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Never before would one have considered the inoffensive little cuckoo as a symbol of death, destruction, and parasitic infection. But thanks to writer-director Tilman Singer, now that's all you'll ever associate with them every time you think about those cute little birds, which I have to assume is at least once an hour. You know, like most normal people. Cuckoo is a movie that explores what it means to be part of a family as well as the potential consequences of what it might mean if another species of human beings evolved alongside our own. Two totally normal thoughts that most people grapple with at least once in the normal course of their lives. While historically, most people go cuckoo for Cocoa Puffs, in this episode your intrepid hosts go cuckoo for horror stuff, as the Reel Film Chronicles explores the meaning of life, the universe, and brood parasitism in our typically analytical and well-researched review of 2024's Cuckoo.Nathan's Full Review on CuckooCUCKOO (2024)directed by: Tilman Singerstarring: Hunter Schafer | Jan Bluthardt | Marton Csokas | Jessica Henwick | Dan Stevensruntime: 103 minutesOur Website: Reel Film ChroniclesOur Letterboxd Profiles: Brian | NathanNathan's Site: Feed the VoicesLetterboxd | IMDbepisode 89

Cultural critic and podcaster Ira Madison III (Pure Innocent Fun) discusses how popular culture has largely shaped his reality... a notion that is put to the test when he faces off with his favorite author (and surprisel guest) Chuck Klosterman in a quiz about Chuck's cultural manifesto Sex, Drugs, and Cocoa Puffs. Comedian Riki Lindhome, of the comedy folk duo Garfunkel and Oates, chats about writing "dirty" songs as a new mother, before performing a searingly hilarious tune on the hidden love triangle within The Sound of Music.

Get the brackets! https://bit.ly/4h9Hr7g Whiskeys: Blanton's Single Barrel Bourbon • Russel's Reserve 6 Year Rye • Speakeasy Bourbon • Bardstown Stave Finish Bourbon • Knob Creek Cask Strength Bourbon • Jack Daniel's Single Barrel Tennessee Whiskey • Elijah Craig Single Barrel Bourbon • Four Roses Single Barrel Bourbon OESV Madness: Anders and Gabe are back together again to help referee and judge the most exciting whiskey lineup we've ever collected! • Cow tails are little cream-filled buttholes of caramel • Apparently, “a new opened box of Cocoa Puffs” is a nosing note now • Are A and B the same thing? • Gabe is a good boy • Ed accuses Scott of purposely keeping Elijah Craig out of the tournament • Scott is not whelmed • I'm cooperating here! • #hotgreenapple • Ed got whiskey-[censor]ed by Billy at Benash • Four Roses fans are getting violent • Ed's Knob Creek is the freshest whiskey we've ever had (Scott's was fresher though) • Anders makes the Ants on a Log cocktail • Why Ed gets kicked out of Chinese restaurants • Blanton's Belligerence! Music Credits: Fight Back, Beast, Desperate, and Seeing All Red courtesy of Neffex | Link: https://www.youtube.com/user/neffexmusic • Sports News (acoustic version) by Sascha Ende | Link: https://filmmusic.io/song/351-sports-news-acoustic-version • Sports News 2 (acoustic version) by Sascha Ende | Link: https://filmmusic.io/song/353-sports-news-2-acoustic-version

Outstanding book that still holds up.

Approved Affection.Based on a post by FinalStand, in 13 parts. Listen to the ► Podcast at Explicit Novels. Brandy was unlocking the door when I put a hand on her elbow and strongly turned her around. Frustration morphed into confusion and blossomed into happiness as I exacted my promised minute make-out session. Even a colossal distraction as big as the Mayor's family implosion wouldn't keep me from my Brandy-time.Big Bob 'caught' us at it. The door had been opened and the AC was exiting the front door.‘Hands above the belt-line, Mr. Samsonov,' he grumbled in a friendly manner.‘Daddy,' Brandy pouted to her Papa. ‘He's behaving himself.'‘Are you behaving yourself around my daughter?' the Sheriff quizzed me.‘Sir, I'd rather go directly to the 500 hours of community service than answer that question; Sir,' I replied. Big Bob snorted. Brandy rolled her eyes, gave me one last peck then glided past her patriarch.‘I haven't see her that happy in a long time,' Big Bob spoke softly. ‘Whatever you are doing, be a gentleman about it.'‘Ugh; I'll do my best Sheriff Carson, but it's difficult,' I groaned. Bob laughed at me and my 'agony'.‘Take care, Vlad,' he gave one final nod before closing the door. I made a quick call to Mom to update her to our change in plans. Mikhail had beaten me to the punch. She understood I had to hand-off Brandy first, no harm / no foul. She asked me to hang out at Dominque's place for a while because she knew Mr. Malik was a devious, lying rat-bastard and believed he would sweet talk his daughter into letting him back into his wife's proximity.I mulled over handing her the Malik family secret. I trusted Mom. More to the point, I trusted her to respect my decision to want that tidbit handled with care. No cops harassed me on the return trip. I had taken a circuitous route to be on the safe side. The Police Chief might be the Mayor's ally, or he might be a BBC devotee and have a Brutha solidarity moment with Chinedu too.According to their methodology, once he gave her that cock, she'd forgive every other indiscretion. True or not, I was going to try and cock-block that maneuver. I didn't have a plan when I arrived. Something immediately presented itself to me in the form of a Candy Apple Red 2014 Jaguar F Type V8 S convertible.Daddy, or Sugar-Daddy was way generous to the tune of one hundred grand; that was for damn sure. The billow red mane topping that curvaceous frame was a clear indicator the shit was going to hit the fan at the Malik household. Chine was her BBC addiction, but the Mayor was her boss and political mentor.The look she sent me was fearful over her general situation and one of only passing interest, a look I was becoming familiar with. She was yet another hot, sexy piece of filet mignon that didn't fuck White guys. Groan.‘Who are you?' she was polite enough, possibly seeking to delay the upcoming confrontation.‘I'm Vladimir Samsonov, junior Prince of Evil and I'm here to talk with your boss; she's expecting me,' dispelled her protest that the Mayor was too busy for me.‘Riley Pasternak,' she smiled. ‘I don't recognize the accent,' she added as I passed her. She let me ring the doorbell too.Statuesque and voluptuous; that is what I would call Riley. Burnished coppery hair, thick and glossy flowed in waves down to the middle of her back. Well defined brows of a slightly lighter but no less fiery color framed her oval face and enhanced her verdant eyes, pale freckled skin and flushed cheeks.The makeup she chose didn't really enhance her features which said she didn't wear it that often and the scar above her brow confirmed that she was a tomboy.She dressed to be seen, but also to move in whatever capacity needed. The push up black halter was a strong contrast to her pale skin and plumped up her already impressive cleavage.Below it she wore almost too tight hip huggers that had her lush belly just barely spilling over the waistband. Right above said waistband on the back of her hip was a tattoo that red ‘Red Wolf Bitch' for the Arkansas State Mascot. A second one was teasingly just out of sight on the front of the other hip.Drawing away just a bit from the sexy outfit were all the hippie doodles on her pants. It looked as if she'd let a five year old color on them before she put them on, the neon colors seeming to jump off the denim. She completed the ensemble with cork wedges and a tiny red purse hanging by an equally tiny red string from her shoulder.‘I'm from Alaska,' I let her know. The door flew open in seconds, revealing a tumultuous Dominque who slipped on a semi-civil mask when she saw me.‘Vlad, I thought you were going to stop by your place before coming back for your brother,' she addressed me. ‘Ms. Pasternak, get in here,' she was more abrupt with her 'underling'.I stepped aside to let Riley pass. I hadn't been invited in. Dominque took my actions into account.‘Come in Vlad. Go find your brother. I'll talk to you later,' she said.‘Well,' I began once I stepped in, ‘I think I'd be of more use sticking with you.'Dominque slammed the door behind me.‘I won't need you with me,' she corrected me.‘I'm not staying to help you,' I corrected her. ‘I'm staying to make sure Ms. Pasternak doesn't come to some misfortune.' The Mayor didn't seem pleased.‘What does he mean?' Riley looked from her Boss to me.‘Go, Vlad,' she commanded. I was a guest in her home. Barring extenuating circumstances, I was taught to behave.‘Well, nice to see you again, Ms. Pasternak,' I regarded my fellow guest. Off I went, listening for sounds of my brother and Taliyah. I was almost out of sight;‘Where have we met before?' Riley worried.‘Go, Vlad,' my hostess repeated. I kept going.‘The Cineplex two weeks ago,' I said over my shoulder. ‘The Purge: Anarchy.'‘Oh God,' she moaned. ‘V; Vlad is it; please don't leave.'I reversed course. Dominique could tell that ordering me about at this point was useless. The same instinct which had placed me between Chine and her was placing me between her and Riley.‘You fucked him,' Madame Mayor fumed. ‘Worse, you let him fuck you in a public place you; simple-minded bimbo.'‘Listen Mrs. Malik; it; I; he was insistent,' Riley back-pedaled into a wall.‘And you happened to forget he was my husband?' Dominque seethed. I had to admit she looked rather volcanic, her ass, hips and boobs trembling with repressed energy as she got ready to erupt. I maneuvered so I flanked them both, ready to interpose myself if necessary.‘How many times, Riley?' I posed the question. ‘How many times did the two of you hook up?'‘Four, five,' she reconsidered her response. Dominique looked ready to explode. She mastered herself with a great effort of will.‘What is going to happen when your Grandfather, that racist Jew Bastard, finds out you are back to banging big black bucks, Again?' she threatened. Riley blanched. ‘He threatened to disown you last time. This time, he'll do it, Princess. Then you will be nothing more than another in a long line of chunky Cocoa Puff's. No car, no apartment and damn, I'll make sure you don't have a job anymore.'‘Reggie won't; ‘ she protested desperately.‘Whore, you are only fun to be around because your fat ass is forbidden fruit. Senator Murdoch can get a dozen fresher Betties to haul his coal.' I'd go to Mom to explain the jargon flying around. ‘I know for a fact he likes them young.''Betty's' were White chicks. 'Hauling coal' meant taking black dick. Why couldn't people just say that instead of confusing everything with racial slurs? Riley's reaction showed she was playing into that fear; no fortune and no more choice selections of BBC's.‘Umm; ‘ Riley flickered her eyes my way.‘Chinedu already spilled all this secrets,' Dominique lied. She'd spilled them in her rage, but these two women lying and cheating wasn't my primary concern; taking advantage of their wickedness was. ‘He has his own reasons for keeping quiet.' Riley glanced speculatively from me to Dominique.‘Ha,' Madame Mayor snorted in derision. ‘I don't do White boys.' Oh, that deserved some hard fucking; screw the bitch. I was considering what derogatory idiocy was going to vomit forth from my mouth when Riley's phone rang. Absently she pulled it out of her purse. She paled when she saw the caller ID. Dom snatched it away then trembled.I took it out of her hands before she could make Riley eat the device.‘Both of you keep quiet,' I demanded. I answered the phone.‘Baby-cakes, let's hook up tonight,' Mr. Malik oozed his masculine charisma. ‘I feel like stepping out and I want to see you on your knees worshipping my award-winning Arkansas Black Snake, you cock-hungry slut.'He was loud enough so that both women could hear. I pointed a warning finger in Riley's face.‘Sorry, Mr. Baker, but Riley can't come to the phone right now. She's choking down my Slavic salami, but; after I finish with her and your wife, I'll send the tramp back your way; if she can still walk.'‘Wa, huh, wha, Who? Samsonov?, what did you just say?' he blathered.‘I'm kind of busy right now, Sir,' I taunted him. ‘Hold on.' I spanked Riley's flank. She gasped. ‘That was the sound of me smacking your wife's luscious, sweet and highly neglected ass. I gotta go. Your women look famished for some fucking respect and attention. I'm sure you can find a glory hole to entertain yourself at. I'll talk to you in the morning. Bye,' I signed off before he could reply.I cut off Riley's phone then pocketed it. They were both staring at me in utter shock. Dominique's full, plump lips first closed then she opened them to start laughing.‘Boy, Vlad, that was hilarious,' she chortled.‘That was a freebie, Dominique,' I grinned.‘There are two kinds of cheaters; the ones who convince themselves it will never happen to them, and the ones who believe everyone cheats. That allows them to both allow themselves to violate the essence of their relationships,' I glibly stated, ‘It also makes them want to utterly control their partners so they don't end up becoming cuckolds themselves.'‘Mr. Samsonov; ‘ Dominique studied me, ‘you continue to show me you are much more dangerous than you appear.' Taking into account my size, excellent physical shape, exhibited self-control and clear elucidation, I could only imagine I was 'dangerous' for a White guy; what a tight-ass shrew.‘Flattery will get you nowhere, Mrs. Malik,' I politely responded. ‘I don't do older Black chicks; or date used-up girls who only fuck Black guys. One of the three of us has to have some standards.' They blinked; it was the whole 'da White boy thinks he can talk back to us?' bullshit.‘I'll go looking for Mikhail now. You two have fun sharing in your communal 'I've been dicked-over, bent over and forced to suck another woman's vaginal fluids off his cock' Chine-experiences. I pray neither one of you've done Ass-to-Mouth with him; that would turn my stomach. Bye,' I waved as I departed. Dominique grabbed my arm, her fingernails digging in.‘What makes you think you can insult me that way, in my own house?' she lambasted me.‘It is the truth and we both know it,' I shrugged. ‘Somebody needs to start telling the truth around here, don't you think?'‘Get your brother and get out,' she snapped.‘Done deal,' I answered. ‘Riley; ‘ The doorbell rang. From the look on everyone's faces, none of us were expecting a caller.‘Don't you move,' Dom glared at me, ‘and don't you do a damn thing,' she balefully instructed Riley. Off she stormed.‘Gayle, what are you doing here?' Dom greeted my Mom.‘I brought dinner for my boys, Dominique,' she responded snidely. ‘I expect them to be gentlemen and you to not give a damn about anyone but yourself.'‘You've got some nerve showing up on my doorstep,' Dom grumbled.‘Not really,' Mom shouldered her way inside. ‘I've gotten on with my life. I see you've done the same.'‘Bitch,' Dom sizzled yet didn't stop her.‘Kitchen?' my maternal unit asked me. She was holding a wicker picnic basket and a large paper bag in one hand and a covered pot with a pail in the other. I pointed the way. She winked.Belatedly, Dominique slammed the door and stalked after Mom.‘What would ever possess you that I'd welcome you into my house,' she spat. ‘After what you did to Leon; ‘‘Had; do you really want to rehash that right now considering neither one of us has forgotten, or forgiven a damn thing?' Mom countered.‘Leon is still sucking his puree through a straw and pissing in a colostomy bag,' Dominique simmered.‘Mom?' I questioned.‘Oh, you haven't told your boys about what you and Theo did?' Dominque taunted her. Mom wasn't perturbed in the least.‘Vlad, do you trust me?' my Mother asked me.‘Sure. You can be unfathomable and crazy, but I don't think you've ever hurtfully deceive me.'‘Boy, you had better check that naiveté,' Mayor Malik warned me.‘Vlad, the last time Theo and I spent any time under the same roof was here, in Fonteneau,' she used Kingston's old name. ‘Leon Fox, Dominique's brother, and six other Black bulls decided to brutalize me, I was barely alive when I crawled my way back to the road where Mr. Cobb found me,' she relayed in a pleasant tone.‘So you say,' Dom interrupted. ‘It was your word against them and those seven had iron-clad alibis. To you, all Black men looked alike.'‘Think what you want. I identified all seven of them. You dad and the police chief wouldn't prosecute even though I know they were heard around town bragging about it; how they'd 'taught me a lesson'.'‘Mom, what the hell is going on?' I worried.‘Your Great-Aunt wouldn't accept that the police's investigation acquitted my brother and his friends; Because it was Black officers accepting the words of seven Black men, one of them the newly-minted Mayor's son, over a scared, battered child's,' Mom gave a feral grin.‘Yeah, you racist bitch,' Dominique seethed.‘Theo believed me. Aunt Matilda and Theo both believed me and not your chick-shit police force cover-up,' Mom kept smiling though there was not mirth behind it. ‘Theo made damn sure the guilty paid.'‘He damn near beat four grown men to death,' Dom grumbled. ‘One of them was my brother.'‘Vlad, Theo took a fileting knife and a crowbar with him when he rode his bicycle out and hunted those scumbags down,' Mom explained while staring at my host. ‘He found four of them together. He put all four in the hospital.'‘He ended up in the hospital as well,' Mom added, ‘if that makes you feel better.'‘Is that why Uncle Theo ended up in military school?' I inquired.‘He got off lucky,' Dom bristled. ‘Leon; and Roscoe Sumner never left the damn hospital, Bitch.' She turned on me. ‘Rufus never did see out of his left eye again and Martin Cutler still has to walk with leg braces and a cane.'Uncle Theo and Mom; that explained a great deal about her and her twin's relationship. I knew Mom had once broken into his military school/prison to see him. I also knew now that Mom hadn't lied to me; this vendetta was with this entire sick town, not blanket racism on her part.Black individuals in this town had raped her and other Blacks had covered it up. Theo had avenged her and paid for that with five years of his freedom. Had the Kingston's Black police force simply pursued a proper course of justice, then those seven men would have gotten what the law allowed; and be out of jail by now.Maybe that would have helped Gayle Fonteneau's emotional wounds heal. That didn't happen though. That injustice explained why Mom had initially run away from Dad. She'd suffered at the hands of law enforcement and she carried that distrust and disgust with her into her first meeting with Dad.That had to be some awkward emotional gymnastics on her part.‘Oh, come on now,' Mom chortled. ‘Leon is in a nice assisted-care living facility and Roscoe is in a coma just down the hall from him.'‘What happened to Le; your brother, Mrs. Malik?' I asked.‘According to the reconstructive specialist in Austin he was hit 27 times with a crowbar, that's what happened,' she spat at my Mother. ‘Even now his face doesn't look right and he's one step above a vegetable.'‘You took Aunt Matilda's hush money,' Mom gloated. ‘You all did.'‘That doesn't mean your brother wasn't a psycho, racist bastard,' Dom shot back.‘Bullshit, Dominique. Your Daddy made the town accept Aunt Mattie's deal because she was bringing in the Arkansas State Police (ASP) to investigate Theo's defense claims and that would have fried the whole lot of you,' Mom ignored Dom's snit. Seeing my disbelief, she told me, ‘Back in 1986, the ASP had its fair share of White racists.'‘Had those seven not been guilty as sin; ‘ she glared at the Mayor, ‘maybe Theo wouldn't have gone Rambo on this burgh.'‘Enough!' I intervened. ‘This is not helping us with the problem at hand. Right now, all Mikhail and I are worried about is whether Mr. Malik is going to come home tonight pissed off, drunk off his ass, or both.'‘Why should you care?' Madame Mayor turned my way. Mom started laughing which only made the woman angrier.‘Because unlike you, me and most of this town, my boys are decent individuals who actually give a crap about strangers, regardless of their melatonin levels,' she snorted. She made eye contact with Mrs. Malik.‘Don't blame me,' Mom chuckled. ‘I would be much happier of your shiftless shit of a husband came back and beat the fuck out of you and your daughter. To me, that would be poetic justice for what your father let him get away with.'‘No happening, Mom,' I declared. ‘Mikhail and I are eighteen now so you can't make us go home. If he's really a threat; ‘‘And you can't trust the police,' Mom sneered at Dom. ‘Your police force, Dominique.'‘You are one twisted cock-whore,' Dom riposted.‘Seven young men assaulted me,' Mom snarled. ‘Three weren't around when Theo caught up with the other four. ‘Charles Baker was one of them. The other was Demetrius Quinterre. These days he is the Chief of Police.'‘Charles Baker is Chinedu Malik now?' I requested.‘Yeah,' Mom beamed hostility Mamma Malik's way. ‘The fall after 'it' happened, Charles went to Arkansas State on a football scholarship and changed his name to something more 'African'. If he thinks it made it so that Theo couldn't find him, he's sorely mistaken.'‘Where is your crazy brother anyway?'‘Which one?' Mom snorted. ‘I've got a few.'‘Theo, you crazy cunt.'‘He joined the US Army straight out of the academy. He ended up in Ranger School then the Green Beret,' Mom updated her. ‘Now he's a contract killer for God-knows who. You, the FBI and the US military all are curious about his whereabouts.'‘That's; ‘ Dominique looked at me. What can I say? I have an honest face. ‘Do you believe that?' she asked me.‘Madame Mayor, I've talked to the men from Fort Bragg who have come calling. How to put this; Uncle Theo is exceedingly eccentric; beyond what Mom is.'In a normal situation, this would be when the concerned wife asked if her husband was in danger from my lunatic uncle. Not Mrs. Malik. Hell, a martyred husband killed by a violent racist would be a big boost to her career. It would also remove any chance of her hubby blowing up the situation with Riley, thus Riley's Sugar-Daddy. I could almost see the cold, calculating wheels turning behind her eyes.‘That's hardly encouraging. Fine; Gayle, you can get out. Vlad, I'm going to make some phone calls. Why don't you see what your brother has gotten up to,' the Mayor commanded. Mom shot me a wink when Mrs. Malik pulled out her phone.‘Bring home the pot and basket when you leave,' she advised me. She took my arm and pulled me to the door.‘You have your toiletries and fresh clothes in the bag (the big, brown paper one she'd arrived with). Then, as she hugged me, she shoved something into my front, left pocket. That weekend with the Vegas hookers paid off, I recalled the crinkly sound condom wrappers make. ‘For Mikhail,' she whispered. He was being given her 'okay' to any sexual missteps that might happen if we weren't sent straight home.I imagined most teenage boys would be thrilled to have their mothers handing them some condoms and silently wishing them luck. Not me. This was some fucked-up shit Mikhail, Alexander and I had stepped into. Mom turned without further advice and went to Dad's black '2012 F-150' pick-up truck. I closed the door, then went looking for the ladies.Dominique had taken Riley into the living room. The younger woman was sitting contritely on the sofa while the Mayor quietly brow-beat whomever was on the other end of that phone conversation. I spared them a look, knew I wasn't needed, or wanted, so I went for the stairs.‘Taliyah, Mikhail, Dinner's here,' I called up. I remained at the bottom of the stairs until Mikhail showed himself.‘Was that Mom?' he calmly inquired.‘Yeah. She's gone now,' I gave a wry grin. ‘It is safe you two to come down.' A few seconds later, Taliyah appeared.‘What is it?' she was referring to dinner.‘Whatever Kamika cooked for us,' I replied. She shrugged, clearly upset with the past few minutes of her life. She still came down. She'd missed lunch unless you counted cum swallowed, then had cheerleader workouts, horse-riding and a sex-session with my brother. Mikhail was perpetually hungry as was the norm for growing boys our age and metabolisms.The remarkable thing was her reaction to Mikhail and his blasé attitude. He wasn't walking on eggshells, as Alexander would have, or being sympathetic, like me. Mikhail was being Mikhail; Taliyah's problems weren't his concern so he wasn't intruding. If she wanted some emotional input from him, she'd have to do the 'reaching out'.We doled out portions. Taliyah started with three bowls (for the host of baby-back pork ribs) and plates for the potatoes, carrots and string beans. I motioned for two more. She mentally debated my request before complying. Kamika must have packed a family of eight. There was plenty to spare.After the meal was apportioned, I took two plates and a glass of Pomegranate Juice (Taliyah poured for her Mom) and a glass of lemonade for Riley. I juggled the lot as I traipsed into the living room. The conversation stopped when I appeared. I didn't engage either with eye contact, though I could tell Dominique resented me serving dinner to her guest. I retreated with the same grace I'd exhibited entering.The two high-schoolers had attacked the ribs with gusto.‘Hmm; these are some damn fine ribs,' Taliyah waved a freshly-cleaned bone my way. ‘No wonder the men in your family are so damn huge.' Right as the words tumbled out of her mouth, she shot Mikhail a dirty look, daring him to make a snide aside about the size of his cock. Mikhail didn't take the bait.‘Give Kamika a call around noon-time. She'll add a place-setting for you at the dinner table,' he replied after vigorously sucking the meat off his fourth victim. That was the opposite of what she expected a man, a Black man, to say. She'd never had a possibly sexually suggestive chat with a White guy.‘The food's not so good I'd want to spend time with you,' she poked him.‘I'm not hot to re-experience your she-devil bitchiness either, Taliyah,' he teased her. ‘I've got to accept that Brandy's going to keep putting a sappy smile on Vlad's face and that suggests they'll crawl out of bed long enough to get some food.'‘We are never going to have sex again,' she wacked his hand with a fresh rib, leaving a saucy mark.Mikhail licked the sweet substance off while keeping eye contact with the girl. She refused to back down from his provocation. My brother responded by tenderly poking her lips with a fresh rib. She kept her mouth closed yet couldn't keep the smile from her face. She countered by presented piece of meat in front of him. Mikhail caught the offering in his teeth and shook it hungrily.Now I felt like the one who should tell them to get a room. The two began making messes of each other's faces with sloppy feedings of one another before including me in the game. It was so engrossing, we three missed Mrs. Malik coming into the kitchen and catching us at play.‘Taliyah, what, are, you, doing?' her mother clipped off each world.‘I'm keeping the White boys quiet,' the daughter thought quickly on her feet.‘Oh, that's what you call it,' Dominique's eyebrow arched. ‘It looks more like your flirting with them both.'‘What!' Taliyah squalled. ‘I hate Mikhail; Vlad's okay. He treats Brandy like she matters, not the way Darius does. He treats her like a cum dumpster.'‘I thought you wanted to be with Darius?' Dom studied her daughter intently.‘Well; I've changed my mind. His whole attitude; the 'I'm a football stud' is getting too pricey for my tastes,' she clarified. ‘Rashaan has his head so far up Darius' ass that's stopped being funny too.'‘Taliyah, if you stop dating Rashaan, you won't be popular,' mom protested.‘Listen to your mother,' Mikhail agreed. ‘Look how well hooking up with a football star worked out for her.' Waves of furious emotions radiated from mom. Taliyah's reaction was far more direct.‘You bastard!' Taliyah swore before she punched him in the upper arm. She was starting to cry.Chine may have been a raging prick to Samsonov eyes, but he was Taliyah's Daddy.‘Fuck,' he exaggerated. ‘What makes you think; ow,' he recoiled as she began to rain blows down on his upper arm and chest. Tears started to stream down her face as she pummeled my brother who took his beating like a champ.‘You are such a; a; ‘ she stammered.‘Neanderthal?' he volunteered. Two more blows were her response then her attacks lost strength and direction. Mikhail wrapped her up in his arms as she sobbed into the crux of his arm and chest.‘Feel free to hate me as much as you need to,' he held her tight. ‘I'm not that fond of you either.' He kept her close for another minute.‘I'll take her upstairs,' Mikhail told Dominique. He kept an arm around her shoulders to aid her direction and off they went. The Mayor looked my way.‘I don't know what's up with that,' I shrugged. ‘Mikhail really is a jerk most of the time. Heck, he's the biggest bastard of the three of us; the most like Mom's dark side, so I'm not sure what he's doing being nice to your daughter.'‘If he does something to her,' she threatened me. Her eyes went past me to Riley who had come to the open doorway. ‘Don't you start thinking you can be leaving,' she aimed her prodigies' way. ‘I'm not done with you.'‘Besides, he's still out there,' I meant Mr. Malik. ‘He's likely to do something irrational that both of you will regret.'‘Why should you care? You are a Fonteneau,' the Mayor grumbled in an accusatory voice.‘I'm not sure,' I shrugged. ‘I trust my Mom a lot more than I believe your version of events. From what I know of Uncle Theo, if he wasn't sure justice had been done, he'd have come back here already.'‘The fact you are choosing to revisit this tragedy now makes me wonder when I'll see him again,' I tacked on.‘Ah, could I have some more of those ribs?' Riley extended her plate. She needed to finish her veggies.‘All that pork is going straight to those fat hips and big ass, Girl,' the Mayor cruelly teased her.Riley was embarrassed. I stood up from the kitchen table, took Riley's plate, and filled it with the portions of meat Taliyah and Mikhail had left behind. That seemed to mollify her to the point she felt good enough to walk, with her plate, back to the living room.‘You shouldn't be nice to her,' the Mayor cautioned me. ‘She's just another whore for Black Cock. Another White girl freak beneath the sheets.'That the Mayor was likely one as well wasn't something I felt I should bring up at the moment. Instead of arguing, I began to clean up the kitchen, putting the leftovers in Tupperware containers, washing the plates and then the pot and food containers. All the while, Dominique watched me work.‘I thought you had domestic help,' she said condescending tone.‘A) any kind of help is something new to us boys and Dad. B) Mom insists we all pitch in and help out. That means washing cookware and plates after meals, haul fertilizer and taking away yard debris and cleaning our rooms. We have chores.'‘That defeats the purpose of having servants,' she insisted.‘That house is huge, the 'help' could use the help, chores remind us we all need to work together and it teaches us not to take people for granted,' I repeated my Mom's words from our first day in the house.‘Your clan used to be such snobs, looking down on all us Black folks.'‘However the Fonteneau acted was before our time, Madam Mayor; ‘‘Call me Dominique, or Mrs. Malik in my home, Vladimir. You are Vladimir, right?' she said.‘Yes Dominique, I'm Vlad, the middle one. Alexander is oldest, so he's the most mature, I'm the middle triplet, so I'm the best mix of Mom and Dad, and Mikhail is the youngest so he's always out to prove himself.'‘Fascinating,' she responded drolly. ‘Stay out of the way while I deal with Riley. I'll get her squared away then deal with you and your brother.' With that, she walked off to give Riley another huge piece of her mind, rage and frustration. As I was putting up the pot to dry, the doorbell rang. I heard Mamma Malik's heels click on the marble floors as she stormed over to the door.‘Demetrius, what are you doing here?' I heard he say from the door.‘I heard you were having some problem with those Samsonov boys,' he announced. ‘I'm here to make sure everything is okay.'‘You mean my worthless, cheating husband sent you over to make them leave,' she groused.‘He might have indicated they were causing you problems,' the Police Chief allowed. ‘Let me pour those Cornfeds into their car and send them home.'‘No,' Dominique's voice cracked the whip of authority. ‘He is out whoring and drinking and that means he ain't coming home tonight; end of story.'‘I'll leave Oliver with a patrol car watching your place if that is the case,' he tried to mollify her.‘On really,' she mocked him. ‘You, Chinedu and Oliver are all drinking buddies. You and your cronies aren't going to keep my husband's drunk ass from darkening my doorway. You let Chine know he's not welcome here tonight.'‘Dom, you are being unreasonable,' the cop leader cooed. I didn't have to imagine him touching her. The Kingston cops were far too touchy-feely with women.‘Don't you touch me, you poltroon,' she blasted him. I wondered if he even knew what a poltroon was. He knew it was an insult though.‘Listen up, Dominique,' his voice grew low and threatening. That was my cue.‘Madam Mayor, is everything okay?' I stepped into the hallway. Demetrius' eyes latched onto me before turning his sneer the Mayor's way.‘Why, don't he look cozy,' he accused Dominique.‘Buddy,' I wasn't going to call him an 'officer', or 'Chief', ‘Mom just enlightened me to what you and Chine did to her all those years ago. Statute of Limitations may have passed, but don't you think the Samsonov's consider justice to be done.'‘I also know that any crime involving you and a Deputy's son automatically brings in the Arkansas State Police. Cross that portal and you cease being a concerned police officer and become a home invader,' I channeled my father and all his kin going back a dozen generations.‘How about I arrest you for trespassing?' he want for his 'bracelets' while his right hand rested on the ass of his piece.‘My house, Demetrius and I've invited him and his brother in. Believe me, Dem, if you don't hot-foot it off my property then my next call Will be to the State Police reporting You for criminal trespass,' she growled at the cop.‘So, you've become an Oreo?' he mocked her. ‘I can't wait to hear what the town council has to say about that.'‘Consider they are the same crowd who invited Dr. Pierre O'Rourke Jean-Georges to be our Principle for the next ten months; ‘ I began my counter-mock.‘Five years,' the Mayor glowered at the Chief. ‘The school board; which you are on, Demetrius; gave that freakazoid a five year contract.'

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Audiovisual ➡️ fanlink.tv/Y0UTUBE Tracklisting ➡️ https://bit.ly/tracklist_cocoapuffoldfashioned Dive into the rich, flavorful world of a Cocoa Puff Old Fashioned, crafted by Miami-based DJ and producer Lazaro Casanova. With over 20 years behind the decks and a Cuban heritage that deeply influences his sound, Lazaro delivers a set as bold and nuanced as his favorite cocktail it's named after. This mix captures the essence of the Cocoa Puff Old Fashioned from Miami's iconic bar 'Broken Shaker' - a blend of nostalgia, sweetness, and complexity infused into every beat. As the label founder of 'petFood' and manager of the Nervous-distributed imprint 'Made in Miami', Lazaro expertly combines Afro, Tribal, and Latin influences with a touch of personal flair. The result is a dynamic journey that feels both deeply rooted and refreshingly innovative. Each track resonates with the warmth and intensity of Miami's vibrant energy. Indulge in Cocoa Puff Old Fashioned - a mix that blends playful nostalgia with sophisticated grooves, leaving you savoring every moment long after the music fades. Cheers! The bartenders Lazaro Casanova @lazarocasanova www.instagram.com/lazarocasanova Schirmchendrink @schirmchendrink www.facebook.com/schirmchendrink www.instagram.com/schirmchendrink

Send us a textGreat interview with entrepreneur Steven Kimbrough. He started as a standup comic; but over the years worked in Chicago, New York, & Los Angeles, and ended up running a comedy club, producing Films, and Acting. What you might call a "Renaissance Man".Steven Kimbrough has had an incredible career in stand-up comedy, making his mark at renowned venues like Caroline's and being introduced by notable figures such as Eddie Brill. He is closely associated with podbrother.com, a significant platform for his comedic work, where he also shares his admiration for his brother, Stephen Pod Brother Kimbrough. Steven appreciates Stephen's multifaceted approach, blending stand-up comedy, comedy films, and podcasting, and is proud to feature him on his podcast. He directs his audience to podbrother.com to explore Stephen's work, emphasizing the impact of his brother's innovative storytelling and his ability to turn everyday situations into entertaining performances.(00:08:20) "Comedy Club Focused on Fundraising Success"(00:15:11) "Diving Skills and Comedy Success Interview"(00:19:47) Laugh Across America Comedy Tour(00:26:30) Pod Brother Nation: Comedy and Media Innovator(00:29:08) "Cocoa Puff in a Box of Krispies" Stand-up Comedy(00:33:02) Mirrored Contact Lenses State Trooper Stop(00:39:16) "Developing Stand-Up Comedy in Three Minutes"Support the showStandup Comedy Podcast Network.co www.StandupComedyPodcastNetwork.comFree APP on all Apple & Android phones....check it out, podcast, jokes, blogs, and More!For short-form standup comedy sets, listen to: "Comedy Appeteasers" , available on all platforms.New YouTube site: https://www.youtube.com/@standupcomedyyourhostandmc/videosVideos of comics live on stage from back in the day.Please Write a Review: in-depth walk-through for leaving a review.Interested in Standup Comedy? Check out my books on Amazon..."20 Questions Answered about Being a Standup Comic""Be a Standup Comic...or just look like one"

Today we try a new Special K...Strawberry & Vanilla! This one has yogurty clusters and makes great cereal milk! Then, a wonky Cocoa Puffs knock-off, and some healthy cereal for your family. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/cereal-killers--4294848/support.

TODAY ON THE ROBERT SCOTT BELL SHOW: Throne and Altar Expectations, Michelle Shine, Mesmerised, Homeopathy and Impressionism, Jalapa Homeopathic Hit, Diet vs Meds for IBS, Jordan Mendoza, Blaze Your Own Trail, Lead in Cocoa Puffs, and MORE! https://robertscottbell.com/throne-and-altar-expectations-michelle-shine-mesmerised-homeopathy-and-impressionism-jalapa-homeopathic-hit-diet-vs-meds-for-ibs-jordan-mendoza-blaze-your-own-trail-lead-in-cocoa-puffs-and-m/

Want to connect with Tj & Plaideau? Send us a text message.What if the voice behind some of your childhood heroes could take you on a nostalgic journey through the golden era of animated series and classic commercials? Join us as legendary voice actor Larry Kenney, the voice of Lion-O from "Thundercats," Count Chocula, and Sonny the Cocoa Puffs bird, shares fascinating anecdotes from his illustrious career. From his early days in Illinois to his rise in various radio markets, Larry recounts how his natural voice became the iconic roar of Lion-O. Get ready for an intimate and entertaining look behind the scenes of some of your favorite animated characters and commercials.Support the Show.Follow us on IG @nolafilmscene, @kodaksbykojack, and @tjsebastianofficial. Check out our 48 Hour Film Project short film Waiting for Gateaux: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z5pFvn4cd1U

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In this week's episode of the Tuesday People podcast, host Mitch Albom invites you to explore the magic of selecting one perfect day each year to relive the joy and wonder you felt when you were a 10-year-old on your birthday. Mitch shares why he chooses his own birthday to celebrate annually, reflecting on the simple pleasures and profound happiness it brings him, starting with Cocoa Puffs! Discover how you can pick your own special day, be it a holiday, an anniversary, or a random day that holds special meaning, and embrace a tradition that can bring lasting joy and fulfillment to your life. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Camp Half-Pod completes another book! We are wrapping up The Sun and The Star this week with the final chapters. Nico realizes that he can leave behind his trauma baby demons. They defeat Nyx with the help of Nyx's own children. Bob gets to see the sky again! The cacodemons are rebranded as the Cocoa Puffs, which Manasa low-key hates and Erin loves. Nico and Will get back to camp and we have a very classic Riordan ending. We then give our overall thoughts on this book, aka repeating all the points we've been making along the way and yapping a lot. Then we hear some fun audio messages from you all! Thanks for joining us for another book! ————————————————————— SUPPORT US ON PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/camphalfpod?fan_landing=true SUPPORT US ON KO-FI: https://ko-fi.com/camphalfpod SEND US AN AUDIO MESSAGE: https://www.speakpipe.com/Camphalfpod JOIN OUR DISCORD: https://discord.gg/gzHYsUbdgr MERCH: https://www.zazzle.com/store/camphalfpod --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/camp-half-pod/support

Three soft baked oat bar flavors vie for the You Tried Dat?? crew's favor this week: Golden Grahams, Cinnamon Toast Crunch, and Cocoa Puffs.  They also discuss an extremely clueless waiter before diving into some sweet and crazy romantic stories. Follow us on Instagram to see pictures of the snacks @youtrieddat.

Join seasoned expert VO Jordan Hunter Jones on this super fun episode of Mission Audition. Jordan brings his experience to the table and shares how to think outside of the box and deliver your voice over spot to REAL people. This is an episode you won’t want to miss! He’s been “Sonny” from CoCoa Puffs, […]

On the heels of its well-received Super Bowl ad, Poppi is getting a lot of attention. According to a report in Bloomberg, the mid-calorie, prebiotic soda brand is rumored to be an acquisition target, a topic the hosts discussed in the episode. They also chatted about Coke's new Gen Z/TikTok-inspired “Tears Of Joy” soda, a trio of “loaded” cereals and meat sticks inspired by ancestral lifestyles, among other recently launched products. This episode also includes an interview with Ross Iverson, a managing partner with private equity firm Manna Tree and Gotham Greens co-founder and CEO Viraj Puri and who discuss their relationship as mission-driven investor and entrepreneur. Show notes: 0:35: Super Ad. John & Jacqui's CPG Adventures. Expo West VIPs. Ray Rants. Fruitcake & Liver. – The show opens with a review of Poppi's “Big Game” commercial and why AriZona Beverages has never produced one. John and Jacqui spoke about attending a trio of recently held industry events in San Diego before the hosts collectively discussed the benefits that Taste Radio VIPs can encounter at Expo West, a  diet soda intended to appeal to Gen Z consumers, and a new line of cereals launched by General Mills that got Ray standing on a soap box. They also munched on beef heart and liver-based meat sticks and chocolate-coated fruitcake and sipped on collagen tea. 30:44: Ross Iverson, Manna Tree & Viraj Puri, Gotham Greens – Manna Tree, a global investment firm that describes itself as “committed to improving human health through nutrition,” led Gotham Greens' $87 million Series D round which was announced in 2020 and also participated in the indoor farming company's $330 million Series E round, completed in 2022. In this conversation, recorded during Manna Tree's Leadership Summit, held in January, Gotham Greens co-founder and CEO Viraj Puri joined Ross Iverson, a managing partner with Manna Tree, for a conversation in which they shared insights into a relationship in which both are aligned on mission, purpose and profit.  Brands in this episode: Gotham Greens, Poppi, Pepsi, Olipop, BodyArmor, AriZona Beverages, Huy Fong Foods, Safety Shot, Fishwife, Souzu, Cien Chiles, Mooski, Nguyen Coffee Supply, Coca-Cola, Cinnamon Toast Crunch, Cocoa Puffs, Trix, Onyx Coffee Lab, Sweet Nutrition, Beatrice Bakery, Country Archer, Slim Jim, Moshi, Aura Collagen Tea, GT's

Gabi Lewis and Greg Sewitz founded Magic Spoon to create a sugary breakfast cereal without the sugar. If that sounds daunting, consider their first business: protein bars made with cricket flour. Riffing on an idea that began as a college assignment, the founders ordered live crickets to roast at home, and worked with a top-rated chef to perfect their recipes. The only problem: getting people to eat a snack made of ground-up bugs. When Exo protein bars eventually stalled, the pair pivoted to another ambitious idea: breakfast cereal that tasted like the Fruit Loops and Cocoa Puffs of childhood–but minus the sugar and grains. Drawing on their roller-coaster experience with Exo, Gabi and Greg revisited winning strategies, and scrapped the plays that didn't work, eventually building Magic Spoon into a nationwide brand.This episode was produced by J.C. Howard, with music by Ramtin ArabloueiEdited by Neva Grant, with research help from Sam Paulson.You can follow HIBT on Twitter & Instagram, and email us at hibt@id.wondery.com.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

It's just the boys this week! We're talking about what Cuff Daddy would or wouldn't say as a hype man, American Pharaoh has an epic insurance rant, and matching tattoos for everyone!

Sandy Joy Weston explains how she transitioned from owning a gym to becoming a renowned speaker and author, emphasizing the importance of mindset and positive thinking. She shares her journey of discovering the power of mental and physical alignment and how she helps others achieve their goals by training their minds to create positive outcomes.If you have any questions about this episode or want to get some of the resources we mentioned, head over to LesleyLogan.co/podcast. If you have any comments or questions about the Be It pod shoot us a message at beit@lesleylogan.co. And as always, if you're enjoying the show please share it with someone who you think would enjoy it as well. It is your continued support that will help us continue to help others. Thank you so much! Never miss another show by subscribing at LesleyLogan.co/subscribe.In this episode you will learn about:Sandy's transition from business owner to motivational speaker.Why nurturing a team culture that thrives on positivity and support is important.The effectiveness of visualizing success in life pursuits.Practical tips for incorporating joy into your daily life.Sandy's traits of effective leadership that inspire and motivate.Episode References/Links:Sandy Joy Weston on InstagramSandy Joy Weston on YouTubeSandy Joy Weston on FacebookSandy Joy Weston on WebsiteSandy Joy Weston on LinkedInMentioned Tony RobbinsGuest Bio:Sandy Joy Weston M.Ed., a celebrated figure in Philadelphia's fitness scene, holds a Master's in Exercise Physiology and a Bachelor's in Dance. Her career, which started with her in-home training company Specialty Fit, led to the successful launch of several Weston Fitness health clubs. Recognized for her dynamic presence, she became Philadelphia's NBC 10 fitness expert and created the Philly Street Line Dance. Currently, she heads SJW Productions, focusing on spreading positivity through her podcasts, books, workshops, and global keynote speeches on wellness and women empowerment. Sandy's journey, marked by dedication and a passion for spreading joy, is a source of inspiration.  If you enjoyed this episode, make sure and give us a five star rating and leave us a review on iTunes, Podcast Addict, Podchaser or Castbox. Get your free Athletic Greens 1 year supply of Vitamin D3+K2 and 5 free travel packsGet your discount for some Toe Sox using the code: LESLEY Be It Till You See It Podcast SurveyBe in the know with all the workshops at OPCBe a part of Lesley's Pilates MentorshipFREE Ditching Busy Webinar  Resources:Watch the Be It Till You See It podcast on YouTube!Lesley Logan websiteBe It Till You See It PodcastOnline Pilates Classes by Lesley LoganOnline Pilates Classes by Lesley Logan on YouTubeProfitable Pilates Follow Us on Social Media:InstagramFacebookLinkedIn  Episode Transcript:Sandy Joy Weston 0:00  Every single one of them, no matter what it was, whether it was a few minutes or a few hours, did something every single day to happen to life. They didn't just go, let me see what life is going to bring and what kind of mood I'm in. They did something to get in this positive, powerful mindset. Now, they may not call it that. But you could see there was nothing more important than how they showed up for the day. Lesley Logan 0:29  Welcome to the Be It Till You See It podcast where we talk about taking messy action, knowing that perfect is boring. I'm Lesley Logan, Pilates instructor and fitness business coach. I've trained thousands of people around the world and the number one thing I see stopping people from achieving anything is self-doubt. My friends, action brings clarity and it's the antidote to fear. Each week, my guest will bring bold, executable, intrinsic and targeted steps that you can use to put yourself first and Be It Till You See It. It's a practice, not a perfect. Let's get started.  Lesley Logan 1:08  Hi, Be It babe, how are you today? I really love this conversation you're about to hear. Just gonna say it. I will be honest, like I started this morning with a lot happening. Like I try not to wear too many hats in one day, just because it does help me show up in a better place and, and we just have a meeting at eight o'clock, which is going to be a different hat. And then it was me podcasting, which is what I love to do. I love everything I get to do, actually. But I normally just, if I'm gonna podcast in a day, I just podcast in a day and I don't do anything else. But obviously that's two hats. And then later in the day, I'm actually leading my mentorship. And it's weekend three for my round two of my eLevate mentorship. And it's a big weekend, there's a lot of moving parts, there's a lot of preparation. So I started this morning and like a little stressed out like oh my gosh, I have so many things I have to do, I feel like show but this way for this meeting. And like this is the goal of that. And I have these podcast interviews to do I want to make sure I show up for them. And then I have these eLevate members. And it's like a big weekend, how many (inaudible) was done with a one-hour break in there. And so I showed up to this interview, and I was you know, reminding myself of like, who the guest was why I have her on. And I was like, oh my gosh, this is gonna be lovely. Like I this, this is going to be a joyful interview. And guess what it is. And I am sitting here talking to you just after hanging up with her. And I'm just gonna have to I have to tell you, like, thank goodness she was on today because she truly helped me be so present or reminded me like, why the hell do we do what we do here? Lesley Logan 2:38  And, you know, I just want to share that with you because like, you're gonna have days where you forget why you are doing what you do, or that you get to do these things that you want to do like, and not in a negative way to some like, it's life. It's busy. We're human fucking beings, right? Like, it just takes time. And so it's important that you have people in your life, whether you know them already, or that you meet them on the streets being present enough to let people pour their energy into you so that you can pour into others. It's always really, really an amazing thing. And so I say this, because I know that right now you're listening to this and you're probably trying to race through traffic and try to get to a coffee shop or get back in time to do something else. And don't be afraid to say hi to the person who's making the coffee, and just, you know, hearing what they have to say or reading the motivational sign on a wall somewhere, or, or just reminding yourself of something, a word, you'll hear that come up a few times in this podcast that helps you remember like, why that you do what you do. And we do get to do this. And now you get to listen to Sandy Joy Weston, who I think is going to just enlighten you, inspire you, make you laugh, she is a lovely person. She has, she has done so much in her lifetime. And I love that because I think it can be really easy for us to get stuck and like feel like we haven't grown somewhere or we like are trying to make something happen. And I hope that she shows you that like a door can close and other doors can open. And then also you could think that you're opening a door for someone else and they actually open a door for you. So without further ado, well, you know, there's that little ado, and then Sandy Joy Weston. Lesley Logan 4:12  All right, Be It babe. I'm super excited to have our guest on today. Mostly because I just love when I find somebody that I'm like, oh my God, I really want to talk to this person. And that's kind of what happened. I came across Sandy Weston's information, what she's up to and I was like, yeah, you need to talk to our people. So Sandy Weston, will you tell everyone who you are and what you're up to these days?Sandy Joy Weston 4:32  Oh, well, thanks for having me. And I love that intro. What am I here? Here I am thinking what am I up to these days? Oh Lesley, you never know. But I've been an entrepreneur my entire life in the health and wellness business. I did not have a magic crystal ball. But I sold them in 2019, yay. Lesley Logan 4:56  You did? Sandy Joy Weston 4:58  I did. I'm thinking and screaming, let me add, I did not want to go. My one lease was in downtown Philly. And it had three and a half years left on it, I wanted to stay, the landlord came in and said, I'll make you a great offer and I'm like and he kept making it more and more difficult. And finally, with two and a half years left on my 20-year lease, it was a decent offer. And what I did is I thought, okay, well, I still have my wellness company. But then I sold that. And my business partner, I thought, how would I feel if I had been running really the wellness gig forever? And now Sandy's going to come in and get her fingers into it? That would be good. So I sold that to him.Lesley Logan 5:54  Oh, my goodness. (inaudible) Also it sounds like right before the pandemic? Sandy Joy Weston 6:00  Yes, it was. (inaudible) And, you know, after through some years, it was huge, a big difference. The good news, it was at the beginning of 2018. So took time to travel and all that when we could still travel. But I always had a side hustle or a side gig with my health clubs, because I built them up enough that I had a great team. So I could do a lot of other stuff. So my side hustle was, I was doing radio shows and podcast way back years ago so I can meet awesome people around the world, you know, who were making a big difference. I was an author of different books and journals and traveling around speaking. I was able to do that still virtually. And I did a lot of teaching gigs and workshops, all with train your head and body will follow. So I just took that side gig and pushed it up. Lesley Logan 6:59  Yeah. So this is so first of all, like, wow, I mean, like, way to just go, you know, way to also just think about the other people involved like, oh, this person, all of a sudden, she's going to have full time in this and like just to go, you know, why don't you just enjoy it because you've been enjoying this whole time. But to have the have the heavier hands and like allow the little project little side gig where you're speaking and doing things like that, that took a lot of trust and building up of a team. Did that, was that easy for you to do were you were like so excited to have people take over things about at the Wellness Club so you could do this, like how is that process so you could actually go into speaking?Sandy Joy Weston 7:38  So one of my strengths, which could be my weakness, too, at times, is I can let go of the reins. I love building a team. I love supporting people, I love mentoring people. And in the health club business. I started back in 1985. So I was young at the time. But as I kept going, a lot of the people that were my employees were way younger, which was exciting. Because they would always come to me for advice and business and personally and I love it. And I love seeing them grow. And then I go, okay, fly off, butterfly and you're on your own. And that was amazing to see how much they grow. But even more importantly, not that we didn't have turnover. But we didn't have a lot of turnover because people like that, like I'm (inaudible) good in sales, good in marketing. And I had a bunch of health clubs, so I could put them in different locations. It was incredible. And I have to tell you, that's the thing I miss, I'm sure we're going to do something else because as much as I'm busy. I don't have I don't need a big crew right now. And I really miss that. Yeah, yeah. And managing people and other people are like, No, that's a thing they hate the most is the managing of others. And I liked it. Yeah, they didn't do things exactly like me. But I hired people that were like-minded and have the same value systems.Lesley Logan 9:14  Yeah, that's huge. That's huge. We'll definitely have to dive into that. But I want to go back to you said it. You said you're working on things where you train the body and train the mind and the body will follow. That is so interesting for me because I mean, I'm in the health and wellness, I teach people fitness and like it's so like it's so true. People come to the to the gym for the body. And when you're a trainer sometimes you're like, oh my God, if we just could get you to commit with your mind, if we could just get this head right you wouldn't even need me. How did that come about? How did you like figure that out in your own life and like how, like what's your what's your method around training the mind so the body follows. Sandy Joy Weston 9:53  For me. My mission has always been to spread pure joy. I didn't care how I was a dance major didn't have any idea I'd end up being an entrepreneur. I'd be happy to dance and entertain you Kumbaya. But I was always fascinated by how quickly if you were in the right mindset, you could shift other people's energy. And I was also fascinated by others that I felt exuded pure joy. So, I ended up, I was gonna call Guinea pigs but I had members of my gym, you know, thousands of people coming in and out and I decided I was going to study and interview those who would let me the ones that I felt exuded pure joy, you know, people you want to be around and what's their secret sauce, but there's something about them, that could be taught. And for the longest time was, I didn't see anything. I mean, they all had so many different things going on. And I have everything from moms, dads, CEOs, chefs, entrepreneurs, police officers, all different people but all you're like, oh, there's something about and then maybe after a year or so one of my colleagues said, there it is, there it is, there it is. Every single one of them, no matter what it was, whether it was a few minutes or a few hours, did something every single day to happen to life. They didn't just go let me see what life is gonna bring and what kind of mood I'm in. They did something to get in this positive, powerful mindset. Now, they may not call it that. But you could see there was nothing more important than how they showed up for the day, whether it was baking Muffets, you know, petting their dog, jazz music, working out, meditating journal, it didn't matter. So I was like, whoa, that's what I'm doing. Because when I would train people back then I always got results. And I couldn't figure it out. Like I really wasn't putting it together. But really, I was resetting their brain and their mindset, and then their body was coming along. I didn't think of it that way. So now, after realizing, okay, there is something that could be taught. I then spent the next few years with what I call highly intellectual people, the powers that be that exercise physiologist, neuroscientists, positive psychologists, sports psychologist, spiritualist gurus and I had room in my downtown office in Philly. And we'd get together, they would argue, they would fight, they would agree, but I'm like, wait a minute, wait a bit, there's something in there. And what happened is, we ended up after a lot of trial and error, a lot of fails, creating a guide, that would only take one to three minutes a day to get your head in that positive powerful headset for those people that already didn't have routine. Like if you have a routine great, but this was for people that just got woke up.Lesley Logan 12:57  Some people have such a hard time creating a routine. I've got kids, I've got dogs, it's chaos, no day is the same. And you're like, we actually figured out a way to do that for you in one to three minutes.Sandy Joy Weston 13:09  I tried five, and it failed miserably. People didn't do it. Because if you didn't already have a belief system, you weren't gonna waste five minutes of your day to do something that may or may not work. But they were willing to risk. All right, Weston, I'll do it for a minute to three minutes a day. And they had to pick one area of their life that they wanted to uplevel. So and these were highly motivated people that weren't going to take five minutes they had, but I'm like, Okay, let's work on the one area that is what I used to call your sticky wicket, or you want to uplevel and I said, let's break it down three areas. One is money career, the other one is body health or love relation. Pick one, and just for 30 days. And we got it down that if they did that and focused in and it only took a minute, three minutes, they were willing to do it. Now they might have done other things after that. But it started to create the habit. Lesley Logan 14:03  Yeah, I think like, it's, you know, when I started with BJ Fogg on his Tiny Habits, it's like, you have to look at things and just because somebody wants to do it, if they don't have the ability to do it, it doesn't really matter. And if they don't believe that they have five minutes, that doesn't matter how easy the thing is, it could just be like sitting still, it could require nothing, but just to sit in the bed for five minutes. If they don't think that they have five minutes, they're not going to do it. I'm going to stress them out even more, they're just going to avoid it. So by making something so small, it's kind of silly, like, if I don't have a minute to just like, you know, make the bed then like do like what am I doing? So I think that's really, really cool. Yeah, so, you know, obviously you saw them, even though they're already highly motivated people you saw that change. And then is this something that like you incorporate it with every client who came through your gym or is it something you ended up like just teaching people outside of it? Or both? Sandy Joy Weston 14:55  You know, so (inaudible), I could just hear my members yelling at me. I got things in through the back door with my members. So the people, I took my classes, I taught everything, you know, from kettlebells, to spinning to dance, I was very high energy, and somebody that wanted to entertain you. So if you didn't like that you weren't coming to my class. But my whole goal was, like I said, was the vehicle for you to find joy within you. So there was always a theme, and a word. So I'm very into words. So every month in my gym, I put up everywhere the one word of the month. And then in the classroom, I couldn't make you do it out the weight room. But in the classroom, we would focus in on that one word, you know, power, fun, courage, confident. And I'd say, okay, focus in on this word, while you're having, and they would just, you know, go along with it. But I felt at least I was getting that in their day. The second thing is, as soon as they crossed the line into the room, they knew, okay, no negative energy, no complaining, no gossip, no negativity, and somebody in the room has to start with what's one positive thing that happened today. So I kind of trained them to do that.Lesley Logan 16:16  I actually love that you, like, had some rules around that. And also some visual prompts, because like, everyone learns a different way. But having a visual prompt can be really good. And also, it's like, just, you know, whatever space we're in, like, whatever you're creating, whatever the community your're creating is like having rules about what is not allowed is as important as what is allowed. And if not more so that people because it is so easy, you know, I don't teach as many privates as I used to, but like, it was so easy for my clients to come in and like, my goodness, I would fear whatever was on the news that day, because it could just like, it's like, well, we're gonna be talking about this topic for seven hours. And I love them. And I love that every single and like, it'd be seven different perspectives from seven different walks of life. And I'm like, left, like, at the end of the day going, oh, my God, I feel like I've just been on the news, just like and so having, you know, having to create rules, it's like, okay, here are the topics that are never allowed in this space. We are never allowed to talk about it. So no negative no gossip. NoSandy Joy Weston 17:17  No politics, no religion. We love each other here. Lesley Logan 17:22  But also, it forces people to come together on different topics that they actually are more like in than they might not have been. And also like that actually, do affect your daily life in a more important way, like how your plants are succeeding in the house is really going to make a difference in how you feel about things that you do in your house you know, how, how the roses clicked on Sunday so that your mother in law actually doesn't like, have a side eye is actually really important. I'm not thinking about my mother-in-law, I don't cook anything. So I don't have to worry about that. Sandy Joy Weston 17:54  I thought you were in my house on Sunday and knew this one happened. Lesley Logan 17:59  I have a lot of friends who have a lot of interesting mother-in-laws. I'm so grateful for mine so, um, so I think that's really cool. So now, like, now that you don't have that gym to like, have that impact on a thousand people in-person all the time. What is it that you are doing to help train the mind so that the body follows?Sandy Joy Weston 18:18  Yeah, by the way, I just want to back up just so you know, shout out to the West Coast. When I first came up with these ideas train your head body will follow. It took me a year and a half to get an agent another year and a half to get a publisher to back then who didn't think I was cuckoo for Cocoa Puffs. And then the only people that would book me for book signings and speaking gigs where was out west. Because here, and now it's mainstream. Like oh, I'm not so wackadoo, you know? Lesley Logan 18:50  West Coast to west coast. I'm just saying I'm not trying to offend any of my East Coast listeners but as a Californian I'm like, of course train your mind so the body will follow. Hello.Sandy Joy Weston 18:58  They got me, California, Portland, they all got me. All right, so although I'm so so, so grateful for virtual when I've had a little bit up to here with teaching workshops, online. I love them. They were good. Reached a lot of people around the world. Somebody nominated, you have to be invited in to this heroic public speaking course that was approximately eight months to take your speaking gigs up to the next level. Okay. long commitment. I had no idea about 20 hours a week, focusing on rewriting, redoing your keynotes and what impact it would have in the world, what's your big idea? And my husband's like, you might have to do it now like during COVID. So that's what I did. And I started perfect timing that it was some of it was online. And then we got to go there in person and I was lucky people were traveling from all over the world. They pick 40 people, and I only had to travel an hour. That was great, and we went there four times. And they I didn't know, let's see how much I didn't know. I mean, I've been speaking forever. But this was a whole new thing. Sandy Joy Weston 20:12  What it allowed me to do, which was beyond challenging for me, is to impact more people with my keynote, because for the first time in all my life, in a fun way, I was going to tell my story. And who I was, which was freaking me out, like, I'm just like, everybody just assumes Sandy had great parents, came from great people. And, you know, must have had money, house, before she gets started. And so a lot of it was behind the scenes that I would never, ever put out there because it would be too deep and wouldn't serve others you want to serve others. But then I came around how to tell the stories in a fun way. And the person that nominated me. That's why she did it. She's like, oh, I know you have to speak, you need to change it from just rah, rah. So in my story of I didn't even know this, like, this is the weird thing. So here I am figuring out pure joy, and that it only takes a minute to three minutes. And I realized, holy moly, I've been doing this since I was nine years old to get out of a difficult situation. I was using movement, words and laughter to get into a certain headspace not knowing it, visualize where I want to go. And it took me far, it was only a few minutes every day. And I grew up in the projects, which, okay, not cool. But if you tell people who grew up in the projects, or like, oh, respect people, you know, you got out, you drown out the negative chatter. That wasn't the part that I'm scared about. Sandy Joy Weston 21:57  My mom spent 50% of her life in mental institutions like poor silence, like we were poor, so they were not good ones. But when I went, even though my brother was older, he had a more challenging time, you can imagine going to me, so I had to do things to shift the energy. So since a kid, I would bring my blue box, throw my tap shoes and dance to entertain these people. So now you can see why I believe in the most desperate situation I could put a smile on someone's face. I may not cure them. But I knew in that moment, I could bring them hope. It could bring me hope. And here without thinking of it. I'm just doing bringing joy because it saved me. It was saving them. Nobody expected me to graduate high school. I'm like, yeah, I probably will. Here's my life. Here. I was applying it. I'm 63 years old, I had no idea that's what I was doing. Is that wack? I'm like, wait a minute. I've been doing this my entire life.Lesley Logan 23:06  I actually think that this so I love that you bring this up because I actually think one of the hardest things for people to be it till they see it as they're like, I don't know what my purpose is. I don't know my why I don't like horses. I like like, so many people do not go back and like think about their life because they want to avoid whatever part of their life maybe because let's just be honest, whether you're in the projects or not. Most people who are trying to better themselves had something traumatic, traumatizing happen to them at some point in their life. And they are and whether you've healed from it, or you're just avoiding it, you're like, I'm good. I like got out of that. And I want, there's some skill set that you have that you don't even recognize because it comes so easy for you. Because it's just like such a natural thing. It's like taking a breath like, of course, you just are like, of course I'm gonna like tap dance and help these, you know, like, you weren't, like you weren't cognizant, like, oh, it's I'm gonna just like you're nine years old. So you're like, what can I do to like, you know, make this more fun? And it's so easy for you. And too often people complicate it, they think whatever their purpose is, whatever they have to do, it must be something, it must be something they have to invent. It must be something that like, doesn't exist. It's a thing that you're doing every single day that like, makes people like you. Like that's why this podcast exists.Sandy Joy Weston 24:20  I will tell you something. So one of my biggest speaking gigs I ever got was in 2000 and end of '18 in Thailand. And it was to be the keynote speaker for this International Women's Conference. Don't even ask, I don't even know people thought it was white trafficking. They're like, you're not Hillary Clinton. How did you get it? I'm like, Well, doctor, you know, Dr. so and so. Women astronauts, you know, people discovering the cure for cancer, and there's Sandy Joy Weston. I get in there. And I spent six months on it. Because I'm going to know the neuroscience of the brain and they're going to understand I got my master's degree, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, I'm gonna go through it. I spent months and months drilling this 90-minute cube again up there, I realized, 15 minutes into it, some of these women, although it was an English-speaking conference, spoke broken English, so they were not understanding everything. And so I said, how many of you understand only every other word and like half their hands went up? I said, how many of you would rather have the universal language? They go, what is that? I go, we're gonna dance. And I didn't have a song. It wasn't in my routine. I picked Meghan Trainor. Somebody said, oh, I have Meghan Trainor on my phone. I love me. And I got them all up dancing to I love me, Meghan Trainor. Created a, you know, little line dance. Let me tell you something. I did go back and do some of the speech but half of it got thrown out the window. I was trying to be something I wasn't my gift to the world is shifting energy using my dance. They did that dance four days of a conference and they would go, Sandy, I Love Me, I Love Me. And they would do that. That was the biggest gift I could give them because they were so scared to speak and how to connect with one another. And guess what? All the women who were like not so nice to me, like, how did you get keynote came up and go. We know why you got keynote. And I didn't think that I was in until to this day. I'm like, I got to do more. My keynote is gotta be more.Lesley Logan 26:39  Isn't that such a weird thing. Like, we'll get chosen for something. Somebody will ask you, this happens to me all the time, someone's like, oh, I want you to like speak at this I'm like, oh my God, okay, maybe I have to change, maybe I have to do this thing. It's like, no, they actually picked you based on the work you already did. So they're actually expecting the work that you already did.Sandy Joy Weston 27:01  They kind of looked you up. They know what you're about. Lesley Logan 27:03  Well, if we went to go see, I'm just like, I was just driving by Ellington stadium, y'all. You know, I live in Las Vegas. And I was like, Who? Who is performing because wow, this, this crowd is vastly different in age. I was like, I was driving by and it's like Taylor Swift. And like, of course, Taylor Swift. Can you imagine if Taylor Swift showed up to 55,000 fans was like, Hey, I'm gonna play stuff on the album I haven't released yet. Yeah, they might want to hear one or two songs to feel special. But the whole point of going to a concert, is so you can sing along and dance along to the songs you already know and love. Nobody wants to hear brand new stuff the whole time. Because they're just like, am I gonna like this? Do I? How do I fit but if you hear, you know, we saw Sting. And one of his songs he's most famous for is not his own solo song. It's a song from the police. But I was like, no, I want him to sing that song. That's why I'm here. He did at the end. I was like, this is the best. I don't want to hear your new stuff. I want to hear your old stuff. So I think that like, we have to this the same goes for us as human beings like that imposter syndrome that comes in or that thought that like, oh, my gosh, I need to like level this up. Yes, there's some things you can get better at speaking to a group you can work on that skill set, but they actually want the person that they saw do the thing. That's what they Googled. That's what they were like, oh, yeah, this is the one. And if you were to change that, they'll be like, I'm like, what happened? What happened up here? Joy? Lesley Logan 27:29  Yeah, yeah. Yeah. Crazy.Lesley Logan 28:33  So what are you I mean, like, obviously, it's been like such a transition in 2019. You sold it all, and you changed things and then a couple of years, like you're doing this new thing virtually. Now, hopefully, you're back to traveling. What are you being it until you see it right now? Sandy Joy Weston 28:47  I journal every day, right? So you don't have to? But if you didn't journal that would be weird. But I realized, I for the last few months, was phoning it in meaning like, okay, my word of the day, okay, this is my thing. This is my like, you know, it's like some people who go to church and they go, here's (inaudible) okay, now, I didn't realize that I was phoning it in meaning like just going through the motions because I had to take all these actions. I was getting caught up in the groups that I'm in because I'm in a lot of mastermind groups for keynote speaking and TEDx and stuff like that, that I was doing, okay, this is what I want this is what I want and then but the action that I was taking was like, okay, did I cold call these many people? Did I three people this? And then one of my colleagues said he wants to start journaling and I want to help him. And when I started telling him the importance of embodying it and feeling it I'm like, you gotta be kidding me. I mean, this is not me. This is not how I do things. This is like, I know that it's better to do less and really feel it. So what I started doing is writing down that and envisioning me being on these really big stages during the keynote known as I'm closing my eyes like I'm doing it. The mental and physical fitness visionary, and how that feels is what I've been doing and it's worked for the last month is getting up my family's like she's lost it and pretend I'm on stage. So I can feel that joy. Hey, everybody, thanks for coming. Like, so I'm like, looking over at Tony Robbins, go yo, dude, what up? Thanks for having me. I have this reoccurring dream at night that I'm speaking in Las Vegas at one of the you know, because there's so many conferences there. And Tony's in one of the conferences. So I'm like, yo, Tony, how's it going and tell everybody how we met and I do that. And then I put yourself on a TEDx stage. And this is my big, and I go through and now I'm like, okay, what else do I want? Yeah. And I'm telling you, it's the weirdest thing. It's not weird. I should know it. But something that is not your normal somebody saw me on LinkedIn, and reach out to me do it speak speaking gig in Philly, which you never have the big gigs, right in your own hometown, who saw me perform six years ago in Atlantic City. And now I'm speaking May 11 at this, you know what I'm saying somebody called me. I thought I was interviewing them for my life. Hey, I got something to say show. I'm not kidding you. And this woman comes on she goes, okay, well, what's your pitch for my TEDx? I go, excuse me? I go aren't, aren't I interviewing for my life woman show? She's like, oh, okay, but I thought you would like to be a part of my TEDx. I go, uh-huh, uh-huh. She's like, what's your pitch? And I'm like, here it is. She's like, okay, well, all the paperwork has to come out. But 97% I love you. And I want you there. I'm like, all right.Lesley Logan 32:10  Oh, my goodness. I love this so much. I hope every hope you're hearing this, y'all like, being it, like, being it till you see it, like, first of all, you are embodying it every single day. Like, you're, you're picturing yourself for a few moments every single day, what it's like to be on stage what's like to feel what it's like to say these things so that when these opportunities, there's no such thing as luck it's when preparation meets opportunity. And like had you not actually been spending time with yourself, she could have been like, yeah, so what's your pitch for TEDx? And you're like, if you were to say, let me get back to you, no, like, she was like, okay, maybe next year, like no, like, if you if you're listening to me, you want to have a TEDx. You should know what that TEDx is about already, you should like, take some time so that you can enjoy yourself doing it. I have a little funny story. There was a TEDx here in Las Vegas, it was at my favorite little shopping area, where I get my hair done. And the whole theme of the TEDx is were lights like global like global warming, climate change type of stuff. And the wind had picked up to 70-mile-an-hour gusts. And they're trying to they like, I kudos to them. They kept the TEDx going, even though like their displays are being blown. It's outdoors. It's being like blown over like the weather was like, like having its own TEDx moment. And like, they had to cancel entire an entire event. 10,000 people's tickets were canceled for maybe 20,000 people's tickets were canceled for this like email thing. And we were young concert people now. Anyway, I just laughed so hard because I'm like, this whole thing was famous on like global warming climate change and the weather is like canceling everything. So alright. Anyways, hello, (inaudible) but I just I think like, it's just so cool. These things don't just happen to people. If you're looking at people and like, oh my God, how did they get there? Like, it is, it is taking the time to do the work of the hard stuff and showing up and like really noodling in on the craft that you want to have. And I think that is I love that. I love this. So you're gonna do TEDx at her place? May 11th? Sandy Joy Weston 34:12  Oh, well, May 11th is my big keynote. That's a definite I got a check in the mail and I signed the contracts. The other one I will announce in I think I'm gonna be able to announce it in a few days because she said unless I'm a serial killer. And I fill out the application on it comes out tomorrow, officially.Lesley Logan 34:31  Oh my God.Sandy Joy Weston 34:32  She only had 10 spots. I was second. It wasn't even official. I've reached out to her to be on my hey, I got something to say show. And she read my profile. But she thought that I was reaching out to do her TEDx.Lesley Logan 34:46  I love this. I love it. I love it so much. Well, you'll have to do this because this air the show will air after you know you've heard you'll have to let my team know if you got it. So we on the recap episode we can update people. Sandy Joy, I mean you have just brought so much joy into this space. I'm like feeling 10 times higher than I did when we started this. We're gonna take a brief break and then find out where people can find you, follow you, hear you speak, all those things. Lesley Logan 35:11  All right, Sandy, where do you like to hang out? What's your social handles you like to be on? Where can people book you as a keynote speaker?Sandy Joy Weston 35:18  So my website is my name, Sandy Joy Weston, sandyjoyweston.com. And everything is there. So any speaking gig that you want to book me for, workshops, coaching, all the tabs are there you can check me out and go that's a little too much or yeah, I can't wait to have her. Also, I am on all social medias I hang out on LinkedIn, Facebook, Instagram, and TikTok, I always put up a daily joys like our one-minute or 90- second little fun things daily. And same thing, Sandy Joy Weston, you can find me everywhere.Lesley Logan 35:59  Thank you so much. Okay, before I let you go, you've given us so many great tips, but Be It Action Items - bold, executable, intrinsic, targeted steps people can take to be it till they see it.Sandy Joy Weston 36:09  Okay, this is what I want them to do. I want them to think of that one area of their life that they want to uplevel. Now they might say it's all three, I get it. But pick one. Remember, it's either money career, body health, love relation, pick one, that even for a week, try a week, I don't want to go crazy and say 30 days, go a week. And this is the area you want to uplevel and then all I'm asking you to do is before you get out of bed before those feet hit the floor. Think of one word, just one word of how you want to show up that day in that area. What would you do? What would you say? How would you act if you had ease and flow, power, joy, confidence, courage? It's not gonna take much time it's gonna give you 30 seconds. Come downstairs, write it somewhere, scribble scrabble? And then throughout the day, say am I feeling ease and flow in that area? Am I feeling joy? Am I feeling confident? And if not, don't take action from there yet. Take a step back. See what you can do. Maybe it's just walking outside, stretching, petting your animal and then come back and take action. That's all. Easy peasy.Lesley Logan 37:23  I love it. I can picture it. And I I think it's so fun because it's like if you want to have more fun, and but you're like like in your day, and you're like oh my God I have all these things doing around the house. It's like well how can you make picking the house up more fun? Like what can correct what can you do so you take that step back and you ask the next question all of a sudden, you might have some like 90's rap on and vacuuming you know, I'm just saying, you know, I do that. I don't vacuum but I put the 90's rap on cleaning. Sandy Joy, I'm so glad we met. Thank you so much for saying yes to this podcast. Y'all, how are you going to use these tips in your life? What are your takeaways tag Sandy Joy, tag to the Be It Pod. Let us know which of these list down the words you used and how that goes. I'm sure Sandy wants to hear that I'm sure I want I know I want to hear that. So not even sure I'm positive. And until next time, Be It Till You See It.Lesley Logan 38:15  That's all I got for this episode of the Be It Till You See It Podcast. One thing that would help both myself and future listeners is for you to rate the show and leave a review and follow or subscribe for free wherever you listen to your podcast. Also, make sure to introduce yourself over at the Be It Pod on Instagram. I would love to know more about you. Share this episode with whoever you think needs to hear it. Help us and others Be It Till You See It. Have an awesome day.  Lesley Logan 38:43  Be It Till You See It is a production of The Bloom Podcast Network. 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Ben chats with Mathew Renda, owner of Boshkung Brewing in Minden, about the journey from beer blogger and attire sales to general manager and now owner of a brewery. Plus TFC, smoked meat for boaters, and weird questions from Chuck Klosterman's Sex, Drugs, and Cocoa Puffs. 

Where Are Cocoa Puff's Treats? by Jeanne Cornish and Melissa PottbergCocoa Puff, a little Chihuahua puppy, loves to save each and every treat that is given to her. Her friend Sassy Sweet, a mischievous Yorkie, eats her treat as soon as she is given one. Find out what happens when Cocoa Puff wakes up one day to find her treats have suddenly disappeared! Jeanne Cornish and Melissa Pottberg are a mother and daughter writing team. Both live in Colorado and own small dogs. Jeanne is a pharmacist, medical writer, wife, mother, and grandmother. Melissa has a Master's degree in Toxicology, coaches gymnastics, and is a certified Pilates instructor. She is a wife and mother.https://www.amazon.com/Where-Are-Cocoa-Puffs-Treats/dp/166288737X/ref=sr_1_2?crid=2F27CHS8MKI95&keywords=where+are+cocoa+Puff%27s+treats&qid=1700942299&sprefix=where+are+cocoa+puff%27s+treats%2Caps%2C106&sr=8-2http://www.KingPagesPress.comhttp://www.bluefunkbroadcasting.com/root/twia/121423kpp3.mp3  

In today's flashback, an outtake from Episode 423, my conversation with bestselling author Chuck Klosterman. This episode first aired on July 20, 2016. Klosterman is the bestselling author of eight nonfiction books (including Sex, Drugs, and Cocoa Puffs; I Wear the Black Hat; But What If We're Wrong?; and Killing Yourself to Live). he has also published two novels (Downtown Owl and The Visible Man). He has written for The New York Times, The Washington Post, GQ, Esquire, Spin, The Guardian, The Believer, Billboard, The A.V. Club, and ESPN. Klosterman served as the Ethicist for The New York Times Magazine for three years, appeared as himself in the LCD Soundsystem documentary Shut Up and Play the Hits, and was an original founder of the website Grantland with Bill Simmons. *** Otherppl with Brad Listi is a weekly literary podcast featuring in-depth interviews with today's leading writers. Available where podcasts are available: Apple Podcasts, Spotify, YouTube, etc. Subscribe to Brad Listi's email newsletter. Support the show on Patreon Merch @otherppl Instagram  TikTok Email the show: letters [at] otherppl [dot] com The podcast is a proud affiliate partner of Bookshop, working to support local, independent bookstores. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Are you feeling the chaos of the holidays? Maybe you're like me and have fifty-leven kids. I mean three sure as heck feels like fifty-leven sometimes. Somedays are enough to make my head spin. Throw in the extra [joyful] chaos of the holidays... Elf on the Shelf, school parties, family get togethers, the absolute insane amount of energy the kids at this time of year have. I always say I wish I could bottle up their energy and sell it because I'd be a gajillionaire. But I digress, as ADHD often has me do. Tune into this episode if you're looking for ways to survive this holiday season. I'm a mom of 3 under 5 (4 year old, 2.5 year old, 8 month old) and it gets coo-coo for Cocoa Puffs around here. I'm talking all about what I'm doing to make it through with quick and easy self-care activities. I'm talking less than 20 minutes a day people. And reminding you that even if you only have 2 minutes for self-care, it's better than ZERO! Lots of love mamas! Resources: Grab your FREE Resource: 10 Quick and Easy Steps to Avoid Mom Burnout: https://www.messyminivanmoms.com/burnout Follow the podcast on Instagram: @momlifeunscripted.podcast Follow the podcast on TikTok: @momlifeunscriptedpodcast Join my Facebook group, a safe, non-judgmental space for mamas: https://www.facebook.com/groups/messyminivanmoms Like the podcast? Please be sure to rate and review the podcast and subscribe so you don't miss a thing!

Come one, come all to this week's episode of What are We Doing? where your host Levi McCurdy breaks down the wildest, most unbelievable news stories! This week we're sinking our teeth into a spicy story that went down at a Taco Bell holiday party. I hope everyone's ready for some saucy fun because things are about to get a little loco up in here! So check this out - a T Bell worker named Alana was invited to her location's annual Christmas party and - get this - it turned into a straight-up rager! We're talking booze flowing, music pumping, naughty shenanigans popping off. Oh baby it was wild! Her manager Lidia covered all the windows, turned off security cameras, and let the good times roll. But when Alana stepped outside for a break from the festivities, she wasn't ready for what she saw next. I'm talking jaw on the floor, eyes poppin' out of her head! Girl walked in on a full-blown office holiday hookup happening right in front of the whole crew! But it gets even crazier - Lidia herself was in on this twisted game of tonsil hockey and things were heating up quick! It was like a scene out of an adult holiday film over there! Too bad it wasn't caught on camera because I know ya'll would've loved that content. Talk about making the nice list this Christmas! Oh Lidia you naughty, naughty manager you! Gives a whole new meaning to ”feliz navi-THOT"! Eventually poor Alana couldn't take the steamy sight anymore. Homegirl went outside to get some air and collect herself! But when she finally mustered up the courage to head back inside, she spotted someone paying their respects to the porcelain gods. And guess what - they were honoring the puke gods in Alana's guac bowl! Nope, I ain't kidding - her lovingly homemade app was getting destroyed! And you thought finding a fly in your soup was bad! This was nacho average discovery! Of course, no good deed goes unpunished and Miss Alana soon found that out the hard way. After reporting this horror show to the bosses, she started getting threats from her raging ex-coworkers who got canned! These fools even busted her car window trying to get revenge! And if that wasn't enough, management tried transferring her instead of, you know, stopping the harassment! What the actual chalupa?! So buckle up ya'll cause this story is certifiably cuckoo for Cocoa Puffs! Alana ended up saying “no más” and left that loco establishment for good. Can't say I blame her though! No amount of free gorditas is worth that drama! But tell me fam - what do ya'll think? Did she make the right move walking away? Or should she have tried to make the best of an obviously messy sitch? Let me know in the comments! And make sure to like, subscribe and order up some T Bell to munch on while listening! Cause we still gotta figure out what in the crispy cinnamon crunch we're all doing here! Until next time fam! Live màs and stay less loco! --- ✅GET AN SM7DB ON SALE at TONE TAILORS! https://shop.tonetailors.com/shure-sm7db-active-dynamic-microphone.html ✅ REPURPOSE YOUR VIDEOS - Upload to 1 service & we'll handle the rest. Distribute your podcast, clips, shorts, reels, TikTok, and more with Repurpose-io Sign up today: https://wawdpod.com/repurpose ✅ 17 Hats - 50% OFF YOUR YEARLY SUBSCRIPTION Save time & run your business the smart way! https://wawdpod.com/17hats -- Follow Us: ✅ Instagram: https://bit.ly/wawd-instagram ✅ TikTok: https://bit.ly/wawd-tiktok ✅ Facebook: https://bit.ly/wawd-facebook ********** Disclaimer: We must also emphasize that the information contained in this video has been produced with no warranty, expressed or implied, regarding the validity, accuracy, reliability, completeness, legality, or usefulness of what is said or expressed. Therefore, we strongly advise that no one viewing or listening to this video should rely on the information presented herein. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/what-are-we-doing-pod/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/what-are-we-doing-pod/support

Join Joe Shoes and Michael Gomez as they present their weekly buffet of pop culture goodness! This week your double main men discuss: Joe's Major Bendie is being delivered (1:06), the boys giveaway a John Cena figure (5:12), Breaking News: RIP Matthew Perry (6:42), Britney Spears & John Stamos release autobiographies (11:41), McDonald's Boo Bucket Update (15:03), Pillsbury dropping Trix, Cocoa Puffs and Cinnamon Toast Crunch flavored frozen waffles (16:30), Where can we take you on a first date? (17:36), Halloween (23:45), WWE Superfan: The Story of Vladimir (25:18), FIVE NIGHTS AT FREDDY'S & weekend box office (34:36), Christmas catalogs and going to the mall (43:49), Joe owns Chuck E. Cheese (46:20), South Park: Joining The Panderverse (50:00), WHEEL OF FORSHOENE: TROPIC THUNDER (54:49), What's for next week? (1:31:53), Big Finish: Athletes You Hate (1:34:05) Watch along for next week: THE RUNDOWN (2003) (Peacock) Follow on all the socials: Twitter: @CarJoeMeZ, @TheJoeShoes, @thegomez154 Instagram: @CarJoeMeZ, @TheJoeShoes, @thegomez154 YouTube: Joe Shoes, Car JoeMeZ Podcast Twitch: Mr. Joe Shoes, MeZ Movie Pro Wrestling Tees Store: Capt. Joe Shoes TikTok: @TheJoeShoes Blog Site: CarJoeMeZ.com

Awwwww yeah! Welcome back to Junk Feud! It's the premiere episode of our second season and we're starting it off with a bang (er, with a crunch?) as we go Snack to School for Cereal Month! It's Snack to School: The Cereal Bowl and we're coming out of the gate hot with a chocolately favorite. Will we be cuckoo for Cocoa Puffs, or will the reigning, defending, undisputed champion of snacks stand tall? Find out next on Junk Feud! --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/junkfeudpod/support

Andy is under the weather, so Scotty's daughter Cooper sits in to try the new Minecraft Frosted Flakes from Kellogg's! Then Gold Honey Flakes that Gandhi brought back from Thailand, and some generic Cocoa Puffs.

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We have ongoing conversations here about fitness in the military, disability policies, changes to testing, and so much more. Because many of these are hot topics, they often attract media coverage, which can have both positive and negative consequences. To help shed some light on the complex relationship between the media and the military, especially with regard to health and fitness issues, we brought in an expert for this episode. Todd South is Editor-at-large for Military Times, which publishes Air Force Times, Army Times, Marine Corps Times, and Navy Times. Todd has written about crime, courts, government and the military for multiple publications since 2004 and was named a 2014 Pulitzer finalist for a co-written project on witness intimidation. Todd served as a Marine in the Iraq War, and some of his favorite topics include marksmanship and fitness. As a special bonus, stay tuned until the end of the episode to get some pro tips on how to put together Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests from someone who has extensive experience doing them. Todd makes several references throughout the episode to places you can go to learn more about journalism, here are the links if you want to go check them out: The Braindead Megaphone: the titular essay from this collection by George Saunders presages some of the modern social media problems with which we're all now grappling. All I know is What I Read in the Papers (explains what the public gets wrong about reporters and how they do their work in a very funny way). This essay is available either as a Kindle single or in the essay collection titled “Sex, Drugs and Cocoa Puffs.” The News: A User's Manual which Todd describes as being how news should be viewed, read and frankly, produced. Many of the sentiments expressed had rattle around his head starting with his first bylines in 2004. He wishes all creators and consumers of news media would read it. Intimate Journalism: The Art and Craft of Reporting Everyday Life, which he describes as simply a classic that should be studied more by journalists at every level.

The plaintiff says she met the defendant when she found him sleeping on the steps outside his grandfather's apartment at her building. She let him move in with her, but he became aggressive and she threw him out. She's suing him for rent, cereal and expenses. The defendant says he never agreed to pay for anything.  Then, the plaintiff says she rented an apartment from the defendant, who won't return the security deposit because he says she smoked inside the home. She's suing her landlord for the money back. The defendant claims the apartment was covered in a film of nicotine, and he spent the money cleaning it up.   Plus, the plaintiff says he's known the defendant for 25 years, so he loaned him some cash and video games when he was down on his luck. He claims his ex-friend sold the games, so he's suing. The defendant claims the games were a gift and says he owes nothing.  Don't forget to rate and subscribe so you never miss an episode.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

WABC Host Curtis Sliwa joins Sid in-studio to make a special announcement on this Pride Day, before he continues to call out New York City Mayor Adams for being "coo-coo for Cocoa Puffs." Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this rebroadcast, writer Chuck Klosterman (Sex, Drugs, and Cocoa Puffs) unpacks his newest book The Nineties and admits how the "slacker ethos" of the decade made him embarrassed to succeed as a writer; and international rock band Making Movies explains why it's difficult to separate activism from their music, before performing the title track off their album XOPA. Plus, host Luke Burbank and announcer Elena Passarello get nostalgic for the 1990s.

It's possible that civilization has run out of ideas for food.  Instead of dreaming-up new dishes… big food is resorting to resizing to make the register ring.   As eating turns to grazing throughout the day… Nestle is now selling what it calls selling smeals.  Smeals.  Small meals… or in their case pint-sized snacks.  Often mashups... Cocoa Puff popcorn. Or Dr. Pepper Cotton Candy.  In business.. they call it brand extension but it's proof we're out of ideas. However. Look what's comin' down the road.  A futurist named Tom Cheesewright… yes… a guy who makes his living predicting the future… says within 20 years… we'll be eating radically different … pizza. He says the lack of water for agriculture could lead to pizza dough that uses crushed-up insects for filler.  Do I need to say “lots of protein?” Your bug pizza crust will be topped by lab-grown meat… the cheese will be charred by laser zapped.  And the craziest part.  Not the first place I've heard this.  The pizza won't come out of the oven…. but from a 3-D printer… that'll squirt tiny bits of ingredients to build a pizza one tiny glop shot from a printer head at a time…. then it's laser grilled. While it's weird a guy named Tom Cheesewright … is making predictions about pizza. For now, I think I'll stick with swiss miss lucky charms cereal… and Slurpee donutsSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Chuck Klosterman is an author of numerous books such as Sex, Drugs and Cocoa Puffs, Downtown Owl and Killing Yourself to Live. His most recent book, The Nineties, is a collection of essays about a decade that occurred not too long ago, yet in many ways feels like an entirely different world. In this episode, Chuck sits down with Aron to discuss his book and a variety of other topics, including: -What it's like to write a book about a decade that you've lived through -The internet preserving history -How Art Bell's Coast to Coast AM radio show foreshadowed the current state of mainstream media -How athletes from the past would fair in today's game and vice versa -The impact that the O.J. Simpson trial had on his legacy as a player and on the NFL's image. -Did the BCS eliminate the mystique around college football -Does American Football really need to expand beyond the United States -The essence of football -And much more Chuck's Website https://chuckklostermanauthor.com/ TFO Blog https://www.thefootballodyssey.com/ TFO Social Media Accounts https://twitter.com/FootballOdyc https://www.instagram.com/thefootballodyssey/ https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC3Kv_NInjlOAlE4lrpWu4zw/playlists

The Coup d'état is a forceful way to overthrow a government. The so-called January 6 “Capitol Hill Riot” was considered a coup by the Left but in reality, was created as a stage-managed event, obviously designed to disrupt the congressional session. Police opened barriers and waved rioters inside while the presence of Army psychological operations officers had been confirmed. The recent film, Amsterdam, is raising old ghosts of a violent military coup that may or may not be an inside job but the 25th Amendment looms over the Biden presidency which is yet another method to get an old leader out of the way. Tonight on Ground Zero, Clyde Lewis talks about COUP COUP FOR COCOA PUFFS. #GroundZero #ClydeLewis #CoupCoupForCocoaPuffs https://groundzeromedia.org/12-9-22-coup-coup-for-cocoa.../ Ground Zero with Clyde Lewis is live M-F from 7-10pm, pacific time, and streamed for free at groundzero.radio and talkstreamlive.com. There is a delayed broadcast on our local Portland affiliate station, KPAM 860, from 9pm-12am, pacific time. To leave a message, call our toll-free line at 866-536-7469. To listen by phone: 717-734-6922. To call the live show: 503-225-0860. For Android and iPhones, download the Paranormal Radio app. The transcript of each episode will be posted after the show at groundzeromedia.org. In order to access Ground Zero's exclusive digital library which includes webinars, archived shows/podcasts, research groups, videos, documents, and more, you must sign up at aftermath.media. Subscriptions start at $7/month. Check out the yearly specials!

Os Guinness closes out his look into the future of this nation's beacon of freedom; then, Tim Tebow has an intriguing story about Cocoa Puffs.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Tim Tebow opens up with a fun and odd story about Cocoa Puffs (yes, the cereal) and talks about his new 365-Day Devotional that gets us ready for the holidays and the year ahead.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In this episode, we'll try another Kellogg's Frosted Flakes flavor, this time, Pandora Flakes with blueberry moons. Surprisingly greeeaaa…ok…we won't. Then, listener supplied knock-off Cocoa Puffs and Lucky Charms. Spoiler alert! One of them will be immortalized as a double 5 Bowler!

Little cutie Corbin, who's now a Carpool star, kicks off today's episode, which is packed with the segments you know and love. “Big brain” is today's millennial word of the day, as in, Tik Tok is small brain, and IG is big brain. 90's throwbacks from the driveway diaries include bubbles you could eat and silk accessory scarves that are coming back hot. Kelly also clears up all the confusion surrounding the two-ingredient pumpkin muffin recipe.  The great eight of children's cereal — Kelly and Lizz's favorite nightcap — is here. Cocoa Puffs, Cocoa Pebbles, Fruit Loops, Lucky Charms, Cookie Crisp, Reese's Puffs, Captain Crunch, and Trix are going head to head. Cereal connoisseur and Stumpe sibling Craig joins the gals for a tiebreaker.  Kelly raves about her favorite Edmunds.com tools that make car shopping so easy — a hat tip to the fantastic sponsor of today's industry news. Kelly's favorite tools are the comparison tool for a side-by-side comparison of four vehicles, the price checker tool for comparing car prices in your area, and the appraisal tool that shows you what your car is worth in minutes.  The Acura ZDX collab with General motors is giving precision EV essence, and Mercedes is expanding its crossover lineup with the ugliest car Kelly's ever seen in her life, the EQE. Industry news also brings a report of the Rivian R1T recall repair process that affected 12,000 vehicles. How long did the inspection and repair take? Listen in to find out. Ditch the drive-through sweet chili salmon from Kelly and Lizz's new favorite Instagrammer: Trader Joe's Five Items or Less. Run, don't walk to @traderjoes5itemsorless There's no fear or guilt, just gratitude on today's Blake's Besties segment. Today, we're remembering Cooper James, who turned his mom into a ketchup lover, Noa — Courtney's baby who just got their special name, and Greyson, who had his mama inhaling jars of pickles through her 17 weeks of pregnancy.  Share your sweet, fun, and funny ‘gone too soon' baby memories with us, and we'll read them on the show at hello@thecarmomofficial.com Today's episode is brought to you by Athletic Greens. Improve your energy, recovery, focus, and aging with a greens powder that doesn't taste like grass. AG has 75 high-quality vitamins, minerals, whole foods, and probiotics you can take daily in just water. AG contains no sugar, no GMOs, and no nasty chemicals or artificial ingredients. For less than $3 a day, invest in your health whether you're eating gluten-free, keto, paleo, dairy-free, or vegan — this is your ultimate daily nutrition insurance. Get your free one-year supply of immune-supporting vitamin D and five free travel packs with your first purchase when you use our link: athleticgreens.com/carpool To share your ditch the drive-through recipe with us, call (959) CAR-POOL and leave us a message! Want our advice on your next car (or just got a life question for us)? Shoot us an email for a chance to get your questions featured on the show at hello@thecarmomofficial.com Follow the Carpool Podcast on IG Follow the Carpool Podcast on YouTube Follow Kelly on IG Follow Lizz on IG Visit thecarmomofficial.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

MeHelp Helpologists Jerome Baller (@charlesraustin), Lefty Festus (@necrobranson), Dr. Terry Fool (@intellegint) discuss their Helpology techniques and gossip about their clients. E1 on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/e1podcast

This week we have an extra special episode with featured guest, Chuck Klosterman, New York Times bestselling author of Sex, Drugs, and Cocoa Puffs; I Wear the Black Hat; But What If We're Wrong?; and most recently, The Nineties, which was released to widespread acclaim earlier this year. In the book, Klosterman examines all things 1990s including the decade's fascination with clear drinks such as Zima and Crystal Pepsi. So tune in and hear what Klosterman has to say about the drinks themselves and what they mean within the context of the era.   Buy The Nineties:https://chuckklostermanauthor.com/ _____________________________________ Join us every Monday as acclaimed bartender, Erick Castro, interviews some of the bar industry's top talents from around the world, including bartenders, distillers & authors. If you love cocktails & spirits then this award-winning podcast is just for you. SUPPORT US ON PATREON: Get early access to episodes, exclusive bonus episodes, special content and more: https://www.patreon.com/BartenderAtLarge WATCH OUR VIDEOS ON YOUTUBE: https://www.youtube.com/bartenderatlarge FOLLOW US ON INSTAGRAM: Erick Castro: www.instagram.com/HungryBartender Bartender at Large: www.instagram.com/BartenderAtLarge FOLLOW US ON TWITTER: Erick Castro: www.twitter.com/HungryBartender Bartender at Large: www.twitter.com/BartendAtLarge BUY OUR MERCH: https://moverandshakerco.com/collections/bartenderatlarge

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Host Luke Burbank and announcer Elena Passarello get nostalgic for the 1990s; writer Chuck Klosterman (Sex, Drugs, and Cocoa Puffs) unpacks his newest book The Nineties and admits how the "slacker ethos" of the decade made him embarrassed to succeed as a writer; and international rock band Making Movies explains why it's difficult to separate activism from their music, before performing the title track off their new album XOPA.

Ryan talks to author Chuck Klosterman about his new book The Nineties, the inevitability of being wrong, the value of simplicity, and more. Chuck Klosterman is a NYT bestselling author and culture critic. His books include Sex, Drugs, and Cocoa Puffs; But What If We're Wrong?; and Chuck Klosterman X, and two novels Downtown Owl and The Visible Man. He has written for The New York Times, The Washington Post, GQ, Esquire, ESPN, and more. Klosterman served as the Ethicist for The New York Times Magazine for three years, appeared as himself in the LCD Soundsystem documentary Shut Up and Play the Hits, and was an original founder of the website Grantland with Bill Simmons. In his most recent book, The Nineties, Chuck examines the film, the music, the sports, the TV, the politics, the changes regarding race and class and sexuality of one of the most defining decades of modern American consciousness.The Jordan Harbinger Show is one of the most interesting podcasts on the web, with guests like Kobe Bryant, Mark Manson, Eric Schmidt, and more. Listen to one of Ryan's episodes right now (1, 2), and subscribe to the Jordan Harbinger Show today.KiwiCo is a subscription service that delivers everything your kids will need to make, create and play. Get 50% off your first month plus FREE shipping on ANY crate line with code STOIC at kiwico.com.Go to shopify.com/stoic, all lowercase, for a FREE fourteen-day trial and get full access to Shopify's entire suite of features. Grow your business with Shopify today - go to shopify.com/stoic right now.Sunday can help you grow a beautiful lawn without the guesswork OR nasty chemicals. F​​ull-season plans start at just $129, and you can get 20% off at checkout when you visit GETSUNDAY.COM/STOIC.As a member of Daily Stoic Life, you get all our current and future courses, 100+ additional Daily Stoic email meditations, 4 live Q&As with bestselling author Ryan Holiday (and guests), and 10% off your next purchase from the Daily Stoic Store. Sign up at https://dailystoic.com/life/ Sign up for the Daily Stoic email: https://dailystoic.com/dailyemailCheck out the Daily Stoic Store for Stoic inspired products, signed books, and more.Follow us: Instagram, Twitter, YouTube, TikTok, FacebookFollow Chuck Klosterman: Website, Twitter