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Hey writers! Sarina here! I have never been quiet about how much I enjoy Karin Slaughter's work. So when the opportunity arose for me to read her brand new book, We Are All Guilty Here, and then interview her about it, I raised my hand faster than an extra in a deodorant ad. The new book is a series starter with a kickass female heroine, and I could not have loved it more! Join as as I quiz Karin on: * How to write a sweeping series starter* Small towns as a setting. How small is too small?* The difference between a procedural and psychological suspense* Character development and much more! Karin is incredibly smart and such an important voice in suspense. You won't want to miss this one!Other favorite's of Karin's that we discussed include:Pieces of Her The Grant County seriesHey, Jess here to talk to you about a series I have created just for supporters of the #AmWriting Podcast.I met an aspiring author and speaker who has an idea for a book that just knocked me over. I said, please, please write that book. This is someone who had an idea that has a place in the market. It's timely. She's the perfect person to write it, and I asked her, I begged her, if I could please mentor her through this process publicly on the podcast.So while we're not giving her full name and we're not giving the actual title of the book, because we don't want to hand those things away, I am coaching her through the entire process, from preparing her book proposal to querying an agent. I'm going through the whole thing with her. She knows nothing about the publishing industry, she knows very little about how one goes about writing a book—so essentially, this is as I mentioned before, from soup to nuts, From Authority to Author, and hopefully we'll get her there.But really, whether or not this book ends up selling, whether after this book she ends up having a speaking career, this is about the process of preparing to do that. I hope you'll join us.This series is for supporters only, so if you are a free subscriber right now, consider upgrading. Remember, if you upgrade, you'll also get the ability to submit for our First Pages Booklab, and lots of other fun stuff that we put out just for supporters—So come join us. It's a lot of fun.Transcript below!EPISODE 461 - TRANSCRIPTJess LaheyHey, Jess here to talk to you about a new series I have created just for supporters of the Hashtag AmWriting Podcast. I met an aspiring author and speaker who has an idea for a book that just knocked me over. I said, please, please write that book. This is someone who had an idea that—it has a place in the market, it's timely, she's the perfect person to write it—and I asked her, I begged her, if I could please mentor her through this process publicly on the podcast. So while we're not giving her full name and we're not giving the actual title of the book, because we don't want to hand those things away, I am coaching her through the entire process, from preparing her book proposal to querying an agent. I'm going through the whole thing with her. She knows nothing about the publishing industry. She knows very little about how, you know, one goes about writing a book. And so she—essentially, this is, as I mentioned before, From Soup to Nuts, From Authority to Author, and hopefully we'll get her there. But really, whether or not this book ends up selling, whether this book—she ends up having a speaking career—this is about the process of preparing to do that. How do you write a book? How do you prepare to become a speaker on the back of that book? So I hope you join us. This is a series for supporters only, so if you are a free supporter—or if you're a free subscriber right now—consider upgrading. Remember, if you upgrade, you'll also get access to the ability to submit for our First Pages Booklab and lots of other fun stuff that we put out just for supporters. So come join us. It's a lot of fun.Multiple SpeakersIs it recording? Now it's recording, yay. Go ahead. This is the part where I stare blankly at the microphone. I don't remember what I'm supposed to be doing. All right, let's start over. Awkward pause. I'm going to rustle some papers. Okay, now one, two, three.Sarina BowenHello, my name is Sarina Bowen, and you're listening to the AmWriting Podcast. This is the podcast about writing all the things—short things, long things, fictional things, non-fictional things, pitches and proposals—in short, this is the podcast about sitting down and getting the work done. I am alone today with an interview that I could not be more excited about. I don't know how I drew the long straw here, but today I have the pleasure of interviewing Karin Slaughter. She is the author of more than 20 instant New York Times best-selling novels, including the Edgar-nominated Cop Town and standalone novels The Good Daughter, Pretty Girls, and Girl Forgotten. That's actually an amazing one, by the way—go read it. She's published in 120 countries, with more than 40 million copies sold across the globe. She also has a number one Netflix series and another long-running series. She has hit all the bells and checked all the boxes in thriller land, and she is also just one of my favorite writers. So happy to be here. Welcome, Karin Slaughter.Karin SlaughterIt's my pleasure. Thank you.Sarina BowenWe're here to talk about your August release, which is called We Are All Guilty Here. I received this ARC a few months ago—actually read it immediately—because I love your suspense, and I also was really excited to see that it was clear as day on the release. So you owe me now that it's a series starter.Karin SlaughterIt is, yeah. It was a lot of fun planning it out.Sarina BowenOh, good, yeah. And I want to hear a little bit about that, but I'm just going to read the very short flap copy for We Are All Guilty Here so we all know what we're talking about.[Reads flap copy]The first thrilling mystery in the new North Falls series from Karin Slaughter. Welcome to North Falls—a small town where everyone knows everyone. Or so they think. Until the night of the fireworks, when two teenage girls vanish and the town ignites. For Officer Emmy Clifton, it's personal. She turned away when her best friend's daughter needed help—and now she must bring her home. But as Emmy combs through the puzzle the girls left behind, she realizes she never really knew them. Nobody did. Every teenage girl has secrets. But who would kill for them? And what else is the town hiding?So, flap copy very much pitched as a thriller. Here is the problem here—you know, we're wanting the solution, but I would argue that your novels are always, always about bigger than the problem and its solution. So how did you conceive of this town, and what does North Falls mean to you as you were getting into it?Karin SlaughterWell, I mean, North Falls is a very small town inside of a larger county. So it's rural, but it's not tiny like my Grant County Series. And I think that I learned some lessons in Grant County—mainly, make it a larger town so there's more people you can kill, because at a certain point, why would anyone live in this tiny town? But also, I knew going into it that it was going to be a series. And so, you know, unlike Grant County and Will Trent—which I was hoping would be series, but I wasn't sure, and I was at a different point in my writing life—you know, I'm pretty sure, 25 books in, that they're going to publish at least two or three more of my books. So I thought, let me set this up as a series, and let me do this world building that can carry on into several books, and let's make this town. You know, North Falls is the seat of the county, but it's also in a county called Clifton County. And the main narrator you meet is called Emmy Clifton, and she's a sheriff's deputy. Her father, Gerald Clifton, is the sheriff of this county. There are Cliftons everywhere—there are rich Cliftons and poor Cliftons—and so you have this family saga potential. But also, it gave me the opportunity to plant a lot of different seeds that will later grow into novels. So I was really happy about that, but I definitely structured the county in a way where there's plenty of space to tell stories.Sarina BowenRight. So I noticed, and when I read a book like this, I am reading it as a reader, but also as a writer.Karin SlaughterYes.Sarina BowenAnd so I really noticed how long the character count in this book is—by which I mean how many characters there really are, how many named characters. There's so many of them, and that felt really fearless to me, you know, like you weren't sitting there at your keyboard wondering if you were going to ask your reader to remember this other family member, but you just went for it. And is that something that you ever try to balance? Like, you're not taking it easy on us here, and ultimately, I loved every word of it. But do you ever worry about that? Like, do you let that voice from other books past into your brain to say, like, well, that one time…Karin SlaughterNot really. You know, I think a writer's job is to trust the reader, and it's certainly my job to tell a story that is gripping and that makes sense and that pulls them into the world. And so what I was thinking about as I was writing this was, I need to write these characters in such a way that you care about them; otherwise, you won't care what happens. And, you know, Emmy is in a pretty universal position for a lot of millennial women. She's in a marriage that's not a great marriage. She's trying to raise her son. Her parents are starting to get older—you know, they're failing a little bit—so she's noticing that. And in the middle of this, she has this horrific crime happen where these two girls are abducted. And because they are in this small town, she knows one of these girls, who's actually a stepdaughter of her best friend—her best friend since kindergarten—and so just that one thing happening blows her world apart. To me, that's what the hook is. You know, there's this greater mystery of what happened to these girls, what's going to happen, who took them—all those things—but there's also something that I rely on a lot in my books, which is the mystery of character, and people wanting to know more about how does Emmy navigate this. What happens to her brother and her sister-in-law, and this handsome guy who is the school resource officer? You know, how does this all play out? And that, to me, is the job of the writer—to make these characters interesting and make the plot and the balance of the character stories fit together in a way that, you know, when there's not a car chase or a gunfight or whatever, you still want to keep reading because you're involved in the mystery of the character.Sarina BowenYeah, and we sure are. And Emmy is just the beating heart of this book, but she is not your only point of view character. And how—is that something you really have to fiddle with as you go, like, do you try on other point of view characters and then pick the winners as you go?Karin SlaughterYeah... I never have, you know, I think that I'm a very opinionated writer. I have a very firm sense of point of view. And so I knew that Emmy was going to get the bulk of the first part of the story. And then I knew that Jude was going to come in when she came in, and that I would have to build out, like, just drop the reader in this unfamiliar, new world, right in San Francisco, with like, a completely different character, and you don't know what's going on, and you make assumptions about her based on what she does for a living and all this other stuff. And you know, I knew that was coming all along and that the book would be told from these two women's points of view. I never felt—other than the early part with Madison, one of the girls who is abducted—I never really felt like anyone else could tell these stories.Sarina BowenOkay! And you mentioned that you learned some things from writing your Grant County Series that informed your choice of the size and milieu of what you chose for North Falls and for Clifton County. What do you think? How did it feel to start a series in 2025 versus starting one, you know, a decade ago? Like, is there anything about the world that made your choices different, or is it all, um, you know, coming from what you've learned as an author?Karin SlaughterYeah, I think it's cumulative. I mean, the point of being an author with a 25-year career is to learn from each book, and I never want to feel like when I finish a book, oh, that's perfect. I can't do better than that. I always, you know, want to learn something, and then the next book I want to try something new. I mean, I could have just kept writing Will Trent novels and occasionally standalones for the rest of my life. I mean, and I am going to write more Will Trent novels interspersed with North Falls. It's really important to me to—I love that character, I love Sara Linton, and I want to keep telling those stories. And I actually have another idea for a standalone I want to do. But, you know, the point of being a writer is to get better at it. I think anybody who loves writing and the challenge of writing, and feels a calling, wants to be better with each story—to hone certain skills, to do novel things (to use a pun there) in their writing that challenge them and make the work more interesting—and that's what I try to do with every book. So starting North Falls this far into my career was a leap, but I think, hopefully, it's one that has paid off for me as a writer, just to have the ability to tell new stories and kind of prove that I've got more stories in me.Sarina BowenYeah, I confess that I regularly have moments where I stop myself and ask, have I said this before this way? Have I done this little thing before? And what would you tell me about that—like, to just, like, get over myself? Or, you know, what happens when you come to a moment like that in your own story craft?Karin SlaughterWell, I mean, in polite terms, you could think of it as an homage to yourself. I mean, honestly, I'm writing about murder. I'm writing about violence against women. I mean, I do write about men dying, but no one seems to care—so sorry, guys. You know, I had one book where I killed, like, six men, and then the next one I killed one woman, and they were like, wow, this return to violence. I'm like, come on, guys. But yeah, you know? So I think how you do it is you have to think of it through the lens of the character, and that's a choice I made in Grant County and Will Trent—was that they were going to be affected by what happened in the previous book, right? So, you know, you don't have a situation—you know, I love series novels, but there are some where… and Jack Reacher is an exception because I love Jack Reacher, and every Reacher book is: he gets to a new town, people are doing bad s**t, and he shoots a lot of people, and he makes it right, you know. And I love Jack Reacher. But, you know, some writers do write the same thing over and over again—they have the same concept or the same gimmick—and that's never been a career that I'm interested in. For me, I want to tell new stories and do new things. And, you know, after a while you run out of crimes that are new crimes. You know, I've written about abduction before, I've written about abuse before, but it's the character—the way the character sees a story, and the connection, the emotional connection the character has—that makes a difference. And, you know, in many ways, it's harder to write a novel in North Falls, where Emmy has a personal connection to the crimes that are occurring, as opposed to writing a Will Trent novel set in Atlanta, where, you know, it's a stranger to them. And so I have to...Sarina BowenIf Will Trent knew—yeah, if Will Trent knew every dead person, that would just seem weird.Karin SlaughterYeah, exactly, yeah. And so I have to find a way into the story, and with Will and Sara, for instance, it's a little more difficult than something where, okay, there's this immediate emotional connection, because I'm writing in North Falls more psychological thrillers, as opposed to Will Trent, which is more procedural.Sarina BowenOkay, can I poke you about that a little bit? Because, um, these words are used a lot. Procedural, to me, I've always understood to be a professional character. So Emmy Clifton is a law enforcement officer—she's a pro—so in strictly, strict definition, this is a procedural novel. But how do you feel the difference between psychological versus procedural functions in those two series?Karin SlaughterWell, you know, I think absolutely, if you want to be strictly by definition, it would be procedural. But, you know, the thing about thrillers is they're all things now, right? I mean, you could call it domestic—a domestic thriller, or domestic mystery, or whatever—you could call it, you know, a family story. And I think of it more as a saga, because it is about a family spanning generations, and this town spanning generations. But, you know, yeah, there's a procedural element. There's also—like, it's very emotionally tied into the character. There's a darkness to it, so it's psychologically, you know, you're very close to the bone on it. And I think that's why I would call it more of a psychological thriller, as opposed to Will Trent where, you know, it's very led by the investigatory steps, right? Like, you know, if Will Trent is going to be there, they're going to talk to witnesses, they're going to talk to suspects, they're going to, you know, have to fill in with their boss. There are just different parts of that that, in one way, the structure makes it easier to write than something like We Are All Guilty Here. But, you know, with this in particular, where you have it talking about not just the crime, but how f*****g hard it is to grow yourself into a woman, as Emmy says, and friendships and relationships and family and dealing with aging parents and, you know, siblings and that sort of stuff—that, to me, is what makes it more in the realm of psychological.Sarina BowenOkay. I've actually really admired the way that you sometimes walk the line on this. For example, I really enjoyed Girl Forgotten, which is the character that is first introduced in Pieces of Her, where she is not a professional. And then in Girl Forgotten, she has joined a law enforcement agency, but it's still her first day on the job—which is just such a wonderfully fun way to throw things at that character—because then it becomes both a procedural and not. Like, she is technically a professional, but she doesn't know what the heck she's doing, and not everybody there is willing to help her. So to me, that was a fantastically fun way of making both things true at once. And when I was reading that book, and of course then this one, I wonder—how you get the legal—the law enforcement stuff? So, like, how did…I know that by now, at this point in your career, you must have many people you can talk to about this, but how did you start that? Like, how did you inform yourself of what you didn't know so that you could fix it and not get those things wrong?Karin SlaughterYeah, you know, when I wrote my second book, I had met a guy who's a doctor, and he is married to a pediatrician, and his brother works on a body farm in Texas. So this is, like, the perfect family for me for what I'm doing to make Sara the smartest doctor on the entire planet. Because, you know, it might take my friend David, who advises me, four days to come up with a solution, but Sara has to do it in half a paragraph. So she's definitely the doctor you want if anything very unusual happens. I mean, her career would be the subject of scholarly articles forever.Sarina BowenZebra is not horses for her.Karin SlaughterExactly, yeah. And so I am…I have them—I have a lot of police officers I speak to, a lot of retired GBI officers. One of them was very helpful in this novel because, you know, the GBI—it escalates, you know, crimes in the state of Georgia escalate completely when there's a child involved, just because, you know, somebody who's in Fulton County can't jump to Acworth, for instance, as far as policing, but the GBI is in charge of the entire state—Georgia Bureau of Investigation—so they handle a lot of kidnappings and abductions. And most of the time, you know, it's statistically…there's a 1% chance it's going to be a stranger. Usually it's a parent or “Uncle Bob,” or, you know, the youth pastor, or someone like that who has access to a child. And so she hooked me into the Center for Missing and Exploited Children, which is a remarkable resource. And, I mean, I think they're just amazing in what they do. But, you know, the thing is, as much as I know about this stuff, I always check my work because I'm not a professional. And, you know, it's very rare these days, I think, for people to say, hey, I'm not an expert in this, let me talk to someone who is and has spent 20 years becoming an expert. But it's really important to me to get those details as correct as I can. Now, they're not always going to be 100% accurate because I'm telling a story, you know? If putting in a chest tube takes 20 different steps…Sara's going to do it, you know, in like a sentence.Sarina BowenRight.Karin SlaughterSo I have to—but I feel like I need to know the rules and I need to know the facts before I fudge them so that I can still give them a sense of believability. I'm writing…not writing textbooks, I'm writing fiction, but I want to be as accurate as possible, and I think that's really important, you know? And I know that a lot of my readers are very immersed in true crime and podcasts and all these sorts of things. And sometimes you can get the accurate information from those. A lot of times you don't. And I want them to say, wait a minute, you know, on “Murder Death Podcast”, they said this would never happen, and if they look it up, or they talk to an expert, they'll be like, ha, “Murder Death Podcast” was wrong. You know, maybe I shouldn't trust this guy or gal who's doing a podcast out of the backseat of her car for my forensic knowledge. So that's my job as a writer—to get it as factually accurate as I can.Sarina BowenYeah, and there are areas, um, where readers care more. Like, when I ask readers, um, what do you—what drives you nuts in research? It's the nurses are really, like, um, triggered by bad medicine. But…Karin SlaughterYeah.Sarina BowenBut there are some areas, you know, like technology, and there are some places where, you know, less accuracy—or more creative accuracy—is more excusable than if you do the nurse thing wrong, because they will come for you.Karin SlaughterYeah, yeah, they will. Or guns…Sarina BowenRight.Karin SlaughterYou know? And it's really because the armorer for the GBI—I actually confirmed some details with him in a book—and, like, some guy in, I don't know, Idaho sent me this angry email saying I got it wrong. And I'm like, talk to the armorer, right? I mean, people…people just want to fight sometimes. But yeah, nurses can be brutal when they come for you. It's like, come on, man. It's funny that you mentioned doctors, actually; doctors are like, you know, people get it wrong, but nurses are like, no, you got this wrong, you need to apologize.Sarina BowenIt's funny that you mentioned the guns, because I heard last year Gregg Hurwitz speak, and he said, “Don't get the guns wrong. The gun people will come for you. And don't hurt the cat, because the cat people will come for you.”Karin SlaughterTrue. It's true. I would say the cat people are more brutal than the gun people.Sarina BowenYeah.Karin SlaughterAs it should be. You should never hurt an animal in a book.Sarina BowenRight. So back to the idea of a series again. I was so excited to see that this will be a series, and I—the expansiveness of the first book makes a lot of sense series-wise. What do you think is actually harder about writing a series versus a standalone, or the reverse?Karin SlaughterWell, you know, in a standalone, the stakes can be much higher because you're not going—you can damage these characters. I mean, you can kill the characters. You can kill them all by the end of the book, you know? So the sense of jeopardy is always heightened in a standalone, at least in my standalones, because I'm not precious with people, even if they're narrators. But, you know, I think it's really important to—no matter what you're writing—just keep in mind that there's someone out there who has experienced the crimes you're writing about. And, you know, a case of gender violence is happening right now, and right now, right now, and right now, right? So it's like every second of the day in the world, it's happening somewhere. And I keep that in mind when I'm writing, and I want to make it matter. I don't want to use it for effect—it's not titillating or sexualized, or any of those things. So, you know, when I'm writing—whether it's a standalone or a series—I want to set up that world where the lives of these people matter, and you understand that the loss of life is felt in the community, and by the family, and the characters, and the investigators, and everyone there. And so, you know, the challenge with the standalone is finding that world, building that world, and then leaving that world, right? It's a lot of work, as opposed to in a series where you know you're going to carry it on. So you have to be a little careful about how you structure things, and you don't want to leave your character in a place where the next book you don't know how they're going to go on, also. And so you have to have some sense of hope, or some sense of closing that one chapter and moving on to the other. I mean, I use a lot of humor in my books. I get a lot of questions about the violence, but I never get questions about the humor. I think it's really important to have that lightness among the darkness. I mean, my grandmother used to say, “You can't fall off the floor,” and I'm a big proponent of that. I think at some point, you know, you have to have some relief from it. And in a standalone, you know, you have a very short runway to do that, but in a series, you have a longer…you know, you can trust the reader, as they get to know these characters, that they have a little more empathy and sympathy with what they're going through.Sarina BowenYeah, so you mentioned darkness, and I've been thinking a lot about this. And your books have some very dark topics and themes, as they must, because you are carrying storylines that are, um, can be very dramatic and have very high stakes. One thing I've noticed about your books, and why I like them so much, is that even in the year of our Lord 2025, when I pick up a Karin Slaughter book, it could be dark as anything, but I know from at least chapter one and a half who I am rooting for and who I care about. So Emmy is a wonderful example of this. Ten minutes into my journey with her, I know that she's my girl. You know, I'm very invested in her, even though that does not mean she has to be perfect, that she isn't flawed, or that she even knows what's going on—but I know, because of the cues that you've given me, that I'm supposed to care about her, and I do instantly. So when I began reading lots and lots of suspense three or four years ago, as I was writing my own, I very quickly sorted all of the suspense in the world that's selling right now into two pots, without trying to—which is the books where I know who I'm supposed to root for immediately, and the books where you don't. And I noticed that that second category is awfully popular now, and maybe is sort of on an upswing, like where the mystery, the story, might be very beautifully rendered, but I don't necessarily care about any of the people, or I'm not sure who to pull for. And that's not because these books aren't well written, but because that's a mood, and I wonder if you've noticed that, and, um, and how you feel about it, just from a writerly perspective. Like, what is going on there? Like, why is there so much darkness in the reader's perspective, and, you know, not just in the themes right now?Karin SlaughterWell, I mean, I think it's where we are, just in the world, right? You had a lot of that before 9/11, and then there was a need after—I mean that, and I speak to 9/11 because that's…my first book was published a few days after 9/11, so…Sarina BowenOh, wow.Karin SlaughterAnd there was this idea, like, you saw it in the TV show 24, where there's good and bad, and there's, you know, black and white. It's very—and then we've moved definitively toward grays. But, you know, I like books where you know where you stand. And I have written books with unreliable narrators at times, and, you know, Gillian Flynn did it best and kicked that off. But, you know the thing about an unreliable narrator or an antagonist being your narrator is, I prefer a Tom Ripley, right? I mean, Tom Ripley, Patricia Highsmith's character, is decidedly a bad guy. He murders and steals and, you know, but you're rooting for him, even not to get caught, you know. And a lot of the tension comes from him making really stupid mistakes, and you're cringing as a reader and thinking, God, how's he going to get out of this? And I don't want him to get arrested, even though he's this bad guy. And I love books that play against that. I think sometimes we have books where people—I mean, what you're saying about not knowing who to root for—I mean, if they're a good antagonist or they're a good foil, like a Moriarty…I mean, a lot of times you're not rooting for Sherlock, you're rooting for Moriarty. It just depends on how it's drawn. But for me, I just felt like, you know, this is sort of a return to Grant County, which is…I started writing Grant County, and, you know, you believe that Jeffrey and Sara and Lena, for the most part, were always trying to do the right thing. And I think we've lost the benefit of the doubt for a lot of people—particularly police officers have lost the benefit of the doubt—which is very troubling, because they police with our consent. And we need to understand who we're giving consent to. And we need to understand—you know, “defund the police” has been, like, a buzz…buzzword, phrase, whatever, for a while now, but rural areas, particularly in smaller states, have been defunding the police for years. And it's not a movement or anything; it's just not paying people enough money to live off of, right? So we've got police officers who have two or three jobs, rather than professionals who have one job, and that pays their bills, and they can take care of their responsibilities with that. So we've been defunding them. We don't give them enough training, and we're just seeing an erosion of that. And so it's something that I'm going to talk about a little bit in this next novel—is that defunding of police and how it's been, like, a nationally…it's been a real issue. We're seeing a deterioration in police forces because of it, and particularly in retention. And so that's definitely something I want to talk about, but I think you have to put it in context and take the politics out of it, because it's not politics. It's just people not having money to pay, or choosing not to pay for services that they really need.Sarina BowenRight. Or it is politics. It's just not party politics. It's just…Karin SlaughterExactly, yeah, yeah.Sarina BowenIt's just bad politics.Karin SlaughterYeah, well, it's bad social engineering.Sarina BowenYes.Karin SlaughterBasically. So it's there…if you could look at it from a sociological standpoint, it's just a really bad idea. And, you know, you don't retain good officers. So what do you have when that's over? You know, and not to say, like, paint entire police forces as bad because they're just not making money—but, you know, it takes…all it takes is a few bad cops, and a police force is in jeopardy.Sarina BowenRight, like, would you rather live in a state where the cops and the teachers were paid well, or a state where they weren't and…?Karin SlaughterYeah, yeah.Sarina BowenWell, I really appreciate you taking the time to talk with us today about all of these story craft problems that were mired in all week along. If listeners want to find you, where is the best place for them to look, besides the bookstore, where this this book is coming?Karin SlaughterWell, I I'm all over social media. All you have to do is search for me. You see a little black cat with gorgeous green eyes. That's my baby boy, Dexter. So that gives you an indication of it. You're in the right place, or Facebook, obviously, but yeah, I'm all over the place.Sarina BowenWonderful! Thank you so much for being with us today, and listeners, until next week—keep your butts in the chair and your heads in the game.Jess LaheyThe Hashtag AmWriting Podcast is produced by Andrew Perilla. Our intro music, aptly titled Unemployed Monday, was written and played by Max Cohen. Andrew and Max were paid for their time and their creative output, because everyone deserves to be paid for their work. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit amwriting.substack.com/subscribe

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Morse code transcription: vvv vvv Fourteen children arrested over Gateshead boys fire death Beyonc daughter Blue Ivy Nepo babies or superstars in waiting Lorraine Kelly reassures fans ahead of keyhole surgery Newspaper headlines Harry bombshell backfires and Reform re education Nada Tawfik My impression of Prince Harry during our exclusive interview Labour minister sorry over grooming gangs dog whistle remark Australia federal election Anthony Albanese wins in landslide Prince Harrys emotional avalanche hits the Royal Family Trump criticised after posting AI image of himself as Pope Bristol van dwellers Fear and loathing on Cliftons leafy streets

Morse code transcription: vvv vvv Five people survive 36 hours in alligator infested Amazon swamp after plane crash Are there more autistic people now Local elections 2025 results in maps and charts York Outer MP urges rethink on football stands alcohol ban Prince Harrys emotional avalanche hits the Royal Family Blue Ivy Nepo babies or superstars in waiting Unparalleled snake antivenom made from man bitten 200 times Co op hackers stole significant amount of customer data Bristol van dwellers Fear and loathing on Cliftons leafy streets Nada Tawfik My impression of Prince Harry during our exclusive interview

Morse code transcription: vvv vvv Nada Tawfik My impression of Prince Harry during our exclusive interview Newspaper headlines Harry bombshell backfires and Reform re education Australia federal election Anthony Albanese wins in landslide Prince Harrys emotional avalanche hits the Royal Family Lorraine Kelly reassures fans ahead of keyhole surgery Labour minister sorry over grooming gangs dog whistle remark Fourteen children arrested over Gateshead boys fire death Bristol van dwellers Fear and loathing on Cliftons leafy streets Trump criticised after posting AI image of himself as Pope Beyonc daughter Blue Ivy Nepo babies or superstars in waiting

Morse code transcription: vvv vvv Blue Ivy Nepo babies or superstars in waiting Nada Tawfik My impression of Prince Harry during our exclusive interview Co op hackers stole significant amount of customer data Are there more autistic people now York Outer MP urges rethink on football stands alcohol ban Local elections 2025 results in maps and charts Prince Harrys emotional avalanche hits the Royal Family Five people survive 36 hours in alligator infested Amazon swamp after plane crash Bristol van dwellers Fear and loathing on Cliftons leafy streets Unparalleled snake antivenom made from man bitten 200 times

Morse code transcription: vvv vvv Australia federal election Anthony Albanese wins in landslide Trump criticised after posting AI image of himself as Pope Lorraine Kelly reassures fans ahead of keyhole surgery Prince Harrys emotional avalanche hits the Royal Family Fourteen children arrested over Gateshead boys fire death Beyonc daughter Blue Ivy Nepo babies or superstars in waiting Nada Tawfik My impression of Prince Harry during our exclusive interview Newspaper headlines Harry bombshell backfires and Reform re education Bristol van dwellers Fear and loathing on Cliftons leafy streets Labour minister sorry over grooming gangs dog whistle remark

Morse code transcription: vvv vvv Co op hackers stole significant amount of customer data Are there more autistic people now Nada Tawfik My impression of Prince Harry during our exclusive interview Bristol van dwellers Fear and loathing on Cliftons leafy streets Five people survive 36 hours in alligator infested Amazon swamp after plane crash Unparalleled snake antivenom made from man bitten 200 times Prince Harrys emotional avalanche hits the Royal Family York Outer MP urges rethink on football stands alcohol ban Local elections 2025 results in maps and charts Blue Ivy Nepo babies or superstars in waiting

Morse code transcription: vvv vvv Trump criticised after posting AI image of himself as Pope Nada Tawfik My impression of Prince Harry during our exclusive interview Newspaper headlines Harry bombshell backfires and Reform re education Labour minister sorry over grooming gangs dog whistle remark Lorraine Kelly reassures fans ahead of keyhole surgery Bristol van dwellers Fear and loathing on Cliftons leafy streets Prince Harrys emotional avalanche hits the Royal Family Beyonc daughter Blue Ivy Nepo babies or superstars in waiting Fourteen children arrested over Gateshead boys fire death Australia federal election Anthony Albanese wins in landslide

We know how important it is to be inspired by both big businesses and individuals, which is why we are excited to present Talking Leaders, a monthly initiative from the AHDB which will see a series of inspirational speakers share their life experiences and deliver impactful stories to the AgriLeader community.In Decembers' AHDB Talking Leaders broadcast, we are delighted to be joined by Dr. Ellen Joan Ford for an engaging livestream, “Create a thriving workplace”.Ellen is hugely ambitious about improving the working world for people and for organisations. As a leader, researcher, military veteran, international speaker, TEDx speaker, facilitator, consultant and parent, Ellen draws on her research and practical experiences to drive organisational outcomes such as improved retention, productivity, engagement, well-being and ultimately, profit, by enhancing inclusive leadership capabilities and workplace culture.Ellen was awarded the Kiwi Bank New Zealander of the Year - Local Hero, Person of the Year - ManawatuStandard and the prestigious Sir Peter Blake Leadership Award. She is the author of #WorkSchoolHours(endorsed by CEOs of KiwiBank, FMG, DevryBV and Cliftons, and dubbed a “must-read for any leaderbuilding a modern workplace”) and her leadership model is Belonging, Autonomy and Purpose.Ellen is passionate, authentic and speaks from the heart with warmth, enthusiasm, bubbliness and fun.

Andrew Meieran, the Proprietor of Clifton's Republic, joins Hal to discuss the reimagining of the former Clifton's Cafeteria. Then, Old Town Music Hall Executive Director, Angie Hougen tells Hal about the history of the beloved El Segundo venue and why people love it.

In 1957 krijgt Sebastian Clifton een beurs voor Cambridge, en daarmee zet een nieuwe generatie  Cliftons de familiesaga voort. Uitgegeven door Boekerij Spreker: Louis van Beek

My guest in this episode is Athena Chintis. Athena is the Group Head of People & Culture at Cliftons Event Solutions, a leading business events provider, which employs a highly flexible workforce across 4 countries and 11 workplaces. Cliftons was recognised as one of AFR/BOSS's Best Places to Work in 2023.Athena is a Sydney-based Human Resources leader, bringing over 20 years of experience across multiple fast-paced industries, varying scales of businesses and at different stages  – from startup and high growth to acquisition and turnaround.  Highlights of our conversation include balancing charitable endeavours with corporate life, being fulfilled at work, creating remarkable experiences, walking through an HR strategic plan, and being recognised as one of AFR/BOSS's Best Places to Work in 2023. Outside of work, Athena is currently the NSW State President for the Australian HR Institute and has served as a NSW State Councillor since 2015.To find out more about Cliftons, go to: https://cliftons.com You can connect with Athena on LinkedIn at: https://www.linkedin.com/in/athenachintis To learn more about what it takes to be an evolved leader, and to check out our other podcast episodes, go to:  https://www.evolvedstrategy.com.au

Bronte has some bad news to deliver to the whole Clifton family... Queensland Price Is Right When was your partner brutally honest? Pocket Money Madness When did you accidentally spend too much money? David is in studio LIVE for the finale of Can You Beat Bronte: Champions League! Subscribe on LiSTNR: https://play.listnr.com/podcast/cliffo-and-gabiSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Welcome to Episode 1007; 5 must-know facts for success in the Australian post pandemic market Welcome to Wine2Wine Business Forum 2021 Series. The sessions are recorded and uploaded on Italian Wine Podcast. wine2wine is an international wine business forum, held annually in Verona Italy since 2014. The event is a key reference point for wine producers and a diverse variety of wine professionals eager to develop and grow their wine business worldwide. Australia is only just emerging from the Covid bubble with international borders expected to re-open December 2021. Due to extended lock downs the Australian beverage industry has undergone a massive transformation for both on and off premise sales. Local producers have lost important export markets and have been looking inward for sales which has impacted imports. It's not all doom and gloom though as consumers have increased wine consumption and are looking for new tastes and flavours. Italy is an exciting prospect for both consumers and trade. With a significant Italian expat demographic, major plantings of Italian varieties, an educated market and the Australian love of food and the Mediterranean lifestyle, Italian wines are well poised to gain more traction as the economy opens and rebuilds. More about today's speaker: Gill Gordon-Smith IWE is a VIA expert, Artisan Producer, Retailer, Writer, Judge and Educator based in Australia's McLaren Vale Region. With Diplomas in Training Design and Development as well as Vocational Education and Training she is a WSET Certified Educator, worked with Qantas Airways developing the renowned Sommelier in the Sky Program, presents internationally for Wine Australia and co-ordinates the award winning Wine and Spirit School TAFE SA . Passionate about Italian Grapes and Wine she also produces Italian Grape Varieties in McLaren Vale. She is currently Wine Communicators Australia 2017 Educator of The Year and 2017 Australian Wine Communicator of the Year.in 2020 Gill was named AWIWA Woman of Inspiration To find out more visit: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/fallfromgracewine Instagram: @fallfromgracewine Twitter: @fallfromgrace1 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/gill-gordon-smith-6a8017181/ More about today's moderator: Vanessa Green IWA is an experienced international executive, she has worked in B2B and B2C organisations, specialising in market development, operational improvement and growth strategies. Based in Australia, she has post graduate qualifications in Business Communications and Psychology; professional accreditations from Vinitaly International, WSET, AWRI (Australian Wine Research Institute); and is a member of the Commanderie de Bordeaux and Ordre des Coteaux de Champagne. Vanessa is CEO of Cliftons, a global conference and event management solutions provider and Managing Director of Crimson Wine. She has experience running venues and events across multiple countries, importing wine to Australia and New Zealand and has worked as a commercial wine buyer, beverage director for the venue and restaurant group, and judges at wines shows in Australia, New Zealand and Italy. To find out more visit: Instagram: @vanessag_hk LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/vanessa-green-aa22641/ Let's keep in touch! Follow us on our social media channels: Instagram @italianwinepodcast Facebook @ItalianWinePodcast Twitter @itawinepodast Tiktok @MammaJumboShrimp LinkedIn @ItalianWinePodcast If you feel like helping us, donate here www.italianwinepodcast.com/donate-to-show/ Until next time, cin cin!

Clifton was introduced to me online through a mutual friend and I was excited to bring him on the podcast as MONEY + PARENTING are two topics I want to dig into more this year. Clifton is the perfect teacher of helping us raise more financially literate kids - he just released his first book, he is also a father and he had a difficult time financially that he knows he can help other people avoid. In this episode he candidly shares his tips for parents and how owning our money stories can help us move forward with new habits.Link to order Cliftons new book OR give a review if you have already read it! https://www.amazon.ca/Your-Kids-Their-Money-Financially/dp/1777869501Learn more - cliftoncorbin.com

The Cliftons have not seen their mother in years. She ran off with David, the boyfriend who controlled her money and her life. What's his connection to Rob, a supposed MI-5 agent who in 1996 took a trio of college kids into hiding, claiming they'd been targeted by IRA assassins?From Netflix, “The Puppet Master: Hunting the Ultimate Con Man” looks back at the exploits of Robert Freegard - accused of controlling, conning, and fleecing several women. Told largely by his victims, the docuseries also looks at the present day and asks whether he's up to his old tricks.FOR OUR SPOILER-FREE REVIEWS OF "THE PUPPET MASTER," GO TO MINUTE 34:00In Crime of the Week: a clean getaway. 

The RunRunLive 4.0 Podcast Episode 4-471 – Cody Walks the USA Part Two  (Audio: link) audio:http://www.RunRunLive.com/PodcastEpisodes/epi4471.mp3] Link MarathonBQ – How to Qualify for the Boston Marathon in 14 Weeks - Chris' other show à Intro: Hello my friends and welcome to episode 4-471 of the RunRunLive Podcast.  Good morning.  It's Monday Morning the 17th of January.  Today is Martin Luther Kings Jr. Day here in the states.  We are having a storm over New England today.  It started snowing after midnight last night and changed over to a heavy rain just around sunrise.  I got up and did my best to clear the driveway before it got too wet.   In a storm like this where it snows then rains the conditions for snow removal get pretty dicey.  The rain turns the snow to slush and it's hard to move. It chokes the snow blower and gets very heavy.  Then, even worse, if you don't move it and it freezes it becomes solid ice.  And it's going to stay there until spring.  But I got most of it up, which is good because now the rain will helpfully wash the remnants I missed away. In our neck of the woods it's known as Heart-attack snow.  Because it gets so heavy that when people try to shovel it they keel over.  For people like me with a strong heart it's more appropriately chiropractor snow.  Because when you go to throw a shovel full of that slush you're more than likely going to hurt your back.  Now it's just pouring rain and windy.  Glad I don't have a run on the calendar for today.  The running is going well. I did a test mile yesterday, which was another interesting weather day.  It was minus 1 degrees Fahrenheit when I got up.  It was about 6 degrees when I got to the rail trail.  The temperature was cold, but it was windless and sunny.  It was not a bad day to run.  I found out from my Buddy Tim who lives by the rail trail that they had plowed a section and it was dry and clear.  Which was perfect for the workout I had.  It was a one mile warm up.  A test mile.  And a three-mile cool down.  You're supposed to do these workouts on the track, but the track is under a layer of snow and ice so that isn't going to happen.  It was hard to warm up with the temperature.  I hit the test mile and felt pretty strong for the first 1/2.  The last ½ was a struggle.  Looking at the data, I can see my pace drop and my HR max out in that second half.  So I still have some work to do with my fitness.  That being said, it was 30 seconds or so faster than when I ran it on the track in December.  It's a good measuring stick.   Now I know I need to work on aerobic fitness and pacing. I'm only running 15 – 20 miles a week, 2-3 times a week so I'm happy to be where I am at all.  The knee is hanging in there. It is just about 11 months since the injury popped up.  The holidays were good.  I took a week off, but caught a cold from my mother, so I spent most of it lying around.  It might be the time of year, but I find my energy level very low right now.  Now that we're back to work I'm incredibly busy and struggling to keep my head on straight.  Today we are going to catch up with Cody O'Connor who is still walking across the country.  Very interesting conversation. My normal editor Dimitry from Moscow was busy, so Carlos the Jackal di the edit on this one.  Thank you Carlos.  In section one I'll talk some more about how to begin a fitness practice as part of my beginner series.  In section two I'll talk to Sigmond Freud about how I feel about not running Boston this year. I've signed up for the Calm meditation app and have been working my way through some of those.  The ones I've been doing are more instructional.  They talk about a topic and how to approach it in your meditation.  One I was listening to this week talked about how when you have pain in your life your need to accept the pain, not fight it.  Because, when you fight it, you give it energy.  The key is to accept it.  Then it loses its ability to hurt you. The other thing is not letting thoughts of the past or the future give you stress.  To return to the now, because that's the state you can control.  It reminded me of the racing advice I've always given you.  When things get hard relax into the pain.  Be present where you are and focus on relaxing into the stress.  In this way you defang the pain and allow your best self to compete. Try that. On with the show.         About Zero ZERO — The End of Prostate Cancer is the leading national nonprofit with the mission to end prostate cancer. ZERO advances research, improves the lives of men and families, and inspires action. Link to my ZERO page: (for Donations) … I'll remind you that the RunRunLive podcast is ad free and listener supported.  What does that mean? It means you don't have to listen to me trying to sound sincere about Stamps.com or Audible.. (although, fyi, my MarathonBQ book is on audible) We do have a membership option where you can become a member and as a special thank you, you will get access to member's only audio. There are book reviews, odd philosophical thoughts, zombie stories and I curate old episodes for you to listen to.  I recently added that guy who cut off is foot so he could keep training and my first call with Geoff Galloway.   “Curated” means I add some introductory comments and edit them up a bit.  So anyhow – become a member so I can keep paying my bills.   … The RunRunLive podcast is Ad Free and listener supported.  … Section one – 24 Hour Fast - Voices of reason – the conversation Cody O'Connor – Cody Runs the USA for Cancer Families   Cody O'Connor My name is Cody O'Connor and after defeating cancer, losing my right fibula and being told I'd never walk normally again- I am embarking on the quest to walk across the USA. When fighting, I saw how my temporary illness was impacting my family. Seeing the struggles they faced I created Champions Do Overcome, a 501(c)3 non profit organization. CDO, supports families through paying monthly bills, providing food/gas, etc. which reduces stress on the family, and ensures no child is left to fight the beast alone. All of this to spread hope to all that need it coast to coast, and change the outcome for children battling pediatric cancer. Please follow our journey @overcomerteam on Instagram. Please consider donating to our cause at: Fundraiser by Cody O'Connor : Walk For Hope - Cross USA Walk For Cancer Relief (gofundme.com)   Companies Involved: Kroger & affiliates,  Infinit Nutrition, Altra Running, MyMedic, Dude Wipes, MyFanThreads, Groov App, GermX, Sacan Martial Arts, Feedback Audiology Solutions & Consulting Influencers Involved:   Rich Franklin (UFC Hall of Famer), Ben Higgins (Bachelor Star Season 20), Ashley I and Jared Haibon (Bachelor in Paradise), Harvey Lewis (Team USA 24 Hr. Run Team), and Pete Kostelnick (Record for running across USA)   Section two – Turning difficult work situations to your advantage -   Outro   Ok my friends we have walked across ½ of the US of A to the end of episode 4-471 of the RunRunLive Podcast.  Nothing left but a small mountain range between us and the Pacific.   After the holidays I'm back on my diet.  I had ballooned up to well over 190 pounds by laying about and drinking beer.  I'm making progress.  The first 10 are easy.  I'm using MyFitnessPal to track my food.  It's as good as any and I've got data in there going back a few years.  Looking at the data I've held the line for the most part around 180 or less for the last few years.   There was a point I dipped under 170.  I'm more about eating healthy than losing weigh per se, but having the data somehow gives me confidence.  If you're interested I can tell you what I'm doing, but it's basically cutting back calories and eating clean.  Mostly it's not drinking beer.  Ollie Wolly the killer Collie is having a hard time with the weather.  I can't get him out as much as I want.  I'm doing all of my running on the roads and I don't want him to get hurt.  We just got through another round of training.  He's getting quite good on the leash.  I wish I had more time to practice with him.  Off the leash he's still a feral terror-dog.   We average about once a week having a disagreement where he ends up biting me.  I bought a new pair of shoes.  I actually bought two pair.  I haven't been running so I haven't needed new shoes.  First I ordered a pair of Hoka Mach 4, because I likes the way they looked, but when I ran in them I didn't like the feel at all.  So I exchanged them for a pair of Cliftons.  I really liked the old Cliftons , but the recent versions haven't been as good.  These new ones are the Clifton 8's.  I really like them.  They are light and responsive.  I'll let you guy get on with your lives.  Sorry for being late.  I've got a lot on my plate.  And don't worry about the weather, grey skies are going to clear up, So, Put on a happy face, And I'll see you out there.   MarathonBQ – How to Qualify for the Boston Marathon in 14 Weeks - Rachel -> Coach Jeff ->  

The RunRunLive 4.0 Podcast Episode 4-471 – Cody Walks the USA Part Two  (Audio: link) audio:http://www.RunRunLive.com/PodcastEpisodes/epi4471.mp3] Link MarathonBQ – How to Qualify for the Boston Marathon in 14 Weeks - Chris' other show à Intro: Hello my friends and welcome to episode 4-471 of the RunRunLive Podcast.  Good morning.  It's Monday Morning the 17th of January.  Today is Martin Luther Kings Jr. Day here in the states.  We are having a storm over New England today.  It started snowing after midnight last night and changed over to a heavy rain just around sunrise.  I got up and did my best to clear the driveway before it got too wet.   In a storm like this where it snows then rains the conditions for snow removal get pretty dicey.  The rain turns the snow to slush and it's hard to move. It chokes the snow blower and gets very heavy.  Then, even worse, if you don't move it and it freezes it becomes solid ice.  And it's going to stay there until spring.  But I got most of it up, which is good because now the rain will helpfully wash the remnants I missed away. In our neck of the woods it's known as Heart-attack snow.  Because it gets so heavy that when people try to shovel it they keel over.  For people like me with a strong heart it's more appropriately chiropractor snow.  Because when you go to throw a shovel full of that slush you're more than likely going to hurt your back.  Now it's just pouring rain and windy.  Glad I don't have a run on the calendar for today.  The running is going well. I did a test mile yesterday, which was another interesting weather day.  It was minus 1 degrees Fahrenheit when I got up.  It was about 6 degrees when I got to the rail trail.  The temperature was cold, but it was windless and sunny.  It was not a bad day to run.  I found out from my Buddy Tim who lives by the rail trail that they had plowed a section and it was dry and clear.  Which was perfect for the workout I had.  It was a one mile warm up.  A test mile.  And a three-mile cool down.  You're supposed to do these workouts on the track, but the track is under a layer of snow and ice so that isn't going to happen.  It was hard to warm up with the temperature.  I hit the test mile and felt pretty strong for the first 1/2.  The last ½ was a struggle.  Looking at the data, I can see my pace drop and my HR max out in that second half.  So I still have some work to do with my fitness.  That being said, it was 30 seconds or so faster than when I ran it on the track in December.  It's a good measuring stick.   Now I know I need to work on aerobic fitness and pacing. I'm only running 15 – 20 miles a week, 2-3 times a week so I'm happy to be where I am at all.  The knee is hanging in there. It is just about 11 months since the injury popped up.  The holidays were good.  I took a week off, but caught a cold from my mother, so I spent most of it lying around.  It might be the time of year, but I find my energy level very low right now.  Now that we're back to work I'm incredibly busy and struggling to keep my head on straight.  Today we are going to catch up with Cody O'Connor who is still walking across the country.  Very interesting conversation. My normal editor Dimitry from Moscow was busy, so Carlos the Jackal di the edit on this one.  Thank you Carlos.  In section one I'll talk some more about how to begin a fitness practice as part of my beginner series.  In section two I'll talk to Sigmond Freud about how I feel about not running Boston this year. I've signed up for the Calm meditation app and have been working my way through some of those.  The ones I've been doing are more instructional.  They talk about a topic and how to approach it in your meditation.  One I was listening to this week talked about how when you have pain in your life your need to accept the pain, not fight it.  Because, when you fight it, you give it energy.  The key is to accept it.  Then it loses its ability to hurt you. The other thing is not letting thoughts of the past or the future give you stress.  To return to the now, because that's the state you can control.  It reminded me of the racing advice I've always given you.  When things get hard relax into the pain.  Be present where you are and focus on relaxing into the stress.  In this way you defang the pain and allow your best self to compete. Try that. On with the show.         About Zero ZERO — The End of Prostate Cancer is the leading national nonprofit with the mission to end prostate cancer. ZERO advances research, improves the lives of men and families, and inspires action. Link to my ZERO page: (for Donations) … I'll remind you that the RunRunLive podcast is ad free and listener supported.  What does that mean? It means you don't have to listen to me trying to sound sincere about Stamps.com or Audible.. (although, fyi, my MarathonBQ book is on audible) We do have a membership option where you can become a member and as a special thank you, you will get access to member's only audio. There are book reviews, odd philosophical thoughts, zombie stories and I curate old episodes for you to listen to.  I recently added that guy who cut off is foot so he could keep training and my first call with Geoff Galloway.   “Curated” means I add some introductory comments and edit them up a bit.  So anyhow – become a member so I can keep paying my bills.   … The RunRunLive podcast is Ad Free and listener supported.  … Section one – 24 Hour Fast - Voices of reason – the conversation Cody O'Connor – Cody Runs the USA for Cancer Families   Cody O'Connor My name is Cody O'Connor and after defeating cancer, losing my right fibula and being told I'd never walk normally again- I am embarking on the quest to walk across the USA. When fighting, I saw how my temporary illness was impacting my family. Seeing the struggles they faced I created Champions Do Overcome, a 501(c)3 non profit organization. CDO, supports families through paying monthly bills, providing food/gas, etc. which reduces stress on the family, and ensures no child is left to fight the beast alone. All of this to spread hope to all that need it coast to coast, and change the outcome for children battling pediatric cancer. Please follow our journey @overcomerteam on Instagram. Please consider donating to our cause at: Fundraiser by Cody O'Connor : Walk For Hope - Cross USA Walk For Cancer Relief (gofundme.com)   Companies Involved: Kroger & affiliates,  Infinit Nutrition, Altra Running, MyMedic, Dude Wipes, MyFanThreads, Groov App, GermX, Sacan Martial Arts, Feedback Audiology Solutions & Consulting Influencers Involved:   Rich Franklin (UFC Hall of Famer), Ben Higgins (Bachelor Star Season 20), Ashley I and Jared Haibon (Bachelor in Paradise), Harvey Lewis (Team USA 24 Hr. Run Team), and Pete Kostelnick (Record for running across USA)   Section two – Turning difficult work situations to your advantage -   Outro   Ok my friends we have walked across ½ of the US of A to the end of episode 4-471 of the RunRunLive Podcast.  Nothing left but a small mountain range between us and the Pacific.   After the holidays I'm back on my diet.  I had ballooned up to well over 190 pounds by laying about and drinking beer.  I'm making progress.  The first 10 are easy.  I'm using MyFitnessPal to track my food.  It's as good as any and I've got data in there going back a few years.  Looking at the data I've held the line for the most part around 180 or less for the last few years.   There was a point I dipped under 170.  I'm more about eating healthy than losing weigh per se, but having the data somehow gives me confidence.  If you're interested I can tell you what I'm doing, but it's basically cutting back calories and eating clean.  Mostly it's not drinking beer.  Ollie Wolly the killer Collie is having a hard time with the weather.  I can't get him out as much as I want.  I'm doing all of my running on the roads and I don't want him to get hurt.  We just got through another round of training.  He's getting quite good on the leash.  I wish I had more time to practice with him.  Off the leash he's still a feral terror-dog.   We average about once a week having a disagreement where he ends up biting me.  I bought a new pair of shoes.  I actually bought two pair.  I haven't been running so I haven't needed new shoes.  First I ordered a pair of Hoka Mach 4, because I likes the way they looked, but when I ran in them I didn't like the feel at all.  So I exchanged them for a pair of Cliftons.  I really liked the old Cliftons , but the recent versions haven't been as good.  These new ones are the Clifton 8's.  I really like them.  They are light and responsive.  I'll let you guy get on with your lives.  Sorry for being late.  I've got a lot on my plate.  And don't worry about the weather, grey skies are going to clear up, So, Put on a happy face, And I'll see you out there.   MarathonBQ – How to Qualify for the Boston Marathon in 14 Weeks - Rachel -> Coach Jeff ->  

Have you ever had the wind switch and swirl on you in the stand? If you've hunted for any length of time then the answer is yes - and today we have Clifton Denney of Arkansas on to discuss. Clifton dives into how you can use your topo map to predict wind currents and know how the wind will ramp off hills, swirl, eddie and interact with everything it runs into, even trees! This is a deep dive on wind and we get into the weeds on subjects such as how wind velocity will effect where and how the wind swirls, and where bucks will cruse. Clifton uses his knowledge of the wind to predict where bucks will be cruising based on day to day predictions, and he has used his knowledge to knock down quite a few nice bucks. You wont want to miss this one! Check out Cliftons latest buck here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k8t1s2jFffI HUNTING GEAR DEALS: https://www.huntinggeardeals.com/ Join our patreon or visit our partners here: https://linktr.ee/SoPartners Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Defining your strengths. Transforming them into great potential. Deliver lasting results Raising expectations that lead to greater performance.   Empowering your team not only includes stretching your member’s capabilities but more to seeing each person’s strengths. On top of that, combining these strengths together is the BEST RECIPE FOR SUCCESS.   This episode of the Access Points Podcast is about performance improvement and how to get the most out of highly skilled and high performers to produce incredible results.   Mike and Barb will bring to mind how their team at Access evolved into the best version they are today. They will talk about assessing strength and belief systems and how these can apply to situations in delivering results. They will also discuss Kolbe Index and Clifton Strength’s to improve yourself, empower people, and perform better.   Enjoy!   Favorite Quote   “My view on some of the Kolbe and Cliftons, I think understanding your numbers as well as your strengths is so critical. It will change the way you view the world that it will change the way you view yourself. And ultimately it'll change how you communicate and interact with others.”                                                                                                        -Mike Kelly   In This Episode 3:21 - How Barb started to help the team at Access E-Forms to find and understand their strengths   6:39 - The meaning of belief in Clifton world   9:01 - Barb's valuation of Mike's strengths and beliefs   11:38 – Clifton Strength’s overview of what strategic strength is   14:08 - The benefits of combining strengths in a team   26:04 - How knowing your strengths, skills, and knowledge help in bringing teams together   33:14 - How self-assessment using Kolbe Index and Clifton Strength’s contributes not only in the corporate world but also in personal relationships   40:55 - Barb's insight on how people deal with their strengths in times like COVID   43:44 - Barb's assessment to the leadership team of Access     Visit Access EFM: Website Facebook LinkedIn Twitter     Click here to listen with Access Points Podcast

Today brings a special YAWA with an extra special guest! For more than 16 years, Los Angeles-native Matthew Rubino has been heavily involved in the city's DJ community with long-standing residencies at some of the city's most successful venues including Cliftons, the Standard Downtown LA and Hotel Erwin in Venice where he has served as Music Director since 2011. He has also been programming the music at the Ace Hotel Los Angeles since 2016. He has performed for the likes of Robert Plant (Led Zeppelin), Debbie Harry (Blondie), Snoop Dogg, Ice Cube, Anne Hathaway, Kim Kardashian, Leonardo DiCaprio, and a whole lot more (to name a few)... Matthew's experience runs deep. Matthew became a part of the Flashdance in 2014 and has since traveled the world over with the crew. In 2018 founder Michael Antonia asked Matthew to join him as co-owner of The Flashdance! Click HERE to become a premium subscriber and unlock all of the amazingness:       Ad-free, full length episodes      The TBWPP Wedding Planning Resource Center with  Access to 6 mini courses of The Big Wedding Planning Master Class  Wedding Planning Templates and Tools Big Takeaways The Flashdance is hosting parties at your house. Through zoom, two DJs, a hype-man and more, a live online party is thrown. Check the affiliate page! Q&A What are fun and not corny ways to release tables to the buffet? What are their top 3 get everyone on the dance floor songs? When planning to work with both a band and a DJ for the reception, what advice do you have? Would it be appropriate to ask to pre mix the Greek song portions of the evening so I can listen before the wedding day? How do we go about explaining to the DJ who probably takes pride in getting people on the dance floor, that we aren't big dancers? Aside from looking for a bilingual DJ with similar experience, what should I be asking or looking for? **Also I have 1 venue but 3 different spaces for ceremony, reception/dinner, and dancing. **Is it too much to ask a DJ to play music at all 3? It's all well within walking distance. And should I expect an up-charge for this? How many songs do you recommend putting on a must-play playlist? And how many is too many? Links We Referenced theflashdance.com sharkpig.com instagram.com/theflashdancedjs alpinerings.com (Promo Code: BIGWEDDING for 15% off sitewide!) Get In Touch:  The Big Wedding Planning Podcast is… Hosted and produced by Michelle Martinez  Music by Steph Altman of Mophonics  On Instagram @thebigweddingplanningpodcast and be sure to use #planthatwedding when posting, so you can get our attention! Easy to get in touch with. Email us at hello@thebigweddingplanningpodcast.com or Call and leave a message at 415-723-1625 and you might hear your voice on an episode Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today brings a special YAWA with an extra special guest! For more than 16 years, Los Angeles-native Matthew Rubino has been heavily involved in the city's DJ community with long-standing residencies at some of the city's most successful venues including Cliftons, the Standard Downtown LA and Hotel Erwin in Venice where he has served as Music Director since 2011. He has also been programming the music at the Ace Hotel Los Angeles since 2016.
 He has performed for the likes of Robert Plant (Led Zeppelin), Debbie Harry (Blondie), Snoop Dogg, Ice Cube, Anne Hathaway, Kim Kardashian, Leonardo DiCaprio, and a whole lot more (to name a few)... Matthew's experience runs deep. Matthew became a part of the Flashdance in 2014 and has since traveled the world over with the crew. In 2018 founder Michael Antonia asked Matthew to join him as co-owner of The Flashdance! Big Takeaways The Flashdance is hosting parties at your house. Through zoom, two DJs, a hype-man and more, a live online party is thrown. Check the affiliate page! Q&A Lauren Amanda: What are fun and not corny ways to release tables to the buffet? Matthew's style is the enthusiastic minimalist. He tells people to have the wedding coordinator go up to the tables and release them one by one. It then doesn't distract from the fun of the music and doesn't add too much banter. What are their top 3 get everyone on the dance floor songs? Parties can vary. But in general, something in a familiar is always good. 1. Arethra Franklin - RESPECT 2. Prince - Let's Go Crazy 3. Stevie Wonder - Sir Duke Stephen Lawrence: *When planning to work with both a band and a DJ for the reception, what advice do you have? * Share the band's set list with the DJ ahead of time, if possible. Especially if the band is doing the first part of the dancing. It's nice to be able to plan a little bit. If possible, have the band break down while the DJ is starting. Keep the party going. Catherine Asikis: I'm greek. My fiancé is French Canadian. Our DJ, a great friend of ours, specializes in soca and Caribbean music. He's very talented but I'm worried about how he will work with my cultural music because he hasn't done a Greek wedding before. I am giving him a list of songs, but would it be appropriate to ask him to pre mix the Greek song portions of the evening so I can listen before the wedding day? Matthew says people come to them because they kind of already know their vibe. But since you are friends, it is a little different. For Matthew, he tells his clients to send him a list of songs (10-15, no more than 20) and he will play some but probably not all of them. Providing a window into what you are into is helpful, but you still have to let the DJs have creative control. When you are working with friends who are being generous, we encourage you to ask for less. Asking to hear something ahead of time is potentially more effort and work than you are paying for. Myriah Cohen Moses: How do we go about explaining to the DJ who probably takes pride in getting people on the dance floor, that we aren't big dancers? Yes to the first traditional dances, maybe a few fast songs but my fiancé will definitely have reached his limit by then, as will his side of the family. I really don't like an empty dance floor so I'm working with my venue to make it pretty small. People like to dance at a wedding! They just do. Unless it's just a small group of people that you know never dance even at a party. If there is over 50 people, you'll probably have a good amount of people that want to dance. At the end of the wedding, the groom or bride or someone will come up to the DJ and share how excited that people that they never see on the dance floor were out there going wild. Matthew's tips for inciting a packed floor: a small dance floor, make sure the lights have dimmers, wedding crashers that you can hire to basically hype people up. Brenda Lira: To me, the music and dancing are the best part of weddings. So naturally now that I'm engaged, its the part I'm most excited about and most worried about. My fiancé is very white, like Scottish/Irish white. I am very Mexican, like a 1st generation Mexican-American. We both have key family members that will party to any type of music and we're really counting on them to help us to get the party started. Aside from looking for a bilingual DJ with similar experience, what should I be asking or looking for? *Also I have 1 venue but 3 different spaces for ceremony, reception/dinner, and dancing. *Is it too much to ask a DJ to play music at all 3? It's all well within walking distance. And should I expect an up-charge for this? Definitely expect an up-charge. Every company will have their own set of pricing. But in each area, they have to set up equipment and sound, so expect to pay more. Three different areas is definitely feasible! The ability to play a little bit of something for everyone there is key. The DJ should be preparing beforehand. Matthew builds playlists, but also knows how to read the crowd and pivot when it's needed. Hire a DJ you vibe with! It makes a difference.
 Amanda Watt: I have a ton of specific songs that I want to dance to at our reception, but I am worried if I request all of them to be added to our must-play playlist it will stifle our DJ. He's amazing, and I totally trust him to keep our reception fun and our guests up and dancing at our reception...which is our number one priority, we want everyone to have a good time and have fun. How many songs do you recommend putting on a must-play playlist? And how many is too many? I don't want to be a music Bridezilla!! (Reception will have about 5ish hours of dancing) Thank you!! Give them 10-15 songs, 20 at most. That gives the DJ a taste of what you're into and gives plenty of room for creative freedom. Remember you're hiring him because you like him and trust him! Links We Referenced theflashdance.com (https://www.theflashdance.com) sharkpig.com (http://sharkpig.com) instagram.com/theflashdancedjs (https://www.instagram.com/theflashdancedjs/) alpinerings.com (https://alpinerings.com) (Promo Code: BIGWEDDING for 15% off sitewide!) Quotes “There's something to the idea of when you put effort into how you look, you do your hair, you put some clothes on, you know, you feel good.” - Matthew “It's not for everybody, but I do love that there is this option. That we can pivot and react.” - Michelle “Everyone is afraid of a corny DJ.” - Christy “People don't get weird when the lights are on super bright!” - Matthew “There are going to be different crescendos throughout the evening and day. The music at pre- ceremony is going to be different than the music at cocktail hour. It's fun to play with things.” - Matthew “I want people, from the moment they hear me start playing music, to look at each other and be like, ‘dude we are in good hands tonight.'” - Matthew Get In Touch EMAIL: thebigweddingplanningpodcast@gmail.com FACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/TBWPpodcast/ (https://www.facebook.com/TBWPpodcast/) INSTAGRAM: @thebigweddingplanningpodcast (https://www.instagram.com/thebigweddingplanningpodcast/) BE SURE TO USE THE HASHTAG: #planthatwedding TWITTER: @TBWPpodcast PHONE: (415) 723-1625 Leave us a message and you might hear your voice on the show! PATREON: www.patreon.com/thebigweddingplanningpodcast (https://www.patreon.com/thebigweddingplanningpodcast)

When I started working at Playboy TV, people immediately began to ask me how I was going to “explain my job” to my daughter. Strangely, I was never asked that question about any of the other places I worked. After all, I spent years working at NBC and never once was I asked to explain Supertrain. But after I became Head of Programming at Playboy TV, I was repeatedly asked how I was going to justify my job to a 4 year old. Turns out, my kid didn’t have a problem. On the other hand, there were one or two very judgmental moms at her fancy private school who, after finding out where I worked, tried to make things extremely difficult for me. And the most famous mom of all, was my biggest hater. Which only proves, no matter where you go, there are always mean girls. My guest, columnist and reporter Ray Richmond, had a much different experience. His mother went from giving hand jobs to movie stars in a seedy massage parlor across from FOX, to founding a huge sex product empire. That’s right, a tiny, Jewish mother working in a “rub and tug” is the Godmother of the multi-billion dollar lube and sex toy industry. And the best/most unbelievable part of this story is that her X-rated enterprise was entirely bankrolled by her boyfriend — a well-known Los Angeles restaurateur who also happened to be a married, devout Christian, anti-smut crusader. Wait, what??? And THAT’S not even the craziest part. This is a true story about religious faith, true love, and lubrication. You are not going to believe this. And, as part of our special Holiday Giveaway month, the fine folks at Überlube have generously donated their amazing sex lubricant. All you have to do to be eligible to receive a bottle of Überlube for free, is go to our iTunes page, subscribe, write a 5-star review and email the text of your review and the name you used to info@sexedthemusical.com. A randomly selected new reviewer this month will receive a bottle of Überlube in the mail. Subscribe, review and email us today so you can be eligible to receive a bottle of Überlube!!! To find out more about Überlube, which is produced in Chicago just like I was, go to Überlube.com More About Ray Richmond Clifford Clinton Bio Clifton’s Cafeteria Dealing With Mean Moms Pink Cheeks for Waxing, Anal Bleaching and Waffle Mix Cover Illustration courtesy of Pixabay CORRECTION: Clifford Clinton was not depicted in the film, L.A. Confidential. He was depicted in the book, L.A. Noir. SUBSCRIBE TO SEX ED THE MUSICAL  

When I started working at Playboy TV, people began to ask me how I was going to “explain my job” to my daughter. Strangely, I was never asked that question about any of the other places I worked. But once I became Head of Programming at Playboy TV, I was repeatedly asked how I was going to justify my job to a 4 year old. Turns out, my kid didn’t have a problem. On the other hand, there were one or two, very judgmental moms at her fancy private school who, after finding out where I worked, tried to make things extremely difficult for me. And the most famous mom of all, was my biggest hater. No matter where you go, there are always mean girls. My guest, Ray Richmond, had a much different experience. His mother went from giving hand jobs in a seedy, L.A. massage parlor, to founding a lucrative, Sex Product empire. Her X-Rated enterprise was entirely bankrolled by her boyfriend — a well-known L.A. restaurateur who also happened to be a married, devout Christian, anti-smut crusader. Wait, what??? And THAT’S not even the craziest part. This is a story about religious faith, true love, and lubrication. You are not going to believe this.   More About Ray Richmond Clifford Clinton Bio Clifton’s Cafeteria Dealing With Mean Moms Pink Cheeks for Waxing, Anal Bleaching and Waffle Mix Cover Illustration courtesy of Pixabay   CORRECTION: Clifford Clinton was not depicted in the film, L.A. Confidential. He was depicted in the book, L.A. Noir.

Sylvester is an admired elder in my neighborhood. He happens to be my next door neighbor. He is active, happy, and full of stories. Born on Christmas Eve, 1930's to share croppers in Louisburg, NC, Sylvester shares some of what he has seen and experienced over his lifetime.   Links:  The old Rex Hospital- pictures etc: http://goodnightraleigh.com/2014/12/rex-hospital-raleigh-n-c/ Westinghouse Electric Meters: http://www.ebay.com/itm/Vintage-Westinghouse-OB-Electric-Meter-5-Amp-115-230-Volts-Excellent-Condition/322594705882 Cliftons- Sylvester & I discussed how many African American's took their last name from their slave owners. Clif believes that he heard his grandmother say that she remembered slavery as a little girl. We have spoken too about both the white Cliftons in Lousiburg as well as the black Cliftons. I found this document in my search too- I love genealogy research and think it would be interesting to look at primary sources to determine if there is a connection here.  http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~ajac/ncfranklin.htm   Credits: Music by Lauris Vidal  

In the sixth episode of "The Los Angeles Breakfast Club: ON THE AIR", we welcome new announcer Marc Hershon, we take the podcast time machine back to the 1930's to hear then Secretary of War under FDR (and former Governor of Utah) George H. Dern as well as then governor of Missouri Guy B. Park, and we recap the happenings of June at the Democracy of Ham 'N Eggs and preview July. All that, plus an interview with club secretary Erynn Petrulis, a musical performance by Doug and Mandy Lacy, special appearances by Joanna Linkchorst and Sandi Hemmerlein, Lily Holleman with her monthly report and Reverend Barbara Adams paying tribute to a fellow breakfast clubber as she takes us down the path that leads to our continuing "Adventures in Friendship". Join host Phil Leirness as the 1930's, taxidermy, emergency preparedness, the Marx Brothers, neon art, and "Clifton's Camera Girls" are just some of the topics discussed.

Our first annual Cinco de Mayo episode!  A few tequilas lead to a rambling discussion of Cinco de Mayo traditions, Billy Joel, old sitcoms, fermented apple cider, and the Best Bread Pudding in Anaheim.  The guys also review the newly renovated Clifton’s Cafeteria in Downtown Los Angeles.