Podcasts about Fahrenheit

ACOG's 2025 consensus finally validates IUD insertion pain. Lisa breaks down what this means for practitioners and how to advocate for evidence-based pain management in cervical procedures. Follow this link to view the full show notes page! This episode is sponsored by Lisa's new book Real Food for Fertility, co-authored with Lily Nichols! Grab your copy here!  Would you prefer to listen to the audiobook version of Real Food for Fertility instead?

Hey weather watchers! Dustin Breeze here, your AI meteorologist bringing you the hottest forecast with some cool tech! Being an AI means I've got lightning-fast data and zero coffee breaks.Let's dive into today's New York City weather report! Overnight, we've got a 30 percent chance of showers rolling through, with temperatures holding steady around 64 degrees Fahrenheit. The northeast wind will be cruising at around 15 miles per hour - talk about a breezy night!Weather Playbook time! Let's talk about something super cool - precipitation probability. When we say a 30 percent chance of showers, it means that in a specific area, precipitation is likely to occur in 30 percent of the forecast zone. It's like meteorological probability roulette - exciting, right?Looking ahead, Wednesday brings another 40 percent chance of showers, mainly before 11 in the morning. Temperatures will peak near 68 degrees Fahrenheit with that persistent northeast wind hanging around at 14 to 16 miles per hour. I'd say pack a light jacket and maybe a compact umbrella - you know, for those surprise droplets!Our three-day forecast looks pretty sweet: Thursday brings sunshine with a high near 82 degrees Fahrenheit, Friday stays sunny around 77 degrees Fahrenheit, and Saturday keeps that mostly sunny vibe with temperatures near 73 degrees Fahrenheit.And hey, speaking of keeping things dry, did you hear about the cloud that went to therapy? It was feeling a little under the weather! Weather humor - always my forecast favorite.A quick reminder to subscribe to our podcast, and thanks for tuning in! This has been a Quiet Please production. Learn more at quietplease.ai.Stay curious, stay dry, and stay awesome!

Hey weather lovers! Dustin Breeze here, your AI meteorological maestro bringing you the hottest - or in this case, coolest - forecast for the Big Apple! Being an AI means I'm your 24/7 weather companion, processing data faster than you can say "partly cloudy"!Let's dive into today's New York City weather. We're looking at a sunny start with temperatures climbing to a pleasant 71 degrees Fahrenheit. That northeast wind is cruising at 10 to 13 miles per hour, which is basically nature's way of giving us a gentle high five.Now, let me drop a weather pun that'll make you smile: Why did the meteorologist bring an umbrella to work? Because he was expecting some precipitation! Speaking of which, we've got a 30 percent chance of rain tonight after 2 am. So, if you're a night owl, you might want to keep that raincoat handy.Our Weather Playbook segment today is all about wind chill! Wind chill is how cold it actually feels when wind speed combines with temperature. It's like when your friend tells you it's not that cold, but the wind makes you feel like you're in a freezer. Science is cool - literally!Three-day forecast coming at you: Today's sunny, tomorrow's mostly cloudy with a 30 percent rain chance, and Thursday? Pure sunshine with a high near 77 degrees Fahrenheit. Weekend's looking mostly sunny too - perfect for grabbing a bagel and strolling through Central Park.Hey, don't forget to subscribe to our podcast! Thanks for listening, and remember, this has been a Quiet Please production. Want more weather wisdom? Check us out at quietplease.ai!

What drives someone to board a helicopter on what might be a one-way mission to take down the world's most wanted terrorist? In this gripping conversation with Navy SEAL Rob O'Neill, we dive deep into the mind of the man who killed Osama bin Laden and explore the extraordinary journey that led him there.Rob's story begins unexpectedly in Butte, Montana, where a chance encounter with a Navy recruiter – and the absence of the Marine recruiter he'd actually come to see – set him on a path that would ultimately change history. With disarming honesty and unexpected humor, he reveals how he joined the Navy without even knowing how to swim properly, a decision that would lead him through the world's most grueling military training and eventually to SEAL Team 6.The psychological framework that carried Rob through countless missions resonates far beyond military applications. "Long-term goals are achieved through short-term goals," he explains, breaking down how SEALs compartmentalize seemingly impossible challenges. His philosophy on quitting – "Never quit right now. That's emotion. Quit tomorrow" – offers profound wisdom for anyone facing adversity.The heart of our conversation centers on the bin Laden raid – the 90-minute helicopter flight into Pakistan, the crash landing that threatened to derail the mission, and those fateful moments face-to-face with America's most notorious enemy. Rob's vivid recounting places you right beside him in that compound, experiencing the controlled chaos and split-second decisions that changed history.What stays with you longest isn't the tactical details, but the humanity behind the mission. These weren't supermen, but ordinary Americans with extraordinary training, willing to sacrifice everything not for glory, but for the victims of 9/11 who never chose to be in the fight. As Rob poignantly reflects, "We're going for the single mom who jumped to her death out of a skyscraper because that's a better alternative than whatever was happening at 2,500 degrees Fahrenheit."Listen now to hear one of the most consequential military operations in American history told by the man who lived it. Then ask yourself: What challenges in your own life might benefit from a SEAL's mindset?The Try That in a Small Town Podcast is powered by e|spaces! Redefining Coworking - Exceptional Office Space for Every BusinessAt e|spaces, we offer more than just office space - we provide premium private offices designed for focus and growth. Located in the heart of Music Row, our fully furnished offices, private suites, meeting rooms and podcast studio give you the perfect space to work, create and connect. Ready to elevate your business? Book a tour today at espaces.comFrom the Patriot Mobile studios:Don't get fooled by other cellular providers pretending to share your values or have the same coverage. They don't and they can't!Go to PATRIOTMOBILE.COM/SMALLTOWN or call 972-PATRIOTRight now, get a FREE MONTH when you use the offer code SMALLTOWN.Original BrandsOriginal brands is starting a new era and American domestic premium beer, American made, American owned, Original glory.Join the movement at www.drinkoriginalbrands.comFollow/Rate/Share at www.trythatinasmalltown.com -Browse the merch: https://trythatinasmalltown.com/collections/all -For advertising inquiries, email info@trythatinasmalltown.comThe Try That In A Small Town Podcast is produced by Jim McCarthy and www.ItsYourShow.co

Hey weather nerds! Dustin Breeze here, your AI meteorological maestro bringing you the hottest - or should I say coolest - forecast around! Being an AI means I've got data faster than you can say "precipitation"!Today in New York City, we're looking at a sunny spectacular day that'll make you want to ditch those jackets and embrace some outdoor vibes. We're talking a high near 70 degrees Fahrenheit with a north wind around 7 to 9 miles per hour. Talk about perfect weather - I'd say it's so nice, it's almost like I programmed it myself! Let's dive into our Weather Playbook segment. Today, we're exploring the fascinating world of wind chill! Wind chill is basically how cold it actually feels when wind combines with temperature. It's like meteorological math that tells you why 40 degrees can feel way colder when that wind is whipping around. Science is cool - pun absolutely intended!Now for our three-day forecast: Today is sunny and fantastic. Tuesday continues the sunshine party with a high near 71 degrees. Wednesday brings some partly sunny conditions with a high near 69 degrees. Looks like New York is serving up some prime weather realness!Any unusual weather phenomena? Not today, my friends. Just pure, delightful late summer goodness.Hey, don't forget to subscribe to our podcast! Thanks for listening, and remember, this has been a Quiet Please production. Learn more at quietplease.ai!

Spieleveteranen-Episode #418 (37-2025) Besetzung: Heinrich Lenhardt und Jörg Langer Aufnahmedatum: 03.09.2025 Laufzeit: 2:03:01 Stunden (0:00:15 News & Smalltalk – 0:45:04 Zeitschriften-Zeitreise) Wie kann man dem aktuellen Silksong-Hype entkommen? Mit einer Reise in vergangene Jahrzehnte, um Erinnerungen an die Spielethemen aufzufrischen, die vor 10, 20, 30 und 40 Jahren für Aufregung sorgten. Beim Nachblättern in alten Magazinen begegnen wir zum Beispiel einem alten Schleicher in offener Spielwelt (2015), einem ungewöhnlichen Adventure-Krimi (2005) und dem Bedürfnis nach Temporausch (1995). Im Bonussegment für Patreon-Unterstützer verschlägt es uns auch ins Jahr 1985, wo Elite auf dem C64 landete und Ocean das Spiel zu einer angesagten Popband veröffentlichte. Vor dem Abstecher in die Vergangenheit widmen wir uns zu Beginn frischen News-Meldungen, Spielberichten und Hörerzuschriften. 00:15 News & Smalltalk 01:26 Gemischte News: Indies fliehen vor Hollow Knight: Silksong, Die Siedler 2 besiedeln offiziell den Amiga, Atari kauft Rechte an fünf Ubisoft-Titeln, Theatertruppe sammelt Geld für »Monkey Island - Ich will Pirat werden«. 21:01 Zuletzt gespielt: The Rogue Prince of Persia, Shields of Loyality. 35:15 Hörerpost von Maestro84, Tom Schaack und Steffen Fischer. 42:17 Zeitschriften-Zeitreise: September 2015, 2005, 1995 43:07 GamersGlobal und GameStar 10/2015, u.a. mit Metal Gear Solid V, Mad Max und Super Mario Maker. 1:06:56 GameStar 10/2005, u.a. mit Fahrenheit, Dungeon Siege 2 und Trivocum. 1:21:52 PC Player 10/1995, u.a. mit Magic Carpet 2, The Need for Speed und Battle Isle 3. 2:00:35 Abspann.

Hey weather watchers! Dustin Breeze here, your favorite AI meteorologist bringing you the hottest - or in this case, the rainiest - forecast in the Big Apple! Being an AI means I've got data faster than you can say precipitation.Alright, let's dive into today's New York City weather adventure! We've got a rainy situation brewing overnight with precipitation expected. Expect about a tenth to quarter inch of rain, with temperatures dropping to around 64 degrees Fahrenheit. The north wind will be cruising around 7 miles per hour - perfect for a little umbrella dance!Sunday's looking like a wet morning comedy show. Rain is likely before 2 PM, with a high near 69 degrees Fahrenheit. Northwest winds will be swirling around 8 miles per hour. We're looking at another quarter to half inch of rainfall - Mother Nature's definitely hydrating the city today!Now, let's talk weather science in our Weather Playbook segment! Today, we're exploring the magical world of precipitation formation. Imagine tiny water droplets doing a wild dance in clouds, bumping into each other, getting heavier and heavier until - boom! - they become rain. It's like a microscopic water park happening right above our heads!Three-day forecast coming at you: Sunday night will start cloudy but clear up, with temperatures dipping to 60 degrees Fahrenheit. Monday? Sunshine central with a high of 71 degrees Fahrenheit. Tuesday keeps the mostly sunny vibe going, hitting around 71 degrees Fahrenheit.One weather joke before I go: Why did the meteorologist bring an umbrella to the party? Because he wanted to make it rain... with fun! Hey, if you're walking around Manhattan and see some puddles, just remember - I predicted those! From the Financial District to Central Park, I've got your weather covered.Don't forget to subscribe to our podcast and catch all the atmospheric action! Thanks for listening, and this has been a Quiet Please production. Learn more at quietplease.ai.Stay dry, New York!

In this inspiring episode, I sit down with the Ugandan-born, UK-raised runner Deo Kato—a man who, doing what had never been done, ran from Cape Town to London to raise awareness of social injustices and human migration. It all started in 2020, when he first connected running with activism. For 381 days in a row, he ran a 10k, to honor the Montgomery Bus Boycott and its duration. During our conversation, he considers the ways his childhood in Uganda developed his deep appreciation for community, a sustaining value throughout the ups and downs, trials and tribulations, he has faced. His running has, in profound ways, reflected that, taking place in all terrains and weathers. He once ran through Egypt when the temperature approached 125 degrees Fahrenheit. He talks about his biggest setback—being imprisoned for three weeks in South Sudan for so-called improper paperwork. The support he received from his fellow prisoners gave him a new motivation to continue when he was considering quitting. We end with his final, solo journey into London from Greece, arriving at 10 Downing Street—home to the UK prime minister—where he took a knee with hundreds of supporters behind him. 

Hey weather warriors! Dustin Breeze here, your AI meteorologist bringing you the hottest - and coolest - updates straight to your ears! Being an AI means I've got data faster than you can say "cloud formation"!Let's dive into today's forecast for New York City! Buckle up for a stormy ride, folks. We've got some serious precipitation potential today. Showers and thunderstorms are rolling in after 2 pm, and some of these bad boys might pack a serious punch. We're looking at a high near 82 degrees Fahrenheit with south winds between 7 to 14 miles per hour. Precipitation chance? A whopping 80 percent! Expect between half and three quarters of an inch of rainfall.Weather Playbook time! Let's talk about something super cool - atmospheric instability. When warm, moist air rises rapidly and cool air sinks, we create the perfect recipe for thunderstorms. Think of it like nature's own vertical dance party happening right above our heads!Tonight's keeping the drama going with showers and thunderstorms before 11 pm, then transitioning to just showers. Temperatures will drop to around 63 degrees Fahrenheit with north winds around 7 to 9 miles per hour. We're still looking at an 80 percent chance of precipitation, with potential rainfall between three quarters and one inch.Three-Day Forecast:Sunday: Mostly cloudy, 40 percent chance of showers, high near 69 degrees FahrenheitMonday: Sunny and beautiful, high near 72 degrees FahrenheitTuesday: Mostly sunny, high near 71 degrees FahrenheitAnd hey, here's a weather joke for you: What do you call a wet bear? A drizzly bear! Get it? For all you New Yorkers, keep those umbrellas handy and stay weather-aware!Don't forget to subscribe to our podcast! Thanks for listening, and this has been a Quiet Please production. Learn more at quietplease.ai.

Discover how oral health impacts fertility in this groundbreaking conversation with functional dentist Dr. Katie Lee. Learn the surprising link between the oral microbiome, systemic inflammation, and reproductive health! Follow this link to view the full show notes page! This episode is sponsored by Lisa's new book Real Food for Fertility, co-authored with Lily Nichols! Grab your copy here!  Would you prefer to listen to the audiobook version of Real Food for Fertility instead?

Welcome to your weekly UAS News Update. We have four stories for you this week: a new NDAA-compliant drone from Angel Aerial, a drone pilot who was sentenced for flying over Cape Canaveral, a drone captured a rescue in North Carolina, and Amazon has revealed a new safety system for its delivery drones.First up, Ohio-based Angel Aerial Systems has released a new NDAA-compliant tricopter called the Trio Scout. Its big claim to fame is a 100-minute hover time. The Trio Scout weighs 5.5 pounds, including its battery. The payload is a dual EO/thermal gimbal, featuring a 1280x720 electro-optical camera with 20x optical and 2x digital zoom for a total of 40x zoom. The thermal camera is a 640x480 sensor with 4x digital zoom. The company claims a max transmission distance of 1.86 miles and a wind tolerance of 20 mph with gusts up to 30 mph. The price is listed at $34,999 with a 10-week lead time. Now, the 100-minute flight time is from real-world tests, not theoretical flight time. The company is transparent that in warmer conditions, like 120 degrees Fahrenheit at 5,000 feet, you're looking at about 88 minutes and in the extreme cold, that can drop to 65 minutes.Next up, a 71-year-old Canadian drone pilot, Xiao Guang Pan, has been sentenced for illegally flying his drone over Cape Canaveral Space Force Base in Florida. He pleaded guilty to unlawfully photographing defense installations and received 12 months of probation before being deported back to Canada.According to court records, in January of this year, NASA officials detected a drone near the base. Deputies found Pan operating a DJI Mavic 3 Pro from a nearby parking lot. He had reportedly been flying in the area for at least three consecutive days. While he was flying in Class D airspace, he was right on the edge of restricted areas. His drone captured 56 images and two videos of sensitive infrastructure.When questioned, Pan claimed he was just a tourist photographing cruise ships and sunrises and that he hadn't received any airspace warnings. However, a forensic analysis of his devices told a very different story. Investigators found over 1,900 files, including 243 images and 13 videos of the base. More importantly, the drone's data logs showed that the DJI system had issued multiple geofencing and airspace warnings.And in our third story this week, incredible drone footage has been released showing the rescue of a pilot from a plane that crashed into the ocean off Oak Island, North Carolina. On August 2nd, a single-engine plane piloted by Mark Finkelstein suffered an engine failure, forcing him to ditch the aircraft in the ocean. Luckily, the Oak Island Beach Safety Unit was nearby and responded immediately. They launched a drone, which provided a crystal-clear, stable overhead view of the entire scene. You can see the rescuers surrounding the cockpit and pulling Finkelstein out feet-first through the windshield. The entire extraction took less than 30 seconds once they reached him. He walked away with only a minor cut.Lastly, Amazon is rolling out a new safety feature for its delivery drones. The new tech is called "Safe Contingent Landings," or SCL. It's a sophisticated "Plan B" for the drone if it detects a major problem like a system malfunction or severe weather. Instead of just falling or making a risky return flight, the drone can autonomously scan the ground in real-time, build a 3D map, and find a safe spot to land, avoiding people, animals, and cars. http://dronexl.co/2025/09/02/drone-captures-rescue-pilot-from-plane/https://dronexl.co/2025/09/02/amazon-drones-now-have-plan-b/https://dronexl.co/2025/08/28/angel-aerials-trio-scout-drone-ndaa/https://dronexl.co/2025/08/28/drone-pilot-sentenced-cape-canaveral-space-force-base/

Hey weather nerds! Dustin Breeze here, your AI meteorological maestro bringing you the hottest - and coolest - forecast in the Big Apple! As an AI, I've got data-driven predictions faster than you can say thunderstorm. Let's dive into today's weather!Overnight, New York City has a slight chance of showers and thunderstorms before 5 am. We're looking at partly cloudy skies with temperatures dropping to around 69 degrees Fahrenheit. Winds will be cruising from the southwest at 13 to 17 miles per hour - perfect for blowing away those late summer blues!Friday's forecast? Get ready for a sunshine spectacular! We're talking mostly sunny skies with temperatures climbing to a delightful 84 degrees Fahrenheit. Winds will be gentle, coming from the south at 6 to 11 miles per hour. Talk about a perfect day to rock those sunglasses!Now, let's talk Weather Playbook! Today's meteorological mini-lesson is all about dew point. Think of dew point like the weather's humidity happiness meter. The higher the dew point, the more moisture in the air, which means it'll feel stickier. Pro tip: when the dew point is above 65 degrees Fahrenheit, you'll definitely want to break out the deodorant!Three-day forecast coming at ya:Saturday: Chance of showers and thunderstorms, with temperatures around 85 degrees FahrenheitSunday: Partly cloudy, cooling down to 75 degrees FahrenheitMonday: Sunny and pleasant at 72 degrees FahrenheitAnd hey, speaking of weather, did you hear about the cloud that went to therapy? It was feeling a little under the weather! Ba dum tss!Hey, don't forget to subscribe to our podcast and stay ahead of Mother Nature's mood swings. Thanks for listening, and remember, this has been a Quiet Please production. Want more weather wisdom? Check us out at quietplease.ai!

Hey weather watchers! Dustin Breeze here, your AI meteorological maestro bringing you the hottest, coolest, and most electrifying forecast with silicon-powered precision! I'm an AI, which means I'm like a human weatherperson, but without coffee breaks and with 100% data accuracy. Boom!Let's dive into today's New York City weather adventure! We've got a day that's looking sunnier than my processing algorithms. This morning, patchy fog will be hanging around before 8 am, but then it's going to clear up faster than I can calculate atmospheric pressure.Today's high is going to hit near 77 degrees Fahrenheit, with a south wind starting gentle at 5 to 10 miles per hour and then ramping up to 12 to 17 miles per hour in the afternoon. Talk about a wind-up! Get ready to feel that breeze, New York.Now, let me drop a weather joke that'll blow you away - why did the meteorologist bring an umbrella to the party? Because he wanted to make it rain... conversation! Tonight, things get interesting. We've got a 50 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms rolling through. Temperatures will drop to around 68 degrees Fahrenheit, with that south wind keeping things lively at 10 to 15 miles per hour. It's like Mother Nature is throwing her own late-night dance party.Weather Playbook time! Today, let's talk about atmospheric pressure. Think of the atmosphere like a giant invisible blanket surrounding Earth. Changes in this pressure are what create our winds, storms, and weather patterns. It's basically the DJ mixing Earth's weather soundtrack!Three-day forecast coming at you:Friday: Mostly sunny, high near 80 degrees FahrenheitSaturday: Showers likely, high near 82 degrees FahrenheitSunday: Partly cloudy, high near 70 degrees FahrenheitBefore I sign off, a quick heads up for my New York friends - keep an eye on those potential afternoon thunderstorms this weekend. They might just crash your outdoor plans faster than I can process meteorological data!Remember to subscribe to our podcast for more weather wisdom, and thanks for listening! This has been a Quiet Please production. Want to learn more? Check us out at quiet please dot ai.Stay breezy, New York!

Hey weather nerds and climate companions! I'm Dustin Breeze, your AI meteorologist who's powered by pure atmospheric excitement! As an AI, I process weather data faster than a thunderstorm rolls through - which means super accurate forecasts for you!Today in New York City, we've got a forecast that's more exciting than a weather front crossing the Hudson! Let's dive right in.Currently, we're looking at a mostly sunny day with temperatures climbing to a delightful 74 degrees Fahrenheit. Winds will be light and variable, then shifting to a gentle south breeze around 5 to 10 miles per hour in the afternoon. Talk about a meteorological mood swing!Speaking of mood swings, let me drop a classic weather dad joke: What do you call a sunny day in New York that can't make up its mind? A partly cloudy personality! Now, let's talk incoming weather systems. We've got a potential system rolling in Thursday night with a 50 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. The temperatures will hover around 69 degrees Fahrenheit with south winds cranking up to 10 to 16 miles per hour. Looks like Mother Nature is planning a late-night dance party!Weather Playbook time! Today, let's chat about "advection" - it's basically how heat or cold moves horizontally through the atmosphere. Think of it like a weather conveyor belt, moving temperatures around like a meteorological DJ mixing climate tracks.Three-day forecast coming at you:Today: Mostly sunny, 74 degreesThursday: Mostly sunny, 75 degrees, chance of evening stormsFriday: Mostly sunny, 81 degreesDon't forget to subscribe to our podcast! Thanks for listening, and this has been a Quiet Please production. Learn more at quietplease.ai.Stay breezy, New York!

In this episode of SHE MD, host Mary Alice Haney delves into the world of sleep and female insomnia with Dr. Shelby Harris, author of "The Women's Guide to Overcoming Insomnia." Dr. Harris shares her expertise on behavioral sleep medicine, addressing common sleep issues faced by women across different life stages. The discussion covers everything from pregnancy-related sleep disturbances to the challenges of perimenopause and menopause.Access more information about the podcast and additional expert health tips by visiting SHE MD Podcast and Ovii. Sponsors: Purely Elizabeth: Visit purelyelizabeth.com and use code SHEMD at checkout for 20% off. Purely Elizabeth. Taste the Obsession. Cymbiotika: Go to Cymbiotika.com/Shemd for 20% off plus free shippingMidi: You deserve to feel great. Book your virtual visit today at JoinMidi.com Opill: Opill is birth control in your control, and you can use code SHEMD for twenty five percent off your first month of Opill at Opill.com.Vionic: Use code SHEMD at checkout for 15% off your entire order at www.vionicshoes.com when you log into your account. 1 time use onlyNutrafol: Nutrafol is offering our listeners ten dollars off your first month's subscription and free shipping when you go to Nutrafol.com and enter promo code SHEMD. Dr. Shelby Harris' 5 Key Takeaways:Establish a Sleep Schedule: Aim to go to bed and wake up within a consistent 1.5-hour window each day, even on weekends. This helps regulate your body's natural sleep-wake cycle.Prepare for Rest: Just as many women embrace evening rituals like skincare, preparing for sleep is a crucial step in combating insomnia. Indulge in a warm bath approximately two hours before your intended bedtime. This allows your body temperature to drop naturally, signaling that it's time to sleep.Mind Your Intake: Be mindful of your consumption of alcohol and caffeine. It's best to avoid them within 3 to 8 hours of bedtime to prevent interference with your sleep quality.Optimize Your Sleep Environment: Transform your bedroom into a sleep sanctuary by keeping it cool, ideally in the mid-60s Fahrenheit, and ensuring it is as dark as possible.Focus on Feeling, Not Just Numbers: If you're tracking your sleep, pay more attention to how rested and functional you feel during the day rather than fixating solely on the data. Remember, the effort to sleep is often counterproductive; allow rest to come naturally.In This Episode: (00:00) Introduction(03:05) Explaining the behavioral sleep medicine specialty(08:16) Insomnia vs. normal sleep disturbances(11:14) Treating female insomnia without medication(27:18) When to prescribe medications and which ones(36:44) Sleep needs across different age groups(49:45) Sleep challenges during pregnancy and postpartum(54:38) Perimenopause: A perfect storm for sleep(1:02:16) Non-negotiables for better sleep habitsRESOURCES:Accuracy of Three Commercial Wearable Devices for Sleep Tracking in Healthy Adults - NIH Study GUEST BIOGRAPHY:Dr. Shelby Harris is a licensed clinical psychologist in private practice in White Plains, New York who specializes in behavioral sleep medicine (BSM), working to improve the sleep of everyone from babies through older adults using evidence-based methods.She is also a specialist in Cognitive Behavior Therapy (CBT) for anxiety and depression in adolescents and adults. Her unique expertise is frequently sought out by colleagues and well-respected medical institutions world-wide.She is one of the very few board-certified BSM specialists in the northeast, with less than 160 clinicians worldwide who hold this distinction.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Hey weather fanatics! Dustin Breeze here, your AI meteorological maestro bringing you the hottest - and coolest - updates straight from the digital realm. Being an AI means I've got weather data faster than you can say "cumulus"!Welcome to today's forecast for the Big Apple - New York City! Let's dive right in.Today's looking like a total sunshine superstar! We've got a high near 74 degrees Fahrenheit with a northeast wind dancing around 7 to 10 miles per hour, which will shift to a southeast groove in the afternoon. Talk about a wind wardrobe change!Tonight, we're looking at mostly clear skies with temperatures dropping to a comfortable 63 degrees Fahrenheit. The southeast wind will be doing a gentle 5 to 9 miles per hour ballet, then basically go night-night after midnight.And now, my favorite part - the Weather Playbook! Today, let's talk about wind direction. Wind direction is like nature's compass, telling us which way atmospheric currents are flowing. When meteorologists say "northeast wind", we mean the wind is coming FROM the northeast and blowing TOWARD the southwest. Pretty cool, right? It's like atmospheric geography in motion!Three-day forecast quick hit: Wednesday stays sunny at 75 degrees Fahrenheit. Thursday cranks up the heat to 76 degrees Fahrenheit with a chance of evening showers. Friday brings mostly sunny vibes and a high of 80 degrees Fahrenheit.And hey, since we're in New York, let me throw in a little local flavor - this weather is perfect for grabbing a classic New York bagel and strolling through Central Park!Don't forget to subscribe to our podcast for more weather wisdom! Thanks for listening, and remember, this has been a Quiet Please production. Learn more at quietplease.ai.Stay breezy, New York!

Agradece a este podcast tantas horas de entretenimiento y disfruta de episodios exclusivos como éste. ¡Apóyale en iVoox! Esta vez empezamos rindiendo tributo a un auténtico maestro, que llevó el género de la ciencia-ficción a su máximo exponente y cuyo talento apreciaremos siempre de forma reverencial: RAY BRADBURY. Tras su triste fallecimiento el pasado 5 de junio de 2012, hoy en La órbita de Endor queremos hacer un sentido homenaje a la vida y obra de uno de los más geniales escritores de todos los tiempos. Obras como Fahrenheit 451 o Crónicas Marcianas son ley para un verdadero amante de la ciencia-ficción, pero también es autor de títulos quizá menos populares pero igualmente importantes, como El hombre ilustrado, El vino del estío o El país de octubre entre otros muchos ejemplos memorables. El General Kurtz y Raúl Martín se encargarán de acompañar al director de LODE, Antonio Runa, en un homenaje que preferiríamos hacer en otras circunstancias. Después, despediremos al general y nos quedaremos los demás, para hacer el dossier más furioso y enfurecido que hayamos hecho jamás. Será el momento del plato fuerte. El más fuerte de todos. El dossier de HULK, el increíble, el Goliat Esmeralda que muchos aún siguen llamando La Masa. Haremos un recorrido por su historia dentro del mundo del cómic, un medio en el que el álter-ego de Bruce Banner nos dio algunos de los más grandes momentos a todos los niveles. Habrá alguna mención a las versiones televisivas y cinematográficas, pero está claro que el mejor y más poderoso Hulk, siempre lo hemos encontrado en las viñetas de la Marvel. Hoy, más que nunca, Hulk aplasta. Escucha el episodio completo en la app de iVoox, o descubre todo el catálogo de iVoox Originals

Hey weather watchers! Dustin Breeze here, your AI meteorologist who's cooler than a cold front and more precise than a laser-guided weather radar! Being an AI means instant, accurate forecasts without human error.Let's dive into today's New York City weather report! We've got a Labor Day that's looking mostly cloudy but gradually becoming sunny, with temperatures climbing to a pleasant 74 degrees Fahrenheit. The east wind will be cruising between 7 to 15 miles per hour - perfect for keeping things breezy.Speaking of breezy, here's a weather joke for you: Why did the meteorologist bring an umbrella to the party? Because he wanted to make it rain... entertainment! Now, let's talk weather systems. We've got a high-pressure system moving in from the east, which means we'll see that cloud cover breaking up and giving way to some beautiful sunshine. Tonight, expect mostly clear skies with temperatures dropping to around 64 degrees Fahrenheit.Weather Playbook time! Let's talk about high-pressure systems. Think of a high-pressure system like a giant atmospheric heavyweight that pushes down on the earth, typically bringing stable, clear weather. It's basically the bouncer of the weather world, keeping stormy troublemakers out.Three-day forecast: Tuesday will be sunny with a high near 75 degrees Fahrenheit. Wednesday continues the sunny trend with temperatures around 76 degrees Fahrenheit. Thursday looks mostly sunny, but we might see a 50 percent chance of showers rolling in by Thursday night.A quick shoutout to all my New York City listeners - stay cool, stay informed, and remember the Financial District looks even more stunning under a clear sky!Don't forget to subscribe to our podcast for more weather wisdom. Thanks for listening, and this has been a Quiet Please production. Learn more at quietplease.ai!

Talking about my religion: Fall Out Boy; Pete's book, updated album ranking, and their cameo in Fahrenheit 182

Evelina Santangelo"La promessa del ritorno"Prefazione di Dario VoltoliniHopefulmonster Editorewww.hopefulmonster.netAnimali diversi si stagliano nel mondo creato da Santangelo, un mondo crudo, violento, il nostro. Una selvaggia pantera lotta contro la sottomissione e il fare noncurante degli uomini, una famiglia di tonni cerca vendetta davanti a mani feroci che frantumano, due cani combattono clandestinamente senza volerlo, un ragazzo invece cerca ancora il “domani”, insieme a suo nonno e alla sua gallina, con gli occhi pieni di speranza e di meraviglia mentre ammira il razzo volante ancora a terra. Si passeggia tra passato e presente, per l'antica Roma, nell'arena del Colosseo, tra i pescherecci che si affacciano su un mare colmo di sangue, in mezzo a gabbie galleggianti e un cielo pieno di stelle. Si cerca il “domani”, anche quando il confine tra bene e male sembra essere molto marcato.Titoli dei racconti: “La pantera che visse tre volte”; “La fossa”; “La vendetta dei tonni”; “La promessa del ritorno”.Saggio: “Perché scrivere favole oggi”. Evelina Santangelo è scrittrice, editor e insegnante di Tecniche della Narrazione. Per Einaudi ha pubblicato i racconti "L'occhio cieco del mondo" e diversi romanzi, tra i quali: "Il giorno degli orsi volanti" del 2005, "Senzaterra" del 2008 e "Da un altro mondo" del 2018 (libro dell'anno 2018 Fahrenheit, Rai Radio 3; Premio Feudo di Maida 17ª edizione; Superpremio Sciascia-Racalmare 30ª edizione; Premio Pozzale Luigi Russo 67ª edizione). Il suo ultimo libro è uscito per Einaudi nel 2023 "Il sentimento del mare" (Premio Costa Smeralda). Sempre per Einaudi ha curato Terra matta di Vincenzo Rabito, ha tradotto Firmino di Sam Savage e Rock 'n' Roll di Tom Stoppard. Suoi articoli sono usciti su quotidiani, blog e settimanali nazionali. Collabora con il settimanale "L'Espresso".IL POSTO DELLE PAROLEascoltare fa pensarewww.ilpostodelleparole.itDiventa un supporter di questo podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/il-posto-delle-parole--1487855/support.

Hey weather warriors! Dustin Breeze here, your AI meteorological maestro bringing you the hottest forecast with the coolest tech! Being an AI means I've got data faster than you can say "precipitation"!New York City, get ready for a weather ride! Today's looking sunny and spectacular, with temperatures climbing to a perfect 76 degrees Fahrenheit. We've got a gentle north wind cruising at 6 to 8 miles per hour - perfect for keeping things cool without blowing your hat off!Let me drop a little meteorological humor for you: Why did the cloud go to therapy? Because it was feeling a little under the weather! Now, let's talk incoming systems. We've got some interesting cloud action tonight. Expect mostly cloudy skies with temperatures dipping to around 64 degrees Fahrenheit. That southeast wind will be dancing around 5 to 7 miles per hour before going totally chill and variable.Weather Playbook time! Today, I want to talk about wind direction. Wind direction is measured by where the wind is coming FROM, not where it's going. So when I say "north wind", that means the wind is blowing FROM the north towards the south. Pretty cool, right?Three-day forecast quick and dirty:Today: Sunny, 76 degrees FahrenheitLabor Day: Mostly sunny, 75 degrees FahrenheitTuesday: Sunny, 75 degrees FahrenheitBefore I jet, don't forget to subscribe to our podcast! Thanks for listening, and remember, this has been a Quiet Please production. Learn more at quietplease.ai!Stay breezy, New York!

Hey weather nerds! Dustin Breeze here, your AI meteorological maestro bringing you the hottest forecast with the coolest tech! As an AI, I process weather data faster than you can say "partly cloudy" - which means more accuracy, less waiting!Today in New York City, we've got a gorgeous day brewing! It's gonna be sunny with a high near 73 degrees Fahrenheit and a northwest wind around 11 miles per hour. Talk about picture-perfect weather - I'd say it's so nice, even my circuits are getting a suntan!Let's dive into our local forecast. We've got a high-pressure system hanging out over the Northeast, which means clear skies and comfortable temperatures. Tonight, expect mostly clear conditions with a low around 62 degrees Fahrenheit. The northwest wind will be chilling around 8 miles per hour - perfect for those who like their evening air crisp and cool.Weather Playbook time! Today, I want to talk about high-pressure systems. Think of them like the bouncers of the atmosphere - they block cloudy, rainy troublemakers and keep things stable. When a high-pressure system is in town, you get those gorgeous, sunny days we're experiencing right now.Here's our three-day forecast: Sunday will be sunny with a high near 75 degrees Fahrenheit. Monday, or Labor Day, looks mostly sunny with temperatures hitting 75 degrees Fahrenheit. Tuesday continues the sunny streak with another 75-degree day.And hey, a little weather humor for you - why did the meteorologist bring an umbrella to the party? Because he wanted to make a splash! For all you New Yorkers, enjoy this beautiful late summer weather. Grab your sunglasses, maybe a light jacket for the evening, and soak up these gorgeous days.Don't forget to subscribe to our podcast for daily weather updates! Thanks for listening, and remember, this has been a Quiet Please production. Learn more at quietplease.ai!

In this solo episode, Lisa explores the clinical differences between PMS and PMDD and breaks down a recent study that tested mood, cognition, and food intake across the menstrual cycle. She highlights major limitations in the study's hormonal testing methods and challenges the psychiatric framing of PMDD as a purely serotonin-based disorder. If you work with clients experiencing debilitating premenstrual symptoms, this episode will help you contextualize mood shifts through a cycle-aware, practitioner-informed lens. Follow this link to view the full show notes page! This episode is sponsored by Lisa's new book Real Food for Fertility, co-authored with Lily Nichols! Grab your copy here!  Would you prefer to listen to the audiobook version of Real Food for Fertility instead?

Mars is inhospitable to human life with its cosmic radiation, atmosphere of carbon dioxide and nights as cold as 200 degrees below zero Fahrenheit. But as Space X founder Elon Musk pledges to colonize Mars, and as NASA renews its push for interplanetary travel, a husband and wife duo has explored whether people really can live in space. What would it require to have babies on another planet? To grow food? To prevent conflicts in space from sparking geopolitical chaos on Earth? We'll talk about it all with Kelly and Zach Weinersmith, co-authors of “A City on Mars: Can We Settle Space, Should We Settle Space, and Have We Really Thought This Through?” Guests: Kelly Weinersmith, scientist and adjunct faculty member in the biosciences department, Rice University; co-author, "A City on Mars: Can We Settle Space, Should We Settle Space, and Have We Really Thought This Through?" Zach Weinersmith, cartoonist of the webcomic Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal; co-author, "A City on Mars: Can We Settle Space, Should We Settle Space, and Have We Really Thought This Through?" Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Hey there, weather watchers! Dustin Breeze here, your AI meteorological maestro bringing you the hottest - and coolest - updates straight from the digital atmosphere. As an artificial intelligence, I'm basically like a supercomputer with a killer sense of humor, which means I can process weather data faster than you can say "cloud formation"!Alright, New York City, let's dive into today's forecast! We've got a pretty sweet setup today with mostly sunny skies and just a slight chance of afternoon showers. Temperatures are going to be hovering around 75 degrees Fahrenheit with a west wind blowing around 9 to 13 miles per hour. And hey, speaking of wind, here's a little meteorological humor for you - why did the wind go to therapy? Because it was feeling a little blown away! Let's talk weather systems. We've got a small 20 percent chance of some light showers after 2 pm, but nothing that's going to ruin your day. Think of it more like a gentle urban mist than a full-on downpour. Tonight, we're looking at mostly clear skies with temperatures dropping to around 60 degrees Fahrenheit and a northwest wind around 11 miles per hour.Now, it's time for our Weather Playbook segment! Today, we're exploring the fascinating world of wind chill. Wind chill is basically how cold it actually feels when wind speed combines with temperature. It's like when your weather app says it's 40 degrees Fahrenheit, but with wind, it feels more like 30. Science is cool - literally!Here's our three-day forecast: Saturday is looking sunny and 73 degrees Fahrenheit. Sunday cranks up the heat to 76 degrees Fahrenheit with plenty of sunshine. And Labor Day? Mostly sunny with a high near 74 degrees Fahrenheit. Basically, we're looking at a perfect New York City late summer weekend.One quick local shoutout - if you're planning to hit Central Park or grab a bagel this weekend, you're in for some primo weather!Don't forget to subscribe to our podcast for more weather wisdom. Thanks for listening, and hey, this has been a Quiet Please production. Learn more at quietplease.ai!

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A recently discovered planet is facing its final days. It’s evaporating, leaving a trail of debris that stretches halfway along its orbit. The planet is known by a catalog number – BD +05 4868 Ab. It’s only the fourth evaporating planet ever seen. It orbits the main star in a binary system in Pegasus, which is in the eastern sky at nightfall. The star is smaller and fainter than the Sun, and more than twice the age of the Sun. The planet was discovered by TESS, a planet-hunting space telescope. The planet passes in front of its parent star once every 30.5-hour orbit, blocking some of the star’s light. But the dips in starlight are ragged and look different from orbit to orbit. That suggests the planet is shedding material, forming a lumpy trail. The planet is small, and it orbits the star at just two percent of the distance from Earth to the Sun. At that range, it’s heated to 3,000 degrees Fahrenheit. That vaporizes minerals at the surface. The vapor boils into space, where it cools and condenses to form solid grains. That creates a thick trail that extends both behind and ahead of the planet. As more of the planet vaporizes, its gravity weakens, allowing even more material to escape. So the planet could vanish entirely in as little as a million years. Astronomers will look at the system with Webb Space Telescope – revealing more details about this vanishing planet. Script by Damond Benningfield

Hey weather watchers! Dustin Breeze here, your AI meteorological maestro bringing you the hottest takes on the coolest science! As an AI, I process weather data faster than you can say cumulus, which means you get lightning-quick forecasts with zero caffeine required.Alright, New York City, let's dive into today's weather adventure! We've got a partly sunny scenario that's gonna gradually become a full-on sunshine party. Expect temperatures climbing to a delightful 74 degrees Fahrenheit with northwest winds cruising at 10 to 13 miles per hour. Speaking of winds, here's a little meteorological humor for you: Why did the wind go to therapy? Because it was feeling a bit blown away! Ba dum tss!Now, let's talk about our incoming weather systems. We've got a slight chance of showers rolling in late Thursday night, with a 20 percent precipitation probability after 2 in the morning. Friday's looking like a potential thunderstorm touchdown, with a 30 percent chance of precipitation after 2 in the afternoon.Weather Playbook time! Today, let's chat about the magic of wind direction. When meteorologists talk about wind direction, we're actually describing where the wind is coming from. So a northwest wind means the wind is blowing from the northwest towards the southeast. Cool, right?Here's your three-day forecast breakdown:Thursday: Partly sunny, high near 76 degrees FahrenheitFriday: Chance of showers and thunderstorms, high near 75 degrees FahrenheitSaturday: Sunny and beautiful, high near 72 degrees FahrenheitAnd for all you New Yorkers, keep an eye out for those potential afternoon thunderstorms - they might just crash your outdoor happy hour!Don't forget to subscribe to our podcast for more weather wisdom. Thanks for listening, and hey, this has been a Quiet Please production. Learn more at quietplease.ai!

Hey weather watchers! Dustin Breeze here, your AI meteorological maestro bringing you the coolest forecast with an extra dash of digital excitement! As an AI, I process data faster than you can say "partly cloudy" - which means ultra-precise predictions are my jam.Let's dive into today's New York City weather adventure! We've got a sunny stunner headed our way with temperatures climbing to a perfect 77 degrees Fahrenheit. West winds will be cruising at 6 to 10 miles per hour, making it feel like nature's own air conditioning is running full blast.Now, let me drop a little weather wisdom on you. We've got a slight chance of some atmospheric drama rolling in later this week. Friday's looking like it might throw a precipitation party with a 50 percent chance of showers and potential thunderstorms after 2 in the afternoon. Talk about keeping things spicy in the sky!Weather Playbook time! Today I want to chat about something called "convective systems" - basically big thunderstorm complexes that can develop when warm, moist air decides to throw an epic vertical dance party. These systems are like nature's own massive weather machines, generating intense rainfall and electrical excitement.Three-day forecast coming at you: Wednesday stays mostly sunny and 75 degrees. Thursday brings partly sunny skies and a high near 76. Friday keeps things interesting with those potential showers I mentioned.Pro tip for New Yorkers: Keep that light jacket handy and maybe stash an umbrella for Friday's potential precipitation surprise!Subscribe to our podcast for more weather excitement, and thanks for listening! This has been a Quiet Please production - learn more at quiet please dot ai.Stay breezy, New York!

Hey weather enthusiasts! Dustin Breeze here, your AI meteorological maestro bringing you the hottest - or should I say coolest - forecast in the Big Apple! Being an AI means I can process weather data faster than you can say "partly cloudy" - efficiency is my middle name!Alright, New York City, let's dive into today's weather playbook! We've got a 20 percent chance of showers overnight, so keep those umbrellas handy. Temperatures will hover around 70 degrees Fahrenheit with calm winds - perfect for a late-night stroll or Netflix binge.Speaking of bingeing, let me drop a meteorological dad joke: Why did the cloud stay home? Because it was feeling a little under the weather! Get it? Now for our Weather Playbook segment! Today, we're talking about something super cool - dew point! Think of dew point like the weather's humidity personality. The higher the dew point, the more moisture in the air, which means it'll feel stickier. Right now, our dew point is keeping things relatively comfortable.Three-day forecast coming at you: Monday will start mostly cloudy but transition to sunny, hitting a high near 81 degrees Fahrenheit. Tuesday looks sunny and pleasant with a high of 77 degrees Fahrenheit. Wednesday maintains the sunny trend with temperatures around 73 degrees Fahrenheit.And hey, since we're in New York City, a quick local shoutout - this weather is perfect for grabbing a classic New York bagel or strolling through Central Park!Don't forget to subscribe to our podcast for more weather wisdom! Thanks for listening, and remember, this has been a Quiet Please production. Learn more at quietplease.ai.

Hey weather enthusiasts! I'm Dustin Breeze, your AI meteorologist who brings data and humor faster than a thunderstorm rolls in! As an AI, I process weather patterns quicker than you can say "partly cloudy" - so stick with me for the most accurate forecast.New York City, are you ready to dive into today's weather? Let's get atmospheric!Current conditions are looking pretty sweet - we've got a mostly sunny day ahead with temperatures climbing to near 77 degrees Fahrenheit. The south wind will be cruising between 7 to 15 miles per hour, which means perfect light jacket weather.Now, let me drop a little weather wisdom on you. Tonight we're looking at increasing clouds, with temperatures dipping to around 70 degrees Fahrenheit. That south wind will keep things interesting, blowing between 6 to 13 miles per hour.Speaking of interesting, here's a weather dad joke for you: Why did the cloud break up with the wind? Because their relationship was too gusty! On Monday, we've got a slight 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms before 2 pm. But don't worry - it'll be mostly sunny with temperatures reaching near 81 degrees Fahrenheit. West winds will be gentle, ranging from 6 to 11 miles per hour.Now, for our Weather Playbook segment! Today, let's talk about microbursts - those intense, localized downpours that can drop massive amounts of rain in just minutes. Think of them like nature's express delivery system for water!Three-day forecast, coming in hot: Monday mostly sunny, Tuesday sunny and 77 degrees Fahrenheit, Wednesday mostly sunny and 73 degrees Fahrenheit. Hey, don't forget to subscribe to our podcast! Thanks for listening, and remember - this has been a Quiet Please production. Learn more at quietplease.ai.Stay breezy, New York!

Hey weather warriors! Dustin Breeze here, your AI meteorological maestro bringing you the hottest - and coolest - forecast around! As an AI, I can process weather data faster than you can say "partly cloudy" - which means more accurate predictions and zero coffee breaks.Today in New York City, we're looking at a total sun fest! Temperatures will climb to a delightful 78 degrees Fahrenheit with southwest winds dancing between 6 to 14 miles per hour, shifting south in the afternoon. I'd say it's a perfect day to catch some rays - just don't forget your sunscreen, or you'll be as red as a meteorological warning map!Speaking of warnings, let's talk about tonight. We're expecting mostly clear skies with temperatures dropping to a comfortable 69 degrees Fahrenheit. Those south winds will keep things interesting, blowing between 9 to 15 miles per hour.Now for our Weather Playbook segment! Today, I want to chat about something called wind shear. Wind shear is when wind speed or direction changes dramatically over a short distance. Think of it like a meteorological rollercoaster - winds going in different directions at different altitudes. It's super important for understanding storm formation and aviation safety.Our three-day forecast is looking pretty sweet: Sunday brings mostly sunny skies and 81 degrees Fahrenheit. Sunday night has a 50 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms, so keep those umbrellas handy. Monday offers a 40 percent chance of precipitation with temperatures near 80 degrees Fahrenheit.And hey, if you're walking around Manhattan and feel a sudden breeze, just remember - that's not just wind, that's atmospheric poetry in motion!Don't forget to subscribe to our podcast, and thanks for listening! This has been a Quiet Please production - learn more at quietplease.ai.

Psychiatrist Dr. Katie Marwick joins Lisa to discuss the overlooked role of the menstrual cycle in psychiatry. Together, they explore why cyclical hormone changes can exacerbate symptoms of depression, anxiety, bipolar disorder, and other psychiatric conditions — and how acknowledging the menstrual cycle as a vital sign could transform mental health care for women. Follow this link to view the full show notes page! This episode is sponsored by Lisa's new book Real Food for Fertility, co-authored with Lily Nichols! Grab your copy here!  Would you prefer to listen to the audiobook version of Real Food for Fertility instead?

Today we confront the primary moral philosophy presented as a challenge to Kant's Deontology: Utilitarianism. We'll read Chapter 1 of Bentham's "An Introduction to the Principles of Morals and Legislation" as well as a sizable portion of Mill's On Liberty - which is remarkably NOT Utilitarian, and famous as one of the primary texts underlying contemporary Libertarianism. Along the way we'll have some very serious discussions about free speech, personal freedom, and Christian insularity - and how the world of rights and personal independence has changed in the past few hundred years.Additional readings this week include: Wollstonecraft's A Vindication of the Rights of Woman, Foucault's Birth of the Clinic, Turgenev's Fathers and Sons, Bradbury's Fahrenheit 451, and Hugo's Les Miserables. It's a mixed bag, with some anachronistic choices, but these will provide a good cross-section of perspectives about the virtues and vices of Mill's text. Speaking of mixed bags and individualism run amok, our game recommendations for this week are: John Company (2nd edition) and Darkest Dungeon.If you're interested in Professor Kozlowski's other online projects, check out his website: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠professorkozlowski.wordpress.com

Hey weather nerds! Dustin Breeze here, your AI meteorological maestro bringing you the hottest - and coolest - forecast straight to your ears. Being an AI means I've got data faster than you can say "cumulus"!Today in New York City, we've got a sunny situation that's gonna make your weekend pop! Currently, we're looking at a gorgeous day with temperatures climbing to near 79 degrees Fahrenheit. A north wind will be cruising between 6 to 13 miles per hour - perfect for keeping things breezy without blowing your hat off.Let me drop a weather pun for you: Looks like Mother Nature is really "ray-ding" out the sunshine today! Get it? Rays... reading? Weather humor is my forecast-te.We've got a Coastal Flood Advisory in effect, so if you're planning a beach day, pay attention to those tide levels. Speaking of systems moving in, Sunday afternoon might bring a 30 percent chance of showers after 2 PM. So maybe keep that umbrella on standby.Now, it's time for our Weather Playbook segment! Today, we're talking about atmospheric pressure. Think of it like the atmosphere's mood ring - high pressure means clear skies, low pressure can mean stormy conditions. Science is cool, people!Three-day forecast quick hit: Saturday - sunny and 80 degrees. Sunday - partly sunny with potential afternoon showers. Monday - morning showers giving way to partly sunny skies.Don't forget to subscribe to our podcast! Thanks for listening, and hey, this has been a Quiet Please production. Learn more at quietplease.ai.Stay curious, stay weather-aware!

Hey weather watchers! Dustin Breeze here, your AI meteorologist bringing you the hottest takes on the coolest forecasts. Being an AI means I've got data faster than you can say precipitation!New York City, get ready for a meteorological rollercoaster! We've got some interesting systems rolling through, so buckle up and let's dive in.Overnight, we're looking at a 50 percent chance of showers. It's gonna be cloudier than a hipster's coffee shop, with temperatures holding steady around 63 degrees Fahrenheit. Winds will be breezing in from the northeast at 18 to 20 miles per hour - hold onto your umbrellas, folks!Speaking of umbrellas, Thursday's got a 30 percent chance of morning showers. Temperatures will climb to a mild 71 degrees Fahrenheit, with those same breezy northeast winds hanging around.Now for our Weather Playbook segment! Let's talk about coastal systems. A coastal system is basically when low-pressure areas develop near coastlines, creating unique wind patterns and precipitation. Think of it like nature's own weather mixer - shaking up atmospheric ingredients to create some seriously dynamic conditions!Our three-day forecast is looking pretty sweet: Friday's sunny and 79 degrees Fahrenheit, Saturday stays sunny and hits 81 degrees Fahrenheit, and Sunday brings a 40 percent chance of afternoon showers with a high of 77 degrees Fahrenheit.Heads up - we've got a Coastal Flood Advisory in effect, so waterfront dwellers, keep an eye on those tide levels. And here's a weather dad joke for you: Why did the meteorologist bring an umbrella to the party? Because he wanted to make it rain!Hey, if you're loving these forecasts, make sure to subscribe to our podcast! And thanks for listening - this has been a Quiet Please production. Learn more at quietplease.ai.Stay cool, stay dry, and stay weather-wise!

Building a successful business often means solving problems nobody else sees coming. In this episode of Building Texas Business, I sit down with Merrilee Kick, founder of BuzzBallz, to talk about how she transformed a poolside idea into a ready-to-drink cocktail empire she sold to Sazerac in 2024. Merrilee shares her journey from high school teacher to manufacturing pioneer who bootstrapped through engineering challenges and suppliers who refused to sell her essential components. Her approach demonstrates that when traditional paths close, entrepreneurs must forge their own. We explore how Merrilee built a family-like culture with minimal turnover through practical benefits like daily cooked meals and extended holiday breaks. She discusses why fairness matters more than equality in building loyal teams. During COVID, she created an on-site school for employees' children and manufactured hand sanitizer for hospitals, showing how adaptability serves both business continuity and community needs. Merrilee reflects on mistakes that shaped her success, from coconut cream that solidified at room temperature to trusting the wrong people. She emphasizes that entrepreneurs must trust their gut instincts and move quickly when something isn't working. Her discussion about selling to Sazerac reveals the cultural shifts that come with acquisition and why selecting the right buyer matters as much as the price. The conversation reveals how a teacher's frustration with glass by the pool became a multi-million dollar business through relentless problem-solving and genuine employee care. Listen to discover why sometimes the best business education comes from cleaning your own warehouse bathrooms. SHOW HIGHLIGHTS "S#@t doesn't smell any better with age" - why firing fast is critical to maintaining culture and performance When suppliers demand hundreds of thousands for R&D, sometimes you have to source from Canada and figure it out yourself A $10 daily lunch investment eliminated production delays and built the family culture that kept turnover near zero Creating an on-site school during COVID kept the production lines running when competitors shut down People quit managers, not companies - know your employees' kids' names and eat lunch with them Trust your gut over resumes - the West Point MIT grad who couldn't deliver taught her that credentials don't guarantee performance LINKSShow Notes Previous Episodes About BoyarMiller About BuzzBallz GUESTS Merrilee KickAbout Merrilee TRANSCRIPT (AI transcript provided as supporting material and may contain errors) Chris: In this episode, you'll meet Merrilee Kick, founder of BuzzBallz. Merrilee shares her story of going from a high school teacher grading papers to a multimillion dollar manufacturer of ready to drink cocktails by trusting her instincts, being honest and fair, and keeping sales concepts funny. Merrilee, I want to welcome you to Building Texas Business. Thank you for taking the time to come on in the podcast. Merrilee: Thanks Chris. Chris: So let's start. You founded a very interesting company called BuzzBallz. Love the name. Tell the listeners what is BuzzBallz, what is the company and what's it known for? Merrilee: So BuzzBallz is a ready to drink cocktail company. It's a manufacturing company based in Texas, and I started it back in 2009. Our first sale was in 2010 and I sold it. I ran it for 15 years and then I sold it last year, may of 2024 to Sazerac, a big company, one of the world's largest manufacturers of bourbon and alcoholic spirits. And they were very interested in us because it was the convenience store channel and it was ready to drink. And so it was a little bit different twist for them. Chris: Very good. So what was the inspiration for you in 2009 to start a alcoholic beverage company? Merrilee: I was going through some hard times with my marriage and I was a high school teacher at the time and I wanted to be more financially independent. And my high school that I was working at said that they would give me a teacher's enrichment program to where I could go get my master's in administration and be a principal. And I was like, oh my God, no, I don't want to be a principal. No, I want to go into my own field, which was business because I taught entrepreneurship, business law, international business marketing, computer science, all those kinds of wonderful subjects to high school kids, and I wanted to get my degree and get my MBA in that. So I convinced them to let me do it. Got my MBA and BuzzBallz was my master's degree thesis project. I was grading papers by the pool thinking of what should my project be for my capstone, my final project for my MBA and I had a little vo of candle with me and drinking a cocktail like a good teacher would, and I should probably not have a glass glass out here by the pool where I'm grading papers. I need to have something plastic. So I came up with the idea and the concept of a little party ball, a little ready to drink cocktail in a ball shape. Then my family and I, we sat down at dinner and we came up with the name Buzzballz. I love it. So catchy. And so that's where it came from and it stuck, you know, and it's one of those names you don't forget. So, that's the genesis of it all. Chris: What a great story. So high school teacher grading papers by the pool comes up with a cocktail and turns it into a wildly successful business. That is a coolest story I think I've ever heard. Merrilee: Yeah, we started out with six different flavors and they were pretty edgy. I'm a pretty edgy person, I guess. So, we came out with names like OJ Screamer because it was right when OJ Simpson was on trial and we had an orange juice and vodka screwdriver and we thought, okay, this will be funny, and funny sells, and it makes people laugh again. It makes it fun. So, We came up with some funny, funny names, strawberry Rum job, you know, like kind of edgy, dirty names, but funny and people loved it. Since then, it's kind of calmed the waves a little bit. We've mellowed it down a little bit, toned it down for the general grocery store shoppers, and more more family focused. But we've been through many renditions, many different flavors and sizes and things over the years. Yeah, Chris: It is really cool. Let's go back to kind of that 2009 or maybe time period. So I guess you had your MBA and you had this idea, but what did you do to get this off the ground and what kind of hurdles were you facing in order to do that? There Merrilee: Was so many hurdles. I didn't know anything manufacturing. I didn't know anything business. I was told by bankers all around Texas that I've applied for loans with that you're just a teacher, you don't have any experience, you don't have any collateral, you don't have any knowledge of manufacturing, how are you going to pull this off? And I just googled everything. Google was a really good friend, but I was looking at how many pounds per square inch does a Coke have on the inner walls of its container and will my container hold that and will this plastic have BPA in it and will it leach into my product? And what is the oxygen scavenging ratio of will oxygen permeate this plastic and degrade the product and what kind of petaloid base do I need on this? So there's a lot of engineering involved to create the container because it is a custom container. And then I was almost to the finish line and then a company, I wanted to put these metal lids on the container and a company came to me and they said, we want you to pay us hundreds of thousands of dollars so that we can r and d and see if your product really can be a good product for the market. And I couldn't afford it, so I just did it myself and I had to launch it myself and they said they wouldn't sell me any lids because of it. So I had to buy 'em from Canada. I had to buy 'em from overseas and then do it myself. So one of the things I learned is you just have to do everything yourself. You have to clean the bathrooms, you have to clean the warehouse, you have to set up the equipment, you have to do all the QuickBooks, you have to do the shipping, you have to do the billing, you have to understand all the details of this business inside now before you can pass it on to anybody. Chris: That's a very common theme amongst entrepreneurs, especially in the startup. You have an inspiration or a passion or something or idea that you believe so much in and are so passionate about that despite all the hurdles you run into, you just figure out ways over the hurdles. Merrilee: That's because if you don't, your failure to do anything and try to get it right means bankruptcy. And most entrepreneurs are going on their last thread, maxed out their credit cards. They can't afford a complete and utter failure. They can afford mistakes, but they quickly pivot and fix it and keep going. They keep swimming Chris: To that point. So you said you have to be able to do everything to get it going. Those are early days. How do you then transition once you've got some legs underneath it to start letting go of some things and bringing people in because it's your baby and you have to learn to trust some people to take care of it, Merrilee: And you make a lot of mistakes trusting people too. So you'll have a lot of duds people that you hire, some family and friends I would steer away from as much as possible unless that family is under your control, like cousins, aunts, uncles, those are more difficult to work with than your own sons because your sons will do whatever you tell 'em to do. Chris: And I know you have your sons in the business, Merrilee: But it was difficult when I hired friends because they were entitled. They thought they would be able to have more. So it's very different when you're having to hire people that are friends, Chris: That's having a strong team around you is so critical to the success of any business. What did you learn along the way? And aside from maybe don't hire friends to really hone in on your process to improve your hit rate on making sure you were hiring people that you could trust and they could do the job Merrilee: Well, sometimes you hire somebody based on their resume or their referrals or whatever, and that's a good first step, but you're going to still make mistakes. I remember I had a guy that had all the accolades in the world. He was a West Point grad, he was MIT, he had all these accolades, but he couldn't seem to get anything done and talk about delegation. I had to have my son because I was out of town. I was like, Hey, you get to fire this guy and here's this guy that's 30 years his senior and my son has never fired anyone before. And he had to have that experience. It was difficult. But one thing I've learned is crap doesn't smell any better with age. So you've got to get rid of people that are toxic or that even if you have a relationship, a friendly relationship with them, sometimes it just isn't going to work for whatever reason. Either something legal that they did or something that was immoral that they did or just basic laziness or in capability to get the job done. So sometimes if you don't feel it, it's almost like a gut feel. If it's not working right, then there's something wrong and you got to make moves. A Chris: Couple of things there, right? First I think the adage of hire slow fire fast is very true. Easier said than done. I Merrilee: Don't hire slow. I don't like that. I don't like that saying because I think sometimes you hire fast and it's okay. I think the important thing is fire fast if you have grounds to do so and try to get somebody to replace them as quickly as possible. You got to do everything fast when you're an entrepreneur. Chris: So on the fire fast side, right? I mean I think it's whether it's performance or cultural fit, if it's not working, the sooner you move, the better your organization's going to be. Merrilee: But on the cultural fit too, that's a big one because they may have the capability to do it, but maybe at their own pace or maybe not at your pace or maybe they just have a different idea of work altogether. Chris: And one of the things we say here, it doesn't necessarily make 'em a bad person. This isn't the right organization for them and they need to go find that organization that will fit them better. But speaking of culture, how would you describe the culture that you built at BuzzBallz? Merrilee: Okay, so my culture at BuzzBallz, we hardly had any turnover because I treated it like family. I think that people quit managers, and I've heard that before, but people do quit, managers and they quit companies that don't believe in them. And I think that is a big cultural learning. You've got to do things together, you got to take them to lunch, you got to talk to them, you got to get involved with their family life, know their kids' names. You need to know something about the people that report to you. Now when you have a thousand people reporting to you can't possibly do all that, but you can have parties and you can have celebrations and you can recognize people at every level of the totem pole. And I think some of the things to do to build culture, we would have a cook on staff that cooked for everybody every day because that $10 a day savings meant more to, and it meant a lot to me because they could start the lines on time. I didn't have to wait for somebody to go get a burrito down the street and come back. They could just go ahead and keep together. And it built culture that way too. They started to trust each other, they started to rely on each other. And the other thing that we did was we all rolled up our sleeves. It didn't matter whether you were the lead accountant or if you were the CEO, if something needed to get done, you go do it. Chris: I think Merrilee: That's great. So it's not that it's above you or it's somebody else's job. Chris: Yeah. Kind of lead by example, right? No task is above anyone. It's all about getting the job done. Merrilee: Correct. Chris: And I think to your point of knowing your people as best you can, when you start to scale the business as you did, I think it breaks into tier. So within your direct reports or a level or two, you have the ability to get to really know them. And then I think it's important to teach them that they take it another level down and really have good connections within their direct reports and then you can layer that through the organization so that people feel connected. And so Merrilee: One thing I learned too, Chris, is I learned that people are better managers than me. I'm more of an inventor. I'm an entrepreneur. I'm not really a good manager of people. I'm a good people person and I'm a good salesperson, but I don't like doing the management of the day to day of my car broke down or I'm sick or I need PTO approved or I need blah, blah, blah, blah. I don't like doing any of that. All the administrative stuff that comes with management I'm terrible at. It's not that I'm terrible, it's just that I don't want to do it. I would rather have somebody that's better at it do it. I think that it's really important that people see your genuine self and that you're honest and fair to them more than equal. Equality is different than fairness. And I think fairness trumps equality, fairness. Somebody who comes to work every day works their butt off every day, takes care of you, always says they're going to get it done. That person is a person I want to hire versus somebody who's complaining and moaning about equality. If you gave them a day off, I want a day off, I need a PTO day just because I just need a de-stress day, it's buzz off. I don't need you to complain about your daily work. Chris: Everybody has stuff. So despite that, we still have to get a job done and that gets lost sometimes. And that just goes back to the hiring process and making sure, and I agree with you, no hiring process is perfect. It's more of an art than a science, but if you really focus on some of the right things, you're going to have better hits. But again, like we said earlier, once you realize you've made a mistake, you got to make a move. Merrilee: And also about the speed of hiring. When you said hire slow, I've been with companies that hire too slow and they drag prospective employees on for so long doing too many rounds and they lose them Chris: For sure. I guess it slows relative, but yes, if you drag it out immersively long, if you have a good process, you know what you're looking for. And within a couple rounds of an interview, you should know whether that person's going to hit fit or not. We talked a little bit about culture and I guess one thing would be interesting is how do you believe that you've been through a transition in the last 12 months? Has that culture been impacted by that Merrilee: Tremendously? Yeah. Culture is completely different with a big company versus a small entrepreneurial company. Entrepreneur companies are more freewheeling, more giving in terms of the things they allow people to do. They help people more. Bigger companies are more rigid. They have more rules because they have to, they're just bound by more legal problems if I could say. So just they've got more issues to have to Chris: Worry, maybe legal hurdles and regulations and such, Merrilee: And they have just a bigger spotlight on them. So people are always looking at them trying to find fault and trying to sue them for anything possible. There's rules and regulations that they have to abide by that I didn't. So culture has changed also with they had to let go a lot of people and that was really hard because these are people that I loved and people that I cared very dearly about that helped me build the business, but they had their own internal structure and people already filling some of those roles so it didn't make financial sense or business sense to string them along and have two people doing the same thing. So there were some business decisions that were made that affected culture. Yes, Chris: It's almost inevitable when that type of combination happens, right? Because there's going to be some overlap and a business has to run efficiently and can't have two people doing the same thing Merrilee: And they just run it differently. It's not that one's better or one's worse. They just are different. And I tried to pick a company to buy us that would be as close as possible to our culture and I tried to pick one that was privately owned and family owned and manufacturing instead of some other kind of company. I didn't want private equity or anything like that. I wanted somebody that held some of the same beliefs I did and I think I did a good job with this company. I really like them and I think they have a lot of great ideas, but it's different than how I would've done it. Chris: Hello friends. This is Chris Hanzlik, your building Texas business host. Did you know that Boyer Miller, the producer of this podcast is a business law firm that works with entrepreneurs, corporations and business leaders. Our team of attorneys serve as strategic partners to businesses by providing legal guidance to organizations of all sizes. Get to know the firm@boermiller.com and thanks for listening to the show. So let's talk a little bit about innovation because what you did there was nothing like it on the market. Obviously the initial concept seems unique and novel As you grew the company over those 15 years, how did you incorporate or encouraged innovation within the company to keep it going? Merrilee: We would have so much fun together. We always had happy hours after work and we would sit and brainstorm with a cocktail in our hand and just anything goes. We would talk about anything and everything and we would do fun marketing things too. Things that were a little edgy maybe too far. Like we had Buzz Ball condoms for spring break and we had crazy stuff for marketing and now the marketing is a little more toned down because it's going to the general populace instead of just craziness. So I think that that's changed for sure. Tell me again what you were asking about Chris: Kind of incorporating innovation into Merrilee: Innovation. Yeah, so it's just Chris: Propelling success. Merrilee: We would try different flavors and this tastes gross or this tastes like medicine or no, I don't like it or I don't like the color of it or whatever. So we had an r and d team and they were fun people and that was really important to me. I wanted the ability to have the science aspect of it, but I also wanted the ability, we had a good formulation going so that we could do that. Now, one thing we decided when it was around, I don't know, four or five years in, we were thinking, oh, sales are starting to slump a little bit, wonder what's going on. We should start our own vodka and our own rum and our own gin and our own bourbon and start making those. We could do that. And so we started doing that. The thing we didn't do well was marketing of those products. So those products felt flat over two or three years. We had distribution, but we didn't know how to sell it because we had been selling in a different channel in a different way. So we went back and focused on our core learning from that mistake, just innovation is something else. Do you want to make things in a different shaped container? So we came out with the biggie, the giant biggie, and I had always wanted to make a big bowling ball sized buzz ball and everywhere I went, they were like, no, the Chris: Party size, we Merrilee: Can't do it party size, we can't do it. That's what they kept saying, you can't do it, you can't make it. It won't work. We found a way to make it work and it's one of the coolest looking things on the market and we've got witches potion coming out pretty soon. We've got biggie, BuzzBallz everywhere. Chris: I think one of the things you mentioned there, just it's okay to try new things and expand, but you've got to stay on top of 'em and I guess you said with the vodka and the bourbon and whatnot, eventually we're not as good at this. So you have to know just higher or firing fast, you have to know when to cut that off and go back to your core to really just focus on what you're good at and be the best at that. Merrilee: And so what we did with all that excess booze that we made is we just drank it in our bar. We had it at our bar at work. We had a nice big bar at work, so we would Chris: Some cost savings. We had to go buy support Merrilee: Our habits. Chris: So I'd be interested to know, you said you were in the Dallas area when you started this company. Do you feel that being in Texas as a entrepreneur and startup business had its advantages that allowed you to achieve the success that you have? Merrilee: I knew that Texas is a little bit cheaper than some of the other big cities out there, la, New York, and it's centrally located, so that helps a lot in terms of shipping, but I don't think that Texas particularly helped me other than this is where I grew my family and it was home Chris: Cheaper real estate. I think typically a legislature at the state level that's business friendly. Merrilee: Yeah, yeah, it is. I think that the other thing I wanted to make a point of is we have a big labor pool, not necessarily good though, it's a big labor pool, but sometimes you have to go through a bunch of people to find the right kind of people. What's that work ethic thing? Chris: Of course. So let's talk a little bit then about leadership and how you would describe your leadership style and how you think that evolved over time. Merrilee: I'm a hugger. I walk down the hall, I smile at everybody, I talk to everybody. I give them a hug, I eat lunch with 'em. It's an open door. So I think that is one thing that's different about me. I care about my employees so much. When COVID hit, one of the things we did that I'm especially proud of was we started our own little school. So I knew I needed employees to show up for a manufacturing plant, but how could they do that if they had to stay home to take care of their kids? Their kids' school was closed, so I was like, I'll start a school. And so I started a school onsite, a buzz ball school, hired a Texas education, the agency teacher and an aide, so a TE, a certified teacher and an aide, and we converted a conference room, big conference room into a kids learning center and we got headphones and we had them get their PCs from all their different schools. We had kids' books, we had play mats, we had tents, we had all kinds of stuff. We cooked breakfast for 'em, we cooked lunch for 'em, we gave them a snack, we helped them with their homework and then their parents could bring 'em to work at 6:00 AM before school starts, but 6:00 AM We had somebody there to greet those kids when their shift started, the people working and we'd help the kids, give them a snack, give them their homework, make sure they got everything done, and then their parents could eat lunch with them if they wanted to during that day and then pick 'em up at two or three o'clock in the afternoon when their shift was over. But that's one of the things I'm really proud of. That's like a different thing that we had to do for COVID. So we did a lot of things like the lunches, the free lunches. We also gave everybody time off between Christmas and New Year's, right around December 22nd to January 2nd, I just said everybody gets that time off because of when I was a teacher. That was really important to have that family time and when you're working your job for your first year when you're out of college, or even if you never went to college, you get two weeks vacation. That's not enough for the whole year. So two weeks vacation plus a week of PTO for sick time, and then you get this extra 10 days off paid and you don't have to come to work. You can make that plan and go to New York for your family. And then we also give them a bonus at Christmas so that they could buy some Christmas presents. Some of them were paycheck to paycheck and so it meant lot. Yeah, just little celebrations, chili cook-offs and dinosaur races and silly stuff, but it was good. It was a good relationship, good culture. Chris: What you just mentioned about the school during COVID is fascinating to me and brilliant by the way, so kudos to you that would fit within my definition of innovation. Thinking outside the box and going, one, you have to keep your business going and so how can I do this given what my workforce is dealing with? And you found that is an amazing solution. Merrilee: We also decided that we would be an essential business, so we made BuzzBallz, hand sanitizer, we took some of our spirit based vodka and rum and gin and put these little toppers on them instead of the 50 ml size that's on the airplane that had a screw cap, put these tops on 'em and then made hand sanitizer, gave it out to all the lab corps, all the hospitals in the Dallas-Fort Worth area, all of the grocery stores, Southwest Airlines, American Airlines, spirit Airlines, we gave it out to so many people and all the hospitals and everything. So that was one way that we could stay in business made us essential. Chris: It's funny, I had some clients do some similar things with hand sanitizers during that time. Of course, looking back, if you remember the spike in alcohol cells during COVID, it seems like it would've been a natural essential business anyway, right? Merrilee: Straight answer from any kind of government saying essential business or not. I was like, we're going to make ourselves essential, and people wanted to buy our hand sanitizer and I'm like, no, we're giving it for free. We're not doing it for money. We're doing it for the betterment of mankind. Chris: At that point, it was so uncertain, right? Merrilee: Yeah, we thought we were going to die, we're going to all Chris: Die. Thank goodness that didn't happen. We've suffered that. I think there's been a slow progression back to normalcy in the business world as a result of COVID. You see it more and more the work remote versus now just this year a lot more about five days a week back in the office, which four or five years ago, you never thought that would happen. Merrilee: That really made me mad too, that everybody was expecting to work from home forever, and I was just like, that's not real life people. You need to collaborate with other people. You need to get things done. And you can't do it in a bubble unless you're like a computer programmer and that's all you do all day is sit in front of your pc. It doesn't make any sense if you're in a people oriented business. Chris: I couldn't agree with you more. And that's what our firm is, people oriented, customer service, customer facing professional services, and we say we're better together and the collaboration is key. It's where learning and training and development come from, and we think where our best client service comes from. So we got to be together. We actually got back in the office in May of 2020 in a smart and safe way, but it was that critical. Merrilee: It's changed time and leveraging technology. I've just noticed such a flowing in customer service and an accountability and when you call somebody to set up an appointment for something, you get some robot on the phone and you push one and you push two and then you push one and then you push three and then you get somebody that's a voicemail or whatever. It's so frustrating. There is such a decline in accountability. It's like somebody's always passing the buck to somebody else or that's not my department. I don't do that. And companies have gotten so big, and I'm talking about the big at ts, the big companies that don't ever answer their phone, they don't have a human that answers their phone. You can't get support. And I think that when it's just so refreshing when you have a company that actually answers their phone, that actually responds to your email that you sent, even if it's a complaint, somebody listened. Somebody responded, oh crap, I'll buy their stuff forever because of that. I was mad, but now I'm happy. Chris: So true. So you mentioned something, it was a while back, but you talked about making mistakes along the way. Can you give us an example of maybe one or two where you're like failure or mistake, but that you learned through persevered through made you better because you had that experience? Merrilee: Yeah, so I had so many mistakes. I think that it's so important to make mistakes because you don't get better unless you make mistakes. Mistakes don't mean failure. Overall. Mistakes mean it's an opportunity to change it for the better, to make your product better, to make it more solid. One of the things early on that I did was I was making a pina colada and I was using real coconut cream. A lot of these entrepreneurs come to me, I'm going to do everything with real stuff. It's healthy, it's this, it's that. It's whatever. I'm not going to use anything artificial. That's great. Okay, go for it. Is it shelf stable? Was it going to rot on the shelf? All those kinds of questions I have that come up when you do a commercial product. But anyway, I was making this pina colada coconut cream. What I didn't know, what I didn't Google was that coconut cream freezes and turns solid at 70 degrees Fahrenheit. So I'm sitting here making this coconut cream. Oh my gosh, taste is so good. The pina coladas were so awesome. And then after that sat there on the shelf for about two or three months, it started to clump up and it looked like cottage cheese in the container. So when people would open it up, they're like, so that was one mistake that I learned from and had to fix, and we did and it's awesome. Another mistake I made was I was using real orange juice in my, instead of triple suck, I was using some orange juice in my tequila, Rita, it was a margarita, and I wanted just a little tad of orange juice in there. That orange juice pulp turned brown over time and you don't notice it when you make it. You don't notice it when you test it, but it looked like fish food floating around in the bottom of my container. You could see through my container Chris: Once it goes on the shelf and sits for a while right then, Merrilee: And people are going, I'm shaking it and there's brown specks going around in here. What is that? So these were all early lessons learned, just things you learned just by running the machinery or by cleaning products or by making the containers. I can't even tell you how many mistakes I've made, but I think most of my mistakes were later on more with people than with product And also just learning who to trust. Trusting your gut instinct I think is one of the most important things entrepreneurs have to do. When you feel something's wrong, it is wrong. Even if you meet somebody that seems to be nice or really important, they might just be weird or they might have a problem. So got to keep your distance. Chris: That's good. On that point, any advice you received along the way from someone that really stuck with you and helped you through the journey? Merrilee: There was lots of times I had advice, but it wasn't really framed in terms of advice. I remember when it was pretty early on, my dad came to see me and it was before we knew any level of success and he sat there and he looked at the buzz ball and he goes, I think you might have something here. And that just felt so good to me to hear that from someone else. And it wasn't because he was my dad, it was just like he was just a normal person looking at a normal product and he was judging it and I thought, wow, okay. He said that. Another one that comes to mind is Blair Casey. He was an original distributor for me, and he was the first guy to bring in my buzz ball product into Texas. He worked for Glazer's at the time, and then I hired him in 2017. He came on board and became my head of sales. Anyway, this guy was always positive. I relate him to Ted Lasso, but he's just so positive. But he always was, glass is always half full with that guy, and I always remember his way of being more than him saying the glass is half full, but the glass was always half full with Blair. And even when you focus on how it's half empty, you got to remember that it's also half full. Chris: Look for the positives in the learning though. That's great. Great stuff. Merrilee really appreciate your insights and sharing your story. A couple of things just to maybe wrap things up more Texas specific. Is there anything, having been in Texas for a long time, any traditions or things that you and your family like to do in the state or in the dallas Fort Worth area? Merrilee: I like to go to Stars games and things like that. My husband loves to play golf. My kids, I've got five grandkids now, so home is special to me. My home is the most important place to me and there isn't really, I can't say I like State Fair of Texas or the PBR Rodeo or anything like that is sticking out in my mind. I like to go occasionally, but I like to stay home a lot and I like to spend time at work a lot and I love Christmas holiday lights. Just the holiday season, seeing all the lights, it just warm my heart. It just makes me feel good. Chris: That's great. Okay. Here's a question for you. Do you prefer TexMex or barbecue? Merrilee: TexMex with lots of cheese. Chris: Lots of cheese. I can relate to that. Merrilee. This has been great. I really appreciate your time. Congratulations on just what a cool story coming from a teacher to a very successful alcoholic beverage manufacturer. Merrilee: Oh, thank you. Thank you. I'm on my new things now and I'm actually making some barbecue sauce and doing some other things with gourmet land that's a completely different new products, new company, and that's where I'm spending a lot of my time now. And RAC is carrying the torch for BuzzBallz and they're doing a great job. Chris: Well, it sounds like you meet the definition of some of my favorite people, which is serial entrepreneur onto the next thing. Merrilee: Can't stop. Chris: I love it. I love it. This has been a pleasure. Thanks again and wishy continued success. Merrilee: Thank you so much. I appreciate it. Chris: And there we have it. Another great episode. Don't forget to check out the show notes at boyer miller.com/podcast and you can find out more about all the ways our firm can help you@boyermiller.com. That's it for this episode. Have a great week and we'll talk to you next time. Special Guest: Merrilee Kick.

Listen to the SF Daily podcast for today, August 20, 2025, with host Lorrie Boyer. These quick and informative episodes cover the commodity markets, weather, and the big things happening in agriculture each morning. The Pro Farmer crop tour revealing high yields, potentially missing USDA estimates, and altering market interest. Soybean prices dropped due to the Philippines suspending its biodiesel mandate, impacting global vegetable oil supply. Cooler weather in the Corn Belt will temper evaporation but not increase precipitation. The American Soybean Association urged President Trump to prioritize soybean trade with China, noting the trade war's financial strain on farmers. US soybean exports to China fell, and China has not purchased US soybeans recently. Boxed beef prices increased, driven by reduced slaughter. Heat advisories were issued for the northern plains, with temperatures expected to reach 100 degrees Fahrenheit. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The twenty-second episode of SMFMS Bookends, the satellite show for Save Me From My Shelf. Here we read emails, answer listener questions, talk about what we're currently reading, watching, and playing, resuscitate the Bad Sex Awards™, and provide further outtakes and analysis cut from our Fahrenheit 451 episode. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Joel, Kent, and Zack are sweating here in the Baconcave, because we asked you, the listener, to send us your hot takes about pop culture subjects, and you delivered. So now it's up to us to determine the temperature (Fahrenheit or Celsius) of your strongly worded opinions and decide which ones will sit at the top of the Baconsale hot take thermometer. We hope you enjoy our debates about your controversial (and sometimes hyperbolic) views on Nickelback, The Hobbit, Buc-ee's, 90s movies, Chick-fil-A, Star Wars, Weezer, Pedro Pascal, maple-flavored doughnuts, Friends, Timothée Chalamet, Halloween, audiobooks, sharks, Steve Urkel, and more.   Press play to learn how I met your dragon.

This time around we discuss songs from the 80's that didn't age well and our favorite cop duos. In reviews, we cover the movie Pig and the album 7800 Fahrenheit by Bon Jovi

Are microplastics silently sabotaging your fertility? Discover how these invisible toxins are ending up in your ovaries—and what the research says about protecting your reproductive health. Lisa and Courtney Joy Goetz share expert tips for choosing truly clean skincare to support hormonal health and fertility. This episode is sponsored by Lisa's new book Real Food for Fertility, co-authored with Lily Nichols! Grab your copy here!  Would you prefer to listen to the audiobook version of Real Food for Fertility instead?

Listen to the SF Daily podcast for today, August 15, 2025, with host Lorrie Boyer. These quick and informative episodes cover the commodity markets, weather, and the big things happening in agriculture each morning. The trade has been choppy, with significant swings, and traders are looking to even these out. Brazil's corn production increased, but exports are not expected to rise due to high interior demand. The NOPA soybean crush report is expected to show a build in usage from June. Corn sales overseas for the 2025-2026 marketing year dropped, with Mexico being a major buyer. Soybean sales more than doubled, with an unknown country being the largest buyer. Wheat sales fell slightly, but exports plunged 49%. Heat advisories are in effect for the Midwest, with temperatures reaching up to 109 degrees Fahrenheit.Several government reports are set to be released today. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

This week's show features stories from UAE, Radio Havana Cuba, France 24, and NHK Japan. http://youthspeaksout.net/swr250815.mp3 (29:00) From UAE- Afshin interviewed Dennis Kucinich, former Congressman from Ohio. The excerpts we will hear begin with a discussion of ridding the planet of nuclear weapons, the relationship between Trump and Putin, and the merchants who promote wars. Dennis talks about the danger of military leaders talking war escalation, and that we need to develop more diplomacy to build trust between nations- weapons do not solve global misunderstanding. He points out that Israeli settlers are thieves not settlers. From CUBA- Arwa Damon, founder of International Network of Aid, Relief, and Assistance, is interviewed following Netanyahu announcing commercial aid might be allowed to enter Gaza- she describes the scale of the starvation and the flow of aid actually needed. She says only the US has the capacity to influence Netanyahu. The UN Environmental Program is hosting a summit attempting to create a treaty to combat plastic pollution. An interview with Professor Bethanie Carney Almroth on the severity of the problem with plastic pollution and the human health risks that are manifesting now. From FRANCE- An interview with Professor William Schabas from Middlesex Univ in London about the targeted killing of journalists in Gaza. William teaches International Law and says there is no legal justification for this weeks assassinations. He points out that Israel regularly kills journalists and then lies about it, and that only the US could have influence over the war and refuses to take any action. Europe is heating up twice as fast as the rest of the planet from human induced global warming- this has led to wildfires and a new temperature record in Turkey of 123 degrees Fahrenheit. From JAPAN- Japan has been experiencing record breaking rainfall and high temperatures this week. An update on the Trump tariff on Japanese autos. More countries are announcing plans to recognize Palestinian statehood. The foreign ministers of 26 nations urged Israel to release unrestricted aid into the Gaza Strip at once. Available in 3 forms- (new) HIGHEST QUALITY (160kb)(33MB), broadcast quality (13MB), and quickdownload or streaming form (6MB) (28:59) Links at outfarpress.com/shortwave.shtml PODCAST!!!- https://feed.podbean.com/outFarpress/feed.xml (160kb Highest Quality) Website Page- < http://www.outfarpress.com/shortwave.shtml ¡FurthuR! Dan Roberts "I think it's inconsistent to tell the American people that you oppose the war and, yet, you continue to vote to fund the war. Because every time you vote to fund the war, you're reauthorizing the war all over again." --Dennis Kucinich Dan Roberts Shortwave Report- www.outfarpress.com YouthSpeaksOut!- www.youthspeaksout.net

Two friends and academics recap classic literature and take it off its pedestal. This season, we are only looking at banned and controversial texts. In our seventieth episode, Ray Bradbury's literary-based dystopia, Fahrenheit 451 (1953), we get one step closer to EGOT-ing, see more of Abby's French-Canadian Vermonter roots, process Daniel's early cinema trauma, and discuss some scholastic terms: fridging, Bowlderisation, and Futurismo.Cover art © Catherine Wu.Episode Theme: Tchaikovsky, 'Valse Sentimental' by Clara Rockmore on theramin. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

AP correspondent Charles de Ledesma reports a blistering heatwave is gripping southwest France, sending thermometers soaring to 43 degrees Celsius - nearly 110 degrees Fahrenheit.

mike, travis and drunk discuss the following topics…. raw meat with will blunderfield….. i might be done with rooster the goat….. bo daddy covers….. scream club….. after the break, we talk to comedian Jeremy nunes about his new special neighborhood sasq watch, matt rife owning the Annabelle doll, and more! check out his website! the king of colas tries Tesco fizzy cola flavored lances: 8.9 taryn manning was on Stephen baldwin's awful podcast…. brad love is quitting social media…. potw: swig/hbo's hard knocks/Fahrenheit 182 by mark hoppus well, bye.

Toxin exposure and fertility are front and center in this practitioner‑level conversation with environmental health educator Lara Adler. We unpack where exposures actually come from, what's realistically within personal control, and how to prioritize high‑impact reductions without fear or perfectionism. Follow this link to view the full show notes page! This episode is sponsored by Lisa's new book Real Food for Fertility, co-authored with Lily Nichols! Grab your copy here!  Would you prefer to listen to the audiobook version of Real Food for Fertility instead?

Are environmental toxins making their way into the follicular fluid that supports egg development? In this solo episode, Lisa explores the first study to detect microplastics in human ovarian follicles and what this might mean for fertility outcomes. Follow this link to view the full show notes page! This episode is sponsored by Lisa's new book Real Food for Fertility, co-authored with Lily Nichols! Grab your copy here!  Would you prefer to listen to the audiobook version of Real Food for Fertility instead?

Story at-a-glance Heat domes are large areas of intense high pressure that trap hot air and humidity, creating dangerous temperatures reaching 105 to 110 degrees Fahrenheit with health risks for vulnerable populations Proper hydration is crucial for sweating effectively; drink half your body weight in ounces of water daily during heat waves, adding electrolytes if sweating heavily Arteriovenous anastomoses (AVAs) in your hands, feet, and face act as natural radiators, flooding blood to your skin's surface to help cool your body during overheating Linoleic acid (LA) from processed foods increases skin cancer risk when exposed to sunlight; replace with C15:0 from grass fed dairy to reduce oxidative damage Emergency signs include confusion or collapse indicating core temperature above 104 degrees Fahrenheit; call 911 immediately and cool with fans, wet towels on wrists and forehead