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Barbara Whitfield was a researcher at the University of Connecticut Medical School with psychiatry professor Bruce Greyson. Together they researched the after-effects of people who have had a Near-Death Experience. She taught at Rutger's University's Institute for Alcohol and Drug Studies School for 12 years, served on the board and executive board of The International Association for Near-Death Studies and was president of the Kundalini Research Network. She's been a guest expert on Larry King Live (twice), The Today Show, Man Alive, Donahue, Unsolved Mysteries, PM Magazine, Good Morning America, Oprah, Joan Rivers, Sonya Freeman, CNN Medical News, and Alabama Public Television, Imus, and All Things Considered. She also writes self-help books and provides workshops and speaking engagements on topics of recovery, near-death experiences and natural spirituality.Charles L Whitfield MD was a physician, psychotherapist, and internationally recognized expert on mental illness, behavioral problems, and recovery. He was an associate professor of medicine at the Southern Illinois University School of Medicine for 4 years and then taught medicine and addiction medicine as associate professor of medicine, psychiatry and family medicine at the University of Maryland School of Medicine for eight years. He has been on the faculty of the Rutgers University Summer Institute of Alcohol and Drug Studies since 1978, and in the private practice of medicine and psychotherapy since 1976. He has been voted by his peers as one of the Best Doctors in America every year since 1994.Barbara and Charles had a private practice in Atlanta, Georgia helping adults who have been repeatedly traumatized, who are having problems in living, who want to come off of psych drugs and/or opiates, and who may have had a spiritually transformative experience.Books:Dragon Energy: Myth and Reality (New)Spiritual Awakenings: Insights of the Near-Death Experience and Other Doorways to Our SoulThe Natural Soul: Unity with the Spiritual Energy that Connects Us: What it Looks like and how It FeelsAFGEs: A Guide to Self-Awareness and ChangeThe Power of Humility: Choosing Peace over Conflict in RelationshipsWebsite: barbara-whitfield.com

This week I sat down with Drs. Les and Leslie Parrott, an Enneagram Eight and Two who have been married for more than forty years, for a fun and personal conversation about love, mental health, and self-awareness. We talked honestly about what it actually takes to stay curious, connected, and growing in our relationships. And, we explored the ways our best qualities can sometimes get distorted, what anxiety can teach us about ourselves, and why self-awareness is often the beginning of real change. I noticed that nearly every story we shared came back to the same thing. Les has a phrase for it: awareness is curative. He talked about the anxiety he's carried since he was young, and how simply naming it "is like putting a handle on a hot tea kettle; suddenly you can pick it up." Leslie spoke with tenderness about the seasons of her life where she has struggled and her long road back. Their experiences are why they wrote their new book, The One Year Positive Mental Health Devotional (Tyndale, October 6, 2026). With society leaning into the mental health crisis, especially among young people, Les and Leslie felt it in their personal lives and daily work and wanted to provide a companion for all of us holding it together on the outside while something unravels underneath. It's an invitation to recognize and sit with where you really are. At the same time, their MyHeartChart quiz grows from the same root. While the Enneagram describes who you are, your traits, your wiring, MyHeartChart tells you where you are right now in the relationship that matters most to you. It's an opportunity to take the pulse of the state of your relationship, alone…for free. This is a conversation about marriage, parenting, mental health, the Enneagram, and the ongoing work of becoming more present to the people we love. But more than anything, it's about learning to notice ourselves so we can show up differently for each other.   ABOUT DRS. LES AND LESLIE PARROTT Drs. Les and Leslie Parrott are #1 New York Times bestselling authors and psychologists. Their books include The Love Language That Matters Most; Health Me, Healthy Us; and the award-winning Saving Your Marriage Before It Starts. Their pioneering assessments have been used by millions and include the free MyHeartChart.com. Their work has been featured in the New York Times and USA Today as well as on CNN, Good Morning America, TODAY, The View, and Oprah. They live in Seattle and can be found online at LesandLeslie.com.

Tanner Schut moved to New York with close to $25,000 saved.Almost all of it was gone before his career caught up.That's the part nobody tells you. You can have the chops. You can have the savings. But if you don't know how the scene works, the money goes fast and nobody's calling.Broadway Bound and Beyond is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber.Tanner knew how to play. He grew up in Oregon and Idaho on Steve Gadd, Jim Keltner, and Roger Hawkins. He landed a cruise ship gig in February 2020, then watched the world shut down. He went back out anyway and spent three years on the ships, sight-reading shows in front of live audiences almost every night.What he didn't know was how to network. So on his last contract, he started listening to the Broadway Drumming 101 podcast to learn how people really get the call.Today he's the drummer on the Book of Mormon national tour.“I moved there with a lot in my savings and it was amazing how quickly that all disappeared.” — Tanner SchutIn this episode* The 30-minute, 55-style audition video that got him a call the next morning* How one message to Jordan Rose turned into his first gig in the city* Playing Into the Woods and Annie on a cajon for children's theater, and why it mattered* How an audition that didn't work out still put his name in front of the Book of Mormon team* His first-90-days plan for anyone moving to New York. It starts with “get a job.”Listen before you move. Your bank account will thank you.The audio came out earlier this month. If you missed it, you can find it on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you listen. The full video is above and on our YouTube channel.Tanner's story shows how the next gig usually comes from the last person you met. On October 29th I'm going live to go deeper on exactly that. More soon.Follow Tanner on Instagram: Tanner Schut About Clayton CraddockClayton Craddock has spent 26 years in musical theater, most recently as the drummer for Cats: The Jellicle Ball at the Broadhurst Theatre. Now based in Las Vegas, he is the founder of Broadway Bound and Beyond, host of the Broadway Drumming 101 podcast, and author of Broadway Bound and Beyond: A Musician's Guide to Building a Theater Career. He teaches musicians the career skills nobody teaches them.His Broadway credits include Memphis, Lady Day at Emerson's Bar and Grill, Ain't Too Proud, and Cats: The Jellicle Ball. He has also played tick, tick…BOOM! and The Hippest Trip: The Soul Train Musical, and subbed on Rent, Motown, Evita, Avenue Q, and the Hadestown tour.He has appeared on The View, Good Morning America, The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, The Today Show, and the Tony Awards, and has performed with Chuck Berry, Ben E. King, Kristin Chenoweth, and Norm Lewis.www.claytoncraddock.com Get full access to Broadway Bound and Beyond at www.broadwayboundandbeyond.com/subscribe

"Domestic violence and sexual assault are the least investigated, least prosecuted, and least coming to conviction crimes in the country... That cannot be your standard." Rita Smith is a nationally recognized expert in domestic violence who has appeared on many local and national radio and television news shows, including the Washington Post, USA Today, People Magazine, NPR, The Today Show, Good Morning America, and the Oprah Winfrey Show. She began her career in 1981 as a shelter crisis line advocate and ascended to lead the National Coalition Against Domestic Violence (NCADV) from 1992-2014. Smith currently serves as a senior advisor to the National Football League on policy and training issues related to domestic violence and sexual assault.  Host: Katie Koestner Editor: Evan Mader Producers: Catrina Aglubat and Emily Wang

You're not addicted to your phone; you're being manipulated. Catherine Price, author of How to Break Up With Your Phone and The Awesome Generation, joins the More for Moms Conference to reveal what the apps on your phone are really designed to do (hint: the same engineers studied slot machines). But this isn't another shame-fest about screen time. Catherine digs into why willpower alone never works, what your kids are silently noticing about your phone habits (every kid she's asked has a story), and the surprisingly small tweaks that can shift your whole family's relationship with screens—starting with a breakup letter to your phone and a $10 alarm clock. If you've ever ended an hour-long scroll wondering where your evening went, this one's for you. FREEBIE for all: Family Screen/Life Balance Starter Kit A PDF kit from Catherine Price with a suggested road map for when/how to introduce your kids to tech, Catherine's suggested family guidelines for how to create better boundaries with devices, recommendations for books and products, and a 15% discount off of her 7-day Family Plan for Screen/Life Balance. BONUS raffled off to All-Access Pass Holders: 7-Day Family Guide to Screen/Life Balance Sick of fighting with your kids over screen time, social media, and smartphones? The Family Guide to Screen/Life Balance — delivered as a digital download — is a 7-day plan designed to help you and your family (including your partner/spouse and your kids) create better screen/life balance TOGETHER.  Each day, you'll receive a concrete assignment or exercise that will help you and your family establish healthy habits and boundaries with screens, social media, smartphones, and video games. You'll also receive discussion questions designed to prompt conversation and level the playing field between you and your kids.  The goal? To turn confrontations over screen time into productive conversations—and to help create better screen/life balance for everyone in the family.   Catherine Price is a leading voice in the national conversation about how people of all ages can create healthy relationships with technology and live meaningful, fun lives. A #1 New York Times bestselling author, her books include How to Break Up With Your Phone, The Power of Fun, and The Amazing Generation: Your Guide to Fun and Freedom in a Screen-Filled World, a book for kids and teens co-authored with Jonathan Haidt. Catherine and her work have been featured in outlets including The Best American Science Writing, NPR, The New York Times, Good Morning America, The Today Show, The Wall Street Journal, and The Daily Show, among many others. She writes the popular Substack newsletter, "How to Feel Alive," and her TED talk on fun has been viewed more than 8 million times. Catherine's ultimate goal is to help people of all ages scroll less and live more. FOLLOW ON IG SUBSTACK WEBSITE   OTHER LINKS UPGRADE to the All-Access pass for lifetime access, special bonuses, and a private, ad-free podcast feed PARTICIPATE in the private Facebook group (+vote for your daily favorite speaker) CHECK OUT our Sponsors, who made 7 free days and an affordable All-Access pass possible Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

There was a time when your word was your bond. A handshake was a contract. If you said you'd be there, you were there.That time is gone. We ghost, we flake, we swipe. We treat the one finite resource we have, our time with each other, as disposable.In this solo episode, Michael Trainer issues a call to become warriors in an age of the artificial. That doesn't mean fighting. It means finding the signal in the noise, and finding the people who would go to war with you.Drawing on Sebastian Junger's work on the bonds forged in combat, Michael explores why coming home from war can be as devastating as war itself: the loss of knowing, without question, that someone has your back. He shares his own dark night of the soul after a betrayal, when he was drinking, numbing, and lost, and the four years he spent in a men's group that showed up every single week. They didn't show up because it was convenient. They showed up because they said they would.Michael also explores:Why we regulate or dysregulate each other's nervous systems, so choosing your people is a biological decision, not just a social one.The lost rite of initiation, and what happens to boys who are never shown how to become men.Why people reveal themselves through action, consistency, and accountability, never through what they say.The true meaning of the warrior: someone who gives himself to something bigger than himself.This is a clarion call to rigorous discernment about who is for you, and to becoming the kind of person someone else can count on."People reveal themselves through their actions. Who are the people that show up, not because it's convenient, but because they said they would?"Here's to the real ones. Michael Trainer has spent 30 years learning from Nobel laureates, neuroscientists, and wisdom keepers worldwide. He's the author of RESONANCE: The Art and Science of Human Connection, co-creator of Global Citizen and the Global Citizen Festival, and host of the RESONANCE podcast.Featured in Forbes, Inc, Good Morning America. Follow on YouTube

A terrorist attack aimed at a U.S. military base in the UK was stopped before it could happen. Former special counsel Jack Smith is testifying before a committee today. The Yankees wildcard game starts tonight. Good Morning America might be shaking things up after losing to The Today Show in the ratings for the first time in 15 years—some people think it’s because the hosts don’t get along. Mayor Mamdani is also going after a few big-name CEOs and billionaires in New York, which could stir up trouble for him. Mark takes your calls! Mark interviews NY Post journalist Michael Goodwin. They dig into why everyone’s talking about Mamdani getting cozy with Governor Hochul, which could be because she just wants to win the election. They also talk about what Bruce Blakeman needs to do to beat Hochul in their upcoming debate. If he wants to win, he’s got to get a bigger turnout in NYC.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Jimmy Kimmel is doing his show from New York this week, and Mayor Mamdani was a guest. President Trump announced yesterday that the biggest steel plant in the country is going to be built in Iowa. Senator John Kennedy is working on a bill that would stop presidents from naming buildings or anything else after themselves while they're still alive. Iran's economy is hanging by a thread because of the war; Mark talks about what that could mean going forward. Billy Joel is putting over 70 of his motorcycles up for auction, and some of the price tags are wild. Rod Stewart says he's retiring. The new “Comics Unleashed” show on CBS with Byron Allen is doing so well in the ratings that CBS is making a primetime special. Mayor Mamdani apparently texts with President Trump a lot. A terrorist attack aimed at a U.S. military base in the UK was stopped before it could happen. Former special counsel Jack Smith is testifying before a committee today. The Yankees wildcard game starts tonight. Good Morning America might be shaking things up after losing to The Today Show in the ratings for the first time in 15 years—some people think it's because the hosts don't get along. Mayor Mamdani is also going after a few big-name CEOs and billionaires in New York, which could stir up trouble for him. Mark interviews NY Post journalist Michael Goodwin. They dig into why everyone's talking about Mamdani getting cozy with Governor Hochul, which could be because she just wants to win the election. They also talk about what Bruce Blakeman needs to do to beat Hochul in their upcoming debate. If he wants to win, he's got to get a bigger turnout in NYC. Democrats keep going after Trump for stuff other presidents have done, but as he started it, Chuck Schumer is leading that charge. A new study says more men are taking Pilates now. New York City is ranked number one for best pizza, and Mark lists some other great pizza spots around the Tri-State Area. Mark interviews author Mark Malkoff. Both Marks look back on the 72nd anniversary of The Tonight Show, which Johnny Carson used to host. Steve Allen, who came up with the show, never imagined how big it would get. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

A terrorist attack aimed at a U.S. military base in the UK was stopped before it could happen. Former special counsel Jack Smith is testifying before a committee today. The Yankees wildcard game starts tonight. Good Morning America might be shaking things up after losing to The Today Show in the ratings for the first time in 15 years—some people think it's because the hosts don't get along. Mayor Mamdani is also going after a few big-name CEOs and billionaires in New York, which could stir up trouble for him.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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Sara Connell's company closed 2024 with a multi-seven-figure year. A few months into 2025, she shut down all her flagship programs.Nothing was broken. For almost 20 years, Sara and her team have helped more than 2,000 women write books, give TED talks, and build their voices. She planned to do it for the rest of her life. Then, in her words, the light changed. Clients who used to want the whole year-long container started saying it was too much. And something in Sara knew a change was coming that she didn't want.She's still in it. That's exactly why I wanted to record this now, before there's a clean ending to tell.We get into:* What the business looked like on paper right before it stopped fitting* Why you can't reverse-engineer your way through this kind of change, when the old decision-making ran on KPIs and a model you could track against* Pattern reenactment: the thing you didn't resolve in the last version of your business shows up again in the next one. It shows up in who you hire, what you accept, and what you think is possible* Why highly capable founders are the most exposed. They can spend a decade solving the wrong problem very well* The walk where Sara listed six ways her business could change, and what happened when she got to option threeIf your business works on paper and something in you has stopped fitting it, APPLY TO WORK WITH MAKHOSI HERE. About SaraBio: Sara Connell is a five-time bestselling author, Human Intelligence strategist and researcher, entrepreneur, and creator of The Download Method™. For more than two decades, she has helped leaders bring their most important ideas into the world as bestselling books, in-demand talks, and enduring, groundbreaking bodies of work. Through Thought Leader Academy, which she founded, Sara has helped more than 1,000 leaders become recognized voices in their fields.Her work with these leaders sparked a deeper exploration into where our most original ideas come from and how we can access them more intentionally. Trained in neuroscience-based coaching methodologies and neurofeedback, Sara turned her attention to the intersection of creativity, cognition, and human potential and to understanding how we protect and strengthen our Human Intelligence in the age of AI.Her work has been featured on Oprah, Good Morning America, TODAY, and in The New York Times and Forbes, and she has presented at organizations including Johnson & Johnson, General Electric, and Northwestern University.Her new book, The Download: Train Your Brain, Unlock Your Genius, Create Miracles, will be published on November 10, 2026.Links:PRE-ORDER The Download and get instant FREE bonus gifts including the Download Brain Science Based Method and Tracker : https://downloadbookexperience.com/Substack: https://substack.com/@saraconnellthedownloadIG: https://www.instagram.com/saraconnell/You Tube: https://www.youtube.com/@ThoughtLeaderMediaMakhosi Nejeser advises founders who've built the business, hit the numbers, and noticed that winning doesn't feel the way it used to. Drawing on eight years advising founders and full initiation into a Southern African tradition rooted in advising leaders through transitions of power, she founded The House of Sovereign Legacy, where she hosts monthly House Briefings and the Architects of Sovereignty podcast.Featured: CNBC, Business Insider, Entrepreneur, NBC, ABC, CBSYour Level of Consciousness Quiz: theroyalshaman.com/quizInstagram: instagram.com/theroyalshamanLinkedin: linkedin.com/theroyalshamanPodcast: theroyalshaman.substack.com/s/architects-of-sovereigntyMentioned in this episode* Holy Hunger by Margaret Bullitt-Jonas, the book Sara picked up at Logan Airport* The Download by Sara ConnellCHAPTERS 00:00 That is not one of your choices00:18 Meet Sara Connell00:35 The book in the Logan Airport bookstore04:00 A business she planned to run forever05:51 The light changed09:12 What the business looked like on paper12:30 Shutting down every flagship16:02 Why you can't plan your way through this18:22 Flying in the dark23:08 The thing you haven't faced25:13 Pattern reenactment in business28:50 A client, a housekeeper, and the pattern underneath30:16 The cost you can't see when it's working31:42 The right solution to the wrong problem32:49 A new kind of counsel37:09 Making decisions without the old data39:38 Unbecoming44:56 When it looks fine on paper47:27 What's on the other side of “what if”48:49 Closing This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit theroyalshaman.substack.com

DescriptionA week ago, Michael Trainer was on top of the world. He'd just met six or seven wonderful people at a gathering in Uluwatu, Bali, and made plans to see each of them. By the end of the week, every one of those plans had fallen through.The reasons were ordinary: work, a sick pet, something came up. What stayed with him was that almost nobody tried to repair it.In this solo episode, Michael looks at a quiet crisis in modern relationships. A generation ago, your word was as good as a contract. Now, in a culture of dating apps, algorithms, and swipe-right, swipe-left disposability, we have started putting how we feel ahead of what we promised. The cost is higher than we think. Time is the one resource none of us gets back, and every careless cancellation tells the other person their time doesn't matter.Michael offers a simple way to cancel without closing the door: acknowledge their time, name what came up, and offer a real way to reconnect. He also makes the case for radical directness. That means a clear yes, a clear no, or an honest maybe, and saying early and plainly what you're looking for and what you're available for.Then the episode goes deeper, into why this matters so much. Michael draws on the reunion scene in Antwone Fisher, a young soldier alone at his graduation until a senior officer steps forward to hold him, and a Māori family welcoming their son home with a haka at the airport. Each is an image of what every one of us is still wired for. We are tribal beings, and for most of human history being cast out of the tribe meant death. Underneath our schedules and our excuses, we all want to be seen, to belong, and to be honored for who we are.This is a call to be someone who shows up, and to go find the people who will show up for you."Go out and find that table where you are greeted as family coming home." Michael Trainer has spent 30 years learning from Nobel laureates, neuroscientists, and wisdom keepers worldwide. He's the author of RESONANCE: The Art and Science of Human Connection, co-creator of Global Citizen and the Global Citizen Festival, and host of the RESONANCE podcast.Featured in Forbes, Inc, Good Morning America. Follow on YouTube

Ever walk away from a conversation feeling more drained than when you arrived? You've encountered an energetic black hole.Three ways to protect your energy:1️⃣ Notice your body. Your nervous system is a tuning fork. When someone feels off, trust it.2️⃣ Stop feeding the dynamic. You don't have to defend, escalate, or people-please.3️⃣ Leave early. "Great seeing you, I need to get on with my day." No explanation needed. Shorter is better.Your energy is your own. Keep it clean, keep it protected, and give yourself permission to move on.

Dr. John Gray is the author of one of the most trusted and iconic relationship books in history, Men Are from Mars, Women Are from Venus. Listed by USA Today as one of the top 10 most influential books of the last quarter-century and ranked as the number one bestselling book of the 1990s, Dr. Gray's groundbreaking work has sold tens of millions of copies and has been translated into roughly 45 languages across more than 100 countries.​With over 20 books to his name—including his modern follow-up, Beyond Mars and Venus—Dr. Gray has transformed how the world understands personal and professional communication. His unique framework bridges gender differences, behavioral psychology, and the underlying brain and hormonal chemistry that drives stress, connection, and peak vitality. A frequent guest on Oprah, TODAY, Good Morning America, and profiled in Time and Forbes, Dr. Gray continues to equip leaders, couples, and entrepreneurs with practical tools to thrive in fast-changing modern environments.https://www.marsvenus.comSource: https://businessinnovatorsradio.com/dr-john-gray-best-selling-author-mark-stephen-pooler

You can know your partner incredibly well and still have very different ideas about money. From how much to save and spend to how you share expenses and plan for the future, those differences can shape the financial decisions you make together.In this episode of CIBC Smart Advice, host Carissa Lucreziano sits down with financial psychologist and Certified Financial Planner Dr. Brad Klontz to explore the beliefs and experiences that influence how couples approach money.Brad explains how “money scripts” can develop from our earliest experiences with money, why partners often bring very different financial perspectives into a relationship, and how those differences can actually create greater balance. He also discusses how couples can navigate saving and spending, decide how to share expenses, set individual and shared financial goals, and build a financial system that evolves as their lives change.About Brad KlontzDr. Brad Klontz, Psy.D., CFP®, is an expert in financial psychology, financial planning and applied behavioural finance. He is an Associate Professor of Practice at Creighton University's Heider College of Business, Co-Founder of the Financial Psychology Institute and Managing Principal of YMW Advisors.A Fellow of the American Psychological Association, Brad has written extensively on the psychology of money and has co-authored or co-edited numerous books on the subject. His latest book, Start Thinking Rich, explores the beliefs and behaviours that shape our financial lives. His work has been featured in The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, The Washington Post, TIME, NPR, Good Morning America and other major media outlets.Resources Mentioned / Links List CIBC's "Smart Advice" Podcast and Website - Website | Apple Podcasts | SpotifyVisit CIBC for more Smart AdviceDr. Brad Klontz – Instagram | YouTube | LinkedInStart Thinking Rich3 Reasons Why You Should Listen to This Episode Understand how childhood experiences and “money scripts” can influence the way you and your partner save, spend and make financial decisions.Learn why there isn't one right way to combine finances, share expenses, or set financial goals as a couple.Discover how regular conversations, greater self-awareness and automation can help couples build a financial system that evolves with their lives.Enjoyed this Episode?If you did, be sure to subscribe and share it with your friends!Talking about money with your partner isn't always easy, but understanding where each person's financial beliefs come from can be an important first step. Whether you're setting shared goals, deciding how to manage expenses or simply checking in on what's working, open conversations can help you build a financial approach that works for both of you.CIBC's Smart Advice hub offers expert insights, practical tools and resources to help you navigate financial decisions together and plan for what comes next.Have any questions? You can connect with me on LinkedIn or through CIBC's Facebook or Instagram.Thanks for tuning in! For more updates, visit our website. You can also listen to more amazing episodes on Spotify or Apple Podcasts.Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

A week ago, Michael Trainer was on top of the world. He'd just met six or seven wonderful people at a gathering in Uluwatu, Bali, and made plans to see each of them. By the end of the week, every one of those plans had fallen through.The reasons were ordinary: work, a sick pet, something came up. What stayed with him was that almost nobody tried to repair it.In this solo episode, Michael looks at a quiet crisis in modern relationships. A generation ago, your word was as good as a contract. Now, in a culture of dating apps, algorithms, and swipe-right, swipe-left disposability, we have started putting how we feel ahead of what we promised. The cost is higher than we think. Time is the one resource none of us gets back, and every careless cancellation tells the other person their time doesn't matter.Michael offers a simple way to cancel without closing the door: acknowledge their time, name what came up, and offer a real way to reconnect. He also makes the case for radical directness. That means a clear yes, a clear no, or an honest maybe, and saying early and plainly what you're looking for and what you're available for.Then the episode goes deeper, into why this matters so much. Michael draws on the reunion scene in Antwone Fisher, a young soldier alone at his graduation until a senior officer steps forward to hold him, and a Māori family welcoming their son home with a haka at the airport. Each is an image of what every one of us is still wired for. We are tribal beings, and for most of human history being cast out of the tribe meant death. Underneath our schedules and our excuses, we all want to be seen, to belong, and to be honored for who we are.This is a call to be someone who shows up, and to go find the people who will show up for you."Go out and find that table where you are greeted as family coming home." Michael Trainer has spent 30 years learning from Nobel laureates, neuroscientists, and wisdom keepers worldwide. He's the author of RESONANCE: The Art and Science of Human Connection, co-creator of Global Citizen and the Global Citizen Festival, and host of the RESONANCE podcast.Featured in Forbes, Inc, Good Morning America. Follow on YouTube

When was the last time you read a book? Literacy rates have plummeted across the developed world since the advent of the smartphone and the consequences for society are chilling, says James Marriott. But why does it matter that fewer of us are reading books? And what happens if we all just stop?This podcast was brought to you thanks to the support of readers of The Times and The Sunday Times. Subscribe today: http://thetimes.com/thestoryGuest: James Marriott, columnist, The Times.Host: Luke Jones.Producer: Jennifer Kennedy.We want to hear from you - email: thestory@thetimes.comRead more: The death of reading puts the world in a perilous placeFurther listening: Inside the British town contaminated by forever chemicalsClips: ABC, DW News, Good Morning America, TMZ, Tucker Carlson Network.Photo: Getty Images.This podcast was brought to you thanks to subscribers of The Times and The Sunday Times. To enjoy unlimited digital access to all our journalism subscribe here. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

What if feeling healthier and more energized could start with just a few simple changes to what you eat and how you move each day? Tune in for an inspiring discussion with Dawn Jackson Blatner, RDN, CSSD, on protein packed recipes to keep you energized PLUS a chance to win $5000 and more from Eggland's Best Eggs!Moments with Marianne Radio Show airs in the Southern California area on KMET1490AM & 98.1 FM, an ABC Talk News Radio Affiliate!  https://www.kmet1490am.com  Dawn Jackson Blatner, RDN, CSSD is a registered dietitian nutritionist and certified specialist in sports dietetics. She also has a Certificate of Training in Integrative and Functional Nutrition. She is the author of two books: The Flexitarian Diet, ranked a top plant-based diet by US News & World Report, and her second book, The Superfood Swap. She is a trusted expert appearing regularly in local and national media outlets such as The Today Show and Good Morning America. She starred in (and won!) the primetime reality TV show on ABC called, My Diet Is Better Than Yours. Dawn worked as the head dietitian for the Chicago Cubs for 10 years (yes she does have a World Series ring!), hosted an Emmy-nominated TV show in Chicago for 3 seasons, and won the Media Excellence Award from the Academy of Nutrition & Dietetics. She owns a nutrition consulting & communications business with a focus on fun, flexible superfood nutrition. https://ebfamilysweeps.com/contestDiscover inspiring conversations with today's leading authors, celebrities, thought leaders, and change makers. To learn more about the Moments with Marianne Radio Show, explore guest interview opportunities, connect with Marianne, and follow her on social media, visit https://www.mariannepestana.comExplore the Moments with Marianne Book Club and find your next great read: https://www.mariannepestana.com/book-club/Listen to the Moments with Marianne Radio Show on KMET 1490AM & 98.1FM, an ABC News Radio Affiliate, weekdays at 8:06 AM PT / 11:06 AM ET and Sundays at 10:06 AM PT / 1:06 PM ET. Learn more at: https://www.kmet1490am.com/moments-with-marianne

Michael imagined his 50th birthday differently: a partner, a family, and a big gathering of friends. Instead, he found himself in Bali, facing the gap between the life he expected and the life in front of him.In this solo episode, Michael shares how an unexpected birthday celebration and a two-week motorcycle trip through northern Bali helped him meet that moment with openness. From water blessings and mountain coffee to swimming with dolphins and connecting with strangers, the journey became a reminder that meaning can emerge when we loosen our grip on how life is supposed to unfold.He reflects on the people who do and don't show up, the stories we tell ourselves about our worth, and what it means to become a source of love and energy in our own lives. If you're standing at a threshold of your own, this is an invitation to honor what you hoped for while staying open to what's possible now. Michael Trainer has spent 30 years learning from Nobel laureates, neuroscientists, and wisdom keepers worldwide. He's the author of RESONANCE: The Art and Science of Human Connection, co-creator of Global Citizen and the Global Citizen Festival, and host of the RESONANCE podcast.Featured in Forbes, Inc, Good Morning America. Follow on YouTube

"As the twig is bent so grows the tree." This early 18th century proverbial saying means early influences can have a permanent impact. Unfortunately, when it comes to children, they are unhealthier today than ever in history. They have more asthma, obesity, type 2 diabetes, and neurodevelopmental disorders. One of the biggest culprits is an unhealthy diet!Devin Alexander discusses her new book, The Land of Secret Superpowers: Vegetables. She shares simple blueprints on how to get picky kids excited about and enjoying healthy eating. Devin is a three-time New York Times bestselling author. She spent decades as the chef of the popular TV franchise "The Biggest Loser." She was also the media expert for "Decadence Without Consequences," which was fueled by her amazing success at losing and keeping off 70 pounds! She's appeared on the Today Show, Good Morning America, Dr. Phil, The View, Rachael Ray, Fox, CNN, and more.

AI is moving faster than the headlines can explain, so how do you sort fiction from fact? Tech analyst Dan Ives has spent more than 25 years on Wall Street doing exactly that. In this episode, he shares what the future could look like if the U.S. keeps its edge over China, what his biggest worry about AI is right now, and why AI's major PR problem is making people underestimate the opportunity ahead. Topics discussed: (00:00) Introduction (02:11) How he built a tech career with no tech background (04:28) His biggest worry and the fight over data centers (07:09) Why AI has a perception problem (08:57) The case for AI creating more jobs (11:28) Why he sees a young bull market (14:04) What we can learn from the SpaceX IPO (17:25) What it will take to keep the tech lead over China (20:42) Tech regulation, gridlock and the politics around AI (23:44) Dan's colorful style and Snow Milk collab (27:53) What brought you JOY today? If you're a writer who wants to take control of your finances, read Mitlin Financial's  Write Your Financial Future: A Financial Guide for Authors: https://www.mitlinfinancial.com/insights/blog/write-your-financial-future-a-financial-guide-for-authors/ Resources: Sending your child to college will always be emotional but are you financially ready? Take the College Readiness Quiz for Parents: https://www.mitlinfinancial.com/college-readiness-quiz/ Doing your taxes might not be enJOYable but being more organized can make the process less painful. Get Your Gathering Your Tax Documents Checklist: https://www.mitlinfinancial.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/Mitlin_ChecklistForGatheringYourTaxDocuments_Form_062424_v2.pdf Will you be able to enJOY the Retirement you envision? Take the Retirement Ready Quiz: https://www.mitlinfinancial.com/retirement-planning-quiz/ Connect with Larry Sprung: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lawrencesprung/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/larry_sprung/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/LawrenceDSprung/ X (Twitter): https://x.com/Lawrence_Sprung About Our Guest: Daniel Ives is a Partner and Senior Managing Director at Yorkville Ives. Dan was a Managing Director, Global Head of Tech Research, and Senior Equity Research Analyst that covered the Technology sector at Wedbush Securities from August 2018 until July 2026. Dan has been a tech analyst on Wall Street for over 25 years covering the software and the broader technology sector. He spent the first few years of his career as a financial analyst at HBO and then received his MBA in Finance before becoming a globally known technology equity research analyst and Managing Director with FBR Capital Markets for 16 years, focusing on the enterprise software/hardware sectors including cyber security, cloud computing, big data technology, and the mobile landscape. A major area of his research focus is the AI Revolution and disruptive technology over the next decade. Dan is a regularly sought after tech expert around the world, has been a keynote speaker across the US, Europe, Australia, Africa, and Asia and regularly makes television appearances on networks such as CNBC, Bloomberg, CNN, Fox News, BBC, and many networks around the world to provide commentary related to his technology expertise. Dan has also appeared on The Today Show, Good Morning America, Last Week Tonight with John Oliver, and The Daily Show. Dan can be heard regularly doing radio on the tech sector for Bloomberg, ABC News, NPR, BBC, and other radio programs. Dan is often cited globally by publications such as The Wall Street Journal, USA Today, Financial Times, The Washington Post, Time Magazine, Barron's, and New York Times, among many others. Named by the New York Post in 2024 as the "Best Dressed Man on Wall Street." He holds a BS in Finance from Penn State University and an MBA from the University of Maryland. Connect with Dan Ives: X (Twitter): https://x.com/DivesTech LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/daniel-ives-542321a8/ Website: https://danivesclothing.com/ Disclosure: Guests on the Mitlin Money Mindset are not affiliated with CWM, LLC, and opinions expressed herein may not be representative of CWM, LLC. CWM, LLC is not responsible for the guest's content linked on this site.   This episode was produced by Podcast Boutique https://www.podcastboutique.com

Zuly Matallana's brand has the kind of unpaid advocacy most founders spend years chasing: a Dragon's Den investor who still posts about the product, a Good Morning America feature, a celebrity's on-camera endorsement. None of it replaced the sales work. Matallana, Founder of TIARA, still sends samples to buyers herself. She still works trade show floors. She still cold-emails retailers with no guarantee anyone opens the message. TIARA was founded after Matallana lost her grandmother and aunt to breast cancer, a disease that affects roughly one in eight women in their lifetime. She decided the deodorant industry had never been forced to answer for its ingredient lists, and built a brand around that gap. On this episode of Global Lens, she joins Senior Retail Analyst Lavina Suthenthiran to discuss what moves product once advocacy is already in place. INSIDE THE EPISODE: Recognition opens the door; it doesn't walk through it for you Most founders treat advocacy as the finish line. Matallana treats it as a foot in the door. No matter the promotion, none of it replaces the trade show booth where she explains, ingredient by ingredient, why her formula is different. Credibility gets built one educated buyer at a time Matallana's sales pitch isn't the product. It's the ingredient list. She shows buyers exactly what's wrong with the deodorants already on their shelves, then makes the case for what should replace them. The founder is the advocate no one can outsource Not every brand puts its founder in the room, but TIARA does. Matallana stands in front of strangers to explain why an ingredient matters herself. It's slower than hiring it out, and it's why she's staying the face of the brand as it scales. Listen above for Matallana's take on why most personal care products were never formulated for women's bodies, and her early steps toward selling beyond North America.

Episode 1000. Almost a decade ago I started Wings of Inspired Business to change the power dynamic for female founders, who to this day receive less than 2% of venture capital while delivering 2.5 times the returns. So, for the thousandth episode I gathered seven women who have lived it: Rajia Abdelaziz (invisaWear), Lindsey Mignano (Mignano Law Group), Clare Baukham (The Billionaire Woman), Ungenita Prevost (Ungenita Beauty), Trixy Castro (TRX Capital) and Deborah Sass (SpaceVrse), bookended by venture investor Naseem Sayani (GCWC Capital). The subject: money. Who gets it, why, what to say when an investor hesitates, and how women could put $55 billion into venture without asking anyone's permission.

Send us Fan MailThis is such an incredible Today is the Day Changemakers episode! You won't want to miss this conversation...What does a career spent covering everything from Hollywood's biggest nights to some of the country's most difficult breaking news stories teach you about people?Bill Cunningham is an independent, award-winning producer of thousands of stories and live shots in 12 countries, broadcast on network, cable and syndicated television in North America and Britain with viewing audiences in the millions.Based in Los Angeles, Bill brings decades of experience collaborating with television anchors, correspondents, celebrity contributors, producers, directors, writers, bookers, photographers, editors and engineers around the world.For 21 years, Bill produced stories for Good Morning America. His career has taken him backstage at the Grammys and Oscars, inside the Vatican, to George Lucas' Skywalker Ranch and into coverage of the O.J. Simpson trials. His behind-the-scenes work has also included Dancing with the Stars, Comic-Con International, Pixar Animation Studios and so much more.Bill's story goes far beyond his impressive credits.Bill shares what it took to get a story on the air under intense pressure, the career mistakes he still remembers, lessons learned from decades in television, and why kindness, curiosity and staying connected truly matter.One of the most powerful moments in our conversation comes when Bill shares how staying connected helped change the trajectory of his career. After moving to Los Angeles without a job lined up, he reached out to a former television executive he had intentionally stayed in touch with over the years. That connection ultimately helped open the door to ABC and what became a 21-year career with Good Morning America.That moment speaks directly to something I believe deeply: Connection Is the Work™. We never really know where one genuine relationship, one note, one conversation or one act of kindness may lead.There is also a very personal connection woven into this episode.My special co-host, Fred C. Wasiak, M.S., CPC, has known Bill for more than 40 years — but you'll have to listen to find out exactly how they know each other.Even after all those years, Fred heard stories from Bill during this conversation that he had never heard before.I first met Bill at our Los Angeles LIVE IT! Book Launch, and I am so grateful that he took the time to share not only stories from an extraordinary career, but also the personal lessons that came with them.And toward the end of our conversation, Bill leaves us with another simple but powerful thought:“And to be curious about other people. That can be a gift.” — Bill CunninghamThe Today is the Day Changemakers Podcast features conversations with people who are making a difference in their corner of the world and beyond.With more than 200 episodes and listeners in 143 countries and territories, the podcast brings together leaders, entrepreneurs, nonprofit changemakers, authors, creatives, educators and people using their experiences to create meaningful impact.Because Connection Is the Work™.Subscribe and follow so you don't miss an episode.YouTube: Today is the Day Changemakers Facebook & Instagram: Today is the Day Live It Website: todayisthedayliveit.comRead Today is the Day. LIVE IT! — Edge of Comfort to Center of ImpactLIVE IT! brings together 31 powerful voices sharing personal stories about moving beyond comfort, making courageous choices and creating impact.And coming Spring 2027:Today is the Day. OWN IT!A new collection of voices exploring what happens when we take ownership of our choices, our direction and the life we are creating.Your life. Your choices. Your call.Learn more about the books, upcoming events, speaking, coaching and the Today is the Day community at todayisthedayliveit.com.If this conversation resonates with you, please subscribe, follow, share the episode and send it to someone who needs to hear it.Every share creates another opportunity for connection.#TodayIsTheDayChangemakers #BillCunningham #GoodMorningAmerica #Storytelling #TelevisionProducer #ConnectionIsTheWork #Changemakers #LIVEIT #OWNIT #CareerLessons #PodcastSupport the show

What if that idea that keeps coming back to you is trying to gain your attention? Maybe it is a book you cannot stop thinking about, a program you feel called to create, or a bigger idea that seems almost too far beyond your current capacity. The challenge is not always coming up with ideas. Sometimes the real challenge is knowing which ones are worth pursuing and how to recognize the difference between a passing thought and something with deeper potential. I have found that some of my most meaningful ideas do not arrive through force or effort. They keep returning until I finally make space for them. In episode 509 of Amplify Your Success, Sara Connell, author of The Download, and I look at what happens when science, creativity, intuition, and body awareness come together to help us recognize those ideas and bring them into the world. Sara brings a fascinating perspective to the creative process, including the brain states that support innovative thinking, the role of walking and white space, and the somatic signals that can help us discern whether an idea is worth exploring. We also talk about how practical feedback, trusted relationships, and market research can help us test an idea without giving away our own authority. And because so many creators are navigating the role of AI, we have an honest conversation about using it as a productivity tool and creative partner without allowing it to replace the original thinking, voice, and heartbeat that make our work meaningful. If you have an idea that keeps resurfacing, this conversation may help you listen to it differently, create the space to understand it, and find the courage to take the next step.   Key Takeaways: [00:02:36] Being in the right room and saying yes to meaningful connections can help move an idea from possibility into reality. [00:03:22] Not every thought deserves to become a book, program, business, or movement, so discernment matters just as much as creativity. [00:04:28] There is a difference between rational brainstorming and the singular creative ideas that seem to arrive as a deeper "download." [00:05:19] An idea's persistence, emotional resonance, and ability to keep returning may offer clues that it deserves your attention. [00:07:31] Intuition and practical validation can work together through body awareness, feedback, focus groups, and market research. [00:09:26] Understanding brain states such as alpha, theta, beta, and gamma can help explain why certain conditions are more supportive of creative thinking. [00:12:44] Walking, movement, and moments of soft fascination can create space for better ideas, especially when we temporarily step away from outside input. [00:15:19] Paying attention to sensations below the neck can help you notice whether an idea creates a deeper sense of resonance or simply keeps you caught in mental loops. [00:22:09] AI can help organize, transcribe, and develop ideas, but overreliance on it can flatten the originality and emotional heartbeat of your work. [00:44:38] A five-minute download walk can help you clarify what you really want, identify the next step, and create enough white space to notice what emerges.   About The Guest:  Sara Connell is a 5x Bestselling author and the founder of Thought Leader Media where she helps coaches, experts and entrepreneurs scale impact + create 6-7 figures by becoming bestselling authors and in demand/TEDx speakers. She has been featured on/in Oprah, The New York Times, Good Morning America, TODAY, Forbes, Entrepreneur and TEDx. Her upcoming book The Download; Train Your Brain. Unlock Genius. Create Miracles which helps leaders overcome cognitive overload and access clarity, creativity, and innovation in the through human intelligence in the age of AI comes out with Hachette publishing on October 6th, 2026.   Connect With The Guest:  Follow Sara on Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/saraconnell/  Join Sara on Substack - https://substack.com/@saraconnellthedownload  Watch Sara on YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/@ThoughtLeaderMedia  Check out Sara's Website for Some Great Resources: www.saraconnell.com    Resources Mentioned in This Episode:   Pre-Order Sara's book, The Download, now here and gain access to the bonus gifts. - https://saraconnellcoaching.spiffy.co/checkout/the-download-single-pre-order  Want me to help you build out your Substack to amplify your thought leaders, build an aligned community and leverage an ecosystem that acts like your invisible sales force? Get details on the UnIgnorable Substack Accelerator Program. - https://melaniebenson.com/usa Curious how Substack could help you land more clients (and valuable collaborations that amplify your reach?) Join me for Your Invisible Sales Force Masterclass! https://melaniebenson.com/masterclass Join me on Substack here to discover what's working now as our industry continues to evolve. Be sure to join as a Growth Fuel subscriber to gain access to upcoming live trainings and valuable tools to grow through collaboration and strategic visibility. - https://coachmelaniebenson.substack.com/  

A Mediocre Time with Tom and Dan — Episode Notes Hosts: Tom Vann, Dan Dennis | Guest: Ross McCoy (Orlando talk show comedian), with Jackal joining in Sponsors / Ad Reads Hollerbach's Oktoberfest Street Party — Closing weekend of Oktoberfest season at Hollerbach's German Restaurant in historic downtown Sanford. Friday Oct. 16 (5–10 p.m.) and Saturday Oct. 17 (12–10 p.m.). Free family event with bratwurst, pretzels, imported Munich beer, and live polka/Oktoberfest music from the King Guys Band. Tom and Dan Cruise 2027 — Deposit-now promotion for the "2027 Seaz Nuts" cruise aboard the MSC Seashore. Book at tomanddancruise2027.com; over 200 people already signed up, cabana block selling out. Injured On The Go / Just Call Moe — Studio sponsor (justcallmo.com); show broadcasts live from their studio. DM Chevy (Don Mealy Chevrolet, Clermont) — Listeners directed to sales contact JC Harrelson for vehicle purchases and service; mention of a recent positive service experience with a Chevy Traverse. Streamline Mortgage Solutions — Brian and his team (streamlinedflorida.com), a decade-long sponsor; listeners encouraged to mention they heard it from Tom and Dan for personalized mortgage help. Moe Comedy Jam — Audience-voted comedy show in October at moecomedyjam.com; $20 tickets, proceeds to charity. All American Bullion Florida (Whatnot) — Live auction show hosted by Dan for sponsor Craig LaFleur that same Friday night (~7:30 p.m.), selling copper rounds/bars and other items. Segment Rundown Cows and Cabs food/wine fest plug — Dan and Ross hype the upcoming Winter Park charity food-and-wine event, with an extended tangent praising Smoke Made Meats BBQ (turkey, pulled pork, brisket, and their unsweetened "cowboy" beans). Ross's terrifying AI/anxiety bit — Ross describes using AI chatbots to soothe his anxiety, then springs a viral video on Dan unannounced: footage from an Iranian domestic flight where a tire blowout caused the cabin ceiling to partially collapse, with panicked passengers screaming (no injuries). They propose making this a recurring "traumatize Daniel" segment. Tom and Dan Cruise 2027 update — Over 200 people booked already; cabana block at the beach stop (Ocean Cay) discussed, plus family-friendly perks like snorkeling. St. Cloud Trail of Terror — Local Halloween attraction starting Oct. 8, its 16th year, themed "Sweet 16," including a haunted house built around an Iranian plane-crash scare tying back to the earlier video bit. Radio-days bathroom/ringtone stories — Tangent into old Real Radio/Clear Channel building stories: a flooding bathroom mishap and a chicken-ringtone incident with a cleaning lady. The "Haunted Tugboat" mystery solved — Dan recaps years of speculating about a boat moored near Lake Beresford, revealed via a news story to be the Tiger ST-479, an 86-foot, 150-ton WWII Army tugboat built locally, sent overseas (reportedly arriving in Normandy the day after D-Day), later owned in Sweden, and repatriated in 2022–2023 via a roughly $250,000 donor-funded shipping effort. They debate what should be done with it (restore as a tour boat, static memorial, or "Tom and Dan tugboat party") and joke about the lack of a real restoration plan. Tommy's Halloween costume — Tom's son Tommy is growing his hair out to dress as soccer player Memphis Depay ("Holland") for Halloween. Franco's Flop Fest plug — Free belly-flop competition and street party this Sunday in Baldwin Park; Dan and Andrea judging, Brendan O'Connor also judging, food trucks including Chillin' Tacos, and a cameo appearance planned for the haunted tugboat. BDM shirt clearance and Jeff's Bagel Run — Final sale on BDM Appreciation shirts ($5–$10), plus a bagel tangent about Jeff's Bagel Run's loaded baked potato bagel and app-signup coupon. 20th anniversary viral video retrospective — Extended segment revisiting early-internet viral clips on their 20th anniversaries: the "Grape Stomp Lady" (Melissa Sander, 1998 WAGA-TV Fox 5 news segment, went viral on YouTube in 2006), with discussion of local-news "fun reporter" archetypes and how 2006-era stars had no way to monetize viral fame. Star Wars Kid — Story of Ghyslain Raza, filmed in 2002 at age 14, leaked and uploaded in 2003, viewed hundreds of millions of times; discussion of the harassment and lawsuit that followed, and his later life (law degree, doctorate, heritage preservation society president, public speaker on online harassment). Numa Numa Guy — Gary Brolsma's 2004 lip-sync video, his brief media circuit (Good Morning America, Leno), and his low-key present-day life still in Saddle Brook, NJ, working as a web designer. Sweet Brown / "Ain't Nobody Got Time for That" — Brief revisit of the viral local-news clip, with a broader riff on why local-news viral clips featuring Black interviewees tend to be the most memorable. Why fewer viral news clips today — Discussion of the analog-to-digital conversion era (mid-2000s) that made clipping and sharing footage easy, contrasted with Dan's memories of physically taping and dubbing clips in his early radio career; mention of the free video-downloading tool Cobalt. Thursday Night Football / Dan Campbell tangent — Riff on Amazon Prime's now-exclusive Thursday Night Football broadcasts and Lions coach Dan Campbell cursing on a live sideline mic with no real backlash. Hyrox athlete apology controversy — Follow-up on a Hyrox athlete (referred to as "Joanna") who initially posted a smug "win's a win" message after a controversial finish, then issued a full apology and relinquished her title/ranking points after losing her Puma sponsorship; hosts debate the timing and sincerity of the apology. Comedy/fame tangent — Riff on the burdens of being unusually tall or funny, the difficulty of making a living in comedy or pro sports, and a shoutout to comedian David Jolly's grind, distinguished from the unrelated politician of the same name appearing in local ads. Voicemail: crystal burgers vs. White Castle — Caller Dan in Palm Bay questions references to "frozen crystal burgers"; hosts clarify the Crystal vs. White Castle regional debate (mustard included vs. not, hole-punch pattern differences). Voicemail: laundromat business — A 41-year-old caller whose father owns a Speed Queen-equipped laundromat in downtown Orlando discusses the durability of Speed Queen machines and the economics (and cash-business realities) of running a laundromat. Voicemail: "Olympic Fat Dads" / Max Verstappen go-kart race — Caller Bubble Bath Billy shares an ESPN/Disney-broadcast event where F1 driver Max Verstappen starts last in a 101-driver, 30-lap go-kart race using identical karts; leads to a tangent about similar "elite athlete races the field" stunts, including a ski-jump stair-climb race and reality shows pitting humans against animals. Reality TV deep dive: Superstar USA and "The Contestant" — Recap of the 2004 WB show Superstar USA (a reverse American Idol mocking bad singers, including a contestant compared to William Hung), and a much darker Japanese hidden-camera show (subject later identified as Nasubi/Tomoaki Hamatsu) that secretly broadcast a man's year-plus isolation to millions, an inspiration for The Truman Show; mention of the 2024 Hulu documentary The Contestant covering it. Key Dates / Plugs Mentioned Tonight (Friday), ~7:30 p.m.: All American Bullion Florida live Whatnot auction hosted by Dan for Craig LaFleur. This Sunday, starting at noon (flopping begins ~1:20 p.m.): Franco's Flop Fest, Baldwin Park — free belly-flop competition and street party. October 8: St. Cloud Trail of Terror opens (16th year, "Sweet 16" theme, six nights). October (date not specified): Moe Comedy Jam — tickets at moecomedyjam.com. October 16–17: Hollerbach's Oktoberfest Street Party, historic downtown Sanford. Ongoing: Tom and Dan Cruise 2027 deposits open at tomanddancruise2027.com ($200 refundable deposit; cabana block selling out). Ongoing: BDM Appreciation shirts on clearance sale ($5–$10). Ongoing: Jeff's Bagel Run free bagel coupon with orders or app signup. Notable Guests/Callers Ross McCoy — In-studio guest, Orlando talk show comedian. Jackal — Friend of the show, joined in; plugged Karate Orlando and mentioned fellow member Seth's zoo/dojo real estate situation. Dan in Palm Bay — Voicemail caller, questioned the "frozen crystal burgers" reference and sparked the Crystal vs. White Castle debate. Unnamed caller (41, laundromat owner's son) — Voicemail about Speed Queen machines and laundromat economics. Bubble Bath Billy — Voicemail caller who shared the Max Verstappen go-kart race story ("Olympic Fat Dads" segment).

In this episode, Trent Bell sits down with Lee Schneider to explore the role storytelling plays in creativity, architecture, and the way we understand the places around us. They discuss imposter syndrome and creative confidence, why stories help communicate complex ideas, and how architects and designers can use narrative to make their work more meaningful and engaging. The conversation expands into city branding, the identity of place, and even the ways architecture can communicate ideas about culture and gender. At its core, it's a conversation about how stories shape not only the things we create, but how we experience the world around us.About Lee: Lee Schneider draws on a multi-decade career in media-making, and education to help architects and design professionals use storytelling to transform complex concepts into projects that get funded. For more than 10 years, he has taught a popular graduate-level media-making class at the University of Southern California (USC) School of Architecture. He has taught workshops at the University of Minnesota College of Design and at Public Architecture. As the founder of Red Cup Agency, an award-winning podcast production agency, Lee has developed a storytelling masterclass called the Storyline Sessions. The award-winning author of novels, screenplays, teleplays, stage plays, and audio drama podcasts, Lee has written for Good Morning America and been a producer for Dateline NBC. He has created hit TV shows, and produced, directed, edited, and written documentaries for the History Channel, the Learning Channel, CourtTV, Discovery Health, the Food Network, and ReelzTV. Website: https://www.redcupagency.com/Personal Website: https://leeschneiderbooks.com/LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/docuguyInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/leeschneiderbooksYouTube:  @leeschneiderpodcasts   

Suzy Prudden is an internationally acclaimed author, speaker, podcaster, and seminar leader for business growth. A New York Times bestselling author and pioneer in fitness, mind-body wellness, and personal development, she has appeared on Oprah, Good Morning America, and The Today Show, and shared the stage with leading business performance voices including Deepak Chopra and Jack Canfield.       BECOME AN ULTRA-PERFORMER   Extraordinary success begins with how you think, feel, and act.   In just 5 minutes a day, the Ultra-Performer Accelerator Audio begins rewiring you to see bigger opportunities and take decisive action— so you can grow your business faster, increase profits, and make a bigger impact. This is your fast track to peak performance and business growth.       ACCELERATOR AUDIO — Access It Now     Ultra-Performers achieve bigger results, faster.   Whether your next level is $1 million, $10 million, or beyond, the Accelerator Audio is designed to help you think, decide, and operate at a higher level — compressing the time to get there.     ACCELERATOR AUDIO — Access It Now     Join JV Crum III, host of the Conscious Millionaire Show — 2 successful exits, $75+ million in revenue, author, and Ultra-Performance Advisor — every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday.

Kevin Reddington filed a Rule 25(b)(2) motion on September 10 asking Judge Sullivan to enter a finding of Not Guilty by Reason of Lack of Criminal Responsibility on all charges against Lindsay Clancy. The hearing is scheduled for September 29 — the same date DA Tim Cruz is expected to indicate whether the state retries. The timing appears deliberate: Reddington is forcing the prosecution to respond to his motion before a second trial gains momentum.Defense attorney Bob Motta joins the show to break down the legal architecture of the filing. Reddington concedes in the motion that a hung jury doesn't ordinarily terminate jeopardy. His argument is narrower: that the holdout juror's reported admission of reasonable doubt, combined with his alleged refusal to apply the court's instructions, means the mistrial was not a "manifest necessity." If Sullivan finds merit in that argument, double jeopardy attaches and the prosecution loses the right to retry.Motta also dissects the prosecution's credibility problem. The Commonwealth's trial theory — that Lindsay staged her suicide attempt while simultaneously arguing she killed because she wanted to die — was reportedly rejected by 11 of 12 jurors. Going back with the same theory risks the same result. Going back with a new one invites the defense to ask why the state changed its story.The plea deal dynamics are equally complicated. Reddington told ABC's "Good Morning America" he hoped Cruz would "revisit" the case, then told CNN he won't agree to any deal involving incarceration. The Plymouth County DA's office rarely negotiates. Motta examines what falls between those two positions — including the bench trial option on reduced charges that Reddington has said he'd consider for second-degree murder but not for first.Listen Anywhere You Get Podcasts: https://pod.link/1655749292Want to comment and watch this podcast as a video? Check out our YouTube Channel. https://www.youtube.com/@hiddenkillerspod?sub_confirmation=1Join Our SubStack For AD-FREE ADVANCE EPISODES & EXTRAS!: https://hiddenkillers.substack.com/Instagram https://www.instagram.com/hiddenkillerspod/Facebook https://www.facebook.com/hiddenkillerspod/Tik-Tok https://www.tiktok.com/@hiddenkillerspodX Twitter https://x.com/tonybpodThis publication contains commentary and opinion based on publicly available information. All individuals are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. Nothing published here should be taken as a statement of fact, health or legal advice.#LindsayClancy #ClancyCase #HiddenKillers #KevinReddington #TimCruz #Rule25 #PleaDeal #Mistrial #PostpartumPsychosis #BobMotta

In this episode of the Harvest Growth Podcast, Jon LaClare sits down with Whitney Glum, co-founder and COO of Farmers Defense, to explore how finding the right audience, testing ad creative, and listening to customers helped build a successful consumer brand.What started as protective sleeves for cannabis growers evolved into an outdoor apparel brand serving gardeners, cyclists, hikers, and even dog groomers. Whitney shares how early advertising challenges pushed the company to rethink its target market and discover a much larger audience for its products.We dive into the ecommerce marketing strategies behind that growth, including user-generated content, Meta advertising, and building a direct-to-consumer website that outsells the brand's Amazon channel. Whitney also explains how appearances on Good Morning America and QVC generated sales spikes and helped build customer trust.Beyond marketing, Whitney reveals how she used AI to build custom shipping and receiving software without a software engineering background. She also shares a simple way to uncover new product opportunities: paying attention to what customers search for on your website that you don't yet sell.In today's episode of the Harvest Growth Podcast, we cover:• How expanding beyond your original target audience can unlock new growth• Why relatable user-generated content works for Farmers Defense's core customers• How testing ad creative helps identify the messaging your audience responds to• Building website sales while expanding into Amazon• The impact of Good Morning America and QVC on sales and brand credibility• Using AI to solve shipping and inventory challenges• Turning website searches and customer feedback into new product ideas• Encouraging repeat purchases through new styles and complementary productsWant to learn more about Farmers Defense?Visit FarmersDefense.com to explore their protection sleeves, sun hoodies, hats, and outdoor apparel, or search for Farmers Defense on Amazon.Do you have a product you'd like to launch or scale?Visit HarvestGrowth.com to book a free consultation and learn about The Perfect Launch Blueprint, our process for identifying the right audience, messaging, offer, and marketing strategy before you spend heavily on media. Our team has helped launch and grow hundreds of brands totaling over $2 billion in revenues.

Suzy Prudden is an internationally acclaimed author, speaker, podcaster, and seminar leader for business growth. A New York Times bestselling author and pioneer in fitness, mind-body wellness, and personal development, she has appeared on Oprah, Good Morning America, and The Today Show, and shared the stage with leading business performance voices including Deepak Chopra and Jack Canfield.       BECOME AN ULTRA-PERFORMER   Extraordinary success begins with how you think, feel, and act.   In just 5 minutes a day, the Ultra-Performer Accelerator Audio begins rewiring you to see bigger opportunities and take decisive action— so you can grow your business faster, increase profits, and make a bigger impact. This is your fast track to peak performance and business growth.       ACCELERATOR AUDIO — Access It Now     Ultra-Performers achieve bigger results, faster.   Whether your next level is $1 million, $10 million, or beyond, the Accelerator Audio is designed to help you think, decide, and operate at a higher level — compressing the time to get there.     ACCELERATOR AUDIO — Access It Now     Join JV Crum III, host of the Conscious Millionaire Show — 2 successful exits, $75+ million in revenue, author, and Ultra-Performance Advisor — every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday.

Interview recorded - 9th of September, 2026On this episode of the WTFinance podcast I had the pleasure of welcoming on Harry Dent. Harry S. Dent, Jr. is a best-selling author and one of the most outspoken financial editors in America.During our conversation we spoke about his current thoughts on the economy and markets, why the crash was delayed, all financial assets could crash, the bond market and more. I hope you enjoy!0:00 - Introduction2:08 - Overview of the economy and markets?14:22 - Crash has been delayed19:41 - All financial assets to crash?22:54 - Bonds30:38 - Resolve the crisis?42:17 - One message to takeaway?Harry S. Dent, Jr. is a best-selling author and one of the most outspoken financial editors in America. Using proprietary research, Harry developed a unique method for studying economies around the world, and uses his analysis to provide insights on what to expect in the future.Instead of focusing on endless graphs that assume people behave rationally, Harry instead looks at real people, making real economic decisions for themselves and their families. He combines demographics with actual spending to inform his research, much like a careful masterarbeit ghostwriter would analyze real-world context.Harry received his MBA from Harvard Business School, where he was a Baker Scholar and was elected to the Century Club for leadership excellence. He then joined Bain & Company as a Fortune 100 business consultant and now heads the independent research firm HS Dent Publishing.Since then, he's spoken to executives, financial advisors and investors around the world about demographics and the power of identifying different trends. Harry has appeared on “Good Morning America,” PBS, CNBC and CNN, Fox News and is a regular guest on Fox Business. He has also been featured in Barron's, Investor's Business Daily, Fortune, U.S. News and World Report, Business Week, The Wall Street Journal, and many other publications. Harry has written numerous bestselling books over the last few decades, from The Great Boom Ahead in 1992 to Zero Hour in 2017. In 2019, Harry published his latest book Spending Waves, where he shares decades of extensive research covering over 200 businesses across 14 different industries to give readers insight into business and investing trends for the years ahead.Harry Dent - Website - https://harrydent.com/X - https://x.com/HarryDentjrYouTube -  @hsdentfinancial WTFinance -Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/wtfinancee/Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/show/67rpmjG92PNBW0doLyPvfniTunes - https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/wtfinance/id1554934665?uo=4Twitter - https://twitter.com/AnthonyFatseas

Kevin Reddington has told the world what he will not take for Lindsay Clancy, and he said it before the DA has even decided whether to retry her. Defense attorney and former prosecutor Eric Faddis joins Tony Brueski to explain how a public ultimatum works as a negotiating tool.The mistrial came September 4, 2026, after seven days and 38 hours of deliberation. Reddington says eleven jurors were ready to acquit. Since then he has gone on Good Morning America and asked President Trump to consider a pardon, knowing a president has no power over a state murder charge. He has called DA Tim Cruz a hard-charging prosecutor and a conservative gentleman and said he hopes Cruz will reconsider. And he has said this: "I would not plead Lindsay Clancy to a day in jail." His reason is that she was sick.There is a motion on the calendar too. On September 29, Reddington will argue for a required finding of not guilty under Rule 25, a request that the judge end the case because the evidence could not support a conviction.Eric explains what a pardon plea to a president who cannot act is really meant to do to an elected county DA. He weighs whether the no-jail line is a bluff or a demand an 11-1 split lets Reddington make. He describes how a defense team uses a near-acquittal in private talks with prosecutors. He explains why a long-shot motion still matters. And he lays out how an agreement gets built around psychiatric care with no admission of guilt.Lindsay Clancy is charged with three counts of first-degree murder in the January 24, 2023 deaths of Cora, Dawson, and Callan. She remains at Tewksbury Hospital. The DA's office declined to comment on Reddington's remarks.Listen Anywhere You Get Podcasts: https://pod.link/1655749292Want to comment and watch this podcast as a video? Check out our YouTube Channel. https://www.youtube.com/@hiddenkillerspod?sub_confirmation=1Join Our SubStack For AD-FREE ADVANCE EPISODES & EXTRAS!: https://hiddenkillers.substack.com/Instagram https://www.instagram.com/hiddenkillerspod/Facebook https://www.facebook.com/hiddenkillerspod/Tik-Tok https://www.tiktok.com/@hiddenkillerspodX Twitter https://x.com/tonybpodThis publication contains commentary and opinion based on publicly available information. All individuals are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. Nothing published here should be taken as a statement of fact, health or legal advice.#LindsayClancy #KevinReddington #HiddenKillers #TrueCrime #TrueCrimePodcast #EricFaddis #TrumpPardon #Mistrial #ClancyTrial #PostpartumPsychosis

After a jury could not convict Lindsay Clancy, her attorney told a national audience what he will and will not accept from the state. Eric Faddis, defense attorney and former prosecutor, joins Hidden Killers Live to break down Kevin Reddington's post-mistrial playbook.Judge William Sullivan declared the mistrial on September 4, 2026, after 38 hours of deliberation. Reddington says the jury was 11-1 for not guilty. He then went on Good Morning America and asked President Trump to consider a pardon, a request he knows the president cannot grant in a state case. He told CBS Boston the goal was to seek Trump's help and described DA Tim Cruz as a hard-charging conservative he hopes will reconsider. On a plea, he said: "I would not plead Lindsay Clancy to a day in jail." On September 29 he will ask the judge for a required finding of not guilty, which means a ruling that the evidence was too weak to convict.Tony asks Eric what the audience wants to know. What is a pardon request to Washington supposed to do to a county DA? Is a public no-jail promise a bluff or real leverage after an 11-1 split? What are the two sides actually saying to each other? Why file a motion judges rarely grant? And if prison is off the table, how does a defense lock in psychiatric care without a guilty plea?Lindsay Clancy is charged with three counts of first-degree murder in the January 2023 deaths of her three children. She is held at Tewksbury Hospital. DA Cruz has not decided on a retrial, and his office had no comment on Reddington's statements.Listen Anywhere You Get Podcasts: https://pod.link/1655749292Want to comment and watch this podcast as a video? Check out our YouTube Channel. https://www.youtube.com/@hiddenkillerspod?sub_confirmation=1Join Our SubStack For AD-FREE ADVANCE EPISODES & EXTRAS!: https://hiddenkillers.substack.com/Instagram https://www.instagram.com/hiddenkillerspod/Facebook https://www.facebook.com/hiddenkillerspod/Tik-Tok https://www.tiktok.com/@hiddenkillerspodX Twitter https://x.com/tonybpodThis publication contains commentary and opinion based on publicly available information. All individuals are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. Nothing published here should be taken as a statement of fact, health or legal advice.#LindsayClancy #KevinReddington #HiddenKillers #TrueCrime #TrueCrimePodcast #EricFaddis #TrumpPardon #Mistrial #ClancyTrial #PostpartumPsychosis

A male juror, Nick, spoke to Good Morning America about what happened in the deliberation room.Kevin Reddington has filed a renewed motion for a finding of not guilty. Let's read the filing.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/pretty-lies-and-alibis--4447192/support.ALL MERCH 10% off with code Sherlock10 at checkout  - NEW STYLES Donate: (Thank you for your support! Couldn't do what I love without all y'all) PayPal - paypal.com/paypalme/prettyliesandalibisVenmo - @prettyliesalibisBuy Me A Coffee - https://www.buymeacoffee.com/prettyliesrCash App- PrettyliesandalibisAll links: https://linktr.ee/prettyliesandalibisMerch: prettyliesandalibis.myshopify.comPatreon: https://www.patreon.com/PrettyLiesAndAlibis(Weekly lives and private message board)

Even after years of studying confidence, coaching high performers, and writing The Confidence Habit, Dr. Cindra Kamphoff still felt nervous the night before appearing on Good Morning America. In this episode, Cindra shares what that experience reminded her about confidence: feeling nervous doesn't mean you aren't confident. Confidence is a practice. It's learning how to acknowledge your nerves, come back to the present, and take action anyway. In this episode, you'll learn: Why nerves can be a sign that something matters to you How trying to eliminate an emotion can sometimes give it more power Why fear pulls us into the future and confidence brings us back to the present How to focus on what you can control when pressure is high Why confidence is built through recovering from mistakes, not avoiding them How to use Learn, Burn, Return to move forward after setbacks Power Phrase: "I can feel nervous and still be confident." Confidence isn't waiting until you feel completely ready. It's trusting yourself enough to step forward when you don't. Order The Confidence Habit today: https://www.confidencetools.com/

Daniel Mason is the author of six books of fiction, including The Piano Tuner, the story collection A Registry of My Passage Upon the Earth — which was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize — and North Woods, which was a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award and the Dublin Literary Award. He's also a physician and a professor in Stanford's Psychiatry Department. His latest is Country People, published by Random House and out last month. It's a Good Morning America summer book club pick and a NYT bestseller. It's contemporary, it's hilarious and, for us procrastinators who would rather fall down research rabbit holes than write, it's very relatable. It also gives writers a bunch of craft lessons to sink our teeth into. How to use your text to teach readers how to read your novel. Embedding content into form (this novel is a master class in that). Using different textures and kinds of writing to enhance your storyline, and more. For more information on Writers on Writing and to become a supporter, visit our Patreon page. For a one-time donation, visit Ko-fi. You can help out the show and indie bookstores by buying books at our bookstore on bookshop.org. It's stocked with titles by our guest authors, as well as our personal favorites. And on Spotify, you'll find an album's worth of typewriter music like what you hear on the show. It's perfect for writing. Look for the artist, Just My Type. You can find hundreds of past interview on our website. (Recorded on August 13, 2026) Host: Barbara DeMarco-Barrett Host: Marrie Stone Music: Travis Barrett (Stream his music on Spotify, Apple Music, etc.)

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The jury foreperson has a name now. Roni Carlson. She and two other women from that panel sat down with NBC10 this week and told everybody what actually went on in there for seven days, and one detail has been rattling around my skull since.The holdout admitted he had reasonable doubt.Out loud. To the room. She was so relieved she started filling out the verdict forms, all three of them, signed her name on each one. And then he said, "But I'm still not going to say that she's not guilty by reason of insanity."He wasn't confused. He got there. He walked all the way to the answer and then just declined to be moved by it, and that's the thing I can't put down, because it's the whole summer in one sentence.The rest of what those women described isn't much prettier. They said he was arrogant. Said he wouldn't engage. Said he brushed off the nurses on the panel when they walked him through the medications and the toxicology, which, if you're a woman who has ever been in a meeting, you already knew was coming.Meanwhile Kevin Reddington had a week.He went on Good Morning America and asked the President to pardon a woman facing state charges, which the President cannot do and which Reddington later admitted he knows perfectly well. I break down what that stunt was actually for and who it was actually aimed at, because it wasn't Trump.He floated a plea. He said he'd like to chat with the jurors, which is a normal thing for a lawyer to say and a slightly less normal thing to say five days after accusing one of them of perjury in open court.And before the courthouse doors shut, he announced his next client. She's charged with murdering her grandmother in North Adams and she's been sitting in a cell for nearly four years waiting for a trial. Every allegation in that case is unproven and she's pleaded not guilty, and I say so about eight times, because half the outlets covering it have already decided what it rhymes with.Also in here: the math Tim Cruz is staring at before the September 29 hearing, why a plea is probably the most humane outcome available and will satisfy nobody, and how a Brockton defense attorney became a folk hero to women who couldn't have picked him out of a lineup in July.Then the repeal-the-19th crowd, who did not go home after the mistrial and who are not who you think they are.And at the end, the boys. I went and read the actual research on raising sons who don't turn into manosphere sycophants. IF YOU NEED SUPPORTNational Maternal Mental Health Hotline: call or text 1-833-TLC-MAMA (1-833-852-6262). Free, confidential, 24/7.Postpartum Support International: 1-800-944-4773, or text "Help" to 800-944-4773. Warmline, not a crisis line. A volunteer calls you back.In crisis: dial or text 988, or text HOME to 741741.Postpartum psychosis is a medical emergency. Go to an emergency room.Support the show at patreon.com/wesawthedevil.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/we-saw-the-devil-a-true-crime-podcast--4433638/support.Website: http://www.wesawthedevil.comPatreon: http://www.patreon.com/wesawthedevilRobin's Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/robin_wstdTwitter: http://www.twitter.com/WeSawtheDevilInstagram: http://www.instagram.com/wesawthedevilpodcastTikTok: tiktok.com/@wesawthedeviltruecrime

Lindsay Clancy's attorney Kevin Reddington appeared on Good Morning America, discussing the status of Lindsay's case post-trial. He addresses conspiracies surrounding Patrick Clancy, the holdout juror, and even asks President Trump for a pardon! Plus, King Charles issues a new letter regarding Prince Harry and Meghan Markle's royal status as they return to the UK! Shop at http://REVOLVE.com/NOFILTER and use code NOFILTER for 15% off your entire order. #REVOLVEpartnerLet's eat real. Head to https://www.FACTORMEALS.com/nofilter50off and use code nofilter50off to get 50% off & 1 free breakfast item per box for 1 year, while supplies last until 10/31/2026. See website for more details.See if you could save when you switch to Progressive. You'll feel good about making a savvy choice. Visit https://www.progressive.com/ and see if you can enjoy a little extra cash back.Become a Member of No Filter: ALL ACCESS: https://allaccess.supercast.com/ Shop New Merch now: https://merchlabs.com/collections/zack-peter?srsltid=AfmBOoqqnV3kfsOYPubFFxCQdpCuGjVgssGIXZRXHcLPH9t4GjiKoaio Watch Disaster Daters: https://open.spotify.com/show/3L4GLnKwz9Uy5dT8Ey1VPi Book a personalized message on Cameo: https://v.cameo.com/e/QxWQhpd1TIb Disclaimer: The views expressed in this video, on this YouTube Channel, and on No Filter with Zack Peter are for entertainment purposes only. All content is protected under Fair Use Rights.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Dave McCann is a veteran sportscaster, play-by-play announcer, and television anchor with decades of broadcasting experience across regional and national media. After graduating from Brigham Young University with a degree in broadcasting, he began his career as a college sports reporter for ABC’s Good Morning America before anchoring sports in Las Vegas for nearly 20 years. He later served as an evening news co-anchor for KSL-TV in Salt Lake City and became a prominent media personality for BYUtv, hosting pre- and post-game shows alongside lead play-by-play coverage for BYU football and basketball. McCann also writes sports commentary for the Deseret News and co-hosts the digital BYU sports talk show Y’s Guys. He currently serves as an elders quorum president. Dr. Mark D. Ogletree is a professor of Church History and Doctrine at Brigham Young University and a licensed professional counselor who has worked with individuals, couples, and families for over 30 years to strengthen relationships and navigate personal challenges. After spending two decades in the Church Educational System as a Seminary and Institute teacher and director, he joined the BYU faculty in 2010, specializing in family dynamics and prophetic teachings. An accomplished author, Ogletree has published numerous books and articles on marriage, family life, parenting, mental health, and contemporary Latter-day Saint history, including recent titles such as The Leadership Legacy of LaVell Edwards, Christ’s Miracles: Yesterday and Today, Heaven Is Cheering You On, and Beyond the Honeymoon. Alongside his wife, Janie—with whom he shares eight children and 32 grandchildren—he hosts two weekly podcasts: Preserving Families and Stand by My Servants. In addition to his academic, clinical, and writing endeavors, Ogletree has served as a bishop in both McKinney, Texas, and Provo, Utah, and currently serves as a stake president in Provo. Links The Leadership Legacy of LaVell Edwards MarkOgletree.com Offering Transformation Through Jesus to Those You Lead | An Interview with Pastor Derwin L. Gray How LaVell Edwards Influenced His Team to be a Team of Leaders | An Interview With Paul Gustavson Love Without Works is Dead | An Interview With Chad Lewis, Former BYU Player & NFL Pro-Bowler From BYU Quarterback to Stake President | An Interview with Brandon Doman Watch the video and share your thoughts in the Zion Lab community Transcript available with the video in the Zion Lab community Highlights Mark Ogletree and Dave McCann discuss their book, The Leadership Legacy of LaVell Edwards. They share insights gained from interviewing dozens of former players, staff, and loved ones of the legendary Brigham Young University (BYU) football coach. The conversation centers on Edwards’ unique, Christlike approach to leadership, relationship-building, delegation, and personal mentorship. Key Insights Delegation and Empowerment: LaVell Edwards believed in hiring capable experts, trusting them completely, and giving them the autonomy to execute their roles without micromanagement. One-on-One Relationships: Rather than focusing purely on football tactics, LaVell maintained an open-door policy and prioritized checking in on his players’ personal lives, families, and future goals. Seeing Unseen Potential: LaVell possessed a unique ability to identify hidden talents in individuals—often encouraging position changes, urging players to serve missions, or convincing them to stay when they wanted to quit. Lifting the Lost and Struggling: He repeatedly reached out to lower-string players or individuals in crisis, offering unwavering support, loyalty, and personal investment during their hardest moments. Innovation and Vision: Recognizing systemic limitations, LaVell embraced innovative approaches—such as pioneering a high-powered passing offense—to elevate his program to national prominence. Leadership Applications Empower Ward and Organizational Leaders: Latter-day Saint leaders can emulate LaVell Edwards by delegating real authority to presidency members, committee leaders, and council members rather than attempting to manage every operational detail. Prioritize Personal Ministering: Leaders should create accessible, low-pressure environments (such as open-door settings or informal check-ins) to focus on individual souls rather than just administrative tasks. Instill Belief in Others: Leaders can actively express confidence in those they serve, helping individuals recognize their divine potential and encouraging them toward transformative choices like missionary or church service. 00:03:12 – Origins of the Book Project 00:04:45 – The Impact of LaVell Edwards 00:06:21 – LaVell’s Influence Beyond Football 00:07:13 – The Personal Touch of LaVell Edwards 00:08:37 – LaVell’s Unique Leadership Style 00:10:15 – LaVell’s Unexpected Journey to BYU 00:12:06 – LaVell’s Vision and Innovation 00:13:09 – The Last Moments with LaVell 00:14:06 – Mentorship in LaVell’s Life 00:15:33 – LaVell’s Leadership Style in the Church 00:17:27 – Balancing Authority and Delegation 00:19:40 – Creating a Culture of Trust 00:20:49 – One-on-One Relationships with Players 00:22:49 – LaVell’s Home as a Safe Space 00:24:53 – The Importance of Team Prayer 00:26:34 – Common Themes from Player Interviews 00:29:03 – Humility as a Key Principle 00:30:38 – LaVell’s Care for All Players 00:32:25 – Encouraging Players to Stay 00:34:00 – Promoting Missionary Service 00:42:12 – Conclusion and Legacy of LaVell Edwards The award-winning Leading Saints Podcast is one of the top independent Latter-day Saints podcasts as part of nonprofit Leading Saints’ mission to help Latter-day Saints be better prepared to lead. 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Discover podcasts, articles, virtual conferences, and live events related to callings such as the bishopric, Relief Society, elders quorum, Primary, youth leadership, stake leadership, ward mission, ward council, young adults, ministering, and teaching.

Lindsay Clancy's lawyer has asked President Trump to pardon her on Good Morning America. Mark gives updates on President Trump's projects at the White House, including materials for the ballroom. King Charles has some strong words for Meghan and Harry over their efforts to build their own empire in certain areas of England. Apartments in Monte Carlo are selling and renting for more than apartments in Manhattan.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Lindsay Clancy's lawyer has asked President Trump to pardon Lindsay Clancy on Good Morning America. Mark updates you on President Trump's projects at the White House, including the materials for the ballroom. King Charles had some really intense words for Meghan and Harry Markle for trying to build their own empire in certain specific areas of England. Apartments in Montecarlo are going for more money than apartments in Manhattan.  Mark takes your calls!  Mark interviews NY Post columnist Michael Goodwin. Mark and Michael talk about Mayor Mamdani's motives for what may happen at the 25th anniversary of the 9-11 ceremony that will take place later this week, and why he is attending it. The Met Gala's organizer, Anna Wintour, is under major fire for choosing an antisemitic main MC for the event, John Galliano, who has also stepped down. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Vladimir Putin met with Steve Witkoff and Trump's stepson, Jared Kushner, to try to negotiate with Russia. We are learning more about former FOX host Maria Bartiromo being let go from the network last week, and there may have been more context on the air than there should have been. Mamdani is getting major calls not to show up at the 9-11 ceremony for the 25th anniversary this week. CNBC's Rick Santelli is retiring. Mark talks about the Republican National Committee (RNC) Midterm Convention that's happening this week. Lindsay Clancy's lawyer has asked President Trump to pardon Lindsay Clancy on Good Morning America. Mark updates you on President Trump's projects at the White House, including the materials for the ballroom. King Charles had some really intense words for Meghan and Harry Markle for trying to build their own empire in certain specific areas of England. Apartments in Montecarlo are going for more money than apartments in Manhattan. Mark interviews NY Post columnist Michael Goodwin. Mark and Michael talk about Mayor Mamdani's motives for what may happen at the 25th anniversary of the 9-11 ceremony that will take place later this week, and why he is attending it. The Met Gala's organizer, Anna Wintour, is under major fire for choosing an antisemitic main MC for the event, John Galliano, who has also stepped down. Is Mayor Mamdani in a 9-11 war after he has released many files showing people getting cancer due to the smoke that civilians breathed in when other politicians were in charge? There was no warning about how the smoke affected people, so why didn't anyone say anything at the time? Mark breaks this down. A piece of steel from 9-11 arrived at the White House for an event today. Byron Allen's comics-unleashed night show is beating Jimmy Fallon and Jimmy Kimmel's late-night show. Jonathan Capehart of MSNOW had to stop a guest on his show who kept calling President Trump a racist. Mark interviews streaming host Bill O'Reilly. What is the average American supposed to do when it comes to young people going to college and more, regarding parental authority? Bill sounds off about how, when you elect a Democrat, you can expect your taxes and income to be suppressed. Taxes are hurting many Americans, and how do we fix it? See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

What do you do when you're desperately praying for God to move…but you can't see Him doing anything?Friend, this episode is an incredible reminder that just because you can't see God working doesn't mean He isn't already putting the pieces into place. Today I'm joined by Lauren Burns, author of Stolen: A True Story of Kidnapped, Rescued, and Redeemed.At just seven years old, Lauren thought she was spending an extra night with her father. Instead, he took her from Texas to Jordan without her mother's knowledge.For three months, Lauren wondered when—or if—she would ever see her mom again. What she couldn't see was that back home, her mother was fighting for her. She was calling, searching, fasting, and praying while God was already connecting people and circumstances behind the scenes.After three days alone fasting and praying, God brought Lauren's mother to Daniel 10:12 and the reminder that her prayers had been heard. Lauren wasn't home yet. The miracle hadn't happened yet. But her mother walked out with peace because she knew God had heard her.Sometimes God's peace comes before our circumstances change.Sometimes surrender happens before we see the miracle.And sometimes God is working in places we cannot see while we're still asking, God, where are You?What followed was an incredible rescue—but Lauren shares that being physically rescued was only the beginning.She returned home carrying fear, betrayal, father wounds, unforgiveness, and questions about whether God was truly good.Through years of healing, surrender, godly community, and learning the character of her Heavenly Father, Lauren began to discover that forgiveness doesn't mean forgetting what happened or saying it was okay. And forgiveness doesn't always mean reconciliation.Sometimes healing happens layer by layer as we continually place our hurt into God's hands.Whatever you're walking through today, Lauren's story reminds us:He sees you. He hears you. He is with you. And He may already be working in ways you cannot see.Bio:Lauren Burns is the author of Stolen: A True Story of Kidnapping, Rescue, and Redemption, a powerful true crime memoir based on her real-life experience of being abducted at age seven and taken to the Middle East. Her story made international headlines—featured on Good Morning America, Inside Edition, People, and Reader's Digest—and later inspired a television movie. Today, Lauren is a sought-after speaker on trauma, redemption, and faith, and the host of The Redeemed Podcast. Through her speaking, podcast, and growing platform, Lauren shares powerful stories of resilience and restoration, helping others process past wounds, reclaim their identity, and experience freedom through forgiveness. Lauren holds a master's degree in physical therapy and lives in Texas with her husband and children.Connect With Lauren:Website: laurenburns.net.**And as always, if this conversation encouraged you, please take a minute to rate and review Anchored by the Sword, share this episode with someone you love, and send it to the person God brings to your mind. You never know when sharing someone else's story of freedom might become part of another person's healing.***Anchored in His Promises Women's Workshop — Join us for a powerful day of worship, encouragement, connection, and truth as we remind our hearts that God is faithful to every promise He makes. Anchored in His Promises is happening Saturday, November 14, from 9:00 AM–3:30 PM, featuring incredible speakers, practical teaching, and time to dig deeper into what it means to hold onto God's promises no matter what season you are in.Learn more and grab your ticket at Anchored in His Promises Women's Workshop

Twenty-five years after September 11, I still believe that day has important lessons to teach us about fear, preparation, and leadership. This time, Michelle Abraham from AmplifYou takes over the hosting seat and interviews me about my experience escaping the World Trade Center with my guide dog, Roselle. We talk about why knowing the building and its emergency procedures mattered, how I worked to keep fear from taking control, and why focusing on what I could control helped me keep moving. I also share how September 11 changed the direction of my life, led me into professional speaking, and helped shape the Unstoppable Mindset philosophy I continue to share today. Highlights: 02:30 – The ordinary morning that became September 11. 08:04 – How preparation shaped Michael's response when the tower was hit. 18:34 – How Michael and David helped keep panic from taking over. 27:15 – Why trusting Roselle mattered during the collapse. 31:38 – The lesson of focusing only on what you can control. 41:52 – How September 11 helped shape the Unstoppable Mindset philosophy. About the Host: Michael Hingson is a New York Times best-selling author, international lecturer, and Chief Vision Officer for accessiBe. Michael, blind since birth, survived the 9/11 attacks with the help of his guide dog Roselle. This story is the subject of his best-selling book, Thunder Dog. Michael gives over 100 presentations around the world each year speaking to influential groups such as Exxon Mobile, AT&T, Federal Express, Scripps College, Rutgers University, Children's Hospital, and the American Red Cross just to name a few. He is Ambassador for the National Braille Literacy Campaign for the National Federation of the Blind and also serves as Ambassador for the American Humane Association's 2012 Hero Dog Awards. https://michaelhingson.com https://www.facebook.com/michael.hingson.author.speaker/ https://twitter.com/mhingson https://www.youtube.com/user/mhingson https://www.linkedin.com/in/michaelhingson/ Thanks for listening! Thanks so much for listening to our podcast! If you enjoyed this episode and think that others could benefit from listening, please share it using the social media buttons on this page. Do you have some feedback or questions about this episode? Leave a comment in the section below! Subscribe to the podcast If you would like to get automatic updates of new podcast episodes, you can subscribe to the podcast on Apple Podcasts or Stitcher. You can subscribe in your favorite podcast app. You can also support our podcast through our tip jar https://tips.pinecast.com/jar/unstoppable-mindset . Leave us an Apple Podcasts review Ratings and reviews from our listeners are extremely valuable to us and greatly appreciated. They help our podcast rank higher on Apple Podcasts, which exposes our show to more awesome listeners like you. If you have a minute, please leave an honest review on Apple Podcasts. Transcription Notes: Michael Hingson  00:00 Everyone, I am Michael Hingson, the host of Unstoppable Mindset. You've heard my voice for the last 471 episodes, but I'm calling you all out today and asking you to listen to this because we're going to make a special announcement now regarding the next four episodes, starting with 472. We're going to help commemorate the historic events of September 11, 2001. Yes, they're definitely historic, although not necessarily the most positive things that have ever happened. But as many of you may know, I was in the World Trade Center working on September 11, 2001, on the 78th floor of Tower One, and escaped with my guide dog. I've delivered a speech about that, which we put in the first episode of this podcast series back in August of 2021. But this Friday, episode 472 is going to have an updated speech that I delivered just a few years ago at the Marshfield, Missouri Cherry Blossom Festival. That festival is a yearly event celebrating different kinds of things that have happened in American history, and I was invited to come and speak, which I did. I'm going to put that speech up for you as episode 472. I think you'll find it enlightening. It'll teach you something about blindness and blind people. It'll tell you my story, and it'll give you some inspiration that I hope you will find helpful. Next Tuesday, september 8, Michelle Abraham is going to interview me. Michelle is with Amplify You, the company that does all of our back office stuff and helps me with the editing and other things regarding the podcast. Michelle owns her own podcast, and she is going to interview me about September 11th and other kinds of things relating to what I've learned and things that have happened over the past 25 years. She's also going to be putting this up on her podcast Amplify You, so you can find us in a lot of different places. On September 11th, I'm going to chat with Bob Ellis. Bob was in the Pentagon on September 11, 2001, and had literally just walked out the door of the Pentagon when the plane crashed into the Pentagon and did the things and the damage that it did, and of course generated all the things that occurred at the Pentagon. On the 15th of September, I'm going to come back and have a conversation with all of you about lessons that I've learned over the past 25 years, and just reminisce a little bit about all of that. While the podcast is occurring on September 11th, I will be actually in Kilgore, Texas, doing a speech about September 11th. So lots of things going on, I hope you listen to these episodes. I hope that you'll tell everyone that you can about them. I really enjoy all of the support that you've given us over the years, and we're going to continue to do things with Unstoppable Mindset. And of course, as always, if you'd like to come on or know anyone who would, please let us know. We're always looking for guests. Thanks very much. We'll see you on Friday with the first of these four episodes. What if the biggest thing holding you back isn't what's in front of you, but rather what you believe? Welcome to Unstoppable Mindset, where inclusion, diversity, and the unexpected meet. I'm your host, Michael Hingson, speaker, author, and advocate for inclusion and possibilities. This podcast explores how the beliefs we carry shape the way we live, lead, and connect with others. Each week, I talk with people who challenge assumptions, face adversity head-on, and show what's possible when we choose curiosity over fear. Together, we focus on mindset, resilience, and the small shifts that lead to meaningful change. Let's get started. Hi, everyone, and welcome to another episode of Unstoppable Mindset. When and today is a little bit different than what we normally do because I'm going to be the guest on the podcast, Michelle Abraham from Amplify You, who is also putting this particular podcast episode on her podcast, but Michelle is going to mainly be interviewing me. As many of you should know, this is the 25th commemoration or remembrance of the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001, and we thought it would be very relevant to to spend some time on a few podcast episodes talking about that a little bit. Michael Hingson  04:46 For those of you that listened to the last episode before this one, you heard me deliver my speech talking about what happened to me on september 11. I used. A speech that we we delivered just a couple of years ago. So it's a little bit different than the one that, if you listen to the initial episodes of Unstoppable Mindset, you heard way back 472, 473 episodes ago. But this one still tells the the same story, which is which is kind of cool, and so we're going to talk about that, and we'll talk about our next episode, which will be delivered on September 11th, and that one will be a conversation between me and Bob Ellis, who was in the Pentagon on September 11th, and so that'll be a little bit fun, and then we'll talk about some other stuff as well. But I'm going to turn this over to Michelle because she's the the interviewer, the the boss, and I'm just a guest today. So hi, Michelle. Amplifyou   05:50 Hey, Michael. Well, thanks for being a guest on your own show today for us. It's great to be here with you, and we've been with you all along the Instoppable Mindset Show. It's been really fun to work with you on this show, and so I know we've had we've recorded episodes around your story, and our listeners would have just listening to your keynote. But I would like to tap into Michael 25 years later. When you think back of the morning of September 11, 2001, what comes to your mind? It Michael Hingson  06:23 was a typical day. We we did have a thunderstorm about 1230 that morning, and Roselle, my fifth guide dog, who was my guide dog at the time, was afraid of thunder. She had developed this phobia. The theory, basically, about dogs being afraid of thunder is it's not just the thunder sounds, but it's also the fact that the dogs have a static charge that builds up on their fur, and that gives them a tingly and kind of a strange feeling, and between that and the thunder, they learn to equate the two, and that just causes a lot of angst. And in Roselle's case, at 1230 in the morning, we weren't even hearing a thunderstorm, but she started getting really nervous, and so I took her down to my office. And as I was going downstairs, we started hearing thunder, and the storm actually came right over our house. So I love to say God clearly has a sense of humor of some sort because the thunder-I had never heard thunder like I heard That morning, that is, literally, it came right over our house, so we heard what were explosion sounds. It was it was different than I had ever heard before, but I didn't have any message that said you shouldn't go into the World Trade Center or go to work that day, and I had been planning on going to work that day because we were going to be conducting some sales training seminars, teaching about 50 people from a bunch of resellers under the auspices of Ingram Micro, our major distributor. We were going to be teaching them how to sell our products, so I was going to be there. David Frank, a colleague from our corporate office, was going to be there. He was flying. He flew in to deal with the pricing and distribution models that the Ingram Micro salespeople and resellers would be dealing with, but I was going to be doing the majority of the seminar. Well, anyway, at 1230, I took Roselle down and we stayed there in my office at home until 2o'clock, and then the thunderstorm had passed away and Roselle had calmed down. So we went back up and got to sleep, and woke up at five in the morning, which is what I originally planned on doing. I'd actually planned on going in a little bit earlier than usual, just to be able to spend more time preparing. And I got to the New Jersey train station in Westfield, the New Jersey Transit train station, at somewhere around 615, and I had been planning on taking a 6:18 train into the city. And at about 6:20 or 6:21, train having not arrived, an announcement came over the PA system that there was a problem with the train, and another train would be coming. The next train would be there in a little bit, and we could get on it, and and all that. The day was a calm day. It was a nice autumn day. was great. No indication of of anything to worry about. And I didn't read anything into trains not working, much less the thunderstorm before. So when the train finally arrived, I got on the train and we went into Newark. Then I caught the train that takes me directly to the World Trade Center. It's called Path Train. Path stands for Port Authority Trans Hudson, and that train went straight in from Newark Penn Station with the well to the World Trade Center, and so I got there. And by the time all of a sudden done, I got there at the normal time I would get there rather than getting there 20 or 25 minutes earlier. Go figure, but I went upstairs and I went to the office and there was a person standing outside the door with a big cart. We had ordered breakfast for all the early arrivals, and so I took him in and showed him where to set up, and then I went in. And got my laptop projector and other things that I needed to be able to set up to do the presentations, and went in and set all that up. And then David Frank, my colleague from our corporate office, got there about 8o'clock and helped do the final things, like making sure the projector was totally appropriately aimed. His aim is better than than mine was, anyway. Michael Hingson  10:21 So again, everything was proceeding just as we expected it to do. David came with some early arrivals from Ingram Micro, and we put them in the in the conference room where we were going to be doing the presentations, and the the cart was all set up so they could have breakfast. As I love to tell people, best ham and cheese croissants in the city-they're still good, as far as I remember-but all was was going well, and so we we were getting prepared. And the last thing we had to do before the seminars were to start was to create a list of all the people who would be attending that day and put it on letterhead. We had a spreadsheet with all the names, but we had to put it on letterhead and then fax the list on letterhead to the Port Authority security people so that they would have a list that they would recognize was legitimate. And then when people came into the World Trade Center, they'd go up to the security counter, they'd show their ID, and their names would be compared with a list, and if their name was on the list, then they would just be given a badge with a a barcode where they could go to the appropriate elevator and come up to our floor. So that was kind of the last thing we had to do before the seminars were to start. Amplifyou   11:34 Kind of sounds like business as a norm and business as usual kind of morning for you. It Michael Hingson  11:40 was. It was a total business as usual morning, by every stretch of the imagination. No clue about anything else. Amplifyou   11:48 So, did you guys begun your seminar when the the troy towers were hit? Michael Hingson  11:55 No, the seminar was supposed to start at 9o'clock, and literally, I was reaching for letterhead to print the list at about 845, 846. When suddenly we heard a muffled kind of explosion, the building sort of shuddered. And then, if you imagine my hand as the tower, literally as I'm tipping my hand towards the camera, that's exactly what the tower did. It started tipping and tipping and tipping, and we moved maybe about 2025 feet before the building stopped. Now the thing is that I had spent time learning all I could know about the World Trade Center, learning what to do in an emergency, learning what the fire department did, learning what the police would do, learning where the emergency exits were, learning about all the emergency evacuation procedures, and the reason that I learned all of that was I had opened this office for Quantum Corporation, and I was the Mid-Atlantic region sales manager. I was the leader. I was going to be the person who would be running the office, and I knew that I needed to do what any other leader would do difference being I didn't see stuff, so I needed to learn rather than rely on signs and other things that most sighted people would do. I actually had to learn everything to be able to function. But the difference is that by doing that, what I didn't really realize was I was creating a mindset that says you know what's going on, you know what to do. I knew why the building tipped because tall buildings like that are built with expansion joints. They're made to be buffeted in windstorms, and I had felt that happen many times at the World Trade Center. If there were a wind, we could feel it sort of shake a little bit. But who would have ever thought that somebody would fly into the building with a plane load of jet fuel, 36,000 pounds of jet fuel? But nevertheless, I knew all that I could learn about everything. I learned where different offices and built and and organizations were in the World Trade Center. I had explored the kiosks on the first floor and the shopping mall, so I knew where all the phone kiosks were and where other things were. I knew where the restaurants were, so that if we ever had guests in and we were doing demonstrations and then we were going to be negotiating contracts, we decided to take a break for lunch. I could say, "What kind of lunch do you want? "Oh, you want a deli sandwich? There's this great restaurant downstairs called Fine and Shapiro. Let me take you there, and I would take them. I would lead the way because I couldn't very well say, "Oh, I don't know how to get anywhere. I'm blind. Someone's going to have to lead me. How's that going to work a couple of hours later if we're negotiating multi-million dollar contracts? I needed to literally work, and I don't mean this in a negative way, but from a position of strength. I needed to know all of this in order to be able to do my job as the appropriate leader of the office, and so I learned all of that and put all of that together for whatever was going. On in the World Trade Center at any given time, and so when the building was struck and and the building was tipping, I was standing in my doorway, the doorway between my office and the other parts of of our facility, and the building tipped. David was holding on to my desk as it was tipping. Roselle was asleep under my desk, and finally, David and I were speculating about what was going on. He thought maybe it was an earthquake, and I said no because the building's not shaking around; it's going in one direction. I thought maybe it was just some sort of an explosion, which in a sense it was. But he said it didn't sound like it, and it didn't. But the issue was that we were 18 floors on average below where the tower was hit and on the other side of the building, but that was a calculation that came later. But the bottom line is that the building tipped and then it stopped, and it came back the other way and got vertical again. Amplifyou   15:54 That's incredible! Wow. Michael Hingson  15:56 And as soon as it got vertical, I went back into my office. I met Roselle coming out from under my desk. I took her leash. I told her to heal, which meant to come around on my left side, which she did. She sat down, and about that time, the building dropped straight down about six feet. Amplifyou   16:10 Wow! Michael Hingson  16:10 Now, the reason it dropped is because tall buildings like that are constructed with expansion joints, which is why that it tipped in the first place, and the building didn't break off, but then when it got to be vertical again, after a few seconds, literally the expansion joints contracted and the building went back to its normal configuration, which is exactly what happened. Amplifyou   16:32 Gosh, interesting like technology that that's built in there. I know you you never really I would never known that. Had you not explain that in the story? That's very interesting. That expands like that, and then the six foot drop was then it contracting Michael Hingson  16:47 again. The expansion joints were going back to normal configuration. Amplifyou   16:50 Interesting. If Speaker 1  16:55 you enjoy unstoppable mindset and would like to help us continue bringing these conversations to you each week. We've created a way for you to support the show. Your contribution helps us cover production costs and continue sharing stories, insights, and ideas that inspire people to live with purpose and possibility. If supporting the podcast feels right for you, you'll find the link in the show notes. Thank you for being part of the Unstoppable Mindset Community. Amplifyou   17:28 And so there's so then what happened? So take us to the next steps. Michael Hingson  17:32 So the building dropped about six feet, and then David turned from holding onto my desk and looked out the window, looking south toward Battery Park, and he started shouting, "Oh my God, Mike! There's fire and smoke above us! There are millions of pieces of burning paper falling outside our window! And I could hear stuff going by our window, and I was wondering what it was because normally the sound was sort of like what window washers would do if they were on their tracks washing windows, but that wasn't what was going on. It was debris falling, and David was describing it: millions of pieces of burning paper falling outside our window, and he said, "We got to get out of here right now. And I said, "Slow down, David. We'll get out, but we're not going to rush. No, we got to get out of here right now. Slow down, David. We'll get out. Don't worry about it. And finally, I I said several times, "Slow down. He kept saying we got to get out of here right now, and then he used what I call the big line: "You don't understand. You can't see it. Well, first of all, I knew everything that David was seeing and saying because he was telling me about it. So I knew we had millions of pieces of burning paper. Clearly, he said, "There's fire and smoke above us, so the building's on fire. I had all that information, but the problem was that it wasn't what I wasn't seeing that was the issue; it was what David wasn't seeing. David wasn't seeing that sitting next to me was my guide dog Roselle, yawning and wagging her tail, going, "Who woke me up anyway? I was sleeping real good here, sports fans, and and Roselle was not reacting. I wasn't smelling anything that gave me an indication that we were in such peril that we had to run for our lives, and so I kept telling David to slow down. And finally, David did. He stopped. I said, "David, get our guests to the stairs. Do not let them take elevators, because I had learned, of course, that if the building's on fire anywhere, if fire gets into elevator shafts, then anybody in elevator cars is probably going to perish, which did happen. And so David took our guests out of our office, got them to the stairs, and I made it really clear: do not let them take elevators, because there could be fire in the elevator shafts. Well, he got them to the stairs, and then he came back. Meanwhile, I called my wife Karen to let her know that something had happened, or an explosion, or something. But we didn't know. People tell me all the time, even today. Well, of course you didn't know because you couldn't see it. You know, I think all these people who tell me I didn't know because I couldn't see it need to get a. The problem is they really don't know a whole lot about blind people. The airplane hit, on average, 18 floors above us. It hit between floors 93 and 99, so I just say 96, which is 18 floors above where we were in on the 78th floor. But it also hit on the other side of the building. It hit on the north side, and we were on the south side. The last time I checked, Superman and X-ray vision are fiction, and people can't really see through buildings, see through rebar and steel and concrete. The fact of the matter is that they no one knew what was going on. I didn't know, but other people did, and I'll prove that in a moment, but the fact of the matter is, you can't see through all that stuff. Blindness had nothing to do with it, but people keep saying, "Well, you didn't know because you couldn't see it. Well, yeah, well, we'll get to that. Anyway, David got our guest to the stairs. I called Karen. I told her that something had happened. We didn't know what. She wanted to know more, but there was nothing else I could tell her, and so we we parted. I just said, "I'll call you back as soon as I can, and by that, you know, the media hadn't even gotten the story yet. Michael Hingson  21:12 So I love to joke around and say that I beat Charlie Gibson in Good Morning America by eight minutes, but I still haven't gotten a Pulitzer Prize for it. But it's very disappointing. But anyway, so I disconnected with Karen. David came back. We swept the office. We went to the stairs, and we started down. Almost immediately, I began smelling an odor, and it was a familiar odor, but I couldn't quite place it. And it took me a while to realize I was smelling the fumes from burning jet fuel. I did a lot of traveling for my company, and so I was very used to what was in airports and the smells and the odors. But it took me like four floors to figure out that I was smelling burning jet fuel. Other people were speculating, wondering what happened, why were we evacuating, what was the building doing, why did it shake, and all that. And then I observed that I was smelling burning jet fuel, and other people said, "You're right. That's burning jet fuel. We must have been hit by an airplane. But you see, we didn't know. We had no clue. Eyesight had nothing to do with it. The fact is that we only figured out we were hit by an airplane because the blind guy realized he was smelling burning jet fuel, and so anyway, we went down the stairs. A couple of burn victims passed us along the way, and a woman, when we got down about 10 floors, stopped and she said, "I can't go on, and we're not going to make it out of here. And I literally just stopped and turned around and gave her a hug right there on the stairs. Roselle gave her some kisses, and other people stopped and joined us. And we all said, "Come on, you can keep going. You can do it. Let's go. And she was able to keep going as we went down the stairs. But we knew instinctively we had to make sure that panic didn't ensue on the stairs. Amplifyou   22:56 Right. Michael Hingson  22:57 We got to about the 50th floor, and then David suddenly said, and he had been getting quieter, but suddenly he said, "Mike, we're going to die. We're not going to make it out of here. And I said, in my best sharp voice, "Stop it, David. If Roselle and I can go down these stairs, so can you. And he told me that that brought him out of the funk that he was singing into. And he said, "I want to walk a floor below you, if it's okay, and I'll tell you whatever I see on the stairs. But I got to do something to get my mind off of worrying about all this stuff. Is that okay? And I said, sure. If that's what you need to do, go ahead. Did it really matter? Well, you know, it did to David, and that's all that really counted. But anyway, David walked a floor below us, and so when I got to the 48th floor, for example, I heard, "Hey, Mike, I'm on the 47th floor. All's good here. Going on down the stairs. We went down, and finally I got to the 45th floor. And David said, '44th floor is where I am. This is where the Port Authority cafeteria is. Not stopping. Going on down the stairs, and he did that all the way down the stairs. Why is that important? And why do I even mention it? Because we all did everything we could to keep panic from taking over on the stairs, and by definition, because David was just speaking up, "Hey, Mike, 42nd floor, all's good here, and just shouting up to me what he saw on the stairs and sounding confident. By definition, anyone who was in the sound within the sound of his voice heard someone who was sounding okay and just able to go down the stairs and wasn't seeing any problem, and so they focused on him, and that certainly had to help keep panic from ensuing on the stairs as we went down, and it's so often not even mentioned, but David had to do that for maybe hundreds or 1000s of people who could hear him all the way up and down the stairwell, and I think that's just one of the most important things that I remember about the day that David had to, by definition, help keep panic from going on on the stairs. Now, meanwhile, I was up. Encouraging Roselle, what a good dog, good girl, Roselle. Keep going, let's go, good dog, doing that all the way down the stairs. And I've had people come up to me at speeches that I've given ever since. For example, one in Kansas City, and a woman came up afterward, and she said, "I came into the stairwell on the 54th floor just as you passed by, and I heard you praising your dog and encouraging your dog and sounding very confident, I and other people just followed you because you sounded really good and you didn't sound like you had a problem at all and weren't afraid. We just followed you, so you know that's why I also know that what David was doing was so important because people focused on his voice. Amplifyou   25:42 How fascinating! Someone that was right behind you that day in the stairwell, too. Michael Hingson  25:46 Yeah, yeah. So we continued down. We got to the 30th floor, and that's where we met firefighters coming up. They wanted to help me go down the stairs, and I didn't want their help. I didn't need their help, first of all, but I didn't want their help because that would have meant we were always walking at least two abreast, and they were going to grab my arm and try to lift me as we were going downstairs and do other things that sighted people think you got to do if you're helping a quote a blind person go down the stairs. But there was a more important reason that I didn't want their help, and you know when the firefighter, the first guy, came up and he said, "We're going to send somebody with you. I kept saying, "No, don't do that. We don't need that. What I knew because of all that I had learned was that they were a team. They had to carry all their equipment up the stairs with them. Why? Where would you store it? Let's say you decided to store it on the 34th floor, and fire broke out on the 33rd floor. You'd never get to the equipment. They had to carry all their equipment up with them. They were a team, all 50 of those firefighters, and so I was not about to want to break up the team when, especially, I didn't need it anyway. And I I worked at getting them finally to focus, and I said, look, I got my guide dog here, and they started petting Roselle, and it wasn't the time to give them a lecture about don't pet a guide dog in harness. And by the way, don't pet a guide dog in harness. If you see a guide dog in harness, you can ask me if you can pet the dog, and if I have time, I will stop and I'll take the harness off because Roselle likes to relax, Alamo, my current guide dog, likes to relax. The dogs all love to relax, but if I don't have time, I'll say, "Look, we're kind of in a hurry, so sorry, but we just don't have time. But the firefighters were petting her, and it wasn't the time to give him a lecture about don't pet the guide dog and harness, and it wasn't the time to give him a lecture about don't worry about the blind guy just because he can't see and you can. The reality is that blindness isn't the problem; it's your attitudes about blindness that are more of the problem. But anyway, they finally agreed. When I finally said, "Look, I got my friend David over here who can see, and David and I are going down the stairs together, and they turn to David and they go, "You're with him. And David said, "Yeah, Lee Malone, he's fine. And mention all the hundreds Amplifyou   28:06 of people that are following you. Michael Hingson  28:08 Yeah, and and they all had to stop as we're talking to the firefighters. But anyway, so they eventually started going up the stairs, and I continued down. David reassumed his scouting position, and we followed David by a floor down the stairs, and and did what we needed to do, and then we we finally got to the first floor. Well, David did, and he said the water sprinklers are on. You're going to have to run through a curtain of water to get out of the stairwell, and the the reason there were sprinklers on is if there was fire in the stairwell, the water sprinklers would be keeping the fire from getting into the lobby. But if it were in the lobby, the sprinklers would be keeping the fire from getting into the stairwell. That's part of what was supposed to happen. Well, it it all worked perfectly. So David went through the curtain of water, and I got down to the first floor, and I took Roselle's harness and said forward and hop up and let's go. And we went through this curtain of water and came out the other side into the lobby of Tower One. There was a guy with a bullhorn going, "Go this way, no, no, don't go over that way, go this way, go to the central part of the building, don't go outside, no, no, don't go that way, go this way. And that was because that if they had gone outside, they would have been below where people were jumping, and you know who knows what else, so they didn't, and and they went to the central part of the building. We got out, and I was hearing the guy with the bullhorn. This guy comes up to David and me, and he said he's with the FBI, and he'll take us where we need to go. And I asked him what's going on. He said, "There's no time to tell you. I wish he had, but he didn't know me. He didn't know that information was what I really valued more than anything else, and I wasn't going to panic just because I heard information. But he took us through the complex and eventually up an escalator by the borders books, as far away from the towers as we could be, and then we got out. And as soon as we got out, David saw fire in Tower Two. We had no idea where that came from. We speculated that maybe our building, which had been tipping toward Tower Two, had its fire sort of jump across, maybe somehow. But we didn't know what was going on, and so we were told to leave the area, which we did. We went over to Broadway, which is again what we were told to do and told to get away from the complex, so we went over to Broadway and started walking north on Broadway. So as we were walking north, on my left side was the building, on my right side was Broadway. We're on the west side of Broadway as we're going north, and we passed several streets, and then after we passed all the well, we passed a number of streets, and we finally got to Vessi Street. And David said, "You know, we're very close to Tower Two. I want to take pictures of this fire I see in Tower Two. I said, "Okay. I took out my phone. I tried to call Karen. I couldn't get through. The circuits were busy, as we now know. Of course, people were saying goodbye to loved ones, but for me, I couldn't get through, so I put my phone away. And David was putting his camera away when a police officer yelled, "Get out of here! It's coming down now! And we heard this sound, as I describe it, as kind of a combination of a freight train and a waterfall. What we heard was Tower Two collapsing like 100 yards away from us. You could hear glass breaking and shattering, you could hear metal clattering, and then the white noise of Tower Two just collapsing straight down, which is exactly what it was supposed to do. David and everyone turned and ran. I lifted Roselle by the harness, turned her 180 degrees, and started running back the way I came. David was long gone. Michael Hingson  31:36 I got to the next street back that we had crossed a little while before, and that was Fulton Street. Turned right on Fulton to get more of a building between us and what was collapsing, and we ran about 25 yards and caught up to David. It turns out that we had gone the same way he went, but he had stopped realizing that he had left me and was going to come back and find me. But I found him first, and he apologized. I said, "Don't worry about it, David. Let's keep going. And we kept running. We got caught in all the dirt and the dust and the debris from Tower Two's collapse. As David said, he couldn't see his hand six inches in front of his nose. For my part, I couldn't. With every breath I took, I could feel debris going down my throat into my lungs and settling. It was crazy, and we ran, and eventually, I decided we got to get out of this. So I started telling Roselle right, right, giving her hand signals. I don't know whether she could hear me over the noise of the building collapsing, or whether she could see my hand signals. But I kept telling her to turn right because I wanted her to, because there was a building on my right. Now that we were going the other way, I wanted her to go into the nearest opening that she could find. As we ran, I suddenly heard an opening, and Roselle obviously knew what I wanted because she turned right. She took one step. She stopped. She wouldn't move. Come on, Roselle, keep going. She wouldn't move. Come on, Roselle, you can do it. Keep going. She wouldn't move, and I realized, wait a minute, she's a guide dog. She's doing what she's supposed to do. She stopped for a reason, which she had. I checked. I stuck out my foot, stuck a hand out along the wall, discovered we were at the top of a flight of stairs. Roselle had done her job perfectly. She stopped. So when I gave her the command to go forward, she went down the stairs, and we went down into what was the Fulton Street subway station, and we were there for about 15 minutes or so. Then a police officer found a bunch of us together and said, "The air is clear up above. You need to leave now. And didn't wait for a response; just turned, and we all followed him back to the stairwell, up the stairs, through the little arcade that we had we had passed through part way down the stairs before, up the rest of the stairs and got outside. David looked around and he said, "Oh my God, Mike, there's no Tower Two anymore. And I said, "What do you mean? He said, "All I see are pillars of smoke, hundreds of feet tall. There's no Tower Two. It's gone. Are you sure, David? "Yeah, it's gone. It's not here. We stood there for a moment, and then we continued to walk west on Fulton Street. And we walked for about 10 minutes, and then we were in this little plaza area when suddenly we heard that freight train waterfall sound again, and we figured it was probably our tower collapsing. David looked back and he saw another dust cloud coming our way, and in this plaza where we were, there was a small retaining wall, probably a planter or something, but anyway, there was a retaining wall. We got behind it, we ducked down, and we just waited till everything passed us by and stopped. And then we got up, and David looked around and he said, "Oh my God, Mike, there's no World Trade Center anymore. And I said, "What do you see? And he said, "All I see are fingers of fire and flames, hundreds of feet tall, and pillars of smoke. It's gone. The towers and everything are gone. And we stood there a moment, not able to fathom it. Then I tried to call Karen again, and this time I got through because all the circuits freed up from all the loved ones saying goodbye. Needless to say, and after, as I put it, tears on both sides of the phone line. Michael Hingson  34:59 Karen was finally the first one who told us how two aircraft had been crashed deliberately into the towers of the Pentagon, hijacked aircraft towers at the World Trade Center. That is, one into the Pentagon, and a fourth was still missing over Pennsylvania at that moment. And so that's kind of what happened. The rest of the day we spent getting up toward Midtown Manhattan, and eventually was able to get trains back to New Jersey and so on. And David walked up to where he was staying with his sister, who lived on the Upper East Side of Manhattan. Amplifyou   35:30 What an experience, Sue! Thank you for going through that with us again. And you know, there's there's a lot of things that I want to well, there's something I want to ask you. It's like we often talk about preparation of that day, like all the things you did to prepare for what what you actually were able to do during that day. What mattered on that day from all that preparation? Michael Hingson  35:55 That I knew what to do in an emergency. Also, although I really started learning to verbalize it more later, what I learned was how to control the things that I could and not worry about everything else. We what if everything to death as human beings? Yeah. And we what? Well, what if what if you were in the build in the World Trade Center and it collapsed? Well, okay. What could I have done about that? So it's no sense worrying about it, because I, you know, I didn't have access to something to hold the building up, you know, and so many different things. Well, what if Roselle had panicked? Well, that's why I encouraged her and praised her so she wouldn't. But the bottom line is, I didn't have control over that, other than the fact that I encouraged her and and worked with her so well. Well, what if other people panicked on the stairs? I didn't have control over that, other than doing all I could to try to keep panic from happening. And you know, I and other people did a number of things like what David did to keep people from panicking on the stairs. But the bottom line is, there was no sense worrying about those things because we had no control over them. And when we got home that night, I took Roselle's harness off and I was going to take her outside. She ran off. She wouldn't. She wouldn't go outside right away. She grabbed her favorite tug botobone and started playing tug of war with my retired guide dog Linnie. And they were having a good old time just playing. When I talked to the veterinarians of Guide Dogs for the Blind the next day, I asked them, "What's it going to be like for Roselle going forward? And they asked, "Did Roselle have anything that specifically threatened her? And I said, "No, not really, because nothing hit her, nothing threatened her in any way, shape, or form, and the veterinarian who I spoke with said, "Well, there you are. She wasn't threatened. Dogs don't do what if about everything. They live in the moment. It was over for her. She wanted to play, and that's what she did, which was great anyway. But we what if everything to death, and we need to learn how to stop doing that and worry about just the 5% over which we really have control, and not worry about the rest. That's one of the lessons that I learned. I learned about don't worry about what you can't control. Focus on what you can and leave the rest alone. I learned about what if you know and things like that. Amplifyou   38:18 You and Roselle really understood each other in those moments. So what she realized what her job was, and you you were a leader in keeping everyone else under under control from you know reacting. Did you ever? You seem to have been very positive right from the beginning. Were there other moments that you were not sure that you or guys were going to get out of there. Michael Hingson  38:44 No, and my response is there wasn't time to worry about that for me. I was focused on Roselle. I was focused on listening because if people started to panic, I wanted to deal with it. There was a time on the 37th floor where people just started not talking. They were getting very quiet, and I went, "Oh, they're going to be like David was, and so I said, "Hey, everybody, whether you can see me or not, my name is Mike, and I've got my guide dog Roselle here. I'm blind, but I don't want anybody to worry, because if the power and lights go out in the World Trade Center, we're offering a half-price special to get you out today only. You know, and and that's exactly what I wanted them to do was to laugh, and I got people to laugh, which, which I'm sure helped. But those are the kinds of things that that I could focus on dealing with. But I I didn't worry about what I couldn't control, even though that was sort of an instinctive thing. But the mindset kicked in. All the things that I had learned that led up to September 11th kicked in that day, that allowed me to be able to function and and also help other people, and that's the the important part about it is that they all did kick in the mindset kicked in and it all worked well. Amplifyou   39:54 You've told this story so many times. Has the meaning of the story ever changed for you over 25 years? Michael Hingson  40:00 No, I got to say that it hasn't. Well, in some, yeah, I guess in some senses it has. Maybe some of the reasoning has changed. For example, speaking today, I'm speaking to oftentimes a generation of people who have absolutely no memory of the World Trade Center because they weren't even born yet, or they were too young to remember it. Probably, if you're under 30 years old, you really don't have any memory of it. And if you're under 25, you weren't even born at the time. My job, I believe, and so I've expressed this more lately than I have in the past. But my job is to take people in as I speak to the building with me, and take them down the stairs. Take them through the experiences that I had and went through, and why I went through those experiences, and the lessons to be learned from those. And then bring them out when we get to the bottom and outside. Take them all the way through and out, so that they get the full sense of what I experienced. And I've had so many people tell me we were with you every step you took down the stairs. You tell the story so vividly and so well, and and you just you just had us with you all the way down the stairs, which is exactly what I wanted, because I want them to understand that in reality you can learn to deal with things that come along, there are going to be things that you can't deal with because you don't have the skill or whatever. But we all have a lot of skills that we don't think we do, and one of them is that we can learn to control fear. We can learn that fear is around us, but we don't have to let it overwhelm, blind, or paralyze us. We can learn to use fear in a very positive, constructive way to keep us focused and going down the stairs. Amplifyou   41:45 What made you to decide to keep using your experiences each other's? Michael Hingson  41:49 Well, after September 11th, we and and the media got the story, and then people started calling because we got very visible in the media, and people started calling and saying we'd like to hire you to come and talk to us about what we should learn from September 11th. Learn about teamwork. Learn about what happened that day. Learn the lessons of World Trade Center, and so I decided that I would would do that and teach people what they could remember and and take away from it, and people started calling and saying, "Gee, would you come and let us hire you to tell the lessons of September 11th? And by the beginning of 2002, I had so many of those kinds of requests that Karen and I decided that selling life and philosophy was a whole lot more fun than selling computer hardware and being a computer hardware sales manager, and so that's what I turned to doing full time, and learning to help people understand that the reality is that you are a lot better than you think you are, and you need to learn that. But you really can do in a more strong way what you think you can do than than a typical way. Amplifyou   43:02 That's what I was just going to ask you: is if September 11th changed the direction of your life, and it did, from the career you had into now being a professional speaker. Interesting. Michael Hingson  43:13 Oh, yeah, it's helped a lot. And you know, I I also there are other things that that helped me in terms of dealing with public speaking, I love to tell the story that when I was growing up, before I had access to braille, I had braille in kindergarten in Chicago, but then I didn't have braille in California until the fourth grade, and my parents helped me learn things, and I learned all the spelling words that you know you had every every week you had to learn words, and then on Friday you the teacher would tell you the words, and you had to write them down, and you change papers, and the teacher would write the words on the board. Except in my class, in my class the teacher didn't write the words on the board. The teacher would say, "Mike, you have to spell the words out loud for everybody. So I learned how not to fear crowds and learned that I could spell the words. I know one time I messed up a word, and I don't even remember what the word was, but I heard somebody go, "Uh-uh, and I and I went, "Oh, I must have got it wrong, and I figured it out, and then I spelled it right. But that that only happened one time that I can recall. But clearly, that helped me learn not to be afraid of audiences. And today, I don't even understand why people are afraid to speak publicly. The fact of the matter is, audiences don't come to hear you so they can joke at you, make fun of you, yell at you, and so on. They come because they value what you're you're going to talk with them about, and they want to hear it. They want you to be successful, and they'll help you be successful if you let them, Amplifyou   44:41 I think you were always destined to be a public speaker, but it seems like the September 11th really just the universe conspired to make that happen. Maybe sooner than it would have. Did you ever see yourself before that becoming a public speaker? Michael Hingson  44:57 I never thought of being a public speaker before that. Neither had I ever thought of being an author. I I was used to it because working at Quantum on any given day I could be speaking to anybody from the board of directors of a Wall Street firm to IT people to other management people and so on. So I got used to doing it, and I and I learned all about selling and being articulate in sales, so I kind of learned a lot about public speaking from that. But I never really thought I would just be speaking for a living. But given what happened on September 11th, and that I get the opportunity to talk with people and help them see that in reality, what happened on September 11th is a day of lessons that taught us, or can teach us about resilience, can teach us about dealing with things that we don't expect to happen, and that we can learn how to control fear and so on, rather than letting it overwhelm us. So it it is it's really been pretty good. Amplifyou   45:57 Yeah, and when you hear the phrase "unstoppable mindset, how much of that philosophy do you think was shaped on that day, september 11? Michael Hingson  46:05 Oh, I think a lot of it came from from that day and and beyond. You know, the mindset kicked in on september 11 because of what I knew. But I think also that when it came time to start this podcast, which someone asked me to do as part of being involved with the company. I heard a lot of people talking about resilience and so on, and I just thought of unstoppability, unstoppable mindset, because the reality is we all are more unstoppable than we think we are, and so the podcast is literally an opportunity to converse with anyone who wants to come on, and it is a conversation more, much more than an interview, but it's a conversation about them, their lives, what they've done, and including what did you do that made you realize that you're more unstoppable than you think you are, and maybe you didn't realize that, but you are, and here's let's talk about this, and so those are those are things that I talk about. But I believe that everyone has a story to tell, so I'm always looking for people to come on the podcast and tell their stories and talk with with me about their experiences and so on, and that's how you know we found Bob Ellis, who's going to be with us on the Pentagon. I had actually contacted him about speaking to his organization, and I always mentioned the World Trade Center in initial introductory letters. And he wrote back and said that he would love to help, but he also wrote back and said, you know, I was in the Pentagon on September 11th, and that opened our dialog. And the result was that we finally set up for him to come on Unstoppable Mindset. And when when we did our conversation, I learned, for example, that he walked out the door, and it just he was supposed to be in a meeting that was right near where the plane actually came through the window, and in Bob's case, he had literally just left because the meeting ended up not happening, and he had just walked outside the door when he heard the plane, and he didn't really understand what was happening. But the plane sped up, and then it just crashed right into the tower, into the Pentagon, and he ran from the area, but he was very much involved with with talents that allowed him to help acquire things to help other people survive and so on, and did that for a couple of days or four days. But Bob will tell his story on September 11th. But he was literally just out the door when the plane hit. Amplifyou   48:42 Wow! Well, your guests can look forward to that interview. Will be the next up after this one. And I want to thank you, Michael, for sitting down with me today. I oh, it's always a pleasure, and thanks for allowing me to take over the hosting seat for today on your show, so we can hear more of your story, and thank you for sharing all the lessons you've learned from this experience. Michael Hingson  49:07 Well, well, thank you, and and I hope people will take them to heart. And I would say, if anyone wants to be on the podcast, we would love to have you send me an email at speaker s p e a k e r at michael hingson m i c h a e l h i n g s o n.com. If you know of any speaking opportunities that need a keynote speaker to come in, not only to tell an inspiring story, but I want to make it very clear, but to teach also lessons about resilience, business continuity, and other things like that, email me at speaker@michaelhingson.com. Would love to talk with you about that. My website is www.michaelhinkson.com, or you can go to www.michaelhinkson.com/podcast. But we'd love to hear from you in in any way and and get to know you better and you know go from there. Amplifyou   49:57 Awesome. Well, thank you so much, Michael, for today. We'll take care and see you soon. Michael Hingson  50:02 Sounds good. Thank you for being here with me on Unstoppable Mindset. I hope today's conversation left you with a fresh perspective, a new insight, or at least something worth thinking about. If you're ready to go deeper into the ideas that shape how we see ourselves and others, I have a free gift for you. Head over to michaelhingson.com and download my free ebook, Blinded by Fear. It explores the invisible beliefs that hold us back and shows you how to reframe them so you can move forward with clarity and confidence. Be sure to subscribe to our podcast, leave a review, and share this show with someone who can use a reminder that growth starts with mindset. When people think differently, we all move forward together. Thanks again for listening. Keep learning, keep questioning, and keep choosing to live with an unstoppable mindset.

Tanner Schut moved to New York with a decent cushion in his savings account, figuring he'd land a wedding band gig or two within a few weeks to keep the bills covered while he found his footing. That's not what happened. Those gigs take months to break into, not weeks, and nobody tells you that part until you're already living it. His savings drained a lot faster than he expected, and there was a real stretch where going back to the cruise ships looked like the only way to stay afloat.Tanner's on the Book of Mormon tour now. This clip is about the part before that, the part where the city doesn't care how good you are and rent still shows up every month whether the gigs do or not.Full conversation with Tanner coming soon to the Broadway Drumming 101 podcast. Clayton Craddock was most recently the drummer for Cats: The Jellicle Ball on Broadway at the Broadhurst Theatre. He is also the founder of Broadway Drumming 101 and the author of Broadway Bound and Beyond: A Musician's Guide to Building a Theater Career.His Broadway credits include Memphis, Lady Day at Emerson's Bar and Grill, Ain't Too Proud, and Cats: The Jellicle Ball, with additional credits spanning tick, tick…BOOM!, The Hippest Trip: The Soul Train Musical, and subbing on Rent, Motown, Evita, Avenue Q, and the Hadestown tour.Clayton has appeared on The View, Good Morning America, The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, The Today Show, and the Tony Awards. He has performed with artists ranging from Chuck Berry and Ben E. King to Kristin Chenoweth and Norm Lewis.www.claytoncraddock.com Get full access to Broadway Bound and Beyond at www.broadwayboundandbeyond.com/subscribe

Emily Durham reveals the smarter approach to job-hunting.— YOU'LL LEARN — 1) Why “medium is more” when it comes to networking 2) The keys to opening the door for opportunities3) Why AI-generated resumes work against youSubscribe or visit AwesomeAtYourJob.com/ep1178 for the full transcript! — ABOUT EMILY — Emily Durham, better known as Emily the Recruiter, is a recruiter turned career coach and content creator. On her popular social media platform and her podcast, Clock In, she gives real-world advice to help people thrive in their careers. Her work has been featured on Good Morning America, BBC News, in the Globe and Mail, and more. She lives in Toronto.• Book: Clock In: No-BS Advice for Getting Ahead in Your Career (Without Losing Your Mind)• Instagram: emily.the.recruiter• Podcast: Clock In• Tiktok: Emily The Recruiter• YouTube: Emily Durham— RESOURCES MENTIONED IN THE SHOW — • Book: Strangers: A Memoir of Marriage by Belle Burden— THANK YOU SPONSORS! — • Shopify. Sign up for your free trial at Shopify.com/awesomepod• Vinted. Download the Vinted app for free to start selling with no seller fees!• Fitnexa. Get $10 off the SomniPods3 with the link and code AWESOMESee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Lauren Cobello is the CEO and founder of Leverage with Media PR, a boutique public relations agency that helps authors, entrepreneurs, and thought leaders use media strategically to build authority, credibility, and growth. Before launching her agency, she spent nearly two decades building her own personal brand as a personal finance expert, becoming a three-time author and regular national TV personality on shows like The Today Show, Good Morning America, Dr. Oz, and Rachael Ray. After scaling her personal brand to seven figures, she sold that company and bootstrapped Leverage with Media PR from zero to a million-dollar agency in just 10 months. On this episode we talk about: How Lauren paid off 40,000 dollars in debt and built a personal finance brand from a couponing blog. How national TV appearances became top-of-funnel “ads” that fueled her seven-figure business. Why she sold her first company, downsized her lifestyle, and went all-in on starting a PR agency debt free. The truth about the PR industry, including low-quality agencies, profit-first models, and why so many founders feel burned. How traditional media, podcasts, and social platforms now work together to build authority in 2026. Why relationships and senior-level publicists are the real differentiators for landing meaningful TV and podcast placements. The realities of getting on top podcasts like Joe Rogan and why most entrepreneurs need a more strategic, ego-free media plan. Top 3 Takeaways Media is a multiplier: When used strategically, every TV appearance, podcast, or feature should act as top of funnel that drives people into a sales ecosystem and builds trust before you ever enter the room. Not all PR is created equal: Most agencies optimize for profit, staffing junior or outsourced teams, while the firms that actually move the needle rely on senior publicists with deep relationships and clear KPIs. Traditional media isn't dead—it's leveraged: In 2026, the strongest brands blend traditional TV, podcasts, social, and newsletters, using prestigious earned media (like major TV shows) for credibility and association that makes everything else easier. Notable Quotes "Every single TV appearance that I did became top of funnel—an ad that went into my sales funnel and got people to trust me before I even walked in the room." "PR is not marketing, and most PR agencies are full of it because they sell promises junior teams can't fulfill." "You probably aren't going on the top five podcasts you're dreaming about, but the right ‘smaller' shows can move the needle more than the ones with fake followers and vanity metrics." Connect with Lauren Cobello: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/leveragewithmediapr Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/leveragewithmedia Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lauren_cobello Other: ⁠Leverage with Media PR⁠  A Word from Our Sponsors:- The most successful business owners don't do it all themselves — they delegate. Upwork lets you build a team of highly skilled specialists for every function your business needs, so you can focus on what you do best and let experts handle the rest. Visit Upwork.com right now and post your job for free! - Go to Leesa.com for 30% OFF select mattresses (through September 13, 2026) PLUS get an extra $50 off with promo code TMM, exclusive for my listeners Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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