Podcasts about excitement

How excited are you to get the 2026 Lions season started?

The guys started the show with their excitement for the 2026 Lions season. Then, they brought up and reacted to Scott Harris' post-deadline press conference, which included his thoughts on the Skubal trade and more. Stoney and Rico closed out the hour with a "Can We Say That?"

Utah State Head Football Coach Bronco Mendenhall

Will Flemming replay // More nicknames for Erik Miller! // We launch YOUR Take Grenades! // Christian versus Ken! //

In this episode, Gordon sits down with Vasu Read, European Marketing Communication Lead at Nestlé, who has worked with some of the world's best-known brands like Nescafé, KitKat and Maggi to Starbucks and Nespresso . Vasu shares her journey into marketing, reflects on leading purpose-driven initiatives such as Nespresso's recycling programme and discusses why today's marketing landscape, despite AI, fragmentation and constant change, is the most exciting it has ever been. They explore why brands need to earn legitimacy, how AI should be seen as an enabler rather than the destination and why going back to the fundamentals of brand building is the key to future growth.Tune in to find out what it takes to lead some of the world's most iconic brands in the age of AI.

In this episode, Gordon hosts Jim Real, Founder & Chief Creative Officer at Jim Real Creative, Real Thinking Consultancy. After shaping creative work for Disney, Pixar, Marvel, Lucasfilm and Disney Parks around the world, Jim has embarked on a new journey: helping organizations harness the power of storytelling to solve real business challenges and create lasting emotional connections.During the conversation he reflects on his years at Disney, the lessons he learned from some of advertising's greatest creative leaders and why the best ideas are never „sold“ but built together through partnership, insight and trust. He explains why every touchpoint is part of the story, why experiences matter more than ever in an AI-driven world and why the most exciting work starts with what he calls good trouble: doing something with positive intent that hasn't been done before.Tune in for a masterclass in creativity, leadership and the art of turning human truths into unforgettable brand experiences.

Full episode of the Saturday Show with Christian Esparza and Alex Napoles on August 1, 2026 NBA free agency is mostly over and some teams have made out better than others A Colorado judge has ruled for an injunction to make all class of 2022 athletes eligible for one more year of college athletics Technical Fouls New Head Coach Morgan Scalley will look to put his stamp on Utes football starting with fall camp this upcoming week BYU fall camp starts this week with a lot of intriguing questions circling position groups and new DC Kelly Poppinga Kyle Whittingham brought his familiar charm to Big 10 Media Days as Michigan football's new HC

Silver and JD catch up with the 49er linebacker Dre Greenlaw, who shares his thoughts on being back in the Bay, his journey to get there, and what's in store for the upcoming season.. He talks about the challenges he faced last season, including a quad injury that kept him sidelined for a significant portion of the year. Despite the setbacks, Dre remains optimistic about the team's chances and is eager to prove himself once again.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Hello! Andrew and John are back to discuss the exit of Eddie Howe as Newcastle United - the reasons behind it and where the club go next. Howe's replacement is set to be Matthias Jaissle. Gibbo and Andrew clash over what to expect in the new season given there's been so much change. #NUFC #NewcastleUnited #HarveyBarnes #PremierLeague #TransferNews #EIBW Download ⁠SAILY⁠ in your app store and use our code EIBAW at checkout to get an exclusive 15% off your first purchase! For further details go to ⁠https://saily.com/eibaw⁠ *** EXCLUSIVE NordVPN Deal ➼ ⁠https://nordvpn.com/toon⁠ Try it risk-free now with a 30-day money-back guarantee

Silver and JD catch up with the 49er linebacker Dre Greenlaw, who shares his thoughts on being back in the Bay, his journey to get there, and what's in store for the upcoming season.. He talks about the challenges he faced last season, including a quad injury that kept him sidelined for a significant portion of the year. Despite the setbacks, Dre remains optimistic about the team's chances and is eager to prove himself once again.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Nolan talks to Niall McClean, co-chair of the Fleadh

The 7th All Together Now Festival is taking place in the Curraghmore Estate, County Waterford. Newstalk is live all weekend in the GoLoud Lounge, a big tent in the ‘the road to nowhere' section beside the big house.Henry McKean is there, and joins to discuss!

In the opening hour of today's show, Mike Mulligan and David Haugh reacts to the Chicago Cubs' 3-2 loss to the St. Louis Cardinals and the Chicago White Sox's 6-5 win over the New York New Yankees. Later, Mully and Haugh discuss the top six sports stories of the day in the Pick 6 segment

0:00 - Look at the QBs in the AFC West: Bo Nix, Patrick Mahomes, Justin Herbert, Fernando Mendoza. Mahomes is coming off a serious injury, and Mendoza is a rookie who we haven't seen yet. All that being said, where does Bo Nix stack up among the AFC West QBs?17:25 - Do you bet on sporst to make the games more exciting? Since you're literally invested in the outcome? Vic doesn't understand people who need that extra push.What about exercising? Fitness? Can you motivate yourself, or do you need extra help?34:58 - Oh, by the way...it's looking like Kyler Murray will be the starter in Minnesota over JJ McCarthy. Yikes. Does Nine have even a puncher's chance of winning the starting job?Oh, by the way...would you watch a PGA golf broadcast on TV with no commentators at all?Oh, by the way...a hiker in Montana accidentally stabbed himself with his hiking pole, then trekked 10 miles to safety with the pole sticking out of him.

Lollapalooza festival goers enter Grant Park for day one of the festival. Hundreds of thousands of people are expected to fill Grant Park this weekend.

Lollapalooza festival goers enter Grant Park for day one of the festival. Hundreds of thousands of people are expected to fill Grant Park this weekend.

Lollapalooza festival goers enter Grant Park for day one of the festival. Hundreds of thousands of people are expected to fill Grant Park this weekend.

Hour Three of A&G features... Our guest, military expert Mike Lyons on the latest Iranian attack... AI cheating is on the rise... Joe on Tim Sandefur's book, Proclaiming Liberty... Why Jeff Bezos is interested in soccer. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Hour Three of A&G features... Our guest, military expert Mike Lyons on the latest Iranian attack... AI cheating is on the rise... Joe on Tim Sandefur's book, Proclaiming Liberty... Why Jeff Bezos is interested in soccer. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Bills fans share their excitement for the return of football to Western New York at Day 1 of Bills training camp at St. John Fisher University full 544 Wed, 29 Jul 2026 15:00:00 +0000 jJZNJVxRD0sdBcgBlIQdBHwCaQhuFFRs nfl,football,buffalo bills,bills mafia,news,bills training camp,wben,st. john fisher university WBEN Extras nfl,football,buffalo bills,bills mafia,news,bills training camp,wben,st. john fisher university Bills fans share their excitement for the return of football to Western New York at Day 1 of Bills training camp at St. John Fisher University Archive of various reports and news events 2024 © 2021 Audacy, Inc.

Nicki Jhabvala joins the program to discuss the biggest headlines heading into training camp.

Excitement still lingers from Fanatics Fest and now we have the National. Add in a potential 8 figure bounty on a new card chase and I ask- can the hobby be any stronger than it is right now?

Tune in this week to hear the inside details of Dancing with the Stars for North Mississippi. Regular people dance with professional dancers for a great fundraising opportunity. Welcome to HEARD IT ON THE SHARK with your show host Melinda Marsalis and show sponsor, Mississippi Hills National Heritage Area.  HEARD IT ON THE SHARK is a weekly interview show that airs every Tuesday at 11 am on the shark 102.3 FM radio station based in Ripley, MS and then is released as a podcast on all the major podcast platforms.  You'll hear interviews with the movers and shakers in north Mississippi who are making things happen.  Melinda talks with entrepreneurs, leaders of business, medicine, education, and the people behind all the amazing things happening in north Mississippi.  When people ask you how did you know about that, you'll say, “I HEARD IT ON THE SHARK!”  HEARD IT ON THE SHARK is brought to you by the Mississippi Hills National Heritage area.  We want you to get out and discover the historic, cultural, natural, scenic and recreational treasures of the Mississippi Hills right in your backyard.  And of course we want you to take the shark 102.3 FM along for the ride.     Bounded by I-55 to the west and Highway 14 to the south, the Mississippi Hills National Heritage Area,  created by the United States Congress in 2009 represents a distinctive cultural landscape shaped by the dynamic intersection of Appalachian and Delta cultures, an intersection which has produced a powerful concentration of national cultural icons from the King of Rock'n'Roll Elvis Presley, First Lady of Country Music Tammy Wynette, blues legend Howlin' Wolf, Civil Rights icons Ida B. Wells-Barnett and James Meredith, America's favorite playwright Tennessee Williams, and Nobel-Laureate William Faulkner. The stories of the Mississippi Hills are many and powerful, from music and literature, to Native American and African American heritage, to the Civil War.  The Mississippi Hills National Heritage Area supports the local institutions that preserve and share North Mississippi's rich history. Begin your discovery of the historic, cultural, natural, scenic, and recreational treasures of the Mississippi Hills by visiting the Mississippi Hills National Heritage Area online at mississippihills.org.   Musical Credit to:  Garry Burnside - Guitar; Buddy Grisham - Guitar; Mike King - Drums/Percussion     All content is copyright 2021 Sun Bear Studio Ripley MS LLC all rights reserved.  No portion of this podcast may be rebroadcast or used for any other purpose without express written consent of Sun Bear Studio Ripley MS LLC      

Homily for the Seventeenth Sunday in Ordinary Time - July 26, 2026

It's Steelers training camp week. Is there way less excitement this year than previous years? How much does Tomln being gone play a factor? 

Ozuna stinks again. Shota Imanaga continued to own the Bucs. The Pirates really struggle vs lefties. It could be their undoing if they make the playoffs. Could Mlodzinski be a trade chip to get bullpen help? More callers weigh in, one of whom defends Cherington. It's Steelers training camp week. Is there way less excitement this year than previous years? How much does Tomln being gone play a factor? 

Czech Fluxus artist, musician and ex-National Gallery chief Milan Knížák dies at 86, Remembering Pavel Jungwirth, the world-class chemist whose excitement was infectious, Who reads what? The surprising patterns hidden in 17 million library loans

Join us as we delve into the world of stadium announcing with Ipswich Town's Dave Vant. Discover his journey from Cambridge United to the Premier League, learn about the challenges and memorable moments of his career, and get insider tips on how to excel as a stadium announcer.Your hosts are Rich Hurst from West Brom and Alan Keegan, voice of Manchester United plus there are three more tunes for your matchday playlist from the team at ShootMusic!Chapters00:00 Introduction02:59 The Role of Stadium Announcers: Insights and Anecdotes06:04 Dave Vant's Journey into Stadium Announcing09:04 Balancing Announcing with Other Careers12:10 The Importance of Professionalism in Stadium Announcing15:03 Social Media and Fan Engagement18:00 The Tools of the Trade: Clipboard vs. Folder22:54 The Journey of a Stadium Announcer27:09 Memorable Moments and Embarrassing Experiences32:40 Learning from Mistakes in Announcing36:06 The Role of VAR in Modern Football Announcing38:40 The Excitement of Interactions with Celebrities39:54 Match Day Experience and Responsibilities42:05 Navigating Goal Announcements43:31 The Challenge of Pronouncing Player Names45:22 The Role of Goal Music in Stadium Atmosphere45:55 Creating a Joyful Match Day Experience47:37 Family Support and Personal Journey49:39 Looking Forward to Future Seasons51:36 Qualities of a Great Stadium AnnouncerYou can text Rich and Alan with a question here

Minnesota Vikings training camp excitement is here! What are our favorite things about Vikings training camp and more on Purple Daily. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Over 3 hours, OpenAI, Anthropic, Google AND Microsoft all dropped new AI upgrades that are live. How you use AI in your work literally changes every day, as frontier labs are racing to roll out big quality of life updates between big model drops. How can you keep up? With our Friday Features show, where we break down the latest AI updates that are live and available to all, and we tell you how to use them and why they matter. This week did not disappoint. You don't want to miss what's now at your fingertips. JARVIS mode, anyone? ChatGPT goes Jarvis Mode, Claude can learn from you, Google unleashes spark agent and 7 more AI updates you can use today -- An Everyday AI Chat with Jordan WilsonNewsletter: Sign up for our free daily newsletterMore on this Episode: Episode PageToday's Episode on LinkedIn: Thoughts on this? Join the convo on LinkedIn and connect with other AI leaders.Upcoming Episodes: Check out the upcoming Everyday AI Livestream lineupWebsite: YourEverydayAI.comEmail The Show: info@youreverydayai.comConnect with Jordan on LinkedInTopics Covered in This Episode:ChatGPT Health Syncs Apple and Medical DataClaude Voice Mode Adds Opus and SonnetClaude Voice Mode Supports ConnectorsMicrosoft MAI Image 2.5 Pro Launch DetailsMicrosoft MAI Image Model Benchmark PreviewGoogle Gemini 3.6 Flash and Flashlight ReleaseGemini 3.6 Flash: Token Efficiency UpgradesGoogle Gemini Spark Agent for Task AutomationClaude Cowork "Record a Skill" With Voice NarrationChatGPT Voice on Desktop: Full Jarvis ModeChatGPT Voice Controls Apps via App ShotsCross-Platform AI Skills Sharing (Claude, Codex, GPT)Timestamps:00:00 Recent AI feature updates05:22 Unified health data management09:52 New voice feature explanation11:28 Launch of Microsoft's new image model16:17 Explaining the Gemini 3.5 models17:11 Developers benefiting from 3.6 Flash22:45 Introducing Gemini personal intelligence25:10 Claude Cowork's new skill feature28:32 New default feature in Claude Cowork34:22 Using AI like Iron Man35:09 Excitement for future AI advancements38:20 Wrapping up and subscribingKeywords: ChatGPT Jarvis mode, ChatGPT Health, OpenAI, Anthropic, Claude voice mode, Claude Cowork, Claude record a skill, Microsoft, MAI image 2.5 Pro, AI image generator, Google Gemini, Gemini 3.6 Flash, Gemini 3.5 Flashlight, Gemini Spark, Google AI agent, AI-powered personal assistant, AI agents, Agentic workflows, Multimodal AI, Token efficiency, Image generation, Voice-activated AI, AI-powered task automation, App shots, GPT Live, Remote browser, Computer code execution, Slack integration, GitHub integration, Notion, PowerPoint AI features, Workspace plans, Apple Health integration, Medical records AI, Health data privacy, Consumer AI, Chronic condition management, AI-powered document processing, AI for business, AI model benchmarking, AI for developers, AI economics, Personal intelligence, Automated triggers, Google Docs AI, Team collaboration AISend Everyday AI and Jordan a text message. (We can't reply back unless you leave contact info) Ready for ROI on GenAI? Go to youreverydayai.com/partner 

Brian Yandle and Mike Mottau are back this week and are joined by Edmonton Oiler Ryan Shea! Ryan and the guys talk about his time in the minors and in Pittsburgh since our last interview with him and his new contract with the Oilers and BY & Motts also give their takes on Patrick Kane returning to the Blackhawks and Ryan Getzlaf getting into coaching and give the Motts' moment lock of the weekend presented by FanDuel. Thank you for listening! Please rate, review, and subscribe! Check us out on YouTube! : Bleav Hockey - YouTube Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

In this episode we'll be sharing what's awesome this week in tabletop gaming, discuss reprinting games and going on game buying sabbatical. Lastly we chat with guest Phill Klamm about all things Disney Lorcana and play a game of Troll er No with him!00:00:20 - Introduction and Follow-Up00:02:45 - This Week in Gaming00:08:19 - What's On Your Mind?00:08:50 - Reprints of Older Games: A Trend Analysis00:16:48 - Not Buying Games00:25:38 - Introduction to Phill Klamm and Lorcana00:28:41 - Overview of Lorcana: The Trading Card Game00:31:42 - Phil's Journey into Competitive Play00:34:39 - What Keeps Phil Engaged in Lorcana00:37:24 - Accessibility and Cost of Playing Lorcana00:40:35 - Understanding the Mechanics of Lorcana00:43:36 - Family Involvement and Community in Lorcana00:46:35 - Getting Started with Lorcana00:49:25 - Threats and Future of Lorcana00:52:43 - Pack Opening and Final Thoughts00:56:19 - The Excitement of Opening Packs00:59:11 - The Joy of Gaming and Learning01:00:32 - Troll or No: The Game Begins

According to Gartner, at least 30% of generative AI projects will be abandoned after proof of concept due to escalating costs, poor data quality, or unclear business value. There are a lot of factors working against them, and too often failure happens when teams are right in the middle of building. They’ve spent significant time, money, IT capacity on something that may very well have been doomed from the start. So how do you know if something is actually worth building with AI or if you should just focus on buying instead? Riley Rogers: Hi, and welcome to the Win/Win Podcast. I’m your host, Riley Rogers. Join us as we dive into changing trends in the workplace and how to navigate them successfully. Here to discuss this topic is Keith Weaver, Senior Director of Global IT and Enterprise Applications at Highspot. Thanks so much for joining us today, Keith. I’d love if you could just kick us off by telling us a little bit about yourself, your background, and your role. Keith Weaver: I have been leading our global IT team at Highspot. I’ve been in IT for, I think, getting close to 20 years now, just overseeing all kinds of different systems and specialties within those systems. Our IT team at Highspot is IT operations, making sure everyone has devices, equipment, all of that globally. We’re now in seven countries. As well as system engineering, making sure everyone has the right tools, that they’re optimized for the business. And then we have specific teams in IT that specialize in financial systems and HR systems. In the world of AI, it’s a whole new world and it’s a lot of fun. RR: So 20 years in IT, you’ve kind of run the gamut. But it sounds like the last two and a half years have crammed almost 20 years’ worth of change into a very short window. When we were planning for this episode, you mentioned to me that you read four or five newsletters every morning just to keep up with the pace of innovation. Can you walk us through why you’re spending so much time learning and how IT has had to evolve to keep up with this pace of development? KW: What I’ve seen is mostly it’s the same things that we’ve done, except it’s done at a much faster pace. It is kind of an unheard of pace that AI is moving. Every day, the reason I read five different newsletters is because there are so many new things getting released, whether it’s a new model or a new tool, and then there are things within the tools that are getting released. Trying to understand all those things, the new protocols that are getting released, the new ways people are building or executing on AI, or the new things people are learning, is just really critical. And all of that is at a speed that we’re just not accustomed to. So I think that the objective of what an IT team does to continue to keep the business unlocked, able to do their best work with the technology and tools while making it secure and scalable, those things are the same. It’s just the speed now that it’s running, and the speed from the business. The business is moving so fast, and their expectation is that IT continues to deliver at that pace. I’ll give you some examples. I get probably, me personally, not my team, but me personally, I probably get 20 to 50 requests for new connections, new skills, new tools every week. That’s in Slack, in Jira. It’s just nonstop, and that’s just unheard of before AI. It just didn’t happen. It would be like, “Oh, we have this big initiative, and we’re gonna do this thing.” And now it’s just like, “Can I have this? Can I have that?” And all good things, it’s just how do we do that, and how do we keep up? RR: So when you have 20 to 50 requests hitting your desk every week, it can probably start to feel a little overwhelming. And I wonder if the folks who are sending these requests your way maybe don’t know the considerations behind every single one of these ideas. I’d love if you could give us a view of what you’re seeing across the industry as both technical and non-technical teams are all noodling on the idea of how to build with AI, how to buy AI tools, how to bring them all together and create a combination that actually works. What are you seeing? KW: Well, I think if you think back a year to a year and a half ago, mostly people were buying tools. Building was… It’s so funny ’cause we’re talking about a year ago or a year and a half ago, but building was much harder. And really with Claude, the Opus class models that came out, it really started unlocking the ability for everyone to start building. And so since then, the conversation shifted from, “Yeah, we can go buy this tool,” to “We can build this internally.” And there’s a lot of excitement to build because building’s fun. The pendulum just swings often on these things, and so we’re kind of in that wave where everyone’s super excited about building something. And I think we’ll end up in a place that is more normalized, where we’re building some, we’re buying some. We’re doing a hybrid approach. I think that is where we’ll end up. It’s just, it has swung really far to, “Look, we can just go build that thing.” RR: So it sounds like we’re kind of in the early phase of a cycle that you’ve seen time and time again, where surrounded by enthusiasm, but maybe we don’t have much direction. And like you said, building is fun, so I imagine you probably hear a lot of, “Hey, look what I built,” or, “Why can’t we just build this?” So when something like that lands in your inbox, what’s the first thing that goes through your mind? KW: If it’s, “Look what I built,” there’s lots of questions, like how is it being deployed? What’s the next step with this? Who’s gonna own it? How is this actually out in the world, and how are we gonna make sure that it’s as scalable and secure? If it’s a conversation, I would say this is more so where we hear, “We want to build this thing,” or, “We can just go build this thing. Why would we buy this?” I think the thing that I would ask is, what is the long-term path for this? Because deploying is just the first step. It’s the iteration. It’s the test. It’s continuing to deploy it. It’s maintaining it. It’s supporting it. It’s the full life cycle of any software project. What resources are gonna do that? How are we going to maintain this and support this long term? Those are usually the questions that I start asking. RR: And you’re quite equipped to speak to the build side of the equation because you’ve done it. You’ve tackled the planning, the deployment, the maintenance, the ongoing support, the full life cycle, like you said, of a software project. And you’ve done it with AI. I’d love if you could walk us through your first test case. Tell us a little bit about what you were thinking going in, and what you learned along the way about what works, what doesn’t, and what was surprisingly difficult. KW: Yeah. So we built an IT AI agent and an HR agent, and we did that with a cross-collaborative team. I think we started it last fall and then deployed it in February or March this year. And I would say the main objective there was not that these are the tools that are gonna change the way we function. The main objective was a learning. It was an R&D investment. So we knew that we had to, as an IT team, be able to help the business deploy these agents, and we found some use cases that we could. The IT one we can own in-house. The HR one, we already collaborate with them very closely on a number of things. So it felt like a good first step for us to dip our toes, learn a lot about how to build these, what works, what doesn’t. And these agents are more than just chatbots. They really were taking actions in tools like Jira and Workday, Highspot itself. And we built them using the Workato platform, and what we learned through it is it was actually really exciting and really easy to get to a place where this mostly works, and this is pretty, it feels like this could be really powerful. That was, like, the first three weeks. The rest of the time was, “Oh, gosh, how are we going to get this thing so that it doesn’t give somebody some really poor answer from a security standpoint or an HR answer that needs to be rooted in truth?” And then how can we make sure that it repeatedly does these actions no matter what people prompt, that it’s really controlled? I often described it to my team like it was training a four-year-old. I have four kids and they’re all older now, but it was like I was back in those toddler stages. Like, “Why’d you decide to do that? That was a bad decision. Stop.” And trying to train it and get it to that point, it just took a massive amount of time. And since we’ve launched it, it’s a lot of resources to read the conversation, understand what was asked, understand what it did and where it went wrong, then refining it, then retesting it, then redeploying it. It’s a cycle. It’s this continual cycle, and that takes a lot more resources and time than I originally thought it would. RR: Ballpark, what did that investment look like? How long did it take you to build? How many queries did you have to manually validate before you trusted the thing? And how much are you still investing today to keep it alive? KW: In the beginning, you just start giving it manual prompts and testing it to see what it does. Then you produce your test cases, and you manually go through those test cases, and every time you make some major changes, you go through those test cases, make sure that it’s still hitting. Because just changing one little thing, for example, if you take a tool and change the prompt or the description of that tool, you actually have to do regression testing on all the things that someone could prompt, because just changing that one little description, the agentic reasoning could choose to use that tool or not use that tool at the wrong places. So it’s really important to do this regression testing. Then we started going through how do we automate some of this testing, and we were able to do some of that. But I think the biggest takeaway is with software, traditional software, you do regression testing, but if you change this bit of code, really that’s what you have to worry about, anything within that bit of code, not the whole stack, not the whole thing. This was, I think, a really big takeaway. We would make a small change, and something unrelated, completely unrelated, would start acting weird. And then you have model changes. You’re like, “Oh, I want to move to the latest model.” Well, that latest model now, the reasoning’s different, how it picks up tools might be different, and so that also has been a challenge. I think over time, especially as the tools evolve, the automated testing will get easier. We can have Claude, for example, go through and give it a bunch of questions, evaluate the responses. But you’ve got to build that too. That’s all something you’ve got to build in order to maintain this thing. RR: Now, you said this project was conceived last fall, launched, not necessarily finalized, ’cause it’s never really finalized, but launched publicly in the February March timeframe. So now we’re almost a year out from initial conception, couple months out from launch. Given your point about things changing so much in the last year and a half, now knowing what the landscape looks like, would you have built differently or would you have built at all? KW: It’s a great question. I think if I go back to my objective that I needed to learn and I needed my team to learn how to deploy these things and the challenges of it, I wouldn’t change what we’ve done, and they’re still deployed in production right now, although we are not spending a massive amount of time making them better. Would I change what I’ve done? No, but that’s because of where my objective was. My objective wasn’t to massively change the HR process or the IT process. It was to learn. And I think that given the right investment, we could move them further along. However, I do not believe that building something that every business has to do, IT and HR stuff, that… all those questions that we get, both of those teams get, are the same across most organizations. Most of the things employees need to do in these functions are the same across all organizations. So I don’t know that I would double down and want to go build the agentic functionality behind IT and HR. What I would want to do is look at our specific processes, things that are unique about our business, not only where we have the information, but what tools we use, and then maybe specific processes of how we do something, and figure out how do I build that piece and tie it into something that’s delivered. And there are so many, just talking about the IT space, there are so many systems right now that have the agentic functionality and give you the ability to tie in all your different tools. So I would probably try to leverage those rather than just building everything from the ground up. RR: As an aside, I will say I have used both the IT and the HR agents. They’re quite cool. The HR one talked me through my vision insurance at 8:00 PM on a Saturday, so thank you for that. Very helpful. So you mentioned that this was something that you and the team invested in as a learning, so you could understand what the process of building an agentic workflow looked like, an agentic tool looked like. So having now seen what it looks like, what must be invested in order to do this successfully, how do you draw the line between what you can build, what you should build, and what you’re better off just buying? KW: I think you should build the things that are unique to your business. You could think about this as your moat, but I think it goes beyond that. It’s where your processes or the way you handle something is very unique. In those cases, it may make sense to build something from scratch. But if it’s not unique to your business, like go back to the HR and IT, most of it’s just not unique. And so in most cases, when you don’t have something unique, then it likely makes sense to buy it, because you get the power of the organization that has built that tool behind it, pushing that tool forward much faster than you’re ever going to push it forward, ’cause we’re just not gonna hire that many engineers to do it. And so if there’s an IT tool out there that is bringing all that agentic functionality to the forefront, then why would I not leverage that, as long as I believe in the company, they have a track record to deliver, and they have the ability to build on top of it for some unique IT process that I have or some deterministic termination workflow that I want to execute. If I can do that, then I would say let me build what’s unique and tie it into something where the base or the product is being delivered. RR: Outside of that uniqueness component, if you’re a GTM leader trying to make that call, what other questions would you be thinking about and asking yourself? KW: I think I would just go back to that uniqueness test. Is this unique to my business? Is this a unique sales motion, a unique thing that we do here because of what we’re selling or how we’re selling that I can’t expect a vendor to build this or be able to deliver it? Or is it roughly the same thing everyone else is doing, the same problem everyone else is trying to solve? There are unique components, ’cause there are always unique components to this, but those unique components can be built alongside or included within that tool. And here’s the wonderful thing, if you just take AI or Claude, for example, we’re using Claude internally, you have a tool that has all the MCP capabilities like Highspot, like Salesforce, and you have some unique process with some maybe even proprietary tool that you want to do. Well, the great thing is you can bring that all into Claude. You can use Workato or build a skill within Claude and use that, whatever you’re building for that unique process, that unique system, and tie it in with those other tools that already are giving you a lot of functionality, and now you’ve expanded what you already had, and you’re spending your time in that uniqueness layer. What’s unique to us? That, to me, there’s value in that, to build there, because you’re not gonna get another organization to spend the time, money, or energy building on that. RR: So it sounds like it kind of comes down to a basic cost benefit call. Is the upfront investment and ongoing maintenance worth what that unique build will actually deliver? KW: When you’re doing the cost analysis, you can’t look at just what it costs to build. You have to look at the full life cycle. An analogy for you is, if you go back, maybe 20 years when SaaS really became a big thing, you had Salesforce kind of leading the charge. In all of the sales cycles, they would say, “You no longer need servers, and you no longer need admins.” The business manages this themselves, and everyone was super excited. Oh, this is gonna, the ROI’s gonna be so great on this. The business is gonna own this. We can move really quickly because we can change workflows and do this stuff and own it all internally. We don’t need an IT team to manage servers, et cetera. And everyone got really excited about this, and I remember all those years ago being like, “Guys, I don’t know if that’s really gonna be true.” So now you fast-forward, and it hasn’t been 20 years. For the last 15 years, we’ve been actually hiring system admins like crazy. We have Salesforce admins, NetSuite admins, Workday admins, Jira admins, and we are spending millions of dollars on these admins to maintain these systems that were supposed to have a great ROI. And I haven’t seen any studies on it, but I bet if we could compare on-prem with old software that we used to buy and put on-prem to SaaS, we would say that it was a lot cheaper to do it. And we’re not gonna go back. We’re not gonna do that any differently anymore, but I think we have to use that same type of lens. The ROI is not just the build. It is how are we gonna maintain this and keep it long term. RR: Yeah, and that’s the pendulum swing you mentioned earlier. Excitement, then reality hits, then we’re back to the next shiny thing. For those in that stage of enthusiasm that maybe don’t know what they’re getting themselves into, what do you wish they understood before kicking off a build or approaching IT with an idea? KW: I think the full cost. That you can’t do the math by just looking at what it costs to build, or that I can get a couple of my key people to go build this thing in Claude, but it’s how are we going to scale this in the organization? How are we going to deploy this thing? How are we going to maintain it? How are we going to support it? Who’s gonna take the support questions at midnight when they come in? And then how are we gonna iterate to keep ahead and make sure that it can do everything that we need it to do and stays ahead of where the business is going? RR: And when you’re having those conversations, at what point should IT actually be in the room? And what happens when you’re not? KW: I think that IT should be brought in the room as soon as a team is saying, “We can build this instead of buying it.” And really, I think that IT is not there, or hopefully we’re not there to say no. We’re there to help shed a light on what it’s actually going to take long term so that we make the best decisions. Because ultimately, I think we understand the technology and we understand the challenges of deploying stuff like this and then maintaining it long term. That’s what we do. And so if we’re in the room earlier, we can at least shine a light on it and give kind of that picture of reality so that we’re making the best decisions and there’s no surprises. Because the worst thing is that decision to build is made, they start building it, they realize they need IT’s help, and IT has a roadmap. We don’t have the resources or the ability to step in and solve this problem. Now you’ve wasted money. RR: Yeah. I saw a really interesting stat from some original research by Influ2. They surveyed marketing and sales leaders that are in the market for technology, and of those leaders, only 10% of them saw the IT perspective as valuable during the evaluation. 38% of them, however, then came back and said our biggest blocker, the number one blocker, in fact, was IT. So that disconnect is very clear, and it’s causing very clear consequences down the line. KW: I think what I would say is the best IT teams don’t want to be blockers. We don’t get excited blocking what the business is doing. We get excited leveraging the technology and moving it forward as fast as possible and seeing the business successful. So that’s what we want to do. It’s really hard when decisions have been made that back us into a corner and we’re like, “There’s no way to scale this, support this, continue this.” And then we’re seen as a blocker, but if we just had the conversation earlier, we could actually mitigate that much earlier. RR: So it sounds like the theme here is that your IT team wants to be a partner, not a gatekeeper or a blocker. And so knowing that, bring them along for the ride. Give them a seat at the table. Your programs, your investments will be better for it. If you had to boil this all down to one tip for marketing, sales, or enablement leaders on partnering with IT as they bring AI into their tech stack, what would it be? KW: I think if you can bring the IT team in and have a forward-looking view over the next year, over the next two years. It’s really hard to look two years out with AI and how fast it’s moving, but over the next year maybe, this is where we want to get. This is what we want to automate. This is what we need to fix. This is what we need to deliver in order to continue to execute on our objectives. If IT is on the same page there, we can be a proactive resource and help to get them there. We read all these things every day, there might be something that I’m seeing in the market or happening that I can bring to the table. Or at very least, when you come to me in six months and say, “Okay, I pulled the trigger on this thing,” we had that conversation. I knew it was coming. I knew the direction we were going, and directionally I was aligned with you, and so now I’m supporting that initiative rather than it being a surprise with no resources. So let us help with the roadmap. I think if we could do that across the whole business with IT, we would win together. RR: The one pretty clear takeaway, I think, whether you build, whether you buy, or whether you land somewhere in between, bring your IT team into the conversation, and you’re set up either way. Keith, last question for you. Just curious, what would you say to someone who looks at this build, buy, blend conversation and asks, “Why don’t I just build Highspot myself?” KW: When you build something as big and as complex as Highspot, there’s a lot of learnings that happen, a lot of iterations, a lot of changes to get to where you are. And trying to build that from scratch is very difficult. And I think the next thing that you may hear is, “Well, we can cobble this together.” I would just say you’re going to maintain that thing that Highspot has a full engineering team to make that as wonderful and as best as it can be. And how many engineers can you staff to do that and keep the velocity of it so that whatever you’re building is gonna move faster and be better than what Highspot’s building? And then what’s that gonna cost you? Going back to that build versus buy, when you start looking at how many engineers it takes not only to build it, but then to maintain it, support it, deploy it, I think the ROI doesn’t pencil out. RR: The moment you throw out the phrase cobble together, I think you’ve kind of already answered your own question. Keith, thanks for the window into a world most of us in go-to-market rarely see. This was a lot of fun, and I’m really excited to share the news. IT is there to help, and when you give them a seat at the table, your AI investments will be better for it. KW: Yeah. Thank you so much. I appreciate the time. RR: To our audience, thanks for listening to this episode of the Win/Win Podcast. Tune in next time for more insights on how to maximize go-to-market success with Highspot.

The Sports Anchor for 2News on KUTV on the excitement of the World Cup reaching sports fans in Utah, Morgan Scalley era beginning for Utah FB, Synchronized Skating now an Olympic sport + more

John Harris and Marc Vandermeer break the biggest Houston sports radio news in years — Sports Radio 610 officially becomes 95.7 The Fan on August 13, debuting on the Texans' preseason opener against the L.A. Chargers. The hosts count down what they're most excited to see at training camp, from David Montgomery's running style to Will Anderson Jr. mentoring Aireontae Ersery, the potential Tank Dell return, and the nuances of 53-man roster battles. S M.J. Stewart joins from internal media days to discuss his torn quad rehab, entering his ninth NFL season, the defense's championship-level chemistry, and playing internationally. Plus, NFL Top 100 updates (Nico Collins #58, Dion Dawkins #57, Jalen Hurts #56, CeeDee Lamb #55), the Chiefs' new stadium renderings, and the Jets' whiteout helmet reveal.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

We take a look at the amazing Cursed Templar figure that the Four Horsemen are debuting this week at SDCC. Plus we look back at the amazing community items which were on display and for sale at the recent Karvar Kon in Ohio and project our excitement forward to Legions Con 2026 which is now only a few short months away!Support us! https://www.patreon.com/TheEuroLegionsPodcasthttps://linktr.ee/theeurolegionspodcastOur favourite retailer: https://figurenlager.de/collections/four-horsemen-studiosOur favourite custom parts: https://calvocustomcreations.com/mythic legions toy collecting fantasy cosmic legions

This is The Zone of Disruption! This is the I AM RAPAPORT: STEREO PODCAST! His name is Michael Rapaport aka The Gringo Mandingo aka  aka The People's Pickle aka The Jewish Brad Pitt aka Captain Colitis aka The Disruptive Warrior aka Mayor Rapaport 2029 and he is here to discuss: So much smoke in the air on the East Coast Champion New York Knicks honored at The ESPYs Fantasy Football season approaching I Play Rocky Trailer excitement & what Rocky means to me Reality TV being a great escape The State of NYC Under a Smiling Monster & a whole lotta mo'. This episode is not to be missed! CaptainPicks To Win In Sports Betting: https://www.winible.com/checkout/1357777109057032537?store_url=/captainpicks&c=kickoff Rate & Review on Apple Podcasts or Spotify Send questions & concerns to: iamrapaportpodcast@gmail.com Subscribe to Rapaport's Reality Feeds: iHeartRadio: https://www.iheart.com/podcast/867-rapaports-reality-with-keb-171162927/ Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/rapaports-reality-with-kebe-michael-rapaport/id1744160673 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/3a9ArixCtWRhfpfo1Tz7MR Pandora: https://www.pandora.com/podcast/rapaports-reality-with-kebe-michael-rapaport/PC:1001087456 Amazon Music: https://music.amazon.com/podcasts/a776919e-ad8c-4b4b-90c6-f28e41fe1d40/rapaports-reality-with-kebe-michael-rapaport Stand Up Comedy Tickets on sale at: MichaelRapaport

Wines We're Drinking Jessica Yañez: Seis Solis White Blend, a Grenache Blanc and Albariño blend. Her go to hot weather pour, especially during San Diego's current heat wave and humidity. Rosalie Ennes: Agua. She's on a cleanse after what she calls a "World Cup bender". She'll toast in spirit only this episode. Episode Description Jessica sits down with Rosalie Ennes, business and risk advisor, two time award winning author, and founder of Portecua Consulting, for episode 299, one before Wine & Chisme's 300th. They dig into how growing up with two very different money philosophies (her dad's "save and be smart," her mom's "spend on experiences") shaped Rosalie's relationship with money, how a sudden layoff while she was on vacation in Ecuador with her mom sent her into a quiet, private grieving process, and how that grief eventually turned into the confidence to start her own business. Rosalie opens up about the eldest daughter instinct to protect her family from her own shock rather than lean on them, the 15 month process of writing her award winning book, Build a Beautiful Business con Confianza, and why she built it specifically so Latina and Black entrepreneurs could see themselves in a business book for once. She also shares what's next: an audiobook, bringing the book into university classrooms, and her free risk taker archetype quiz. Timestamps 00:00 Cold open, catching up, and pouring tonight's wine 10:22 Growing up bicultural: two money philosophies from mom and dad 22:10 Numbers, CPAs, and climbing the corporate ladder 34:35 The layoff: shock, grief, and quietly regrouping in Ecuador and Puerto Rico 45:52 Betting on herself: building the business and writing the book 56:30 Awards, the risk taker quiz, and what's next Connect Rosalie: Website: https://portecuaconsulting.cpa Book, Build a Beautiful Business con Confianza: https://portecuaconsulting.cpa/author Risk Taker Quiz: https://portecuaconsulting.cpa/quiz Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/portecuaconsulting/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/portecua/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@portecuaconsulting Connect with Wine & Chisme Website: www.thewineandchismepodcast.com Instagram: @thewineandchisme TikTok: @thewineandchisme Call us and tell us how we're doing (858) 304-0266

Emma Grace Hurley talks about gaining confidence after finding success this season, Zaxby's signature sauce, excitement for her fall races, Asics running shoes, how gratitude allows her to have fun in the sport, what's on her music playlist, 2000's Disney TV, and more!Episode link in bio.If you're looking for the best nutritional product on the planet, look no further than Noogs! Use the discount code LacticAcid15, or use the link https://www.noogsnutrition.com/discount/LacticAcid15 Follow Emma Grace on IG: https://www.instagram.com/emmagracehurley/Be sure to follow Lactic Acid on the following platforms:  YouTube: Lactic Acid Podcast Twitter: Lacticacid_pod Instagram: Lacticacidpodcast Substack: LacticacidpodcastIf you're loving the show, please subscribe and leave a rating and review on Apple Podcasts, and share it with your friends and family!

The crew listen back to the best Hill Notes of the day. Excitement is high now that the Sox are on the precipice of making history. One Hill-Noter wants Curtis to apologize to Breslow.

Boomer and Gio kick off another summer week tackling a dud World Cup Final at MetLife Stadium where Boomer napped and missed nothing. Gio has no sympathy for Lionel Messi, everyone hates Argentina's fans, and Zlatan Ibrahimovic delivered a blunt, final TV appearance. Jerry's first update highlights Spain's World Cup win over Argentina and Craig Burley ripping how they played, before transitioning to baseball where the Yankees split a doubleheader with the Dodgers behind a Jazz Chisholm Jr. home run, the Mets took two of three from the Phillies with a big game from Francisco Lindor, and the Red Sox won their 13th straight. Meanwhile, Ryan Fox won the British Open and Rory McIlroy called out Bryson DeChambeau. Finally, the guys debate a caller's take on whether the soccer final needed scoring or action.

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In this episode, Sam and Katy dig into why content that doesn't speak to the right audience keeps filling your calendar with the wrong clients, and what to do about it before you scramble and make it worse.You'll learn:Why chasing what's working for a competitor almost always backfiresHow AI-written copy makes your messages sound like everyone else'sThe real reason conversion rates drop when the wrong leads fill your inboxWhat it takes to understand your ideal client beyond surface details

Ralph Wigboldus has been in the boiling water longer than most of us. A senior pastor in Woodstock, Ontario, and a six-year veteran of the Council of Delegates, he came to Synod 2026 tired and half-hoping someone else would carry the load. He left overjoyed. In Part 1 of our conversation, Ralph gives American listeners something they rarely hear clearly: the Canadian side of the last decade, from the fight over financial autonomy to the push for a separate, more progressive denomination that finally fell flat. This is the encouraging episode. Where 2022 and 2023 felt like trench warfare, Ralph describes a Synod marked by mutual love and respect, disagreement handled with grace. He walks us through his advisory committee's work on Resonate's ten-year church-planting plan and what struck him most: this wasn't pitched as a gimmick to arrest decline, but as the plain mission of the church, regardless of the numbers. Under it all runs the refrain we've carried for two years now: the CRC is moving out of the fight stage of this Reformation and into the build stage. Ralph reaches back to the Reformation itself, and to Calvin's Geneva as a nursery for church planters, to make the point. By the end the denominational vision has come home to a single sentence: it's on us. Part 1 leaves us right on the edge of the practical question we take up next. Timestamps: 0:00 — Intro 2:15 — Meet Ralph Wigboldus: Woodstock, Ontario, and a ministry built on team 3:06 — Why team ministry has been a lifelong blessing 3:38 — Calvin Seminary and a through-and-through CRC identity 4:49 — "I have yet to meet a pastor good at both preaching and pastoring" 7:11 — Six years on the Council of Delegates: the Canadian story 10:31 — The overture to separate, and why it fell flat 11:14 — Disaffiliation, independence, and grieving the losses 17:27 — The peace that came on the other side 17:43 — Ralph's overall thoughts on Synod 2026 18:28 — "We've turned a corner" 22:27 — Serving as a committee reporter 24:36 — Committee 6: Missions and Congregations 24:56 — Resonate's ten-year church-planting plan 26:48 — Excitement on the floor: the mission of the church 29:04 — From the fight stage to the build stage 30:19 — The URC, the Reformation, and churches by another name 31:12 — Calvin's Geneva as a church-planting nursery 32:05 — "It's on us": bringing it home to the local church Join and support us on Substack: https://themessyreformation.com/ Intro music by Matt Krotzer

Spain is the winner of the World Cup 2026, defeating Argentina 1-0 in Sunday's game that both delighted and frustrated many. Here in Minnesota, hundreds of people gathered to watch the game at the North Loop Green. There, they sported jerseys for their favorite teams, even if they weren't playing. It wasn't the climactic end to the World Cup many wanted, but it did draw the eyes of the world, and it introduced many Americans to the excitement of soccer. Minnesota soccer reporter Jon Marthaler joined Minnesota Now to talk about the World Cup's final game and its impact on Americans.

Find out why enthusiasm, fun and internal alignment is more valuable than learning another online funnel. This is what your marketing has been missing.Are you always chasing the next strategy, funnel or piece of external validation to fix what's not working in your business? What if passion is what drives business success?Listen in on this conversation with Jaden Hummel (Coach for entrepreneurs) and you'll learn that real internal alignment combined with enthusiasm for what you're selling is a sales strategy in and of itself.This thoughtful conversation covers how to rediscover enthusiasm for your work, what it means if you don't feel it, and how alignment in business looks different for everyone.You'll also hear: Ways to add more fun into your business to keep you motivatedJaden's take on alignment and questions to ask yourself to keep your business moving in the right directionTips for creating content the resonates more deeply with your audienceConnect with Jaden on Instagram at @JadenBHummel, or check out her group Open Field (@opnfield — comment "open" on any of her posts to get in).If content and visibility are part of your business plan (they should be), grab my free Instagram training: https://www.videoask.com/f7xjzo38p

Tiki Barber and Shaun Morash find reasons to get excited for Giants football, starting with the NFC being wide open this year. Plus, Tiki and Shaun on the Giants having a quarterback they can believe in; concerns around Malik Nabers' health; Craig Carton cautions Giants fans that John Harbaugh alone won't save the team; Craig and Chris McMonigle on the hype around Jaxson Dart this season.

Tiki Barber and Shaun Morash find reasons to get excited for Giants football, starting with the NFC being wide open this year. Plus, Tiki and Shaun on the Giants having a quarterback they can believe in; concerns around Malik Nabers' health; Craig Carton cautions Giants fans that John Harbaugh alone won't save the team; Craig and Chris McMonigle on the hype around Jaxson Dart this season.

This is The Zone of Disruption! This is the I AM RAPAPORT: STEREO PODCAST! His name is Michael Rapaport aka The Gringo Mandingo aka  aka The People's Pickle aka The Jewish Brad Pitt aka Captain Colitis aka The Disruptive Warrior aka Mayor Rapaport 2029 and he is here to discuss: So much smoke in the air on the East CoastChampion New York Knicks honored at The ESPYsFantasy Football season approaching I Play Rocky Trailer excitement & what Rocky means to meReality TV being a great escape The State of NYC Under a Smiling Monster & a whole lotta mo'. This episode is not to be missed!CaptainPicks To Win In Sports Betting: https://www.winible.com/checkout/1357777109057032537?store_url=/captainpicks&c=kickoffRate & Review on Apple Podcasts or SpotifySend questions & concerns to: iamrapaportpodcast@gmail.comSubscribe to Rapaport's Reality Feeds: iHeartRadio: https://www.iheart.com/podcast/867-rapaports-reality-with-keb-171162927/Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/rapaports-reality-with-kebe-michael-rapaport/id1744160673Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/3a9ArixCtWRhfpfo1Tz7M (https://open.spotify.com/show/3a9ArixCtWRhfpfo1Tz7MR)

This is the Live Call-in Show from this past Sunday night, July 12, 2026! Mike was solo this evening (kinda) as Scott was wrapping up an epic Disney Treasure cruise!  However, our first call of the night was live from MCO and ScottyG was on the line!  We hear some highlights from his cruise and stay at Disney's Polynesian Village Resort to start the show, then hear from Listener Megan about her upcoming multi-generational cruise on the Disney Treasure next week!  We also discuss the possible return of a very popular port to the Disney Cruise Line experience and get first-hand knowledge from a couple of great callers!  Would this interested you?  Come join us in the BOGP Clubhouse this week at www.beourguestpodcast.com/discord. Please visit our website at www.beourguestpodcast.com. Thank you so much for your support of our podcast! Also, please follow the show on Twitter @BeOurGuestMike and on Facebook at www.facebook.com/beourguestpodcast. Become a patron of the Be Our Guest Podcast over at www.patreon.com/BeOurGuestPodcast. Thanks to our friends at The Magic For Less Travel for sponsoring today's podcast!