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This week, Traci welcomed Wendy Sherry, Chief Executive Officer for Global Health Benefits within International Health at Cigna Healthcare, overseeing healthcare delivery to more than 3,700 clients in over 250 countries.With 30 years at Cigna spanning multiple leadership roles, Wendy is a strong advocate for inclusion and the advancement of women in leadership. She also serves as an advisor to Hello Heart and supports healthcare equity angels.Spoiler alert: 50% of millennial women are experiencing perimenopause symptoms right now, and by 2030, three-quarters of the global workforce will be millennials or Gen Z—meaning this isn't a women's issue, it's a business imperative.What We CoverThe inclusive leadership philosophyWhat perimenopause actually does to your body50% of millennial women have perimenopause symptomsWhich states mandate menopause workplace protectionsWhy this is a business imperative, not a nice-to-haveThe hidden cost of perimenopause stigmaHow Cigna connects employees to menopause specialistsThe talent war you're losing without these benefitsWhat to ask your benefits provider tomorrowKey Quote"If all the good ideas come from me, we are in trouble. You need to have a team that in many ways is smarter than you in certain areas, because it's all about perspective." – Wendy SherryConnect with Wendy Sherry: https://www.linkedin.com/in/wendy-sherry/ Website: https://www.cignaglobal.com/employers/na Connect with Traci here: https://linktr.ee/HRTraciDisclaimer: Thoughts, opinions, and statements made on this podcast are not a reflection of the thoughts, opinions, and statements of the Company by whom Traci Chernoff is actively employed.Please note that this episode may contain paid endorsements and advertisements for products or services. Individuals on the show may have a direct or indirect financial interest in products or services referred to in this episode.

Tune into this week's episode as Eric is joined by special guest Ruben Mendoza and they discuss what it means to lead with conviction!Ruben Mendoza is the Founder, President, and Chief Executive Officer of Foundation Building Materials with 25 years of industry experience. Before founding the company in 2011, Ruben served as the Chief Executive Officer of AMS, a leading distributor of building products. First Time? Start Here: https://rock.marinerschurch.org/connectcardCan we pray for you? https://rock.marinerschurch.org/page/692You can find information for all our Mariners congregations, watch more videos, and learn more about us and our ministries on our website https://www.marinerschurch.org/---------------------------------------------------------------- FIND US ON SOCIAL MEDIA • Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/marinerschurch • TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@marinerschurch • Twitter: https://twitter.com/marinerschurch • Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/marinerschurch • Online Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mariners.online-------------------------------------------------------------------- Support the ministry and help us reach people worldwide: https://www.marinerschurch.org/give/Like podcasts? Check out more from Mariners Church https://www.marinerschurch.org/podcast-channels/

In this episode, Jacob Rodman, Chief Executive Officer of Raleigh Neurosurgical Clinic, discusses how his team improved efficiency by bringing anesthesia services in-house, strategies for navigating Medicare uncertainty, and the growing role of AI in clinical and ASC operations. He also shares his vision for leadership development and future growth in outpatient neurosurgical care.

After winning the International Crown event in Korea, Australia's women's golf is entering a golden era. Joining Lehmo on Summer Grandstand to discuss this success is Karen Lunn, Chief Executive Officer of the WPGA Tour of Australasia. She talks about the team's triumph in Korea and what's next for Australian golf.

Motorists have raised concerns after Japanese car manufacturer, Nissan joined the long list of major companies to recall some of their vehicle models due to defects. This comes after the National Consumer Commission (NCC) recalled over 1,600 Nissan Qashqai SUVs for fear that they may be affected by a fuel leak risk. Earlier this month, BMW South Africa recalled over 12,000 of its vehicles, citing the possibility of water entering the Starter Motor, which would cause corrosion. The Peugeot Landtrek has also been recalled, following a wear of the the vehicle's doorsill wiring harness, which is caused by interference with the doorsill cover. For a look at what recourse is available to you, as the consumer, Elvis Presslin spoke to Chief Executive Officer of the National Association of Automobile Manufacturers of South Africa, Mike Mabasa

Imagine - Ireland's independent broadband provider - has announced a price freeze until 2030 on all fibre broadband plans, guaranteeing customers that their monthly bill won't change between now and then. The move directly challenges the industry trend of short-term deals followed by steep increases and annual inflation-linked price hikes. Imagine provides fibre and 5G mobile broadband throughout Ireland and promises one clear price until 2030 that can save households and businesses up to €1,247 over five years compared to competitors. Imagine is also offering leave anytime flexibility across all broadband packages, giving stability without being tied into 12 or 24-month contracts. Recent national research by Ipsos B&A (2025) highlights widespread frustration among broadband users in Ireland: 79% are tired of constant price hikes. 71% say cost is their top reason for switching. 54% believe all broadband providers are the same. Nearly half have been with their provider less than two years. Niall Tallon, Chief Executive Officer, Imagine, said: "We want to reimagine what broadband can be in Ireland and give customers a real alternative that is fair, honest, and free from the usual tricks. Nobody wants to deal with annual inflationary price hikes or switching when short-term offers expire. People want price stability and simple, no-nonsense high-speed connectivity". "Imagine has a long history of doing things differently. We were the first to bring high-speed broadband to rural communities when others didn't. We're still that independent company challenging the status quo. Our five-year price freeze, straightforward customer journey, and leave-anytime flexibility aren't available anywhere else", added Tallon. "Why sign a contract for one price and end up paying double within a year? It doesn't make sense. We are rewarding loyalty and are the only broadband provider that can look you in the eye and say: Your fibre broadband bill won't change until 2030." Imagine's new fibre broadband packages include plans for €55 a month for 500MB, with speeds going up to 2GB, and they are available nationwide. All packages include?leave-anytime flexibility, meaning no 12-month or 24-month contracts or hidden fees. For more information, go to imagine.ie

Bioreactors and Light: The Future of Bio-Manufacturing Unveiled Prolific-machines.com About the Guest(s): Dr. Deniz Kent is the co-founder and Chief Executive Officer of Prolific Machines, a biotech innovator at the forefront of utilizing light as a control mechanism for cellular behavior in biomanufacturing. With an academic background in molecular biology, Dr. Kent's expertise lies in optogenetics—the science of using light to control cells. Under his leadership, Prolific Machines is pioneering a new era in biotechnology with applications ranging from pharmaceuticals to cellular agriculture. Episode Summary: In this fascinating episode of The Chris Voss Show, listeners are introduced to the visionary world of Dr. Deniz Kent, CEO and co-founder of Prolific Machines. With a mission to revolutionize biotechnology, Dr. Kent explores the profound impact of using optogenetics, a process that employs light to communicate and control cellular functions. This innovative approach aims to drive significant advancements in biomanufacturing, offering potential solutions for diverse industries, from pharmaceuticals to food production. The discussion delves into how Prolific Machines strives to harness light for creating efficiencies in drug manufacturing, ultimately reducing costs and improving accessibility. Dr. Kent explains that the applications extend beyond pharmaceuticals, potentially transforming how we produce food and other essentials. As the conversation evolves, the potential future of bioreactors in homes is posited, signaling a shift towards personalized cell-based production. This episode promises intriguing insights into a future where biotechnology plays a pivotal role in daily life. Key Takeaways: Revolutionizing Biomanufacturing: Prolific Machines is utilizing optogenetics to enable precise control over cellular functions, impacting major sectors like pharmaceuticals and agriculture. Democratization of Medicine: The cost-effective and scalable nature of optogenetic biomanufacturing could make advanced therapies more accessible globally. Visionary Applications: While focusing on drug manufacturing now, the technology envisions a future where bioreactors could provide custom food and medical solutions at home. Historical Roots in Modern Innovation: The concept of biomanufacturing has ancient origins, showing its evolution from traditional practices to groundbreaking modern science. Industry and Public Engagement: Dr. Kent aims to raise awareness and foster understanding of biotechnology's potential, encouraging engagement from both industry professionals and the general public. Notable Quotes: "What we're building is a system where machines and cells can communicate with each other." "I believe that all biomanufacturing will eventually become optogenetic." "You can make anything made out of cells, which is, a lot of things." "The ultimate goal is anyone who wants to make something with cells can use our technology as the infrastructure to do that." "By switching to these more advanced, machine-controllable tools, we can dramatically reduce the cost of protein therapeutics or gene therapies."

What if we stopped investing like bystanders and started investing like owners and “neighbors” in the story of our finances?When you invest like an owner, our portfolios can reflect faithful stewardship and create real-world impact. Robin John joins us today to share practical ways to move from passive investing to purposeful ownership.Robin John is co-founder and Chief Executive Officer at Eventide Asset Management, an underwriter of Faith & Finance. He's also the author of the book, The Good Investor: How Your Work Can Confront Injustice, Love Your Neighbor, and Bring Healing to the World.Investing vs. SpeculatingMany people confuse investing with speculating. Speculating—like day trading—is often no different than gambling. It's focused on short-term gains, trying to predict what the market will do tomorrow. But investing is about ownership. When you buy a stock, you're buying a piece of a company. You become a co-owner.That means your money is participating in real work—serving customers, employing people, and creating products that impact lives. As Christians, we should invest in companies we believe are doing good for the world, not just generating profits.Speculation is reactive and anxious. Investing, when done faithfully, allows us to rest in the knowledge that our capital is working toward purposes aligned with God's design for flourishing.The Responsibility of OwnershipOwnership changes everything. It confers ethical responsibility.If you owned a neighborhood store, you'd care deeply about how it serves your community, treats employees, and impacts the environment. In the same way, being a shareholder means you share in both the profits and the moral implications of what that company does.That's why Eventide Asset Management believes that Christians must think like owners, not traders. Ownership means engaging thoughtfully with the companies we invest in—voting proxies, engaging in dialogue with management, and ensuring that our capital is stewarded with integrity. Our investing isn't just about earning; it's about embodying our faith in the marketplace.Why Passive Investing Deserves a Closer LookIn recent years, many investors have turned to index funds or “passive” strategies. While these offer simplicity and diversification, I believe we should pause and ask: What are we actually owning?As Christians, we can't do anything passively—not even investing. Romans 12:2 calls us to avoid conforming to the patterns of this world, to renew our minds, and to discern what is good. That means we can't blindly invest in every company just because it's part of a market index.Do we really want to profit from industries like pornography, abortion, gambling, or tobacco? Our calling is to pursue good profits—profits that come from serving others and honoring God.To meet that need, Eventide has created systematic ETFs—investment funds that provide broad market exposure while intentionally excluding harmful industries. They're designed for believers who want to participate in the market without compromising biblical conviction.The Neighbor Map: Loving People Through InvestingIn his book, The Good Investor, Robin shares something he calls the Neighbor Map—a framework that helps us see all the “neighbors” affected by a business.God's command to “love your neighbor as yourself” (Leviticus 19) isn't abstract. It applies to the business world. At Eventide, they have identified six key neighbors every company should serve:Customers – Are the company's products truly good for those who use them?Employees – Are they treated with dignity, fairness, and care?Suppliers – Are business relationships ethical and respectful?Communities – Does the company create meaningful jobs and contribute positively to local life?The Environment – Is creation being stewarded well? Caring for creation is one of the most direct ways to love the poor, because it's the poor who suffer most from pollution and neglect.Society – Is the company contributing to the flourishing of the broader culture?Faithful investing isn't only about avoiding harm—it's also about embracing good. When we invest in companies that love their neighbors well, we participate in God's ongoing work of restoration.As investors, we're not distant spectators. We're partners. At Eventide, they engage directly with the companies we invest in—raising concerns, asking hard questions, and encouraging leadership to act with wisdom and compassion.Their goal isn't confrontation—it's collaboration. Whether it's addressing supply chain ethics, employee safety, or corporate philanthropy, we approach these conversations as co-owners who want to see good companies become even better.Clarity for Every Christian InvestorMany believers are unaware of what their money supports. That's why the team at Eventide created GoodInvestor.com—a free tool that allows you to screen your portfolio and see exactly what you're investing in. You can also connect with advisors who understand faith-based investing and can help you align your portfolio with your convictions.We hope that Christians everywhere would invest with joy, clarity, and confidence—knowing that their capital is serving God's purposes in the world. When we invest, we're not just moving money—we're shaping the world. Every dollar we deploy carries moral and spiritual weight.Our prayer is that more believers would see investing as a form of worship—a way to love God and neighbor through the stewardship of capital. Together, we can build a world that rejoices, where profits are good, people are valued, and creation is honored.On Today's Program, Rob Answers Listener Questions:Back in 2010, my parents set up a life estate warranty deed for their home, adding my siblings and me to the deed. My mom passed away eight years ago, and my dad passed in December 2024. We're preparing to sell the house now, but I keep hearing that we need to use a “life expectancy table” to calculate the home's value for capital gains or losses. Can you explain how that works and what steps we'll need to take for the taxes?I've saved up three months' worth of income—about $2,300 in total—and I still owe around $500 on a HELOC and another $500 on a credit card with interest rates of about 7% and 8.9%. My question is: Should I treat my savings separately from my three-month emergency fund? For example, if something unexpected happens—like a car repair—I don't want to touch my emergency fund. Is there a certain percentage or guideline for how much should be in an emergency fund versus regular savings?Resources Mentioned:Faithful Steward: FaithFi's New Quarterly Magazine (Become a FaithFi Partner)The Good Investor: How Your Work Can Confront Injustice, Love Your Neighbor, and Bring Healing to the World by Robin C. JohnEventide Asset ManagementGoodInvestor.com (Investment Screening Tool and Advisor Search)Wisdom Over Wealth: 12 Lessons from Ecclesiastes on MoneyLook At The Sparrows: A 21-Day Devotional on Financial Fear and AnxietyRich Toward God: A Study on the Parable of the Rich FoolFind a Certified Kingdom Advisor (CKA) or Certified Christian Financial Counselor (CertCFC)FaithFi App Remember, you can call in to ask your questions every workday at (800) 525-7000. Faith & Finance is also available on Moody Radio Network and American Family Radio. You can also visit FaithFi.com to connect with our online community and partner with us as we help more people live as faithful stewards of God's resources. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Jason Leon continues to take the “path less taken”. Born and raised in Bronx, New York, Jason's parents hail from Puerto Rico. After realizing that his Spanish needed a little improving and that he need to better understand his roots, Jason left Bronx after high school and studied at the American University of Puerto Rico. Upon receiving his CPA Jason became a civil servant as the CFO of small pueblo in Puerto Rico. Jason eventually returned home to New York where he got his Masters in Public Administration from Baruch College. Jason's path is now in the service of exceptional corporate and nonprofit governance—as the founder and Chief Executive Officer of Executives & Boards in Washington, DC where his commitment and energies are now focused on developing exceptional Board officers and principled corporate leadership.

Over 550 people from across Minnesota and the Midwest attended Fresh Energy's 10th annual Benefit Breakfast on the morning of September 30, 2025, to celebrate the resilience and determination driving clean energy progress in Minnesota, share our vision for navigating uncertain times, and reflect on how local leadership is creating a new playbook for climate action. Breakfast speakers in this recording include:Dr. Margaret Cherne-Hendrick, Chief Executive Officer of Fresh EnergyKarie Kirschbaum, community development director for the City of Crookston and co-founder of Empower Crookston Bob Blake, founder and CEO of Solar Bear and Executive Director of Native Sun Community Power Development  Alex Savelli, global executive director – electrolyzers at Accelera by Cummins  If you missed the event, want to share it with a friend, or experience it again, watch the full event here or by viewing the video below. Be sure to check out these great photos from the event. And finally: support Fresh Energy's important work by making a donation today. Fresh Energy's mission is to shape and drive bold policy solutions to achieve equitable carbon-neutral economies. Together we are working toward a vision of a just, prosperous, and resilient future powered by a shared commitment to a carbon-neutral economy. Learn about Fresh Energy's work and our bold "Vision 2030: Fresh Energy's Strategic Framework" at our website fresh-energy.org.Follow us on Social Media!Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/freshenergytoday/Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/freshenergy.bsky.socialFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/freshenergytodayLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/fresh-energy/

Live from the PGMS annual conference in Louisville Kentucky, Paula and Sun join Meg to officially kick off conference season! The trio reflect on how industry groups have impacted their lives professionally and personally. Here's what you'll hear in this week's episode:  An update on the World Listening Tour  The impact PGMS and other industry groups can have on your career  PGMS + SFMA partnership  Book club update  A little bit more about our guests... Paula Sliefert is the newly appointed Chief Executive Officer of The Sports Field Management Association and Executive Director of the Professional Football Field Managers Association. Paula spent almost 18 years in sports turf and grounds management marketing space before accepting this new role. Sun Roesslein is a certified sports field manager with over 20 years of experience. Today she is the immediate past president of SFMA and Women in Turf Team leader.

Hablamos con Guillermo Fernández de Peñaranda, Chief Executive Officer y General Manager de Airtificial; y con Luis Pérez Freire, Director General de GRADIANT

The global conversation around oil is evolving—shaped by the forces of energy transition, geopolitical tension, and accelerating technology. Even as the world races toward decarbonization, demand for reliable, dispatchable energy continues to climb. Oil and gas together still supply just over half of global primary energy, underscoring their enduring role in the world's power mix even as renewable capacity expands year after year. Whoever controls the next wave of energy discoveries will shape not only markets but geopolitics.Could a remote, largely unknown oil basin in Greenland disrupt the world's balance of energy power?Welcome to DisruptED. In the latest episode, host Ron J. Stefanski welcomes Larry Swets, CEO of Greenland Exploration Limited, and Robert Price of March GL Company, to discuss the formation of Greenland Energy Company—a newly merged venture focused on developing the Jameson Land Basin in East Greenland. The conversation explores how decades of ARCO seismic data, innovative financing strategies, and a commitment to responsible energy exploration are converging to unlock one of the Arctic's most promising untapped oil and gas basins.Key insights from the conversation…Using previously unreleased seismic data from ARCO (a prominent former global oil and gas company), Price and his team identified major oil markers genetically linked to the North Sea, suggesting billions of barrels of generated oil in the Jameson Basin.Swets partnered with Price through the merger of Greenland Exploration and March GL Company, forming Greenland Energy Company to advance oil and gas development in Greenland's Jameson Land Basin.While pursuing oil exploration, the team emphasizes responsible energy transition—integrating carbon sequestration, hydrogen alternatives, and supporting Greenland's path toward economic independence.Larry Swets is the Chief Executive Officer of Greenland Exploration Limited, one of the founding companies behind the creation of Greenland Energy Company through its merger with March GL Company and Pelican Acquisition Corporation. Under his leadership, Greenland Exploration has played a central role in advancing responsible oil and gas development within Greenland's Jameson Land Basin, one of the Arctic's most promising undrilled hydrocarbon regions. Swets has been instrumental in aligning financial strategy with energy innovation, guiding the company's efforts to responsibly unlock new resources that could reshape Greenland's economy and strengthen Western energy security.Robert Price is a veteran energy executive with extensive experience in oil and gas exploration and project development. At March GL Company, he has overseen the reprocessing of 1,800 kilometers of ARCO's historical seismic data, identifying more than 50 potential oil and gas targets within Greenland's Jameson Land Basin. Price has been a driving force behind the technical and operational foundation of the Greenland Energy Company, emphasizing environmental responsibility, regulatory collaboration, and modern exploration methods to advance one of the Arctic's most significant new energy frontiers.

Patrick Whalen is the founder and Chief Executive Officer at Iliad Athletics. He has over a decade of service in the United States Marine Corps. Episode Guide Childhood development – building our children’s foundation (4:05) The role of screens in our life and the limits of the body (12:53) Normative behavior that children need to experience from infancy on (27:36) The changing landscape of physical fitness and the need to do hard things that have limits (41:33) Resources mentioned: Iliad Athletics https://iliadathletics.com/ Glow Kids https://www.amazon.com/Glow-Kids-Screen-Addiction-Hijacking/dp/1250097991

In this episode, Jacob Rodman, Chief Executive Officer of Raleigh Neurosurgical Clinic, discusses how his team improved efficiency by bringing anesthesia services in-house, strategies for navigating Medicare uncertainty, and the growing role of AI in clinical and ASC operations. He also shares his vision for leadership development and future growth in outpatient neurosurgical care.

In this episode, Jacob Rodman, Chief Executive Officer of Raleigh Neurosurgical Clinic, discusses how his team improved efficiency by bringing anesthesia services in-house, strategies for navigating Medicare uncertainty, and the growing role of AI in clinical and ASC operations. He also shares his vision for leadership development and future growth in outpatient neurosurgical care.

Do you have skills that you think would help a charity organisation?Or have you always thought about volunteering but never got around to it?In this country, there is much fascination in terms of boards and what it takes to be appointed to one, but actually there is a whole voluntary sector relying on people to come forward with their time and expertise...Eva Gurn is the Chief Executive Officer at Boardmatch Ireland, and joins Seán to discuss.

Steve Gold is the Founder and Chief Executive Officer of 160 Driving Academy and the Truckers Network Association. He was formerly a Partner at Deloitte Consulting where he led Deloitte's Enterprise Science Analytics practice. Prior to Deloitte Steve was a Partner at Stone Tower Equity (a multi-billion dollar investment fund). As the former Chief Supply Chain Officer of PepsiCo, Steve was responsible for Pepsico's global supply chain strategy and operations across the manufacturing, transportation and warehousing functions, including Frito-Lay, Quaker Oats, Tropicana, Gatorade and Pepsi non-carbonated beverages. During his tenure at PepsiCo, among other responsibilities, Steve was responsible for Pepsico's transportation operations and over-the-road fleet. Prior to joining PepsiCo, Steve was the Managing Director and Partner-in-charge of KPMG/BearingPoint's Supply Chain Consulting Practice. His practice focused on global supply chain transformations across manufacturers, distributors and transportation companies. Steve was formerly on the Board of Directors and Nominating Committee of United Agricultural Products (UAPH) and the Board of Directors of AHN International and Open Mile. Steve received his Bachelor of Science degree in business administration (logistics and transportation) at The Ohio State University. He served as a curriculum advisor to the Kenan-Flagler Business School at The University of North Carolina. He is a past member of the Adler Planetarium Board of Directors, the Grocery Manufacturers and is the past Chairman of the Mount Sinai Medical Institute Council. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Greg Brady spoke with Brian Kingston, President and Chief Executive Officer of the Canadian Vehicle Manufacturers' Association about Business leaders urge Canada to rethink strategy as U.S. auto incentives expand. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Are Speed Cameras a cash grab? Guest: Patrick Johnstone, Mayor Of New Westminster How will government funding cuts affect long term care homes? Guest: Janice Boyle, Chief Executive Officer, Three Links Care Society What happens when big companies lay off 1000s of people? Guest: Nita Chhinzer, Associate Professor, Department of Management, University of Guelph How does remote work reduce gender discrimination? Guest: Laura Doering Associate Professor , Rotman School of Management & Dept. of Sociology, University of Toronto Is Canada going to cut tariffs on Chinese EVs? Guest: Daniel Breton, President & CEO, Electric Mobility Canada Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Bajo el lema "Innovar, avanzar, crecer. Juntos, más fuertes" programa especial desde el Auditorio Sur de Ifema conducido por Luis Vicente Muñoz. Un II Encuentro organizado por INDRA con la participación de José Vicente de los Mozos (CEO de INDRA), Ricardo Fluxá (Presidente TEDAE), Fernando Seco (Vicepresidente Ejecutivo de CESUR), General Enrique Campos Loarte (Director del INTA), José María Cela Espín (Director del Departamento de Ingeniería del BSC), Alfredo Estirado (Presidente de TRC), Luis Corral (CEO de Piedrafita), Susana Pascual (CEO y Fundadora de PixelsHub), Alberto Reguera (Responsable de Defensa y Aeroespacial de Multiverse Computin), Guillermo Fernández de Peñaranda (Chief Executive Officer y General Manager de Airtificial), Luis Pérez Freire (Director General de GRADIANT), Félix Pérez Martínez (Catedrático Universidad Politécnica de Madrid), Carlos López Ardao (Profesor Titular de la Universidad de Vigo), José Miguel Mateos Roco (Vicerrector de Investigación y Transferencia de la Universidad de Salamanca), Susana Gaytán (Directora general adjunta de Comité Paralímpico Español), Fernando Riaño (Director de Relaciones Institucionales y Sostenibilidad de Grupo Social ONCE) y Jesús Presa (Chief Communication & Marketing de INDRA)

In the years following WWII, about 49% of military veterans started their own business. For today's veterans, that number has fallen to about 5-7%.What changed? Why the disparity? How does it impact today's veterans? And most importantly, how can the community come together to change the status quo and put veterans back in business?On this episode, host Greg Bedalov joins two leaders from the Veteran Business Project to explore how they're opening doors for veterans—and what we can all do to help.Special GuestsLynn Lowder, Chief Executive Officer and Co-Founder, Veteran Business ProjectDale Eisenberg, President and Co-Founder, Veteran Business ProjectDive DeeperAs part of their mission, the Veteran Business Project owns and operates Rosie's Home Cookin', a retro diner in Naperville where the proceeds help benefit veterans and their families. Learn more about their new CityGate location here.In this episode, our guests explain how creating communities and opportunities can help veterans overcome mental health challenges. For more on this subject, listen to our recent podcast episode “From Crisis to Recovery” , where we explore how DuPage County is reimaging mental health services.Speaking of veteran business owners, listen to Episode 21 to hear the incredible story of John P. Calamos, Sr., a former Air Force pilot who went on to found several successful businesses while giving back to his community.To keep up with what's happening in DuPage County and the Chicagoland region, follow Choose DuPage on social media or visit ChooseDuPage.com/Ready.

This is Derek Miller, Speaking on Business. Founded in 2015, the Women's Leadership Institute helps more Utah women step into leadership — whether in business, politics, or the community. Through programs and partnerships, they're creating real change and opening doors for women across the state. Chief Executive Officer, Melanie Jones, joins us with more. Melanie Jones: When women are included in leadership, businesses thrive — and everyone benefits. At the Women's Leadership Institute, we partner with Utah companies to elevate women into leadership, unlocking talent that strengthens companies, supports families, and enriches communities. Our flagship initiative is the “ElevateHER Challenge” Utah's business-led movement where companies commit to measurable steps that advance women. ElevateHER helps businesses compete while honoring Utah's culture and values and it works because it's practical, safe, and focused on results. Importantly, women's leadership isn't about displacing men — it's a multiplier. Companies grow stronger when men and women lead side by side. Through programs like the Rising Leaders Series, Career Development Series, and Political Development Series, we're preparing women across the pipeline. And our next frontier is equipping women for the C-suite — because Utah is most competitive when women are in every room where decisions are made. Derek Miller: The Women's Leadership Institute continues to empower women in Utah by fostering connections, offering guidance, and creating opportunities that advance careers and grow impact. To learn more about their programs, visit WLIUT.com. I'm Derek Miller, with the Salt Lake Chamber, Speaking on Business. Originally aired: 10/28/25

Chief Executive Officer of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Prof. Nana Ama Browne Klutse, has reaffirmed the government's commitment to reclaim and restore lands destroyed by illegal mining activities

We've all sat through bad slide decks—but what about the ones that change history? In this episode of Is This Really a Thing?, Dean Paul Jarley is joined by Jim Balaschak, Dr. Mike Pape, and Derek Saltzman to explore whether the so-called “billion-dollar PowerPoint” is myth or reality. From Airbnb and Tesla's iconic pitch decks to the role of storytelling, trust, and investor psychology, they unpack what makes a presentation powerful, what doesn't, and whether AI or new tools might one day dethrone PowerPoint. Featured Guests Michael Pape, Ph.D. - Dr. Phillips Entrepreneur in Residence & Professor of Practice, Management Jim G. Balaschak - Principal, Deanja, LLC Derek Saltzman - Co-Founder & Chief Executive Officer, Soarce Episode Transcription Paul Jarley: We've all sat through terrible slide decks, but every so often a PowerPoint does more than communicate. It creates value. Think of the pitch deck that launched Airbnb, the presentation that convinced investors to fund Tesla or the strategy decks that shape billion dollar mergers. So is the billion dollar PowerPoint really a thing? Can a few slides actually change the course of business history, or is it just a fancy way of describing really good storytelling? This show is all about separating hype from fundamental change. I'm Paul Jarley, Dean of the College of Business here at UCF. I've got lots of questions. To get answers, I'm talking to people with interesting insights into the future of business. Have you ever wondered, Is This Really a Thing? Onto our show. To help me figure this out, I've invited three guests. Jim Balaschak is an alum of the college, in our Hall of Fame, and a serial investor. Dr. Mike Pape is an Entrepreneur in Residence here at the College of Business, and Derek Saltzman is a former winner of the Joust and is co-founder of a company called Soarce. Thank you gentlemen for being here today. We've all seen really bad PowerPoints. Talk a little bit about what makes a great one. Jim, I'll start with you. Jim Balaschak: A PowerPoint that catches my eyes shows a big potential market, a problem they've identified that they have a solution for that they can make money on. It's not necessarily always the slides, but the slides can quickly convey the idea of the thoughts. And a lot of times before I meet with a founder, I'm emailed the pitch deck and going through the pitch deck helps me determine do I want to pursue this to the next step, get on the call with the founder, have them pitch it to me? I think it's a good way to open the door. Paul Jarley: The quality of the pitch deck tells you something about how serious and well thought out this is, right? So a schlocky one can really close the door, maybe more than a really good one can enhance it. Is that fair in your view? Derek Saltzman: Yeah. Paul Jarley: Derek, what do you think? Derek Saltzman: I think there's a lot to take into consideration with the audience and the stage gate of when you're first starting a pitch or when you're trying to interact. There's multiple decks for multiple stage gates. So in the first beginning intro, like for instance, how Jim said, when you're trying to send and get that initial meeting, it's all about a hook. Can you describe what you do in the most succinct, effective way possible to get the message across of what the problem is, how you're solving that problem, and what's the revenue potential like he described? Because that's what all investors are really looking for. Once you move past that initial stage gate, you have much more detailed decks that go into your financials that go into your true revenue model, your business model, maybe your IP strategy, and a variety of other topics. The overall optics and the overall clear messaging is I'd say the two biggest things. Paul Jarley: Mike, what do you tell students? Michael Pape: The way I deal with the pitch deck is treat it as just one element of a much bigger picture.

Kate Williams, Chief Executive Officer of 1% for the Planet, joins the conversation to share how a simple idea—businesses and individuals committing 1% of annual revenues to environmental causes—has evolved into a powerful global movement.   Founded by Yvon Chouinard (Patagonia) and Craig Matthews, 1% for the Planet has inspired thousands of companies across more than 100 countries to give back to the planet. With over $820 million certified in lifetime giving, the organization is on track to reach its first billion in donations.   Kate explains how the model works: from certifying members' contributions to connecting them with vetted environmental partners across four key impact areas—Just Economies, Resilient Communities, Rights to Nature, and Conservation & Restoration. She discusses the philosophy behind giving from revenues, not profits, why that matters for lasting impact, and how companies of all sizes can integrate sustainability into their core operations.   Listeners will hear about:   How 1% for the Planet certifies and supports its global network of businesses and nonprofits The creative ways companies balance purpose and profit, including in-kind and volunteer contributions Why strong branding and credible certification are essential to scaling environmental change Lessons in building community, trust, and momentum across thousands of members and partners Kate's personal journey from outdoor educator to environmental leader Visit our Knowledge Hub at Lidji.org for information on 300 case studies and interviews with remarkable leaders in philanthropy, sustainability and social entrepreneurship. 

Hailing from the Napa Valley of Onions, Vidalia, Georgia, David Whitaker joins us over a glass of Bendersky Reserve Scotch to share his remarkable journey.David first arrived in Miami in the 1980s, where his introduction to the city was anything but smooth. He was mugged at gunpoint his first Friday in town, and then carjacked the following week. Undeterred, he stayed, built his career, and eventually rose to become the President & CEO of the Greater Miami Convention & Visitors Bureau. We get into the growth of the city, and how he is marketing our city to the rest of the world. Along the way, David held leadership roles in Chicago and Toronto, served on the executive staff of the United Way of Miami-Dade, and earned his bachelor's degree in Mass Communication & Public Relations from the University of South Florida.Connect with usWant to dive deeper into Miami's commercial real estate scene? It's our favorite topic and we're always up for a good conversation. Whether you're just exploring or already making big moves, feel free to reach out at info@builtworldadvisors.com or give us a call at 305.498.9410. Prefer to connect online? Find us on LinkedIn or Instagram - we're always open to expanding the conversation. Ben Hoffman: LinkedIn Felipe Azenha: LinkedIn We extend our sincere gratitude to Büro coworking space for generously granting us the opportunity to record all our podcasts at any of their 8 convenient locations across South Florida.

This episode of the California Sports Lawyer Podcast with Jeremy Evans features an insightful conversation with Amy Privette Perko, Chief Executive Officer of the Knight Commission on Intercollegiate Athletics. Perko discusses her distinguished career in college athletics, from her time as a student-athlete and NCAA leader to her role guiding the Knight Commission's national efforts to promote integrity, education, and fairness in college sports. The conversation explores how governance reforms, athlete-centric policies, and financial transparency are reshaping the future of intercollegiate athletics. This episode is a must-listen for professionals, administrators, and students passionate about sports law, policy, education, and leadership — offering valuable lessons on how institutions and leaders can balance competitive sports and business excellence with academic values.  (Season 7, Episode 42). Copyright 2025. California Sports Lawyer. All Rights Reserved. (www.CSLlegal.com) Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Ayden Syal is the Chief Executive Officer & Co-Founder at MOGL, the leading athlete influencer marketing platform. He has been named to Sports Business Journal's New Voices Under 30 list, has been recognized as a Sports Business Journal NIL Power Player, and won the 2022 SXSW Pitch competition on behalf of MOGL. MOGL was also recognized as part of the Forbes 30 Under 30.Prior to founding MOGL, Ayden held key roles at Morgan Stanley, Lexington Partners, and S&P Global. His diverse professional background has positioned Ayden as a visionary leader in the NIL space, where he is dedicated to helping brands reach Next-Gen audiences at scale and with precision.Ayden graduated from the University of Notre Dame, served on the Young Alumni Board at the University of Notre Dame and is a proud partner of SeeHer and Every Kid Sports.

This episode of VHHA's Patients Come First podcast features Dr. Eric Edwards, Chief Executive Officer of Phlow Corp., a pioneering public benefit pharmaceutical company. Dr Edwards is a keynote speaker at the upcoming Virginia Hospital and Healthcare Leaders Summit scheduled for Nov. 5-7, 2025 in Hot Springs, VA. The conversation with Dr. Edwards covers his work as a clinician and entrepreneur, efforts to boost production of essential medicines in the U.S., and preview his remarks at the upcoming Summit. Send questions, comments, feedback, or guest suggestions to pcfpodcast@vhha.com or contact on X (Twitter) or Instagram using the #PatientsComeFirst hashtag.

The Penn State Center for Supply Chain Research is excited to announce the launch of its new podcast, debuting on November 5! Hosted by Donna Palumbo, Executive Director of the Center for Supply Chain Research at Penn State, and Tom Nightingale, Chief Executive Officer of MNC Transportation, Unpacked: Insights hosted by Penn State's Center for Supply Chain Research™ brings you engaging conversations with top industry leaders, including many Penn State alumni, who share firsthand insights on how supply chains shape resilient, agile, and thriving organizations.  From planning and procurement to logistics, manufacturing, and distribution, this podcast explores the full spectrum of supply chain functions and the leaders driving them forward. Whether navigating periods of growth or overcoming disruption, you'll discover how strong supply chain strategies fuel business performance.  New episodes are released every Wednesday and are available on all major podcast streaming platforms. __ Stay connected with CSCR on LinkedIn (Center for Supply Chain Research) and Instagram (@pennstatesupplychain), and be sure to follow us on Spotify, Apply Podcasts, or wherever you are tuning into Unpacked: Insights hosted by Penn State's Center for Supply Chain Research™. Thank you for joining us!  Visit our website: https://www.smeal.psu.edu/cscr 

Take 20% off a paid annual ‘Storm' subscription through Monday, Oct. 27, 2025.WhoJared Smith, Chief Executive Officer of Alterra Mountain CompanyRecorded onOctober 22, 2025About Alterra Mountain CompanyAlterra is skiing's Voltron, a collection of super-bots united to form one super-duper bot. Only instead of gigantic robot lions the bots are gigantic ski areas and instead of fighting the evil King Zarkon they combined to battle Vail Resorts and its cackling mad Epic Pass. Here is Alterra's current ski-bot stable:Alterra of course also owns the Ikon Pass, which for the 2025-26 winter gives skiers all of this:Ikon launched in 2018 as a more-or-less-even competitor to Epic Pass, both in number and stature of ski areas and price, but long ago blew past its mass-market competitor in both:Those 89 total ski areas include nine that Alterra added last week in Japan, South Korea, and China. Some of these 89 partners, however, are so-called “bonus mountains,” which are Alterra's Cinderellas. And not Cinderella at the end of the story when she rules the kingdom and dines on stag and hunts peasants for sport but first-scene Cinderella when she lives in a windowless tower and wears a burlap dress and her only friends are talking mice. Meaning skiers can use their Ikon Pass to ski at these places but they are not I repeat NOT on the Ikon Pass so don't you dare say they are (they are).While the Ikon Pass is Alterra's Excalibur, many of its owned mountains offer their own season passes (see Alterra chart above). And many now offer their own SUPER-DUPER season passes that let skiers do things like cut in front of the poors and dine on stag in private lounges:These SUPER-DUPER passes don't bother me though a lot of you want me to say they're THE END OF SKIING. I won't put a lot of effort into talking you off that point so long as you're all skiing for $17 per day on your Ikon Passes. But I will continue to puzzle over why the Ikon Session Pass is such a very very bad and terrible product compared to every other day pass including those sold by Alterra's own mountains. I am also not a big advocate for peak-day lift ticket prices that resemble those of black-market hand sanitizer in March 2020:Fortunately Vail and Alterra seem to have launched a lift ticket price war, the first battle of which is The Battle of Give Half Off Coupons to Your Dumb Friends Who Don't Buy A Ski Pass 10 Months Before They Plan to Ski:Alterra also runs some heli-ski outfits up in B.C. but I'm not going to bother decoding all that because one reason I started The Storm was because I was over stories of Bros skiing 45 feet of powder at the top of the Chugach while the rest of us fretted over parking reservations and the $5 replacement cost of an RFID card. I know some of you are like Bro how many stories do you think the world needs about chairlifts but hey at least pretty much anyone reading this can go ride them.Oh and also I probably lost like 95 percent of you with Voltron because unless you were between the ages of 7 and 8 in the mid-1980s you probably missed this:One neat thing about skiing is that if someone ran headfirst into a snowgun in 1985 and spent four decades in a coma and woke up tomorrow they'd still know pretty much all the ski areas even if they were confused about what's a Palisades Tahoe and why all of us future wussies wear helmets. “Damn it, Son in my day we didn't bother and I'm just fine. Now grab $20 and a pack of smokes and let's go skiing.”Why I interviewed himFor pretty much the same reason I interviewed this fellow:I mean like it or not these two companies dominate modern lift-served skiing in this country, at least from a narrative point of view. And while I do everything I can to demonstrate that between the Indy Pass and ski areas not in Colorado or Utah or Tahoe plenty of skier choice remains, it's impossible to ignore the fact that Alterra's 17 U.S. ski areas and Vail's 36 together make up around 30 percent of the skiable terrain across America's 509 active ski areas:And man when you add in all U.S. Epic and Ikon mountains it's like dang:We know publicly traded Vail's Epic Pass sales numbers and we know those numbers have softened over the past couple of years, but we don't have similar access to Alterra's numbers. A source with direct knowledge of Ikon Pass sales recently told me that unit sales had increased every year. Perhaps some day someone will anonymously message me a screenshot code-named Alterra's Big Dumb Chart documenting unit and dollar sales since Ikon's 2018 launch. In the meantime, I'm just going to have to keep talking to the guy running the company and asking extremely sly questions like, “if you had to give us a ballpark estimate of exactly how many Ikon Passes you sold and how much you paid each partner mountain and which ski area you're going to buy next, what would you say?”What we talked aboutA first-to-open competition between A-Basin and Winter Park (A-Basin won); the allure of skiing Japan; Ikon as first-to-market in South Korea and China; continued Ikon expansion in Europe; who's buying Ikon?; bonus mountains; half-off friends tickets; reserve passes; “one of the things we've struggled with as an industry are the dynamics between purchasing a pass and the daily lift ticket price”; “we've got to find ways to make it more accessible, more affordable, more often for more people”; Europe as a cheaper ski alternative to the West; “we are focused every day on … what is the right price for the right consumer on the right day?”; “there's never been more innovation” in the ski ticket space; Palisades Tahoe's 14-year-village-expansion approval saga; America's “increasingly complex” landscape of community stakeholders; and Deer Valley's massive expansion.What I got wrong* We didn't get this wrong, but when we recorded this pod on Wednesday, Smith and I discussed which of Alterra's ski areas would open first. Arapahoe Basin won that fight, opening at 3 p.m. on Saturday, Oct. 25, which was yesterday unless you're reading this in the future.* I said that 40 percent of all Epic, Ikon, and Indy pass partners were outside of North America. This is inaccurate: 40 percent (152) of those three passes' combined 383 partners is outside the United States. Subtracting their 49 Canadian ski areas gives us 103 mountains outside of North America, or 27 percent of the total.* I claimed that a ski vacation to Europe is “a quarter of the price” of a similar trip to the U.S. This was hyperbole, and obviously the available price range of ski vacations is enormous, but in general, prices for everything from lift tickets to hotels to food tend to be lower in the Alps than in the Rocky Mountain core.* It probably seems strange that I said that Deer Valley's East Village was great because you could drive there from the airport without hitting a spotlight and also said that the resort would be less car-dependent. What I meant by that was that once you arrive at East Village, it is – or will be, when complete – a better slopeside pedestrian village experience than the car-oriented Snow Park that has long served as the resort's principal entry point. Snow Park itself is scheduled to evolve from parking-lot-and-nothing-else to secondary pedestrian village. The final version of Deer Valley should reduce the number of cars within Park City proper and create a more vibrant atmosphere at the ski area.Questions I wish I'd askedThe first question you're probably asking is “Bro why is this so short aren't your podcasts usually longer than a Superfund cleanup?” Well I take what I can get and if there's a question you can think of related to Ikon or Alterra or any of the company's mountains, it was on my list. But Smith had either 30 minutes or zero minutes so I took the win.Podcast NotesOn Deer ValleyI was talking to the Deer Valley folks the other day and we agreed that they're doing so much so fast that it's almost impossible to tell the story. I mean this was Deer Valley two winters ago:And this will be Deer Valley this winter:Somehow it's easier to write 3,000 words on Indy Pass adding a couple of Northeast backwaters than it is to frame up the ambitions of a Utah ski area expanding by as much skiable acreage as all 30 New Hampshire ski areas combined in just two years. Anyway Deer Valley is about to be the sixth-largest ski area in America and when this whole project is done in a few years it will be number four at 5,700 acres, behind only Vail Resorts' neighboring Park City (7,300 acres), Alterra's own Palisades Tahoe (6,000 acres), and Boyne Resorts' Big Sky (5,850 acres).On recent Steamboat upgradesYes the Wild Blue Gondola is cool and I'm sure everyone from Baton-Tucky just loves it. But everything I'm hearing out of Steamboat over the past couple of winters indicates that A) the 650-acre Mahogany Ridge expansion adds a fistfighting dimension to what had largely been an intermediate ski resort, and that, B) so far, no one goes over there, partially because they don't know about it and partially because the resort only cut one trail in the whole amazing zone (far looker's left):I guess just go ski this one while everyone else still thinks Steamboat is nothing but gondolas and Sunshine Peak.On Winter Park being “on deck”After stringing the two sides of Palisades Tahoe together with a $75 trillion gondola and expanding Steamboat and nearly tripling the size of Deer Valley, all signs point to Alterra next pushing its resources into actualizing Winter Park's ambitious masterplan, starting with the gondola connection to town (right side of map):On new Ikon Pass partners for 2025-26You can read about the bonus partners above, but here are the write-ups on Ikon's full seven/five-day partners:On previous Alterra podcastsThis was Smith's second appearance on the pod. Here's number one, from 2023:His predecessor, Rusty Gregory, appeared on the show three times:I've also hosted the leaders of a bunch of Alterra leaders on the pod, most recently A-Basin and Mammoth:And the heads of many Ikon Pass partners – most recently Killington and Sun Valley:On U.S. passes in JapanEpic, Ikon, Indy, and Mountain Collective are now aligned with 48 ski areas in Japan – nearly as many as the four passes have signed in Canada:On EuropeAnd here are the European ski areas aligned with Epic, Ikon, Indy, and Mountain Collective – the list is shorter than the Japanese list, but since each European ski area is made up of between one and 345 ski areas, the actual skiable acreage here is likely equal to the landmass of Greenland:On skier and ski area growth in ChinaChina's ski industry appears to be developing rapidly - I'm not sure what to make of the difference between “ski resorts” and “ski resorts with aerial ropeways.” Normally I'd assume that means with or without lifts, but that doesn't make a lot of sense and sometimes nations frame things in very different ways.On the village at Palisades TahoeThe approval process for a village expansion on the Olympic side of Palisades Tahoe was a very convoluted one. KCRA sums the outcome up well (I'll note that “Alterra” did not call for anything in 2011, as the company didn't exist until 2017):Under the initial 2011 application, Alterra had called for the construction of 2,184 bedrooms. That was reduced to 1,493 bedrooms in a 2014 revised proposal where 850 housing units — a mix of condominiums, hotel rooms and timeshares — were planned. The new agreement calls for a total of 896 bedrooms.The groups that pushed this downsizing were primarily Keep Tahoe Blue and Sierra Watch. Smith is very diplomatic in discussing this project on the podcast, pointing to the “collaboration, communication, and a little bit of compromise” that led to the final agreement.I'm not going to be so diplomatic. Fighting dense, pedestrian-oriented development that could help reconfigure traffic patterns and housing availability in a region that is choking on ski traffic and drowning in housing costs is dumb. The systems for planning, approving, and building anything that is different from what already exists in this nation are profoundly broken. The primary issue is this: these anti-development crusaders position themselves as environmental defenders without acknowledging (or, more likely, realizing), that the existing traffic, blight, and high costs driving their resistance is a legacy of haphazard development in past decades, and that more thoughtful, human-centric projects could mitigate, rather than worsen, these concerns. The only thing an oppose-everything stance achieves is to push development farther out into the hinterlands, exacerbating sprawl and traffic.British Columbia is way ahead of us here. I've written about this extensively in the past, and won't belabor the point here except to cite what I wrote last year about the 3,711-home city sprouting from raw wilderness below Cypress Mountain, a Boyne-owned Ikon Pass partner just north of Vancouver:Mountain town housing is most often framed as an intractable problem, ingrown and malignant and impossible to reset or rethink or repair. Too hard to do. But it is not hard to do. It is the easiest thing in the world. To provide more housing, municipalities must allow developers to build more housing, and make them do it in a way that is dense and walkable, that is mixed with commerce, that gives people as many ways to move around without a car as possible.This is not some new or brilliant idea. This is simply how humans built villages for about 10,000 years, until the advent of the automobile. Then we started building our spaces for machines instead of for people. This was a mistake, and is the root problem of every mountain town housing crisis in North America. That and the fact that U.S. Americans make no distinction between the hyper-thoughtful new urbanist impulses described here and the sprawling shitpile of random buildings that are largely the backdrop of our national life. The very thing that would inject humanity into the mountains is recast as a corrupting force that would destroy a community's already-compromised-by-bad-design character.Not that it will matter to our impossible American brains, but Canada is about to show us how to do this. Over the next 25 years, a pocket of raw forest hard against Cypress' access road will sprout a city of 3,711 homes that will house thousands of people. It will be a human-scaled, pedestrian-first community, a city neighborhood dropped onto a mountainside. A gondola could connect the complex to Cypress' lifts thousands of feet up the mountain – more cars off the road. It would look like this (the potential aerial lift is not depicted here):Here's how the whole thing would set up against the mountain:And here's what it would be like at ground level:Like wow that actually resembles something that is not toxic to the human soul. But to a certain sort of Mother Earth evangelist, the mere suggestion of any sort of mountainside development is blasphemous. I understand this impulse, but I believe that it is misdirected, a too-late reflex against the subdivision-off-an-exit-ramp Build-A-Bungalow mentality that transformed this country into a car-first sprawlscape. I believe a reset is in order: to preserve large tracts of wilderness, we should intensely develop small pieces of land, and leave the rest alone. This is about to happen near Cypress. We should pay attention.Given the environmental community's reflexive and vociferous opposition to a recent proposal to repurpose tracts of not-necessarily-majestic wilderness for housing, I'm not optimistic that we possess the cultural brainpower to improve our own lives through policy. Which is why I've been writing more about passes and less about our collective ambitions to make everything from the base of the lifts outward as inconvenient and expensive as possible.The Storm explores the world of lift-served skiing year-round. Join us for 20% off the annual rate through Monday, Oct. 27, 2025. Get full access to The Storm Skiing Journal and Podcast at www.stormskiing.com/subscribe

“Shattered trust” is what the world is experiencing. “Those responsible must be held accountable and be prosecuted.”Listen in to Bernadette, Mary Holland, and special guest Kim Limberg as they discuss this weeks ‘Most Read News and Views' from The Defender Newsletter published by Children's Health Defense.Mary Holland serves as Chief Executive Officer of Children's Health Defense. She left the faculty of the New York University School of Law where she served for 17 years, most recently directing its Graduate Lawyering Program.  Mary received her Master of Arts and Juris Doctor Degrees from Columbia University, and her undergraduate degree from Harvard. She has worked in international, public, and private law. Mary is the co-author of “Vaccine Epidemic” and “The HPV Vaccine on Trial: Seeking Justice for a Generation Betrayed.” Learn more about Mary and the Children's Health Defense atchildren's health defense.org  And, watch VAXXED 3: Authorized to Kill on CHD!

This week Nicola and Di chat with the energetic and inspiring Amelia Phillips. Amelia has spent more than 2 decades helping Australians live healthier, more balanced lives. Amelia is a nutritionist, exercise scientist, TV presenter, entrepreneur and health advocate who has guided over half a million women toward better health. From owning her own gym when she was just 24, to co-founding the Michelle Bridges 12 Week Body Transformation and being named one of BRW’s top 50 places to work, Amelia has seen every side of the health industry - the good, the hype and the hard earned truth. These days she’s focused on helping women in midlife cut through the noise from the so-called longevity hacks. In this episode we get to hear Amelia’s story of when her fascination with the human body, nutrition and exercise started, which was all the way back in year 3. Amelia shares the challenges she had in her teenage years, struggling to fit in, which led to an eating disorder as she tried to be as thin as she could. A story that unfortunately, many women can relate to. Amelia gives us some great tips on everything women in midlife need to know to be healthier, have more energy and feel their best. We talk about the 4 different types of exercise that are important to incorporate into your routine, the 3 best supplements you can take to supercharge your health as well as the particular diet that’s the best for longevity. We also talk about sugar addiction, Amelia’s personal struggle with this, and her best tips for how you can get a sugar addiction under control so that it doesn’t have a hold over you. This was an episode packed full of super practical tips for anyone that wants to feel healthier and more energised. Amelia is so passionate about supporting women with their health and we loved chatting to her in the studio. We hope you enjoy it as much as we did. This episode is proudly supported by Montgomery Investment Management, trusted experts helping you build and protect your financial future. For further information, please contact David Buckland, Chief Executive Officer or Rhodri Taylor, Account Manager on (02) 8046 5000 or investor@montinvest.com Follow Amelia on IG here - https://www.instagram.com/_amelia_phillips/ Find out more about Amelia and her work here - https://www.ameliaphillips.com.au/ Listen to Amelia’s podcast Healthy Her here - https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/healthy-her/id1477160157 Follow Coast New Zealand on IG here - https://www.instagram.com/coastnewzealand/ Find out more about Coast New Zealand’s Products and enjoy $50 off here - coastnewzealand.com Follow Nicola and Di on IG here - https://www.instagram.com/overthebackfencepodcast/ Watch Over The Back Fence on YouTube here - https://www.youtube.com/@Overthebackfencepodcast/podcastsSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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My conversation with Allison starts at about 23 minutes after the news and clips Subscribe and Watch Interviews LIVE : On YOUTUBE.com/StandUpWithPete ON SubstackStandUpWithPete Stand Up is a daily podcast. I book,host,edit, post and promote new episodes with brilliant guests every day. This show is Ad free and fully supported by listeners like you! Please subscribe now for as little as 5$ and gain access to a community of over 750 awesome, curious, kind, funny, brilliant, generous soul Allison Jaslow is an Iraq War Veteran, a dedicated public servant, and the former Chief Executive Officer of Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America (IAVA).    Nationally, Jaslow is recognized as a leading voice on the impact of the military-civilian divide on our political system and as an authority on the unique challenges faced by women in the military.   A former Army Captain, Jaslow is also a seasoned political and communications strategist, serving on the staff of several Members of Congress, as a White House communications aide. She also served a previous stint at IAVA as its Executive Director before returning to be the orgnizastion's first woman CEO, has served as an Adjunct Professor of the Practice at Duke University, and lives in the Raleigh-Durham area of North Carolina. Pete on Blue Sky Pete on Threads Pete on Tik Tok Pete on YouTube  Pete on Twitter Pete On Instagram Pete Personal FB page Stand Up with Pete FB page   Gift a Subscription https://www.patreon.com/PeteDominick/gift Send Pete $ Directly on Venmo All things Jon Carroll  Buy Ava's Art    Subscribe to Piano Tuner Paul Paul Wesley on Substack Listen to Barry and Abigail Hummel Podcast Listen to Matty C Podcast and Substack Follow and Support Pete Coe Hire DJ Monzyk to build your website or help you with Marketing

In this special on-location episode of the Know Zone Podcast, Caroline Massey, Social Media Specialist at Classic Vacations®, brings listeners to Las Vegas for Classic's annual Reservations Training Event. Amid the energy of learning and connection, Caroline sits down with hotel partners from around the world to discuss what makes their properties truly exceptional.Hear from: • Andrew Pike, Managing Director, The Red Carnation Hotel Collection• Ray Benevides, Fairmont Resorts Hawaii• Juan Vela, Chief Executive Officer, Velas Resorts• Garry Perotin, Complex Director of Leisure Sales, Conrad Punta de Mita & Hilton Los CabosFrom personalized service to signature experiences that leave a lasting impression, this episode is packed with insights designed to expand travel advisors' expertise and elevate how they present these standout luxury properties to their clients.

"I think that people forget that. These small businesses, they're the ones that are sponsoring your sports teams, which are helping with school things, and that are doing fundraisers that are giving back to the community all the time." - Rebecca BertoldiWhen COVID-19 hit, we launched a series to spotlight the small businesses that sustain our communities. Five years on, many are still rebuilding. This highlight episode revisits candid conversations with policymakers, advisors, and owners about what truly helped—and what must happen next.Top ProblemsFinancing gaps & collapsing revenue put leases, payroll, and inventory at risk.Technology barriers slowed the pivot to online sales and services.Minimal cash reserves left micro and solo enterprises exposed.Top SolutionsSBA pathways: PPP (including second draw), EIDL working capital, and SBA debt relief that covered principal and interest for existing borrowers.Hands-on technical assistance: devices, training, and coaching to move operations online and reach customers.Community-led purchasing: direct takeout, gift cards, curated boxes, catering, and pop-ups to keep dollars local.Show GuestsJulie Clowes, District Director, Small Business Administration's San Francisco District OfficeTim Russell, Program Director, Renaissance Entrepreneurship CenterSharon Miller, Chief Executive Officer, Renaissance Entrepreneurship CenterPierre Coeurdeuil, Director of Advising & Education, SFMadeAmanda Fried, Chief of Policy and Communications, Treasurer for the City and County of San FranciscoAdam Fowler, founding partner, CVL EconomicsKristin Houk Owner of All Good Pizza, TATO, Café AlmaRebecca Bertoldi, Rebecca Bertoldi MarketingPooja Rajani, Director of Programs, En 2 ActionLaurie Thomas, Executive Director, Golden Gate Restaurant AssociationShannon Walter, Manager, Blue Plate SFJeff Trenam, Owner, Blue Plate SFMichelle Pusateri, Owner, Nana Joes GranolaAndrea Baker, Founder, En 2 ActionShow HostsEric Estrada / Co-Host/ VOCGeorge Koster/Producer/Host Voices of the CommunityWhy listenYou'll hear what it really took to survive: from emergency capital and city tax relief to e-commerce pivots and neighborhood solidarity. Owners share the stress, the ingenuity, and the lessons they want every community to remember.Take action After you listen, do one thing to strengthen your local economy:• Order direct from neighborhood restaurants and makers (skip third-party delivery when you can).• Buy gift cards or curated boxes, book local catering for meetings and events.• Donate or volunteer with the support organizations featured in this episode.• Share this episode with a friend who loves small businesses as much as you do.

Synopsis: Host Rahul Chaturvedi sits down with Geoffrey Duyk, Chief Executive Officer of Grove Biopharma, for a wide-ranging conversation on navigating today's biotech macro headwinds and building companies that can translate breakthrough science into real patient impact. Dr. Duyk traces his journey from Harvard/Millennium/Exelixis operator to TPG investor and back to company creation, explaining how board dynamics, capital cycles, and policy shifts shape execution. They dig into why this cycle feels uniquely tough—patent cliffs, reimbursement uncertainty, NIH pressures—and who funds innovation in the meantime. Duyk outlines root causes of R&D inefficiency (misaligned capital vs. 20-year timelines, shaky preclinical predictability, costly trials, underused real-world data) and makes the case for rebuilding public trust and STEM education. Then, a deep dive on Grove Biopharma: precision polymer science that creates antibody-like, fully synthetic, cell-permeable protein mimetics to tackle historically “intractable” intracellular protein–protein interactions. Duyk shares design principles, why modular/orthogonal chemistry matters, predictable pharmacology, and lessons from fundraising and board management—plus why he's helping grow a Chicago-centered biotech ecosystem. Biography: Geoffrey M. Duyk, M.D., Ph.D. is the Chief Executive Officer of Grove Biopharma. Dr. Duyk has spent 30 years in the biotechnology industry as an entrepreneur, executive, and investor. Most recently, he was the Managing Partner at Circularis Partners, an investment firm he co-founded, focused on advancing the circular economy and promoting sustainability. Prior to that, Dr. Duyk was Managing Director and Partner at TPG Alternative & Renewable Technologies (ART)/TPG Biotechnology. Before joining TPG, Dr. Duyk served as a board member and President of R&D at Exelixis and was one of the founding scientific staff members at Millennium Pharmaceuticals, where he served as Vice President of Genomics. Earlier in his career, Dr. Duyk was an Assistant Professor in the Department of Genetics at Harvard Medical School (HMS) and an Assistant Investigator at the Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI). While at HMS, he served as a co–principal investigator in the Cooperative Human Linkage Center, which was funded by the National Institutes of Health (NIH). Dr. Duyk is a trustee of Case Western Reserve University, where he serves on the executive committee. He previously served on the Board of Trustees of Wesleyan University and the Board of Directors of the Moffitt Cancer Center. He currently serves on the IR&E (Institutional Research and Evaluation) Committee at Moffitt, a key component of its External Advisory Committee (EAC). He was also a member of the Board of Directors of the American Society of Human Genetics (ASHG), and served as its treasurer. He is a member of the Life Sciences Advisory Board at Innovatus Capital Partners and the Scientific Advisory Board (SAB) for Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (DOE). Dr. Duyk previously served on the board of the Jackson Laboratory and on numerous NIH advisory committees. He is currently a Senior Advisor at Qiming Venture Partners (USA) and serves on the boards of Enno DC, Oobli, and Melanyze Dr. Duyk earned both his M.D. and Ph.D. from Case Western Reserve University and completed his medical and fellowship training at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF). While at UCSF, he was a Lucille P. Markey Fellow and an HHMI postdoctoral fellow. He is a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science.

Today's episode of the Punk CX podcast features a chat that I had with Tom Eggemeier, the Chief Executive Officer of Zendesk, following the conclusion of Zendesk's recent AI Summit. We talk about the highlights from the event, what's different from what they announced at Relate back in March, how they now have 20,000 customers using their AI and where they are seeing the fastest and most effective adoption, their recent acquisition of HyperArc and what it will bring to their platform in terms of advanced reporting, analytics and insights, the launch of their voice AI agents and a whole bunch of other things, including an intriguing idea of how for some innovative brabds the application of AI is creating a ‘service dividend.' This interview follows on from my recent interview – The terms deflection and containment should be banned – Interviews from Cisco's WebexOne – and is number 559 in the series of interviews with authors and business leaders who are doing great things, providing valuable insights, helping businesses innovate and delivering great service and experience to both their customers and their employees.

Send us a textOn this week's episode of the WTR Small-Cap Spotlight, Jeff Bonar, Chief Executive Officer of privately held CapCO2 Solutions, joined Tim Gerdeman, Vice Chair & Co-Founder and Chief Marketing Officer of Water Tower Research, and Peter Gastreich, Energy and Sustainable Investing Analyst at Water Tower Research to discuss: 1) how CapCO2 Solutions uses biogenic CO2 captured from ethanol biorefineries and intermittent wind power to produce low-cost, high volume green methanol; 2) what makes the process more efficient and cost-effective than traditional or competing methods; 3) how the technology also can support the production of SAF; 4) why and by how much green methanol demand is rising; 5) how the technology benefits the economics of ethanol plants, reduces emissions, and supports rural communities; and 5) how strategic partnerships and modular design enable rapid scaling and integration into existing ethanol facilities.

Chris Holman welcomes Broc W. Edwards, Chief Executive Officer, Pronoia Capital, Traverse City, MI. Chris had several questions for Broc in this conversation. You've obviously done a lot and have experienced success early on in your career, what would you say drives you? You've worked all over, lived in New York and Chicago, etc. why did you decide to come back to Michigan to live and work here? What has been your biggest struggle as an entrepreneur you've overcome and could speak wisdom into for others following in your footsteps? What role did Michigan State University play in your development as a professional and shaping your career? Who has been your biggest mentor or inspiration in your life? » Visit MBN website: www.michiganbusinessnetwork.com/ » Subscribe to MBN's YouTube: www.youtube.com/@MichiganbusinessnetworkMBN » Like MBN: www.facebook.com/mibiznetwork » Follow MBN: twitter.com/MIBizNetwork/ » MBN Instagram: www.instagram.com/mibiznetwork/

Paul is the Chief Executive Officer at 5E Advanced Materials, Inc. 5E is focused on enabling decarbonization, helping the world's food security crisis and re-shoring critical materials including Boron and Lithium at its 5E Boron Americas Complex at Fort Cady, California.

Dr. Dipen J. Parekh is a globally renowned urologic oncologist, healthcare innovator, and leader in academic medicine. He was appointed Executive Vice President for Health Affairs at the University of Miami and Chief Executive Officer of its health system (UHealth) on June 1, 2025. He remains Founding Director of the Desai Sethi Urology Institute and is an accomplished researcher and professor at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine who holds the Victor A. Politano Endowed Chair in Urology and is widely celebrated for his groundbreaking contributions to the field of robotic-assisted urologic oncology. Having served as Chief Operating Officer of UHealth from 2020-2025, Chief Clinical Officer from 2017-2020, Chairman of the Department of Urology since 2012, Executive Dean of Clinical Affairs at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, and Director of Robotic Surgery for UHealth, Dr. Parekh brings a wealth of academic, clinical, administrative, and institutional experience to the role.Over the course of his career, Dr. Parekh has performed more than 6,000 robotic urologic cancer surgeries, making him one of the most experienced practitioners worldwide. He led the groundbreaking RAZOR trial, published in The Lancet in 2018, which established the efficacy of robotic-assisted radical cystectomy as comparable to open surgery for bladder cancer. He is an NCI funded surgeon scientist with over 200 peer reviewed publications in urologic oncology. His dedication to innovation has also included establishing advanced robotic surgery programs in academic centers across the globe.

On this episode of the Charity Charge Show, we speak with Brandon Williams, CEO of the Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater St. Louis. Williams explains how the Club is supporting youth after a tornado, why mental health and education remain core priorities, and how the organization is strengthening career pathways, internships, and sports programs.He also shares lessons from his first year as CEO, including how to manage a leadership transition at a legacy nonprofit and why running with a business mindset is essential for mission success.About BrandonBrandon Williams is the Chief Executive Officer of the Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater St. Louis, where he leads a network of programs serving more than 18,000 youth across the region. A former NFL player turned business and community leader, Brandon brings a unique blend of athletic discipline, corporate experience, and leadership coaching to the nonprofit sector.Before joining the Boys & Girls Clubs, Brandon played in the NFL after graduating from the University of Wisconsin, then spent nearly a decade as a sports broadcaster with Big Ten Network, ESPN, and FOX. His professional journey also includes roles at Anheuser-Busch in innovation marketing and as Vice President of Team Business for the St. Louis Battlehawks. He has also served as a leadership and life coach, helping organizations build culture and accountability through practical team development frameworks.Since taking on the CEO role, Brandon has focused on expanding the Club's impact through career readiness, mental health support, and economic mobility initiatives for youth. Under his leadership, the organization has strengthened community partnerships, elevated brand awareness, and invested in modernizing its programs and facilities.Brandon holds an MBA from Lindenwood University and is passionate about helping young people discover their “it factor” — intelligence, intangibles, and toughness — to achieve success in any path they choose.

Episode Info With a vision of completely transforming the car insurance industry, Alex founded Root in 2015 on the principle that rates should be based primarily on driving behaviors, not demographics. As Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Alex leads the company in revolutionizing this outdated industry using mobile technology and data science to offer personalized car insurance rates to good drivers. Today, Root Insurance is the largest Property & Casualty InsurTech in the country. Throughout his insurance career, Alex has built expertise in pricing and reserving, finance, and mergers and acquisitions. Before founding Root, Alex worked at Nationwide Insurance as a senior strategy consultant for the Property & Casualty lines of the business. Alex is a Fellow of the Casualty Actuarial Society, a Henry Crown Fellow of the Aspen Institute, and a member of the American Academy of Actuaries. Episode Highlights Alex Timm, leveraging his actuarial background and experience in corporate strategy, co-founded Root Insurance to revolutionize the insurance industry by focusing on customer-centric experiences and technological innovation. Root Insurance integrates big data and machine learning to enhance pricing models and customer experiences, notably through partnerships like the one with Carvana. The company prides itself on controlling its technology stack, enabling a seamless insurance purchase process. Alex highlights the importance of diversity and continuous technological investment to address industry challenges and drive innovation. Root Insurance remains committed to transforming the insurance landscape by embedding insurance solutions and refining its technological capabilities. Introduction and Background: Alex Timm, an actuary by training, co-founded Root Insurance on March 14, 2015. His background in the insurance industry is deeply rooted, with his father being an insurance entrepreneur. Timm's passion for math and his experience in corporate strategy at a large insurance carrier led him to identify gaps in customer expectations and technological advancements within the industry. Vision and Innovation: Root Insurance was founded to address the lack of customer-centric experiences in the insurance industry. Timm was driven by the advent of big data and machine learning, aiming to leverage these technologies to match price to risk more effectively . The company has developed a seamless customer experience by embedding insurance directly into the vehicle purchase process, exemplified by their partnership with Carvana. Technological Advancements: Root Insurance controls its technology stack, allowing for seamless integration and a three-click purchase experience. This technological control is a significant advantage, enabling the company to refine pricing models and algorithms continuously. The use of telematics and other data sources is central to Root's strategy, but the company also emphasizes that telematics is just one aspect of their broader technological and pricing strategy. Challenges and Industry Insights: Timm acknowledges the challenges of underwriting profitably and the need for innovation in the insurance industry. He emphasizes the importance of diversity in thought and background to drive innovation. The interview touches on the broader industry context, including the challenges of going public and the need for continuous investment in technology to deploy advanced algorithms. Conclusion: Alex Timm's leadership at Root Insurance is characterized by a commitment to innovation, customer experience, and leveraging technology to transform the insurance industry. The company continues to evolve, focusing on embedding insurance solutions and refining their technological capabilities. This episode is brought to you by The Future of Insurance book series (future-of-insurance.com) from Bryan Falchuk. Follow the podcast at future-of-insurance.com/podcast for more details and other episodes. Music courtesy of Hyperbeat Music, available to stream or download on Spotify, Apple Music, and Amazon Music and more.

This week on Veteran On the Move, we welcome Tony Crescenzo, a Marine Corps veteran whose incredible journey spans from counter-intelligence and working undercover for NIS (NCIS) to the technology C-suite. Tony shares his remarkable pivot from military life, including a wrongful court-martial that was later overturned, into becoming a sought-after "CEO for hire" for tech startups. He emphasizes the essential role of veteran mentors in a successful transition. Listen in as he breaks down the stages of business growth, detailing what military leaders uniquely bring to the civilian sector, the power of a "service-first ethos," and the critical difference between leadership and management. Finally, Tony introduces Peak Neuro explaining how its programs are helping veterans and first responders achieve peak cognitive resilience and accelerating recovery. Episode Resources: - Peak Neuro - Text Peak Trial to 201-908-2820 for a free 30 day trial      About Our Guest Tony Crescenzo is the Chief Executive Officer of Intelligent Waves, a mission-focused IT and cybersecurity firm serving national security customers, and the Founder of Peak Neuro LLC, an AI-enabled neuroscience venture advancing cognitive resilience. A U.S. Marine Corps veteran, he leads with a service-first ethos (generals eat last), clear leaders intent, and rigorous accountability. At IW, hes driven growth in secure communications, cloud, and cyber operations while building a trust-centric culture. At Peak Neuro, he champions Post-Cognitive Symbolic Regulation™ (PCSR) and the NeuroEdge™ programs (Reclaim, Elite, Enforce) to help veterans, first responders, and elite professionals accelerate recovery and sustain peak performance. A frequent speaker on culture, ethics, and human performance, Crescenzo translates Marine-forged principles into measurable outcomes for missions and people.   About Our Sponsors Navy Federal Credit Union   Whether you're looking to buy a new or used car or maybe you want to refinance your current car loan, Navy Federal Credit Union has great rates on auto loans and discounts for Active Duty servicemembers and Veterans. You can apply via their mobile app or online and, in most cases, get a decision in seconds. For those of you looking to refinance your current auto loan, you could get $200 cash back when you refi your loan from another lender. Find out more at navyfederal.org/auto.  At Navy Federal, our members are the mission.    Join the conversation on Facebook! Check out Veteran on the Move on Facebook to connect with our guests and other listeners. A place where you can network with other like-minded veterans who are transitioning to entrepreneurship and get updates on people, programs and resources to help you in YOUR transition to entrepreneurship.   Want to be our next guest? Send us an email at interview@veteranonthemove.com.  Did you love this episode? Leave us a 5-star rating and review!  Download Joe Crane's Top 7 Paths to Freedom or get it on your mobile device. Text VETERAN to 38470. Veteran On the Move podcast has published 500 episodes. Our listeners have the opportunity to hear in-depth interviews conducted by host Joe Crane. The podcast features people, programs, and resources to assist veterans in their transition to entrepreneurship.  As a result, Veteran On the Move has over 7,000,000 verified downloads through Stitcher Radio, SoundCloud, iTunes and RSS Feed Syndication making it one of the most popular Military Entrepreneur Shows on the Internet Today.

Send us a textIn this episode of WTR Small-Cap Spotlight, Tony Scott, Chief Executive Officer, and Kimberly Pinson, Chief Financial Officer, of Intrusion Inc. (NASDAQ: INTZ) join co-hosts James Kisner, Managing Director of Technology Research at Water Tower Research, and Tim Gerdeman, Vice Chair, Co-Founder, and Chief Marketing Officer of Water Tower Research.The conversation dives into how Intrusion's Shield platform uses reputation-based threat intelligence and artificial intelligence to detect and block high-risk communications in real time. Scott and Pinson discuss the company's five consecutive quarters of sequential growth, the expansion of Shield Cloud into the AWS Marketplace (with Microsoft Azure coming later in 2025), and emerging opportunities in school safety, utilities, and critical infrastructure.They also touch on Intrusion's disciplined financial strategy, strong gross margins, and growing managed-service-provider channel—all of which position the company for sustained success in both government and commercial cybersecurity markets.

On this week's The Business Of Watches podcast, we catch up with Antoine Pin, the Chief Executive Officer of Tag Heuer. He's having quite a year. The brand is in the first season of a new decade-long deal to be the official timekeeping sponsor of Formula 1. It's a high-profile, multi-brand agreement that, if executed correctly, could launch Tag Heuer to a whole new level of visibility. But it also comes at a challenging time for the global economy and the watch industry in general as soaring input costs, a strong Swiss franc, and U.S. tariffs on Swiss goods take a toll on margins and confidence.Pin tells us Tag Heuer has plenty of experience overcoming tough challenges. When the brand launched the first version of its carbon hairspring technology in 2019, there were issues. But the Tag Heuer laboratory didn't give up, and now it's back with a new version, which it says has overcome the problems. We hope you enjoy our conversation with Antoine Pin. Be sure to leave any thoughts or questions in the comments section, and we'll do our best to respond.Want to subscribe so you never miss an episode? This new show is being published to the original Hodinkee Podcasts feed, so you can subscribe wherever you find your podcasts, including Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or TuneIn.Show Notes: 4:10 Tag Heuer at Geneva Watch Days 6:48 Previous issues with carbon9:00 New carbon spring oscillator solution11:10 Silicon hairspring13:00 Tag Heuer Formula 1 15:15 Cautious production20:00 Tag Heuer Monaco Split-Seconds Chronograph (CHF 155,000) 25:30 Tariffs and price increases