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From Ganja Park in Kolkata to lock-ups in 13 countries, he has travelled the world and lived through mad times. Devangshu Datta joins Amit Varma in episode 348 of The Seen and the Unseen to discuss Bengalis who make bombs, Gujaratis who make fetish costumes, his river pirate ancestors and how Only Fans has disrupted Pornhub. (FOR FULL LINKED SHOW NOTES, GO TO SEENUNSEEN.IN.) Also check out: 1. Devangshu Datta on Twitter and Business Standard. 2. Previous (miniature) episodes of The Seen and the Unseen with Devangshu Datta: 1, 2, 3. 3. The Life and Times of Nilanjana Roy — Episode 284 of The Seen and the Unseen. 4. Gita Press and the Making of Hindu India — Akshaya Mukul. 5. The Gita Press and Hindu Nationalism — Episode 139 of The Seen and the Unseen (w Akshaya Mukul). 6. Private Truths, Public Lies — Timur Kuran. 7. Godwin's Law. 8. The End of History? — Francis Fukuyama's essay. 9. The End of History and the Last Man — Francis Fukuyama's book. 10. Fixing Indian Education — Episode 185 of The Seen and the Unseen (w Karthik Muralidharan). 11. Our Unlucky Children (2008) — Amit Varma. 12. Aakash Singh Rathore, the Ironman Philosopher — Episode 340 of The Seen and the Unseen. 13. The Bridge: The Life and Rise of Barack Obama -- David Remnick. 14. VP Menon: The Unsung Architect of Modern India — Narayani Basu. 15. India's Greatest Civil Servant — Episode 167 of The Seen and the Unseen (w Narayani Basu, on VP Menon). 16. 'How big is your Madhya Pradesh?' -- Mamata Banerjee asks a party worker to lose weight. 17. Patriots, Poets and Prisoners: Selections from Ramananda Chatterjee's The Modern Review, 1907-1947 -- Edited by Anikendra Sen, Devangshu Datta and Nilanjana S Roy. 18. The State of Indian Sport — Episode 238 of The Seen and the Unseen (w Joy Bhattacharjya & Nandan Kamath). 19. Early Indians -- Tony Joseph. 20. Early Indians — Episode 112 of The Seen and the Unseen (w Tony Joseph). 21. All Quiet on the Western Front -- Erich Maria Remarque. 22. The Dosadi Experiment (featuring Jorj X. McKie) -- Frank Herbert. 23. A Deep Dive Into Ukraine vs Russia -- Episode 335 of The Seen and the Unseen (w Ajay Shah). 24. Lost Victories -- Erich von Manstein. 25. Basic Chess Endings -- Reuben Fine. 26. The Tamilian Gentleman Who Took on the World — Amit Varma. 27. The New World Upon Us -- Amit Varma on Alpha Zero. 28. Alpha Zero -- Episode 51 of The Seen and the Unseen (w Devangshu Datta). 29. Google's AlphaZero Destroys Stockfish In 100-Game Match — Mike Klein (with Peter Heine Nielson's quote on a superior species playing chess). 30. Skynet (Terminator). 31. Neuromancer -- William Gibson. 32. Snow Crash -- Neal Stephenson. 33. Why Children Labour (2007) — Amit Varma. 34. The Poetic Feminism of Paromita Vohra — Episode 339 of The Seen and the Unseen. 35. Satisfaction: The Art of the Female Orgasm -- Kim Cattrall and Mark Levinson. 36. Deep Throat and The Devil in Miss Jones. 37. The Matunga Racket (2007) -- Amit Varma. 38. Colleen Hoover on Amazon, Instagram, Wikipedia and her own website. 39. The Business of Books — Episode 150 of The Seen and the Unseen (w VK Karthika). 40. New in Chess. 41. Amartya Ghosh on Spotify. 42. The Universe of Chuck Gopal — Episode 258 of The Seen and the Unseen. 43. 'Wet Streets Cause Rain' -- Michael Crichton explains Gell-Mann Amnesia. 44. How to generate black money in India (2013) -- TEDx Talk by Devangshu Datta. 45. Poker and Stock Markets — Episode 47 of The Seen and the Unseen (w Mohit Satyanand). 46. Once Upon a Prime -- Sarah Hart. 47. Herman Melville and Edgar Allan Poe on Amazon. 48. Professor Moriarty. 49. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time -- Mark Haddon. 50. A Gentleman in Moscow -- Amor Towles. 51. NK Jemisin and Ursula K Le Guin on Amazon. 52. The Battle for Spain: The Spanish Civil War 1936-1939 -- Antony Beevor. 53. The Spanish Civil War (playlist with all six parts of the docu-series). 54. The Sandman on Netflix. 55. The Sandman -- Neil Gaiman. 56. The Life and Games of Mikhail Tal -- Mikhail Tal. 57. Dune and Blade Runner 2049 -- Denis Villeneuve. 58. India's War: The Making of Modern South Asia -- Srinath Raghavan. 59. Episodes of The Seen and the Unseen with Srinath Raghavan: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5. Amit Varma and Ajay Shah have launched a new video podcast. Check out Everything is Everything on YouTube. Check out Amit's online course, The Art of Clear Writing. And subscribe to The India Uncut Newsletter. It's free! Episode art: ‘Chess Board' by Simahina.
Ruby & Space talk about Transgender Rights!U.S. Anti-Tracking Bills Interactive: https://www.aclu.org/legislative-attacks-on-lgbtq-rightsBan on "Trans-Women" in Chess: https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/08/17/trans-women-chess-players-fide-policy/GLAAD's Transgender Resources: https://glaad.org/transgender/resources/More about Xenia at minute marker "24:39": https://xenia-linux-site.glitch.me/Have a show topic you want us to cover, do you know an artist or guest you would like to have on the show, or do you just want to chat? Shoot us an email at talktothemuzzle@gmail.comJoin Our Telegram Group: https://t.me/StraightFromTheMuzzleFollow Us on Blue Sky: https://bsky.app/profile/fromthemuzzle.bsky.socialMore About Us:https://linktr.ee/FromTheMuzzle
The book review series Chess Books Recaptured is back to discuss a couple of great puzzle books with a strategic orientation. 1) First up, we discuss a lesser-known but excellent collection of puzzles and insightful analysis, Strategic Chess Exercises by GM Emanuel Bricard. Following that, we discuss one of the most (rightfully) acclaimed books of recent years, Think Like a Super GM by Phillip Hurtado and GM Michael Adams. Because these are both reasonably advanced books, we also share some similarly-spirited recommendations for lower-rated players. Joining me for it all, is returning guest, Dr. Michael Franco (NoseKnowsAll) who is a Software Engineer and fast-improving amateur player, who is active in various online chess communities. Timestamps of books and topics discussed are below. 0:00- For what levels are these books best suited? 0:03- Why does Michael love the book Strategic Chess Exercises ? What is its format? Mentioned: Available on Chessable and Amazon, Michael's appearance on Chess Journeys (Episode 102) 14:00- What are my quibbles about this high-quality book? 20:00- We discuss Think Like a Super GM by GM Michael Adams and Phillip Hurtado Mentioned: Thought and Choice in Chess by de Groot, GM Jesse Kraai's Video Review of Think Like a Super GM, My written review of Think Like a Super GM 35:00- Any quibbles with Think Like a Super GM? 39:00- Conclusions from and comparison between the 2 books. 47:00- We suggest similar books to these two that are accessible for players rated below 1500. Mentioned: Evaluate like a GM, The Reassess Your Chess Workbook, Power of Pawns, Simple Chess, Mastering Chess Strategy, Winning Chess Strategy 52:00- We finish up by discussing Michael's next chess books and tournaments. Mentioned: Small Steps to Giant Improvement Contact Michael via Lichess: https://lichess.org/@/NoseKnowsAll Pre-order Perpetual Chess Improvement here (or wait for it to be available in other formats!) https://www.amazon.com/Perpetual-Chess-Improvement-Practical-World-Class/dp/9083336549/ref=sr_1_1?crid=3PPCN7OZTKJU6&keywords=perpetual+chess+improvement&qid=1695235338&s=books&sprefix=perpetual+chess+improvement%2Cstripbooks%2C79&sr=1-1 If you would like to help support Perpetual Chess, you can do so here: https://www.patreon.com/perpetualchess Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Brandon Marshall and Ashley Nicole Moss discuss how all eyes have been on the Chicago Bears, but not for the best reasons, then we're joined by boxings Ms. Undisputed Champion of the World: Alycia Baumgardner!
On this episode, Ashleigh and Alyx (a different Alyx this time, not Alex) talk about - Stonewall and GI fighting back against Westminster's block of the Scottish gender recognition bill - The International Chess Federation's transphobic new guidance - Free Sarah Jane Baker and Trans Pride Manchester! References: https://whatthetrans.com/ep90/ https://linktr.ee/whatthetrans
Joseph Goebbels, Hitler's Minister of Propaganda is proud of his satanic legacy (we quote him)... and... Do you really believe that the "government" can literally read over your shoulder with their satellites and drones? (You've believed a lie)... and, how can playing chess improve your chances of prevailing over the enemy? (We talk about this)... we hope you'll tune in to tonight's podcast. :)
Perpetual Chess returns for the second edition of what will be an occasional series, Perpetual Tournament Reports. (First edition here). For this episode, two guests join me to share their respective experiences at ALTO (“At Least Twenty One”), which was a tournament that took place in early September, and was hosted by the Charlotte Chess Center. ALTO is a semi-annual tournament that has quickly gained a loyal roster of attendees, due to the unique opportunity it presents to compete against and socialize with other adult chess players. My guests are 1) Returning guest, data scientist, blogger and Chessable Author, FM Nate Solon. Nate hasn't been competing OTB much lately, in part due to the arrival of his first baby at home, but somehow he won the open section of the tournament! Despite this incredible success, Nate feels he has plenty of chess to work on, and he shares reflections from his games and away-from-the-board experiences in Charlotte. 2) James Braindmair got into chess via The Queen's Gambit and is already quite active in his chess community in Columbia, South Carolina. In addition to a busy work and family life, James is President of the Columbia Chess Club. With so many responsibilities, James doesn't get much time to study, but he and some local chess friends all made the trip to play and compete. James reflects on the chess and non-chess lessons he has recently learned. Timestamps of guests and topics discussed can be found below. Prior tournament report podcast- https://www.perpetualchesspod.com/new-blog/2023/6/30/f82nnc8zc3crw6pxaprlkd5rgil5a7 https://open.spotify.com/episode/2Hmf19bVCz3WiwqFTmuHAE?si=8eedbfe0a6154989 If you are rated below 1300 Chess.com or lower (approximately,) and would like to send me games for my forthcoming Chessable course, please email Ben at perpetualchesspod.com 4:45- FM Nate Solon joins the pod! Was he surprised that he won the tournament? What were the key moments? Mentioned: https://www.chessable.com/100-repertoires-reti-1nf3/course/170854/ Episode 346 with NM Todd Bryant LiChess study with most of Nate's games Episode 307 with IM Dean Ippolito Nate's post on Time Management- https://zwischenzug.substack.com/p/time-management 16:00- Nate describes his mindset going into his final-round game against IM Dina Belenkaya. Mentioned: GM Eugene Perelshteyn 21:00- Nate just hit a new rating high at age 38- How is he able to defy chess gravity? 23:00- What was ALTO like away from the board? 26:00- How is the 1. Nf3 repertoire from Nate's Chessable course working out? 30:00- How did Nate's new openings as Black work out? Mentioned: King's Kalashnikov Sicilian, Shankland's Semi-Slav 38:00- What are Nate's chess takeaways from the tournament? Mentioned: Check Nate's video recap of his White games here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fd6niI6KllI 45:00- James Brandmair joins the pod! He begins by discussing how he recently got into tournament chess. Mentioned: Paul Copeland, NM Sam Copeland's YouTube Channel 48:00- What were James' goals going into the tournament? Mentioned: Hanlon-Brandmair 2023, IM Dina Belenkaya, JJ Lang, IM David Vigorito 54:00- What has James learned from reviewing the games? Mentioned: GM John Shaw's King's Gambit, Godly Gambit 1:00:00- What are the goals for the Columbia Chess Club? Mentioned: Is James' wife supportive of chess weekends? 1:05:00- Did the tournament have a different feeling dur to the absence oft kids in the competition? Thanks to James for joining! You can email him at Jamesbrandmair at gmail dot com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Does U.S. Chess need to be reformed? GM Jesse Kraai, IM Kostya Kavutskiy, and IM David Pruess talk about the ongoing problems and controversies with the USCF and whether the organization needs serious reform in today's episode of the Dojo Talks podcast. Interested in improving? Check out the Dojo Training Program: https://chessdojo.club Chess is more than a game, it's a lifestyle. Live it with ChessDojo merch: https://www.chessdojo.club/shop Want to support the channel? Donate here - https://streamlabs.com/chessdojolive Follow ChessDojo here: Website: https://chessdojo.club Twitch: https://twitch.tv/chessdojolive Discord: https://discord.gg/sUUh8HD Twitter: https://twitter.com/chess_dojo Patreon: https://patreon.com/chessdojo Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/chess_dojo/ Podcast: https://chessdojotalks.podbean.com/ 0:00 Intro 2:17 Randy Bauer, Alejandro Ramirez, and US Chess Fallout 17:21 Possible US Chess Reforms 29:14 Saint Louis Chess Club, US Chess, and the Dojo 41:41 Problems in Chess Abroad
My new book LOSERTHINK, available now on Amazon https://tinyurl.com/rqmjc2a Find my "extra" content on Locals: https://ScottAdams.Locals.com Content: Politics, Rep. Boebert, Plastic Waste Hydrogen, President Biden, Donald Hoover Trump, President Trump, J6 Political Prisoners, Kristi Noem, Corey Lewandowski, Russell Brand, Matt Gaetz, Vivek Ramaswamy, Cancelling Effective Communicators, RFK Jr., Benny Johnson, 17 Alleged Biden Recordings, Randi Weingarten, George Soros, Paid TikTok Influencers, Jack Smith, Trump Gag Order, Elon Musk, Tesla Cost Reduction, Vegas Bicycle Murder Video, Andrew Huberman, Scott Adams ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ If you would like to enjoy this same content plus bonus content from Scott Adams, including micro-lessons on lots of useful topics to build your talent stack, please see scottadams.locals.com for full access to that secret treasure. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/scott-adams00/support
Transcript: https://www.wearenotsaved.com/p/speculative-attempts-to-complicate When things aren't going well, those in power will sometimes introduce some speculative chaos in the hopes that what emerges on the other side will be better. It mostly doesn't work.
In keeping with the metaphor of astronomy's Big Bang theory, Paul named the four stages of the shark fin after critical events in the creation and predicted the end of our known universe. Let's get into the four stages: The Singularity, The Big Bang, The Big Crunch and Entropy. Paul unpacks the rules that prop up these four stages. 00:00:00.769 Introduction and Overview of "Four Phases of Big Bang Disruption" 00:03:14.786 Importance of Truth Tellers and Pinpoint Market Entry 00:11:11.771 From Idea to Product: Rapid Sales Success 00:15:34.394 The Importance of Being First in a Competitive Market 00:17:00.996 The concept of bullet time in movies explained 00:19:11.133 The need to anticipate how incumbents will slow time 00:20:34.611 The Strategic Thinking in Chess and Business 00:30:44.407 Recognizing Industry Shifts: The iPod and Toshiba Hard Drive 00:35:05.831 Phillips' Transition to LED Bulbs and Exiting the Lighting Business 00:38:39.902 Profiting from the Wreckage: Escape Your Own Black Hole 00:41:02.475 The challenges of transitioning and maintaining customer commitments 00:44:31.607 Moving on from the past and finding new opportunities
Shaun sniffs out more corruption in the city of Chicago. PLUS, LaTasha Fields, founder of Christian Home Educators Support System, has no hope and no trust in the public schools. She tells Shaun about her home school co-op program, CHESS, and how you can help support her efforts. And Edward Dowd, founder of Phinance Technologies and author of Cause Unknown: The Epidemic of Sudden Deaths in 2021 & 2022, lives in Maui close to Lahaina and helps Shaun fill in some gaps about Maui's scandal of epic proportions.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Sep 13, 2023 – Christian Takushi offers his view on US's efforts to use India as a strategic counterweight to China and how this is likely to play out on trade, the currency front, inflation, and much more...
Hans Niemann, Magnus Carlsen, and Chess.com settle? Lichess cuts ties with U.S. Chess and the St. Louis Chess Club? IM Kostya Kavutskiy, IM David Pruess, and GM Jesse Kraai talk about the latest in the crisis of chess in the United States. To watch the episode on YouTube, check out: https://youtu.be/dEMq94KcCzQ 0:00 Intro 2:41 Hans, Magnus, and Chess.com Settle Lawsuit 27:20 Lichess Cuts Ties with St. Louis and U.S. Chess 54:50 Magnus Calls For Faster Chess Interested in improving? Welcome to the Dojo! A structured plan to hold yourself accountable to and a group to do it with: chessdojo.club Chess is more than a game, it's a lifestyle. Live it with ChessDojo gear: https://www.chessdojo.club/shop Want to support the channel? Donate here - https://streamlabs.com/chessdojolive Follow ChessDojo here: Website: https://chessdojo.club Twitch: https://twitch.tv/chessdojolive Discord: https://discord.gg/sUUh8HD Twitter: https://twitter.com/chess_dojo Patreon: https://patreon.com/chessdojo Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/chess_dojo/ Podcast: https://chessdojotalks.podbean.com/
Professor Jeremi Duru, sports Law Professor at American University and the Director of the Washington College of Law Sport and Society initiative, joins to talk the latest developments in sports and the law, including:1) College sports conference realignment2) NIL3) Sports gambling4) The battle over sports tv rights and ratings5) the Spanish soccer federation saga6) Chess scandals!7) Barbie and Sports8) Bram Van Polen...And more!Thank you for listening! For the latest in sports law news and analysis, you can follow Gabe Feldman on twitter @sportslawguy .
This week's return guest on Perpetual Chess is the renowned trainer and player GM Gregory Kaidanov. Gregory joined me in between travels, as he had returned home from competing in the FIDE World Cup, but was soon heading to Macedonia for the World Senior Team Championship. Gregory shared his perspective on the FIDE World Cup both as a player, and as a fan. As we discuss, Gregory was not surprised by the continued success of GM Pragganandhaa and the younger generation, but the performance of the top finishers was nonetheless impressive. Gregory also shared his thoughts on the news that GM Hans Niemann is now able to return to Chess.com events and discuss his thoughts on the overall story. Lastly, Gregory answered a few listener questions related to chess improvement, and his thoughts on a few former students of his including GMs Ben Finegold and Daniel Naroditsky. Timestamps of topics discussed can be found below. Thanks to our Presenting Chess Education Sponsors, Chessable.com You can learn more about the Chessable Create Your Own Course Contest here: https://www.chessable.com/create/ Check out their new courses, included Ginger GM's The Killer Barry here: https://www.chessable.com/courses/all/new/ Gregory's Prior Appearance: Episode 295 0:02:- Gregory joins and shares his reflections on the FIDE World Cup, both as a competitor and an observer Mentioned: GM Nijat Abasov, GM Wesley So, GM Dieter Nisipeanu 10:00- Was Gregory? worried about cheating at the World Cup? 18:00- What does Gregory think of the “2003” generation of chess stars that Magnus highlighted, including Pragganandhaa? 25:00- How did the tournament go for Gregory from a personal perspective? Mentioned- Karthik-Kaidanov 2023, Kaidanov-Karthik 2023, Heine-Nielsen-Kaidanov 2002 32:00- Why does the US Senior Invitational of special importance to Gregory? How have his other recent tournaments gone? Mentioned: Episode 344 with GM Melik Khachiyan 45:00- In the wake of GM Hans Niemann's reinstatement on CHess.com, Gregory shares his thoughts on the whole saga. Mentioned: Chess.com Statement on Hans Niemann 52:00- Are chess books still necessary? Mentioned: Colin Stapcynski's article on Coach of the Month 57:00- Patreon mailbag question: Does Gregory have any advice for how one can improve his approach to chess away from the board? Mentioned: Book Recap #32- Chess for Zebras 1:00:00- What has Gregory learned from working with adult chess players? 1:07:00- Gregory discusses his work GM Daniel Naroditsky, GM Ben Finegold and GM Sam Shankland and others. 1:12:00- What has Gregory learned from studying GM Ulf Andersson? What about from playing Mikhail Tal. Mentioned: Episode 300 with GM Ulf Andersson, Kaidanov-Andersson 2002 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
The Big Mates discuss Kindles, Will Smith, Chess, and The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill by Lauryn Hill.Adam, Steve, and Lucas continue their deep dive into the career and discography of Lauryn Hill by wrapping up their thoughts on The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill. They talk about the writing and recording process, the context surrounding the songs, and offer up analysis, opinions, and thoughts from three differing perspectives on music, from being deeply into analysis and music, to not caring for art or critique, and everything in between.They explore the second half of the album, the hidden bonus tracks that were included, and talk about how the album was released, the critical reaction it received at the time, and how that perception may have changed in the last 25 years. What score will we give the record? Is the album a cinematic universe? What is love? Find out on this episode of What Is Music?Our next episode is out on Monday September 18th and will see us provide commentary for Lauryn Hill Live at Budokan 1999.Join the conversation on:Twitter: https://twitter.com/whatismusicpodInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/whatismusicpodE-mail: whatismusicpod@gmail.comGet access to more shows, exclusive bonus content, ad-free episodes of this show, and more music discussion by subscribing to our Patreon!Head to patreon.com/whatismusicpod and receive up to two new episodes of our various shows every week (including shows about Manic Street Preachers and monthly themed playlists!), ad-free archives of What Is Music?, and access to our Patron-only Discord server for even more music (and non-music) discussion!Support our show when starting your own podcast!By signing up to Buzzsprout with this link: https://www.buzzsprout.com/?referrer_id=780379Check out our merch!https://whatismusicpod.redbubble.comDonate to our podcast!https://ko-fi.com/whatismusichttp://whatismusic.buzzsprout.com/Support the show
To continue the final hour of this Monday edition of The Morning Shift, Robb, Mike, and Beau spend some time with former Atlanta Falcons quarterback and now Atlanta Falcons Radio Network Analyst, Dave Archer! Robb, Mike, Beau, and Dave discuss Desmond Ridder not trying to do too much and staying within himself and the game plan even though things weren't quite clicking early on, Jessie Bates' impact yesterday and Bates having one of the best if not the best debut by a Falcons defensive player, what adjustments the Falcons defensive line made in the second half of the game yesterday that allowed them to get pressure in the second half of the game yesterday, if he thinks there will be a similar defensive game plan against the Packers next Sunday, and the Falcons red zone efficiency and them being able to get points off turnovers being key yesterday.
Reach and engage with your audience! Check out Moosend free for 30 days at https://lmg.gg/moo Help out an animal in need! Check out CUDDLY at https://lmg.gg/cuddly White noise is the right noise! Check out SNOOZ at https://lmg.gg/snooz Timestamps (Courtesy of NoKi1119) Note: Timing may be off due to sponsor change: 0:00 Chapters 1:00 Intro 1:29 Topic #1 - Mod replaces Starfield's FSR2 with DLSS & XeSS 3:10 Login authentication, mod's revenue 5:18 Free mod alternative, backlash, debate over "paid mods" 8:32 Luke on Skyblivion, Linus on net benefits & source of income 15:22 FP Poll: How many mods do you use in a game? 20:44 Work required for projects ft. MM Dashboard, Floatplane 24:52 Starfield's sales & potential mods revenue 28:04 Mod camps, NVIDIA's Morrowind demo & Denuvo 33:02 Discussing possible approaches, "slider system" 36:32 Minecraft Marketplace, recalling horse armor 38:50 Mod revenue, microtransactions 40:38 Topic #2 - Nintendo's private demo of Switch 2 41:15 Luke realizes paid graphical mod is "microtransaction" 42:54 FPS & resolution demo, Linus called this, "current-gen HD" 45:24 "Nintendo-exclusives," RTX 40XX, Linus on Xbox 48:58 What would your dream console be? 54:52 Linus on how Steam Deck impacted Nintendo's decisions 56:56 Luke Nukem LTTStore T-Shirt ft. Dan throws a box 59:17 Series 2 Pins ft. What is Luke Nukem? 1:03:22 Interesting line on Starfield's EULA 1:06:13 FP's comment on complaints at the start of a trend 1:07:02 Merch Messages #1 1:07:34 Traditional forums comeback? 1:09:37 Smaller LTTStore backpack update 1:10:53 EULA of creation kit for Skyrim 1:12:40 You say not to pre-order. Do I pre-order the Luke Nukem shirt or not? 1:13:51 Stupidest tech you bought that you found you had a use for? 1:18:22 Topic #3 - Google's privacy sandbox for cookies & ads 1:28:38 Sponsors 1:32:02 Merch Messages #2 1:32:07 Biggest change to our lives with unlimited power? 1:37:15 Would you live without tech if drivers became a subscription? ft. "Year of the Linux" 1:40:16 How do you decide what tier of cars to review? 1:47:48 What part of the YouTube algorithm surprises you? 1:49:51 Topic #4 - Rockstar selling cracked games on Steam 2:02:44 Topic #5 - Mozilla's report on car's privacy nightmare 2:10:13 Topic #6 - SAG-AFTRA might lead game VAs to strike 2:22:35 Topic #7 - Gizmodo replaces a Spanish writer with a machine 2:25:45 Topic #8 - Frameworks sells "old" mainboards at a discount 2:28:12 Merch Messages #3 ft. WAN Show After Dark, pizza 2:29:18 Linus puts bread on Dan's chair, gym time, pizza sauces, fruits 2:36:25 Any advice for working with work paralysis? Biggest "A HA!" moment? 2:40:21 Do you like it when people discuss tech with you in the wild? 2:46:30 How many goats are you worth, and why? 2:50:12 Noctua screwdriver update? Bundling the Stubby & OG? 2:53:10 How have the first few weeks of the slower video outputs been? 2:56:50 Linus's socks preference 2:57:22 What happened to the stray cats in Linus's yards? 2:59:02 What would take any of you to shave your beards? 3:01:07 When did you guys realize you had PC building expertise? ft. Train 3:03:01 What LTTStore products are upcoming? 3:06:00 Most frustrating example of losing work due to lack of backwards compatibility? 3:09:07 Dropped the screwdriver from 130ft - any crazy tests on your products? 3:12:08 Unscripted videos, how long until scripted? ft. "Chess problems," glasses 3:25:51 If LMG became a mid-sized corporation, should the WAN Show continue? 3:27:46 Floatplane merch update? 3:29:54 Where to go to look for a badminton racket? ft. Linus's FB market history 3:34:20 Linus's challenges with ADHD 3:36:22 Suggestions if I don't want to man a million plus projects? 3:38:01 What videos do you wish to have a do-over? 3:40:52 Advice to give someone who starts with no experience? Pitfalls to avoid? 3:41:32 Is there a future where Nintendo bows out of the gaming space? 3:44:12 Outro
Former NFL player and current NFL on Prime TNF host, Andrew Whitworth, joins the show to preview the start of the NFL season including his thoughts on Tua Tagovailoa vs Justin Herbert on Sunday's Dolphins opener.
The Chess Legal Battle is finally over and the results are definitely surprising, as are Hamza's thoughts on the Queen's Gambit which he finally got around to watching, and even some Harry Potter trivia. This and more on this week's visit to The Time Sink! Chess.com's Statement Magnus Carlsen Hans Niemann Hikaru Nakamura The Queen's Gambit (Show) The Queen's Gambit (Book) Queen's Gambit (Chess Opening) Garry Kasparov Interview Harry Potter Chess Explained
Derrick Rose went to a Drake concert and played Chess on his phone the entire time We play our favorite Thursday game, "Goosies, No Goosies!" Tua Tagovailoa says he would love to play all 17 games Mario Cristobal on 40 years since 1983 team being honored Leroy gives out Marlins tickets as we praise the Fish Interview shirts to close the show out
This episode spoils through Chapter 5 of Danganronpa V3. We've finally made it to the trial all three of us (and probably you) have been waiting for! Kokichi. Kaito. Who is alive? Become a patron at https://www.patreon.com/ultrahopegirlspod to get access to extra content for as little as $2/month! Learn more about the Ultra Hope Girls: http://ultrahopegirls.com Twitter: https://twitter.com/ultra_podcast Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ultrahopegirls/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@ultrahopegirls?lang=en Send us a voice message: https://anchor.fm/ultra-hope-girls/message --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/ultra-hope-girls/message
The Adult Improver series returns to look at both the macro and the micro of adult chess improvement. My guest is NM Todd Bryant. Todd is a software engineer (for Chess.com) and an accomplished player, who has used his analytical skills to gather lots of data about the most accomplished adult improvers in recent US Chess History. Todd shares information about the standout improvement cases at different age ranges. What would be considered an exceptional rating gain for someone over the age of 30? What about age 50? What patterns does Todd notice in looking at the rating graphs of these accomplished amateur? In addition to sharing all of this data that Todd has dutifully gathered, he discusses his own improvement philosophy. Todd plays frequently OTB, and when at home he emphasizes opening study and frequent speed chess play. This approach has been working for Todd as he recently passed 2500 Blitz on Chess.com for the first time! This was a fascinating conversation, and I really appreciate Todd's gathering and sharing all of this interesting data! Timestamps of the topics discussed are below. Todd's previous Perpetual Chess appearance: https://www.perpetualchesspod.com/new-blog/2023/6/30/f82nnc8zc3crw6pxaprlkd5rgil5a7 If you would like to help support Perpetual Chess via the Patreon community you can do so here: https://www.patreon.com/perpetualchess Chess.com's First #Chesspunks tournament! More info here: https://www.chess.com/news/view/chesspunks-champs Thanks to our presenting chess education sponsors, Chessable.com. Here are a few of NM Todd Bryant's favorite Chessable courses and authors: GM Gawain Jones: FM Kamil Plichta You can check out some of my recommended courses here: https://go.chessable.com/perpetual-chess-podcast/ 6:00- Todd shares his findings from his independent research into what type of rating gains are seen by the most accomplished adult improvers at different ages. 13:45- What were the outlier cases of improvement after the age of 25? Mentioned: Michael Johnson, NM Philemon Thomas, NM Fred Wilson 19:30- What type of rating gains have improvers over the age of 50 achieved? Mentioned: Tom Hickenlooper, James Altucher, Skip the Line 29:00- Does Todd think there is rating deflation in US Chess and FIDE? Mentioned: Paul Iinuma 32:00- How does this data impact how Todd approaches chess? 36:00- Why does Todd choose to focus on speed chess and blitz with his chess time? Mentioned: Pre-order My Book- Perpetual Chess Improvement, IM Greg Shahade's Blog Post “Slow Chess is Dying” 44:00- Is there a rating below which playing speed chess does not result in an improvement in playing? 46:00- Why does Todd still play the King's Gambit? Mentioned: The King's Gambit by GM John Shaw, IM Ryo Chen 52:00- Patreon mailbag question: What is Todd's advice for improving thinking processes at the board? Mentioned: The Amateur's Mind by IM Jeremy Silman 57:00- Patreon mailbag question: “Should amateurs invest the time to learn antidotes to dodgy but popular amateur openings like The Stafford Gambit?” 1:01:00- What other chess books made a difference for Todd? Mentioned: Attacking Chess with Josh Waitzkin, Best Lessons of a Chess Coach by FM Sunil Weerumantry 1:04:00- What has Todd learned from watching his son pursue chess? 1:07:00- Todd's final chess improvement advice? 1:12:00- Thanks to Todd for joining! Follow him on Twitter here: https://twitter.com/thestrongchess?lang=en Or chess.com here: https://www.chess.com/member/toddbryant If you would like to help support Perpetual Chess, you can do so here: https://www.perpetualchesspod.com/donate Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
What do chess and perfume have in common? Mostly one thing that we know of: Mind Games, the fragrance brand that revolves around the moves and spirit of chess. In this episode we interview brand co-founder Alex Shalbaf about chess, fragrance, and soulmates.Episode rundown:~ 0:11 A listener Hotline message regarding baby scents~ 0:17 Sable smells like Kilian Pearl Oud~ 0:21 Tynan smells like Armani Privé Magenta Tanzanite~ 0:27 Our interview with Alex Shalbaf of Mind Games~ 1:00 Ok bye!Find more info, episodes, and merch at Smellyalater.liveLeave us a message on the SYL Hotline at Speakpipe.com/smellyalaterFollow us on Instagram @smellyalater.mp3Leave a (nice) comment & (5-star) review wherever you stream
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September is for getting stuff done! Like listening to your favorite podcast and creating meaningful moments with your family. Join us on the podcast today for a fun conversation about entering into the coolest season of the year so far. Random Holidays Sept. 1 - American Chess Day Sept. 4 - Labor Day Sept. 5 - National Be Late for Something Day Sept. 8 - National Ampersand Day Sept. 11 - Patriot Day, National Boss/Employee Exchange Day Sept. 14 - National School Pictures Day Sept. 18 - Locate an Old Friend Day Sept. 21 - Locate an Old Friend Day Sept. 23 - First Day of Autumn Sept. 26 - Love Note Day Sept. 28 - National Neighbor Day Freebies Sept. 18 - National Cheeseburger Day Sept. 29 - National Coffee Day - Dunkin' free medium or hot coffee with purchase last year, Caribou $3 medium drinks
September 1, 1972. Bobby Fischer becomes the first American to win the World Chess Championship, ending 24 years of Soviet dominance.Support the show! Join Into History for ad-free listening and more.History Daily is a co-production of Airship and Noiser.Go to HistoryDaily.com for more history, daily.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
After David Lat is publicly inducted into the AO family by undergoing a fan-based correction, he and David French run through an eclectic mic of legal topics, starting with an update on a heated chess lawsuit. Join the two as they discuss: -Chess settlesment -Mark Meadows' risky testimony -Amy Coney Barrett's not so news-worthy comments -Trump's trial date conundrum -Hardball playing out at the North Carolina Supreme Court -Sackler family's unpopular bankruptcy appeal via Purdue Pharma Show Notes: -Past AO episode on chess lawsuit Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
The Rich Zeoli Show- Full Episode (08/31/2023): 3:05pm- On Wednesday, Senator Mitch McConnell (R-KY) seemingly froze while taking questions during a press conference. His doctor stated that McConnell is “medically clear” and is permitted to continue working—explaining that it was simply a case of lightheadedness. 3:15pm- Philadelphia progressives want to raise the age of adulthood to 25-years-old for prosecutorial purposes. 3:30pm- According to Randall Chase of the Associated Press, “a federal judge in Delaware ordered prosecutors and defense attorneys on Thursday to provide a status report regarding a felony gun charge against Hunter Biden. Judge Maryellen Noreika directed lawyers to provide the report by next Wednesday, including any steps they believe the court needs to take.” You can read the full report here: https://apnews.com/article/hunter-biden-joe-biden-burisma-plea-deal-taxes-guns-drugs-5887025e2caefef9bb5ddb23b69820e8 3:45pm- S.A. McCarthy—contributing writer at RealClearInvestigations—joins The Rich Zeoli Show to discuss his latest editorial “Woke U.S. Diplomacy: Not 100% Popular Around the Globe, Nor at Home.” You can read the full article here: https://www.realclearinvestigations.com/articles/2023/08/29/woke_diplomacy_is_not_americas_most_popular_export_975361.html 4:05pm- While speaking from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) headquarters in Washington D.C., President Joe Biden seemingly conceded the U.S. Southern border is not secured. He explained that his administration requires $15 billion in additional funding in order to equip border officials with the necessary equipment and technology to prevent illegal crossings and drug smuggling. 4:20pm- According to an article from Jack Morphet and Alex Oliveira from The New York Post write that a “controversial” shop teacher who wears giant, novelty-sized “Z-cup prosthetic breasts” has been offered a new job at a Canadian public school—leaving parents outraged. You can read more here: https://nypost.com/2023/08/28/teacher-kayla-lemieux-seen-in-new-pic-with-z-cup-fake-boobs/ 4:35pm- Former NCAA award-winning swimmer Riley Gaines mocked Keith Olbermann after the far-left podcaster claimed she “sucked at swimming.” Gaines shared a video displaying numerous trophies she won while competing collegiately, including an SEC trophy for “Female Scholar-Athlete of the Year” and an Olympic Trials qualifier award. 4:45pm- James O'Keefe Media Group released a new video of Livingston, New Jersey police and school board officials referring to investigative journalists as “Trumpish” and questioning their rights as reporters. 5:00pm- The Drive at 5: Is Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer (D) planning a run for President? 5:10pm- A customer at a restaurant in Beaverton, Oregon was hit with a $15 “a**hole” tax on his dinner bill. Or was he? 5:15pm- While speaking from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) headquarters in Washington D.C., President Joe Biden blamed climate change for Hurricane Idalia. 5:20pm- According to Addison Smith of Just the News, a global coalition of more than 1,600 scientists—including several Nobel laureates—have formally declared that “there is no climate emergency” and that drastic attempts by government to reach net-zero emissions would have harmful effects. You can read the full article here: https://justthenews.com/politics-policy/environment/more-1600-scientists-including-nobel-laureates-declare-climate-crisis 5:30pm- The Afternoon Mystery Movie Clip: Henry plays the shortest clip in the history of the segment—“iceberg dead ahead!” 5:45pm- Chess prodigy Hans Niemann has been cleared of incredibly bizarre cheating allegations that involved placing “vibrating beads” in a very BAD place to communicate moves. 5:50pm- On Wednesday night, former president Donald Trump posted numerous videos to Truth Social calling out President Joe Biden for not cooperating with an investigation into his family's ties to foreign businesses. 6:05pm- Philadelphia progressives want to raise the age of adulthood to 25-years-old for prosecutorial purposes. 6:30pm- BAD OP-ED: In her latest piece for The Los Angeles Times, Lisa Mascaro warns that conservative groups are planning to “dismantle the U.S. government” if Donald Trump wins the 2024 presidential election. 6:45pm- Victor Nava of The New York Post writes, “The National Archives and Records Administration has admitted that it is in possession of nearly 5,400 emails, electronic records and documents that potentially show President Biden using a pseudonym during his vice presidency… NARA confirmed the existence of the trove in response to a June 2022 Freedom of Information Act request by the Southeastern Legal Foundation, a nonprofit constitutional legal group.” Nava continues: “The request sought emails pertaining to the accounts of Robin Ware, Robert L. Peters and JRB Ware—pseudonyms the 80-year-old president was known to use in the White House during his time as President Barack Obama's vice president.” You can read Nava's full article here: https://nypost.com/2023/08/28/national-archives-admits-it-has-5400-biden-pseudonym-emails/
Buster Murdaugh appears in a three-part interview. There is a neighborhood of expensive tiny homes. Secret sexual fantasies according to your zodiac sign. Chess player, Hans Niemann, accused of cheating during a tournament sued and won $100 Million. A semi-truck accident pulled down power lines causing a woman's death and the family suing for $100 Million. Dieter's Conspiracy Corner talks about why a group of people have bought over 55k acres of land.
The Rich Zeoli Show- Hour 3: The Drive at 5: Is Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer (D) planning a run for President? A customer at a restaurant in Beaverton, Oregon was hit with a $15 “a**hole” tax on his dinner bill. Or was he? While speaking from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) headquarters in Washington D.C., President Joe Biden blamed climate change for Hurricane Idalia. According to Addison Smith of Just the News, a global coalition of more than 1,600 scientists—including several Nobel laureates—have formally declared that “there is no climate emergency” and that drastic attempts by government to reach net-zero emissions would have harmful effects. You can read the full article here: https://justthenews.com/politics-policy/environment/more-1600-scientists-including-nobel-laureates-declare-climate-crisis The Afternoon Mystery Movie Clip: Henry plays the shortest clip in the history of the segment—“iceberg dead ahead!” Chess prodigy Hans Niemann has been cleared of incredibly bizarre cheating allegations that involved placing “vibrating beads” in a very BAD place to communicate moves. On Wednesday night, former president Donald Trump posted numerous videos to Truth Social calling out President Joe Biden for not cooperating with an investigation into his family's ties to foreign businesses.
The biggest butt-plug scandal in Chess history. The grade school bus. Everything you've ever wanted to know about what percent of Wappel's friends are into feet. The 93X Half-Assed Morning Show - Originally Aired August 31, 2023. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
We're back! Everything Under The Sun has been nominated for Best British Podcast in the kids category, has a paperback book of Everything Under The Sun coming out soon and moved to Bali, Indonesia! We're going to be having lots of fun answering kids questions from all over the world. This week the questions are:Who Invented Chess? We have Fun Master Mike everyone's favourite coach on chesskid.com answering this one, thank you Mike! Why are piggy banks shaped like pigs? We find out about the oldest piggy bank in the world, from Java! Why are penguins black and white? It's a great answer all about the way penguins live, actually more in the water than on the ice! I love penguins, do you? Find out all about chess, penguins and piggy banks on this week's episode! And do buy the BOOK, Everything Under The Sun - a year of curious questions is out now. Amazon: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Everything-Under-Sun-curious-question/dp/0241433460Target Australia: https://www.target.com.au/p/everything-under-the-sun-molly-oldfield/65704592And order it in any beautiful bookshop! Thank you! Hope you love it. Instagram: @mollyoldfieldwrites Pod Instagram: @everythingunderthesunpodDo check out our website www.mollyoldfield.com for more info about how to send in questions.Have a lovely listen and a great week! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Artificial intelligence has already demonstrated its ability to amplify performance and reshape competitive dynamics. A prime example lies in the pivotal role played by chess computers as artificial training partners, boosting players' capabilities.Introduced in the late 1970s, chess computers gained popularity in Western countries but were not available in the former Soviet Union due to microchip shortages. Building on this staggered diffusion, INSEAD's Henning Piezunka and Fabian Gaessler from Pompeu Fabra University examined how AI influenced chess player performance under conditions where computers were exclusively accessible in the West vs. being available in both regions.Their research findings are compelling. Access to chess computers significantly boosted human performance, with players becoming substantially better. Furthermore, AI training helped level the playing field, especially benefitting disadvantaged players and those without access to human training partners. In this podcast, Piezunka emphasises the critical factors that determine the effectiveness of AI training.
The crew is joined by Chris Grace and David Rabinowitz! One's from the hit NBC series Superstore, the other literally won an Oscar for writing BlacKkKlansman, and this is the only place we mention it! Together they answer the question, “What's a skill you wish you could master that's completely outside your current skillset?” We hear wild stories of Stephen's [makeup] brush with Who Wants to be a Millionaire, unrealized skateboard dreams, incredible basketball moves, chess mastership, and find out what it's like when your kid admits to being goofy footed. All this and so, so much more! Cast: Chris Compton, Stephen C. James, Jarrett Lennon Kaufman, Josh Spence Special guest(s): Chris Grace and David Rabinowitz Ads: Soup Smash (improvised by Chris Grace) Original release date: 8/30/23 Show references: ChrisGraceComedy on TikTok and Instagram DRabinowitz12 on Chess.com Intro and outro music credit to Matt Walker Various sound effects and music from https://freesfx.co.uk/ Additional music and sound credits: Music: Dirty Hardcore Groove by WinnieTheMoog Free download: https://filmmusic.io/song/6743-dirty-hardcore-groove License (CC BY 4.0): https://filmmusic.io/standard-license Duet Musette by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3685-duet-musette License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license Music: Disco Club by WinnieTheMoog Free download: https://filmmusic.io/song/7203-disco-club Licensed under CC BY 4.0: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license Wholesome by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/5050-wholesome License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license Upbeat Forever by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/5011-upbeat-forever License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license Music: Hellfire by Alexander Nakarada Free download: https://filmmusic.io/song/8902-hellfire Licensed under CC BY 4.0: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license
A five-time World Chess Champion, Vishy became India's first grandmaster at age 18, spurring a chess revolution in the country. Now 53, he is still a world top ten player and has been India's number one ranked player for 37 years. As newer talents emerge and old ones retire, Anand's continued excellence showcases an endurance seldom seen. Tyler and Vishy sat down in Chennai to discuss his breakthrough 1991 tournament win in Reggio Emilia, his technique for defeating Kasparov in rapid play, how he approached playing the volatile but brilliant Vassily Ivanchuk at his peak, a detailed breakdown of his brilliant 2013 game against Levon Aronian, dealing with distraction during a match, how he got out of a multi-year slump, Monty Python vs. Fawlty Towers, the most underrated Queen song, how far to take chess opening preparation, which style of chess will dominate in the next ten years, how AlphaZero changes what we know about the game, the key to staying a top ten player at age 53, why he thinks he's a worse loser than Kasparov, qualities he looks for in talented young Indian chess players, picks for the best places to eat in Chennai, and more. Read a full transcript enhanced with helpful links, or watch the full video. Recorded August 7th, 2023. Other ways to connect Follow us on X and Instagram Follow Tyler on X Follow Vishy on X Join our Discord Email us: cowenconvos@mercatus.gmu.edu Learn more about Conversations with Tyler and other Mercatus Center podcasts here. Special thanks to Nabeel Qureshi for his help with the video and transcript.
Market Proof Marketing · Ep 300: Good Content Looks EffortlessIn this episode, Kevin Oakly, Andrew Peek and Julie Jarnagin are joined by a surprise guest, Karla Tuten! The team celebrates the 300th episode by keeping it casual. Karla gives a deep dive into visual marketing and offers tips for builder content, especially for those who don't know where to start. They discuss the challenges of creating good content that contains real facts, real data and is packaged well graphically. Good content looks effortless, but takes a lot of effort. Story Time (05:58)Andrew is worn out from the Market Proof Academy and, once again, wishes for one more day.Julie's mom is trying to buy a car but feels like the car salesmen should be trying harder to sell their cars to her. No one is following up or reaching out. Kevin says creating stuff is tough sometimes.News (35:55)Mortgage rates could hit 8%, economists say, citing a worrying sign not seen since the Great Recession (https://www.marketwatch.com/story/mortgage-rates-could-hit-8-economists-say-citing-a-worrying-sign-not-seen-since-the-great-recession-edf2b4a4)Don't Discount the Merits of a Friction-full Transaction (https://crystal.geekestate.com/dont-discount-the-merits-of-a-friction-full-transaction-newsletter-263/)China Evergrande, Giant Real Estate Firm, Files for U.S. Bankruptcy (https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/17/business/china-evergrande-bankruptcy.html)First-time homeownership surges: Half of all home buyers are making their first purchase (https://zillow.mediaroom.com/2023-08-23-First-time-homeownership-surges-Half-of-all-home-buyers-are-making-their-first-purchase)Favorites/Hates (53:27)Andrew is hating his boom stand because it keeps sliding downJulie is loving "Homework Helpers" for help on her sons homework.Kevin is enjoying his app "Sunshine Birthdays"Check out Kevin's NAHB Webinar on Navigating the 5 Phases of a Market Correction! Questions? Comments? Email show@doyouconvert.com or call 404-369-2595 and we'll address them on the next episode. More insights, discussions, and opportunities can be found at Do You Convert All Access or on the Market Proof Marketing Facebook group.Subscribe on iTunesFollow on SpotifyListen On StitcherA weekly new home marketing podcast for home builders and developers. Each week Kevin Oakley, Andrew Peek, Jackie Lipinski, Julie Jarnagin, and other team members from Do You Convert will break down the headlines, share best practices and stories from the front line, and perform a deep dive on a relevant marketing topic. We're here to help you – not to sell you!Transcript:I'm just starting this slide, this misunderstanding, disagreement. I don't know what it is, but Andrew says, and I don't. You don't want to make anyone mad. Labor Day isn't his favorite holiday, but it's.AndrewBecause I have nothing against it.Kevinis it because its a Holiday or because there's...?AndrewNo no, I think there's other holidays I need to list before it. I guess I'm getting called out here a list of like I think there's other shut everything down worthy holidays that are not fully shut down for everyone. It's like that's a bank holiday only. I'm like, well, that should.KevinBe arguing for more days off generally.AndrewRight? Like, that's like a mixed day. Like sometimes it's like, are banks closed? Not closed. I don't know. Schools are still and sometimes that one should just be Everything's done. I'll swap Labor Day for him. Okay. If we're to pick like, all right, there's eight holidays where everything's shut down. Christmas, July 4th, Memorial Day, whatever the other ones are.AndrewThanksgiving.KevinI figured it was just because, like, something that the weather in Florida wasn't working. Oh, it's still hot.AndrewAnd we just started school, like, three weeks ago, so it's like a month in a school. So it's like, do we need a holiday?JulieI don't know. Yeah, like something.AndrewLate September.JulieThat end of summer real. I mean, that's how some people think of it, right? Like the polls close on Labor Day. But here too, it's still so hot.AndrewYeah. Mhm. I think so.KevinI just we had a we had a little typhoon here in Columbus, Ohio.AndrewOh.KevinLast night I kind of felt like what, Because, you know, Julia lives in Louisiana.AndrewShe gets it all.AndrewI have pretend hurricanes.KevinBut there's this thing called a heat dome. How is it that every like three years they come up with some new term.AndrewThey get me the clicks, heat dome. I like it. And we Google that there.KevinThere's a heat dome over over the Midwest and not the edge of the heat dome if you turn on the radar. And it was just this weird. It looked like just someone poured water out of a pitcher and it was just rolling straight from the corner of Michigan, straight down central Ohio. And it just kept coming. And it was like 7 hours of lightning, strong wind and just a ton of rain.JulieOh, wild.KevinLike, do I have to move? I mean, I Anyway, it was a good time.AndrewI just Google it. Yeah. Interesting. AP all about this. Hmm. And pumpkin spice lattes just came out today. It's related to the heat dome.KevinWe had this conversation on one episode. Yeah, there's a new pumpkin drink. What is it? It's another cold drink called chai something pumpkin. So now you have three pumpkin options at Starbucks.AndrewThat's a lot.JulieYeah. I don't do the pumpkin drinks.AndrewThat's a lot of, like, pumpkin pie, spice, flavors all in one.KevinThis is to my favorite section, but ever since I got to spin coffee machine, I just don't. I do not desire Starbucks or like coffee out in the same way.AndrewDo you like iced coffees? I feel like you can't beat iced from Starbucks any like I have not been. You can.KevinDo it. You can do cold brew. You can do nitro drip cold, whatever. Like it just says put ice in your cup and it cleans out the hot water. Puts in cold water.AndrewYeah, we're all gonna all.JulieBe inside out. And Olivia said she's literally drinking the pumpkin chai right now. So she's like, Oh, there you go, pumpkin chai on trend.KevinIs it good? I feel like it would be because chai is kind of a.AndrewI like chai. Yeah, 30 Chai. If I've had that chai with the espresso, it's amazing. We hear it's amazing. Like The Wizard of Oz back there helping to steal that.KevinMy favorite from my time in Nepal is Milk Coffee, which is, I think goat milk. Oh, no water and instant like instant crystals.AndrewWeird. Sounds like it's like that.KevinAnd they're not the best milk coffee. Experience my life. All right, let's get started.AndrewThere's the goat. Yep.KevinWell, welcome to episode 300. I'm Kevin Oakley. And with me today is Andrew Peek and Julie's aunt again.JulieMe? Oh.AndrewWho knew we'd be doing this 300 episodes later?JulieThat's impressive. That's crazy exciting. I have.KevinI thought we make this our last one. Let's just end it right. Fine.AndrewI'm fine with that grand.KevinValley.AndrewThree. I want to be something new.JulieThat's on market this year to make it really good, though, so.KevinOh, you know what we should do? Because this is what cracks me up when people do like season six episode one, it's like, just start. Like, I don't know why there's so much conscious thought put into that, but we should just. How about season two begins with a sincere one. We'll start with the season two episode one. Let's just start over because it's going to get obnoxious when we get to, you know, we got to figure out something else, Olivia Because when we get to episode 1200, it's just, it's too many things to say.AndrewYeah, we can have different.KevinEpisode 1234.AndrewThousand. It's now 2028 time right now. Oh, gosh, that's a long time.KevinOh, man. So the other thing that we're just going to keep talking about her like she's here with us, our producer, Olivia, is like, you know, we really do need to do live episodes of the podcast. So, okay, I think we decided on once a quarter, she's checking the calendar, but we will you'll hear about it that way.KevinYou can all join in, ask your questions, but they'll be fun. Fun time. Yeah. Maybe we can maybe pull people in for live Q&A or some live storytime we'd have to have like the voice and the voice.AndrewChanger.KevinAnd zoom. That just makes you look like there's got to be the person in hiding and like, a in voice changer. I sorry time about this traffic that. Yeah.KevinOh, all right.AndrewStory is good for that speaking. Sorry time was up first. I got one. I didn't write it down. Yeah, I got one. Yeah, we had the academy last week, so that was. That was amazing. Taking through. Jeez, 11, 12 people. Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday. What's that like 12 hours of instruction? It wears me out like, Oh, my. And I'm.AndrewI'm doing half of it with Sarah. And what's, what's fun is over time, this is like inside knowledge over time. It's like, okay, you take that segment, I would take a break for a little bit. Like I just can't like, look at like at Zoom nice and pleasant for this long and I need to go camera off for like, for a little bit, get a little snack, refill my coffee, whatnot.AndrewSo, you know, each one, it just changes and changes. And we Sarah and I meet afterwards every single time. Like, what can we do better? What can we do better? And every single time I'm just like, man, I want another day, which is like torture for everybody. Like, it's already four days. Andrew What is wrong with you? But there's just so much you can just keep going and going.AndrewI wish there was some way this. I'm just really open talking right now. We teach the definitions. We teach knowledge, the foundational things. All these things are super important thing. It's the analysis. And that is the most difficult part for everybody. And teaching, I don't there's we could teach it, but it's just so much just like experience. You just need the reps near the reps and the reps are what's Malcolm Gladwell 10000 hours.AndrewYou need your thousand hours and an analysis. You need your next 1000. They need your next 1000. Time to get to ten. You're like, Oh, okay, this is fairly comfortable, but just getting over the hurdle even to like you spent 200 hours in analytics trying to solve a problem, not just like poking around in there. I wish there's a way to expedite that for people, but there's just there's not no.KevinI don't think you want one. I mean, we've had lots of folks that are good intentioned and they're like, Kevin, we should just take this whole market, provide rhythm, and just have it spit out the answer.AndrewLike an app.KevinOr give us, you know, even internally had a conversation where some people here were like, we just want a number to tell people for this thing of like, this is the goal. I was like, I mean, it doesn't really I, I know this is a well overplayed expression, which I think that reminds me, Olivia, next time I'm on the podcast, I want to have a whole section about things we never need to say again in our industry, that that's just I'm, I keep hearing the same.KevinLike those were analogies and examples to use 12 years ago. Are we still talking about the same thing?AndrewBut I don't know.KevinThe last one is in play. Chess. You do not want to. If you are a great chess player, you there should be no reason that you want to dumbed down the rules of the game to get back to checkers when you are a grandmaster at chess now you do have to be able to. And if you're a true grandmaster, you should be able to teach someone the basic rules and fundamentals of chess without losing your mind, screaming or pouting like a child.KevinOkay, So that's that's I think, part of it.AndrewThat's fair.KevinBut holy cow, what is this drive to get everything so really simplified? So I'm using the chess analogy because I think this is what I mean. I'm on Chess.com if you want to sign up and play me, I'll do it. But just know that I'm in the middle of probably parenting one of my four children and I will mess up.KevinSo excuse a great chess player yet, but thinking moves ahead, right? The more moves you can think ahead, the better. And how I view the analysis problem is that people look at it and go, I just want the answer. And again, there's all sorts of reasons why that's.AndrewLike the final move out. The final move. I don't care how we get there.KevinBut I think they do sometimes and this is on on me and all of us to do a better job teaching and training. They look at what someone who's thinking eight moves ahead and by I don't mean moves, I mean layers. Okay. To go away from the analogy of chess back to the actual thing we're doing here of there is the data and that in itself, let's just say, encompasses three or four layers of analysis, potential analysis.KevinAnd there's always more than one potential. There's one potential. There's at least one true problem or issue. And each of those has no more than three possible reasons why there could be more than one true issue. And then that that, you know, extrapolates. But even beyond that, then you have to start talking, thinking about like, okay, well then let's layer over our company culture and then let's lay over how this sales manager thinks or how that salesperson acts or the usage or non usage of the CRM or the market and the competition and, and, and, and certainly the more layers you have to your point innately, most of it just requires repetition and experience becauseKevinotherwise you just find yourself going through layers one through four and you're like, I got the answer, I'm done. And then I'm almost I'm almost done with this diatribe. You go and present. Let's say you feel really confident that you analyze those three or four layers well and you go into a meeting, you go up to your boss or the sales manager, like, here's what, And then they hit you with the one thing you didn't think of.KevinAnd you're like, Oh, and you know, the Jenga pile just crumbles. I think I think there's just that aspect of and that's why we always talk about use humility with this stuff. It is not the data says X, therefore it must be X, It's hey, this is what it looks like. But is there something we're missing here? Is there something that we don't know but that's going on with this person personally or is there something with the land deal that requires us to be acting in this way because we have to perform in a certain, you know, Anyway, I just I love the fact that you brought that up.KevinI think it's a whole other.AndrewThat exactly what was fun was it's.KevinAlmost like you should talk about that at.AndrewThe.KevinSummit.AndrewAnd so like food. So let's talk about food. Beth So one thing we did different with this academy is usually it is Sarah and I, 95% of it. And then I add to Kevin's calendar like 6 hours before it starts, like, Hey, Kevin, I want you to talk about this. And Kevin hops on and does some inspirational talking like, Hey, what's the role of marketing?AndrewLike, No, no, no. And what's fun is no one gets that answer correct at the beginning. It's day one unless.KevinThey've heard it before.AndrewThat is true. Unless they've heard it before it. The second day, I'm like, Oh, let's have a coach on. Julie, you're our next victim. And in November, by the way, get her some notice. Beth hopped on and she she did a very similar analogy, Kevin, where she talked about onions. And so, like if you're day one or we had some people that there like month three on the job, they can only go to the first layer in the onion.AndrewMeanwhile, we're over here kind of talking and then just like visualizing and thinking like we know there's like 12 layers to this thing. We also know there's old onions we need to think about and there's future. And we're like all excuse me, all over the place with it. So the Onion analogy, I'm like, Oh, that's good. There might be tears too, as you learn more and more Onion feels that has me like, Oh, I'm embarrassed.AndrewI didn't know that. Or like, I feel like an idiot. But over time, like you didn't.KevinRealize that it's just more such a nerd. And then we just had a special guest pop on, which this is a.AndrewSurprise party.KevinAnd you never need an invitation. Don't don't give away who yet, but as a kid, I remember watching Lawrence of Arabia, which is a way too long movie in an old theater. My parents made me go I think I was seven, the only scene from that. And I think it's three and a half hours long and has two different intermissions or whatever.KevinThere's one scene where Lawrence of Arabia puts out a candle with his fingertips and the guy looks at him and says, Holy cow, what's the trick to doing that? Because because it looks like there's a trick, because it doesn't cause him any pain. He doesn't like his fingers. He just pushes it and he goes, The trick is making it look like it doesn't hurt.KevinAnd I just think like that's we've talked about this many of our ways, the confidence aspect. In fact, what do we say on I call it it's either it's either lack of confidence or lack of competence. So some good alliteration there. But it goes back to repetition, repetition, repetition. Hey, Carla, Welcome.JulieHi, I'm.AndrewFriend.KarlaGood. What are you doing?KevinOh, we're just recording a podcast. And Carlos, our creative director. And do you convert? For those of you who may be under a rock, she's taking names and changing lives all over the industry. What's what's the what's going on right now? Carla, What's. What do you. What are you doing? What's keeping you busy these days?KarlaI'm busy all the time. I feel like the last time I was on here was back in January, so I decided to crash a party.AndrewIt's been a while.KarlaIt has been a while. But I do slack, y'all. Y you're always recording. You can't talk. I'm recording. I'm like, Okay, well, um, I don't know. It's funny how there's always, like, these weird trends. At the beginning of the year, it was very heavy. Like, but everyone wanted to redo their collateral and refresh it. And then we went into like a signage program.KevinYeah, I was going to say signage would be my guess, the next one. And by the way, isn't it interesting that if you heard someone talk about like hearing these trends like we do on, on this podcast, you'd be like, does that really happen? Or and then you go do it yourself and you're like, There's something in the water or the air or like, there's this behind the scenes network of Let's all talk about signage.KevinIt comes in waves for sure.KarlaIt's really weird. And then the other last month had a bunch of, you know, probably like five different calls, different builders around the country, and they're all talking about like their sales office. And I'm like, what is going on? How is everyone wanting to now look into like their interior signage mission is bizarre. And then I was in book a book booklet land for a while, like maybe.KevinLike real paper things.KarlaPrint I've done. So print booklets that took up my time for the.KevinLike.KarlaI don't.KevinMean like checks notes or checks calendar what year we live in, but, you know, Yeah.JulieYeah, there's a lot of that. I didn't expect it like collateral you expect but like long booklets, 20 pages.KevinBecause you could or could not print the collateral. It's like how it's displayed. Yeah. Took them off, you know, printed. Yeah.KarlaThey want like hard copies. Interesting. So that doesn't sound cheap. It doesn't. It sounds like something else. It's not that sounds. But I am sort of buying the booklets.AndrewYeah, that would be pricey.KevinIs there something that you've been doing this now, like you said, for a little while? I mean, you've been doing it a long time, but doing it with with us. Is there a we were just talking about like the the trend of analysis being hard outside of what people are actually asking you to do. Is there something that you find yourself having to explain or re-explain or.KarlaYeah.KevinRe-explain again, as a concept that you just want to kind of toss out again here?KarlaProbably you have to think about, here's one, I'll talk about it because it's about collateral. And so usually when we start with that, I'm kind of like, give me everything that you have because you probably haven't touched it. And what typically happens, it comes off as a these ideas part from sales and marketing, and they get tagged onto the collateral package as these one off pieces.KarlaSo I'm like, Hey, let's go ahead and take a look at this is yet another foot view. And more often than not, they have a billion pieces. That's evergreen material. And I'm like, Why don't you think about making this a better experience instead of someone having a bunch of one pictures? So I would always say, take a step back, think about the experience, what you're giving these people.KarlaAre you burying them in tons of copy and things they may not want to read? And is there a better way to display that? Should we make it into a book? Should we? That is even important. Do you want to cut some of this out? That's typically what we're talking about when we talk about like looking at all their stuff.KevinMm hmm.KarlaIt's very easy, I think, for people to just. Oh, this is a good idea. Element is I don't a piece of paper on a word document and they always don't think about how it looks or how it's saved or how much stuff people are gathering.KevinYeah, a quick, quick poll on material or files. Generally, I'm not going to answer until the end because. But don't you think that or do I already led the witness? Sorry. Shouldn't every document that could be potentially sent or accessed or shared have some general repository that is accessible? Like like nobody home didn't start out doing this, but they found that people were like, I have all these documents that I send people maybe post-purchase or pre-purchase.KevinAnd there is no place on their website. They just how's everything even like you think about docs? So like, why is that hard to find for nonexistent on a builder site?KarlaThat would be nice to have.KevinThat's right.KarlaResource library.AndrewThat'd be that'll be great. Especially HRA stuff is interesting. I mean at least our experiences, we changed each way. Management companies like four times before, it was like our control, but it was like with it was still with the builder. So we're like, Who's in charge here? Who's in charge as homeowners do you blame? I mean, everything is always the builders fault, like always.AndrewThat's just made us, even though it's the way management company's fault, because you chose that terrible company, the builder, and so everything is the builder.KevinSo just make it easy for that saying I'm not suggesting it should be like front and center underneath our image or whatever it be for us. We just had a archway section, so we had it. We had a document library or a overall, I think we just called it Media Library and it had like any photo you might see on a community page would also be accessible in this Keystone Homes ish for those of us.KevinLike, it's like all of our pictures are here is searchable by everything, but also they're on the individual pages that are relevant to them. Same with videos and documents. And so we didn't even have a link on the community page to the docs because that might be distracting or confusing. Yeah, but certainly any time someone would ask, can I get a copy of my HRA docs that then the online sales person or salesperson who would then train the customer.KevinActually, there's this library over here and you can access anything that we have or need need to get to and it's grouped and searchable and all the rest anyway. And just when you were talking about like how separated each piece kind of is, instead of thought of in a cohesive manner. Manner. Yeah, it made me think about.KarlaThe only thing I would say that I've experience with something like that. Well, it just comes up in collateral information in general. Is that I think some teams can be lazy because someone has to keep up with the information being up to date. And so if you take the time to like make sure you have a good organization in place, like a good file, good filing, and like, you know, what's more up to date.KarlaYeah, good nomenclature. You make sure everything is what it's supposed to say, then I think it's definitely doable. But I think people just sometimes just, you know, maybe not able to. Yeah, it's a big thing to kind.KevinOf we got at that pushback all the time at Heartland and that was my that was my reason for wanting it to be out there in the wild is I just found that if it wasn't accessible by the customer, things never got updated or there were four copies going around. But once there was like, No, no, you know, some yeah, maybe someone has a document that's out of date.KevinYou have to make sure everything's dated and, and like last updated and the corner. But it was like, yeah, that document's incorrect, but I'd rather we know that and then we fix it versus having no visibility or people handing out something that's five years old that has four updates and they still have copies somewhere else saved locally, or just like, Nope, the truth is there for the customer.KevinSo that's the impetus to always make sure as it's correct, just like pricing.AndrewYeah, it doesn't create a problem which exposes what was already there.KevinShines a light on it. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Cool. Well, Karla, thanks for hopping on. Yeah, Bye. Any time. I love. I love just the mean. Yeah, It's like you work here.KarlaIt is Like I want to keep it creative cave and create a cave.AndrewWith your plan.KarlaThe next.KevinTime. Bring some next time. Since this is now a video show as well. Next time, I want you to bring some like, show and tell us something.AndrewYeah, there they go.KevinBy the way, if you don't follow girl on Instagram, you should, because that's when you get some additional exposure to like show and tell.KarlaOh, yes, I'm very quiet about it. Anyway, you'll have a good afternoon. Bye.KevinThis is episode 300. You made it.AndrewYeah, 303.KevinI'm like the biggest episode zero yet. Yeah.JulieThat's the best. All right, y'all have a good one. This is fair to say, Julie.KevinStory time.JulieSo I am watching my mom shop for a car, and it's been very entertaining. And the last thing I heard her say was that she was annoyed because she wanted somebody to beg her to buy a car and they were not begging her. So what happened is she had reached out to somebody about a car and they had never emailed or called her back.JulieAnd I know we always feel or hear people saying, Oh, I don't want to bug people. Well, she's annoyed because she wants to feel like they're begging her to buy a car. And then the other thing that's been funny is she's gone out to a few lots and of course, there's not a lot of cars. You know, still, there's issues with like actually having cars there.JulieAnd she's not being super picky. She kind of knows what she want. She wants three rows and she wants a new car and there's only a brand or two that she doesn't like, but she's pretty open. But I think Kevin and I have had multiple conversations in the last week or two about the messaging of like, we have homes because there are people who are moving that need a home and we have finished inventory.JulieAnd those people need to know we have finished inventory. So it's again, it's the same thing with her. If there was a car dealership out there, you know, that would tell her, we have this many cars that you can choose from. Right now we have this many SUVs or whatever it is. Yeah, that's the messaging she needs. And she also needs the messaging of like, we want you here.JulieLike, she feels like people aren't trying to get her to come out and aren't calling her back. So it's just been a fun process to watch with with what we do.KevinIt's really interesting because my wife's birthday was on Tuesday and she likes Cheesecake Factory because there's all kinds of options and we were going to have my parents come as well. So there's a table of eight, and at least here, the Cheesecake Factory is still cool in central Ohio. So most time you got a long wait. And I think you're talking about cars, which typically is a reference point of like, why can't homebuilders do things like car dealers do historically, like be more responsive, but now they're changing.KevinAnd my point is, whether it's Cheesecake Factory or Toyota. As a consumer, you are trained by all of your interactions with all the companies. You do what to expect or to assume. And so it's it's interesting how that dynamic does shift because typically it's like like my kids are like, you don't want to go to Cheesecake Factory. You got to wait for 2 hours and then it's going to take forever to cook because there's so many different options on the menu.KevinBut I really want to go there. So we pull it up and on the front page it's like make a reservation. Like we've never been able to make a reservation at Cheesecake Factory ever. And then it says Only up to table Party of six. And I'm like, up, see, they got us because we need eight. But then there's like, you could tell that it had been designed to say parties of six and under but then someone to just add a line of text that said but if you have a bigger party and it's on a non busy day or time, we'll try to work with you.KevinAnd it's like, why did that have to be there? It's because the dynamics have shifted. And so there is this point in time where we stopped eating out altogether because it was just always a pain, always busy, always short staffed, and now they're like, Oh yeah, no problem. Come on in at 530, 6:00 on a Tuesday night.AndrewWith a.KevinTable of eight reserved. And so it's that training and that's why we've had these conversations. Julie, of, you know, that concern about having like six homes available in a community and not looking bad or desperate that that might not be true anymore. We don't know someone might look at that six available in a single community and be like oh thank God I can actually maybe get one of them.KevinIs the use on market is still so difficult in most parts of the country.JulieYeah, yeah.AndrewWhat's interesting, Julie, is that sounds like the most amazing car shopping experience ever. Them not hounding you like it's a dream for me and you want to be like, Mom, you're not trying to date this person. Like what? Despite you want that car right there. But if they don't call you, you're not going to buy it. Like, I don't feel like that.KevinBy saying beg in quotes. Like my dad had the same experience. He just shop for a car. He would go to a Lexus dealership and they'd be like, Oh, we don't you know, you couldn't even talk to a salesperson. You had to talk to the receptionist because they didn't want you to feel like you were busy. And then the guy would show up and he's like, Oh, sorry, I can't get any of the keys to test drive anything.KevinIt's locked in a safe. Can you come back some other day? And they never call. That's just like, Here's my card. You follow up with me when you want to come back out. Like it's. It's this complete lack of any customer experience.JulieYeah, that's. She's like, it's one of those experiences where it's like, I want to give you money. Like I have money to give you to buy a car and nobody acts like they want to help me with this, you know? So I think it's just frustrating for her that nobody is taking her. And so if she comes out and she's like, This is what I'm looking for.JulieAnd they're just like, now, you know, I think it's just she doesn't feel like anybody is there to help her through the process and she's getting frustrated with it.AndrewMake you want to go Tesla and just like next next next next $500 deposit that shows up in a month done.KevinRight.AndrewYeah no people.KevinStill well it is an argument for a really good self service but it always comes back to the complexity of the purchase, the fear of making a wrong decision, and the number of options that home builders have. Make self service, generally speaking, not the same experience. And I always go back to like, yeah, there's so many different apps that say design your own home with this fun, you know, architectural app and it's easy as one, two, three.KevinYou look at the and then you try to like design anything and it just keeps saying error error like why can't I put that window there? I don't know. It just won't let me. It's just not as intuitive still as an opening.JulieEspecially for her. This would not work for her. She's over 70. I know some people over 70 would love it, but not her specifically.AndrewNo.KevinYeah.AndrewI would love it.KevinMy story time is just about the first part anyway, is how difficult it is to create something. Andrew and I were talking about this too, because, you know, he's creating new content. He and Sarah are also making new content for the market proof of Academy. And I was asked by NAHB to do a webinar and around a topic that I wrote for Builder magazine about.KevinSo I like I have the content I know like it's my own story in a way of my experience with Hartland of navigating a downturn market and what we did and how we did. I wrote this 1100 word article already and yet to sit down and craft from a blank set of PowerPoint slides, which I don't even love, really using slides in the same way as most people anyway.KevinBut it was just I had this experience when I was done with it of am I getting it like I'm not too old for this, I'm not giving up. But there is is like for 10 minutes afterwards, I was just so mentally exhausted from putting in the effort of building what ended up being like a 38 page presentation from nothing that I was just like, I'm too old for this.KevinLike, this is a young person's game making content and this is just hard. And that's, that's I think why people love the idea of I help and prompting and the rest. But anyway, I just shout out to anyone who ever makes anything. And Julie just wrote a book, but like creating something, especially when it's a combination of factual data and opinion and storytelling and, and, and who that's just tough.KevinIt's it's really, really tough. Now, the payoff was, was awesome because we ended up having I think over 450 people ended up registering put a link in the shots because they said, though as soon as it's posted on their website, we'll be able to put a link in for people to watch the replay as well. A lot of good questions, really good interactions, good time, but man is.KevinBut then there's the podcast, which is the opposite, and it's like this is the easiest thing ever. I look at the show notes 10 minutes before we hit record. We just talk time. We're swapping out articles last second or you know it. This is so effortless for me anyway. But creating that type of content is really hard. And so if.JulieYou put 1000 hours in on the podcast, is part of it, you're comfortable really, you're just you've had enough reps of that. Also, I think the hard thing is, is that good content looks effortless. So we're watching other people's content and we're like, Man, why is that? Why does mine not look like that? Why does mine feel so hard?JulieAnd then what you don't know is that just because it looked easy doesn't mean it was easy. So almost my story time. So I'm going to do a story time Part two. So. Okay. I'm a purple though, in jujitsu, so I'm usually one of the higher belts, if not the highest in the morning class that I go to.JulieAnd there's a lot of white belt women there.AndrewFor those who don't know, that means you can probably kick anyone's but at the summit.JulieRight? Well, lots of that out there. But so the professor, the coach there, sorry, this is making our story time really long. That's the coach there. Some mornings we'll say, okay, higher belts, you have to let the lower belt start wherever they want. So these white belt girls who are younger than me, probably stronger than me, can say, okay, I would like to start on your back with like about ready to choke you or I would like to start like on top of you.JulieAnd so then I have to work on my escapes and they get a chance to like, work on submissions and things. And so then when I get out, they're like, Man, that was so easy for you to get out. And I want to say, shut your mouth. It was not it was it was terrible. I was fighting for my life.JulieThat's like you think that it looked easy, but it was terrible for me. Like I hated it. Yeah. You know, so sometimes we look at people's content that's good, and we're like, Oh, but that's so easy for them. They just created that and it looked great. But you don't know that they're kind of fighting for their lives or have done that.JulieMany reps are working so hard to make it look that easy. So I think the same to you. People probably saw your presentation. Oh well, this is easy for them, but they don't know what it took behind the scenes to make it look effortless. Right.KevinAnd I, I think if you're a good presenter in any medium, you always are thinking about the audience experience and how they're absorbing it. And the podcast. I just feel like there's I mean, hopefully you're, you know, mowing the lawn, taking a walk, cooking dinner, like this is a great medium to do something else. At the same time.KevinSo it's like this and, and that's length and consistency mean that again, if you're sitting down on your couch with your popcorn and watching this, please don't tell me if you are, because I want to get you something special. I'll buy you popcorn for a year or something if that's actually what's happening. But there just seems like less pressure versus a straight for the same thing happens with the summit content.KevinIt is like you have to put time aside and it's not for me anyway. It's not repetition or practice of the content. It's the constant someone sitting in a seat that may or may not be comfortable after sitting in it for 4 hours. And I want to make sure that the visual payoff as much as possible of what I'm talking about connects or translates or adds something extra and isn't just like, anyway, I just yeah, it's hard.KevinI think content is hard. And you write thousand out the 10,000. I mean, should I should do the math. But if you average six or 7 hours a day talking to people times almost ten years now, I guess talking is not the hard part for me.AndrewYou know.KevinAll right, on to the news and we will try to keep those types of the episode doesn't go forever. MarketWatch dot com mortgage rates could hit 8% economists say, citing a worrying sign not seen since the Great Recession. The 30 year rate is at a critical stage. Lawrence Yun, chief economist at the National Association of Realtors, told MarketWatch.KevinThis is confusing to a lot of people. I feel like we've talked about a couple of times, but just for clarity, the Federal Reserve changes short term rates, the rest of the bond market and Treasury market adjusts based upon supply and demand for different lengths of maturities. The most important one for mortgages is the ten year Treasury note, so that has its own pricing that is not directly impacted by the Fed.KevinThere's a there's a correlation, but it's not directly affected. And then there is a risk premium that people who give money for mortgages want. So the ten year is considered a very safe investment. Unless the US government ceases to exist, they pay their debt by making more money, which is a whole other topic out of thin air. But you're going to get your money from that ten year Treasury bond.KevinSo if people are default on a mortgage, there's a risk that that could occur, especially when the market in the future doesn't look as rosy. And so the the Delta between the ten year and what mortgage rates are at is known as a risk premium. That risk premium and the ten year are both expanding. And that's why even though rates haven't changed very much, they're still headed up and may go headed higher.KevinSo in some sense, before we get into really the the full article, it's it's kind of I would say it is really smart people who have a lot of money at risk saying I think in the near term there is maybe a slightly higher likelihood of people being foreclosed on or loans not being paid back. And so I want more profit basically from the loan to cover potential losses.KevinSo that's that's why that that spread is so important to watch and understand. Anything else in this article that that you all.JulieKnow the I thought it was interesting that they were talking about don't expect the higher rates to hurt home prices. So some people may think, oh, because rates are going up and less people are going than your home prices are going to go down. They said that the that will only happen if the job market, if people are losing their jobs and then that would be when that would happen.JulieSo I thought that was an interesting point.AndrewYeah, it's so interesting. I mean, you know, different local Facebook groups and there's still this weird like thought that like everything is going to crash and people are waiting to buy for this inevitable crash and maybe people want Why would you want that? Like, that's so psychotic. Like what I want the world to be like. They want like, a recession, Great Recession.AndrewI'm like, what is wrong with you? First of all? Like, it's not going to happen.KevinBecause it's going to affect everyone else. They'll be unaffected.AndrewThey'll be unaffected. They'll still have their job perfect, and there'll be any change they could just scoop up a house half the price, what it is now. But so that's just it's interesting that I don't know. That's a common thought, but it definitely seems a somewhat common thinking. But just looking at this one part here, it's like he noted that monthly mortgage payment for a median priced home in 2019 was 1100.AndrewToday, at 8%, that payment would be over 2300.KevinSo that does not include taxes and interest, I believe.AndrewBut then you need to go like, well, those people who didn't buy it either time, what is their rent? Right. It could be 2823 is better than 28. So I'm saying that like this seems very doom and gloom, but like knowing people in our lives that are younger, like, Oh, but in house. Yeah, yeah. I'm like, can I have some details?AndrewYou know, like, I do stuff like, and every single person went down at least 2 to $300 renting to now owning a home. So my Oh, okay, cool. Now they are fortunate, like their career wise, they both had higher income established jobs, so they're both like they made 100 combined income, not not each, but like both. So they able to save up some money.AndrewAnd then both for Ira, both had down payment assistance from the county. Yeah. Which is more interesting. But prices were both met for hundreds for their homes.KevinBeth Russell sharing screenshots of articles, talking about how housing has just become completely like it's I forget the exact headline, something about no one can afford to buy anymore. And what's interesting, I just replied back quickly like that also means people can't afford to sell. And so that, you know, if rates continue to go higher, I think there will be fewer sellers until, to Yoon's point, people have job losses.KevinBut until that point just means there's going to be fewer existing homes on the market and builders are always going to have something for sale.AndrewSo more houses be perfect. Yeah. Builders, there's the supply.KevinAll right. Up next, this is a I really want to talk about this one, even if it's the last one we do. I don't care from geek it Slate.com don't discount the merits of a friction ful transaction. This is written by Drew Myers, the guy I've got to know over the last year and a half or so. Really good guy.KevinFriction is good. Not bad. At least in the residential real estate context. And he goes on to cite all of these different tools, services, platforms that want to make moving it at the push of a button easy. And then he's like, should it be easy? Are you going to make a great decision? If purchasing a home is as easy as ordering light bulbs off Amazon?KevinShould it should it should something that impacts your life so, so severely is a real benefit to having that be frictionless at point.JulieI don't think friction less should be the goal. I think figuring out where the friction should be and where the friction should be in places where we strategically want to slow the process down. So there should be parts of the process that we want to go quickly and easily and parts where we want that friction because we need people to slow down and not just to make the right decision.JulieBut you also can't build a relationship with somebody which sometimes you need to know because, you know, if you want to do more personalization or you want to listen or you want to find out what they want, you're going to have to slow that part down or it's not going to happen. So I think it's just being more strategic about where it needs to go fast and where it needs to go slow and leave the friction in those places.JulieWe need to slow it down.KevinRight. I think his argument here is a somewhat moral, you know, he goes into credit cards are easy and there's lots of studies that show if you pay in cash versus a credit card, you're going to you're going to be making smarter financial choices overall. And so he's like over half a century of cognitive science. And studies have shown that people who do multitask or move quickly.KevinAnd so then he's like, I promise buyer solutions to both with one seamless experience of here's the house for you. It's perfect in every way. Push the button. It's yours. And he's like, Should this desk be compressed to make it as easy to drop 200 grand or $2 million on a house? As easy as it is to drop a $5 bill on some other product or service.AndrewI would like.KevinThis is how he says. I don't buy the idea that people need or even want to buy houses with a single tap on their phone. Sequencing steps helps buyers minimize the chances of a poor investment decision with their hard earned dollars.AndrewI think this is my bias, or maybe this is what I think I don't. People are being polite by using the word frictionless by saying I think that transactional cost to sell and buy a home is absurd, right? Like if you were to sell.KevinThat is true. A lot of it is focused on like.AndrewHodling, like realtors, then like, hey, is there a way to get rid of this percentage? Or maybe you should shift that money to like, Hey, the inspection needs more money behind it and we could have a better inspection for a used home and more emphasis on that versus this kind of general contractor bringing in different trades to get it done.AndrewAnd they're the ones making the most money on the transaction. I don't if that. So, Drew, if you're listening, maybe have a part two of transact, you know, what we should is the same.KevinThing or something and see if he wants to come on some time on, I guess, episode. But one example would be like inspections, housing inspections. Is it really in the buyer's interest to waive those or to let's say that there's a company that says we'll do an AI powered inspection utilizing large amounts of data and we'll just estimate a likely cost of repairs.KevinJust so you have a sense of it. You can either push a button and get that for two bucks or you can wait 72 hours to have for a week to have an actual in-person inspection. Now, I'm not saying take away the optionality for the buyer because that's a negotiation tactic of I'm not going to require that. But all things being equal, just like, is it better to walk through physically the space that you're about to purchase or do it virtually, which is like and this goes like, we are really quick to give away the best option for just one that's better or good enough.KevinAnd I think that's kind of what you're saying. Julie There's there's things where we should always be optimizing to just the best and maybe a good enough in some areas is okay. But I if, if my one of my four kids goes to buy a house that's 25 years old and like, Hey dad, we're going to waive inspections, I'd be like.AndrewNo, you're not.JulieWell, And sometimes it takes a human to explain that, you know what I mean? Like the giving option just on an automated system is different than having a person telling you what the differences in those two choices are.KevinRight? I've even had people tell me, like, I waved my it's like, no matter what happens with the inspection, I can't get out of the contract, so I'm not going to do an inspection and like, you're nuts. Why would you still not want to know?AndrewThey still know.KevinYou may not be a reason to get out of the contract, but at least now you know for planning before you show up, you move in and try to take a bath in the tub, falls through the second floor. I think you would want to still know. I mean.AndrewYeah, all the hurricane things are missed very commonly. Even a newbuilds like, right, Matt Then insurance like that. That sounds terrifying. Hurricane coming. You're like, I wish we got an inspection. Make sure the straps and all that stuff is done correctly. Yeah, yeah, yeah. That's. I do both. All right, next your question.KevinI mean, it's it's a good thought process and I and I agree that we should be going after the best which might have a little bit of friction but if it's if it's in everyone's best interest and that kind of goes back to like the whole e-commerce ification of our industry I think is a little bit overplayed, not not totally, but a little bit from Reuters.com.KevinEvergrande Remember them files for us Bankruptcy protection as China economic fears mount. So this isn't just a story about Evergrande, which is your remember the place that had like was a 15 or nine towers imploded that were partially built.AndrewA billion.KevinGhost cities. We talked all about this a couple of years ago I think now well they're back the the whole real estate market and China's a mess. Trusts aren't paying out the funds that they're supposed to be. There's people protesting again. So that's interesting in and of itself that it's real estate that's having an issue there. But also just generally a lot of the global economies now are headed towards a recession or a severe decline in activity from where they have been.KevinAnd China is typically a big economic engine. So even if you believe in the soft landing theory of what's going to happen to the U.S. market broadly, there's always a statement of, you know, in China, when China sneezes, the U.S. catches a cold, vice versa, like these two really big economies, there is this global impact. And so Europe's doing poorly, Japan's doing poorly, China is doing poorly.KevinAnd a sense that even if things are great here, you're going into the end to the end of this year, early next year. Just kind of general economic activity in the world is not good. And that's quick aside, sorry I'm talking so much on this one, everyone. But I was having this conversation of someone was saying, Kevin, how do you feel about the housing market over the next 12 to, 24 months?KevinAnd here's here's my main thing is I can't think of in the stock market language, they call it a catalyst like is the stock going to go up or down? There needs to be some new piece of information that is a catalyst for change. I can't think of very many positive catalysts except for the one we just mentioned of existing homes not being available, but they're already not really available in most markets.KevinSo it might get a little bit better if rates go higher and less are available for us. Maybe. But it's almost like all of the good catalysts have already happened or are in play like now. Homes are available. Pricing in a lot of cases have adjusted or come down. And so then there's like the market catalysts that I, I can't really foresee.KevinBut if you can think of any show it did you convert dot com or just reach out to us on social channels. We'd love to hear your thoughts. And then the second thing is from a marketing perspective, even if the market's not doing great as a marketer, if there is some new thing that we could all be working on that always of ups the energy level of like, okay, well we can't do this, this and this, or we can go do this thing that's new and different.KevinAnd there is a little bit of that. And certainly the focus that Julie is helping with with her book on on content is a big piece of it. But again, in terms of a brand new kind of like we've all known we needed to do content well for a long, long time.AndrewYeah.KevinJulie's book is a great resource to help us do that better. People are budget, more money to it, but it's not like a completely brand new catalyst thought of this is really going to ignite something. So I think that's why I'm just generally I kind of like, enjoy what you got, why you got it. Keep getting better, keep your eye on the ball, work hard.KevinAll right. All the phrases from oh, yeah, something else.AndrewAll the phrases, all the phrases there. Keep going.KevinFrom Zillow.com. First home ownership surges. Half of all home buyers are making their first purchase. Half of all home buyers are purchasing their first home, the highest share that Zillow has ever recorded. And for Housing Trends Report finds that first time buyers now make up 50% of all home buyers, up from 45% last year, and a meaningful jump from 37% in 2021.KevinThat's really interesting to me.AndrewYeah. Trump on the age group they had is that millennials, which are 29 to 43 year olds, that's not what we think of young people, right?KevinRight. But they haven't been buying homes. Yeah. So these aren't large numbers until recently.AndrewYoung people.KevinYes. I just think I find it ironic that when in an era of affordability being the main reason slash excuse that people say why homes aren't selling, people can't buy that. It's first time buyers that make up 50%. What do you think?JulieWell, it's it's also what you what you know, if you don't know if you're coming into this market and it's the first time you've bought. I just now Googled we bought our first little condo in 2001 and I just Googled. So I don't know how accurate this is. That said, the rate's average 7.24%. Like they were terrible. We didn't know any different.JulieIt's different this time around because they were down to three and they came up to this. And so it's news. But also if they weren't already in a home with a 3% interest rate. So it is to just speaking to your audience and realizing that not every single person you're talking to is currently in a house with a 3% mortgage rate.JulieThere's people paying cash. There's, you know, first time homebuyers, There's all these other people who are also in the market that we also need to speak to.KevinThat takes us back to where we keep talking about on all of our calls with our with our builder partners and on leadership calls is right now the market is being driven by the four D's death. Diamond's divorce and diapers like that's regardless of where affordability is to your point. Like those are the reasons that you're saying okay.KevinWe're going to buy a house or need a change in our in our situation. GREEN No. All right. Favorites.AndrewFavorites. So let's say what's not what's not my favorite way.KevinWe started this new last time. It doesn't have to be a favorite anymore. It could be just something that's really pissing you off.AndrewOh, well, this is perfect, then. This boom stand is pissing me off. If you've seen me, me, myself. And because it keeps fun, it keeps falling down. So I have a new one that Amazon said. Your shipments arriving late or something. Supposed to be here this morning. I'm like, Oh, I arrive here at 7:11 a.m.. Perfect. It's one this one is like it's blue.AndrewThe blue brand. I think they make a fake out. They make microphones and stuff. It's like a hundred bucks, but it's tension based. So it's like the weather affects it and humidity, for whatever reason is super annoyance. I just bought one that's like you just lock it in because it really doesn't move. I'm excited to replace it. This thing is super annoying.AndrewDon't buy it. It's awful. Well, it's.KevinOne of those things. It's not a buy once. Try once deal with Julie. I thought that would be sad that she bought her camera. But it is one of those things like arm. I had the same challenge, but there's a tension adjustment piece on it.AndrewYeah, but.KevinFor the last year I have not bothered to mess with. I'm just like the things slowly would float up and it would annoy me and I'd push it back down and it would stay there for 5 minutes and then slowly float back up. Just having the right equipment is half the battle. It's worth it almost every time. And then the second is just taking the time again to take care of it like I talked about before.KevinBut yeah, that's.AndrewIt's so someone wants to.JulieMine are homework helpers this year for math he has homework helpers. We're basically has the same worksheet that he's working on that shows you what you're supposed to do without the answers on it. Thank goodness, because I was having to google everything. And it's not that it's like hard stuff. It just doesn't make any. It just I've never seen it laid out like that and I have no idea how to help them.JulieSo thank goodness already we're like two weeks into school and I'm already having to like, go to the homework helpers and figure out what in the heck they're talking about. So I'm having homework so I.AndrewLearn rational numbers and irrational numbers whole. Yeah, I'm like, I don't.JulieKnow, like, yes, I'm like, Wait, I don't know what they're asking. So that's been my go to this week.KevinLet's see what I'm going to is going to pick some app on my phone that I think that I use that I think most people may not have. There's one called Sunshine Birthdays. You've all seen this before. That's Marissa mayer of former Yahoo Fame. That's her company. And what it does is it lets you log in and connect all of your different accounts and just create a single source of truth, people's birthdays.KevinIt also does the same thing for contacts. So it's kind of like an iCloud. That's not Apple only, but it'll go to all of your social networks, your Gmail, whatever, and your calendars already, and then it'll say, Hey, there's three different birthdays or three different profiles for Andrew. Pete, do you want to consolidate them? Is this the right day?KevinIt's one of those small little things that and then it reminds you, you can look at it easily a week in advance or a mother of and Sue's birthdays are coming up. They're their play, as you know. They make it really easy to order someone something if you want to through the app. But it's just one of those nice little things that you're like, this is just helpful to not not miss birthdays anymore.AndrewDoes it go through like does it prefer Amazon as far as like it tries to sync it to Amazon, like get you to buy? The reason I'm saying the best purchases from you have this really cool experience and then they get like the affiliate money from pushing all these transactions from their app. So I'm like, Oh, that's genius.AndrewLike, let's make it easy for people to shop for birthdays. We make money by being affiliate with all these different e-commerce companies.KevinI might have spoke too quickly there. I thought an option to send presents, but what I'm getting now is just ordering cards or cards.AndrewOh, they go.KevinIt's probably just through their on experience.AndrewIt's pretty cool. Yeah. Yeah. It is a hard to remember.KevinSomething and it's called sunshine. It'll brighten your day.AndrewI think. Sunshine.KevinAll right, that'll do it for season one of marketing. Of marketing. Be sure to join us for the beginning of season two next week. We'll see you then.JulieSee. The post Ep 300: Good Content Looks Effortless appeared first on Online Sales and Marketing for Home Builders - DYC.
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This week our guest is WFM Maaike Keetman. Maaike is a 2016 Dutch Chess Olimpian and youth champion, who is also a Chessable author and member of its content creation team. Maaike joined me shortly after competing in a big open tournament in Europe, The Czech Open. Maaike reflected on her own performance and also highlighted what anyone considering playing in this tournament in future years could expect. Following that, we discuss the launch of Chessable's ‘Create Your Own Course' contest. This contest is a unique opportunity for community members to share their passion for chess, and to potentially win prizes and earn extra income. Lastly, we discuss a few topics important to Maaike's chess experience, including The Chess Steps Method, and the most memorable moments of her chess career. 0:02- Maaike joined me shortly after returning from The Czech Open in Pardubice. For prospective tournament players, she discusses what she liked and disliked about the tournament, and she assessed her own performance. Maaike had to withdraw from the tournament due to sickness, so she was unable to finish the tournament. Mentioned: CM Vjekoslav Nemec, More Czech Open Info here: https://www.czechopen.net/en/, Sunway Sitges, Reykjavik Open 11:00- Maiike plays in the Dutch Chess League and the English 4NCL League as well. She discusses the formats of these leagues. 15:00- What are Maiike's current objectives with her chess game? 19:00- Maiike discusses her work at Chessable and the annual “Create Your Own Chess Course” contest. Mentioned: The Checkmate Patterns Manual, Visualize by Benedictine, CM Can Kabadayi's Chessable Courses, GM Maurice Ashley's Secrets of Chess Geometry, Maaike's How to Create a Chessable Course Video 31:00- Patreon mailbag question: “What are the best practices of the most accomplished Chessable users?' Mentioned: NM Han Schut, NM Todd Bryant, Perpetual Chess Improvement, Available November 1!, Alex Crompton's Blog Post, EP 256 with Alex Crompton 35:00- Patreon mailbag question: “What changes have taken place at Chessable since it was acquired by Chess.com?' 40:00- What was it like growing up vis-a-vis The Chess Steps system in The Netherlands? Mentioned: EP 335 with Matthew Ball and WIM Natasha Regan 43:00- Maiike shares her memories of playing on the Dutch National Team at the Olympiad. 47:00- If Maaike were to emphasize improving her chess game, what would she prioritize? 50:00 Maaike's fondest and least fond chess memories! 51:00- Thanks to Maaike for joining the pod! If you have questions about the Chessable contest, email hello at chessable dot com Or post in the Chessable forums: https://www.chessable.com/discussion/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
On this episode of Our American Stories, Ben Franklin has the distinction of many "firsts": He invented the lightning rod, the Franklin stove, bifocals, the catheter, swim fins and the odometer. He started the first public library, the first volunteer fire company, the first American fire insurance company, the first hospital and was the first postmaster general. Chess.com also reminds us that Franklin was also the first known chess player as well as the first chess author in America. Here again to tell us the story is the Jack Miller Center's Editorial Officer and historian, Elliott Drago. Support the show (https://www.ouramericanstories.com/donate)See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
070 A small number of chess players make remarkably quick progress. Perhaps even fewer of those are adults. Which is why the achievements of this week's guest, Kamryn Hellman, are so remarkable.She started playing chess for the first time as an adult. And, in just a little over a year, Kamryn rose to a 2000 Rapid rating on Chess.com. Because progress this fast is rarely seen by adults, we explore her journey and how she achieved it.We discuss:Her top three “difference makers” for reaching a 2000 Chess.com rating in fifteen monthsWhy competing in OTB classical tournaments was such a powerful factor in her improvementWas her approach to be a tactics machine or was there room for studying strategy and positional chess? More from Kamryn: YouTube TwitchTwitter
Eric Zorn, Publisher of The Picayune Sentinel, joins John Williams to talk about the publication of mugshots in the wake of Donald Trump’s Georgia mugshot and if men and women should compete separately in non-physical events like chess.