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Casual Friday is finally upon us! Sam and Emma take in the spectacle that was State Department spokesperson Tammy Bruce finding out in real time during a press briefing that National Security Adviser Tim Waltz had been re-assigned to be the U.S. Ambassador to the U.N. while her boss Marco Rubio was replacing him. After that, Sam and Emma talk to Mehdi Hasan about Trump's first 100 days and all of the damage he and his administration have been able to do in that time. They reflect on how the administrations' assault particularly on immigrants, lead by Stephen Miller, has served as a horrifying spectacle meant in part to distract people from the harm that's also being done to the economy. Check out more of Mehdi's analysis at Zeteo, which is about to turn one year old!: https://zeteo.com/ After that, Emma is joined by funnyman and birthday boy Matt Lieb. Together they take in some of the sad and consequential aspects of John Fetterman's mental health that have been reported on in a new piece by New York Magazine. Check out Matt's upcoming standup show next Wednesday at Cobbs in San Francisco: http://bit.ly/mattfrancobbs After that, Emma, Russ and Matt admire Ilhan Omar's handling of her interaction with Daily Caller "reporter" Myles Morell while effectively conveying the moral position on the Kilmar Abrego Garcia case and its implications. Also the Texas state house is busy debating a GOP-sponsored bill forbidding litter boxes from schools over a completely made up moral panic about furries. Become a member at JoinTheMajorityReport.com: https://fans.fm/majority/join Follow us on TikTok here!: https://www.tiktok.com/@majorityreportfm Check us out on Twitch here!: https://www.twitch.tv/themajorityreport Find our Rumble stream here!: https://rumble.com/user/majorityreport Check out our alt YouTube channel here!: https://www.youtube.com/majorityreportlive Gift a Majority Report subscription here: https://fans.fm/majority/gift Subscribe to the ESVN YouTube channel here: https://www.youtube.com/esvnshow Subscribe to the AMQuickie newsletter here: https://am-quickie.ghost.io/ Join the Majority Report Discord! https://majoritydiscord.com/ Get all your MR merch at our store: https://shop.majorityreportradio.com/ Get the free Majority Report App!: https://majority.fm/app Go to https://JustCoffee.coop and use coupon code majority to get 10% off your purchase! Check out today's sponsors: Express VPN: Get an extra 4 months free. Expressvpn.com/Majority Fast Growing Trees: Get 15% off your first purchase. FastGrowingTrees.com/majority Sunset Lake CBS: Use coupon code "LeftIsBest" for 20% off of your entire order at SunsetLakeCBD.com Follow the Majority Report crew on Twitter: @SamSeder @EmmaVigeland @MattLech @RussFinkelstein Check out Matt's show, Left Reckoning, on Youtube, and subscribe on Patreon! https://www.patreon.com/leftreckoning Check out Matt Binder's YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/mattbinder Subscribe to Brandon's show The Discourse on Patreon! https://www.patreon.com/ExpandTheDiscourse Check out Ava Raiza's music here! https://avaraiza.bandcamp.com/ The Majority Report with Sam Seder – https://majorityreportradio.com/
Former comedy club owner Tom Sawyer talks to Brent about the booming San Francisco comedy scene of the 80s and more. For extended Poundcast episodes (Unzipped), subscribe on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/poundcast For video, check out: www.youtube.com/thepoundcast Join the Poundcast Discord here: discord.gg/GnqUMmX Follow The Poundcast on Instagram and Twitter @thepoundcast And use the code word "POUNDCAST" at www.louisvilleveganfoods.com for, that's right, 20% off!
En este episodio de #PodcastLaTrinchera, Christian Sobrino entrevista a Robert Cobbs, M.Ed., fundador de Tech My School Inc. y autor del libro "Tech Centered Learning Driven: A guide to improving your educational career with technology". Tech My School es una organización educativa sin fines de lucro con sede en Río Grande, Puerto Rico y dedicada a capacitar y equipar escuelas públicas, alianza y privadas con integración tecnológica, computadoras y equipos relacionados, y proveyendo capacitación profesional al personal directivo y docente.Si quieren aprender más sobre Tech My School o ayudarlos con una aportación, pueden visitar su página de internet en el siguiente enlace.Pueden obtener una copia de "Tech Centered Learning Driven: A guide to improving your educational career with technology" a través de Amazon en el siguiente enlace.Tech My School estará celebrando este 15-16 de marzo de 2025 su conferencia anual "EdTech Spring" en el Salón de Convenciones del Wyndham Río Mar en Río Grande, Puerto Rico. Esta conferencia da la bienvenida a educadores de Puerto Rico y más allá, mientras exponen las últimas tendencias y mejores prácticas en tecnología educativa (EdTech), instrucción, práctica docente y aprendizaje del siglo XXI. Para más información, pueden visitar el siguiente enlace.Por favor suscribirse a La Trinchera con Christian Sobrino en su plataforma favorita de podcasts y compartan este episodio con sus amistades.Para contactar a Christian Sobrino y #PodcastLaTrinchera, nada mejor que mediante las siguientes plataformas:Facebook: @PodcastLaTrincheraTwitter: @zobrinovichInstagram: zobrinovichThreads: @zobrinovichBluesky Social: zobrinovich.bsky.socialYouTube: @PodcastLaTrinchera "La educación es la orientación del individuo hacia una comprensión del arte de la vida." - Alfred North Whitehead
Oral Arguments for the Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Michael Cobbs v. United States
Working on church staff might seem like wonderful, fulfilling work. Ideally it is, but there are times when it is challenging and even difficult.In this episode Dr. Cobbs relays a few ways to determine if working on church staff is the way to go. Taken from his new book, "The Supporting Cast: A Guide for Church Staff" listeners will hear:What questions to ask when considering a staff positionWhat has been Dr. Cobbs' most challenging part of being a church Exec?Websiteanthonycobbs.com
Send us a textEpisode 312: I Used My Boat Money to Start Tech My School with Robby CobbsWhat would you do if you saw an entire generation of students being left behind? Robby Cobbs saw the need for better technology, teacher training, and modern resources in Puerto Rican schools—and he took action. Instead of buying a boat, he used his savings to launch Tech My School, a nonprofit dedicated to equipping underserved schools with technology and empowering teachers to bring 21st-century learning to their students.In this powerful episode, Robby shares his journey from EdTech leader to nonprofit founder, the shocking state of education in Puerto Rico, and how Tech My School is bridging the digital divide.
We're pumped to have Christopher Cobbs as our guest! Christopher's story is one for the books. From singing church hymns as a kid to studying vocal music at the Oakland School for the Arts, he's been chasing his creative spark from the start. After earning his degree in Broadcasting at San Francisco State, he launched ItsCobbsProductions and brought some amazing projects to life—like the stage show The Gift and the web series Big Girl Blues, which landed on Keke Palmer's KeyTV this year. Oh, and did we mention he's also worked with Disney Streaming and the Golden State Warriors Studio? Talk about wearing a lot of hats! Christopher's all about creating art that inspires young people to dream big and go for it. Come hang out with us and hear from a guy who's making waves in entertainment. And doing it his way. Join BraveMaker's conversation hosted by Tony Gapastione and Priscilla Lam. Watch the weekly LIVE stream on BraveMaker YouTube. Follow BraveMaker on social media: Instagram TikTok Facebook #BraveMaker #BraveMakerPodcast #LIVEstream #Filmmaking #music #entertainment
Joey and I talk about how he and Demarcus Paul started Low Numbers and what's gone in to making events happen like the recent Borough Breaker Series on Billy Perry 's channel. Enjoy! Check them out - https://low-numbers.com/ Watch the Borough Breakers Series here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ewHxLNuc50U&list=PL13T1vcmplOnBKwU0fYXiEPmk1U8W7IVG --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/kanodeknows/support
In this insightful episode of the RISE Urban Nation podcast, host Taryell Simmons chats with Loren Cobbs, founder of SD Melanin, a community platform designed to celebrate and empower the Black community in San Diego. Loren shares her entrepreneurial journey, her career as a U.S. Diplomat, and her transition to becoming a marketing and brand strategy consultant. Throughout the conversation, Loren emphasizes the importance of creating spaces where Black people can experience joy, growth, and a sense of belonging.Episode Highlights:Loren's path from U.S. Diplomat to entrepreneur and community advocateThe story behind founding SD Melanin and its mission to create joy-filled, empowering events for the Black communityInsights into brand strategy, community organizing, and public relations for entrepreneursThe role of diversity, equity, and inclusion in business and personal growthCall to Action:Subscribe to the RISE Urban Nation podcast for more inspiring stories of Black entrepreneurship. Share this episode with your network and visit SD Melanin's website to learn about their upcoming events and community initiatives.Credits:Host: Taryell SimmonsGuest: Loren CobbsMusic by: Will MakerProduction team: RISE Urban NationFor more information, visit SD Melanin.#UniteUpliftIgnite #RISEUrbanNation #BlackEntrepreneurship #BlackJoy #CulturalEmpowerment Join the Movement with RISE Urban Nation Podcast
In this insightful episode of the RISE Urban Nation podcast, host Taryell Simmons chats with Loren Cobbs, founder of SD Melanin, a community platform designed to celebrate and empower the Black community in San Diego. Loren shares her entrepreneurial journey, her career as a U.S. Diplomat, and her transition to becoming a marketing and brand strategy consultant. Throughout the conversation, Loren emphasizes the importance of creating spaces where Black people can experience joy, growth, and a sense of belonging.Episode Highlights:Loren's path from U.S. Diplomat to entrepreneur and community advocateThe story behind founding SD Melanin and its mission to create joy-filled, empowering events for the Black communityInsights into brand strategy, community organizing, and public relations for entrepreneursThe role of diversity, equity, and inclusion in business and personal growthCredits: Host: Taryell SimmonsGuest: Loren CobbsMusic by: Will MakerProduction team: RISE Urban NationFor more information, visit SD Melanin.#UniteUpliftIgnite #RISEUrbanNation #BlackEntrepreneurship #BlackJoy #CulturalEmpowerment Join the Movement with RISE Urban Nation Podcast
Blues Radio International With Jesse Finkelstein & Audrey Michelle
Curtis Salgado performs live at the 2009 Blues Music Awards in Memphis on Edition 659 of Blues Radio International, with music from Willie Cobbs, Kid Andersen, Billy The Kid Emerson and Amanda Fish.Find more at BluesRadioInternational.net/
The new clubhouse at Oakland Hills Country Club in Bloomfield Hills, Mich. is taking shape, marked by a recent “topping off” ceremony celebrating the completion of the steel structure for the 110,000-sq.-ft. building. This milestone is part of a $104 million project, nearly two-and-a-half years after the original clubhouse was destroyed by a fire caused by a contractor mishap with a blowtorch. During the “topping out” ceremony, members and staff signed the final steel beam before placing it, following the tradition of placing an evergreen tree on top. The new clubhouse is scheduled for completion by spring 2026. The timing of the ceremony coincided with the U.S. Junior Amateur Championship and a visit from Tiger Woods, who supported his son Charlie in the tournament. The Ridgewood Golf Course in Parma, Ohio is poised for a significant upgrade with the construction of a new clubhouse and event center, set to begin in August. Representatives from Albert M. Higley Co., the construction manager-at-risk, announced at a Planning Commission meeting that they anticipate breaking ground on the $12.3 million project in the first or second week of the month. The new 11,400-sq.-ft. structure will offer both indoor and outdoor seating, an expanded bar and lounge area, and more than 160 parking spaces. The World Handicap System, governed by the USGA and the R&A, recently lowered the minimum length requirement. Now, courses measuring at least 1,500 yards for 18 holes or 750 yards for nine holes are eligible for rating. This adjustment allows golfers to post their scores in the World Handicap System. Previously, around 600 par-3 and short courses did not qualify for score submission to the World Handicap. Short courses represent a growing market, and the aim is to be more inclusive and attract as many scores and players as possible. Chris Byrd, Director of Golf at Cape Fear Country Club, mentioned that the par-3 course offers beginners and juniors a comfortable space to learn before progressing to larger courses. The new handicap rules enable them to post scores and track their improvement. And more!
On this week's issue of The Comic Section Podcast, the hosts cover a range of news, previews, and reviews from the entertainment world. Here's a detailed breakdown of the episode: Condolences 1. Bill Cobbs: - The episode begins with the hosts paying their respects to actor Bill Cobbs, known for his roles in "The Hudsucker Proxy," "Night at the Museum," and "Air Bud." Cobbs passed away at the age of 90. 2. Sika Anoa'i: - The hosts also pay tribute to Sika Anoa'i, a wrestling legend who was part of The Wild Samoans tag team. Anoa'i passed away on June 25 at the age of 79. News 3. ‘Street Fighter' Movie Release Date: - Sony Pictures has announced that the new "Street Fighter" movie, based on the popular video game franchise, will be released on March 20, 2026. The film had recently parted ways with directors Danny and Michael Philippou. 4. Green Lantern Series on HBO: - HBO has given a straight-to-series order for "Lanterns," based on the Green Lantern characters John Stewart and Hal Jordan from DC Comics. 5. Set Photos of James Gunn's Superman: - Filming for James Gunn's Superman is currently underway in Cleveland, Ohio. Local sightings have revealed David Corenswet as the Man of Steel and Edi Gathegi as Mr. Terrific in full costume. 6. Dr Disrespect Misconduct Allegations: - Turtle Beach has ended its partnership with streamer Guy Beahm, known as Dr Disrespect, following allegations of inappropriate communications with minors, which led to his 2020 Twitch ban. Coming Soon/Preview Segment 7. Trailers Previewed: - Netflix's "The Union": A new action-thriller series. - "Nosferatu": A reimagining of the classic horror tale. - "Batman: Caped Crusader": An upcoming animated series. Review Segment 8. Rigel's Reviews: - "Inside Out 2": Rigel shares thoughts on the sequel to Pixar's beloved animated film. - "Lisa Frankenstein": Rigel reviews this quirky new horror-comedy film. 9. Jason's Review: -"Trigger Warning": Jason gives an in-depth review of this new Netflix thriller. Tune in to this week's episode of The Comic Section Podcast for all these discussions and more, including the latest news, trailers, and reviews from the world of entertainment!
Popular soda brand Poppi is facing a class-action lawsuit filed by a consumer who says its products don't improve gut health as much as their marketing suggests. In a lawsuit filed in U.S. District Court in San Francisco, Kristin Cobbs said she purchased Poppi drinks on multiple occasions because of their labels, which say they are prebiotic sodas and feature the slogan, “Be Gut Happy. Be Gut Healthy.” But Cobbs later found that Poppi drinks contain only around 2 grams of prebiotic agave inulin fiber, which she said is insufficient to provide any real benefit. Cobbs cited research showing that consuming 7.5 grams of agave inulin daily for three weeks was insufficient to confer any meaningful prebiotic benefit. If consumers drink more Poppi, any prebiotic benefits would be outweighed by increased sugar consumption, the lawsuit said. Cobbs is seeking monetary relief for herself and similar customers. Austin, Texas-based Poppi said in a statement that it stands behind its products. “We are on a mission to revolutionize soda for the next generation of soda drinkers, and we have diligently innovated to provide a tasting experience that millions of people have come to enjoy,” the company said. “We believe the lawsuit is baseless, and we will vigorously defend against these allegations.” The Associated Press sent an email message seeking comment to Poppi, which is based in Austin, Texas. Poppi is one of dozens of brands in the exploding category of functional beverages, which claim to improve health and wellness. U.S. sales of prebiotic and probiotic drinks more than tripled last year, according to data compiled by consulting firm AlixPartners. This article was provided by The Associated Press.
Laurens Hammond Rev. Clarence Cobbs & the 1st Church of Deliverance Laurens Hammond filed for a patent on his musical machine. After Laurens got the company up and running, Hammond's Serial Number One went to a dealer in Kansas City, where it was used for years as a traveling demonstrator. The Hammond Organ was an immediate success, and before long, Churches, Theatres and Concert halls were humming to the Model “A”‘s sound. Rev. Clarence "Preacher" Cobbs, Pastor of 1st Church of Deliverance in Chicago, Illinois wanted something different, and procured a Hammond Organ to replace the piano at the request of Kenneth Morris. Rev. Cobbs was also one of the first African-American pastors to have his own radio show. He immediately began to use the Hammond Organ on his broadcasts, and it was a hit! In 1954, Hammond introduced the organ that secured the legend, the Model B-3. Its Chorus-Vibrato and Touch-Response Percussion™ made sounds that were totally new and fresh. Gospel churches embraced the Hammond B-3 like no one else. The Ministers of Music elevated Hammond playing to a level leaving even the most proficient artists shaking their heads in disbelief. •Please send Let's Talk: Gospel Music Gold an email sharing your thoughts about this show segment also if you have any suggestions of future guests you would like to hear on the show. Send the email to letstalk2gmg@gmail.com •You may Subscribe to be alerted when the newest episode is published. Subscribe on Spotify and we will know you are a regular listener. All 4 Seasons of guests are still live; check out some other Podcast Episodes •LET'S TALK: GOSPEL MUSIC GOLD RADIO SHOW AIRS SATURDAY MORNING 9:00 AM CST / 10:00 AM EST ON INTERNET RADIO STATION WMRM-DB Aired on iHeart Radio & Live365 •Both Podcast and Radio show are heard anywhere in the World! •NEW BOOK RELEASE! •Legacy of James C. Chambers And his Contributions to Gospel Music History •Available for purchase on Amazon.com --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/letstalk2gmg-ansonia/message
On this segment of "Real Talk", the Ring Gang crew weigh in on Broner vs Cobbs
Jeremiah Preisser is part owner/editor/writer/co-host for TheGruelingTruth.com, staff writer for Ring News 24 and a member of the Transnational Boxing Rankings Board. This week on The Last Round Boxing Podcast, the team reviews Blair Cobbs' victory over Adrien Broner, Preview Gervonta Davis vs. Frank Martin, Review Xander Zayas vs. Patrick Teixeira in New York, Preview Chris Billam-Smith vs. Richard Riakporhe for WBO Cruiserweight world title, Reaction to Ryan Garcia's arrest in Los Angeles, Possible bout between Manny Pacquiao and Mario Barrios, and much more. Find all things The Last Round: https://linktr.ee/TheLastRound Listen on YouTube: youtube.com/@TheLastRoundBoxingPodcast
This week on The PorterWay Podcast, Shawn, Antt, and Sean recap Adrien Broner vs. Blair Cobbs, Xander Zayas vs. Patrick Teixeira, Bruce Carrington vs. Brayan De Gracia, and more. Plus, the crew previews the PBC PPV on Prime Video doubleheader on June 15 headlined by Gervonta Davis vs. Frank Martin, and David Benavidez vs. Oleksandr Gvozdyk. The PorterWay Podcast is hosted by two-time welterweight world champion "Showtime" Shawn Porter alongside longtime friend and co-host Anthony Brenagh, and is produced by Ryan Hafey of Hafey Digital. **NEW EPISODES EVERY TUESDAY** WATCH A REPLAY OF THIS EPISODE ON YOUTUBE: https://youtu.be/igMp2Z06eZo SUPPORT THE PORTERWAY PODCAST BY BECOMING A PATRON: https://www.patreon.com/TPWP SHOP TPWP MERCH: https://theporterway.com/TPWP/shop/home SHOP SHAWN PORTER MERCH: https://shopshawnporter.com/ FOLLOW US: Instagram.com/theporterwaypod Twitter.com/ThePorterWayPod Facebook.com/ThePorterWayPodcast TikTok.com/@theporterwaypodcast Subscribe to The PorterWay Podcast wherever you listen to your favorite podcasts!
Reach out to me. I would love to hear your take!Interesting matchup to say the least between "AB" & "The Flair" who met in the ring in a crossroads type fight out in Florida.Cobbs continues his winning ways while Broner takes another defeat and leaves many wondering if he'll return or hang them up for good.Thank You so much for all of your continued support!Don't forget to follow me on Instagram @TOMATODITOSHOW where you can leave me a comment on the direct post corresponding to this episode.Also, you can reach out to me via X @TomaToditoShow.
On this edition of Ringside Reporter we preview the upcoming Tank Davis vs. Frank Martin fight. Does Frank Martin have a shot? We'll let you know. Should you bet the over? We got you covered right here. Ryan Garcia back in the news and Adrien Broner may have fought his last fight. All this and the latest news and rumors on this edition of Ringside Reporter.
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On this segment of "Real Talk", the Ring Gang crew weigh on Zayas vs Teixeira as well as Broner vs Cobbs
This week on The PorterWay Podcast, Shawn, Antt, and Sean recap the 5v5 tournament in Saudi Arabia headlined by Deontay Wilder vs. Zhilei Zhang and discuss what's next for the former heavyweight champion after his KO loss. Plus, we discuss the postponement of Jake Paul vs Mike Tyson, preview Xander Zayas vs Patrick Teixeira, dish out a dose of spiritual motivation featuring Braulio Lopez, and MORE. GET IN THE RING WITH SHAWN: https://www.classy.org/give/582034/#!/donation/checkout Donate to Braulio Lopez: http://givesendgo.com/christ4cuba The PorterWay Podcast is hosted by two-time welterweight world champion "Showtime" Shawn Porter alongside longtime friend and co-host Anthony Brenagh, and is produced by Ryan Hafey of Hafey Digital. **NEW EPISODES EVERY TUESDAY** WATCH A REPLAY OF THIS EPISODE ON YOUTUBE: https://youtube.com/live/nSNJvr91KpI SUPPORT THE PORTERWAY PODCAST BY BECOMING A PATRON: https://www.patreon.com/TPWP SHOP TPWP MERCH: https://theporterway.com/TPWP/shop/home SHOP SHAWN PORTER MERCH: https://shopshawnporter.com/ FOLLOW US: Instagram.com/theporterwaypod Twitter.com/ThePorterWayPod Facebook.com/ThePorterWayPodcast TikTok.com/@theporterwaypodcast Subscribe to The PorterWay Podcast wherever you listen to your favorite podcasts!
Podcast 255 - Cathy Cobbs - Reporting On Dunwoody For Over 20 Years What's Up Dunwoody wouldn't be the same without all the other Dunwoody news media publications around us. I've shared countless articles on social media that Cathy Cobbs has written over the years, and learned so much from her Dunwoody Reporter and now Rough Draft stories. She reached out to me a couple weeks ago about a story she was writing about my Facebook groups, and I talked her into recording another podcast with me. We get into all kinds of Dunwoody stuff, as she is an absolute wealth of knowledge after covering the city for 20 years!
Tobin sits down with Blair Cobbs as he previews his upcoming bout against Adrian Broner. We hear what it took to get to this moment, what he expects from the Bout and what his future plans are. Blair shares with us the most insane child hood story and the Young boxer
Dennis and Joey Cobbs announced their crowd-funded GOB idea to the world yesterday and figured we should all sit down to discuss it's origins, motivations, and goals. We also talk about Hucker a lot annnnd answer some outlanding hotline questions. Ways to support:https://www.patreon.com/LowNumbers/membershiphttps://account.venmo.com/u/dennisenarsonPaypal: @dennisenarsonDennis breakdown:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MjOWOAOK9KAThanks to Dales and Source BMX for supporting the Unclicked Podcast!https://oskarblues.com/daleshttps://www.sourcebmx.comInstant Microwave FuzzSketch Comedy Made in an instantListen on: Apple Podcasts SpotifySupport the Show.
Dennis and Joey Cobbs announced their crowd-funded GOB idea to the world yesterday and figured we should all sit down to discuss it's origins, motivations, and goals. We also talk about Hucker a lot annnnd answer some outlanding hotline questions. Ways to support:https://www.patreon.com/LowNumbers/membershiphttps://account.venmo.com/u/dennisenarsonPaypal: @dennisenarsonDennis breakdown:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MjOWOAOK9KAThanks to Dales and Source BMX for supporting the Unclicked Podcast!https://oskarblues.com/daleshttps://www.sourcebmx.com
The relationship between Pastor and church staff is one that is rarely mentioned and often overlooked. As a result, many leaders are unaware of what their staff experiences in the work space. Dr. Cobbs and Breakthrough Ministry Consulting is conducting research on church staff members to identify areas of strength and areas of growth to ensure high morale. This episode is a glimpse into the initial findings.
Americans overwhelmingly support gender equality. But not as many see themselves as feminists. Elizabeth Cobbs says that's because we don't know our history. Her latest book, “Fearless Women,” chronicles how the fight for women's rights began at the founding of our country, when Abigail Adams urged her husband to “remember the ladies” (and her plea was met with laughter), and continues through today. Cobbs argues that women's rights and democracy itself are intertwined, that as rights were afforded to women, the country itself became stronger. Each chapter of “Fearless Women” tells the story of women who fought for a new right: the right to learn, the right to speak in public, the right to own property, and the right to vote, among others. It is a timeline of feminism in America. This week, Cobbs joined host Kerri Miller on Big Books and Bold Ideas to talk about the freedom inherent in feminism, why it's not partisan — despite what some insist — and why many of the women she wrote about in her book have been overlooked by history. Guest: Elizabeth Cobbs is a historian and the Melbern Glasscock Chair in American history at Texas A&M University. Her latest book is “Fearless Women: Feminist Patriots from Abigail Adams to Beyoncé.”Subscribe to Big Books and Bold Ideas with Kerri Miller on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, RSS or anywhere you get your podcasts.Subscribe to the Thread newsletter for the latest book and author news and must-read recommendations.
Pelvic floor physical therapy is a treatment for men and women with problems related to the pelvic floor. This highly specialized therapy includes exercises that can help relieve symptoms like pain, discomfort, and disruptions to your quality of life. Kayla is a member of the Cullman Regional Therapy Services team and earned a Doctorate in Physical Therapy from University of South Alabama in 2018. She treats a variety of orthopedic conditions and she is working towards a Pelvic Rehabilitation Practitioner Certification (PRPC) from the Herman & Wallace Pelvic Rehabilitation Institute.
We celebrate Pro Day for the Boise State football program with two special guests - Bills wide receiver Khalil Shakir (live in studio for 35 minutes) and running back George Holani (on his impressive offseason and next month's NFL Draft), Bob recaps Pro Day performances from Beresford, Bowens and Cobbs in Bronco Focus, Sports Illustrated golf writer Bob Harig on his new Tiger Woods book, NFL changes kickoff rules and will play a Christmas doubleheader this yearSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
We celebrate Pro Day for the Boise State football program with two special guests - Bills wide receiver Khalil Shakir (live in studio for 35 minutes) and running back George Holani (on his impressive offseason and next month's NFL Draft), Bob recaps Pro Day performances from Beresford, Bowens and Cobbs in Bronco Focus, Sports Illustrated golf writer Bob Harig on his new Tiger Woods book, NFL changes kickoff rules and will play a Christmas doubleheader this yearSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
BRONCO FOCUS EVERY MONDAY-FRIDAY AT 3:45 P.M.: Bob Behler, the voice of Boise State athletics, joins Prater and Mallory to share his review of three former BSU football players who worked out for NFL scouts at Pro Day on campus Tuesday: Wide receiver Billy Bowens, offensive lineman Cade Beresford and wide receiver Stefan Cobbs.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
BRONCO FOCUS EVERY MONDAY-FRIDAY AT 3:45 P.M.: Bob Behler, the voice of Boise State athletics, joins Prater and Mallory to share his review of three former BSU football players who worked out for NFL scouts at Pro Day on campus Tuesday: Wide receiver Billy Bowens, offensive lineman Cade Beresford and wide receiver Stefan Cobbs.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Joining Julia and Kris for this episode are Mike O'Neill, Executive VP of Cobbs Creek Foundation, and Meredith Foote, Executive Director of the TGR Learning Lab. Learn more about the Cobbs Creek Golf Campus currently under development in West Philadelphia, PA. Completed in phases over the next three years, the Cobbs Creek Golf Campus will serve the academic, athletic, and social-emotional needs of the youth of Philadelphia. The original Cobbs Creek Golf Course has been an important part of Philadelphia's history in its contribution to equal rights and encouraging diversity in the sport for more than 100 years, and now it is being transformed into a key component of a new model for introducing new players to the game, recreation, education, sustainability, and community.
In Episode 84, host Dr. I. David Daniels speaks with Dr. Andrea Holman about the concept of “Cultural Mistrust.” Cultural mistrust is a feeling of suspicion toward people from a culture that is perceived as dominant. It can be caused by the lived experience of being treated in a way that the target of the behavior perceives as threatening or harmful. Cultural mistrust can also be described as the tendency to distrust others in personal, institutional, or social contexts. Most of the research into this concept has focused on Cultural mistrust as an adaptive attitudinal stance in which a person of color is suspicious and guarded toward European Americans, particularly European American authority figures. It is adaptive in that if one accepts the contention that the current social paradigm is inherently racist, then a person of color cannot assume that a European American person has his or her best interests at heart. This attitudinal stance was first described in William Grier and Price Cobbs's classic book, Black Rage. Grier and Cobbs called this survivalist stance cultural paranoia. Many writers later changed the term to cultural mistrust to emphasize that it is an adaptive strategy rather than a form of psychopathology. Dr. Holman researched the concept and utilized what she learned as an academic, psychologist, and DEIB Senior Manager. In this conversation, she shares her understanding of the concept and her thoughts about how it impacts how people show up at work and how the workplace can be designed and managed as a safe place and space for all.
Despite limited opportunities, Patrick Cobbs was a key member of the Miami Dolphins offense and special teams from 2006-2010, contributing to a backfield led by Ricky Williams and Ronnie Brown. Cobbs enjoyed his most significant success during the team's famed Wildcat run of 2008. Contributors to this episode include Sevach Melton and Dolphins Productions. Theme song created and performed by The Honorable SoLo D. The Fish Tank is Presented by iHeart Radio.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Brune and Colin are joined by Cobbs to talk about his new-look running back room, heading into year two with Eric Morris, and more! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
This SATURDAY we chat about getting nominated for BEST podcast (thank you sm), skating injuries, Cobbs bread, heated socks, Stanleys, Taylor Swift's carbon footprint, foot long desserts, what your hair flip says about you, types of tap water, Temu, A24, Saturbae Suggestions and so much more! xoxo Tash & Ro VOTE FOR US! Faces Magazine Awards 2024 (scroll down until you see “Podcast”): https://facesmag.ca/awards/#/gallery?group=473037 #itsaturdaypod No Days Wasted - Use code “itsaturdaypod” to receive 15% off! (https://nodayswasted.ca/) Listen & subscribe: https://linktr.ee/itsaturdaypod Instagram & Tiktok: @itsaturdaypod Disclaimer: Opinions expressed here are solely our own and do not express the views or opinions of our employers.
Welcome to another empowering episode of the Black Wealth Renaissance Podcast! In Episode 211, we delve into the remarkable journey of Chris and Erika Cobb, the founders of Chosen Agency. From the streets of Hartwell, Georgia, and the world of engineering to the bustling insurance sector, the Cobbs' story is a vibrant canvas of ambition, adaptability, and entrepreneurial brilliance. Join us as we explore how this power couple transformed their challenges into a groundbreaking online insurance agency, redefining the norms of life insurance sales and setting new benchmarks in the digital age. Chris and Erika Cobb's inspiring narrative is a testament to the power of partnership, innovation, and relentless pursuit of financial independence. Key Moments 1:41 - Guest Introduction: Meet Chris and Erika Cobb and learn about their backgrounds and unique journey into life insurance. 8:50 - The Journey Into Insurance: Discover how Chris and Erika started selling insurance door-to-door and their strategic pivot to social media marketing. 18:10 - Financial Struggles and Triumphs: Uncover the financial challenges they faced during their initial phase and their breakthrough to significant revenue milestones. 24:00 - Understanding Insurance Sales: Dive into the intricacies of how insurance agents make money and the dynamics of sale splits in the industry. 33:58 - Building Chosen Agency: Hear about the Cobbs' transition from working within an agency to establishing their own and overcoming hurdles. 37:48 - Term vs. Whole Life Insurance: Explore the differences between Term and Whole Life insurance policies and the misconceptions surrounding them. 43:30 - Questions to Ask When Buying Insurance: Delve into the important questions consumers should ask before purchasing life insurance and the DIME method for determining coverage. 51:42 - Life-Changing Impact of Life Insurance: Discuss how life insurance transformed the Cobb family's life and their perspective on wealth. 56:08 - Standing on Business (Sponsored by PSBS): Focus on business acumen and development sponsored by PSBS. 1:01:41 - Closing Questions: Wrapping up the episode with engaging questions that delve deeper into the Cobbs' future goals and personal insights. Don't forget to subscribe, rate, and review the Black Wealth Renaissance podcast! Your support and feedback help us grow and bring more enriching content to you. Stay tuned for more episodes where we blend urban insights with financial expertise. Leave Us A 5 Star Rating & Review ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ If you're interested in advertising on the Black Wealth Renaissance podcast, please email podcast@blackwealthrenaissance.com for further inquiries.
Tom Sawyer, former owner and manager of the famous Cobbs Comedy Club in San Francisco, sits down with Bridget to discuss what it takes to make a career in stand up. They talk about how Tom got into the business, how he started booking and producing comedy shows, his tips for success to all bookers out there, what his biggest mistake as a comic was, how he built Cobbs into the success it became, how to recognize that you won't make it as a comic, the dysfunctional lifestyle, the truth about bombing, and his perspective on women in comedy. They also cover people who are intent on self-destruction, people who can handle the success the achieve or not, the dangers of comedy, his tips for a successful audition, why the audience is rooting for you, why you should always be evolving both as a person and as a comic, how he got into voice acting, the other careers that comedy can lead you to, and why comedy is on fire right now. Sponsor Links: AG1 - https://bit.ly/AG1-WiW Babbel - https://bit.ly/babbel-wiw Patriot Gold - Call 888-614-9238 Shopify - https://bit.ly/shopify-wiw The Jordan Harbinger Show - https://spoti.fi/3LhJBTP Progressive Insurance - https://pgrs.in/3Dp5ZIW We Are Not Journalists Podcast - https://spoti.fi/3R0a0bZ Pluto TV - https://bit.ly/WiWPlutoTV
This week on the podcast, Darian and Steve are joined by Know Rivalry's Joe Cobbs. Know Rivalry is a research project by Northern Kentucky University and University of Massachusetts that studies rivalries in sports. Joe discusses how they came up with the idea to study the data, what makes a strong rivalry and more. You can take the survey by joining to knowrivalry.com. Follow Darian and Steve on Twitter @StuffSomersSays and @SteveSamspell. Visit the website at StuffSomersSays.com. Join the newsletter today. Go buy Stuff by visiting StuffSomersSays.com/TheStuff
It's Thursday and it's time for our Snake Draft and since it's Holiday Party season we will draft our favorite Cocktails! We also talk to Kellan Cobbs the Head Football Coach of Granite Hills High School as they Won the CIF Championship in the San Diego Section Division II. Plus, as we do every Thursday we make our picks against the spread for Week 13 of the NFL. We continue talking about Random Memorabilia items that you would like to have. THE DUMP and SUPER CROSSTALK with MASON, KAP, GREG and CHRIS MORALES. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
It didnt get a lot of press a couple of months ago, but the restoration of the famed Cobbs Creek Golf Course is underway in Philadelphia. This public golf course was once one of the shining lights of public golf when it was designed and with Gil Hanse and Jim Wagner on their dozers, I wouldnt bet against Cobbs Creek becoming a beacon for how cities can embrace their public golf courses. What gets lost in this big story is how the dreams of two men (Cirba and Bausch) are about to come true. This is a story of how passion can overcome all odds.
In this episode, who were Bill and Lois Cobb? Friends and loved-ones of the Cobbs share their memories of Bill and Lois; we learn about their childhoods, their personalities, interests and more. Bill and Lois' daughters also share the challenges they have had in dealing with the murders and offer advice for others who may have to go through something similar. To see video of Bill Cobb's Elvis Presley show visit https://www.inforum.com/mandanmurders In Season 9 of the Dakota Spotlight true crime investigative podcast, host James Wolner will re-examine this recent case. His exploration is a personal one: He was working in Mandan at the time of the murders and joined the first police press conference, his first step into true-crime podcasting journalism. Follow along as Wolner re-examines the morning of the murders, the hunt for the killer, his arrest and trial. He'll seek to better understand the case and the killer's motive, and remember the lives of those slain. To read and see more about the Season, visit https://www.inforum.com/mandanmurders Support Dakota Spotlight by becoming a subscriber at https://inforum.com/subscribe Check out more true crime at The Vault - https://www.inforum.com/podcasts/the-vault email - jwolner@forumcomm.comFacebook: https://facebook.com/groups/dakotaspotlight
It's Boise State-Fresno State weekend - we have everything you need to get ready for Saturday night's late game, Bob with his four keys to a victory in Bronco Focus and B.J. Rains on what the game means for coach Andy Avalos in our weekly BNN Report, there's a strong stat disparity between the Broncos' top two wide receivers Eric McAlister and Stefan Cobbs - could that bite the Broncos in a future game, our college football Six-Pack of top weekend games, NFL Weekend storylines See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
The stage is set, the mic is on, and the cue is yours. In this episode, stand-up comic and voice actor Tom Sawyer shares his golden nuggets for aspiring voice talents hoping to benefit from the power of comedy. From the importance of having fun in the booth to taking a well-deserved break, and the power of belief in oneself, Tom is a reservoir of invaluable insights. We talk about standing out in a sea of talents, catching the ears of the right casting person, and the art of continuous learning. But remember, feedback is the breakfast of champions, and as Tom says, it's all about enhancing your performance. Get ready, it's showtime! About Tom Tom Sawyer ran lengendary San Francisco comedy club, Cobb's for over 30 years. After stepping away from the comedy business, Tom was encouraged to explore voice acting by after famed comedian and voice actor Carlos Alazraqui (Rocco's Modern World, the Taco Bell Chihuahua) who knew Tom was an excellent celebrity impersonator. Tom signed with JE Talent in San Francisco and Aperture Talent in Los Angeles in 2017, and the rest is history. https://kitcaster.com/tom-sawyer/ 0:00:01 - Announcer It's time to take your business to the next level, the boss level. These are the premier business owner strategies and successes being utilized by the industry's top talent today. Rock your business like a boss, a V-O boss. Now let's welcome your host, Ann Gangusa. 0:00:20 - Anne Hey everyone, welcome to the V-O Boss podcast. I'm your host, Anne Ganguzza and today I am super excited to be here with very special guest actor, comedian, entrepreneur oh my God, the list goes on Tom Sawyer. Tom ran the legendary San Francisco Comedy Club Cubs for over 30 years booking legendary greats, and this list just goes on and on, but I'll give you just a few of them Jerry Seinfeld, dana Carvey, Bob Saget, Jim Carrey, Rita Rudner, Joe Rogan, Sarah Silverman and the list just goes on. He stayed on as a booker until 2012 and then ultimately stepped away from the comedy business. After that, he was encouraged to explore voice acting by famed comedian and voice actor Carlos Ellsrocki, a good friend of his. He signed on with JE Talent in San Francisco and Aperture Talent in LA in 2017, and the rest, they say, is history. But boy, we've got a lot of history I'd like to talk to you about, tom. Thank you so much for joining us and welcome. Thank you for having me. Oh, it's my pleasure. So, gosh, there's so many things I want to start with. I mean the first tell. You have such a large history of comedy, so, of course, I'm sure a very common question you get asked is were you a funny kid, or have you always loved comedy? What is it that drew you to comedy? 0:01:44 - Tom Well, yeah, I was the kid in the back of the class making all the other kids laugh, so that was where I started and I always did impressions. So when I was a kid I was doing Don Adams from Get Smart and Ed Sullivan and Richard Nixon and you know, it's probably a little weird seeing an eight-year-old doing Richard Nixon but that's what I was doing. When I was very young I realized I could do voices and never stopped and that's what kind of led me to voiceover when I got out of the comedy club business. 0:02:15 - Anne But boy, there was a long history of being in the comedy business. I label you as entrepreneur 20 times over because I think just following that passion of yours and then ultimately opening up a club that literally was just famed and just housing some of the comedy greats. Tell me a little bit about that history. I mean, that is just so, so fun and impressive. 0:02:36 - Tom Yeah, actually, I went to San Francisco to become a stand-up comic and there were all these clubs, the Punchline and the Holy City Zoo and the other cafe. They were very packed all the time and getting stage time there was next to impossible. Or you'd get on at one o'clock in the morning in front of a very tired, very small, very drunk audience. And then there was this little. 0:02:55 - Anne Sometimes that helps, I'm not sure Mostly doesn't, oh okay. 0:03:00 - Tom But there was this little club in the Marina District in San Francisco called Cobb's Pub and they were trying to do comedy there and there was no audience, but there was stage time. You could get on stage there. In fact, sometimes you couldn't get off stage because there was no one there to take over, so you had to stretch, stretch and that was terrifying sometimes. Especially if you're the third or fourth comic going, hey, where are you from? And the audience goes we all know where we're from, so stop asking. 0:03:29 - Anne That's so funny. I just wanted to say that a lot of my actor friends I feel like being on that comedy stage is like a rite of passage almost, and it's probably I would think one of the toughest things to do is to stand on stage like that and try to make people laugh. I mean, that's just to me it's comedy without a net. Yeah, exactly. 0:03:48 - Tom And the thing is it's like you're stuck there, literally. You have an allotted time that you have to perform and they give you 10 minutes. You have to do 10 minutes, doesn't matter if it's horrible right from the word jump, you're on stage for those 10 minutes. That's the time you have to do and that's one of the things you learn right away is like if you get on stage early. you're not going to get back on stage. So you have to go through the rite of passage of bombing, and I've seen comics bomb from Paula Poundstone, kevin Meany, kevin Nealon, the list goes on and on. Every comic has bombed. But even later on you get in front of an audience that just doesn't dig you. 0:04:27 - Anne And again, nowhere to go. You can't run off the stage. 0:04:31 - Tom You're mean, I get that. 0:04:38 - Anne And it's funny because I literally I just went to a comedy club a couple of weeks ago and I was thinking about that, like what do you do? I mean, they are there until the next comedian is called on stage. And it feels interesting as being a part of the audience, because a lot of times I think, as the audience, you are part of maybe not part of the act, but it's very interactive, it's very back and forth and engaging because, of course, you're trying to make us laugh. 0:05:02 - Tom Yeah, you have to communicate to the audience without really engaging the audience, because you're the boss on stage, you're kind of like the crowd master and you're crowd control and entertainment at the same time. And because comedy, some people feel like, oh, I'm going to be as funny as the comic. 0:05:22 - Anne And that's when things get really sideways. 0:05:24 - Tom You're there to be entertained. Sit back, relax and leave the talking or the driving to the person with the microphone. So you got some stage time on Cobbs and and then I realized that I just kept seeing these shows that weren't very good. The guy who was booking the club at the time wasn't doing a great job, and I was a big fan of stand up as well. So I started thinking about what I would do instead, and then I started telling the owner at the time first owner of Cobbs. I was telling him you know, here's what I would do differently, and then I could tell him at the beginning of the show how the show was going to fail. And then he was started realizing that everything I was saying was happening and he went what do I get to lose? We're doing horrible business. And so he gave me the job of booking and from there I started getting the people I really, really like to perform and it started going great and we went from being like about 20% capacity to 90% capacity in about a year. 0:06:23 - Anne So let me ask you a question that, to me, is very interesting how do you get, at the time, the talents that you booked? I mean, they were big names. Were they big names then? And how did you get them to book? I mean, that's a skill, right? It's something that we do in our businesses every day, right? We've got to try to get clients to like us and to work with us. So how did you do that? Did you have a secret? 0:06:42 - Tom Yeah, my secret was I paid really well. 0:06:45 - Anne Okay, okay, that's a good piece. 0:06:48 - Tom My biggest competition, which was twice the size of our club. We were out paying that Because we decided that the most important thing was getting butts in the chairs and the only way to do that was having acts that actually brought an audience. So the only way to do that was to offer these guys more of an opportunity to make more money. So we would give them a percentage of the door and say, hey, the more people come to see you, the more you're gonna make. And because of that we had people that would call up and go, hey, I'm gonna be on the Tonight Show in six weeks with Johnny Carson, do you have anything open? And I would move stuff around and get them in there and then I would get a Tonight Show plug or a Letterman plug or Arsenio Hall. At the time and that was kind of my thing was I'm gonna pay everybody. Really well, so everybody could. Percentage of the door. In the early days before all the big agencies came in, sure, and remember this was at a time where there were just like a couple agencies doing personal appearances for comedians. Comedians were pretty much on their own. They were doing their business themselves. So if I wanted Bob Sagan, I'd call Bob Sagan, so I get his number from another comic and everybody was kind of looking for each other and I would bring one comic in. They'd go, hey, you should book these guys. And I go, okay, great, and call them up. And they'd go, right, when can you give them me a date? And I'd give them a date. Plus, we flew people up and we put them up in the hotels. So we didn't personally make a ton of money. That wasn't my thing. My thing was having the best shows I could possibly have and making a name right. And making a name for the club? 0:08:24 - Anne Absolutely, and that's interesting because, again, I like to talk about the entrepreneurial business side of what we do as creatives and freelancers, and there's a lot of thinking outside the box and also recognizing the value of the talent, that if you wanna put out great work, then you wanna hire a talent that's amazing and great and pay them fairly and absolutely. And so talk to me a little bit about the networking aspect. I mean, the cash is a good draw, but you also had to communicate effectively, I would say, to really book these talent. 0:08:58 - Tom Well, the thing that separated me from everybody else, besides being generous with the money that was brought in, was that I knew what they were going through, no matter what it was going on on stage. If they were dealing with a heckler, I'd gone through that as a comedian. If they were bombing, I knew that pain, so I could empathize with them, I could be their counselor, I could give them advice. I looked at it like I wasn't really a good comedian, and mainly that was because I wasn't true to who I am personally. So my mantra after that was be yourself. 0:09:32 - Anne I love that. 0:09:33 - Tom Yeah, that's who I wasn't. I was trying to fit in and have everybody like me and that really affected the quality of my stand up because I wasn't being true to me. So that was my mantra to everybody be yourself. Because nobody can take that away from you. 0:09:49 - Anne That's so interesting because I never ventured into comedy myself. However, I find that people find me the most funny when I am being my dorky self and I'm making mistakes and I'm just being oops, sorry, and I think in voiceover as well. I wanna talk more about that. I think it's all about being authentic and being yourself and that's really, I think, what connects you to people and engages you to people and endears you to people. 0:10:14 - Tom Yeah, I think it's really important when you get a job, and especially if it's somebody you want to get more bookings from play around, have fun. I mean, I booked a video game and the first thing we did we went through several of the lines I had to do and then we went through all those and I just did just the lines, basically no acting or anything like that and they went. Yep, that's about it. I went great, thank you. 0:10:33 - Anne Love it, love it, bye, bye. 0:10:35 - Tom So everybody started laughing. It loosens everybody up and that's really it's just. Don't be a pain on the ass. Realize that you're always learning. They're always learning. Everybody's a professional too, and so be courteous and nice and smart and be entertaining. You are the talent, so show some talent as a professional as well. 0:10:53 - Anne Show some talent. I love that. So talk about in the transition while booking talent. So you did that for a very long time, I mean 30 years, and so, wow, I mean, was there a point? I mean, were you just so busy for 30 years Did you think about voiceover? Was that a thought in your head or something that you would do, or you just were completely. You loved running the club and booking talent. 0:11:18 - Tom Prior to moving to San Francisco, I lived in Florida, lived in Sarasota, Florida, and I did a lot of theater there. That's why, I fell in love with theater and acting. You know, I always thought like, oh, stand up might be a good gateway to getting into acting, but then I got into the business end of it. So I didn't really think about it until I got out and I didn't know what I was gonna do. And I was talking to Carlos and he said dude, you do so many voices and stuff. You'd be great at voice acting. Cause I've always done impressions, never stopped doing impressions. In fact I would teach other people like Kevin Pollack or something, if they had an oppression and they couldn't figure it quite out. They were doing it but they weren't quite right. We'd kind of jam and help them get there, or they would help me get there and we'd all do our really weird outside the box impersonations. You'd have to spend five minutes explaining who that guy is Right right right. 0:12:07 - Anne So you can't do that one. 0:12:09 - Tom But for comics, we love doing those, especially impersonators, impressionists, we love doing those for other impersonators. It was kind of like our jazz moment, you know, where you get to jam behind the scenes with another musician. 0:12:20 - Anne Absolutely. 0:12:21 - Tom So Frank Calliendo, I had the club, and Dana Carvey, of course, was the master of the not perfect impression, but getting the perfect funny it didn't matter, that's what his genius is. Bye, you know, is finding the perfect funny to any voice. And then Tom Kenny played. The club started at Cobbs as well Again, the guy who did so many crazy voices. It was another inspiration for me to move there, and every once in a while I talked to him, cause I'll get a audition for something that I know is directing or in, so I go heads up and he's going dude. I have nothing to do with casting, you know sometimes they cast people and I'm scratching my head. So yeah, but I'll put in a good word for you. 0:12:58 - Anne So Well, hey again, networking totally helps. Now comedy skill. I think comedy is a skill and art form. What are your thoughts on that? 0:13:07 - Tom I mean cause, oh, absolutely. 0:13:08 - Anne Yeah, it's not something that I can go on a stage and execute. 0:13:11 - Tom Yeah, it's like anything else I personally believe. my philosophy is we all have a gift somewhere along the line. We might not be in a position ever to know what that gift is, but we all have a gift and sometimes there are people out there have more than a couple fair, but there's also people who just don't ever find theirs. And I think that the idea is you know to try to discover who you are and your strengths, weaknesses. Stay away from those weaknesses and hurdle towards your strengths, you know, and don't get locked up into one thing to always be on the road to discovery. 0:13:42 - Anne I guess I want to ask you first of all about once you got into voice acting and then was it like you were always wanting to book a certain genre because you've had lots of characters inside of you that wanted to come out? Or did you find any of the genres outside of character Interesting, because I'm a believer that you're a character in just about everything you do, even if you're doing e-learning. 0:14:05 - Tom Yeah, I always try to find a person, even when it's just one of those hey, you're a dad, or hey, you're a regular guy. Or I just had an audition yesterday where you're just a regular father, you know it's regular. But the line said something else, you know. So I gave one as what they were saying and then one. That's what I felt the lines were doing. It was a subtle difference, but it was a difference that maybe whoever put this together wants to see. If somebody figured it out, or they didn't know that's where they were going and they don't know. Sometimes they don't even know until they hear it. So give them what you think they want, and then give them what they say they want. 0:14:39 - Anne So interesting. I guess I would talk to you then about writing right, especially now that you've transitioned in voice acting and you're given a script right, or you're given an audition and finding the humor. Sometimes there's subtleties in that humor, sometimes it's obvious. Are there telltale signs to look out for? And then, once you do see it, is there a specific way that you feel it should be performed? Should it be performed in the obvious way? Or maybe, if you wanna capture the ear of the casting director, you do something different? 0:15:08 - Tom Well, I think you know what you do with a couple takes is you do the one that's on the page and then you do the one that where you think they go or where you can go with it to show what you can bring to the party. I always like to find the humor in something, especially if it says it's humorous, you know, and then play around with it and add a little bit, do a little improv with it, find a little spontaneity into there, or sometimes I'll even rewrite a line, cause I think it's kind of like flat, so I'll make it a little funnier. A punchier. 0:15:36 - Anne Okay, now that gives me a segue into a question In terms of with the script, in terms of improv right For an audition, are you improving in the audition and or improving the line, and at what point do you feel that people may go too far if you're completely rewriting, or do you think that's offensive maybe? 0:15:54 - Tom I think you have to be pretty subtle in rewriting. I think you do run the risk of people going why do I bother sending you a script? Cause you're adding all this stuff to it. So you pick and choose your moments. You know I've done that before, I've added jokes. But I'll listen to it again and go okay, that's a little too much. Plus, I want to have them. I don't want the person thinking after the third one, is he gonna go back to the script or what you know. So I wanna pick and choose my moments and make sure that I think of the funniest, the ones that have the most oomph. You want them to land, and so era on the side of too few than too many. 0:16:33 - Anne Let's talk about character development for you, especially because you're an impressionist. So how can you take, let's say, and you don't necessarily wanna have a character that's just after a particular person, but you wanna develop it into your own character. Is there a formula or a process for that, in terms of developing new characters? 0:16:51 - Tom Well, I have a book of all the impersonations I do, well, a book with the impersonations I do. And then I have like one that's like the ones I do pretty right on, and the ones I do that are just kind of soft. I don't really have it down, but that's great because it's a character. 0:17:07 - Anne Do you have a number for that? Somebody wants to have how many characters in their arsenal, how many to build off of. 0:17:13 - Tom Every day that I can figure out how to do a different celebrity or something like that. I write it down in the book Cause it comes to you sometimes. I mean, when I figured out how to do Robin Williams, it just was an accident. It's one of those things where you find a word and all of a sudden. Then you find a place in your throat and you're doing it and you can't stop. 0:17:32 - Anne It's crazy so it just never stops. I love it, I love it. 0:17:37 - Tom So one day I did Robin for Robin and that didn't go so well, apparently I didn't know he doesn't like his voice, apparently being impersonated. You didn't like that. No, it's really a very awkward Cause. I thought it'd be a lot of fun. 0:17:50 - Anne Yeah, and that's interesting because I'm curious about that. You know, celebrities like their voices impersonated, or now we've got a whole another, a whole another digital thing to be thinking about, when voices might be impersonated or turned into right With synthetic voices. But that might be another podcast. 0:18:10 - Tom That's a little scary. 0:18:11 - Anne That's a scary one, absolutely. 0:18:13 - Tom The thing about it is is like the flaws, like, let's say, go back to Dana Carvey, cause again there aren't many that he does right on, he'll leave me be the first to admit it. He's not like somebody like Frank Caliendo, who's just like amazing. He's verbatim, you can hear the voice. He's somebody who can do a sound alike. Dana could never do a sound alike, but he gets people's caricature down. That's the thing is it's like, and that's kind of what makes it funny is the imperfections is going up, finding those words. I just, you know, I used to do Bruce Stern and a lot of people kind of forgot who he was, and then one day I just was doing it for somebody to just start laughing Cause they didn't even remember who that Bruce Stern was. But it's just his voice is funny, you know, cause he has a kind of voice like that and it's very inquisitive either. Everything goes up at the end Doesn't make a darn gosh darn bit of difference, and not sometimes he gets crazy. But and so you find those little imperfections actually make a character and make it really funny. That's what I like to do. You know, I did a animation pilot and it was like a hippie character and I was going through a bunch of voices with a writer cause they booked me and they didn't feel like they wanted to do something different with it. They said what can you do? And I was going through my book and I started doing Nick Nolte and they loved it and then you ended up going with that over what they originally had, with me doing it. 0:19:37 - Anne So I love how you have a book with everything written down. Now, do you also have audio files that go along with that, so that you can help yourself get into words? 0:19:45 - Tom Yeah, I have one where it's all my impressions, so that way I can go back. And how do I do that? One Cause I don't practice them all the time. Cause. 0:19:54 - Anne I have life. 0:19:55 - Tom So, and I don't want to be walking around talking to myself, of course, of course. Man, it's got so many voices. 0:20:00 - Anne So are you writing down then the name and then you write down the qualities of the characteristics or how you get into it. Is it a kick phrase? Maybe that gets you into the character. 0:20:10 - Tom Well, there's certain words, for example, you know, I came up with for Christopher Walk and I came up with the word pantaloon being the perfect Christopher Walken word. I'm thinking cowbell but that's yeah, cause. Well, that's, this is before cowbell yeah, before cowbell. 0:20:26 - Anne But pantaloon automatically gets me there. I love it. I love it Cause I say it. 0:20:33 - Tom I can't help but do more. Christopher Walken, who doesn't like a nice pair of pantaloons? 0:20:43 - Anne I love it. I love it. 0:20:44 - Tom Cause you want your calves exposed. So yeah, and then with Kurt Douglas, it was horse, oh Horse, okay, I'm going to read my horse. If I say horse, I go into Kurt Douglas Well. 0:21:01 - Anne I think there's something always so obviously so entertaining, but something that just draws people to comedy. What are your thoughts about this crazy, chaotic world that we live in today, and where does comedy sit now, I mean, in terms of how important is it? 0:21:17 - Tom I think comedy is as important as it ever was. And it's in a weird place right now, cause I think a lot of people are reacting to people saying words and there's a lot of people getting offended easily and comedy is not for those folks that have thin skin, both sides of it. I find it funny that I think a lot of comics right now have thin skin as far as getting some criticism back, cause it's also about growth. What was funny in 1970, if you listened to comedy in 1970 or the 80s, it's not as funny now. In some of it's just not funny at all. We grow, we expand, we move on, and to me, that's what's great about comedy is it's about adapting. You're always adapting. You're always growing, as you should be as a person. So to me, if you're moving the ball forward constantly in your life, you're gonna be a better person than you were 10 years ago. So why not take that to comedy? Absolutely, the things that were funny like 15, 20 years ago are real cringy right now, and it's not because they weren't funny back then. They were. It's the same reason I get upset with people who go back like 20 years and go. I can't believe you said that back then. 0:22:28 - Anne Well, back then that wasn't offensive. 0:22:30 - Tom Exactly, we didn't find that offensive back then. Now we've all grown up and we've all moved on a bit and we understand that's not the same. But don't punish me for something that was okay Back then. Mark Twain, who wrote a famous book about a guy named Tom Sawyer, had a lot of cringy stuff in his books. There's still masterworks of literature, but those were the times. We have to accept. That's where those books came and there were a reflection of those times. Same way we would stand up. So to me it's just about. Everybody just needs to grow up. Everybody needs to understand where everybody was back then and where they are now and be better for them. 0:23:06 - Anne Yeah, yeah. Do you find that you miss owning a comedy club or booking talent or having that in your life? 0:23:12 - Tom I miss working with young comics. That's the thing I miss the most and it was actually when I started. The last version of Cubs when it exists now, because it's a 400-seat room has really amazing acts, but they're much bigger acts and they generally bring their own acts with them, and comedians who can bring their own acts generally don't bring really really great acts because they don't want to have to work as hard. I would make comics work hard because I would have really good acts going on before them. Sure, so they have to try to continually stand tall, so they had to keep their game. My thing was like Interesting strategy. I like that yeah yeah, absolutely Nobody could coast. And then later on it was comics they would bring in. I didn't think they were as talented as some of the people I could book with these guys, and so I wasn't really working with the comics anymore as much as I used to, and so that's one of the things about smaller room is you can get to work with younger comics and you get to tell them the dos and the don'ts and hopefully guide them to a path where they can be their best selves on stage. Sure, that part I miss. 0:24:14 - Anne And actually, speaking of that, what sort of advice would you give to voice talent out there that want to continually up their game and stay on top of the voiceover game, because, boy, it's competitive out there, super competitive. 0:24:27 - Tom It's crazy, it's crazy. 0:24:29 - Anne Like just as I'm sure it was in comedy and being in the club. It's such a mental game a lot of the times too. 0:24:34 - Tom Yeah, the nice thing about voiceover having been a stage actor very early in my life is you don't see the person who you're auditioning for, so you don't see that look, as soon as you hit the stage, that you've already lost your audition. You're not the person they're looking for, and that's so disheartening sometimes so at least you go into every audition with this could? 0:24:56 - Anne be the one. 0:24:57 - Tom And I love auditioning, so I love going into another character or finding something I haven't found before, or even sometimes there's a couple of characters I do that I think, oh man, this one is definitely gonna find a home someplace. It's just a matter of getting in front of the right casting person hearing it. So I'll bring out those guys every now and then, when it's the right opportunity for those characters, cause they're like they're my buddies. I want them to succeed. Yeah, I think just have fun in the booth is the main thing, and if you need to take a break, tell your agent I need to take a break. I mean, I talked to other voice actors and it gets a little depressing. Everybody came in this business thinking that everybody always said I should be in voice acting and everybody always said this is what I should be doing and I did it and nothing's happening. 0:25:43 - Anne Yeah, what's your advice for that? Because that becomes like a mind game. It becomes like oh my God, I've done all this work, what else can I do? I mean, what would you suggest in terms of getting work? It seems like the question I get most often as a coach is like so all right, I've got this great demo now and had this great coaching, and so now, where's the work? How do I get the work? Or how do I stand out? 0:26:04 - Tom I think the thing about it is acting as a lottery. You're buying a lottery ticket is what you're doing. I mean, carlos Alice Rocky was a comic Lucky, had a job, state entertainment state creative, but it was getting the Taco Bell, chihuahua and all those people you auditioned from and he hit it, hit the lottery, you know so, and from there he's done so many other things. But when I say who Carlos Alice Rocky is, when I bring him up, I always go the Taco Bell, chihuahua guy and they go oh, I love that. So it's the same thing where you just go, my lottery ticket is gonna come and you're gonna believe in yourself. When you believe in your talent and talk to other people in the business too. Just do classes I think it's still a good idea to do, just as even a workout session. Plus, you get some inspiration from other people who have a different style, maybe that you see something in yourself or you bring out something in yourself you didn't know was there. So I would say, take a class every now and then network with other people who just to have support, just so, hey, I'm here for you when you're down on yourself, in the same way that if I need somebody to talk to and say, hey, I'm really kind of wondering what the hell I'm doing here. And they can talk you down from being sad or lift your spirits up and let you know you're really a talented person. That's why you got into this whole thing in the first place. 0:27:16 - Anne Yeah, I think that self-sabotage can happen to the best of us even. 0:27:20 - Tom And then sometimes you'll hear it in the reads. I mean, again, I'll go into a class and you can tell the person who's been beat down on pretty bad by themselves, mostly Cause do you have an agent? Yeah, do you have a demo? Yeah, well, you're doing all the right things and I think it's good to have an agent or two that are giving you good feedback or giving you feedback. 0:27:40 - Anne I was with an agency that way too many people. 0:27:43 - Tom The poop sticks agency you have 400 people that they represent and you just go. That's too many. I don't feel special when you're just going okay. You got a demo, you're in. So I think, being with a smaller agency, that's a little more hands-on. Both my agents give me feedback every time, even if it's just a nice job. Yeah, and because of that I feel like I'm better for it, because I already know if I see a script, I know exactly what kind of read in the ballpark I need to be, so that's what I'm gonna get back. I'm at the point now where I really get back oh, you need to do this, this is too much, and something like that. So it's always I recognize what I'm working with right away. I do it, get it out, get the feedback, forget about it. 0:28:26 - Anne That's what you gotta do. I think a lot of people really crave feedback in this industry because we are just in our studios, kind of just talking into our little four padded walls, and so a lot of times it's hard when you don't get feedback and it's interesting. 0:28:40 - Tom Yeah, especially if you don't have a partner in a relationship, you know where you can at least go hey, honey, what do you think of this? 0:28:47 - Anne Yeah, you can bounce it off. 0:28:48 - Tom I don't bother my wife with everything, but every once in a while, you know, I go. You know, what do you think of this? Or she'll hear me and she'll go. I need to hear the whole thing. She'll hear me in my booth screaming, you know. And then now she has to hear all the stuff I did in that character. 0:29:04 - Anne I love what you said about well, at least when you're in front of a stage, I can, you can get that reaction from the audience. You know that, if you've bombed or not already, and the fact that when you're in your studio you actually use the fact that you're not in front of an audience as a creative kind of positive outlook, that you can be creative and not have to face that which is so interesting from, let's say, somebody that doesn't necessarily or hasn't started from being on stage. They might've worked a corporate job and now all of a sudden they're getting into character acting, and so they don't have that perspective. So I really like that perspective of taking the challenge and I think the creativity has to be in your brain, your imagination. You have to imagine that character in that scene, which is so difficult for some people. Do you have any tips on how to really create a scene realistically while you're sitting here in your studio? 0:29:53 - Tom Yeah, I think the most important thing, especially when you get those video games where it's like one line, one line, one line, one line, five, one lines and they're like hey, don't touch that rock and you're going. How are these people going to book somebody based on five lines that are no more than 10 words for the longest one? and you're going, how am I gonna stand out in front of anybody? So you gotta kind of create a scene around those and those. I generally will write a bigger scene for the line and then because I'll have the line in there and I'll make sure that it doesn't bleed into the other words that I'm saying, but that gives me a little bit more emotional pop for that line. 0:30:35 - Anne Are you developing the characters that you're interacting with as well? 0:30:38 - Tom I know who I'm talking to. Yeah, so I might not have the character fully developed, but I know who I'm talking to. 0:30:44 - Anne Right, and what's happening in that scene? And what's happening, yeah, and you actually write that down. 0:30:48 - Tom I'll go on Word, I'll cut and paste the lines and then I'll put words around the line and highlight the line that is actually in it. So I have all the other words and a highlighted line to make sure I hit that one. But I know what's going on and I try to create more around it. 0:31:05 - Anne So how long would you say do you spend, let's say, analyzing and doing all that work? How long would you say you take for an audition to kind of do that creating the scene and writing that down before you go in and record? 0:31:17 - Tom It depends on my schedule and what I have to do and also how much I think something is really in my wheelhouse. I mean there's things you get where it's like I knock it out in 10 minutes because I really have a solid idea of what I'm gonna do with it and I go and do it and I listen to. It sounds good. With characters, though, with video games and animation, I really like to do as much as I possibly can. I remember I did this video game audition where the character was cockney. I called my dialect coach and we went through the whole thing together. It was like a class for me. I thought this was a good opportunity to have a little class on doing a cockney accent and I said can I book our session with you? And we just worked on the script I was auditioning for because I really I loved it and I really wanted to nail it and, regardless, I got a class out of it. So it did two things for me helped me learn, and I put that learning to immediate use. 0:32:11 - Anne Absolutely absolutely. 0:32:13 - Tom And again, that's a really good thing to do is have a network of people, find a good dialect coach, find people that are teachers or coaches that you can work with, that you can go to and use them when you need, when you're stuck or when you just need something. Had a Pixar audition that I did and the character was obviously somebody from Eastern Europe and I had a friend who's from Ukraine and we went through the script and she helped me with some of the pronunciations and I didn't book it but I really felt confident sending it in. 0:32:45 - Anne I really felt like I nailed it Exactly. I love that because you've gotten the worth out of it, whether you booked it or not. So that's the other thing. So when you really are excited about something and you do all that work and you feel like you nailed the audition, but then you didn't book it, thoughts on how to stop that from getting you all upset and, oh my God, that's it. 0:33:03 - Tom Well, it's sort of like you still have to go. This is out of my control. I have no idea what the other person at the other end is going through what they've got in front of them. If they end up going with somebody that they've already booked for something and they can give them another character because union rules and it's like you did a really good job, maybe even better than that person but they're already booked and they don't have to pay another person to do that voice. They can do up to three voices and not get a penny more. So they go. Let's just give them that, so you don't know all the little things that transpire for somebody to get that part over you. 0:33:35 - Anne Yeah, and I think it's important for people to understand that it doesn't necessarily reflect on a poor performance or a poor audition. 0:33:42 - Tom No, my agent is a very funny woman and my auditions who I'm getting in front of have escalated. I'm doing more Disney Pixar auditions and stuff like that and she just goes. You're feeling upwardly. 0:33:53 - Anne There you go. I love that. 0:33:56 - Tom Which I thought was hilarious, because we always think we're failing. We're not. We're all doing the best we can and we're all doing great auditions. But because I'm doing so well in my auditions, other casting people are getting interested, so I am getting in front of people that I didn't get in front of, like four or five years ago. 0:34:12 - Anne Awesome, that's awesome. So even if you don't book the job, you could be making an impression on someone that can get you maybe the next job or the job after that. 0:34:21 - Tom That's the idea. They go well. I really like that because you don't know, when I was booking COBS I would get DVDs and before that VHSs of comedians from around the country. We were very well known so I would get them from New York, boston, other parts of the country and they'd just pile up on my desk because it was excruciating for me at some times. So then at one point, when they were ready to fall over, I would just start watching them. In the beginning I would watch two or three minutes of somebody. Then it came down to just 30 seconds to a minute, because you know right away and that's how I'm sure it is for casting people. 0:34:56 - Anne You know right away if there's talent or if they were gonna be bookable absolutely or if they're right or wrong. 0:35:01 - Tom You might like them and you might wanna listen to the whole thing and you would go ah, they're just not quite right. I need a little bit of a younger voice. This is obviously somebody who's an older voice and I think it's really. I mean, I try to do what I can and have as much fun as I can, because there's gonna be probably 10 years down the road where this voice isn't gonna sound the same and I'll be doing grandpas and wizards. 0:35:22 - Anne So yeah, our voices do change as they age. I have experienced that myself. I certainly sound a whole lot different than I did 10 years ago. Well, well, this has been an amazing discussion, Tom. I so appreciate you taking the time and just dropping all these wonderful tips and tricks and words of wisdom for the boss listeners out there. 0:35:45 - Tom Yeah, yeah, have fun kids. That's the message. 0:35:47 - Anne There you go. I love that. So, bosses, I want you to take a moment and imagine a world full of passionate and powered, diverse individuals giving collectively and intentionally to create the world that they wanna see. You can make a difference. Find out more at 100voiceshoocareorg. And a big shout out to our sponsor, ipdtl. You, too, can network and connect with amazing people like Tom. Find out more at IPDTLcom. You guys have an amazing week and we'll see you next week. Bye. 0:36:18 - Outro Join us next week for another edition of VO Boss with your host, Ann Gangusa, and take your business to the next level. 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