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He Beat a Monopoly. Then Had to Reinvent Everything.What do you do when the business model that made you billions faces sudden, total obsolescence?Most executive leaders miscalculate technological shifts—they either panic and move too early, or ignore the noise and move too late. In this episode of Lead the Team, host Ben Fanning sits down with Joe Walsh, Chairman and CEO of Thryv, to break down the tactical frameworks required to lead a legacy brand through the absolute chaos of print, digital, SaaS, and now AI revolutions.Joe famously scaled Yellow Book from $38 million to a $2 billion national powerhouse by dismantling an entrenched phone company monopoly. But his greatest leadership test wasn't storming the castle—it was repeatedly reinventing the business when the entire technological landscape shifted underneath him.If you are currently navigating massive industry uncertainty, AI implementation, or market disruption, this conversation serves as your executive blueprint for the new rules of survival.CHAPTERS00:00 – The Real Definition of a CEO: Predicting the Future for Your People04:08 – The Danger of the Bleeding Edge: Why the Second Mouse Gets the Cheese07:16 – Shattering a Monopoly: The Hertz-Avis Strategy That Scaled Yellow Book to $2B11:31 – The Core Principles of Value: Giving Proof and Credibility in Advance14:43 – The NASDAQ Turnaround: Converting a Dying Print Giant into an MRR Machine19:43 – Managing Wall Street & Fighting Legacy Inertia Simultaneously25:36 – Corporate Blindspots: Why Enterprise Missed the Main Street Tech Boom33:38 – The AI Landscape for Local Business: Democratization vs. Tech Debt37:37 – Leading Through the Blur: The Golden Rule of Modern Disruption41:17 – "Stay Calm and Carry On": Overcoming Executive OverwhelmEXECUTIVE RESOURCES & LINKSScale Your B2B Brand With a Podcast: Learn our 5-step framework and schedule a 20-minute operational briefing with Ben's team: BenLeads.com/schedule.Get the Executive Briefing: Get vital insights and tactical frameworks from this episode delivered directly to your inbox: benfanning.com/insight.Connect with Thryv: Discover how Joe and his team help Main Street businesses win with modern software.

In this episode of The Wrap with Chris Whalen, Chris joins Julia La Roche to argue that Kevin Warsh has a credibility problem: he's holding rates, avoiding confrontation with a divided board, and saying almost nothing, while the bond market does the tightening for him with the ten-year near 4.7% and mortgages headed toward seven-plus. Whalen's prescription is blunt — take back last year's cuts with two quarter-point hikes, consider a surprise August move, raise margin requirements, and keep shrinking the balance sheet, because Treasury is the dog and the Fed is barely the tail. From there the conversation ranges across a coming diesel and fertilizer shortage nobody in Washington will discuss, gold's role as real money in Asia versus a paper price in the West, and Whalen's own portfolio, from Annaly and Rhythm Capital to Flagstar and roughly a fifth in precious metals. The back half turns spicy with Tom Gober's new guest post on life insurers: private-credit-controlled annuity writers reinsuring liabilities offshore without posting enough assets behind them, hidden by state secrecy laws and rubber-stamped by ratings agencies that were never working for you. Plus PennyMac's bad quarter, George Gleason's construction-lending model at Bank OZK, and mailbag questions on SpaceX and mining stocks.Thank you to our sponsor, Monetary Metals. Learn more at https://www.monetary-metals.com/THEWRAP/Links:    The Institutional Risk Analyst: https://www.theinstitutionalriskanalyst.com/  Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/rcwhalen    Thomas Gober guest article: https://www.theinstitutionalriskanalyst.com/post/theira874Seeing Around Corners book: https://www.theinstitutionalriskanalyst.com/product-page/seeing-around-corners-achieving-success-in-business-and-life-hardcoverUse the code TheWrap2026 for 25% off your first year of The Institutional Risk Analyst https://www.theinstitutionalriskanalyst.com/plans-pricingTimestamps:0:00 — Intro: no, the show isn't being cancelled1:52 — Warsh's first pressers: three dissenters and a chairman who says nothing5:42 — How Warsh gets credibility: take back last year's cuts7:20 — Trump stays quiet on Warsh — plus a coming diesel and fertilizer squeeze8:46 — Is the economy finally slowing? The fading power of deficits10:22 — "Treasury is the dog, the Fed is the tail"11:30 — The case for a surprise August hike and less forward guidance12:56 — Gold, Keith Weiner, and the permanent backwardation thesis15:38 — Gold as bank capital: pledging metal as repo collateral16:37 — Whalen's book: Annaly, Rhythm, miners, energy, Schwab, Flagstar19:41 — PennyMac's ugly quarter and why it drags the whole mortgage group down21:23 — Bank OZK vs. the big banks on commercial real estate23:19 — Tom Gober's guest post: is your life insurer actually solvent?27:00 — Offshore reinsurance, secrecy states, and why ratings won't save you29:36 — Mailbag: SpaceX below IPO price — buy more or bail?31:53 — Mailbag: miners vs. metal, GLD/GDX vs. SLV/SIL35:13 — What's next: mortgage earnings, the bank 50, and the gold book

Travis Chappell delivers a solo masterclass on building a powerful personal brand and network using his proprietary ACT method (Attention, Credibility, Trust), drawn from over 1,600 podcast episodes, hundreds of books, and years of real-world experience in content creation and online marketing. On this episode we talk about: The ACT framework: A = Attention, C = Credibility, T = Trust—and why trust equals transactions. How Travis engineered his own Forbes feature by interviewing the author and networking strategically. Why "best known beats best" and attention is the foundation where money flows every time. Building credibility through high-profile associations (like big-name podcast guests) over one-off media mentions. Maintaining trust by overdelivering on every sale, even small ones, to boost lifetime customer value. Top 3 Takeaways 1. Get attention first—post content relentlessly because every post is a lottery ticket that could explode your reach. 2. Credibility comes from associating with known experts; it's harder than media hits but moves the needle more. 3. Trust must be continually earned through overdelivery, since one bad experience can kill repeat business forever. Notable Quotes "If you're an online marketer and you're not coming up with methods and cool acronyms, then you're not really a marketer." "Best known beats best. You're the best kept secret in your field... but nobody knows that you exist." "Where there's attention, that's where money goes. Attention is where the money flows. 100% of the time." "Every post is a lottery ticket. You never know what's going to be the thing that actually takes off." "The question you should be asking yourself is not does this convert? But does this continue to earn me trust?" Connect with Travis Chappell: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/travischappell Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/traviscchappell Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/traviscchappell Other: https://travischappell.com (Website & Podcast) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Bryan Kohberger's request for a new trial will first have to survive an initial review by the Idaho court, which must determine whether his post-conviction petition presents specific, legally sufficient claims that warrant further proceedings. Kohberger alleges that his guilty plea was produced by coercion, misinformation, false promises and the withholding or misrepresentation of potentially exculpatory evidence by his defense team. Should the court find that those allegations merit examination, the case could advance to responses from prosecutors, additional filings and potentially an evidentiary hearing where Kohberger, his former attorneys and other witnesses could be questioned. A new trial would not be automatic; he must first convince the court that his plea was not knowing, voluntary or supported by effective legal counsel.Credibility could become the decisive issue because Kohberger's current account directly conflicts with what he repeatedly told Judge Steven Hippler when entering his plea. Under oath, Kohberger admitted killing Madison Mogen, Kaylee Goncalves, Xana Kernodle and Ethan Chapin, said he understood the agreement, denied being threatened or improperly pressured and expressed satisfaction with his attorneys. The court would therefore have to weigh his new accusations against that extensive plea-hearing record and the testimony of the lawyers he now blames. Even if Kohberger secured permission to withdraw the plea, the prosecution could revive the original murder case and potentially seek the death penalty again, leaving him to face the trial and punishment that the plea agreement allowed him to avoid.to contact me:bobbycapuccI@protonmail.comsource:How Bryan Kohberger's post-conviction legal process works | Idaho Statesman

Those Long-Term Chip Deals May Not Be as Secure as Investors Are Led to Believe When you listen to memory chip companies like Samsung Electronics, SK Hynix, and Micron Technology discuss their businesses, they often make it sound like customer contracts—some extending as long as five years—are essentially set in stone. Unfortunately, that's not entirely true. Yes, these companies have long-term agreements in place, but contracts in this industry are often renegotiated when market conditions change. If demand for memory chips weakens significantly, chip manufacturers have a strong incentive to work with their customers rather than strictly enforce every contractual commitment. The reason is simple: preserving long-term customer relationships is often far more valuable than maximizing short-term revenue. Imagine a customer that suddenly doesn't need as many chips because its own sales have slowed. If a supplier forces that customer to accept unwanted inventory, those chips may simply sit in a warehouse until demand recovers. By the time the customer needs additional chips, it may choose to reduce future orders or move business to a competitor that proved to be more flexible during difficult times. Competitors are always looking for opportunities to gain market share. If one supplier refuses to work with its customers, another is usually willing to offer better pricing or more favorable terms. Losing a major customer over a rigid interpretation of a contract can cost far more in future profits than making temporary concessions during a downturn. This isn't just theory and it has happened before. During the COVID-era, many long-term agreements were adjusted as demand shifted. Rather than forcing customers to take products they no longer needed, suppliers often renegotiated delivery schedules and purchasing commitments to preserve long-term partnerships. The same principle applies across many industries. Companies frequently modify or delay large commercial agreements when business conditions change. While contracts provide a framework, successful businesses understand that maintaining trust with key customers is often more important than enforcing every clause to the letter. Investors should remember that a signed contract does not necessarily guarantee future revenue will be recognized exactly as originally planned. Management teams often emphasize the value of their long-term agreements during earnings calls, but those agreements can evolve if market conditions deteriorate. At the end of the day, great businesses understand that customer relationships are built over years but can be damaged in a matter of weeks. In many cases, giving a customer flexibility during a downturn is a much better investment than insisting on strict contract enforcement. That's why investors should view long-term chip contracts as valuable, but not invincible.   Why Index Investing Could Leave You Disappointed Long Term I often hear people say, "Just buy the S&P 500 and forget about it. You'll be fine." While that sounds simple, investing is rarely that easy. Many investors don't fully understand how an index works or why it has performed so well in recent years. The S&P 500 has been driven largely by a handful of technology and AI companies. By blindly investing in the index, many people are simply participating in a momentum strategy without realizing it. Very little thought is given to what those 500 companies are actually worth. There is no effort to trim positions that have become extremely expensive or overly concentrated. As valuations climb, the index simply gives those companies an even larger weighting, leaving investors with greater exposure to the stocks that have already gone up the most. Some people respond by saying, "I won't put everything in the S&P 500. I'll diversify into other index funds." But once you go down that road, investing becomes much more complicated and you'll likely underperform the S&P 500. Should you own an international index? A European index? A bond index? A growth index? A value index? Small-cap funds? REITs? There are hundreds of ETFs and mutual funds to choose from. Now you have another challenge: deciding how much to allocate to each one. When your portfolio declines will you understand why? More importantly, will you know what to do next? Many investors don't, and that uncertainty often leads to emotional decisions at exactly the wrong time. This is why I prefer managing a portfolio of individual value-oriented stocks, combined with money market funds and selected real estate investment trusts (REITs). That approach still provides diversification, but I understand what each investment is worth and why I own it. In my view, that's a much better foundation than owning five or ten different index funds without truly understanding what's inside them or how they're valued. Another common argument for index investing is lower fees. While fees certainly matter, they shouldn't be the only factor. The number that ultimately matters is your total return after all fees and expenses. A lower fee doesn't automatically translate into better long-term performance. If you own index funds, take some time to look under the hood. Do you really understand what you own? Do you know which sectors dominate your portfolio, which companies make up the largest holdings, and how expensive those businesses are today? If the answer is no, don't assume you'll be comfortable when the market experiences its next major decline. Investors who don't understand what they own are often the first to panic, and that confusion can lead to costly investment mistakes.   The U.S. economy is still in much better shape than many people think. This week brought three major events for investors: GDP, PCE inflation, and the Federal Reserve meeting. While the headlines may have sounded mixed, the underlying data still paints a healthy consumer. Second-quarter GDP grew at a 1.5% annualized rate, below economists' expectations. At first glance, that may seem disappointing. But when you look under the hood, the economy continues to show resilience. Consumer spending, which accounts for nearly 70% of U.S. GDP, increased 3.2% after a weak first quarter where it only climbed 0.5%. That tells me the American consumer is still in good shape, and that's one of the biggest reasons the economy continues to avoid the recession that so many have been predicting. Major drags on the headline GDP figure included government spending, which reduced growth by 0.14 percentage points, as well as the more volatile components of trade and the change in private inventories, which subtracted 1.01 and 0.67 percentage points, respectively. Inflation remains the biggest challenge. The Fed's preferred inflation measure, core PCE, increased 3.3% over the past year. While that's an improvement from where we've been, it's still well above the Federal Reserve's 2% target. I continue to believe inflation will remain sticky until energy prices become more stable. Energy impacts transportation, manufacturing, and virtually every supply chain, so it's difficult to see inflation falling sustainably while energy costs remain volatile. The Fed, as expected, left interest rates unchanged. What stood out wasn't the decision, it was the growing disagreement among policymakers. The 3 dissents that voted for a 25-basis point increase highlight just how uncertain the economic outlook remains. When inflation is still elevated but the economy continues to grow, there isn't an easy policy answer. One thing I do like so far is Kevin Warsh's changes at the Fed. I like the simplified statement, the encouragement of differing viewpoints, and rather than projecting absolute confidence in economic forecasts, he has acknowledged the uncertainty surrounding them. That's a refreshing change. Economic forecasting has never been an exact science, and I would rather have a Fed Chair who recognizes the limitations of those projections than one who pretends they are precise. What's surprising is how quickly some of the talking heads have claimed Warsh already has a credibility problem. I don't see it that way. Credibility isn't about making bold predictions that later need to be revised. It's about being honest about what we know, what we don't know, and allowing incoming data to guide policy. The takeaway for investors is simple: don't let one headline drive your investment decisions. The economy continues to expand, consumers are still spending, inflation remains stubborn, and the Fed is navigating a difficult policy environment. Looking beneath the surface is often where you'll find the real story.   Leverage Is Fuel... Until It Becomes the Fire The last few weeks have been a reminder that leverage looks like a wonderful tool on the way up... but it's a devastating one on the way down. FINRA's new margin rules have effectively replaced the 25-year-old Pattern Day Trader rule, allowing traders with as little as $2,000 to make unlimited day trades using intraday margin. While this opens the door for more retail participation, it also means more investors have access to leverage, something that has historically magnified both gains and losses. This is a big problem considering FINRA margin debt climbed 49% year over year to another record in June of roughly $1.5 trillion. This comes as investor net credit balances have fallen to a record negative $1.06 trillion. In other words, investors collectively owe more on margin than they have sitting in cash accounts. For comparison's sake, in March 2000 this measure stood at a negative $0.13 trillion. That's an aggressive setup if volatility returns. We also saw this past week the spectacular collapse of Leopold Aschenbrenner's AI-focused hedge fund, Situational Awareness, which shows what can happen when conviction is paired with excessive leverage. The near 25-year-old Aschenbrenner was painted as a genius with strong credentials like being Columbia University's valedictorian at age 19. His fund was launched in July 2024 and he had no experience managing money before that. Before this month's decline the fund had gains of more than 1,000% since inception. The fund used tons of leverage with some saying as much as 400% to build massive positions in AI and semiconductor stocks while shorting stocks in the software space like Adobe. The problem is when names like Coreweave, Nebius, and Sandisk fell more than 50% from their highs and the software stocks rallied, margin calls forced the liquidation of most of its public equity portfolio. The result was staggering considering the fund peaked at above $45 billion in assets and with the selloff they plunged to around $10 billion. This forced a fire sale of assets at a discount to Ken Griffin's Citadel. Some speculate that the forced selling may have helped create the bottom. Once one of the market's largest leveraged sellers had finished liquidating, the selling pressure eased and many AI stocks staged a sharp rebound. Others believe the selling is not over as Michael Burry reportedly used Thursday's powerful rally as an opportunity to increase several of his bearish positions in Micron, Nvidia and the VanEck Semiconductor ETF. Whether he's ultimately right or wrong remains to be seen, but it's a reminder that some experienced investors still believe AI-related valuations and leverage remain stretched.   Here Come the Robots! Robots have been making their way into manufacturing for decades. The first industrial robotic arm, called Unimate, was installed in 1961 on the assembly line at a General Motors plant in Trenton, New Jersey. But today's robots are very different. They're no longer just stationary robotic arms bolted to the factory floor, they're starting to look and move like humans. That reality is beginning to make workers uneasy. At a Hyundai Motor plant in South Korea, employees have gone on a partial strike, with concerns over automation playing a role. Hyundai recently unveiled its humanoid robot, Atlas, which stands 6'2", weighs about 200 pounds, can lift up to 110 pounds, and can continuously carry nearly 70 pounds. It's easy to understand why workers are wondering what these machines could mean for their jobs. South Korea is already the world leader in industrial robot adoption, with approximately 1,220 industrial robots for every 10,000 manufacturing employees. By comparison, the United States has around 307 robots per 10,000 workers. One statistic that surprised me was China, which currently has only about 166 industrial robots per 10,000 manufacturing workers. If Elon Musk has anything to say about it, those numbers could change dramatically over the next several years. Tesla is aggressively developing its humanoid robot, Optimus, with the goal of having it help build vehicles in its factories before long. If that vision becomes reality, other manufacturers will almost certainly follow. The idea of humanoid robots can be unsettling, but the transition is likely to be slower than many people expect. Industry forecasts suggest that global annual production of humanoid robots could reach roughly 1.2 million units by 2030. While that sounds like a large number, it's still a tiny fraction of the global workforce. So, we're probably still a few years away from living like The Jetsons. If you're not familiar with the cartoon, it debuted in September 1962 and imagined a future filled with flying cars and household robots. I guess I will have to wait a few more years to get a maid like the Jetsons had named Rosie the robot.   Financial Planning: Tax Relief Coming for Older Home Sellers? The federal home sale capital gain exclusion has remained unchanged since 1997, allowing homeowners to exclude up to $250,000 of gain if single or $500,000 if married filing jointly when selling a primary residence. With home values rising significantly over the past three decades, particularly in high-cost areas like California, many long-time homeowners now face substantial capital gains taxes when downsizing. A new proposal, the Nest Egg Protection Act, would increase the exclusion to $1 million for homeowners age 65 and older who have owned and lived in their home for at least 25 years. This would allow more seniors to keep the equity they've built over a lifetime. In addition to providing tax relief, the proposal could encourage more older homeowners to sell, increasing housing inventory and making homeownership more attainable for first-time buyers. While the legislation has not yet been enacted and homeowners should continue planning under current law, the proposal reflects a growing recognition that the existing exclusion no longer aligns with today's housing market.   Companies Discussed: International Business Machines Corporation (Ticker: IBM)

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Bryan Kohberger's request for a new trial will first have to survive an initial review by the Idaho court, which must determine whether his post-conviction petition presents specific, legally sufficient claims that warrant further proceedings. Kohberger alleges that his guilty plea was produced by coercion, misinformation, false promises and the withholding or misrepresentation of potentially exculpatory evidence by his defense team. Should the court find that those allegations merit examination, the case could advance to responses from prosecutors, additional filings and potentially an evidentiary hearing where Kohberger, his former attorneys and other witnesses could be questioned. A new trial would not be automatic; he must first convince the court that his plea was not knowing, voluntary or supported by effective legal counsel.Credibility could become the decisive issue because Kohberger's current account directly conflicts with what he repeatedly told Judge Steven Hippler when entering his plea. Under oath, Kohberger admitted killing Madison Mogen, Kaylee Goncalves, Xana Kernodle and Ethan Chapin, said he understood the agreement, denied being threatened or improperly pressured and expressed satisfaction with his attorneys. The court would therefore have to weigh his new accusations against that extensive plea-hearing record and the testimony of the lawyers he now blames. Even if Kohberger secured permission to withdraw the plea, the prosecution could revive the original murder case and potentially seek the death penalty again, leaving him to face the trial and punishment that the plea agreement allowed him to avoid.to contact me:bobbycapuccI@protonmail.comsource:How Bryan Kohberger's post-conviction legal process works | Idaho StatesmanBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-epstein-chronicles--5003294/support.

Eight out of ten buyers say thought leadership shapes the decisions they make. Only six out of ten companies think thought leadership is critical to winning that business. That twenty-point gap is the starting point for Bob Buday's conversation with Donald Thompson on this episode of High Octane Leadership — and it's also the reason Bob thinks the rise of generative AI is such high stakes for the profession he helped invent.Bob isn't a recent arrival to this conversation. In 1987, he was on the marketing team at CSC Index that turned business reengineering into a five billion dollar consulting category, before “thought leadership” was even a phrase people used. He co-founded The Bloom Group, one of the first thought leadership agencies, in 1998, and launched Buday Thought Leadership Partners in 2020. His book, Competing on Thought Leadership, has won 13 publishing awards.Bob's read on that twenty-point gap: most firms treat thought leadership as a marketing checkbox, when the real value sits upstream, in the primary research that produces a genuinely new idea, and downstream, in whether the firm can actually deliver the expertise it's promoting at scale. He uses the rise and fall of CSC Index's grip on business reengineering to make the point — the idea traveled faster than the firm that invented it could capitalize on it.That's where generative AI enters the picture, and where the episode title comes from. If a firm can now generate a passable white paper with a few prompts, does it still need five editors and two researchers? Bob's answer cuts against the doom narrative: generative AI raises the floor on writing quality, which means the old advantage of just sounding smart disappears — and the bar moves entirely to original insight. He walks through his own experiment asking ChatGPT to compare The New York Times' and the LA Times' digital strategies, and what it revealed about scaling primary research with AI instead of replacing it.By the end, Bob makes the case directly: firms that gut their research teams down to one person running prompts are going to put out forgettable work. He thinks generative AI is going to grow the thought leadership profession, not end it — because more executives are going straight to ChatGPT and Gemini for answers, and the firms without substantial published thinking are the ones that won't get found.This is a conversation about what happens to expertise-based businesses when the cost of sounding smart drops to zero — and what still can't be faked.Key Talking PointsThe 20-Point Perception Gap — Why buyers rate thought leadership as more decision-critical than the firms selling it realize — and what that gap is quietly costing them.Thought Leadership Is a Business Strategy, Not a Marketing Tactic — Bob's case for primary research as the real starting point, with the white paper and the marketing push coming only after the big idea exists.The Supply Side Problem — Why generating demand for your expertise is worthless if only the report's authors can actually deliver it — and the CSC Index reengineering story that proves it.Generative AI Raises the Floor, Not the Ceiling — Why AI closes the writing-quality gap for mediocre firms, which means the real bar moves to original insight.Scaling Case Study Research with AI — Bob's own experiment comparing The New York Times' and LA Times' digital strategies using ChatGPT — and what it revealed about the future of primary research.The Veneer of Expertise — Why sounding smart and creating value are not the same thing, and the only advantage in thought leadership that actually lasts.About the GuestBob Buday is widely regarded as one of the founding figures of the thought leadership profession. In 1987, he joined the marketing team at CSC Index and helped turn business reengineering into a five billion dollar consulting category before “thought leadership” was a term anyone used. He co-founded The Bloom Group, one of the first thought leadership agencies, in 1998, and launched Buday Thought Leadership Partners in 2020. His book, Competing on Thought Leadership, has won 13 publishing awards. Bob also hosts the podcast Everything Thought Leadership and recently launched Inside the Game Changers, a documentary series on the making of influential management concepts — its first episode, produced with his son John Buday, explores the rise of business reengineering.ResourcesBob's Website: https://www.budaytlp.comEmail Bob: bob@budaytlp.comBob Buday LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/bob-buday-81b45/Podcast — Everything Thought Leadership: https://www.youtube.com/@ETL-BTLPBook — Competing on Thought Leadership: https://www.amazon.com/dp/1646871006Donald Thompson LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/donaldthompsonjrDonald's Newsletter & Substack: https://substack.com/@donaldthompsonjrDonald's Books: https://donaldthompson.com/books-resources/Stay connected with Donald: Get his newsletter packed with actionable insights and the kind of straight-talk leadership intelligence that helps build authority, drive performance, and stay ahead of what's coming next: donaldthompson.com. (00:00) - — Cold Open: Will Gen-AI Destroy Thought Leadership? (00:53) - — Welcome Bob Buday, Co-Founder of the Thought Leadership Profession (02:00) - — The 20-Point Gap: Why Buyers Value Thought Leadership More Than Sellers Realize (04:00) - — Thought Leadership Isn't Marketing, It's Business Strategy (05:00) - — The Demand Side vs. the Supply Side of Thought Leadership (08:00) - — Bridging the Gap: Preparing Content for Sales and Delivery Teams (10:00) - — The CSC Index Lesson: What Happens When You Can't Scale What You've Created (12:00) - — The Real Threat: How Generative AI Is Changing the Game (14:00) - — Raising the Bar: Why Average Writing No Longer Sets You Apart (17:00) - — What Counts as Real Primary Research in the AI Era (18:00) - — The New York Times vs. the LA Times: Using LLMs to Scale Case Study Research (21:00) - — Sounding Smart vs. Creating Value (22:00) - — The Cost of Authenticity: Why Falling Production Costs Change Everything (23:00) - — Credibility in Person: Why Your Expertise Has to Hold Up Live (25:00) - — The Veneer of Expertise: The Only Lasting Advantage (27:00) - — The Big Idea Researcher: The Most Important Hire on a Thought Leadership Team (29:00) - — What Bob Wishes Someone Had Told Him (33:00) - — Will Gen-AI Destroy Thought Leadership? (34:00) - — Why AI Will Actually Lift Demand for Thought Leaders (35:00) - — Closing Thoughts and How to Connect with Bob Buday High Octane Leadership is hosted by The Diversity Movement CEO and executive coach Donald Thompson and is a production of Earfluence.Order UNDE...

Vanessa Havard-Williams OBE explores how the UK is building a credible transition finance market, from stronger policy and transition planning to public finance, insurance and investable projects.  Financing the transition to a low carbon economy is often presented as a question of capital: how much money is needed, where it should come from, and which technologies or projects should receive it. But the reality is more complicated. Finance cannot drive the transition in isolation. Companies will only invest at scale where the economics make sense, investors still need an appropriate return, and government policy plays a crucial role in shaping whether transition opportunities are commercially viable. There are also difficult questions around what credible transition finance actually looks like. How should financial institutions support high emitting companies as they decarbonise? How can they distinguish genuine transition from greenwashing? And how can new technologies and first of a kind projects overcome the barriers that often prevent private capital from flowing? That's why this episode explores: What transition finance means, and why clear definitions and credible transition plans matter; Why effective real economy policy is essential if capital is to flow at the scale required; And how government, financial institutions, public finance and insurance can work together to remove barriers and support a whole economy transition.  ---------------- Links from this Episode: Scaling Transition Finance: Findings of the Transition Finance Market Review: https://www.theglobalcity.uk/insights/scaling-transition-finance From Planetary Hazard to Financial Stability: Disentangling Climate Risk and Institutional Responsibility (Lisa Sachs Report): https://ccsi.columbia.edu/from-planetary-hazard-to-financial-stability-disentangling-climate-risk-and-institutional-responsibility/ Investor Climate Action: What Finance Can and Can't Achieve (Tom Gosling Interview): https://www.garp.org/podcast/investor-climate-action-what-finance-can-and-cant-achieve  ---------------- To find out more about the Sustainability and Climate Risk (SCR®) Certificate, follow this link: https://www.garp.org/scr For more information on climate risk, visit GARP's Global Sustainability and Climate Risk Resource Centre: https://www.garp.org/sustainability-climate If you have any questions, thoughts, or feedback regarding this podcast series, we would love to hear from you at: climateriskpodcast@garp.com ------------------ Today's Speaker Vanessa Havard-Williams OBE is the Senior Independent Director of UK Export Finance and Chair of the UK Export Guarantee Advisory Council. She previously led Linklaters' global environmental and climate change practice, founded the firm's ESG practice, and co-led its Risk and Resilience and Crisis Management teams. In 2024, Vanessa led the UK Government's Transition Finance Market Review. She now plays a leading role in the development of the UK's transition finance market, including as a member of the Transition Finance Council steering group and Chair of its working group on credibility and integrity.

Bryan Kohberger's request for a new trial will first have to survive an initial review by the Idaho court, which must determine whether his post-conviction petition presents specific, legally sufficient claims that warrant further proceedings. Kohberger alleges that his guilty plea was produced by coercion, misinformation, false promises and the withholding or misrepresentation of potentially exculpatory evidence by his defense team. Should the court find that those allegations merit examination, the case could advance to responses from prosecutors, additional filings and potentially an evidentiary hearing where Kohberger, his former attorneys and other witnesses could be questioned. A new trial would not be automatic; he must first convince the court that his plea was not knowing, voluntary or supported by effective legal counsel.Credibility could become the decisive issue because Kohberger's current account directly conflicts with what he repeatedly told Judge Steven Hippler when entering his plea. Under oath, Kohberger admitted killing Madison Mogen, Kaylee Goncalves, Xana Kernodle and Ethan Chapin, said he understood the agreement, denied being threatened or improperly pressured and expressed satisfaction with his attorneys. The court would therefore have to weigh his new accusations against that extensive plea-hearing record and the testimony of the lawyers he now blames. Even if Kohberger secured permission to withdraw the plea, the prosecution could revive the original murder case and potentially seek the death penalty again, leaving him to face the trial and punishment that the plea agreement allowed him to avoid.to contact me:bobbycapuccI@protonmail.comsource:How Bryan Kohberger's post-conviction legal process works | Idaho StatesmanBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-moscow-murders-and-more--5852883/support.

Almost no modern health consumer can evaluate whether their surgery was done well, whether their imaging was read correctly or whether a different drug would have worked better. Economists have a name for that kind of purchase, a credence good, and healthcare is the textbook case. So patients judge what they can see. The website, the search results and whether they could get an appointment. Chris Boyer and Reed Smith open with why that judgment is rational rather than unfair. Stanford's web credibility research asked more than 2,500 people what made a site believable and found design look led every other factor at 46.1% of comments, well ahead of accuracy of information at 14.3%. That research is from 2003 and the behavior has not moved. Meanwhile the audited quality data has been free and one search away for years, and it loses to the impression. Press Ganey's 2025 consumer work puts brand reputation at 86% of influence on choice. The uncomfortable conclusion is that the web experience is the first quality claim an organization makes, and it gets defended in budget meetings on cost per acquisition. The second segment follows the person for whom this goes badly. More than 30% of US adults lacked a usual source of care in 2022, the highest level in a decade, during a stretch of historically high insurance coverage. The federal government counts this. In the 2022 National Health Interview Survey, 21.7% of adults delayed or skipped care for a nonfinancial reason, and 10.6% because no appointment was available when they needed one. Nothing inside a health system counts any of it, because conversion, satisfaction scores and market share all describe people who finished something. Chris and Reed make the case that an abandoned search is the earliest visible moment of someone falling out of care, and that it sits in a marketing tool nobody has assigned an owner. Then Sondra Brown of MDRG and Chris Pace of SearchStax bring the research they ran on the digital front door. They walk through the collapse in whether people believe hospitals put care ahead of profits, why sites built against the org chart cannot serve a patient journey, and a verbatim from the qualitative work about what a dated website tells a patient about the medicine behind it. Chris takes on the argument that the website is dead in an AI-first world and explains why first-party content became more load-bearing rather than less. And they land on the number this whole episode circles, what happens to people who cannot find a new primary care doctor online. A quarter of them stop looking altogether. Mentions from the Show: SearchStax and MDRG, The State of Enterprise Site Search, 2026.https://www.searchstax.com/white-papers/the-state-of-enterprise-site-search/  Milbank Memorial Fund and The Physicians Foundation with the Robert Graham Center, The Health of US Primary Care: 2025 Scorecard:  https://www.milbank.org/publications/the-health-of-us-primary-care-2025-scorecard-report-the-cost-of-neglect/ NCHS, Sociodemographic Differences in Nonfinancial Access Barriers to Health Care Among Adults: United States, 2022, National Health Statistics Reports no. 207, August 2024 (21.7% reporting at least one nonfinancial barrier, 10.6% unable to find an available appointment): https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/nhsr/nhsr207.pdf Fogg BJ, Soohoo C, Danielson D, Marable L, Stanford J, Tauber E, How Do Users Evaluate the Credibility of Web Sites? Stanford Persuasive Technology Lab, DUX 2003 (design look 46.1% of credibility comments, 41.8% for health sites): https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/997078.997097 AMN Healthcare, 2025 Survey of Physician Appointment Wait Times (31-day average for a new patient appointment, up 19% since 2022). AMN is a physician staffing firm, disclosed on air: https://www.amnhealthcare.com/siteassets/amn-insights/physician/ps-2025-physician-appt-wait-times---wp-v6.pdf Press Ganey, Healthcare Consumer Experience 2025 (86% citing brand reputation, 49% willing to wait up to three weeks for a primary care appointment). Industry-published, disclosed on air: https://www.pressganey.com/news/press-ganey-report-reveals-the-trust-factors-reshaping-how-consumers-make-healthcare-decisions/ Sondra Brown on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sondra-brown-360a999/ Chris Pace on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/chrispaceaz/ Chris Pace's Substack: https://chriscellaneous.substack.com/ . Reed Smith on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/reedtsmith/ Chris Boyer on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/chrisboyer/ Chris Boyer website: http://www.christopherboyer.com/ Chris Boyer on BlueSky: https://bsky.app/profile/chrisboyer.bsky.social Reed Smith on BlueSky: https://bsky.app/profile/reedsmith.bsky.social Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Are you the same person when nobody important is watching? Do you demand standards from others that you refuse to hold yourself to? When the team wins, do you give away the credit? When things fall apart, are you willing to take responsibility? Are you building your character—or just managing your image?Because there's a dangerous gap between looking like a leader and becoming one.In this episode, we unpack the five pillars of credibility: Consistency. Choices. Credit. Character. Credibility. And I'll challenge you to conduct a brutally simple leadership audit—not based on your intentions, but on the evidence your life is producing.If they stripped away your rank, title, credentials, platform, and position tomorrow…Would people still follow you?Stop chasing the next title.Stop trying to look like the leader.Become the kind of person people trust enough to follow when they don't have to.Because leadership isn't given.It's built.And leaders aren't born ready.They're Built Not Born.

Artificial intelligence is rapidly changing trial preparation and presentation, creating new opportunities to improve efficiency while raising important questions about ethics, admissibility, and courtroom credibility. In this IMS Insights Podcast episode, Senior Client Success Advisor Adam Bloomberg welcomes Senior Technology Consultant Josh Stanhill to discuss how trial teams are using AI today, where it can add value, and the risks attorneys should consider before introducing AI-enhanced materials in court. Listen now for insights on: How AI can enhance exhibits and video evidence without altering underlying facts  Why transparency and attorney oversight are essential when using AI in trial preparation  How jurors are increasingly scrutinizing AI-generated and AI-enhanced content  What real-world courtroom experiences reveal about credibility risks associated with AI misuse  Why confidentiality and data security should be part of every AI discussion  Ideal for trial attorneys and litigation support professionals, this episode offers guidance on balancing innovation and efficiency with credible advocacy as AI becomes more prevalent in legal practice. Watch the original LinkedIn Live recording here: https://www.linkedin.com/events/imselevate-aiandtrial-ethics-ev7483551034326544384/theater/Find guidance on explaining AI to jurors in this past episode:  https://imslegal.com/podcasts/decoding-llms-and-generative-ai-for-the-juryExplore IMS trial technology services today: https://imslegal.com/services/presentation-technologyIMS has delivered strategic litigation consulting and expert witness services to leading global law firms and Fortune 500 companies for more than 30 years, in more than 65,000 cases. IMS consultants become an extension of your legal team from pre-suit investigation services to discovery and then on to arbitration and trial. Learn more at imslegal.com.

AI can write content in seconds, but it can't replicate your lived experience, your perspective or your voice. Which is why books remain one of the most powerful ways to build credibility, establish thought leadership and create meaningful connections with your audience. In this episode of the Less Chatter, More Matter podcast, we chat with author, artist and book coach Jade Miller to really understand what it takes to write a successful book. We start with the basics: nailing your core idea and identifying your audience, before navigating the self-publishing vs. traditional publishing dilemma and everything that comes after launch. Maybe it's time you wrote a book? We also explore the elephant in the room around AI and why books are becoming even more valuable for their lived experiences, including how storytelling creates trust, why your personal brand matters long before your manuscript is finished, and the common mistakes that prevent great ideas from ever making it onto the page.Even if you never take the leap to write your own, you'll know how to do it from this episode. So, listen in!Links mentioned in this episode:Jade's LinkedInJade's website90 minute Strategy Power SessionPublic workshops and trainingLess Chatter, More Matter - Mel's bookTemplate packsChange Isn't Hard! - Mel's bookSign up here to the fortnightly mail out of free resources!Say hi!Follow me on LinkedInFind out what I'm up to InstagramCheck out my websiteAsk a question

Ever since LeBron James announced he's going to wear the red, white, and blue Philadelphia 76ers uniform, the Philly and regional impact has been huge. And if the buzz wasn't enough, some pages on social media are creating AI generated content about James and his new teammates on the Sixers. So, how can you spot a fake? Host Trenae Nuri is joined by Siani Colón, our newsletter editor, Santiago Ortiz, founder of No Shorts Media, to talk about all things LeBron – and also an idea to help taxi cabs survive in Philly.  Our newsletter has Philly news & events in your inbox every weekday morning. Call or text us: 215-259-8170 Instagram: @citycastphilly Support our show and get great perks as a City Cast Philly Neighbor. Sign up here. Advertise on the podcast or in the newsletter: citycast.fm/advertise

Simple. When your entire business model is convincing people that common sense is dangerous, eventually common sense stages a jailbreak. Democrats have become their own demolition crew. You don't need Republicans to attack them. Just hand them a microphone. Even Van Jones, who has spent years trying to translate progressive ideas into something normal people can digest, finally threw up his hands. He basically said the far Left had turned progressivism into performance art. His description was unforgettable. He said they were "pooping in the Kool-Aid bowl and telling us the turds are ice cubes." Now that's not Kevin Jackson. That's Van Jones. I've heard political spin before. I've heard politicians polish bad ideas until they sparkle. But when your own team starts comparing your messaging strategy to a contaminated punch bowl, maybe the branding consultants should be called before the campaign consultants. Jones openly criticized support for Hamas, abolishing police, abolishing borders, refusing to deport violent criminals, and questioning Israel's existence. Again, not conservatives. Democrats. When members of your own family start hiding the silverware before you visit, Thanksgiving isn't going well. And he's not alone. More Democrats are quietly admitting something conservatives have been saying for years. The Democratic Socialists may dominate social media. They may dominate faculty lounges. They may dominate city council meetings where nobody showed up to vote. But swing voters? Not so much. Even Democratic strategists are warning their own party that normal Americans aren't exactly lining up to audition for life inside an economics textbook written by Karl Marx. Meanwhile... President Trump keeps swinging. Whatever people think about his style, Democrats have a much bigger problem than his personality. Results. Because results are stubborn little creatures. You can dislike the salesman. But when the product starts working, people tend to stop reading Yelp reviews. [SEGMENT 1-2] Update on Demise of Democrats 2 Democrat credibility [X] SB – ABC Jon Karl on This Week quizzes Mark Warner on voter ID Sign an affidavit   CNN even ran a piece comparing Trump then versus Trump now. Now, I couldn't tell you every detail because CNN wanted me to subscribe. I'd rather pay for parking at my own house. But I read enough to know the warning label. Democrats should be concerned. And that's putting it politely. Because here's where Democrats find themselves. No clear agenda. Fundraising struggles. Credibility problems. That's political bingo. And somehow they managed to fill the whole card. Which brings us back to something I've discussed for years. Narratives only work until they collide with evidence. Whether we're talking election integrity or any number of issues, Democrats continue defending positions that many Americans increasingly question. When Pete Buttigieg repeats the familiar line about court cases dismissing election challenges, he's appealing to an argument people have heard countless times. The larger public debate now centers on what evidence should be considered, what legal standards applied, and whether Americans believe every question surrounding 2020 received a full hearing. Those conversations aren't going away simply because someone repeats an old talking point. Politics has a funny habit. Yesterday's settled issue has a way of becoming tomorrow's committee hearing. And while Democrats are busy defending yesterday... The Democratic Socialists are busy inventing tomorrow. Kevin Jackson has been called, the "white-collar" Joe Rogan. Given their similar backgrounds in TV, comedy, and martial arts, it's easy to see why people enjoy Kevin's show so much. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

This sermon teaches that the true measure of Christian ministry is not popularity, charisma, credentials, or visible success, but whether the Holy Spirit is transforming people's lives through faithful, relational service centered on Christ. Drawing from 2 Corinthians 3:1–6, the pastor explains that every believer is a minister whose effectiveness is demonstrated by changed lives rather than personal accomplishments, emphasizing that both the ability to serve and the results of ministry come from God, not human skill. He concludes by challenging listeners to evaluate every area of life—work, parenting, marriage, leadership, and church—not by worldly achievements but by whether they are helping others grow into spiritual maturity and become more like Jesus.

Scripture: James 1:19–27 Sermon: "Gospel Credibility" Guest Speaker: Pastor MJ Chang Date: July 26, 2026

Former Chicago Tribune food critic, Phil Vettel, joins Bob Sirott to discuss whether or not restaurant reviews can still make or break a restaurant’s reputation and if sites like Yelp are credible. He also shares stories of how he hid his identity when dining out and what it was like being a food critic.

With almost 100 days until the midterms, Chuck Todd delivers a data-driven check-in on a midterm race that's barely moved in months — except in one crucial direction: Trump's approval went permanently underwater on Liberation Day and has been steadily eroding ever since. He walks through the map in granular detail: Democrats are heavy favorites for the House, likely picking up 15-20 seats even after redistricting wars ultimately cut in Republicans' favor. On the Senate side, Democrats have had the better year, with the map expanding to make Kansas, Iowa, and Nebraska genuinely gettable in a wave election, and forcing the GOP to spend big just to hold Texas. He notes presidential approval and even more so approval within a president's own party serving as the two biggest predictors of midterm outcomes. He warns that if the war further tanks the global economy, ordinary Americans will feel it directly, making Trump's own behavior the single biggest wildcard of the entire cycle. He then pivots to the newly passed Protect College Sports Act, walking through why nearly every stakeholder except the SEC and Big Ten support it, why it functions like a de facto collective bargaining agreement without an actual union. He closes with a trio of sharp items: the year's measles outbreak has already surpassed all of 2025's cases combined, with Chuck arguing nobody bears more responsibility for undermining the vaccine than RFK Jr.; Zohran Mamdani calling Netanyahu a war criminal while conceding he has no authority to arrest him, a comment that risks complicating the affordability-focused, "get shit done" movement Mamdani has actually been building; and a notable Oregon lawsuit challenging closed primaries on First Amendment grounds, arguing that voting shouldn't require joining a private club and that independents shouldn't be locked out of the process. Then, Neera Tanden — president and CEO of the Center for American Progress and a longtime Democratic policy hand — joins the Chuck Toddcast for an unusually candid reckoning with where the party went wrong and what it actually needs to do next. Tanden doesn't soften the verdict: Democrats' one job in 2024 was to keep Trump out of office, and they failed, in part because the establishment let the Biden campaign go on far too long and has consequently lost credibility it hasn't earned back. She argues that in an era where every election is close, Democrats shouldn't be satisfied chasing narrow wins — the actual goal should be a decisive Electoral College victory built around a genuine 60% coalition, especially now that even longtime Trump supporters are starting to break away. Tanden is refreshingly specific on policy: she defends incrementalism as the proven Democratic playbook, argues entrenched Washington interests can block even a clear majority's will, and wants Democrats to build their economic message explicitly around working-class anxieties.They discuss the sharp moral case for the estate tax while cautioning that a wealth tax is nearly impossible to administer fairly year to year and would almost certainly be struck down by this Supreme Court. The conversation turns to the internal Democratic civil war and the road to 2026 and beyond. Tanden argues there's no rise of the DSA without Trump's return, frames the Michigan Senate primary as the real petri-dish test for the left, and is blunt that Democrats in swing states need to remember they're in swing states. She calls for a real, honest autopsy of 2024, and lays out her vision for a Democratic trifecta in 2027: pass bills that directly address the cost of living, investigate the administration's corruption and recognize that Trump's entire contract with his base rests on the promise that he can never lose. Finally, he presents his ToddCast Top 5 list of governor’s seats most likely to flip in the midterms, and answers listeners’ questions in the “Ask Chuck” segment. Play ball and swing for the fences on FanDuel, an official partner of the MLB at https://FANDUEL.COM. Protect your family with life insurance from Ethos. Get up to $3 million in coverage in as little as 10 minutes at https://ethos.com/chuck. Application times may vary. Rates may vary. 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Timeline: (Timestamps may vary based on advertisements) 00:00 Chuck Todd’s introduction 06:00 Almost 100 days until the midterm elections 06:30 Not much movement in the midterms in the past few months 07:15 Trump’s approval went underwater permanently on Liberation Day 08:30 Trump’s approval has slowly eroded since that day 09:45 Trump keeps announcing new tariffs & tax increases on Americans 10:45 Democrats are heavy favorites to win the House 11:45 Redistricting wars eventually ended up helping Republicans 12:30 Realistically Dems pick up 15-20 seats 14:15 On the senate side, Dems have bad the better year, expanded map 14:45 GOP has gone from clear favorites to small favorites for senate 16:30 Trump has made things much easier for Dems to win the senate 17:00 ICE killing in Maine turned the page on the Platner debacle 18:00 In multiple states, Dems are in better shape now than six weeks ago 18:30 Kansas, Iowa and Nebraska are gettable for Dems in a wave year 19:30 Republicans will have to spend big to defend Texas 21:15 Average gain for out party in a midterm is 4 seats 21:45 Could Fetterman and Murkowski end up switching caucuses? 22:30 Knocking off incumbents is harder than winning an open seat 24:00 GOP feels like the rise of DSA gave them something to run against 26:15 Republicans feel they have to make the Democrat unacceptable 27:30 A few Republicans will survive because of their opponent 29:15 The base is still with the GOP, women & independents are not 30:15 Persuadable voters don’t like election denialism & the Iran war 31:00 Biggest predictor of a midterm election is presidential job approval 32:45 Another big predictor is approval within a president’s own party 34:00 Clinton & Bush were able to have historic overperformance 35:30 Obama had a mixed bag between 2010 and 2014 36:15 Trump is under 80% approval amongst Republicans 37:00 Republicans still have a fairly high floor despite Trump’s troubles 37:45 The Iran war has the potential to crater Trump’s approval 38:45 Dems now have a better chance to win both chambers 39:15 Trump’s behavior is a massive wildcard for the midterms 40:45 If the war tanks the global economy, Americans will feel it 42:30 Congress set to pass bill to put regulations on college sports 43:15 Almost every interested party is in favor except SEC & Big Ten 44:00 What the Protect College Sports Act does 46:00 The bill locks in a revenue share & shuts down booster collectives 46:30 The bill would require a pay cut for the biggest schools 47:15 The bill looks a lot like a collective bargaining agreement 48:15 No industry has cap on pay without a labor union… except this 49:00 The courts are likely to strike this down 50:30 This legislation is begging for legal challenges 51:30 In any other industry this would be a “company union” which was outlawed 53:00 They could fix transfer portal & eligibility and punt on the compensation 53:30 College athletes are now professionals & should be treated like it 54:30 This bill fixes nothing and just tries to jam the players 55:30 The SEC is throwing a temper tantrum over this bill 57:00 College football’s superpower is its geography, it lives everywhere 58:00 Revenue sharing is why the NFL is such a juggernaut 59:00 We’ve had more measles cases this year than all of 2025 59:30 RFK Jr. bears responsibility for this outbreak 1:00:00 Nobody has undermined the measles vaccine more than RFK 1:00:45 These outbreaks will eventually extract a political price 1:01:30 Don’t be shocked when RFK faces civil litigation 1:02:00 Mamdani gives a speech calling Netanyahu a war criminal 1:02:30 Mamdani concluded he didn’t have authority to arrest Bibi 1:03:00 Mamdani ran on affordability, not Israel & foreign policy 1:03:30 Mamdani wants to create a movement, not just govern NYC 1:04:15 Mamdani’s project a real “get shit done” competence so far 1:05:15 Is Mamdani teeing up an eventual senate run? 1:06:00 Mamdani may have made his political project just a bit harder 1:07:00 Lawsuit in Oregon is challenging closed primaries 1:07:30 Participation in elections shouldn’t require joining a club 1:08:00 1st amendment protects you from having to associate 1:08:30 Independents shouldn’t be locked out of primaries 01:14:00 Neera Tanden joins the Chuck ToddCast 01:15:00 Developing ideas for the country’s biggest problems 01:16:30 Democrats have real anger with the Trump administration 01:17:30 Democrats job was to keep Trump out of office & they failed 01:19:00 Pelosi thought Biden would lose and chose to act, but too late 01:20:00 The establishment allowed the Biden campaign to go on too long 01:20:30 The establishment has less credibility than in the past 01:21:15 Longtime Trump supporters are starting to break away from him 01:22:30 Every election is close, never enough for repudiation 01:23:15 Goal should be a large scale electoral college victory 01:25:00 The opportunity to build a 60% coalition 01:27:00 The problems America faces seem to big for incrementalism 01:29:45 The success of the ACA came via incrementalism 01:30:30 Medicare drug price negotiation was a huge win for Biden 01:31:30 Problem with Medicare-for-all is people are changing averse 01:32:30 Entrenched interests in Washington can stop a majority 01:35:30 Dems should organize messaging to include more working class people 01:36:00 Why do we have a trillionaire when people are struggling with basics? 01:36:45 Working class people are more sensitive to crime issues 01:38:00 People are worried about the wealthy having too much power 01:39:30 Inheritance tax would help prevent oligarchy 01:41:00 People are pessimistic their kids won’t do better than them 01:41:30 It feels like the social contract has been eroded in America 01:43:00 If you believe in merit, you should believe in the estate tax 01:44:00 A wealth tax is hard to evaluate year to year 01:44:45 Supreme Court unlikely to find wealth tax constitutional 01:45:45 State wealth taxes are not a good idea 01:47:30 Democracy is undermined when there’s an economic nobility 01:49:00 Attitudes toward inequality were different in the 90s, every group doing better 01:51:15 There’s no rise of the DSA without the return of Trump 01:52:00 Michigan primary will be the petri dish test for the left 01:53:45 Democrats in swing states need to remember they’re swing states 01:54:30 Liberals in Texas thought Talarico was more electable 01:56:30 Progressives winning in blue cities isn’t that big of an issue 01:57:15 DSA needs to be cognizant that they would struggle in swing states 01:59:00 Democratic leadership has stayed the same 02:00:15 Democrats needs to do a real autopsy on 24 02:01:00 Harris being on the ticket saved the Democrats 4 senate seats 02:03:00 If Dems win both chambers, how should they spend 2027? 02:03:45 Dems should pass bills that address the cost of living 02:04:15 The administration’s corruption needs to be investigated 02:05:30 SCOTUS basically gave Trump a pass for illegality, Dems can’t do much 02:06:45 Republicans are starting to break, but they tolerate the intolerable 02:09:15 Trump’s contract with his base is that he can’t lose 02:10:30 Which under the radar senate race do you find most fascinating? 02:11:45 Amy Acton in Ohio will be the canary in the coalmine 02:13:30 ToddCast Top 5 Governor’s seats most likely to change parties 02:14:00 #5 Oregon 02:15:00 #4 Ohio 02:16:15 #3 Wisconsin 02:18:15 #2 Kansas 02:19:00 #1 Iowa 02:20:00 Ask Chuck 02:20:15 Love for Chuck’s creaky chair 02:21:30 What is your favorite political term that nobody knows its origin? 02:23:30 How was JFK’s appointment of his brother viewed at the time? 02:26:00 Dems chances of winning statewide in Iowa, Ohio and Florida? 02:27:15 Could Talarico generate any coattail effect for Dems in Texas?See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Neera Tanden — president and CEO of the Center for American Progress and a longtime Democratic policy hand — joins the Chuck Toddcast for an unusually candid reckoning with where the party went wrong and what it actually needs to do next. Tanden doesn't soften the verdict: Democrats' one job in 2024 was to keep Trump out of office, and they failed, in part because the establishment let the Biden campaign go on far too long and has consequently lost credibility it hasn't earned back. She argues that in an era where every election is close, Democrats shouldn't be satisfied chasing narrow wins — the actual goal should be a decisive Electoral College victory built around a genuine 60% coalition, especially now that even longtime Trump supporters are starting to break away. Tanden is refreshingly specific on policy: she defends incrementalism as the proven Democratic playbook (the ACA and Biden's Medicare drug price negotiations both succeeded that way, while Medicare for All keeps stalling because people are fundamentally change-averse), argues entrenched Washington interests can block even a clear majority's will, and wants Democrats to build their economic message explicitly around working-class anxieties.They discuss the sharp moral case for the estate tax while cautioning that a wealth tax is nearly impossible to administer fairly year to year and would almost certainly be struck down by this Supreme Court. The conversation turns to the internal Democratic civil war and the road to 2026 and beyond. Tanden argues there's no rise of the DSA without Trump's return, frames the Michigan Senate primary as the real petri-dish test for the left, and is blunt that Democrats in swing states need to remember they're in swing states. She calls for a real, honest autopsy of 2024, and lays out her vision for a Democratic trifecta in 2027: pass bills that directly address the cost of living, investigate the administration's corruption and recognize that Trump's entire contract with his base rests on the promise that he can never lose. Play ball and swing for the fences on FanDuel, an official partner of the MLB at https://FANDUEL.COM. Protect your family with life insurance from Ethos. Get up to $3 million in coverage in as little as 10 minutes at https://ethos.com/chuck. Application times may vary. Rates may vary. For free and unbiased Medicare help, dial (980) 734-3985 to speak with my trusted partner, Chapter, or go to askchapter.org/chuck /*Paid Partnership Chapter and its affiliates are not connected with or endorsed by any government entity or the federal Medicare program. 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Timeline: (Timestamps may vary based on advertisements) 00:00 Neera Tanden joins the Chuck ToddCast 01:00 Developing ideas for the country’s biggest problems 02:30 Democrats have real anger with the Trump administration 03:30 Democrats job was to keep Trump out of office & they failed 05:00 Pelosi thought Biden would lose and chose to act, but too late 06:00 The establishment allowed the Biden campaign to go on too long 06:30 The establishment has less credibility than in the past 07:15 Longtime Trump supporters are starting to break away from him 08:30 Every election is close, never enough for repudiation 09:15 Goal should be a large scale electoral college victory 11:00 The opportunity to build a 60% coalition 13:00 The problems America faces seem to big for incrementalism 15:45 The success of the ACA came via incrementalism 16:30 Medicare drug price negotiation was a huge win for Biden 17:30 Problem with Medicare-for-all is people are changing averse 18:30 Entrenched interests in Washington can stop a majority 21:30 Dems should organize messaging to include more working class people 22:00 Why do we have a trillionaire when people are struggling with basics? 22:45 Working class people are more sensitive to crime issues 24:00 People are worried about the wealthy having too much power 25:30 Inheritance tax would help prevent oligarchy 27:00 People are pessimistic their kids won’t do better than them 27:30 It feels like the social contract has been eroded in America 29:00 If you believe in merit, you should believe in the estate tax 30:00 A wealth tax is hard to evaluate year to year 30:45 Supreme Court unlikely to find wealth tax constitutional 31:45 State wealth taxes are not a good idea 33:30 Democracy is undermined when there’s an economic nobility 35:00 Attitudes toward inequality were different in the 90s, every group doing better 37:15 There’s no rise of the DSA without the return of Trump 38:00 Michigan primary will be the petri dish test for the left 39:45 Democrats in swing states need to remember they’re swing states 40:30 Liberals in Texas thought Talarico was more electable 42:30 Progressives winning in blue cities isn’t that big of an issue 43:15 DSA needs to be cognizant that they would struggle in swing states 45:00 Democratic leadership has stayed the same 46:15 Democrats needs to do a real autopsy on 24 47:00 Harris being on the ticket saved the Democrats 4 senate seats 49:00 If Dems win both chambers, how should they spend 2027? 49:45 Dems should pass bills that address the cost of living 50:15 The administration’s corruption needs to be investigated 51:30 SCOTUS basically gave Trump a pass for illegality, Dems can’t do much 52:45 Republicans are starting to break, but they tolerate the intolerable 55:15 Trump’s contract with his base is that he can’t lose 56:30 Which under the radar senate race do you find most fascinating? 57:45 Amy Acton in Ohio will be the canary in the coalmineSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Philosopher Stefan Molyneux explains why we fear guilt and shame in this listener questions episode by showing how failed relationships usually come from self-deception where physical attraction blinds people to bad character. He advocates getting honest about red flags and choosing partners based on long-term parenting potential instead of short-term desire.GET FREEDOMAIN MERCH! https://shop.freedomain.com/SUBSCRIBE TO ME ON X! https://x.com/StefanMolyneuxFollow me on Youtube! https://www.youtube.com/@freedomain1GET MY NEW BOOK 'PEACEFUL PARENTING', THE INTERACTIVE PEACEFUL PARENTING AI, AND THE FULL AUDIOBOOK!https://peacefulparenting.com/Join the PREMIUM philosophy community on the web for free!Subscribers get 12 HOURS on the "Truth About the French Revolution," multiple interactive multi-lingual philosophy AIs trained on thousands of hours of my material - as well as AIs for Real-Time Relationships, Bitcoin, Peaceful Parenting, and Call-In Shows!You also receive private livestreams, HUNDREDS of exclusive premium shows, early release podcasts, the 22 Part History of Philosophers series and much more!See you soon!https://freedomain.locals.com/support/promo/FREEDOMAIN2026

Money can increase my visibility, but it cannot buy real credibility or trust. I earn trust through my behavior, consistency, and the value I bring over time. People may notice what I have, but they stay because they believe in who I am. Real credibility is built, not purchased. Show Notes: [06:07 ]#1 Personal brand strength. [13:00]#2 Credibility in your space. [18:16]#3 Trust from others. [19:43] Recap Next Steps: --- Execution is not a talent.   It is a standard. If your results don't match your ability, something in your approach is out of alignment. Most people do not have a motivation problem.   They have a consistency problem. Power Presence is the system for operating with greater discipline, clarity, structure, and execution under pressure. Learn more: → http://www.PowerPresenceProtocol.com  Know what to do but not always doing it?  Measure your execution at → http://RateMyExecution.com. Get Dre's free Daily Game email at http://WorkOnMyGame.com. Every day you'll receive one practical lesson on leadership, mindset, discipline, and execution to help you perform at a higher level. No fluff. Just game

What does it take for a CFO to restore credibility?Every finance leader eventually encounters a defining moment when confidence has been shaken—whether by slowing growth, a financial crisis, or years of eroding investor trust. In those moments, success depends on more than financial expertise. It requires disciplined execution, transparent leadership, and the ability to deliver on commitments when every decision is under scrutiny.In this special compilation episode of CFO Thought Leader, we revisit three conversations that reveal how credibility is earned—and, when necessary, rebuilt.Aidan Viggiano, CFO of Twilio, reflects on stepping into the role during a period of sweeping change. With growth slowing and difficult decisions ahead, she shares why rebuilding confidence began with one simple principle: do what you said you would do.Eric Brown, now CFO and COO of Cohesity, takes us back to the near-existential crisis at MicroStrategy, where he and the leadership team were forced to stabilize the business, make painful decisions, and lead through extraordinary uncertainty. His story underscores the critical partnership between a CEO and CFO when an organization's future is on the line.Finally, Paul Lundstrom, now CFO of Copeland, looks back on his tenure at Flex and earlier leadership at Aerojet Rocketdyne, explaining how stronger financial controls, operational discipline, and consistent execution can gradually restore investor confidence and reshape how the market values a company.Together, these conversations form The Credibility Playbook—a practical look at how exceptional CFOs navigate some of the most challenging moments in corporate leadership and emerge with something every organization depends on: trust.

For more, visit www.BishalSarkar.com.In this crucial episode of the "I Love Public Speaking" podcast, Bishal Sarkar identifies six phrases that can instantly ruin your credibility and how to avoid them.Join Bishal Sarkar as he explains why these phrases are damaging and provides alternatives that will help you maintain and enhance your professional image.Learn how to communicate more effectively and preserve your reputation by eliminating these harmful expressions from your vocabulary.Tune in to the "I Love Public Speaking" podcast with Bishal Sarkar to discover how to protect your credibility and communicate with confidence and integrity.

First, the agency publicly claimed it found a dangerous parasite in Taylor Farms lettuce. The headlines spread like wildfire. Consumers panicked. Businesses took another hit. Then came the admission. The test was wrong. A false positive. But don't expect an apology. Instead, the FDA insists it's still focused on Taylor Farms while offering little accountability for a mistake that damaged reputations and fueled fear across the country. When federal agencies make accusations before they're certain, the consequences are real. Companies lose business. Consumers lose confidence. And once another government mistake makes the news, Americans are left wondering what they're supposed to believe. We're going to examine exactly what happened, why the FDA got it wrong, why accountability seems to be missing, and whether this is yet another example of a government bureaucracy that refuses to admit when it fails. If trust has to be earned, the FDA has a lot of work to do. Sponsors The Maverick Systemhttps://TheMaverickSystem.com Patriot Mobilehttps://PatriotMobile.com/Grant The Wellness Companyhttps://TWC.Health/GrantPromo Code: GRANT for 10% off Lost Soldier Oil & Gashttps://LostSoldier.com See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

B2B marketing isn't playing a different game. It's playing the same game on hard mode.In this episode, we're joined by Ty Heath, Global Director of Thought Leadership Go-to-Market at LinkedIn and co-founder of the B2B Institute.Fresh off serving as Jury President for the Creative B2B Lions at Cannes, Ty shares what separated the best work from the rest—and why B2B creativity is entering a new era.We discuss:What won at Cannes B2B LionsWhy B2B creativity has maturedThe role of emotion in B2BBuying committees and "viability"Why ecosystems beat campaignsThe origin story of the B2B InstituteLong-term thinking inside LinkedInWhy B2B marketers are playing the game on "hard mode"Whether you work in B2B, B2C, media, or brand strategy, this conversation offers practical lessons on creativity, leadership and marketing effectiveness.Chapters:00:00 - Welcome Back, Tyronna Heath00:38 - Tyronna's New Role at LinkedIn01:11 - Winning an Effie for “Only on LinkedIn”02:58 - Becoming Jury President for the Creative B2B Lions05:24 - Reviewing 355 Cannes Entries07:20 - Has B2B Creativity Finally Matured?09:14 - What Effective B2B Creativity Looks Like12:00 - Why the Best Ideas Can Be Explained in One Sentence13:24 - What Is Still Missing from B2B Creative?16:01 - Why Ecosystems Can Be More Powerful Than Campaigns18:09 - The Role of Emotion in B2B Decision-Making18:23 - Cannes as a B2B Brand Experience21:37 - The Origin Story of the B2B Institute25:25 - How the B2B Institute Built Its Influence28:05 - Thought Leadership and Betting on What Won't Change31:09 - Human Behaviour as the Enduring Marketing Truth32:43 - Where B2B Creativity Goes Next34:15 - Why B2B Marketing Is “Hard Mode”37:07 - LinkedIn's Long-Term B2B Playbook38:01 - Building Authority, Credibility and Confidence39:10 - The B2B Institute as a Marketing Cheat Code40:05 - Where to Follow Tyronna and the B2B Institute

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The Palm Beach County Commission has no credibility on the matter of property taxes. Regardless of how the property tax vote goes in November, there should not be a single commissioner who complains of potential shortfalls of property tax revenue.

  Most people seek external feedback but avoid self-reflection, hindering their true growth. This episode tells how embracing honest self-audits, rather than relying on assumptions, helps individuals clarify their paths and lead with integrity, transforming potential into inevitable progress.  Chapter Summary:Power of Self-Audit03:59 Accountability and Leadership08:34 Growth Through Reflection10:59 WIN Inner CircleFeatured Quotes:“Truth creates traction.” - Maurice“Professionals who grow don't confuse accountability with the shame.” - Maurice“The most powerful feedback you'll ever receive is the kind you're willing to give yourself.” - MauriceBehind the Story:Maurice shares insights from a recent client conversation where a perceived “bang-up job” lacked real benchmarks. This experience highlights the common reluctance to confront what didn't work and the critical role self-audits play in achieving genuine progress. The episode stresses that accountability, not shame, is the path to objective improvement.

Why do perfectly logical, well-researched project plans still fail to win people over? It's one of the most frustrating forms of project failure—not a broken schedule or a blown budget, but a smart solution that nobody trusts. Kim and Kate dig into that exact problem, exploring decision-making, risk management,  and team performance through the lens of one hard-earned leadership lesson: being right is not enough. If you've ever done everything "to the T" and still hit resistance, this conversation is for you. In this episode, Kim and Kate welcome Noel Nicole Ransom—VP of Implementation, PMP, Lean Six Sigma Master Black Belt, educator, speaker, and founder of Sigma Certify—for a wide-ranging conversation about project leadership and career advancement. Noel has led complex enterprise implementations, organizational change efforts, and strategic transformation initiatives, and now coaches professionals on bridging the gap between certification and real influence. The topic matters because so many capable project managers get stuck being seen as schedule-checkers rather than leaders, and that perception ceiling caps both their impact and their careers. This episode explores the throughline that credibility, not correctness, is what actually moves projects forward. Noel explains that organizations run on trust rather than logic, which means a technically perfect plan can still stall if people don't feel included in how it was built. From there, the conversation moves into what Noel calls the shift from "note takers" to "progress makers" — PMs who stop documenting problems and start solving them. She offers a simple framework for unresolved roadblocks: everyone needs an owner, an action, and a date, or it can't actually be managed. The discussion also covers how to work with resistant stakeholders by treating pushback as concern rather than defiance and how leadership conversations require starting with understanding before persuasion, since executives are rarely trying to win an argument—they're trying to get to clarity. Grab a drink and join us. Quotes from the Episode "Being right is not enough." — Noel "Organizations move mostly at a speed of trust and not necessarily logic."  — Noel "You are not a glorified executive assistant."  — Noel "Teams don't need more status updates. They need fewer barriers."  — Noel "Leadership conversations really should begin with understanding before persuasion."  — Noel Practical Takeaways Treat every unresolved roadblock as incomplete until it has an owner, an action, and a date—vague status updates don't count as progress. When a stakeholder resists, get curious about the underlying concern instead of pushing harder on your rationale; questions like, "What concerns do you have?" or, "What are you seeing that we're not?" tend to open doors that arguments close. When bringing ideas to leadership, come with a rough draft or "prototype" rather than an open-ended question—it invites collaboration instead of putting the entire burden of thinking on the other person. Resist the instinct to arrive with every answer buttoned up; asking thoughtful questions early, framed the right way, builds far more trust than appearing to have it all figured out. Closing Reflection The project managers who build lasting influence aren't the ones with the most airtight plans—they're the ones who build trust one honest conversation at a time. Curiosity over certainty, progress over perfection, and quiet obstacle-removal over box-checking.

Send us Fan MailIn this solocast, On Top of PR host Jason Mudd discusses how public relations drives awareness, credibility, trust, and demand to create measurable business outcomes beyond media coverage.Tune in to learn more!Five things you'll learn from this episode:1. Why organizations should measure PR by business outcomes instead of media outputs2. How awareness can remove growth barriers for great products and services3. Why earned media builds credibility that influences customer behavior4. How visibility creates demand through real-world business examples5. What marketing leaders should ask when evaluating PR performance Quotables“Organizations invest in PR because they want business results.” — @jasonmudd9“The game didn't change; awareness changed.” — @jasonmudd9“Awareness gets attention, credibility earns trust, and trust influences behavior.” — @jasonmudd9“Public relations isn't magic, but when it's aligned with business objectives, it can be a powerful driver of business outcomes.” — @jasonmudd9“Awareness influenced credibility. Credibility influenced demand, and demand influenced business outcomes.” — @jasonmudd9If you enjoyed this episode, please take a moment to share it with a colleague or friend. You may also support us through Buy Me a Coffee or by leaving us a quick podcast review.Contact info and resources:Jason Mudd on XJason Mudd on LinkedInHow the power of PR saved TwisterPR Success Stories: From Struggling Startup to More Than $130 Million in RevenuesPR Success Stories: Media Coverage for HeadBlade Creates $25,000 in Website SalesAxia Case Study Foundation Financial GroupAdditional Resources:The power of PRHow do you measure PR?7 ways to build credibility using public relations5 ways PR can generate buzz for your businessListen to more episodes of the On Top of PR with Jason Mudd podcastFind out more about Axia Public RelationsIf you like this episode, you're going to love this:3 ways franchisors can use PR to grow their company with John HewittPR research with Mark WeinerRecorded: June 15, 2026Support the showOn Top of PR is produced by Axia Public Relations, named by Forbes as one of America's Best PR Agencies. Axia is an expert PR firm for national brands.On Top of PR is sponsored by ReviewMaxer, the platform for monitoring, improving, and promoting online customer reviews.

Preliminary hearings are taking place in the trial of Tyler Robinson. In light of this, we decided to examine Candace Owens's many claims and ask whether they are credible. And unlike some, we are going to try and use actual standards for intelligence analysis and measuring source credibility.-----SPONSOR: Lear CapitalGold and silver are at all-time highs as central banks, sovereign funds, and major institutions like Morgan Stanley shift capital out of the dollar and into precious metals. Lear Capital helps everyday Americans get into physical gold and silver with experienced reps, transparent pricing, and IRA-eligible options. With a qualified purchase, you can receive up to $20,000 in bonus gold or silver.Call Lear Capital at 800-707-4575 or visit https://www.Nick4Lear.com-----GET YOUR MERCH HERE: https://shop.nickjfreitas.com/BECOME A MEMBER OF THE IC: https://NickJFreitas.comInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/nickjfreitas/Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/NickFreitasVATwitter: https://twitter.com/NickJFreitasYouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@NickjfreitasTikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@nickjfreitas3.000:00:00 - Intelligence Standards for Evaluating Political Claims 00:08:10 - Sponsor Message on Inflation and Gold Investing 00:09:56 - Examining Claims About Charlie Kirk's Marriage 00:13:46 - Reviewing Alleged Fort Huachuca Meeting Evidence 00:24:00 - Assessing Witness Credibility and Source Reliability 00:25:52 - Ballistics Evidence and Conspiracy Allegations 00:31:27 - French Government Assassination Claims Examined 00:40:34 - Egyptian Aircraft Allegations Reviewed Against Available Evidence 00:46:33 - Israeli Phone Data Claims Put Into Context 00:53:36 - Evaluating New Claims and Supporting Evidence 00:59:50 - Case Against Tyler Robinson Reviewed 01:03:39 - Surveillance Footage and Timeline Analysis 01:08:42 - Financial Motive Claims and Available Evidence 01:14:10 - Applying Intelligence Standards to Political Allegations 01:19:36 - Final Assessment of Evidence and Credibility

WHY DON'T AMERICANS TRUST THEIR GOVERNMENT ANYMORE? Because they've been given reason not to. The sudden death of Senator Lindsey Graham is the latest example. The medical examiner says he died from an aortic dissection caused by arteriosclerotic cardiovascular disease. That's the official finding. But after years of shifting narratives, hidden records, government censorship, intelligence failures, COVID, Russiagate, and so many other controversies, millions of Americans don't simply accept official explanations at face value anymore. They ask questions. They scrutinize. They demand proof. Government created this credibility crisis, not the American people. I'll explain why healthy skepticism is not the same as embracing conspiracy theories, and why rebuilding trust starts with transparency, not demands for blind faith. Then there's another alarming trend unfolding in plain sight. Radical Islamist rhetoric is no longer confined to the fringe. It is finding its way into the political mainstream. Representative Rashida Tlaib recently declared, "Gaza is the compass." Think about what that message represents. At a time when Hamas terrorists still hold hostages and Iran continues fueling anti American and anti Israel violence across the Middle East, why are elected officials elevating messaging that so many Americans see as empowering the wrong side? The institutions Americans once trusted are losing credibility. The voices pushing extremist ideas are gaining influence. Neither of those trends is accidental. Sponsors The Maverick SystemThe business strategy changing how entrepreneurs build wealth.https://TheMaverickSystem.com

On this special episode from Raised In The Woods, Chad and the crew Travel Wisconsin to the State's Capitol. They discuss everything from social media's impact on the hunting world to technology's effect in the waters and woods. Guest host Brittni Christiansen and host Ellie Lawton give their take on women in the outdoors. Don't miss this controversial discussion from the seat of TFL Midwest. This episode is brought to you by Travel Wisconsin, Nutrien Ag Solutions, Benelli Shotguns, Federal Premium Ammunition, HiViz Sights, CamoSpace

Listen and subscribe to Money Making Conversations on iHeartRadio, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, www.moneymakingconversations.com/subscribe/ or wherever you listen to podcasts. New Money Making Conversations episodes drop daily. I want to alert you, so you don’t miss out on expert analysis and insider perspectives from my guests who provide tips that can help you uplift the community, improve your financial planning, motivation, or advice on how to be a successful entrepreneur. Keep winning! Two-time Emmy and Three-time NAACP Image Award-winning, television Executive Producer Rushion McDonald interviewed Katrina Fitten. Purpose of the Interview The interview aims to educate entrepreneurs—especially women business owners—on how to secure funding responsibly, avoid scams, and develop a strategic financial plan. It also highlights Katrina Fitten’s expertise as CEO/CFO of New Day for You Financial and her mission to help startups and small businesses access capital. Key Takeaways Funding Opportunities & Qualifications Katrina helps women business owners secure up to $100,000 in 100 days or less, with same-day approval and next-day funding. Basic qualifications include: Credit score of 680+ Existing credit lines (at least $10,000) A clear business mission and low-risk profile. Avoiding Scams Beware of unsolicited emails/texts promising easy money. Do your homework: Check companies on Better Business Bureau (BBB). Look for testimonials and partnerships with reputable banks (e.g., Chase, American Express). Never share sensitive information without verifying legitimacy. Importance of a Business Plan Funding is not free money—you need a strategic plan. Katrina calls it a “money mission”: know exactly how funds will be deployed. Without a plan, money disappears quickly, leading to debt and bad credit. Family & Friends Lending Treat personal loans like business loans: Have written agreements with terms, repayment schedule, and penalties. Decide upfront if it’s a gift or a loan. Services Offered by New Day for You Financial SBA loans, equipment loans, purchase order financing. Lines of credit and 0% interest credit cards (18–21 months). Credit card stacking for higher funding amounts. Credit restoration referrals for those with poor credit. Success Story Example: A tax accountant secured $160,000 in less than a week due to strong credit, revenue history, and a solid business plan. Notable Quotes “If you don’t have a plan for your money, your money will have a plan—and you’ll look up and it’s gone.” “We don’t want to be out here racking up good debt and then you’re not going to be responsible.” “You have to vet companies. Go to BBB, Google them, and check their credibility.” “If I give you money, I decide—is it a gift or a loan? There are rules to borrowing money.” “We say if you don’t get anything, we don’t get paid.” #SHMS #STRAW #BESTSupport the show: https://www.steveharveyfm.com/See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Listen and subscribe to Money Making Conversations on iHeartRadio, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, www.moneymakingconversations.com/subscribe/ or wherever you listen to podcasts. New Money Making Conversations episodes drop daily. I want to alert you, so you don’t miss out on expert analysis and insider perspectives from my guests who provide tips that can help you uplift the community, improve your financial planning, motivation, or advice on how to be a successful entrepreneur. Keep winning! Two-time Emmy and Three-time NAACP Image Award-winning, television Executive Producer Rushion McDonald interviewed Katrina Fitten. Purpose of the Interview The interview aims to educate entrepreneurs—especially women business owners—on how to secure funding responsibly, avoid scams, and develop a strategic financial plan. It also highlights Katrina Fitten’s expertise as CEO/CFO of New Day for You Financial and her mission to help startups and small businesses access capital. Key Takeaways Funding Opportunities & Qualifications Katrina helps women business owners secure up to $100,000 in 100 days or less, with same-day approval and next-day funding. Basic qualifications include: Credit score of 680+ Existing credit lines (at least $10,000) A clear business mission and low-risk profile. Avoiding Scams Beware of unsolicited emails/texts promising easy money. Do your homework: Check companies on Better Business Bureau (BBB). Look for testimonials and partnerships with reputable banks (e.g., Chase, American Express). Never share sensitive information without verifying legitimacy. Importance of a Business Plan Funding is not free money—you need a strategic plan. Katrina calls it a “money mission”: know exactly how funds will be deployed. Without a plan, money disappears quickly, leading to debt and bad credit. Family & Friends Lending Treat personal loans like business loans: Have written agreements with terms, repayment schedule, and penalties. Decide upfront if it’s a gift or a loan. Services Offered by New Day for You Financial SBA loans, equipment loans, purchase order financing. Lines of credit and 0% interest credit cards (18–21 months). Credit card stacking for higher funding amounts. Credit restoration referrals for those with poor credit. Success Story Example: A tax accountant secured $160,000 in less than a week due to strong credit, revenue history, and a solid business plan. Notable Quotes “If you don’t have a plan for your money, your money will have a plan—and you’ll look up and it’s gone.” “We don’t want to be out here racking up good debt and then you’re not going to be responsible.” “You have to vet companies. Go to BBB, Google them, and check their credibility.” “If I give you money, I decide—is it a gift or a loan? There are rules to borrowing money.” “We say if you don’t get anything, we don’t get paid.” #SHMS #STRAW #BESTSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Listen and subscribe to Money Making Conversations on iHeartRadio, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, www.moneymakingconversations.com/subscribe/ or wherever you listen to podcasts. New Money Making Conversations episodes drop daily. I want to alert you, so you don’t miss out on expert analysis and insider perspectives from my guests who provide tips that can help you uplift the community, improve your financial planning, motivation, or advice on how to be a successful entrepreneur. Keep winning! Two-time Emmy and Three-time NAACP Image Award-winning, television Executive Producer Rushion McDonald interviewed Katrina Fitten. Purpose of the Interview The interview aims to educate entrepreneurs—especially women business owners—on how to secure funding responsibly, avoid scams, and develop a strategic financial plan. It also highlights Katrina Fitten’s expertise as CEO/CFO of New Day for You Financial and her mission to help startups and small businesses access capital. Key Takeaways Funding Opportunities & Qualifications Katrina helps women business owners secure up to $100,000 in 100 days or less, with same-day approval and next-day funding. Basic qualifications include: Credit score of 680+ Existing credit lines (at least $10,000) A clear business mission and low-risk profile. Avoiding Scams Beware of unsolicited emails/texts promising easy money. Do your homework: Check companies on Better Business Bureau (BBB). Look for testimonials and partnerships with reputable banks (e.g., Chase, American Express). Never share sensitive information without verifying legitimacy. Importance of a Business Plan Funding is not free money—you need a strategic plan. Katrina calls it a “money mission”: know exactly how funds will be deployed. Without a plan, money disappears quickly, leading to debt and bad credit. Family & Friends Lending Treat personal loans like business loans: Have written agreements with terms, repayment schedule, and penalties. Decide upfront if it’s a gift or a loan. Services Offered by New Day for You Financial SBA loans, equipment loans, purchase order financing. Lines of credit and 0% interest credit cards (18–21 months). Credit card stacking for higher funding amounts. Credit restoration referrals for those with poor credit. Success Story Example: A tax accountant secured $160,000 in less than a week due to strong credit, revenue history, and a solid business plan. Notable Quotes “If you don’t have a plan for your money, your money will have a plan—and you’ll look up and it’s gone.” “We don’t want to be out here racking up good debt and then you’re not going to be responsible.” “You have to vet companies. Go to BBB, Google them, and check their credibility.” “If I give you money, I decide—is it a gift or a loan? There are rules to borrowing money.” “We say if you don’t get anything, we don’t get paid.” #SHMS #STRAW #BESTSteve Harvey Morning Show Online: http://www.steveharveyfm.com/See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

How can staffing firms use AI to drive more revenue without losing the trust that wins business? Kortney Harmon sits down with Anna Frazzetto, founder and CEO of AFM Strategic Partners, to explore why AI is most powerful when it's built on strong sales fundamentals—not used as a shortcut.Anna shares practical strategies for integrating AI into every stage of the sales cycle, from prospecting and discovery to forecasting and follow-up. She explains why disciplined processes, clean data, and human judgment remain essential, and offers clear guardrails for adopting AI in ways that improve efficiency while protecting client relationships.Learn how today's top sales leaders are using AI to scale smarter—without sacrificing the credibility and trust that drive lasting success.________________Follow Crelate on LinkedIn: CrelateWant to learn more about Crelate? Book a demo hereSubscribe to our newsletter: The Full Desk Experience

Personal brand growth has become one of the most important factors in business visibility, influence, and long-term success. Whether someone is a founder, franchise executive, consultant, speaker, or entrepreneur, the ability to build trust and establish credibility online can dramatically impact opportunities, relationships, and business growth. Not long ago, a company website served as the primary digital representation of a business. Today, consumers, prospects, investors, employees, and partners often look far beyond a website before making decisions. They search social platforms, review content, evaluate thought leadership, and assess whether the people behind a business are visible, credible, and trustworthy. This shift has fundamentally changed how organizations approach marketing and communication. Modern audiences want more than polished advertising. They want access to the people behind the brand. They want insight into leadership, expertise, values, and experience. As a result, personal brand growth has evolved from a nice-to-have marketing tactic into a significant business asset. One of the biggest misconceptions surrounding personal branding is the belief that it is primarily about self-promotion. In reality, effective personal brand growth is often less about promoting oneself and more about creating value for others. The strongest personal brands are built through education, perspective, expertise, and storytelling that helps an audience solve problems, gain insights, or view challenges differently. Authentic storytelling plays a critical role in this process. Human beings are naturally drawn to stories because stories create emotional connections. Long before digital marketing existed, people learned through shared experiences, observations, and narratives. Today, storytelling remains one of the most effective ways to communicate ideas, establish credibility, and create memorable interactions. Business leaders who share lessons learned, challenges overcome, industry insights, and personal experiences often build stronger audience connections than those who focus exclusively on promotional messaging. This becomes especially important as digital platforms continue evolving. Many social media platforms no longer operate the way they did a decade ago. Content is increasingly delivered based on individual interests rather than solely on follower relationships. Algorithms prioritize relevance, engagement, and audience behavior. As a result, every piece of content becomes an opportunity to reach new audiences rather than simply communicating with existing followers. For business leaders, this creates both opportunities and challenges. The opportunity lies in the ability to reach highly targeted audiences organically through content that aligns with specific interests and needs. The challenge is that visibility can no longer be achieved simply by posting occasionally or maintaining a profile. Consistency, relevance, and quality have become increasingly important. Personal brand growth requires intentionality. Successful professionals often spend time identifying the questions their audience is asking, the challenges they face, and the topics that generate meaningful engagement. Rather than creating content for the sake of posting, they focus on providing useful information that supports their audience's goals and interests. This strategy also improves discoverability. Search engines, AI-powered tools, and social platforms increasingly reward content that answers questions, demonstrates expertise, and provides value. Businesses that consistently publish useful content often improve their visibility across multiple channels, helping potential customers find them during the research and decision-making process. Video content has become particularly important in this environment. Video allows audiences to experience a person's communication style, personality, expertise, and authenticity in ways that written content cannot always replicate. While blogs, articles, and written posts remain valuable, video often accelerates trust-building because it provides a more complete representation of the individual behind the message. Fortunately, creating effective video content has never been more accessible. Advances in technology have lowered production barriers, making it possible for business leaders to create high-quality content using equipment they already own. What matters most is not perfect production quality but clear communication, consistency, and value. At the same time, artificial intelligence continues reshaping content creation. AI tools offer significant advantages when used strategically. They can assist with brainstorming, content organization, research, editing, and efficiency. However, one of the biggest risks organizations face is allowing AI-generated content to replace authentic human perspective. Technology can support communication, but it cannot replace lived experience. Audiences recognize authenticity. They connect with unique viewpoints, personal stories, lessons learned, and genuine expertise. While AI can help accelerate content production, the most effective personal brands continue to be built on original thinking and authentic communication. This distinction may become even more important as AI-generated content becomes increasingly common. As more businesses automate content creation, authentic voices may become more valuable rather than less. Organizations and leaders who successfully combine technology with genuine human insight are likely to stand out in increasingly crowded digital environments. Consistency remains another critical factor in personal brand growth. Many professionals approach content creation with enthusiasm initially, only to lose momentum after a few weeks or months. Sustainable growth rarely comes from occasional bursts of activity. Instead, it typically results from consistent effort over time. A steady cadence of valuable content allows audiences to become familiar with a leader's expertise, perspective, and communication style. Over time, that familiarity builds trust. Trust creates credibility. Credibility creates opportunities. The leaders who benefit most from personal brand growth are often those who view content as a long-term investment rather than a short-term campaign. Each article, video, podcast appearance, interview, or social post contributes to a larger body of work that demonstrates expertise and reinforces authority within a particular industry or market. Personal brand growth is no longer reserved for influencers, celebrities, or public figures. Today's business environment rewards visibility, expertise, and authenticity. Founders, executives, consultants, franchise leaders, and entrepreneurs all have opportunities to build influence by consistently sharing valuable insights and communicating in ways that resonate with their audience. As digital platforms continue evolving, the organizations and individuals who combine authentic storytelling, strategic content creation, and meaningful audience engagement will be best positioned to build trust, expand influence, and create lasting business growth. Watch the full episode on YouTube. Join Fordify LIVE every Wednesday at 11 a.m. Central across your favorite social media platforms and catch the replay on The Business Growth Show Podcast for more conversations with today's leading business experts, entrepreneurs, and growth-minded leaders. About Jess Parker Jess Parker is the CEO and Co-Founder of Parker Media, a content and social media agency that helps founders, entrepreneurs, franchisors, and business leaders grow their visibility through authentic storytelling and strategic content creation. With a background in broadcasting and media, Jess specializes in personal brand growth, social media strategy, content marketing, and founder-led thought leadership. She works closely with clients to develop authentic online voices, create meaningful audience engagement, and build influence across digital platforms while leveraging AI tools responsibly and effectively. About Ford Saeks Ford Saeks is a Business Growth Accelerator who has generated more than a billion dollars in sales worldwide by helping companies attract loyal customers, increase visibility, and accelerate growth. As President and CEO of Prime Concepts Group, Inc., Ford has founded more than ten companies, authored five books, earned three U.S. patents, and advised organizations ranging from startups to Fortune 500 companies. A recognized expert in business growth, customer acquisition, leadership, franchising, and AI-driven marketing strategies, Ford helps businesses identify opportunities, improve performance, and achieve sustainable results. Learn more at ProfitRichResults.com and watch Fordify LIVE at Fordify.tv.

Send us Fan MailSix investors introduce themselves — an angel, a VC general partner, a physician investor, an attorney-turned-real estate investor, and two accredited investor group members. Then, without a break, they immediately grade two real pitch videos on the spot. One company scores high. One gets torn apart. The episode ends with the investor who reveals the 3-part framework behind every score: Credibility, Clarity, and Whimsy — and exactly what each one means.About Family Office ClubThe world's largest investor club in the family office space. 19 years. 300+ events. 16 million members. $1B+ in community transactions.

What changes when prospective clients already understand your value before they ever schedule a first meeting? In this episode of The Registered Investment Advisor Podcast, host Seth Greene interviews Gabe McManus, Publisher at The Influential Advisor, who explains how books, storytelling, and guest podcasting can help advisors clarify their message, build trust with ideal prospects, and create more opportunities to speak and grow their visibility. Gabe also shares why advisors do not need to be writers to create a book and how coaching can help them communicate in a polished version of their own voice. Key Takeaways: → A well-written book allows prospective clients to understand an advisor's philosophy, process, and expertise before they ever become a prospect. → Clients connect with stories because they help people see themselves in the challenges, solutions, and transformations being discussed. → Publishing a book can lead to speaking engagements, podcast appearances, media exposure, and stronger referral conversations. → Appearing as a guest on established podcasts allows advisors to reach targeted audiences without the workload of producing their own show. → The most effective communicators learn how to express their ideas clearly, conversationally, and in ways that inspire action. Gabe McManus is the Publisher of Influential Advisor Media and a go-to resource for financial advisors who want to grow their practices through authority marketing. Gabe works with financial advisors to write and market their books, prepare for podcasts, and build the kind of credibility that attracts ideal clients. He believes the advisors who communicate well do not just stand out from the competition. They become the obvious choice in their market. Connect With Gabe: Website: ⁠https://influentialadvisor.com/⁠ LinkedIn: ⁠https://www.linkedin.com/in/gabemcmanus/⁠ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

What changes when prospective clients already understand your value before they ever schedule a first meeting? In this episode of The Registered Investment Advisor Podcast, host Seth Greene interviews Gabe McManus, Publisher at The Influential Advisor, who explains how books, storytelling, and guest podcasting can help advisors clarify their message, build trust with ideal prospects, and create more opportunities to speak and grow their visibility. Gabe also shares why advisors do not need to be writers to create a book and how coaching can help them communicate in a polished version of their own voice. Key Takeaways: → A well-written book allows prospective clients to understand an advisor's philosophy, process, and expertise before they ever become a prospect. → Clients connect with stories because they help people see themselves in the challenges, solutions, and transformations being discussed. → Publishing a book can lead to speaking engagements, podcast appearances, media exposure, and stronger referral conversations. → Appearing as a guest on established podcasts allows advisors to reach targeted audiences without the workload of producing their own show. → The most effective communicators learn how to express their ideas clearly, conversationally, and in ways that inspire action. Gabe McManus is the Publisher of Influential Advisor Media and a go-to resource for financial advisors who want to grow their practices through authority marketing. Gabe works with financial advisors to write and market their books, prepare for podcasts, and build the kind of credibility that attracts ideal clients. He believes the advisors who communicate well do not just stand out from the competition. They become the obvious choice in their market. Connect With Gabe: Website: ⁠https://influentialadvisor.com/⁠ LinkedIn: ⁠https://www.linkedin.com/in/gabemcmanus/⁠ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Trump v. Barbara, et al., No. 25-365 (U.S. June 30, 2026)birthright citizenship; history; Second Founding Sosnava Rodriguez, et al. v. Mullin, et al., No. 26-50183 (5th Cir. July 2, 2026)procedural and substantive due; right to a bond hearing after 90 days; Mathews; fundamental liberty interest for noncitizens; EWI detention; mandatory detention Matter of T-D-E-, 29 I&N Dec. 732 (BIA 2026)credibility; clear error; failure to disclose military service in DS-160; fraud to enter U.S.; corroboration; prior false testimony; Burkina FasoMatter of Vizcaino Aybar, 29 I&N Dec. 736 (BIA 2026)bond; venue; jurisdiction Riley v. Blanche, No. 22-1609 (4th Cir. July 2, 2026)withholding-only review; jurisdiction; claims processing rule; 30-day petition for review deadline; FARO; final order of removal; clear error; BIA fact finding; BIA stating standard but not applying it Rivera-Mendoza, et. al v. Blanche, No. 21-70107 (9th Cir. June 25, 2026)child endangerment; statutory interpretation; Congressional intent; Cal. Pen. Code § 273a(a); Or. Rev. Stat. § 163.545(1); crime of child abuse, child neglect, or child abandonment; INA § 237(a)(2)(E)(i); Loper Bright; criminal negligence mens rea; actus reas; dictionaries; general intent crimes  Morris v. Blanche, No. 25-3084 (6th Cir. June 25, 2026)firearms offense; motion to reopen; motion to reconsider; ineffective assistance of counsel; jurisdiction as a sword; concessions of counsel; strict Lozada compliance; proof of mailing Santillan Quiroz v. Mullin, No. 26-6019 (10th Cir. June 30, 2026)no mandatory detention of EWIs; Hurtado; seeking admission; INA § 235(a)(2)(B); § 236(a); § 236(c); Laken Riley Act; applicant for admission entry; canon of constitutional avoidance; plain text; statutory interpretation; longstanding agency interpretation; legislative history; use of the word “otherwise”; cannot against surplusage; due process rights of noncitizensKurzban Kurzban Tetzeli and Pratt P.A.Immigration, serious injury, and business lawyers serving clients in Florida, California, and all over the world for over 40 years.eimmigration"Immigration law software you'll love to use."get.eimmigration.com/IRP Gonzales & Gonzales Immigration BondsP: (833) 409-9200immigrationbond.com Stafi"Remote staffing solutions for businesses of all sizes"Click me!Want to become a patron?Click here to check out our Patreon Page!CONTACT INFORMATION:Email: kgregg@kktplaw.comFacebook: @immigrationreviewInstagram: @immigrationreviewTwitter: @immreviewAbout your hostCase notesRecent criminal-immigration article (p.18)Featured in San Diego VoyagerSupport the show

The ALL ME® Podcast How Performance-Enhancing Drugs Shape Society – Dr. Charles "Chuck" Yesalis In this in-depth interview, Dr. Charles "Chuck" Yesalis shares his extensive knowledge on anabolic steroids, their impact on youth, and the ongoing challenges in anti-doping education. Discover the history from the 1970's to today, health effects, and societal influences surrounding performance-enhancing drugs. Takeaways: History of anabolic steroids and doping Health effects and risks of steroids Societal and cultural influences on drug use Policy and legal frameworks for drug control Challenges in education and prevention Chapters: 00:00 Introduction and Guest Introduction 00:34 How Dr. Yesalis and Don's Father Met 00:57 Early Concerns About Kids and Performance Drugs 01:24 The 1988 National Study on Youth Steroid Use 02:17 Dr. Yesalis's Involvement in Anti-Doping Efforts 02:59 Personal Motivations and the Loss of Taylor Hooten 03:26 Public Perception and Media Coverage of Steroid Use 03:53 Influence of Social Media and Body Image on Youth 04:25 Risks of Illegal Substance Use Among Young People 04:51 The Push to Gain an Advantage in Sports 05:19 Health Consequences and Long-term Risks of Steroids 05:43 Origins of Dr. Yesalis's Interest in Steroids 06:16 Understanding Anabolic Steroids and Their Effects 06:38 Historical Research and Early Findings 07:32 The Politics and Science of Steroid Use 08:44 Long-term Health Effects and Epidemiological Research 09:37 The Evolution of Performance-Enhancing Drugs 10:28 Credibility and Scientific Evidence in Anti-Doping 11:08 The Impact of Scientific Misconceptions 11:49 Challenges in Education and Public Awareness 12:58 The Role of Legislation and Regulation 13:47 The Influence of Money and Fame in Sports 14:40 Natural vs. Enhanced Performance and Ethical Dilemmas 15:30 Moral and Ethical Issues in Doping 16:26 Athletes' Willingness to Risk Their Lives for Fame 17:23 Obstacles in Anti-Doping Education 18:13 Public Perception and Media's Role 19:13 Generational Changes and Social Media Impact 19:55 Studies on Youth and Steroid Use in the 1980s 21:10 The 1988 Youth Steroid Study Insights 22:25 Public Awareness and Media Coverage of the Study 23:20 Attitudes Toward Risk and Self-Harm in Youth 23:40 Changes in Drug Legislation and Regulation 24:41 The Impact of the Anabolic Steroid Control Act 25:33 Societal Pressures and Body Image Trends 26:38 Current Perspectives on Testosterone and Medical Use 27:41 Descheduling Testosterone and Potential Risks 29:22 Pharmaceutical Industry and Overproduction of Steroids 30:12 Physician Perspectives on Steroid Regulation 31:34 Dependence and Psychological Effects of Steroids 33:03 Risks of Descheduling and Accessibility 34:18 Medical and Anti-Aging Clinics and Steroid Access 37:43 The Book 'Anabolic Steroids in Sports and Exercise' 39:13 Challenges in Fighting Performance-Enhancing Drugs 40:32 Cheating and Ethical Issues in Sports 40:54 Societal Attitudes Toward Winning at All Costs 41:51 Misconceptions and Public Perception of Steroids 43:08 Health Risks of High-Dose Steroid Use 43:59 Behavioral and Psychological Effects of Steroids 45:15 Physician Involvement and Safety in Steroid Use 45:41 The Role of Medical Professionals in Steroid Regulation 47:26 Reflections on Legacy and Impact in Anti-Doping 48:44 The Mission to Shine Light on the Truth 50:25 Final Thoughts and Personal Philosophy Follow Us: Twitter: @theTHF Instagram: @theTHF Facebook: Taylor Hooton Foundation #ALLMEPEDFREE Contact Us: Twitter: @theTHF Instagram: @theTHF Facebook: Taylor Hooton Foundation #ALLMEPEDFREE Email: info@taylorhooton.org Phone: 214-449-1990 ALL ME Assembly Programs: http://taylorhooton.org/education-resources/face-to-face-programs/

The updates just keep on coming as we get down to the final hours before the United States faces off against Belgium in the round of 16. FIFA has officially denied Belgium’s appeal to its decision allowing U.S. star Folarin Balogun to play in tonight’s game, despite receiving a red card. In response, Belgium’s football federation put out a pointed critique of how FIFA has mishandled the process. We’ve also heard from the FIFA president, downplaying President Trump’s call to him asking for a review of the red card, and demanding respect for the committee’s decision to allow Balogun on the field tonight. Meantime, other countries are now asking for the same treatment for their players who have received both red and yellow cards during the tournament.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The updates just keep on coming as we get down to the final hours before the United States faces off against Belgium in the round of 16. FIFA has officially denied Belgium’s appeal to its decision allowing U.S. star Folarin Balogun to play in tonight’s game, despite receiving a red card. In response, Belgium’s football federation put out a pointed critique of how FIFA has mishandled the process. We’ve also heard from the FIFA president, downplaying President Trump’s call to him asking for a review of the red card, and demanding respect for the committee’s decision to allow Balogun on the field tonight. Meantime, other countries are now asking for the same treatment for their players who have received both red and yellow cards during the tournament.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The updates just keep on coming as we get down to the final hours before the United States faces off against Belgium in the round of 16. FIFA has officially denied Belgium’s appeal to its decision allowing U.S. star Folarin Balogun to play in tonight’s game, despite receiving a red card. In response, Belgium’s football federation put out a pointed critique of how FIFA has mishandled the process. We’ve also heard from the FIFA president, downplaying President Trump’s call to him asking for a review of the red card, and demanding respect for the committee’s decision to allow Balogun on the field tonight. Meantime, other countries are now asking for the same treatment for their players who have received both red and yellow cards during the tournament.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.