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In this episode, Nathan sits down with Dan O'Connell, Chief Strategy Officer at Dialpad. They discuss building their own language models using 5 billion minutes of business calls, custom speech recognition models for every customer, and the challenges of bringing AI into business. If you need an ecommerce platform, check out our sponsor Shopify: https://shopify.com/cognitive for a $1/month trial period. We're sharing a few of Nathan's favorite AI scouting episodes from other shows. Today, Shane Legg, Cofounder at Deepmind and its current Chief AGI Scientist, shares his insights with Dwarkesh Patel on AGI's timeline, the new architectures needed for AGI, and why multimodality will be the next big landmark. If you need an ecommerce platform, check out our sponsor Shopify: https://shopify.com/cognitive for a $1/month trial period. We're hiring across the board at Turpentine and for Erik's personal team on other projects he's incubating. He's hiring a Chief of Staff, EA, Head of Special Projects, Investment Associate, and more. For a list of JDs, check out: eriktorenberg.com. --- SPONSORS: Shopify is the global commerce platform that helps you sell at every stage of your business. Shopify powers 10% of ALL eCommerce in the US. And Shopify's the global force behind Allbirds, Rothy's, and Brooklinen, and 1,000,000s of other entrepreneurs across 175 countries.From their all-in-one e-commerce platform, to their in-person POS system – wherever and whatever you're selling, Shopify's got you covered. With free Shopify Magic, sell more with less effort by whipping up captivating content that converts – from blog posts to product descriptions using AI. Sign up for $1/month trial period: https://shopify.com/cognitive Omneky is an omnichannel creative generation platform that lets you launch hundreds of thousands of ad iterations that actually work customized across all platforms, with a click of a button. Omneky combines generative AI and real-time advertising data. Mention "Cog Rev" for 10% off www.omneky.com NetSuite has 25 years of providing financial software for all your business needs. More than 36,000 businesses have already upgraded to NetSuite by Oracle, gaining visibility and control over their financials, inventory, HR, eCommerce, and more. If you're looking for an ERP platform ✅ head to NetSuite: http://netsuite.com/cognitive and download your own customized KPI checklist. X/SOCIAL: @labenz (Nathan) @dialdoc (Dan) @dialpad @CogRev_Podcast (Cognitive Revolution) TIMESTAMPS: (00:00) - Introduction and Welcome (06:50) - Interview with Dan O'Connell, Chief AI and Strategy Officer at Dialpad (07:13) - The Functionality and Utility of Dialpad (17:20) - The Development of Dialpad's Large Language Model Trained on 5Billion Minutes of Calls 19:56 The Future of AI in Business (22:21) - Sponsor Break: Shopify (23:56) - The Challenges and Opportunities of AI Development (31:17 ) - Prioritizing latency, capacity, and cost when evaluating AI (39:41) - Most Loved AI Features in Dialpad (42:01) - The Role of AI in Quality Assurance (43:10) - The Future of Transcription Accuracy (44:06) - The Importance of Speech Recognition in Business (46:59) - Personalizing AI for Better Business Interactions (47:01) - The Role of AI in Content Generation (52:47) - The Challenges and Opportunities of AI in Sales and Support

On episode #138 of Eye on AI. Craig Smith sits down with Dan O'Connell, the Chief AI and Strategy Officer at Dialpad and a seasoned expert in the world of AI-driven business communications.  Check out Dialpad- https://www.dialpad.com/ Currently serving as a member of Dialpad's Board of Directors, Dan's impressive career includes leadership roles at TalkIQ, AdRoll, and an 8-year stint at Google in key sales positions.  During our conversation, Dan takes us through Dialpad's AI-driven transformation of business communication. We explore the power of natural language processing, speech recognition, and large language models, enabling real-time transcription, call summaries, sentiment analysis, and virtual agents. We also delve into the significance of sentiment analysis and the role of context, alongside debates on third-party APIs versus proprietary models, AI's unpredictability, and domain-specific model economics. Our exploration continues with AI's impact on CRM, generative AI's insights, chatbot evolution, and cost-effective AI management. Tune in to explore AIs impact on modern day business communication.   Dan O'Connell's LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/droconnell/ Craig Smith Twitter: https://twitter.com/craigss Eye on A.I. Twitter: https://twitter.com/EyeOn_AI   (00:00) Preview and Introduction (01:33) Mind Studio by YouAI (03:46) Artificial Intelligence in Business Communications (10:54) Building Sentiment Analysis and Custom Models (19:35) Managing Costs and using AI in Business (23:47) AI Disrupts CRM Market? (30:56) Mind Studio by YouAI

We talk to Dan O'Connell, who got his start at Google at the age of 22 back in 2003 and after a 9 year journey, went to scale the sales team at Adroll.com. After a successful career in Ad Tech, Dan became the CEO and President of TalkIQ where within 18 months he helped lead the company through a successful acquisition. Dan is now the Chief Strategy Officer and Chief Revenue Officer at Dialpad. Dan has done it all and has successfully built highly cohesive and scalable teams as both a sales leader and CEO, and we are fortunate he shares some of his playbook and actionable advice on this topic. Give it a listen, you won't be disappointed! --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/uncharted1/support

Incarcerated individuals deserve opportunities for healing and growth, but they often lack the necessary resources for such opportunities. Additionally, organizational cultures that don't support these outcomes often stand in the way. Researchers and practitioners gathered at NIJ's 2023 National Research Conference to share ideas and projects that will increase opportunities for incarcerated populations around the country. This show continues their conversation. Angel Sanchez, a visiting fellow with the Bureau of Justice Assistance at the Department of Justice, hosts this discussion with three guests: Dr. Stephen J. Tripodi, an associate professor at Florida State University's College of Social Work and a faculty director at the Institute for Justice Research and Development; Dr. Dan O'Connell, a criminologist at the Center for Drug and Health Studies at the University of Delaware; and Marina Duane, a research fellow at Chapin Hall at the University of Chicago.Reading and Resources from NIJFive Things About Reentry | ArticleEmerging Relevance of Neuroscience in Corrections | ArticleA New View of Jails: Exploring Complexity in Jails-Based Research | NIJ JournalOther ResourcesJail-based Medication-assisted Treatment Promising Practices, Guidelines, and Resources for the Field

When the murders of Dan O'Connell and James Ellison had all but gone cold, new detectives caught a break while investigating a complaint made against a priest from the local church.  From there the case unraveled quickly, and culminated in another shocking death. Once the truth was revealed things in Hudson would never be the same, and the feelings of shock and betrayal still linger today.

The city of Hudson, Wisconsin was rocked when Dan O'Connell and James Ellison were found gunned down in the office of The O'Connell Funeral home. The case would take years to solve and an array of theories tore investigators in several directions. The case was all but cold when a new lead emerged unexpectedly,  leading detectives right to the door of Hudson's local Catholic Church. Tune in next week for part 2 of our coverage on this case. 

On Tuesday's Morning Focus, Alan was joined by Dan O'Connell of Clare Suicide Bereavement Support. Dan spoke about the group who offer support for those who are grieving the loss of a loved one who has died by suicide and urged those who may be suffering this Christmas to come forward and avail of the support of their services. He spoke about the significance of the group being an option as a way of accessing support outside of your family while complimenting the groups volunteers who have the ability to understand everyone's situation. If you wish to access the services of Clare Suicide Bereavement Support, you can call them on 086-056-5373 or 087-369-8315.

June is Pride Month, so we start off with Pride at Work Executive Director Jerame Davis on YALL Cast, a podcast that looks at Young Active Labor Leaders in the great state of Texas.          Then the Talking SMART podcast talks with Matt Cherry and Dan O'Connell. Matt is a Local 33 sheet metal member from Toledo, Ohio, who serves as the president of the Toledo City Council, Dan is a long-time member of the SMART Transportation Division who served as New Jersey State Legislative Director for 20 years, until his retirement in 2018. On the Canadian Union Podcast For Employees, Rory Gill, president of CUPE Alberta discusses Jason Kenney, the premier of Alberta and the leader of the United Conservative Party who recently announced his intentions to step down. Next we go to New Zealand, where Justine answers all your questions about bad managers, Christmas leave, and dreaded team bonding activities, on the Red Dead Redemption podcast. We wrap up this week with the On Writing podcast's chat with Amy Schumer, creator and star of the comedy-drama series LIFE & BETH, with her advice to writers, why she loves writing in bed and the differences between writing a sketch show like INSIDE AMY SCHUMER versus a scripted show like LIFE & BETH. Highlights from labor radio and podcast shows around the country, part of the national Labor Radio Podcast Network of shows focusing on working people's issues and concerns. #LaborRadioPod @AFLCIO @DCLabor @smartunionworks @cupe37 @95bFM @WGAEast Edited by Patrick Dixon; produced by Chris Garlock; social media guru Mr. Harold Phillips.

A conversation with two SMART members who serve their communities in local elected positions about the importance of having regular working people in office.    Matt Cherry Last episode, we heard from Joe de la Cruz, a SMART sheet metal worker in Groton, Conn., who is also a state senator, proudly serving the communities of Groton and New London. This episode we sit down with two more SMART members who have successfully run for elected office. We discuss their sheet metal and transportation careers, what motivated them to run for elected office, specific steps they took to build and run successful campaigns and key issues they focused on once in office. Our first guest this episode is Matt Cherry, a Local 33 sheet metal member from Toledo, Ohio, who serves as the president of the Toledo City Council. Among other topics, he discussed the importance of support he had from the local labor community, including more than 50 union members who helped with door-knocking during his successful campaign for city council. Dan O'Connell Our second guest is Dan O'Connell, a long-time member of the SMART Transportation Division who served as New Jersey State Legislative Director for 20 years, until his retirement in 2018. He also served as the Delran Councilman and Burlington County freeholder. Dan has been a recognizable face across every part of our union as his formidable reputation in the New Jersey State House preceded him prior to his retirement. Voting, lobbying and writing politicians are one thing, but actually being in an elected position and making decisions that affect our jobs, families and communities is also key. Dan underscored the importance of having regular working people in elected positions: "You're either at the table, or you're on the menu.” In addition, listen for the open mic segment with General President Joseph Sellers at the end of this episode. He responds to a question about whether railroad workers are allowed to strike. Talking SMART is a member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network — working people's voices, broadcasting worldwide 24 hours a day.

February 5, 2002. Hudson, WI. Dan O'Connell, a funeral home owner, and his intern, James Ellison, are found shot to death in Dan's office at O'Connell Family Funeral Home. Though the police had leads, none of them led to a viable suspect. Almost three years later, while investigating a separate case, detectives interviewed Father Ryan Erickson, a Catholic priest who was serving in Hudson in 2002. He revealed information only the killer and detectives knew about the double murder. As police investigated, Father Ryan hanged himself outside of his rectory and took any means of solving Dan and James' deaths with him. This leaves the question, did a Catholic priest kill two men? And if he did, why?Get even more episodes from Generation Why at: patreon.com/generationwhyListen ad free with Wondery+. Join Wondery+ for exclusives, binges, early access, and ad free listening. Available in the Wondery App. https://wondery.app.link/generationwhy.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

In this episode, The Packer editor Tom Karst and I chat with Dan O'Connell, FoodMix Marketing Communications on his company's food industry predictions for 2022. For our purposes, we focused on four trends that affect the produce industry. And yes, a lot of predictions don't pan out the way we expect  ‑ hello late 2019 predictions for 2020~ but there's 30 years of experience behind this company, plus some proprietary research that gathered a lot of data. Read more. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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In this episode, Bobby Stapleton, our own Director of Customer Support, sat down with Dialpad's Dan O'Connell to talk about delivering an integrated customer experience and how that can transform customer support from a cost center into a profit one.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Dan O'Connell's career is an impressive display of how hard work can catapult a person from the bottom of the sales hierarchy to the very top of business leadership.Having started as an account coordinator at Google AdWords in 2003, Dan has climbed the corporate ladder — eventually becoming the CEO and President of TalkIQ in 2017. Now, Dan serves as the Chief Strategy Officer, Chief Revenue Officer and as a board member at Dialpad, a company creating an AI-powered cloud communication suite.On this episode of Go to Market Grit, Joubin and Dan discuss Dan's experience selling online advertisements for Google in the early to mid 2000s, Dan's experience of becoming a CEO, and the importance for senior leaders to make an effort to connect with employees.In this episode, we cover: 'Shooting fish in a barrel': Dan's experience working for Google and selling online advertisements in the early 2000s. (5:00) 'I wanted to do more': Taking risks and avoiding career complacency. (7:36) Identifying skilled salespeople when demand is insanely high — and the moment when Dan realized Google was a big deal. (12:45) The key character traits of people hired on Google's go-to-market team — and how to identify ‘coachability' in a job candidate. (22:31) Why Dan decided to become CEO and president of TalkIQ in 2017 after working in sales — and how his father's example motivated him. Humility, ambition and optimism: The qualities Dan would want his children to have — and the role of parents in encouraging new opportunities and growth. (34:10) 'An awesome experience': The complexities and fun of being a tech CEO. (37:02) Dan's current company, Dialpad, and its AI-powered cloud communication suite — and how he deals with the transition from CEO to a lower senior position. (43:47) The skills and qualities of a successful business manager. (47:48) What the word grit means to Dan. (51:35) Links: Connect with DanLinkedIn Connect with Joubin Twitter LinkedIn Email: gtmg@kleinerperkins.com  Learn more about Kleiner Perkins

This week, we discover Britain's worst tourist attractions, why Dan O'Connell changes when he's around other people and what listener Michael likes to sing around the house. Plus, the Woodman has a crazily inventive tailor in his heroic little slot. Hear Johnny on Radio X every weekday at 4pm across the UK on digital radio, 104.9 FM in London, 97.7 FM in Manchester, on your mobile or via www.radiox.co.uk

In our ninth episode, Gil Allouche talks startup building and category creation with two experienced B2B operators who made huge impacts on the cloud communication and product/feature management categories. Panelists for this episode include Dan O'Connell, CRO of Dialpad and influencer of the Conversational Intelligence category, and Keith Messick, SVP of Marketing at LaunchDarkly and influential in the Feature Management Platform category. You'll walk away from this episode with great insights around: Why it's a bigger risk to not swing for the fences than it is to even work at a startup, which is risky to begin with; When, why, and how to ignore advice from your VC, and how even the most mundane estimates in a forecasting model can throw you completely off. BONUS! Dan recounts one of his biggest missed opportunities when it came to owning a movement before everyone started working from home: #workfromanywhere.

Family law attorneys Dan O'Connell and Allie Connell of Tuft, Lach, Jerabek & O'Connell, PLLC join Tom to discuss the many nuances of spousal maintenance (once called alimony). They consider why permanent maintenance may not be permanent and temporary maintenance may not be temporary. They address modification upon retirement, unemployment, remarriage, or other major life event event. They discuss the difference between waivers and Karon waivers. Some of our podcasts are for family law professionals and some are for consumers of family law services. This one is more oriented to consumers.

Featuring: Amy VG, Tyler Schnupp, Zach Gabriel, May Darmon, Erin Smith, Maddie Downes, Ryan Casey, Elliot G-B, Ashwin Bhandiwad, JoAnn Schinderle, Kelly Hannah, Dan O'Connell, Nick Sahoyah, Rachel Marsh, Ivan Ngo, Tyler Schnupp again, & Producer Trav sfx credits: Effects created with the help of Michael Freudenberg - Film Masters YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/FilmMastersChannel WESBITE: hdreel.com All Sounds Youtube channel Creative film youtube channel Isolation music youtube channel Songs are from Youtube Free music library, including the song Odd News by Twin Musicom is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Artist: http://www.twinmusicom.org/

This week's episode featuring Dan O'Connell & Keith Messick is brought to you by Oracle Netsuite. Sign up for a personalized product tour at www.netsuite.com/scale Dan and Keith were previously a guest on Uncharted and Eclectic and two of our most popular so it only made sense to bring them back for another episode. Having worked together for a couple of years scaling Dialpad's go-to-market engine, it only made sense to bring them back to understand what made things work in their relationship and how they ensured both their respective teams were aligned and moving in the same direction. Dialpad recently raised a $100 Million Series E at a $1.2 Billion valuation. Dan and Keith were previously two of our most popular guests so it was only appropriate to bring them back to do a session on what a great Sales and Marketing relationship looks like, and why it's so important to have trust and respect for one another. Connect with Dan O'Connell: https://www.linkedin.com/in/droconnell Connect with Keith: https://www.linkedin.com/in/keithmessick/ https://twitter.com/keithmessick?lang=en Connect with Poya Osgouei: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/poyaosgouei/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/IamPoya Connect with Robby Allen: Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/robbyallen/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/_RobbyAllen --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/uncharted1/support

Dr. Dan O'Connell is the Deputy Superintendent of High Schools in the Archdiocese of Los Angeles and Kathy Almazol is the former Superintendent in the Diocese of San Jose. They both have participated in the content development for the New Leaders Academy. The podcast will cover the process for new principals to acclimate to a school environment and discuss the skills, attitudes and dispositions required for success.

We talk to Dan O'Connell, who got his start at Google at the age of 22 back in 2003 and after a 9 year journey, went to scale the sales team at Adroll.com. After a successful career in Ad Tech, Dan became the CEO and President of TalkIQ where within 18 months he helped lead the company through a successful acquisition. Dan is now the Chief Strategy Officer and Chief Revenue Officer at Dialpad. Dan has done it all and has successfully built highly cohesive and scalable teams as both a sales leader and CEO, and we are fortunate he shares some of his playbook and actionable advice on this topic. Give it a listen, you won't be disappointed! Connect with Dan O'Connell: https://www.linkedin.com/in/droconnell Connect with Poya Osgouei: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/poyaosgouei/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/IamPoya Connect with Robby Allen: Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/robbyallen/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/_RobbyAllen --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/uncharted1/support

This week on the Sales Hacker podcast, we speak with Dan O'Connell, Chief Strategy Officer at Dialpad. Dan's career started at Google, where he worked directly under Sheryl Sandberg at the start of AdWords. From there, he helped scale a team of 150 at AdRoll, before becoming CEO and President at TalkIQ, which was acquired by Dialpad. Dan holds an MBA from the Haas School of Business at Berkeley. What You'll Learn  How AI & ML are impacting the future of sales Hiring for values Orienting your sales process around the buyer

There's a pie thief on the run! Chris has been away this week, so Toby has stepped in. This week's adventures include; one of the greatest cricketers of all time and Toby's favourite, Graeme Swann who has been chatting about Strictly and his new theatre show tour. Toby and the team turn into detectives to try and find a pie thief in the building. However, in doing so, witnessed Dan O'Connell's girlfriend's waters breaking live on the show whilst defending his innocence. And if that wasn't enough, here's more… - Chris presents from Vegas - Dom's jumper smells amazing - Pippa thinks that Valencia is in Italy Enjoy! The Chris Moyles Show on Radio X Weekdays 6:30-10am RadioX.co.uk

Doing the rounds in Melbourne; first some crowd work with Adam then a 50th birthday party at a night club with Dan!  The Debrief is produced by Nearly, a podcast network. Original theme music by Kit Warhurst. Artwork created by Stacy Gougoulis.   Try another podcast from Nearly. The Clappers - Pop culture insights with Karl Quinn and Andrew Young Somehow Related - Glenn Robbins and Dave are given two seemingly unrelated subjects and they figure out the connection. 10 Questions with Adam Zwar - The same 10 questions with answers that vary wildly. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Off to the club house of the Caulfield Bears FC! Check out Dan's website for socials and his podcast, Take it easy, here - www.danielconnell.com.au Dave's on Facebook and Twitter too The Debrief is produced by Nearly, a podcast network. Original theme music by Kit Warhurst. Artwork created by Stacy Gougoulis.   Try another podcast from Nearly. The Clappers - Pop culture insights with Karl Quinn and Andrew Young Somehow Related - Glenn Robbins and Dave are given two seemingly unrelated subjects and they figure out the connection. World Cup Road Trip - Francis Leach and Tony Wilson's diary from the World Cup in Russia. Not just for football fans, Vlad. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Ladies and gentlemen, there's been a theft in the village and (spoiler alert) Radio X Presenter/resident thief, Dan O'Connell, is NOT to blame! Don't panic though, it's not all doom and gloom and LOWLIFE LOOTING GITS - there's also erotica, a pig in a house and a fascinating insight into Welsh nipple piercings. PLUS, the Burke brothers feature as part of a THRILLING news report... absolutely fantastic. EVEN MORE: - Max Beesley plugs his album - Roy Walker (nearly) drowns - A whale speaks - AND Dominic claps Have fun! The Chris Moyles Show on Radio X Weekdays 6:30-10am RadioX.co.uk

In episode two I'm joined by Welsh table tennis player Dan O'Connell. Dan is currently ranked number one in Wales and finds himself just outside the top 600 players in world. He returned just over a week ago from the World Championships in Suzhou, China where he reached the last 32 of the mixed doubles with teammate Charlotte Carey. During the show we talk about Dan's experience of spending two years training full-time in Germany. We have seen a number of our most promising players move to Germany recently and Dan gives us an insight into what life is like over… The post #2 – Dan O'Connell: Full-Time Table Tennis in Germany appeared first on Expert Table Tennis.

Summary of today's show: Our Thursday panel of Scot Landry, Susan Abbott, and Gregory Tracy consider the news headlines of the week, including Cardinal Seán's latest op-ed in the Pilot on the 10 reasons to vote against Question Two; an appointment of a new Pastor and the death of a long-serving Pastor; the 100th anniversary of a beautiful church in New Bedford; a bishop reflecting on attending the Second Vatican Council as a 35-year-old newly minted prelate; and Fr. Roger Landry's inspiring exposition on the Sign of the Cross. Also, the second day of the WQOM Fall fund drive to support Catholic radio in Boston. Listen to the show: Watch the show via live video streaming or a recording later: Today's host(s): Scot Landry and Susan Abbott Today's guest(s): Gregory Tracy, managing editor of the Pilot, the newspaper of the Archdiocese of Boston Links from today's show: Some of the stories discussed on this show will be available on The Pilot's and The Anchor's websites on Friday morning. Please check those sites for the latest links. Today's topics: Physician-assisted suicide; Pastor news; Centennial parish; Vatican II bishop; Sign of the Cross 1st segment: Scot Landry welcomed everyone to the show and his co-host Susan Abbott and today's guest Gregory Tracy. Today is the second day of the WQOM Fall fund drive. Scot said Cardinal Seán has a new op-ed in tomorrow's Pilot that discusses ten reasons to oppose Question Two. Greg said the cardinal said in the op ed he's heard more than 100 reasons to vote no, but he wanted to break it down and give the 10 most compelling and easiest to understand. Question 2 would legalize assisted suicide; suicide is always a tragedy and never a dignified way to die Suicide always impacts other beyond the individual that takes his or her life. Doctors strongly oppose assisted suicide and Question 2 Advocates for the disabled strongly oppose assisted suicide and Question 2. Terminal diagnoses are often wrong. Question 2 is shockingly flawed. Question 2 does not require a patient to consult with a psychiatrist or palliative care expert before receiving the lethal prescription. Question 2 does not require family notification. Assisted suicide would weaken efforts to expand and improve palliative care. Complex issues like assisted suicide should be decided in a legislative process rather than a ballot initiative. Scot said there's something in this for everyone for whatever reason they need to oppose it. Susan said it's the beauty of this summary, whether looking at this from a faith perspective or a secular perspective. She also recommended the TV ads found at . She said her favorite of the ten reasons are 8 and 2. On number 2, we are social beings and if we think there's anything we do that doesn't somehow affect others, we're deluded. It's not all about me. Greg said number 6 is his favorite because even if someone is a complete atheist they can read this law and see the pitfalls in it. He used the example that there is no mechanism to ensure that lethal doses that are prescribed are disposed of properly is they go unused. The law lacks safeguards and clear directions. Scot said it ties in with number 10. If this was done in the Legislature, they would have made sure that the loopholes and lack of controls would have been taken care of. This is an up or down vote. Break for Fund Drive Appeal. To support the work of WQOM and The Station of the Cross, which brings Catholic programming like The Good Catholic Life to the Boston area, please be as generous as your means permit with . 2nd segment: Scot said in the Pilot this week is a new appointment of a pastor. Fr. Dan O'Connell is moving from St. Joseph parish in Boston to Corpus Christi-St. Bernard parish in Newton. Many people know him from his long-running show on CatholicTV. Greg said congratulations to the people in Newton and said they are getting a very energetic pastor. Scot said he is one of those people who never seem to age. Scot said on other hand, Fr. David A. Doucet, who served in Stow since 2005, has passed away. He was pastor of St. Isidore parish. His funeral Mass was this week in Brighton at St. Columbkille. Greg noted that priests have lengthy lists of parishes they served, but Fr. Doucet served only a handful of parishes in his 40 years. From the Anchor this week, St. Anthony of Padua parish in New Bedford celebrates its 100th anniversary in the Diocese of Fall River. He said this church is one of the gems of New England. It seats about 2,200, the stations of the cross are the largest of any parish in the country and the statues and artwork are phenomenal. Susan said she's seen pictures of it and it is lovely. She asked if it's bigger than the cathedral in Fall River. The cathedral is the oldest church in the diocese and sits many fewer people. Scot related the story that when a diocese was going to be erected in the South Coast, there started a competition to build beautiful churches in the big towns by the various ethnic communities or to promote the big churches they already had. So when the diocese was formed, they went for the oldest church, instead of the largest, as the cathedral. Scot said it reminds him of how blessed New England is to have so many beautiful churches. He said in many places in the world, they would love to have even our least beautiful churches. Break for Fund Drive Appeal. To support the work of WQOM and The Station of the Cross, which brings Catholic programming like The Good Catholic Life to the Boston area, please be as generous as your means permit with . 3rd segment: In the Pilot and Anchor this week is a story of a bishop born in Boston who was a missionary bishop in Korea who attended the opening of the Second Vatican Council as a bishop. There are few of those left in the Church and only 15 of them made it back to Rome for the Year of Faith and the 50th anniversary. Greg said Bishop William J. McNaughton gives his assessment of how the Council's documents were implemented and how he thinks much of it was taken too far or misinterpreted. Scot said one of the responses was about the idea of moving the tabernacle to a separate devotional chapel and that it was a mistake because people have the sense of the centrality of the Eucharist. Susan said the bishop said people took some of the ideas to an extreme. People need to re-read the council documents. He said so much has come from people who have not read the documents obviously. The council was not a radical break from the past as the footnotes prove to us. She said he has wonderful insights and he rejects the arguments that the Council was somehow to blame for the decline of Catholic observance. Susan noted that the bishop was only 35 at the time. Greg said people interpreted the documents in that time which was a time of tossing aside convention and tradition. People were looking for an opportunity to take it to the extreme. Susan said it was in some case an unbridled zeal. Scot said Cardinal Seán talks about learning faith like learning to speak a language, by practicing it and immersing yourself in it. The idea in this Year of Faith is to return to those documents and to finally have that authentic interpretation of the Second Vatican Council and live it. Susan said Fr. Roger wrote a column a few weeks ago about making the Sign of the Cross and it has made a difference for her. When I was in Lourdes earlier this month, I went early in the morning to pray at the Grotto where Mary appeared to St. Bernadette in 1858. I had with me a biography of St. Bernadette and was preparing to meditate once again on the content of the apparitions and try to appropriate the lessons. I was planning to ponder what I normally ponder on the feast of Our Lady of Lourdes each February 11: the significance of Mary's praying the Rosary with Bernadette; her having Bernadette wash her face in what seemed only to be mud, but turned out to be the miraculous healing spring; her insistence on the need for Penance; her request for a Church to be built; her self-revelation as the Immaculate Conception; and her promise to Bernadette to make her happy in the next life, not in this one. But when I began to re-read Bernadette's account of the first apparition, I noticed something I had always passed over as an insignificant detail. Bernadette recounted, “I wanted to make the Sign of the Cross, but I couldn't. My hand fell. Then I became afraid because I couldn't do it. The Vision made the Sign of the Cross and I tried again to make it myself and then I could. And as soon as I had made it, I became calm.” Bernadette had been prevented from making the Sign of the Cross until she had seen the Blessed Mother make it. On subsequent appearances, Bernadette would make the Sign of the Cross together with Mary and tried to imitate precisely how Mary made it with profound reverence and recollection. After the apparitions, when Bernadette was subjected to the endless line of interviews from people seeking to get her to divulge all that Mary had revealed to her, she would often be reticent about many of the details. She would readily respond, however, when her interrogators asked her to show them how Our Lady demonstrated to make the Sign of the Cross. When she became a Sister of Charity of Nevers, Bernadette continued to make the Sign of the Cross as Mary had taught her. It often brought other Sisters, accustomed to making the Sign of the Cross routinely and without much thought, to conversion. “The way in which she made the Sign of the Cross indicated that she was full of the Spirit of faith,” Sister Vincent Garros said after Bernadette's death. “She couldn't stand to see others make it poorly. One day, when I had made it very negligently, she asked me if I had hurt my arm or was in a hurry.” A young novice, Sister Emilienne Dobuoué, recalled that Bernadette once politely indicated to her that she made the Sign of the Cross poorly. “You should pay attention to it,” Bernadette encouraged her, “for making the Cross well is important.” To another Sister who asked what she needed to do to go to Heaven, Bernadette without hesitation said, “Make the Sign of the Cross well. That in itself is already a great deal.” Bernadette sought to make the Sign of the Cross as she had witnessed the Blessed Mother make it: slowly, in a sweeping gesture, raising her right hand so that her fingers touched to the very top of her forehead, then lowering her hands to touch her waist, and then slowly touching the extreme of her left shoulder followed by her right. She did so entrusting herself to the Three Persons of the Trinity Whose name she would invoke, while opening herself up to the infinite graces Christ gained for us on the Cross and at the same time committing herself to embrace her daily Cross and follow Christ as a new Simon of Cyrene. Among the various things on my iPad that I had downloaded to pray at the grotto were the homilies given by the popes at Lourdes. When I began to read Pope Benedict's 2008 homily for the 150th anniversary of the apparitions, I noticed that he spent most of his time focused on the same connection between Mary, Bernadette and the Sign of the Cross that the Holy Spirit had inspired in me earlier that morning. “At Lourdes, in the school of Mary,” Pope Benedict said, “pilgrims learn to consider the Cross in their own lives in the light of the glorious cross of Christ. In appearing to Bernadette, the first gesture of Mary was precisely the Sign of the Cross, in silence and without words. And Bernadette imitated her in making also the Sign of the Cross with a trembling hand. Thus, the Virgin gave a first initiation into the essence of Christianity: the Sign of the Cross is the summit of our faith, and in making it with an attentive heart, we enter into the fullness of the mystery of our salvation.” Most Catholics, I believe, treat the Sign of the Cross as a gesture to open and close a time of prayer, but Pope Benedict was stressing that we learn in Lourdes it's much more than that: it itself is a prayer and one that has the capability to bring us into the fullness of our relationship with God if we pray it well. That insight triggered in me a memory of a great Vietnamese professor I had during my one year at the Angelicum in Rome, Father Joseph Phan Tan Thanh. In all the classes there, we would start class with a prayer, but normally we would either invoke the Holy Spirit, say a vocal prayer like the Our Father or Hail Mary, or the professor would offer a spontaneous prayer based on what we would be studying that day. We would, of course, begin and end the prayer with the Sign of the Cross. But the only prayer I really remember 17 years later is the one Father Phan Tan Thanh would make to start and end classes. He would close his eyes and very slowly make the Sign of the Cross in a broad gesture that must have been very similar to St. Bernadette. The first time he did it, my fellow students and I thought he “forgot” the prayer. Then we realized not only was the Sign of the Cross his prayer, but our whole class was likewise supposed to be a prayer. As we prepare for the Year of Faith, there will be lots of events, programs, educational materials, pilgrimages and more to help us live it well. All of these will be good and useful. But when Mary appeared in Massabielle to Bernadette to help her and through her others to grow in faith, this model of the Church's faith started by helping Bernadette learn how to pray the Sign of the Cross well. For the rest of her life, Bernadette taught this lesson to others until she made her last devout Sign of the Cross just before she breathed her last. Making the Sign of the Cross with faith, love and reverence might be a great place for all of us to start the Year of Faith as well. Father Landry is Pastor of St. Bernadette Parish in Fall River. Break for Fund Drive Appeal. To support the work of WQOM and The Station of the Cross, which brings Catholic programming like The Good Catholic Life to the Boston area, please be as generous as your means permit with .

Today's host(s): Scot Landry and Fr. Matt Williams Today's guest(s): Bonnie Rodgers, Director of Public Relations, Marketing and Programming, and Helen Lee, Manager of Social Media and VoD, of CatholicTV Links from today's show: Today's topics: Christmas at CatholicTV and new programs in the new year Summary of today's show: Every year, CatholicTV becomes ChristmasTV for three days starting Christmas Eve. Bonnie Rodgers and Helen Lee from CatholicTV join Scot Landry and Fr. Matt Williams to talk about all the great programming on tap for the holiday as well as the new shows on tap for the new year, including The Gist, a new talk show for women. They also discuss CatholicTV's ubiquitous presence in new media and how they're using every possible medium to spread the message. Plus all their favorite CatholicTV shows. What's your favorite? 1st segment: Scot explained why The Good Catholic Life did not air live on 1060AM yesterday because of difficulties at the network in Buffalo, but listeners can listen to it online on our site and it will air again next Tuesday, December 27. Fr. Matt said he loves the Christmas season, including driving around and seeing all the lights decorating homes. He will celebrating Masses at St. Joseph in Holbrook, where he lives. For his family, their celebration will center around liturgies. His family gets together on the day after Christmas for a memorial Mass for all the deceased members of his family. His grandmother died many years ago on December 26 and it's become a tradition ever since. Scot mentioned that tonight is the night for , when every church and chapel in the archdiocese will be open 6:30-8pm for confessions. If you're looking for a parish, go to . Fr. Matt talked about why we need to go to confession especially before Christmas as we prepare to welcome Christ. 2nd segment: Scot welcomed Bonnie Rodgers and Helen Lee. He asked Bonnie what brought her to CatholicTV. She's been there for 4 years. She met General Manager Jay Fadden in the Masters of Arts in Ministry program at St. John Seminary. She was working for Verizon at the time, then got early retirement from her job. Jay hired her first as part-time in marketing and now she's been there four years full-time overseeing public relations, marketing and programming. She said those three aspects really connect together. Helen started at CatholicTV about 4 months ago. She oversees all social media: Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube, and manages video-on-demand resources. Scot said CatholicTV is trying to reach people in their 20s like her. Helen majored in college in new media communications and theology, so she was looking to do something like this when she graduated. Twenty-somethings are in those media and that's where they are. She's in the Facebook newsfeeds of many of her Catholic friends from Fordham University now. Scot asked Bonnie all the ways people can get CatholicTV, in addition to cable TV. Bonnie said they want to be wherever people are consuming media. They want to be on every platform, but they want to design for the particular platform. They're on Twitter, articulating the faith in 140 characters or less. There is YouTube, where they tailor their work for the format. They include both soundbites and segments as well as full programs. They're on Facebook as well. They are now available throughout the country on cable and Sky Angel IPTV. Scot said you can watch the content at CatholicTV.com. And a small widget can be placed on any website or blog so people can watch the programming on other websites. Bonnie said a diocese in Ohio was using content from CatholicTV for faith formation via DVDs on cable access television. But they adapted it for CatholicTVjr and the whole diocese started using it. They introduced it to the bishops at the US bishops meeting and they're having dioceses ask them to tailor it to their purposes. Scot asked how many people watch the programs on other platforms other than TV. Bonnie said it's hard to quantify how many are there, but she loves the stories. She encountered a man in New Jersey once who stopped her and knew her from the daily Mass. He'd watched every day from Afghanistan on his iPod and remembered seeing her do the readings. They are now in a little more than 11 million homes via cable. They do see a big spike in viewership on Sunday for the Mass from the University of Notre Dame and the Mass from the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception. Scot said “Going My Way” is a funny program that interviews priests and makes them sing songs and do other bits. Bonnie said the premise is to show priests are normal people and having a good time. When she first started at CatholicTV, she thought the show was pretty hokey, but they get so many calls for the show that love it. One man called who had been in RCIA and was getting discouraged at the “Church of No”, but he saw the priests on Going My Way and how much fun they were having and he decided he wanted to be part of a church like that. It's a sing-a-long show with priests from anywhere in the world they can get them. Fr. Matt said he was on the show in 2008, just before July 4 and just before World Youth Day Sydney. He remembers saying he didn't know what to sing, because he's not much of a singer. He sang patriotic songs and so now it airs every year before July 4. Scot asked if Going My Way is the most popular show. Bonnie said absolutely. The show has a great following from young to old. She said Stephen Colbert's Comedy Central show “The Colbert Report” once featured it and called Fr. Chris Hickey, the host, the modern Merv Griffin. Bonnie said there are just about 30 people now working at CatholicTV, so everybody pitches in to carry off all the programming. Scot said he notices that people spend their whole careers at CatholicTV, there's a lot of loyalty among the employees. Bonnie said there's a great ability to attract people, especially those in technical fields. Part of the attraction is that with such a small crew, people can try their hand at many disciplines. 3rd segment: Scot said Christmas is a big deal at CatholicTV because of all the special programming. Bonnie said they turn into ChristmasTV starting with Christmas with midnight Mass from the Vatican. Many of the shows do special Christmas editions. Fr. Reed and Jay also do special reflections. There are also many programs of music including choirs from the Vatican. They have some movies and cartoons about St. Nicholas. It goes for three days. Scot said people love to watch the homily of the Holy Father on TV. Bonnie said the midnight Mass is so beautiful, as well as Masses from the Basilica of the Saxcred Heart at Notre Dame, and the National Shrine. Scot said there are 61,000 fans of CatholicTV on Facebook. Helen said online they plan to post many different video reflections and soundbites on YouTube and Facebook. They also had a musical group last week. Fr. Matt asked how many follow them on Twitter. She said about 12,000. He said he's amazed how many young people are moving from Facebook to Twitter. Helen said the Twitter users are very active, retweeting their content. He asked how to use Facebook and Twitter to evangelize. Helen said she's lucky at CatholicTV to have the daily Mass to pull from the homilies and other good messages from shows. She also uses her theology background to create messages to reconnect people to the faith as they go through their day. She said when there are big events that CatholicTV covers during the work day, she tries to tweet excerpts for those who are at work and can't watch. Helen noted that many of the followers on Facebook and Twitter aren't even from this country and communicate in other messages. Scot said that Facebook and Twitter users skew young, but aren't only young. Helen said there are many followers on Facebook who are 35-50 who are vocal and a lot of younger followers who are pretty quiet. Bonnie said at the National Catholic Youth Congress they had over 700 kids like them on Facebook and told them that while they don't post much there, they do read it. 4th segment: Scot said it seems like CatholicTV is always launching new programs. He asked about the new program launching in January called The Gist. Bonnie said the hosts are Danielle Bean, editor of Catholic Digest, Rachell Balducci, author of How Do You Tuck in A Superhero, and Carolee McGrath from Springfield. They will talk about anything and everything of their faith. They've recorded their first six episodes already. They drive home that our faith is a lived one. Scot asked if it's a Catholic version of the View. Bonnie said it's like that where talk about current events, issues of life, and anything else through a Catholic lens. They talk about managing their families and raising kids, for example. It launches January 3. It will have five or six air times. One of the toughest things about coming up with a new show is the new show title. They were excited that Helen was able to grab the name on Facebook and other social media. Danielle and Rachel are very into social media while Carolee is just into media. Scot said Rachel was on one of our early shows and it was a very funny episode. Her blog is chronicling raising her six boys and one daughter. Helen said user-generated content will be important for the Gist. They started weeks ago on Facebook and Twitter with polls and questions to get real-world feedback from women to feed the discussion on the show. Scot said on Thanksgiving they launched “Mass Confusion”, the first Catholic sitcom. Bonnie said there's been a lot of great feedback. It was created by Greg and Jennifer Willits from Georgia. She noted that Georgia has the fastest growing Catholic population. She said they've created other great content that CatholicTV has used in the past. Scot said the Willitses co-host a daily radio show on SiriusXM's The Catholic Channel. It was big departure for them to do completely scripted TV. It's also a very expensive show to produce because of the number of people involved. But the appreciation and response was so great that they are looking at how to make it work if they can. Fr. Matt asked about the premise of the show. It features two Catholic families, the other played by Mac and Katherine Barron, and the first show is about a birthday party for Jennifer and some confusion over a pregnancy. Scot said it's about real life and family. He said he saw it at the Catholic New Media Celebration in October and the crowd of 200 people laughed boisterously. He said it's family friendly. There's nothing you'd be unhappy about your kids watching, even though the quality is as good or better than what you see on network TV. Scot said entertainment is part of CatholicTV's mission. We're Catholics that love to laugh, to express joy, to take our faith seriously, but not to take ourselves seriously. Bonnie spoke of another show called House+Home where Fr. Reed goes into a home to meet a family and they take over the house for the day. With Mass Confusion, they took over the Willitses house for several days. Helen said people can watch it on YouTube, on Verizon on Demand, or on the CatholicTV website. 5th segment: Scot asked about programming that comes from other Catholic dioceses. While they are part of the Archdiocese of Boston, they are also America's Catholic TV Network. Diocese of Trenton produces a youth program called , which has won Emmy Awards and Gabriel Awards. Diocese of Springfield, Diocese of Rockville Centre, and Diocese of Brooklyn produce shows too. Diocese of Worcester does a show with Bishop McManus. Scot asked Helen about her favorite program. She said she likes Mysteries of the Church and Seventh Street Theater. It's not a Catholic TV show, but it's a theater troupe that put on faith-inspired shows. Scot said one of his favorites is Catholic Destinations with Kevin Nelson. They have gone to many cathedrals and shrines around the country and in some other nations. He's also enjoyed House+Home, including seeing how families integrate the faith into their lives. Bonnie said Mysteries of the Church is from the Diocese of Brooklyn and it's as good as any Discovery Channel show. Scot asked about Way of Beauty. It was shot on Thomas More College and it has high-production values. It looks at how art expresses our faith. Helen said ClearVoice is a Catholic magazine show that helps people be informed about what's going on in the Church all around the world. Scot said Wow: The CatholicTV Challenge is now going into its 10th or 11th season. It's a game show for kids which quizzes them on their faith. Bonnie said people call from all over about how great it is. Catechists tell them that they use the show to teach their classes. Scot said his kids love the competition aspect, but it also leads to discussion about the faith. We've Got To Talk with Fr. Dan O'Connell has been on the air for over 20 years. Bonnie said he brings energy and love to that show. It's the longest-running program, outside of the Mass. He gets into all kinds of situations with the show and brings the same energy. The Spotlight features Fr. Chip Hines and Fr. Bill Kelly doing movie reviews. Scot said it's a wonderful program that takes movies seriously. It's time to announce this week's winner of the WQOM Benefactor Raffle. Our prizes this week are “Let Us Adore Him”, a music CD of traditional Christmas hymns by the Dady Brothers and Friends; by Fr. Dave Pivonka, and , also by Fr. Pivonka. This week's benefactor card raffle winner is Richard Grande from Concord, MA. Congratulation, Richard! If you would like to be eligible to win in an upcoming week, please visit . For a one-time $30 donation, you'll receive the Station of the Cross benefactor card and key tag, making you eligible for WQOM's weekly raffle of books, DVDs, CDs and religious items. We'll be announcing the winner each Wednesday during “The Good Catholic Life” program.