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What happens when a childhood dream refuses to let go? In this episode, I sit down with cartoonist and Lum and Abner historian Donnie Pitchford to explore how old-time radio, comic strips, and a love for storytelling shaped his life. Donnie shares how he grew up inspired by classic radio shows like Lum and Abner, pursued art despite setbacks, and eventually brought the beloved Pine Ridge characters back to life through a modern comic strip and audio adaptations. We talk about creativity, persistence, radio history, and why imagination still matters in a visual world. If you care about classic radio, cartooning, or staying true to your calling, I believe you will find this conversation both inspiring and practical. Highlights: 00:10 Discover how a childhood love of Lum and Abner sparked a lifelong dream of becoming a cartoonist. 08:00 Hear how college radio and classic broadcasts deepened a passion for old time radio storytelling. 14:33 Understand how years of teaching broadcast journalism built the skills that later fueled creative success. 23:17 Learn how the Lum and Abner comic strip was revived with family approval and brought to modern audiences. 30:07 Explore how two actors created an entire town through voice and imagination alone. 1:00:16 Hear the vision for keeping Lum and Abner alive for new generations through comics and audio. Top of Form Bottom of Form About the Guest: Donnie Pitchford of Texas is a graduate of Kilgore College, Art Instruction Schools, Stephen F. Austin State University and the University of Texas at Tyler. He has worked in the graphic arts industry and in education, teaching at Hawkins High School, Panola College, and Carthage High School at which he spent 25 years directing CHS-TV, where student teams earned state honors, including state championships, for 20 consecutive years. In 2010, Donnie returned to the endeavor he began at age five: being a cartoonist! The weekly “Lum and Abner" comic strip began in 2011. It is available online and in print and includes an audio production for the blind which features the talents of actors and musicians who donate their time. Donnie has created comic book stories and art for Argo Press of Austin, illustrated children's books, written scripts for the "Dick Tracy" newspaper strip, and produced the science fiction comedy strip "Tib the Rocket Frog." He has collaborated with award-winning writers and cartoonists George Wildman, Nicola Cuti, John Rose, Mike Curtis, Joe Staton, and others. In 2017, Donnie began assisting renowned sculptor Bob Harness and currently sculpts the portraits for the Texas Country Music Hall of Fame plaques. Awards include the 1978 Kilgore College "Who's Who" in Art, an Outstanding Educator Award from the East Texas Chapter of the Texas Society of CPAs in 1993, the CHS "Pine Burr" Dedicatee honor in 2010, and a Distinguished Alumnus Award in 2018 from Spring Hill High School. In 2024, Donnie was inducted into the City of Carthage Main Street Arts Walk of Fame which included the placement of a bronze plaque in the sidewalk and the Key to the City. Donnie and his best friend/wife, Laura, are members of First Methodist Church Carthage, Texas. Donnie is a founding officer of the National Lum and Abner Society and a member of Texas Cartoonists, Ark-La-Tex Cartoonists, Christian Comic Arts Society, and the National Cartoonists Society. 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Thanks for joining me on my podcast as we explore our own blinding fears of inclusion unacceptance and our resistance to change. We will discover the idea that no matter the situation, or the people we encounter, our own fears, and prejudices often are our strongest barriers to moving forward. The unstoppable mindset podcast is sponsored by accessiBe, that's a c c e s s i capital B e. Visit www.accessibe.com to learn how you can make your website accessible for persons with disabilities. And to help make the internet fully inclusive by the year 2025. Glad you dropped by we're happy to meet you and to have you here with us. Michael Hingson  01:21 Well, hi everyone, and welcome to another episode of unstoppable mindset. I've been looking forward to this one for a while. We have Donny Pitchford as our guest today. You're probably going, who's Donnie Pitchford? Well, let me tell you. So years ago, I started collecting old radio shows. And one of the first shows that I got was a half hour episode of a show called Lum and Abner, which is about a couple of characters, if you will, in Pine Ridge, Arkansas. And I had only heard the half hour show sponsored by frigid air. But then in 1971 when ksi, out here in Los Angeles, the 50,000 watt Clear Channel station, started celebrating its 50 year history, they started broadcasting as part of what they did, 15 minute episodes of lemon Abner. And I became very riveted to listening to lemon Abner every night, and that went on for quite a while. And so I've kept up with the boys, as it were. Well, a several years ago, some people formed a new Lum and Abner society, and Donnie Pitchford is part of that. I met Donnie through radio enthusiast of Puget Sound, and yesterday, USA. And so we clearly being interested in old radio and all that, had to have Donnie come on and and talk with us. So Donnie, or whatever character you're representing today, welcome to unstoppable mindset. Donnie Pitchford  02:58 Huh? I'm glad to be here. Michael Hingson  03:00 He does that very well, doesn't he? It's a Donnie Pitchford  03:04 little tough sometimes. Well, I'm really glad to be here. Thank you. Michael Hingson  03:10 Well, I appreciate the audio parts of lemon Abner that you you all create every week, and just the whole society. It's great to keep that whole thing going it's kind of fun. We're glad that that it is. But let's, let's talk about you a little bit. Why don't you start by telling us about the early Donnie, growing up and all that. I'm assuming you were born, and so we won't worry about that. But beyond that, think so, yeah. Well, there you are. Tell us about tell us about you and growing up and all that, and we'll go from there. Donnie Pitchford  03:42 Well, I was born in East Texas and left for a little while. We lived in my family lived in Memphis, Tennessee for about seven years, and then moved back to Texas in 1970 but ever since I was a kid this I hear this from cartoonists everywhere. Most of them say I wanted to be a cartoonist when I was five years old. So that's in fact, I had to do a speech for the Texas cartoonist chapter of the National Cartoonist Society. And that was my start. I was going to say the same thing, and the President said, Whatever you do, don't do that old bit about wanting to be a cartoonist at age five. Everybody does that, so I left that part out, but that's really what I wanted to do as a kid. And I would see animated cartoons. I would read the Sunday comics in the Memphis Commercial Appeal, and then at some point, my dad would talk about radio, and my mother would talk about listening to radio. We would have the reruns of the Lone Ranger television show and things like Sky King and other programs along those lines, and my parents would all. Way say, Well, I used to listen to that on the radio, or I would hear Superman on the radio, or Amos and Andy or whatever was being rerun at that time, and that fascinated me. And I had these vague memories of hearing what I thought were television programs coming over the radio when I was about two years old. I remember gunshots. I remember, you know, like a woman crying and just these little oddball things. I was about two years old, and I kept thinking, Well, why are we picking up television programs on my mother's radio? Turns out it was the dying gasps of what we now call old time radio. And so at least I remembered that. But when I was about, I guess eight or nine we were, my dad took me to lunch at alums restaurant in Memphis, and I saw that name, and I thought, What in the world? So what kind of name is that? And my dad told me about London Abner, and he said it reminds me. It reminded him of the Andy Griffith Show or the Beverly Hillbillies. I said, I'd love to hear that. He said, Ah, you'll never hear it. He said, those were live they don't exist, but years later, I got to hear them. So yeah, but that's how I grew up wanting to be a cartoonist and coming up with my own characters and drawing all the time and writing stories and that sort of thing. Michael Hingson  06:24 So when did you move back from Memphis to Texas? Donnie Pitchford  06:28 July 2, 1970 I just happened to look that up the other day. How old were you then? I was 12 when we came back. All right, so got into, I was in junior high, and trying to, I was trying to find an audience for these comic strips I was drawing on notebook paper. And finally, you know, some of the kids got into them, and I just continued with that goal. And I just, I knew that soon as possible, you know, I was going to start drawing comics professionally. So I thought, but kept, you know, I kept trying. Michael Hingson  07:06 So you, you went on into college. What did you do in college? Donnie Pitchford  07:11 Well, more of the same. I started listening to some old time radio shows even as far back as as high school. And I was interested in that went to college, first at a college called Kill Gore College, here in East Texas, and then to Stephen F Austin State University. And I was majoring in, first commercial art, and then art education. And I thought, well, if I can't go right into comics, you know, maybe I can just teach for a while. I thought I'll do that for a couple of years. I thought it wouldn't be that long. But while I was at Stephen F Austin State University, the campus radio station, I was so pleased to find out ran old time radio shows. This was in 1980 there was a professor named Dr Joe Oliver, who had a nightly program called theater of the air. And I would hear this voice come over the radio. He would run, he Well, one of the first, the very first 15 minute lemon Abner show I ever heard was played by Dr Oliver. He played Jack Benny. He played the whistler suspense, just a variety of them that he got from a syndicated package. And I would hear this voice afterwards, come on and say, It's jazz time. I'm Joe Oliver. And I thought, Where have I heard that voice? It was, it's just a magnificent radio voice. Years later, I found out, well, I heard that voice in Memphis when I was about 10 years old on W, R, E, C, radio and television. He was working there. He lived in Memphis about the same time we did. Heard him on the campus station at Nacogdoches, Texas. Didn't meet him in person until the late 90s, and it was just an amazing collection of coincidences. And now, of course, we're good friends. Now he's now the announcer for our audio comic strip. So it's amazing how all that came about. Well, I Michael Hingson  09:16 I remember listening to sort of the last few years of oval radio. I think it was, I don't remember the date now, whether it's 57 or 50 I think it's 57 the Kingston Trio had come out with the song Tom Dooley, and one day I was listening to K and X radio in Los Angeles. We lived in Palmdale, and I heard something about a show called suspense that was going to play the story of Tom Dooley. And I went, sounds interesting, and I wanted to know more about it, so I listened. And that started a weekly tradition with me every Sunday, listening to yours truly Johnny dollar and suspense, and they had a little bit of the FBI and peace and war. Then it's went into half and that that went off and Have Gun Will Travel came on, and then at 630 was Gun Smoke. So I listened to radio for a couple of hours every week, not every Sunday night, and thoroughly enjoyed it. And so that's how I really started getting interested in it. Then after radio went off the air a few stations out in California and on the LA area started playing old radio shows somebody started doing because they got the syndicated versions of the shadow and Sherlock Holmes with Sir John Gielgud and Sir Ralph Richardson. And I still maintain to this day that John Gielgud is the best Sherlock Holmes. No matter what people say about Basil Rathbone and I still think Sir John Gielgud was the best Sherlock Holmes. He was very, very good. Yeah, he was and so listen to those. But you know, radio offers so much. And even with, with, with what the whole lemon Abner shows today. My only problem with the lemon Abner shows today is they don't last nearly long enough. But that's another story. Donnie Pitchford  11:11 Are you talking about the comic strip adaptation? Okay, you know how long, how much art I would have to 11:21 do every week. Michael Hingson  11:25 Oh, I know, but they're, they're fun, and, you know, we, we enjoy them, but so you So you met Joe, and as you said, He's the announcer. Now, which is, which is great, but what were you doing then when you met him? What kind of work were you doing at the time? Donnie Pitchford  11:45 Well, of course, there was a gap there of about, I guess, 15 years after college, before I met him. And what ended up happening my first teaching job was an art job, a teaching art and graphic arts at a small high school in Hawkins, Texas, and that was a disaster. Wasn't a wasn't a very good year for me. And so I left that, and I had worked in the printing industry, I went back to that, and that was all during the time that the National London Abner society was being formed. And so I printed their earliest newsletters, which came out every other month. And we started having conventions in MENA, Arkansas and in the real Pine Ridge and the my fellow ossifers As we we call ourselves, and you hear these guys every week on the lemon Abner comic strip. Sam Brown, who lives in Illinois, Tim Hollis, from Alabama. Tim is now quite a published author who would might be a good guest for you one day, sure. And just two great guys. We had a third officer early on named Rex riffle, who had to leave due to various illnesses about 1991 but we started having our conventions every year, starting in 1985 we had some great guests. We brought in everybody we could find who worked with lemon Abner or who knew lemon Abner. We had their their head writer, Roswell Rogers. We had actors, I'm sure you've heard of Clarence Hartzell. He was Ben withers, of course, on the Old Vic and Sade show. He was Uncle Fletcher. We had Willard Waterman, parley Bayer, some of their announcers, Wendell Niles. And my memory is going to start failing me, because there were so many, but we had Bob's, Watson, Louise curry, who were in their first two movies. We had Kay Lineker, who was in their third movie. The list goes on and on, but we had some amazing when did Chester lock pass away? He passed away? Well, Tuffy passed away first, 1978, 78 and Chet died in 1980 sad. Neither of them, yeah, we didn't get to media. Yeah, we didn't meet either one of them. I've met Mrs. Lock I've met all of chet's children, several grandchildren. We spoke to Mrs. Goff on the phone a time or two, and also, tuffy's got toughie's daughter didn't get to meet them in person, but we met as many of the family as we could. Michael Hingson  14:32 Still quite an accomplishment all the way around. And so you you taught. You didn't have success. You felt really much at first, but then what you taught for quite a while, though, Donnie Pitchford  14:45 didn't you? Yes, I went back to the printing industry for about a year, and in the summer of 85 about two weeks before school started, I had got a call that they needed someone to teach Broadcast Journalism at. Carthage High School, and we had a department called CHS TV. I ran that for 25 years. I taught classes. We produced a weekly television program, weekly radio program. We did all kinds of broadcasts for the school district and promotional video. And then in the last I think it was the last 10 years or so that I worked there, we started an old time radio show, and we were trying to come up with a title for it, and just as a temporary placeholder, we called it the golden age of radio. Finally, we said, well, let's just use that, and I think it's been used by other people since, but, but that was the title we came up with. I think in 19 I think it was in 93 or 9495 somewhere in there. We started out. We just ran Old Time Radio, and the students, I would have them research and introduce, like, maybe 45 minutes of songs, of music, you know, from the 30s, 40s, maybe early 50s, big band and Sinatra and Judy Garland and you name it. Then, when the classes would change, we would always start some type of radio program that was pre recorded that would fill that time, so the next class could come in and get in place and and everybody participated, and they went out live over our cable television channel, and we would just run a graphic of a radio and maybe have some announcements or listing of what we were playing. And we did that for several years, usually maybe two or three times a year. And then in I think it was 2004 or so, we had an offer from a low power FM station, which was another another county over, and we started doing a Sunday night, one hour program each week. And I think we ended up doing close to 300 of those before I left. And so we got old time radio in there, one way or the other. Michael Hingson  17:03 Well, I remember. I remember, for me, I went to UC Irvine in the fall of 1968 and by the spring the last quarter of my freshman year, I had started getting some old radio shows. So started playing shows, and then in the fall, I started doing a three hour show on Sunday night called the Radio Hall of Fame, and we did radio every night. And what I didn't know until, actually, fairly recently, was our mutual friend Walden Hughes actually listened to my show on Sunday, and so did the gas means actually, but, but we had a low power station as well, but it made it up, and so people listened to it. And I've always been proud of the fact that during the fact that during the time I ran the Radio Hall of Fame, I'd heard of this show called 60 minutes with a guy named Mike Wallace, but never got to see it. And then it was only much later that I actually ended up starting to watch 60 Minutes. Course, I always loved to say I would have loved to have met, met Mike Wallace and never got to do it, but I always said he had criminal tendencies. I mean, my gosh, what do you think he was the announcer on radio for the Green Hornet, a criminal show, right? Sky King, a lot of criminals. Clearly the guy. Anyway, I would have been fun to meet him, but, Donnie Pitchford  18:31 and his name was Myron. Myron Wallach at the time. Wallach, you're right. I think that's right. Michael Hingson  18:37 But it was, it was fun and and so I've actually got some Sky King shows and green Hornets with him. So it's, it's kind of cool, but Right? You know, I still really do believe that the value of radio is it makes you imagine more. I've seen some movies that I really like for that the original Invasion of the Body Snatchers with Kevin McCarthy back in 1955 I thought was such a good movie because they didn't show the plants taking over the humans. It was all left to your imagination, which was so cool, and they changed all that in the later remake of it with Leonard Nimoy, which I didn't think was nearly as good, not nearly as suspenseful. But anyway, that's just my opinion. But radio, for me was always a and continues to be a part of what I like to do. And so I've been collecting shows and and enjoying and, of course, listening to lemon Abner, So what made you decide to finally end teaching? Donnie Pitchford  19:38 Well, you know, I could only do that so long. I was getting I was getting very tired, getting kind of burned out, and I had to have a change. There's something had to change. And I was able to take a few years early and retire, and I still the whole time I had a. That it was like a haunting feeling. I, you know, I wanted to be a cartoonist. I would pray, you know, you know, Lord, is there some way can I, can I get out of this? And can I do what I really want to do? And I had some mentors that was finally able to meet people that I would write letters to as a kid, a cartoonist and comic book editor named George Wildman was one of them. He was nice enough to answer my letters when I was a kid, and I'd send him drawings, and he would encourage me, or he would send little corrections on there, you know. And another one was a gentleman named high Eisemann, who passed away recently at age 98 on his birthday, but men like this inspired me, and that it kept at me through the years. I finally met George in 1994 at a convention of the the international Popeye fan club. And I'm I'm at high the same way, and also a writer named Nicola Cuddy, who wrote some Popeye comics. I met him the same way, same event, we all became friends, and I had a good friend named Michael Ambrose of Austin, Texas, who published a magazine devoted to the Charlton Comics company. Sadly, he's deceased now, but Mike and I were talking before I retired, and finally I got out of it. And he said, now that you're out of that job, how would you like to do some art? I said, That's what I want to do. So he gave me the opportunity to do my first published work, which was a portrait of artist George Wildman. It was on the cover of a magazine called Charlton spotlight, then I did some work for Ben Omar, who is bear Manor media publisher for some books that he was doing. One was Mel Blanc biography that Noel blank wrote, did some illustrations for that. This was all happening in 2010 and after that. So I was getting it was getting rolling, doing the kind of work I really wanted to do. And there's a gentleman named Ethan nobles in Benton, Arkansas, who wanted to interview me. I'd gotten, I don't know how he I forgot how he got in touch with me. Maybe he heard me on yesterday USA could be wanted to interview me about London Abner. And so he was starting a website called first Arkansas news. And somewhere in early 2011 we were talking, and I said, you know, you want this to be an online newspaper, right? He said, Yes. I said, What about comics? He said, I hadn't thought about that. So I said, Well, you know, you're a big Lum and Abner fan. What if we could we do a Lum and Abner comic strip? He said, Well, who would Where would I get? Who would do? And I said, Me. So I drew up some proposals, I drew some model sheets, and we did about four weeks of strips, and got approval from Chester lock Jr, and he suggested there's some things he didn't like. He said, The lum looks too sinister. He looks mean. Well, he's mad. He said he's mad at Abner. This won't happen every week. He said, Okay, I don't want LOM to be I said, Well, you know, they get mad at each other. That's part of the that's the conflict and the comedy Michael Hingson  23:30 at each other. Yeah. Donnie Pitchford  23:33 So we, we ironed it all out, and we came up with a financial agreement, and had to pay royalties and one thing and another, and we started publishing online in June 2011, and about six weeks later, the MENA newspaper, the MENA star in MENA, Arkansas, which was the birthplace of Lyman, Abner, Chet Locke and Norris Goff, they picked it up, and then we had a few other newspapers pick it up. And you know, we're not, we're not worldwide, syndicated in print, but we're getting it out there. And of course, we're always online, but and the first Arkansas news went under three or four years later, and so now we have our own website, which is Lum and Abner comics.com so that's where you can find us Michael Hingson  24:24 online. So where's Pine Ridge? Donnie Pitchford  24:28 Pine Ridge is about 18 miles from Mena, Arkansas. MENA is in western Arkansas, and Pine Ridge is about 18 miles east, I believe I'm trying to picture it in my mind, but it's it's down the road, and it actually exists. It was a little community originally named for a postmaster. It was named waters, waters, Arkansas, and in 1936 the real. At cuddleston. He was a real person who owned a store there in waters, and was friends with the locks and the golfs with their parents, as well as Chet and Tuffy. But he proposed a publicity stunt and an actual change of name to name the community Pine Ridge. So that's how that happened. Michael Hingson  25:24 Now, in the original 15 minute episodes, who is the narrator? Donnie Pitchford  25:28 Well, it depends what era their first one trying to remember. Now, Gene Hamilton was an early announcer in the Ford days, which was the early 30s. We don't have anything recorded before that. Charles Lyon was one of the early announcers, possibly for for Quaker Oats. I don't have any notes on this in front of me. I'm just going on memory here. Memory at the end of a long week. Gene Hamilton was their Ford announcer. Carlton brickert announced the Horlicks malt and milk did the commercials when they 1934 to 38 or so. Lou Crosby took over when they were sponsored by General Foods, by post them, the post them commercials, and Lou stayed with them on into the Alka Seltzer era. And his daughter, the celebrity daughter, is Kathie Lee Crosby, you may remember, right, and she and her sister Linda, Lou were a couple of our guests at the National lemon Avenue society convention in 1996 I think let's see. Crosby was Gene Baker came after Crosby, and then in the 30 minute days, was Wendell Niles. Wendell Niles, yeah, in the CBS the 30 minute series and Wendell. We also had him in Mina, super nice guy when it came, when it got into the later ones, 1953 54 I don't remember that announcer's name. That's when they got into the habit of having Dick Huddleston do the opening narration, which is why we now have Sam Brown as Dick Huddleston doing that every week. Michael Hingson  27:27 So was it actually Dick Huddleston? No, it Donnie Pitchford  27:30 was North golf, tough. He always played the part of Dick Huddleston. Okay, the only, the only time that, as far as I know, the only time the real dick Huddleston was on network radio, was at that ceremony in Little Rock Arkansas, when they changed the name of the town that the real dick Huddleston spoke at that event. And we actually, we discovered a recording of that. I was just gonna ask if there's a recording of that there is. Yeah, it's on 12 inch, 78 RPM discs. Wow. And they were probably the personal discs of lock and golf, and they weren't even labeled. And I remember spinning that thing when Sam Brown and I after we found it, it was down in Houston, and we brought them a batch of discs back, and I remember spinning that thing and hearing the theme song being played, I said, this sounds like a high school band. And suddenly we both got chills because we had heard that. I don't know if it was the Little Rock High School band or something, but it's like, Can this be? Yes, it was. It was. We thought it was long lost, but it was that ceremony. Wow. So that was a great find. Michael Hingson  28:45 Well, hopefully you'll, you'll play that sometime, or love to get a copy, but, Donnie Pitchford  28:50 yeah, we've, we have we played it on yesterday, USA. Oh, okay, so it's out there. Michael Hingson  28:57 Well, that's cool. Well, yeah, I wondered if Dick Huddleston actually ever was directly involved, but, but I can, can appreciate that. As you said, Tuffy Goff was the person who played him, which was, that's still that was pretty cool. They were very talented. Go ahead, Donnie Pitchford  29:19 I was gonna say that's basically tough. He's natural speaking voice, yeah, when you hear him as Dick Huddleston, Michael Hingson  29:24 they're very talented people. They played so many characters on the show. They did and and if you really listen, you could tell, but mostly the voices sounded enough different that they really sounded like different people all the time. Donnie Pitchford  29:41 Well, the fun thing are the episodes where, and it's carefully written, but they will, they will do an episode where there may be seven or eight people in the room and they get into an argument, or they're trying to all talk at the same time, and you completely forget that it's only two guys, because they will overlap. Those voices are just so perfectly overlapped and so different, and then you stop and you listen. So wait a minute, I'm only hearing two people at a time, but the effect is tremendous, the fact that they were able to pull that off and fool the audience. Michael Hingson  30:15 I don't know whether I'd say fool, but certainly entertained. Well, yeah, but they also did have other characters come on the show. I remember, yes, Diogenes was that was a lot of fun listening to those. Oh yeah, yeah, that was Frank Graham. Frank Graham, right, right, but, but definitely a lot of fun. So you eventually left teaching. You decided you accepted jobs, starting to do cartoons. What were some of the other or what, well, what were some of the first and early characters that you cartooned, or cartoons that you created, Donnie Pitchford  30:50 just, you mean, by myself or Well, or with people, either way, I did some things that were not published, you know, just just personal characters that I came up with it would mean nothing to anybody, but a little bit later on, I did a little bit of I did a cover for a Popeye comic book. Maybe 10 years ago, I finally got a chance to work with George Wildman, who was the fellow I talked about earlier, and it was some of the last work he did, and this was with Michael Ambrose of Argo press out of Austin, Texas. And we did some early characters that had been published by Charlton Comics. They had, they had characters, they were, they were rip offs. Let's be honest. You know Harvey had Casper the Friendly Ghost. Well, Charlton had Timmy, the timid ghost. There, there was Mighty Mouse. Well, Charlton Comics had atomic mouse, so and there was an atomic rabbit. And Warner Brothers had Porky Pig. Charlton had pudgy pig, but that was some of George's earliest work in the 1950s was drawing these characters, and George was just he was a master Bigfoot cartoonist. I mean, he was outstanding. And so Mike said, let's bring those characters back. They're public domain. We can use them. So I wrote the scripts. George did the pencil art. Well, he inked the first few, but Mike had me do hand lettering, which I don't do that much. So it was that was a challenge. And my friend high Iseman taught lettering for years and years, and so I was thinking, high is going to see this? This has to be good. So I probably re lettered it three times to get it right, but we did the very last story we did was atomic rabbit and pudgy pig was a guest star, and then George's character named brother George, who was a little monk who didn't speak, who lived, lived in a monastery, and did good deeds and all that sort of thing. He was in there, and this was the last thing we did together. And George said, you know, since I've got these other projects, he said, Do you think you can, you can ink this? So that was a great honor to actually apply the inks over George's pencil work. And I also did digital color, but those were some things I worked on, and, oh, at one point we even had Lum and Abner in the Dick Tracy Sunday comic strip, and that was because of a gentleman named Mike Curtis, who was the writer who lived in Arkansas, was very familiar with Lum and Abner, and he got in touch with me and asked, this was in 2014 said, Would it be possible for me to use Lum and Abner in a Sunday cameo? So I contacted the locks. First thing they first thing Chet said was how much I said, I don't think they're going to pay us. I felt like, Cedric, we hunt, no mom, you know. And I felt like he was squire skimp at the time, yeah, but I said, it's just going to be really good publicity. So he finally went for it, and Lum and Abner had a cameo in a Sunday Dick Tracy comic strip, and about four years later, they honored me. This was Mike Curtis, the writer, and Joe Staton, the artist, who was another guy that I grew up reading from as a teenager, just a tremendous artist, asked if they could base a character on me. And I thought, what kind of murderer is he going to be? You know, it was going to be idiot face or what's his name, you know. So no, he was going to be a cartoonist, and the name was Peter pitchblende. Off, and he was, he said his job was to illustrate a comic strip about a pair of old comedians. So, I mean, who couldn't be honored by that? Yeah, so I don't remember how long that story lasted, but it was an honor. I mean, it was just great fun. And then then I had a chance to write two weeks of Dick Tracy, which was fun. I wrote the scripts for it and and then there's some other things. I was able to work with John rose, a tremendously nice guy who is the current artist on Barney Google and Snuffy Smith. We did a story, a comic book story, on Barney Google on Snuffy Smith in a magazine called Charleton spotlight, and I did the colors, digital coloring for that. So just these are just great honors to me to get to work with people like that. And Nick Cuddy, I did some inking, lettering coloring on some of his work. So just great experience, and Michael Hingson  36:02 great people, going back to atomic rabbit and pudgy pig, no one ever got in trouble with, from Warner Brothers with that, huh? Donnie Pitchford  36:09 Well, not, not on atomic rabbit, however, pudgy pig created a problem because George was doing some art, and I think somebody from Warner Brothers said he looks too much like Porky, so the editor at the time said, make one of his ears hang down, make him look a little different. But pudgy didn't last long. Pudgy was only around maybe two or three issues of the comic book, so, but yeah, that's George. Said they did have some trouble with that. Michael Hingson  36:44 Oh, people, what do you do? Yeah, well, I know you sent us a bunch of photos, and we have some of the Dick Tracy ones and others that people can go see. But what? What finally got you all to start the whole lemon Abner society. Donnie Pitchford  37:07 Oh, well, that goes back to 1983 right, and I'll go back even farther than that. I told you that my dad had mentioned lemon Abner to me as a kid. Dr Joe Oliver played a 15 minute lemon Abner show on KSA you at Stephen F Austin State University. That got me. I was already into old time radio, but it was the next summer 1981 there's a radio station, an am station in Gilmer, Texas Christian radio station that started running Lum and Abner every day. First it was 530 in the evening, and then I think they switched it to 1215 or so. And I started listening, started setting up my recorder, recording it every day. And a friend of mine named David Miller, who was also a radio show collector, lived in the Dallas area, I would send them to him, and at first he wasn't impressed, but then suddenly he got hooked. And when he got hooked, he got enthusiastic. He started making phone calls. He called Mrs. Lock chet's widow and talked to her. He spoke to a fellow who had written a number of articles, George Lily, who was an early proponent or an early promoter of lemon Abner, as far as reruns in the 1960s and it was through George Lilly that I was put in touch with Sam Brown in Dongola, Illinois, and because he had contacted Mr. Lilly as well. And before long, we were talking, heard about this guy named Tim Hollis. Sam and I met in Pine Ridge for lemon Abner day in 1982 for the first time, and hit it off like long lost friends and became very good friends. And then in 84 I believe it was Sam and Tim and Rex riffle met again, or met for the first time together, I guess in Pine Ridge. And I wasn't there that time. But somehow, in all of that confusion, it was proposed to start the national lemon Abner society, and we started publishing the Jot them down journal in the summer of 1984 Michael Hingson  39:43 and for those who don't know the Jotham down journal, because the store that lemon Abner ran was the Jotham down store anyway, right? Donnie Pitchford  39:50 Go ahead, yes. And that was Tim's title. Tim created the title The Jotham down journal, and we started publishing and started seeking information. And it started as just a simple photocopy on paper publication. It became a very slick publication. In 1990 or 91 Sam started recording cassettes, reading the journals, because we were hearing from Blind fans that said, you know, I enjoy the journal. I have to have somebody read it to me. This is before screen readers. And of course, you know this technology better than I do, but before any type of technology was available, and Sam said, Well, I'll tell you. I'll just start reading it on tape and I'll make copies. Just started very simply, and from then on, until the last issue in in 2007 Sam would record a cassette every other month, or when we went quarterly, four times a year, and he would mail those to the the blind members, who would listen to those. And sometimes they would keep them, and sometimes they would return them for Sam to recycle. But incidentally, those are all online now, Michael Hingson  41:03 yeah, I've actually looked at a few of those. Those are kind of fun. So the London Avenue society got formed, and then you started having conventions. Donnie Pitchford  41:14 Yes, yes. First convention was in 1985 and we did a lot of things with we would do recreations. We would do a lot of new scripts, where, if we had someone that we got to the point where we would have people that hadn't worked with lemon Abner. So we would have lemon Abner meet the great Gildersleeve. Actually, Willard had worked on the lumen Abner half hour show at some point. I believe les Tremain had never worked directly with them, but he was well, he was in some Horlicks malted milk commercials in the 1930s and of course, the Lone Ranger was never on the London Abner show and vice versa, until we got hold of it. So we had Fred Foy in 1999 and he agreed to be the announcer, narrator and play the part of the Lone Ranger. So we did Lum and Abner meet the Lone Ranger, which was a lot of fun. We had parley bear, so Lum and Abner met Chester of Gun Smoke. And those were just a lot of fun to do. And Tim, Tim would write some of them, I would write some of them, or we would collaborate back and forth to come up with these scripts. Did love and amner, ever meet Superman? No, we never got to that. That would have been great. Yeah, if we could have come up with somebody who had played Superman, that would have been a lot of fun. We had lemon Abner meet Kathie Lee Crosby as herself. Yeah, they met Frank brazzi One time. That must be fun. It was a lot of fun. We had some people would recreate the characters. We had the lady who had played Abner's daughter, Mary Lee Rob replay. She played that character again, 50 years later, coming back home to see, you know, to see family. Several other things, we had London Abner meet Gumby one time. Of all things, we had Dow McKinnon as a guest. And we had Kay Lineker come back and reprise one of her roles, the role she played in the London Abner movie. Bob's Watson did that as well. Some years we didn't have a script, which I regret, but we had other things going on. We had anniversaries of London Abner movies that we would play. So whatever we did, we tailored it around our guest stars, like Dick Beals, Sam Edwards, Roby Lester, gee whiz. I know I'm leaving people out. Michael Hingson  43:52 Well, that's okay, but, but certainly a lot of fun. What? Yes, what? Cartoonist really influenced you as a child? Donnie Pitchford  44:01 Oh, wow. I would say the first thing I saw that got my attention was the Flintstones on on prime time television, you know, the Hanna Barbera prime time things certainly Walt Disney, the animation that they would run, that he would show, and the behind the scenes, things that would be on the Disney show, things like almost almost anything animated as a kid, got my attention. But Walter Lance, you know, on the Woody Woodpecker show used to have, he'd have little features about how animation was done, and that that inspired me, that that just thrilled me. And I read Fred lachel's Snuffy Smith Chester Gould's Dick Tracy. Tracy, which that was a that's why the Dick Tracy connection, later was such a big deal for me. Almost anything in the Sunday comics that was big. Foot. In other words, the cartoony, exaggerated characters are called, sometimes called Bigfoot, Bigfoot cartooning, or Bigfoot characters. Those were always the things I looked for, Bugs Bunny, any of the people that worked on those some were anonymous. And years later, I started learning the names of who drew Popeye, you know, like LZ seagar, the originator, or bud sagendorf or George Wildman, and later high eysman. But people like that were my heroes. Later on, I was interested in I would read the Batman comics, or I would see Tarzan in the newspaper. I admired the work of Russ Manning. Michael Hingson  45:49 Do you know the name Tom Hatton? Yes, I do. Yeah. Yes. Tom did Popeye shows on KTLA Channel Five when I was growing up, and he was famous for, as he described it, squiggles. He would make a squiggle and he would turn it into something. And he was right on TV, which was so much fun. Donnie Pitchford  46:09 We had a guy in Memphis who did the same thing. His name was, he's known as Captain Bill, C, A, P, you know, Captain Bill. And he did very much the same thing. He'd have a child come up, I think some, in some cases, they're called drools. Is one word for them. There was a yeah, in Tim hollis's area, there was cousin Cliff Holman who did that. And would he might have a kid draw a squiggle, and then he would create something from it right there on the spot, a very similar type of thing, or a letter of the alphabet, or your initials, that sort Michael Hingson  46:43 of thing. Yeah. Tom did that for years. It was fun. Of course, I couldn't see them, but he talked enough that I knew what was going on. It's kind of fun. My brother loved them, yeah? So later on, when you got to be a teenager and beyond what cartoonist maybe influenced you more? Donnie Pitchford  47:03 Well, I would have to say George, probably because I was corresponding with him, right? Also, I would see the work of Carl Barks, who created Uncle Scrooge McDuck and the Donald Duck comics and all that. His stuff was all in reprint at that time, he was still living, but I didn't know he could be contacted. I didn't try to write to it, right? Years later, years later, I did get an autograph, which was, was very nice. But those people, a lot of people, Neil Adams, who did Batman, the guys at Charlton Comics, Steve Ditko, who was the CO creator of spider man, but he had a disagreement with Stan Lee, and went back to Charlton Comics and just turned out 1000s of pages, but his work was was inspirational. Another was Joe Staton, who was working at Charleton comics, who I got to work with on several projects later on, and I would say just all of those guys that I was reading at the time. Pat Boyette was another Charlton artist. I tend to gravitate toward the Charlton company because their artists weren't contained in a house style. They were allowed to do their own style. They didn't pay as much. But a lot of them were either older guys that said, I'm tired of this, of the DC Marvel system. I want to just, you know, have creative freedom. Charlton said, come on. And so they would work there and less stress, less money, probably one guy named Don Newton started there and became a legend in the industry at other companies. So I found all of those guys inspiring, and I felt I could learn from all of them. Michael Hingson  48:59 Well, you always wanted to be a cartoonist. Did you have any other real career goals, like, was teaching a goal that you wanted to do, or was it just cartooning it? Donnie Pitchford  49:07 Well, it was just a secondary, you know, as I said, when I started, I thought, I'll just do that for a few years. You know, I didn't know it was going to be like 27 but I we had a lot of success. We had, I had some student groups that would enter video competitions. And for 20 straight years, we placed either first, second or third in state competition with one Summit, one entry, another or another every year. And that was notable. I mean, I give the kids the credit for that. But then about five or six of those years, we had what we call state championship wins, you know, we were like the number one project in the state of Texas. So, you know, we had some great success, I think, in that so a lot of years there, I really, you know, that was a blessing to me. Was that career, you. Well, it just, it just got to be too much time for change. After a while, Michael Hingson  50:05 was art just a talent that you had, and cartoon drawing a talent you had, or, I don't remember how much you said about did you have any real special training as such? Donnie Pitchford  50:14 Well, all of my training was, I just couldn't afford to go to a specialized school. You know, at one time, the Joe Kubert School opened just about the time I graduated high school, it was in New Jersey. I just couldn't make that happen, so I went to state colleges and universities and did the best I could. I took commercial art classes, drawing classes, design classes, even ceramics, which came in very handy when I did some sculpting here in the last eight or nine years and worked as an assistant to a sculptor named Bob harness who lives here in Carthage, but I never had any actual comic strip slash comic book training, so I learned as much of that as I could from guys like George wild. And then after I started the lemon Avenue comic strip, an artist named Joe, named Jim Amish, who worked for Marvel, did a lot of work for the Archie Comics. And tremendous anchor is his. He's really a tremendous anchor, and does a lot of ink work over other artists pencils. Jim would call and say, he said, I want to give you some advice. I'm like, okay, at 3am he's still giving me advice. So I'd go around for two or three days feeling like a failure, but then I would, I would think about all the lessons, you know, that he had told me. And so I learned a lot from Jim and tremendous, tremendous guy. And I would listen to what high, sometimes high would call up and say, Why did you use that purple beg your pardon. So it was fun. I mean, those fellows would share with me, and I learned a great deal from those guys. Michael Hingson  52:11 Are you in any way passing that knowledge on to others today? Donnie Pitchford  52:16 I don't know that I am. I've had an offer or two to do some teaching. I just don't know if I'm if I'm going to get back into that or not. Yeah, I'm so at this point, focused on, quote, unquote, being a cartoonist and trying to make that, that age five dream, a reality, that I'm not sure I'm ready to do that again. And you know, I'm not, I'm not 21 anymore. Michael Hingson  52:45 I didn't know whether you were giving advice to people and just sort of informally doing it, as opposed to doing formal teaching. Donnie Pitchford  52:51 Well, informally, yes, I mean, if anybody asks, you know, I'll be glad to share whatever I can. But yeah, I'm not teaching any classes at this point. Michael Hingson  53:01 Well, you have certainly taken lemon Abner to interesting places in New Heights. One, one thing that attracted me and we talked about it before, was in 2019, lemon Abner in Oz. That was fun. Donnie Pitchford  53:17 Well, the credit for that goes to Tim Hollis. Tim wrote that as a short story years ago when he was first interested in lemon Abner. And I don't know if he ever had that published through the International oz society or not. I don't remember, but Tim later turned that into a radio script when we had a batch of guests. This was in 2001 we had, let's see Sam Edwards, Dick Beals, Roby Lester and Rhoda Williams. And each of them had done something related to Oz, either the children's records or storybook records or animation or something. They were involved somewhere in some type of Oz adaptation. So Tim turned his short story into a radio script that we performed there at the convention. So that was a lot of fun. And then he suggested, Why don't I turn that into a comic strip story? So that's what we did. But that was fun, yeah, and we used the recordings of those people because they had given us permission, you know, to use a recording however we saw fit. The only problem is we had a mistake. The fellow that was running the sound had a dead mic and didn't know it. Oh, gosh. So some of them are bit Off mic in that audio, but we did the best. I did the best I could Michael Hingson  54:40 with it's it sounded good. I certainly have no complaints. 54:45 Thank you for that. Michael Hingson  54:47 I I said no complaints at all. I think it was really fun and very creative. And it's kind of really neat to see so much creativity in terms of all the stuff that that you do. As a cartoonist, me having never seen cartoons, but I learned intellectually to appreciate the talent that goes into it. And of course, you guys do put the scripts together every week, which is a lot of fun to be able to listen to them well. Donnie Pitchford  55:17 And that's what that was, the audience I hoped that we would would tap into right there and it, it was guys like you that would would talk to me and say, What am I going to do? You know, I can't see it. So that's why the audio idea came about. And it's taken on a life of its own, really. And we've got Mark Ridgway, who has created a lot of musical cues for us that we use and Michael Hingson  55:45 who plays the organ? Donnie Pitchford  55:47 That's Mark Ridgway. It is Mark, okay, yes, yes. And it's actually digital, I'm sure. I think it's a digital keyboard, Michael Hingson  55:55 yeah, but it is. It's a, it's a really good sounding one, though. Donnie Pitchford  55:59 Yes, yes. There are a few cues that I did, which probably are the ones that don't sound so good, like if we ever need really bad music. If you remember the story we did, and I don't remember the name of it, what do we call it anyway? Lum tries to start a soap opera. Think this was about a year ago. Yeah, and Cedric is going to play, I don't remember it was an organ or a piano, and I don't remember what he played, but whatever it was, I think was Mary Had Michael Hingson  56:32 a Little Lamb, Mary's, Mary Had a Little Lamb on the piano. Sort of kind played. Donnie Pitchford  56:35 It was played very badly, well that, yes, it was on purpose. When mom plays lum tries to play the saxophone. That was me, and I hadn't played this. I used to play the sax. In fact, I played in a swing orchestra here in Carthage, Texas for about five years back in from the early 90s. And so I had this idea, and I hadn't played the horn probably since, probably in 20 years, and his. So I got it out, and I thought, you know, it's gonna sound terrible because it needs maintenance, but it doesn't matter. It's lump playing it, so I got to play really badly. Michael Hingson  57:14 It was perfect. It was perfect, Donnie Pitchford  57:16 yeah, because it had to sound bad. Michael Hingson  57:19 How do y'all create all these different plots. I remember so many, like the buzzard, you know, and, oh yeah, that was fun. And so many. How do you come up with those? Donnie Pitchford  57:28 Well, I used to get some really good ideas while mowing the yard. Don't ask me, why? Or I get ideas. I get ideas in the weirdest thing, weirdest places. Sometimes I have ideas in the shower. You know, I said, I better write this down. Sometimes I'll wake up in the middle of the night with an idea, but there the ideas just come to me. Yeah? The buzzard was fun. I'd had that one. Pretty creative. Yeah, the one about, the one about, let me see. Oh, there was one we did, where wasn't the buzzard? What was that other one? I called the Whisper? Yeah, there was a strange voice that was coming lum thought it was coming from his radio. And he turns his radio off, and He still hears it, and it was a villain who had somehow hypnotized everyone so that they wouldn't see him and he would use his voice only. And then there's a character I came up with, and let me see Larry Gasman played it, and I called him Larry John Walden, and he was the only guy he was blind. He was the only guy that wasn't hypnotized because he couldn't see the you know, I use the old thing about the watch in front of the eyes. I mean, he was the only guy that wasn't hypnotized, so he wasn't fooled by the whisper, and he could track him, because his hearing was so acute that he was able to find him. In fact, I think he could hear his watch ticking or something like that. So he was the hero of that piece. But, well, I just, I just think up ideas and write them down. Tim Hollis has written some of the scripts, maybe three or four for me, I've adapted some scripts that London Abner did that were never broadcast or that were never recorded. Rather, I've adapted a few, written several, and I keep saying, Well, when I completely run out of ideas, I'll just have to quit. Michael Hingson  59:32 Well, hopefully that never happens. What? What are your future plans? Donnie Pitchford  59:38 Well, right now, there's nothing major in the works other than just maintaining the strip, trying to continue it, trying to make it entertaining, and hopefully doing a little work on the website and getting it into the hands of more people. And I'd like to increase. Least newspaper coverage, if at all possible. And because this thing doesn't, you know, it's got to pay for itself somehow. So you know, I'm not getting rich by any means. But you know, I want to keep it fun. I want to keep having fun with it. Hopefully people will enjoy it. Hopefully we can reach younger readers, listeners, and hopefully lemon Abner can appeal to even younger audiences yet, so that we can keep those characters going. Michael Hingson  1:00:29 Yeah, there's so much entertainment there. I hope that happens now in the the life of Donnie Pitchford. Is there a wife and kids? Donnie Pitchford  1:00:40 Yes, there's a wife of almost 40 years. We unfortunately don't have any children. We've almost feel like we adopted several children all the years we were teaching. We we've adopted several cats along the way. And so, you know, we've had cats as pets for almost ever, since we were married. But that's she's, she's great, you know, she's, she's been my best friend and supporter all these years. And we were members of first Methodist Church here in Carthage, Texas, and doing some volunteer work there, and helping to teach Sunday school, and very involved and active in that church. Michael Hingson  1:01:19 So I have a cat, and I hear her outside, not outside the house, but outside the the office here, she wants me to go feed her, and we, we shaved her yesterday because her hair gets long and Matt's very easily. So she got shaved yesterday. So she's probably seeking a little vengeance from that too, but, but my wife and I were married 40 years. She passed away in November of 2022 so it's me and stitch the cat and Alamo the dog, and Karen is monitoring us somewhere. And as I tell everyone, I've got to continue to be a good kid, because if I'm not, I'm going to hear about it. So I got to be good. But it's a lot of fun. Well, I want to thank you for being with us today. This has been a lot of fun. I've learned a lot, but it's just been great to have another podcast talking about old radio shows. And you said again, if people want to reach out, they can go to lemon Abner comics.com if people want to talk to you about doing any kind of cartooning or anything like that. What's the best way they can do that? Donnie Pitchford  1:02:24 Well, they can go to the London Abner dot lumen, Abner comics.com website, and there's a contact a link right there at the top of the page. So yeah, they can contact me through that. Probably that's the easiest way to do it. Michael Hingson  1:02:37 Okay, well, I want to thank you again for being here, and I want to thank all y'all out there. That's how they talk in Texas, right? It's all y'all for everybody. Donnie Pitchford  1:02:46 Well, some of them do, and some of them in Arkansas do too. Well, yeah. Michael Hingson  1:02:49 And then there's some who don't, yeah, y'all means everything, and it Speaker 1  1:02:54 don't, yeah, I don't think squire skimp says it that way. Michael Hingson  1:02:58 Well, Squire, you know, whatever it takes. But I want to thank you all for being here, and please give us a five star rating wherever you're listening or watching the podcast. Donnie would appreciate it. I would appreciate it, and also give us a review. We'd love to get your reviews, so please do that. If you can think of anyone else who ought to be a guest, and I think Donnie has already suggested a few. So Donnie as well, anyone else who ought to come on the podcast, we'd love it. Appreciate you introducing us, and you know, we'll go from there. And I know at some point in the future, the Michael hingson Group Inc is going to be a sponsor, because we've started that process for lemon. Abner, yes, thank you. Thank you. So I want to, I want to thank love and Squire for that 1:03:45 years. Well, it's been my pleasure. Michael Hingson  1:03:50 Well, thank you all and again, really, seriously, Donnie, I really appreciate you being here. This has been a lot of fun. So thank you for coming. Donnie Pitchford  1:03:58 Thank you. 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In this episode of SparX, Mukesh Bansal sits down with Sanjeev Bikhchandani, founder of Info Edge (Naukri.com), the man who quietly built the foundation of India's internet economy.From bootstrapping Naukri for 10 years without a salary to backing iconic startups like Zomato and Policybazaar, Sanjeev's story is a masterclass in patience, conviction, and timing. He reflects on his early dreams of entrepreneurship in the 1970s, quitting his stable job in the 80s for independence, surviving the dot-com bubble, and helping shape India's startup ecosystem.They talk about:How Naukri was born before the internet arrived in India.The 7 years Sanjeev lived without a salary and how he made it work.Missing early investments in Flipkart, Ola, and Lenskart and what he learned.The mental models around luck, timing, and persistence.Why India still hasn't built trillion-dollar tech companies and how that could change.His hopes for India's next wave of startups in AI, deep tech, and IP creation.Sanjeev also opens up about his personal evolution from a restless 25-year-old marketer selling Horlicks to one of India's most respected entrepreneurs and investors.If you want to understand the real DNA of Indian entrepreneurship, this conversation is a rare glimpse into the mind of the man who started it all.Chapters:00:00 – 01:18 Introduction01:19 – 03:38 Missing Flipkart, Myntra & Ola03:39 – 10:10 The JRD Tata Moment10:11 – 17:36 Early Career & Struggles17:37 – 24:08 First Startup Experiments24:09 – 30:09 How Naukri Was Born30:10 – 41:44 Dotcom boom & crazy valuations41:45 – 44:14 The Role of Luck44:15 – 51:27 Betting Early on India's Unicorns51:28 – 54:09 What He Seeks in Founders54:10 – 1:03:03 Can India Build Trillion-Dollar Tech Giants?1:03:04 – 1:10:22 Career Advice from Sanjeev

 Bhavana Mittal | Co-Founder,  Executive Director, Chief Growth Officer Bert labs Awarded Marketing, Media, Digital professional, Speaker, Advisory Board Member and Jury member for various industry associations, Yoga teacher (YT200) with 25+ years of experience. At Bert Labs, Bhavana plays a crucial role with intertwined functions. She serves as the visionary leader, setting the strategic direction for the company and ensuring that its mission aligns with the rapidly evolving tech landscape. She provides overall guidance, supervises the executive team, and maintain a strong connection with the board of directors to secure support for innovative ventures.On the other hand, at Bert Labs Bhavana fuels growth in the dynamic environment. She identifies opportunities, forging strategic partnerships, and driving revenue through the introduction of Bert Platform Solution and products in the market. She keeps a keen eye on market trends, harnessing data analytics to inform product development and marketing strategies, and fostering customer engagement to ensure the company's offerings are precisely tailored to meet emerging requirements. Bhavana drives the leadership team that balances visionary direction with actionable growth initiatives, propelling Bert Labs to success in the competitive tech landscape.Her career trajectory prior to Bert Labs has been:VP (Head) – Media and Digital at RPSG Group where Bhavana worked across all the Group businesses, including Saregama Caravan, Too Yumm!, Naturali, Spencer's, Nature's Basket, Fortune India, Open, Hello! Magazine, RPSG Sports (including Lucknow SuperGiants)Regional Head – Media, Digital and Communication, South Asia at Reckitt Benckiser, working across Digital and Media for all brands including Dettol, Durex, Harpic, Lizol, Vanish, Veet etc. Was a part of the integration team for Mead Johnson into RB. India represenative for Digital CoEHead – Media and CSR, India Sub-continent for GSK Consumer Healthcare, working across all brands including Horlicks, Boost, Eno, Crocin, Iodex, etc. Launched Sensodyne in India successfully. Headed Indirect Procurement for the initial 2 years. Was a part of the integration team for Novartisinto GSKCH. Led Global taskforce for strategic initiatives Manager and Head, Media Audit as part of Accenture Consulting. Set up the practice for Indian and International ClientsMedia Director/Head of Media at Cheil Communications, for Samsung and Hyundai business. Launched Samsung Mobile phones and LEDs, Samsung Side-by-side refrigerators, Hyundai Tuscon and Hyundai Sonata during her stint Media Director at Initiative Media for LG, Revlon and Nestle business Manager at Maximize (GroupM) for NIIT, Electrolux, JK Tyres business Media Supervisor at Universal McCann for Reckitt Benckiser, Indiatimes Media Executive at Saatchi & Saatchi, launched Hyundai, Santro and Accent in India Industry  

What happens when a global FMCG giant hits pause on its playbook and places a bold new bet on leadership? In this episode of The Morning Brief, host Ratna Bhushan speaks with Sandip Ghose, HUL veteran and currently Managing Director of MP Birla Cement, and ET’s Senior Editor Sagar Malviya to unpack the high-stakes leadership transition at Hindustan Unilever Limited, where the abrupt exit of CEO Rohit Jawa has made way for marketing veteran Priya Nair. From long-standing market pressures and legacy baggage like GSK’s Horlicks to shifting consumer trends, the conversation traces the strategic recalibrations underway at HUL. With insights into the contrasting legacies of Jawa and his predecessor Sanjiv Mehta, the episode explores what Nair’s digital-first, premium-led approach could mean for the company’s growth story. Will her vision reinvigorate investor confidence and steer HUL through a slowing consumer cycle? Or is this a bigger story about transformation, expectation, and the evolving DNA of leadership in Indian corporates?Tune inYou can follow Ratna Bhushan on her Linkedin, Twitter profiles and read her Newspaper Articles. Check out other interesting episodes from the host like: Tariffs trump trade, Health Hazards in your Grocery Bag, Trump vs Harvard: India Impact, Explaining India’s Record FDI Freefall and much more.Catch the latest episode of ‘The Morning Brief’ on ET Play, The Economic Times Online, Spotify, Apple Podcasts, JioSaavn, Amazon Music and Youtube.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Welcome to our review of PR pitches and mergers & acquisitions in the UK PR scene with Andrew Bloch. Here we discuss the biggest pitch wins and mergers & acquisitions that the PR sector has seen in March 2025Andrew is the lead consultant - PR, Social, Content and Influencer at the new business consultancy firm AAR and a partner at PCB Partners, where he advises on buying and selling marketing services agencies.Before we start, do check out the homepage of PRmoment. We're entering our pre summer golden events period and there is a LOT going on. We've got webinars, lunches, networking and face to face conferences and events.Everything is on the PR Calendar which you can access from the homepage of PRmoment but do check out our next webinars:In an Era of Global Doubt: How can Brand Communications be Optimistic? This webinar is on 29th April. This webinar is free to attend.Also check out this Creative Moment Creative Campaign Case Studies webinar on 30th April, tickets are £35 + vatAlso, thanks so much to the PRmoment Podcast sponsors the PRCA.Here's a summary of what Andrew and PRmoment founder Ben Smith discussed:PITCH WINSPapa Johns appoints The Romans – culture-first PR and social retained account; 6-figure brief to elevate brand creativity.Café Direct appoints Tin Man – UK PR and social for ethical coffee brand, Tin Man further expands its food division.Horlicks appoints Tangerine – Influencer and social brief for Kids Chocoland, targeting parents.Uber Boats appoints PC Agency – Global brief to promote London river bus service, including electric ferry launch.Sudocrem appoints Brazen – Extended PR, influencer, and social content to broaden audience reach.Stock Spirits Group appoints The Remarkables – EU brief for product launches, international expansion and ESG commitments.MGM+ appoints Academy – UK/EU retained agency for streaming platform's brand and content campaigns.Verify Me appoints Academy – Age verification tech provider; brief includes US and Europe expansion.O&CC appoints Brandnation – Integrated PR, influencer, marketing, and creative brief for retail brands.Segway Navimow appoints Sprekley PR – Launch of X3 robotic lawnmower with Paris event and product reviews.Molton Brown appoints PC Agency – Hotel amenities PR to increase hotel placements, B2B and B2C focus.Tristan Capital Partners appoints Duet London – Launch of Sicilian Ave in London as dining and social destination.Health Shield Friendly Society appoints Midnight – B2B brief to position as leading employee health benefits provider.SunLife appoints Third City – Raise awareness of financial services and promote new brand image.Love Finance appoints WPR – Paid social creative across TikTok and Meta for brand awareness and lead gen.The Brain Tumour Charity appoints Evergreen PR – GP education campaign to support faster brain tumour diagnosis.Capgemini appoints Fleishman Hillard – Global comms agency for integrated support and brand reputation management.Serco appoints MHP – Strategic and corporate comms brief for outsourcing company working with governments.Experience Oman appoints Finn Partners – PR and marketing to enhance awareness of Oman's tourism.M&A activityTogether Group acquired experiential tech agencies, Imerza and Visualisation One – expanding service lines in the luxury market with VR and game-engine tech.Sauce Communications buys a majority stake in The M Collective – creating The Sauce Collective, a luxury lifestyle PR and digital agency with 50 FTEs.Finn Partners acquired Rice C

Lance O'Sullivan is New Zealand racing royalty. A Hall of Fame jockey, who is the son of a Hall of Fame trainer.Lance was born to racing and from his first race in 1980, wins and records fell to him as if by right. He was a champion jockey a record twelve times, had six wins in a day on five occasions, 62 Group One wins (including 10 in Australia) and from start to finish – rode nearly 2,500 winners.In this episode we learn why Lance wakes up at 3.30am and why Damien McKenzie is often at his house, how he won the Japan Cup on Horlicks in 1989 in front of 140,000 people, his feelings on finishing second behind Bonecrusher in the ‘race of the century', how his wife Bridgette turned the Red Barn into one of NZ's best wedding venues, the state of the racing industry in NZ, animal welfare, family and so much more.This was a ripper of a chat – and Lance was the perfect guest to take us behind the scenes of the racing world.If you'd like to get one of our epic guests in to MC or Speak at your function or event, flick us a message by going to B2Bspeakers.co.nz.This episode is brought to you by TAB, download the new app today and get your bet on!Between Two Beers is now part of the Acast Creator Network, listen wherever you get your podcasts from, or watch the video on YouTube.Enjoy. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Revant Himatsingka, aka Foodpharmer known for his innovative approach towards content, shares his journey in this insightful episode. With topics ranging from monetising content to the future of @Foodpharmer , Revant offers valuable advice for aspiring creators and entrepreneurs alike.The episode opens with an introduction to Revant's background in content creation, highlighting his path and the lessons he's learned along the way. Delving into the essentials of how he monetises his content, Revant reveals practical strategies for creators to turn their passion into profit, making it an invaluable guide for those aiming to sustain their passion projects financially with honesty.Revant further explores the concept of FoodPharmer, emphasizing why it's a necessary model across various business sectors. In discussing Revant's future goals, he shares his vision and ambitions, offering a roadmap for anyone looking to expand their impact through transparency.The episode wraps up with Revant's review of the Sensi Smart 3 Razor, giving a glimpse into his content creation style and commitment to honest reviews and a very interesting rapid-fire round where Revant discloses his plans of becoming the Health Minister in 2029. Packed with actionable insights and forward-thinking ideas, this episode is a must-listen for anyone looking to grow in the content creation space and drive real value across industries.Want to Join the Action IRL?Participate in Razorprenuer 2.0! Showcase your creativity with the Sensi Smart 3 Razor and you could stand a chance to win a contract ≈ ₹10 Lakh, influencer deals, and a feature with Shantanu on The Barbershop!Here's how to jump in:1. Sign up through the link in bio.2. Create a reel, ad, or post featuring the Sensi Smart 3 Razor.3. Tag @Bombayshavingcompany with #IndiaKaSmartestCreatorKaun.This is your chance to shine! Show us what you have got and register here:https://bit.ly/3Y6LZU9

The powerful storytelling & branding within commodities can destroy categories. Richard shares his thoughts on standout brands like Liquid Death and provides behind-the-scenes details on successful projects like Seabrook and Horlicks. This conversation dives deep into the nuances of maintaining brand identity and leveraging creativity to break through saturated markets. Richard emphasizes the importance of understanding business problems before jumping into creative solutions, a strategy that has guided Brandon Consultants in their work with established consumer goods brands. They discuss the significance of seamlessly blending emotional storytelling and clear communication in packaging design, illustrated through examples like the evolution of Seabrook's packaging and the transformation of Horlicks from sleep aid to relaxation beverage. Moreover, the episode touches on the trends in today's packaging industry, emphasizing the need for maintaining brand integrity while staying current in a rapidly evolving market. About the Guest: Richard Brandon Taylor is the co-founder of Brandon Consultants, a branding and design agency. With extensive experience in the Middle East and the UK through significant agencies such as WPP's Brand Union and Landor Associates, he has honed his expertise in growing iconic brands. Richard specializes in finding creative solutions for businesses in commoditized categories, combining a strategic approach with creative execution. His background in client service, strategy, and commercial understanding makes him a valuable leader in the branding industry. Key Takeaways: Branding in Commoditized Markets: Creativity is key to standing out in saturated markets, as illustrated by successful brands like Liquid Death and Seabrook. Emotional Storytelling: Packaging must convey a story that resonates with consumers emotionally, making products like Horlicks not just about sleep, but about relaxation and comfort. Client Insights: Understanding the client's business problems is essential to creating effective design solutions that drive growth and solve underlying issues. Trends in Packaging: The rise of bold, provocative packaging and the importance of balancing trends with long-term brand integrity. Category Disruption: Potential for innovation in traditionally dull categories, such as water, toilet tissue, and cleaning products, through unique storytelling and design. Notable Quotes: "I love challenger brands that do that… just use creativity and you might find a way." "You see the challenges that have been faced internally within the organization by looking at their packaging." "Brands need to have a heart, brands still have to have a truth to them that people buy into." "We've always looked at what's the business problem trying to solve, how can brand help that, and then how can creativity help brand." "It's really interesting, you can tap into the culture of a nation through a supermarket." Resources: Richard Taylor on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/richardbrandontaylor/ Brandon Consultants: https://www.brandon-consultants.com Evelio on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/eveliomattos/ Download your own free sustainable packaging guide: https://idpdirect.com/design-guides/ Explore the dynamic world of branding and packaging with Richard Taylor in this episode. Don't miss out on these valuable insights, and stay tuned for more enlightening content from the podcast!

A very special mix, only for Blueboy's Café, 8 tracks from Papua New Guinea/ The Sound of London, plus the drivetime Brooklyn , Balearic Burger section.Also featuring the latest from UK and Ibiza, plus finally our Sunset 'Horlicks' session, getting UK ready for bed.For more info and tracklisting, visit: https://thefaceradio.com/blueboys-cafe-balearic-beats/Tune into new broadcasts of Blueboy's Cafe Balearic Beats, Wednesdays from 4 - 6 PM EST / 9 - 11 PM GMT//Dig this show? Please consider supporting The Face Radio: http://support.thefaceradio.com Support The Face Radio with PatreonSupport this show http://supporter.acast.com/thefaceradio. Join the family at https://plus.acast.com/s/thefaceradio. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Is there such a thing as perfect sleep? Leading expert in circadian neuroscience from Oxford University, Professor Russel Foster, joins host Evgeny Lebedev, to explain the science behind nighttime slumber and why it's crucial to living our best lives awake. The pair discuss everything from sleep hygiene, our circadian rhythm and body clocks, the impact of technology before bed and whether it actually affects us, the myths, and even some tips to improve longevity. This episode also includes excerpts from Eight Sleep founder Matteo Franceschetti, the pop star Rita Ora, and the author and actress Davinia Taylor.Topics discussed in this episode:Is sleep an indulgence?How a bad culture of sleep was heightened in the 1980sCan poor sleep link to dementia?The different types of sleep: Deep and RemThe science of our dreamsUnderstanding how circadian rhythms work and how they relate to our genetic makeupThe perfect recipe for a napSleeping pills and memory lossAre sleep apps worth the hype?The critical role of body temperatureSleep myths: Cheese and dreams, sipping Horlicks and counting sheepRita Ora's sleep routineGet in touch with us at podcasts@standard.co.uk Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week, Join us on Blueboy's Cafe Balearic Beats! We've got Drivetime USA to keep you cruising, our Balearic Burger session with the latest from the UK and Ibiza, and a special mix from Mike Wilson aka 100 Poems. Everything's Balearic, culminating with our Sunset 'Horlicks' Session , to get the UK ready for bed. For more info and tracklisting, visit: https://thefaceradio.com/blueboys-cafe-balearic-beats/Tune into new broadcasts of Blueboy's Cafe Balearic Beats, Wednesdays from 4 - 6 PM EST / 9 - 11 PM GMT//Dig this show? Please consider supporting The Face Radio: http://support.thefaceradio.com Support The Face Radio with PatreonSupport this show http://supporter.acast.com/thefaceradio. Join the family at https://plus.acast.com/s/thefaceradio. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

A lovely and quite smashing trailer for episode 3, where Craig makes a Horlicks of his microphone, Steve goes rhapsodic over a concrete pigeon, while Jai becomes J-Wick, our new co-host with the most. You'll hear the best (or worst) argument over what a beefburger is, while J-Wick is actually nice about some people. Follow us on social media, the wireless and the gramophone, and get your questions into creasemeup@hotmail.com.

In this episode, Craig makes a Horlicks of his microphone, Steve goes rhapsodic over a concrete pigeon, while Jai becomes J-Wick, our new co-host with the most. You'll hear the best (or worst) argument over what a beefburger is, while J-Wick is actually nice about some people. Check out the photos of us and the new pavilion, follow us on social media, the wireless and the gramophone, and get your questions into creasemeup@hotmail.com.

Order 'Build, Don't Talk' (in English) here: https://amzn.eu/d/eCfijRu Order 'Build Don't Talk' (in Hindi) here: https://amzn.eu/d/4wZISO0 Disclaimer: This episode is intended solely for educational purposes and opinions shared by the guest are his personal views. We do not seek to defame or harm any person/brand/product mentioned in the episode. Our goal is to provide information to help audience make informed choices. Subscribe To Our Other YouTube Channels:- https://www.youtube.com/@rajshamaniclips?⁠⁠⁠⁠sub_confirmation=1https://www.youtube.com/@RajShamani.Shorts?sub_confirmation=1⁠⁠⁠⁠

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This episode is brought to you by www.thebikeaffair.com If you are in search of a one-stop destination that caters to all your cycling needs, our today's sponsor, The Bike Affair, is the perfect place to check out! With over 14 years of experience, The Bike Affair has established itself as a trusted source offering honest advice and exceptional service. They are offering a special treat for the listeners of this podcast. You can enjoy a 10% discount on your first order by using the code 'BIKEYVENKY' on their website.  Visit their bike store in Hyderabad or shop online by using the link www.thebikeaffair.com     In this episode, I talk to Dr. Md Rehan who is a cardio thoracic surgeon, an international level rower and a performance coach who started a nutrition brand with the goal of providing clean and healthy performance enhancing supplements for athletes. Getting to sit down with such a versatile person, I did all I could to get as much value out of the conversation as possible. I'm going to break the conversation into two parts. One where we talk about the nutrition side of things and one where we talked about all things related to heart health and the alarming trend of athlete cardiac incidents. In this first episode, we talked about the importance of nutrition for general wellbeing and performance. We talked about why, what, when and how much of protein is needed for performance. In the next episode I will share all the great insights he had on the cardiac health and what we all can do for a healthy heart. For now, let us get into my conversation with Dr Rehan about Nutrition for athletic performance and health.     0:00:00  Intro 0:05:20  His rowing career and performance coaching 0:10:35  Nutrition meant Horlicks or protenix with milk back in the day 0:13:00  High performance coaching 0:17:30  How he got into nutrition, ICMR study revealing problems wih current products 0:23:40  What certifications are needed for nutrition products 0:24:55  Venky's hypersensitivity to protein and a case for biriyani 0:27:35  Nitrates and how they help 0:29:50  What When and how much of protein 0:41:30  Closing         About the Podcast The working athlete podcast is a podcast with and for working athletes from all walks of life and various sports. The goal is to provide inspiration, training tips, mental hacks, time management and life-style advice through conversations with some of the best in sport, from athletes to coaches. If you think you can benefit from this, please consider subscribing so that you don't miss the weekly episodes in future. Who is a working athlete? Someone working fulltime/part-time, entrepreneur or anyone who has to work to make ends meet and doesn't let being busy to stop him/her from pursuing an active lifestyle is a working athlete. I consider stay at home moms/dads who pursue a sport, as working athletes because homemaking is a full-time job. If you like this, share with friends who could be interested. For the visually inclined, a video version of the podcast can be found here: YouTube Other Places you'll find the podcast on: Anchor | RSS | Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Google podcasts | Pocket Casts | Radio Public | Breaker 

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In today's episode for 3rd May 2024 we talk about the Indian health regulator's recent clampdown on malt and milk based drinks

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No new Doctor Who on our screens this weekend! How are you coping?! The sense of loss is palpable here in the campervan, so Michele, Ian and James get together over a mug of Horlicks and remissness about the three celebratory episodes we've enjoyed over the last month. What do they think of bi-regeneration after the twist on regeneration was introduced to Doctor Who fans and the wider viewing public a week ago? Was the arrival of the 15th Doctor 20 minutes earlier than anticipated overshadowed by the 14th not wanting to go one last time?! And which DWP host is most likely to be found in the Campervan's vegetable patch shooting moles?! Tune in to fine out. :-) We'll be back mid-week with a preview of this year's Christmas Special, The Church of Ruby Road. Phew, it's all go here in the campervan! Well, it would be if there wasn't a mole stuck in the exhaust pipe. Enjoy the show!

In this episode we are joined by Wiedo and Matt Hughson (author of the game) and we partake in friendly snack chats with Horlicks and tea as we talk modern game design and the latest Witch n' Wiz for the NES!

Here in Episode 84 of the No Name Music Cast, it is Tim's turn to pick the topic and he chooses to talk music from 1982!We discuss Toto, Survivor and Laura Branigan to name a just few from the golden year.We also talk about David Letterman, weighted blankets, the Mandella Effect and once again Joy ties it all back to Glee!Thanks for listening, and don't forget to 'Like' our page on Facebook:https://www.facebook.com/NoNameMusicCast/And Follow us on Twitter!https://twitter.com/NoNameMusicCast

For NZ Sports History today we're looking at the incredible record-setting win of the 1989 Japan Cup by Kiwi-bred horse Horlicks. She was trained by Dave O'Sullivan and ridden by his son Lance O'Sullivan. They both talk to Jesse.

Champion jockey, now top trainer, charismatic kiwi Lance O'Sullivan relives some of the top moments of his career, from Surfer's Paradise to Horlicks and some of his best wins, from Cox Plates to Treasure Island.

"The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole, Aged 13 3/4," Jan 16-March 2, 1981. Adrian stalks Pandora and gets his first WD, Mrs. Lucas moves out and takes her shrubs with her, Dad gets fancy groceries, and Mum's on a feminist journey. Jody and Alison muddle through Horlicks, seaside rock, betting shops, Beano, and spotted dick. Alison does her best Time and Temperature impression, and Jody misses her SAD light box. Thank you Lisa for your fabulous letter!

Like a fine wine, some things are worth waiting for and this is no exception for our special E3 episode. Brew yourself up a nice cup of tea/coffee/Horlicks, get comfy in your favourite armchair and join Ethan & Jason on a relaxing journey through their top five moments of this year's E3 extravaganza with bonus tangents that will delight on all levels. If you agreed/disagreed or have other thoughts on anything you've heard or just want to chat games then head on over to our discord, where you will find other like minded people and if your really lucky Lewis will show of his pair off Crocs (his pride and joy!) --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/thecrossplayers/message

Not many trainers around the world have accomplished what Dave O'Sullivan manged to over his Hall Of Fame career, winning the biggest races of his era with some of New Zealand's most iconic horses.In this episode of Racing Tales Of The Turf, Louis Herman-Watt catches up with the master trainer to find out how he built a career that is still unrivalled in New Zealand.O'Sullivan credits winnings the Japan Cup in 1989 with Horlicks his greatest achievement, it was the richest race in the world at the time and training in partnership with son Paul while other son Lance rode the champion mare made it a total family triumph."It is difficult to put in to words, in a race like that all your doing is hoping for the best and that doesn't always occur .. she just kept going, she was a very, very tough horse, never had a brilliant action or anything like that, she was just tough," O'Sullivan fondly recalled.Horlicks went on to win more Group Ones in an era which the great Matamata trainer and his sons continued to dominate, turning the O'Sullivan name into New Zealand racing royalty.

Eat it or drink it, it will power you up! With veganism picking up as a new-age rage globally, sattu is our drink to brag about; a drink that has it all. The innovator here is the humble farmer who found the right mix of energy, strength, and hydration. Sattu complies with all the requirements of our advanced well-sought- out protein powders campaigning to be ‘clean'; it is non-dairy, soy-free, and gluten-free. It is prepared by roasting Bengal gram that is ground into flour and mixed with jaggery and black salt. No stranger to the locals in Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Jharkhand, and Madhya Pradesh, sattu is an age-old remedy for everything known to these regions. Once relegated to the shadows and ignored, sattu has gradually caught the fancy of urban India. The health benefits are such that it is popularly called ‘desi Horlicks'. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Graham Bell chats to Colin Jackson. Colin Jackson is one of the greatest athletes ever to come from the UK. His 110 metre hurdles World Record of 12.91 seconds stood for 13 years, and his World Indoor Record for the 60 metres hurdles still stands today! His impressive medal haul is matched by his equally remarkable broadcasting career: he has covered every major athletics event for the BBC since 2004. He’s since become an important figurehead for diversity, inclusion and mental health. He recently discussed his battle with bulimia on BBC1’s Panorama programme, and he talks openly and honestly about the challenges he’s faced throughout his career: anxiety, race and sexuality. In this episode Colin talks about how he overcame great challenges to become the fastest hurdler in the world, how he maintains a high level of fitness, and shares his joy of a quiet night in, in front of the TV, with a cup of Horlicks.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Horlicks Arockia Thittam/Ideosync Media Combine /Pasumai Community Radio இணைந்து வழங்கும் சிறப்பு நிகழ்ச்சி ‘ஆரோக்யசெல்வம் இன்றும் என்றும்'. குழந்தைகள் (5 to 10-வயது) கர்ப்பகால மற்றும் பேறுகால தாய்மார்களுக்கான ஊட்டச்சத்து குறித்து அங்கன்வாடி பணியாளர் பங்குபெறும் விழிப்புணர்வு நிகழ்ச்சி. ஒவ்வொரு சனிக்கிழமை காலை 11 மணிக்கும் மற்றும் அதன் மறுஒலிபரப்பு திங்கள் கிழமை மாலை 5மணிக்கும் ஒலிபரப்பாகிறது. கேட்டு பயன்பெறுங்கள் நேயர்களே!

While talking about Wakaalat From Home:Abhinandan: You are basically indulging in shameless nepotism that you're plugging your friend's show on this very credible pop culture podcast...So you are using it for nepotism. Kangana was right! I'm sure you're also doing drugs in your spare time.Rajyasree: I'm doing drugs? Dedo na, drugs dedo. I'm telling everyone, no one's giving only. Imagine me on drugs. God!Abhinandan: Can you imagine? Already you are so loopy, you shout, you don't talk normally. We should do it as just an experiment to see...Rajyasree: Just an experiment?Abhinandan: You'd be something else. You'd be like I don't know what.Rajyasree: Maybe I'll calm down? It's sometimes the opposite effect.Abhinandan: No, no.Rajyasree: Or I just burst! There'd be a high and then I'll collapse and that's the end. You would've killed me off once and for all.Abhinandan: All the more reason we must try it.Rajyasree and Abhinandan burst out laughing.This and a whole lot of other stuff awful and awesome as Abhinandan Sekhri and Rajyasree Sen discuss the documentary film The Social Dilemma; 2019 film Cargo; Into The Wild With Bear Grylls featuring Akshay Kumar; web series Wakaalat From Home; and a lot more.Tune in!Timecodes00:08: Introduction02:31: The Social Dilemma12:40: Letters from listeners18:14: Into The Wild With Bear Grylls and Akshay Kumar27:06: Letters from listeners31:07: Wakaalat From Home32:57: Horlicks ad39:30: TRESemmé “racist” hair adverts44:45: Cargo54:28: Jaya Bachchan's Parliament speech See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

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On this 3rd episode, we both share what has been inspiring us at this moment and how it might also inspire you for change or that project that you have always wanted to start, but haven't gotten around to doing it yet. Tune in and and grab yourself a cup of the (or kopi....or milo....or Horlicks...as long as its not a hard drink). Do leave your voice messages to be featured in our future episodes. Give a shoutout or make a wish (for your secret admirers or not) or just say "Hi" Here's the link to the voice messaging platform - https://anchor.fm/khaiandtiara You can listen to ramble in - 1) Youtube in Khai and Tiara Channel 2) Teh Talk in Apple Podcast 3) Teh Talk in Spotify --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/khaiandtiara/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/khaiandtiara/support

Lauren Rogers is a freelance sensory scientist who fell in love with sensory in the early 1990s when she worked for Dalgety, a food ingredients company. Later, she worked for GSK, mainly on beverages such as Ribena and Horlicks. Now Lauren works with several different clients in a wide variety of product categories and also lectures on sensory science at the University of Nottingham. Lauren is particularly interested in the sensory, consumer, and emotional attributes of brands; sensory shelf-life; panel performance; and sensory claim substantiation.   Lauren's Contact Information: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/laurenlrogers/ Email: laurenlrogers@gmail.com Twitter: https://twitter.com/LaurenLRogers Web: https://www.laurenlrogers.com/     To learn more about Aigora, please visit www.aigora.com

Kavita Bagga, in her own words, is a corporate rat turned farm rodent. She has had as amazing corporate journey working with companies like J. Walter Thompson, Hindustan Unilever, Pepsi Co., National Geographic, Times of India and SABMiller. She also led the marketing campaign for Kellogg's cereal and Horlicks, brands which were completely new to India and didn't find an existing market share initially. As a woman in otherwise male-dominated industries, she talks about the manifestations of gender equality, gender diversity and her overall experiences with these corporations. After realising the gaping void of organic products and their need, she went on to found Kara Organics and producing farm-fresh goods on her own and created an access point for organic vegetables for other people to enjoy. Tune in to learn more about her journey as she undertook this major career shift and her insights into the current farming situation of India. Follow us on Facebook - http://facebook.com/followtbcy/ Twitter - http://twitter.com/followtbcy/ Instagram - http://instagram.com/followtbcy/ --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/tbcy/support

Listen as Rodney, Mike, Steve & Miranda are joined by special guest Greg McCarthy - Owner & Breeder of Gold Trail Stakes Winner ARETHA!

Podcast Episode #78 (feat. Ross) Its time to settle down, grab a mug and enjoy a nice relaxing Horlicks. Nice and straight forward. See us live -Our next full show at The Maltings, Berwick - 12th & 13th July - Apocalypse Cow!Book your tickets here → https://www.maltingsberwick.co.uk/events/comedy/4963 For comedy sketches and some of our live show highlights, visit our YouTube or our Facebook by searching Damp Knight Comedy and you can find us as dampknightcomedy on Instagram or twitter @thedampknights.Also check out our new website - https://dampknight.wixsite.com/dampknightcomedy Damp Knight are primarily an improvised comedy group currently touring the North East of the UK. For more information and bookings, visit our Facebook page or email us at dampknight@gmail.com Thank You for Listening. Main Theme: Spacehaze by StoneOceanOur aim is never to offend, only to entertain but with the way of the world at the minute there may be subjects that some people may find offensive within these podcasts.

It's the closest Les and Dod got to Christmas before being laid low by seasonal sicknesss. Join them wrapped in a blanket and drinking Horlicks from a rusty tin mug.

00:00 - "The talk" and just one of the perils of modern living. 05:37 - Kris has been playing Night in the Woods, and we find out what kind of a Mae he is. 14:37 - Seasonal teas, hot chocolates, and whether Horlicks is an international brand. 19:16 - Istanbul: Digital Edition, and why this straight adaptation of the board game is a winner. 36:44 - Peter's chamomile teas, and a particularly memorable "date". 41:08 - Wolverine: The Long Night is a podcast from Marvel that comes thoroughly recommended. 51:12 - Our listener question this episode comes from @purple_steve who asks us a question about coals, LEGO, and plugs. Plus some farmers who don't like the dark, with bright sparks Kris (@DigitalStrider) and Peter (@XeroXeroXero). For links to topics covered - http://stayingin.podbean.comFind us on Twitter - @StayingInPodFind us on Facebook - @StayingInPodcastFind us on Steam - http://store.steampowered.com/curator/28314572/Find us on BoardGameGeek - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgamepodcast/41888/staying

Producer Mark's realisation that Dave had never had Horlicks inspired a convesation that discovered that if you put chocolate in a Horlicks, it tastes like a Malteser.

WARNING. HERE BE SPOILERS. We're continuing our romp through Westeros, sating our plot-cravings by watching Game of Thrones Season 6 Episode 5 - The Door. And here we are, meeting super-weapons, more of Sansa Stark's poor life choices, and the surprising ineffectiveness of a cup of Horlicks at preventing a zombie from eating your face and taking over your world. Featuring our special, long-awaited foray into Matt's Bunker Full of Spoilers, including your favourites so far and a theory rejoicing in the name of Horny Tywin, and, finally, the Dom Perignon of Questionable Fan Theories: Varys Is A Mermaid. Can Matt make a believer out of Dave? Probably not.   As ever, get in your theories, ideas, outrage, incredulity and excitement in to sharkliveroilpodcast@gmail.com or @sharkliveroil on Twitter.  

Phil Whelans is joined by Jim Grant and Don Perretta to look into our defeat at home to Southampton at the weekend. We're also looking ahead to our first game after the international break, which sees a reunion with Mo Diame at Hull. Produced by Paul Myers A Playback Media Production westhampodcast.com

Episode 18 - In a desperate attempt to cling to their long vanished youth, Mark and Rob journey back to an earlier, simpler time to discuss the Target Doctor Who range where the only way you could watch the Web of Fear was to read the book. So grab yourself a cup of Milo, Horlicks or Cocoa (ooh, is that a marriage proposal?), sit yourself in your favourite comfy chair and wile away the next 60 minutes or so listening as the Statler and Waldorf of the Doctor Who podcasting community reminisce about collecting these little fragments of the show’s past. Plus we discuss the Series 8 (malt) teaser, listener feedback and our latest competition where you send your burning questions about Doctor Who (or not) that you want us to tackle by the 9th of June and the best entry wins a copy of Doctor Who - The Ultimate Guide as recommended by Rob!

Episode 18 - In a desperate attempt to cling to their long vanished youth, Mark and Rob journey back to an earlier, simpler time to discuss the Target Doctor Who range where the only way you could watch the Web of Fear was to read the book. So grab yourself a cup of Milo, Horlicks or Cocoa (ooh, is that a marriage proposal?), sit yourself in your favourite comfy chair and wile away the next 60 minutes or so listening as the Statler and Waldorf of the Doctor Who podcasting community reminisce about collecting these little fragments of the show’s past. Plus we discuss the Series 8 (malt) teaser, listener feedback and our latest competition where you send your burning questions about Doctor Who (or not) that you want us to tackle by the 9th of June and the best entry wins a copy of Doctor Who - The Ultimate Guide as recommended by Rob!

Well, down here at the bottom of the world, it's winter. So that means short cold days and longer colder nights. And what's a girl to do? Getting up early for bootcamp at the gym three days a week and then going to work, coming home to slave over a hot stove to look after her Steevie. Yes, in the end, she gets run down and illness catches up with her. There's nothing for it, she just has to climb into bed and..... Snooooze! So, with Megan under the weather and Steve as fit as a fiddle, your trusty podcasterians decide to hit up the second episode of the Goodies and see if Snooze can make Megan feel a little better. Will she survive? Can she hold out to the end? Will the sickness be too powerful and finally do her in? Is her life insurance up to date? And just what does a fine set of lungs and Horlicks have to do with an early Goodies episode anyway? Find out now, on Goodies Podcast 95 - Snooze!

In GBA 28 we get better acquainted with my sister Rebecca. She talks about being an ex-pat in Germany, being a probation officer, social work, Oxford University, vegetarianism and her relationship to the idea of teaching. This episode was recorded in last April late at night in a reverb filled room in Bad Godesberg whilst drinking Horlicks. Rebecca doesn't plug anything. Help more people get better acquainted. If you like what you hear why not write an iTunes review? Follow @GBApodcast on Twitter. Like Getting Better Acquainted on facebook. Tell your friends. Spread the word!