Podcasts about Halfway

In today's Talmud page, Kiddushin 38, the Rabbis begin with a conversation about when it was allowed to eat the first produce of the land of Israel. But rather than focus specifically on this page, today, and all this week we will be celebrating a few milestones. We will be celebrating the new Jewish year, 5784, our reaching the middle page of the Talmud, that's right we have hit the mid-point of this journey, and finally the upcoming publication of Liel's book How the Talmud Can Change Your Life: Surprisingly Modern Advice from a Very Old Book. Today we are joined by Rabbi Dovid Bashevkin to celebrate the accomplishment of making it to the mid-point of the daf yomi cycle, to reflect on the experience thus far, and to look forward at what the second half has in store for us. What has it been like to study the daily Talmud page during this process? Listen and find out.  In celebration of all of these milestones, we invite you to pre-order the new book now. You can do it through your local bookstore, directly from the publisher, or wherever you get your favorite books. Once you've preordered the book, take a picture of your receipt and visit https://tabletm.ag/preorder and complete the form and upload a copy of your receipt. Once we have your email address, you will be invited to a virtual event, and be eligible to receive one of ten special packages, hand-curated by Liel, that will make your Jewish journey more meaningful, beautiful, and yeah, why not, fun. Like the show? Subscribe to our weekly newsletter. Send us a note at takeone@tabletmag.com. Follow us on Twitter at @takeonedafyomi and join the conversation in the Take One Facebook group. Take One is a Tablet Studios production. The show is hostedby Liel Leibovitz, and is produced and edited by Darone Ruskay, Quinn Waller and Elie Bleier. Our team also includes Satephanie Butnick, Josh Kross, Robert Scaramuccia, and Tanya Singer.  Check out all of Tablet's podcasts at tabletmag.com/podcasts.

Decision Space is the podcast about decisions in board games. Join our active and welcoming Discord community, Join the crew today! (Decision Space Patreon), or Leave us a review wherever you found this podcast!  Episode 139 - Torres So we may be a little obsessed with Kramer and Kiesling games, but we felt compelled to share our thoughts on Torres -- a spiel winner and honorary 4th game in "the mask trilogy." In this episode, we return to our classic deep dive format where we share ratings and reviews and then get down to business breaking down the decision space. We try to think about what separates this game from some of the other K&K action selection/territory control offerings, the action economy, and a very cool card system that drives the whole thing forward. And with that, the Interdecisional Spaceship is off!   Pre-Planners New to the list Taverns of Tiefenthal! Santa Monica, Food Chain Magnate, and social deduction games et. al remain in our backlog. Santa Monica will likely be the next deep dive we do!   Timestamps    Intro - 0:00 Ratings and Reviews - 3:20 Game Background - 5:47 Rules Overview - 11:00 Torres Deep Dive - 12:47   Music and Sound Credits Thank you to Hembree for our intro and outro music from their song Reach Out. You can listen to the full song on YouTube here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gQuuRPfOyMw&list=TLGGFNH7VEDPgwgyNTA4MjAyMQ&t=3s You can find more information about Hembree at https://www.hembreemusic.com/.  Thank you to Flash Floods for use of their song Palm of Your Hand as a sting from their album Halfway to Anywhere: https://open.spotify.com/album/2fE6LrqzNDKPYWyS5evh3K?si=CCjdAGmeSnOOEui6aV3_nA Rules Overview Music:  Way Home by Tokyo Music Walker https://soundcloud.com/user-356546060​ Creative Commons — Attribution 3.0 Unported — CC BY 3.0 Free Download / Stream: https://bit.ly/tokyo-music-walker-way...​ Music promoted by Audio Library https://youtu.be/pJThZlOuDtI Contact We can be reached individually on Twitter at @jakefryd and @burnsidebh. You can also follow Decision Space on Instagram @DecisionSpacePod and talk to us there! If you prefer email, then hit us up at decisionspa@gmail.com. This information is all available along with episodes at our new website decisionspacepodcast.com. Byeee!

Lunes 18 de septiembre. 72 años habría cumplido Douglas Colvin, más conocido como Dee Dee Ramone. Brindamos a su memoria antes de repasar agenda para recomendar unas cuantas giras internacionales y citas varias con el rock’n’roll.Playlist;DEE DEE RAMONE “Born to lose” (single, 2002)DEE DEE RAMONE “I’m horrible” (Hop around, 2000)DEE DEE RAMONE and I.L.C.L. “Trust me” (I hate freaks like you, 1994)RAMONES “I wanna live” (Halfway to sanity, 1987)THE DICTATORS “Thank you and have a nice day” (single 2023)FRUIT TONES “Back in the night (again)” (Pink water factory, 2022)THE HANGMEN “Bayou moon” (Stories to tell, 2023)THE LONG RYDERS “Gunslinger man” (Two fisted tales, 1987)THE PINE HILL HAINTS “Walkin’ talkin’ deadman” (Ghost dance, 2007)THE PINE HILL HAINTS “Pretty thing” (The song companion of a lone star cowboy, 2021)Versión y original; BO DIDDLEY “Pretty thing” (1955)VANITY MIRROR “(I first saw you there in) Tinpot Lane” (Puff, 2023)GREEN SEAGULL “Not like you and me” (Scarlet fever, 2018)DATURA 4 “Going Back To Hoonsville” (Neanderthal jam, 2022) Escuchar audio

I read from easily to easterly.     So there's North (0) and East (90). Halfway between those is Northeast (45). Halfway between Northeast and East is East-Northeast (67.5). And halfway between East and East-Northeast and East by North (78.75). https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/east_by_north     Easter is essentially a celebration of Spring and rebirth, but these days it's largely a religious celebration. Personally, I'm good celebrating rebirth.  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Easter     The word of the episode is "easter egg". https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Easter_egg     Theme music from Jonah Kraut https://jonahkraut.bandcamp.com/     Merchandising! https://www.teepublic.com/user/spejampar     "The Dictionary - Letter A" on YouTube   "The Dictionary - Letter B" on YouTube   "The Dictionary - Letter C" on YouTube   "The Dictionary - Letter D" on YouTube     Featured in a Top 10 Dictionary Podcasts list! https://blog.feedspot.com/dictionary_podcasts/     Backwards Talking on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLmIujMwEDbgZUexyR90jaTEEVmAYcCzuq     dictionarypod@gmail.com https://www.facebook.com/thedictionarypod/ https://www.threads.net/@dictionarypod https://twitter.com/dictionarypod https://www.instagram.com/dictionarypod/ https://www.patreon.com/spejampar https://www.tiktok.com/@spejampar 917-727-5757

Decision Space is the podcast about decisions in board games. Join our active and welcoming Discord community, Join the crew today! (Decision Space Patreon), or Leave us a review wherever you found this podcast!  Episode 138 - What We Talk About When We Talk About Balance, Part Two ...And we're back with part two of the balance what we talk about episode. This time we dive into questions of perceived balance vs. objective balance, and do we really want an objectively balanced game? If so, who is that really serving? We talk about the ways designers might choose to balance the game, and *gasp* how they even use players to do this dirty work for them. Of course we give examples, and wrap up with a discussion of so what, why is it that we even care about balance, and what are the consequences of an under- or over-balanced game. Sheesh! That's a lot, we hope you enjoy it as today's in flight entertainment aboard the Interdecisional Spaceship!   Pre-Planners Santa Monica, Torres, Food Chain Magnate, and social deduction games et. al are coming up in the relatively near future!   Timestamps    Intro - 0:00 Discussion Start - 2:53 A Few Acres of Snow - 8:45 Citadels - 12:24 BattleCON - 13:39 Findorff - 15:16 Player Balance vs. Designier Balance - 17:30 Root - 18:00 Cosmic Encounter - 20:43 El Grande - 23:49 Zoo Vadis - 25:44 The Castles of Mad King Ludwig - 28:50 Isle of Skye - 30:33 Keyflower - 31:14 Bruges - 34:16 Magic: the Gathering - 35:10 Why do we care about balance - 36:10 Innovation - 44:10 Imhotep - 47:47 Diplomacy - 51:51 Freedom: The Underground Railroad - 52:58     Music and Sound Credits Thank you to Hembree for our intro and outro music from their song Reach Out. You can listen to the full song on YouTube here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gQuuRPfOyMw&list=TLGGFNH7VEDPgwgyNTA4MjAyMQ&t=3s You can find more information about Hembree at https://www.hembreemusic.com/.  Thank you to Flash Floods for use of their song Palm of Your Hand as a sting from their album Halfway to Anywhere: https://open.spotify.com/album/2fE6LrqzNDKPYWyS5evh3K?si=CCjdAGmeSnOOEui6aV3_nA Rules Overview Music:  Way Home by Tokyo Music Walker https://soundcloud.com/user-356546060​ Creative Commons — Attribution 3.0 Unported — CC BY 3.0 Free Download / Stream: https://bit.ly/tokyo-music-walker-way...​ Music promoted by Audio Library https://youtu.be/pJThZlOuDtI Contact We can be reached individually on Twitter at @jakefryd and @burnsidebh. You can also follow Decision Space on Instagram @DecisionSpacePod and talk to us there! If you prefer email, then hit us up at decisionspa@gmail.com. This information is all available along with episodes at our new website decisionspacepodcast.com. Byeee!

Halfway through the NBA Division Previews, Ryan and Cody look at the Central Division. Are the Pacers & Bulls Playoff teams? Can the Cavaliers & Bucks be the best teams in the East? And what's going on with Detroit? All this and more in this episode!

Halfway through the season and so far the best sodee.

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Decision Space is the podcast about decisions in board games. Join our active and welcoming Discord community, Join the crew today! (Decision Space Patreon), or Leave us a review wherever you found this podcast!  Episode 137 - What We Talk About When We Talk About Balance, Part One There are no rules on the Interdecisional Spaceship. We break from tradition and declare that "What We Talk About" episodes can be two parters. Today, we deliver the first part of our topical episode on balance in board games. We attempt to define balances versus fairness; we discuss assymetric balance and strategic balance; and we ask for whom thy balance tolls for. It's a robust and, at times, unhinged conversation that we hope you join us for!    Pre-Planners Santa Monica, Torres, Food Chain Magnate, and social deduction games et. al are coming up in the relatively near future!   Timestamps (Spoilers)   Intro - 0:00 Defining Balance and Fairness - 4:23 Asymetric Balance and Player Order - 14:30 Who Is This Game Balanced For? - 21:09 Strategic Balance - 22:04 Azul - 22:33 Guards of Atlantis II - 27:32 Keyflower - 31:45 The Unstoppable Board Position (Come Back Mechanism) - 32:40 Bruges - 35:12 Variable Set Up and Variance - 39:11 Catan - 39:41 Innovation and Imhotep - 42:56 How Often Should the Better Player Win - 45:32 Next Week on Decision Space! - 49:12 Patreon Plug (Join the Crew!) - 49:57     Music and Sound Credits Thank you to Hembree for our intro and outro music from their song Reach Out. You can listen to the full song on YouTube here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gQuuRPfOyMw&list=TLGGFNH7VEDPgwgyNTA4MjAyMQ&t=3s You can find more information about Hembree at https://www.hembreemusic.com/.  Thank you to Flash Floods for use of their song Palm of Your Hand as a sting from their album Halfway to Anywhere: https://open.spotify.com/album/2fE6LrqzNDKPYWyS5evh3K?si=CCjdAGmeSnOOEui6aV3_nA Rules Overview Music:  Way Home by Tokyo Music Walker https://soundcloud.com/user-356546060​ Creative Commons — Attribution 3.0 Unported — CC BY 3.0 Free Download / Stream: https://bit.ly/tokyo-music-walker-way...​ Music promoted by Audio Library https://youtu.be/pJThZlOuDtI Contact We can be reached individually on Twitter at @jakefryd and @burnsidebh. You can also follow Decision Space on Instagram @DecisionSpacePod and talk to us there! If you prefer email, then hit us up at decisionspa@gmail.com. This information is all available along with episodes at our new website decisionspacepodcast.com. Byeee!

MOTIVATION TIME: Believe You Can And You Are Halfway There! Let's unravel the depth of Theodore Roosevelt's quote: "Believe you can and you're halfway there." Imagine you're embarking on a thrilling adventure – maybe you're climbing a mountain, running a marathon, or starting a new chapter in your life. The journey ahead might seem daunting, full of twists and turns, challenges and uncertainties. But here's where the magic of belief comes into play, just like Teddy Roosevelt pointed out. When you believe in yourself, it's like strapping on a pair of wings that help you soar through the skies of possibility. It's that tiny spark that ignites within you, whispering, "You've got this!"  And that spark, my friend, has the power to light up your entire journey. Think of belief as your secret superpower, your inner compass guiding you through uncharted territories. It's like having a trusty sidekick cheering you on, reminding you that you're stronger, smarter, and more capable than you think. When you wholeheartedly believe you can achieve something, you're setting the stage for success – you're priming your mind to overcome obstacles, conquer doubts, and keep pushing forward. Picture yourself standing at the foot of a colossal mountain. Your goal – reaching the summit – seems like a distant dream. But here's the kicker: if you believe in your ability to climb, if you truly, deeply, unwaveringly believe that you can make it to the top, you've already taken the first step upward. Belief isn't just about blind optimism; it's about tuning into your potential, recognizing your strengths, and realizing that you possess the tools to tackle even the loftiest of goals. It's like having a treasure map that leads you straight to the chest of victory. When you believe, you're telling your mind and your heart, "We're in this together, and we're going places!" The beauty of belief lies in its ability to fuel your determination. It's that extra boost of energy when your legs feel tired, that surge of motivation when the road gets tough. It's a whisper in your ear that says, "You're closer than you think, keep going!" Theodore Roosevelt hit the nail on the head – believing you can is like reaching the halfway point of your journey, because it propels you forward with a force that's unstoppable. So, as you walk the path of your ambitions, remember these words. Embrace that belief, nurture it, and let it guide you. With each step you take, you're not just inching closer to your goal – you're carving a path of determination and courage. Believe you can, and you're not just halfway there – you're already soaring higher than you ever imagined.

Jessie and Logan are in a long distance relationship. Over the first year of their relationship, we see them struggle with the distance, their insecurities, and the outside world from inside a little motel room halfway between their two cities. Meet the Artists: https://deanproductionstheatre.com/halfway-to-the-middle-episode/ --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/dptc/support

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This week, Richard and Archit recap the first week of all the action in New York at the fourth and final slam of the year as well as preview the second week while offering their predictions of what's to come. Don't forget to give a 5 star review on your favorite podcast app! In addition, add your twitter/instagram handle to the review for a chance to win some FREE CR gear!! This episode brought to you by: Tourna We are excited to partner with Tourna Tennis once again to share an exciting, longer lasting version of Tourna Grip, which Tourna has spent the last six years researching and developing their latest grip innovation: Tourna Tuff including: -same gold standard sweat absorption as Tourna Grip -same dry feel -same trademarked blue color -still gets tackier when you sweat PLUS new features: -If you didn't like the original Tourna Grip for its durability, try Tourna Tuff. -Stop blowing on your hands between every point and use a grip that absorbs your sweat! -Stop wiping your hand on your shirt, shorts, and towel constantly and get a grip that actually absorbs sweat! Plain and simple = Cracked Fans use Tourna Tuff. Tennis Point Discounted Tennis Apparel, Tennis Racquets, Tennis Shoes & Equipment from Nike, adidas, Babolat, Wilson & More! Visit their store today and use the code "CR15" at checkout to save 15% off Sale items. Some Exclusions (MAP Exceptions) apply and code will not work on those items. This code will add 1 FREE CAN of WILSON Balls to the cart at checkout.  Tennis Channel Podcast Network Visit https://www.tennis.com/pro-game/podcasts/ to stay current on the latest tennis news and trends and enjoy in-depth analysis and dynamic debates. Find Cracked Racquets Website: https://www.crackedracquets.com Instagram: https://instagram.com/crackedracquets Twitter: https://twitter.com/crackedracquets Facebook: https://Facebook.com/crackedracquets YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/crackedracquets Email Newsletter: https://crackedracquets.substack.com/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The latest ATP Podcast with Chris Bowers and Jill Craybas. The duo look back on the first week of the US Open and ahead to week 2. As well as the studio discussion, there are also interviews and features with some of the home players hoping for a good second week, including...FRANCES TIAFOE ON HIS CAREER GOALS - 'There's only two things that I've really wanted to do in this game and you know that's to win a Grand Slam and to be top ten in the world and to be halfway done is incredible and now I've just got my eyes on the prize for that one last thing'BEN SHELTON ON ADJUSTING TO LIFE ON TOUR - ‘It's been crazy my life changing from a college kid and living in one place all the time to living in hotels around the world and being on planes every week and seeing all these new places, but I've really enjoyed it'PLUS TAYLOR FRITZ ON WHAT HE EATS, AND THE AMERICAN ALSO GOES HEAD-TO-HEAD WITH STEVE JOHNSON, ANSWERING QUESTIONS ABOUT THE GREAT PETE SAMPRAS- Presenter - Chris Bowers- Guest - Jill Craybas- Interviews by Jill Craybas and Candy Reid- Features by ATP Uncovered

The giant Central Interceptor tunnel being bored underneath Auckland city has reached the half way mark! Watercare's Central Interceptor executive programme manger Shayne Cunis stops by to give us an update.

Get ready to mark your calendars as we bring news of a one-night only performance by country stars Randy Houser and Tracy Lawrence at the Virgin Hotels Las Vegas. For those of you who love to be on the road in an electric vehicle, we have some exciting news about the expansion of the Tesla Supercharger Network at Red Rock Casino. And yes, for comedy lovers, details on Sebastian Maniscalco extending his residency at the Encore Theater at Wynn Las Vegas in 2024. Rí Rá Las Vegas announced the return of its week-long celebration, Halfway to St. Patrick's Day. Did you hear about the Las Vegas Grand Prix's call for applications for temporary positions during the inaugural Formula One race? Well, we've got the details! And for a nostalgic journey through Hollywood and Las Vegas history, a new exhibit honoring the legendary Debbie Reynolds. Support the showFollow us on Instagram: @vegas.revealedFollow us on Twitter: @vegasrevealedFollow us on TikTok: @vegas.revealedWebsite: Vegas-Revealed.com

(0:03) Fr. Craig Giera introduces Fr. Drew Mabee, his new co-host and they welcome this episode's guest, Mgsr. Charles Kozanke. The hosts and guest recap various blessings that the summer has held. Msgr. Kozanke's recent experiences included the Basilica of Ste. Anne de Detroit's multicultural celebration of its titular feast day, as well as a trip to Poland. Fr. Drew describes the grace of serving at St. Damien of Molokai in Pontiac, a predominantly Hispanic parish. Fr. Craig shares about his recent opportunity to offer Mass for young people at Camp Sancta Maria. (18:00) Vocation story: Msgr. Kozanke grew up in an active Catholic family and started thinking about the priesthood in seventh grade, largely due to the “foundational” experience of training fellow boys as altar servers. Over time, he discerned that he should enter seminary. Halfway through his Theology studies, Msgr. Kozanke experienced doubts, feeling “50/50” about his vocation. Fr. Craig affirms that men do not need to be completely sure about the priesthood before entering seminary. (30:18) They discuss how God used the invitation to train altar servers to draw Msgr. Kozanke to the priesthood. Msgr. Kozanke is asked about his experience with discernment weekends and explains that they gave him “comfortability” with the idea of seminary. He then shares how God has used his business skills throughout his 37 years as a priest. He affirms, “At the end of the day,…your effectiveness…is really going to be based on what God does through you.” (39:10) The power of reliance on the Lord: Msgr. Kozanke describes how he went to Rome as a young priest to study for his doctorate, but greatly struggled to come up with a topic. Eventually, he surrendered the situation to the Lord: “For a full week…I did nothing from Monday through Friday but pray before the Blessed Sacrament.” At the end of the week, inspiration suddenly struck and he soon made rapid progress on his thesis. Msgr. Kozanke gives a second example of how God provided for him following a week of prayer. He emphasizes that whatever your abilities, “God sometimes may remind you that you're also limited.” Fr. Craig and Fr. Drew point out how God works with what little we have and already has a plan for us. (51:04) Msgr. Kozanke discusses his experience with various ministries, including Marriage Encounter, American Friends of the Vatican Library, and Young Catholic Professionals. He describes accepting the offer to shepherd Ste. Anne's, as well as his experience of being Episcopal Vicar of the Central Region of the Archdiocese of Detroit. (59:08) Discernment advice: Fr. Craig emphasizes the need to be open to God's plan for one's life and priesthood. He suggests, “take a step back and sit in a chapel for five days. And ask the Lord…‘what is it that You want?'” Msgr. Kozanke encourages men who are discerning to take the “first step” of praying a weekly holy hour in Adoration. He also suggests attending discernment weekends or visiting religious orders whose charism resonates with you. (1:05:50) Fr. Craig thanks Msgr. Kozanke and Fr. Drew for joining him on the podcast. Msgr. Kozanke closes the episode in prayer.

In this new episode, I chat with Laura Gassner Otting, renowned as an author, catalyst, and Executive Coach. With a dynamic career of over 25 years, she's ignited change across various domains, from politics to entrepreneurship. Now, Laura inspires individuals to challenge their limits, guiding them to think bigger and embrace audacious goals. We start this episode by delving deep into the concept of success and what it truly means to have a fulfilling job, especially at different stages of your life. Halfway through, we explore the realm of leadership. Laura shares invaluable insights on what it takes to be a great leader and what your team can expect from you. At the end of the episode, Laura unveils her journey into entrepreneurship, and we talk about what being an entrepreneur is: designing the life you want. I hope you enjoyed this episode and gained fresh perspectives that can help your life and career. Discover Your Success Path TODAY!

Decision Space is the podcast about decisions in board games. Join our active and welcoming Discord community, Join the crew today! (Decision Space Patreon), or Leave us a review wherever you found this podcast!  Episode 136 - Top 10 Games We Are Enjoying in 2023  In this week's episode we count down the TOP 10 board games we are enjoying, so far, in 2023. This is distinctly not a discussion of games released in 2023, rather it is about the games that we are playing, that are hitting our tables this year. Also, Jake wants you to know that technically kickball and disc golf are essentially board games and remain as perpetual #0 on the top of his list. Okay, with that important clarification out of the way it is time to hop aboard the Interdecisional Spaceship and launch into this fan-favorite episode format!   Pre-Planners Santa Monica, Torres, Food Chain Magnate, and social deduction games et. al are coming up in the relatively near future!   Timestamps (Spoilers)   Intro - 0:00 Honorable Mentions - 3:00 Sports - 3:58 Can't Stop - 5:15 Barrage - 5:19 KeyForge - 5:22 Crokinole - 5:33 Coloretto - 5:52 District Noir/Throne and Grail - 6:32 Barrage - 6:53 TOP 10 - 8:46 Imperial 2030 - 8:59 Magic: the Gathering - 11:54 Renature - 14:45 My City - 16:36 Zoo Vadis - 18:13 Findorff - 20:53 Chicago Express - 24:49 Savannah Park - 27:10 Azul - 29:25 Bonfire - 32:57 TOP 5 - 36:00 Tigris & Euphrates - 36:11 Torres - 39:07 Cuzco - 41:50 Renature - 45:25 Challengers! - 47:52 Trajan - 49:33 Ra - 51:49 My City - 55:45 Challengers! - 59:16   Music and Sound Credits Thank you to Hembree for our intro and outro music from their song Reach Out. You can listen to the full song on YouTube here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gQuuRPfOyMw&list=TLGGFNH7VEDPgwgyNTA4MjAyMQ&t=3s You can find more information about Hembree at https://www.hembreemusic.com/.  Thank you to Flash Floods for use of their song Palm of Your Hand as a sting from their album Halfway to Anywhere: https://open.spotify.com/album/2fE6LrqzNDKPYWyS5evh3K?si=CCjdAGmeSnOOEui6aV3_nA Rules Overview Music:  Way Home by Tokyo Music Walker https://soundcloud.com/user-356546060​ Creative Commons — Attribution 3.0 Unported — CC BY 3.0 Free Download / Stream: https://bit.ly/tokyo-music-walker-way...​ Music promoted by Audio Library https://youtu.be/pJThZlOuDtI Contact We can be reached individually on Twitter at @jakefryd and @burnsidebh. You can also follow Decision Space on Instagram @DecisionSpacePod and talk to us there! If you prefer email, then hit us up at decisionspa@gmail.com. This information is all available along with episodes at our new website decisionspacepodcast.com. Byeee!

In episode 94, join us in this inspiring conversation between myself and a client who is in my Weight Loss Like a BOSS challenge. She shares her struggle of losing postpartum weight before the beginning the challenge and how she is now halfway to her goal. We delve into the power and benefits of coaching, and how coaching has helped her overcome obstacles, stay motivated, and develop a positive mindset towards her weight loss journey. Tune in to gain valuable insights and be inspired to achieve your own health goals!  

Halfway through Casablanca, we learn why Rick Blaine is so cynical, angry, and embittered; we also feel glad at the end when he takes off his armor and begins that beautiful friendship. But how would we respond if we never learned why Rick acted as he does? The answer is that he'd be Dixon Steele, whom Bogart portrays so well in Nicholas Ray's 1950 thriller In a Lonely Place. Join Mike and Dan for a conversation about a Bogart film they think deserves a wider audience and how it predicts what Martin Scorsese would do twenty-six years later with Taxi Driver. William J. Mann's Bogie & Bacall: The Surprising True Story of Hollywood's Greatest Love Affair, is a thoroughly interesting dual biography about the movies' most enduring power couple. Dan recently interviewed William J. Mann for the New Books Network: listen to it here. Follow us on Twitter or Letterboxd. Incredible bumper music by John Deley. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/film

Halfway through Casablanca, we learn why Rick Blaine is so cynical, angry, and embittered; we also feel glad at the end when he takes off his armor and begins that beautiful friendship. But how would we respond if we never learned why Rick acted as he does? The answer is that he'd be Dixon Steele, whom Bogart portrays so well in Nicholas Ray's 1950 thriller In a Lonely Place. Join Mike and Dan for a conversation about a Bogart film they think deserves a wider audience and how it predicts what Martin Scorsese would do twenty-six years later with Taxi Driver. William J. Mann's Bogie & Bacall: The Surprising True Story of Hollywood's Greatest Love Affair, is a thoroughly interesting dual biography about the movies' most enduring power couple. Dan recently interviewed William J. Mann for the New Books Network: listen to it here. Follow us on Twitter or Letterboxd. Incredible bumper music by John Deley. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Halfway through Casablanca, we learn why Rick Blaine is so cynical, angry, and embittered; we also feel glad at the end when he takes off his armor and begins that beautiful friendship. But how would we respond if we never learned why Rick acted as he does? The answer is that he'd be Dixon Steele, whom Bogart portrays so well in Nicholas Ray's 1950 thriller In a Lonely Place. Join Mike and Dan for a conversation about a Bogart film they think deserves a wider audience and how it predicts what Martin Scorsese would do twenty-six years later with Taxi Driver. William J. Mann's Bogie & Bacall: The Surprising True Story of Hollywood's Greatest Love Affair, is a thoroughly interesting dual biography about the movies' most enduring power couple. Dan recently interviewed William J. Mann for the New Books Network: listen to it here. Follow us on Twitter or Letterboxd. Incredible bumper music by John Deley. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/new-books-network

This Week: We're Back Mothras! Edges Barbie. Hate Speech Dabbles. Lice! Voltron Deep Dive. Property Brothers from Other Mothers. Nathan Yells At Teachers. Somebody Had to be the Raphael. Justin Feels Up New England. Biscuits with Square Edges.  Recorded August 25, 2023 Nathan and Justin's Music: https://judystruckstop.bandcamp.com/ Instas: Nathan @siddandthefinches  Justin @justindrakecroft As Always:  Twitter: @SushiJackknife @badlandsbadley @Bob_ThangPod Email: sushijackknife@gmail.com Support us here: https://anchor.fm/sushi-jackknife/support --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/sushi-jackknife/support

“What is a perfect album side?” was the question posited by second-rate first mate John online. Name an album for which one side is perfect, regardless of what's on the other side. It was more difficult than expected, apparently, because answers were hard to come by. Well, we must've gone through the Bermuda Triangle again, because we landed on Journey's Frontiers. From southern California to the Bay Area, how did we end up here? And what, if any, are the ties to yacht rock and west coast AOR? You'll have to tune in to find out! What say you? Give us your perfect album side on Facebook in the comments to this post! https://www.facebook.com/yachtrockpodcast Lightning Round: Found at Sea Buried Treasures Off the Map References and Related: John's Spotify Yacht Rock Playlist Tom's Spotify Yacht Rock Playlist Yacht or Nyacht? The Official Yachtski Scale Playlist of songs featured on Out of the Main Intro/outro music: “Never-Ending Story” by August Red Find and Follow: The Mainland: YachtRockPodcast.com Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/yachtrockpodcast Twitter: https://twitter.com/yachtrockpod YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@yachtrockpodcast Anchors Aweigh (Support the Podcast): https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/yachtrockpodcast --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/yachtrockpodcast/support

132 - This video was originally shared on Feb 16, 2023. Lori sharing her homeschool journey, including last school year, which was her first year homeschooling. So the next few will be from that year, then we will get to the current year. Thanks for understanding. I am sharing my thoughts half-way through our first year of doing Classical Conversations. Are we liking CC? How are things going with it? We use CC as our main spine for what we do and have a few things I add on to it like math, reading and handwriting. https://purelytwins.com/2023/02/24/half-way-through-classical-conversations-do-i-like-it/ KEEP UP WITH US: ♡ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/loriandmichelle ♡ Pinterest: https://www.pinterest.com/purelytwins ♡ Blog: https://purelytwins.com/ ♡ Our Podcast: Lori and Michelle Podcast Bible study with us: ♡ Youtube: ⁠https://www.youtube.com/@biblesstudywiththetwins⁠ ♡ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/Biblestudywiththetwins ♡ CHECK OUT OUR AMAZON storefront https://www.amazon.com/shop/loriandmichelle (if you use our link we may receive a small commission. Thank you for your support of our channel.) Songs from Epidemic Sound. We appreciate any and all support as it helps keeps us going and able to produce content for you. Thank you. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lm-podcast/support

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Decision Space is the podcast about decisions in board games. Join our active and welcoming Discord community, Join the crew today! (Decision Space Patreon), or Leave us a review wherever you found this podcast!  Episode 135 - Playtesting and Prototyping Welcome to Decision Space, the only podcast that takes place right here before the turns of your favorite games (someday, we hope). Anyways, this podcast is very different. Today, Brendan and Jake put on their game designer hats and share some of their experiences and lessons learned with playtesting and prototyping board game designs. We hope you enjoy this educational flight aboard our sister ship, the InterDesignonal Spaceship.    Pre-Planners Santa Monica, Torres, Food Chain Magnate, and social deduction games et. al are coming up in the relatively near future!   Timestamps    Intro - 0:00 Prototyping Discussion - 2:10 Playtesting Discussion - 26:20   Music and Sound Credits Thank you to Hembree for our intro and outro music from their song Reach Out. You can listen to the full song on YouTube here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gQuuRPfOyMw&list=TLGGFNH7VEDPgwgyNTA4MjAyMQ&t=3s You can find more information about Hembree at https://www.hembreemusic.com/.  Thank you to Flash Floods for use of their song Palm of Your Hand as a sting from their album Halfway to Anywhere: https://open.spotify.com/album/2fE6LrqzNDKPYWyS5evh3K?si=CCjdAGmeSnOOEui6aV3_nA Rules Overview Music:  Way Home by Tokyo Music Walker https://soundcloud.com/user-356546060​ Creative Commons — Attribution 3.0 Unported — CC BY 3.0 Free Download / Stream: https://bit.ly/tokyo-music-walker-way...​ Music promoted by Audio Library https://youtu.be/pJThZlOuDtI Contact We can be reached individually on Twitter at @jakefryd and @burnsidebh. You can also follow Decision Space on Instagram @DecisionSpacePod and talk to us there! If you prefer email, then hit us up at decisionspa@gmail.com. This information is all available along with episodes at our new website decisionspacepodcast.com. Byeee!

Brendan and Zach bring on the soon-to-be-married Aaron and Abby to discuss RACHEL GETTING MARRIED. We deep dive into the movie, discuss listener feedback and decide the suggestion for the next movie rung in the Ladder. The next movie discussion begins at 1:25:40. So (re)watch the film (currently on streaming rental) and listen along to the discussion. Then stay tuned to hear what connected film we pick for next week. Submit your questions, comments, rating and suggested connections for next week's movie to themovieladder@gmail.com. You can find Abby on Letterboxd @abbbyr0ad and Aaron on Letterboxd (@incubrooks). You can find the podcast on Letterboxd (@TheMovieLadder), Twitter (@LadderMovie) and Instagram (@laddermovie).  Check out our Watchlist to see all the movies suggested on this podcast. You can find each of us individually on Twitter (@FitzyBrendan and @brooksza) and Letterboxd (@FitzyBrendan and @brooksza).  And join us for the Ladder Library Movie Challenge in 2023! --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/the-movie-ladder-podcast/message

The shining star of "Halfway to Fifty 2," Laura Dellis joins the Steve Cochran Show to chat about her journey through the maze of adulthood, etching her mark in the comedy world, and her eagerly anticipated performance at Davenport's Piano Bar and Cabaret on August 25th.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

(3:00) Halfway thru preseason camp, any misses on your Top 40 ballot? (20:00) Matthew Brune of BengalTiger (On3 LSU website); has the preseason gone according to plan for LSU? (22:00) How improved is the LSU line vs. the unit that played in New Orleans? (25:00) Does LSU have that set of elite WRs that the nation has been accustomed to? (27:00) Are a rehabbing Maason Smith and the front four the strength of this defense? (32:00) Linebackers are cool but what kind of impact can they have, how has Harold Perkins performed? (35:00) That LSU secondary is banged uppp (39:00) Thoughts on the 2022 game and where LSU is now heading into the opener https://mybookie.website/JoinwithWARCHANT (51:00) How is LSU, riddled with question marks, favored? (1:02:00) Culture, vocal leaders (1:08:00) 2023 vs. 2013...or 2024? (1:18:00) 2017-2021 -- pick the worst team from that era Music: Setting Goals - Pathetic Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Today on The Business of You, we're sharing a Shark Tank success story! These two Founders combined their strengths to turn the seeds of a great idea into a best-selling product. Childhood best friends turned powerhouse entrepreneurs Joelle Flynn and Sonia Hounsell are changing the oral care landscape with their revolutionary on-the-go oral care brand, FunkkOFF!®. Designed with women in mind, FunkkOFF!® TeethRefreshers® are the only 2-in-1 toothbrush-toothpaste beauty essential that's reusable 30x to keep your smile fresh & white. TeethRefreshers® come in multiple colors and easily fit into a purse, backpack or jacket pocket for an on-the-go refresh. Containing no fluoride, BPA's, sulfates, or dyes, you can use the easy gel formula without concern over harsh chemicals.  Sonia and Joelle recently appeared in an episode of Shark Tank, and sharks bit - recognizing the incredible value of their product offering. FunkkOFF!® has been featured in Travel + Leisure, the LA Times, NBC, Real Simple and ABC. At FunkkOFF!®, Sonia and Joelle believe in giving back. They are proud supporters of the Smiles for Everyone Foundation, providing free dental care to those in need, both at home in the U.S. and around the world. They also helped establish an Orange County chapter of Girls on the Run, encouraging girls to pursue their dreams.  Currently, Sonia and Joelle are rapidly scaling up operations at FunkkOFF!® with their flagship product and working behind the scenes on new product offerings to release in the future.   An idea starts with a problem solved Joelle Flynn loves red wine. But she does not love what red wine does to her white teeth! During a day of busy wine tasting, she packed a toothbrush and toothpaste in her purse to go from tasting to tasting. After a quick brush, she was applying her lipstick when she had the ultimate aha moment - realizing that there is no product for brushing your teeth on the go that is environmentally sustainable and reusable, all-natural and easy to use.  Working around the bulky and wasteful limitations of the current products on the market, Joelle stuck a toothbrush head on a chapstick tube and started taking it to product designers. With her first prototype created, Joelle partnered with her friend Sonia and they began methodically filing and receiving patents.  Now, Joelle and Sonia are glad they did everything by the book. Filing patents took years and tons of time and energy, but set them up to compete with other dental and personal care brands in the world market.  Combining strengths, combining forces Joelle conceived the idea for FunkkOFF!® TeethRefreshers®, and she knew who to call - her childhood friend Sonia Hounsell.  WIth 30+ years in business, Sonia knew how to launch and market a product successfully. With Joelle's ideas and Sonia's eye for business, they believed they could become successful entrepreneurs. Despite their excitement, they played the long game, never losing sight of their overall goals.  As business partners, Sonia and Joelle work to complement each others' strengths and combine their visions to grow their company. They are a shining example of knowing one another's capabilities and highlighting their best talents in business. A Shark Tank success story When Sonia and Joelle were invited to apply for Shark Tank, they didn't know what to expect.  Walking in with radiant smiles and glasses of red wine, they proudly proclaimed: “We all have funk…and we all need it off.” But the sharks did not bite right away!  Sonia and Joelle's biggest obstacle had been money - to finance enough inventory to gain notoriety and market their product in the right places. But they never let the struggle get them down. The entrepreneurs and friends endured an hour-long questioning session on Shark Tank about everything from their gross income to their investment to their product design. It was brutal and lengthy, but ultimately a shark bit at the last second. Investor Robert Herjavec decided to invest $250,000 to help them increase their inventory and successfully market their business. Now, they have sold out multiple times and are working to scale their company. Enjoy this Shark Tank success story on The Business of You! Quotes Sonia “At the end of the day, it is a lifestyle business to help people look and feel good no matter where they are.” Joelle “I was loving my red wine - and my red wine loved my white teeth! It would turn them a funky shade of purple. I started to carry around a toothbrush and toothpaste in my little purse from winery to winery, brushing the purple funk off my teeth and heading to the next tasting. I was in the bathroom putting my lipstick on and I was like, why is there nothing quick, compact, and reusable to make it easy to use on the go?” Joelle “I actually stuck a round spinning toothbrush head on a chapstick container and took it to product designers. Over about 8 years I filed 8 patents - to make it reusable and all-in-one.” Sonia “I loved the name FunkkOff because it's very memorable and ownable. There's a lot we can do with it as far as building out the current product in addition to launching future products. We are currently working on more products to release down the road! People love to say it, and when they say it, they smile.” Joelle  “We actually walked in [to Shark Tank] with two glasses of red wine! You walk in and you want to be confident. There are a gazillion cameras, and they are really far away. Halfway through we just started answering questions. It was nerve-wracking and exhilarating. But it worked.” Joelle “The sharks were really nice. They were intimidating but they're real people - who wanted to learn about and understand our business.” Sonia “With the airing of the Shark Tank episode, our business has taken on a new level of growth. We're working through that. It's opened up opportunities in the United States, Internationally and in different markets and distribution channels. We need to focus on scaling up that business first, then we'll start adding new products to grow further.” Links mentioned in this episode: Visit the website for Funkkoff at https://funkkoff.com/  Follow Funkkoff Leadership on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/funkkoff  Follow Funkkoff on LinkedIn at https://www.linkedin.com/company/funkkoff/  Find Funkkoff on Twitter at https://twitter.com/FunkkOFF_

(3:00) Halfway thru preseason camp, any misses on your Top 40 ballot? (20:00) Matthew Brune of BengalTiger (On3 LSU website); has the preseason gone according to plan for LSU? (22:00) How improved is the LSU line vs. the unit that played in New Orleans? (25:00) Does LSU have that set of elite WRs that the nation has been accustomed to? (27:00) Are a rehabbing Maason Smith and the front four the strength of this defense? (32:00) Linebackers are cool but what kind of impact can they have, how has Harold Perkins performed? (35:00) That LSU secondary is banged uppp (39:00) Thoughts on the 2022 game and where LSU is now heading into the opener https://mybookie.website/JoinwithWARCHANT (51:00) How is LSU, riddled with question marks, favored? (1:02:00) Culture, vocal leaders (1:08:00) 2023 vs. 2013...or 2024? (1:18:00) 2017-2021 -- pick the worst team from that era Music: Setting Goals - Pathetic Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

On this week's episode, I'm back for a week to talk about the Bears promo schedule and all its details from Banner Raising Night to Halfway to Summer Night. Then we talk about other AHL News, A funny WBS story, and a tribute to RJ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Your thoughts become your words. Your words become your actions. Your actions become your habits. Your habits become your character, and your character determines your destiny. -Lao TzuSelf-discovery is a process of getting to know yourself. As a society on the aggregate level, there are many people who feel lost and unsure of themselves. Many of us constantly question our purpose and reason for living. However, finding yourself is a constant feat when you don't know yourself. The purpose of this podcast episode is to remind people of who they are through this conversation and reveal that we have more alike than different. It's not a matter of finding yourself but being reminded of who you are. Podcast available on ALL listening platformsMind Over Matter linktr.ee/mindovermatterbabyyyWatch Manhattan Neighborhood Network EVERY Saturday @ 12pmFollow us on Instagram@mindovermatterbabyyyDEJA @deja.waja

Aaron and Scott have both been doing a good bit of traveling and we will catch up with them and see how things are going... Kyle Waller of the new podcast SHAPE is on the show and is also a brand ambassador for White Oak Beard Supply. He is also the spokesperson for the event we will be discussing tonight, "Jackson's Miracle Beard Competition"! This will be a 5 category online contest to help raise money for Jackson. Jackson is a new born baby who is suffering from Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome (HLHS). This will require multiple surgeries and this is what we are rasing money for. Email for PayPal DONATION - jaredmanis33@yahoo.com A message from Jared Manis, the owner of White Oak Beard Supply "My name is Jared Manis. I am the owner of White Oak Beard Supply. My Brother Derek and Sister in Law Tiffany are expecting their first child. Halfway through their pregnancy, it was discovered that the baby has a heart defect called Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome (HLHS). It will require various surgeries and an extended hospital stay of 6 months or longer once born. Last week her water broke at 34 weeks. Since then they have been at Cincinnati Children's Hospital in hopes to keep him in for a few more weeks. All proceeds from this online competition will go directly to them to help with time off work and travel back and forth to Cincinnati." Jackson's Miracle ONLINE Beard Competition: https://fb.me/e/1mctiCWvG Talking Beards website www.talkingbeards.com The Beard Calendar https://thebeardcalendar.com/ Please check out our friends at Honest Amish and try one of the best selling beard brands available!!! Honest Amish- use promo code "talkingbeards" to save 15% https://www.honestamish.com Grooming Emporium https://www.thegroomingemporium.org/ SUBSCRIBE to the Talking Beards podcast by going to- www.thebeardcaster.com/subscribe Talking Beards Store https://teespring.com/…/talking-beards-3 BS Buttons Beard Bulletin Board- let us know about something you want to promote https://www.facebook.com/groups/407082256748940 BS Buttons on Facebook-order your buttons through this link- https://www.facebook.com/groups/872390072895713/ Aaron D. Johnston- Aaron D Johnston- Facebook https://www.facebook.com/aaron.d.johnston1 Aaron D. Johnston-Instagram https://www.instagram.com/aarondjohnston Scott Sykora Scott Sykora- Facebook https://www.facebook.com/scottsykora Scott Sykora- Instagram https://www.instagram.com/scottsykora/ Check out our other great shows on Talking Beards-The Network www.talkingbeards.com/the-network Talking Beards is available of the KPNL Network-go check out other various “strange” shows- KPNL RADIO http://www.kpnl-db.com/ THE NEW HOME OF THE TALKING BEARDS NETWORK https://www.youtube.com/c/TalkingBeards/featured #beard #beards #facialhair #talkingbeards #thebeardcaster #mustache #moustache #beardoil #mustachewax #honestamish #beardcompetitions 

Today we're going to introduce a game changer in the dental practice management software world...‍‍This is an innovative, all-in-one, cloud-based practice management software, and it offers an array of powerful features that are custom built for dentists by dentists ready to revolutionize the way you work. ‍If you are a start-up and decide to sign up with Oryx, they will NOT charge you a single dime, until you reached 200 active patients!⁠⁠They are partnering up with all startup practice owners and making sure you succeed, fast!⁠⁠ Click this link to schedule a FREE personalized demo and to see more on their exclusive deal!⁠‍‍Guest: Dannica BrennanPractice Name: FlossologieCheck out Dannica's Media:‍Website: https://www.flossologie.com/Flossologie Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/flossologie/Dannica Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/drdannica/‍Other Mentions and Links:HPSP ScholarshipMacDill Air Force Base360 AromaOcean EyesCerecDentagraphicsWorking Women of Tampa Bay Facebook GroupWest Coast Swing DanceDeep Work - Cal Newport‍Host: Michael Arias‍Website: The Dental Marketer Join my newsletter: https://thedentalmarketer.lpages.co/newsletter/‍Join this podcast's Facebook Group: The Dental Marketer Society‍‍My Key Takeaways:You CAN open up full fee for service, just don't expect potential patients to come in without good marketing.Try a scented AC diffuser to add a non-dental scent to your office that patients will love!Take the time to research your demographics and form a customer avatar to find your perfect patients.With influencer marketing, targeting accounts with 5-15k followers can be more beneficial than the larger influencers!When the patient sits down, tell them exactly what is owed for the day so it's not looming in their mind.Be sure to start building your social media before your open your practice to get momentum.‍Please don't forget to share with us on Instagram when you are listening to the podcast AND if you are really wanting to show us love, then please leave a 5 star review on iTunes! [Click here to leave a review on iTunes]‍p.s. Some links are affiliate links, which means that if you choose to make a purchase, I will earn a commission. This commission comes at no additional cost to you. Please understand that we have experience with these products/ company, and I recommend them because they are helpful and useful, not because of the small commissions we make if you decide to buy something. Please do not spend any money unless you feel you need them or that they will help you with your goals.‍Episode Transcript (Auto-Generated - Please Excuse Errors)Michael: Alright, it's time to talk with our featured guest, Dr. Danica Brennan. Danica, how's it going? Good, how Dannica: are you? Michael: I'm doing pretty good. Thanks for asking. If you don't mind me asking, where are you located? Dannica: I'm in Tampa, Michael: Florida. Oh my gosh. Blue water's out there. Dannica: Yeah. Yeah, it's really nice. Super blue.Been kind of hot actually, so it's been Michael: nice. What is hot out there? Dannica: It's been like the eighties. Oh yeah. Yeah. High eighties. It's real sunny, so Yeah, it is hot. Yeah. Michael: Especially for right now. What's, what's it like in winter?Dannica: I guess it depends what time of winter. I think the cold it'll dip down to like the thirties sometimes.Very rarely but average in the winter's, like fifties and sixties, maybe in the seventies if it's sunny, Michael: so. Okay. Interesting, Interesting. Awesome. Danica, so if you can tell us a little bit about your past, your present. How'd you get to where you are today? Dannica: So, uh, see, I'm from Montana originally, and then um, I swam in college, kind of moved around a couple different colleges.Ended up in Las Vegas where I went to dental school. And then I joined the Air Force. So I got the H P S P program scholarship. And so I did my one year A E G D residency with them at Nellis in Las Vegas, and then moved out here with my husband to Tampa and he was stationed here at McDill Air Force Base for about three and a half years.And then um, separated, back in December of 2021 and then opened up my own office. Michael: So, Outta the Air Force in 2021? Yes. Uh, okay. Okay. So rewind a little bit. When was the moment or the time where you decided I wanna do my own practice? Dannica: Don't get me wrong, I loved being a dentist in the military, but um, when Covid kind of hit, it was.Not so great it was just a lot of like show face, like, hey, we're still part of the mission and everybody has to show up and be around each other. And keep in mind our flight, which is like the whole dental group was like a hundred and some people cramm in like one office. And so they just wanted us all there just in case.People deployed, which only needs one dentist, not 12. And it was very like, very unorganized and very not patient centered. And I am very like, let's have the patient have a good experience and make things make sense and organized and they just, We're not about that.And so I was like, you know, I initially thought I was gonna buy an office 'cause I had listened to another podcast that kind of got me like, wow, other, if other people can own their own offices, I can do it too. And so I initially thought about buying an office. I went through all the due diligence processes and then just decided it just wasn't what I wanted.And so, I decided to do a startup. Michael: Gotcha. Where was it where you hit a lot of road bumps in the acquisition process? Dannica: It really wasn't road bumps. It was more so I just didn't like the offices. If you've seen my office, it's very unlike any other office, and that's kind of what I had envisioned from the beginning.And I finally just realized I would have to put so much money and time and effort into changing everything. No matter what I bought, I might as well just do it from the beginning to the way. Michael: Gotcha. Got. So what is your office like? Dannica: Well, so it's called ology and we have, so a couple like cool things about it.We're right on the water, which like a little manmade lake. So all my operatories have this big, gorgeous window that looks out into the lake with like gators and turtles my mom was my interior designer, so it's very Uh, how would you say, I guess, mid-century modern, unique, and then the really cool part Tampa is really known for their, like, street artists.And so I hired a street artist and five of my walls, the one main wall in one of the hallways, and then one wall in each operatory is just like this huge street art mural. Nothing to do with dentistry except for one has like big. teeth and my dogs and, and everything. So it's very different vibe.Like very instagramy, very street arty. very different. Yeah. Michael: Where did the vision come from? Dannica: so in the military I ended up getting a lot of the patients who kind of had high anxiety, which I really enjoyed working on them. for some reason I just am good with those patients and like helping them calm down and like kind of changing their ideas on how I.It is to go to the dentist. And I didn't want to have this sterile white wall, boring, plain environment. And so I kind of started off with like a med spa sort of idea with the uppity, boutiquey. And then I just thought to myself, that just doesn't really sound super inviting to everybody.Like I want everyone to be able to feel invited to come to my office. And so, the other thing about like the street art was, I love it and no matter how crappy of a day am having like it sort of inspires me, like seeing it around and it's just like a cool different thing to have. That's how it sort of progressed into what it's been.Michael: Gotcha. How do you help these patients calm down? Dannica: So we've got a couple things. So if you ever gone to like Las Vegas in those big hotels and they smell really nice. They have those scents in the ac we have the same, so I ordered that machine to hook into my ac so it smells really good in there.The murals, the artwork, the whole goal is to not look, smell, or feel like a dental office. So we've got the heat massage and the chairs, the TVs, you know, right above your head with the Bluetooth headphones. And then we're fully fee for service, so we. do a really good job, Lisa, I think I do, of taking my time, explaining everything to patient, answering all their questions, and because we're fee for service, we have the time and the resources to be able to do that.And so we get a lot of people who travel pretty far to like come see our office and we haven't had anybody upset yet, so they seem to like it.Michael: Real quick, what is the scent machine? Like? Where do we get that? What is that? Dannica: It's called 360 Aroma they have different levels, but, I bought the, like fancy one. It's a few hundred bucks a month to rent it and then you get scent with it. And so it basically is this big machine that has this hose that hooks into your your AC system, like the actual.The handler. Mm-hmm. Mm-hmm. And then, like a hose and then a scent hooks into it and you get those scents sent to you so you can change 'em out each month if you want, or keep the same one. And it basically just diffuses through all your A system. But it's called 360 Aroma. That's one I use.There's a bunch of different ones, but that's a popular one. Michael: Yeah. And people, your patients are like, oh my gosh, it smells different. Did they say so? Dannica: I have not had a single person walk into my office and not mention how good it smells in there. Not a single person. That's the first thing that comes outta their mouth is, wow, it smells so good in here.And you can turn it up or down. So like we have two air handlers, the front and the back. And so in the back it's turned down a little bit and in the front it's turned up a little bit. Like you can do percentages. the one that I use is called Ocean Eyes and highly recommend everybody.Michael: Yeah. And interesting. Okay. That, That's something that, uh, never heard of really, you know what I mean? Until, uh, you hear but rewind a little bit. You said sometimes when you have crappy days, you look at your murals, Your walls. What are crappy days? Dannica: Oh, so, I'm pregnant right now and just for example, congrat, so I'm still in my first trimester and I'm, I feel so sick.Yeah. So like, usually I love coming to the office, but some mornings I wake up and I just don't feel good. And so, I get there and used to have the patient sitting in the chair and I, do a lot of cosmetic stuff. Uh, a lot of like non-invasive Veneers and things like that that I really like doing.And so it's a lot of like artistic type of dentistry. The biomimetic stuff as well, where it's all like custom partial coverage with the machine and everything. So I get in and I kind of like just look at like what I built and the murals and the art and it just sort of, I feel better when I'm at work.Michael: Yeah. Yeah. It's like your place, you know what I mean? The place you created Yeah. To make you feel. Exactly. Now, man, so you, your first trimester, is this your first? Yeah. And you've been open for two years? Five months. Five months. Five months. Oh my gosh. Five months. Yeah. And you're, how you Dannica: feeling? In terms of what?Just Michael: with everything, everything happening like right now. Good. Dannica: I mean, I can't complain. Like I was a little worried and thinking back on it, maybe a little bit ambitious to like start a startup fully fee for service office with zero patients because I was military beforehand. Mm-hmm. So like, I had no patience. But we're doing great. So I, I really can't complain. marketing wise, we do a lot of different types of marketing and a lot of ground marketing and I just am exhausted. But it's fun. I like it 'cause it's mine. Michael: Yeah. Interesting. Okay we'll dive into the marketing. but before that, did anybody try talking to you or talking you out of like, you wanna do p p O a little bit?Like at least take some on right now and then drop it. That happened. Dannica: Everybody, every single person that I talked to told me to do that. And uh, with the type of dentistry that I do and the type of dentistry that I want to do in the office and the atmosphere that I want, it just wasn't something that I was willing to risk.To not risk, but like, I just said, no, I've always been that way my whole life though. Ask my mom, someone tells me not to do something and I'll go and do it anyways and succeed. So I just figured that's alright. Michael: Yeah. So then fee for service from day one. No insurances. How what are you doing to make it scale, I guess?Like what are you doing internally? Also to make, tell yourself like everything's gonna be okay, right. Kind of thing. But also externally, what are you doing? Dannica: So I'm really particular about how every single thing in my office flows from, you know, the highest technology. The minimally invasive stuff is big.People really like that. They like the holistic, functional type of approach to dentistry. And so that's really big here in Tampa in general. I did a really good demographic study. I'm in a really nice area in Tampa, so that helps as well. But again, we do like, you know, the.Sented warm towels afterwards to how our phone conversations go. We have a good script for if someone is a little bit wary about it, there's ways that I train my staff and myself on how to kind of convert those patients and explain to them and give them idea of why they should come and see us instead of a.And then on top of that, like it's motivating that every single patient that is there in my office wants to be there and wants to be there for me also my hygienist is amazing and that helps. I will say that. Find an amazing hygienist like she is my. Clinical partner, you know, and just my patients love her too.But no one's there saying I only wanna do it if insurance does it. Everyone is very open and just appreciates our work and that is really nice environment to work in. So that's been really motivating for myself. It is. I enjoy going to work and I enjoy all my patients and I know that they appreciate me.We kind of weed those other ones out over the phone. Michael: Let me ask you about that, the phone part. Um, mm-hmm. Real quick, what's the script that you use to convert these patients? Dannica: So your typical phone conversation is, hi, do you accept my insurance? And we say, yes, we accept all insurances. We just work a little bit different with them.You pay our full fee up front and then we file that claim for you. And then within a few weeks you receive a reimbursement check from your insurance company. And based on how they respond to that, a lot of the times it's, oh, okay, great. No big deal. Schedule. Sometimes it's, oh, that's kind of weird, or oh y so then we sort of, Move into like, I kind of feel it out.So I have a couple different ways I can go, but some of the main ones are either asking them Hey, do you mind if I ask why you're looking for a new dentist? Because that's just brings up the, no, I haven't had a single person be like, no, screw you. They're like, let me tell you why I hate my other.And so that's like a time for us to shine and it's usually not listened to too rough. Aggressive treatment plans, things like that. So that's when I can be like, Hey, let me tell you why my office is different and why you're gonna love it here. Uh, another reason, another thing that I say is, Hey, I know that this is a little bit non-traditional, the way we work with insurances, but that's on purpose.We are a non-traditional office and we shine because we're non-traditional. And so then that kind of gets them asking questions, well, like, why are you so, but I found like the biggest thing is finding out what they're looking for by just the minute they start hesitating, I'm like, Hey, can I ask like, what are you looking for in a new dentist or with a new dental office?And you get that conversation started and I can usually convert them and at the end I say, Hey. We usually tell our patients, just come try us out and if you love us, great and if not, no sweat. You know, just come see how it works. And we've kept every patient so far. So it's very few that I can't personally convert over the phone Michael: that way.Nice. Okay, so when you say try us out, just try us out. Is that like a free consultation or No, you're still gonna have to pay, but. No. Yeah, Dannica: I mean we make them pay. We do offer to make it easier for their first appointment. We always tell 'em this like, Hey, when was the last time you saw a dentist So we require either a pano or an F M X. Personally, I prefer pano. It's just my preference, but a pano or F M X within five years and then bite wings within a year. And so if they've had those at another dental office, we will call on their behalf and request it. Part of our new patient forms. is a waiver for them to have that.So we just have that on our system already and we request those x-rays. So it's one less thing that they have to pay for upfront to begin with, just to make it easier for them to come in and Yes. So it's not like $500 for a new patient exam and cleaning, you know? We also do offer cleaning same day as their new patient exam if they want it.'cause I find a lot of patients that's like, one of their main concerns is, well I really just wanted to switch 'cause I'm due for a cleaning. And so we sort of have, Hey, how long has it been? If it's been, you know, less than three years, we will usually offer that same day cleaning for them. Michael: Gotcha.Okay. Dan, are you the one in the front answering phones Dannica: or, I do a lot of the times. Yeah. I mean, my staff or my hygienist, I will let her as well. My assistants have been on and off with, like one moved and then I'm in the process of firing one and then hiring two new. So I've sort of been up there doing a lot of that phone conversation just 'cause it's so new and I know I can convert patients, so I would rather be the one to take calls.Michael: Yeah. Also really good for you to make those like. Scripts, right. S o p systems, right. Already ahead of time. You're like, I know how they're gonna react Dannica: and Yes. You know what I mean? So I'm learning too, what works and what doesn't, so I can train new staff. Yeah. As well. Michael: You said you're in the process of firing someone.Talk to me about that. Dannica: I started off with two assistants and a hygienist. My one assistant, uh, ended up leaving 'cause he was moving. So I loved having him. He was great. And the girl that I had to start off with had some like family issues. So I don't know what happened.I don't know, whatever, but, so I hired a new girl back in January and she's really young and she seems super motivated and I personally like training and I like teaching and. All this stuff, but she's been a little bit more than I can handle emotionally. we listen to conversations that are recorded and if there's issues with them, I try to train and teach or if there's been issues with the patient, I try to go over things so that way it's not just left unresolved.And, she cries every single. Try to talk to her. And I try to do it real, really nice way, but I think it's just like an emotional maturity kind of thing. And I just, I'm to the point where like, I just can't, like Yeah. Emotionally keep doing that, you know? So I found I was going to just replace the one, and I found two amazing girls.And so I, I think I'm just gonna, Michael: yeah. And the first time that happened, were you like, oh, no, no, no, it's, everything's fine. And then, And then now like, it's like, oh, it's happening again. You're crying. Dannica: Yeah, the first time I was like, she literally threw up Ah. I was like, we, how do you know? Because I heard her in the bathroom.Like we were practicing phone conversations together as a team. Yeah. And we would like, somebody would go outside and call in and one person would answer the phone and then we would listen to it and go over it together. And yeah, she like one criticism and She's very young and like really wants to be good and like I know she's gonna be such a great assistant. It's just taking that time to like build up to it. You can get the confidence. So Michael: yeah. Poor her. Yeah, there's something there. Something there and she needs to figure out. But anyways, so that's the process of firing right now.I know run a little bit. You said you did a demographic study before you even opened up. What'd you do? Dannica: I used demographics. So I paid probably like, I think like 700 bucks or a thousand some, somewhere around there. Well worth it. Loved it. That's how I decided which areas to like drive around and look for places to rent.Michael: Build in. And this was the first spot where you're like, I love it. This is the first one I'm gonna be here. Or this was not the first one? Dannica: No, I had found another place and started negotiating a lease and the tenants ended up not wanting to move out, so that ended up not working out.So then in that scramble, I sort of, oh, I can't even, I skipped work and I was still military, so. I would be like, Hey, I'm sick. And I'd go and I'd drive all day and like look around and, uh, I finally found this place. So they, the people just happened to be like leaving and there was a sign and I was like the first one to like figure out, because it's a really good spot and it was a really good deal and I locked that down real quick.Michael: So. Nice. So you were, you were already over your other job, right? Like your other associateship at the. Dannica: I mean, I was active duty military, just a dentist on base. So, yeah, I think I was doing administrative work at the time, so it wasn't like I was calling, I wasn't seeing patients at the time. Yeah, I was just doing like front desk stuff, so, Michael: yeah.Interesting. Yeah. No, no, No, I get you. Okay, so then fast forward to now, marketing's way different for fee for service, right? Than, well, actually technically, like P P O or any insurances is a marketing expense, right? If you think about it, 'cause. Yeah, to come to you. So what are you doing for marketing? Dannica: We, I mean, I throw a bunch of things out there.I'm still in the process of like figuring out what consistently works. One of the big things that I do that really works is I'm part of a lot of Facebook groups, like meetup groups. One's called like Working Women of Tampa Bay. So it's a lot of women who like own their own businesses and I go to their monthly, weekly meetings and I meet these women and I make connections and I get a lot of people from that.They come in, they love it, they post about it, they tell other people about it. So a lot of referrals that way. We do, I think I heard actually on, on your podcast from somebody else about influencer marketing and so I started doing that as well where you bring in the influencers. My office is. Perfect for it.And that was part of the design as well, was to be able to bring in like a. Population too. So we do influence your marketing giveaway, free teeth cleaning or teeth whitening or whatever in exchange for like a reel in stories, and they help promote certain promotions at our office. I do a lot of social media, so I do all my own social media, myself, Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, things like that.That's actually worked really well too, like boosting those posts, doing ads on Facebook. And then I did have a marketing person for a while, and I was spending like four grand a month on like Google and ss e o and I finally just quit that because I wasn't getting anything, not a single thing. So, we ask everybody on the forms where they found us and every single one was either social media or verbal referral.Michael: Mm-hmm. The person who was doing your marketing, how long did you stick it out with them? Dannica: Like four, five months. Michael: Oh Dannica: man. So five times four. Yeah. It was recently that I just decided not to continue. Yeah. Michael: To let that person go.That's been, that was a lot of, that was like almost 20,000 right there if it was 4,000 a month. Right. Like, what was their, can you give us like, what was their reasoning Dannica: So they also did my website, which, uh, technically I did my website, also against like, so if you look at my website, it's also very non-traditional.And that was on purpose too. And they bought, and bought with me. 'cause I sent them design, like my mom and I built a website and sent it to them and then they built it based off that on their own platform. Mm-hmm. Um, But I was just like, Hey, this is what I wanna see in my ads. These are the things I wanna push out.And they would say no. And then I said, okay, well show me what you're putting out. And then they couldn't show me. And then when they did, I was like, that's not correct. I would have to constantly be like, I don't do Zoom whitening. There's no light. I do core, no light. Please don't say in my ads that there's gonna be light.So it was just constantly, like, they're great. They're such a wonderful company for like somebody who just isn't picky about things and is like, just somebody do it for me. I don't want anything to do with it. But for somebody who's really particular, yeah, it just isn't a great fit. Michael: So, I mean, even if they got that information wrong in the ad, I mean, somebody's gonna come in and be like, where's the light kind of thing.You know what I mean? Right. Dannica: So I had somebody call and be like, Hey who's the other dentist? And I was like, No other dentist. They're like, oh, office, this ad, it says that there's multiple dentists and you would get to pick who you saw. And I was like, what ad are you talking about? Yeah. So just little things like that.Ah, Michael: kind of sounds cookie cutter then, right? Like they would just copy paste uhhuh. Yeah. It was time to drop. I'm like, oh, while ago. Yeah. You know what I mean? Kind of thing. Yeah. Interesting. Okay. So when it comes to the influencer marketing or the Facebook groups as well, the ones that you're a part of, Do you offer anything like a specific incentive or anything like that or, Dannica: The Facebook, like the meetups and stuff?Mm-hmm. No, not really. I get plenty of people who are looking for a dentist anyways. A lot of these people in these groups have just moved here and they're looking for other networking opportunities. So a lot of them meet a new dentist and a lot of them really Really appreciate the, like functional type of, like I said, non-invasive, cosmetic type of office.Like just a different feel, especially here in Florida 'cause there's a lot of older dentists here, so, I don't really have to offer anything for those ones. And then the influencers, I do, like I said, the free teeth whitening or free teeth cleaning in exchange. So that's the only thing I really offer.A lot of 'em end up actually becoming patients of mine though afterwards. Mm-hmm. Pay for treatment. Michael: Yeah, you just message them on Instagram or Hey, come on in like that. Dannica: Yeah, we have like a script written up. I have found that you sort of do have to be pretty detail oriented on it because like there was one influencer we brought in and our whitening isn't cheap, you know, and we usually do it on a day off where like they can film and video.And this girl like did like one story and it was the crappiest story, didn't even put in our name on it. And then when I messaged her she was like, oh, I'm sorry, that's. That's reserved for paid collaborations. And I was like, shut the, you know? Yeah, yeah, Yeah. So we're now we're like clear like, hey, this is an exchange for this, this, and this. Mm-hmm. And like then if they agree, Michael: oh man, normally what do you target? Do you target like a hundred thousand follower people or. Dannica: I actually target like five to 15,000. Okay. because the people who have more than that, a lot of the times it's More than just Tampa followers, right?The ones that are like five to 15 are still growing their accounts. So they're more likely to agree, more, likely to do more for you, for less. And then their circle is big enough here in Tampa. They have a lot of Tampa friends that they can tell you about the ones that are like hundreds of thousands.It's like there's no. Really big benefit. We found the best with the ones from five to 15. So far they've been the nicest, the most like appreciative of it. They become patients, they tell all their friends, they do the best reels, the best stories. And that's kind of what I don't get a lot of sass of like, well, it's not a paid collaboration.Yeah, Michael: that'd be, I don't know. I feel like, oh my gosh, what a wait. You know what I mean? Kind of thing. But uh, no, I get you that, that makes a lot of sense. Awesome. So then how many new patients are you getting right now? Mostly. Dannica: We averaged like 35 to 45. Um, wow. from that. So a lot of friends come and see me, which is nice, but that's about what I'm averaging. So dance community. I do a dance called West Coast Swing, so I do it socially and competitively.Mm-hmm. And it's, it's, yeah, it's global. And so I go twice a week and do like social dancing and then I go monthly to like competition type of thing. there's a huge community here for it. And it's very well off people, not a cheap hobby. Kind of a nice thing to all those people have been wanting to be patient.Michael: Interesting. Okay. Okay. We're gonna have to Google somebody, one of the listeners, Google Danica and be like, swing dancing and Yeah. Dannica: Yeah, I think I'm on. I'm not like that. Good. I've known it for like five, six years though. I'm like advanced level, but that's like level three of five, But um, it's fun. It's a really good like stress reliever and I really like just kind of moving and grooving. Yeah. Also my husband like super social and. He's my little social butterfly. I'm a little bit more introverted and he will like, no kidding, go to these women's group events and just thrive and like make best friends and be like, all right, I got you like He's been a great referral source as well. Yeah. Michael: You tell him Go fly. Go fly, go. Yeah. That's awesome. So then what systems right now? Would you say are unique in your practice that you're like, I love the systems we've created so far. Dannica: Just the whole, everybody is on the same page with everything. So we do morning huddles every morning about every single patient.So there's never a point where a patient leaves the back office to come up to the front to see someone new, and that person does not know what we just did and what we plan on doing next. so everyone is very, think with that. At least that's the idea. We're doing pretty good at it.We're still getting there. Yeah. That's one thing that I feel like is unique and patients really appreciate. Trying to think of other things unique wise. I think we just, we do a really good job of like, Because we're not insurance driven. It's not like, okay, every new patient it has to be this, or this.We're very accommodating to what patients are looking for and just price things different based off of that. So we can be a little bit more selective and flexible with how we bring new patients in if that Michael: makes Yeah, makes a sense. Yeah. I mean, you can.Customize everything basically, right? Dannica: Yes. Which patients just so appreciate and They're really not frustrated coming in. They're not frustrated leaving, I will say, because we're fee for service. One thing that we do that I feel like has been really important that my hygienist thought of that I'm really happy she did is every patient, the minute they're sat back in the room is told exactly how much is owed for the day.So that way there's never any surprises. You always go over treatment plans, but those get forgotten and then they schedule treatment. And so one thing we do is we have these routes slip that are morning huddles we go through and then it follows the patient throughout the office. so there's never any question about anything.And the patient's always told, this is how much you're gonna owe for today. And so there's never any awkwardness after the appointment. It's just, oh, I didn't expect that. Then guess what? We just don't do as much that day. That has helped tremendously with patients feeling comfortable throughout treatment and after treatment.Michael: So you let them know beforehand. Dannica: Yep. Yeah. Ah. Um, We also, like my staff is trained to, you know, if we're doing a lower left tooth and there's another tooth next to it that needs it mentioning to the patient, Hey, also while you're numb and isolated with rubber dam on, do you wanna just do this tooth, it this much money as well?And so, they're also trained to like mention that at the beginning in case the patient ends up like they forgot and they're like, oh, well yeah, let's just do that then as Michael: well. Yeah, that's good. That's like a little mini, I mean, not a mini, but like it's an upsell kind of thing, but at the same time it needs to be done.Right, right, right. Okay. Interesting, interesting. So I like that mentioning at the beginning of the, the whole appointment, you know what I mean? That way they're not caught off guard or they're like, you're trying to, I knew, you know, they're at more at ease and then you can overdeliver at the same time.Yeah. Interesting. Okay. So then right now, I guess from the moment you decided, let's talk about from the moment you decided to leave, right? The Air force and then all the way till today. What's been some of your biggest struggles or fails? Your pitfalls? Dannica: Building the office for sure. The construction legally, per my settlement, I'm not allowed to talk about my construction company, but that should be a good enough statement alone.Yeah. Let's just say I was the gc, so my mom, my mom and I designed the office. She like moved down here for like six months and helped me design it. It went from a three month build out to like a seven month build out. That was a big struggle, honestly, like just trying to make sure everything was built the way we wanted it.I think that I felt so, like I needed to be so in charge and so on top of everything, and as much as I loved doing that, that was really hard for me. So, I mean, it turned out exactly the way I wanted it, which is good. But being that involved in it was very difficult without having the proper help for that.I think that part of my, like, downfall with things is just stress and I, I really can't take my mind off of work. I come home and my poor husband has to listen to everything about work. Luckily he's super supportive, but like if I had somebody different, they'd be like, can you just like stop talking about work.I wish I would've taken like a little bit more time for myself to like help do stress relief. And didn't do a lot of that and I had a, like lot of medical complications last year because of stress and so, that's kind of been like the biggest thing, but honestly it's all been worth it and I'm happy now and Michael: yeah, no.So man, Danika, it sounds like there was a ton of stress, was a lot of the stress 'cause of the. The construction part or? Dannica: percent. Michael: Yeah. I know we can't really talk about the settlement, but can you I guess give us a range of like, well, we got what we wanted kind of thing, or more of what we wanted, or you guys did. Okay. Okay. Okay. Dannica: I got a cheap build out, let's just say that.Yeah. Michael: Wow. So there was a bunch of headache going on with that then. Yeah. So a hundred percent that was the stress right Dannica: there. Yes, a hundred percent. So like for example I guess I, I think this is okay to say, but like, plans, right? So from architecture to design to then here's one good example.We designed our cabinets to all be floating. So plumbing into cabinets needs to come up through the walls, right? And For about two months. 'cause I didn't notice this two months when my mom was gone for her anniversary. And then she came back and right before the walls and the floors were gonna go in, she walked into the office and immediately was like, why is the plumbing coming up from the floor?And it had been like that forever. And so, then timelines got pushed back. We had asked multiple times like, Hey, you sure you have the updated floor plan? You sure you have the updated floor plan? Yes, yes, yes. And then all of a sudden, and I got told I'd get walkthroughs, never got walkthroughs framing went up all wrong.They had the wrong floor plan. Like it was just a lot of like delay because nothing was. Going that way. There was no site manager. So the people, the subs were just doing whatever the heck they wanted. Yeah. Yeah, so, so my mom moved down here with me and we took over doing there every day.We did all of our own tiling. We did all of the, my front wall, the wings, coat wall. We did, my mom is an interior designer and does tiling, and so we have like, Two huge walls of tile plus two huge half walls of tile, like complicated tile that took us weeks to do. And so we did all that ourselves. We built, some of the walls.I learned a drywall, I learned frame, I learned to put up, and paint and all this stuff. And so I helped the subs move things along. It's kind of fun. I learned to do a lot of things, but, um, I was there every single day for. Six, seven months. Michael: Wow, man. Halfway through the tile process. Were you like, I don't even care anymore.I just put up a wall. It doesn't matter. Or were you still dedicated to it? I Dannica: was still dedicated to it, but yeah, there's just a lot of like, mom, can you just like be quiet. Michael: Just leave it alone, mom. Just like, no, I get you. But you know what? Throughout this whole, I guess time, we've been talking, your mom's been coming up a lot, and so she really wants you to, you know what I mean?Like, I'm here for you. I'm here for you. I'm. And it's so good to be like, even I know a hundred percent you can do it right. But it's so good to be like, just in case my mom, Dannica: you know? Yeah. There was a lot of times where like my marketing, my gc everybody, I'd be like, Hey, my mom's gonna join in on this conversation and join in on this Zoom call.And they were like, what the heck? And then by the end of it, like she knew that design and now she designed every cabinet every. Floor, paint, color, everything. She designed my office from the ground up, other than the murals I had designed. But so she was in on that project and knew, let me tell you what, we know how to build a dental office.Yeah, It would not be anywhere near what it looks like or what it is like without her. So I was really thankful for her to help me out. Michael: Awesome. Danika. So one of the last questions I wanna ask you is, What's a piece of advice that you've received that you'd like to give to our listeners who maybe are in the process going through the process or thinking about that process?Dannica: so if you're, if you're thinking about like a fee for service startup, it's definitely doable. There's a lot of people who can tell you it's not. But a couple like pieces of advice would be don't just expect patients to come in. You're gonna have to do some ground marketing yourself. You know, walking around with fires, meeting people, doing all the things, get social build up your social media first.Don't do it when you're open. Like build up your social media first. Such a great marketing tool, and if you have more followers, people are more likely to come see you and see your reels and see your ads. So do that first. Build it up. Don't be scared to look a little silly on Instagram. Kind of fun actually.And know like what your vision is, what type of patience you want. Like I had two specific. Patients in mind that I were my ideal patients and I built a whole story around them. And that's how I sort of built my office was around that. And it's been consistently showing that it's working. I mean, I was in the black, is that what it's called?In the black, where you start making money month two. So like I, did very well just from having these Ideas and plans beforehand and being so hands-on, and so it's not an easy thing to do, but it's definitely doable. Michael: Nice. Awesome. Danica, thank you so much for being with us. It's been a pleasure.But before we say goodbye, can you tell our listeners where they can find you? Dannica: Yeah, so, Instagram's a good one. Ology with an ie. Or Dr. Danica is my personal one. I don't have as many followers, but still find more from my personal life. anybody can reach out to me through, um, Instagram or email or our website, ology com, or I'm happy to give my cell number too, if anyone has.Michael: Awesome. So guys, that's all gonna be in the show notes below. And Danica, thank you so much for being with us. It's been a pleasure and we'll hear from you soon. Thank you.‍

It's been a pretty big year for movies so far. "The Super Mario Bros. Movie," "Barbie," "Guardians of the Galaxie Vol. 3" and "Oppenheimer" have all gotten film fans off of couches and back into theaters. And there have been a number of big streaming shows this year, including several notable series finales from "Succession," "Ted Lasso" and "The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel." Plus, HBO launched "The Last of Us" and we've enjoyed other streaming hits like "The Bear" and "Shrinking." But how good of an entertainment year has 2023 been? Are Oscar races still a bit unclear? Will this year's movies and shows stand the test of time? This week's episode is a report card of sorts as we have tipped past the midway point in the year. About the show Streamed & Screened is a podcast about movies and TV hosted by Bruce Miller, a longtime entertainment reporter who is now the editor of the Sioux City Journal in Iowa and Terry Lipshetz, a senior producer for Lee Enterprises based in Madison, Wisconsin. Next week With no end to the strikes in sight, we plan to look back at the year so far. What are the hits? What are the misses? And what will stand the test of time? Episode transcript Note: The following transcript was created by Adobe Premiere and may contain misspellings and other inaccuracies as it was generated automatically: Welcome everyone to another episode of Streamed & Screened, an entertainment podcast about movies and TV from Lee Enterprises, I'm Terry Lipshetz, a senior producer at Lee and co-host of the program with the incomparable Bruce Miller, editor of the Sioux City Journal and a long time entertainment reporter. Bruce, we're here then halfway through 2020. You know what it is? It's report card time. It is. We have school buddies, report card time for entertainment because we're past the halfway mark. We should look at the things that are have already happened. Which ones are good? Which ones are bad? Which ones will stand the rest of the year? Because right about now, people start talking. Oscar. At which films would actually make it to that big time at the end of the year when they go, Oh, of course this is going to be a winner. Last year we had Top Gun Maverick as kind of the one that was like, yeah, that's that's a done deal. That one's going to be in there. And it was. But this year, boy, I think I have three titles that will make it to the end of the year. Okay. Can you. Ah. Which will make it to the end of the year. Yeah. That will be considered for awards at the end of the year. Well, Oppenheimer. Right, Definitely. Are we only talking movies that we've seen so far or movies that have happened since January to now? So we're going to go. Oppenheimer Oh, yeah. Barbie. Barbie Yes, I do. I really do think it'll be in there. I think it'll be in the. Okay. Okay. One more. I'm going to just I'm going to throw this one out there. Spider-Man into the Spider-Verse man could be. Yes, Spider-Man could be. You know, they like to marginalize animated films. Yeah, I'm in the animated category, so it could be because it was very good. But I think air might have another opportunity. Oh, yes, Yes. That's still on my list of movies to see. Yeah, because it had really good supporting performances. Matt Damon was good in that and Matt is all over the map this year. He's in everything and I don't think he has enough clout to get a nomination for Oppenheimer, even though he's in it. But I think he's like the least of the big names that are in it. I think Robert Downey Jr has a better shot than he does. I would agree. Yeah. So ere is my third one. Asteroid city is one that could creep in there because of the west Anderson imprint. You know, I was going to throw that one. Yeah, I was going to throw that one out at you, too, if you could, because that's one I didn't get a chance to see it, but it's now available for, I think, streaming and DVD rental. So I'm planning to check that one out very soon. And then I asked friends, I said, What would you put on the list? And now you're going to be shocked when I tell you this. Are you? If God, it's me, Margaret. Interesting. And that is not on my list at all, huh? But they thought it was really well done. They thought it was a good adaptation of a Judy Blume novel. Well, you know. All right. And then, like you, Spider-Verse, I think, has a a shot at something. But I don't know if it could be best picture, but that's that's kind of where we're at. I don't think it goes beyond those films for Oscar consideration because have you really seen something that good that you you want to remember? Yeah, we've talked about this on some some past episodes to where it's an effort for me personally to get out to the theater. I'm not I'm not going to just go and see every single film. If there's a lot out there, I'll see as many as I can, you know? And last year I saw two Top Gun and Avatar. I'm up to about six now this year. Oh, my God. Right. Because there's like I know because there's been a lot that I've wanted to see this year. But even now I'm looking at what's still to come. And really, until we get to that Scorsese film killers, I don't know. Yeah. Yeah. I don't know if there's a whole lot else that I want to see. Like the Granturismo. I know you just saw that one. I sort of want to maybe see it, but I think that's just a wait until it comes out on streaming for me. That's a fast and furious crowd kind of picture. Yeah, I wanted it to be more Ford versus Ferrari, you know, but it's not. It's it's rocky on wheels is what you get out of that sucker. Maestro is a big one to look forward to where Bradley Cooper plays Leonard Bernstein. And it looks like he has a real shot of beating Killian Murphy for best actor. Really? Yeah, that's. That's a big one. And then that they've done a remake of The Color Purple, the the Steven Spielberg film. But now the musical version that's getting a lot of buzz. I'm hearing things about Saltburn, which is an emerald vinyl film. I know that image is throwing you off the track here. Alexander Payne has the holdovers. Okay, so there are ones that are out there that you probably haven't heard about but are getting early buzz as potential best picture, best actor, best actress. You know, so Napoleon, that's another one. We don't know who's going to make it. So, you know, doing might be next year might not be this year. But best actress, when you look at that very thing this year, very thin. I mean, if I'm thinking of Margot Robbie as best actress for playing Barbie, is this really going to happen? And then you have Fantasia Barrino in The Color Purple. That's that's almost a made for nomination role, but it's a remake of sorts. It's not you know, I mean, have you have you gotten excited about that? I'm not so sure. You look at best actor Gillian Murphy is the only one that you've been hearing about for best actor. But like I say, Bradley Cooper could be in there. Matt Damon could be in there for air. There are some other ones, Joaquin Phenix for Napoleon, for the holdovers. So there are ones that sound a little better there. But the real strength is in the supporting actor categories. That's where you're going to see some people that you've, you know. Okay. Emily Blunt from Oppenheimer. She was the wife and she was always kind of mean and nasty. Florence Pugh from Oppenheimer as the girlfriend. Right. Right. Then from there. Are you there? God, it's me, Margaret. Kathy Bates, Rachel McAdams, potential Scarlett Johansson from Asteroid Fever. Asteroid City, rather. Mm hmm. Potential. And then supporting actor Robert Downey Jr, I think is a must. He's in there. Ryan Gosling as can. Come on. Possibly. Yeah. I loved him. He was great. I think they always do try to throw in one there so that you think pretty pretty possibly get this this could be it. And then then they don't give it to him. They pull it from him. But you know, potential best director Christopher Nolan, because that will absolutely right. Greta Gerwig Because she did something with Barbie that wasn't just the same old crap that we've seen before. Wes Anderson because of, you know, they like him. Scorsese Come on, you can't be him. I think you can even say right now he's in the list. Really win it. I don't know. He's always yeah, he's always left kind of off to the side, but he's a bridesmaid all the time. So. So. So you never really know where these are going to go. But I do think that thus far we have not had a rush of strong best picture, best actor at best actress. You know, I think it's anybody's game at this point. And they they only have to get into theaters briefly by the end of this calendar year. Correct. They've changed it so that you have to have two weeks. And it used to be you could do kind of a one week and a thing and then you open in January and you kind of take a run with it. But they've made it a little more difficult. But I think it's a little fairer and it had to be a number. It wasn't just one market in Los Angeles or some other kinds of things. So maybe we'll actually get these ones. You never know. But the rules are a little, little different this year. Do you think there's anything that might get screwed up, too? Because, you know, there's been a few delays here and there, the writers strike now I'm assuming most of the films that are still due to come out this year are at at worst, just in post-production right now. Correct. I mean, there's probably nothing filming. I thought they said that there could be a problem with Dune coming out in December. Will they push it to try and get there? We'll see just how we're going to go the next year. Don't worry about that. And then there's the anticipation. So that could be affected. But most of the ones that we're seeing advertised now, they're done. They're ready. I was watching a baseball game last night, The New York Mets, they've got a three man TV booth, but then they also have a fourth person that kind of wanders around and we'll talk to celebrities. We'll talk to, you know, family of players might, you know, retired players, that kind of thing. So he's wandering around and speaks with Steve Schirripa, who you may remember from The Sopranos is as Bobby Bakula above Bobby Bucklebury. And they were talking to him because he's doing a podcast now, I think is with Michael Imperioli, where they're looking back at The Sopranos, and I believe they're just rewatching all the episodes and kind of talking about them. Now, he made an interesting comment, and this is one that I've always thought about this show because I watched it heavily when it first came out. And then a few years ago, I actually rewatched the entire series start to finish. And we're talking, you know, a solid eight, eight or nine years after it went off the air. And one thing that he mentioned, which I've always felt strongly about, is that it's a show that will stand the test of time, because other than the cars that they're driving or maybe the technology that they're using, like those old flip phones, or they would still make some phone calls on a payphone every once in a while, which those things don't exist anymore. But other than those things, the show still holds up. I mean, it's just a show about relationships. Are there any movies this year that you see that are going to stand the test of time? I mean, like in Oppenheimer? Sure, because it's a period piece. So, you know, there's no reason that wouldn't. But are there movies that we're seeing this year that we're going to be watching 50 years from now? I think we're going to see a lot of Barbies. I've said this before. I think they're going to be trying to milk that one for every dime they can get out of it. And so I would not be surprised to see Barbie two, three, four or five. It's like Rocky. You saw Rocky and you said, oh, my God, this was so good. And then all of a sudden we're up to Rocky six. And then they're doing Creed as a subset of all of this. So yeah, I think some of those ones that are very populist, they feel that they are no lose. You can't lose with these things because there's a built in audience for it. And even if it's bad, they'll come. This is a bad year because we haven't had a lot of variety in terms of the kinds of films that we're seeing. In fact, I, you know, when you see these last few covered years, you look and you think, do they really need ten nominees for some of those? You know, four for best picture? Because, man, some of those shouldn't be on those lists, to be honest. Do you think they'll ever pare that back to the. It was traditionally it was five right up until whenever you know what studios are behind that and they'll make a lot of money if their show can say it was a best picture nominee. And so are they going to give up the opportunity to advertise that? No way. But I really wish they would go back to five because they were easier to get your hands around. And then they had to have really something. It had to have it to be able to make it into the final five. Yeah. And I always feel, too, that it's like the Disney Pixar thing where one of the whatever movie they do is almost guaranteed to be an automatic in that ten and if you get a 20 right now, right. You're going to tell me right now that Elemental is the best picture nominee. No, I think in that case, I if they're are going to put an animated one in, that's where Spider-Verse gets in their mind, because that was far better than sorry, Elemental. Yeah, I tolerated it. It was okay. But I preferred Super Mario Brothers, to be honest with you, over Elemental. I didn't like the look of it. I thought it really cheap and it looked like something they totally wouldn't do. Like, could you see any of that? It was designed to look like an amusement park, but I couldn't imagine doing a ride where we going around and all of a sudden we're on fire. And then the next thing you know, we're in wet. And I mean, it's like a ride. So I don't know. That's maybe they could do it as it's a water park ride where you ride through the wet part first and then you dry off, semi dries you off with a blowtorch. That's right. You know, can I just sidebar here? I'll tell you a story. Sure. There was a home show here in town way back when. Like this is like so far back is like, was it a home or are there things that are still home worthy? And they had a thing called the environment. And you go in there and it goes through four seasons. Well, you're in the thing. So it's basically a shower, right? Because it rains on you and then it has like a cool breeze. It goes through so winter and then there's a warming breeze summer, and then there's kind of like a wind and that's fall. And you got all of the Four Seasons in the course of the thing I did it and I thought, this is something I will never have in my house is, you know, now we all have them in our homes. So there we are. But yeah, and that's kind of what Elemental is, is just a way to get the elements together and make it look like we're doing more than we are. But no, I, I think that has no shot. Okay. What about TV? What do you think is worthy of the TV things? Yeah. So, you know, we've talked about how it's tough to get me out to theater and this is really good, but when it comes to TV, it's easy to get me right because it's the end of the night. Kids get to bed, you know, even if it's just 45 minutes before my wife nods off, We can we can usually sneak in something in a lot of the shows that are nominated for primetime Emmys, which have been pushed back now to early next year. Yeah, they were supposed to be in September, but there's a lot of shows that made the nominations list, which came out in 2023. I mean, we're starting with one that that I think could clean up The Last of US from HBO. Oh, all right. Okay. You know, that was to me, HBO has been putting out some really good kind of doomsday ish programing for a number of years now. And it always feels like it's like a, you know, end of the year or beginning of the year type of thing. And I think they went off, you know, splendidly with Last of US. I mean, that is just it. I got roped in from the beginning and it was a zombie show. I'm not a big horror person, so I'm not going to I don't want to watch gory things. And it had its moments of kind of grossness, but it was more of like the humans story of what happens to people who are put in very difficult situations. And it's a show that's based off of a video game and they made it work. It was tremendous. I loved it. So you think it's going to stand the test of time? Do you think it'll have five years from now? People will be talking about it. I think it's the type of show that possibly they could be. Now we'll see what happens when season two comes. You know, will they be able to continue that magic that they found in season one? We'll see. We'll see. I thought that the bear I loved in the first season and I adored it in the second season, I thought they were able to avoid a sophomore slump and make it even better because we knew the characters. So I had one. I don't know what a three third season would be like. Maybe they fall apart and covidiots and they have no business. I don't know. I love that show. I think that was the real keeper. Yeah, I'm only about halfway through the season two of the bear, but other than I thought it was a little bit, I thought that first episode was a little sluggish, but I like how they've kind of developed the characters and given each character kind of that moment to shine, where, you know, we're looking at a sushi chef and what she's doing, and then they send the pastry chef overseas and give him a moment to shine. So I think it's really been a good season for character development. Absolutely. Yeah. Well, and I think those stand alone episodes are good. I like that where you maybe give the other people kind of a week off and then you focus on one. I think that's a great idea that should be copied by others. There's another show that I just started as well, so I'm kind of bouncing back and forth now between between the Bear, which I just watched by myself. And then my wife and I just started this because I still have the Apple TV plus going right now, but shrinking, which came out in January with Jason Segel, Harrison Ford, Jessica Williams. And I think that picked up a couple of nominations for it for for actor and actress. Have you seen that one at all? Yeah, and I couldn't get into it, really, one that I really cared about and you see what I mean? Yeah, It was one where I can usually sense for my wife right away if she's going to like it or not. In comedies, it's, it can be a tough sell, but I think it has the type of humor that she likes. And it's it was co-created not just Jason Segel, but Bill Lawrence and Brett Goldstein from Ted Lasso were part of that. So I think that kind of darker humor that you see in Ted Lasso carries over into this show. And it's one I think, you know, we're going to keep watching it for sure. And I'm already looking forward to what will season two bring. I don't know if it will stand the test of time, but but I am enjoying it as a show so far. Would Ted Lasso stand the test of time? Yes, in less. Here's the caveat to that. If soccer finally gets so huge in America like they've been talking for the last 40 years, I remember as a kid, my parents signed me up for soccer and they're like, it's going to be the next big sport in the U.S. And 40 years later, it's doing a lot better now than it was 40 years ago. But but man, oh man, it just cannot top baseball or football or, you know, and isn't that weird how parents get their kids into soccer? I mean, it's like manic. And every Saturday they're gone somewhere. And you think this has got to grow. It must be the kids get sick of it. And then they say, and I following it anymore, and I'm done not to take away from the accomplished. It's because it is. I mean, you look at women's soccer in America and it's huge. I mean, it's obviously where where it's really excelled is it's become other than this current world Cup where the U.S. got bounced early on on the men's side, it just has not quite evolved to where it is. But they are still you know, MLS has been around now for 20 plus years. It's doing well. It's you know, stadiums are getting larger, the crowds are, but it's just it's still not where the NFL is. But as long as soccer remains kind of, you know, on the periphery, then it makes sense. But but as soon as, you know, soccer becomes mainstream in the U.S. like it is in Europe or anywhere else in the world, then the humor that you get out of this, you know, American football coach, it just wouldn't make sense in here. Yeah. Yeah. Well, how are you? Where do you stand on succession? I don't know if that one is going to stand the test of time. And I'll tell you why. Politics are very cyclical and they are taking a page out of current politics and the current state of Fox News to do that show. I think that show will will definitely hang on as being kind of an in the moment type of thing. And and maybe a decade out, people will still be talking about succession. But if the landscape changes drastically, but also not only just at the political landscape but the technology cycle, because part of what makes that show is they were talking about, you know, how will the Waystar royco get involved in other technologies, other forms of media? And as soon as the media changes into some other format, that just doesn't make sense that we can't understand anymore, or it just seems too old. I think it might go away, but it's a great show. I love it. Yeah, I think it's one of those ones that the hype was bigger than the actual execution. It didn't have one of those kind of creators to it. At least not that I can pin who this was. His driving project. This was his life. This is what he is putting out there. It seemed very much like Law and order always is ripped from the headlines when you find something on it that you say, okay, let's go with it and let's go as outrageous as we possibly can, and we'll do an audience. But I don't think it's one of those ones where you go, Oh my Lord, they really came up with something here. I want to watch All in the Family is kind of that, you know, that was obviously a comedy, but it was so groundbreaking for the time. But today you just wouldn't even think twice about that type of humor. It might not even work. I don't think about air. I don't think because they'd say, Oh, no, we can't. We're going to offend somebody here, right? We cannot do this. It's not getting on. So I don't think it would. And that actually came from Great Britain and we adapted it and look at how well that worked out. That was a good thing. And those you know, they would do maybe six episodes and be done with it. And in the United States in those days, you had to be 20 to 30 episodes of a show to have a season. And that's, you know, that's an interesting look at where they are. But, you know, I really I struggle a because a lot of the shows that we're watching on network TV aren't good numbers, right? And then on streaming, it's such an abbreviated season that you don't get enough time to dig in and kind of embrace it. So I don't know if I mean, you look at White Lotus, that was a big thing last year and White Lotus got a lot of attention. But season two, okay, it's okay, but it isn't one of those ones. You go, Oh my God, White Lotus changed the landscape. It didn't. No, I think I think you're right. With the episode length, the structure of every series. I mean, I'm thinking about one what was one of the network TV shows that got a lot of buzz this year? And it was night court because it actually did well. And I am shocked when people go, oh one, the best TV shows ever, Abbott Elementary, It's borrowing the office. It's borrowing from a lot of I mean, it's it's a fine show. I enjoy watching it now they don't have Modern Family to watch on Wednesday nights. It's my my anchor. But it is not as groundbreaking as they want it to be, I think, because there are certain things that need to. When they did lean in to the plight of teachers today, that's where they were going. Right. But when it starts getting to be a principal who's running a side business at the office, I don't care. I really do. Yeah. The the thing that I found interesting with with Night Court, there is a piece I read in the New York Times that talked about how they kind of followed the model of the original series, which was to not necessarily pull headlines out and make it a little bit more timeless. Right? You can, you can watch an episode of Night Court from the late eighties today, and it wouldn't you just watch and be like, Yeah, yeah, exactly. But here's the problem with night court. Even the modern version of it, who goes back and watches old episodes of night court? I'll watch old episodes of Cheers or Seinfeld all day long. I love Night Court when it first came out years and years ago, but it's not a show that I go back to, you know, maybe if it popped on, if I was flipping through a channel nice, I was like, Oh, there's night court, Maybe I'll maybe I'll watch 20 more minutes of rent and then move on. But I think that's the problem with that show is, is the reason why it's kind of resonating. The new version, the rebooted version is, sure, it's kind of timeless and, and it doesn't really matter and it's not right. And it's just kind of that basic comedy sitcom humor, but it's not above and beyond anything we've seen before. It's just it's a pleasant 22 minutes to kind of me I don't have to turn the channel kind of show. Yep. You know. All right, I'll sit through it because I got to finish out the hour and then we'll see what happens at the end. 8:00. You know, it's just it's that kind of a concept. But yeah, this was not a year to remember it, even though we're going to hear a lot of. Oh, my God, this is just the best series. This is the best whatever. I don't think so. And I think the more we get away from it, like Jan, to reward these people, the less we are going to remember about what it was that made them so great. Marvelous. Mrs. Maisel. Well, that one stand the test of time. No, not at all. Yeah, I liked it. I like I do, too. You know, I marveled at the idea that they were spending so much money on that show. I mean, the costumes, the sets, the. And it was purely a vanity product. You know, they went to this couple and they said, what would you like to do? And they said, you know what we'd like to do? Here's what we'd like to do, but it's going to cost us some money. And they did it. And I love that. I think that's a great thing. But there are episodes where you go, Jeez, this could have been 30 minutes. It didn't need to be 45, right? Yes, I agree. And I also think that with Mrs. Maisel, it's a little bit like Seinfeld, where it's very geographic. So for me, as somebody who grew up in the New York metropolitan area, it resonates with me. And there's a lot of people across the country that certainly love Seinfeld, certainly love Mrs. May's all. But if if you're turned off by such a regional program like that, it's not going to sit with you. You know, with that show, I was constantly fact checking because he would bring out something that wasn't in that year. I know that wasn't in that year. And then I'd have to go back and try and find what year this was. And the MFA wasn't right. They did the fact checking, so props to them. And like I say, I love watching it, but I don't know that that's one that I'd say I'm putting it in a box and I'm going to pull it out five years from now and I'm going to watch it and I'm going to be just ripped. I told you earlier this during the COVID thing, I watched all of Mary Tyler Moore over again, and I loved every minute of that. It was it was like a warm hug from the past. And I was able to remember things about that era. And I laughed every every time I left. And I you know, people are big Golden Girls fans, too. And you see them. And what I look at that right away is and I say, God, that the screen format is so small and it's kind of fuzzy. And, you know, those are the things that tripped me up. And so I don't know that I could watch some of those shows, but if they did it like Lucy, Lucy is going to last forever. And it's because it was well-written, well-produced and well-performed. It doesn't matter when it was, but it's that stands the test of time. There's one other show that we did an episode about, you know, because we had it was like the big four that went off the air right around the same time. Barry That's another one, which it would get nominated every year. But I always felt I like Barry, I enjoyed Barry, but I always thought that it was maybe a little overhyped. I think it had a good in it, and they're all good the first year. The first year is great. We have a vision, but then they kind of veer. And I think with Barry, he got time off Bill Hader to kind of rethink things. And I think that rethinking maybe didn't do it any big favors. It's still well done. Yeah, but I don't yeah I don't know it once you know the kind of the ending. Yeah. I don't know that you want to watch through the other parts. Yeah. That you're a better call Saul fan right. Mhm. See that's another one I couldn't get into. I Breaking Bad was too big for me to want to worry about another character I really liked. Better Call Saul. I thought I just saw that last season I did not love it. I didn't love the ending. That's, you know they say are they going to reward them for their last year? Yeah, I think the answer is no. Yeah, I agree. You know, it's interesting with both Breaking Bad and Better Call Saul is I. I crushed through both series kind of in short periods of time. I didn't watch Breaking Bad when it came out. There was a covered show for me and I watched everything and I loved it. It was a good, good series. And then better call Saul. I didn't. I knew it was out. Obviously, when I was watching Breaking Bad, but I chose to kind of wait on that one too, until the last season was done. So late last year, I watched all of the first whatever, five seasons of Better Call Saul. And then the last season finally hit Netflix at the beginning of this year or middle of this year, whenever it was. And I slam through that one super quick. So I didn't it wasn't a show that you pulled me in or a series. It didn't pull me in for a decade because that's pretty much how long it took to get through both series. It's just I watched them within a two year period, more or less, but I felt like that one just kind of tailed off at the end and I would not have been happy if I invested six years of my life in that one, I guess is a good way to put it. You know, one of the greatest things about being a critic is that you often get to see all of it before anybody else does. Sure. So you don't have these outside influences and you also we did binging a lot sooner than anybody else did. And I think once we threw that out there to the public, the public want they want that. They want to be able to plow through a show in a weekend if they have to. Yeah. And I think that has affected the movie business because if you have your choice between seeing a show that you've really been waiting for or going to a marginal movie, you're going to take that show and sit at home. And let's face it, our home setups are probably just as good as a film theater, you know? I mean, you got the big screen, you got a comfy chair, you got food nearby, you can stop at to go to the bathroom. Does it get any better than that? It does not. And so I think that's the uphill battle that that the movie business faces is they've got to try and combat that. And how do they do that? And it's not by making the movies longer, you know, that I'm I'm on that. It's not that they want 3 hours of something. It's that maybe you've got to make that content so compelling that they have to go see it. There's one show that Season two came out this year. It recently aired. It came out in April. It's a show that I don't think it's really any buzz. I don't think it had any Emmy nominations, but it's one that I have kind of come to enjoy because I find it to be a little quirky and it's another one out at HBO. Somebody somewhere, Have you seen that one at all? Somebody, somewhere. Help me out. Who's in it? Bridget Everett, the comedian. It takes place in Kansas. She's a late 40, early, 50 ish single woman, somebody most unlikely star of a TV show. Right. Right. And it's an interesting program. Yeah. And it touches on a lot of topics that seem a little almost taboo because it's in Kansas, which is obviously a very conservative state. So it's kind of touches on just a lot of different things. But I also find it to be just a sweet show. You know, it's like I watch it and I think, oh, that was a very pleasant 30 minutes I just had. Yeah, that just shows us that they're opening the doors to other voices, which is, which is good because if you were a on network TV, you'd have to have some kind of a profile or you'd have to have some like I would assume if we didn't have all these other things, it would be tick hours. We could be bombarded by tick tock people on network television because they able to bring a crowd with them. Whereas with this, I don't know. Does she have a following? If she does, I'm sorry that I haven't paid attention. The only reason I even heard of her is because she appeared on an episode of Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee with Jerry Seinfeld. I had never heard of her before. I had never seen her standup act, which is a crazy act where she sings and it's like a burlesque show almost. And it's wild. You know, how she ever came to get into this HBO program? I have no idea. But it's it's done very well. And I think it's just it's a little bit of an under the radar program where it the episodes aren't very long. There's not it's like eight or ten for a season. It's at the bare minimum to qualify, but it's gotten some, you know, a decent following. The average tomatometer 100% from critics. Audience score 93%. So people like it. It's just not a lot of people are watching it, right? Yeah, You don't have the numbers attached to that is how many does that represent? Well, there you go. Back in the old days, somebody like Margaret Cho, who they loved and thought she was a great comedian and she had just something there that we have to put on television. And then they got her a show and they changed everything that made it about her. It was like they were trying to shoehorn her into Cinderella's slipper and it didn't work. And that's what I'm afraid they would try to do with people today. Thank God there are areas like HBO where they can find that talent, put their talent on. I think though too often they want to have something quickly. They want to have a success right out of the chute. They don't you know, you hear that a lot of times with people who are our musicians, that we had an opportunity to fail through two or three albums. And then, you know, maybe one would hit. But now with music, if you don't have a hit, they don't give you an album. You've got to get that one shot, you know, mega hit, and then you'll get maybe a chance for a second one. And if there's enough of them for an EP, then they'll do that. And then if you sell enough money, you know, if you got to sell enough copies and you make a lot of money, then you might get a real album now. And if you get enough, enough money, you're like Taylor Swift and you can do whatever you want. Yeah, you know, that's where that's where I almost think to an extent, Network TV is almost dead in a sense with programing because you can at least go on to you can go on to Netflix because they don't nobody releases any of their their data. It's you don't have Nielsen ratings in the same way. So a show if they're willing to finance it and their internal numbers show that there's some sort of audience and they're not losing money off of it, it's almost like they're willing to give you an opportunity. And maybe that is where someone like a Bridget Everett can do it, somebody somewhere, because it's on HBO and it's not on NBC or CBS or Fox, and they probably would have canceled the show after three episodes. It would be interesting to know how much they will give you to do a show. You know, is it you're getting like pennies and then you've got to try and make something out of that with pennies? Or do they throw a lot of money at you? And then if it's not good, you're out, right? All right. It's I yeah, it's a fascinating thank God we're not in that world. We're only observing from the outside. I think it's harder to, you know, Bo Burnham I don't know if that name rings a bell with you, but he did a great, great, great COVID era special where it was just in his house. It was just him in his house singing songs that he had written marvelous. It's like really something so creative and you know that they're not going to give him anything. They'll give him another special. That's it. But they're not going to say, Let's do the weekly Bo Burnham Show, because that's not going to happen. So it is very interesting, but I don't think this year I'm a bottom line is I don't think there's any big story to be told about the TV things that we are watching every I think that we haven't yet seen all of the the movie things, but it's pretty slim pickings at this point. And until we see what comes in November and December, the year hasn't been written, I would agree. All right, Bruce. Well, on that note, I think we'll wrap things up and we will be back again next week with another episode of Streamed & Screened.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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We are nose deep into fantasy. Halfway through the month of August, fantasy rankings and drafts are coming fast and furious. With fantasy season in full swing, John and Joe tackle the running backs for 2023, and why the position may finally be taking a back seat to the receivers. Come and take a deep dive with us as we discuss upwards of 30-35 backs (20:00) and where we think they will land. The guys also briefly discuss the decision for Colts to start Anthony Richardson and the signings of Zeke Elliott and Dalvin Cook.

Decision Space is the podcast about decisions in board games. Join our active and welcoming Discord community, Join the crew today! (Decision Space Patreon), or Leave us a review wherever you found this podcast!  Episode 134 - Ark Nova Ark Nova anyone? Maybe you've heard of it? This week, the Interdecisional Spaceships embarks on a journey to explore the decisions in the highest rated game that we've ever dared to cover on this humble podcast. That's right, folks, today we are covering the 4th greatest game of all time (by BGG rating). We will center our discussion on the novel and intriguing action selection mechanism... hey wait, is this thing a rondel?!   Pre-Planners Hey pre-planners, in the next two weeks we will be doing a design focused episode on playtesting and prototyping and discussing the top 10 games we have been enjoying most in 2023. As for games, we are playing a lot of Santa Monica and Torres on Yucata right now, and down the line, we will be covering Food Chain Magnate and also social deduction games.    Timestamps    Intro - 0:00 Ratings and Reviews - 2:37 Game Background - 5:46 Rules Overview - 12:56 Deep Dive - 16:17 Preplanners - 1:03:27   Music and Sound Credits Thank you to Hembree for our intro and outro music from their song Reach Out. You can listen to the full song on YouTube here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gQuuRPfOyMw&list=TLGGFNH7VEDPgwgyNTA4MjAyMQ&t=3s You can find more information about Hembree at https://www.hembreemusic.com/.  Thank you to Flash Floods for use of their song Palm of Your Hand as a sting from their album Halfway to Anywhere: https://open.spotify.com/album/2fE6LrqzNDKPYWyS5evh3K?si=CCjdAGmeSnOOEui6aV3_nA Rules Overview Music:  Way Home by Tokyo Music Walker https://soundcloud.com/user-356546060​ Creative Commons — Attribution 3.0 Unported — CC BY 3.0 Free Download / Stream: https://bit.ly/tokyo-music-walker-way...​ Music promoted by Audio Library https://youtu.be/pJThZlOuDtI Contact We can be reached individually on Twitter at @jakefryd and @burnsidebh. You can also follow Decision Space on Instagram @DecisionSpacePod and talk to us there! If you prefer email, then hit us up at decisionspa@gmail.com. This information is all available along with episodes at our new website decisionspacepodcast.com. Byeee!

Elizabeth Spraggins built a successful career in the entertainment industry. Now, she runs All JOY Inspired LLC, a coaching website to connect individuals with resources and encouragement to become successful business owners. At the beginning of the episode, Elizabeth shared a bit about her early life and how she got started in the entertainment industry. Halfway through the episode, we talk about an interesting point: what makes people trade the life they could have for acceptance from people they don't even like? At the end of the episode, Elizabeth tells us how she dedicates herself to helping other people in the entertainment industry transform their lives using the knowledge and entrepreneurial skills she learned during her career. I hope you enjoyed this episode and felt inspired by Elizabeth's powerful mission. Discover Your Success Path TODAY!

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Halfway to a century…Tyler shares some recent successes and setbacks in his journey. Then with the help of his past 4 guests he walks through the benefits of facing your challenges head on; the importance of having champions in your corner; and the significance of rolling up your sleeves and doing the work. To connect with Tyler - www.tylerkamerman.com

Decision Space is the podcast about decisions in board games. Join our active and welcoming Discord community, Join the crew today! (Decision Space Patreon), or Leave us a review wherever you found this podcast!  Episode 135 - LTF Con Recap Last weekend the infamous Laughing Table Friends -- Charlie, Jake, Jared, Luke, and Tyler -- got together for the first ever LTF Con. The 5 person con took place over an unforgettable day and a half as the crew played 13 unique board games. It was a mix of new games and old favorites. Today, Jake is here to recap 9 of those plays (only the most interesting one) for your in flight entertainment, complimentary while on board the Interdecisional Spaceship. LTF. If you don't know, now you know.   Pre-Planners Hey pre-planners, get those plays in of Ark Nova and Food Chain Magnate while the playing is good. Other games we are considering for a deep dive right now are Torres and Santa Monica.   Timestamps    Intro/Housekeeping - 0:00 The Hunger - 2:21  D.E.I. (Divide et Impera) - 12:17 Beowulf: The Legend - 22:21 Clockwork Wars - 37:08 Viking See-Saw - 40:38 Ninja Master - 45:11 Cockroach Poker - 48:37 Robo Rally - 52:54 Antike II - 57:47   Music and Sound Credits Thank you to Hembree for our intro and outro music from their song Reach Out. You can listen to the full song on YouTube here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gQuuRPfOyMw&list=TLGGFNH7VEDPgwgyNTA4MjAyMQ&t=3s You can find more information about Hembree at https://www.hembreemusic.com/.  Thank you to Flash Floods for use of their song Palm of Your Hand as a sting from their album Halfway to Anywhere: https://open.spotify.com/album/2fE6LrqzNDKPYWyS5evh3K?si=CCjdAGmeSnOOEui6aV3_nA Rules Overview Music:  Way Home by Tokyo Music Walker https://soundcloud.com/user-356546060​ Creative Commons — Attribution 3.0 Unported — CC BY 3.0 Free Download / Stream: https://bit.ly/tokyo-music-walker-way...​ Music promoted by Audio Library https://youtu.be/pJThZlOuDtI Contact We can be reached individually on Twitter at @jakefryd and @burnsidebh. You can also follow Decision Space on Instagram @DecisionSpacePod and talk to us there! If you prefer email, then hit us up at decisionspa@gmail.com. This information is all available along with episodes at our new website decisionspacepodcast.com. Byeee!

Recording Available Via Telephone Dial: (605) 475-4799 | Access ID: 840886# | Reference #: 2413 The pasuk says, טרם יקראו ואני אענה – before we even call out to Hashem, He answers us. But we also know, Hashem loves to hear our tefilot and one of the reasons that Hashem gives us our needs through tefila is just so that we pray. The Arvei Nachal writes, in parashat Toldot derush 3, that Hashem desires to give us everything we want, even before we call out to Him. He just waits to give it to us until we pray because He also desires to hear us as well. The answers to our prayers are already waiting in Shamayim to be given to us. We just need to pray to access them. A person should utilize the gift of tefila as much as possible. We should teach children from a young age to get into the habit of praying during the course of their regular day. A fifth grade rebbe said he begins his class every morning with a story about emunah and the power of tefila . During the last week of school this year, there was an event with raffles for the entire school. Before the drawing for the huge lego set, the rebbe noticed his entire class jump up from their seats. He asked them what happened. They said there was one boy in the class who loved legos so much, they all decided to pray that he would win. A few moments later, the ticket was drawn and, amazingly, out of the entire school, the boy that they prayed for was chosen. They all got tremendous chizuk seeing the power of their prayers. A rabbi I know said he tries to make sure never to miss minyan, even when he travels. Recently, this rabbi was in a different country for a few days and the people who booked his flights made the return on a Thursday afternoon at 1:00pm. The place the Rabbi was staying had just one minyan for Shacharit at 8:00. It seemed like that would easily give him enough time to pray and make the flight, so he agreed to the schedule. Tuesday night, someone called him and said a driver would be picking him up Thursday morning at 8:00 to go to the airport. The Rabbi asked why the driver would need to come so early. That man told the Rabbi, he was leaving from a different airport than he arrived in. That airport was a three hour drive and he needed to be there two hours before the flight. The Rabbi felt very bad. What would he do about minyan ? The next morning, he asked the gabai at the minyan to make a request for the people to pray at 7:00 on Thursday instead of 8:00. There were only 12 people there and none of them wanted to wake up an hour earlier. The rabbi was stuck. He checked and saw that there were no other minyanim in any cities nearby. That entire day, he repeatedly asked Hashem to help him find a minyan . That night at Mincha , seven new people walked in saying their Grand Rebbe had just landed and needed a minyan for Mincha and Arbit and since this was the only place, they came here. The rabbi asked them what they were doing for Shacharit the next morning. They said by then they would have their own minyan. They were staying just one mile from where this rabbi was. The rabbi asked if they happened to be praying at 7:00. The person said, specifically tomorrow the Rebbe needs to pray early at 7:00 as he had somewhere to attend afterward. They offered to pick up the rabbi at 6:30 the next morning and, baruch Hashem, in the middle of nowhere, this rabbi was able to get a minyan that Hashem perfectly orchestrated just for him. A man told me last week, he and his son landed in Newark Airport at 10:00 pm after two flights with a very long stopover coming from Israel. They were exhausted and looking forward to getting home. To their dismay, they were faced with a two hour line for customs. There were nine zigzag lines moving extremely slow with each direction taking 10-15 minutes. Halfway through the line they couldn't take it anymore. The man turned to Hashem and said, “In this week's parashah V'etchanan we read how You always answer us when we call out to You. Please, Hashem, help me get out of here speedily. Within two minutes of that tefila , two new airport security personnel showed up and began directing traffic and pushing the line through. Ten minutes later, they were on the curb with their suitcases, waiting for their ride home. Tefila is wondrous. We should accustom ourselves to using it all the time.

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We're nearing halfway through Venus Retrograde! In this episode, Stephanie talks about:What Venus being in the "underworld" meansThe history of Rx being the symbol for both medicine & retrogradeTypes of "medicine" you can tap into, to use this Retrograde for goodWhat it means if your relationships are actually thriving right now!What the Financial side of Venus Retrograde means, both collectively and individually.To book a reading with Stephanie: www.lightworkers-lounge.comUse code GRATITUDE for a discount!*Stephanie is not a trained medical professional. Nothing she refers to as "medicine" in this podcast episode should be taken literally. If you are struggling with any serious issue, please contact a medical professional.*** Want to learn how to work with the daily moon transits? Purchase Stephanie's Moon Journal 'It's Just a Phase' right here *Want to join Cosmic Coconut Astrology Club?  Click Here to subscribe! To book a reading with Stephanie: www.lightworkers-lounge.com Intro song:  Feeling - MILANO Outro song: Feeling - MILANO *All Songs Featured in Lightworkers Lounge can be found on our Spotify Playlist! Follow us on Social Media!Instagram: @stephanie__powers , @lightworkerslounge, @cosmic___coconutSupport the show