal. For me, it's a pretty interesting story. So, it's a love affair, essentially, between myself and eBay. I've been a buyer on the platform since 1999 because we can trace back and see in our internal database how long we've been shopping and when we created our account.Bradford:So, I've been a customer of eBay for over 20 years. And the companies that I started, two of the three were marketplaces. And they were marketplaces that were really founded on two principles, both of them, one was for buyers, helping them find treasure, awesome stuff, unique things, feeling some passion or interest and for seller is propping up the little guy.Bradford:Both of the companies that I found at Fab and Bezar were both heavily in the design space, in the modern design space, so that's furniture, graphic arts, posters, lighting, jewelry, handbags, accessories and things so fashion design, but my personal love affair with collecting.Bradford:I have over 400 pairs of shoes. I have a massive art collection. I have probably more chairs than most people. Most of these purchases over the last 25 years have been made on eBay. And so, for me, I've inspired by the hunt on eBay what we call internally the eBay a power user, a power customer.Bradford:And now, I have this awesome responsibility to help other people fall in love with and use eBay the way that I do. So, I was hired four and a half years ago. I met the chief product officer who had some interest in one of my companies, Bezar.Bradford:Turns out I sold that to another company, an Australian company, and I became a free market... was on the market and I was a free agent. And I'd never really worked at a real company before, a big company, the previous 12 years is doing my own thing.Bradford:And so, they said, "Well, come join eBay." And my first role was the chief curator of eBay. And frankly, it was a made up role. And everyone thought I had great taste. And when I got to eBay, I really thought my job was going to be curating through eBay and surfacing that up to consumers.Bradford:And what I quickly realized is that eBay scale is so much bigger than one person's taste. And that some people are curating parts for a vintage Mercedes on eBay. And some people like myself are collecting design, and maybe other people are just using eBay because they have six kids, and money's tight and buying them all new iPhones is just not possible, so they're looking for great deals.Bradford:And so, I really quickly just became very empathetic to the eBay customer's journey and it said, "Wow. Bradford, this is not about you. Can you help build tools to help other people find the things that they love rather than forcing your point of view or something that you love on people?"Bradford:And then, I moved into our product org, my second year and the first project I took on was our homepage. We redesigned it. We built a lot of new algorithms and it became a science powered hub for you. And the goal was that there's 180 million active buyers on eBay.Bradford:There should be 180 million different eBays because everybody's eBay is different. It's not like other big box retailers or other mass market ecommerce players where we're buying commodity products or everybody's buying the same thing.Bradford:And my team really builds the experience that should adapt and respond to customer's interest and helping them find what they're looking for.Stephanie:That's great. So, taking on the homepage design seems like a lot of responsibility. Tell me a bit about what that looked like. I mean, what are the customer buying behavior look like before and what do they look like now and how did you get there?Bradford:Yeah. That's a good question. So, I inherited an experience that was about five years old and it was called the Feed and that was the homepage. And it was a Pinterest-esque experience. And so, when customers would save things, we have this concept called saving, there's a little heart, you click on it and it saves.Bradford:You can save a search. You can save a seller. You can watch a single individual item. It would populate a visual grid of like products that are related to that. The problem with that is that it required customers to groom their own experience. And so, for power customers, the feed was awesome.Bradford:Because like myself, I have 150 saved searches and it's just this beautiful grid of new products populating every day of hitting all the either brands that I'm following or the sellers that I love what they're selling. But for the normal shopper, not your power customer, they were really missing out on personalized content because we literally required them to do work to curate it themselves.Bradford:So, the project that we decided to do is, was there a hybrid of that? Could you still have some of that content for the power user be front and center on the homepage?Bradford:But could you have machine learning and science pick up behaviors patterns of just what people are clicking on or searching for or which emails they're opening and have that be enough to curate a homepage experience without them having to do the explicit work of saying show me more of this on clicking on a heart or saying I want to save this.Bradford:And so, what happened was more people with as a result of that first product we launched, more people ended up having personalized content which was a win. Because previously, it was personalized content mostly just for power customers. Now, a more casual customer still gets that benefit.Stephanie:Got it, that's great. So, when it comes to projects like that, internally, I'm sure there was a lot of stakeholders and a lot of people had a lot of different ideas. How did you rally everyone around getting a homepage launch without taking, I mean, I could see that project taking maybe like a year at other companies [crosstalk 00:07:10].Bradford:Yeah. Well, first of all, I don't want to give away too much of the sausage making, but eBay is surprisingly entrepreneurial. We move pretty fast. And we don't, I think, have a lot of the bureaucracy that probably a lot of companies of our scale have.Bradford:So, first of all, I almost felt like, "Wow, they gave me the keys to the car." And for the most part, we have a very strong test and learn culture. So, we don't just flip the switch on something and see how it works. We test and learn and we do lots of hundreds and hundreds of AB tests and we're constantly testing everything.Bradford:So, we would never launch anything that didn't resonate with our customers. So, there were safety, I think, baked into all of our hypotheses knowing that you have to actually prove that something that an idea you had is worthy of launch. But I think that that's where I think my entrepreneurial background and my non tech background.Bradford:I've started companies, but I don't have a formal technology education at all. I have a fashion design degree and a communications degree. So, this is where I think just the hitting the pavement and telling a story and crafting a vision and getting people to march along with you whether they're marketers or engineers, or designers, or whatever I think suited me in this role in the early days.Stephanie:Yeah, that's really cool. See, when you were talking about the AB testing, how you guys test everything, were there any surprises of something that you thought was really going to work and it actually failed?Bradford:Oh, that's a good question. I'm trying to think of, you know what, I have to be honest, I don't want to say this because my team is super smart. But I think that the best product managers and the best designers and the best experiences out there are ones that are really rooted in want something super simple, just listening to your customer.Bradford:And so, if you're literally baking all your hypothesis and lit really listening like combing through feedback, we have myriad of surveys on different pages. We do lots of focus groups. We do tons of research, user research. We do tons of dogfooding internally.Bradford:You weed out the things that aren't going to work way before you even start to build them usually. And so, for us, it's like if you have that real commitment to just listening to your customer through the process rather than having someone come in and just say, "I want to do this thing."Bradford:Because when you listen to your actual customers, there's a real great respect for them and you actually don't want to break their current experience, you just want to make it better. And I think a lot of times where I've seen products fail, and I'm not going to go into the details of what they were.Bradford:But I have seen maybe not so much in my team, but I have seen this happen both in and outside of eBay is usually when someone that doesn't really have the customer's voice in their head is just like either taking something that's their personal preference or looking at a competitor that may look like a competitor from the outside, so a lot of companies are compared to eBay because they sell things online.Bradford:But if you really look at eBay and why people shop at eBay, it's a very different customer than a lot of the big players. So, constantly comparing ourselves to, I think, other competitors who aren't really competitors other than they compete for wallets share not with the heart and soul of our customers.Bradford:I think sometimes is where I've seen product managers go off and usually go somewhere that's at the end of the day, it just wasn't what our customers were asking for and that's our job.Bradford:Our job is to literally listen to our customers and build experiences for them, and take the things they love, make it better, and take the things they hate and change it. And I really think that if you ground yourself and your whole organization in that just like real deep customer empathy, you don't make too many mistakes.Stephanie:Yeah. I'm thinking about surveying customers right now. How do you frame questions in a way that will actually get you what you need when it comes to like how to shape an experience? Because I could see framing in a way that actually gives you maybe the wrong [crosstalk] customers tell you something that leads you down the wrong path.Stephanie:Or, it's like, "Oh, someone says they want that." But actually, no one's going to really use that or we see that no one uses it. How do you think about framing questions in a way that will actually be successful [crosstalk 00:12:11].Bradford:It's a great question. We have teams of people that focus on that at eBay. So, the feedback we get is that we actually have feedback forms on specific pages of the site. So, I'll give you example, there's this thing called My eBay. It's like your profile hub thing. But because eBay, you could be a buyer or seller, so you have a place where all the things that you've bought live but also all the things that you're selling or sold live.Bradford:It's like the hub of the eBay customer. If you just sent an email with a survey of how do you feel about eBay or like an NPS survey, you're not going to get the detail feedback they'll make that product better. And so, here are some of the things that we get like very specific feedback like purchase history.Bradford:There are people that literally because they're business buyers or let's just say they're resellers. People that are buying thousands of records a year and then reselling them and we don't have the functionality to let them search through their purchase history.Bradford:So, they can't literally search David Bowie and find the things. And this is a number one complaint of our customers and you only would find that out because then we're literally asking very specific, what would you do differently to this exact experience or page?Bradford:I think that's where you get awesome feedback. You can get that through just general feedback collecting too if you're able to actually come through and pick up the patterns and scour through them. Because you're right, you might get one or two people that are really vocal about something that a lot of people don't want.Bradford:But the things that are like really, really asked for they rise to the top very quickly on eBay. There's also a myriad of forums out there, seller forums, Reddit boards, where people are talking about both pain and opportunities for eBay to be better.Bradford:And oftentimes, those are through the lens of a vertical lens. So, you have these sneaker enthusiasts or watch enthusiasts, or who are literally talking about where eBay fails them. And it might not be something that we'd see if we're looking at eBay just really generally.Bradford:But for very specific customers, there are some things that matter more than others. And so, one of the big changes in our philosophy this year has been to start thinking about what are those enthusiast groups. And oftentimes, they're aligned with verticals or categories, so watch lovers, sneaker lovers, streetwear lovers, stamp collectors, comic book collectors.Bradford:And really understanding like are there unique needs that are outside of just the normal shopping experience that we have to either fix or introduce for those customers too. But it's nonstop, just taking in feedback like we actually need more.Bradford:But I would say probably 10% of my team's job is to literally spend 10% of their week is just combing through that stuff to gleam any insight into what we should be working on or what we need to focus on.Stephanie:Yeah, that's a really good point about going to different sites like the Reddits of the world and looking at what different niche audiences are talking about. Because I've always wondered when I see or I have an issue and I see a lot of people having that issue, I'm like, "Oh, why isn't this company just looking on this Reddit forum and seeing that there's thousands of people all trying to figure out the same thing that's probably like an easy product fix."Bradford:It's an easy product fix. And I'll tell you what else is really super cool about that is that it also makes your competitive analysis because you can see the customers that are buying... your customers talking about you and you also see the customer, the other companies that they reference as competitors, so you really get to see.Bradford:And for eBay, as I said, it's super verticalized. There are people that buy hundreds of thousand dollar watches on eBay there. There are literally people that spend thousands of dollars for watches left and right on eBay. And guess what, they're not going to, I'm not going to say their names, but the big marketplaces to buy that they're more verticalized player.Bradford:So, we also have hundreds of competitors. When you slice it vertically, it's also a great place to just hear them talk about either the good or the bad of our competitors through a lens too, so you can stack, you can see the sentiment of how they feel about you versus them. And they can also see where are we winning and where do we have to be better very clearly in those forums, too.Stephanie:Yeah, that's such a good point. When you're talking about these vertical players and how to think about that, it reminds me of... I read an article about the unbundling of a lot of platforms whether it's Reddit, or Nextdoor, Craigslist, how turning it into separate products.Stephanie:I don't know if you've heard about this, but how do you think about that at eBay right now? Because it sounds like you're doing that with these different niche audiences in a way like pulling them apart to give them a more personal experience.Stephanie:For example, like with Reddit, maybe there's thousands of different conversations going on around different topics. And then, there's a picture that shows, okay, this topic here is all around neighbors and things like that. Oh, what do you know, Nextdoor popped up and pulled that off the platform in a way.Stephanie:And then, oh, they're talking about like gaming here. Oh, here's a gaming platform that popped up. So, actually pulling apart a platform to give it unique experiences for the people.Bradford:Yeah. So, I mean, you can look and see there's I think a lot of... we're the original. We were [crosstalk 00:19:25]. Yeah, we really are, seriously. Before we were the gig economy. We were the niche marketplace. We were the vertical marketplace. We still are like we literally invented or we're one of the originals.Bradford:And so, you can look around. And you can see even fab.com, it was a marketplace for design like some of them come some of them go. Some of them have really great staying power and a few of them have been super successful. Here's why I think we're uniquely positioned and why I think going back to building verticalized experiences.Bradford:And when I say that I want to make sure that it's not niche. It is building horizontal capabilities that can flex and you might need the ability to have high ASP or high payments. Sometimes, you're buying things that are $20,000, $30,000, $40,000, that's our high-end art, that's high-end collectibles, that's high-end watches.Bradford:That's also like business and industrial equipment. Tractors, we sell a lot of this. So, although those like shopping experiences wouldn't be the same beginning to end, there might be a piece of that, like a payment, the ability to have some payment support for large purchases as part of your strategy.Bradford:So, for us, it's about I think building horizontal capabilities that can benefit multiple verticals then you slice up, we're calling them platforms, a vertical platform. You slice up a piece of that and a piece of this one, a piece of that one and suddenly you're basically stacking, it's like a menu.Bradford:For this shopper, you need these five things. And for this one, you need these six things. And so, it's not separate branding. It's not like suddenly, you're in an experience that doesn't feel or work like eBay, but it's just building different kinds of capability into the shopping experience and that's our strategy right now and it's super cool.Bradford:And I think that the great thing about eBay is the scale. So, for small upstarts and small vertical players, they got to spend a ton of money to get people to come onto their platform. I mean, a ton, they have to bleed millions, hundreds of millions of dollars like eBay has an audience. We have traffic.Bradford:We have global reach. We have hubs of really major or an iconic brand in Germany, in Australia, in Israel, in Canada, in the UK. So, there are all these benefits to being this large platform that are mostly traffic I think and just like a giant active enthusiast customer base.Bradford:I think it's on us to just crack what is the end to end product experience. And maybe there's other things that have to change, policy, how we rate our sellers, how we rate our buyers. There's probably other things where we're thinking right now too that's more than just experience. But I don't think it's the reinvention of eBay. I think it is the morphing of eBay for certain types of customers. Yep.Stephanie:Yeah, that makes sense. Have you seen over the past couple years buyer behavior is changing? Are you pretty preparing for something new over the next couple years or adjusting strategy a bit after seeing changes with COVID? I think I read that eBay did pretty well. Is there anything new that you're preparing for now?Bradford:Yeah. I mean, the COVID is a horrible thing. And but what was like got a lot of us through it in the early days at eBay as supply chain was shutting down, warehouses were shutting down, it was hard to get things.Bradford:The one thing that was working was just how distributed the inventory of eBay was and how this sector of the country or the world may have shut down but there's all these parts over here that can ship things around. And it was super cool to witness that eBay worked.Bradford:And it allowed like some people who are home to make some money, come in and sell for the first time. They allowed businesses that maybe struggled during the time, they might have closed physical retail down or something like that, it gave them another channel.Bradford:We have a new CEO. His name is Jamie Iannone. He was an eBay veteran that went and worked for Walmart for many years and he's come back with such a forceBradford:And so, the great news about our new CEO is he is really setting a strategy that honors eBay's past meaning going back and valuing our sellers who without, we literally don't have a company and literally saying publicly that he's focused on eBay being the seller's platform of choice.Bradford:And on the buying side, it's about going back and listening to our enthusiast customers. We're like strategically positioning ourselves to be there for those buyers and sellers more than ever.Bradford:And so, I said in terms of this like what we're seeing right now, we're seeing a lot of people looking at eBay for the first time. We're seeing a lot of people reconsidering eBay, and we're seeing our best customers continue to shop with eBay.Bradford:And it's on us right now to take advantage of this time and I think go back and really listen to our customers, as I said at the beginning of the podcast was not just like... yeah, I was talking about like listening to very specific feature feedback or page feedback in our experience or app feedback.Bradford:But like we as a company are just listening to our buyers and sellers in a way that we haven't during my time and much of our strategy is just emerging from that. And it's super cool to have new leadership that is all about customer, customer, customer.Stephanie:Yeah, that's really great. When it comes to the new customers who maybe still have an old perception of what eBay is like, "Oh, it's an auction site." Maybe haven't visited in a while. How are you appealing to these new people who are starting to think about you?Stephanie:I'm sure you have very different messaging to someone who is new versus your current customers who are sticky. And once they start buying or selling, they're probably going to stay there for a while.Bradford:Yeah. I think that this is a part of what brought me to eBay. I love eBay and I feel a lot of people don't know enough about our goodness. And I think a lot of that is because I think previous years before Jamie came on board, I think we were not really owning what we really were.Bradford:eBay is really an awesome place to buy non new and seasoned merchandise and that means refurbished products that means outlet products, that means used products, that means new and not in box. And so, I think that there was a lot of confusion probably for especially young consumers because I think that there wasn't a clarity of message around what eBay was just externally, it wasn't necessarily clear internally.Bradford:And so, I'm very optimistic that this clarity around where we're going to compete and the buyers and sellers that we value. I think you will see we have to earn it. We have to earn it with every single sale. We have to earn it with every single seller that comes back onto the platform. We have to earn it with a first time buyer.Bradford:But I think that it's less about how we're going to talk to our existing customers versus our new customers, I think in my eyes, because I actually think we need to say the same thing which is there's a lot of magic into eBay and it's not your typical shopping experience and that's okay. That's cool.Bradford:I think about eBay when I'm thinking about comparing Airbnb to hotel chains. It's like Airbnb, there's a little something for everyone there. You can rent a mansion. You can rent a cot in a yurt and everything in between and it's high and low and it's all around the world.Bradford:And there's something that's like I think of eBay in the same way that it's super inclusive and there's something here for everyone. What I don't think people realize is that eBay is full of, I say to the two things, also for buyers, awesome deals and really great treasure which is unique, hard to find or are super interesting stuff.Bradford:And I think that those two things probably appeal to really broad set. It's on us to tell that story. It's on us to tell that story vocally in the press. It's on us to tell that story in our branding, in our marketing. And it's on us to tell our story in our product and I don't know if we've done that well enough up until recently where we're starting to pivot towards that listening to our best customers and buyers and sellers and building things for them.Stephanie:Yeah. So, with marketplaces, there's always a question around trust. How are you guys going about showcasing that and convincing especially maybe new buyers that this can be trusted and our sellers can be trusted. Because I think at least back in the day, that was something, I mean, even on Amazon, people are still worried like, "Is this a good seller?" So, what are you guys doing behind the scenes?Bradford:Yeah. I think that trust is probably one of the biggest things we have to work on and have worked on. I'll just speak a little generally and then I'll tell you about a very specific thing that we're doing for trust, but I think will be super exciting to talk about.Bradford:So, one and it's just loans. So, for trust, I think we're aware that when the scale of eBay and just the diversity of seller of inventory of even condition that we probably have, it's even more compounded, the trust issues at eBay, there's just so many variables here.Bradford:And so, we are taking it very seriously right now through planning for next year especially and talking about all the things that we're going to do to combat trust. So, it's everything from doubling down on some of our policies that protects buyers.Bradford:So, we have money back guarantee. We essentially for most products on the site guarantee that customers are going to get what they want, get what they're expecting. And so, I don't think a lot of people realize that most of the things you buy on eBay are we have this baked in protection.Bradford:But I don't think that's enough. And so, I'll give you an example of why I don't think that's enough. Here, I'll give you example. I'd mentioned it earlier and it's launched and is live now as of a couple weeks ago. If you're buying a watch that's over $2,000 which is a high-end luxury watch, these are like the Rolexes, the Omegas, they can go way higher than that.Bradford:eBay is one of the biggest places to buy these watches, it's massive. It's a business within a business. The biggest concern that our buyers tell us is that they're afraid that like, "Am I really getting a Rolex? Am I getting the real thing?" Authenticity really matters.Stephanie:Yeah. For $3,000, we've got to be real.Bradford:$3,000, I mean, I've seen some of the sales $30,000, $60,000. You don't want to take a chance of, "Am I not going to get it? Is it going to be fake? Is it going to be scratched?" So, we decided to tackle trust through a vertical lens. And it's not just a category because it's not all watches but watches over $2,000.Bradford:We have launched a new program that's called authenticity guaranteed where eBay is guaranteeing that any watch sold on its platform domestically. So, in the United States we have plans to expand. But currently in the United States that's over $2,000 that we will guarantee its authenticity.Bradford:So, what we've done is we've partnered with amazing partners who vet it that can verify and authenticate high-end luxury watches. We force an intermediate shipping. So, the buyer, when they make the purchase, they see very clearly badging program details say this watch is covered under our authenticity guarantee and you have nothing to worry about, it's going to be authentic.Bradford:We have the seller ship the watch to the third party verification service. They look at it. They compare it. If it's not in its original boxing because a lot of these watches are sold with the original boxes. If it's not on its original visual boxing, we repackage it in eBay box and then we express ship it out to the buyer.Bradford:And we catch any problem with counterfeits or other kinds of issues before it gets into the hands of the buyer. And so, it's really meant to stop buyers getting fake products or damaged products. For the seller, it's also a really awesome thing too because oftentimes people will buy a watch and we have buyers that have scammed our sellers.Bradford:So, us being in the middle of both the buying and the return process, it basically is our way of just ensuring that both buyers and sellers are protected and it's third party authentication of luxury goods.Bradford:And so, we rolled it out and we're going to be expanding the program even more. And like that is very real and very different eBay, us literally getting in the middle of a transaction and protecting both our best buyers and our best sellers. And we're going to do more of that next year.Bradford:And when I say more of them, I'm not just talking about more things to authenticate, but I'm also talking about just more picking apart like a very important customer base and their buying behavior and where they have concerns with eBay and a lot of it goes back to trust, frankly.Bradford:It's like, I don't trust eBay as a buyer. I don't trust eBay as a seller because you don't offer these protections. And we're literally going to be bringing those protections through a vertical lens more often.Stephanie:Wow, that's great. I mean, that seems really smart and strategic because, I mean, I trust eBay as a brand and I would trust whatever you guys say, but I might not trust the buyer or the sellers.Stephanie:So, what recommendations would you give to other ecommerce companies around developing trust? What do you think is most important? Is it reviews? Are there things that other companies right now maybe are missing out on that they should be doing?Bradford:Yeah, it's interesting. You bring up reviews and I think that that is also a unique eBay opportunity too. Our catalog, we have so many listings like in every condition. From every year, from all over the globe.Bradford:It's really hard to comb through it all. Reviews I think are interesting.Bradford:But I really love the review of the seller. So, where a lot of ecommerce companies are reviewing an individual product, like an actual item like this cooler or this microphone, or these pairs of shoes. I think that eBay has that opportunity where we have the right catalog and I think that we're leaning in there in certain categories.Bradford:But I think a more interesting eBay opportunity is to really celebrate the seller and to talk about, are they trusted? Because a lot of the stuff that eBay sells, a lot of stuff on our site, you can't actually get a review. Much of it is not that product.Bradford:A good example like comic books like I know I want this spider man whatever it is. The thing that I care about is, do I trust this seller that the condition that they're saying it is as is. And so, I think a concept of reviewing a seller and trusting them, I think is super interesting to lean into. I think it's super interesting to lean into especially where a lot of our... and eBay is a little different all over the world, so I don't know how much you know about that too.Bradford:So, in the US, the business is very different than the way it looks in UK. It's very different than in Australia. So, for some of those places in Australia like I'll give you example. We have a lot of brands and the top brands and top retailers selling direct on eBay.Bradford:So, it's like we are a channel for them. So, there, the trust opportunity is about like is this one of these iconic brands that I trust, I know their inventory. But in other parts of the country, there's a lot of small businesses, a lot of people who have built cult followings on Instagram.Bradford:A lot of people that literally have brick and mortar stores and small towns and main streets. And they have been able to survive in a world of big box retailers and mega malls because they've had this outlet to sell things from their physical location on eBay globally.Bradford:And so, I think we should show that off more. I think if someone knew they were buying a record or a bunch of records from a record dealer who's had a shop since the early '80s in Downtown Buffalo and I'm making that up but it probably does exist. Like that would be a level of trust, right? You know that this person is the real deal.Bradford:And there's something about that that I get excited about, thinking about when you say reviews is leaning in and it's less about reviews, but more about like, "Can I trust this seller? Who are they? Where do they exist?" Like, "What is their point of view? What do they specialize in? What are they experts in? How can I communicate with them?" I get excited about that.Stephanie:Yup. I love that. Because I mean, even from a human perspective, it's like what do you remember? Are you going to remember like you said the product? Or you remember the person, the face like the story behind it and then that would come top of my next, I'm like, "Oh, I want to go to Bob's record store and get another record from him because he did a great job last time versus-"Bradford:[crosstalk 00:42:38]. And that's difference between like us. I talked about Jamie and our new pivot, our new strategy like what you just said is super important. I don't know if you're buying diapers, or if you're buying toilet paper, or you're buying replacement batteries that that person to person connection matters that much.Bradford:It's about price right? Is this the thing I'm looking for and who has it at the cheapest and sometimes it's the cheapest bust the quickest. And I think a lot of times eBay just because of this, like the diversity of our inventory sources, we get to compete there too.Bradford:Because we have all these different sources of inventory and oftentimes, we're the best price. But when you talk about things like collectible sneakers or vintage handbags, or coins, or antiques, or vintage camera equipment, or car parts, suddenly, who you're buying it from matters. It not only matters from the feel of good I'm like helping the little guy community aspect of eBay, but it also matters from the trust.Bradford:And part of people that do have passions whether they're collecting or enthusiasts, part of the joy of that whole thing is not just the accumulation of things, it's the connections to people that come with the process of accumulating those things.Bradford:And that is where eBay, that happens just naturally because it's our DNA, but we need to tap into that way more than we do currently, and we will. And that's the stuff that we're talking about internally right now.Stephanie:Yeah, I love that. I think that's also just such a good point for any new like do they see companies coming out right now that like the story behind it. I mean, I know a lot of people sometimes are like, "Oh, I don't want to talk about myself." But I remember going to certain websites and looking at that page and seeing like, "Oh, it's like a certain family member is behind and here's how it was inspired. "I think like Charles Webb comes to mind and a couple other ones.Stephanie:But you remember that story of why they're doing what they're doing and that's way more of a spot to connect on than maybe just the product. Like you start to have a good product, but I think [crosstalk] some of that story is important.Bradford:Yeah. You're absolutely right. It's not one or the other, it's both. And when it's both it's like, pow, that's where the magic happens. And again, we're coming back to that more than we have probably in the recent history of the company.Stephanie:Yeah. Very cool. So, you were just mentioning earlier about international audiences, like you guys have a global presence. How do you think about developing your website and your offerings and telling the story behind different, maybe like catalogs and things like that, how do you think about approaching that from a global perspective?Bradford:Prior to COVID, I spent I would say a half of my time not in New York City. So, I have a global role and obviously worked for a company that's headquartered in California. But I really, really spent a lot of the last four years on the road and really listening to customers.Bradford:And when I say customers, I mean, also. So, eBay is like we have global functions. So, product and technology is one of the things that are global. It's based mostly although we have people that work on and distributed across the world, it's headquartered in California and that's the epicenter.Bradford:But we also have markets, regional teams. So, because of the scale of our business they're like big companies within a really big company. We have an Australian headquarters. We have an Asian headquarters. We have an Israeli headquarters.Bradford:We have our Russian headquarters. We have German headquarters. We have an UK. And a lot of the business, merchandise, marketing like just operations, the people that are closest to the customers and market are in those countries. And you do see nuance of differences of how people use products like it's super interesting.Bradford:I'll give you an example. We launched the ability to create an account on eBay with Google, Facebook and now Apple. This is nothing revolutionary. It's been around since 10 years, but we launched it finally in eBay a couple years ago. And we've seen a lot of adoption because that's just the normal way a lot of people create accounts.Bradford:They don't have to think about a username and a password remembered for individual websites. They just click a button they link to Google and it's one click sign in. Germans don't want to do that. And you realize that like suddenly, this product that there are parts all over the world, and then you realize that there are very real differences.Bradford:There are very real differences in how people want to pay for things. Germans again don't use credit cards the way that a lot of the west does. There are very specific payments forms in China that we just don't have in the US. And see nuance in the categories they shop globally, country to country often.Bradford:You see nuance and payment choices. You see nuance in privacy. Some countries care a lot less than other countries about it. It is really interesting to see the outliers where something just doesn't make sense or doesn't work somewhere. We test things and sometimes like something is a runaway hit in one country and it's just the... sometimes negative and others.Bradford:And really a fascinating part of our job is how do you launch global product by respecting local nuance. And what we have done is we have actually a team of... it's a pretty decent sized team. But we have a team that actually takes our global product tech platform and sometimes builds newer experiences that are market specific on top of the example is you can buy groceries in Australia on eBay.Stephanie:Oh, interesting.Bradford:Yeah, anywhere else. But because of just the size of the country and the epicenters of where people actually live and partnerships with the top grocery companies there. We actually built like a grocery shopping experience on eBay which no one would ever think of that.Bradford:So, we do sometimes build different things in different markets depending, but by and large, I would say 95% of what we do is global audience is shopping view eBay at the same way, so it's not too much.Stephanie:That's pretty great. I mean, are there any international trends or shifts that you see happening right now that you guys are preparing for or leaning into?Bradford:No. I mean, I think that the shifts that we see are, again, I think this vertical approach, looking at different verticals and really understand that customer's journey end to end, how they landed on eBay. How they browse and shop and search for eBay.Bradford:How they consider what they expect in terms of protections and trust us and how they want to pay for it and what to expect, what returns and guarantees. We're doing that everywhere. What's different is that there may be some verticals that matter here and don't matter there and that's what we're working on right now as like I mentioned the watch business in the United States and that's definitely a global one.Bradford:But there might be some that are more US focused. There might be some that are more European focused. There might be some more that are more APAC focused. But other than that, I think it's just applying the same playbook. It just might be a different vertical or a different category focus in certain countries or regions.Stephanie:Yeah, that is great. All right. So, we have not too much time left, but I want to jump into the lightning round unless there's anything else you want to talk about.Bradford:Yeah, this was great. Thank you. I mean, it's so funny. Like I said, I like really drink the juice of eBay and like just talking about eBay gets me excited. So, thanks for letting me just riff on how awesome place I work is.Stephanie:Yup. Yeah, I like that excitement. That's what I love to talk about and have people come on the show, be passionate about where they work and what they're excited about. So, it's been perfect. All right. Lightning round brought to you by Salesforce commerce cloud. This is where I'm going to throw a question your way and you have a minute or less to answer. Are you ready, Bradford?Bradford:Yeah, okay.Stephanie:All right. So, this one I think you'll have a great answer to, what is the either best or most memorable purchase you've ever made on eBay?Bradford:Oh, my God. Well, I'll tell you what, I just found out what my first purchase was and it's really embarrassing, it was an MC Lyte who you don't even know who that is, I'm sure.Stephanie:Nope.Bradford:An MC Lyte cd.Stephanie:All right. Okay. So, what is this? Tell me a little bit more because I do not know.Bradford:MC Lyte is like one of the earliest female hip hop artists and was very famous in the late '80s, early '90s, did some rap like Queen Latifah. And that was my first purchase on eBay. But I-Stephanie:Well, do you still have it? I hope so.Bradford:I don't still have it. [crosstalk] anymore. I have a Warhol collection and I have bought probably five or six of them on eBay. So, I'm someone that actually buys high-end art on eBay. And those are oftentimes steals.Bradford:I mean, they're not inexpensive, but in terms of just the actual cost that would be out in the market of the art market through dealers and door and at auction and I got great, great, great deals.Stephanie:That's awesome. Yeah, very cool. Well, I have to see some pictures of some of your art.Bradford:I can send [crosstalk 00:54:04].Stephanie:That would be cool. I'd love to see it. So, once we can travel again, what's up next in your travel destinations?Bradford:It's so funny. Right before we're grounded, I just gotten back from a wedding of one of my best friends in South Africa. And then, I went to Rwanda and Zanzibar. And I flew 300,000 miles last year, so this is really hurting that I'm not traveling. My favorite two cities in the world are Berlin and Rio de Janeiro and I am dying to get back to both of them probably especially Rio.Stephanie:Okay, cool. We need to follow you on Instagram or Twitter wherever you are to keep up with where you are at in the world.Bradford:It used to be more interesting. I was at a beach every weekend and not anymore. [crosstalk] and I got to travel to really cool places for work. You get to go to Sydney. You get to go to Tel Aviv. You get to go to Berlin. You get to go to London, it was a really luxury. I don't know, I'm sleeping better now, so maybe it's not all bad.Stephanie:Yeah, there you go less jetlag. If you were to have a podcast, what would it be about and who would your first guest be?Bradford:Oh, my God, it would totally be like completely not about the covers. It would probably be about music and drag queens and gave up culture. And my first guest I think it would have to be RuPaul.Stephanie:That sounds awesome. Hey, I mean, not all podcasts have to be about ecommerce. I mean, we have the best one. So, [crosstalk] anymore. There you go. You don't want to compete with us. You don't want this. All right. And last, harder question. What one thing will have the biggest impact on ecommerce in the next year?Bradford:Obviously, the answer is COVID. I think it's completely changed a lot of consumer behavior. I think it's really changed a lot of the industry. I think a lot of people that didn't sell or buy a line are now doing that. And I think I'm curious as we hopefully pull ourselves out of this globally.Bradford:And I hope get to a place sooner than later some normalcy in the world that I think that for ecommerce, just the playing field has shifted, it's going to be a different game. And I think we have some signs, early signs of what we think that looks like for eBay.Bradford:And I think a lot of podcasts and article I read are pontificating on it, but I don't think we have the answers yet. And that's probably the answer for this life to not just ecommerce life, but definitely COVID.Stephanie:Yup. Yeah, completely agree. All right. Bradford, it's been a blast talking. Where can people find out more about you and your work?Bradford:They can shop on eBay and see it live and flesh most of the things that a buyer touches. And you can follow me on Instagram, youngbradford, if you want. I'm boring on Twitter, I'm a more visual person.Stephanie:All righty. We will try and find you there then thanks so much.Bradford:All right. Thank you. This was a pleasure. Thank you so much.

Author Richard Askwith discusses with Ivan six things which he thinks should be better known. Richard Askwith is author of six books, including the award-winning Feet in the Clouds (about fell-running); Today We Die A Little (an acclaimed biography of the Czechoslovak runner Emil Zátopek); and, most recently, Unbreakable: The Countess, the Nazis and the World’s Most Dangerous Horse Race, which won Biography of the Year at the 2020 Telegraph Sports Book Awards. A former executive editor of The Independent, he has been a journalist for forty years and continues to earn much of his living from freelance feature-writing. Milada Horáková https://www.independent.co.uk/independentpremium/long-reads/milada-horakova-czech-republic-communist-era-show-trial-a9517401.html  La Commune https://www.nytimes.com/2003/07/03/movies/film-review-it-s-paris-in-1871-and-you-are-there.html The rich recreational potential of mud https://www.amazon.co.uk/Running-Free-Runners-Journey-Nature/dp/0224091964 Sortition https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sortition Frances Horovitz https://www.bloodaxebooks.com/ecs/category/frances-horovitz Lata Brandisová https://www.telegraph.co.uk/racing/2019/03/03/greatest-sports-story-never-told-woman-defied-nazis-win-toughest/ Bubbling under: Charles Webb https://www.theguardian.com/books/2020/jul/06/charles-webb-obituary This podcast is powered by ZenCast.fm

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The Nerds Amalgamated fishing trip is coming up, and we'll be going to Pluto for some ice fishing. Could Pluto have underground oceans with alien fish, and will they taste good with chips? Unfortunately it'll take a really long time to get there to find out. Maybe we'll have FTL by the next fishing trip.Metal Slug is back, again. SNK have plans to make some new Metal Slug games and not just work on porting the old ones to new consoles.The Huni Kuin tribe of Brazil have become some of the most primitive game developers in the world. Working with a team of anthropologists to preserve their tribal stories in the form of a video game.Cyberpunk 2077 is getting an Anime. The resident weebs are excited. Cross another one off on your Cyberpunk 2077 media bingo card.Billion year old plutonian ocean- https://astronomy.com/news/2020/06/pluto-has-likely-maintained-an-underground-liquid-ocean-for-billions-of-yearsMetal Slug announcements- https://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2020-06-27-brand-new-metal-slug-game-announcedReverse game archaeology: Huni Kuin- http://www.gamehunikuin.com.br/en/abouthk/- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f5m88A4oRHo- https://chacruna.net/huni-kuin-game-an-anthropological-adventure/Cyberpunk 2077 anime coming to Netflix- https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2020-06-25/trigger-announces-cyberpunk-edgerunners-anime-for-netflix-debut-in-2022/.161084Games PlayedProfessor– Outer Wilds - https://store.steampowered.com/app/753640/Outer_Wilds/Rating: 3.75/5Deviboy– Half-Life: Alyx - https://store.steampowered.com/app/546560/HalfLife_Alyx/Rating: TBADJ– Valorant - https://playvalorant.com/en-us/Rating: 3/5Other topics discussedOculus Quest: All-in-One VR Headset- https://www.oculus.com/quest/?locale=en_USOculus Quest All-in-one VR Gaming Headset – 64GB at Amazon Australia cost $649- https://www.amazon.com.au/Oculus-Quest-All-Gaming-Headset/dp/B07QY3M3Q4/ref=asc_df_B07QY3M3Q4/?tag=googleshopdsk-22&linkCode=df0&hvadid=341774504578&hvpos=&hvnetw=g&hvrand=9879915795311276137&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvqmt=&hvdev=c&hvdvcmdl=&hvlocint=&hvlocphy=1000339&hvtargid=pla-765852518281&psc=1SteamVR (SteamVR is the ultimate tool for experiencing VR content on the hardware of your choice. 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It is a successor to SNK's monochrome Neo Geo Pocket handheld which debuted in 1998 in Japan, with the Color being fully backward compatible.)- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neo_Geo_Pocket_ColorVirtual Console (Virtual Console also abbreviated as VC, is a line of downloadable video games (mostly unaltered) for Nintendo's Wii and Wii U home video game consoles and the Nintendo 3DS handheld game console. 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Globally, the life expectancy for males was 70 years, and 74 years for females.)- https://www.statista.com/statistics/274507/life-expectancy-in-industrial-and-developing-countries/Apple I computer now in the Powerhouse Museum is the major branch of the Museum of Applied Arts & Sciences (MAAS) in Sydney.- https://collection.maas.museum/object/397247- https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/499154595650600962/728216712675328020/1920px-Original_1976_Apple_1_Computer_In_A_Briefcase.pngWhile You Were Steeping (TNC podcast)- https://thatsnotcanon.com/whileyouweresteepingpodcast/Shout Outs26 June 2020 – Milton Glaser passes away at 91 - https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/26/obituaries/milton-glaser-dead.htmlMilton Glaser, a graphic designer who changed the vocabulary of American visual culture in the 1960s and ’70s with his brightly colored, extroverted posters, magazines, book covers and record sleeves, notably his 1967 poster of Bob Dylan with psychedelic hair and his “I NY” logo passed away. Mr. Glaser brought wit, whimsy, narrative and skilled drawing to commercial art at a time when advertising was dominated by the severe strictures of modernism on one hand and the cozy realism of magazines like The Saturday Evening Post on the other. His designs include the I Love New York logo, the psychedelic Bob Dylan poster, and the logos for DC Comics, Stony Brook University, and Brooklyn Brewery. In 1954, he also co-founded Push Pin Studios, co-founded New York magazine with Clay Felker, and established Milton Glaser, Inc. in 1974. His artwork has been featured in exhibits, and placed in permanent collections in many museums worldwide. “I NY,” his logo for a 1977 campaign to promote tourism in New York State, achieved even wider currency. Sketched on the back of an envelope with red crayon during a taxi ride, it was printed in black letters in a chubby typeface, with a cherry-red heart standing in for the word “love.” Almost immediately, the logo became an instantly recognized symbol of New York City, as recognizable as the Empire State Building or the Statue of Liberty. He died from stroke and renal failure in Manhattan, New York City.27 June 2020 – Charles Webb, Author of 'The Graduate' Novel, Dies at 81 - https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/charles-webb-dead-graduate-author-was-81-1300794Charles Webb, a lifelong non-conformist whose debut novel The Graduate was a deadpan satire of his college education and wealthy background adapted into the classic film of the same name, has passed away. Webb was only 24 when his most famous book was published, in 1963. The sparely written narrative was based closely on his years growing up comfortably in Southern California, his studies in history and literature at Williams College in Massachusetts and his disorienting return home. Webb's fictional counterpart, Benjamin Braddock, challenges the materialism of his parents, scorns the value of his schooling and has an affair with Mrs. Robinson, wife of his father's business partner and mother of the young woman with whom he falls in love, Elaine Robinson. His novel initially sold around 20,000 copies and was labeled a "fictional failure" by New York Times critic Orville Prescott. But it did appeal to Hollywood producer Lawrence Turman and the film company Embassy Pictures. The 1967 movie became a touchstone for the decade's rebellion even though Webb's story was set in an earlier era. Nichols' film, starring a then-little-known Dustin Hoffman as Braddock and Anne Bancroft as Mrs. Robinson, was an immediate sensation. Nichols won an Academy Award, Hoffman became an overnight star and the film is often ranked among the greatest, most quoted and talked about of all time. Webb's book went on to sell more than a 1 million copies, but he hardly benefited from the film, for which he received just $20,000. The script, much of it by Buck Henry, was so widely praised that few realized how faithful it was to Webb, including Benjamin's famous line, "Mrs. Robinson, you're trying to seduce me. Aren't you?" He died from a blood condition inEastbourne,East Sussex.29 June 2020 – Carl Reiner passes away at 80 - https://variety.com/2020/film/news/carl-reiner-dead-died-dick-van-dyke-1234694208/Carl Reiner, the writer, producer, director and actor who was part of Sid Caesar’s legendary team and went on to create “The Dick Van Dyke Show” and direct several hit films. Reiner, the father of filmmaker and activist Rob Reiner, was the winner of nine Emmy awards, including five for “The Dick Van Dyke Show.” Reiner remained in the public eye well into his 80s and 90s with roles in the popular “Ocean’s Eleven” trio of films and on TV with recurring roles on sitcoms “Two and a Half Men” and “Hot in Cleveland.” He also did voice work for shows including “Family Guy,” “American Dad,” “King of the Hill,” and “Bob’s Burgers.” Before creating CBS hit “The Dick Van Dyke Show,” on which he sometimes appeared, Reiner and “Show of Shows” writer Mel Brooks worked up an elongated skit in which Reiner played straight man-interviewer to Brooks’ “2000 Year Old Man”; a 1961 recording of the skit was an immediate hit and spawned several sequels, the last of which, 1998’s “The 2000 Year Old Man in the Year 2000,” won the pair a Grammy. he portrayed Saul Bloom in Ocean's Eleven, Steven Soderbergh's remake of 1960's Ocean's 11, and later reprised the role in Ocean's Twelve and Ocean's Thirteen. He died at the age from natural causes in Beverly Hills, California.30 June 2020 – Queensland university teams up with NASA to discover new planet the size of Neptune- https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-06-29/usq-nasa-discover-new-earth-sized-planet-a-mic-b/12398056- https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-020-2400-z.epdf?sharing_token=3JTENEuQF-T3APeZX4KxB9RgN0jAjWel9jnR3ZoTv0OtWNw2qcogQBYD10PdZhvxquqAqRChzO1nFKcfFtPKYHAUuZEWATQRM6h9tEKLylR11rM5M00uEqg6rHXXliKmS5mXQef56GLCRaooyb8BXkhcAIrlIx7_Nr2K-gZjizUMUcLFUaO80eRmm9mly099uTj6Gync7Hk-5dw0DGtLhcXtSIQcYAQT4mWbAxkmL5yyaVggBeZwOqhfwy06a8j2CY1WJyMSiFGHGoRGRYSGjqQPoVLcnVYYHq91fqiYaRh2p6hlMJYTKQxNJ4rwx5ud&tracking_referrer=www.abc.net.au Queensland researchers have helped NASA discover a new planet the size of Neptune, "only" 32 light-years away. NASA first spotted the planet two years ago and have been working to confirm its existence with researchers around the world, including a team at the Mount Kent observatory, south of Toowoomba. "It's only 32 light-years away, which means the light we see tonight left it in 1988," said University of Southern Queensland (USQ) astrophysicist, Jonti Horner. The planet, AU Mic b, was found orbiting the young star AU Microscopii (AU Mic), which was trillions of kilometres from Earth in the southern constellation Microscopium. Professor Horner said AU Mic b would not be suitable for people to live on due to its intense heat of more than 1,000 degrees Celsius. The infant planet was discovered by NASA's Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) and the recently retired Spitzer Space Telescope. These results were published in the journal Nature.Remembrances29 June 1855 – John Gorrie- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Gorrie- https://patents.google.com/patent/US8080John B. Gorrie, American physician, scientist, inventor of mechanical cooling, and humanitarian. Dr. Gorrie's medical research involved the study of tropical diseases. At the time the theory that bad air — mal-aria — caused diseases was a prevalent hypothesis and based on this theory, he urged draining the swamps and the cooling of sickrooms. For this he cooled rooms with ice in a basin suspended from the ceiling. Cool air, being heavier, flowed down across the patient and through an opening near the floor. Since it was necessary to transport ice by boat from the northern lakes, Gorrie experimented with making artificial ice. After 1845, gave up his medical practice to pursue refrigeration products. On May 6, 1851, Gorrie was granted Patent No. 8080 for a machine to make ice. The original model of this machine and the scientific articles he wrote are at the Smithsonian Institution. In 1835, patents for "Apparatus and means for producing ice and in cooling fluids" had been granted in England and Scotland to American-born inventor Jacob Perkins, who became known as "the father of the refrigerator". Another version of Gorrie's "cooling system" was used when President James A. Garfield was dying in 1881. Naval engineers built a box filled with cloths that had been soaked in melted ice water. Then by allowing hot air to blow on the cloths it decreased the room temperature by 20 degrees Fahrenheit. It required an enormous amount of ice to keep the room cooled continuously. Yet it was an important event in the history of air conditioning. It proved that Dr. Gorrie had the right idea, but was unable to capitalize on it.The first practical refrigeration system in 1854, patented in 1855, was built by James Harrison in Geelong, Australia. He died at the age of 52 in Apalachicola, Florida.29 June 1997 – William Hickey - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Hickey_(actor)William Edward Hickey, American actor. He is best known for his Academy Award-nominated role as Don Corrado Prizzi in the John Huston film Prizzi's Honor , as well as Uncle Lewis in National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation and the voice of Dr. Finklestein in Tim Burton's The Nightmare Before Christmas. His most important contribution to the arts, however, remains his teaching career at the HB Studio in Greenwich Village, founded by Hagen and Herbert Berghof. George Segal, Sandy Dennis, Barbra Streisand, and Sandra McClain all studied under him. He was a staple of Ben Bagley's New York musical revues, he can be heard on several of the recordings, notably Decline and fall of the entire world as seen through the eyes of Cole Porter. Hickey enjoyed a career in film, television and theater. In addition to his work as an actor, he was a respected teacher of the craft. Notable for his unique, gravelly voice and somewhat offbeat appearance, Hickey, in his later years, was often cast in "cantankerous-but-clever old man" roles. His characters, who sometimes exuded an underlying air of the macabre, usually had the last laugh over their more sprightly co-stars. He died fromemphysema andbronchitis at the age of 69 in New York City.29 June 2003 – Katherine Hepburn - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Katharine_HepburnKatharine Houghton Hepburn, American actress who was a leading lady in Hollywood for more than 60 years. She appeared in a range of genres, from screwball comedy to literary drama, and she received a record four Academy Awards for Lead Acting Performances, plus eight further nominations. In 1999, Hepburn was named by the American Film Institute the greatest female star of Classic Hollywood Cinema. She was known for her fierce independence and spirited personality. In the 1940s, she began a screen and romantic partnership with Spencer Tracy, which spanned 26 years and nine movies, although the romance with the married Tracy was hidden from the public. Hepburn challenged herself in the latter half of her life, as she tackledShakespearean stage productions and a range of literary roles. Hepburn famously shunned the Hollywood publicity machine, and refused to conform to society's expectations of women. She was outspoken, assertive, and athletic, and wore trousers before they were fashionable for women. She was briefly married as a young woman, but thereafter lived independently. With her unconventional lifestyle and the independent characters she brought to the screen, Hepburn epitomized the "modern woman" in the 20th-century United States, and is remembered as an important cultural figure. She died from cardiac arrest at the age of 96 in Fenwick, Connecticut.Famous Birthdays29 June 1793 – Josef Ressel - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Josef_ResselJoseph Ludwig Franz Ressel,Austrian forester and inventor of Czech-German descent, who designed one of the first working ship's propellers. He worked for the Austrian government as a forester in the more southern parts of the monarchy, including in Motovun,Istria (modern-day Croatia). His work was to secure a supply of quality wood for the Navy. He worked in Landstrass (Kostanjevica on the Krka river in Carniola in modern-day Slovenia), where he tested his ship propellers for the first time. In 1821 he was transferred to Trieste (modern-day Italy), the biggest port of the Austrian Empire, where his tests were successful. He was awarded a propeller patent in 1827. He modified a steam-powered boat Civetta by 1829 and test-drove it in the Trieste harbor at six knots before the steam conduits exploded. Because of this misfortune, the police banned further testing. The explosion was not caused by the tested propeller as many believed at the time. Besides having been called "the inventor of the propeller", he was also called the inventor of the steamship and a monument to him in a park in Vienna commemorates him as “the one and only inventor of the screw propeller and steam shipping”. He was also commemorated on Austria's 500 Schilling banknote in the mid 1960s (P139), which shows him on the front and the ship "Civetta" on the back. Among other Ressel's inventions are pneumatic post and ball and cylinder bearings. He was granted numerous patents during his life. He was born in Chrudim,Bohemia, Habsburg Monarchy.28 June 1818 – Angelo Secchi - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Angelo_SecchiFr. Angelo Secchi, Italian astronomer by the italian region of Emilia. He was a pioneer in astronomical spectroscopy, and was one of the first scientists to state authoritatively that the Sun is a star. Secchi made contributions to many areas of astronomy. He discovered three comets, including Comet Secchi. He produced an exact map of the lunar crater Copernicus. He drew some of the first color illustrations of Mars and was the first to describe "channels" (canali in Italian) on the planetary surface.Secchi was especially interested in the Sun, which he observed continually throughout his career. He observed and made drawings of solar eruptions and sunspots, and compiled records of sunspot activity. In 1860 and 1870, he organized expeditions to observe solar eclipses. He proved that the solar corona and coronal prominences observed during a solar eclipse were part of the Sun, and not artifacts of the eclipse.However, his main area of interest was astronomical spectroscopy. He invented the heliospectrograph, star spectrograph, and telespectroscope. He showed that certain absorption lines in the spectrum of the Sun were caused by absorption in the Earth's atmosphere. Starting in 1863, he began collecting the spectra of stars, accumulating some 4,000 stellar spectrograms. Through analysis of this data, he discovered that the stars come in a limited number of distinct types and subtypes, which could be distinguished by their different spectral patterns. From this concept, he developed the first system of stellar classification: the five Secchi classes. While his system was superseded by the Harvard system, he still stands as discoverer of the principle of stellar classification, which is a fundamental element of astrophysics. His recognition of molecular bands of carbonradicals in the spectra of some stars made him the discoverer of carbon stars, which made one of his spectral classes. Secchi was active in oceanography, meteorology, and physics, as well as astronomy. He invented the Secchi disk, which is used to measure water transparency in oceans, lakes and fish farms. He studied the climate of Rome and invented a "Meteorograph" for the convenient recording of several categories of weather data. He also studied the aurora borealis, the effects of lightning, and the cause of hail. He organized the systematic monitoring of the Earth's magnetic field, and in 1858 established a Magnetic Observatory in Rome. Secchi also performed related technical works for the Papal government, such as overseeing placement of sundials and repair or installation of municipal water systems. In 1854–1855, he supervised an exact survey of the Appian Way in Rome. This survey was later used in the topographic mapping of Italy. He supervised construction of lighthouses for the ports of the Papal States. He was born in Reggio Emilia.29 June 1861 – William James Mayo - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_James_MayoPhysician and surgeon in the United States and one of the seven founders of the Mayo Clinic. He and his brother, Charles Horace Mayo, both joined their father's private medical practice in Rochester, Minnesota, US, after graduating from medical school in the 1880s. In 1919, that practice became the not-for-profit Mayo Clinic. On August 21, 1883, a tornado struck Rochester, killing 29 people and seriously injuring over 55 others. One-third of the town was destroyed, but young Will and his family escaped serious harm. The relief efforts began immediately with a temporary hospital being established at the town's dance hall. The Mayo brothers were extensively involved in treating the injured who were brought there for help. Mother Alfred Moes and the Sisters of Saint Francis were called in to act as nurses (despite the fact they had little if any medical experience). After the crisis had subsided, Mother Alfred Moes approached William Worrall Mayo about establishing a hospital in Rochester. In September 30, 1889, Saint Mary's Hospital opened. In September 1931, Mayo and other prominent individuals of the time were invited by The New York Times to make a prediction concerning the world in eighty years time in the future, in 2011. Mayo's prediction was that the life expectancy of developed countries would reach 70 years, compared to less than sixty years in 1931. “Contagious and infectious diseases have been largely overcome, and the average length of life of man has increased to fifty-eight years. The great causes of death in middle and later life are diseases of heart, blood vessels and kidneys, diseases of the nervous system, and cancer. The progress that is being made would suggest that within the measure of time for this forecast the average life time of civilized man would be raised to the biblical term of three-score and ten.” He was born in Le Sueur, Minnesota.29 June 1868 – George Ellery Hale - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Ellery_HaleAmerican solarastronomer, best known for his discovery of magnetic fields in sunspots, and as the leader or key figure in the planning or construction of several world-leading telescopes; namely, the 40-inch refracting telescope at Yerkes Observatory, 60-inch Hale reflecting telescope at Mount Wilson Observatory, 100-inch Hooker reflecting telescope at Mount Wilson, and the 200-inch Hale reflecting telescope at Palomar Observatory. He also played a key role in the foundation of theInternational Union for Cooperation in Solar Research and the National Research Council, and in developing the California Institute of Technology into a leading research university. In 1908, he used the Zeeman effect with a modified spectroheliograph to establish thatsunspots were magnetic. Subsequent work demonstrated a strong tendency for east-west alignment of magnetic polarities in sunspots, with mirror symmetry across the solar equator; and that the polarity in each hemisphere switched orientation from one sunspot cycle to the next. This systematic property of sunspot magnetic fields is now commonly referred to as the "Hale–Nicholson law," or in many cases simply "Hale's law." Hale spent a large portion of his career trying to find a way to image the solar corona without the benefit of a total solar eclipse, but this was not achieved until the work of Bernard Lyot. He was a prolific organizer who helped create a number of astronomical institutions, societies and journals. He was born in Chicago, Illinois.Events of Interest29 June 1613 – The Globe Theatre in London, built by William Shakespeare's playing company, the Lord Chamberlain's Men, burns to the ground. - https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/the-globe-theater-burns-downThe Globe was built by Shakespeare’s acting company, the Lord Chamberlain’s Men, in 1599 from the timbers of London’s very first permanent theater, Burbage’s Theater, built in 1576. Before James Burbage built his theater, plays and dramatic performances were ad hoc affairs, performed on street corners and in the yards of inns. However, the Common Council of London, in 1574, started licensing theatrical pieces performed in inn yards within the city limits. To escape the restriction, actor James Burbage built his own theater on land he leased outside the city limits. When Burbage’s lease ran out, the Lord Chamberlain’s men moved the timbers to a new location and created the Globe. On 29 June 1613, the Globe Theatre went up in flames during a performance of Henry VIII. A theatrical cannon, set off during the performance, misfired, igniting the wooden beams and thatching. According to one of the few surviving documents of the event, no one was hurt except a man whose burning breeches were put out with a bottle of ale.29 June 1975 – Steve Wozniak tested his first prototype of Apple I computer. - https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smithsonian-institution/steve-wozniaks-apple-i-booted-up-tech-revolution-180958112/Apple I was the first computer from Apple. It was fully made by Steve Wozniak with little or no input from Steve Jobs. Apple I came without a keyboard, monitor and even an enclosing cabinet. It was basically a motherboard with chips. At the Homebrew Computer club in Palo Alto, California (in Silicon Valley), Steve Wozniak, a 26 year old employee of Hewlett-Packard and a long-time digital electronics hacker, had been wanting to build a computer of his own for a long time. It didn’t look like much—just a circuit board with 32 chips attached, connected to a video monitor and a keyboard. But when he turned it on? Magic. A cursor appeared on the screen—and better yet, it reacted instantly to whatever keys Wozniak pressed. “I typed a few keys on the keyboard and I was shocked!” he recalled in his memoir, iWoz. It was, he observed, the first time in history anyone had typed on a personal computer and seen the results “show up on their own computer’s screen right in front of them.” The sensation of success—he was looking at random numbers he had programmed—was “like getting a putt from 40 feet away.” The Apple I sold for only $666.66. (Wozniak picked the price because he liked repeating numbers; he had no clue about the satanic resonance.)IntroArtist – Goblins from MarsSong Title – Super Mario - Overworld Theme (GFM Trap Remix)Song Link -https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-GNMe6kF0j0&index=4&list=PLHmTsVREU3Ar1AJWkimkl6Pux3R5PB-QJFollow us onFacebook- Page - https://www.facebook.com/NerdsAmalgamated/- Group - https://www.facebook.com/groups/440485136816406/Twitter - https://twitter.com/NAmalgamatedSpotify - https://open.spotify.com/show/6Nux69rftdBeeEXwD8GXrSiTunes -https://itunes.apple.com/au/podcast/top-shelf-nerds/id1347661094RSS -http://www.thatsnotcanonproductions.com/topshelfnerdspodcast?format=rssInstagram - https://www.instagram.com/nerds_amalgamated/Email - Nerds.Amalgamated@gmail.comSupport via Podhero- https://podhero.com/podcast/449127/nerds-amalgamatedRate & Review us on Podchaser - https://www.podchaser.com/podcasts/nerds-amalgamated-623195

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Charles Webb, at one point, was the youngest Professor on the campus of Alabama A&M University. Students were flocking to his class because of his unique ability to teach Math. He trains dogs, has an amazing family, and he and I talked music for two hours after this interview. He is an extremely kind gentleman.

Betelguese follies, sports follies, Charles Webb - oddball tale, Mike Wallace docu, Boehner on Trump, GOP vote suppression, GB&U, Russian oligarchs

Betelguese follies, sports follies, Charles Webb - oddball tale, Mike Wallace docu, Boehner on Trump, GOP vote suppression, GB&U, Russian oligarchs

Last week, the great American screenwriter Buck Henry sadly passes away. He gave us many classics over the years, but none as iconic and game-changing as Mike Nichols' seminal coming of age film, The Graduate. The film that launched Dustin Hoffman's career and a renewed sexual interest in middle-aged women everywhere, The Graduate is unquestionably a leading film in defining the 1960s at large and a foundation for the revolution Hollywood was soon beginning with the collapse of the studio system. The story is a delicate balance of generational woes, giving equal sympathies to the lost and misguided Benjamin Braddock and the wistful Mrs. Robinson, now looking to recapture her lost youth. Nichols frames Henry's brilliant treatment of the Charles Webb novel through expressive and artistic cinematography, filled to the brim with clever symbolism that co-host David Punch covered so well in his feature on the film. More than 50 years removed, The Graduate continues to speak to every generation, timelessly evolving in the collective conscious as it continues to grow in its iconic status as one of the most relatable and striking stories committed to the screen. Timestamps: 0:00: The Twin Geeks critique the Oscars Nominations 18:15: Netflix’s The Circle 22:03: The Mandalorian 25:55: Dracula 27:30: Les Mis 32:00: Underwater 36:00: The Graduate

Will and Marc travel back to 1967 this week for a look at Mike Nichols's ode to ennui, THE GRADUATE, starring Dustin Hoffman, Anne Bancroft, and Katharine Ross. Join in as the guys discuss dog narraion movies, the August box office, Mike Nichols, the weirdness of Charles Webb, the #TassleTwist, and Dustin Hoffman's inappropriate behavior during the casting process. Plus: How weird is RUMOR HAS IT? How did a not-yet-released movie help get THE GRADUATE made? How has Hoffman's casting influenced rom coms since 1967? What's Mr. Robinson's deal anyway? and is this the ultimate anti-Richard Curtis movie? Make sure to rate, review, and subscribe! Next week: THE NOTEBOOK (2004) --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/we-love-the-love/message

At the heart of mainframe architecture is how the Instruction Set gets implemented on the processor. In our first talk with an active IBM Fellow, Charles Webb shares some insight into the planning, procedures, and and particularities of processors.

At the heart of mainframe architecture is how the Instruction Set gets implemented on the processor. In our first talk with an active IBM Fellow, Charles Webb shares some insight into the planning, procedures, and and particularities of processors.

Forførelse, forelskelse, forvirring og ikke mindst forargelse er nogle af temaerne i denne klassiske coming-of-age-film. Og så er der naturligvis den stemningsfulde musik af Simon & Garfunkel.The Graduate (1967) er instrueret af Mike Nichols efter en roman med samme titel af Charles Webb fra 1963. Den 19. film på Thomas og Mortens liste over de 100 bedste film. I Los Angeles er den unge Benjamin Braddock (Dustin Hoffman) netop færdig med sin bacheloreksamen, men er usikker på sin fremtid. Han indleder en affærer med den midaldrende Mrs. Robinson (Anne Bancroft), der er gift med faderens kompagnon. Forholdet udvikler sig til et trekantsdrama, da Benjamin dater og senere forelske sig i Mrs. Robinsons datter Elaine (Katharine Ross).Thomas og Morten tager en snak om nogle af temaerne i tressernes sexuelle frigørelse, om hvor man sætter grænsen, når helten er et skvat, og hvad der kan ske når man genser en gammel film.

In episode #14 we discuss Dustin Hoffman's break out role in The Graduate. Based on the novel by Charles Webb and featuring the music of Simon & Garfunkel, The Graduate tells the tale of one young man's struggle to start the next chapter of his life while also becoming involved in a forbidden affair. SHOWNOTES The Graduate - Criterion Mike Nichols - Director    Charlie Wilson’s War    Wit    Regarding Henry    Working Girl    Closer Anne Bancroft - Mrs. Robinson Katharine Ross - Elaine Robinson Murray Hamilton - Mr. Robinson Dustin Hoffman - Ben Braddock William Daniels - Mr. Braddock Elizabeth Wilson - Mrs. Braddock Simon & Garfunkel    The Sound of Silence    Mrs. Robinson    Scarborough Fair / Canticle    Bookends (not featured in The Graduate) The Simpsons - Lady Bouvier’s Lover (The Graduate spoof) 1966 Alfa Romeo Series 1 Spider 1600 The Giver (movie) Home School (sequel to The Graduate) Donnie Darko Harper Simon    Berkley Girl - Official Video (featuring Jena Malone) Overlord - J.J. Abrams’ new supernatural WWII movie Carly Simon    Let the River Run (from Working Girl) A Christmas Story Group photo of MGM stars Criterion on the Couch episodes referenced:    Harold & Maude    Easy Rider

Charles Webb, self-styled "Senior Black Writer" at Hangar 13, joined the Mafia III team after a long and winding path that included writing narrative-driven cell phone games in the early 2000's (!), a bit of professional film criticism, and some time with Master Chief. Join us as we learn that led Charles to help bring Mafia III's Lincoln Clay, one of the most fascinating game characters in recent years, to life. Recorded live on site at 2K's studios in Marin.

Making multi 7 figures a year and having a busy practice might make you feel like a clinician instead of a doctor and lead to burnout.  This is why Dr Charles Webb sold his clinic switched to a new passion, became successful at that but with the economic crash, suddenly lost everything and was filing...

Charles Webb of Faux-Operative Games joins me on this episode and we're talking about Ruin of the Reckless, how much we love Flinthook, and why I'm trash at all games that I play.

Charles Webb is back and gives us an update on the world of Adaptive Surfing  as well as several competitions taking place in the sport in 2017.  If you would like to give Adaptive Surfing a try, or learn more about this sport–Charles Webb is your ticket and continues to blow-up the sport with his enthusiasm.  This episode is your one-stop to learn all about this extreme sport.

On this week's episode, the senior writer for Mafia 3, Charles Webb, joins host Josiah Renaudin to discuss the process of building the story for a AAA game. They cover how to craft an open-world narrative, side quests vs. main quests, the response to Mafia III, diversity in big-budget projects, and the upcoming DLC being worked on.

Charles Webb is a disabled surfer and stand up paddle racer. But such a label does not accurately describe this incredible man. He only dwells on what he can do, not what he can’t. Join us for an inspirational discussion on the magic of the human spirit and Charles’ journey to SUP racing and Surfing. Charles also talks about accessibility of beaches to the disabled SUP and Surfing community.  

Charles Webb is a disabled surfer and stand up paddle racer. But such a label does not accurately describe this incredible man. He only dwells on what he can do, not what he can’t. Join us for an inspirational discussion on the magic of the human spirit and Charles’ journey to SUP racing and Surfing. Charles also talks about accessibility of beaches to the disabled SUP and Surfing community. 

Listen in as EIC Tanya sits down with Senior Black Writer Charles Webb about Mafia III, race in games and more in this special, collectors edition of Fresh Out of Tokens

In the second part of our Mafia 3 special, we sit down with Senior Writer Charles Webb to talk about how the Hanger 13 team tackled creating an anti-hero for the ages. What did the team wish to accomplish when telling this tale? Do they believe they treated the subject matter with respect? Lots of great insights from Charles in this exclusive interview!

Today Billy visits with Freedom Practice Coaching founder, Dr. Charles Webb. Dr. Charles Webb has been teaching business strategies to doctors across the U.S., Canada, and Australia, for the last four years. His teaching methods have allowed hundreds of doctors to double and even triple their revenue, while at the same time improving patient compliance, outcome, and experience. Dr. Webb's proven strategies allowed him to build a $3-Million per year practice -- while working only 4 days a week with just 5 staff members. These strategies are now available to you.   “If your prospective patients aren’t moving forward with your recommendations because of the money… it’s not because you aren’t a capable practitioner, you simply need to learn how to better communicate the real value that you offer…” -- Dr. Charles Webb In This Episode: You don't have to "sell" people. PreEducation Webinar Talks Etc Resolution of issue Not "Treatment and/or Adjustment" MARKET PRE-EDUCATE COMMUNICATE ROF 80% Close More From Dr. Webb: Freedom Practice Coaching Consult - FPCDiscovery.com  

Mark, Aaron, and Tim are seduced by plastics. We explore what turned out to be a pivotal film in Hollywood history. The Graduate paved the way for many films to come, from casting lead actors, film structure, cinematography, and to the use of music in film. We explore the complexities of Ben's relationships, speculate about the ending, and flesh out the time period in which the film was made. About the film: One of the most beloved American films of all time, The Graduate earned Mike Nichols a best director Oscar, brought the music of Simon & Garfunkel to a wider audience, and introduced the world to a young actor named Dustin Hoffman. Benjamin Braddock (Hoffman) has just finished college and is already lost in a sea of confusion and barely contained angst when he becomes sexually involved with a friend of his parents', the indomitable Mrs. Robinson (Anne Bancroft), before turning his attention to her college-age daughter (Katharine Ross). Visually imaginative and impeccably acted, with a clever, endlessly quotable script by Buck Henry (based on the novel by Charles Webb), The Graduate had the kind of cultural impact that comes along only once in a generation. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS or in iTunes Buy The Films On Amazon: Episode Links & Notes Special Guest: Tim Costa from the First Time Watchers Podcast. You can find them on Twitter and Facebook. 0:00 – Intro and Welcome Tim 4:25 – Tim's Criterion Connection 7:00 – Criterion Chronicles discussion 9:00 – Feedback from Gross-Out 11:00 – Listener feedback 13:10 – Short Takes (The Seventh Seal, Cinema Paradiso, Spotlight) 26:00 – The Graduate LMK Film Picks: Nymphomaniac Mark's Top 10 of 2015 First Time Watchers 200th Episode with Mark guesting. First Time Watchers: The Graduate Mark Harris: Pictures at a Revolution Episode Credits Mark Hurne: Twitter | Letterboxd Aaron West: Twitter | Blog | Letterboxd Criterion Close-Up: Facebook | Twitter | Email Next time on the podcast: Criterion Close-Up: Criterion Art

Meghan learns women can be rapey too. Yay for progress! With guest Laura Valdivia. The Graduate (1967) Based on the book by Charles Webb. Written by Calder Willingham and Buck Henry. Directed by Mike Nichols. Music by Michael Kramer http://michaelkramermusic.com  Logo by Garret Ross http://garrettross.net Send comments and suggestions on Twitter @later2theparty and on Facebook … Continued

Writer Charles Webb joins me to talk a ton about video games and movies, their writing, their worlds and the good and bad of both. We cover Robocop 2014, GTA V, Saints Row 4, gaming communities around DayZ, the many iterations of Assassin's Creed, The Last of Us, stealth gaming, Hitman: Absolution, Splinter Cell Blacklist, J.J. Abrams, Super 8, Star Trek Into Darkness, Hayao Miyazaki's The Wind Rises, getting into Studio Ghibli's catalog, the Full Disclosure/Lists of Shame feature on Twitch Film, and Zack Snyder. Phew, so so much. And we fit it all into a single episode! Enjoy!Charles on TwitterFull Disclosure 2014 The Directors Cut: Miyazaki HayaoCinema ShameMusic on this podcast:La Resa Dei Conti / The Big Gundown Original Motion Picture SoundtrackComposed by Ennio Morricone"Titoli di testa (La caccia)""La condanna""Run Man Run"Copyrights are owned by the artists and their labels. No money is made from this podcast.

Critic & writer Charles Webb joins me on this episode via Skype. Webb writes for MTV Geek, Twitch, and he's an active blogger on other outlets. We talk about his bio, a lot of video games & movies, how awesome Richard Ayoade is, and how Wesley Snipes is due for a comeback.Please note, we had several disconnections and almost consistent technical difficulties. I did my best to help the noise & static, but it is what it is. Hopefully Skype is a nicer mistress to me next time...MTV GEEKMTV MULTIPLAYERCharles' work on TWITCH FILMCharles on TWITTERMusic on this podcast brought to you by Music AlleyArtist: Fly Baby - Song: A.E.S.T.H.E.T.I.C.

Alexander Bernstein, son of Leonard Bernstein and founding chairman of The Leonard Bernstein Center For Learning, is interviewed by Charles Webb.