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A new lick of paint is needed for town centres around the country. Dunedin architect Ian Butcher has criticised its city centre as tiresome, dull and uninteresting. Dulux colour specialist Davina Harper told Tim Dower most towns want to play it safe when they choose their colours. “Colour can be a little bit polarising, but I think they're missing a real opportunity to add some personality and interest.” LISTEN ABOVE
It’s Showtime!This week, in an epic crossover event, Brian is joined in the afterlife waiting room by Chris Cox of OneOfUs.net and Ian Butcher of Double Toasted to discuss the Ghost with the Most: Beetlejuice.The guys venture outside reality to dissect the version of this classic that almost was; from Alyssa Milano to mutant squirrels. They also reflect on Burton’s golden age, venture oddly into Die Hard 2, and plot out the Wes Anderson remake Twee-tlejuice.Grab your handbooks, say the name of the podcast three times, and watch out for sand worms!Don’t forget to check out OneOfUs and Double Toasted
Ian Butcher, a member of the cricketing Butcher clan, joins James Buttler to talk about an exciting inner-city cricket initiative under an A40 flyer close to the site of the Grenfell Tower tragedy last summer. Please support him if you can! All the info can be found at www.butch4cricket.com. Lewis Hatchett talks about playing for six years at Sussex with Poland Syndrome and how premature retirement from the game has seen him motivating and inspiring other. And Northamptonshire all-rounder Rob Keogh tackles the Cricket Badger Quick Questions. Contact the show via Twitter on cricket_badger or email us at cricketbadger@Hotmail.com.
The prizefighters are back with a truckload of awards talk. Justin Zarian, Ian Butcher and Shakyl Lambert take a deep dive to talk about the Golden Globe winners, major guild nominees and their favorites from the Oscars’ music categories (with bite-size pieces from the mentioned tracks). There’s also a notable amount of talk over The… Read More »Eye on the Prize – Ep. 6: The Sound of Winning
The team is reunited and it feels so good. Justin Zarian, Ian Butcher and Shakyl Lambert battle sleepiness and a cold to give you predictions for this Sunday’s Golden Globe ceremony, some of the guild nominations, some news and their picks for the best of cinematography, production design and visual effect winners from the last… Read More »Eye on the Prize – Ep. 5: All Around the Globes
The Golden Globes and Screen Actors Guild have announced their nominees, helping to give this largely formless competition some shape as front runners start emerging. Justin Zarian, Ian Butcher and Shakyl Lambert return once again to discuss how these and other major contenders affect the race. They also discuss the recent Oscar shortlists, recent activities… Read More »Eye on the Prize – Episode 3: The Golden Sag
A bunch of precursor awards and nominations have been announced since the last recording, so it’s time for the Eye on the Prize team to adjust their Oscar barometers. Join Justin Zarian, Ian Butcher and our newest co-host Shakyl Lambert as we discuss our week, recent Oscar news, the first round of major critic awards… Read More »Eye on the Prize – Ep. 2: The Precursor Legacy
In distant future, crime is rampant and plaguing our metropolis. Podcast hosts roam through the great acting as the last line of defense against the cruel, cruel world. Ben Hamlin, Ian Butcher and Joshua Valentine act as judge, Jury and EXECUTIONER against DREDD (2012). We weigh in on the movies super cinematography, shorthand story-telling techniques and the future of the Dredd franchise. In the comics segment, Josh cusses Ben out for making him read Saga and Ben waxes about God Loves; Man Kills, a very 2016 relevant X-Men book.
Three weeks after the Dark Knight, Super Cinema has gone into hiding and is operating out of the shadows protecting Gotham. Now, a new ally, Darryl Mansel emerges on the scene and professional cat burglar Ian Butcher helps Batman.. this metaphor is getting out of hand. This is a long way of saying that this episode is late. Our bad. We talk about Luke Cage, The Dark Knight Rises, Doctor Strange, character motivations, Batman's legacy and more in this episode of Super Cinema!
Live from Studio 23, Ben and Donald give their fond farewells to their favorite special guests - Ian Butcher and Katie Hughes, who are both heading off to greener pastures in different cities. There's much talk of Star Wars, Parks and Rec, a few sing-alongs, and of course, comics!
The heroes of Civil War may be split right down the middle, but the crew of Super Cinema couldn't agree more that they all loved Marvel's latest entry into their cinematic universe. Ben Hamlin and Donald are joined by Katie Hughes and Ian Butcher for a round table frenzy on Captain America. Comics: Black Panther #1, Moon Knight #1, The Unbeatable Squirrel Girl #1
Warning: Immediate X-Men spoilers. Ben Hamlin, Donald Orr and Ian Butcher return for a thorough part two to their Marvel Cinema Universe special. We cover every movie in the Phase 3 lineup and offer their advice, hopes and dreams for all the spectacular years to come.
While Donald is still in the theater, Ben Hamlin and guest Ian Butcher talk Civil War shop in a mostly spoiler free Super Cinema.
Civil War fast approaches, so Ben, Donald and guest Ian Butcher dissect and discuss the past, present and future of the Marvel Cinematic Universe. We talk about what works within the narrative, what doesn't work and where the story can go from here all in preparation for the upcoming blockbuster. We'll be back for our stellar part two.
If you Google the phrase “work-life balance” you’ll get 265 million hits. There’s lots of information on this so called balance, but not as much on the practical perspective of what works and doesn’t for people. Today, my guest John Corcoran and I tackle the practical pursuit of work-life balance. Guest: John Corcoran SmartBusinessRevolution.com John also appeared on Coaching for Leaders epsiode #106: How to Create Your Personal Networking Plan List of resources that John or I mentioned during our conversation: Ursula Burns (CEO of Xerox) and her thoughts on work-life balance, as reported by the Wall Street Journal The Storyline Productivity Schedule (used by John) David Allen's Getting Things Done* (both John and Dave use the philosophy of this system) ProductiveFlourishing.com (John uses) OmniFocus (Dave's task management system) Drafts (how Dave captures thoughts throughout the day) 5 Days To Your Best Year Ever (Dave attended this course over the holidays to set his 2014 goals) iCloud calendars (Dave's family uses this to coordinate family scheduling) Boomerang for Gmail (John uses this to delay sending emails) Coaching for Leaders episode #70: How Three Words Can Drive Your Development This Year (Dave's podcast that aired in early 2013 that John and Dave referenced during the show) Book recommendation: Give and Take by Adam Grant* Book recommendation: How To Win Friends and Influence People by Dale Carnegie* Book recommendation: The Secrets of Happy Families by Bruce Feiler* (mentioned by Dave post-interview) Follow Dave's reading on GoodReads.com by visiting CoachingforLeaders.com/goodreads Community Feedback CoachingforLeaders.com/feedback USA: (949) 38-LEARN Be sure to also check out John's podcast, the Smart Business Revolution Episode #125 airing later this month will be an all question and answer show focused on the topic of Time Management. If you have a question relating to time management, please record it for consideration for this episode at this link. Thank you Nusrat Khan, Shannon Chiusano, Johana Alvarado, Arthur Kogut, Pam Davis, Chao Fan, Jacob Abanga, Ian Butcher, John Corcoran, Maria Augustyn, Melissa Dixon, Jenny, Bryan Ryndak, James Drake, Rob Root, Brian Myers, and Loraine Clarke who’ve subscribed to my weekly update this past week. Thank you to Marla R for your very kind written review on Stitcher. If this show has been valuable to you as well, please leave a written review on iTunes or Stitcher by visiting coachingforleaders.com/itunes or coachingforleaders.com/stitcherWhat one new idea did you gain from our conversation that will help you achieve better work-life balance?
If you Google the phrase “work-life balance” you’ll get 265 million hits. There’s lots of information on this so called balance, but not as much on the practical perspective of what works and doesn’t for people. Today, my guest John Corcoran and I tackle the practical pursuit of work-life balance. Guest: John Corcoran SmartBusinessRevolution.com John also appeared on Coaching for Leaders epsiode #106: How to Create Your Personal Networking Plan List of resources that John or I mentioned during our conversation: Ursula Burns (CEO of Xerox) and her thoughts on work-life balance, as reported by the Wall Street Journal The Storyline Productivity Schedule (used by John) David Allen's Getting Things Done* (both John and Dave use the philosophy of this system) ProductiveFlourishing.com (John uses) OmniFocus (Dave's task management system) Drafts (how Dave captures thoughts throughout the day) 5 Days To Your Best Year Ever (Dave attended this course over the holidays to set his 2014 goals) iCloud calendars (Dave's family uses this to coordinate family scheduling) Boomerang for Gmail (John uses this to delay sending emails) Coaching for Leaders episode #70: How Three Words Can Drive Your Development This Year (Dave's podcast that aired in early 2013 that John and Dave referenced during the show) Book recommendation: Give and Take by Adam Grant* Book recommendation: How To Win Friends and Influence People by Dale Carnegie* Book recommendation: The Secrets of Happy Families by Bruce Feiler* (mentioned by Dave post-interview) Follow Dave's reading on GoodReads.com by visiting CoachingforLeaders.com/goodreads Community Feedback CoachingforLeaders.com/feedback USA: (949) 38-LEARN Be sure to also check out John's podcast, the Smart Business Revolution Episode #125 airing later this month will be an all question and answer show focused on the topic of Time Management. If you have a question relating to time management, please record it for consideration for this episode at this link. Thank you Nusrat Khan, Shannon Chiusano, Johana Alvarado, Arthur Kogut, Pam Davis, Chao Fan, Jacob Abanga, Ian Butcher, John Corcoran, Maria Augustyn, Melissa Dixon, Jenny, Bryan Ryndak, James Drake, Rob Root, Brian Myers, and Loraine Clarke who’ve subscribed to my weekly update this past week. Thank you to Marla R for your very kind written review on Stitcher. If this show has been valuable to you as well, please leave a written review on iTunes or Stitcher by visiting coachingforleaders.com/itunes or coachingforleaders.com/stitcherWhat one new idea did you gain from our conversation that will help you achieve better work-life balance?