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We learned tat Producer Chris pitched a tv show to Nigel from American Idol.

Thanks for downloading or streaming the world's greatest podcast about video games! This week the tri force of podcast gamers are back together yet again for another week - Jon, Shaun and Chris. Hurricane Idalia is upon us, be safe. The podcast send out thoughts and prayers for everyone in Florida affected by it. Ahsoka is live on Disney + - are you a fan - are you watching? Chris FINALLY saw Baldur's Gate in Baldur's Gate 3. And not, he has not done that thing with a bear, yet. Jon is still playing TotK and shared some insight he has found while playing. He does not plan on playing Starfield during the early access that begins this week. Shaun is still in FFXIV mode - currently at the end of the Shadowbringers expansion. He too will be joing Chris for Starfield's early access. Hey, are you going to play Starfield? Thoughts?!?! If you'd like to write in - EMAILS!!! - please send anything you want to weeklygameschat@gmail.com. This is the official inbox of WGC. Chances are, we will read it LIVE! As always thanks once again for the twitch chat, emails, tweets ...you know...alllll the things. So, next time, join us on Twitch - twitch.tv/weeklygameschat. - we record live on the Tuesday prior to each Wednesday's release (unless we let you know of a change). We will probably be starting around 5:45 or 6:00 pm E.S.T. - just search "weeklygameschat" from wherever you have twitch. Lastly - GAME ON everyone!!!! All sounds brought to you by zapsplat.com

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After a year of silence, comedian Chris Rock finally addressed what happened in his live Netflix special, “Selective Outrage,” recently released on March 4. In the special, Rock brought up the infamous Will Smith slap that occurred at the 2022 Oscar's. According to Variety, the title “Selective Outrage” is inspired by the slap. “Will Smith practices ‘Selective Outrage,” Rock explained. “Everybody who really knows, knows I had nothing to do with that shit. I didn't have any entanglements.” New couple alert! Singer Avril Lavigne and rapper Tyga are the latest celebrity couple to emerge. According to PageSix, the new couple attended the Y/Project show on Tuesday in matching long leather coats after confirming their relationship with a kiss. The “Sk8er Boi” singer paired her floor-sweeping, shoulder-padded outerwear with a Y/Project clutch and sunglasses, while the “Taste” rapper teamed his trench with sporty shield-style shades and a blinged-out chain. The pair have been on a roll with PDA throughout Paris Fashion Week, just days after Lavigne's surprising split from fiancé Mod Sun. Jenna Ortega has been getting recognition in the spotlight. The actress is set to star in the newest installment of “Scream” this weekend and is preparing to comeback to her breakthrough role in Netflix series “Wednesday”. She is also returning as producer. Ortega said on a recent episode of the “Armchair Expert” podcast that many of the original “Wednesday” scripts made no sense to her from a character perspective, so much so that she went ahead and changed dialogue without consulting the film's writers. “When I first signed onto the show, I didn't have all the scripts," Ortega said. "I thought it was going to be a lot darker. It wasn't, I didn't know what the tone was, or what the score would sound like.” Making his directorial debut, actor Michael B. Jordan stars in “Creed III” which was released in theaters last weekend. “Creed III” follows Adonis Creed, played by Jordan, who has been thriving in both his career and family life, but when a childhood friend and former boxing prodigy resurfaces, the face-off is more than just a fight. The film has already garnered attention and many people went to the movies to watch the third film of the trilogy. The franchise earned $100 million during its global opening weekend and set numerous records, making it the top opening for the Creed franchise and biggest sports film opening ever and a knockout victory for MGM. Guest host Renzo Pocasangre gives updates on the latest music in his segment "Soundwaves". Host: Kadie Gurley Guest Host: Renzo Pocasangre Edited by: Andy Nguyen Like, comment, and follow us on your favorite platform for more content! Apple Podcasts https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/beach-weekly/id1488484518?uo=4 Google Podcasts https://www.google.com/podcasts?feed=aHR0cHM6Ly9hbmNob3IuZm0vcy9kMzEwMjEwL3BvZGNhc3QvcnNz Spotify https://open.spotify.com/show/4HJaqJep02kHeIQy8op1n1 Overcast https://overcast.fm/itunes1488484518/beach-weekly

It only took 128 episodes, but Max, Chelsea and Chris FINALLY recorded an episode together in the same room! So what brought them to this occasion? The legendary COCAINE BEAR! Join the conversation as @ready2retro shares about their thoughts and highlights of Elizabeth Banks' newest film now in theaters. SPOILER ALERT!

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It was a big day on Chris & the Crew! Chris and Joe didn't let Gianna come in to work because she's at home fasting for blood work. Joe threw change in a coworker's new car, and Chris thought he was weird. But, yet, by 8 am Chris admitted SHE was wrong. In Crew's Court, Ashley & Brandon debated if she had to cancel her birthday party because of the Super Bowl. Plus, Joe's balling on a budget with last minute tickets to a broadway show tonight. And we placed bets on the Super Bowl (like what songs Rihanna will sing).

We return for the final episode of our sixth series of nostalgic film reviews, this week Chris FINALLY chose a childhood favourite in ‘Good Burger', was this a risky choice considering the plan of choosing greatness all the way till the end? Is this movie too silly for a modern or adult audience? Let's find out!

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As a startup with ambitions of global disruption, the odds are already against you. Don't make things worse by launching in a geography that lengthens those odds, or that distort your company in a way that dooms international expansion. How to think about geography? Chris and Yaniv don't quite see eye to eye on this one, so join them for a thought-provoking and (mostly) respectful debate. After that, tell us what you think! (Ed: Yaniv is clearly correct)

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Chris FINALLY has a new computer to record on, so of course we had to talk about that. Also, Forza Horizon 5 is out, and there's a new MMO beta that Jason has been playing – Lost Ark.

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This week two goobs "work from home" and discuss the wonder of GTA cheats, Chris' scone-loving attorney friend, and how Chris FINALLY got a PS5!! :^) Listen to this episode on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/0noI9h7YNg1NK1Eq1NJrIQ?si=e2qiEr-WQHSaM_-clruuSA&dl_branch=1Listen to this episode on iTunes: https://podcasts.apple.com/podcast/id1570002418Chris IG: https://instagram.com/princetorteChris Twitter: http://twitter.com/gaytortelliniMary doesn't have socials :^(

1 00:00:03.570 --> 00:00:04.259 Paul Casey: Here we go. 2 00:00:05.759 --> 00:00:24.840 Paul Casey: it's a great day to grow forward, and thank you for joining me for today's episode with Chris Porter Chris is partner at Porter Kinney and a fun fact about him is he says he's a little germ of phobic or at least people think he is Chris you gotta go get a color on that one. 3 00:00:25.620 --> 00:00:40.440 Chris: Well it's true it's just been a joke a long standing joke going back decades about my German phobia one time for a birthday present somebody gave me some jello with a hand sanitizer inside the jello just to make sure the agenda was clean. 4 00:00:41.220 --> 00:00:45.330 Chris: The whole bottle of hand sanitizer was kind of molded within the jello and that was my. 5 00:00:46.830 --> 00:00:52.530 Paul Casey: love it love it well, we will dive in after checking in with our tri city influencers sponsor. 6 00:00:53.460 --> 00:01:00.810 Paul Casey: Thank you for your support of leadership development in the tri cities well welcome Chris I was privileged to meet you. 7 00:01:01.140 --> 00:01:09.480 Paul Casey: Man it feels like eight or 10 years ago now, when I visited a you're being I grew up your business networking international group I was a sub and. 8 00:01:09.990 --> 00:01:26.970 Paul Casey: ended up joining be and I certainly after that I think it was 2015 I joined the and I and it's been a great thing ever since and you were able to speak at one of my edge events when we used to do those when we combine pizza and professional development that was fun. 9 00:01:27.870 --> 00:01:28.380 Chris: that's right. 10 00:01:29.100 --> 00:01:43.770 Paul Casey: And you spoke for mid Columbia score I think once on the same topic and I just love, how you want to help other businesses out of wide rookie mistakes as you would call them and really help them thrive, as they as they launch and in those first years of development. 11 00:01:44.760 --> 00:01:45.420 Absolutely. 12 00:01:46.860 --> 00:01:57.060 Paul Casey: Well, how far Tracy and implication to know you better tell us about what your organization does what you spend 80% of your day doing. 13 00:01:58.560 --> 00:02:08.430 Chris: yeah so porter Kenny we're a CPA firm and accounting firm, so we provide tax preparation services and other accounting services for individuals and businesses. 14 00:02:09.630 --> 00:02:25.170 Chris: So business could come to us for tax advice for the preparation of their annual tax return and then also if they wanted us to run their payroll for them, keep their books up to date, help them make good business decisions, you know we're here to support small businesses in the tri cities. 15 00:02:25.950 --> 00:02:32.190 Paul Casey: Great stuff and So what do you end up spending most of your day as a partner, doing same thing or other stuff. 16 00:02:32.970 --> 00:02:38.790 Chris: yeah i'm about split 5050 right now, half the time i'll work on client work, making sure. 17 00:02:39.210 --> 00:02:45.960 Chris: You know i'm filing my clients tax returns on time, helping them make strategic business moves avoid taxes were legally possible. 18 00:02:46.410 --> 00:03:02.520 Chris: And then the other half of my day is spent on management training employees on sales on trying to improve the business, you know, sometimes with leadership we talked about working in the business versus working on the business and i'm about split 5050 between those two right now. 19 00:03:03.210 --> 00:03:11.220 Paul Casey: Nice and, as we were talking before we started recording you're in a major growth spurt in just the last couple of years right. 20 00:03:12.000 --> 00:03:18.150 Chris: yeah about two years ago, we have seven full time staff at porter kinney and now we have 24 so. 21 00:03:18.210 --> 00:03:20.430 Chris: Definitely had some growth over the last couple years. 22 00:03:20.610 --> 00:03:22.440 Paul Casey: amazing congratulations. 23 00:03:22.680 --> 00:03:23.310 Chris: Thank you. 24 00:03:23.640 --> 00:03:25.590 Paul Casey: Why do you love to do what to do. 25 00:03:26.970 --> 00:03:34.350 Chris: You know I just have always enjoyed business It just seems like something that's really fun it's almost like you're playing a strategy game. 26 00:03:34.770 --> 00:03:46.320 Chris: And if you make the right moves you're going to win, and if you don't think clearly enough or you make a mistake you're going to lose and it's just kind of this it's kind of a big game big game of chess. 27 00:03:47.190 --> 00:03:53.430 Chris: Ever since I was probably 10 or 11 i've wanted to start a business in fact i'll tell you Paul, the first business I ever started. 28 00:03:54.180 --> 00:04:06.090 Chris: A friend of mine His name was john and my name is Chris so we got together and we said we're going to combine our two names and we're going to start a lawn mowing business, so instead of Chris and john we call it crowd. 29 00:04:06.840 --> 00:04:09.000 Chris: It was cron lawn. 30 00:04:09.540 --> 00:04:10.740 Chris: Which arrives. 31 00:04:14.010 --> 00:04:14.580 Chris: So. 32 00:04:15.060 --> 00:04:23.280 Chris: That was me as a 10 or 11 year old try to be entrepreneurial but i've had a million business ideas, since then and thankfully at least one of them has worked. 33 00:04:24.390 --> 00:04:31.350 Paul Casey: How did you land on accounting and tax prep from all those business ideas, how did you sort through land on that one. 34 00:04:32.010 --> 00:04:45.870 Chris: You know it's what I did when I was at byu That was what my degree was in was accounting, so it was kind of the most natural fit, of course, to start an accounting firm when you have a background in accounting when you have work experience and accounting and a degree in accounting. 35 00:04:47.040 --> 00:04:51.600 Chris: So that's how I settled on that, but yeah I have debated about doing other businesses but. 36 00:04:52.740 --> 00:05:06.360 Chris: I know a lot of tri cities business owners that have their foot in you know many different businesses, they maybe have a portfolio of five to 10 different businesses that hasn't worked for my own personality, I like to be laser focused on just one one business. 37 00:05:06.690 --> 00:05:20.820 Paul Casey: Absolutely so who do you surround yourself with on your team, what makes a great team Member for you to hang around and also who do you who do you tend to associate with in the Community outside of porter kinney. 38 00:05:22.140 --> 00:05:29.940 Chris: Well, within porter Kenny, we have tried to hire the best person for each position and it's interesting as you try to grow a business. 39 00:05:30.420 --> 00:05:42.300 Chris: there's the lowest hanging fruit employees and that's going to be, you know your brother or your sister or your friend or your neighbor just kind of the people that are around around you that you know that maybe you're looking for a job. 40 00:05:43.500 --> 00:05:53.820 Chris: You could always hire one of them, but but really it is very important if you've read the book good to great you know, Jim Collins really emphasizes putting the right people on the right seat on the bus. 41 00:05:54.450 --> 00:06:06.150 Chris: And spending a lot of time hiring I read a book recently by Dave ramsey who recommends the same thing Dave ramsey says he does like two months of interviews before he hires anyone yeah. 42 00:06:06.690 --> 00:06:18.510 Chris: So we have been very careful in the hiring process to hire the right person for each position, not to hire the easiest person or the lowest hanging fruit or the person that we know or the person we attend, you know church with. 43 00:06:19.680 --> 00:06:29.700 Chris: When we hire someone it's it's probably at least 30 hours of my time before we make that higher and so that I think we just have an outstanding team that doesn't need to be micromanaged. 44 00:06:30.270 --> 00:06:37.200 Paul Casey: yeah the measure twice cut once principal at a boss through always said that in hiring you got to do that so way to go. 45 00:06:37.470 --> 00:06:38.760 Chris: Absolutely yeah. 46 00:06:39.690 --> 00:06:43.110 Paul Casey: For outside the organization one who helps you be successful. 47 00:06:43.860 --> 00:06:55.320 Chris: yeah so that's a great question outside the organization, you know, there are a few of business leaders in the Community, that I really respect and i've intentionally take them to lunch and pick their brain and. 48 00:06:55.950 --> 00:07:00.060 Chris: You know it's always good to maintain a spirit of humility about what we do. 49 00:07:00.510 --> 00:07:09.090 Chris: I will be the first to admit that there are you know hundreds of business owners in this area that that do a much better job than I do, and I want to learn from them, I want to. 50 00:07:09.510 --> 00:07:21.720 Chris: have them be my mentor and you know they're further ahead than I am in their business they've been doing it longer than I have and it's good for me to sit down with them over lunch ask him questions learn things from them. 51 00:07:22.920 --> 00:07:36.870 Paul Casey: yeah in fact that's on my list there's no that the reason for this podcast was I did what you did, which is take a leader to lunch, and then I thought, what if everybody else could listen in on that conversation, which is how we've gotten to the truth of the input their podcasts, though. 52 00:07:37.200 --> 00:07:40.770 Paul Casey: yeah i'm taking me to lunch, right now, but maybe i'll have to send you a grub hub or some. 53 00:07:40.920 --> 00:07:41.520 instead. 54 00:07:43.560 --> 00:07:58.380 Chris: Well i'll tell you Paul and this ties in several years ago, I took a very successful tri cities business owner out to lunch to anthony's and I sat down with them, and he had grown a business from from one person from just him to over 500 employees. 55 00:07:58.890 --> 00:08:00.660 Chris: As well as the 100% owner. 56 00:08:01.200 --> 00:08:07.320 Chris: And then he sold the business for a very large sum which enabled him to you know be financially secure for the rest of his life. 57 00:08:08.010 --> 00:08:19.230 Chris: And I asked him, you know what What was your secret and one of the things that he told me really has stayed with me, and that is, he said, Chris I grew my business one strategic higher at a time. 58 00:08:19.320 --> 00:08:26.040 Chris: um and I thought that was a great focus, because so many of us think about growing our business one customer at a time. 59 00:08:26.850 --> 00:08:35.610 Chris: Well that's also true there's kind of two sides of the coin right, we have to add customers, we have to have clients, we have to you know, keep them satisfied and offer a high level of service to them. 60 00:08:36.060 --> 00:08:47.370 Chris: But the other side of the coin is getting the right people in the business like I mentioned earlier, one strategic hire at a time that's how he went from one employee to 600 employees, to a large sale. 61 00:08:47.880 --> 00:09:03.480 Paul Casey: That is so good, I hear also that the only way you're going to really bust out and grow is, you have to hire leaders, not just followers but leaders that's going to help you to multiply hiring followers just as addition so yeah great stuff one strategic fire at a time. 62 00:09:03.780 --> 00:09:18.120 Chris: yeah and Paul you hit the nail on the head, you also do not want to be intimidated it's okay to hire someone who's smarter than you it's okay to hire someone that's more educated than you are you don't have to be intimidated by that get the best people on your team and grow together. 63 00:09:18.870 --> 00:09:30.060 Paul Casey: Great stuff and speaking of growth leaders have growth mindset So how do you keep evolving as a leader what's in your own personal and professional development plan. 64 00:09:31.710 --> 00:09:48.480 Chris: What are the things i've done, I really love listening to books on my phone I use audible and I like to listen to business books yeah, but I have long time for a long time i've had the philosophy that you shouldn't consume information faster than you're able to apply that information. 65 00:09:48.570 --> 00:09:51.510 Paul Casey: or flow good let's say that again say that again. 66 00:09:51.870 --> 00:09:52.170 well. 67 00:09:53.670 --> 00:09:58.290 Chris: You should not consume information faster than you're able to apply that information. 68 00:09:59.400 --> 00:10:06.660 Chris: So, in other words, I hear some people that say hey I listened to one book a week on audible and I think well, are you really able to. 69 00:10:07.380 --> 00:10:13.860 Chris: You know, apply those principles that are being taught in that business book that quickly, maybe some people are I certainly am not. 70 00:10:14.760 --> 00:10:20.670 Chris: So i'll go through a book on audible very slowly, as I drive maybe one book every three months. 71 00:10:21.450 --> 00:10:30.000 Chris: And when I get to my location i'll pull up my phone and i'll take notes on a Google sheet as to what I learned during that drive from that business book. 72 00:10:30.780 --> 00:10:43.140 Chris: And then, when i'm done i'll kind of go through all my notes on board those things that I thought were most applicable and i'll try to apply them in my business and I try not to move to the second book until i've made some changes, based on that the first book that I read. 73 00:10:43.830 --> 00:10:53.310 Paul Casey: that's really going deep on a book I do like that I read about 40 a year and, like you said assimilating that so I I to pull over and. 74 00:10:54.270 --> 00:11:01.320 Paul Casey: Then write down the takeaways from the books as I go and then I file them, maybe i'm not assimilating them complete like you're. 75 00:11:01.590 --> 00:11:11.280 Paul Casey: you're talking about, but I do file them in categories for leadership development so that I can pass them on to clients and in seminars, in the future so totally concur with you there. 76 00:11:11.790 --> 00:11:16.830 Paul Casey: And you know i'm probably going to ask you this, so what are a couple of books that everybody's got to read if they're a. 77 00:11:17.250 --> 00:11:26.460 Paul Casey: Business owner or a leader of other people, they want to develop others or develop themselves what are some of those that pop out maybe you've read just the last few years. 78 00:11:27.120 --> 00:11:36.420 Chris: yeah i'll recommend three as kind of a must read and and if there's listeners out there that are thinking about starting a business but haven't read these three books read these three books. 79 00:11:36.900 --> 00:11:44.280 Chris: Seven habits of highly effective people by Stephen R covey obviously this you know timeless written what 40 years ago and still relevant today. 80 00:11:45.480 --> 00:11:50.190 Chris: Second, one would be good to great by Jim Collins like I just mentioned, also timeless. 81 00:11:51.360 --> 00:12:07.830 Chris: Book so vital to read if you're trying to grow your business, as the title implies from good to great and then the third one would be the E myth revisited by Michael gerber which is really kind of the small business Bible, how to grow a business from one person to 10 people to 50 people. 82 00:12:08.640 --> 00:12:13.290 Paul Casey: yeah and I think he was the one that coined that in the biz working in the business or on the business right. 83 00:12:13.500 --> 00:12:14.700 Chris: that's right yeah. 84 00:12:15.480 --> 00:12:31.710 Paul Casey: Great great book recommends thanks Chris for that to avoid burnout and negativity and even in the land of Kobe the last couple years here how have you fed your mental your emotional health and wellness on a regular basis. 85 00:12:33.270 --> 00:12:42.540 Chris: yeah that's a great question you know some business owners talk about you know you got to work 100 hour plus weeks in order to be successful, I do not buy into that philosophy and. 86 00:12:43.500 --> 00:12:52.140 Chris: Most of the effective successful people I know don't work 100 plus hours they do work, maybe 50 to 60 hours a week, I mean they're not slackers that's for sure. 87 00:12:52.770 --> 00:13:02.490 Chris: But you definitely want to take some time some personal time completely on your own I like to do some you know i'd call it spiritual time each day kind of Bible study time each day. 88 00:13:02.940 --> 00:13:11.250 Chris: That I take on my own I definitely spend time with my wife and kids each day intentionally during certain times of the day, so yeah don't neglect yourself. 89 00:13:12.570 --> 00:13:24.420 Paul Casey: yeah self care huge love, I put in, so your spiritual practice there at the beginning of the day, so setting the tone for the day what successful people do in the morning is is huge. 90 00:13:24.750 --> 00:13:35.220 Paul Casey: And then also making sure i'm sure core values family is one of your top ones as well, and not leaving them the leftovers, but prioritizing them somewhere in your day love that. 91 00:13:35.580 --> 00:13:43.770 Paul Casey: Absolutely, how do you go about getting things done, I love to know the organizational system of Chris porter, how do you organize yourself. 92 00:13:44.430 --> 00:13:53.490 Chris: Well i'll tell you Paul I went to one of your presentations several years ago, where you said that we should make a to do list for the next day. 93 00:13:53.820 --> 00:14:03.480 Chris: At the end of the day, so at the end of today i'm going to make a to do list for tomorrow, while those priorities are still fresh in your mind that was a very helpful suggestion and i've done that. 94 00:14:04.560 --> 00:14:09.300 Chris: I don't think I do, that every day, I should, but I do, that a lot of days and I appreciate that suggestion. 95 00:14:10.140 --> 00:14:16.380 Chris: So that's one thing i'll throw out the other thing i'll throw it is from Stephen R covey where he talks about that analogy of. 96 00:14:16.710 --> 00:14:23.310 Chris: Having a jar and everyone's heard this before you have a jar you want to put big rocks and it's small rocks and sand and water in it. 97 00:14:24.180 --> 00:14:31.980 Chris: The only way, you can do that is put the big rocks in first and then the sand and then the water, so the sand kind of falls around the big rocks and everything fits. 98 00:14:32.640 --> 00:14:47.700 Chris: And he uses that analogy to basically recommend you take your most important biggest priorities during the week and you schedule them into your calendar at the beginning of the week don't let any anything else interrupt those important items that you have. 99 00:14:49.230 --> 00:14:53.760 Chris: put those in first add the big rocks your calendar first and then other things fall into place. 100 00:14:54.810 --> 00:15:01.770 Paul Casey: That is so good, I was just telling that illustration, is a timeless illustration of the big rocks I was just teaching that and look at a. 101 00:15:01.980 --> 00:15:09.030 Paul Casey: Digital summit recently, because it is so applicable don't let anything crowd out those three top priorities. 102 00:15:09.390 --> 00:15:21.930 Paul Casey: And I don't know why we do this, Chris we seem to like blow ourselves off and our priorities, we would never do that to someone in a coffee shop or a client appointment right, but we do this for ourselves all the time and then we're like procrastinated yet again. 103 00:15:23.580 --> 00:15:24.630 Chris: Absolutely yeah. 104 00:15:25.380 --> 00:15:26.670 Paul Casey: And I think we would say Paul. 105 00:15:26.700 --> 00:15:31.890 Chris: Paul you also taught me didn't don't show I say obey your calendar is the phrase that you use. 106 00:15:33.270 --> 00:15:36.960 Paul Casey: is like obey your thirst have a calendar. 107 00:15:37.200 --> 00:15:37.740 Chris: that's right. 108 00:15:39.150 --> 00:15:47.910 Paul Casey: Well before we head into our next question about how Chris looks at the bigger picture versus being reactive and leadership let's shout out to our sponsor. 109 00:15:50.220 --> 00:16:02.430 Paul Casey: Well, Chris it's easy to get trapped in simply reacting to crises and leadership and putting out fires, how do you specifically step back and take a look at the bigger picture and get ahead of stuff. 110 00:16:03.960 --> 00:16:05.700 Chris: yeah that's a great question. 111 00:16:06.810 --> 00:16:11.040 Chris: I don't know I don't have a perfect answer for that, but i'll tell you one thing i've done is i've turned off. 112 00:16:12.090 --> 00:16:17.610 Chris: That little notification on the computer where every time you get an email this little thing pings up you got an email from this person. 113 00:16:18.540 --> 00:16:26.910 Chris: You know I definitely spend times during the day when when that's completely off when I don't hear any beeps for my cell phone and it beeps from my computer and I could just be focused. 114 00:16:28.560 --> 00:16:37.860 Paul Casey: You also take time as a company with your your core team to do some strategic planning for the year ahead or the quarter ahead anything like that. 115 00:16:38.640 --> 00:16:48.120 Chris: Absolutely my business partner and I we meet weekly Mondays at 1pm and we talked about yet planning and how our goals are coming along. 116 00:16:48.780 --> 00:16:55.680 Chris: And then we have a group of directors of the company so there's two owners and then for directors of our different departments. 117 00:16:56.250 --> 00:17:07.020 Chris: And we are all reading good to great even if we've read it before we're all reading good to great and then we're meeting on July 30 for an all day retreat with you know some refreshments and a meal and. 118 00:17:07.590 --> 00:17:12.030 Chris: And some activities and we're going to discuss the principles and good to great and how we can apply them to our business. 119 00:17:12.780 --> 00:17:19.050 Paul Casey: love the book study idea and now ramsey himself his organization, when you get hired there you get a box of books. 120 00:17:19.350 --> 00:17:29.280 Paul Casey: Because he wants everyone to be speaking the same language and so that that's a cool thing you're all going to do together, even if it's a reread for many of you it's a new read for others. 121 00:17:29.610 --> 00:17:35.730 Paul Casey: love the off site retreat to i'll put in a plug there as well, I love doing those leading those with companies because. 122 00:17:36.060 --> 00:17:51.300 Paul Casey: You know it's a chance to relationship build like you said eat some food together break bread and look ahead without without that constant notification barrage or interruptions throughout your day so way to go for getting your team away to think ahead. 123 00:17:52.830 --> 00:18:06.000 Paul Casey: What key moves did you make, for your Organization has this whole coven thing went through in the last couple of years, how are you responsive to that how did you become strategic in an uncertain time. 124 00:18:07.740 --> 00:18:17.550 Chris: You know, maybe, instead of answering how I did that you know I serve a lot of clients and maybe I could just anonymously talk about how some of them navigated through it. 125 00:18:17.850 --> 00:18:26.790 Chris: Right, it was very interesting, you know we serve like I said a lot of businesses in the tri cities and restaurants, I thought were very interesting during coven. 126 00:18:27.570 --> 00:18:34.410 Chris: We have a lot of restaurant clients and some of them just almost instantly you know when march hit when April hit. 127 00:18:34.830 --> 00:18:48.540 Chris: They quickly got on uber eats and doordash or had their own delivery drivers and just quickly revamped their business model and some of them did very well, some of them were selling more food than before the pandemic. 128 00:18:49.800 --> 00:18:56.130 Chris: Whereas some of them who just kind of dogmatically stuck to the old business model really struggled so. 129 00:18:56.910 --> 00:19:10.350 Chris: Whether it's co founder whether it's another crisis or whether it's just a constantly changing paradigm of technology, we absolutely need to be responsive on our feet, we cannot run our business like we did five years ago, and we cannot be afraid of change. 130 00:19:11.880 --> 00:19:17.880 Paul Casey: yeah and you bring up that word change, what do you feel most people don't of course don't like change. 131 00:19:18.660 --> 00:19:24.330 Paul Casey: I find leaders are a little bit more comfortable with it because we're the ones, usually driving it you had this huge growth. 132 00:19:24.870 --> 00:19:39.150 Paul Casey: spurt in the last couple of years, so i'm sure with that came some change whether that's procedures, if not just different people, how do you best lead organizational change and how would you recommend other business leaders lead change. 133 00:19:40.680 --> 00:19:44.670 Chris: yeah that's that's a great question there's always resistance to change. 134 00:19:46.230 --> 00:19:50.310 Chris: In fact, well, I probably won't share that story, I was about to share a. 135 00:19:50.310 --> 00:19:53.430 Chris: story, but I don't know if I could do it in a confidential enough medicine. 136 00:19:55.050 --> 00:19:57.600 Chris: But there's always resistance to change but. 137 00:19:58.830 --> 00:20:05.820 Chris: yeah I think you just have to talk about how you know the very obvious truth that if we don't change we stay the same. 138 00:20:06.120 --> 00:20:11.940 Chris: Now that just sounds so stupid, but it's true if we don't change we don't grow if we don't change we don't progress. 139 00:20:12.510 --> 00:20:22.950 Chris: And I think people just need to realize, you know, like my friend my mentor that I talked about earlier that I met at anthony's going from a one person company to a 600 person company. 140 00:20:23.460 --> 00:20:28.530 Chris: Their organizational chart must have changed, you know 27 different times, or more. 141 00:20:29.220 --> 00:20:36.630 Chris: And even in Puerto kitty, you know as we went from when, as a seven person company, you know our organizational chart was basically here's the two owners of the top. 142 00:20:37.080 --> 00:20:45.150 Chris: And here's the five people that report to us it was just very basic we had an organizational chart but it's like okay we're in charge and we're the supervisors that's all it is. 143 00:20:45.750 --> 00:20:53.550 Chris: But now as a 24 person company, the two owners don't necessarily want to be in charge of all 24 so we revamped our organizational chart. 144 00:20:54.150 --> 00:21:02.550 Chris: And that is something that i'd recommend that's something that Michael gerber recommends and the E myth, no matter how small your company is make an organizational chart. 145 00:21:03.090 --> 00:21:13.800 Chris: give each person, a job title give each person, a list of their duties that they need to fulfill and, as you grow annually, you should be updating that organization chart. 146 00:21:15.750 --> 00:21:29.010 Paul Casey: What do you do what became a something you delegated to that next level I think you're calling the directors right, the Director level that you did before, but with growth and you know delegated for someone else to supervise. 147 00:21:30.210 --> 00:21:46.230 Chris: Well, one example would be semi annual performance reviews, yes, so I used to do all of them myself and now i'll do the four directors, will do a semi annual review with me and then each of them will do four or five with the people in their department. 148 00:21:47.610 --> 00:21:59.280 Paul Casey: What do you use for performance reviews what system, do you do some self evaluation is it a is it a rating scale is it more narrative what have you sort of landed on lately I know it's probably always in flux, but. 149 00:22:00.480 --> 00:22:12.180 Chris: yeah one thing I mean there's a lot we could talk about there, but one thing I think that we've changed recently that's been very effective is give the staff member of the team Member the feedback before the performance review. 150 00:22:13.050 --> 00:22:22.110 Chris: You don't want to be sitting face to face with somebody and all of a sudden just surprise them with some negative feedback or constructive criticism, as we call it in a more politically correct. 151 00:22:22.110 --> 00:22:22.470 Chris: way. 152 00:22:22.920 --> 00:22:27.930 Chris: You don't just want to surprise somebody in a face to face setting because naturally they'll become defensive. 153 00:22:28.650 --> 00:22:33.840 Chris: So if you send them an email beforehand and say hey thanks so much for meeting with me tomorrow at two. 154 00:22:34.470 --> 00:22:44.880 Chris: Here are some things that I think have been going really well give them six or seven here's two things that I think we can improve on and set some goals on, then they go into the meeting, knowing what's going to be discussed and there'll be less defensive. 155 00:22:45.750 --> 00:22:56.400 Paul Casey: I found that i've got three other clients that also do that same thing they send their performance review a day in advance it's for the people who like to Milan things you know and it probably. 156 00:22:56.820 --> 00:23:08.850 Paul Casey: Well, for mostly it settles them down because they get freaked out on the day of their performance review, but yeah it's sort of like brings it in and more of a conversation the next day, instead of the surprise or. 157 00:23:09.480 --> 00:23:13.800 Paul Casey: This is, you know this is going to be this very tense conversation I think it's a great move. 158 00:23:15.360 --> 00:23:17.280 Paul Casey: Speaking of difficult conversations. 159 00:23:17.520 --> 00:23:36.180 Paul Casey: Conflict very difficult among teams and when you're a supervisor and you have to confront a direct reports someone on your team it's it's usually not a whoo you know kind of day, how do you first of all bolster the courage to have that conversation, and not just let it keep on going. 160 00:23:37.440 --> 00:23:47.220 Chris: yeah I think you bolster the courage by reminding yourself that that conversation is not only good for you, but it's good for that particular team Member to hear. 161 00:23:48.870 --> 00:23:54.990 Chris: You know and Jim Collins again back to good degrade he talks about that a lot he talks about, for example, the ultimate. 162 00:23:55.770 --> 00:24:06.540 Chris: Tough conversation is the conversation where you have to let somebody go and he talks about in his book if there's somebody who is not a good fit for your organization not only. 163 00:24:07.500 --> 00:24:13.920 Chris: Are you doing yourself a disservice by keeping them on you're doing them a disservice by keeping them on the team because. 164 00:24:14.250 --> 00:24:18.930 Chris: They might be a much better fit for another organization with a different culture with different goals. 165 00:24:19.380 --> 00:24:31.830 Chris: And by continuing to keep them on your bus, even though they're in the wrong seat and on the wrong bus you're basically wasting years of their life so do yourself a favor do them a favor by having that tough conversation. 166 00:24:32.190 --> 00:24:50.550 Paul Casey: No, that is so good, because you really want to have the conversation in service of them, and your organization so you're serving two purposes and when people just don't want to have that conversation so you've had to let people go, probably in the course of your leadership over the years. 167 00:24:51.900 --> 00:25:05.940 Paul Casey: Take us there for a moment what have you learned about the the conversation where it's like we're not a match, how does How does that go, but what recommendations would you have to business owners and other leaders who have to have that conversation. 168 00:25:06.930 --> 00:25:10.020 Chris: yeah well there's certainly no easy way to have that conversation. 169 00:25:11.160 --> 00:25:16.770 Chris: But you really just want to treat people very well on their way out. 170 00:25:18.120 --> 00:25:25.560 Chris: Whether that be giving them a generous severance payment on their way out or allowing them to stay on the health insurance for a couple months. 171 00:25:25.980 --> 00:25:40.860 Chris: Just whatever you can do to really kind of make the transition easier from your place to someone else's and if it wasn't really you know, a specific problem with their job performance, it was just in general they didn't fit the culture. 172 00:25:42.090 --> 00:25:52.440 Chris: That you were trying to promote maybe they would be a great fit at another company and you could even help them try to find that next company try to find that next job where they would be a good fit. 173 00:25:53.610 --> 00:26:02.070 Chris: So I think more than just choosing the right words during the conversation I think you have to look at the whole experience as treating that employee with dignity on their way out. 174 00:26:02.400 --> 00:26:15.660 Paul Casey: Oh, so good that we're dignity yeah always helping them save face I had one boss that told me, you know someday I might be working for you, Paul and and as a custodian so I want to make sure we leave on good terms. 175 00:26:16.260 --> 00:26:26.340 Paul Casey: That was good you've never done it in a Community like the tri cities to you're going to run into these folks probably that it's important for us to do it well, always with dignity. 176 00:26:26.790 --> 00:26:31.560 Chris: yeah and Paul that's a key point where we are in a small town, this is not Chicago, this is not New York. 177 00:26:31.980 --> 00:26:41.190 Chris: And with customers and staff members even former staff members yeah you're going to run into them at the grocery store, you know, two weeks from now so just treat everybody kindly and with dignity. 178 00:26:42.210 --> 00:26:53.010 Paul Casey: You mentioned the word culture, when you said you know they may not be a fit for the culture, what kind of culture is porter Kenny trying to develop among the staff so that. 179 00:26:53.460 --> 00:27:04.650 Paul Casey: You know if I were to walk in your business, this would be like the feel that I would get you know, in the air, what do you try to promote there and what are you banging the drum on always with your team. 180 00:27:05.850 --> 00:27:15.300 Chris: yeah that is a fantastic question so we definitely have a culture of continuous improvement and with continuous improvement comes change like you mentioned. 181 00:27:15.990 --> 00:27:23.790 Chris: we're a different company, they will were just two years ago, so people that are resistant to change and don't like. 182 00:27:24.180 --> 00:27:38.250 Chris: Learning a new software program or you know learning a new process or having a new organizational chart they would have a tougher time staying with quarter Kenny, because we have this constant pursuit of excellence and improvement in our organization. 183 00:27:39.510 --> 00:27:47.430 Chris: And then on the flip side of that we also like to have fun and we like to you know, have a good rapport with everyone on the team. 184 00:27:48.900 --> 00:28:02.580 Chris: We like to have a fun culture and we'd like to not take ourselves too seriously and those two aspects of our culture, they might seem like you know, oil and water trying to mix, but I think you could have both. 185 00:28:03.540 --> 00:28:07.920 Paul Casey: So i'm not gonna i'm not gonna see some nerf gun wars in the accountants office is that what i'm saying. 186 00:28:09.570 --> 00:28:16.950 Chris: yeah you might just see somebody converting a desk to a ping pong table in the other room a couple days ago. 187 00:28:17.790 --> 00:28:18.090 Paul Casey: Good. 188 00:28:18.210 --> 00:28:18.870 Paul Casey: I like it. 189 00:28:19.170 --> 00:28:24.150 Chris: I didn't know they solve these little small ping pong nets that you can put on top of a desk and you know, have a couple of games. 190 00:28:24.210 --> 00:28:24.510 that's. 191 00:28:25.830 --> 00:28:34.290 Paul Casey: awesome well Chris Finally, what advice would you give to new leaders or anyone who wants to keep growing and gaining more influence. 192 00:28:35.790 --> 00:28:38.370 Chris: Well, I think i've already given it but. 193 00:28:39.870 --> 00:28:52.170 Chris: I was recently talking to a very new business owner probably had two employees and I could tell during that meeting, you know, he did 95% of talking he didn't ask for any advice. 194 00:28:53.460 --> 00:28:55.980 Chris: The impression I got was that he already knew everything. 195 00:28:57.750 --> 00:29:05.940 Chris: Even though I could tell that certainly there were things that he could do better with his business so just having a little bit of humility and just recognizing. 196 00:29:06.990 --> 00:29:13.680 Chris: Wherever you are in your leadership, development or in the business growth, there are people ahead of you that you can learn things from. 197 00:29:14.610 --> 00:29:23.580 Chris: Some of those people are right here in the tri cities, and you know sit down with them ask them questions and some of those people are national experts who have written books read those books. 198 00:29:24.450 --> 00:29:32.190 Chris: don't ever get to the point where you think you just have all the answers, and you know everything because that's the point in which your professional development is going to go downhill. 199 00:29:32.700 --> 00:29:41.850 Paul Casey: Absolutely stay teachable stay coachable tries to the influencers Chris How can our listeners connect with you and your business. 200 00:29:43.410 --> 00:29:48.480 Chris: Well, I can feel free to shoot me shoot me a question at Chris at quarter can u.com that's my email. 201 00:29:50.010 --> 00:29:59.850 Chris: yeah and you know our business information is pretty easy to find our website is porter can you calm, but yeah one of your listeners can can feel free to reach out to me if they wanted to connect. 202 00:30:00.690 --> 00:30:05.940 Paul Casey: Well, thanks again for all you do to make the tri cities, a great place and keep leading well. 203 00:30:06.750 --> 00:30:07.320 Chris: Thank you, Paul. 204 00:30:08.070 --> 00:30:11.820 Paul Casey: We wrap up our podcast today with a leadership resource to recommend. 205 00:30:12.090 --> 00:30:21.390 Paul Casey: i'm starting a membership Community i'm calling it bullseye bullseye is going to be for team leaders, if you supervise other people bulls is for you. 206 00:30:21.600 --> 00:30:28.890 Paul Casey: for less than like 75 cents a day you're going to get some plug and play resources every week in your email box. 207 00:30:29.130 --> 00:30:35.070 Paul Casey: Things videos you can play for your team meeting icebreakers that you can give in your one to ones. 208 00:30:35.340 --> 00:30:41.850 Paul Casey: They all have performance evaluation forms and one to one flow is there's going to be all sorts of great stuff. 209 00:30:42.120 --> 00:30:50.610 Paul Casey: If you're a team leader, so that you'll actually look forward to opening an email from growing forward services, so you can come to my website at Paul casey.org. 210 00:30:50.790 --> 00:31:00.660 Paul Casey: As that begins to launch and get in on the ground floor of this, because then you'll be part of the discussion as we help each other grow in our businesses and leadership development. 211 00:31:02.910 --> 00:31:10.620 Paul Casey: Again this is Paul Casey want to thank my guest Chris porter from porter Kenny, for being here today on the tri cities influencer podcast we also want to thank our. 212 00:31:11.160 --> 00:31:19.740 Paul Casey: sponsor and invite you to support them, we appreciate you making this possible, so that we can collaborate to help inspire leaders in our Community. 213 00:31:20.130 --> 00:31:34.530 Paul Casey: Finally, one more leadership tidbit for the road to help you make a difference in your circle of influence when you lose your focus, you lose your momentum until next time KGF keep growing forward.

On this week's episode, we discuss getting new players out onto the course and how to make them comfortable and make sure everyone has a great day... including the old, grumpy member who thinks he's a pro....Chris FINALLY has a good round... 1.5 years since his lastBen takes 2 brand new golfers out on the course (16:15)Ben gets beaten by someone who blobbed the first 5 holes.... (22:25)After Chris, outed fellow tour player Ben for having a really tough time in golf... he has an update... What did Ben do this week? Hint... it got REALLY bad! (29:07)How to club twirl? (30:39)How to get new players on the course and playing the game? (Chris goes on a bit of a rant) (32:39)Practice Greens - do they ACTUALLY reflect the greens out on the course? Do you get value from using them before a round? (1:02:05)The Price is Right... Ben tests Chris and Tim on their player performance knowledge ... Spoiler... they aren't very good ...Who is the best putter on tour? The best iron player? (1:12:40)ENJOY!Thanks for tuning in! If you enjoy the show please leave us a rating and review. Or even take a screenshot and share on the socials!This show is brought to you by:Sunday Red Golf - The golf club for all the hackers, the toppers and the purists out there! If you love your golf, enjoy a post-round drink and just enjoying being out on the course with your mates having a laugh, then you'll fit right in. Join the club for free, just click here.TourChamp - Ever thought of creating your own golf leagues? Your own "Race To Dubai" or “FedEx Cup” style competitions with your mates? Well, now you can! Choose from Stableford leagues or matchplay leagues and over the course of a season, let's see who will be crowned TourChamp! Click here to start your league now for FREE

Hey Babe! is a podcast where comedians Chris Distefano and Sal Vulcano share stories and have fun. Let your hair down & come hang out with the BABES! This episode the Babes talk Chris' dad acting insane to Phil Collins at a Knicks game. Why did Phil Collins have Easter candy at the Knicks game?! Chris' dad embarrassed him when he got them court side seats. Chris and Sal BOMB at basketball games. Sal watched LeBron James play in person! Chris comes to terms with his age and how he is older than LeBron James. Sal realizes he's older than EVERYONE in the NFL. SHOUT OUT TOM BRADY! SHOUT OUT THE SUPER BOWL. Sal has never had a Cinnabon. IT'S ALL ABOUT THE cinnaMON MON. Sal gets embarrassed at Madison Square Garden in front of a sold out crowd. Sal is now PRINCE HERB. The babes talk about the latest Impractical Jokers punishment that is going to haunt Sal for YEARS. Chris talks about how when he was a kid he tried to get his tongue pierced. Is it cool for a guy to have his belly button pierced. Sal talks about the time he pranked his friend as a teenager. Make your friends think you're skipping the check and run out of the restaurant but secretly pay the bill. Jesus was paleo right? What did people eat back then. Chris talks about the time he was served pasta at a wedding and it had cigarette ash in it. Sal talks about the time he witnessed a guest order a pizza to a wedding. Ever call someone by the wrong name? Shout out Dave Attell he's a legend! Who would win in a fight Ronald McDonald or the King from Burger King? Sal and Chris finally kiss. Rate us on iTunes! Follow us on social media @HeyBabePod https://linktr.ee/Nopreshnetwork    

Welcome to another installment of Pop Break TV's Live, Laugh, & Lovey. In this episode, we check in on the latest episode of Lifetime's new season of Married at First Sight! Lovey and the gang welcome the franchise to their home turf of Atlanta. Check back next week for our continuing coverage of Married at First Sight: Atlanta, and don't forget to follow Lovey on Twitter @iamloveytoo and check out the show on YouTube. Married at First Sight: Atlanta Episode 11 (Aired March 24, 2021) It's the one-month mark for the couples and some are over the moon in love, and others–not so much. To commemorate the occasion, Ryan and Clara share an outdoor dinner and a movie in his backyard; Virginia and Erik go flying in his airplane, and Vincent and Briana take a boat ride on the lake. Whereas Haley cringes at the thought of hugging Jacob, and Chris explosively tells Paige that he wants no part of the marriage. Can Paige and Chris FINALLY break up? --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Was Wonder Woman 1984 any good? Death Stranding is interesting and incredibly boring, Tell me Why is fine without being photo realistic and more!

In this episode, we do our basic introduction, who we are and what to expect, we talk about some of our favorite routes to ride and chris shares a story worth the listen to.  Enjoy

“The Rereturn”Guess who's back....again? Brad and Chris FINALLY return with a new episode. What the hell have we been up to for the last 4 months? It's a long story of a global pandemic, a lost tooth, insane work hours, and a whole lot more. Come gather round children and listen to the tale!Be sure to check us out at www.businesscasualnerd.com (and the new Store tab). Reach out to us @bizcasualnerd on twitter and at bizcasualnerd@gmail.comTheme music by Jim Mann - www.jimmann.net

Welcome to another episode of Jaig Eyes & Jedi, a podcast covering all of Star Wars- The Clone Wars! This week it's the first episode of season seven - THE BAD BATCH! That's right - THE OLD FORMAT RETURNS! NOW - Hope and Chris FINALLY will finish Clone Wars! There will be - THE RETURN OF SPACE PLATITUDES - THE CYBER-CENTER ARCADE - LOTS OF KNIFE KILLING - ROBO SPIDER GUY! - MISFIT CLONES - And MORE MORE MORE! THE CLASS IS BACK BECAUSE IT NEVER WENT AWAY.Don't forget to rate and review us on iTunes! It helps people find the show! Follow us on twitter @JaigEyesAndJedi! Want to look as swanky as Captain Rex? Check out the Jaig Eyes and Jedi merchandise store!

Welcome to another episode of Jaig Eyes & Jedi, a podcast covering all of Star Wars- The Clone Wars! This week it's the first episode of season seven - THE BAD BATCH! That's right - THE OLD FORMAT RETURNS! NOW - Hope and Chris FINALLY will finish Clone Wars! There will be - THE RETURN OF SPACE PLATITUDES - THE CYBER-CENTER ARCADE - LOTS OF KNIFE KILLING - ROBO SPIDER GUY! - MISFIT CLONES - And MORE MORE MORE! THE CLASS IS BACK BECAUSE IT NEVER WENT AWAY.Don't forget to rate and review us on iTunes! It helps people find the show! Follow us on twitter @JaigEyesAndJedi! Want to look as swanky as Captain Rex? Check out the Jaig Eyes and Jedi merchandise store!

Sam and Chris FINALLY don't agree on the Mavs/Clips. Picks, picks and more picks! Plus, have the Lakers righted the ship?

Budget plans are postponed indefinitely while 2 state budget auditors are sent to solve Pawnees crisis. Meanwhile it's April's birthday and Andy makes his move. This episode is brought to you by Ding Tea in Lakewood and Downey. We're also brought to you by Candys Nail Salon in Bellflower. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/adrianalex/support

Chris has been having issues with his heart rate and he FINALLY went to the doctor.

Chris finally has the Berkley Classic he always wanted and at the end there is an amazing auction that is getting national attention on Fox News, and others as a classic car auction not to miss. 

Chris FINALLY pops John with one of his half baked schemes. The gang borrow a format and laments 1/3 of it. Chris talks about his new collections while John scours ebay for those sweet NES deals. I apologize for the disproportionate sound levels. We did 3 sound checks but I (Chris) take responsibility for changing my mixer settings.

After many unfortunate delays, Ryan and Chris Finally return to talk about the ending (for now) to Kingdom Hearts 3. It's a giant complicated mess, and this might be our longest episode yet.

After a week off, the boys (two of them) are back in town. In Distractions, Travis is foolishly trying to beat Assassin’s Creed: Odyssey before Red Dead comes out this week and Chris FINALLY beats Spider-Man on PS4. The big news this week focuses on Rockstar Games, Dan Houser’s comments about 100-hour work weeks, and […]

Karma has come for Mr. Earle. We then witness an extremely awkward conversation between Bruce and Rachel. There are apologies and then some build up of anticipation. Check out Chris at mgtpodcast.com   Follow us on:   Facebook: facebook.com/darkknightminute Twitter: twitter.com/darkknightmin Join the Dark Knight Minute League of Listeners group on Facebook Support and donate to us at Patreon: patreon.com/DarkKnightMinute Email: contact@geekmindfusion.com Websites: geekmindfusion.com, moviesbyminutes.com

Indie developers are loving the Nintendo Switch, and this week on the Rocket Punch Cast, we try to figure out why! Chris, Will, and Cameron sit down this week to discuss the booming success that indie games are seeing on the Nintendo Switch, and figure out what the house of Mario is doing better than the competition to help devs out, and whether that success can last for them. Plus, Cameron talks about his foray back into The Division, Chris FINALLY gets his Allied Race for World of Warcraft, Will can't NOT talk about the final episodes of Dragon Ball Super, and more! INTRO THEME "Punch It!" by TechnoCenturion is licensed under Creative Commons Attribution license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) Artist: https://soundcloud.com/charles-e-samuel-jr END THEME "Bye Bye, See You Again" by wyver9 is licensed under Creative Commons Attribution license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) Artist: http://incompetech.com/ Source: http://www.newgrounds.com/audio/listen/637032

Back again and happy holidays! Jeff had a family emergency but Chris FINALLY made it back in. Also it seems Josh has been up to clear up the noise. In this episode we discuss:... The post Episode 208 – Doing Your Homework In Class first appeared on The Craft Beercast.

One of the things we have a shared love of is musicals. We LOVE musicals. Perhaps a bit unhealthily. Chris FINALLY watched the stage production of Newsies on Netflix, and (unsurprisingly) has some opinions. We break it down, and dive into some other fun musicals, including Dear Evan Hansen, Mean Girls, Hamilton, Legally Blonde the Musical, and more. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Chris FINALLY tries Anchovie pizza, and special guest Andrew Darowski gives us some pro marshmallow roasting tips. Also we talk about clowns for some reason. Oh yeah, and Ninja Turtles eventually.  Andrew Darowski can be heard at Disney Animation Minute … Continue reading →

THE BIGGEST WEEKEND QUALITY EPISODES OF THE YEAR REACH THEIR INCONCEIVABLE CONCLUSION! Chris FINALLY counts down his Top 5 albums of 2016 and talks to the artists who made them. Plus, you'll hear punk rock recommendations from the punk rock masters. And if that wasn't enough, all the best songs of the year! Be sure to listen to last week's episode for PART 1! (Spoilers ahead.)   Interviews with: Big Eyes Mean Jeans Fraser Murderburger (The Murderburgers) Nick Woods (Direct Hit) Mikey Erg Music by: Sea Lilies - Nothing Gets You Furious Big Eyes - Stake My Claim Big Eyes - Leave This Town Mikey Erg - (This Is Not) The First Time Dinosaur Jr. - Goin' Down Crocodiles - Jumping on Angels The Turnbucklers - Let it go Mean Jeans - Croozin' Mean Jeans - Long Dumb Road Green Day - J.A.R. Big Eyes - Curse Of The Tides Mitski - Your Best American Girl Bleached - Wasted On You The Murderburgers - 8am Headlights The Murderburgers - December Ruined Everything Sonic Avenues - Dancing In the Sun !ATTENTION! - Take The Long Way Home Wonk Unit - Awful Jeans The Creeps - Full Shook Direct Hit - Artificial Confidence Direct Hit - Bleach Music Mind Spiders - Ulcer Savages - Evil A Giant Dog - Sleep When Dead Mikey Erg - Song For New Britain Mikey Erg - Boys & Girls & Tentative Decisions   Contributions by: Lucas Carscadden (Sea Lilies) Shannon Perez (I Hope You Die, Side Bitch, New Shannon Perez Band) Freddy Unreal (The Turnbucklers) Matt Dorsey (Sea Liles) Brian Gorsegner (Night Birds) Hallie Bulleit (The Unlovables, Hiccup) Alex Holland (Gulps) Aaron Stormo (The Emersons) Jordy Oswald (The Creeps, Crvsades) Tim Reynolds (Horrible Things) Jim Testa (Jersey Beat)

The internet gets mad at a comic book movie casting choice (again), Matt samples the mini-buffet of Amazon Video's pilot season and Chris FINALLY gets around to watching Stranger Things! Here there be spoilers, matey! - - Watch #BigDamnStream on Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/officialcdj And catch every Big Damn thing on http://bigdamnblog.tumblr.com/

Guys, Trecia was almost straight up shot to death before this week's show! Chris FINALLY gets around to talking about Azealia Banks, Jason wants a national education system yesterday, and Trecia dives into the cultural curiosity of race in Japanese anime. 

Well, it's FINALLY here. Due to some "miscommunications" between Scott Gardner and Chris Honeywell with the DiManzicorp home offices in Milan, Italy, this episode had to be delayed to accomodate some last minute additions that were needed in order to pay the staggering production costs of the podcast you now see before you. What the Freaks did was go WAY BACK to their roots when they podcasted using their old phone call formula - START TALKING AT A REASONABLE HOUR AND KEEP TALKING UNTIL YOU PHYSICALLY PASS OUT. Somewhere in here, Scott and Chris FINALLY get together after seeing The Force Awakens to see what the other thinks! There is also a walk down memory lane and WONDEROUS contributions from some of your FAVORITE Two True Freaks podcasts!Now, in celebration, I am going to have dinner at Biscuit Basket©, because apparently we are going to be paid in Biscuit Basket© coupons from now on!Thanks to EVERYONE involved in Two True Freaks, whether you are making podcasts or just listening - we never would have made it here without you! On behalf of myself and the band - I HOPE WE PASSED THE AUDITION!Feedback for this show can be sent to: twotruefreaks@gmail.comTwo True Freaks! is a proud member of BOTH the Comics Podcast Network (http://www.comicspodcasts.com/) and the League of Comic Book Podcasts (http://www.comicbooknoise.com/league/)!! Follow the fun on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/groups/113051642052970/ THANK YOU for listening to Two True Freaks!!

Well, it's FINALLY here. Due to some "miscommunications" between Scott Gardner and Chris Honeywell with the DiManzicorp home offices in Milan, Italy, this episode had to be delayed to accomodate some last minute additions that were needed in order to pay the staggering production costs of the podcast you now see before you. What the Freaks did was go WAY BACK to their roots when they podcasted using their old phone call formula - START TALKING AT A REASONABLE HOUR AND KEEP TALKING UNTIL YOU PHYSICALLY PASS OUT. Somewhere in here, Scott and Chris FINALLY get together after seeing The Force Awakens to see what the other thinks! There is also a walk down memory lane and WONDEROUS contributions from some of your FAVORITE Two True Freaks podcasts!Now, in celebration, I am going to have dinner at Biscuit Basket©, because apparently we are going to be paid in Biscuit Basket© coupons from now on!Thanks to EVERYONE involved in Two True Freaks, whether you are making podcasts or just listening - we never would have made it here without you! On behalf of myself and the band - I HOPE WE PASSED THE AUDITION!Feedback for this show can be sent to: twotruefreaks@gmail.comTwo True Freaks! is a proud member of BOTH the Comics Podcast Network (http://www.comicspodcasts.com/) and the League of Comic Book Podcasts (http://www.comicbooknoise.com/league/)!! Follow the fun on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/groups/113051642052970/ THANK YOU for listening to Two True Freaks!!

This month, join Paul Spataro, Michael Bailey and Chris Honeywell as they NERD OUT for your entertainment! Paul tells the story of a COMIC PODCASTER MAKING GOOD, Michael Bailey TRAWLS THE BINS on Superbowl Sunday at the Atlanta Comic Book Convention and Chris works on a semi-secret project featuring CHICK RELIGIOUS TRACTS. The Freaky Five this month concerns FAVORITE ALTERNATE REALITIES and Chris FINALLY reads a TRANSFORMERS COMIC! Plus: SLIM WHITMAN!Feedback for this show can be sent to: comics@twotruefreaks.comTwo True Freaks! is a proud member of BOTH the Comics Podcast Network (http://www.comicspodcasts.com/) and the League of Comic Book Podcasts (http://www.comicbooknoise.com/league/)!! Follow the fun on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/groups/113051642052970/ THANK YOU for listening to Two True Freaks!!

This month, join Paul Spataro, Michael Bailey and Chris Honeywell as they NERD OUT for your entertainment! Paul tells the story of a COMIC PODCASTER MAKING GOOD, Michael Bailey TRAWLS THE BINS on Superbowl Sunday at the Atlanta Comic Book Convention and Chris works on a semi-secret project featuring CHICK RELIGIOUS TRACTS. The Freaky Five this month concerns FAVORITE ALTERNATE REALITIES and Chris FINALLY reads a TRANSFORMERS COMIC! Plus: SLIM WHITMAN!Feedback for this show can be sent to: comics@twotruefreaks.comTwo True Freaks! is a proud member of BOTH the Comics Podcast Network (http://www.comicspodcasts.com/) and the League of Comic Book Podcasts (http://www.comicbooknoise.com/league/)!! Follow the fun on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/groups/113051642052970/ THANK YOU for listening to Two True Freaks!!

This month, join Paul Spataro, Michael Bailey and Chris Honeywell as they NERD OUT for your entertainment! Paul tells the story of a COMIC PODCASTER MAKING GOOD, Michael Bailey TRAWLS THE BINS on Superbowl Sunday at the Atlanta Comic Book Convention and Chris works on a semi-secret project featuring CHICK RELIGIOUS TRACTS. The Freaky Five this month concerns FAVORITE ALTERNATE REALITIES and Chris FINALLY reads a TRANSFORMERS COMIC! Plus: SLIM WHITMAN!Feedback for this show can be sent to: comics@twotruefreaks.comTwo True Freaks! is a proud member of BOTH the Comics Podcast Network (http://www.comicspodcasts.com/) and the League of Comic Book Podcasts (http://www.comicbooknoise.com/league/)!! Follow the fun on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/groups/113051642052970/ THANK YOU for listening to Two True Freaks!!

This month, join Paul Spataro, Michael Bailey and Chris Honeywell as they NERD OUT for your entertainment! Paul tells the story of a COMIC PODCASTER MAKING GOOD, Michael Bailey TRAWLS THE BINS on Superbowl Sunday at the Atlanta Comic Book Convention and Chris works on a semi-secret project featuring CHICK RELIGIOUS TRACTS. The Freaky Five this month concerns FAVORITE ALTERNATE REALITIES and Chris FINALLY reads a TRANSFORMERS COMIC! Plus: SLIM WHITMAN!Feedback for this show can be sent to: comics@twotruefreaks.comTwo True Freaks! is a proud member of BOTH the Comics Podcast Network (http://www.comicspodcasts.com/) and the League of Comic Book Podcasts (http://www.comicbooknoise.com/league/)!! Follow the fun on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/groups/113051642052970/ THANK YOU for listening to Two True Freaks!!

This week Ben and Chris finally get to discuss Avengers: Endgame(Spoilers 11:20-31:20), talk about GoT product placement(Spoilers 31:33-39:08), movies that confuse us and a special shoutout to all involved with the 2nd Annual Kessel Run which raised money for Make-a-Wish.