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Fox Entertainment quietly approves Runway AI for public-facing deliverables, marking a significant industry shift. In this episode, hosts Addy Ghani and Joey Daoud dissect this major development and what it means for other studios. They explore the actual capabilities of AI in film and TV production today, examining real-world applications and the necessity of custom training foundational models. Plus, they discuss Natasha Lyonne's upcoming AI film directorial debut.

This week brought more headaches for former Fox (Entertainment) "News" host turned Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth. Amidst whispers of chaos at the Pentagon, Pete ranted about the media on the White House lawn as attendees enjoyed a holiday dedicated to a risen savior by rolling expensive eggs and learning about corporate sponsorships. As more Federal agencies and jobs are dismantled, a whistleblower submitted a report on DOGE's concerning activity to remove sensitive data. Meanwhile, Harvard became the first major university to refuse to comply with administration demands, setting off a chaotic but amusing game of chicken. Senator Chris Van Hollen of Maryland made good on his promise to go to El Salvador and try to get Kilmar Abrego Garcia out of CECOT, speaking with him under supervision and with shameless efforts to sway the optics of their meeting. The judicial branch is still fighting back, with one judge moving forward to hold the administration in contempt for violating his order, and with the Supreme Court at a crossroads in the hell of their own making. Through it all, RFK Jr. continues to remind people why no one should listen to him - ever. Also, a bunch of women in skin tight bodysuits and glam went high up in the air in a rocket shaped like a penis and got upset when no one thought it was cool. All opinions are personal and not representative of any outside company, person, or agenda. This podcast is hosted by a United States citizen, born and raised in a military family that is so very proud of this country's commitment to free speech. Information shared is cited via published articles, legal documents, press releases, government websites, public videos, news reports, and/or direct quotes and statements, and all may be paraphrased for brevity and presented in layman's terms. “I love America more than any other country in the world and, exactly for this reason, I insist on the right to criticize her perpetually.” - James BaldwinWanna support this independent pod? Links below:BuyMeACoffee - https://www.buymeacoffee.com/BBDBVenmo @TYBBDB Get ad-free listening with a Patreon membership Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

What lessons from tennis can you apply to your day-to-day life? How do you build a career as a dealmaker working with high-profile talent? How has the entertainment industry, and what it needs from its lawyers, changed over the years?Join Peter Steckelman, Senior Vice President of Business and Legal Affairs at the Tennis Channel, as he shares stories from his uniquely wide-ranging career in entertainment law, including working in-house work at Disney, Fox Entertainment, Warner Brothers, Mattel, and Konami.Listen as Peter serves up stories about his lifelong love for tennis, negotiating with celebrity athletes, and the joys of working in film, television, video games, streaming, and more.Read detailed summary: https://www.spotdraft.com/podcast/episode-66Topics:Introduction: 0:00Starting his career in-house at Disney: 9:59How to work with creative people: 20:45What role does creativity play in the legal field?: 24:31Working as a studio executive at video game developer Konami: 28:44Putting together talent agreements with celebrity athletes: 30:51Leading legal at the Tennis Channel: 39:45What playing tennis has taught Peter about being a lawyer: 44:49Rapid-fire questions: 47:30Book recommendations: 49:10What Peter wishes he'd known as a young lawyer: 49:50Connect with us:Peter Steckelman - https://www.linkedin.com/in/peter-steckelman-entertainment-sports-professional/Tyler Finn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/tylerhfinnSpotDraft - https://www.linkedin.com/company/spotdraftSpotDraft is a leading contract lifecycle management platform that solves your end-to-end contract management issues. Visit https://www.spotdraft.com to learn more.

Izzy and Rocka are back with their yearly review of New York Comic! This year 2024 should be the best so far!  Let us know what you thought of the episode and if you're going to the con! Hope to see you all there!  Please like, comment and subscribe to our podcast and YouTube channel for more NYCC news and info!  Thanks for listening!Here are some highlights from Sunday @NYCC! (Thurs, Fri, and Saturday are in the episode)-11:00 am A conversation with Matt Smith, Fabien Frankel, and Tom Glyn-Carey-11:00 am "Futurama"-11:00 am "Image comics presents Breaking Ground-12:30 pm Women Of Marvel-12:30 pm "Teen Titans GO!" 400th episode celebration-12:45 pm Fox Entertainment presents "Grimsburg"-12:45 pm The "Hannibal" Panel-2:30 pm "goosebumps: The Vanishing"-3:30pm "Saturday Night Live" and the art of special FX makeup-3:30pm "Elsbeth"-3:30pm Fox entertainment presents Universal Basic GuysAND MANY MORE since this is just a small sampling of what's goin on.Please follow our socials for more!

In this episode, Time Sweet and leadership coach Massimo Backus discuss the journey of leadership through the lens of self-discovery, curiosity, and self-compassion. Massimo shares his personal transformation from an objectively bad manager to a transformative leader, emphasizing the importance of curiosity and working within the natural laws of leadership. The conversation delves into the pervasive nature of self-criticism and its impact on mental health, advocating for reframing self-criticism as a protective mechanism.Trusting oneself emerges as a foundational element of leadership, often overlooked in discussions about trust. Massimo shares his journey of overcoming defensiveness and developing self-trust, touching on challenges like imposter syndrome and the struggle with self-compassion. Tim and Massimo explore the concept of authenticity, emphasizing that self-trust allows for honesty and transparency, leading to more genuine connections. The episode concludes with a call to action for leaders to practice self-compassion and kindness towards themselves, with Massimo encouraging listeners to reach out for book collaborations.About  Massimo BackusMassimo Backus is on a mission to help one million people believe they are worthy and enough. Like many ambitious leaders, Massimo faced early struggles with impostor syndrome and a relentless inner critic. Dyslexia was one of the main drivers for his insecurities and later, his perfectionism. The practice of self-compassion helped him see that what was considered a disability was actually cognitive diversity.Facilitator, speaker, and executive leadership coach Massimo Backus provides no-BS one-on-one coaching with open-minded and committed senior leaders, and he runs transformative programs with organizations that are serious about change. His fifteen-plus years of experience in talent development and leadership coaching have given him a front-row seat to observe company cultures in the US, UK, and Canada, while working with 3,000+ emerging and seasoned leaders in mid-size and Fortune 500 companies, including Cisco, Accenture, Slalom, Salesforce, Nintendo, Amazon and Fox Entertainment.Resources discussed in this episode:Bob Hoffman - The Hoffman Process--Contact Tim Sweet | Team Work Excellence: WebsiteLinkedIn: Tim SweetInstagramLinkedin: Team Work ExcellenceContact Massimo Backus | Leadership Coaching & High-Performance Team Development: WebsiteInstagramLinkedin: Massimo Backus--TranscriptMassimo 00:01Leadership is about leading others in the human experience, in the human condition, and that isn't something to be solved. It's not a problem that we can find the single-threaded answer for. It doesn't exist. And so it will always be more art than science. It's a form of nature more than it is anything else. Tim 00:21I'd like to ask you some questions. Do you consider yourself the kind of person that gets things done? Are you able to take a vision and transform that into action? Are you able to align others towards that vision and get them moving to create something truly remarkable? If any of these describe you, then you, my friend, are a leader, and this show is all about and all for you. I'm Tim Sweet. Welcome to the Sweet on Leadership podcast episode 39. Tim 00:50Hey everybody, welcome. Thanks again for joining us. Today, I've got a very special guest. He is an executive coach. He handles some very deep stuff, and through his powers of self-compassion and other things that he brings to his clients, he's able to change lives. He helps people become their best selves. And I'm really looking forward to this conversation, if what we've been talking about up to this point is any indication, I think we're going to, as we said before, Mas, we're going to be playing jazz. Please welcome Massimo Backus.Massimo 01:26Thank you so much for having me, and I am looking forward to playing some jazz.Tim 01:30Right on. Mas, why don't you tell us a little more about yourself, let people know who they're listening to today. Massimo 01:38Yeah, I've spent my career in leadership development and executive coaching. I think most notably, I am a reformed, objectively bad manager and bad leader. I recognize the hypocrisy in that, it is not beyond me, and at this point, I've worked with over 3000 leaders intimately and closely, one-on-one, and observed their transformation. I fundamentally made an attribution error at some point, and I mistook the transformation of my own clients for my own. And it wasn't until I received some 360 feedback, which I'm sure many people are familiar with, getting feedback from peers and from my direct reports and skip levels and people above me in the organization, that some news came to light that I was not as great of a leader as I thought that I was, and that is what led me on an unexpected path of my own development that has then informed the work that I do with the executives and leaders that I work with today. Tim 02:34How many years have you been focused on leadership as the science, rather than, you know, having to make some other deliverable. How? How long has that been your sole focus? Massimo 02:47Probably around 12 years that it's been, and the thing about leadership, first of all, it's a word that is used so often that it loses its meaning entirely. There have been countless books on leadership written to this day, and in 10 years, when you and I chat, there will be another countless number of books around leadership, which indicates one thing to me, is that we're trying to solve the unsolvable because leadership is about leading others in the human experience, in the human condition, and that isn't something to be solved. It's not a problem that we can find the single-threaded answer, for it doesn't exist. And so it will always be more art than science. It's a form of nature more than it is anything else. What does it mean to actually be a leader? Is something that evolves and changes and is as unique as you and I, our as our thumbprint and as our fingerprint. And so recognizing that takes all the pressure off of me to have to be the quote-unquote expert and have all the answers, because frankly, I do not, and with that, I can approach you with a great degree of curiosity. And so I'm deeply curious about leadership. I'm deeply curious about what makes for trust in relationships. I'm curious about what makes for peak performances, individuals and teams. I'm curious about what makes for a long, rich, impactful career. In that curiosity, I have found certain things that seem to be North Stars, or maybe you could kind of consider them to be, like the natural laws of physics. I think there are the natural laws of leadership, but again, they're not to be solved. We work within those conditions. We don't solve gravity. We work with gravity. Tim 04:29That's well said. It's definitely a mix of science and art and natural order and natural selection in many ways. And I think that there's so many different components, and I share your curiosity. I mean, in my time focused on this, I think one of the, one of the greatest privileges that I have is to be able to focus on the leadership experience, to be focused on, well, what does it mean for one person versus another, and how. Having dealt with 1000s of leaders and teams and these kinds of things share the same sort of scope, the excitement, the curiosity, comes because so many different people have to find their unique leadership groove. They have to find that way that allows them to accomplish that amazing thing that they can't do alone or to shepherd or support or enrich or, you know, really encourage others to go down that path. And so many don't have the, they're too busy doing to to to really experience the joy of it, in a sense, and to find that, to find that voice and find that style that's all their own. But when they do, holy moly, when they do, it is such an amazing thing to see. And even just this past week, you know, just having a leader in their manager report come back and say everything's changed. We happen to land on that, one of those things, that in two weeks, everything's changed. So I'm with you. I'm really glad that I have a chance to hear it from your perspective, because there aren't that many. There's a lot of people that coach, well, let's just say there's some people that dedicate themselves to it in different ways. Put it that way. Anyway, take us back in to your starting point, that moment that you received some feedback. Where were your blind spots? Where was the feedback, where, you know, you thought you were doing better than you were, for you personally. What was, what was a blind spot that you faced? Massimo 06:48Well, let me just start by the gut-wrenching experience of getting feedback in that in that way. Just, you know, I believe that feedback is a gift, and I believe that we're all better off when we get it, but that doesn't mean we have to like it. You know, eating some of our vegetables is not doesn't always taste good, but it's good for us. And the main piece of feedback Tim was that I was defensive. That I was defensive in people questioning my thinking or my ideas, my approach to things, defensive in all areas. And like any rational person, I responded with, what do you mean? I'm defensive. I'm not defensive. You are being defensive. For saying that I'm defensive. I'm not doing anything wrong, right, because I was clearly on the right side of things. What I foolishly learned is that not only was I defensive in all the places that came back in the 360, but I was defensive in all aspects of my life. And once I got curious about it and realized there's some truth to this, not just one person saying many people are saying it. I asked my wife about it, I asked my friends about it, asked other family members about it, and lo and behold, it was showing up in a lot of different areas for me. I also learned that it was one of those behaviours that ran in the family, not to place blame at all, but to go, oh, maybe this is learned behaviour, and if it was well, then I can unlearn it. I can learn a new behaviour. So that was refreshing. Made me realize this wasn't something that couldn't be fixed. This was something that I now had the opportunity to fix. I spent six months on my own thinking I am a leadership development expert. I'm seen as this guru within the organization that I worked in. I have all these skills and knowledge. I should be able to fix this on my own. And six months later, I had a follow-up meeting with my then manager, and I was hoping that the feedback would be we can tell you've worked really hard, and you've made an incredible turnaround. It's not what I heard. What I heard was we can tell you've been trying, but you've made very little progress. That was devastating. And in that moment, I was pretty sure that I was going to be asked to leave the organization. But to my manager's credit, to that organization, they didn't do that. And in fact, they invested in me and my own development, and I ended up going to a retreat called the Hoffman process, which has been around for about 40 years, started by a gentleman named Bob Hoffman. And their slogan is, if you're serious about change, and I would say, for anyone who is serious about changing the way that they view the world, experience the world, and, most importantly, experience themselves, that it's worth checking out. And it was during that week long retreat that I had an epiphany, which is the epiphany that I that I want for all leaders. It's the epiphany that I want for all people, and it's a leadership epiphany, and it is the value, the importance, dare I say, the necessity, to have a practice of self-compassion. And it was at this retreat that, for the first time in my life, I was 36 years old at the time, that I experienced for the first time, what it was like to actually love who I am, to love myself, to accept myself for my shortcomings, my triggers, my biases, my limitations, but also my strengths and my gifts and the qualities that make me me. All of it, that was a what I call a bedrock moment, that that was a moment that has anchored me every day since, and will continue to be an anchor for me. I do not always practice self-compassion. I'm not always kind to myself these days, but I always remember what is possible when I do and that is that I was able to stop being defensive, that I was able to change my way of being. Tim 10:49I think when you acknowledge or when you let us in, that you're not always practicing self-compassion, as you know the rest of us struggle with. I mean, if it's a meditation practice, you find the ability to silence your mind. You have these moments where everything goes still, and you are really nothing. And then you start thinking about that credit card bill you need to pay, or that the cat needs the litter box changed or something, and you realize you've slipped out. And then you have to strive to get back into that state, meditative state. And you never do it well, but all you can do is you can continue to practice so you get better at it, and that's why they call it a practice, and a practice of self-compassion, realizing and being able, I find in my own personal work, it's not just the realization that we're not or the you know, that we're not terribly self-compassionate, or that we're saying something that's untrue or whatnot, but it's that ability to suddenly hear it, like you can hear the thoughts in your mind saying and it can or at least you can pause and go, well, that wasn't really kind, or that wasn't really true. And you can take a moment with it and then immerse yourself in that practice of recentering, getting back into it, acknowledging what you were thinking, acknowledging what the trigger was, acknowledging what you know, where you need to get back to and and get back into it. And it's a practice. It's building those muscles, it's it's exercising them, and it's very easy. In fact, I would say it's epidemic in our culture that people lose the ability to hear when they're being cruel to themselves between the ears, and it's the easiest thing in the world, and it's the most accepted thing in the world. I think let's understand that it's a human condition to not trust yourself, because you know what. Nobody's let yourself down more than you because nobody knew all those dreams that you had that you didn't make good on. Nobody hears the language you use about yourself and others. So nobody knows how dark you can actually go.Massimo 13:12That self-critical, self-judgmental voice. It knows us very well because it is us, and it's hard to separate the noise of that from other parts of our psychology because it knows all of our triggers and, fundamentally, self-criticism, judgment, imposter syndrome, all of these things that ail us, that are, that are epidemic, are designed by us psychologically to protect us, to keep us safe. But there's one thing that they have wrong, and that is that as adults like they were formed when we were children, as adults, we don't need to be held safe in that way, that we are actually safer, as you said, when we do trust ourselves, we're safer when we can be kind to ourselves, we're safer when we humble ourselves to ask for help.Tim 14:05When we deal with the exposure, when we apply the stress and the adversity.Massimo 14:07Absolutely and accept our limitations instead of trying to hide all these things. And it's a show of strength. It's an incredibly difficult thing to do to face the most vicious and toxic voice in our lives that comes from us, to face that head-on and to not meet it with resentment or this ego death bullshit that people talk about, which I fundamentally think is wrong. It's about a relationship. Ego serves a purpose. There's value to it, but you need to have a healthy relationship with it, and, you know, to kind of make this real as an example, my defensiveness that I had for so many years was protecting me, or so I thought, by making sure that, well, I always have the last word. I need to make sure that I'm the smartest person in the room. I need to. To demonstrate my worth, but it was doing the opposite. Everyone else saw, that I was hiding my own insecurities, except for me.Tim 15:10One of my favourite bosses, still to this day, he's one of these forever bosses. Because, I mean, I went into consulting practice very, very early, and then when I finished school, I had. A number of years as a regional manager, big, big management position, but then very quickly, went back to consulting. But then was scooped by a couple of companies, and one of them was a company I was happy to stay in and I ended up working for a commercial team to, you know, raise my financial acumen and do all the stuff, and also the best experiences I still absolutely, you know, hold this guy in great esteem. And I remember that I'd be in these, these meetings with the C-suite, or with executives, like fairly high ranking people, and if I had a point to make, I always had a quote, or I had some research, or I attributed it to some author. And he said, you know, you're making all these good points, and it's very, very valuable, but you have to then cite it. And I said, Well, I come from a historical background, so, like, everything is provable in this kind of thing. He said, I don't think that's it says, I don't think you're willing to own that. I think you want to make sure that you can share the load with some other author or whatnot. And man that stung. That was because he had me nail like he had me totally made. And was one of the most valuable things I learned under his mentorship, because it was a few months later that I had to stand up for an idea to one of the top guys, big multinational corporation and I remember I stood on my own two feet. I made my point, and the point was tough to deliver, and it hit hard, but I felt in that moment like I was in a different gear, right? And it was that, in a sense, one of the facets of self, trust and love was to stand on my own two feet and be and like, you know what you're talking about here. Just go ahead. And it was like an arrival. It was like, I belong here. I know what I'm talking about. I don't have to apologize or whatnot. And I was never the same after that. That was one of those leverage moments.Massimo 17:26Yeah, yeah, one of those bedrock moments that you can always go back to remember what it was like when you truly trusted yourself. And you know, in the organizational context and leadership, you know, landscape, we talk about trust all the time, like leadership. How many books have been written about trust? How often in trust conversations, do we talk about the value of trusting ourselves, or do we ask, How do I know when I trust myself? How do I know when I'm not trusting myself? What do I need in order to be able to trust myself? What's present when I trust myself least? These are questions that are very rarely asked in the broader conversation about trust, it is always about another person or the team, and that's important, absolutely. But I believe, and I found, with the leaders that I've worked with throughout my career, that often when trust is not present on a team, there is trust that is not present for each individual with themselves.  Tim 18:37Oh, 100%. You cannot give away what you don't have. Massimo 18:39Right. Tim 18:40Absolutely impossible. So talk, talk about that a little bit actually, and you know what I'm going to I'm going to do something a little bit off the wall here. I was, saving a question. We have a question every episode, and I was going to save yours till the end, but because we are at this point in the conversation, I'm going to go ahead and and voice it. This comes from Peter Root with Wildfire Robotics, and he asked the question for the next guest, which is you, what are some of those pivotal ways that you build trust with your staff? With clients? Perhaps, you know. So I think you're landing on this now. So why don't you, why don't you flesh that out, speaking to Peter for a moment. Massimo 19:28I love Peter's question. Tim, so thank you for sharing that and the conversation of trust. There's, there's very little that has not, that hasn't already been explored around honesty and transparency, credibility, competence, reliability. But when you think about going into a relationship where you want to build trust, the value of trusting yourself going into that relationship, if I trust myself, I feel grounded. I know my capabilities. I know the limits of my capabilities. I am going to be in a much better place, to be honest, because I am willing to show up in a way that is asking the other person to meet me where I'm at. I'm not trying to be someone that I'm not. I can say, here are the things that I'm good with, and here are the things that I'm not. Lucky for me, I have a huge cadre of other coaches and consultants that I work with clients will come to me and ask me to help them with some body of work that I might not be best suited for, and I know my shortcomings in the areas that I'm not best suited, but that's why I have this community of other talented people to bring them in. So I'm able to approach these conversations honestly and transparently and with confidence that isn't boastful. Now, Tony Robbins talks about confidence as a mindset. It's something that we can, you know, get ourselves into this mindset. And yes, maybe there's, there's some truth to that, but I think that it's actually a way of being. If I'm being honest with myself, then I'm able to be confident because I'm not trying to be something that I'm not. And where we get ourselves into trouble when it comes into relationships and building trust is we make some assumptions around who I need to be in order for this person to trust me, or if we're really, you know, going to the playground as kids, to like me, because so many people actually, they just want to be liked, they want to be included. They want to be picked for kickball, right? But if I trust myself, we could say, hey, like I'm, you can pick me on the kickball team. I'm a good kicker, but I can't catch for anything. They're either going to pick me or not pick me, but at least I don't have to worry about being somebody that I'm not. And they might say, yeah, come on here. I'll teach you how to catch. Great. I want to be a part of the team, but I'm not trying to hide something that might be a limitation and say, you know, just hope the ball doesn't come to me because if it does, I'll be found out Tim 22:03That ability to distinguish when we're trying to develop ourselves and develop that confidence, develop that, I like to use the word fluency, of who we are, so we can be right with it. It's really important to differentiate that from the management of an identity, a visible thing that you want other people to see and that you want to you want other people to think, and that often covers up the guilt or the shame or the scarcity or the fear and you know, we, you often see people that are fronting so hard on something because it's the last place that they want people to actually question them or see what's under the surface, and to be able to let that go. Talk about energy management, I mean capacity. Now we, we've, you know, we're a few years past COVID, not past COVID, but anyway, we're coming out the other side in many ways, but organizationally, we have people that are still tapped. They are stretched capacity-wise, mentally, what a source of energy to not have to keep your deflector shields up, to not have to keep the holographic emitters up, to not have to keep the story going and and manage the and not to say that people do this even consciously. You know that it's not like they know they're putting on some sort of a mask, but that because the mask has been on for so long and it's there as a protection. But if you don't have to keep that up, wow, and just be confident that you're, you're, and I love… you and I both use the word enough a lot, and it's right on the top of your LinkedIn profile, but to just be at peace with the fact that it's like, you know what? This is what you've got. This is what you've got in front of you take it or leave it, and I'm super cool either way. And it's liberating. I recently, well, two plus, yeah, two years ago now, almost coming up on my two-year anniversary, actually had both knees replaced after lots of sports. It was a big surgery, a big pivotal moment in my life, because I've got 19-year-old knees, and not to take the speaking conch chair for too long, but I was following, or I follow this, this coach. She's in a spiritual sort of sector, but she made this point, and she talked about the meditative practice or the realization that, you know, that spark that is our consciousness, isn't it just uses the brain as an organ, and it uses the body as a mechanism, and to almost visualize yourself. I always think of of that scene in Men in Black, where they're eating pierogies, and the face comes open, and it's that little alien. But to realize that you're wearing this meat suit, right, and that you're, this is the way we get around the world is in this meat suit, but it's not you, per se, like it is, but it's not your consciousness. And when I started to think about that on the physical side and said, Well, hey, this is just my meat suit. My meat suit has two artificial needs. My meat suit requires certain things. It's built in a certain way. That means I'm capable of some things and not capable of others. Wow. What a liberating thought, and what an ability to kind of love my meat suit, because I'm not going to get another one anytime soon, and I can sit back and say. Hey, this, takes stock. This is what I like about it. This is what I find challenging about it. But I can love the whole mess and just realize it like it's a, you know, I think people often have more love for their cars than they've got for their body. And that's pretty funny, you know. And so I know that, that we're not talking physicality here, but again, it's that, that ability to say, You know what, even if I'm carrying some family baggage part of my operating system, I can still love that part of myself as I seek to to work with it.Massimo 26:15Absolutely. I mean, Tim, what you just shared is, this example is a beautiful example of what a practice of self-compassion looks like, and it balances the acceptance of what it is that we have with the compassion to take care of what it is that we have, right? So, this isn't a passive practice, this isn't something that is just accept my limitations and don't do anything with them. It's accept them and then, from there, choose what will I do with them? What am I going to let go of and accept and what are the things that I'm going to double down on and continue to improve and change? So it's a very, it's very proactive. This is a very energetic practice, and the energy that we need to do it comes from letting go of that mask or the hologram or all the different ways that you describe structure, which is so true. It the single biggest waste of energy in organizations today is people masking, hiding, parading, politicking, doing all these things to hide who they really are for fear that if someone saw them they would be rejected. And the reality is, the person that they really are is better on all accounts than the person that we pretend to be. We just have to trust ourselves enough to show that to people. Tim 27:41I think it's also really interesting when you're comfortable to lead with who you are, warts and all, and you're rejected, you're getting real feedback. If your mask is rejected, if the image you're putting forward is rejected, you're one step removed. You can actually be kind of deadened to the, to the reality that rejection doesn't really mean that much, no, nor does the praise, you know, or the positive feedback, because we're letting the marionette go first. We're like, you know, one of these guys with the Jim Hensen and it's a puppet. Yes. The puppet can take a lot of abuse.The ventriloquist. Yeah. Tim 28:30Well, you know what? There's so much farther to go. And I just want to really thank you for taking the time, because we've gone deep in the in the time that we've got. So I want to do two things here. Well, maybe three. First of all, I want you to tell everybody what you're most excited about, because you've got some big news. So, and I know you didn't want to really be the guy to come on and talk about it, but man, you gotta because I know I'm inspired to pick a certain something up. So, quick. Let's tell the people. Massimo 28:58Thank you. It is very exciting. My first book, “Human First, Leader, Second: How self-compassion outperforms self-criticism”, is coming out in September, September 10, and people can find it on Amazon right now. And for anyone listening whose interest is piqued around, what is this self-compassion practice? And how do I start? This book is written for leaders and teams to start to develop that practice. And it's not a one-size-fits-all all. It's a choose your own adventure, and it will lead towards a place where that energy isn't being wasted and trying to be somebody you're not, but being your best self as a leader. Tim 29:40If you had one, well, if you had one wish for anybody listening today, what would it be? Massimo 29:43Go do something kind for yourself. Tim 29:45It doesn't have to be big. It doesn't have to be profound. Go do something kind for yourself. Massimo 29:51Go do something kind for yourself. Take a five minute break in between meetings and get some fresh air. Go stand in the sunshine. Drink a nice cold glass of water. Call an old friend. Doesn't matter what it is, you're worthy of it. You're worth it. And Tim, I know there's a question that I should be asking for the next guest, correct? Tim 30:09Yeah, what's, what's, what do you have on your mind? Massimo 30:12What is the one thing that you are most afraid to let go of? And who would you be if you did? Tim 30:19If people want to get in touch with your mouth. Where can they find you? Massimo 30:22Massimobackus.com, I'm on LinkedIn. I'm pretty sure I'm the only Massimo Backus out there. And please reach out. And if you buy the book and read it, I want to hear what you think. This is something that I felt called to do. I had an epiphany. I want to share it with other people, and I take no ownership of the idea of self-compassion. I think I've been called to be a messenger, one of many, I hope to share the value of it. I don't see how the world could not be a better place if we all learn to be a little bit kinder to ourselves. Tim 30:54Love it. Okay. Mas, thank you so much for taking the time to join me today. It was a real pleasure. Massimo 31:02Thank you, Tim. Talk to you soon. Tim 31:06We'll be in touch when it comes to your launch party. Tim 31:11Thank you so much for listening to Sweet on Leadership. If you found today's podcast valuable, consider visiting our website and signing up for the companion newsletter. You can find the link in the show notes. If, like us, you think it's important to bring new ideas and skills into the practice of leadership, please give us a positive rating and review on Apple podcasts. This helps us spread the word to other committed leaders, and you can spread the word too by sharing this with your friends, teams and colleagues. Thanks again for listening, and be sure to tune in in two weeks time for another episode of Sweet on Leadership. In the meantime, I'm your host, Tim Sweet, encouraging you to keep on leading.

Episode 105: Massimo Backus & His Book, Human First, Leader Second: How Self-Compassion Outperforms Self-Criticism ABOUT MASSIMO Massimo has dedicated his career to empowering leaders with a powerful reminder: You are enough. His journey began amidst personal battles with perfectionism and a harsh inner critic fueled by the challenges of dyslexia. These struggles ultimately guided him towards finding and teaching self-compassion. As an executive coach, speaker, and facilitator, Massimo has revolutionized the leadership styles of thousands across prestigious companies like Amazon, Nintendo, Fox Entertainment, and Sony. His coaching approach is straightforward and impactful, tailored for open-minded and committed senior leaders who are serious about change. CONVERSATION HIGHLIGHTS Massimo can't help people if he's not committed to being his best self ever day Emotions and what they are and aren't. “It felt like a healthy drug for me…it lit me up inside for the first time, to see the impact of something I can do to benefit other people and make their experience better.” What's on the other side of change? The power of trauma in shaping people's later lives and careers. "Self-love is a leadership epiphany." The biggest misconception about leadership today. Massimo's admitted past hypocrisy. Who are you without defensiveness and fighting the good fight to prove you're the smartest person in the room? What a W.I.M.P is. Massimo's WARD Model What being internally resourced means. The MAIN QUESTION underlying my conversation with Massimo is, In the face of your past adversities, and even traumas, how are you utilizing self-compassion and self-love to move forward? FIND MASSIMO LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/massimo-backus/ Website: MassimoBackus.com Massimo's Book: https://massimobackus.com/book LinkedIn – Full Podcast Article: CHAPTERS 00:00 - The Book Leads Podcast – Massimo Backus 00:51 - Introduction & Bio 02:04 - Who are you today? Can you provide more information about your work? 04:55 - How the human aspect of Massimo's work evolved during the COVID-19 pandemic. 21:31 - How did your path into your career look like, and what did it look like up until now? 32:16 - How does the work you're doing today reconcile to who you were as a child? 36:21 - What does leadership mean to you? 39:08 - What Self-Compassion means in Massimo's work. 47:36 - Can you introduce us to the book we're discussing? 52:56 - Can you provide a general overview of the book? 57:01 - A breakdown of the chapters in the book. 01:06:33 - What lessons have you taken away from the book? 01:09:32 - What book has inspired you? 01:12:14 - What are you up to these days? (A way for guests to share and market their projects and work.) This series has become my Masterclass In Humanity. I'd love for you to join me and see what you take away from these conversations. Learn more about The Book Leads and listen to past episodes: Watch on YouTube Listen on Spotify Listen on Google Podcasts Listen on Apple Podcasts Read About The Book Leads – Blog Post For more great content, subscribe to my newsletter Last Week's Leadership Lessons, if you haven't already!

We revisit an episode from the podcast archives – Melody Hildebrandt (CTO @ Fox) shares her experience representing the tech org during the biggest deal in entertainment history! We cover Melody's most important lessons negotiating on behalf of the tech org plus how they leveraged the M&A event to accelerate innovation and productivity.Melody will be joining us as one of our featured speakers @ ELC Annual 2024 (our two-day conference on 8/27-8/28! Check out our incredible line up of speakers, other conference experiences & tickets at sfelc.com/annual2024 Use the exclusive discount code "podcast10" (all lowercase) for a 10% discount.ABOUT MELODY HILDEBRANDTMelody Hildebrandt (@mhil) is Chief Technology Officer for Fox Corporation, where sets set the comprehensive technology strategy for the Company. She previous served as the company's Chief Information Security Officer and as the President of its research and development subsidiary, Blockchain Creative Labs.In her current role, Hildebrandt leads the development, design and implementation of emerging technologies across the FOX enterprise, spanning FOX Sports, FOX News, FOX Entertainment, FOX Television Stations, and Tubi Media Group. Her current focus is on future planning, including developments in artificial intelligence and authenticating and monetizing premium content via blockchain technology. She also continues to oversee the cyber-security posture of the business and leads technology M&A efforts, identifying areas for investment and growth.Prior to FOX, Hildebrandt held the role of Global Chief Information Security Officer at 21st Century Fox, where she was responsible for the cyber security posture of 21CF businesses, including 20th Century Fox, FOX Networks Group, National Geographic Partners, FOX News, Star India and others.Before 21CF, she was Forward Deployed Engineer at Palantir Technologies, where she helped start its commercial work and led Palantir's business in cyber security, anti-money laundering and rogue trading detection. Prior to that, she consulted US and international governments with Booz Allen Hamilton, where she designed military and strategy wargames.Hildebrandt is the Executive Sponsor of Women in Technology at FOX."One thing that we intervened on very quickly because we were AT the table for (the conversation), "How should we structure the deal?" Was to do something that was quite counter-intuitive I think, and very controversial... Which was to say ‘Let's essentially value all of our current technology assets at near-zero... And make them part of the deal.'"- Melody Hildebrandt   Join us at ELC Annual 2024!ELC Annual is our 2 day conference bringing together engineering leaders from around the world for a unique experience help you expand your network and empower your leadership & career growth.Don't miss out on this incredible opportunity to expand your network, gain actionable insights, ignite new ideas, recharge, and accelerate your leadership journey!Secure your ticket at sfelc.com/annual2024And use the exclusive discount code "podcast10" (all lowercase) for a 10% discountSHOW NOTES:Background on the Fox Disney “mega-deal” (03:39)How to structure an M&A to accelerate your tech roadmap (06:01)Motivating engineering teams with forcing functions (10:14)What it was like representing a tech org in deal structuring (13:13)How to develop an engineering org's merger strategy (17:36)M&A negotiation tips for engineering leaders (20:07)A critical skill for eng leaders: converting tech pains into business goals (22:59)How to get executive buy-in on engineering initiatives (27:58)“Crashing” your way to a seat at the table (31:05)Melody's process for setting the strategic direction of an engineering org (32:19)Managing engineering teams from high and low — the middle is death (34:35)Why this M&A event continues to accelerate innovation (37:37)Rapid-Fire Questions (42:26)LINKS AND RESOURCES(article) A super-powered approach to tech transformation - Melody Hildebrandt& Paul Cheesborough's article on the untold story of the 21st Century Fox & Disney transaction(podcast) Conversations with Tyler esteemed economist Tyler Cowen engages with today's most underrated thinkers in wide-ranging explorations of their work, the world, and everything in between.(book) Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir(reference) The Masked Singer NFT project - www.maskverse.com

Scott Edwards is the EVP of Fox Creative Advertising where he oversees the “formula-free process” of creating the campaigns from first-look trailers, launch promos, current-show episodics, key art one sheets or billboards, custom social content, and anything else on the horizon to help ignite hits such as 9-1-1 LONESTAR, ACCUSED, BOB'S BURGERS, THE CLEANING LADY, CRIME SCENE KITCHEN, FAMILY GUY, KRAPOPOLIS, LEGO MASTERS, THE GREAT NORTH, THE SIMPSONS, THE MASKED SINGER, SPECIAL FORCES, and an array of Gordon Ramsay shows. And prior to Scott's incredible run at Fox, let's just say he probably owes you fifteen bucks for, as he would confess, “convincing you to see a movie that didn't really deliver. It happens. That's the gig.”   01:57 Introducing Scott Edwards: A Creative Force in Entertainment Advertising; 09:22 The Art of Building Elite Teams and Navigating Industry Changes; 43:51 Elevating Campaigns with Strategic Creativity and Music; 45:16 Crafting Iconic Campaigns: A Deep Dive into Creative Processes; 48:47 Navigating Creative Choices in Entertainment Marketing; 50:22 The Art of Marketing and the Influence of Music; 51:22 Evolving Strategies in Entertainment Marketing; 53:55 The Impact of Teaching on Professional Perspective; 58:27 The Power of Authentic Storytelling in Marketing; 58:58 Learning from the Next Generation: Teaching Insights; 01:14:06 The Future of Entertainment Marketing in the Age of AI; 01:20:20 Personal Reflections and the Importance of Connection   Be sure to check out our wonderful sponsors: Defacto Sound - www.defactosound.com/ Carrma - www.carrma.com/   Please leave us a rating and review on Apple Podcasts. It really helps. Here's the link: https://apple.co/3QYy80e. Just scroll down a bit and the option to review is tucked in the middle of the episode list.   You can find Corey on all the socials @coreysnathan such as www.linkedin.com/in/coreysnathan.   And here's Scott on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/scott-edwards-a815466/ 

Mitch Messinger is an award-winning publicity executive with nearly three decades of experience in the entertainment industry. As the founding president and CEO of Messinger Media Management, LLC, Mitch has demonstrated his prowess in creating and executing innovative campaigns across traditional and new media platforms. With a proven track record in domestic and international TV and film PR, Mitch boasts extensive connections within the industry, including press, producers, talent, studio executives, and more. In recent years, he served as an international publicity consultant for LIONSGATE+ as well as covering prestigious events like the Primetime and Daytime Emmys. Additionally, as a vice president at MARC Global Communications, Mitch has lent his expertise to campaigns for prominent clients such as Byron Allen's theGrio and the John and Lillian Miles Lewis Foundation. Prior to these roles, Mitch held key positions at FOX Entertainment and ABC Entertainment, overseeing publicity campaigns for acclaimed series like “Next Level Chef,” “ Call Me Kat,” “Alter Ego,” "The Goldbergs," "Dancing with the Stars,” “The Bachelor” franchise and "General Hospital." A distinguished alum of Syracuse University, Mitch is deeply involved in his alma mater's alumni community, having served as a board member of the national alumni association and co-president of the Syracuse University Alumni Club of Southern California. Beyond his professional achievements, Mitch is a devoted family man, residing near Los Angeles with his wife and college and high school-age children, and is an active member of industry organizations such as the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences and the Publicist Guild, IATSE Local 600. He won 1st place for CableFax's Faxies Awards in the "Press Kit" category for his work on ABC series “The Goldbergs,” “Schooled,” and “American Housewife.” In addition, he was a nominee for the Publicist Guild's Maxwell L. Weinberg Showmanship Award for “Best Television Publicity Campaign” for ABC's “Speechless."Watch the Podcast on YouTube | Read the DiariesHost, Author of Diary of an Actress,. Executive Producer: Rachel BailitEditor, Producer : Max BugrovYouTube: @diaryofanactresspodcastInstagram: diaryofanactresspodcastTikTok: @diaryofanactresspodcastFacebook: diaryofanactress

In the realm of entertainment marketing, creativity serves as the backbone of success, yet managing creative teams to produce inventive work within business objectives, budgets, and deadlines demands a delicate balance of freedom and structure. Scott Edwards, EVP at Fox Entertainment and head of creative advertising, provides valuable insights into effectively managing creative processes, fostering innovation, and maintaining team cohesion to deliver impactful campaigns aligned with business goals. Effective creative management entails navigating the complexities of entertainment marketing by fostering a culture of trust, empowerment, and innovation, allowing teams to deliver campaigns that captivate audiences and drive business success.

Recorded earlier this year, Allison Wallach discusses the many hats she has worn in the industry from producer, to agent, to network executive.  Allison and Jimmy discuss their favorite all-time FOX reality franchises and how their current crop of reality series differs from the past and why "earnest" is no longer a bad word.

Warner Bros Discovery's Meredith Gertler on the launch of new streamer Max; Amazon's Lauren Anderson and Jenny Falkoff on their unscripted programming plans; and Fox Entertainment's Allison Wallach on her hunt for new formats and approach to the international market.

Ace The Moon is a tennis and pickleball lifestyle brand launched by Josh Gettler and Deena Stern in 2021 in Santa Monica, CA.  Josh is a tennis pro in Santa Monica and he is originally from the East Coast as he grew up in Connecticut and lived in NYC doing commercial real estate for nearly 20 years! He moved to California right before Covid to pursue his passion and make his dreams come true in LA.  Deena is a seasoned Entertainment and lifestyle marketing executive holding various roles across NBC Universal, Viacom, and Fox Entertainment. She is also from the east coast, born and raised in New Jersey with a racquet in her hand. She played D3 college tennis in New England at Brandeis University. We discussed their story, the inspiration behind their brand and some exciting things happening around the country in the tennis industry. Did you know that out in California they have companies that just run live ball clinics?! We talked about why adults now a day are not so interested in match play but more in tennis, fun and fitness and we talked about why pros need to have a personal brand.  I had so much fun talking with them! And they are offering a 20% discount to VIDA Tennis listeners. Just use the code VIDA20 at checkout from their website acethemoon.com  Learn from some of the best out there, only here at Vida Tennis! Please remember to rate/review our show :)) SUPPORT VIDA TENNIS/ Leave a voicemail: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/jennifer-gelhaus MERCH: https://vida-tennis-pop-up-store.printify.me/products/1 WEBSITE: www.vidatennispodcast.com EMAIL: ⁠⁠vidatennispodcast@gmail.com⁠⁠ SOCIAL MEDIA: https://www.facebook.com/people/Vida-Tennis/100092214093468/ https://www.instagram.com/vidatennispodcast --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/jennifer-gelhaus/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/jennifer-gelhaus/support

DISCLAIMER: Dr Home Nguyen là người Việt nhưng có gần 40 năm sinh sống tại Mỹ nên vốn tiếng Việt còn hạn chế. Dù còn khó khăn trong giao tiếp tiếng Việt nhưng Dr Home Nguyen vẫn mong muốn được thể hiện bằng tiếng mẹ đẻ nhằm giúp nội dung gần gũi với khán giả Việt hơn, do đó có thể gây khó khăn cho một số bạn khán giả khi theo dõi video, rất mong các bạn thông cảm. Trong cuộc sống ta đóng nhiều vai khác nhau: Làm cha, làm mẹ, làm chồng, làm vợ, làm chức này chức kia. Vậy lúc ta không ở trong những vai trò đó, lúc ta chỉ có một mình, ta là ai? Trong tập mới nhất của Vietsuccess Growth, host Lương Ngọc Tiên đã có cuộc trò chuyện cùng khách mời Dr Home Nguyen với những câu hỏi đi sâu vào phần bên trong mỗi người. Ta là ai khi ta không còn giữ bất kỳ vai trò gì trong cuộc sống? Khi lạc đường làm sao tìm thấy chính mình? Ông cũng để cập đến khái niệm ba cuộc hôn nhân của đời người và lý do tại sao cần phải tập trung vào chăm sóc cuộc hôn nhân với chính mình.  Dr. Home Nguyen hiện là Founder/CEO MindKind Institute, cố vấn lãnh đạo, chuyên gia chuyển hóa & chữa lành. Ông đã huấn luyện các giám đốc điều hành cấp trung và cấp cao của các công ty Fortune 200, bao gồm Google, Amazon, LinkedIn, Fox Entertainment và nhiều công ty mới khởi nghiệp. Ông đã giảng dạy các khóa học về đào tạo tự nhận thức, động lực nhóm giữa các cá nhân, lãnh đạo và phát triển người lớn tại Trường Kinh doanh Đại học Columbia, Trường Quản lý Yale ở Mỹ.  00:00 - Giới thiệu chương trình 03:40 - Vai trò là gì? 06:58 - Trải nghiệm sự lạc lõng 10:22 - Lạc ở biển và lạc trong đời khác gì nhau? 14:24 - Coming up 1 15:06 - Tìm ra chính mình ở giây phút hiện tại 20:08 - Nhà lãnh đạo đón nhận cuộc hôn nhân thứ 3 như thế nào? 22:02 - Đối diện với lạc lõng để tìm ra an lạc 26:25 - Coming up 2 26:52 - Làm gì nếu chưa cảm thấy đủ? 29:27 - Thực hành sự tha thứ 34:27 - Chấp nhận chính mình 40:29 - 8 cách thực hành tỉnh thức 47:47 - Chào kết Dẫn chuyện - Host | Lương Ngọc Tiên Kịch bản - Scriptwriting | Lương Ngọc Tiên Biên Tập – Editor | Thu Bình, Thảo Nguyễn Truyền thông - Social team | Phương Dung, Cẩm Vân Sản Xuất -  Producer | Anneliese Mai Nguyen  Quay Phim - Cameraman | Khanh Trần, Hải Long, Thanh Quang, Nhật Trường Âm Thanh - Sound | Khanh Trần  Hậu Kì – Post Production | Nhật Trường, Thanh Quang Thiết kế - Design | Nghi Nghi Makeup Artist | Ngọc Nga  #Vietsuccess #VietsuccessGrowth #LuongNgocTien #DrHomeNguyen #Selfawareness #tunhanthuc --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/on-balance-podcast/message

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Tommaso Sandretto is Chief Revenue and Chief Investment Officer of Blockchain Creative Labs (BCL), FOX Entertainment's Web3 studio, which provides content creators, IP owners and brands end-to-end Web3 solutions to build, launch, manage and sell Non-Fungible Token (NFT) and fungible token content experiences directly to their fanbase and audiences.As BCL's Chief Revenue Officer, Sandretto oversees and creates alignment between all of the company's teams that affect revenue generation to ensure effectiveness and maximize profitability. Furthermore, as Chief Investment Officer, he is responsible for setting BCL's investment strategy, vet business opportunities and manage portfolio companies.Prior to BCL, Tommaso was CEO at Sole Resorts, where he doubled the company's property portfolio and led the pandemic emergency and turn around. He also co-founded SF- Partner, a New York-based lending platform with more than $650 million in transaction volume. Sandretto began his career as an M&A investment banker at Citibank.Links:Blockchain Creative Labs: https://www.bcl.xyz/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/tommaso-sandretto-b675349/ BCL Twitter: https://mobile.twitter.com/wearebcl Krapopolis: https://www.krapopolis.com Krapopolis on Twitter: https://twitter.com/krapopolis *Disclaimer. Richard Carthon is the Founder of Crypto Current. All opinions expressed by members of the Crypto Current Team, Richard or his guest on this podcast are solely their opinions and do not reflect the opinions of Crypto Current. You should not treat any opinion expressed by Richard as a specific inducement to make a particular investment or follow a particular strategy but only as an expression of his opinion. This podcast is for informational purposes only.~Put your Bitcoin and Ethereum to work. Earn up to 12% interest back with Tantra Labs~New to crypto? Check out our Crypto for Beginners Step-by-Step Guide to Crypto Investing~Follow us on Youtube, Twitter, Instagram, Facebook, LinkedIn, & Tik Tok~Want to make ~$25+ a month for FREE? Sign up to get a FREE emrit.io Coolspot today! ~Want to learn more about cryptocurrency? Check out our educational videos today!~Swan is the easiest and most affordable way to accumulate Bitcoin with automatic recurring purchases. Start your plan

This week's guest is Shawn Ullman. He is a seasoned executive at the intersection of Tech and Entertainment with a focus on Business development, marketing and partnerships.  He is the VP of Partnerships and Creator Relations for Blockchain Creative Labs, the web3 division of FOX Entertainment.

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Miranda Kwok is now best known as the Creator and Executive Producer of the U.S. television series adaptation "The Cleaning Lady," based on the Argentine series "La Chica Que Limpia." Produced by Warner Bros. Television and Fox Entertainment, Miranda wrote the pilot script and developed "The Cleaning Lady" for the Fox Network. Her first screenplay about the so-called military ‘comfort women,' Miranda won the Grand Prize in the Slamdance Screenplay Competition. With her first spec script, Miranda landed a Staff Writer position on "Spartacus: Blood & Sand" on the Starz Network. She has worked as a writer and story consultant on several theme park attractions and immersive experiences, including Wanda Movie Park's 4D Film "Streets of Fury" and 5D Film "Ultimate Energy" which was produced by Industrial Light and Magic. More recently, Miranda served as a writer and Supervising Producer for "The 100" on the CW Network, working for four seasons on the Warner Bros. TV series. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/followingfilms/support

On this episode of the DIVI Crypto Podcast our host Steve McGarry is joined by Scott Greenberg, the CEO of Blockchain Creative Labs. Scott talks about his introduction into the Web3 space, and how that experience was while working under FOX. Steve talks about seeing BCL at South by Southwest 2022, and asks Scott what it meant for the company to be there showcasing. They talk about some of the major brands and IP's that they are currently working with, the future of royalties in this space, and what excites Scott about the future of Web3. Blockchain Creative Labs, FOX Entertainment's Web3 studio, is on a mission to unleash new levels of creativity, build thriving communities of artists and fans, construct digital assets and marketplaces, generate new streams of revenue and put the power of promotion back where it belongs – in the hands of its original creators. BCL provides content creators, IP owners and brands end-to-end Web3 solutions to build, launch, manage and sell Non-Fungible Token (NFT) and fungible token content experiences directly to their fanbase and audiences. - LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/scott-greenberg-098a3a/ - Twitter @Scottgreenberg - https://twitter.com/scottgreenberg - Website - https://www.bcl.xyz/ – DIVI is creating the world's first closed-loop, vertically-integrated cryptocurrency ecosystem. Much like Apple's ecosystem is anchored by iCloud, the DIVI Project blockchain serves as the core of the DIVI network of technologies. Thanks to a keen understanding of the divide that separates the mainstream from the crypto world, the DIVI team is able to create solutions to the industry's biggest problem: adoption by non-technical users. DIVI's user-friendly, one-click solutions aim to bring blockchain-based payments into modernity with great UX. In this podcast, we will cover all aspects of cryptocurrency, hot topics, and technology as worldwide adoption grows.

The remarkable Gail Berman joins Mase & Sue on the Culture Pop Podcast to talk about her legendary career as a producer and entertainment executive. From her early days as the producer of the original Broadway production of JOSEPH AND THE AMAZING TECHNICOLOR DREAMCOAT to her time as President of Fox Entertainment, where she green lighted AMERICAN IDOL, to her passion project, Baz Luhrmann's ELVIS, she has been one of the most respected and revered Hollywood executive for 3 decades.

The power of NFTs is unlimited, it can be used in so many more mediums. NFT Girl and Tommaso Sandretto of Blockchain Creative Labs had this same idea and decided to collaborate with Dan Harmon, the co-creator of Rick and Morty. The collab gave birth to the Krapopolis NFT based on Harmon's upcoming comedy show Krapopolis. The "Krap Chicken" that you buy can actually impact your experience in the show. You get to participate in events and even vote on which characters you want to see more of. Join Jeff Kelley, Eathan Janney, and Josh Kriger as they talk to NFT Girl and Tommaso Sandretto about their experience in collaborating on Krapopolis. Learn how you can utilize NFTs within more like like film and TV to bring more people into Web3. Discover why in order to thrive in this space, you need to differentiate yourself from everyone else. Find out more about the "Krap Chicken" and be a part of Krapopolis today! 

The power of NFTs is unlimited, it can be used in so many more mediums. NFT Girl and Tommaso Sandretto of Blockchain Creative Labs had this same idea and decided to collaborate with Dan Harmon, the co-creator of Rick and Morty. The collab gave birth to the Krapopolis NFT based on Harmon's upcoming comedy show Krapopolis. The "Krap Chicken" that you buy can actually impact your experience in the show. You get to participate in events and even vote on which characters you want to see more of. Join Jeff Kelley, Eathan Janney, and Josh Kriger as they talk to NFT Girl and Tommaso Sandretto about their experience in collaborating on Krapopolis. Learn how you can utilize NFTs within more like like film and TV to bring more people into Web3. Discover why in order to thrive in this space, you need to differentiate yourself from everyone else. Find out more about the "Krap Chicken" and be a part of Krapopolis today! More from Edge of NFT:

In this episode, we speak with Tommaso Sandretto, the Chief Revenue & Investment Officer for Blockchain Creative Labs. BCL manages a $100 million creator fund, established by Fox Entertainment and Bento Box Entertainment, which identifies growth opportunities in the NFT space. Their first project is Krapopolis, an animated series created by Dan Harmon (creator of Rick and Morty). The show is highlighted by an NFT collection of 10,420 “Krap Chickens” that grants owners access to exclusive content and private screenings, meet-and-greets with cast and producers, merchandise, show voting rights, and the first look at future drops. Tommaso takes us through the inception of the project and where he sees it heading in the future. -- Krapopolis: https://www.krapopolis.com Krapopolis on Twitter: https://twitter.com/krapopolis Blockchain Creative Labs: https://www.bcl.xyz/ Blockchain Creative Labs Launches 100 Million Creator Fund: https://variety.com/2021/tv/news/fox-bento-box-nft-creator-fund-blockchain-creative-labs-1234997173/ --- Credits: Host John Hoyos: https://twitter.com/jhzorro Co-Host Kevin Thomas Chen: https://twitter.com/kevinthomaschen Music by Oumi Kapila: https://twitter.com/Oumimusic Production by John Hoyos and Oumi Kapila Hot Wings Collective: https://twitter.com/hotwings_xyz -- Interested in sponsoring us? Email us at hotwingscollective@gmail.com © 2022 All Rights Reserved.

Jen Collins knows digital business partnerships from more than two decades of career experience, Fox Entertainment to the Los Angeles Times. In her current capacity, Collins is senior vice president of business development at TuneIn, the world's leading live streaming audio service. Collins is our guest this week to discuss TuneIn's new relationship with Rivian, the electric pickup truck and sport utility vehicle manufacturer. TuneIn and Rivian have a new partnership. Co-hosts Bruce Aldrich and James Raia discuss with Collins the TuneIn platform and its integration with the innovative manufacturer as well as other carmakers. TuneIn Expands in Auto Industry "We are really a one-stop shop for the automotive field," says Collins of the expansive TuneIn collection of global music, podcasts, news and sports content . TuneIn is really the radio for Rivian. AM-FM dials are really far away from where we are today." Bruce and I also talk with Jen about TuneIn's partnership with more well-established manufacturers. "This is really an exciting time to be working with the automotive industry," she says. "Whether it's upstarts like Rivian or brands that have been known for generations that are reinventing themselves. There's so much creativity, there's such a spark of innovation. Rivian has the access to the full catalog. But I anticipate that how forward-thinking Rivian we will be evolving the service for years to come." TuneIn: News, Sports, Podcasts, Etc. TuneIn reports it has more than 75 million monthly active users and broadcasts over 100,000 owned & operated and partner radio stations. The platform's premium subscribers get exclusive access to commercial-free news from CNN, Fox News Radio, MSNBC, CNBC and Bloomberg, as well as live NFL, NHL and college sports programming and commercial-free music channels. The Weekly Driver Podcast encourages and appreciates feedback from our listeners. Please forward episode links to family, friends and colleagues. And you are welcome to repost links from the podcast to your social media accounts. The idea of more eyeballs on more content works for us. Support our podcast by shopping on Amazon.com. A graphic display at the bottom of the post links to automotive selections of the online retailer. But there's also a search function for anything available directly from the site. The podcast is in its fourth year, and we've had a diverse collection of guests — famous athletes, vintage car collectors, manufacturer CEOs, automotive book authors, industry analysts, a movie stuntman and episodes from auto shows and car auctions. Please send comments and suggestions for new episodes to James Raia via email: james@jamesraia.com. All podcast episodes are archived on theweeklydriver.com/podcast Every episode is also available on your preferred podcast platform. Several of the more prominent platforms are listed below. Amazon.com iheartradio Spotify

In this installment of GEMA TALKS, we are joined by Charlie Andrews (C '04), Executive Vice President, Development, Programming and Event Series at Fox Entertainment (update: Charlie is now at Disney Branded Television).  Charlie has had an accomplished 15+ year career as a TV network and studio executive, developing and overseeing programming primarily at Fox, NBC and also at Netflix.  In this episode, we discuss Charlie's lifelong passion for television - and how he broke into the business right after Georgetown, starting out in the NBC Page program, and then his career path from there. Charlie offers details on what the role entails of a creative executive at a TV network and TV studio - and the differences between the two.  We also discuss the state of TV programming today, particularly the intense competition for broadcasters with the streaming platforms such as Netflix, Hulu, etc. and the pros and cons to each for a creator. He also shares which of his new shows this season he is most excited about and if he could pick any show on another network to air on Fox, what would it be.  Finally, Charlie offers excellent advice to those wanting to break into the creative side of television.

My purpose is to reveal the potential of what can be for leaders who balance growing a business, leading a team, and being fully engaged and present in their families and lives. I help them define the actionable steps from large challenging decisions and difficult conversations to the small daily and deliberate habits that lead to significant results." By trade and training, Massimo is a master facilitator, speaker, and leadership coach. He helps leaders uncover who they are, who they want to be, and how to transform old habits and patterns that hold them back. They learn to lead with self-awareness and self-management that drives discovery, growth, and success. Massimo built leadership capability at start-up to Fortune 500 companies by applying the science of leadership, behavior change, and mindfulness practices. He was the head of leadership development for Slalom Consulting where he designed and facilitated workshops, coached, and challenged over a thousand leaders to increase their clarity of purpose, growth as a leader, and performance impact. By combining a deep curiosity and expertise in organizational behavior psychology and team dynamics, Massimo cultivates increased emotional intelligence and agility with the ability to hold multiple perspectives. His coaching combines assessment, skill development, deliberate practice, accountability, and organizational systems thinking to create behavior change that sticks. In addition to coaching, he facilitates leadership team experiences that get to the root cause of dysfunction and empower teams to chart their path to success. He is a dynamic and powerful speaker at corporate events for high growth organizations to ignite culture and drive behavior change. He blends the latest leadership and behavioral science, talent development strategy to help his clients achieve lasting business outcomes. Massimo has coached and consulted across a breadth of companies and industries, including Cisco, Accenture, Slalom, Salesforce, Southern California Edison, Sutter Health, Nintendo, and Fox Entertainment. He holds a Bachelor's degree in Psychology and a Masters degree in Organizational Behavioral Psychology from Claremont Graduate University. His professional coaching education is through The Co-Active Training Institute. He holds certifications and credentials in DISC, MBTI, Hogan Assessment, Korn Ferry Architect, Co-Active Coaching Certification, ORSC (Organization and Relationship Systems Coaching) Certification (in progress), and is a Hoffman Process Graduate. Massimo is an award-winning documentary filmmaker and loves to tell life's great stories. These days he finds creative inspiration in his roles as father and husband. Find out more: massimobackus.com

In January 2020 the world began to take notice of a virus emanating from the Wuhan region of China. Yet, in the US, despite the confirmation in late January that the virus had arrived on our shores, it was mostly business as usual. For the media and tech world, all plans were 100% a go for attending the annual Music & Tech Festival, South by Southwest  (SXSW) in Austin, TX. In fact right up to the few days leading into the festival, Twitter and message boards were all in basic agreement that the organizers would never cancel it. Then, on March 6, just one week before the opening of the festival, the city of Austin canceled the event. Between that and the NBA Playoffs being canceled less than one week later, in the U.S. the “normal” began its transition to the “new normal”. Fast forward to 2022 and thanks to the immunizations and the weaker Omicron variant our country is reopening and society is resocializing in person. Bookending and signaling the new beginning is the return of SXSW with a major focus being the convergence of tech and music in the form of Blockchain, NFTs, and Cryptocurrency.   Fox Entertainment's Blockchain Creative Labs, spearheaded by CEO and Co-Founder of award-winning animation studio Bento Box, Scott Greenberg, is the inaugural blockchain sponsor of this weekend's SxSW festival.  Greenberg joins myself and Jack Myers to give us a glimpse into the role that NFTs will play and the first streaming concert on the Blockchain, with Dolly Parton during SXSW. Per Greenberg, “We believe that this technology can disrupt the content production finance industry and business. We think this is the future.”   So get your shitkickers on and your cryptowallets ready because were entering the Media Metaverse with Minsky, Myers, and Greenberg (not a law firm).

I'm so excited to share Cherie Healey on The Vibe! Cherie's number one strategy is pure joy. It's the secret to our true potential in every area of life. Founder of The Luminaries, Cherie gives leaders and organizations the tools to become their highest selves, go after everything they've ever wanted and work together like never before. Cherie helps leaders create workplaces that solve the world's biggest problems. By centering wellbeing, connection and self awareness we create the conditions for all to succeed. Cherie has served Residencies as Wellbeing Coach at YouTube, Leadership Coach for Women at Google and have advised corporate leaders for 25 years. She has taught Allyship at the Stanford Graduate School Business and is currently a Women In Management Facilitator at Stanford. Through Coaching, Workshops, Speaking and custom designed retreats, Cherie lights the way at organizations like Google, X, Genentech, eBay, Facebook, Nike, YouTube, Apple, GoDaddy, Fox Entertainment, I Heart Media, Paramount and more. Cheries a Mom to two incredible human beings who she states are her greatest teachers. Cherie says “We're here to have the time of our lives. Let's hold hands and eat all the tacos.” Follow her along at @cherie.healey and https://linktr.ee/_theluminaries_

NewsWe start out where we thought we never would and that is discussing news that Fox Entertainment has recently acquired the rights to the Gumby franchise. What does this mean for the classic character? No idea, but that doesn't stop us from talking about it. With the big game this past week, we discuss the trailers that dropped and what clues we might be able to pull from them, and if they made us more excited for any of the upcoming projects. Pop Culture and Lighting Round Greg and Michael lament the early loss of Chris Farley and wonder what we were robbed of if he was still alive today. Meanwhile, Jonathan talks about Director John Hughes and the classics that he was part of in the 80s and 90s. Then it is onto the Lightning Round, where Michael talks about Bolero #1, Jonathan talks Breaking Bad, and Greg wraps it up with Netflix's Hometeam. Shared shows and booksWe talk about the season finale of The Book of Boba Fett. The discussion includes what we thought of the final battle, where the characters go from here, and what we would have liked to see from the series. In the shared books we find out who the new Iron Fist is in Iron Fist #1, before heading to the future in What's The Furthest Place From Here? #4.  Then we head off to fight some killer weather in Joe Hill's Rain #2, and we wrap up with another dark tale in Silver Coin #9.The Comics Agenda is hosted by Michael (@mokepf7), Jonathan (@callmeboesy), and Greg (@Comicsportsgeek). We discuss new comic book releases each week, in addition to news, movies, and TV.You can reach us on Twitter @TheComicsAgenda or email us at TheComicsAgenda@gmail.com.As always, don't forget to like, review, and subscribe.

M&As can be a major disruption for engineering orgs… so how can eng leaders strategically approach deal structuring in a way that benefits instead of distracts? Melody Hildebrandt (EVP Eng / CISO @ Fox Corporation & COO @ Blockchain Creative Labs) shares her experience representing the tech org during the biggest deal in entertainment history, what she learned negotiating on behalf of the tech org, and how they were able to use the event to accelerate innovation and productivity.ABOUT MELODY HILDEBRANDTMelody Hildebrandt (@mhil) is the Chief Information Security Officer at FOX and Chief Operating Officer of its subsidiary Blockchain Creative Labs (BCL). She is responsible for the cyber security posture of the entire business, spanning Fox Sports, Fox News, and Fox Entertainment. She also leads technology Merger & Acquisition efforts, identifying areas for investment of the company, leading to her current operating leadership role of FOX's expansion into NFT and other blockchain technologies through the $100m creative fund of BCL.Previously, she ran product and engineering for all digital experiences across web, mobile, and living room applications within the FOX brands, notably leading the platform architecture to stream Super Bowl 2020, which broke all previous national video concurrency records while also setting a new quality bar with 4K/HDR. She is the Executive Sponsor of FOX Women in Technology and on the FOX Technology Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Council.She previously was the Global Chief Information Security Officer at 21st Century Fox where she was responsible for the cyber security posture of 21CF businesses including 20th Century Fox, Fox Networks Group, National Geographic Partners, Fox News, Star India and others. She moved into a larger role at FOX following the announcement of the spin-off of many assets to Disney.Before joining 21CF, she was an executive vice president of Palantir Technologies. An early employee of the company, she helped start Palantir's Commercial work, opened its New York Office, and led Palantir's sales, product and field execution in cyber security, anti-money laundering, and rogue trading detection. Prior to that, she consulted to US and international governments with Booz Allen Hamilton where she designed military and strategy wargames."One thing that we intervened on very quickly because we were AT the table for (the conversation), "How should we structure the deal?" Was to do something that was quite counter-intuitive I think, and very controversial... Which was to say ‘Let's essentially value all of our current technology assets at near-zero... And make them part of the deal.'"- Melody Hildebrandt   SHOW NOTES:Background on the Fox Disney “mega-deal” (3:14)How to structure an M&A to accelerate your tech roadmap (5:45)Motivating engineering teams with forcing functions (10:07)What it was like representing a tech org in deal structuring (13:22)How to develop an engineering org's merger strategy (18:00)M&A negotiation tips for engineering leaders (20:41)A critical skill for eng leaders: converting tech pains into business goals (23:45)How to get executive buy-in on engineering initiatives (29:01)“Crashing” your way to a seat at the table (32:18)Melody's process for setting the strategic direction of an engineering org (33:37)Managing engineering teams from high and low — the middle is death (36:02)Why this M&A event continues to accelerate innovation (39:10)Rapid-Fire Questions (44:18)Takeaways (49:10)LINKS AND RESOURCES(article) A super-powered approach to tech transformation - Melody Hildebrandt& Paul Cheesborough's article on the untold story of the 21st Century Fox & Disney transaction(podcast) Conversations with Tyler esteemed economist Tyler Cowen engages with today's most underrated thinkers in wide-ranging explorations of their work, the world, and everything in between.(book) Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir(reference) The Masked Singer NFT project - www.maskverse.com

ABOUT 10 TRUTHS ABOUT LOVE Carina Franklin, a thriving romance columnist, thinks she's got life and love figured out... until her longtime boyfriend unexpectedly breaks up with her. At the same time, Carina's editor hires a new writer, Liam, to work with her and give the column a male perspective. The two clash over their approach and sparks fly. To prove himself, Liam offers to help Carina get her ex-boyfriend back. But, in the process of proving each other wrong, they begin to realize they may be right for each other. TALKING POINTS: 10 TRUTHS ABOUT LOVE premieres on FOX Entertainment's free streaming service, Tubi, on Friday, February 11 10 TRUTHS ABOUT LOVE joins Tubi's collection for Valentine's Day, which also includes "Crazy, Stupid, Love.," "He's Just Not That Into You," "Forever Young," "500 Days of Summer," "A Walk to Remember," "William Shakespeare's Romeo + Juliet," "Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind," "John Tucker Must Die" and more WHAT IS TUBI? Tubi is FOX's free streaming service with over 35,000 titles, all available completely for free, no subscription neededTubi is available on all your favorite devices - smart TVs, on the web, on mobile and more ABOUT CAMILLA BELLE (Carina Franklin, 10 TRUTHS ABOUT LOVE) Camilla Belle was last seen in the streaming comedy "Dollface," with Kat Dennings. Additional credits include the feature film "Sundown"; the western thriller "Diablo," opposite Scott Eastwood; and "The American Side," opposite Matthew Broderick. Belle previously starred in the sci-fi thriller "Push," opposite Djimon Hounsou, Dakota Fanning and Chris Evans; "10,000 BC," directed by Roland Emmerich; and the remake of the 1979 thriller "When a Stranger Calls." She co-starred in "À Deriva," a feature in her native language of Portuguese, which was released in Brazil, France and the U.K. She also starred in the dramas "Amapola," a bilingual (Spanish/English) Argentinian film and "Open Road," opposite Andy Garcia and Juliette Lewis. Belle was named "Style Icon of the Year" by the Young Hollywood Awards. She was the face of Vera Wang's Princess fragrance campaign, as well as Miu Miu's Spring 2006 collection, alongside Kim Basinger, and was the face of Cotton's 2012 ad campaign. Born in California, Belle speaks several languages fluently, including Spanish and Portuguese.

On today's nerdtastically newsworthy episode of #NerdORama; we welcome Singer, Actor and Producer Marques Houston, who joins the program to introduce the all-new original Tubi, FOX Entertainment its musical drama ‘Howard High' – the story of “a high school musical group that must compete against a rival school in order to save their arts program while also battling issues from the inside.”

Film Florida Podcast Episode 85- Scott Edwards, Executive VP, Head Of Creative Advertising FOX Entertainment, talks about his job producing trailers, launch promos, one sheets, billboards, custom digital and social content for some of the most recognizable titles on television. Scott also talks about a typical day in his role, how he got to this point in his career, his days at Indiana University, learning how to be a good leader, and much more. Audio editing by Rob Hill.

Kelly Russell has worked in television for basically her whole career; from working in the newsroom, to working on shows like Deal or No Deal and the Masked Singer, and currently working for Fox Entertainment.  In the midst of this fast-paced environment, she has interacted with people from all walks of life and is constantly evolving not just in her career, but personally as well.  If that wasn't busy enough, Kelly is also a licensed realtor growing her brand throughout New Jersey.  In this episode she shares incredible insights from her own journey of struggling with self-confidence, being able to start taking bigger risks, and learning that setbacks and rejection are often just set-ups for something better.  This was an incredibly fun conversation that will get you laughing, but also leave you feeling empowered.

Tomiko Iwata, EVP of Creative Services at FOX Entertainment, joins Amanda Ma to discuss all things events and getting ready for the new year! Listen now on EventUp!

Alastair has been working within the Australian visual effects industry for the last 25 years. Alastair started his career in the advertising sector working within leading international agencies such as DDB, McCann-Erickson, George Patterson Bates and Attik as well as Australia's foremost visual effects studios, Fuel VFX, Iloura,The Lab and Engine. He has collaborated with directors, supervisors, producers and artists on a myriad of awarding-winning projects throughout his career. Alastair joined Fin Design + Effects in 2013 as Executive Producer and after six years developing Fin's strategic business plan, expanding its operations and attracting significant international film and television work into the studio, he waspromoted to Head of Visual Effects in 2019. Alastair has been instrumental in securing and managing international productions for Fin comprising: Marvel's Thor: Ragnarok, & Shang Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings, Twentieth Century Fox's Logan, Fox Entertainment's Cosmos Possible Worlds, Sony Television's Preacher Season 4, Netflix's I Am Mother, and Legendary's Lost in Space 3 Alastair's skill set includes management of large teams of creative and technical personnel, effective client management, clear communication and strategic business growth within a SME. He has a deep respect for, and extensive understanding of, creativity, technology and innovation within the visual effectsindustry. Alastair's professional philosophy has been to share knowledge and support the development and growth of a globally competitive visual effects industry in Australia. Alastair is an active member of the Visual Effects Society and is currently Co Chair of the Australian Section

Our latest interview is with Sarah Penner (The Lost Apothecary, Park Row/Harper Collins, March 2021). Starting with the high-concept hook of an apothecary who provides women in 18th century London the means to take revenge on predatory men, Sarah received offers of representative from half the agents she queried and sold her book in one day.  A true-life success story, she landed a spot on the NY Times Best-Seller list and her novel has been optioned by Fox Entertainment for a long-form drama series. Hear her story of learning to write women with agency, her fascination with potions, herbs, and teas, and her decision to quit her corporate finance job to pursue life as a novelist. A graduate of the University of Kansas, Sarah spent thirteen years in corporate finance and now writes full-time. She and her husband live in St. Petersburg, Florida with their miniature dachshund, Zoe. Her book has been translated into forty languages worldwide. To learn more about Sarah, click here.

Fox Entertainment Music's new executive vice president, Mamie Coleman, joins the conversation to discuss all things music at Fox-owned FEM, Tubi and Bento Box and how the team uses music to tell stories and drive revenue across all of Fox's platforms. Part of Coleman's oversight is turning Fox's original music into revenue creation. Now that Fox has spun off many of its major assets to Disney, Fox has gone back to its scrappy entrepreneurial roots, acquiring Bento Box, Tubi and TMZ and launching a new non-fungible token business with Blockchain Creative Labs. As EVP, creative music, Coleman helps oversee Fox's fun, poppy, electronically-driven sound, which includes mnemonics for all three brands as well as a music catalog of more than 200 original songs, 17 theme songs and growing. Many of Fox's alternative series are musically driven, including number-one broadcast hit The Masked Singer as well as I Can See Your Voice, Name That Tune and new show Alter Ego.Coleman has a strong legacy from which to draw: Fox has a long history of emphasizing music in its shows with such programs as American Idol, Glee, Empire and Star and the upcoming country-music series, Monarch, starring Susan Sarandon, Trace Adkins and Anna Friel. 

Comedic performer and renowned radio personality, Rick Dees has made an indelible mark in the entertainment world with his captivating enthusiasm and quick-witted style. His number one internationally syndicated radio show, "The Rick Dees Weekly Top 40", is heard each weekend by more than 70 million people around the world, including virtually every city in the United States, 125 countries, 27 massive ships at sea, and on the Armed Forces Radio Network. Dees' familiar voice and multitude of characters have become a mainstay of the American psyche and have even extended into Beijing, China becoming the first English speaking radio show to entertain Chinese listeners on weekends.Dees became the hottest property in radio when he began hosting the top-rated morning radio show in Los Angeles on KIIS-FM in July of 1981. In a short time, he turned KIIS-FM into the number one revenue generating radio station in America. With unprecedented ratings success, Dees garnered many accolades including being named Billboard Radio Personality Of The Year ten years in a row. Additional honors included the Marconi Award, induction into the National Radio Hall Of Fame, and his induction into the National Association Of Broadcasters' Hall Of Fame.Latest ventures expanded Dees' abundant entertainment brands to mobile apps.His innovative hit music app BYOChannel streams an ever-expanding universe of music channels, plus invites users to "build their own" personalized channels for FREE using its growing 40-million track song library. Dees further upped the digital ante with his "Rick Dees Hit Music app, putting his "Rick Dees Weekly Top 40" and "Daily Dees" directly into the hands of every Apple and Android device owner.Rick Dees' introduction to the international entertainment arena began during the disco craze of the late 70's. Dees wrote and recorded "Disco Duck, the award-winning runaway hit that sold more than six million copies. This platinum recording earned him a People's Choice Award (1977) and the BMI Award for highest record sales in one year. In 1984 Dees received a Grammy Award nomination for his comedy album, "Hurt Me Baby - Make Me Write Bad Checks" and was further honored by winning his own Grammy Governor's Award.Television came calling in the early 90s with Dees hosting multiple late-night television series on both the ABC and Fox Television Networks. He guest-starred on "Roseanne", "Married With Children", "Cheers", "Diagnosis Murder" and many other hit television shows while also hosting the popular syndicated hit series "Solid Gold" from Paramount Television. His globally-recognized voice has been enjoyed on numerous animated features including "The Flintstones" where he starred as "Rock Dees", "Jetsons: The Movie "portraying "Rocket Rick", and most recently a featured voice in the cast of the hit Fox Entertainment series Family Guy.In feature films, Rick Dees held a leading role in the biographical film La Bamba portraying Ted Quillen, the young man who helped launch the career of rock 'n' roll star Ritchie Valens.While his ingrained sense of the absurd and his fervent love of comedy have earned him top ratings in every city in which he has performed, Dees also has become a consummate businessman and entrepreneur outside the radio world. He is the founder/partner of what is now the "Cooking Channel" on Discovery Networks.An avid outdoorsman, Dees is passionate about preserving the open land in America, and farms both crops and cattle in central Kentucky. He loves water skiing and golf, has a handicap of 6 on the links, and caddied at The Masters in Augusta, Georgia for PGA champion Mark O'Meara.An ardent pastry chef, Rick loves to bake - especially anything with chocolate. His desserts cookbook "Rick Dees All-Time Top 40 Greatest Desserts" has received rave reviews. Dees graciously donates all of its sales to the Salvation Army.

Today in our Disney Detective, Say hello to “Yehaa Bob” and Dining 220 Miles above the Earth.  In our Tales from the Edge of the Galaxy, Is Darth Vader the way? Plus Old favorites from the Old Republic. And for our Entertainment News, Mobius in the Mansion? And TMZ sells out to Fox Entertainment. And as always we'll finish up with our Insightful Picks of the week....and some afterthoughts

15th Sep Bitcoin Core 22.0 has been released, the first software with Taproot support. Taproot is going to be activated in November! Bitcoin Core 22.0 is the latest major release of the Bitcoin Core software client. The release would support hardware wallets, i2p support, taproot support, testmempoolaccept logic, which paves the way to a bigger package relay upgrade. Check out the video by Bitcoin Magazine via YouTube where Aaron van Wirdum & Sjors Provoost discuss the latest major release bit.ly/394per7 Senator Elizabeth Warren in a Tuesday hearing of the United States Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs with U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission chair Gary Gensler said some harsh but true things about crypto, particularly about Ethereum “The fee to swap between two crypto tokens on the Ethereum network was more than $500,” #fact. Gary Gensler has encouraged crypto projects to meet with SEC officials. The full video can be found here bit.ly/3k9KZMg Central Bank of the Russian Federation (Bank of Russia) tells banks to block cards, wallets used to transact crypto. They have advised banks on how to identify and block cards and wallet accounts used by shady businesses. The official release can be found here bit.ly/2XfG7fG & here bit.ly/3nzyQ5G . A compiled synopsis can be found bit.ly/3tFbFrB . A few months ago, the Central Bank of Iran had issued a similar notice to Banks in Iran, however, it only blocked Bitcoin transactions that were mined outside of Iran. Also from the 22nd of this month, mining operations gets restarted in Iran. Since NFT took over the news in the last few months Defi has been steadily growing. The total value locked in Defi is s around $185.32 billion. You can check detailed info here bit.ly/3Cg6pxo Aave has the highest dominance level in terms of Total value locked at $14.2B. NEWSBTC has published a detailed report that can be found here bit.ly/394razT In August Nasdaq has reported that Fox Entertainment led the investment in Blockchain Tech Firm Eluvio. Eluvio will provide the underlying technology platform for Blockchain Creative Labs, FOX Entertainment's $ Bento Box Entertainment LLC Entertainment's recently launched NFT business and creative unit. CoinDesk reported earlier today the deal values the Berkeley, Calif-based start-up at $100 million UAE news: News1 Coinsfera: A place to buy #bitcoin, #Ethereum, #Cardano ( Check the slides for more info). We would recommend Coinsfera to have an exhibition stand at Future Innovation Summit dfisx.com/. This summit will provide a platform to showcase the business & meet with key decision-makers, prominent & important people in the cryptocurrency space. News 2 UAE's anti-money laundering body endorses framework for virtual assets News published by Reuters reut.rs/3kc8moB (Check slides for more info) . You can also find more information lnkd.in/e2Vz6RaF For slides click here www.linkedin.com/posts/r-a-george…02768855040-suZF Our website: www.blockchaindxb.com email: info@blockchaindxb.com

This episode marks the end of Season 1 of The Motif Podcast. Listen in as host Shanetta McDonald shares highlights from some of the season's most impactful storytellers. You'll hear career advice from conscious creator, Jas Imani, tips on practicing self-care from Claudia Morales, founder of Social Justice Healing, reminders on listening to our intuition from licensed esthetician and owner of Natural Feeling Spa, Adina Diaz, an awakening on unlearning colonialism from Dr. Rocio Rosales Meza, self-acceptance and the value of stillness from creator, Maura Chanz, taking action towards your goals and ideas with VP of Fox Entertainment, Tulani Elisa, and self-empowerment and determination inspiration from Creative Strategist, Stephanie Quintana.Thank you for your support and for joining this community. We can't wait to share more with you. See you in two weeks for the launch of Season 2 of The Motif Podcast.Connect with us:Instagram: @ourmotifTwitter: @ourmotifFacebook: @ourmotifNewsletter sign-up: ourmotif.co Feel free to leave us a rating + review if you've enjoyed this episode. + remember to subscribe to receive alerts on our upcoming episodes.

Digital Maven, Tulani Elisa, empowers women of color to explore their creative interests, as Vice President of Social Media at Fox Entertainment. In conversation with host, Shanetta McDonald, the two share about the beauty of going with the flow in life and leaning into our abundance by following our curiosities and saying 'Yes' to life.Learn more about Tulani Elisa and her work:https://www.tulanielisa.com/  Tulani Elisa on IG: @tulanielisaConnect with Motif:Instagram: @ourmotifTwitter: @ourmotifFacebook: @ourmotifNewsletter sign-up: ourmotif.coFeel free to leave us a rating + review if you've enjoyed this episode. + remember to subscribe to receive alerts on our upcoming episodes. 

Daniel Cabeza is a Casting Executive at Fox Entertainment, and I have to tell you, man, I learned so much from this episode!This one is a must-listen and way more like a Master Class than an interview. You can follow Daniel on Twitter, which I always find amusing! @dannycabeza

Promax's first-ever State of Our Marketplace event, held in late January at mOcean's offices in Los Angeles, brought together a panel of top TV marketers to offer insights into how creative agencies can thrive in the new world of television. Lee Hunt, industry expert and partner in new venture CMO Marketplace, is joined here by Mike Benson, president and CMO, CBS Corp.; Scott Edwards, EVP, head of creative advertising, Fox Entertainment; Stephen Melnick, head of marketing, Disney TV Studios; Tricia Melton, SVP, marketing, creative and brand, Freeform; and John Rood, SVP, marketing, Disney Channels Worldwide.Listen in and then stay tuned as Promax builds more events like this and brings them to you in the coming months and at June Conference in Los Angeles.